"Concubine Min has arrived?" Li Hongzhang said, "It came really fast, much faster than Western reporters." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”

"Concubine Min said that she wanted to meet the handsome." Sheng Xuanhuai said.

"See?" Li Hongzhang laughed, lit his pipe, and pointed at Sheng Xuanhuai, "Xingsun, let's talk, but be honest, Rong Dashuai is listening on the side, if you brag, you will be laughed at, Concubine Min really said that she wanted to meet?" ”

The words spoken by the Chinese are very important, and the word "visit" is inevitably a bit groveling, if the lords of other small countries, such as Ryukyu or Nanzhang, come to Tianjin to meet this Gyeonggi head snake, it is possible, but if it is from Korea, it will definitely not be so humble, let alone the most powerful concubine in Korea.

"I can't hide anything from the handsome," Sheng Xuanhuai said with a smile, "I added this word, Concubine Min wants to see the handsome, thank you for the grace of quelling the rebellion in the past." ”

"Zhonghua is interested in meeting Concubine Min?" Li Hongzhang turned his head to Rong Lu and smiled, "You are in Shengjing, not far from Seoul, this Concubine Min, but she is very arrogant, and she has accepted several concubines of the Li Dynasty clan in Seoul for Yuan Shikai, you don't need to open your mouth, I'm afraid that a basket of Korean ginseng will be sent over." ”

Rong Lu shook his head, "My brother hasn't arrived to take office yet, so there's no need to see her, not to mention that Concubine Min is also here to ask Brother Shaoquan for peace, so I won't join in the fun." ”

"What you said is very true," Li Hongzhang nodded, "tell Concubine Min that the foreign vassals have not met the king when they enter China, and it is not appropriate to meet with local officials, and invite her to come to Tianjin to meet her when she leaves the court." ”

Sheng Xuanhuai said that he turned around and left, and Li Hongzhang smiled at Rong Lu, "This Concubine Min, I have been secretly hooking up with the Enlightenment Party over the years, and I am impatient to see her, so I still keep her in Beijing and find someone to fight in the ring by herself." ”

"How's that of the people? I heard that she was the most powerful person in Korea, and even the king was not as famous as this woman. ”

"There are some wrists, but unfortunately there is no level of governing the country, and there is no vision, the national politics are in a mess, and they will not restrain the descendants of the relatives, and there is a miasma in North Korea." Li Hongzhang raised his glass towards Rong Lu, "Come, it's rare for our two brothers to see each other today, and we won't talk about those trivial matters, just have a drink happily." ”

Concubine Min is the second time in these three years to Tianjin, Rao is she is used to seeing the prosperity of North Korea, but when she comes to Tianjin, she is still shocked by the prosperity in front of her, there is a special reception of vassals and envoys from various countries in the city of Tianjin, Concubine Min and his party got off the boat from Dagukou, and took a carriage to Tianjin City, although it is called a city, but Tianjin has long been without a city wall, Dagukou walked ten miles to the west, and arrived at the very prosperous Tianjin New City, so along the way, the official road paved with ash is very smooth and smooth, Concubine Min sat in the carriage, never felt any bumps, she carefully opened the curtain of the carriage, a ray of sunlight shone in from the outside, shining on Concubine Min's face, although it was a small gap, Concubine Min still saw the endless flow of people outside the business and trade, the scene of prosperity, Concubine Min carefully looked at it for a while, and put down the curtain with some reluctance, it seemed that her eyes were hurt by the strong sunlight, she closed her eyes for a while, and then said slowly, "Why is Qingguo so powerful?" ”

"Niangniang, please pay attention to your words, we should call the Qing Kingdom the Kingdom of God." A middle-aged official in a red robe on the side looked left and right, only Concubine Min, the two most intimate Shanggong attendants, sat on the side, and there were no outsiders, but he still coughed, "Now we are in Tianjin, this is the place of Shangguo." ”

"Why is the kingdom so powerful?" Concubine Min opened her eyes, a little dazed, "The scene here now is very different from when I came to Tianjin three years ago, the place near the port in the past is definitely not as many shops and pedestrians as there is now, and this time, although there are many officials on the side to maintain order, but there are so many pedestrians and merchants, as well as carriages, Shangguo is now getting stronger and stronger." ”

Concubine Min has deep nasolabial folds at the corners of her mouth, and her forehead is too, even if she uses the best gouache rouge, she can't hide Concubine Min's deep tiredness and very relaxed and old face, probably because of the fatigue of the journey, her face is very yellow, "The kingdom is getting stronger and stronger, isn't this a good thing?" ”

"Of course it's a good thing," the middle-aged official can actually ride in the same car with Concubine Min, knowing that he must have a very close relationship with Concubine Min, and heard Concubine Min's almost self-talking question, "Ma Ma ~" Ma Ma is the pronunciation of "Niangniang" in Korean, "The Kingdom of God is getting stronger and stronger, then we can protect our North Korea from the invasion of the Japanese, the Kingdom of God is very benevolent, but the Japanese are so fierce and brutal, the stronger the Kingdom of God, the safer North Korea is." ”

Speaking is this middle-aged man, is now the most popular soldier Cao judgment in the Li Dynasty, the pro-army manager, and the left favor of the parliamentary government Min Yonghui, in any country, the chief officer of the military department is the most powerful person, and must be the person the monarch relies on and believes in the most, Min Yonghui is not powerful, he is from the famous Lixing Min family, is now the most powerful woman in North Korea - the distant nephew of Concubine Min, Min Yongjun is the head of the Min family relatives after Min Yongyi, he has the support of Yuan Shikai, He was deeply favored by Concubine Min, and he was also very good at pleasing King Li Xi (and Concubine Min, who was a hot magnate at the time and one of the representatives of the big party.

Of course, Min Yonghui will not be a firm pro-Qing faction, the so-called big thing is to express surrender to the most powerful country, Min Yonghui saw the almost invincible strength of the Qing State in the Jiashen coup, the so-called Kaihua Party rebellion under the suppression of Yuan Shikai of the Qing State, such as ice and snow meeting the sun, it melted in an instant, which is a great stimulus to Min Yonghui, and only straightforward combat effectiveness can make people see who is the strong country in the end, So since the Jiashen Incident, Min Yonghui has become a staunch big party, seeing that Concubine Min seemed to be a little hesitant, he hurriedly said, "There is still a difference between Shangguo and Japan, the minister knows that Niangniang is worried, worried that Shangguo's control over our North Korea will become deeper and deeper, isn't it?" ”