26. The first year of Tongzhi (end)

Prince Gong is really the first person in the clan to open his eyes to the world, the Empress Dowager Cixi nodded, "The sixth master said this thoroughly, it is very helpful, although we are not rich today, gritting our teeth can always give them a little help, and after a few days of military parade, if the artillery and muskets we have used ourselves can still be used, we will give them them, and then give some military supplies, this is enough." Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info besides, giving them a boost is also helping themselves. The Empress Dowager Cixi said in a deep voice, "The British, the French, hehe, although they are now peaceful, they don't have any good ideas for us, these vassal states have long been submissive to China, and the invasion of the vassal states is the invasion of China, and now bear with it, you instruct the Li Domain, so that they can also list the vassals as three, six, nine, and so on, and judge them in all aspects, Ryukyu, Korea, Nepal, etc., can be classified as superior, and tributary trade can be more; Like Kokand, if it weren't for the fear that he would fall to Russia, I would have let the monk send troops to destroy him," the Empress Dowager Cixi said, "It's just a rat trap, but you also have to make a good bid." ”

On the third day of the second month, the former minister, the king of Chunjun and the court of the Li Domain, Shangshu Yile Dong'a, the Honglu Temple, the Li Fan Yuan Lang Qinghai, the envoys of the vassal states watched the Jianrui camp parade, the Jianrui camp was angry, the long spears and short cannons rumbled for half an afternoon, the envoys were all trembling, the faces of those with different aspirations were like the color of the earth, and the heartfelt people were happy, for them, now they were bullied by the Westerners, only to know that China was really the suzerainty of the lenient and benevolent, since then, the countries have re-paid tribute, When Siam heard the news of the return of various countries to the south, he sent thirteen envoys in a row to remove the obstruction of legal persons and go north to congratulate; The Kokand State was tied, withdrew its troops for 300 miles in one day, and presented bloody and sweaty horses to show respect for the suzerain.

The soldiers of the Jianrui battalion who had been trained were even more disdainful of these small foreign countries, and their nostrils were turned to the sky, but the envoys of the vassal countries did not think they were angry, especially the Korean envoy Li Wanji happily wrote in his notes: "The Chinese army is prosperous, the guns and cannons are cracked through the clouds, and there are even more generals who are not brave, and the whole court is called the reincarnation of Zhao Zilong...... is so heroic, it is enough to be a king in my North Korea...... Even if some of the cliffs are towering, they are also heroes, not the same as ordinary people. ”

After several times like this, when the envoys of various countries were about to leave, Hongxu Temple Qing and Li Fan Yuan attendant Lang Qinghai hosted a banquet for the envoys of various countries at the Sifang Pavilion, during which Qinghai pretended to accidentally reveal that "all young and handsome people from all countries who are proficient in Chinese and Chinese can enter China as officials." For a time, it caused a craze for learning Chinese in various countries, and the children of the upper officials and clans of various countries invited Chinese Confucian scholars (mainly those who tried and failed to do so), and many eunuchs who were familiar with pinyin were invited overseas to learn Chinese and practice Chinese official etiquette, respect as guests, and worry about food and clothing, which can be regarded as a small contribution of the Empress Dowager to solve the domestic surplus labor force and promote the Chinese cultural circle of the Great China.

On February 23, medicine was given to the king of Joseon.

On February 24, he gave almanacs to Annam, Ryukyu and other countries, as well as a number of silk brocades.

On February 26, the official sent an official to pay tribute to the tombs of the emperors of the past dynasties. Confucius Queli. It is also the god of Changbai Mountain, Songhua River, Five Mountains, Five Towns, Four Seas, and Four Blasphemy.

On this day, when the envoys of various countries bid farewell to the emperor and the empress dowager, they withdrew from the court, and the Tongzhi Emperor bypassed the screen and complained to the Empress Dowager Cixi, "Huang Eniang, I heard that General Wu made a big fortune in front of his vassals?" Why don't you ask your son to take a look, such a big bustle, my son has never seen it, that day Uncle Seven talked about it, and his son knew. ”

It is always a good thing for the emperor to be martial, Cixi stood up with An Dehai's hand, and nodded with a smile, "It's just a little kid playing at home, giving those envoys a glimpse of the world, so as not to be no one in the Celestial Empire, and no one in the Celestial Empire, it is enough to teach them a lesson," Cixi pulled Emperor Tongzhi and slowly walked out of the Heart Cultivation Palace, and after a roundabout, he was ready to drive the Chuxiu Palace, "Emperor, what else can't you see?" ”

An Dehai replied with a smile: "Yes, the emperor, the Jianrui camp is full of loyal courtiers of the emperor, all of them have quelled the rebellion in the south, and they have killed foreign devils in the north, and they are all heroic and high-spirited heroes!" ”

The emperor frowned at An Dehai, and then said respectfully to Cixi, "Then the emperor's mother, you talk to the seventh uncle and the fifth master, and let me go and see if you don't have to do homework for a few days?" ”

"Homework is inevitable," the Empress Dowager Cixi said with a smile, Emperor Tongzhi's face was wrinkled, and his face was full of bitterness, "The Qingming Festival is also coming, and the things I asked the Internal Affairs Office to do are almost the same, and when the time comes, the emperor will take you out of the palace after a day off." ”

"Oh?" The emperor was a little happy at this time, "What is a good thing?" I also asked the emperor to show me, and my son also had a preparation. ”

"There is no need to prepare," the Empress Dowager Cixi waved her hand, "You, since you like to dance with knives and guns so much, the emperor also told you that the country has always been both civil and military, your body is weak, and when your body is better, the frame is practiced, this country still has to be handed over to you, your emperor Ama is weaker, you will have to practice more in the future, and you must always be as civil and military as the Holy Grandfather," the Empress Dowager Cixi held the shoulders of Emperor Tongzhi, and said, "When you are in power, the burden of the emperor's mother will be put down and handed over to you." ”

"My son knows," Emperor Tongzhi also hurriedly restrained his smile, his atmosphere was not out, and he lowered his hands to obey orders, "Is the emperor going back to the palace to rest first, or is she going?" ”

"I originally wanted to go to the place where you studied, but I couldn't be free, I have to discuss the affairs of the Northeast with your sixth uncle for a while, and you let your Eniang keep an eye on you," the Empress Dowager Cixi stretched out her armor and gently poked the forehead of the Tongzhi Emperor, "Don't think that you and those little eunuchs are playing with the Emperor Eniang doesn't know, because it is the second year of the year, everyone is lively and lively in the first month, and the Huang Eniang should not have found out, the fifth lady has already said that the little eunuchs around the emperor are too much, and if you want to cut them, you have to know the number yourself." ”

After some preaching, Emperor Tongzhi had already complained bitterly in his heart, but in the face of his mother, he didn't dare to say anything, but only said yes, and waited until the Empress Dowager Cixi finished saying this, and hurriedly saluted and retired.

Emperor Tongzhi got on the sedan chair and wiped the fine sweat on his forehead with his hand, "Ouch, the emperor's mother is really good at chattering, this time the kung fu has read out all my sweat," Zhang Wenliang covered his mouth and snickered on the side, "Long live the Lord, the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother want to ask the Empress Dowager to keep an eye on the homework of the Long Live Lord." ”

"It's okay, it's okay," Emperor Tongzhi shook his head on the sedan chair, cocked Erlang's legs, and the eunuchs who carried the sedan chair walked steadily and forcefully towards the east, "E-niang is the most painful, I have always said the same, she is from me, when the time comes, I have the final say, hehe, do your homework, ask Yixiang to read!" (To be continued.) )