Li Hongzhang, who was dressed in full clothes, hurriedly followed a eunuch behind him and crossed the door of raising the heart, passed two bronze lions, and arrived at the main hall of the palace of the heart, and saw An Dehai, the blue feather on the back of An Dehai's head was shining in the sunlight, and he saw Li Hongzhang who was holding his breath and concentrating, and stepped forward to salute with a fake appearance, "Slave Xiao Anzi to the governor to ask for peace!" Li Hongzhang hurriedly held on to prevent An Dehai from throwing his sleeves and saluting, "Ouch, my little brother, what is this for?" But I'm going to torture my brother! Your brothers are old acquaintances, and they have dealt with each other in the south, and they are as close as a family, and you are serving by the side of the queen mother, the queen mother, and your status is noble, how can you have such a big gift with me, a foreign minister, hurry up," Li Hongzhang said affectionate words around An Dehai for a while, coaxing An Dehai to smile, Li Hongzhang looked at the left near there were no outsiders, took out a silver ticket of five hundred taels from his sleeve, and stuffed it to An Dehai, An Dehai hurriedly shook his hand, "Take it, my brother knows that your family is not rich, You see the queen mother every day to serve, the family can't take care of it, this is for your expenses, I also sent it to my uncle and aunt at the other end of the house, and it is also a little heart for my brother," so he forced the silver ticket into An Dehai's arms, An Dehai smiled and thanked the reward, and led Li Hongzhang to a small side hall, and invited Li Hongzhang to drink tea, at this time there was no one else in the house, Li Hongzhang drank tea, and asked: "Brother is also presumptuous, brother, I don't know how the Queen Mother and his old man are in mood today?" ”

"Naturally, I am in a very good mood," An Dehai touched his forehead and said with a smile, "The emperor ascended the throne, and the queen mother and her old man listened to the government again, and she worked a little harder than before, but without Su Shun making trouble outside, the mood was very smooth, no, now the sixth master and the military plane are inside, discussing the emperor's invitation to the master." Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Before the Empress Dowager Cixi was far away in Beijing, and the emperor was there. didn't care about educating his son, and returned to Beijing, and was busy overthrowing Gu's life and enthronement ceremony. But all kinds of things, very busy, the emperor's nature is extremely playful, I wish the Empress Dowager Cixi didn't care about herself, so she played very lively for a few days.

"Where's the one in Zhong Cui Palace?"

An Dehai took a sip of tea. said unconcernedly, "The queen mother and queen mother are kind and don't want trouble in the harem, anyway, the emperor also likes that, so he recognized the queen mother, and let her take charge of the concubines and concubines in the harem, and the affairs of the internal affairs office were also handed over to her, and the emperor's daily trivial matters also let her look at it, but her temperament was softer, and the emperor couldn't persuade her when he was playing." An Dehai babbled about the things in the palace. Li Hongzhang listened attentively, and interjected a sentence from time to time, and after a while, a little eunuch ran in, "Father-in-law An, the sixth master, they are kneeling, and Chief Yang is urging this adult to go!" ”

"Got it," An Dehai hurriedly stood up and put on his hat, "Your Excellency, please." In this way, he straightened his face and took Li Hongzhang to the front of the Heart Cultivation Palace, and the eunuch in the office called "Li Hongzhang!" An Dehai hurriedly introduced Li Hongzhang into the hall.

Li Hongzhang stepped into the hall and knelt down and kowtowed. "Minister, acting governor of Jiangsu, Li Hongzhang, respectfully invites the Empress Dowager Sheng'an!" , then stood up, stepped forward, knelt on the thick felt that had been prepared, and listened to the queen mother's speech.

The figure of the Queen Mother looms behind the bright yellow gauze curtain. "Li Hongzhang, speaking of which, this palace and you are old acquaintances, but it is the first time we have met."

"Yes, the posture of the Jackdaw of Weichen, thanks to the Queen Mother's refusal to give up, in the edition, personally pulled out, and rose to the end of the micro, and now he is lucky to get this official position, thanks to the Queen Mother's blue eyes, Weichen is grateful, and he can't repay the Queen Mother's sainthood." Li Hongzhang hurriedly said.

Flattery can always make people feel happy, whether they are sincere or not, even the queen mother who can't see her face behind the bead curtain is no exception, although she didn't laugh out loud, there was always a joy in her tone, the Empress Dowager Cixi nodded, and said: "It's not that the palace has blue eyes, but that you Li Hongzhang are rare, don't you hear 'stand out'?" If it is a mediocre person, then even if he is given three points of help, he will not be able to fly to the sky, and you Li Hongzhang really seized the opportunity, what is this not a talent? ”

"The Queen Mother praises falsely, and Weichen really doesn't dare to be." The Queen Mother looked at Li Hongzhang under His Majesty Dan and hung her head respectfully, so she stopped saying these words, "Where are your soldiers now?" ”

"In Texas."

"It's not far from the canal."

"Yes, it's about thirty miles."

"How many soldiers do you have?"

"About nine thousand."

"Okay, you recruit troops, in addition to the local supply, the military department will give you the full amount," the Empress Dowager Cixi nodded, "The war in the south is in full swing, but the palace asked you to go north to fight against the foreigners, but unfortunately Su Shun is a hindrance, such a merit has not been rewarded so far, but it has made you delay your life in vain, and you have lost a lot of good soldiers." ”

"Serve the country loyally, and don't dare to claim to be hard."

"What you said is very true, it is naturally the duty to be loyal to the country, but the dynasty cannot treat the heroes badly, you pack your bags and prepare to go north, the Taiping army has not been removed, and the palace is always difficult to sleep."

"Weichen didn't dare to ask the Queen Mother, how much is the amount of recruitment?"

The Queen Mother said with a smile: "Han Xin points soldiers, the more the merrier, you Li Hongzhang is naturally Han Xin, the more you are better, the more you are not afraid of loyal ministers and filial sons, you kneel down, there will be a will later." ”

Li Hongzhang thanked him and withdrew, the queen mother squinted her eyes and came back to her senses, and Yang Qingxi came to say again: "The sixth master handed over the sign and asked to see." ”

"Xuan." The Empress Dowager opened her eyes, "Let's go to the East Warm Pavilion, it's hot, the main hall is really empty and tight, not warm at all." ”

"The Queen Mother, the Military Aircraft Department and the Ministry of War have prepared a reward for the merits of the ten years of Xianfeng's water monks, such as Greenqin, Shengbao, Li Hongzhang and others, please make a decision."

"Please sit down, Xiao Anzi, serve tea to the sixth master, and the sixth master will speak slowly."

Prince Gong Xie En sat down, and then slowly played: "After some discussion at the Military Aircraft Department, the title of prince of the monk is naturally restored, and the minister means to give Boyan Nemohu the title of the king of the county." Now he is on an errand in front of the emperor, which is also the meaning of inspiring him to be the Lord wholeheartedly, "This is a reward that does not cost money, the Empress Dowager Cixi understands that the prince of Horqin of Seng Grinqin is hereditary, and Boyan Namohu will inherit the title of prince sooner or later, and now the title of the king of the county is just a disguised glory, and more silver every year."

"The title of the king of the county is too simple, not enough to reward the monk king for his hard work in defeating the foreigners, but Boyan Nemo Hu has an heir?"

"I have a son." (To be continued.) )