Li Hongzhang was surrounded by King Gong and the ministers of military aircraft like stars and moons, and he was not fluttered because of this, but on the surface, he looked extremely excited, but in his heart, he was more vigilant in this "farce-like welcome". Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Maybe Li Hongzhang didn't think about the Han or Manchu issue, at least he didn't seriously think about it, but the king's attitude made him understand a truth, he was a Han after all.

When he walked into Ningshou Palace, Li Hongzhang, who was very excited on the surface, slowly calmed down, and at this time, there was already an inner servant, and immediately, a woman's voice came from inside:

"Call him in!"

It's the Queen Mother!

Li Hongzhang knew that this was the golden mouth opened by the queen mother, and he subconsciously straightened his clothes and straightened his body. The eunuch walked to the door and shouted in a hoarse throat: "Pass Li Hongzhang!" ”

The two eunuchs raised the bright yellow satin cotton curtain, Li Hongzhang bent down and entered the door, took two steps forward, and knelt down with his legs:

"Minister Li Hongzhang respectfully invites St. Ann! I've seen the Queen Mother, I've seen the Emperor! ”

As a Han Chen, Li Hongzhang naturally will not and cannot call himself a slave, of course, deep down he disdains to call him a slave, and the imperial court has intentionally or unintentionally failed to carry him into the flag.

"Li Hongzhang is exempt from the courtesy and gives the seat."

This time it was Guangxu in front of Cixi, and when it came to the ability to govern Guangxu, it was naturally far inferior to Cixi, and this kind of thing would happen, and she could only ask for help from the Queen Mother.

Li Hongzhang took off the coral red top hat with dazzling eyes, put it on his right hand, and lowered his head. Say it loudly:

"Minister Li Hongzhang knocks on God's grace!"

Then he prostrated three heads in a row. The green brick floor made a deep sound. After knocking. He stood up, holding a big hat in his right hand, took a few steps forward, and sat on the soft stool beside him, compared to the past, Li Hongzhang seemed to be more cautious, which could not help him not be cautious, the previous style of the banner magnate. It has already made his heart vigilant.

For a moment, there was silence in the palace. Fine beads of sweat appeared on Li Hongzhang's forehead, but his heart was very calm.

"Li Hongzhang, you already know everything?"

After a long silence, Cixi finally opened her mouth.

"Yes, Queen Mother."

Li Hongzhang took this opportunity to raise his head, quickly glanced ahead, and then quickly lowered his head and replied.

"The minister already knows."

At this glance, he could see the layout in front of him clearly. The emperor sat on the throne. The figure seems to be thin and weak, and the face is pale. With a childish face, his eyes looked at the curtain in the distance, and he did not look at him. Behind a thin layer of yellow curtains sat the Queen Mother.

"What do you think about this?" Empress Dowager Cixi asked again.

"Bring in heavy troops to suppress the Kou."

Li Hongzhang replied in six words, and there were no more superfluous words.

"This suppression is a suppression, how many troops can Li Hongzhang, the Beiyang Yamen, transfer?"

The Empress Dowager Cixi's voice was not loud.

"Back to the Queen Mother, within three months, 15,000 people can be adjusted."

Li Hongzhang replied bluntly, he didn't think there was anything about it, now that the Huai army was stationed throughout the country, it was already the greatest ability to transfer 15,000 people to Hangzhou within three months.

"Oh, Li Hongzhang, you've worked hard!"

Cixi didn't say anything else, for her who had worked hard for years to maintain the balance of power among various interest groups, she now needed the attitude of Li Hongzhang.

"To do things for the court, the ministers dare not do their best."

Seeing that the Empress Dowager Cixi did not continue to inquire for three months, Li Hongzhang breathed a sigh of relief.

"How is this Beiyang Navy Master doing now?"

As soon as the topic changed, the Empress Dowager Cixi was asking.

"Back to the Queen Mother, the Beiyang Sailor is very disciplined,"

Li Hongzhang hurriedly replied.

"This trip to the Ryukyus was also praised by the chief of the British naval fleet."

"Over the years, Li Hongzhang, you have also worked hard, this is a well-known thing."

The Empress Dowager Cixi continued to order.

"This training sailor, you have also worked hard, some people impeached you Li Hongzhang for the purchase of new ships, but they forgot that you are an errand for the court, and the court will support him......"

This sentence is not so much about ordering a warship, but rather about appeasing Li Hongzhang, the more he gets to this point, the more he can't say some things clearly, just like the difference between the flag and the man, everyone knows that it is the truth, but they can't say it.

"If the dynasty didn't have Li Hongzhang to do things there, I don't know what the situation would be like at this time!"

Cixi continued, and Guangxu listened there, which made him look a little confused, why did the Queen Mother and Li Hongzhang just mention the matter of purging, and the two of them stopped mentioning this matter It seems that compared to the matter, the matter of Hangzhou is not important. After Cixi and Li Hongzhang talked for half an hour to ask and answer, Cixi asked again.

"Li Hongzhang, what do you think should be done with the current matter!"

This may be the second question, but in fact, the first question is equivalent to not asking, and the question and answer between them are telling Li Hongzhang that the court believes in him, and Li Hongzhang can not know this, and after the second question, he said truthfully.

"Over the years, the ministers have been honored by the queen mother and the emperor's grace to be an official in Beiyang."

Answering this, Li Hongzhang's face still did not see a trace of waves, but there was a slight fact in his words - he was the minister of Beiyang, not the minister of Nanyang, and he was not the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang.

"The minister thinks that the current situation should be handled by Bian Baodi, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, and Liu Kun, the governor of Liangjiang, and one or two people, and the elites of the two places can be transferred to suppress it, and Beiyang can be dealt with later!"

"Oh!"

Hearing Li Hongzhang say this, Cixi was silent for a while before saying to the emperor:

"Your Majesty, just do this, and immediately send an order to Bian Baodi, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, and Liu Kunyi, the governor of Liangjiang, to send them to transfer the elite of Fujian, Zhejiang and Liangjiang to Hangzhou to suppress the chaos and rebellion ......"

After saying that, Cixi glanced at Li Hongzhang again and asked softly.

"Hmmm! They are ordered to suppress the rebellion in Hangzhou as soon as possible, and they must not become a spreading trend! ”

The Empress Dowager Cixi glanced at Li Hongzhang when she spoke, if this Hangzhou rebellion could not be put down quickly. I'm only afraid of the Qing Dynasty...... But this is a matter of dispatching troops. It's always time-consuming and labor-intensive. This Qing Dynasty didn't build a few railways! Thinking of this, she thought of the good coming of the railroad mentioned in the past, but it was too late to mention it again.

"Li Hongzhang, then Hangzhou is the son of Tan Jixun, the governor of Hubei, what do you think should be done!"

Well, here comes the most important question!

In fact, how to deal with Tan Jixun, the governor of Hubei, is even more important than how to suppress the rebellion. If it was not done properly, it might arouse the dissatisfaction of the Han magnates, especially the Han officials, and Cixi had to be cautious about this.

"Hubei Governor Tan Jixun is not a good godson, and he should be reformed!"

Spit out the last two words, Li Hongzhang lowered his eyes and stopped talking, these two words actually indicate an attitude, to be precise, Hanchen's attitude.

Teach your son improperly!

What a godson is not right!

Although she sighed in her heart, Cixi pondered for a while before nodding.

"The decree was sent to Tan Jixun, the governor of Hubei, to be dismissed and ordered to return home. Handed over to the magistrate! ”

If it was a few decades ago, let alone Tan Jixun, the governor of Hubei. Even if the son of the minister of military aircraft is rebellious, the head cut off is the lightest, if it is left in the Qianlong Lord's meeting, maybe it will be punished by the nine clans, but now listening to the queen mother's will, the princes waiting outside the door can't help but sigh in their hearts "Qiwei has fallen", since the twisting of the rebellion, this court is not as good as a day, for Zeng Guofan, Li Hongzhang, Zuo Zongtang and other Han ministers, they can only be made to control each other, in order to maintain the balance between the Han ministers and officials, and the court is used in the middle, so as to maintain the dignity of the court.

Even now, Tan Jixun's son openly rebelled, and the court had to seek the opinions of the Hanchen Xinjiang officials to deal with it.

But no one can laugh!

On the other hand, Gong Wang Yixun will hang his eyelids, as if he didn't hear the answer from the hall, he just stood there, all of them were calm, but there was a sneer in his heart, these people didn't even know what was most important at this time, was it important to punish the nine clans of the Tan family, or was it important to calm down the rebellion?

Even if Yixun had read the "Proclamation of the National Telegraph", he was also frightened by the absence of the three souls, and he knew that the Manchu and Han Dynasty defenses did not know that the proclamation was the most sensitive string between the Manchus and Hans...... But now, as King Gong of Manchuria, Yixun knows that no matter what happens, this rebellion must be quickly pacified.

And when Li Hongzhang mentioned that the matter should be handled by Liangjiang, Fujian and Zhejiang in three months, he knew that his opportunity had come, and the opportunity to re-emerge from the mountain was in front of him, and it was up to him to see if he could grasp it.

"Li Hongzhang, a few days ago, didn't this Beiyang Navy escort the landing division to return to Ryukyu, the palace pondered, since the matter of this Ryukyu is almost over, why not transfer the sailor to Hangzhou and send the land camp over directly, I think it will be faster!"

Although Cixi is nearly sixty years old, she can stand out in this palace with the harem, although she can do some foolish things, but her meticulous mind is not comparable to ordinary people, but it is just a few breaths of effort, and everything has been arranged. The reason why she mentioned the Beiyang Navy Master was to tell Li Hongzhang that the face of your Hanchen Xinjiang officials was taken care of for you, and now it is your turn to go to the imperial court.

"Back to the Queen Mother, although this Ryukyu has been decided, the land division that can be sent to the Ryukyus is transported by renting foreign ships, if you want to send the land division to the waterway, I am afraid that you need to rent a foreign ship, the foreign traveler has never been considerate of the imperial court, if you don't give enough silver, I am afraid that it will not send a ship to Hangzhou......"

Li Hongzhang did not refuse, but said straightforwardly, renting a ship requires silver, and if you want to rent a ship, you have to give the silver to the court first.

"This is a major military event, naturally you can't worry about spending silver, don't give less money to the people who should be given, save less money and delay the big event! Li Hongzhang, this matter still has to be done by you, the court is now in a hurry with money, I'm afraid it still has to rely on you to find a way, you didn't disappoint the court back then, and you will naturally not disappoint the court now. ”

Cixi's words are equivalent to handing over the financial power to Li Hongzhang as he did back then, as for how he raises money, whether he borrows or raises, that is his full power. (To be continued.) )