"Why can't that?" The Empress Dowager Cixi said quickly and loudly, "Someone must pay for the death of Ege, whether it is the unfavorable protection of the Vietnamese country or the arrogant and domineering French, I will make them pay the price. The Military Aircraft Department issued a decree to make my meaning clear, anyone who is on an errand for the country is the system of the imperial court, the face of the country, and no one or any country is allowed to humiliate him, the French assassinated Ege in Vietnam, it is really a great shame for China," her words were sonorous and powerful, "Prince Gong is reasonable, the two great powers are indeed inappropriate to declare war without consideration, but although war has not been declared, it is necessary to avenge Ege, Prime Minister Yamen and the French sent a note, ordering him to hand over the murderer within one month, if not, recall the ambassador, Break off all official contact! ”

Jing Lian was silent, Li Hongzao and the others hurriedly bowed their heads and praised, the overall situation had been decided, but Prince Gong still couldn't help but speak, "It's okay for the regiment of the five provinces to train and garrison in Vietnam, but you must not start a war with a legal person without authorization, so as not to aggravate the situation." Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"Is this for the sake of the provincial group training?" Empress Dowager Cixi said, "This is inevitable, although the regimental training is very good, but if it fights against the regular army of the legal person, it must not be enough, so it will be done according to the will of the Military Aircraft Department." ”

"Queen Mother," Prince Gong still decided to say more, "the draft discussed by the two countries before made the Red River the dividing line of the two countries' spheres of strength, which did not come to fruition, but now that the five provinces have sent troops, I am afraid that the French will fall into the mouth, and the Vietnamese will think that we are going to carve up the land of North Vietnam!" ”

"Small countries don't deserve to have any right to speak, it doesn't matter what they think," Zuo Zongtang said indifferently, "They should be glad that now there is China that doesn't care about the death of Ege and helps them out, if it is according to the old man's temperament, I am afraid that the Vietnamese royal family will have to pay the price for the incident in Ege!" If there is no China on the side, I am afraid that Vietnam has long been eaten by the French, and there is not even a bone left. Besides, China has never coveted the land of vassals, so how about Kokand? How about Ryukyu Sulu? If these examples are not blind in Vietnam, they can see it, but if you don't see it? ”

"You are presumptuous!" Prince Gong was furious, today he was really fed up, one by one he kicked his nose and questioned himself, Zuo Zongtang had actually begun to attack himself head-on blindly, "Zuo Zongtang, you are presumptuous, this king has been in charge of political affairs for many years, is it possible, in your eyes, have you become a blind person?" ”

"I don't dare, I'm just afraid that the prince will forget what his surname is? Don't do everything towards the soft bones of foreigners, you are the first assistant, if you soften the bones, the whole country of my Qing Dynasty will be soft! ”

"Zuo Zongtang, pay attention to the system!" Prince Gong was so angry that he couldn't speak, and Bao Jun shouted loudly, "You are also a member of the Military Aircraft Department, how is the national policy, you are also involved, how to transcend the world at this time, but blindly come to criticize the king, how can the governance of the country be blindly tough, you are not a family, how do you know that this firewood, rice, oil and salt are expensive!" ”

Prince Gong bowed to the Queen Mother with a cold face, "Zuo Zongtang is very arrogant, please deal with the Queen Mother!" ”

Baojun also hurriedly shouted, "Please deal with it the Queen Mother!" ”

This is the first time that Prince Gong has been so angry, not only because of Zuo Zongtang's disrespectful cynicism, but also because the Empress Dowager Cixi is now not listening to his opinion at all and is lost, so mixed up, taking advantage of the anger of the hair, this is impeachment in person, by no means and the mud can be sent away, either agree with Prince Gong, or refute Prince Gong, if Prince Gong is refuted, Prince Gong will inevitably ask to retreat, so it will cause a big turmoil, the people in the palace dare not speak for a while, after a long time, The Empress Dowager Cixi said indifferently, "Pu Cungong is a pillar of the country, although there are verbal mistakes, but it is definitely not the original intention, and it will not hinder the national politics, but, Park Cungong, the king of parliament is the foreman of the military aircraft, in the former Ming Dynasty, he was the first assistant of the cabinet, and he had to do all the complicated things of the dynasty one by one, and the miscellaneous affairs are far beyond what you can imagine. The errand of the military aircraft department is still for you. ”

Zuo Zongtang rolled up his sleeves and walked out of the Qinzheng Palace, glared at Prince Gong and the others, sneered and brushed his sleeves and left, Bao Jun touched his beard, looked at Zuo Zongtang's back with a smile, and was very happy, "In the end, I kicked this stump out, although I still retain the position of the Minister of Military Aircraft, but as long as our prince is still in the court," he smiled at Prince Gong, "He will stay in his hometown in Changsha for the rest of his life as his Minister of Military Aircraft." ”

"Xisheng, her old man, is still facing our prince," Jing Lian sighed a little, "Zuo Zongtang's temperament is so irritable, Xisheng really can't help it now, and he has suppressed it again, and the meaning of the warning is very strong." ”

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"Naturally, it's towards the prince, how many years have our prince helped the queen mother, with such affection and trust, how can it be a left-handed toss," Bao Jun said with a smile, "Throw this eye-catching thing out, we may be stable for a few days." ”

"It's safe here," a few people arrived at the duty room of the military aircraft department, and Zuo Zongtang on the side was shouting for Sula to help pack up his things and prepare to leave, "But the south side is lively, and the temperament of several governors is not soft, especially that Zeng Laojiu, if he can't help but have a conflict with the French, this is not fun, how could this Ege be suddenly killed by the French?" Prince Gong was proud but also very troubled, "I said that Ege can't always be in Vietnam, and if he sees a good thing, he will take it back, and now he not only threw his life in the south, but also dragged us all in." ”

"The prince doesn't have to worry, whether it was killed by the French or not, in the end they jumped into the Yellow River and couldn't wash it, they were at a loss, so they didn't dare to have any more presumptuous behavior in Vietnam, the regimental training of several provinces went to Beiqi, and now it's a good time to look at it, after all, the Black Flag Army has been losing and retreating, in the end it is useless these rural tricks, now the real knife and real gun battle, the enemy can't be a legal person, we just took the death of the old boy Ege to march into Vietnam, the Vietnamese didn't dare to say anything, we also took the opportunity to occupy the place on the north bank of the Red River, In the future, if the Vietnamese really surrender, we will not have no gain at all, and return this place to the king of Vietnam, and save its national glory, which is also a great virtue of recovering the country, such as this Kokand, now half of the country is still in the hands of Russia, and the king of Kokand might as well still be grateful to China? There are more than a dozen sweaty BMWs in the Imperial Horse Prison. ”

"But what if Zeng Guoquan and others deliberately want to make trouble and confront the French for the sake of military merits? This is not a shadowless thing, these governors are like this, Zuo Zongtang acted like this in Xinjiang in the past, and confronted Russia regardless of the orders of the imperial court. Jing Lian said worriedly.

"Sending troops or not, it is the Queen Mother who has the final say, of course this is right," Bao Jun said with a smile, "But how many soldiers are sent out, that is, our prince has the final say, as soon as the cannon sounds, the gold is ten thousand taels, and the march and war are all spent on silver, how much silver is in the household department, and it can be checked clearly in the account book, not that I deduct it, the household department can't take out much silver, the customs in various places, especially the customs in Guangzhou, the silver has always been used for education, and the queen mother has a special purpose, and it must not be embezzled. Zeng Lao Jiutian didn't dare to deduct the money there, so without much silver, how many soldiers could they send? If they don't have soldiers in their hands, what will they use to fight the French? Do you go into battle yourself? The Queen Mother did not declare war on France in her meaning! ”

(To be continued.) )