12. Towering Palace (4)

Hearing the words of Emperor Tongzhi, the Empress Dowager Cixi was slightly stunned, looking at the emperor's eyes, the emperor's eyes were extremely clear, looking at herself, the Empress Dowager was stunned, and then suddenly laughed, her heart seemed to be immersed in the warm sun of September in the north at this time, extraordinarily warm. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Why do you say that all of a sudden?" The Empress Dowager Cixi smiled, "You are the emperor, and you should be in charge of everything." ”

"The son still needs to be experienced, and the military affairs are not clear," the Tongzhi Emperor was quite free, "When the emperor Ama was here, the emperor was helping the emperor Ama to take care of military affairs, and she had a lot more experience than her son. This is a burden that only the emperor can afford. ”

Empress Dowager Cixi shook her head, "I don't have anything powerful, but I have more knowledge than you, everything is still up to you, after a long time, you will naturally have experience, no one has experience to come over like this, you have grown up, you know the severity, the emperor has removed the curtain, can no longer be on the outside affairs, too finger-pointing, otherwise people in the foreign court, no matter who I am, will think I am nosy, not to mention, those contracts signed in the West, I am afraid that many people in China think I am troublesome, but I am not afraid of them gossiping." I see, in the next few years, there is no big deal, let's calm down, carefully ponder the domestic affairs, and handle the domestic affairs well, this is good, although we are mother and son, but we are also afraid of the instigation of people outside, so I still don't have to care, you can deal with it yourself. The emperor was about to say something, but the queen mother replied, "You just have to come and ask me about anything, can I help you?" ”

The knot between the two people has disappeared, and the conversation and laughter are natural, and the emperor has restored his previous affection for the emperor, saying that when the queen mother went abroad, the Shoukang Palace was ready to be renovated, but now it has just begun, and the queen mother returned to the palace, or choose the palace to live.

The Queen Mother shook her head, "Shoukang Palace is still new, so there is no need to repair it, and the people outside must be admonishing again, right?" ”

"They don't dare, this is the son's filial piety to the emperor's mother," Emperor Tongzhi said with a smile, "It's just to repair the lower palace, Prince Gong and Baojun didn't say anything, the son is also going to repair the three seas, and let the emperor have a place to relax in the city." ”

"You?" The Queen Mother poked the emperor's forehead, "If you want to be lively, you can be lively, and carry me out, tell you seriously, now is not the time to enjoy happiness," the Queen Mother said, "I went to Germany to see the royal family, only to know how Germany can rise so quickly, the German royal family from the German emperor down, live a very hard life, every time you eat only one or two Cai, to say, we have to live this day, but we can't be too extravagant, although now we are much more relaxed than before, and we can't put money on building a lot of construction to repair the palace." , The Ministry of Internal Affairs is now a big shop, the factory is built in a hurry, the silver turnover is not open, the silver is rich, it is better to put it there, Shoukang Palace does not need to be repaired, and the three seas are too big, it is better to repair the South China Sea first, and then build another place after it is relaxed. ”

The emperor agreed with a smile, "You don't have to worry that I have nothing to do, my business is very busy, this time I went overseas, the biggest gain is not how many contracts I signed with foreigners, but I have recruited a lot of scholars, I count on these people to do anything regardless of what to do, these basic sciences, although they can't make money in a hurry, but they are the basis of industry, and they can't be taken lightly, I am ready to arrange them all in the Tongwen Museum, while teaching, while engaging in science and technology, and bringing our own people up, In a few years like this, presumably the situation that all technology must ask foreigners to buy will definitely change. ”

Emperor Tongzhi nodded, "I heard Hurd say that Westerners discovered electricity, saying that if this thing is used properly, it is comparable to the discovery of the internal combustion engine, I am strange, how did this electricity be discovered, the people say that this thing is in charge of the thunder male and electric mother, where can you see it in the world?" ”

The Queen Mother laughed, "Look at those foreigners, aren't they like Lei Gong?" Just think of it as Lei Gong. Although the Queen Mother is a half-baked liberal arts student, she knows nothing about science, but she also talks about the affairs of electricity, and she also relies on these words that seem to understand whether she understands or not, and those scholars are stunned, and add the Jin Yuan offensive, so that the scholars from Britain, Germany, Austria and other countries came to China with their families.

Speaking of this, the Queen Mother was obviously very excited, "These people are all treasures, this is left in China, but it can't be supplied, and their knowledge and technology must be squeezed fiercely, and their research must be unconditionally supported, no matter how much it costs." ”

The emperor nodded, "Then let Xiao Anzi take out one million a year first," the emperor said with a smile, "My son is also a big eater." ”

When the two were talking and laughing, the eunuch Chen Shengwen buckled the door of the box, "Long live the lord, the queen mother, a telegram from Lanzhou." ”

"Bring it in!" The emperor opened the telegram, "What, the people of Kokand are rioting, and Tsarist Russia has invaded!" ”

"The invasion is the invasion, what's the big deal," the Queen Mother disagreed, "Kokand has been disobedient for a long time, and it's good to suffer a little." ”

The emperor smiled bitterly, "But the Russians hugged the grass and beat the rabbits, and by the way, they also entered Xinjiang and approached Ili." ”

"What!" (To be continued.) )