I can't die

Chuxiu Palace, one of the West Six Palaces in the Inner Court of the Forbidden City, is located to the east of Xianfu Palace and north of Yikun Palace. It is the most elegant palace among the West Six Palaces.In the courtyard of Chuxiu Palace, there are two vigorous ancient cypresses; a pair of bronze dragons and a pair of bronze deer are placed on the east and west under the platform (Chuxiu Palace is the only palace with bronze dragons displayed in the six palaces).The eaves oil decoration outside the palace adopts "Su-style color paintings" with light and elegant colors, with themes such as flowers, birds, fish and insects, landscape figures and fairy stories; Be extravagant.

Cixi was strolling in the corridors of Chuxiu Palace at this time, listening to An Dehai's report on the recent events in the court.

"What? You said that the Ministry of War ordered Zeng Guofan to supervise the military affairs of the four provinces (Su, Anhui, Zhejiang, and Jiangxi)?"

"That's more than that. The imperial decree also said that the emperor thought that my Qing Xu Weiping Taiping traitor was not because my Eight Banners soldiers were not brave. However, the disadvantages of the equipment made it so. He asked the Ministry of Households to transfer 300 million taels of silver to the Ministry of War, saying yes We want to build an internal armory!"

An Dehai held Cixi's hand and said exaggeratedly.

"300 million taels? Isn't this going to evacuate half of the household department?"

When Cixi heard this sentence, she couldn't help being shocked.It should be noted that at this time, the annual tax revenue of the Qing Dynasty was only 5000 million taels of silver, excluding local expenditures, of which 1000 million taels were used to maintain central government expenditures (3/4 were military expenditures), and about 500 million taels were used to provincial and local government spending (3/5 goes to the military).The surplus accumulated by the central government is normally 800-[-] million taels per year.

The 300 million taels is estimated to be the savings of the Qing Dynasty Household Department for half a year.And at this time, the Qing Dynasty had just experienced two Opium Wars, and the indemnity reached 700 million taels.The 300 million taels almost emptied half of the household department. (In the first Opium War, the indemnity was 100 million taels, and in the second, Britain and France each paid 800 million taels.)

"That's right, Guiliang, the servant of the household department, has already quarreled in the Hall of Mental Cultivation because of this matter. In fact, these days, the slave has been saying something, and I don't know if it should be said or not."

(The former servant of the household department was Sushun. Now that Sushun is in prison, naturally the servant of the household department is the biggest.)

When Cixi heard the words, she raised her eyebrows and looked at the groveling An Dehai, and flicked the emerald bead in her hand: "Say it."

An Dehai got the order, and turned his head to look around. Seeing that Cixi's most caring people were following him, he said: "If you want to tell me, the emperor is trying to make a face for Zeng Guofan. Everyone thinks Now that Zeng Guofan accepted the offer to speak for Jiao Youying, the emperor was happy to allocate military expenses to him, probably because of this reason."

"Are you also going to speak for Jiao Youying?"

Cixi said a sentence in a lukewarm manner, unable to hear any emotion.

An Dehai's heart skipped a beat when he heard this, but because Li Huaihua had saved his life and agreed to his entrustment, he had the courage to continue: "I think this Jiao Youying is just the queen of the autumn. Grasshopper, it doesn’t matter even if he is spared. The most important thing right now is the Military Aircraft Department. If the Emperor can favor the Empress Dowager in this matter, the Empress Dowager should be happy with other things that make the Emperor happy.”

What An Dehai said immediately touched Cixi's heart.

Cixi and Ci'an all know that Shengbao, the servant of the Ministry of War, is Zai Chun's man. Now the eight major military officials are all in prison, and the military aircraft department in charge of the six departments is useless. The reason for sending it out smoothly.

If this matter hadn't involved too much military expenditure and the servant of the household department made a fuss, even Cixi and Ci'an would not know what was going on at this moment.

An Dehai said, looking at Cixi's face, seeing that Cixi's expression became more serious as she listened, and finally she let go of her hanging heart.He knew that Cixi had listened.

"Come on, let's go to the Hall of Mental Cultivation to have a look."

Cixi patted An Dehai's hand, and finally felt that she had to intervene in this matter herself.

Cixi, followed by a group of palace servants, rushed towards the Hall of Mental Cultivation in unison.Before entering the east room of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, she heard a loud noise inside, Cixi stood at the door and looked around, and seeing a group of servants of Zhongcui Palace standing inside, she knew that Ci'an was also inside at this time.

Ci'an is so fast!

Although Cixi and Ci'an worked together to deceive the eight ministers of life, but at this time and at that time, although the two empress dowagers are still amiable on the surface, everyone knows that this pair of the first group of women in the Great Heavenly Dynasty Breaking up is a matter of time.

"The Empress Dowager is here!"

The grand lady Zhilan saw Cixi coming, so she hurried in to report.Because Ci'an, the mother-in-law, was inside, Zai Chun couldn't leave Ci'an to greet her, so he had to let Cixi go in by herself.

Cixi entered the Hall of Mental Cultivation and took a brief look.

Come on, Minister of the Household Department Guarjia Guiliang, Minister of the Ministry of War Guarjia Shengbao, Minister of the Ministry of Justice Guarjia Wenxiang, Minister of Rites Shen Guifang, Seng Gelinqin, Prince Gong Yi, and Prince Chun Yizhen, are all here . (Don't ask me why there are so many guarjas... I don't know either.)

Four of the six servants came, the most powerful prince among the nobles in the capital, except Prince Hui, all arrived, what a great battle.

"My sister is here too."

Ci'an was sitting in the curtain behind the dragon chair, saw Cixi, and greeted her.

"My sister is fast. I have to come for such a big event."

After all, Cixi also lifted the curtain and walked to the right seat behind the curtain. (Sitting in the curtain behind the dragon chair and listening to politics is the famous hanging behind the curtain.)

Seeing that Cixi was also coming, Zaichun took his time, bowed to Cixi, and then sat back on the dragon chair, letting Guiliang and Shengbao below quarrel.

As far as the courtiers discussing politics, the essence is similar to quarreling, but the words are more civilized, and there are more pits dug in the words. The essence is to attack the other party verbally.This Guiliang and Shengbao had been arguing for half an hour before Cixi came, and now they started arguing again, and for a while, no one knew when it would be the end.

Zaichun looked at Shengbao for a while, and Guiliang for a while, but he watched with relish, and when the two of them finally quarreled, their mouths were dry, and they had no energy, then finally raised their hands and said this sentence: " The two ministers must be tired from the quarrel. Li Lianying, why don't you go and pour tea for the two ministers?"

The two ministers hurriedly said they did not dare.

Zai Chunfu said again: "It won't be a while before you can come to a conclusion about this matter, let's let it go first. This time, the queen mother of the two palaces, the two princes, and all the ministers are here. I still have something to do." There needs to be a discussion."

As soon as Zai Chun said this, everyone raised their ears and couldn't help but hold their breath.Even Cixi Ci'an couldn't help becoming nervous at this moment.

But Zai Chun continued to say: "The Military Aircraft Department has been idle for a long time. The cabinet can't always be empty? Ministers, who do you think is more suitable?"

The Military Aircraft Department is the official signature of the Qing Dynasty, also known as "Military Aircraft Room" and "Prime Minister's Office".It was the central power organ in the Qing Dynasty and was established in the seventh year of Yongzheng (1729) due to the use of troops in the Northwest.Emperor Yongzheng believed that the cabinet was outside the gate of Taihe, and he was afraid of leaking secrets. He began to set up a military computer room in the gate of Longzong, and selected the secretaries in the cabinet to write on duty, thinking that it was used for handling emergency military affairs and assisting the emperor in handling government affairs.

In the tenth year of Yongzheng (1732), it was renamed "Department for Handling Military Aircraft".There are ministers of military aircraft, Zhang Jing of military aircraft, etc., all of whom are part-time.During the reign of Emperor Qianlong, the Military Aircraft Office was reestablished, and it became the central authority of the Qing Dynasty until the end of the Qing Dynasty.

The Military Aircraft Department takes over the military and political power and becomes the highest governing state organ.It was completely placed under the direct control of the emperor, which was equivalent to the emperor's private secretariat.At the same time, in terms of power, the military aircraft is the highest state organ in power, but in form it is always in the status of a temporary agency.

Only then did everyone in the Hall of Mental Cultivation know the fundamental purpose of Zai Chun's setting up such a bureau - the Military Aircraft Department.

"I have drawn up a list, Li Lianying, and presented it to the Empress Dowagers of the Two Palaces, as well as the princes and ministers."

Zai Chun took out a small bright yellow notebook from the dragon table and handed it to Li Lianying.Li Lianying hurriedly stepped forward to hold it with both hands, walked behind the curtain, first gave it to Ci'an, after Ci'an saw it, then handed it over to Cixi, then Prince Gong and Prince Jin, and finally the ministers.

All of you present, after reading this draft record, are full of thoughts, secretly happy and disappointed, with mixed feelings.

The Hall of Mental Cultivation became quiet again.Li Lianying saw that everyone had already read the draft record, and Fu returned the list to Zai Chun.However, it is written in the draft record: "Prince Gong Yi is appointed as the head of the Minister of Military Aircraft, in charge of the affairs of the Prime Minister's office. Prince Chun Yixuan, Minister of the Ministry of Households Guiliang, and Minister of Rites Shen Guifang, Minister of Military Aircraft, and the title of a cabinet bachelor. And. Restore the original emperor Jiao Youying, Minister of Military Affairs." (There may be a discrepancy with history here.)

In this list, the leader is Prince Gong, a Manchu aristocrat, and the remaining four are two Manchus, and the two Hans are either the Prince of the Eight Banners or the heads of the Six Ministries. The others are nothing but Jiao Youying. . . .

Guerjia Wenxiang, the servant of the Ministry of Punishment, looked at the list and felt that there was some injustice, so he stepped forward and said, "The slave will play."

"You said."

"In this list, there are nothing else, but Jiao Youying is a guilty person, how can he enter and exit such an important place like a military plane?"

At this time, the eight ministers were all staying in the prison of the Ministry of punishment.These people from the Ministry of Punishment watched the eight ministers fall and the monkeys scattered, so it was inevitable that they "received" these people well in the prison, so as to meet Shangyi.If they were given a chance to stand up, the Ministry of Punishment would inevitably be implicated.

"Even so, let Jiao Youying go back to the study to teach me, and the position of Minister of Military Aircraft will be changed to Military Aircraft Regulations. Now you can fill the position of Minister of Military Aircraft."

As soon as Zai Chun said this, Wen Xiang didn't expect such a big gift to fall on his head out of thin air, it was almost unbelievable, and he also didn't expect the emperor to be so easy to talk.

At this time, Cixi Ci'an could see that the little emperor did not hesitate to use the military plane as a bait in order to get Jiao Youying out.I thought to myself that it was hard for this little doll to turn over his brain.

"Let's leave it at that. Ai Jia thinks this is a good idea, what does my sister think?"

Cixi remembered what An Dehai had said before, and saw that in the Military Aircraft Department, Prince Jin, a real person of his own, had a seat, so she planned to fulfill her son.After all, the son's ladder has already been handed over, so it can't be demolished.

Ci'an looked at Cixi, and thought about the list again, knowing that the forces behind him had gained a foothold, so he didn't want to offend Zai Chun for this, so he just nodded in response.In this way, the highest authority of the Qing Dynasty, the number of ministers of the Military Aircraft Department of the Military Aircraft Department has been allocated.

Similarly, this also symbolizes the complete formation of the pattern of "two palaces with curtains hanging down and princes discussing politics".

With the Military Aircraft Department, everything quickly turned around.

On October 1861th of the lunar calendar in 10, the two palaces of Zhou Zupei, a great scholar, said: "Prince Yi Zaiyuan Sushun and others drafted the title of 'Qixiang', the meaning is repeated, please correct it", and the imperial edict changed to "Qixiang" For "Tongzhi". The meaning of "Tongzhi" can be interpreted in four ways: one is that the two palaces are governed together;

On October 1861th of the lunar calendar in 10, Zaiyuan and Duanhua were ordered to commit suicide in an empty room in the clan mansion, and were beheaded by Sushun.The rest of the Gu Ming ministers, except Jiao Youying, were all dismissed and investigated.

On October 1861th of the lunar calendar in 10, Zaichun took the throne in the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

On October 1861th of the lunar calendar in 10, Prince Li Shiduo played the Zunzhi meeting and published the "Changing Curtain Regulations".Yizhi: According to the proposal.As a result, the empress dowager's move to listen to the government behind the curtain has created momentum in public opinion, and the regulations have also been formulated.