In the eleventh year of Tongzhi, on the third day of the ninth month, the queen mother who had left the country for half a year finally returned to the country, and her royal car arrived in Tianjin, and the Tongzhi Emperor led the ministers such as the king of alcohol, Cezanne, Jingshou, Hu Linyi and other ministers to meet at the Dagukou wharf in Tianjin, and the Empress Dowager Cixi walked on the deck, and saw the emperor leading the ministers to kneel on the dock, and hurriedly asked the eunuch to help him up, and then got off the steamer, and smiled at the emperor who greeted him, "What is this doing," she turned her head and looked at the crowd of people to greet the procession, the gongs and drums were noisy, and the colorful curtains stretched for several miles," Do this swaggering. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"This is the intention of the subjects, knowing how much the emperor has done outside." The emperor was a little moved, and his eyes turned red, "The emperor's mother has worked hard." ”

"I'm not working hard, but you're working hard." The Queen Mother shook her head, took the emperor's hand, and let the emperor get into her carriage, the emperor's hand was a little cold, "Why is it a little cold?" The Queen Mother looked at the emperor's clothes, "Dressed so thinly." ”

"It's just that I've been standing in the wind for a long time, and it's not in the way," the emperor said with a smile, the queen mother carried a light small blanket in the carriage, and the queen mother spread the blanket on the emperor's lap and covered herself, and the queen mother took the emperor's hand and put it on the blanket together, "Don't catch a cold." ”

The carriage drove forward, and the emperor shouted, "Huang Eniang." But he didn't go on.

"What's wrong?" The Queen Mother looked at her son gently, she hadn't seen her for a long time, she missed it very much, looking at Emperor Tongzhi like this, it seemed that she would never get tired of it, "Look at your appearance is a little thinner, is it a little irritable about political affairs?" ”

"It's a little annoying, but it's not hard, but sometimes I can't sleep peacefully at night."

"This is also common," the Queen Mother said kindly, "you think about it day and dream at night, you think about things during the day and are unresolved, and you will naturally dream at night, and you can't approve the folds at night in the future, stay quietly before going to bed, and don't do anything, just look at the folds or lose your temper, be happy and sad, and sleep well at night." ”

The queen mother asked the emperor about his daily life, and the emperor didn't feel annoyed, and replied one by one with a smile, talking about the people in the harem, the queen mother asked: "The queen presides over the harem, how is it?" ”

"Very well, my son has never bothered with the aftermath," said the Emperor.

"Why haven't there been any news about the stomachs of these concubines?" The queen mother was a standard mother-in-law at this time, frowning slightly, "I'm waiting to hold my grandson." ”

"Uh," Emperor Tongzhi was a little embarrassed, and his palms suddenly sweated, "I don't know why this is so?" ”

"Oh, hehehe," the queen mother noticed that the emperor's palms were sweating, so she said, "But this matter is not in a hurry, it depends on the chance, when I entered the palace to serve your emperor Ama, it was also a few years before I had you, of course, you are only in your twenties, very young, don't worry about this." ”

The queen mother didn't say anything else, if it was the orthodox traditional identity of the queen mother, at this time she should persuade the emperor to spread the branches and extend the heir, but the emperor already has so many concubines, what else do you want to order, the queen mother decided to shut up and not learn the nagging aunt.

These two most honorable mothers and sons in China, talking and laughing, naturally it is impossible to just talk about these things of firewood, rice, oil and salt, and in the end it will be attributed to politics, "How are the Japanese things handled?" ”

"The king of parliament is too soft, and the Japanese are very arrogant," said Emperor Tongzhi, "fortunately, the emperor sent the Beiyang Navy Division to the Ryukyus, and the Japanese were afraid of power and virtue, so they gave in slightly, a few days ago, the two countries have established diplomatic relations, and the news came from Taiwan that the Japanese fleet withdrew from the Ryukyus." ”

"Ryukyu belongs, it is not appropriate to die," the Queen Mother nodded, "We will resolutely refuse to let it on the surface, and we must also be considerate of Ryukyu inside, after all, he is too close to Japan, our Nanyang Naval Division has not yet been built, and the Beiyang Naval Division is beyond the reach of the whip, and it is difficult to deal with the affairs of the South China Sea." ”

"Yes," the Emperor nodded, "So, let's leave the Ryukyu business alone." ”

"The matter of the Beiyang Sailor, after all, it was just a whim," the Empress Dowager Cixi shook her head, "Now that I have returned to the palace, I will not interfere in these things, you can take care of it," the Empress Dowager's words had an inexplicable emotion, which seemed to be a little relieved, and she was unwilling, "The contract signed outside, you and your sixth uncle take a look, if it is okay, you can do it, if it doesn't work, put it on hold first." ”

"Huang Eniang," Emperor Tongzhi couldn't help but feel uncomfortable when he heard the Empress Dowager Cixi talk about Prince Gong, "he is reluctant to accept the title of the king of parliament!" The son didn't do it. ”

"What's the matter, I know he is reluctant, so he deliberately gave him a little lesson," the Empress Dowager raised her eyebrows at Emperor Tongzhi, "His idea, it's inconvenient for you to dismiss it, but I can, Beiyang Sailor In this way, both inside and outside know what I mean, knowing that I am with the emperor and you, he should think about it, for the sake of this king, what kind of turmoil will there be again, is it worth it." "You must know that the Cixi in history was the first to strike, and within a few years, she got rid of this council king. I am so polite and kind to take care of the overall situation, and I have a good temper, and I don't think it is by my temperament, I feel unbelievable.

"Don't worry about him, people who are reluctant to be famous and fortune have no threat," the Queen Mother smiled, "He has a few ups and downs, and it is normal for these to be valued." ”

"My son doesn't want him to continue to stay in the Military Aircraft Department, or rather, he can't have the final say in the Military Aircraft Department," the Queen Mother is very kind today, so Emperor Tongzhi also had the courage to say what was in his heart, "Every day I see that he disagrees with his son's opinions, and I am not happy in my heart." ”

"Meritorious heroes are not at fault, and they must not be easily degraded, this truth, the emperor, you know," the Queen Mother looked at Emperor Tongzhi, "Do you want to enable the masters of Hongde Palace?" ”

"The son doesn't have this meaning, the matter of foreign affairs, the son can see clearly, it is beneficial to the country and the people, Master Li and their people, moral knowledge is naturally excellent, but if they do foreign affairs, they must not work, they are excellent in front of the imperial history or the rulers of the needle, but they can't afford to be the heavy responsibility of foreign affairs, it's not that they won't be errands, it's just that they are in the way of foreign affairs, how can they abolish the government because of people?"

Emperor Tongzhi talked eloquently, "There are many foreign ministers, and there is no worse than Prince Gong." ”

The Queen Mother was silent, and then smiled, "You can't be in a hurry, you can only plan it slowly, then according to your meaning, who do you want to call to preside over political affairs?" ”

The emperor whispered a person's name into the Queen Mother's ear, and the Queen Mother raised her eyebrows, "That's a good idea." ”

"Okubo Ritsu is in Tianjin, I want to see my son, does the emperor want to see him?"

"Okubo Ritsu?" The Queen Mother was a little distracted, "There's nothing to see, but let's change trains in Tianjin, it's okay, I'll see you when I see him, I'm not afraid of him." (To be continued.) )