Come to the Summer Palace again, the scenery is not much different from many years ago, when Tang Haoran went to the Summer Palace to play, before the three seas, the weeping willows are still around, and the smoke is refreshing, but the difference with later generations is that the three seas have not yet been built, and the eunuchs and palace maids who can be seen everywhere in the garden.

However, at this time, Tang Haoran did not have the interest of enjoying the scenery, he just walked with Guangxu's Luan to Dehe Garden, which is the place where the old ladies specially repaired to watch the play, known as the largest opera garden in ancient China, Cixi loved to watch the play according to the later generations was influenced by Xianfeng, when Xianfeng fled to Rehe, he also took the troupe with him. After Cixi later took power as the empress dowager, she was even more fascinated by watching operas and listening to music, which was even better than that of Emperor Xianfeng back then. And she is very willing to invest in listening to opera, and after rebuilding the Summer Palace, she built a new Deheyuan theater in the garden. "Dehe" comes from "Zuo Biography": "A gentleman listens to it with peace of mind, and his heart is peaceful." It means that when a gentleman listens to beautiful music, he will be calm and attain the realm of high morality -- this is probably the meaning of Cixi.

But when did this old lady ever feel calm?

Thinking so in my heart, people have already come to Dehe Garden, outside Dehe Garden, there are several eunuchs, who were originally sitting on Luan's car, and it seems that the "Ninety-Five Supreme" Guangxu came down, knelt down directly, and looked at the emperor kneeling, Tang Haoran did not kneel, and quickly knelt down.

"The son asks to see the Queen Mother!"

Yo!

The emperor was really aggrieved when he got to this, not to mention Guangxu, together with Tang Haoran, he sympathized with him, there are such things in all dynasties, if you want to kneel, you also kneel when you meet, and the meaning is that you can get it at once, and there are people who kneel down outside the garden to ask to see.

However, Guangxu did not wait long, and after a while, a eunuch came to preach.

"The Queen Mother invites Long Live Lord to come in, Lord Tang will wait first!"

Just kneeling outside the Dehe Garden like this, I don't know how long I waited, at the beginning Tang Haoran was waiting for Cixi to meet, he was still a little nervous, but slowly he didn't have half a nervous mind, whether it was a novel or a history book in later generations, he had already analyzed Cixi and others, since he knew them, what else did he have to fear them?

This will, the old lady let herself wait here, to put it bluntly, she doesn't want to shake any royal majesty, to others, it may be majesty, but to herself, it's just a joke.

Maybe next time I come to the capital, it will be my turn......

After thinking about it, I only heard the voice of summons coming from the Dehe Garden, one after another.

"The first-class teacher of the Tongwen Pavilion and the rank of Gabu political envoy Tang Haoran are here!"

This official position is still Zhang Zhidong's plan for Tang Haoran, to be precise, there is no position, in other words, he is still a supplementary official like the tens of thousands of supplementary officials of the Great Qing Dynasty, but what is stronger than them is that at least he can still have an errand in the Tongwen Pavilion, and Yueyue leads Fenglu.

Standing up and taking advantage of the stall of the placket, Tang Haoran moved his legs, knelt for so long, his legs were indeed numb, and walked into Dehe Garden, and went to the viewing platform under the guidance of the little eunuch. The summer sun is sprinkled on the viewing platform, the cool breeze blowing from the three seas is slow, this viewing platform is not hot, on the viewing platform, Tang Haoran saw that in the center of the stage, on the throne surrounded by a group of eunuchs and palace maids, there was an old lady with a thick palace powder on her face, sitting there.

Besides Cixi's old lady, who else could it be?

Next to her head, sitting is Guangxu who came in first, in the sun, you can see his white face, even more pale without a trace of blood, so thin that it seems that a gust of wind can blow down, this is the Guangxu Emperor, this will he still have a trace of the emperor's sense of self-esteem, just sit with his head down, and even said that when he hurriedly looked at the high Cixi, his eyes were a little flickering, this is a mouse seeing a cat, it is clearly a slave to see the master.

Tang Haoran muttered to himself in his heart, just looking at the emperor's demeanor, he didn't know how Kang Youwei and others thought of betting the treasure on Guangxu's body, can such a person succeed? Fortunately, I didn't think about relying on him at all! This kind of person can't be trusted!

At this time, Cixi's gaze came over and touched Tang Haoran's gaze slightly. Tang Haoran hurriedly lowered his head, completely looking sincerely frightened.

On the same day, I was summoned by this mother and son together, which is not a small face! If it spreads, his reputation may be what it will become.

The thought was just a fleeting moment, and Tang Haoran immediately bowed according to the etiquette he had learned before.

"Minister Tang Haoran, knock on the Holy Mother, Queen Mother Lafayette, the emperor is blessed!" As soon as he gritted his teeth, Tang Haoran felt a surge of ruthlessness in his heart, and he just hit his head to the ground! Bang bang bang three kneels and nine knocks.

Lao Tzu is still worshipping the dead!

I'll pay it back in the future...... What a comparison with the dead man's memory!

Needless to say, Tang Haoran knew that his head must be blue. After worshipping, he lay on the ground and didn't dare to move, he knew that this was the most important hurdle he faced when he came to this era, as long as he could get through this hurdle.

After a long while, Cixi's voice was heard.

"Get up...... It's so hard to touch, it's pitiful. You are loyal, although you grew up in foreign countries, but you are also a loyal minister with the country in mind, we can't succumb to the loyal minister, let's sit down and go back and forth. ”

Tang Haoran shouted thank you again, got up and sat down in the seat next to him, took a little buttocks, and sat down, this virtual sitting is not enough to kneel, this virtual sitting is more tiring, but at this point, this Cixi is better than Guangxu as a person, didn't she kneel for three hours before.

We are the people you want to use, but you don't know how to show grace, Guangxu, the emperor, was fooled.

Really sitting down, Tang Haoran still took the opportunity to look around, and looked at the eunuch standing next to the Queen Mother. Tang Haoran knew in his heart, this eunuch who was afraid that he was the first favored eunuch under Cixi, was called the internal minister by outsiders, and as a eunuch, Li Lianying, who had a great influence on state affairs and Cixi, was the chief eunuch of Li Lianying!

In the future, I have to take care of this person, and I must not let this person hold a grudge against him, thinking so in his heart, Tang Haoran heard Cixi say as if she was chattering.

"Earlier, I heard that you are proficient in the West, and even the foreign minister who wrote a book of "Tai Xice" was amazed, and this wrote a "Prosperous Danger", you can talk about it, this is all prosperous, what else is there to talk about!"

Okay, as soon as you come, Tang Haoran thought for a while, and then said without raising his head.

"In the past few years of the Great Qing Dynasty, under the governance of Our Lady Queen Mother Lafayette and the emperor and a capable minister, it is not a peaceful and prosperous era, and the alarmist words spoken by the ministers are just some warning words,"

When this sycophant was said, it only made Tang Haoran feel disgusted, but this sycophant couldn't help but shoot.

"The warned, is really the external troubles to the internal worries, the external troubles are the Taixi countries, not subject to Confucius and Mencius, the people they hold are the laws of the jungle that the beasts believe, the so-called law of the jungle, that is, the policy of the jungle, if our country is weak, the Taixi countries will be tigers and wolves, flocks to come, the size of India's territory, the population is not inferior to our country, still died in the hands of the British, the princes and nobles let the slaughter, although Vietnam is small, can also be the police, the ministers are all forced by the internal worries of the external troubles!"

Cixi couldn't help nodding when she heard this, isn't this what Tang Haoran said, after so many years of running state affairs, those foreign devils who don't know how to educate have been forced all day long, and they have worked hard to make the country better, and the foreign devils have knocked on the door, what can they do.

"It's also this reason, this foreign devil is forced to come to the door, let's think about a peaceful birthday, that is, we have to do the method of "rich country and strong army", then you can talk about it, how is this new deal a rich country and strong army! ”

Although he looked at Cixi and seemed to be listening to the play, Tang Haoran didn't dare to be sloppy, and hurriedly replied.

"This rich country and strong army, to put it bluntly, is to expand the financial resources for the country, this expansion of financial resources, one is to change the land tax, the other is to develop business, run business and school; the third is to start a mine and run an engineering school; At that time, the state will naturally pay taxes a few times, and when the imperial court has money, it will naturally be able to train water and land divisions. ”

Tang Haoran flickered like this, but Cixi's brows were slightly wrinkled, and she looked at the scene that was flipping on the stage and said.

"That change the land tax, but it is the one you mentioned in the book that taxes are charged according to the land price, but we have the ancestral motto of "never add to the endowment" in the Qing Dynasty, and this tax system cannot be changed lightly. ”

Although it is said that "never add money" is just to coax children to play, the tax has not been increased, and the tax is not less, but it is better to let Cixi talk about it.

"Back to the words of the Queen Mother Lafayette, when Emperor Sejong was more than 100 years ago, didn't he also implement the method of spreading the land into acres, this era has changed, and some methods have to be changed."

Fortunately, there is a precedent for Yongzheng reform, just mentioning Tang Haoran and hurriedly enumerating the benefits of the new policy, what to implement the land price tax, will increase the national tax several times, and then this alone can make the imperial court more than 10,000 taels of taxes, in a word, this implementation of the new policy, to put it bluntly, is silver, is a need for a rich country, in the end, Tang Haoran turned the conversation again, got up and knelt on the ground again and said.

"The Queen Mother Lafayette, this is also the reason why the minister is thinking about choosing a province that is not enough to try out the new policy, when Emperor Sejong was also tried before Henan, after the results, it was implemented in the whole country, this is said to be a new deal, in fact, in the final analysis, it is also following the ancestral system ......"

"That's the reason!"

Cixi nodded, seemingly inadvertently changed the topic, and asked softly.

"Those who have started business and started mines, over the years, have also done a lot, what kind of new army do you want to train in your new policy, if you are allowed to run a new policy in one place, then tell me, how many new troops are you going to train for the imperial court!"

Cixi looked at Tang Haoran, who was kneeling on the ground, and asked softly, as long as she was in the matter of military power, she couldn't let Guangxu get involved. At this time, she didn't have the interest to let Tang Haoran get up and talk back.