The selection of the crown princess is very important to the whole of China, whether it is the noble line, or the former Qing official line represented by Xianghuai, or the nouveau riche family represented by the chamber of attendants, they all watched the 'crown princess' salivate!

Because the prince's position is as stable as a mountain, the prince himself is not Liu Rong, Li Chengqian, Yinren and other predecessors who committed suicide. He has the support of the queen mother in the palace, and there is a big sister to follow the solid pet, and the outside also pulls up the former first assistant Fan family, and at the same time, the court also has a protégé who is all over the world. The current crown princess is sure that the future imperial queen Chitose!

Because another reason why the ministers and civil forces are optimistic about the crown prince is that the emperor is getting a good year, and he is already fifty-three this year. No one would think that His Majesty the Emperor, who was young and half-armed, could become a living man. Even though he's in good health now. But the more this is the case, the more worrying it becomes, because there are too many people in Chinese history who are in good health but are sick.

The emperor is not a violent person, he does not kill meritorious heroes, nor does he release military power with a glass of wine, and is benevolent and lenient to his subordinates, but this is not because the emperor is a holy lord, but because he has added too many constraints to the power structure. Each official position is followed by a number of deputies, and the law stipulates that each deputy must bear the responsibilities, that is, each deputy has a certain amount of real power. Just infighting, monitoring and restraining each other is enough for people to spend energy, let alone squeezing others and monopolizing power.

The other is the separation of civil and military, except for a small number of frontier governors in the entire dynasty, who still have the rank of general and can dispatch troops. The inland provinces are already full of civil and military governors. Coupled with the financial allocation, the majority of financial power belongs to the central government. Thankfully, those local taxes were able to support the local officials, and they didn't even have the expenses to pay for the New Year's holidays to comfort the garrison. How else can they expect to co-opt the army?

The Ministry of Defense is no longer the Ministry of War. The power of the army is even more in the General Staff and the General Logistics Department!

In the current situation of the national dynasty, even the first and auxiliary ministers of the cabinet are not at all able to become powerful ministers who block the Holy Hearing. Today's emperor can rest assured of his subordinates, and in fact it is. The dynasty has been in existence for more than ten years, look at how many founding heroes have committed crimes? Not only are they honestly keeping their duties, but even the descendants of the family are also very obedient.

The Ministry of State Security and the Military Intelligence Bureau in the hands of the emperor, plus the news media all over the place, and the large number of officials of the Supervision Yuan who are not afraid of death or trouble, as well as the court personnel who seem to be all strong orders. It's like a dense and unventilated sky net, hanging down from everyone's heads, covering every person and every inch of land in the country.

Therefore, the imperial power in China is still so supreme now, and the glory and power of the crown princess are naturally supreme.

As a veteran of the Hunan Army, Guo Songlin certainly hopes that his family can ascend to that shining throne. Even more so than he was doing now.

This kind of mood is not at all comparable to the 50,000 Chinese yuan. And why did he go to Jinling Casino to place the 50,000 yuan chips, not to win money, or anything else. The fundamental reason is just to save face for his family. Because the whole world knows about the prince's choice of concubines. There was a gambling game in the gambling house, and Guo Songlin couldn't see that the gambling money in Zeng Guangpei's name was much worse than that of other candidates.

In other words, these gamblers are also bold!

Guo Songlin, who was worried about such a thing in his heart, no wonder he didn't care about the Siam war. But it's obvious. Beijing was anxious about the war in Siam and did not want to put pressure on the Taiping army. Beijing is very concerned about the changes in the war situation in Siam, and for Liu Siam, it is important to choose a good virtuous and capable daughter-in-law. It's a big problem, but the Siamese war is also quite serious.

As an emperor. It is never possible to face only one thing, and it is never possible to do only one thing in a period of time. Grabbing the eyebrows and mustache is the normal state of the emperor's daily handling of government affairs.

Liu Xian also had to pay attention to the progress of the navy's shipbuilding. It is also necessary to pay attention to the snowstorm in the northwest and Mongolia, to the schooling rate of school-age children this year, to the migration from the coastal areas of the Northeast and the Outer Khing'an Mountains, to the migration from Central Asia, and to the fiscal revenue and balance for the whole of this year, and then to the expansion of the armed forces and the formation of the combat effectiveness of the armored forces......

It's the end of the year now, and the whole country has a lot of things waiting for Liu Xian, how can he put all his energy on choosing the crown princess? The opinions of the queen and the crown prince themselves also account for a large proportion of this matter.

Next year, the prince's airship will almost be finalized, and then the airship force can be formed. When the prince graduated from Kyoto University, he was able to enter the army, grasp the airship unit, and grasp the predecessor of the future air force.

So if you want to say that Liu Xian's heart is nailed to the Taiping Army, this proportion will really be very small. But Liu Xian never used the Taiping Army as a urinal. In terms of the power structure he constructed, the Taiping Army is an outward extension of China's power, and during the period of China's Taoguang cultivation and penance, the Taiping Army shouldered the role of jumping and showing force, and it has a very important definition in diplomacy. This is by no means a 'urinal' to be compared. It's just that a lot of connections are not put on the surface, and in the eyes of people who don't know the inside story, isn't it just that they are ahead of their time, and they don't need to throw away the urinal.

The city of Beijing in Layue is full of slaughter in winter. The wind was biting, and it was really much colder than the winter in the previous life.

God there was another snowfall, but it wasn't big, and the snow in the field was only half a foot. But Li Hongzhang and Li Cifu were sick.

Liu Xian's first feeling after receiving the news in the palace was - what the hell is Li Hongzhang going to do!? He didn't believe that Li Hongzhang would really be sick and take sick leave, this guy was still energetic in the original time and space until 1900, and he also came up with a "Southeast Mutual Insurance" agreement.

If it weren't for the situation, it would not be unusual for people to live for another two years.

Although it feels strange, why did Li Hongzhang, a person who likes to play with sexual power, take the initiative to sue for illness? Liu Xian still sent the prince to take a look at the sick number.

But the crown prince was not the first to visit the Li Mansion. What kind of person is Li Hongzhang, the leader of the Xianghuai system, faintly representing all the former Qing officials, being the second assistant, with a high position and a high reputation.

Liu Xian only gave him the title of noble candidate two years ago, and he can get the title of poor before. At the head of a faction, at this juncture, as soon as he said goodbye, the entire government and the opposition were shaken. This is terrible news for members of their faction. At this time, of course, they had to visit the sick, not only in Beijing, but also officials from other places in Henan and Shandong who sent people to take the train to the capital. And all the ministers of the court, whether they were enemies - the other party came to tempt, or neutral - the other party came to be curious, or there were people who asked Li Hongzhang, they also gathered in front of the gate of the Li Mansion.

No one would have thought that Li Hongzhang's illness was completely due to the crown prince, and in the eyes of everyone (including Liu Xian), Li Hongzhang and the prince walked at a moderate distance, and the prince was humble and polite to Li Hongzhang. This is completely the standard intimacy between a prince who is not involved in politics and the ministers of the DPRK and China. Even Li Hongzhang's son Li Jingshu was transferred to the Zhan Mansion in the East Palace last year.

Li Hongzhang intended to get closer to the prince, but it was only after Li Jingfang's concubine was recruited into the imperial garden that his enthusiasm rose. So how did the prince who kept to himself scare Li Hongzhang?

This has to start with Li Hongzhang's second son Li Jingshu. Li Jingshu is Li Hongzhang's second son, but in fact Li Hongzhang's eldest son, then Li Jingfang is Li Hongzhang's successor from his sixth brother Li Zhaoqing. Li Jingshu was born with two teeth and very bright eyes, and his relatives and friends were amazed and thought that it was extraordinary. Zeng Guofan saw it and said to Li Hongzhang: "This public auxiliary device is also", predicting that it will become a great weapon in the future. Li Hongzhang's mother, Li Shi, was even more happy, and said when she met people: "His father is the same, and this son will be his father." The joy of the Li family can be imagined.

But when he grew up, Li Jingshu was completely different from Li Hongzhang, he was very talented, otherwise Liu Xian would not have put Li Jingshu into the Zhan Mansion in the East Palace, but his talent was not Li Hongzhang's kind of talent. Li Jingshu's talent belongs more to the traditional literati and ink writers. His poems are very well written.

"Bee":

The righteous monarch and the ministers are heavy, and they work hard every day.

Accumulate fragrance into the world, and brew Shaohua.

False spring equinox millet, the real king Xiaojiao flower.

The special room is actually waist-thin, how can it be boasted of Chu Palace.

"Silverfish":

Who knows the joy of fish, parade this grand view.

Taking books as his life, he has made waves in ancient times.

It is easy to cover thousands of articles, but it is difficult to transmit the ruler remotely.

Cong is disgusted, and the belly is smiling.

At the same time, he is extremely filial. This point is very important to Liu Xian. Li Jingshu's mother, Zhao, suffered from liver disease all the year round, and after many years, she suffered severe pain. At this time, Li Jingshu always served beside him without undressing, tasted the decoction and medicine, and tried every possible way to alleviate his mother's pain. He inquired everywhere for cures, and when he was a child, he heard that this disease could only be cured by the flesh and medicine of his own son. Li Jingshu believed that it was true, and really cut a piece of meat from his own hand, boiled it in his mother's Chinese medicine, and presented it to his mother. Unfortunately, Zhao's illness did not improve.

The prince is naturally filial to his parents. Although I studied Western studies, I never let go of middle school, and now, poetry is withering, and it is rare to write as good as Li Jingshu. The prince has more contact with Li Jingshu, and Li Jingfang's eldest daughter is really good-looking, and there is a living example of Li Jingshu's conduct, and the prince does not consider the possibility of Li's bad character at all. It can be said that because of his second uncle, the Li family first got a good impression in the eyes of the prince.

Li Hongzhang is very confident in his heart - even if his granddaughter can't be selected as the crown princess, she can ask for the position of a side concubine. In the future, the wealth of the Li family will have something to rely on!

Expectations are high. For a while, the old man was refreshed and his mind was clear.

But at this moment, Zhao Xiaolian, who is his stepwife, Li Jingshu's own mother Zhao, has suffered from the cold this winter, and the old disease has recurred, and it is about to be bad...... (To be continued......)