Empress Dowager Cixi recently thought that her name, apricot, sister's name, plum, Guixiang's name, Guixiang's name, Gui, three varieties of flowers, really haven't remembered for a long time, this thing seems to have been talked about by her mother in the past, but after the crossing, these subsections have no time to remember, "I looked at his figure, although I came back to ask for sin, but people's hearts are going farther and farther." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”

"Lafayette still wants to open a little more," Li Lianying replied, "Cheng Engong will definitely understand your hard work." ”

"That's the only way," the little eunuch cleaned up the Dongnuan Pavilion neatly, and the originally somewhat gloomy and dull atmosphere was swept away, and the Empress Dowager Cixi cheered up, "Okay, when you waste so long, I don't know if there is anyone waiting outside?" ”

"Li Hongzhang is already waiting to see you in the palace."

"Call in," the Queen Mother turned and sat down on the throne, not behind the curtain, "There are many things to explain." ”

When Yan Jingming and Li Hongzhang entered the Dongnuan Pavilion, the Empress Dowager Cixi, who was sitting on the throne, regained a calm and dignified appearance, she looked at Li Hongzhang and Yan Jingming with a smile, the two of them bowed and saluted Zhizhou, Yan Jingming stood aside, Li Hongzhang bowed and bowed again, and the Empress Dowager Cixi smiled, "This time is not a serious festival, how can you do a good good ceremony?" ”

"Maxima is common, Bole is not common," Li Hongzhang kowtowed three times, raised his head, and said with a straight face, "Although the minister does not dare to claim to be a thousand miles, but if it were not for the queen mother, the minister would never have achieved today's achievements, and it would be impossible to become the governor of Zhili. ”

Empress Dowager Cixi nodded, she stretched out her hand and waved it towards it, Li Lianying came over and helped Li Hongzhang up, "To be honest, I could have asked you to be the governor of Zhili in the old year, but I thought about it, this governor of Zhili is not so easy to be, first put you in the mountains and rivers and then take a look, take a look, these not very rich places, what are your Li Shaoquan's means, can you also do a career," the little eunuch brought two stools over and asked Yan Jingming and Li Hongzhang to sit down, "In the southeast, it is because the place is rich, So handy? Or you Li Hongzhang really have the ability, it seems that you Li Hongzhang is really capable, so look at it, of course I am relieved. ”

"Your sentence is right, Maxima often has, but Bole does not often have. Although I am not very good in other aspects, but this person who knows and employs people is still a dare to boast, you Li Hongzhang is a maxima, there is no need to be humble at this point, don't you stand out? A talent like you, wherever you go, even if I don't see you, you will still shine. Shaoquan, I am very optimistic about you, do a good job in the appointment of the governor of Zhili, you are the most proficient in foreign affairs and military affairs, the affairs of Gyeonggi are handed over to you, I am very relieved, you can also rest assured," Li Lianying served tea, "In the future, your achievements will be great, I believe in this, give Yan Zhongtang and Governor Li a cup of tea, moisten your throat," Empress Dowager Cixi said with a smile, "You two are here together, Prince Li arranged very well, I don't have to say it again, while you are here, there are some things, Hubu and Zhili are here, Let's negotiate well. ”

Tea in front of the emperor is the most embarrassing courtesy, because you can eat in front of the queen mother and the emperor, this is a very generous courtesy, because only when people who are very close to each other will they say that everyone eats together, obviously, this is the queen mother to see you as her own person, but this eating can't really be eating, so this is a very embarrassing courtesy, do you really eat and drink in front of the queen mother regardless of etiquette? If you don't eat well, you have to make the Queen Mother disgusted, especially drinking tea, if you give a small snack or something, you can stuff it neatly and swallow it, drink tea, the tea of the Internal Affairs Office is eight points hot, this temperature is not hot in the palm of your hand, but if you want to drink it in one go, this is not possible, but if you leave the lid and drink it slowly, how do you play it right? Therefore, this tea, generally speaking, the ministers hold it in the palm of their hands, and wait until the Queen Mother speaks before taking a sip when it is almost time to kneel, in addition, it is just held in the hand, and it does not play a role in moistening the throat.

The two of them just held the teacup, and the Empress Dowager Cixi continued, "Originally, you Li Shaoquan resigned from the dynasty today, and the previous practice was to ask you these feudal officials to go to the locality, how to govern, I don't know the situation in this province, in addition, what is the focus of governance, today you Li Shaoquan come, I don't need to ask these words, I believe you have a lot of numbers, just tell you, what will you do next, what are the difficulties you encounter." ”

The Queen Mother originally looked at Li Hongzhang, but at this time turned her head to Yan Jingming, "You come and listen to what Yan Zhongtang said." ”

Li Hongzhang looked at Yan Jingming and said respectfully, "Just now, Lord Zhongtang has already talked to the ministers a little, saying that the money of this household," he raised his head again and looked at the Empress Dowager Cixi, "It's not much." ”

Empress Dowager Cixi frowned slightly, she looked at Yan Jingming, "Yan Jingming, is this what you mean?" ”

"Back to the Queen Mother's words, that's what it means."

"Or does that mean?"

"Yes."

Empress Dowager Cixi's eyebrows slowly unfolded, recovering Gujing Wubo's expression, she nodded, and said to Li Hongzhang, "You go to Zhili, what do you want to do, two are big, your fold is written very clearly, one is foreign affairs, the other is military affairs, in military affairs, the most important thing is the Beiyang Naval Division." ”

"Yes, what the Queen Mother said is very true."

"I don't care how you go to build Zhili, I'll only tell you one thing," Empress Dowager Cixi had a strange expression on her face, "You heard clearly." ”

The Queen Mother spoke very formally, and Li Hongzhang stood up and listened to the hadith, "The ministers listen to the will of the Queen Mother." ”

"Beiyang Sailor, in the next few years, there will not be much silver allocated to you, you should be mentally prepared for this."

Li Hongzhang was taken aback, the bowl in his hand suddenly became extremely hot, and he was about to fall down, "Queen Mother, this!" ”

"I don't understand."

"There's nothing incomprehensible," Yan Jingming said coldly on the side, "The household doesn't have much silver, and if you want to spend money to buy warships and artillery like before, you can't do it, Master Li is now in charge of the Beiyang Naval Division, and in the future, he will have to live diligently and thriftily, and he can't be extravagant." (To be continued.) )