"The Suez Canal can't be sold, this silver is gone, and the south is bound to use money, so this household is difficult to do, this silver Bao Pei is unwilling to give, and he is naturally not willing to give the silver of the Eight Banners reform, he is in front of the household book, and he doesn't ask who he wants to ask, as long as the matter of the Eight Banners reform is quickly settled, then Bao Jun will inevitably not be able to take out the silver, even if he can take out the silver, it must be twisted and pinched unwillingly, so when the time comes, he can't afford to be the head of the household book, and he will naturally see it clearly. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"Prince Gong will definitely protect him." Li Hongzao was silent for a long time before he said slowly.

"It doesn't matter if you protect him, the problem is that this will inevitably hurt the Queen Mother, Yan Zhai Gong hasn't seen it clearly, what does this Xisheng mean? She is a rare arbitrary order, ordering the provincial regiments to train troops to Vietnam, if it is for any purpose to maintain law and order, I don't believe half a word. ”

"It's just Prince Gong's meaning, which is still very important in Xisheng's mind now, but if we also agitate together to declare war on France, then how can Prince Gong stop it? I followed behind Yan Zhaigong, there are two people in this military aircraft department, we are in front of the palace, and the people who can only fold outside, in the end, are different. ”

"Yan Zhai Gong," Weng Tongyi was very serious, "You know, Xisheng She has always been the most fond of foreign affairs, those of us who read moral articles, although she respects on her face, but if she says how much reuse in the heart, I am afraid that I don't think, if it is not for the palace changes in the past, Xisheng in order to balance the momentum of Prince Gong, added some clear stream of handsome people to come in, but I am afraid that we are now beaten by Prince Gong and others I don't know where it is, I think about it, the only reason is that the emperor has not yet been pro-government." ”

"That's too early!" Li Hongzao waved his hand, he looked around, and vigilantly looked at the maids waiting on the side, and saw that the maids looked at the nose and nose and the heart, and did not see any vision, so he relaxed a little, "The emperor is still young, he is only fourteen years old in the spring and autumn of this year, and there is talk of pro-government, Emperor Yingzong used to be pro-government after the age of twenty, in the past, the ancestral dynasty and the Holy Ancestor Dynasty were early, but now it is different from before, there is a Western Sage, everything is very proper, the emperor's homework should be tightened up, and now it is not possible to talk about pro-government." ”

Weng Tongyi's eyes flashed, and he smiled slightly, "I just said the same, but when it comes to speaking, this is always true, Xisheng wants to enrich the country and strengthen the army, and the people of foreign affairs can do it, and they want to make money, and the factories of foreign affairs and the wide range of commerce and trade can also be done, let's be honest," he played a chess piece and made a crisp sound on the chessboard, "These can't do anything." ”

"What's the climate like now?" Weng Tongyi shook his head and sighed, "It's no wonder that Xisheng, Westerners can make money, and now they need money everywhere, if we can make money for Xisheng, Xisheng will naturally obey us." ”

"But this economic way is by no means what my generation is good at," Li Hongzao is a square person, but he is by no means a fool, and he can still distinguish it clearly, "All these Shilinhua elect the younger generations, Zhan Shike Daodu Procuratorate, no matter how bad it is, it is all over the place according to the inspection and envoy to learn the platform, etc., and there are so many of them, Zhang Zhidong is one." ”

"We can't make money, but we can also help Xisheng, Xisheng wants to do something to Vietnam, but because of Prince Gong and others, they are afraid that they will lose all the achievements of foreign affairs in the past few years. If something is good, the next will follow. Xisheng wants to fight Vietnam, we must support, think about it, Prince Gong they don't support, we support, which side of Xisheng's heart falls, does this need to be said? ”

"That's right." Li Hongzao nodded and said, "Shuping, what you said is very true," Li Hongzao was very impressed, "We just need to help Xisheng say what he can't say." ”

"What's more, if this is done in Vietnam, the outcome will be beneficial to us." Weng Tongyi said with a smile, "Needless to say, if we win, Xisheng is far-sighted, and we are also prescient." If you lose," Weng Tonggong waved his hand, asking the maids to retreat from the place, "Prince Gong and these people are in charge of money, grain and grass, and when the time comes, the will of heaven should attack, who does Yan Zhai think will attack?" ”

Li Hongzao nodded, "Naturally, we are the first minister, we can't control the household department and the military department, is it possible that we still come to us to find our stubble?" He raised one of his own questions, "But now everything is ready, only the east wind is owed, saying a thousand things and ten thousand, if you can't fight, these plans are useless." ”

"This is too much to worry about, Zeng Laojiu is in Liangguang, this tiger, Prince Gong can't stop it, and now there is silver, it's really like a tiger with wings, and it's about to eat people. Li Ciming was originally going to Liangguang to inspect, if Yan Zhai Gong felt that he wanted to let Zeng Laojiu out of the cage, why not bother to stare at him first? ”

Li Ciming has begun to inspect the provinces, he is the only one to supervise the discipline and effectiveness of the provincial officials of the minister, although there is no formal will to appoint the minister, but his current power is great, the limelight, I am afraid that the legendary eight provinces of the patrol are not comparable, all the way south to inspect, before under the seat of the governor of mountains and rivers, in one fell swoop impeached more than a dozen officials of the sixth grade, all handed over to their own according to the judges, each piece is based on evidence, the local officials are secretly hated, but will never say that Li Ciming's handling is improper. Departure from Shandong by sea boat, now to Liangjiang, originally went to Liangguang first, Zeng Guoquan is very arrogant, and the appointment of subordinates is also cronyism, I am afraid that the two Guangxi places will be found out after a check, but if it is to let Zeng Guoquan let go of his hands and feet, it is better not to go to Liangguang at this time.

"Then why don't you go to Liangguang? Is it difficult to go to Zhejiang and Fujian? Li Hongzao subconsciously knocked on the chessboard, "Li Shaoquan has always disapproved of the situation in Vietnam, although he let Zhang Youqiao go to Fuzhou, but Wu Changqing also restrained him, he preferred to take the Nanyang Naval Division into his own hands, rather than want to conflict with the French." "Especially now that Fuzhou Shipbuilding and the French Marseille shipyard are negotiating the purchase of shipbuilding equipment and technology, Li Hongzhang is definitely unwilling to conflict with the French here in Zhejiang and Fujian." Let Li Ciming go and beat Li Shaoquan? ”

Needless to say, this so-called inspection, the biggest reason is, of course, the rectification of the rule of officials, these years of economic development, but the officials below the extravagance and corruption are rising, what ginseng feeds chickens and then eats eggs, Poria cocos feeds pigs to eat tenderloin, Chaozhu **** is not the same, it is not uncommon, so go down to inspect it, just catch a few people as a model, although the local inspector has the right to dispose of officials, but there is a governor above, and there is a political envoy yamen on the side, and the personnel and financial rights are in the hands of others, even if they can arrest people, It's just to catch some small shrimps, and now Li Ciming is walking around to support these envoys, and the effect is excellent.

The second reason, of course, is also to knock the mountain and shake the tiger, the governor compared with the former Ming, the biggest difference is that the governor has become a permanent official, his functions and authority are written into the Qing Dynasty Huidian - in this administrative law, it has become customized, the jurisdiction of two or three provinces is not equal, the authority is great, and now the economic prosperity of the southeast coastal areas is far better than the three generations of Kang Yongqian. There is also this personnel power, the officials above the nine products are appointed by the officials, but the officials between the nine products and the twelve products are changed to officials, and the authority belongs to the local officials' halls, so whether it is a political envoy or a governor, they can get benefits in this personnel, but it is not that there is any backdoor favor, the Chinese are the most respectful of teachers, no matter what, this master-apprentice relationship cannot escape, which is a great help for themselves in local governance and control of the locality, but since then, then the authority of local officials is incredible, Today's governors in various places are used to being the emperor of the soil, and they are very comfortable, far more pleasant than coming in the center. Only Zeng Guoquan, who is brainless, still wants to enter the center as the prime minister, and other governors want him to enter the court as a scholar, and they are all polite and retreat, but Zeng Guoquan has not tried to intrigue with people in the narrow duty room of the military aircraft every day, if he tried, he would never think that it was a good thing to be the chief assistant of Lao Shizi.

It is to knock on the mountain and shake the tiger, so that the governors understand, don't put the center in their eyes, this is also a task of Li Ciming, the Empress Dowager Cixi also agrees with and supports this matter, and the governor of Henan does not cooperate with Li Ciming's inspection and is sarcastic, and he is demoted to a fine of three months to stay in office, which is as a warning.

Li Hongzao said this, that is, let Li Ciming get out of Liangguang first, let Zeng Guoquan go, at this time, let Zeng Guoquan concentrate on dealing with Beiqi's group training first, don't be distracted by other things, and go to Zhejiang and Fujian is also the same reason, since Li Hongzhang is unwilling to go to war, then it is okay to pick his thorn first.

"Don't go to Zhejiang and Fujian," Weng Tongyi shook his head, "Go to Huguang." ”

"Huguang?" Li Hongzao frowned, he saw a vague smile on Weng Tongxi's face, and seemed to understand something, "What does Shuping mean, is it going to Changsha?" ”

"Yes," Weng Tonggong and Li Hongzhang are rivals, if he can embarrass Li Hongzhang, in the past, he will definitely like to see it, but now there are more important things for Li Ciming to do, that is, "Zuo Jigao went to the south, Prince Gong thought that the queen mother had Zuo Jigao in order to maintain his dignity, but I didn't think so, I had doubts, Zuo Jigao wanted to go to the south, did he want to go to Vietnam to intervene?" ”

"We are not the main force, but I am afraid that this will not be credited in the end," Li Hongzao said knowingly, "Zeng Laojiu can't be stopped, we don't go to the front line, nothing can be regarded as a real contribution, but Li Ciming follows Zuo Jigao's side, if there is any change, we will know it as soon as possible, and we can intervene as soon as possible!" (To be continued.) )