"Lafayette, this time is really a great victory, more enemies than Langfang's victory." Zai Yi said excitedly.

Hearing that there were more enemies than Langfang's victory, Cixi suddenly became interested, and said lazily: "Come on, Zaiyi, don't sell Guanzi, submit the report!" ”

After Zai Yi presented the report, Cixi was just about to open it and changed her mind, handed it to Li Lianying next to her, and said, "Little Lizi, read it to the big guy." ”

Li Lianying took the fold and read it in his characteristic sharp voice: "General Heilongjiang, the minister, respectfully invites the Holy Mother and Empress Dowager Sheng'an, and respectfully invites Your Majesty Jin'an." Recently, Tsarist Russia waved 180,000 troops to invade our country in six ways. Heilongjiang is weak in troops, and the three provinces cannot coordinate operations, and the Russians have several times the strength of our troops on the west and north routes. Yesterday he received a war report that Fengxiang, the deputy capital of Aihuicheng, with the cooperation of a large number of strangers and the brave and brave of the people, completely annihilated the Russian army on the northern route, annihilating a total of 27,648 aborigines and 320,000 aliens, killing the military and political chief of the Russian Amur Province Gribsky, two major generals of the Russian army, and the capture is not counted. ”

Cixi, who was originally lazy, sat up straight all of a sudden, and said with some eagerness: "Xiao Lizi, how many enemies did you just say?" ”

Li Lianying said with a smile on her face: "Back to Lafayette, the battle report wrote that Fengxiang Deputy Capital completely annihilated the Russian army on the North Road, with a total of 27,648 aboriginal troops and 320,000 aliens. Galeries Lafayette, this is a great victory! ”

The Empress Dowager Cixi's face suddenly turned red and said: "A good Shoushan, a good Fengxiang, Xiao Lizi, continue to read to the mourning family, and the mourning family must listen to the whole battle process." ”

After Cixi finished speaking, she said to the ministers: "Listen to the mourning family, learn how to win the battle, don't only know how to rely on boxers all day long, or shout about peace." ”

"Fengxiang Deputy Capital only has 7,346 soldiers in Aihui City, 240,000 aliens, more than 28,000 people in the Northern Russian Route Army, and 320,000 aliens. On July 14, Chen Baxian, the foreign commissar of the Aihui patrol battalion, was aware of the ambitions of the Russians in advance, and recruited more than 9,200 brave and strong people to go to Aihui. After the Russians provoked on the 15th, Chen Baxian led his army to cross the Heilongjiang River at night, and even the Russians ...... Esuri and Murususu and other cities."

The Empress Dowager Cixi interrupted Li Lianying again: "Little Lizi, where do you seem to have heard of this Chen Baxian's mourning family, do you have any impressions?" ”

Li Lianying smiled: "Lafayette, have you forgotten? A few days ago, when Langfang was victorious, the alien Chen Baxian led the army to cut off the retreat of the foreigners, so that the Boxers had the opportunity to completely annihilate the foreigners, and the slave remembered that Chen Baxian also killed the commander of the coalition army, Seymour, and the slave read it when he read the newspaper. ”

Cixi suddenly realized: "It turned out to be the little rabbit cub, the mourning family remembered that Chen Baxian was not yet 17 years old, and at that time he also praised the hero for being a young man, and gave him a title of Zhengqipin, and gave him a position of a thousand households outside Aihui City, but they didn't want him to make such a great achievement." ”

Li Lianying took the opportunity to pat herself on the back and said: "It's all Lafayette's wisdom that has today's big victory." ”

The Empress Dowager Cixi sneered: "What kind of discernment? If you really know how the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are all rice buckets, none of them can share the worries of the mourning family. Xiao Lizi, you continue to read down, and tell the mourning family about this Chen Baxian. ”

Chen Baxian led his army all the way north to conquer Belogorsk, the railway hub of the Russian army, and recruited warriors Wu Peifu and Yang Du to design the total annihilation of the Belogorsk defenders. After a short rest in Belogorsk, Chen Ba first marched eastward, then conquered two Russian cities, and cooperated with Fengxiang to conquer Hailan Pao ......"

Shoushan and Feng Xiang are both real people, and the battle report does not add any oil and vinegar, and Chen Hao, Wu Peifu and Yang Du's merits are told in the war report. Cixi has heard the news of the defeat recently, and she listened to it with relish after a rare victory, and after Li Lianying read the war report, she sighed: "Young people do not forget to share worries for the country, Chen Baxian is really a loyal minister!" went deep into the empire to annihilate hundreds of thousands of enemies, and Wei Qinghuo's illness was no more than that. ”

After Cixi finished speaking, she glanced at the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, and said lightly: "Ladies and gentlemen, what do you think of the hundreds of thousands of enemies in the Northeast?" Let's talk about it! ”

"Congratulations to Galeries Lafayette! Lafayette is blessed with all the heavens, and the soldiers of the three armies will definitely be able to defeat the foreigners. ”

"Blessings?" The Empress Dowager Cixi sneered and said: "The mourning family really hopes that the mourning family will be blessed with good fortune, but those foreign devils will not let the mourning family stop!" Chen Baxian is only an eight-grade official, but he can share the worries of the country and mourn his family! Sun Aiqing, how should Chen Baxian be rewarded for such a great achievement, let's talk about it! ”

Sun Jianai, the secretary of the ministry, pondered for a moment, and said: "Empress Dowager, Chen Ba first served as the eighth grade, and he should be promoted after such a great achievement, but he can move to the right of Ai Huncheng is the seventh grade. The righteous Wu Peifu can be awarded the eight-grade foreign commission to thousands of households, and Yang Du can be awarded the eight-grade ceremony"

Cixi sneered: "Bankrupt the family and loyal to the country, and the loyal ministers who annihilate hundreds of thousands of enemies can only be the commander of the seven grades?" There are countless first-class and second-class officials in this Manchu Dynasty, who can annihilate hundreds of thousands of enemies like Chen Baxian and share worries for the country? ”

Sun Jianai observed his words and knew that the Empress Dowager Cixi admired the alien Chen Baxian very much, so he proposed to make an exception for Chen Baxian to be promoted two levels in a row, not wanting the Empress Dowager Cixi to be dissatisfied. So he said in a deep voice: "Queen Mother, Chen Baxian is still young, and now he is only a thousand households in the eighth grade, and his promotion to the seventh rank is already two levels in a row, if it is ......"

Cixi interrupted Sun Jianai's words and said: "Ambition is not old, the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty are older than Chen Baxian, who has such a ability?" Zhili is a Nie Shicheng who can fight but was slandered by you, and now that Zhili has lost consecutive battles, it is better to change to a capable person to command. Then Chen Ba had served under Nie Shicheng first, so let him take over Nie Shicheng's position as a direct commander! With him coming to northern Hebei, rest assured. ”

"There are also two aborigines who assisted Chen Baxian, then Wu Peifu will be awarded the four-grade deputy Xiaoqi leader, and Yang Du will be awarded the four-grade ceremony."

"The Queen Mother can't, the promotion of the eighth-grade martial arts from the first-rank member is inconsistent with the imperial court's law, and Chen Ba is seventeen years old, and the seventeen-year-old first-rank member has not been heard of in ancient and modern times......"

"Sun Aiqing is a reader, didn't she forget all the books?" The Empress Dowager Cixi interrupted Sun Jianai's words again and said: "Gan Luo is twelve years old, how can Chen Baxian be seventeen years old and not be a direct commander?" ”

Sun Jianai was covered in cold sweat, he was in a hurry to say the wrong thing and was taken advantage of by Cixi, and he didn't know how to answer for a while. He knew why the Empress Dowager Cixi wanted to appoint the little hairy boy Zhili Governor, the recent Zhili consecutive defeats, the Empress Dowager Cixi was scared, at this moment there was a stranger in the northeast who could win a big battle, Cixi regarded this little hairy child as a life-saving straw.

It's just that the seventeen-year-old boy is too child's play to serve as the governor of Zhili, Sun Jianai feels ridiculous and doesn't know how to refute it.

The victory in the Northeast reassured Zai Yi a lot, but it didn't mean that he was willing Cixi to appoint an official position as high as Yiren. Since the seventeen-year-old boy can also win a big victory in the Northeast, Zai Yi feels that there are still a lot of Boxers in northern Hebei, and maybe there is still hope to defeat the foreigners, which is a great credit for him who resolutely supports Cixi's use of the Boxers to deal with the foreigners.

Zai Yi also understood Cixi's thoughts, and when he saw Sun Jianai in a cold sweat, he said: "Empress Dowager, Chen Baxian can make great achievements in the Northeast and there are many lucks. The ancients Yun Tangerine was born in Huainan and was born in Huaibei as Mandarin, Chen Ba was suddenly promoted to serve as the governor of Zhili, and he was not familiar with northern Hebei, but he was afraid that it would be difficult to compete. ”

Cixi was suddenly hit by Zaiyi, and recently Jibei was defeated, and when she heard that Chen Ba had the ability to do so, she wanted to be transferred to Jibei as a life-saving straw. After listening to Zai Yi's words, she also felt that it was too risky, if Chen Baxian was as useless as Zhao Kuo, it would be dangerous to defeat the capital in northern Hebei.

Cixi dispelled unrealistic thoughts and said lightly; "Then Zaiyi, how do you think the reward should be awarded?"

Zai Yi said confidently: "Weichen thinks that it is certain that Chen Ba will move to the right first, but what position to hold should consult Shoushan and Feng Xiang's opinions, these two are his superiors, and they should know more about him." ”

At this moment, the palace guard entered the hall and said: "Empress Dowager, eight hundred miles northeast is urgent." ”

"Bring it in."

This is Shoushan's second report after seeing Chen Hao, and Cixi sighed again after reading the report: "Chen Baxian is really the loyalty and goodness of the country!" Chen Ba first took the initiative to ask Ying to go south to Fengtian to deal with the Russian Southern Route Army, what do you think Aiqing? ”

Zai Yi hurriedly said: "So good! Chen Baxian is good at winning battles, and he is just transferred to southern Liaoning to deal with the Russians who attack from the brigade, if he really has the ability to win again, it is just right for the Queen Mother to transfer him to the king of Guanqin. ”

Cixi nodded in agreement with Zai Yi's statement, and then said to Sun Jianai: "Sun Aiqing, Shoushan and Fengxiang Baoju Chen Baxian are the same knowledge of the Yingkou Haiphong Tongzhi Department, what do you think?" ”

Yingkou Haiphong Tongzhi Department is the same as the sixth-grade official position, and the eighth-grade foreign committee is promoted to the sixth-grade Tongzhi, which is already the fourth level in a row. If the Empress Dowager Cixi had asked before, Sun Jianai would definitely object, but compared with the Admiral from the first rank to the direct subordinate, the same knowledge of the six products is nothing, so Sun Jianai said: "The minister has no objection." ”

Empress Dowager Cixi rushed to Li Lianying next to her; "Little Lizi, let's make a decree for the mourning family! Shoushan has meritorious service in resisting the enemy, and the crown prince is less protected, and the yellow coat is given. The commander of Fengxiang was meritorious, and he was given a yellow coat and was named a loyal and righteous uncle. ”

"Chen Ba, a thousand households of the Aihui City Foreign Affairs Committee, first fought against the enemy and gave him a yellow coat. From now on, the Yingkou Haiphong Tongzhi Hall will be changed to the Yingkou Zhili Hall, and Chen Ba will be the Yingkou Zhili Hall first, with six camps under its jurisdiction. Wu Peifu Yingkou Zhili Hall is the sixth product thousand general, and Yang Du is the deputy envoy of the Liupin Yingkou Zhili Hall. The other Inhuman righteous people who participated in the war were rewarded by Feng Xiang and Chen Ba first. ”

It was already difficult for Cixi to let Chen Baxian be promoted four levels in a row to serve as Sun Jianai, who knew that Cixi played a small trick and directly turned Yingkou into Zhili Hall, and Chen Baxian suddenly became a Zhengwupin Tongzhi.

Lafayette's Chrysostom has been opened, and Sun Jianai will not be interested in refuting it, so he has to acquiesce to Cixi's reward.

(To be continued)