The Forbidden City is in the daytime, it is Qionglou Yuyu and Liuli Shengguang; But as soon as the sun sets and the twilight is boundless, layers of terrifying atmosphere attack people. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 At that time, the people who entered the palace to do errands were gone, and the mournful cries of the eunuchs came from the silent Forbidden City: "Latch, money and food, the light is small-heart-", with the aftermath of a person, the echoes of the eunuchs on duty sounded one after another in all corners. This kind of call made the entire Forbidden City start from the center with the sound waves to spread a burst of ghostly energy, which is terrifying.

In fact, because of this, as the real owner of the Forbidden City, after the Summer Palace was repaired, Cixi rarely stayed in the Forbidden City, compared to the gloomy Forbidden City, the Summer Palace is her home, but now it is not as good as in the past, because of the lack of money, there are still some projects in this garden that have not been completed. Despite this, Cixi was still willing to stay in this garden, as in the Forbidden City, and continue to control the state government.

Today's Summer Palace seems to be more lively than before, the long-silent Deheyuan Grand Theater, once again came out of the singing of Peking Opera, the gongs and drums are noisy and noisy, and the nearby palace maids and eunuchs are also listening with their ears, no wonder there has been no singing in this garden for a while, all of them are the big guys who are messy ministers and thieves who don't even have this entertainment.

Different from the caution in the past, these eunuchs and palace maids are now relieved - recently, the queen mother is in a good mood, not only can she see a smile every day, but even this Dehe Garden has reopened, and the big guys can listen to the drama again.

On the stage of the Deheyuan Theater, Cixi who looked at the stage had a smile on her face, and her phoenix head was slightly pointed, all of them looked like she was listening to the play attentively, and she was in a really good mood recently. To be more precise, last month's Nanyuan gymnastics made her feel really relaxed.

After the Chinese New Year this year, Rong Lu, the minister of military training, and others put forward a suggestion to hold a new army drill of the Eight Banners in Nanyuan to show the results of military training; At the same time, the great powers, especially the representatives of the provinces, are invited to come and watch. To show off his force, sweep away the bad luck of the court since last year. Of course, Cixi did not object to this.

As a result, the effect of Nanyuan's exercise was far better than she expected, not only won recognition abroad, but also won praise from all walks of life at home, and the prestige of the imperial court was also greatly improved. It also converged a lot, and the money that seemed to be in arrears was immediately released to the capital through the bank.

A few words of praise from foreigners are not what Cixi cares, what she cares about is that now that there is this Eight Banners New Army, this banner people's own force, the imperial court can finally sleep steadily, and fight since the Tang Dynasty. For the first time, she was able to live in the garden with peace of mind, of course. She also agreed to the request to set up a new army of the Eight Banners in the second town, as for the silver...... You can also squeeze it again.

In the praise of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military forces, Cixi, who felt that she had passed eight months of hard life, was also persuaded by the eunuchs around her to re-establish Dehe Garden, and occasionally listened to the play. Unlike listening to the opera every day in the past, this Dehe Garden only listens to it once every three days, and it is only more than a thousand taels of silver at a time.

For the Queen Mother's little hobby, naturally no one dared to say anything, and last year it was the Queen Mother who said that she wanted to tide over the difficulties with everyone. Now seeing that this difficulty is about to pass, the Queen Mother is in such a good mood and wants to listen to two scenes, the one that can be a slave can stir up the master's interest, and of course, more importantly, no slave dares to spoil the scenery at this time.

So the gongs and drums of this Dehe Garden sounded, in this noisy day of gongs and drums, it seems that the world, once again entered the peaceful and prosperous era, the Qing Dynasty under the auspices of the Queen Mother Lafayette, has come out of the crisis, once again embarked on the road of Zhongxing, just like the same light Zhongxing in the past, is about to usher in a new Zhongxing world.

Of course, the "Zhongxing World" is convinced of the banner people in the 49 City, and they are influenced by the newspapers, and even the newspapers in Tianjin have written "Zhongxing World", which naturally strengthens the belief of the Beijing Banner people and Beijing officials, and begins to look forward to the arrival of the Zhongxing World in this gong and drum sound.

But despite this, this soldier still has to be trained, and those men in the capital who are in the banner did not make up the arrears of silver salaries because of "Zhongxing is at the same time", and went to work in the textile factories and other factories run by the Agricultural Industry and Commerce Bureau in order to fill their stomachs, complaining that "Devil Six" and "Duan Baimi" want to starve the big guy to death, but on the other hand, they are looking forward to the arrival of Zhongxing, and looking forward to the court one day to make up for the arrears of silver salaries.

On the first day of the first month of March, after last year's comeback, he presided over the state affairs, and almost reached the state of power to the government and the opposition, Prince Gong entered the garden, and came to the Dehe Garden to face the saint, the Empress Dowager Cixi heard that King Gong was coming, and hurriedly summoned him, unlike in the past, Prince Gong entered the palace this time to bring a good news - HSBC agreed to borrow 1 million taels to the imperial court, which does not seem to be much, but Cixi immediately understood the truth behind it - the Western powers have confidence in the Qing Dynasty again.

"Sixth master, this is all your credit, last year, those foreigners said that they borrowed a million taels, even if they borrowed tens of thousands of taels, they didn't want to lend it to us, sixth master, you can work hard."

While praising Yixuan with kind words, Cixi set her eyes on King Gong, who was full of old age, he was also old, and there was still the high-spirited appearance of the year.

"It's all the trust of Lafayette, and the dedication of the minions, that can save some of the situation, if it can be ...... a few years earlier"

With a long sigh, he had no intention of reminiscing about the past, and changed the topic when he thought of another matter, but it brought Cixi into an inexplicable mood.

"Lafayette, Weichen has something to do, but I ask Lafayette to know that he is not sad!"

Yixun lowered his head and said, but when he mentioned the "don't be sad after knowing", his expression seemed very calm.

The words of the sixth master made Cixi wonder a little, what could be the matter, and said that I knew that I was going to be sad?

"Sixth Master, just say it directly!"

"Bian Baodi, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, passed away on the morning of the first day of March!"

Yixun's words were not loud, but they still reached Cixi's ears in Yiyi.

"What?"

This surprise is not trivial, although Bian Baodi is one of the nine governors of the world, and one of the rebellious ministers and thieves in Cixi's heart, she is still frightened by his sudden death.

It was frightened, the original world relied on the mutual involvement of the nine governors to maintain the current situation, and the death of a Bian Baodi today would not cause any consequences. Although the news of his poor health had been reported a month ago, Cixi, as the empress dowager, had no way to deal with it.

And now, the time has come.

"Then who is the candidate for governor recommended by Fujian and Zhejiang? Is it from the Bian family? Still is? ”

Cixi almost instinctively linked the news of Bian Baodi's death to the local tyrant, and when her voice fell, she only heard Yixun whisper there.

"Fujian and Zhejiang sent a telegram to Bian Baodi's posthumous fold, please select a competent candidate to be the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang!"

Another thunderclap sounded on the stage. It only shocked everyone for a moment, not to mention Cixi, and even when those eunuchs and palace maids heard the news, their eyes were also wide-opened, and they all looked incredible.

"What, Sixth Master, this, this...... It's true...... Bian Songchen wants to ask for the imperial court to ......"

Yixin nodded. When he received the secret telegram, he was really taken aback. In connection with the past month, Fujian and Zhejiang asked the empress dowager and the emperor's excerpts, and it seems to be understood that Bian Songchen did not think of handing over Fujian and Zhejiang to the imperial court for a while, but had already made up his mind.

"This Bian Baodi is worthy of my Great Qing Kingdom!"

Hearing the news, the Empress Dowager Cixi felt her head buzzing, and thought that such a loyal minister was already dead. She closed her eyes, and two lines of tears unconsciously squeezed out of her sockets. Rolled down his cheeks.

Bian Baodi, what a capable minister! He was so loyal to the imperial court that he did his best to contribute to the country when the army was prosperous and the country was in danger. This time, the Ming Dynasty court handed over the power of Fujian and Zhejiang to him. But he took the initiative to return power to the imperial court, how many loyal ministers are there in the world?

But now Bian Baodi has died.

Can this not make Lafayette sad?

Thinking that Bian Baodi actually died like this, the Empress Dowager Cixi couldn't stand it, she sobbed, and suddenly a handful of snot and tears. It seems to be a pity that good people don't live long.

"Galeries Lafayette mourns, people can't be resurrected after death, it's important to take care of your body!"

Looking at Lafayette's appearance, Li Lianying hurriedly persuaded on the side.

"Lafayette, Weichen has a piece of Bian Baodi's relics here, please Lafayette take a look!"

Yi Xun said, handed over the fold, was caught by Li Lianying, and presented it to Cixi.

In the compromise, Li Hongzhang reported in detail to the Empress Dowager Cixi on the situation of the negotiations, and seemed to feel that the future of the Qing Dynasty was very pessimistic, but he was full of expectations for the future of the Qing Dynasty, and only hoped that the Qing Dynasty could be revitalized again in the hands of the Empress Dowager and the Emperor. He also played that he was old, and he had been sick recently, and he felt that the end was not far away, and he regretted that he could not share his worries for the court, the queen mother, and the emperor.

The tone of the compromises was very sad, and even a little bit of the deep entanglement in his heart when he was "the governor discussed politics" last year, the general trend of the world was like this, the helplessness of being unable to resist, and the personal suffering, which made the listener even more sad, and it seemed that his body was riddled with illness today, all because he was worried about the national situation and the court.

After Cixi read it, she thought that such a loyal minister would leave like this, and her heart was even more uncomfortable. The tears fell more urgently,

Seeing the sad look of the master, Li Lianying hurriedly stepped forward and enlightened:

"Lafayette, although Lord Bian has passed away, but he died for the country, now in this world, there are still such loyal ministers, your old man should be happy. Now, crying is not an option, your old man should comfort his family and grandchildren.

Galeries Lafayette, do you think this is the reason? ”

Li Lianying's advice stopped Cixi's crying. Indeed, the more at this time, the more he can't make the hearts of the people in the world cold, he Bian Baodi disregarded his own return to the court as governor, and the court has to comfort his descendants.

"Sixth Master, do you have any ideas? In addition to giving an order to comfort, who do you think is appropriate to send to Fujian? ”

glanced at the sixth master, who seemed to be asking how to comfort his descendants, but in fact he was asking another question - who is the future governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, Hanchen can't believe it, but among these Manchu ministers, who is the most suitable person to send to preside over Fujian and Zhejiang?

"Hmmm......"

After a moment of silence, Yi Xun replied.

"This candidate is really not easy to decide, after all, it is difficult to send ordinary ministers to go, it is difficult to show the importance of the imperial court, if it is sent to the prince to give an order, I am afraid it is too important, in the opinion of the minister, it is best to send Yili in the banner to Fuzhou, one is to comfort the descendants of Lord Bian, as for the second, it is also good to take over as the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, and share the worries of the court."

Compared with Cixi, Yixun has a better understanding of the situation in Fujian and Zhejiang, the current Fujian and Zhejiang seem to be the three provinces of Fujian and Zhejiang, but in fact they are already divided into three, Yuan Shikai of Zhejiang is Li Hongzhang's person, as for Taiwan, that piece of barbaric land outside the country, it was Bian Baodi's "sincerity" for the country, in other words, only Fujian returned to the hands of the imperial court.

In other words, this governor of Fujian and Zhejiang is actually just the governor of Fujian. This is because of Li Hongzhang, the imperial court can't be provoked, if the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang wants to attack Zhejiang, he may force Li Hongzhang to move towards Beijing. As for Taiwan's Bian family, the imperial court can't touch it, if it does, it will only chill the world, and then who will trust the imperial court, after all, in the eyes of the world, as a loyal minister, Bian Baodi handed over the position of governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, and how many people in the world can see Bian Baodi's self-preservation?

However, this truth, this Hui Yixun did not talk to Cixi, and even he doubted that the Queen Mother had figured out the truth in the meantime, if it was said that dealing with Cixi in the past few decades, what was the biggest gain? I'm afraid it's my admiration for my wrist, and now the tears of the Queen Mother are different from crying in front of him back then.

"What the sixth master said is extremely true, this candidate, you still have to worry about the sixth master, after all, it is not easy for the imperial court to get this province now......"

Sure enough, Cixi's words made Yixi's heart skip a beat, he hurriedly lowered his head slightly, no longer spoken, when Cixi ordered the eunuch to ask the emperor to issue an edict and crown Bian Baodi's descendants, he was just thinking about the candidate for the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, who is more suitable?

When Yixin was in a dilemma about how to choose a candidate, Cixi's side had already finalized what reward to give her, as well as her family's reward, in short, it could be said to be extremely glorious, and even gave the coveted nickname - Wenzheng to Bian Baodi.

No matter what kind of selfishness Bian Baodi had to return Fujian and Zhejiang to the imperial court, Yu Yixun seemed to have made a lot of contributions to the Qing Dynasty, in any case, he Bian Baodi set such a precedent, with this precedent, the imperial court can start with this matter, and show the people of the world who is orthodox and who is the imperial court, and because of this, the imperial court will not return him lightly, reward his descendants, and glorify his court.

For many people who have "I am in the Qing Dynasty" in their hearts, as a courtier of the Qing Dynasty, Bian Baodi can regret his heart before he dies, and he can enjoy such a mourning honor after dying, which is also worth it.

(Thank you for the tips of Panzertank, Tianheng I, Mr. Wuling and other book friends, it is your support that has made Wulu persist all the way to the present, thank you!) (To be continued.) )