In the Yangxin Palace, a personnel arrangement began again, Sun Yuwen recommended Li Hongzhang, the big guy was not surprised, the first one, naturally because Sun Yuwen had recommended it when he was talking about this matter before, and Li Hongzhang's political achievements and qualifications are far more than Beizi Zailing, you must know that Zailing's biggest advantage is the clan, and now the Empress Dowager Cixi is the least interested in the clan, Prince Li looked at the Empress Dowager Cixi carelessly, and the Empress Dowager Cixi did not comment on Sun Yuwen's recommendation, "What does the big guy think?" Let's say that the Military Aircraft Department is the official department of the governors of various places, and all the gains and losses of the government are in the use of people, and if the use of people is good, it will be done smoothly, what does the big guy mean? ”

Sun Yuwen said this, others are embarrassed to say that there are other candidates, only Erle and Bu are Zuo Zongtang worked together in Xinjiang in the past, knowing that there is a little gap between Zuo and Li, for Zuo Zongtang, he also decided to stop it, just said an opinion, "Li Hongzhang is naturally enough, but now the financial shortage, Li Hongzhang has always spent money lavishly, only slightly saving more than Zhang Zhidong in Huguang," Zhang Zhidong is now famous for spending money, in Hubei Governor, The officialdom called him "Qian Tu", and joked that fortunately Hubei is not close to the sea, and if Zhang Zhidong is allowed to manage the water, I am afraid that the cost will be doubled. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info"If the budget is tight, then naturally we can't make additional payments on top of the current one. ”

The rest of the people were silent, the newcomers were not good at talking much, at this time it was better to make a fortune in a muffled voice, and Dong Yuanol couldn't figure out the intentions of the Empress Dowager Cixi, looking at it, it seemed that he was also dissatisfied with Li Hongzhang, Li Hongzhang was sweating profusely and left the Heart Cultivation Hall with a panicked expression, no need to deliberately inquire, the news could be spread immediately, so he had to keep silent, the Empress Dowager Cixi thought about it, "This matter is not easy to do, so let's put it aside first, and discuss the matter of the governor of Outer Mongolia first." ”

Outer Mongolia was initially set up as a governor, and the area below Uriya Sutai was not set up as a province for the time being, but it was under the jurisdiction of the three ministers of Uriya Sutai, Kulun, and Wulianghai, and the candidate for the governor, the Military Aircraft Department had almost made a conclusion, and it must be more appropriate to conform to Mongolia, Prince Li recommended Chongqi, he was the biological father of Empress Xiaozhe, and he was born in the Mongolian Eight Banners, and it was most appropriate to return to Mongolia to serve, and the Empress Dowager Cixi nodded, and the matter was done.

To tell the truth, the candidates for the official positions here in Outer Mongolia are insignificant at all, and the most critical and most concerned positions of each person are the local governors and the central Shangshu, two people entered the military and resigned the Shangshu position of the ministry, and there were two vacant positions at this time, a prime minister Yamen co-organizer, and three vacant seats came out, just waiting for the Empress Dowager Cixi to speak and decide, the Empress Dowager Cixi asked a few people what they meant, and the big guys have their own recommendations for these positions, and the Empress Dowager Cixi just listened to it, and didn't say anything more, "I know, What's not going on? ”

Xu Gengshen came out of the class and said, it was the first time he spoke, "The Empress Dowager Qi, the North Korean side and our military department asked for help. ”

"Help?" The Empress Dowager Cixi looked at Xu Geng, "What do you ask for?" ”

"There are more and more Japanese ronins in Korea, and more and more trouble, and since our Qing Dynasty reduced the Korean garrison, Japan borrowed the name of the ronin, sent more than 1,000 troops in Seoul, the only difference between them and the Japanese regular army is that they do not wear military uniforms, the king of Korea is acceptable, and the rest of the clansmen's relatives are very worried, and take the opportunity to arrange spies and others in many places, with bad intentions."

"Bad intentions," Empress Dowager Cixi smiled slightly, "What other bad intentions can the Japanese have in Korea?" It is nothing more than an attempt to annex North Korea. ”

"Yes, the Korean country is in a hurry to call for help, how to decide, and ask the Queen Mother to show me."

"King Li, what do you mean?"

"The slave thinks that it is better to salute first and then to fight," Prince Li said, "Now the diplomatic relations between the countries are very harmonious and smooth, although the Japanese are rude, but we must not lose our identity, if we are accountable first, the Japanese are the most fond of protesting, the Prime Minister Yamen is very annoying, first summon the Japanese ambassador, affirm the status of Korea, let the Japanese restrain a little, that is." ”

Erle and Bu also said, "The slave is also this idea, and there will be a lot of big things in the future, the emperor will be twenty years old this year, and he will prepare for the big wedding, if it is a matter of North Korea, it is fierce, I am afraid that it is not good, it is better to summon the ambassador to reprimand it first, naturally," he is not a **** character, "If the Japanese have to inch in, Tian is shameless, and regard me as nothing, so I will naturally be severely punished." ”

Empress Dowager Cixi nodded, "Then let's do it according to this meaning first, but what about it, we can't do nothing ourselves, what does North Korea mean?" Let's send troops? ”

"This," Xu Gengshen hesitated, "I didn't mention it, I just asked for the help of the Qing Dynasty to suppress the Japanese." ”

"How can this be?" The Empress Dowager Cixi said, "Could it be that we directly sent warships to Japan to intimidate them?" We are a country of etiquette, we can't do these impolite things, since there are more and more Japanese troops stationed in Korea, we can't be less, how much has been reduced before, and now we will send it back, Xu Gengshen, you arrange it, see if those troops are suitable, we will also send it over, Korea is our subject country, but we must not let the Japanese bully it. ”

Empress Dowager Cixi was compassionate on her face, but in fact she was still directly preparing to increase the number of troops in Japan, and Erle Hebu continued, "Since you want to send an army, the slave thinks that it is more appropriate to send a new army. ”

"The new army is in Korea, and the knife is used to kill chickens," Sun Yuwen shook his head, "In a small country like Japan, there is no need for the new army to come out. ”

"Well, what Sun Yuwen said is right," the Empress Dowager Cixi nodded, "In a small place like Korea, we don't want to fight with a big country like Britain and France, so there is no need to send a new army, and besides, Japan must not dare to fight with us now, how many years have only passed since the incident in Vietnam?" They can't have such a bad memory, right? ”

Speaking of Vietnam, the Empress Dowager Cixi was very proud, this was indeed a great victory, covering up many problems arising from the reform in the Westernization Movement, and postponing many contradictions. She suddenly remembered something else, "The son of North Korea, hasn't he come to Beijing yet?" (To be continued.) )