"What are they suspecting?"

"They wonder why our Qing Dynasty seems so indecisive," replied Wang Kaiyun, "Park Cungong should know that the Vietnamese are originally biased towards France, and if they do not take advantage of the thunder to deter him, I am afraid that the advantage of suspending the implementation of the peace agreement with France that Ege has won in the south will be lost." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”

"And what do you think?" Zuo Zongtang pinched his beard and asked, "Do you want the old man to come over after taking over the affairs of Vietnam?" You must know that the king of parliament will not hand over this matter to me, and sending envoys to me to determine the candidate is already the biggest concession of the king of parliament. ”

"Does Park Cungong know Xisheng's thoughts?"

"Xisheng has always been open-minded, how can I not know the truth?" Zuo Zongtang said with a smile, "Xisheng naturally likes to do it. ”

"If everything is not properly prepared, Xisheng will not do it," Wang Kaiyun said, "This preparation is not only about all aspects, but also about a proper time and candidate, and there can only be one voice and one leader in the Qing Dynasty!" ”

Zuo Zongtang smiled, "Then I'll wait and see." ”

"Park Cungong can't have the reason to watch a play," Wang Kaiyun drank all the tea in his cup and stood up, "You should give more guidance to Lord Guo, now it seems that the affairs of Britain and India are inseparable from Vietnam," Wang Kai turned around and left, and finally said a sentence, "If the boss wants to do the thunder, you have to hold that iron hammer yourself." ”

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That night, the Queen Mother summoned Li Yucheng who was in Beijing, of course, it was a very low-key look, Li Xiucheng is now in his forties, in India in the dark, he knelt silently on the ground, and seemed not very respectful, the Empress Dowager Cixi didn't care, just told him to stand up, "How many people do you have now." ”

"There are more than 60,000 soldiers, and there are other people who add up to always 500,000 or 600,000, these people are honest and obedient, and these tens of thousands of horses can be supported," Li Xiucheng said, "There have been a lot of battles over the years, and the brothers have married wives and children in India, and in a few years, the next generation will be able to use them." ”

"That's not bad, you have your own inheritance, you must be able to live in peace, I heard that the British once thought of recruiting you, is there such a thing?"

"The British have had the idea of recruiting An, but what the Wing King means, we are still Chinese in the end, and we can't give anything to the foreign devils......"

"What about other than that?" Empress Dowager Cixi asked.

"Their intentions are not sincere, the so-called Zhao'an is just trying to annihilate us, we have become stronger in the past few years, they may really want to recruit An, but we don't bother to pay attention to it."

"It's a good thing to fight, but if you can have a place to rest, it's not good to refuse."

Li Xiucheng frowned, "I'm afraid the British won't want to see us and others in India." ”

"This is nature," the Empress Dowager Cixi smiled, "so you have had a hard time." ”

"No matter how hard it is, it is as sweet as it is, the Queen Mother," Li Xiucheng called the Empress Dowager Cixi for the first time since entering the palace, "please let our young heavenly king return to Bengal and take the throne." ”

"Bold!" Li Lianying, who had not spoken, scolded, "What a young king, now there is only Cheng Pingbo!" ”

"Yes, yes, yes," Li Xiucheng resigned, "It's Cheng Pingbo, and he won't be able to change his mouth for a while." ”

"You still think about Cheng Pingbo, but now you should think about yourself first," said the Empress Dowager Cixi, "what do you think that the British want us to give up on you, or let you withdraw from India?" ”

Li Xiucheng was taken aback, "What? He seemed to understand something, "The British offered a good price?" ”

"The price is not bad, and because you are doing well in India, they have to pay a lot of money to keep India stable," the Empress Dowager Cixi asked again, "What do you think?" ”

Li Xiucheng was originally a little flustered, but when he saw the Queen Mother asking, he seemed to calm down again, "What does the Queen Mother mean?" ”

"I asked you, but you asked me." Empress Dowager Cixi said with a smile.

"If the Queen Mother agrees to the British request, she won't come to ask me to wait," Li Xiucheng said calmly, "We and other characters, the rise and fall of life and death are all in the thought of the Queen Mother, in other words, we just rely on the Queen Mother's kindness to have today, if the Queen Mother is the same as others, the three of us are afraid that we will die at the mouth of the vegetable market long ago, so why let Rong Lu personally come to save the Wing King, and why do we have to leave us until today?" ”

The Empress Dowager Cixi smiled and said nothing, Li Xiucheng talked eloquently, "As soon as the Empress Dowager asked, I knew that we would never hand it over to the British, in the past, General Ronglu let us out, with the intention of making trouble for the British, on the achievements of these years, although relying on domestic arms and materials, but we are not idle in vain, how the British are in India, the Empress Dowager is as clear as possible." We are still useful, presumably the Queen Mother will not let useful people not be useful. ”

Li Xiuguo is good at strategy, and the Queen Mother smiled, "It's good that you know, but the conditions put forward by the British are very generous, and I am still excited to see it, so I want to come to see you, listen to what you mean, and let you talk about it, your advantages over there, and listen to it." ”

Li Xiucheng shook his head, "The Queen Mother knows it in her heart, why do you need to rap it, if the Queen Mother remembers a sentence about seeking skin with the tiger, she will know her intentions." If you ask again, you can only say one thing that is not my race, and its heart will be different, and there is nothing else. ”

"Not my race?" Cixi muttered to herself, "I know, you stand down, you don't want to go out these days, just stay in Chengpingbo's mansion, there have been a lot of people recently, and it will be troublesome for the British to see you here." ”

"Yes."

Li Xiucheng turned around and left, but was stopped by the Empress Dowager Cixi, "Li Xiucheng, you are almost sixty this year, people say that the fallen leaves return to the roots, you are floating outside, sooner or later you will have to go home, this time back to India, how about coming back to retirement in a few years?" Cixi stroked the wrinkles on the cheongsam and said indifferently, "Chen Yucheng and Shi Dakai are still young, but you can rest." ”

"If the Queen Mother sends Li Xiucheng, she will definitely obey her orders," Li Xiucheng bowed slightly, and the loyal king of the past still bowed down his straight back, "My family is in Beijing, and I miss it very much when I get together less and leave more over the years." ”

"Then let's say so." The Empress Dowager Cixi smiled, "This palace is reluctant to give a talent like you to the British." ”

The Empress Dowager Cixi watched Li Xiucheng leave, thought for a while, turned her head and instructed Li Lianying, "Tell Qinghai tomorrow and let him get in touch with the French, just say," Empress Dowager Cixi's eyes were inexplicably shining, shining in the night, "We have a gift for him." (To be continued.) )