XVII. Laughter in front of the lamp (8)

"There are a lot of excerpts of impeachment in these days, and now there are a lot of discussions between the government and the opposition, saying that Peng Xueqin privately accepts the family members of the rebels, which is inconsistent with the law of the country, and it is boiling, there should always be a saying, Peng Yulin has come to this time, and there is no such thing, Hunan Governor Zeng Guoquan is also on the ∈ ♀ of impeachment, "Everyone in the center knows that Prince Gong has an ambiguous attitude towards Peng Yulin, and it seems that he is not impressed with the fanfare of the Qinglius, but he is also optimistic about Peng Yulin's resignation, so Prince Gong did not say his attitude, just said that I received Zeng Guoquan's excerpt today.

"Zeng Laojiu? He doesn't do his own errands well, what do he do in charge of Beiyang's affairs? The Queen Mother frowned slightly, "The Military Aircraft Department gave him such a big face, breaking the practice that local officials are not allowed to be officials in the local area, and let him go back to Hunan as a governor, which can be regarded as a return to his hometown, he is not satisfied, how many big mansions he has in his hometown, this is it, he has his own money, and he is willing to raise as much as he wants, but the ability to govern the Xiangjiang River is really poor, Xiangtan Changsha has successively caused a civil uprising because of the matter of Lijin, this Hunan was originally the place where the Hunan army made a fortune, but also relied on Guangxi, a little careless, The disaster of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is in front of us again, "Zeng Guoquan's level of governing the place is not good, although there is no rebellion in the place, but the way of economy is really a sign of exhaustion," the sub-patrol road impeached him several times, I didn't say anything, just stayed in the middle, he didn't want to repent, but to take care of other people's affairs, this Changsha Mansion Futai Yamen is tired. ”

"But you want to reprimand him?" Prince Gong asked.

"Naturally," the Queen Mother frowned, could this be what Zeng Guofan meant? "Don't be busy, now is not the time to reprimand others, first ask about Peng Yulin, although the Beiyang Naval Division is newly established, but whether Peng Yulin has any merit, the big guys are all yes, I mean, be cautious."

"That's what the Military Aircraft Department means, but Peng Yulin has never been guilty of the fold, and everyone doesn't know what's going on here, so everyone thinks it's better to send someone to investigate."

"Then ask the military department to find one to check in the matter" The queen mother didn't care, no one was there, so let him check, and he couldn't find any flowers, "Now the war in the northwest is important, the boss has not decided, and the northwest affairs will not be able to let go for a day," Although the northwest war is only controlled in Xinjiang Province, it is related to the integrity of the territory, and it is also related to whether the claws of Britain and Russia can reach into the northwest, although the northwest territory of Xinjiang has not been cut off by Tsarist Russia, but if it has been separated from the central government for a long time, I am afraid that it will have to fall to Tsarist Russia, So Cixi had to care about this matter, in addition, the failure of the Twelve Towns also showed that there are still certain problems in the method of training the army that she advocates, and I am afraid that there will be another way to train the new army, "I see that Zeng Guoquan does not change the posture of the general, and gives him an edict, and also let him enter Beijing in the starry night!" ”

Zuo Zongtang and Li Hongzhang are already about to enter Beijing, "What does the Queen Mother mean is to elect a new army commander among these three?" ”

"Yes, the war in the northwest must be presided over by important ministers anyway, there are only a few who have fought in these years, they have all pacified the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, so many years, the previous kung fu must not have been pulled down, since the founding of the Qing Dynasty, it has been using troops in the northwest, and the money and food spent are really astronomical, and now I dare not say that I hope to do it once and for all, but at least if it is pacified, it will be stable for more than 100 years." (To be continued......)