In November of the seventh year of Tongzhi, Shanghai Governor Li Hongzhang was promoted to the governor of Zhejiang and Fujian, the governor of Shanghai was vacant, Prince Gong proposed Shen Guifen to enter the direct military aircraft, the Queen Mother did not allow it, "The military aircraft department is analogous to the cabinet of the previous dynasty, although there is no prime minister, but there is the fact of the prime minister, commanding hundreds of officials, regulating yin and yang, although Shen Guifen has great talent, but after all, he is only a governor, if he is suddenly promoted, I am afraid of biological discussion, it is better to go to Shanghai first, serve as the governor, and the foreign affairs errand has been honed for a long time, so it is natural to be promoted to Beijing and then serve in important positions." Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info "Prince Gong is willing to belong to Shen Guifen as the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and then enter the direct military aircraft, listen to the Queen Mother, to the yes also feel that it can, so in December of the seventh year of Tongzhi, Shen Guifen was appointed as the governor of Shanghai, and went south in a few days.

Li Hongzhang is grateful, this year is only forty-five years old, he has already served as the governor, the rank of the governor is still above Shangshu, he is a minister from the first product, if he enters Beijing in the future, he can only be matched by entering the direct military aircraft, when he left Beijing to meet, the queen mother secretly ordered Li Hongzhang to prepare for the Nanyang naval division, Li Hongzhang promised.

In March of the eighth year of Tongzhi, the governor of Zhili, Wen entered Beijing as a scholar of Wuyingdian University, and concurrently served as the secretary of the Ministry of Manchurian Works, and the Empress Dowager of the Ministry of Industry Han Shangshu originally belonged to Hu Linyi, Hu Linyi insisted on resigning, and Prince Gong also objected, so it was temporarily vacant, and after that, Tan Tingxiang, the imperial history of the left capital, was also added to the title of scholar, and the imperial history of the left capital was succeeded by Dong Yuanol, the imperial history of the right capital.

In April, Jiang Zhongyuan, the governor of Anhui, was transferred to Beijing to serve as the secretary of the military department.

In May, he ordered Hu Linyi, a scholar of Wenhuadian University, to enter the direct military plane and "counsellor for government affairs". Jang Zhidong became the prefect of Hanyang and prepared for the establishment of Hanyang Iron Works.

In September, Zeng Guoquan became acting governor of Sichuan, and Li Hongzhang's brother Li Hanzhang was appointed governor of Guizhou. Liu Kun served as the governor of Liangguang. Jinzhou General Jin Bao met with him, and the Empress Dowager commended him, and he was promoted to the governor of Gansu and the counselor of the Northwest Military Affairs.

The Queen Mother Gong uses more Han people, and the Thai half Hunan people, the Eight Banners have a lot of complaints, and the Queen Mother smiled when she heard it: "This is not simple? The Military Aircraft Department issued an order to set up a new "Governor of the Central Plains" in Henan and Shandong Provinces, with Zuo Danmei, the former minister of the Imperial Palace, the minister of the guards, and the commander of the Yellow Banner of Manchuria. The Ministry of Education was established to oversee education, schools, and students; coincided with the completion of the Jingshi Lecture Martial Arts Hall, and ordered the banner man to be a young man, "Those who do not enter the imperial examination, or do not enter the Lecture Martial Arts Hall, shall not be awarded an official position above the sixth grade." "The official document immediately entered the direct military aircraft, but the official document is quite proud, there has always been no one at the moment, and Prince Hegong is not harmonious, and he also adds chaos to the military aircraft. Since then, a new number of people have been set up from the first grade, two from the second grade, and countless people from the third grade to below. Eight years after Tongzhi, the system of changing officials to officials was extended to the seven provinces of Liangjiang, Zhejiang, Fujian, Liangguang and Tianjin.

The matter of Western Xinjiang, the White Lotus Sect and other religions entered Xinjiang to preach, changing the situation of Islam dominance in Xinjiang, the contence of all religions, coupled with the merit of imperial examination education, the connection between the ministries and the imperial court was tightened, and Agubai's momentum became more and more decadent, and finally in October of the eighth year of Tongzhi, Kashgar was broken, and the rebellion of Agubai was pacified, Agubai fled to the Burut Department alone, was captured by the lord of Kokand, and personally dedicated to the camp of Zuo Zongtang in Kashgar, Zuo Zongtang loudly reprimanded the lord of Kokand, and ordered him to escort Agubai into Beijing to see the court, and write to the court, It was requested that the northwest border be agreed with Russia, and the Ministry of Officials took the opportunity to set up two political envoys in Xinjiang, with 12 prefectures and 96 counties, not responsible for collecting taxes, but only for the work of education. The military department has two commanders, four general soldiers, and nine generals. It's just that Britain and Russia are not willing to fail, and they are secretly plotting something.

Outer Mongolia set up Kulun, Uriya Sutai, Wulianghai three consolation envoys and subordinate officials, sent by the central government to flow officials, and set up judicial officials, more use of Manchurian, Mongolian and Han Eight Banners officials, do not interfere in the internal affairs of the Mongolian ministries, by pacifying the authority of Agubai, the ministries dare not act rashly, the Imperial Court formulated the "Regulations of the Inner and Outer Domains", on the rights and obligations of the internal and external domains have been stipulated, the internal domains have many restrictions and constraints, it is better not to build a country by itself, only can be called Khan, not called the lord of the country, etc., but there are many preferential terms, official roads, transactions, etc. are all needed by the ministries, so, Xinjiang Qinghai Mongolian tribes gradually stabilized, since then the northwest is unhindered, Zuo Zongtang got this frontier military merit, comparable to the pacification of the Hongyang rebellion, the Ministry of Rites agreed, the title of the first class duke, the title of "Su Yong", handed over to the three generations of the lord, this title has been above the Zeng State Domain, can be called the first Han minister. It's just that although Xinjiang is peaceful, it is still not very good in the end, and he is still ordered to serve as the governor of Xinjiang, and only orders the army of the twelve towns to return to the dynasty in triumph.

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Now it's November, there is a light snow in early winter, the air is dry and a lot more cold, there are many plum blossoms in the West Garden, a few early plum trees have faintly floated dark fragrance, early in the morning, the imperial dining room monk and the people of Honglu Temple are busy opening, the palace guards Sura should be busy opening, a four-grade official of Honglu Temple personally looked at and looked at the Ziguang Pavilion in detail, looked at a few thrones, and together with the chief eunuch of the imperial dining room, stared at the placement of the tableware, and took a piece out to take a closer look, said to the chief eunuch: "This banquet, the lord of Kokand is also here, this is not to be sloppy, lose the majesty of the Celestial Empire, in order to believe in Islam, not a dish of pork can be served." ”

The chief eunuch said yes, and then said: "I have ordered the imperial dining room, and all the new pots are used today, but I heard that they don't drink alcohol. ”

"It's already benevolent and righteous to not serve pork dishes," the official waved his hand indifferently, "I already take care of him very much, if he doesn't drink, if he doesn't drink, just let it go." This time the emperor is here in person, the minister of military aircraft is coming, the Lifan Yuan, the Lijiao Yuan Shangshu is also coming, almost half of the court, our own meritorious ministers should take care of it more, this Kokand lord, hehe, maybe what will happen. ”

"Isn't it possible to abolish Kokand?" The eunuch wondered.

"That's not going to happen, I personally offered Agu Bai into Beijing, how much I can't do it, this ceremony is there, but it is inevitable to beat it." Speaking of which, Honglu Temple Qing Hui Zheng arrived, several stewards and eunuchs and officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs stepped forward to greet him, although Hui Zheng's official position is not obvious, but the father of the Queen Mother, the maternal grandfather of the current saint, is a genuine national abbot, he has always been gentle, so everyone is willing to respect him, Hui Zheng went to the cabinet, looked at the layout, asked a few more times, nodded, "It's almost time, let's go out and wait." ”

A few people out of the Ziguang Pavilion, lined up in two rows outside, after half an hour, Xinjiang counterinsurgency generals, such as Wu Yundi, Yang Shusheng, Rong Lu and other heroes have arrived, they advanced Ziguang Pavilion, according to the shift to sit down, the rest of the people are waiting in shifts, and then a cup of tea, the sound of silk and bamboo sounded, the lord of Kokand arrived, and after a while, it was the emperor's royal car, the emperor sat in a sedan chair, wearing a stone blue court dress, looking at everyone with a smile, Xinjiang was pacified, and it was close to the New Year, double happiness was coming, the emperor was naturally high-spirited, The emperor got off the sedan chair in front of the pavilion, saw Hui Zheng and said a few words, Gui Xiang also wore court clothes to serve in front of the emperor, a cadre of people entered the Ziguang Pavilion, everyone shouted long live, the emperor arrived in front of the throne and called everyone to be flat, "I got good news today, Zuo Zongtang has agreed with the Russians on the northwest border, so that Xinjiang can be peaceful, the lord of the country," Emperor Tongzhi looked at the lord of Kokand, "Since you are a vassal of the Celestial Empire, you naturally have to guard the frontier, fulfill the responsibility of the vassal, respect the Celestial Empire, and the people below." ”

The lord of Kokand hurriedly stood up again, stroked his chest with his right hand and saluted yes, and said a basket of compliments, and the emperor just listened with a smile, waved his hand, and invited the lord of Kokand to sit down, "Let's have a feast." ”

After three rounds of wine, the dishes were almost served, and the emperor was a little tired, seeing that the people in the hall were a little restrained, he stood up and asked everyone to continue, and returned to the palace first, everyone stood up and prepared to send off the emperor, the emperor walked out of the throne, walked to Wu Yundi, and said with a smile: "Uncle is in good health?" I heard that there was a serious illness in the Turghut tribe. ”

"Thank you for the emperor's concern, the minion's body is all right." Wu Yundi replied.

"That's good," the emperor said with a smile, Gui Xiang followed behind and said to Wu Yundi, "Brother-in-law has been alone for too long, and now he has come back victorious," Gui Xiang looked at the emperor's face, "It's time to marry another wife and start a family." (To be continued.) )