Cixi was still very cautious about the matter of "seizing love", and did not directly talk to Weng Tongyi, but first plotted against the military aircraft. Otherwise, if Weng Tonggong refuses, there will be no room for manoeuvre.

Nourishing the heart hall, the military plane "called".

Cixi said the meaning of hoping that Weng Tonggong could "win affection", and then said in a worried tone: "Ding Wei's fold is handed over, Weng Tonggong will not be straight, and the Hongde Hall will enter the poetry and books, and there will be only one person left, this is ...... Not really! You see, how is this a good thing? ”

Guan Zhuofan said: "Back to the Queen Mother, Mrs. Weng's body and bones were not very good a long time ago, this matter should have been prepared for a rainy day, and it was prepared in advance, but the ministers couldn't think of this, and they were worried about the Queen Mother of the two palaces, and they were very ashamed!" The minister is on duty today, so he went to visit Weng Tonggong and implored him to serve the country, 'seize the favor' for the public, and 'keep the system' in office. ”

Cixi frowned slightly: "Your identity, is it appropriate to knock on the door in such a hurry?" ”

Guan Zhuofan is the prince, is the foreman of the military aircraft, and his position is too much higher than Weng Tongyi, under normal circumstances, if there is anything to discuss, whether public or private, Weng Tongfan should visit Guan Zhuofan in the house, if you want to show respect for Weng Tongrong, Guan Zhuofan's next post is it, there is no reason to reverse it and Guan Zhuofan to visit Weng Tongrong.

In addition, according to the ancestral system, relatives and nobles are not allowed to hand over to courtiers, which is also somewhat taboo.

"I can't take care of it," Guan Zhuofan smiled slightly bitterly, "Since Weng Tongyi has reported Ding Wei, he refuses to go out to pay respects." The minister invited him to come to the house, but he would not come. The minister just said that there is a scripture of etiquette, and there is also power, and the matter is urgent, so act according to the right. ”

What Guan Zhuofan didn't say explicitly was because he was a prince. It was the foreman of the military aircraft and the first person to be the minister of Xuanli in the imperial court, and he came forward, first, to show enough respect for Weng Tongyi, and secondly. It can also put enough pressure on him.

Cixi sighed and said, "I hope that Weng Tongyi can be like you, understand the general situation and take the overall situation into account." ”

"I'm ashamed." Guan Zhuofan said, "However, the minister did not dare to deceive the two queen mothers, this matter, Weng Tong is willing to accept the possibility of it." Ten points are low, and the minister's trip, nine times out of ten, will return in vain. Therefore, to find a new master with both talent and virtue for the emperor, we have to start today. ”

Ci'an couldn't help but say: "'Guarding' is naturally what it should be, but I don't understand. Why do we have to stay for 27 months? What a delay! ”

Hehe, it's because of "delays". to be able to show the "heart of filial piety"!

Of course, I can't say this explicitly.

"That's right," said Cixi, "my sister said that it is extremely true—even if there is a state mourning, it will only be a hundred days!" ”

Guan Zhuofan had no choice but to say: "The mourning of the ministers." I dare not compare it to the national funeral. ”

Cixi "snorted" and said: "The funeral of the ministers, if it really does not dare to compare with the national funeral, it should be less than 100 days and 27 months. How many days is that? ”

After a pause, he silently calculated in his heart for a moment, and said, "Okay, eight hundred and ten days!" ”

These words are extremely sharp, and they are really to the point, Guan Zhuofan secretly applauded in his heart, and said in his mouth: "The Queen Mother Shengming!" Ding worries about the system, it is indeed not undeniable, but the matter is big, whether there is anything that can be improved, Rong Chen and others will discuss and understand, and then have a twist. ”

"Well, I hope you can really figure it out."

This sentence was quite sarcastic, and the heads of several military ministers couldn't help but bow their heads.

"For the sake of the country," Cixi said slowly, "In the in-service system, this matter is about easy to discuss, but as long as it is a Han member, there is almost no room for negotiation, I really don't know what is going on!" Cao Yuying, Xu Gengshen, Guo Songtao, what do you say? ”

These three are all Han members.

Cao, Xu, and Guo, they didn't expect the Queen Mother to suddenly pass over the three Manchurian ministers in front of them and ask directly to their heads, and they were all stunned.

Among the three, Cao Yuying ranked the highest, so she naturally had to answer first: "Back to the Queen Mother, Fang Cai, Prince Xuan has a saying that is very good, 'There is a scripture of rites, and there is also power', this canon is from the "Book of Rites", Kong Yingda's "Book of Rites and Justice" said, 'This scripture is the right to be courteous. If there is something in the country, the filial son is not allowed to obey the constant etiquette, so he obeys the power'. ”

After a pause, he said: "That is to say, whether it is 'scripture' or 'power', they are all 'rites', take 'keeping the system' as an example, as long as 'the country has something', you can 'follow the power', that is, 'seize the affection'." ”

After another pause, he said: "This 'national matter' refers to the matter of the Golden Revolution, that is, the war, so the ancients had the saying of 'the matter of the Golden Revolution is unavoidable' and 'the ink is from the Rong'. ”

This time, the schoolbag fell down, Ci'an was dizzy when she heard it, but Cixi understood the meaning of Cao Yuying's words: We Han members are also very reasonable, as long as "the country has something", we can "win love". However, except for the war, others are not included in the list of "seizing love", including Weng Tongyi.

Cixi sneered slightly: "Is it really 'the matter of Jin Ge is unavoidable'?" In the seventh year of Xianfeng, Zeng Guofan's father Zeng Linshu died of illness, and Zeng Guofan reported Ding Wei, that is, he left the camp and returned to Hunan. At that time, we were having a lively fight with Changmao, and the court wanted him to 'win love', but people stayed in Xiangxiang, but they refused to move their nests, and they went to the book one after another, and they must be in the registration system. ”

After a pause, he said: "At that time, I was waiting for the first emperor to see the excerpts, and I still remember that when the first emperor allowed him to play, he sighed and sighed, and his face was so ugly!" ”

Cixi's tone became more and more intense, and the three Han members were suppressed, and their heads were lowered and then lowered.

Wen Xiang was cautious, and felt in his heart that when the military aircraft was discussing politics, the Empress Dowager turned over the old accounts and criticized the heroes, which was not very appropriate, but Yue played a second time: "The Empress Dowager Mingjian, the situation was complicated at that time, Zeng Guofan insisted on keeping the system, and he also had to suffer. ”

Cixi snorted slightly and said, "What kind of trouble? It's just that he is worried and scared, afraid that the villain will be maggots, and he will provoke and attack him for 'Xirong forgetting to mourn', which will ruin someone's reputation behind him! ”

Zeng Guofan is not only worried about the "reputation behind him", but Wen Xiang, hearing Cixi's words, his heart is slightly wide, the words of the Queen Mother are clearly depreciated, and her criticism of Zeng Guofan, even if it spreads, people will not think that Zeng Guofan's curtain has declined.

However, it can be heard that the Queen Mother is really dissatisfied with the fact that she has been in the registration system for 27 months.

Some people think, is it true that the "superiors" really want to move this "three-year mourning" system? took Weng Tong and Ding worried, and used the topic to play, and even Zeng Guofan was involved?

It's not easy!

*(To be continued......)