Fourth, inside and outside the palace (1)

"To tell the truth, just listen to these things," Wang Kaiyun said with a smile, "It is by no means an upright word, and furthermore, the cumbersomeness of political affairs, the emperor will inevitably experience it in the future, one thing must be completed, and it will not be done overnight in just a few words, for example, the first emperor attacked the Six Kingdoms, in Weichen, it was only finished in half a class, but the monarchs and ministers of the Qin State took several generations of hard work to have such a look, therefore, political affairs cannot be rushed, Instead, it requires a lot of communication and coordination to issue orders and concessions, and the emperor will find in the future that even if you are a king, there are many things that cannot be decided in a word. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info”

His words are different from what others say, no matter who it is, whether intentionally or not, the statement instilled in Emperor Guangxu is that the emperor is the lord of the world, and any authority is exercised in his hands, and the exit becomes a constitution, there is no saying that the emperor can't do it, and Emperor Guangxu can't help but be a little puzzled, "Master Wang's words, I don't understand a little." ”

"It's nothing," Wang Kaiyun stood up and bowed, "The monarchs of all dynasties, except for a very few, will not want the country to fall, and they all want to do a career, why there are very few emperors who have become emperors through the ages, and more are deaf, you must know that this heart will not be wrong, why can't you do it, this is the resistance, this resistance contains many aspects, if you can't take advantage of the situation, the achievements of the emperor will not be high." ”

Wang Kaiyun said this, bowed and left, Emperor Guangxu was still pondering, just sitting behind the throne, when he thought about half a cup of tea, the eunuch stepped forward hard, "Long live Lord, it's not too early, the ministers of the Military Aircraft Department are waiting in the Palace of Nourishing Heart." ”

Only then did Emperor Guangxu come back to his senses and nodded, "Then hurry up." ”

The weather was a little bad, the wind rolled in from the cuff neckline, some chills, Emperor Guangxu did not sit in a sedan chair, and wore a cloak all the way from Yuqing Palace to Yangxin Palace, at this time the ministers of military aircraft had already arrived.

The Minister of Military Aircraft bowed and saluted, and Emperor Guangxu saw the thick stack of folds on the imperial case, and couldn't help frowning, and said reproachfully to the eunuch who was waiting in front of the emperor, "Everything, you have to let the Queen Mother review it first, how did you get it here again, it's really confusing!" ”

The eunuch hurriedly knelt down to ask for guilt, and Prince Li eased the eunuch's cheeks, "Xisheng's will is to let the emperor experience it first, so send these folds to the emperor first, and wait for the emperor to discuss it with the ministers of military aircraft, and then the emperor will tell Xisheng about important matters, so it's not that the people below are ignorant." ”

Emperor Guangxu shook his head, "I know the love of the Queen Mother, but this dynasty rules the world with filial piety, and I don't say that my son is arbitrary. ”

Prince Li praised the emperor's benevolence and filial piety, which is really the lord of the mandate of heaven, and talked about the addition of people to the military aircraft department, and submitted the list to it, and the Guangxu Emperor opened it and took a look, "Yixuan, Guo Songtao, Su Shun, Rong Lu, Xu Gengshen, Zhang Zhiwan" Six people, Prince Li explained, "Among these six people, it is not that they all have to be selected, this is a slave waiting for transgression, first select a few people to come out, please ask the emperor to circle a few, and then invite the Xisheng Yuguan." ”

"The people here," Emperor Guangxu nodded, "They are all excellent candidates, Yixuan presides over the prime minister's yamen, Guo Songtao is in charge of the affairs of foreign countries, and is very familiar with foreigners, Su Shun is the imperial examination that year, "Emperor Guangxu said that the imperial examination refers to Emperor Xianfeng, he passed on to Emperor Xianfeng as his son, "Rong Lu is the secretary of the military department, presiding over the new army, Xu Gengshen is also aware of military affairs, Zhang Zhiwan, well, not bad, King Li, you are attentive, these people are very proper." ”

"Your Majesty," Prince Li said with a smile, "then ask the Emperor to choose a few." ”

Emperor Guangxu shook his head and put the fold down, "This is not something I should do, wait until I have asked the Empress Dowager." ”

So he asked about other things, Prince Li said some important things on the fold, Emperor Guangxu just listened patiently, occasionally asked, but did not express his own opinions, and finally when it came to the issue of new currency, Yan Jingming said this matter, Emperor Guangxu had some special interest, "I heard that the new currency issued this time, it is paper money, Western countries already have paper money, we have not in the Qing Dynasty yet, how about this paper money?" ”

Yan Jingming was prepared, took out a piece of Chen from his sleeve, dedicated it to the emperor, and then talked eloquently, talking about the issue here, so it was half an hour, Emperor Guangxu nodded while looking at it, and then thought about it and asked, "In the Ming Dynasty, the treasure money was also paper money, but the original treasure money still had some value, but in the end, it was ordinary paper, which could not be used as currency at all. If it is worthless after it is issued, it will damage the face of the court. ”

"Yes, the household department has long thought of this, therefore, the new currency will be issued in the future, and the silver will not be used for a long time, but the silver dollar has been used very well, the new currency is issued, the silver dollar will continue to be used, and it will not be canceled all at once, and the new currency can be exchanged for silver dollars without any amount of money, so that the suspicion of the new currency can be eliminated."

"I'm afraid there aren't many silver dollars in the treasury, right?" Emperor Guangxu said, "The annual silver must be spent immediately, and if you want to exchange it directly, I am afraid that it will not be enough." ”

"It's not enough, so the minister's intention is to send 10 million taels of banknotes first, 10 million taels of banknotes, no matter what, they can be exchanged, and wait until the merchants and ordinary people in the market have accepted it, and then issue a large number of new coins, which is very safe."

Emperor Guangxu nodded, obviously he also felt that Yan Jingming's idea was very appropriate, but he was about to say something, but suddenly stopped, "I know," he said, "I want to go to Chuxiu Palace to greet the Empress Dowager, you kneel down." ”

It took a little half a day's work here, the hour was almost time for lunch, Emperor Guangxu got up, bypassed the back hall, and walked along the long palace alley towards Chuxiu Palace, the eunuchs and palace maids walking on both sides, saw the emperor's imperial car, turned around one after another, the weather was originally gloomy, but at noon, the sun finally revealed, although it was still a little dry and cold, in the end it was a little warm. (To be continued.) )