"This third will is done, and then other things have to be taken care of, there are relevant situations about the war between the two countries, Yixuan," the Empress Dowager Cixi called Yixuan's name, and Yixuan lowered her body, "You take care of the affairs of the Prime Minister's Yamen first, and Yan Jingming, Qinghai, and Jingshou are the co-ministers of the Prime Minister's Yamen, and they should deal with this matter." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info "Everyone agreed loudly, no need for others to mention something, Prince Xuan and others clearly understood what is the difference between this military aircraft minister and the previous Prince Gong's military aircraft department, the Empress Dowager Cixi ordered, and no one was awe-inspiring.

"The regimental training now seems to be too tender, then, send a new army, from the Beijing Division, from now on, Fengtai camp and martial law, the whole army is on alert, and tomorrow will be sent," Empress Dowager Cixi set up her golden silk presbyopia eyes, looked at the fold around her, and wrote the garrison situation of the twelve towns, "Send the third and ninth to the south, and the eleventh town in Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province will go south first, first to Changsha, and obey Zuo Zongtang's command!" ”

"Huh!"

The Empress Dowager Cixi put down her glasses and said solemnly, "The French attacked Beining by land and water, but I want to learn a lesson, and the Nanyang sailors are also under the command of Zuo Zongtang!" ”

It is not an exaggeration for Zuo Zongtang to call him the king of the southeast, holding the military and political power of the eight provinces, plus the Nanyang Naval Division and the elite of the three towns, it is almost half of China's military strength, so if Zuo Zongtang can't do it well, this is a manifestation of incompetence.

"Wechen risked death to play the Queen Mother," Yan Jingming, the head of the household who was full of pockmarks and extremely ugly in appearance, said in a deep voice, "There is one thing that Wechen has to say. ”

Empress Dowager Cixi stared at Yan Jingming, "You say." ”

"Weichen dots the household department, then this military salary must be prepared, the treasury of the household department is still five million taels of silver, this silver is the balance of the previous few years, but generally speaking, this money can not be moved, this winter in the north of the heavy snow, but I don't know, what the spring situation is, if there is a drought or flood everywhere in the spring, the tariffs and gold in the first half of the year have not been collected, the state is unable to spend."

After eight years of Tongzhi, the taxes and expenditures of the government gradually leveled off, and in the past few years, relying on foreign trade and domestic industrial prosperity every year, even without having to suffer a deficit, can have a lot of surpluses, five million taels This is the credit of the household department, and it is also the credit that Bao Jun Cheng can boast about.

However, "in April, 1.5 million taels of goods will be advanced to Britain for the construction of 7,000-ton ironclad ships, and foreigners cannot be in arrears, and this silver must also be prepared, and other expenses such as the purchase of machinery, the construction of new official railways, and the establishment of schools, these expenses naturally need not be said, and the Queen Mother will also prepare for the reform of the Eight Banners Ding Yin, and there will be a sum of silver deposited here, and now that war has been declared, then more or less, foreign trade will inevitably be affected, and this year's tax silver will be less." ”

"So what do you do?" The Empress Dowager Cixi said slowly, "No matter what, the emperor doesn't send hungry soldiers, and if he wants to fight, he can't let the soldiers go hungry." ”

"The minister thought about it, there are two ways, one is to ask foreign banks to borrow money," Yan Jingming said directly, "Let's pay interest, pay in installments, and use customs taxes as collateral, although the interest is more expensive, but it is also within the affordable range." ”

"And another?"

"The other is that it has been poisoned," Yan Jingming said, "and all the taxes of these eight provinces will be withheld on the spot to pay for the war in Vietnam, and a cenkey will be levied." ”

In fact, the gold is equivalent to the commercial tax of later generations, but now who does not do business, knowing that he has to fight with people when he hears the word "commercial tax", so in order to solve the financial hole of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, he borrowed extraordinary means during the war to implement this Li Jin, but there are many people who oppose it, and Erle and Bu shook their heads, "This is tantamount to drinking water to quench thirst, can only slow down the urgency of the moment, the war against France, I don't know the appropriate end, if it is levied for some days, it is just that, if it is levied for a few years, it will inevitably be boiling." ”

"It's not very appropriate to borrow money," Dong Yuanol was the secretary of the Ministry of Education before, and he knows the faces of these foreigners best, "The interest is easy to pay, and they also said before that they would lend money to the Ministry of Education to build a new school, but they have a lot of names and tricks, asking for theology courses, and saying that they will send priests from their country to teach, and also review our teaching materials. ”

"Since then, Wei Chen has no other way," Yan Jingming shook his head and said, "If it is so simple, the silver saved can only last less than two months, and this will reduce other expenses to a minimum." ”

This is indeed a headache, the Empress Dowager Cixi gritted her teeth, frowned and said, "I will pay for the south first, if it is not enough in the future, I will transport all the silver from the inner treasury, and if it is not enough, I will smash the pot and sell iron, sell all the three mountains and five gardens, and pay the military salary to fight the French!" ”

These words were very impassioned, and the ministers bowed, "The Queen Mother is Shengming." ”

"If there is any good way, think about it when you have time," said the Empress Dowager Cixi, "There is always a way to solve it." ”

"Although Prince Gong and the others have withdrawn from the military aircraft," the Empress Dowager Cixi continued, "but the people they promoted before are still in their positions, and the Military Aircraft Department must also issue an order, making it clear, there is no intention of connecting them," Prince Gong will be all removed from the Military Aircraft Department today, and political turmoil is inevitable, but in any case, we must minimize this adverse impact and maximize the possible joint efforts. "I'm not saying that they're in league with the people underground, but there's one thing that can't be wrong, and that's that many people are watching your jokes."

"What joke? It's nothing more than counting on you to fall a big heel, it's best to fall out of the military plane, and invite people to come back to continue to govern, to tell the truth, there is no fault of the king in everything, and it is you who are at fault," the Empress Dowager Cixi said slowly, "Although I hung the curtain, but in the end I saw that the situation was not good, I could hide in the Chuxiu Palace to avoid it, no one would kill into the palace to find me trouble, in the end, if you are not able to do anything, you will be laughed at by the outside, and you will lose your face, which is small, But it would be a big deal to delay the state affairs, so I'll leave all my words here today," the Empress Dowager Cixi slowly glanced at everyone, "The first important thing at the moment is the Sino-French war!" Do you understand! ”

"Huh!" (To be continued.) )