Xingzhen and the emperor said with a smile: "This 'Wen' character is excellent, Wen Concubine's sister is courteous, knowledgeable, and Lanxinhui, and helped me compile the "Xianfeng Dictionary", a 'Wen' word is enough to highlight my sister's merits." ”

The emperor put down the canonization decree and looked at Xingzhen with a smile, "It's all a good idea you came up with, and there was a slight objection to Lan'er's pinyin outside, saying that it was somewhat similar to the Yangyi alphabet, and even confused between China and foreign countries, but after seeing the convenience of pinyin, they all rushed to fold it, and asked me to send some palace maids who are good at pinyin in the palace, 'educate the Quartet, and spread the holy virtue in the township'." ”

At this time, it was already the beginning of June, and according to the practice of previous years, as early as April, the emperor took the queen and other concubines and concubines to the Old Summer Palace with the queen mother.

"Now that they are old, there are not a few palace maids who have returned to their hometowns, they have obtained this skill, whether they are marrying a good family or helping the family by themselves, they have a wide range of skills."

June is the season of pomegranate blossoms and lotus flowers, Xingzhen accompanied the emperor to gossip in the Qinzheng Palace, and the emperor handed Yang Qingxi the holy decree of canonizing Concubine Wen as Concubine Wen, "You go to the 'Bitong Academy' to pass the decree to Concubine Wen, so that she doesn't have to come to thank her." Turning his head to Xingzhen and smiling, "It's not that you, the queen, are benevolent and willing to be a slave." ”

The people who knew the call outside were upset for a while, and the automatic fan in the hall rolled up the ice cubes full of ice cubes on the side did not relieve the heat, but brought a little dampness, Xingzhen smiled and did not speak, and changed the topic, "The emperor has this year's longevity festival, and the Shengping Department has prepared a three-day and three-night drama from the eighth day of the first month, and the rice noodles that are ready to be distributed to the lonely and widowed old people outside are also ready to stop, and on the day of the longevity festival, the princes and ministers entered the garden to congratulate the emperor on his birthday, and the lunch was given a banquet in the Qinzheng Palace, and dinner was held in Pengdao Yaotai, and the night banquet of our six palaces and palaces was given to the emperor on his birthday. Your Majesty, what do you think? ”

"That's right," Xianfeng nodded, "Now the smoke of gunfire in the south has not subsided, and it is not a big birthday for Heng and Zhi, and let's live like this," Speaking of the war in the south, Emperor Xianfeng frowned, and his anxious expression was overflowing, "The two big camps in Jiangnan and Jiangbei are inevitably too incompetent, and they have fought several battles with the rebels in Jiangning, and they have lost more and won less, and the Jiangbei camp was almost broken." ”

In general, in the first half of the fourth year of Xianfeng, the situation in the south of the Yangtze River was in a state of anxiety, since the Northern Expedition team was wiped out, and the two teams of the Western Expedition returned in vain, the Taiping army entrenched in the Xiongcheng of Jiangning was very stopped for a while, the upstream occupied Wuhu, and the downstream Hezhou, which was close to Jiangning, was also firmly controlled by the Taiping army, Li Hongzhang knew where the gap was, in addition to recovering a few cities, he was thinking about training and trying to be strong, Zeng Guofan recovered the whole territory of Jiangxi, and was promoted to the rank of secretary of the military department with merit. Acting Jiangxi Provincial Military Affairs, trained the water division in Poyang Lake, and issued "Seeking Cantonese Bandits"; Preparing to swear to go out, the two large camps in the south and north of the Yangtze River were in danger under the attack of the Taiping Army, but they were immovable, Emperor Xianfeng looked at the obstructive Qingliu Kedao Imperial History was below to the local operation of the group practice, the monk king with two big victories in Henan, coerced Hehuai, many of the twisted thieves who were originally just doing a vote in the agricultural slack were deterred, and fled in all directions, leaving only Zhang Lexing's Five Banners Army and Monk Greenqin in Anhui near Bozhou to hide and seek.

"I have already issued an order to the monk king, there is no need to rush south to encircle Jinling, it is important to clear the places around Hehuai at present, what do you think, queen?" Xianfeng asked Xingzhen's opinion.

"The emperor's decision is excellent, sweep the Hehuai area and then go south to exterminate the rebellion, this back road is worry-free, and the monk king can win more victorious, but the emperor must remember to remind the monk that this twist army has many cavalry, coming and going like the wind, the monk army is in hand, or steady and steady, don't fall into the trap of the thief." Later generations of monk Greenqin in the Tongzhi years by the army lured and killed, it is a pity, now after the victory, Monk Greenqin is afraid of complacency, will repeat the mistakes of the past.

"What you said is very true, then I personally wrote a secret decree to him, don't be impatient, I thought about it, the queen, you said last time that the matter in Jiangnan is not in a hurry, you have to come slowly, now the situation in Jiangling is already a stalemate, compared to last year and the year before the rebellion to attack the city, the situation in Huguang is out of control, it is already much better, and it is really best to trap the rebellion in one place," Emperor Xianfeng smiled at Xingzhen, "Although I know in my heart that I can't be anxious, I can't help but want to see the rebellion and Jiangnan calm as soon as possible." ”

"The emperor and relax, now this is very good, Jiangxi and Anhui can hold on, the monk and the king have fought a tough battle, our chances of winning are more and more, the situation of rebellion will get worse and worse, there will be one day, we will definitely be able to exterminate the rebellion." Xingzhen comforted Emperor Xianfeng.

"Hmm, Queen, what you said is very true, a few days ago, Li Hongzhang wrote that he wanted muskets and artillery and expanded the musket battalion, what do you think, Queen?"

Of course, Xingzhen is in favor of both hands, the era of cold weapons has long passed, otherwise China, which has the largest army in the world, would not have been defeated repeatedly in modern history since the Opium War, without victory, the alliance under the city has been signed one after another, the silver of compensation has increased again and again, and more and more land has been ceded, which was originally a begonia flower, and finally became an old hen.

"The concubine thinks that Li Hongzhang said it very well, and the emperor showed the monk and the concubine the chapter of the monk and the king, and also relied on the cannon to disperse the rebellious camp, this musket and artillery are extremely lethal, and a cannon is issued, eroding for several miles, it is really a militaristic weapon, but at the moment, the musket cannon of the construction division in Beijing does not know whether it can be used."

"Hey, the monk king explained this matter, and faintly said that Yangyi's muskets are more powerful, and now I can only contact Yangyi, and pay a lot of money to buy it first."

"What the emperor said is very true, ask the treaty ports to inquire carefully, if each country has land to sell, we don't care which country it is, just buy it." Xingzhen remembered something again, and hurriedly asked, "The concubine is panicked, and she wants to know what Prince Gong is talking about in the north?" ”

This is another happy thing, "At the beginning of April, Lao Liu sent an envoy to Russia, and when he arrived in Nebuchu, he was stopped by the Siberian governor, at first the Siberian governor was still very arrogant, shouting that the north of the Heilongjiang River and the east of the Ussuri River are the territory of Russia since ancient times, or Qinghai is arguing with reason, and threatens Britain and France to declare war against Russia at the same time, and then the south of Lake Berga will be arbitrarily acted by the Qing Dynasty, so he panicked, quickly softened his breath, and Pegasus returned to the tsar, On the one hand, he negotiated with the sixth in Nebuchu, and the current progress was good, and the sixth said that he would prepare an ultimatum in a few days to scare the Russians, and asked me to cooperate in Beijing. Queen, give me an idea. ”

"Then it just kills two birds with one stone," Xingzhen put down the silk in her hand, and said with a straight face, "The emperor ordered people to negotiate with Britain and France to buy artillery and muskets, and showed that he was willing to go to war with Britain and France against Russia. ”

"Okay, that's great." Emperor Xianfeng nodded, "I'll call someone to talk, but it's more appropriate to do it quietly. ”

"Lan'er, Lan'er, you have a good idea for me again," Emperor Xianfeng hugged Xingzhen into his arms, and Xingzhen smiled, "The concubine wants to go horseback riding, but the emperor will not allow it." ”

"Naturally, there is no reason not to be allowed, ask Concubine Yun to accompany you, she is used to riding horses, watching from the sidelines, I can also relax." Emperor Xianfeng nodded, and pinched Xingzhen's nose with his fingers, "You have been thinking about riding a horse for a long time, if you don't let you ride a horse again, I guess that next time you will have to play a bodhisattva here, and you won't help me come up with an idea." ”

"How can it, the concubine knows everything to the emperor, and she has no end to it."

"Haha."

The little eunuch who was waiting in front of the palace Ruyi entered the hall and said with a thousand offers: "Lord Su Shun is handing over a sign outside to ask to see." ”

"What's the matter?"

"It's a matter of big money, and there is a charter for raising money, let the emperor decide." Ruyi replied respectfully.

Xingzhen broke free from the emperor's arms, "The emperor wants to see the minister, and the concubine will retire first. ”

"Well, you go first, I'll come up and down the sky at night to see you."

"Yes, the concubine retired."