On the second day of His Majesty's meeting, Zeng Guofan entered the palace and delivered his Majesty's speech. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

His Majesty's Views and Speeches are closely linked together, which is a very rare situation.

The reason on the table is that the year is approaching, and since the envoy of the "Xuanzhao Official" of the enthronement ceremony has been handed over, he should rush back to Baoding to deal with the backlog of official affairs at the end of the year, so as to calmly seal the New Year. However, in such a hurry, some people inevitably muttered secretly: Is Jingshi a place of right and wrong? Zeng Disheng's trip, how did he rush to such a point? What do you look afraid of?

Anyway, during his stay in Beijing, from beginning to end, except for Prince Xuan, Zeng Guofan never saw a second guest seriously.

His Majesty's speech is still led by Prince Xuan, the emperor is not as long as when His Majesty saw him, the whole process, but the etiquette is like a ceremony, there is no need to repeat it, it is worth saying that it is the reward that Zeng Guofan received.

Chaozhu, pen inkstone and other literary treasures are considered routine, and there is nothing too surprising; More eye-catching is the "appreciative of wearing a plain mink coat" - usually, this is the honor of the princes and nobles.

These are all that, the real "exceedance" is to give the imperial book plaque - the imperial book plaque itself is not unusual, but once the imperial book plaque is given, it is a thing that has never happened.

The four square plaques are: "Yuan Fu Solidarity", "Auditorium Shuowang", "De Yu Houzai", "Dream of Yan Ting".

The name is "Imperial Book", in fact, it is not the handwriting of Emperor Hongxu - sorry, Emperor Hongxu's law book, but the level of Tongmeng, far from the level of "Imperial Book Plaque", these four plaques, in fact, are the ghostwriting of the Hanlin people who "walk in the south study" and "walk in the study".

Even the content of the plaque was not written by the emperor himself - although the emperor had been studying with Concubine Wan for half a year and had the ability to write the plaque, he did not have it - the content of the four plaques was drawn up by the emperor on behalf of the emperor.

Some people say that the Quartet plaque is really good and chic, but it seems to have "covered the coffin" for Zeng Disheng in advance - "morality", "meritorious service", "speech", hey, "three immortals", account for all!

Why?

"Everyone, please see, 'Yuanfu is in solidarity', and the "Du Rang Neng Biography" of the "Old Tang Book" is exemplified, 'Qing is in Yuanfu, and he shares weal and woe with me, and there is no way to avoid things' - this naturally refers to 'meritorious service'."

"In addition, although the rank of the Zaifu of this dynasty, that is, the scholar, although the rank is long, after all, it is different from the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, in fact, it is just a 'reserve'. The phrase "with the country" is usually only used for princes and county kings, at least, it has to be a Baylor and Beizi, and it is rarely used for Han people and foreign ministers. ”

"Well, that makes sense!"

"Speaking of 'Auditorium Shuowang' and 'Auditorium', it naturally refers to 'Xi Auditorium', which means that Zeng Disheng's scriptures are profound and accomplished, which is enough to benefit future generations to learn - this is 'Speech'."

"Hmm!"

"'Virtue and Virtue' naturally refers to 'virtue' -- at this point, the 'three immortals' of 'meritorious service', 'speech', and 'virtue' are complete!"

"'Su Yan Ting', it means that he will govern the family - good guy, in addition to the 'three immortals', he can also teach his son very well, then Zeng Disheng can't be born, hehe-"

"I know what dude means—'Saint Zeng'?"

"Yes! Hey! ”

"Zeng Disheng just became the 'edict official' of the enthronement ceremony, and the 'boss' just gave him face?"

"I'm afraid it's not just one end of the 'Xuanzhao Official' - I heard that yesterday, Zeng Disheng went to the North Street of Chaonei and had a long talk with Prince Xuan overnight, but I don't know what I talked about?"

"You mean ......"

"Hehe, I didn't say anything."

"Hmm...... I don't know if Zeng Disheng was transported back to his hometown in Hunan, or was it hung in the yamen of the governor of Zhili? ”

"That depends on 'Yuan Fu Solidarity', 'Auditorium Shuowang', 'Virtue and Grace', and 'Dream of Yan Ting' - there is no doubt about whether Zeng Disheng lives in it!"

"In the end, it's the imperial book plaque, no matter what, it can't be put on the shelf, right?"

"Hmm...... Also! ”

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All kinds of discussions, slowly fermenting, however, for the time being, it is not about Guan Zhuofan's affairs, he took Zeng Guofan's resignation class, and went out of the palace to run his own mission, today's mission has two, one in the morning, one in the afternoon, in the morning to go to the foreign affairs department of Dongtangzi Hutong, and in the afternoon to go to the advisory committee of Ginkgo Hutong.

The nature of the two errand envoys is actually the same: there is no specific matter to be done, that is, the trick of "the central leaders come to guide the work and visit and comfort the vast number of front-line workers" on the end of the year.

However, it is not unusual that in the twenty-first century, in the sixties of the nineteenth century, Prince Xuan's move is a first-class rarity!

There are too many "ministries and commissions" in Beijing, and it is impossible for Prince Xuan to sing about this play, so he can only choose the second and third important ones and think them as typical.

Guan Zhuofan has the difference of "Prime Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs", and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is his own duty, so he must go.

Before Guo Songtao joined the military aircraft, Guan Zhuofan was the big military aircraft of the "management department" of the advisory committee; After Guo Songtao joined the direct military aircraft, the big military aircraft of the advisory committee's "management department" was naturally replaced by Chairman Guo himself in name, but Guan Zhuofan's role in the advisory committee has not changed substantially.

The "final adjudication power" of the advisory committee's major matters is still in Guan Zhuofan's hands, and Guo Songtao still only reports to Guan Zhuofan on all major matters of the advisory committee, and the advisory committee is still the "ministry" that has the closest relationship with Guan Zhuofan.

Before Prince Xuan arrived, Dongtangzi Hutong was under strict martial law, but it was only forbidden for "idle people to enter and exit", and those who came to work seriously were not affected -- there was just an extra layer of "security check".

The two "ministries and commissions", from top to bottom, greeted in advance: when they see Prince Xuan, stand up and bow their heads, don't come forward to say goodbye, let alone make a big salute, otherwise, how many officials and officials, here and there, no serious envoys, don't have to do it; If you rush up, it's even more chaotic.

Prince Xuan was accompanied by Wen Zhongtang -- Wen Xiang was also the "co-organizer of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs", and when he arrived at Dongtangzi Hutong, Qian Dingming, the secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, had already led a group of senior officials below the waiter to greet him outside the gate, and he passed the state salute and welcomed him into the gate.

After that, the officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, regardless of their rank, saw Prince Xuan and "bowed their heads".

Minister Wen and Qian Shangshu accompanied, Prince Xuan "visited" a division and a division, and beside him, in addition to the Tujunmen and other personal guards, there were two "photographers" accompanying him, magnesium powder continued to ignite, smoke filled, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was very lively.

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