Chapter 136: Between Trade-offs (Asking for a Monthly Pass!) )
The hot summer has passed in a hurry, the dense forests of the peaks and mountains of the West Mountains have been dyed red by the autumn wind, the sorghum on the outskirts of Beijing has turned yellow, and the harvest season has arrived. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info the farmer who had worked hard for a year bent his waist, lifted the ears of grain on tiptoe to weigh the weight, pinched off a few grains of sorghum millet and put them in his mouth to chew, deflated, completely not full of previous years, and even the red sorghum ears were also fluttering, all of which were ominous.
Putting down the red ears of grain, which seemed to be no different from previous years, the wrinkled, shabby old farmer looked at the sorghum field that was about to be harvested and let out a helpless sigh, and the sigh was full of sorrow for the year.
Alas, God also pities the croppers, and there are no raindrops for half a year, where is the good harvest!
The old farmer even recalled that in those years, although he had not experienced those "years" and the so-called "peaceful and prosperous times", he had also heard people say this, and listened to the people in the banner camp talk about the past years, and how many good years of good weather and abundant crops had in this land under the feet of the Son of Heaven?
Not to mention the distant Kang and Qian, that is, in the first 20 years since the current emperor ascended the throne, the Qing Dynasty was still Haiyan River Qing, the world was peaceful, within 20 miles of Beijing, the acres of land were never drought, and the crops were harvested year after year. Yes, it would seem that sorghum could collect a few more buckets.
Even in the early years, weren't there all folk songs sung there?
"Guangxu sits on the dragon tower, the five grain fields are harvested, the people of the four seas are happy, and the blessing is like a long stream of water."
But all of this has changed now, especially after the "Renchen Rebellion" three years ago, this heaven and earth gang often lost its claim. Not only did the foreign ministers commit it, but they seized the ancestral land of the Great Qing Dynasty. Don't talk about disturbing the dragon spirit of the Great Qing Kingdom. The country has also been hurt by this. As soon as the ministers and thieves are in trouble, they are even more ill-intentioned, and they are actually divided, isn't this just messing up the world and the world.
Monarchs and ministers, fathers, fathers and sons, the most basic principles in the world have been disrupted like this, and this god naturally can't stand it, and he will punish the rebellious ministers and thieves who have no kings and fathers in the world. Those who don't care about the sin are all bitter people, and this situation is naturally worse every year.
"Hey, God, why don't you have long eyes!"
The old peasants complained that for these people, it didn't seem to matter whether the emperor was Manchurian or Han, and the important thing was not to affect the year, and for them, at the beginning of the year, the emperor also sacrificed to the sky. It stands to reason that this year's year should be very good, but as for the famine year, it is a disaster year. The responsibility is not the emperor at all, but there are traitors in the court or God does not open his eyes, just like now, in the world where traitors are in power, how can God open his eyes.
In fact, when a similar article was published on newsprint, it really made the people in Sijiu City sigh, saying that the villagers were still loyal, and even the emperor in the Forbidden City who was in a bad mood after the queen mother lowered the curtain again, was in a much better mood, and said that justice was at ease in the hearts of the people.
Of course, in his opinion, it is better for this traitor to add another "hen Si Chen", I am afraid that it will be even more wonderful, but this is just a thought, for cowardice is very Guangxu, he knows that some things can be thought about, at most it is just a thought, and he can't even show it.
Not to mention revealing it, deep down in my heart, if there is no queen mother there to support him, let him, the emperor, deal with the current situation, it is estimated that he doesn't know what to do, and the situation in the Qing Kingdom is a little more dangerous than when there was a twist back then, not to mention anything else, it is Li Hongzhang in Tianjin, as long as he is willing, maybe the Forbidden City will have to change its owner.
"Hen Si Chen" is "Hen Si Chen", anyway, this world has been messed up to this.
The mighty royal guard of honor surrounded the Son of Heaven Luan and was speeding in the direction of the Summer Palace. Guangxu on Luan's drive has a cranky thought, as the emperor, he now hopes that he really doesn't have to ask about things, so it is more leisurely, but he wants to be idle, but the queen mother does not let him be idle.
Since the fourteenth year of Guangxu, the emperor got married at the age of eighteen, and the empress dowager "returned to power", in the twelfth month of the year, Cixi lived in the Ningshou Palace of the Forbidden City for two months, and lived in Zhongnanhai for three months.
However, the Empress Dowager who "returned to power" did not give up the authority of the Qing Dynasty, and the emperor had to go to the Summer Palace every ten days to ask for peace, and to present the national policies and government affairs to the Empress Dowager one by one, and only after obtaining permission could the decree be implemented. After the "Renchen Rebellion", Cixi took advantage of Guangxu's mistake to regain control of the government, but in the eyes of outsiders, this seems to be taken for granted, not to mention that Guangxu "forced" Tang Haoran, that is, the later local centrifugation, is not Guangxu can deal with, let alone Weng Tonggong and other Qingliu Emperor Party can deal with, and even the situation is so dangerous that even Cixi is extremely difficult to deal with, so he has no choice but to go out of the mountain again, although the current King Gong does not have the hat of the regent, but as the king of the council, but completely control the government, And little by little try to turn the tide of the situation.
The broken ship of the Great Qing Kingdom, thanks to Yixun's efforts, will not collapse, if you don't look at the Nine Governors' discussion of politics, it can make people feel a trace of Zhongxing - not to mention anything else, just the dozen or so art factories opened near the capital are not this Zhongxing Qi.
In fact, in the final analysis, this is mostly the credit of the end side, but he also has no way, on the one hand, the court is nervous, can only reduce the flag salary five times, but the flag people also have to live, so the end of the convenience in the name of tax increases, set up an industrial factory, this art factory hired a lot of flag people, although some idlers were raised, but finally did not let the capital mess up, and even because of such as the Beijing Textile Bureau, gun factories and other factories, but let people see a little bit of ZTE hope to come, although people still call him "Duan white face" , But no matter what, whether it is the queen mother or the prince, I finally breathe a sigh of relief, no, this year's summer, the rare queen mother, once again moved into the garden, it can be regarded as a recognition of the current situation.
Recognition is recognition, but this also makes Guangxu, who is the emperor, have one more thing, it is now the eighth month of the lunar calendar. Guangxu went to the Summer Palace again to say goodbye.
It's been more than a month since the beginning of autumn. The oncoming autumn breeze is already a little cool. Emperor Guangxu sat in the middle of Luan's chariot. The venerable dragon's body trembled with the rhythmic jolting of the palanquin, his eyebrows slightly frowned, and his dark brown eyes contained a melancholy color.
Compared with the confidence of the minions, as the emperor, he did not feel a trace of ease, although now, the imperial court has trained the new army of the three towns, and also grasps the province of Fujian. is far better than the chaotic situation in the world during the "Renchen Rebellion", logically speaking, he, as the emperor, should breathe a sigh of relief, but he can't relax.
In the past three years, he has experienced too much, and once upon a time, he also fantasized that one day. Like his ancestors, he was able to create a prosperous era. But the hardships of the world are far beyond his imagination. His court set up so many yamen and raised so many officials, but most of them were mediocre people who were vegetarian and wealthy, and finally chose a talent, but as a result, he was forced to rebel.
forced a Tang Haoran, nothing.
But no one would have thought that the "Cao of this world" used a piece of paper to electrify, so that the face of the Qing Dynasty was all exposed, and when the "Renchen Rebellion" was in trouble, the national disaster was in place, and the ministers were needed to do their best to assist, which of those silver-like wax heads could be used? The cardinals are elderly, and the local governors pretend to be deaf and dumb, stand by and watch, or are greedy for power, and demand power in every way.
Even together with Li Hongzhang, the former loyal minister, the other Huaijun Lu Division was beaten by Tang Rebellion, but he still looked at him, and in the end, they joined forces to take away the power of the court.
"Han people are not trustworthy, Han people are not available......"
Again, he thought of what the slave surnamed Yan said, although that dog slave had ruined the affairs of the imperial court, if this could have been said twenty years earlier, how could there be today?
However, all this is not what he, the emperor, needs to worry about, the ministers have something to do, so they go directly to King Gong, and he will discuss it with the emperor's father, as for their emperor, when the time comes, they only need to nod their heads at the same time, according to the emperor's father's instructions, the next edict, and take a form.
You can think like this in your heart, but Guangxu doesn't dare to show any emotions, but, in fact, it's not that he doesn't dare to show this emotion, but standing by Cixi's side, he doesn't even dare to speak out, and he dares to have any emotions there. Just like now, after asking the Queen Mother for instructions, Guangxu's whole person sat aside with a pale face as in the past, just like in the past, all of them were rope puppets.
If Li Lianying is the grand duke, as the emperor, Guangxu will become the second duke, just sitting on the side, not even daring to follow the mouth, occasionally he looks at King Gong, until now, he doesn't know why King Gong has no complaints about the emperor's father, but is still doing his best to run the court, although he knows that the emperor's father is guarding him, but he still works hard, as if he doesn't know all this.
“…… The Northeast is now building a navy, by no means the blessing of the imperial court, nor the disaster of the imperial court, today's Qing Dynasty, the local strength, no Northeast, Beiyang, the Northeast such as the Tang Dynasty, its foundation is shallow, all by a moment of martial arts to have today's prosperity, and Li Hongzhang started in the first emperor's military prosperity, in the chaos, its foundation is far from Tang rebellion can be compared......"
Even now, Tang Haoran, as the governor of the three eastern provinces under the decree of the imperial court, can still be "Tang rebel" in the mouth of Yixun and the ministers of the DPRK and China, at least in private, always shouting "Tang rebel" and "Tang rebel", it is no wonder that today's collapse is caused by him, as for Li Hongzhang, even today, there are still many people who regard him as the pillar of the empire, of course, more people are "secretly communicating with him", only waiting for other days to be determined, in order to protect the future. Among them, there are even many dignitaries in the flag, but everyone is not so polite to Tang Haoran.
This is still the case for those who have two hearts, let alone those who are bent on protecting the Qing Dynasty.
"Previously, Tang Shun's strength was all in the land division, but Li Hongzhang has also trained the Beiyang New Army in recent years, and now he has trained into six towns of the New Army, plus one town of the Zhejiang New Army, one town and one association of the Liangguang New Army, one town of the Shanxi New Army, one town of nine towns and one association, and more than 120,000 troops, which is not inferior to Tang Shun, and has the help of the sailor, but today, Tang Rebellion has run a naval division and built a large warship, which will be police by Li Hongzhang. As far as the imperial court is concerned, it can be said that it is beneficial and harmless......"
When mentioning that unpredictable future, Yixun even felt that his breath was a little short, who was the biggest threat to the imperial court? It is Li Tang and the two, in the past, the two may have been able to barely guard against each other and not become enemies, but today, Tang Rey has stretched out his hand to the sea, with Li Hongzhang's ups and downs in the sea, how can he not see Tang Rebell's heart of Sima Zhao, and how can he allow him to expand calmly.
"Sixth Master, what do you mean, let's just look at it like this?"
Cixi asked lightly, this northeast has built a big warship, and now the newspaper is saying all day long, this is not even Yixun was shocked, and when he was taken aback, he also saw the opportunity.
"Not only do we have to look at it, but we also have to reassure Li Hongzhang that the Fujian side doesn't say that Jiangxi bandits are getting worried, and in the opinion of the ministers, a new army can be transferred to Fujian to assist in defense."
"Sixth Master, what do you mean...... Let's ignore this capital? ”
Yixun's suggestion shocked Cixi's heart, and the seemingly lazy body even involuntarily leaned forward, her face was full of surprise, she was able to spend this summer in this garden, wasn't it all because of the confidence given by the New Army of the Eight Banners that changed its name to the Praetorian Guard? Transferring a town of soldiers to Fujian, if it is in case......
"The Queen Mother, it's always like this to stay in the capital, it's always not a way!"
Noticing the sudden change in the Queen Mother's face, Yi Xun immediately understood her thoughts, don't say it's him, it's just this capital, but it's not all relying on the new army to give some confidence, but the problem is that for Yi Xun, he knows that with that little confidence, there will always be a day when it will run out.
"In the past few years, we have indeed trained some soldiers, but compared with Li Hongzhang and Tang Ying, it is not worth mentioning, Queen Mother!"
The words paused slightly, Yi Xun bent his waist, now, his body and bones are not as good as a year, he feels that he has run out of oil, he doesn't even know that he can hold on like this for a few more years, some things must be planned early.
"If you stay in the capital like this and wait and see how the situation changes, there may be some variables, and the imperial court can't afford to bear these variables......"
After a long sigh, Yixun knelt down to Cixi.
"Sixth Master, you are ......"
Yixi's actions made Cixi stunned, but then his words made Cixi's eyes hot.
"Queen Mother, my body is not as good as a year, I don't know where I will go to see my ancestors, this world...... I thought, if I can take a gamble, I will take a gamble, maybe...... If so, the ancestors will not blame us when the time comes......"
The words fell on Cixi's ears, and then looked at the waist that was lying without a trace of spirit, Cixi suddenly burst into tears like rain, and responded again and again.
"Sixth master, sixth master, the mourning family has answered you!" (To be continued.) )