Prince Alcohol is only in his early forties now, his braid hanging on the back of his head is already a little gray, and his body is not as good as Yu Xuanang, who has straightened his mighty weapon, slightly hunchbacked, he pinched the jade pearl in his right hand, and when he saw Li Lianying say this, he hurriedly bent down and smiled, "Don't get in the way, don't get in the way, I'm **** idle, it's not bad for a while, since Lord Wang is in a hurry," he glanced at Wang Kaiyun, "Just ask Lord Wang first." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Wang Kaiyun bowed slightly, and followed Li Lianying into the side hall, the Empress Dowager Cixi sat on the throne, and when she saw that it was Wang Kaiyun who came in, she frowned slightly, "How can it be you?" ”

"The Seventh Master said to let Lord Wang first," Li Lianying replied, "The Seventh Master is still waiting outside." ”

"Then move a stool for the seventh master to sit and wait," the Empress Dowager Cixi glanced at Li Lianying, "Good life is waiting." ”

"Huh."

Li Lianying withdrew, and Wang Kaiyun handed the fold in his hand to the Empress Dowager Cixi, "This is the fold sent today." ”

"Who's?"

"Li Ciming."

"Li Ciming?" Empress Dowager Cixi recalled, "The Shaoxing man who used to be under Zhou Zupei's curtain? ”

"Yes."

The Empress Dowager Cixi opened the fold: "Fu Weiguo Dynasty has been saintly and saintly one after another, and he wants to keep morality, and he is tired of the day, and Emperor Shizuzhang has entered the Central Plains, flooding the world, and the inner king and the outer saint have achieved the foundation of eternal perseverance...... Holy ancestor Kangxi, internal rebellion, external resistance to Tsarist Russia, outstanding military achievements, Kang Yongqian three generations, is really prosperous, all countries come to the dynasty, all the people are shocked by the power of heaven, kneeling and saluting......" this chase praise, Cixi felt that it was wrong, never the imperial history will not say good things, especially Li Ciming, since entering the imperial history of Shanxi Province, all the playing, are very sharp and scathing, there must be a turning point behind this, look down, there is indeed a turning point: "Recently, the British crown prince visited China, and the prime minister Yamen negotiated with foreigners for ceremonial matters, When the ministers heard that the British begged to bow down, they opened the river again, and the British warships entered the Dagu mouth to escort them...... There are central ministers, who are nonsensical, do not respect the prestige of heaven, humiliate the country in foreign countries, and lose etiquette to the king...... Today is the birthday of Emperor Shengzuren, originally with the light of Zhongxing, the prestige of the country in the world, the benevolence of the people in the people, but there is a small night to do evil...... Please depose the Queen Mother! ”

Cixi's face sank suddenly, "The etiquette issue with the British is still being discussed, how could it be leaked!" She threw the fold on the shore, "Didn't I say that I wanted the Military Aircraft Department and the Prime Minister's Yamen to keep it secret!" "Empress Dowager Cixi is a little angry, there is no confirmation of the previous agreement, it cannot be announced to the public, just look at the agreement between Vietnam and the French, it is known by the Chinese, isn't there a reason to oppose it?

"Li Ciming's fold can't be sent out," the Empress Dowager Cixi said decisively, "Stay in the middle, drown!" ”

"The Queen Mother forgives her sins," Wang Kaiyun smiled bitterly, "It's useless to stay in China, the content of this excerpt has long been pasted all over the city of Beijing." ”

This will make the Queen Mother really angry, "What! She slapped the table, "What a Li Ciming, bold and reckless!" ”

"It's been posted everywhere in the city, Li Ciming probably knew that this fold would be flooded as soon as it was put up, so he had already sent out all the content before it was sent to the General Administration Division.

The Queen Mother just felt that her eyes were dark, how would such news regress in the future? Although public opinion is useless, it is definitely not something that can be ignored, as long as you continue to give in to the British, waiting for more spittle stars to drown people. "Who is this central minister?"

"It's about Zuo Zongtang." Wang Kaiyun analyzed, "Among the center, the only person who can disdain etiquette is Zuo Zongtang." “

"Call him back." The Empress Dowager Cixi said decisively, "Where is Guo Songtao?" Still out there? She asked Li Lianying, "Call in, no, no, no, let the seventh master wait first!" ”

Guo Songtao arrived at once, and the Empress Dowager Cixi didn't wait for Guo Songtao to finish saluting, so she threw the fold on the ground, "Look at what this is." ”

Guo Songtao picked up the fold ignorantly, opened it and looked at it, his face turned white, "This, the Queen Mother, Weichen obviously explained to his subordinates, the etiquette is undecided, and not a word of it must be leaked, how can Li Ciming know the inside story, how can he know that he wants to kneel and bow and be escorted by warships, this is really," Guo Songtao hurriedly kowtowed, "Please forgive the Queen Mother." ”

"It's probably not your problem, Junxian, you get up first," Empress Dowager Cixi let out a long breath, "There are so many people up and down the Prime Minister's Yamen, if someone really inquires, they will never be unable to inquire, who is it, I have some numbers now, I called you in, there is only one thing, you think, how to make the British retreat, you must retreat, if you agree to these two requirements of the British, your first one is a scapegoat," this is the practice of the Chinese, always put the responsibility of losing power and humiliating the country on the specific manager, But I don't want to think about it, if the country is strong, can there still be such a loss of power and humiliation of the country? Diplomacy and diplomacy always fall on national strength in the end, and if national strength declines, we must always complain about being bullied.

But as long as Guo Songtao agrees to the request of the British, he will definitely be drowned by the tide of twists and turns, even if the Empress Dowager Cixi values him again, he has to take it out to eliminate Chinese and foreign complaints, just like Cao Cao borrowed the head of the quartermaster to appease the army, Guo Songtao was so frightened that his whole body was in a cold sweat at this time, because he really knew the seriousness of the consequences, today Li Ciming impeached the central minister, and tomorrow someone will go forward to impeach himself, the prime minister who presided over the negotiations with the British, the minister of the Yamen co-organizer!

"Yes, the Queen Mother's Holy Grace," Guo Songtao calmed down and let go of the terrible things that might happen, "Wechen will first thoroughly investigate the Prime Minister's Yamen British stocks," Guo Songtao is not a fool, Li Ciming did not have such a way to know about this matter, someone must have contributed to the trouble, since someone is not afraid of hurting himself, it doesn't hurt to pull down his face and deal with people, "Reprimand all those who have different intentions." ”

"Talents are rare, it's better to get them out." Empress Dowager Cixi nodded, "Tell me, how to make the British give in." ”

"It's still useless to rely on Weichen to wear out the skin of the mouth, and you always have to start from somewhere else," Guo Songtao said, "You can use the matter of buying warships to suppress it, which we have used before, in addition, you can also stop the goods of the British, raise the tariffs, or simply not allow them to enter the customs." “

The Empress Dowager Cixi in later generations was really proficient in using economic means to attack other countries and obtain political benefits, and even Guo Songtao, who took the prime minister's yamen, was also proficient in this. The Empress Dowager Cixi nodded in agreement, "It's just that the authority of the micro-ministers is not enough, and these need to be done together by the household department and the military department." (To be continued.) )