When the sedan chair man carried the sedan chair towards the Forbidden City, Li Hongzhang, who was sitting in the sedan chair, closed his eyes and thought, on his already old face, there would be no waves, as if there was no uprising in Hangzhou. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Before the official ship docked at the dock, there was a fast horse to pass the news of the court to him from the halfway, and the decision of the court was naturally very clear, and for Li Hongzhang, who had been fighting all his life, it seemed that it was no big deal to exterminate the bandits.

The green sedan chair continued to advance towards the Forbidden City under the lifting of the sedan chair driver, and the usual stench of the Beijing division hit every hot day. Li Hongzhang only felt nausea in his chest, his mind was swollen, and his reinvigorated spirit on the way to Beijing was shattered by the scene in front of him. Such a declining capital?

Is it the Great Qing Kingdom he preserved? The stench of urine in the air made Li Hongzhang's mind think of "Changing the law and changing the law, making the gods clothed and reduced to beasts." And the culture, religion and customs passed down from generation to generation have been swept away. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but think of the Portuguese Galeot's "China Experience", Cruz's "China Situation", Martin. Morality. "China" in the book of the Rada's mission to China and other books.

"They are extremely clean, not only in their houses, but also on the streets. They usually had three or four necessary or public resting places in the streets, well arranged, so that those who were busy with official business did not stain the streets, and received supplies from there, and a similar method was used to pass all the roads of the country. Some cities have navigable streets, like Venice in Italy. ”

"The men and women of this country have good physiques, are well-proportioned and are beautiful people. Slightly higher; Most of them have broad faces. Small eyes. Flat nose and sparse beard, but there are also people with big eyes and a big beard, and the face is very even. ”

The "China" in the records of foreigners has disappeared, and now this China, even if it is the capital city, is rarely clean, and the air is even more foul-smelling, and the "inner walls as white as milk" can not be seen in the homes of ordinary people. You can't see the people who are in good health. China, what is China really like?

Is it the way it looks, or is it?

Deep down, Li Hongzhang prefers to believe that the China that used to be the China that Westerners envied and admired, rather than the China that is now despised and ridiculed by Westerners. But after all, he is the Beiyang minister of the Qing Dynasty, an important minister of the Qing Dynasty, and a ......

In addition to the complicated emotions in his heart, Li Hongzhang thought of the secret telegram sent by Tan Jixun, the governor of Hubei, and the thousand-word secret telegram was just a purpose - hoping that he could protect him. Although there are a few clowns who jump off the beam, Yu Tingzhong keeps saying, "Tan Jixun, the governor of Hubei, and the nine clans", whether it is Li Hongzhang or not. Or Liu Kun from Jiangsu, he knows it. No matter how the imperial court presides over this matter, it ultimately depends on the opinions of these Han ministers.

If it is really a nine clans who have punished Tan Jixun, then whether it is the Li family or the Liu family in the future, they may not be able to escape this catastrophe in the future, Tan Jixun's telegram is obviously from Liu Kunyi's hand, Liu Kunyi is from the Hunan army and Tan Jixun has an old relationship, so it is naturally inconvenient to come forward, the whole country, the only one who can come forward to protect Tan Jixun is himself.

In any case, you can't let the imperial court cut off Tan Jixun's head!

Thinking of the tacit understanding between the local Hanchen and the court since the rebellion, Li Hongzhang raised the corners of his lips slightly, how could the shrewd Empress Dowager cut off Tan Jixun's head, but some people ...... Thinking of the clown-like slaves mentioned in the letter, Li Hongzhang snorted coldly, and at this moment, the sedan chair stopped and arrived at the palace gate.

Under the guidance of the chamberlain, Li Hongzhang came to Ningshou Palace, and outside the gate of Ningshou Palace, he unexpectedly saw a person - King Gong!

I saw that Gong Wang Yixun was walking forward striding forward in the company of several personal attendants. Li Hongzhang suddenly remembered King Gong's recommendation, trust, and dependence on him over the years, and his heart was suddenly grateful. He didn't expect to see King Gong at all, so he hurriedly took two steps forward and said:

"Xiaguan Li Hongzhang knocked to see the prince."

As he spoke, he knelt down.

Although Yixun, who is nearly sixty years old, has not been as good as before, he still hurriedly took a step, held the sincere Li Hongzhang with both hands, and said quite emotionally:

"The old hall is exempt!"

Holding Li Hongzhang's hand, Yixun took Li Hongzhang into detail again, and then said softly:

"Zhongtang is much older!"

It was just a simple sentence, but it made Li Hongzhang's heart warm, knowing that King Gong didn't know how much he had been wronged over the years, so he hurriedly replied with a hard throat.

"When I left Beijing eight years ago, the prince was still in the prime of life, and I didn't want to see him again today, and the prince was already in his sixtieth year."

Li Hongzhang's feelings for King Gong Yixun are not a trace of falsehood, whether it was to pacify the bandits or twist the chaos, it was all thanks to King Gong's recommendation and trust. Later, when doing foreign affairs, if there was no support from King Gong in the court, maybe he would have had to pay tribute to him, and now seeing King Gong here, Li Hongzhang knows that this is the queen mother playing the "emotional card" here, and she wants to use King Gong to calm her heart.

Thinking that "Jiashen Yishu" King Gong was dismissed, and he and others were repeatedly held responsible by the outside world, and had to support troops to protect themselves, Li Hongzhang's heart couldn't help but sigh for a while, now the queen mother thinks of King Gong again, but how can the queen mother easily let him come back? If it comes back, will it advocate weakening local power, as it has done in the past? Now is different from the past, in the past, King Gong was dismissed, so naturally he could say anything, but now......

The sudden problem only made Li Hongzhang's heart confused, and the previously set strategy seemed to be disrupted by the queen mother's move.

In fact, since the "Jiashen Yishu" was dismissed for eight years has been hidden in the palace of Yi Xun, he has never been unaware of the Queen Mother's purpose of inviting himself to "go out of the mountain", which is nothing more than to stabilize the heart of Xianghuai Hanchen.

It is precisely because of this that after understanding the situation, after eight years of "home recuperation", Yixun hurriedly abandoned his old grievances and entered the palace, and talked with the queen mother and the emperor for more than two hours, so there was a scene of Yixun greeting Li Hongzhang in front of the palace.

Yixun, who spoke deeply, looked at Li Hongzhang and said emotionally:

"Over the past few decades, the old Zhongtang has turned to the battlefield, prepared for hardships and dangers, the ancestors of the country, the real defense, the civil and military of the dynasty, and the reverence and gratitude of the old Zhongtang! The ancestors of the country are solid, the old Zhongtang in the country to hold foreign affairs, the creation of the navy, if there is no Lao Zhongtang painstaking management, and how can I have the Qing Dynasty today......"

Everyone can say beautiful words, but no one can say it, when speaking, Yixun is full of sincere gratitude, whether it is Zeng Guofan, Li Hongzhang, Zuo Jigao, all of them are moved by their sincere emotions The heart is hot, even if Li Hongzhang, who has been in the officialdom for many years, at this time, after listening to this intimate words, it is difficult for blood to boil for a while, just like years of suffering, this will finally get the understanding of others, and the contributions of many years will finally be known, so that his eyes are red, and he choked and said:

"All thanks to the Queen Mother and the Emperor Qi Tianhongfu, relying on the painting of the temple of the prince back then, what is the merit of the lower officials! I hope that from now on, the four seas will be peaceful and the country will be prosperous. ”

And the King of Alcohol, the King of Qingjun and a group of military planes, this will also be rare to say in unison on the side:

"All this is thanks to the warp and weft talents of the old middle hall!"

Whether it is whether Wang Yixun of Alcohol County, Prince Shi Ze of Li, Wang Yixuan of Qingjun and others are willing, they have to admit that the current situation has to be cleaned up by King Gong, except for King Gong, no one can really call those local officials, and others don't say it, that is, if Li Hongzhang and Liu Kunyi come to work and don't contribute, I don't know what this matter will become.

Maybe it's another rebellion. And different from the bandits, that Tan Sitong was born in the famous Wang family, and he pointed to the difference between the Manchu and Han people, in the past, this was an open secret, and now he is so provoked, if the local Han Xinjiang officials have different intentions...... Just like when Wu Sangui Yueyu swept through the southwest, at that time, who could block the Han soldiers.

The current emperor is not the Holy Grandfather, besides, the Holy Grandfather also relied on the Han to pacify the three feudatories back then!

With this kind of thinking, everyone has more accounting there, and now the top priority is to put down the Hangzhou uprising before the situation is eroded, as for King Gong...... King Yixuan of Qingjun looked at King Gong, who seemed to be in high spirits, and secretly wondered in his heart, should the Queen Mother really ask King Gong to go out of the mountain!

King Alcohol may not be worried, he is the emperor's son, even if he loses the foreman military plane, his identity is also honored, but he is different, if he loses the errand of the prime minister's yamen, then this matter is ...... Although he knew that everything about himself was tied to the Qing Dynasty, Yixuan also understood that King Gong didn't look down on him, and as soon as he left the mountain, he would be the first to kick himself out of the Prime Minister's Yamen.

Nervous in his heart, Yixuan thought of the things between King Gong and the Queen Mother, if King Gong really went out of the mountain, how would the Queen Mother interfere in state affairs in the future...... With King Gong's temper, when the time comes, there will be only one emperor in his eyes, and there will be the queen mother there!

No, you can't let King Gong Ruyi go out of the mountain!

But if he is not allowed to go out of the mountain, how can he let Li Hongzhang, a former official of Hanchen Xinjiang, make efforts to suppress the bandits in Hangzhou, if this mess is a big trouble, when the time comes, not to mention the errand of the Prime Minister's Yamen, in case this Qing Kingdom is gone, he may have to cut off his head!

On the one hand, the official position, on the other hand, the head, in the heart of Yixuan, the kung fu entangled, King Gong and the ministers of military aircraft were like stars and moons surrounding Li Hongzhang, and the Shoushou Palace, which was quiet in the past and could only hear the sound of the play, suddenly became lively. (To be continued.) )