Mother and son talk and laugh, it is a rare relaxing time of the day, a while to eat almost, so today's most anticipated matsutake black chicken soup was served, two Qianlong imitation Jun kiln white porcelain blue hydrangea bowl opened, fragrant, open a look, matsutake mushroom light yellow, black chicken is black, sprinkled with a few pine nuts, chicken soup floating on the pale yellow grease, the heat rises, the eunuch presented a silver soup spoon, the Empress Dowager Cixi took a sip, her eyes lit up, "good," she drank a few sips in succession, Only then did he sigh with satisfaction, "In the end, matsutake mushrooms do not hide the deliciousness of chicken soup, but complement each other, increasing the umami by several times." Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"In my father's place, I can use good things," the emperor also appreciated, "This taste is indeed extremely delicious." ”

The soup is so delicious, the black chicken doesn't have to be eaten, the Empress Dowager Cixi drank half a bowl of soup, and asked someone to bring the jasper japonica rice, soak the rice with the soup, eat a small half bowl of rice, after eating, it is especially insufficient, and I want to eat another bowl of rice, but Zhu Zhiyi stopped me, "It is not easy to digest the rice with soup, Lafayette has already used a small half bowl, if you use it again, I am afraid that it will not digest the stomach pain." ”

"It's too much," she put down the spoon, "Little Zhuzi is right, such a delicacy, if you eat too much, it will not be beautiful enough." ”

So the eunuchs sent tea to rinse their mouths, and presented towels, and the Empress Dowager Cixi wiped the corners of her mouth, "This is really happy," she said to Emperor Guangxu, "The matter of Africa is a good thing, and there are such delicacies to enjoy at night, it is really good, what about the emperor, what have you done today?" ”

"I have taken the classes of Master Wang and Master Weng," said the Emperor, "and I have benefited a lot." ”

"That's good, there is a gain, this lesson is not in vain, but you should know," Empress Dowager Cixi leaned her elbow on the cushion on the side, "I don't appreciate Weng Tongyi too much, he is not a person who engages in foreign affairs, why, I want to let Emperor Yingzong and Emperor You, accept his teachings in a row?" ”

This question seems to be a little difficult to answer, if the empress dowager does not like the candidates, but put these candidates on the emperor's side, let them subtly influence the emperor, this first seems to have the feeling of harming the emperor, if it is the current Guangxu Emperor, it can probably be said that because he is not biological, he does not want to arrange for the emperor to receive a good education at this moment, but Emperor Yingzong's master, there is also Weng Tongyi in it, how can this be explained? Could it be that the Queen Mother doesn't think Weng Tongyi is inappropriate? But obviously, it was very clear just now, "I don't appreciate it".

"My son thinks," the emperor said thoughtfully, "Master Weng's knowledge and morality are the best in the world, and my father probably values Master Weng." ”

"Yes," the Empress Dowager Cixi nodded approvingly, "It's great that you can think of this, doing foreign affairs, it's not that we don't need to learn the Chinese culture that has been inherited for thousands of years, in my opinion, in the moral realm, our courtesy, righteousness and shame are much more clever than foreigners, although Weng Tongyi doesn't like foreign affairs, but he doesn't interfere much, and he doesn't mess around, and most of the things he suggests are also straight to the point, not untargeted, so he is a qualified opposition party." ”

"Opposition?" Emperor Guangxu didn't understand this word.

"Yes, it means that the DPRK and China are not the ruling forces, but for the ruling ones, in our country, that is, the Military Aircraft Department, some policies adopt an attitude of criticizing and criticizing, and such an attitude, within the scope of control, can play a role in supervising the administration, so Weng Tongyong has done a very good job in this point, and he himself understands his position in the DPRK and the Central Committee."

"It's far away, or why let him be your master, what you said is right, that is, he values his scholarly articles, he is a great Confucian in the sea, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is rich in five cars, he is proficient in four books and five classics, and he is also familiar with poetry and literature, and this word is the best," Weng Tongyi learned from Ou, Luo, Liu, and Zhao in his early years, and his calligraphy advocated thinness; Middle-aged transfer to Yan Ti, take its vigorous, and also learn Su Shi, Mi Fu, the book out of the novelty; In his later years, he was able to rely on the North Monument, and he saw the spirit in the plain. He learned from others, pondered the tablets of Yan Zhenqing and the Northern Wei Dynasty in the Tang Dynasty, participated in his own wishes, and absorbed the strengths of Liu Yong, Qian Feng, He Shaoji and others, and integrated the softness and fluency of Zhao Ziang and Dong Qichang into it. "This is his strength, if you can learn this strength of his, you are not learning in vain."

"Yes."

"What his position is, I won't interfere," the Empress Dowager Cixi shook her head, "but you also have to have your own judgment, the master's words are not necessarily right, and my words are not necessarily right, they all have to have an opinion in their own hearts." ”

"For politicians, the need is to benefit the strengths of others, avoid the shortcomings of people, Weng Tongyi, now look at it, the foreign affairs are not very good, and there will be no growth in the future, so in the Ministry of Rites or the Hanlin Academy, such a position is appropriate, I have the heart to let him go to the Ministry of Education, but the people outside, the reaction is very fierce, everyone understands, such a person who does not support foreign affairs, when the Ministry of Education is still the book, in the future, those people will be cultivated, will it be difficult to support foreign affairs? So that's it, in charge of the Hanlin Academy and the Zhan Mansion, this is enough to worry about. ”

"So what you said is very true, I just like his knowledge, how his private morality is, and he nods at home, such a person on the side must not lead you astray."

"Yes!" The emperor hurriedly said, "Master Weng's scholarly character is extremely admired. ”

Empress Dowager Cixi nodded, "But I'm also afraid that he will lead you crookedly, so I asked Wang Kaiyun to teach you, of course he is not a great talent in articles, what he seeks, to tell the truth, is not a righteous way, but for the emperor, there are too many times when you don't need the right way to solve problems, let's talk about digging out your heart, Emperor Sejong is mostly criticized by the world, isn't the biggest reason is to use blood drops to spy on hundreds of officials, kill people and kill people?" You can't say that outside, but it's true. ”

"Yang conspiracy, has never been interrupted in the government, for example, I have also done some things that cannot be put on the table, of course, these things will not be legal, let alone in accordance with the rules, but sometimes I have to do it, the matter of the Eight Banners, I asked Wang Kaiyun to contact the important ministers of the clan, and then use fame or privacy to buy and threaten, which minimizes the resistance outside. Can this be said? The prince of that family likes his mother-in-law? Who killed his own brother to seek a knighthood, or some of the clansmen who liked little girls the most? These people, these things, can't say it, or don't say it, it's more appropriate than saying it. (To be continued.) )