After Emperor Tongzhi and Mr. Naik finished greeting, the machine behind him smiled, "It's hard for you to transport this thing thousands of miles away, it's really hard for you." @→ top @ → dot @→ small @ → said, "After a few jokes with Mr. Naike, the chief eunuch Chen Shengwen on the side came to ask for an order: "Long live Lord, it's time to go to the two palaces to ask for peace." ”

Emperor Tongzhi nodded, "Let's go back to the palace, just take the pheasant I shot back to honor the emperor's mother," the emperor smiled at the two young people on the side: "You two should also enter the palace together." ”

The older ones smiled slightly, saying that they should be, and the younger people hurriedly waved their hands, with some horror on their faces, "Oh, my emperor, you should go by yourself, I am not better than Brother Gui, I am the younger brother of the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother and his old man I am panicked every time I see it, and I am more afraid of it than my Amma, and it is rare for the slave to be rare, so I should go back to the palace first." ”

"Zaicheng, you, you," Emperor Tongzhi shook his head and said with a smile: "Isn't the emperor's mother very good to you every time you enter the palace?" ”

"It's good, your majesty, but when I see the queen mother's eyes, it's bright, as if I have something in my heart and she's an old man, this taste is not good!"

"Nonsense, it's only people like you who are full of ghost ideas who are afraid, why am I not afraid," Emperor Tongzhi smiled, and looked at the older young man with a short beard on his upper lip next to him, "How about it, Uncle Guixiang, do you want to enter the palace?" ”

Gui Xiang replied: "I haven't seen the Queen Mother for some days, and I miss it very much, but the family is preparing for the Spring Festival Gift for the Mother, and the people are careless, I'm afraid it's not enough, so the slave will go back to see it first, and then follow the emperor into the palace tomorrow to see you." ”

"That's it," Emperor Tongzhi nodded. He ordered Zai Cheng again: "You take the music box that the Englishman gave you, and bring it to me tomorrow!" Zaicheng muttered a few words with a bitter face, and had no choice but to respond, Emperor Tongzhi nodded with satisfaction, and said to Mr. Naike: "This machine of yours is placed in Xiyuan first." If you can use it well, I'm afraid that the Ministry of Internal Affairs will do business with you for a long time. He also instructed Chen Shengwen, "You arrange for a competent person to come here to keep an eye on, if you don't understand, go to the Tongwen Museum to find a few people to help." ”

Chen Shengwen responded, and the emperor did not dismount, so he took the eunuch guards around several palaces and changed into a sedan chair outside the Xihua Gate to enter the palace. Bypassing the Jinshui River, Cining Palace, and Yangxin Palace, I arrived at the West Sixth Palace, and when I arrived outside the gate of Chuxiu Palace, I saw the Queen Mother's sedan chair outside, so I asked An Dehai who came out, "This will be." Is Eniang here? ”

"Yes, the Empress Dowager Zhong Cui Palace is here. There are also a few orders in it, accompanying the Queen Mother to speak. ”

Emperor Tongzhi nodded, stepped into Chuxiu Gate, An Dehai led the way in front, and Emperor Dehai's back suddenly thought of one thing. Yoyo spoke: "Xiao Anzi." ”

"The minions are here."

"I heard you've made a lot of money driving a horse dealership? And that Haihe cloth line? The people in the palace have said it. ”

An Dehai's body was shocked, and he didn't look back, but leaned down slightly, and said respectfully, "Long live the Lord said with a smile." Where can the slave make money, it's just through the idea of the queen mother, relying on the emperor's dragon power and the brand of the Internal Affairs Office, that such a scene has been created, and what can be said there is a fortune. ”

Emperor Tongzhi smiled slightly, noncommittal, An Dehai is a clever person, and hurriedly said, "Long live Lord, next month, Britain will enter a new batch of carriages, as well as several exquisite things that have not been seen on the market, which were originally to be sold in the store outside, but the slave thought selfishly, if there is no expert in charge and rashly take it outside, if everyone does not recognize it, wouldn't it be a loss of the signboard of the Ministry of Internal Affairs?" So please also ask the master to help the minions check the checks, how to use some new things. ”

Chen Shengwen nodded with satisfaction, and Emperor Tongzhi smiled: "This is very good, I will do it in the future." An Dehai responded with a smile, and it didn't take long to arrive at the main hall of Chuxiu Palace, Tang Wufu saw the emperor walk in, and shouted to the palace: "Niangniang, the emperor is here." ”

The palace maid on both sides lifted the cloth curtain, the emperor raised his feet and entered the main hall, since the queen mother hung the curtain to listen to the government, the concubines of the six palaces and the concubines and the women of the foreign order asked for peace in the heart of the palace, and the six palace things went to the Empress Dowager Ci'an's Zhong Cui Palace, the main hall that has never been used is full of people today, the beads are dotted with emerald, the brocade clothes are gorgeous, the fat is thick and the powder is fragrant, the emperor is smoked by the warm wind in the palace, the palace throne sits on the Empress Dowager Cixi, I saw that she was wearing a bright yellow silk embroidered peony flat gold group longevity clothes, wearing two long ribbons behind the head of Kunqiu, There is a silver-gilded Ruyi hairpin on the sideburns, playing with a handful of "crane top red" Ganoderma lucidum Ruyi, and is tilting her head and talking to the Empress Dowager Ci'an sitting on her left hand, the Empress Dowager Ci'an is wearing a big red five-blessing Lingzhi Su embroidered gildant robe, with magpie primrose ebony wings on her head, the position is slightly lower, but she is also sitting on top of His Majesty, and the rest of the Li Guifei Yun Guifei and so on, the foreign women who entered the palace to ask for peace and other cadres sat in the bright room of the main hall, and saw the emperor come in, except for the two queen mothers, the rest of the people stood up, The concubines and concubines were just a slight blessing, and the foreign woman shook the handkerchief and half-squatted down to ask for peace, "The emperor is blessed." ”

"Up," the emperor also flicked his sleeves, and half-knelt down to the two queen mothers on the throne to say goodbye, the Empress Dowager Cixi smiled and nodded, "Come on," Ci'an saw the emperor get up with a clear and clear appearance, although he was still more than ten years old, but he still had the appearance of Aixin Jueluo's long face and Danfeng eyes, Ci'an thought of the Yingge Yan dance in the Old Summer Palace, and the emperor was in a trance, until Tongzhi found a brocade stool to sit down, Ci'an turned his face sideways and smiled at the Empress Dowager Cixi: "Now the emperor is so heroic, I can't help but think of the appearance of the first emperor hunting in Mulan. ”

Talking about Emperor Xianfeng, most of the concubines and concubines had red eyes, and the Empress Dowager Cixi was slightly stunned, and then smiled, "Yes, when the first emperor was so old, he was still in the hidden palace, and the emperor has been on the throne for five years." ”

Although Concubine Li, who was wearing a red begonia spring robe, still had a spring appearance, the delicate begonia flowers seemed to be smeared with a thin layer of melancholy, and she was dripping, Yun Guifei held Li Guifei's shoulder, stroked it gently, to show comfort, and smiled at Ci'an: "What the Queen Mother said, it made everyone sad." ”

"Amitabha, I'm the one who doesn't have a door." The Empress Dowager Ci'an felt that she had lost her words at this time, and apologized to the Empress Dowager Cixi and said, "Niangniang, I was negligent." ”

"It doesn't matter, the emperor was going to inherit everything from the first emperor, these words are said, let the emperor know the voice and smile of the first emperor. It's also good. Empress Dowager Cixi forced a smile and said angrily to Concubine Li: "Sister Sister Li, what's going on? I quickly collected the golden beans, but I called the foreign woman to talk. ”

The foreign woman hurriedly said that she didn't dare, and the Empress Dowager Cixi stroked the red Ruyi with her hand, and asked casually, "Where did the emperor come from?" ”

"From Xiyuan, the British merchant brought an iron guy, and I saw it, but I didn't know how effective it was, so I waited until it was ready. It is not too late to dedicate it to the emperor's mother, and then send it to the Internal Affairs Office. ”

"If you want me to say, leave these things to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, as the emperor, you always like these machine things, but it's better than other interests," the Empress Dowager Cixi said with a smile. "Back then, the Holy Grandfather also liked astronomy and mathematics the most, which was learned from things. It's a good thing, you can like it, but only one thing," the emperor stood up, his hands down in obedience, "but be safe." Chen Shengwen," the Queen Mother instructed again, "Those attendants, as well as the errands of Yuqing Palace, the emperor's entourage is wanted!" ”

Chen Shengwen hurriedly responded. The Empress Dowager Ci'an asked the emperor to sit down, and the Empress Dowager Cixi's own son was respectful and courteous, and he spoke and acted as neatly as himself, and he was extremely happy in his heart, and he spoke with a smile, "Has General Jinzhou been chosen?" ”

"It's been chosen, the son was originally selected from the Manchu Eight Banners, but these useless minions," the emperor was a little angry, "I heard that it was far away in the sky, thousands of miles away from Japan, and one by one they refused to go, I chose thousands of times, which made Wu Yundi's guerrilla named Jinbao suffer this order, the son has seen this person, although there are some hangers, but in the end he dares to fight, and his surname is also very worthy of Jinzhou, Jinbao, Jinzhou." ”

Empress Dowager Cixi nodded and smiled: "Yes, the people under Wu Yundi are all carved out of the same mold as him, and they all look cynical," I saw Fan'er sitting down with a stomach and pursed her lips and smiled, "But the errand is not ambiguous, Jinzhou bought it from the Russians to celebrate the emperor's birthday, and I said at that time that this Jinzhou is the place directly under you, and it is up to you to appoint all officials," the Empress Dowager Cixi took a sip of tea, "It's just that you are not allowed to take a position in Beijing, Not even your attendants. ”

The emperor had a sad face, this originally wanted to give a few official positions to Guixiang and others, this can be a soup, but there is one more thing that is extremely important, the emperor said: "This Jinzhou is the beginning, not to mention that the original natives are not the same as the king, even if the natives are only a few hundred, if Jinbao goes, it is difficult to become a forest alone, so this end is still a difficult matter, and please ask the emperor to allocate the next talent." ”

"This matter," the Empress Dowager Cixi pondered slightly, and then said with a smile, "This matter is easy to do." ”

"Please also ask the emperor to dial it." Emperor Tongzhi hurriedly said, "This is the first time that Erchen has appointed an official, if Jinzhou is not properly governed, wouldn't it be very disappointing." ”

Everyone in the hall didn't speak, just listened to the conversation between the mother and son, and the Empress Dowager Cixi said: "Emperor, do you know how the Americans came to be today? ”

"It's from England."

"At first, the Americans were not good people, they were all bankrupt craftsmen, criminals, gamblers, and sailors, these people came to the United States, and now they have established a country, we can also follow suit, I will ask the Ministry of Punishment to reduce all the next heinous crimes by one grade and issue them to the Golden State." The Queen Mother said with a smile, "Let the Military Aircraft Department draw up a decree, all those who go to Jinzhou to farm, 20 acres for men and women, and 10 acres for children, do not need to rent and plant for 30 years. ”

"But in this way, won't the Golden State become a place where money is always spent?" Emperor Tongzhi was a little sullen, "If the tax can't come up, how can this be talked about outstanding political achievements?" Could it be that there is really gold in this Golden State? ”

"When a place is founded, it must be like this," the Empress Dowager Cixi comforted, "Moreover, the emperor, I set the intention of this Golden State back then, hehe, how do you know that there is really no gold?" ”

Everyone in the hall pricked up their ears, and the emperor also looked at the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother smiled proudly, and spent 6 million yuan of silver from Russia, snatched food from the Americans, and bought the future Alaska, which has been criticized by the courtiers Qingliu, but he is indifferent, because he knows that there is a gold mine here!

And it was paid in cash, and the look of the Russian ambassador and prince showed that probably the empress dowager and the king of the Far Eastern Empire were crazy. "Although Jinzhou is far away in the sky, it is a paradise in the future, hehe, don't think that there is no grass there, and there are more valuable things." The queen mother covered her mouth and said no more, and the thoughts of the people flew around, wondering if they should also ask the lords and sons of their mansion to find a proper person to take a steamer from Tianjin to Jinzhou to take a look, the queen mother never told lies.

Not to mention what the foreign wife was thinking, the Empress Dowager Ci'an took the tea from the palace maid, took a sip, and said leisurely, "The emperor is now fourteen years old, I see, Niangniang, I should also choose a few suitable Eight Banner girls, stay next to the emperor and prepare to be on an errand." ”

As soon as the words came out, the ladies in the room suddenly calmed down, although they all bowed their heads respectfully, but their hearts were like opening a storm and waves, again.

Empress Dowager Cixi frowned slightly, the Empress Dowager Ci'an, who was deeply at ease, others were okay, Emperor Tongzhi was originally very uncomfortable in a pile of women, hearing the Empress Dowager Ci'an throw out this topic, Emperor Tongzhi, who grew up in the emperor's family, didn't he know what it meant to raise girls? His face was red, and he quickly stood up and waved his hand again and again, "What did E-Niang say, it's here!" My son is very busy with studying and riding horses these days, and he doesn't have that idle time, and besides, his son is still very young, and he hasn't reached the point of talking about this. ”

Empress Dowager Cixi nodded, "That's the truth, you have to study hard now, I see that the emperor is very restrained here, it's better to go to the back, Wanzhen and your two sisters and a few girls who were ordered to bring into the palace are all behind." ”

When the emperor heard this, his eyes lit up, "My son rarely sees the countryman, but now he wants to ask her for advice." After speaking, he stood up, saluted, and followed the eunuch out of the smoke. (To be continued......)