The Empress Dowager Cixi walked out of the Dongnuan Pavilion and sat down in the main hall, "Put away the pearls, make a few hairpins, and give them to the five blessings and the seven blessings, well, Zaicheng's daughter-in-law also gives a pair, the red one is rare now, put it up, I keep it for myself to make a string of pearls, and give everything else to the eldest princess." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”

Li Lianying responded, and the Empress Dowager Cixi thought about it, "Since Xiao Anzi has already planted the red Nanzhu, let him come back," the Empress Dowager Cixi said to Li Lianying, "It seems that the factory of the Internal Affairs Office is still the best taken care of by Xiao Anzi, and others are not good enough." ”

Li Lianying's eyes flickered, and she glanced at Wang Kaiyun, who was standing in the Dongnuan Pavilion, slightly, and then lowered her head and said yes. Wang Kaiyun walked out, his face was calm, and the Empress Dowager Cixi put down her hand, "I don't know the news from the French, but they won't be soft on us, in the Western European powers, if anyone is weak to us for no reason, I'm afraid they won't mix up in the international community, but, I don't know," the Empress Dowager Cixi flicked the purple gem narcissus bright silver armor in her hand, "In the end, who lost face and lost his heart." ”

"The General Administration Department should pay attention to one thing these days," the Empress Dowager Cixi said, "These ministers of military aircraft, if you look at the resume of the center, are still very tender, but I am afraid that when the time comes, they will be out of the basket, as long as they are caught, they will be disgraced, not to mention Prince Gong, just say that those clear streams of the Yushitai must be waiting for the opportunity to come up and bite people, and avenge their two leaders, what are you doing, pay attention, I see it is okay, but everything has to be considered again, today's things, except for those related to military affairs, The rest will be postponed. ”

"Yes, there are many people on the ground in the capital who want to donate silver to the imperial court, and the people below don't know how to deal with it," Wang Kaiyun said, "If you want to donate, you can quench a little hunger and thirst, but this cup of water, not to mention that if the imperial court goes to war against France, there is no silver, and it only depends on fundraising, not only will the subjects have doubts in their hearts, but the countries will also feel that China is powerless." ”

"Speaking of which, such a big country, without silver, seems to be the biggest joke in the world," the Empress Dowager Cixi frowned and said, "But now there are many items in and out, and now the household department can receive 100 million taels of silver a year, but the money spent is almost this amount, according to my meaning, the silver spent is not enough, and the official road of the railway, the Cao Canal Road, will cost a lot of silver to go down, and the power generation machine, the silver invested in these things is too big, if I don't know that these are the important weapons of the country." Some people persuaded me that it was better to use the silver to build a garden, for if it was a garden, it would be much cheaper than these. ”

This is barely breaking even, it is already very commendable, during the years of Emperor Xianfeng, internal and external troubles, all construction was suspended, and the emperor's mausoleum was also suspended, as for what military salary, then each regiment practiced self-raising, Zeng Guofan used to be the most likely thing to do was to invite the gentry and wealthy businessmen from all over the country to their camps to talk patiently, so that they could honestly hand over the silver, if they were not willing to pay, then I was sorry, I had to take it myself, so that the situation in the southeast was dealt with, and now the Empress Dowager Cixi will spend money, There are already people in the government and the opposition who secretly ridicule the Empress Dowager Cixi, "the peerless Emperor Gaozongchun". Emperor Qianlong was the best at spending money, and the current Empress Dowager Cixi is not far behind.

If you want to squeeze out another sum of silver, it is absolutely impossible, "I have a little idea in my heart, but I am not yet mature, I have to discuss with Yan Jingming first, you go and tell Prince Alcohol first, this year's Ding Yin, the distribution will be suspended." ”

Prince Alcohol is taking care of the reform of the Eight Banners, Ding Yin has been issued in full for more than ten years, this is a virtue policy that is quite praised by the Empress Dowager Cixi in the Eight Banners, I didn't expect to suspend it now, this suspension is more terrible than the distribution of discounts, there are still some discounts, and there is no suspension at all, not to mention, the Empress Dowager Cixi said, "Now the military affairs are urgent, there is no way, you can only stick to the front line first, everyone is the son of the dynasty, and the fathers and ancestors are also loyal to the country and bloody to kill the enemy, Now let them starve for a while is also loyal to the country, and they don't need to go into battle to kill the enemy, which can always be done. ”

Since this matter is Wang Kai's operation, then he will not use the edict to send it clearly, so this black pot Empress Dowager Cixi is not back, and it will inevitably make Prince Alcohol infamous again, Wang Kaiyun is awe-inspiring in his heart, the Queen Mother's political means are becoming more and more skilled, and he sent Prince Gong, but he was afraid that Prince Alcohol would take advantage of the situation, so he continued to embarrass Prince Alcohol through this matter, and such news spread out, I am afraid that in front of Prince Alcohol's mansion, there will not be a day when it will be clean. It's just that Nanzhu has just been given, and now it's like this.......

"Is the French ambassador gone?" Empress Dowager Cixi asked Li Lianying.

"After a few days of delaying packing up my things, I met with the ambassadors of Spain, Britain, the United States, Japan and other countries a few days ago, and I have already set off for Dagukou today."

"What did you do when you met with the envoys of various countries?"

"Where is the embassy, it can't be staffed for a while."

"In addition to racking my brains to make a stumbling block for China, I'm afraid there is nothing new to do," Empress Dowager Cixi sneered slightly, "This Albert has fallen into blood mold in China." ”

Albert is a close friend of French Prime Minister Jofeli, as long as he acts prudently, does not seek merit but seeks no fault, he can properly seek an excellent position in the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and it is not impossible to expect to be the Minister of Foreign Affairs, but he has lost face here in China, diplomatic circles, everyone knows Albert's jokes, such a funny and despised character, how can he be the Minister of Foreign Affairs, needless to say the Minister of Foreign Affairs, he returned to the country under the flag, his career is bleak, I am afraid that he will not be able to be an envoy in the future, he resents in his heart, Naturally, he wanted to add chaos to China while he had not left Beijing.

"Even if he contacts a few other countries, will they still declare war on us with the French?" The Empress Dowager Cixi said disdainfully, "What's more, in a few days, Xiao Lizi, believe it or not, the American ambassador will find the Prime Minister Yamen and tell the French how to deal with us, and they still expect us to do business with them." ”

"I'm here to say everything, as long as the front line wins, I am not afraid of running out of money, if we say a faint word and win the French, can we not let the French pay reparations and pay for the war? What's more, Xiao Anzi did a good errand, two million taels of silver were smashed down, and there was a little splash," the Empress Dowager Cixi said awe-inspiringly, "Lao Ji is in the woods, and he is determined to be thousands of miles." The martyrs are in their twilight years, and their hearts are strong. Whether it works out or not, it's up to Zuo Zongtang and Feng Zicai! (To be continued.) )