Chapter 221: The Eunuch and the Palace Maiden
The more he thought about it, the more reasonable it became, Chang Dachun no longer hesitated, and said loudly: "Since Weichen saw Shanghai, he has always been worried, where foreign customs prevail, whether it is businessmen or ordinary people are mercenary, there are countless officials who are full of private pockets, and the minister asks the emperor to drive Shanghai, hoping that Shanghai will change." ”
Li Yunzhong secretly said: This is a good idea, it's time to go out and relax, stay in the palace all day long and stare at the Northern Expedition, it's too boring, the victory on the front line has been decided, according to Xianfeng Xiaoer's performance, when Li Hongzhang appeared in Tianjin, he should be ready to run away, calculate carefully, this is also a matter of half a month, after the victory of the Northern Expedition, the government directly settled in Beijing, and there was no railway, and it was difficult to go out.
Zhang Suimou frowned, thinking: What's wrong with Chang Dachun today? In the past, when Shanghai was mentioned, it was the words "no monarch and no father", how could he instigate the emperor to inspect Shanghai today, that's right! Although he is talking about Shanghai's badness, the meaning is clearly like this, is there any conspiracy in it?
Lu Jianying glanced at Zhang Suimou, and said secretly: It's better to take him away first, the decision has been made, and said to Li Yunzhong: "Your Majesty, Weichen has a report on political affairs, and I also ask the emperor to move Wenyuan Pavilion." ”
Seeing the nervous appearance of Lu Jianying and Chang Dachun, Zhao Liewen smiled slightly, bowed down and said, "Since Lord Shoufu has official business, then Weichen has taken his leave." ”
Zhang Suimou glanced at Zhao Liewen and said secretly: Sure enough, there is a conspiracy!
"Wechen farewell!" Zhang Suimou followed Zhao Liewen out of the palace and said to Zhao Liewen in front: "Lord Zhao go slowly." ”
Zhao Liewen waited for a moment, and said to Zhang Suimou: "I don't know what the chief of staff has to say?" ”
In the past few days, Zhao Liewen is trying to find a way to wrest power from the General Staff, and the Military Department is only a nominal Military Department. All the real power was taken away by the General Staff, which made him very uncomfortable. The promotion of individuals must be approved by the General Staff, is this still the book of the Ministry of War?
Zhang Suimou returned the gift. smiled: "It's nothing, it's just that I just heard that you mean to let Xianfeng go!" Is this true? ”
Zhao Liewen replied: "As long as we are courtiers, we only need to think about His Majesty, and we don't have to be so serious about other things, don't you say, Lord Zhang?" ”
Zhang Suimou sneered, arched his hand in the direction of the palace, and said: "What a joke, I haven't heard the emperor mention it before, Xianfeng is the emperor of the Qing Kingdom." It's always a disaster to keep him, and if he is released back to the Northeast, he will have to repeat the entry of the Qing army! ”
Zhao Liewen didn't agree with this idea in his heart, but this was the opinion of all Qingliu civil officials, and he could only obey it, and he was not angry at Zhang Suimou's accusation, and replied calmly: "The Manchu Qing Dynasty has been in the customs for two hundred years, except for the excessive killing at the beginning, the rest of the emperors have been valued by the people of the world. The people also remembered their favor, otherwise the offensive of the Han army would have already reached Beijing, and there were still several western provinces that had not been pacified. If they were defeated by the Qing army in Beijing, wouldn't it be cheaper for them! ”
Zhang Suimou was stunned, he didn't take the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in his eyes before. Now that I can't talk about it coldly, it's really a big problem. Looking at Zhao Liewen's serious appearance, he asked equally seriously: "It's not impossible to let Xianfeng go back to the Northeast." Back then, Ming Chengzu Zhu Di sent troops deep into the grassland to attack Mongolia several times, and we can do the same, what does Lord Zhao think? ”
Zhang Suimou made up his mind in his heart that if Zhao Liewen opposed sending troops to the Northeast, then he would not agree to let Xianfeng go, no matter how heavy the casualties were, he would annihilate the main force of the Qing army.
Zhao Liewen immediately replied: "Of course, the Han soldiers are strong and strong, and after pacifying the internal troubles, we must send troops to recover the Northeast and Mongolia to prevent future troubles." ”
Letting go of Xianfeng can also be regarded as fulfilling the righteousness of Lu Jianying, Chang Dachun and others, and they are broken off by grace, and there is nothing to say about the world's corporals.
Zhang Suimou got a positive answer, hugged his fists and said: "Zhang still has important things, farewell!" ”
Wenyuan Pavilion, Li Yunzhong calmly came to the main seat and sat down, looked around, and asked, "Why aren't these Hu Yihuang and Meng Shengsheng here?" ”
Lu Jianying replied respectfully: "Your Majesty, Lord Hu and Lord Meng have gone to inspect the ministry!" ”
Li Yunzhong said with a smile: "Don't the two Aiqing have something to report, let's say it!" ”
Lu Jianying actually had ulterior motives, and casually found three or two trivial things to report, one would be that the inferior gentry in Anhui were arrested and imprisoned by Hu Mengjun, the political envoy, and the other would be that Gu Jiaxing, the governor of Henan Province, was about to face the saint......
Li Yunzhong's face was calm, and he listened attentively, if it was before, he would have given serious instructions, but now that he has developed the temperament of a gentleman, he has already seen Lu Jianying's thoughts, so he didn't say anything, and when Lu Jianying said the way to deal with it, he just nodded.
Oops, don't be self-defeating! Concerning the lifelong happiness of his granddaughter, Chang Dachun was no longer calm, glanced at Lu Jianying, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, now the Han Dynasty is strong, but the emperor has no heirs. ”
Li Yunzhong snorted, laughed, and replied: "Two masters, we are all old acquaintances, and if we have something in the future, we can directly bring it up, so we don't have to beat around the bush." ”
Lu Jianying's old face turned red, and he bowed down and said: "The emperor has taught me a lesson, but this matter is very important, please think twice!" ”
Li Yunzhong saw that they seemed to be real, and said with a wry smile: "How many times have I said that choosing a show girl is really a bad government, how many girls have been delayed in their youth because of this, I have a few concubines, and I am already content." ”
Lu Jianying doesn't care if Li Yunzhong is satisfied or not, there is no representative of their clear stream in the harem, this is a big deal, how will the crown prince teach in the future, I heard that the emperor still has such and such a relationship with the two women of Fanbang, in case they give birth to men, wouldn't the big man fall into their hands? This is an unacceptable result for Lu Jianying and others.
Chang Dachun said bluntly: "The emperor has been married for several years and has only one daughter, isn't the emperor worried?" Aren't we worried as courtiers? Now that the harem and the outside are losing Guangxi Bigfoot Sister, what kind of system is this, even if the emperor does not accept a concubine, he should also choose a palace maid to serve. ”
Li Yunzhong covered his forehead, he was really not used to such a corrupt life from later generations, sixteen or seventeen-year-old girls were innocent and romantic, how could they let them live in a small harem for decades, and they couldn't bear to castrate a good man as a eunuch.
Li Yunzhong decided to continue to perfunctory: "Isn't there a lot of eunuchs and palace maids in the Qing court, and when the time comes, they will all be ready-made, so why bother to work the people and waste money." ”
Seeing that the time was ripe, Lu Jianying glanced at Chang Dachun, and said to Li Yunzhong with a pleasant face: "The emperor treats the people like his own relatives, and can assist the emperor, this is our blessing as a courtier. ”
The more Li Yunzhong listened, the more wrong it became, and they all prepared the pit for their feelings, just waiting for me to jump down! The minister's children won't be entangled in their little feet! I thought of a woman with her little feet wrapped and dressed like a zombie movie......
Li Yunzhong shuddered a few times and replied: "That's not necessary, let's tell you the truth, I won't want a woman with little feet, you will die of this heart!" ”
Lu Jianying was dumbfounded, he was good friends with Chang Dachun, but he had never seen Chang Shuying, and he didn't know if she had bound her feet.
Chang Dachun was overjoyed, he advocated binding Chang Shuying's feet at the beginning, but he gave up because Chang Shuying couldn't stand the pain, and he was worried that she wouldn't be able to marry, but he didn't expect the emperor to like big feet!
Lu Jianying caught a glimpse of Chang Dachun's excited look, looked at Chang Dachun's eyes and turned to his feet, as if asking if your granddaughter had bound feet.
Chang Dachun smiled and shook his head.
Lu Jianying immediately got up and replied: "Your Majesty, Lord Chang has a granddaughter, who is just seventeen this year, with a beautiful complexion, and no foot binding, she is the person the emperor likes, and Weichen asks the emperor to accept Chang Shuying as a concubine!" ”
"Weichen doesn't dare to climb high, Shuying is still young." Chang Dachun replied pretendedly, and after speaking, he was still a little uneasy, afraid that Li Yunzhong would really refuse, and added: "If the emperor takes a fancy to Shuying, it will be her blessing, and Weichen will be grateful." ”
Li Yunzhong was silent for a while, thinking: It seems that they will not give up if they do not achieve their goal, so they should agree, so as to appease a large group of civil officials and ministers. (To be continued......)