35. Diligent government and pro-virtuous (3)

Benge's eagle eyebrows tightened, staring at Prince Gong, very surprised, "Don't do the errand of the Zongren Mansion, you can resign yourself in a few days." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info" Prince Gong continued.

"Sixth uncle, what's going on?" Benge was furious, "Where is my turn?" ”

"Why can't it be your turn!" Prince Gong didn't want to quibble, "Feng Er is the son of your family, and he is in charge of your Zhuangzi and fields in Tianjin, and he doesn't know if he looks at the big guys?" I'll tell you the truth, among these Iron Hat Kings, you are the most restless! Before your father died, you were delayed in the position of the son of the world for two years, and this pair is so resentful! Prince Gong was very displeased, "I should not be able to see it in Su Ri, since Zeng Guofan found out, I have no reason not to look at it, the matter of Tianjin, if it only hurts a person who is Chonghou, I am not distressed at all, he is a flag man, when will he recover, but you and these Baylor Guogong have made tricks and hurt the foreigners, these other people under the bottom, if they die, they will die, and they will never deal with you, but this foreigner's warship, all the way north, the Beiyang Navy Division can't resist it, how about I arrange for you to guard the fort at Dagukou?" If you can hold it, I won't say a word, and you can kill all the foreigners in the world! ”

Benge's face was said hot, "Reasoning, there are some things I shouldn't say, but since there are only two of us uncles and nephews here, I will say a few more words, whether I listen to you or not," Prince Gong said expressionlessly, "This iron hat king is the ancestor worked hard to defeat it, but the descendants of this future generation have enjoyed so many years of happiness, and the reasoning is almost the same, the gentleman's Ze, the fifth generation and beheaded, after so many years, you calculate, how many generations?" The blessing is great, and the disaster will be great in the future, you can see Prince Yi and Prince Zheng that they are still in Shengjing, and they are afraid that they will misbehave, not to mention their own crimes, and they will also affect their families and the title earned by this ancestor! In this matter, I left you alone, but also to save some face for you, lest a few hereditary princes discredit the Qing Dynasty on your family Prince Yu's mansion! ”

Benge was ashamed and ashamed, and could only make promises, "What Uncle Six taught me is that I just can't see those Eight Banners clothed minions, and when they make money in Tianjin, they show off their might, and they can't be a lifetime, and they step on the heads of our royal mansions, so they are making people make trouble, and it's not aimed at foreigners." ”

Prince Gong shook his head, "Tianjin's Zhuangzi and fields have been confiscated, you don't have to think about it, this is also a lesson for you, this is a lesson, this dynasty is different from the previous dynasty, the clan is the most important, the kings are ordinary errands, and it is simple to go in and out of the generals, if you are attentive to the errand, and the heart is the top, no one will underestimate you." ”

Benge silently walked out of the Zongren Mansion, and his relatives hurriedly stepped forward to support Benge, Benge pushed it away, gritted his teeth and shouted in a low voice: "Zeng, country, domain!" ”

The next day, Prince Yu Benge resigned from the position of the former minister, the minister of internal guards, and Zongzheng, and the queen mother agreed. ”

"In the end, it is the work of his subordinates, it is enough for him to bear the responsibility of poor supervision, and," Prince Gong said solemnly, "the fleet of the French has not yet retreated, and the Lord of Long Live will soon be in charge of the government, everything is based on stability, and we must not be too harsh on the clan, so that people's hearts will fluctuate." ”

The Queen Mother's eyes couldn't help but flash when she heard the word pro-government, "What are the people from the Prime Minister's Yamen talking about?" The Queen Mother asked, "What do you say from Beiyang?" ”

Zhu Xueqin said: "The Beiyang Naval Division originally had two military ports, Lushun and Qingdao, each with a number of warships, and Peng Yulin had already ordered that all kinds of secret posts had been deployed north of Lianyungang to ensure that once the French fleet entered Shandong, we could be prepared whether we faced it or not."

"The French are menacing, most of them just for money," said the Empress Dowager Cixi categorically, "Su Rili has already given a lot, and now you must not give any more money!" Otherwise, I think that China is weak and can be bullied, just sending a few fleets to fight the autumn wind and extort bamboo, it is inevitable to do the big dream of Qingqiu, and we think that we can be bullied too much! ”

Bao Jun persuaded: "Queen Mother, please rest assured, if the foreigner asks for money, it is easier to do, if it is less, the household still has accumulated silver, but I am afraid that the foreigner lion will open his mouth, and he will apologize or something." ”

"Ridiculous!" The Empress Dowager Cixi sneered again and again, "It's just that a few businessmen have died, and the people on the official face are fine, so you want to apologize?" It's really a big deal. ”

Everyone looked at each other, never thought that the Queen Mother would suddenly become tough, could it be that the Queen Mother wanted to let this matter be messed up?

If it is done badly, who will benefit? Everyone is not stupid, at this time I had to continue to persuade the Queen Mother, Zhu Xueqin kowtowed and said, "The Queen Mother said that it is naturally good, and it should not be able to lose the national body in the face of Waiyi, but now the training of the Beiyang Navy Division has not been completed, and there are a lot of warships, but the sailors are not very skilled, and there are not many opportunities for actual combat, and he played the right tone like others, with a butler's respect and intimacy to the hostess, chattering about things, and never saying anything unfathomable, so the queen mother also quite praised, "If the subjects know that they have spent so much money to build a navy, and they are vulnerable in front of the French, wouldn't they make a fuss?" This is not beneficial to the foreign affairs set by the Queen Mother and the King of Yizheng, so Weichen thinks that before the sailor is trained, it is not appropriate to clash with the French. ”

Originally, the Queen Mother wanted to refute, but I didn't expect Zhu Xueqin to say that he was blindly avoiding war, but how to deal with the enemy who was much stronger than himself, the Queen Mother did not speak, Prince Gong said a lot of words, please be patient with the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother pretended to be angry, "That's it, you all say so, I naturally have no other way, what I listen to you is, it's just that the fleet of foreigners is not allowed to sail into the Bohai Sea, if a warship sails into the Bohai Bay and the Beiyang Navy Division does not move, then Peng Yulin, the Admiral of the Navy, will be the end!" Write these words down and make your will clear. ”

Everyone felt that letting the Queen Mother listen to their own opinions had already won back a city, and they were very happy, and hurriedly praised the Queen Mother for being humble and admonishing, Prince Gong continued: "Qinghai is very experienced in doing errands, the first emperor and the Russians surveyed the northeast border at that time, this time I think it can be handled well, please rest assured that the Queen Mother." (To be continued.) )