Taiichi Tanabe was showing off Japan's economic achievements, but the Empress Dowager Cixi had a very approving expression, "This is a good thing, I am naturally optimistic," the Empress Dowager Cixi said with a smile, "There is just one thing, your country should pay attention to it." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

"I don't dare to ask His Highness if he has any advice."

The Empress Dowager Cixi took two steps forward with Li Lianying's hand and approached Tanabe Taiichi, his body shrank slightly towards the back, and one foot was about to retreat, but he hurriedly held back, and the Empress Dowager Cixi looked directly at Tanabe Taiichi and said softly, "The wind and waves in the East China Sea are too big, your country's ship should be careful, lest it be overturned by the wind and waves, and the silk will enter the water at that time, but it will not be good." ”

After finishing speaking, he ignored the unlucky Japanese ambassador and walked straight away, Tanabe Taiichi turned around, his face was a little gloomy, and he turned to look at the back of the Empress Dowager Cixi, but he didn't know what he was thinking.

It wasn't until he left Taiichi Tanabe that Empress Dowager Cixi's face became stiff, "Why are the Japanese so clear about the affairs of the Beiyang Naval Division, and the warships will leave the port for about two or three days, right?" ”

Wang Kaiyun glanced at Li Lianying, Li Lianying bowed her head slightly, "The slave is a capital crime." ”

"That's it, these days are probably worried about the south, the north is less careful, and it's common for you to be too busy," the Empress Dowager Cixi shook her head, the reason for the fiasco of the First Sino-Japanese War in history is that in addition to many reasons such as military and political war preparedness, intelligence support is also an important reason, the Japanese have always attached importance to intelligence work, and Yoshida Shoin, the founder of the idea of the Restoration of the Shogun, emphasized in his proposal to strengthen the Japanese military: "The use of the military is that the Jews have ears and eyes. How can you hear without ears and see without eyes...... If the strong do not know, they do not know what to do. If the weak are not in use, they will not know what to avoid. "Since 1872, the Japanese side has sent spies to China, and its activities have increased year by year, and by the eve of the First Sino-Japanese War, the Japanese side has a thorough knowledge of all aspects of China's intelligence. The Japanese side estimated that the number of defense troops and training troops in various provinces of China at that time was 340,000 and 700, which was not much different from the 360,000 people counted by the Qing government. During the First Sino-Japanese War, the Japanese knew in advance every time the Beiyang Fleet sailed, but the Chinese side did not know anything about it, let alone all aspects of Japan. "I'm going to pay more attention to it next, I still have big moves to do."

"Huh."

was interrupted by Taiichi Tanabe, and the Empress Dowager Cixi didn't want to say anything to the Russian ambassador, and there was no more to talk about, "Let Guo Songtao talk to the Russian ambassador and find a name to send some silver out," she turned her head and instructed Wang Kaiyun, "They don't have much money now, and with a little silver, they can let them be honest with me in the north." ”

Wang Kaiyun smiled slightly, bowed and said that he was leaving, and the Empress Dowager Cixi raised her face, "Let's go, go to the Heart Cultivation Palace, and meet our Pei Gong for a while." ”

Bao Jun has been standing in the East Warm Pavilion of the Yang Xin Hall for some time, the earth dragon is very warm, the mink collar on the neck is a little breathless, his figure is extremely fat, after a while, there is a slight sweat on his forehead, there are a few clapping sounds outside the hall, Bao Jun knows that this is the Queen Mother is coming, the eunuchs use clapping to signal the front and back, pay attention to avoidance, Bao Jun also quickly stood up straight, after a while, footsteps sounded outside the hall, he quickly turned around, hung his hands and waited, the eunuchs lifted the curtain, Wearing a purple eight-treasure orchid grass cotton cloak, the Empress Dowager Cixi slowly walked in, Baojun knew that the Empress Dowager summoned her today, I was afraid that it was not a dinner invitation, and there must be some reproach in it, so I didn't dare to have anything missing in the number of rituals, and I knelt down to say goodbye with my sleeves thrown up, and praised the saint in my mouth.

"Get up, with the princess," the little palace maid stepped forward to untie the cloak of the Empress Dowager Cixi, she crossed Baojun's side, went to the mountain pit, the drinking party was held at noon, although the Empress Dowager Cixi left the table early, but at this time it was only two or three o'clock in the afternoon, the spring sun was shining, through the transparent glass into the East Warm Pavilion, the Empress Dowager Cixi looked at a pot of orchids placed on the kang table, "Give the seat, eh, where is my silver scissors?" Bring it and let me fix this pot of orchids. "The Empress Dowager Cixi called Baojun, "Look at how handsome this pot of orchids is." ”

"The things here are naturally good." Bao Jun said such a sentence without being salty, and then stopped talking.

The orchids in early spring are cultivated in the flower room, so it is only February, this pot of orchids has buds to be released, the purple spotted buds exude a fresh fragrance, the Empress Dowager Cixi glanced at Bao Jun, and did not say much, the palace maid took the silver scissors, Zhu Zhiyi took the tea and offered, and a plate of pine nuts held in a silver sea bowl, put it on the case, the Empress Dowager Cixi used scissors to repair the leaves of the orchid, "This flower, like people, must have rules to endure, and someone must take care of it, someone to prune, so that people will not go the wrong way, So, this is not going to do as you please, said Gong Pei," she put the scissors on the kang table, "isn't this the reason?" ”

"What the West Holy Master said is extremely true."

"Although I am the queen mother, but I can't do what I want, I can do whatever I want," the Empress Dowager Cixi took a sip of tea and handed the tea cup to Zhu Zhiyi, "You have to be bound by rules and regulations, first of all, there are so many rules in the palace, I have to keep it, to say that my own temperament is the most like to sleep lazy, but unfortunately I have been in the palace for so many years, except for giving birth to Emperor Yingzong confinement for a few days and sleeping a few lazy sleeps, so many years, there is no lazy sleep at other times, sometimes it is pitiful to think about," The Empress Dowager Cixi shook her head, her words had a deep meaning, but at this time Baojun was extremely nervous, I don't know if he listened to his words, "I heard that Pei Rong Gong has been walking around everywhere these days, and his spirit is very good, what are you busy with?" ”

"After the servant became a servant, he just planted flowers and listened to the opera at home, and occasionally went out of the city to his garden to relax, and then he just went to the market to take a look, and he was not busy with anything, Xisheng, you misunderstood."

"Really?" The Empress Dowager Cixi reached out and took a pine nut, the pine nut had been knocked half-crisp, her hands were slightly forced, and she could break it, and she ate a pine nut by herself, "Then how did I hear that you have been in contact everywhere?" First of all, he contacted the old subordinates of the household department, pressed Hu Xueyan's silver roots, and prevented him from eating the money and interest of the imperial court, and then, he was ready to connect with the big businessmen in Beijing to resist the matter of the national debt, and wanted Yan Jingming to make jokes, I see that you are very busy! (To be continued.) )