I can't die

Why do you have to wait a few days for Prince Gong to do this?It was because Zai Chun had an idea in his heart, and wanted to find out the secret work hidden in the palace.

Now, after Prince Gong left, Zai Chunfu left Xia Changping behind and went to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, where he brought up the matter of foreigners again.Ten days later, Zaichun went to Chuxiu Palace to mention this matter to Cixi, and another ten days later, he went to Zhongcui Palace, and finally explained the matter to Ci'an.

There was a total interval of more than 20 days. During the interval of more than 20 days, Zai Chun asked the people at the sticky pole to guard the bulletin board of the vegetable market day and night. Sure enough, it was on No. 15, the bulletin board. Xia Changping followed the method of deciphering the ciphertext obtained from the assassin's torture, and saw this news on a sijiji announcement.

Counting the days, that is to say, the news probably leaked from Chuxiu Palace.

Good guy, it turned out to be a problem with my old mother.When Zai Chun heard the news, he was a little shocked, but when he thought about the incident of returning to the palace with Cixi Ci'an, he felt that the biggest problem was really there.

"Zhilan, go to the Chuxiu Palace in person, and hand this letter to the Empress Dowager, and pay my respects to the Empress Dowager on my behalf."

It's hard to explain this matter clearly, for fear of being heard in detail again, it's best to write it down.

Zhilan took the letter from Zaichun, she knew the power of it, and immediately went to Chuxiu Palace.

Chuxiu Palace is right behind the Hall of Mental Cultivation, after exiting the back door of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, you will arrive at Yongshou Palace and Yikun Palace.Zhilan is a Shangyi in front of the imperial court, and her status in the palace is not small, so she can bring a group of little maids with her whenever she goes out on errands, which feels a bit like a wunderkind.

When they came to Chuxiu Palace, Zhilan personally stepped forward and knocked on the door. Coincidentally, it was Zhiqing who opened the door, that is, Zaichun's eyeliner who stayed by Cixi's side.

"So it was my aunt who came."

Zhiqing opened the door and looked at the group of eloquent palace people behind Zhilan, with envy flashing in her eyes.

Seeing Zhiqing, Zhilan didn't notice the look in Zhiqing's eyes, instead she happily took Zhiqing's hand and said, "Why is my younger sister so ignorant, they all entered the palace together, why are you talking so unfamiliar."

Seeing this, Zhiqing's heart warmed, but she still pulled her hand out calmly: "It's fine in private, there are so many people coming and going to stare at the gate of Chuxiu Palace, it's not easy to pass."

Masters in the palace have ranks, so why not servants?Zhilan is Shangyi in front of the imperial court, and Zhiqing is just a third-class court lady in Chuxiu Palace. Zhilan is worthy of the word "aunt".

Zhilan heard a trace of alienation in Zhiqing's words, and felt quite sighed in her heart, she couldn't continue forcing herself, so she could only talk about business matters: "I was ordered by the Holy Majesty to pay my respects to the Empress Dowager, I don't know the Empress Dowager Is the Queen Mother free?"

"Wait a minute, I'll report first."

At that moment, Zhiqing turned around and went back to Chuxiu Palace.

After a while, another palace official came out, but this time it was He Rong, the celebrity beside Cixi.

When He Rong saw Zhilan, he greeted her enthusiastically.

"Sister Zhilan is here, and the Holy Mother Empress Dowager is talking about the emperor. If not, I'm looking forward to my sister's arrival, but it's fate, come in quickly."

What He Rong said was very kind, and he led Zhilan to the palace.

Naturally, in terms of their identities, one of them is the empress dowager's aunt, and the other is Shang Yi, the emperor's former emperor. Such identities are considered equal. It was just a coincidence that Zhiqing opened the door before, and now He Rong was called out to receive her. , is considered a courtesy number.

This time, Zhilan accompanied Zai Chun to gain power, and now she is no longer the submissive little maid in the past, and she will not lose her composure too much, so she calmly followed He Rong to Lijingxuan where Cixi was.

At this time, Cixi had just read Zai Chun's reply and sent it to the Empress Dowagers of the Two Palaces. The memorial said that Zeng Guofan's Hunan Army has now reached the edge of Jiangsu Province, and she is very happy. When Lan came, she was also happy to chat with the maid in front of her son, so she called Zhilan to get up with a smile on her face.

Unexpectedly, after finishing the salute, Zhilan secretly made a small gesture to Cixi, which is common in the harem.When Cixi saw it, she was stunned. Although she didn't understand, she knew the meaning of this action, and asked He Rong to lead the maids and eunuchs to retreat.

Seeing this, Zhilan took out Zai Chun's letter from her sleeve and handed it to Cixi.

"The Chinese New Year is coming soon. This is the first new year since the new emperor's ascension to the throne. How do we live it? A charter has been drawn up and the Queen Mother will be in charge."

Cixi was even more puzzled when she heard Zhilan's words.Does the emperor need to personally intervene in such a trivial matter?Does the Ministry of Internal Affairs eat dry food?He took out the envelope and looked at it.

At this look, his face turned black.

"Understood, the emperor takes care of everything every day. For such trivial matters, I, a woman, can just take care of him. The emperor doesn't need to worry."

After reading the letter, Cixi took a deep breath, and replied lightly, as a response.After that, he asked Zhilan about Zaichun's physical and academic affairs, and then sent Zhilan back.

Of course, not long after Zhilan left, Cixi summoned the most capable person by her side - An Dehai.

The flowers bloom at both ends.

His eyes turned to Dagukou in Tianjin, where the warship Prince Gong bought from the British parked.

Dagukou is the coastal defense fortress of Ming and Qing Dynasties in China.It is located at the mouth of the Haihe River, 50 kilometers southeast of Tianjin today.It is about 170 kilometers away from Beijing in the northwest, borders on the Bohai Sea in the east, borders on the Haihe Plain in the west, and faces Tanggu across the river. "The land is the key to the nine rivers and Tianjin, and the road leads to the boats and vehicles in the seven provinces." It is known as the gateway of Beijing and Tianjin, and the throat of land and sea.

In such a dangerous place, a warship with huge lethality is now parked, and there are more than a dozen foreigners living on the warship. Tell me, which ruler will feel at ease about this matter?

It was the first time that Prince Gong felt that he had shot himself in the foot by moving a stone. He had spent money to buy a warship, and yet he had come up with such a thing. The person who accompanied the ship refused to leave. What is this?

At present, it is impossible to rely solely on the White Lotus Sect's "killing with a borrowed knife".

Then, Prince Gong personally came up with another trick.He privately sent Seng Gelinqin, a general stationed in Tianjin, with a lot of money, to find the sailors who were resting on the ship every day, to have fun in the best restaurants in Tianjin, and to spend all kinds of time and wine, making these sailors crazy. All of them are reluctant to leave.

On the other hand, Prince Gong secretly found Shengbao, the servant of the Ministry of War, and selected five or six soldiers who were familiar with water skills from the Jinbei camp. Every night when the night was high and the wind was high, they would dress up as those unjust souls who were killed by the British and French allied forces. Taking advantage of the night, they ran to the sailors on the only way back to the warship, crying and howling. What's more, they even absorbed Western classics and disguised themselves as vampires, showing two long front teeth. The sailors who had just finished drinking the flower wine all peed their pants.

Repeatedly like this, these sailors from the West felt that something was wrong, and they didn't know that it was the Qing Dynasty who was at fault, and there were really ghosts and spirits haunting them, and they all became suspicious.It was like this until the day when the White Lotus Sect took action.

On the day of the White Lotus Sect's operation, the gate of Dagu Pass almost pretended to let these assassins out of the pass, and almost sent them to the warship hand in hand.

The British sailors, who were already on alcohol and were frightened, suddenly saw a group of masked thieves descending from the sky. They were at a loss for a while, and they were actually killed by these assassins who only had cold weapons. .When he reacted, he finally ignored it and used a firearm. For a while, the warship was very lively.

Seng Gelinqin, the Mongolian general stationed at Dagukou, just sat leisurely on the Taishi chair, singing the Peking Opera "Qunying Heroes", watching the farce happily with binoculars.

After another half an hour, the group of White Lotus Sect members and the foreign devils had almost killed them, and Seng Gelinqin calculated the time, but he couldn't pass it, so he slowly led a group of Qing Dynasty children to kill them.

Naturally, it was called "rescue" under the euphemistic name, but it was actually "captured".

The author has something to say: To answer a friend's question in the previous chapter: In fact, it is not that Zai Chun is already in power, and none of the five ministers of the Military Aircraft Department is Zai Chun.Among the six ministries, only the Ministry of War is under the control of Zai Chun. The minister of the Ministry of War, Zeng Guofan, and his servant, Sheng Bao, are particularly obedient because of reasons such as imperialism and military expenses.Otherwise, Zai Chun wouldn't even know that Prince Gong and the servant of the household department had embezzled millions of taels of silver.

It is not impossible for the emperor to review the memorials before taking office. Kangxi began to read the memorials after he became the throne at the age of 8, and he could also approve the memorials, but after the approval, he had to show it to the four ministers of the auxiliary government. They thought it was feasible, and finally it could be implemented.As I wrote before, after Zai Chun finished approving the memorial, he asked Li Lianying to send it to the Empress Dowagers of the Two Palaces for re-approval.

(How much power does the emperor have after the pro-government? For example, when Kangxi attacked Wu Sangui at the beginning, Xiaozhuang strongly opposed it, but he still sent troops. This is the real power of the emperor after the pro-government, not for some military expenses, to build the foundation Construction is still arguing with the Queen Mother.)

Because of Zaichun's high control, the Ministry of War avoided a lot of disturbances by going directly to Datian to hear the memorial instead of going to the military plane.

Many of Zaichun's policies were agreed by the ministers of military affairs and the empress dowagers of the two palaces, not because they obeyed Zaichun's orders, but because these knowledgeable ministers themselves were aware of the shortcomings within the court, so they would naturally cooperate.

Cixi's power is mainly headed by Prince Chun, who incidentally includes the inner court of the harem - the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

When Xianfeng was alive, Ci'an had already lost power in the harem, similar to the queen who was defeated by Zhen Huan, but because of her good background and etiquette, the eight banners' noble relatives respected her very much, so she can be regarded as the empress dowager of the two palaces and A typical figure representing the nobility in the emperor.