The "Great Dynasty Meeting" is held at the beginning of each year, which is a kind of court ceremony with the highest standard of etiquette that began in the Western Zhou Dynasty, and has been inherited from the Qin and Han dynasties to the Ming and Qing dynasties. The "Great Dynasty Meeting" means that hundreds of officials meet the Son of Heaven. In the Ming Dynasty, the "Great Dynasty Meeting" was set up by the brocade clothes and guards, the Teaching Workshop Division displayed the great music, the Etiquette Department displayed the documents, congratulatory tables, and tributes of the various countries, and also set up the Imperial History Picket Hundred Officials to supervise those who loved to doze off or talk to each other for a long time. When the time comes, the emperor ascends to the throne, the drums are sounding in unison, and the officials kneel down to congratulate them, and they salute like a ritual. After the ceremony, the group shouted long live, long live. The "Great Dynasty Meeting" of the Qing Dynasty was held in the magnificent Taihe Palace, and its ritual system was roughly imitated from the Ming Dynasty.

However, this great court meeting is not in the real sense, but should be called a big rise, in addition to the military aircraft department, there are also the princes of the clan and the cabinet of scholars and six departments and nine secretaries, no, now it is far more than six, there are the Ministry of Communications and the Ministry of Education, plus the two institutes of the Academy of Science and Religion, as well as the Imperial History of the Imperial Inspectorate, in addition to the middle and low-level officials of the Zhan Mansion Kedao to the matter, the South Study Chamber, etc., although these officials are low-level, they have the right to hold their heads high and enter the Yangxin Palace to express their political opinions, and the former Song Tai'an spoke in front of the emperor, For a while, the Queen Mother couldn't get off the stage, and in the future, the Military Aircraft Department was ready to prohibit these low-level officials from participating in the big rise, or just watching the government, and not allowed to speak, but the Queen Mother refused, and she subconsciously still didn't want to block the way of speech. Weng Tongyi is a waiter in the Han Rites Department, so he can naturally be called a big one.

"The righteous people in the DPRK and China are all under the boss and Li Xiang," Li Ciming said with a smile, "Since the Military Aircraft Department is ambiguous, it is time for us to speak out." ”

"What do you mean, we should be in favor of declaring war?"

"Otherwise, can you still go against the emperor? The status of the emperor is noble, but if you want to be close to the emperor, this is not only by the majesty of the master, the old man is familiar with history books, just talking about this dynasty. There are countless examples of this, Zhu Guizhi's Jiaqing Dynasty, Du Shoutianzhi and the first emperor, this is not only based on the love of master and apprentice, otherwise it depends on Zhang Tingyu, as the master of the high temple. Why was he still reprimanded, dismissed the phase, and invited out of the Xian Liang Temple? Li Ciming said with a smile, "The boss knows all the inside story, why do you need students to rap again?" The students will not talk about it. ”

"What you say is reasonable," Weng Tongyi's eyes showed an inexplicable brilliance, and nodded, "It's up to you." ”……

"The emperor is going to declare war, there is no doubt about it. Whether it's on the surface or not," Zeng Guofan waved his hand and let the servants go down, and he also received the news called Daqi, "Speaking of which, I also have a delusion in my heart, if I can have a battle between the commander's army and the foreigners in this life, it will not be in vain for my life!" ”

Zeng Guofan sighed. "It's just that I know that too, hehe. In this life, you will probably not be able to lead the troops - Zhonghua, there are talents in the country, the old man is already old, and the next thing is up to you. ”

"Prince Gong and the others are calm, they must not be able to resist the emperor. You don't need to go through the folds, so you can train the soldiers with peace of mind. ”

"Nakado-sama." Rong Lu is not a pure soldier like Wu Yundi, and he is also a little worried, "The central opinion is not unanimous, and it is by no means simple to go out to fight. ”

"Don't worry about that," Zeng Guofan said with a smile. "There has never been a political dispute in this dynasty that affects external affairs, and it is absolutely impossible to work together against foreigners, no matter who they are."

"Calling it big?" The Queen Mother looked at the emperor, "The war in the north is not going well, what do you want to do?" Want to make a big move? ”

"Yes," the emperor was very calm, as if such a foreign war could make people mature at once," thought the son, who could not continue like this. ”、

"The previous thing, everything else is excellent, but there is one thing, I don't think it's appropriate," the Queen Mother said, "I haven't declared war with the Russians, I don't think it's good, the so-called name is not right, naturally everyone has doubts, the court is going to go with the Russians, the west is okay, there is Zuo Zongtang staring, he has endured it for several years, and has always wanted to export evil anger from the Russians, but the north side is not good, probably because of this, they have doubts, I don't know the clear meaning of the center, Naturally, it's like a fly without a head. ”

There is an advantage of not declaring war, so that it can be flexible and mobile, in case there is anything wrong in the future, you can turn around in time, but now it is like not declaring war, and letting the local area come forward, it is probably not conducive to the war, Emperor Tongzhi nodded, "What Huang Eniang said is reasonable, there is no turning back arrow when opening the bow, and now that the Russians have been offended, they also tear their faces to do it in Jilin, and the previous strategy will not be used. ”

"You can just watch and do these things yourself." The Queen Mother waved her hand, "I don't know anything else about your imperial mother, but I can't hold you back, this is still clear." As long as you think clearly, I will approve of everything. ”

"I still want the emperor to mention it from time to time." Emperor Tongzhi was very excited, his face flushed, "I'm ready, this matter," Emperor Tongzhi whispered a lot of words in Cixi's ear, "Look, how about this?" ”

Cixi's face changed slightly, "En? In this way, it's okay, but it's a little tired of the emperor. ”

"I'm not afraid of tiredness," said Emperor Tongzhi, "and it is also the intention of imitating the emperor's mother." ”

Empress Dowager Cixi was silent, "It's okay, but it can't be too far, otherwise there will be a case, and it will not be good." ”

"My son knows, so that's it, there's nothing wrong with it anymore." Emperor Tongzhi said, he saw that the queen mother's interest did not seem to be high, and he was a little surprised, "Doesn't the emperor approve of her son's idea?" ”

"No," the Empress Dowager looked at Emperor Tongzhi and said with a soft smile, "Everyone always feels that he is taking risks with his children, and he is willing to take risks by himself, and he also wants his son to stay safe, this is human nature, the emperor is old," the Empress Dowager Cixi laughed at herself, "Thinking about things is looking ahead and backwards." ”

Emperor Tongzhi's eyes flashed, and he was about to say something, Tang Wufu came to report, saying that Concubine Ying had arrived, and the Queen Mother asked Concubine Ying to come in, Concubine Ying was wearing a purple dress and walked in, and saw Emperor Tongzhi slightly stunned, and then showed a smile of surprise on his face, and saluted like a ceremony, the emperor nodded, looked at the Empress Dowager Cixi, and the Empress Dowager Cixi said, "Get up, Wufu, give a seat." ”

The emperor looked at Concubine Ying, "What have you been doing these days?" I don't see you much. ”

Concubine Ying replied: "I went out of the garden these days, and the third day of the new year was the death day of my father, and the queen mother gave the concubine a leave, and the concubine went to the Martyrs' Shrine. I worshipped the ancestor of the concubine. (To be continued.) )