Chapter 105: Undercurrent
The second more
Chery stood on the steps of the Taihe Palace, looking at the sound of the board below, and strangely, no one was crying below, everyone gritted their teeth and buried their faces in their arms.
Chery had already asked Lao Gui, and what Lao Gui thought about at the time was that it was almost time.
Chery wanted to beat Lao Gui out at that time, but in the end he didn't say anything. He tried hard to think about it, Lao Gui once gave Xianfeng a pulse, but at that time, Lao Gui paid more attention to Qingyu's pulse.
At that time, Lao Gui may not have known their identities, but he didn't say it because there was nothing more to say. And Qingyu may be able to save it!
At this time, when he saw the expressions of the imperial doctors below, he understood that everyone was like Lao Gui, and everyone knew that the time was coming.
So the queen only beat them with ten boards, that is, let them go. So, has Qingyu given up?
Looking at the already dark blue sky, the capital in late autumn should be very beautiful, but Chery is already a little cold in winter at this time.
This winter, for the entire imperial court, may be a cold winter!
"My lord, Lord Li...... "The little guy from the Prime Minister's Yamen rushed over to report something.
"Go home!" Chery didn't even look at the man, got into the carriage himself, closed his eyes and commanded.
The little guy sighed softly and had to go back to report.
At this time, there was a constant undercurrent in Beijing.
The British and French envoys were still there, but Qingyu was gone, so Chery threw the matter to the Li Fan Yuan and Li Hongzhang, who was in charge of the Fan Yuan.
Li Hongzhang originally thought that it was Yiren who was in charge of the Imperial Court, and that was a serious Prince Heshuo, whose status was much higher than himself, but who was Yiren? has been able to survive in the court for so many years, in addition to the fact that he is Qingyu's brother-in-law, more importantly, he is as slippery as a loach.
After Xianfeng took his wife and children to Changchun Garden, he fell ill. Although he was scolded by Qingyuan at home, he still closed the door to thank the guests. Even if you know, in fact, it is useless to close the door at this time, he is Qingyu's brother-in-law, who believes it if he wants to cut it at this time? offended Qingyu in vain.
He knew, but he still didn't want to come out. His identity is too sensitive, and after his uncle took over this hat, he was educated to stay away from the royal family, and not to get involved in royal affairs. After he had finished saying this to his wife and eldest son, he went back to his study to read.
Qingyuan understood what her husband meant, so she could only invite Qingyu to meet herself, whether it was to apologize or explain, she still had a son, she couldn't let her son be rejected by Qingyu.
Qingyu laughed for a long time, looked at her sister, and just shook her head. After a long time, he said, "Let Yiren resign, and I will make him reflect at home." ”
Qingyuan went home hesitantly, and as soon as she said Qingyu's words, Yiren laughed, and pulled Qingyuan to sigh, "So, she still treats you as a sister!" ”
Qingyuan was originally smart, and when her husband said this, he understood. Yiren is weak, and they are still relatives in the end. Even if Xianfeng is not there in the future, Qingyu will be the queen mother, waiting for the little prince to grow up, and I am afraid that none of them will be good. Qingyu had already taken them away at this time!
Yiren got out very neatly, and Chery didn't care. As a result, the biggest official that the envoys of the two countries could meet was Li Hongzhang.
And these days, Li Hongzhang's heart is also up and down. The recent twists and turns have all been approved by the mother. And the emperor has nothing to do recently to ask people to enter the garden, but the emperor doesn't say anything, just leans on the soft chair to fish, and the princess and the prince are happily accompanying him.
Even if some people say that the mother's instructions...... Before he finished speaking, Xianfeng waved his hand to interrupt and said directly, what Niangniang said is what I mean, don't doubt it.
I can't talk about this anymore, and the Hanlin who stay in the garden to accompany them can also prove that the emperor is too lazy to come out to listen to the government now, he is not held hostage by his mother, but he is too lazy to listen.
Li Hongzhang even knows the royal two better than Chery, Chery is a fan of the authorities, and he feels that he is a bystander. Last time, he didn't express his position, not because he was afraid of standing on the wrong team, but because he knew very well that the emperor's trust in Niangniang was overwhelming, but he was a Hanchen, and he couldn't fight to support Niangniang, which was against the grain.
But at this point, he really understands that the tide has turned. The emperor doesn't know when he will be a guest. Otherwise, why did Prince Zhuang, who is the head of his relatives, hide?
Chery must have supported Niangniang, and he did not doubt that the emperor would make all preparations. But he just felt flustered. The court was so silent at this time, as if something was brewing.
Under such a strange situation in the DPRK and China, the British and French envoys themselves carried an even more strange atmosphere.
Even if they are isolated in Beijing, they have 3,000 nails in the broken ship after all these years of hard work. Moreover, they also came with a lot of money, and they also knew these officials very well.
As a result, Li Hongzhang found that he was not doing things as smoothly as before, at this time, the people arranged by Xianfeng in various ministries represented the interests of all parties, and it was for balance before, but at this time, it was mutual constraints. How can he upset these balances at this point?
Li Hongzhang has a feeling that as long as he can break through these, he will have his own world above the court in the future, and even Chery can no longer balance him.
Look down again at the edict coming out of the garden, there are conditions for the mother, to put it very simply, to put it bluntly, it is just a list. But the meaning behind this list, he knows very well, is the bottom line.
However, when negotiating with the other party, the other party took the first step to publish the list of claims in the newspaper. Li Hongzhang has become the target of public criticism, all saying that he is betraying the country.
Li Hongzhang looked at the envoys of the two countries with a smile, this is what you want, do you think that if this list of claims is published, it will go in your favor? Obviously impossible! Now the list has been scrapped because the people do not agree.
The envoys of both countries were stunned, they did not understand why this was happening. Find a reliable interpreter and translate the newspaper comments to them one by one. Let them hear the old days, and the people have begun to be blindly confident. And such a cheap list of claims made the people angry!
The envoys are about to cry, don't these people see a trade article? If they agreed to this article, they opened the door to the country and let them dump cheap goods into the two countries, which would drive all the manufacturers in their country to death.
And Li Hongzhang closed the window of the call and let them think about it for themselves. The attitude is very tough!
He knew very well that this was a trick by some people to the special envoys who did not understand the state of the country. They are using the envoy to force themselves out of power, and through the anger of the people, Chery and the queen party have lost an important arm.
Li Hongzhang knows very well that he was not fooled, and now what he is waiting for is for some people to jump out on their own.
Of course, deep down in his heart, he still expects Qingyu and Chery to come out to save him. But Chery is low-key, and Qingyu still corrects the necessary folds every day, and she has never seen a courtier.
Obviously, this is an experiment in which he can prove himself, and whether he is worthy of standing by their side or not, is here to go.