"The king's man" was calm as usual, as if he hadn't seen these stars at all, not saying a word, not taking a step, meticulously fulfilling his responsibility as a "minister", from the railway station to the Forbidden City, from the front court to the inner court, until the queen mother's Luan drove into the inner left door. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Guan Zhuofan watched Luan drive along the long street in the east to the north, and after a while, he turned around and walked towards the military aircraft.

Along the way, when I saw his officials, officials, and eunuchs, they piled up more smiles one by one, and when they greeted him, they lowered their waists; When the Xuan guards saw him, they were just the opposite—his chest was higher, his waist was straighter, and his eyes were brighter and fiery.

As soon as they entered the military aircraft office, Wen Xiang, Cao Yuying, Xu Gengshen, and Guo Songtao, who were already waiting inside, all stood up and greeted "Lord Wang!" ”

Although it is inconvenient to say the word "congratulations", everyone's eyes are clear and smiling, and everyone, including Wen Xiang, has irrepressible excitement on their faces.

The four big military planes all have a strong understanding: a new era is about to begin.

Wen, Cao, Xu, and Guo were also waiting for the Queen Mother at Zhengyangmen Railway Station, but after getting Guan Zhuofan's message, they quickly stepped up and returned to the Forbidden City first.

"Everyone's hard work," Guan Zhuofan said with a smile, "By the way, it's time for dinner, should we go first-"

"No," Wen Xiang said on behalf of the other three colleagues, "not hungry - unless the prince is hungry." Let's discuss the business first, and then calmly sacrifice the five internal organs. ”

Guan Zhuofan smiled "haha", "Okay-'calm' good!" ”

As he spoke, he handed over the book in his hand, "Let's take a look." ”

After a slight pause, he added, "It's not easy to say a word." ”

Wen Xiang took it and opened it, and there were two drafts inside - one was the draft of Princess Lirong'an as the heir of the emperor, and the other was the draft of the queen mother of the two palaces to withdraw the curtain and return to power.

Since "not a word is easy," there is no need to read the contents of the draft -- these two drafts were originally based on the joint drafting of the four great military planes, and Wen Xiang's gaze swept over and fell on the "Imperial Meal" and "Tongdaotang" at the end of the draft.

Prime Minister Wen Bochuan has always been the most calm in his speech and deeds, but he still couldn't help but let out a low, short sigh.

Cao Yuying, Xu Gengshen, and Guo Songtao have also seen it, and the excitement on their faces has become stronger.

"Please show the prince," Cao Yuying said, "Do you want to hand over these two edicts to the cabinet now?" ”

Guan Zhuofan pondered for a while and said, "I can hand it over to the cabinet today, but I told them that I would send it again in the morning." ”

After a slight pause, "We have to set aside half a day to understand what should be discussed." As soon as Mingfa comes out, it will inevitably ...... Well, in all directions, gossiping, when the time comes, there are some things, we have to give everyone a refreshing explanation, otherwise, we will be in a hurry. ”

"Yes!"

Cao Yuying responded.

"Lord Wang," Xu Gengshen said with a smile, "We also have a good thing here-I received it this morning, please take a look at it before we start the discussion." ”

As he spoke, he handed over a copy of the "electric fold" in his hand.

Guan Zhuofan took it, looked at the seal, did not immediately take out the telegram, and said: "Lanzhou's telegram - from Xinjiang?" ”

"Yes."

"Let me guess," Guan Zhuofan said, "Since it was sent from Xinjiang, Uncle Xing, you said it was a 'good thing', it should have been good news - however, the military going south, no matter what, could not have results so quickly - even if the first battle was won, counting the days, this good news should still be on the way now......"

There was a pause, "So, I guess, it's Ili's business." ”

Several big military planes looked at each other and smiled.

"The prince is like a god!" Xu Gengshen said, "It's really Yili's business - Taranqi has softened!" ”

took out the telegram and looked at it carefully, and sure enough, Zuo Zongtang reported that Taranqi sent his cronies, with his handwritten letter, to Urumqi and Qinxing, saying that he was "crowned by a monkey and usurped Ili, and his crime was very great", and that he had "not known how to obey and rebel" and "acted in vain", but now he "regretted yesterday's wrongdoings", "changed his mind", "lost his sincerity", and "let the army of the Celestial Empire deal with it".

Of course, "leaving the Celestial Empire's army at its disposal" was not a true word -- although the letter said so, Taranqi privately made a condition -- following the example of "voluntary surrender" of Tusi in the Tibetan region of Sichuan to "change the land and return to the stream", that is, he gave up his political power and army, but the imperial court allowed him to keep a certain amount of land, property, and slaves, and to stay in Ili.

Originally, the Tusi who "took the initiative to contribute" in the Tibetan area of Sichuan in the "reform of the land and returned to the stream", the imperial court would also give a "Grace Captain" to the prince, and "hereditary replacement". However, Taranzi is quite self-aware of this, claiming that "the sins are too heavy to tarnish the name of the country".

That is to say, I don't want anything else, I have to protect the leader, be a solid rich man, and have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of my life, it's enough.

Zuo Zongtang said that according to various intelligence, Taranqi's "negative Jing and sincerity" should be true, not a delaying tactic, although its requirements are half a level higher than our original set of imitation of the "passive surrender" of the Tusi in the Tibetan area of Sichuan to "change the land and return to the stream", however, it is not too much, Zuo Zongtang said that his personal opinion is generally acceptable, how to deal with it, please decide.

"Just do as Zuo Jigao said," Guan Zhuofan said, "However, how much land and property can be retained, we have to draw a line for Taranqi - if he dares to empty the treasury of Ili, when the time comes, he will take out more than silver and copper coins to make up for it." ”

Meaning -- plus your head.

"That's good!" Guo Songtao said, "Drawing a line for Ta Mou, in fact, it is also the heart of An Ta, if the court has the heart to break its promise to 'kill and surrender', it will not say these words to him now - just say it, and it must be a good one." ”

Guan Zhuofan smiled, "What Yunxian said is right - that's it." ”

"We sent a note, and the British issued a statement," Wen Xiang said excitedly, "Russia really won't take Lita!" Ta is desperate, so he has to 'lose his sincerity'! Lord, everything is in your insight! ”

"Whether it's a note or a statement, it's all lip service," Guan Zhuofan shook his head slightly, "In the final analysis, the Western Expedition army fought well!" The momentum along the way frightened both Taranzi and the Russians! The British are just playing a set of Taiping boxing. ”

After a pause, "If we can't fight the war in Xinjiang on our own, how can a statement from the British scare Russia?" And, hehe, when the time comes, I'm afraid that the British will not only refuse to make this statement, but maybe, they will also see Hunting Xinxi, and they will also go to Xinjiang to intervene! ”

This is a very profound view, and several large military planes are all slightly shocked in their hearts.

Wen Xiang was convinced, nodded and said, "The prince's admonition is extremely true!" My opinion, too frivolous! ”

"Bochuan," Guan Zhuofan said with a smile, "your opinion is not wrong, with one to two, the hearts of the Russians are even more empty - many friends and many roads, the British help us, we still have to see their love." ”

"The soldiers are bloodless, the recovery of Yili, the goodness of the good!" Cao Yuying said, "Otherwise, if we defeat Agubai and then turn around to fight Taranzi, although our casualties will not increase too much, but the local people will suffer!" Also, the extra military spending is ten times the little money left for Ta! ”

"Zhuo Ruzhi said," Guan Zhuofan said, "won my heart!" As for me, now I'm in the eye of money, and I think that no matter what I do, it's a 'money thing'! Beforehand, you have to break your fingers repeatedly! Where to make money, where to save money - but when I hear that there is such a place, I smile! ”

Several big military planes all laughed "haha".

"Speaking of 'money matters'," Wen Xiang said, "at the moment, there is an extremely important 'money matter' - the new monarch ascends the throne and wants to mint new money. ”

If you want to mint new money, you must first set the name of the new monarch.

The year name is the first major event to be discussed today.

Although the change of the yuan is next year's thing, but you can't wait until the New Year to think about what year to get, not to mention, after the emperor ascends the throne, he sees that it is the end of the year, and a lot of preparatory work must be done again, for example, Wen Xiang said to mint new money.

"Yesterday I was in Ginkgo Hutong," Guo Songtao said, "but I met a very interesting thing." ”

Ginkgo Hutong is the place where the "Advisory Committee" is located, which means "Advisory Committee", of course, everyone here knows, but when the "big event" of the year name is about to be discussed, why did Guo Songtao suddenly say "very interesting things"?

However, everyone knows that Guo Yunxian can't talk about idle at this time.

"Prince Li came to the 'Gu Committee' to do business," Guo Songtao smiled, "and I met, he quietly pulled me aside, and said that he had spent a lot of effort to think of an excellent era name for the emperor, and asked me to reply to Prince Xuan when it was convenient for me." ”

Yes?

Prince Li Shiduo, young, in addition to the symbolic "scattered minister", there is no decent messenger, everyone here, the impression of him, is basically the "Wang Ministers" when the Bao Ting picked him to do the "praise", take the "Stone Record" in the "green wax" canon, explain "before the 'ancestral system', where did the 'ancestral system'? It should change with the times, change with the times, and the new cases of today will be the 'established examples' of different days, and the 'ancestral system' of future generations".

Why is this Prince Li so concerned about the name of the new emperor?

"Yun Weng," Cao Yuying said, "I ask a little more, what did Prince Li do when he came to the 'Gu Committee'?" ”

Guo Songtao laughed, "Zhuoru, you got to the point!" However, according to the rules of the 'Feng'en Fund', the 'Grace Fund' of the Prince's Grace and Honors was to be collected by someone from the palace on his behalf, or the 'Advisory Committee' could be deposited directly into their account in the 'clan bank' without the need for his own work. ”

After a pause, "Prince Nali, his 'favors' were all received by the chief historian of the palace before, and it was the first time he came to the 'Gu Committee' in person. ”

"I understand," Xu Gengshen said, "Prince Li's visit to the 'Gu Committee' and 'doing things' or something is just a disguise, and the real purpose is to find someone - to find Yun Weng to hand over the year name to the prince for him." ”

This "prince" is naturally "our prince" -- Prince Xuan here.

Guo Songtao nodded: "That's right!" ”

"This prince of rites," Xu Geng's tone was filled with a hint of sarcasm, "I'm not old, this ...... The momentum is not small, yesterday when a Yun Weng went to the 'Gu Committee', the news of the two palaces 'using the seal', even we haven't received it yet, right? ”

"Yes."

"Hey!" Xu Gengshen smiled, "It's really exciting!" ”

It is indeed "energetic", and moreover, the "energetic" is a bit too much - when Shi Duo thought of an "excellent era name" for the heir emperor, the heir emperor was not yet the heir emperor.

This is actually taboo.

If it is passed out, when facing the scene, no one may jump out to find trouble.

Moreover, this trouble can be big or small.

Cao Yuying said slowly, "Well, after all, I'm still young." ”

After a pause, "However, I'm quite curious, Prince Li has gone to such great lengths, but he has thought of a 'excellent' era name?" Yun Weng, please tell me more! ”

*(To be continued.) )