"The palace is like the second brother's home, there is nothing to be restrained," the emperor said with a smile, "The seventh uncle's child is the youngest, so he asked Zai Cheng to take him around to play, and the autumn scenery in Xiyuan is very good these days, and it is the most suitable for a visit." The emperor said, at this time, the nurse hugged Zai Xiang in, and the emperor lowered his head and touched Zai Xiang's tiger head hat, "I haven't seen you for a few days, Brother Yu is so old." ”

Zai Yan didn't pay attention to the emperor, just playing with the opal armor, the opal looked very good in the sunlight, Chunwang Fujin saw the emperor come to ask for peace, and he didn't sit down, knowing that about two people had something to talk about, so he smiled and said, "Entering the palace, I haven't gone to Zhongcui Palace to ask for peace, and now it's still early in the sky, so it's better for me to go over and ask for peace first." ”

The Empress Dowager Cixi nodded, the mother and son walked out, she looked at Zaiyan's back, and couldn't help but be a little stunned, this child is the future Guangxu Emperor?

However, since he crossed over, history has changed dramatically, and presumably in the future, there will be no Guangxu Emperor with this identity.

The emperor sat down and smiled at the queen mother, "Huang Eniang, this son is sitting alone, I have something to think of, and I don't know how to deal with it, so I came to ask the emperor what he meant." ”

"What's the matter?" The Queen Mother said, "Let's hear it, the emperor is also an ordinary person, not Zhuge Liang," the Queen Mother smiled, "But the three stinkers have beaten Zhuge Liang, and everyone may be able to come up with something if they say it." ”

"It's still a matter of Eight Banners Ding Yin......" As soon as the emperor spoke, he was stopped by the queen mother, she raised her face and shouted to the people waiting inside: "The emperor is talking to me, you all quit, don't eavesdrop!" ”

The footsteps under the eaves walked away gently, and the queen mother turned her face to the emperor and said. "Why did you bring it up again?"

"These days, I have looked at the folds of the household department, and the ratio of the expenditure of the Eight Banners Ding Yin in the old years is really too large," the emperor was high-spirited and his eyes were blazing. "If it is like the new army, these people can be put to use, this is inevitably worth the money, but most of the people are just eating and waiting for death, and many people just borrow money to live, and then take Ding Yin once a year to fill the old holes, but these people are still arrogant and unwilling to do anything. It's just a visit to the opera garden to make teahouses and fight cocks and raise birds, and make Beijing a miasma all day long, where are the eight banners, it's all their illegal things, in Beijing, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, that's it, can it be good in the outside world? ”

"My son reads history books. This lesson alone is shocking enough. The vassal kings of the clan climbed on the body of the state like vampires to suck blood and eat meat, and now we also have this waste," said the emperor with disgust, "In the past few years, trade has been opened, and the income of the household department has increased greatly every year. Far beyond before, otherwise this Ding Yin would have dragged us to death, not to mention any counterinsurgency, and naturally not to mention the Northern Expedition to the Russians. Moreover, Ding Yin has many drawbacks. It's not good to send rice and money," the emperor said anxiously, "but it's just that the people who are in charge of the matter are fattened, and the people underground are still poor." ”

The Queen Mother stood up and paced slowly on the ground, "In the old years, I wanted the children of the Eight Banners to go to school, join the army or be an errand boy, this seems to be just a drop in the bucket, there are only a few positions, the children of the Eight Banners, in the end, there are many people, and those with grades are unwilling to be released as officials. I understand what you mean, I don't disapprove of it, governing the country is like doing business, when the business is prosperous, you must be prepared for danger in times of peace, don't think about these when you don't make money, it's not good, Eight Banners is like the cost of doing business, while you have money, you have to think about how to reduce the cost. ”

"It's easier for the younger ones," said the Empress Dowager Cixi, "it's okay for them to fend for themselves, but the older ones are just difficult to deal with, what do you want to do?" ”

"The saint is too quick to reach it. I won't go outside to say that last time Chongqi was beaten by those who didn't open his eyes, in the final analysis, it was also for this matter, if it was the same as last time, with great fanfare, I was afraid that a group of people would jump to oppose it," the emperor said, although he tolerated the opinions of Prince Gong and others at that time, it didn't mean that he would give up this matter, "Let's talk to a few assertive people first, how to deal with this matter, at least there must be a way to deal with it." ”

"Huang Eniang, the big victory in Beihai has somewhat given my son confidence, I am not afraid that someone will chirp crookedly," the emperor showed a firm expression in his eyes, "You have always said that politicians must be good at grasping the key, and now ordinary political affairs are handled by the Military Aircraft Department, step by step, I don't need to worry too much, the matter of Eight Banners Ding Yin, such as a fish in the throat, do not vomit or be unhappy, and always have to think of a solution to it." ”

The Empress Dowager Cixi looked at her son, a smile slowly appeared on her face, she was really happy, she was really happy, the emperor finally had his own ideas and governance ideas, and knew that it was carried out quietly rather than with great fanfare to publicize a reform that was destined to never be popular, "You just have to rest assured to do it, the emperor, be cautious, think boldly, rest assured to do, you must not be wrong, what you said is extremely true, in recent years, the relationship with foreigners has been good, and foreign trade has also been done a lot, there is no pressure outside, naturally it is good to free up your hands, Deal with these big knots that have been tangled for a long time. ”……

"If the Qing Dynasty is going to die in the future, it will die on the Eight Banners." The emperor sat on the throne and said to Zai Cheng and the others with great interest, "So I have to think about it, and take advantage of the time to deal with this matter." ”

Gui Xiang frowned slightly, a little worried, "Your Majesty, the slave is too talkative, this matter is not easy to handle." ”

"It's not easy to do, so you have to do it well, I have this dynasty, if I can do this well, nothing else matters," Emperor Tongzhi said, "The emperor has laid such a good foundation, and I also want to do my own business." ”

Speaking of which, in the end, I still want to make my own career, so as not to be under the wing of the queen mother for the rest of my life, this is the emperor's careful thinking, the emperor glared at Zai Cheng, "Zai Cheng, what do you mean?" Is it towards me, or towards the sixth uncle? ”

Zai Cheng said with a smile, "The slave is naturally facing the emperor, and the slave's Ama is also facing the emperor. Even if the eight banners and silver in the world are all gone, can the long live lord still have a bite of food for me? It's just up to the emperor. (To be continued.) )