The emperor, who was bored, emptied his mind, thinking that he would go to Xiyuan to ride a horse after the next court, and suddenly heard An Dehai say a few words about Jinzhou, and suddenly came to his senses, "Xiao Anzi, what's the matter?" What happened to the Golden State? ”

An Dehai stopped talking and looked at the Empress Dowager Cixi, who nodded, "You said it to the emperor." Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info "An Dehai turned his head, stood behind the curtain, and quietly told the emperor about Jinzhou, and Emperor Tongzhi snorted coldly, "No wonder, I said that the things sent by Jinzhou are always intermittent, it turns out that this sublime is playing tricks, Chen Shengwen!" ”

Chen Shengwen responded, "Take the lofty post and take a look." ”

"Huh."

The Queen Mother looked at Emperor Tongzhi with a smile, and didn't say much, An Dehai saw that the Queen Mother didn't speak, waited a little, and then retreated, Liang Ruyi came in and said, "Lord Zuo Zongtang is already waiting." ”

"Call in."

A square face, full of red face, with a goatee and a crane uniform, stepped in with small steps, after kneeling three times and nine knocks, he was lying on the bright yellow goose down cushion, Chen Shengwen handed the noble piece to the emperor, the emperor took it, and the queen mother said: "Get up." ”

"Empress Dowager Xie, Emperor Xie." Zuo Zongtang straightened up, still kneeling on the ground, "How long did it take Zuo Qing to come all the way?" ”

The Queen Mother Wen Yan said some nonsense, although she herself felt very bored in her heart, it was all nonsense, but the etiquette was so, and she wanted to show that she valued Zuo Zongtang, so she had to talk nonsense for a long time, and after the greetings, she asked about the commercial silkworms in the factories of Zhejiang and Fujian, Zuo Zongtang also took the opportunity to ask for the opening of a railway between Hangzhou and Anji, so that the silk produced in Huzhou could be transported to Hangzhou more conveniently to make silk, and it would be more convenient to export, the Queen Mother agreed, and said with a smile, "I see that Ningbo and Hangzhou are the most prosperous places for Zhejiang businessmen, If there is a railway between the two places, presumably your Zhejiang-Fujian economy will go to a higher level, but now the bridge is not appropriate, this Zhejiang waterway is very much, I am afraid it is not easy to deal with. ”

"Wechen has already set up a railway and bridge department in Hangzhou, invited the best bridge design craftsmen from Britain and France, and prepared for the Ministry of Communications to prepare for the railway in the southern waterway.

"You're ahead of the Ministry of Transportation? Very good, very good! The Empress Dowager Cixi was quite satisfied and approved, "The affairs of foreign affairs, the center is in charge, and the place also needs someone to preside over it, so that it can go hand in hand. ”

Zuo Zongtang said again and again that he didn't dare, he looked at the Empress Dowager happy, and raised his head to continue, and saw that the emperor who was supposed to sit solemnly was impatiently flipping through a pamphlet, not noticing his words and deeds at all, Zuo Zongtang couldn't help but be dumbfounded, and what he wanted to say stopped suddenly, and the Empress Dowager Cixi also found the appearance of Emperor Tongzhi, covered her mouth with a handkerchief, coughed lightly, and Emperor Tongzhi hurriedly sat upright, "Zuo Qing said. ”

Zuo Zongtang froze, "Yes," continued, "Weichen is bold, please ask the Empress Dowager to issue an order to allow the construction of a new Nanyang naval division in Zhejiang and Fujian!" (To be continued.) )