Usurping the Qing Dynasty: My first love was Cixi

Chapter 118 Mission accomplished! Princess of stealing fragrance! Queen Queen

As soon as these words came out, all the civil and military officials in the audience were immediately upset.

Prince Hui Mianyu stepped out and said: "Your Majesty, I think the reward is too much."

Princes of the royal family can be called ministers or servants, but they are usually called servants. In the memorials to Cixi by Prince Gong in later generations, most of them also called themselves servants.

At this time, Mianyu used the title of minister, which shows his seriousness.

Then, Mianyu continued: "Your Majesty, either the cabinet reading bachelor or the first-class viscount can be used to commend Su Ye's contribution, and the emperor gave both together, which is already too much of a reward."

"Now, if you want to grant a marriage to Princess Shouxi, it may cause criticism."

"It is better to wait until Su Ye makes new contributions before granting the marriage, so that it will be justified."

Mianyu said this of course with selfish motives, but more of public interest.

He felt that the emperor's character was too naive. When he liked someone, he liked him too much and rewarded him too much.

And when he hated someone, he didn't even want to look at him more than once.

Now the Eight Banners and Su Ye were in opposition. Your Majesty, you rewarded Su Ye so much. What would the Eight Banners think?

If it was Emperor Gaozong, it would be fine, because Emperor Gaozong had high prestige and almost unlimited power, and he could make decisions on his own.

Even Emperor Renzong (Jiaqing) and Emperor Xuanzong (Daoguang) had lost this prestige of making decisions on their own.

Of course, people may not be able to overturn your resolution, but this is at the cost of losing your dignity as an emperor.

Even the prestige of Emperor Shizong could not really oppose the ministers of the world.

This is why Su Ye didn't want yesterday's triumphal ceremony.

"I second the motion!"

"I second the motion!"

"I second the motion!"

Duanhua stepped out, Zaiyuan stepped out, Duhan stepped out, and Wenqing stepped out.

Almost all the ministers of the Grand Council stood up to oppose.

This situation is really rare. Sushun's party and Mian Yu's party are completely on the same side.

The emperor was in a dilemma.

At this time, he slightly woke up from his previous emotions and began to face the opposition of the Eight Banners nobles.

Then, he fell into silence.

After a long while, he said: "The marriage of Princess Shouxi is a public matter, but it is ultimately my family affair, so this matter is settled."

After hesitating again and again, the emperor decided to stick to it and not compromise.

First, for his own authority, and second, he did agree.

"Draft an edict. Su Ye and Princess Shouxi are a match made in heaven. The marriage is specially granted! Choose an auspicious day to get married."

Su Ye stepped forward and said: "I thank the Lord for his grace."

All the ministers were silent.

Since the emperor said so, the ministers could no longer object, but they could use silence to express their attitude.

At this time, the emperor was keenly aware that the opposing attitude of the ministers had even shifted from Su Ye to him, the emperor.

He was a little uneasy.

Although he was the emperor, and the emperors of the Qing Dynasty basically monopolized power as long as they came of age, and it was difficult for the ministers to compete.

But in his generation, there was actually a slight change.

Because of the bad situation, rebellion, and the invasion of foreigners, the emperor's prestige and power were declining, and the emperor had more and more requests from his ministers.

Moreover, he was too young and his prestige was insufficient when he succeeded to the throne.

But things have come to this point, so we can only take one step and see.

The next court meeting continued normally.

Even the ministers were still very respectful and seemed to be very proactive, but Su Ye could feel that many of the Eight Banners nobles present had already been somewhat passive.

The emperor was too young and his political skills were not sophisticated enough. While elevating Su Ye, he suppressed the feelings of the Eight Banners nobles too much.

After rewarding Su Ye, there was only one important topic next.

The emperor said: "The envoys of Britain, France and the United States have proposed to revise the treaty. What do you think we should do?"

At this time, the emperor's tone was very serious, but not serious enough.

The so-called revision of the treaty means that Britain, France and the United States require the Qing court to fulfill its previous promises, allow the British to enter the port cities specified in the treaty, and open more ports, etc.

During the last Opium War, the Sino-British Treaty of Nanjing, the Sino-French Huangpu Treaty, the Sino-American Wangxia Treaty, etc. were signed.

After that, the Qing court and Western countries lived in peace for several years.

After 1847, Western countries felt that these treaties did not achieve the expected benefits after signing, so they wanted to get more.

On the other hand, after the Qing court signed the treaty, many clauses were not fulfilled.

So at that time, the opinion of revising the treaty was proposed, and the Qing court was asked to fulfill the relevant promises, but the Qing court did not allow it, and the contradictions between the two sides became more and more serious.

However, recently Western countries are caught up in the largest European war since Napoleon, the Crimean War.

Britain, France, the Ottoman Empire and other countries have been involved.

Therefore, they were temporarily unable to launch military actions against the Qing court.

To be honest, both the First Opium War and the Second Opium War were child's play compared to the Crimean War in terms of scale, level, and intensity.

The gap was more than ten times.

The Qing court initially gave all diplomatic power to the Governor-General of Liangjiang, and then transferred it to the Governor-General of Guangdong and Guangxi and the Governor of Guangdong.

However, these people had no international vision at all and were extremely ignorant.

This group of people usually has two extremes. Before the other party takes military action, they try their best to be aggressive and extremely tough. Each one shows off his toughness than the other.

And once the other party uses force, they immediately become intimidated. When negotiating, I will not bargain at all. No matter what conditions the other party proposes, I will accept everything as ordered and sign directly.

But after signing, he was ready to break the promise and not implement it.

All in all, it’s completely hard to put into words.

After the emperor asked, the ministers did the same old thing again, saying that they should ignore it and let the governors of Guangdong and Guangxi deal with it.

Because the Western countries have been saying that they want to revise the treaty for several years and have threatened it several times.

The civil and military officials of the entire dynasty, including the emperor, had no idea of ​​the importance of this time.

I don’t know that Britain and France have already freed their hands from Crimea, and this time they are going to take serious action against China.

The emperor said: "The foreign barbarians issued a note saying that if they do not fulfill their commitments, they will send troops to capture Guangzhou City. What do you think?"

Duan Hua said: "Are they threatening enough?"

"Our army is more than a million, come on, come on!"

After discussing it for a while, I finally came to the same old point of view.

Give it to the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi and the governor of Guangdong.

However, there are strict requirements for them, and they must not harm the national character or lose the majesty of the heaven.

During the whole process, Su Yi remained completely silent.

First, he is not of high enough rank and is not qualified to discuss politics with the military and aircraft ministers.

Secondly, it was useless for him to say it. The Qing court had a typical gambler's mentality. It would not look back until it hit the wall, and it would not hurt until someone cut it and saw blood.

If you stand out now, not only will there be no benefit, but you will be ridiculed by others.

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After retiring from the court, the emperor still stayed with Su Yi and met privately at Sanxi Hall.

Sure enough, the emperor didn't even ask a question about the foreigners' treaty renewal.

Because in the emperor's eyes, this was a small matter. Every few months, foreigners would send a note, and everyone was used to it.

The emperor said: "The new army is very good. If we want to expand, you should submit a plan first, and then we will discuss it."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The emperor said: "But there is something I want to tell you. Most of the civil and military personnel of the Manchu Dynasty came from the Eight Banners. Now they have great opinions on you, the New Army, and even me..."

Su Yi said: "I am terrified."

The emperor said: "There is nothing to be afraid of. A tree that is as beautiful as the forest wind will destroy it. I still understand this."

"The new army is very expensive. If it is expanded to five thousand, how much money do you think it will cost?"

Now the New Army actually only has one thousand and five thousand left.

If we expand to 5,000, we will need to recruit 3,500 more.

The initial settlement money, salary, purchase of guns, supplies, etc.

There are also salaries, ammunition, etc. for the original 1,500 people.

Therefore, two million taels of silver will be spent initially.

After that, one or two million taels of silver will be invested every year.

It's really expensive.

Su Yi said this number, and the emperor took a breath.

The emperor said: "Next, we need to rebuild the Jiangnan camp and restore the Jiangbei camp. Money will be spent everywhere, so the finances will be very tight."

"And you have also seen that the nobles of the Manchu Dynasty are very repulsive to the new army, so the money from the Ministry of Revenue may be more difficult to get."

It is completely conceivable that it will be very difficult to get him. Weng Xiancun is now the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.

The emperor said: "You continue to prepare, I will come up with ideas."

"By the way, Su Yi, is there anything else you need me to do about the New Army?"

Su Yi was stunned, is this good?

It seems that the emperor is determined to support the new army, and even wants to encourage it.

Su Yi said: "There is a group of secret teams in the new army, hidden within the enemy. They cannot be made public and cannot be publicly rewarded. So I secretly want to find a background for these people."

The emperor said: "It's simple. I will give you an imperial edict and a few blank official positions."

Problems that I originally thought were difficult were solved easily.

In fact, Su Yi knew very well about the Qing court's financial crisis.

It can only be said that I was barely able to support myself. I tried every means to make money and tried my best to sell my official position, but it was still not enough.

Otherwise, the Hunan Army will not be allowed to raise its own food and wages, making the Hunan Army a de facto warlord.

Therefore, the two million taels of silver needed by the new army are really not that easy to come up with.

Of course, there is a way.

That is to abolish the Eight Banners or the Green Camp, and eliminate 20,000 people, and this money will be saved.

But Su Yi didn't dare to raise this opinion, and the emperor didn't dare to do so either.

Now the Eight Banners are so hostile to Su Yi's new army, and they are even dissatisfied with the emperor for supporting the new army and suppressing the Eight Banners.

If you now propose to abolish the Twenty-Eight Banners or the Green Camp, there will be big trouble.

After all, the foundation of the current imperial court is still the Eight Banners.

The emperor did not have the prestige to do this at all.

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Black Gong is in the secret house in the capital.

At this time, sixteen brothers were drinking and eating vegetables.

"Do you think the commander-in-chief can marry the sixth princess this time? I heard that this sixth princess has a beautiful country and is even more beautiful than Chen Yuanyuan back then."

"I heard that during this battle, Wang Shiqing, Ronglu, Zhaobu, Taqibu, Huitaen, Wang Tianyang and others were all promoted, and some were promoted by more than one level."

Having said this, the brothers suddenly showed extremely envious expressions.

"Sir, do you think we can get promoted?" Someone finally asked this question.

Hei Gong said angrily: "Are you still not satisfied now? A lot of silver was awarded, a big house was bought, and a wife, children, parents were taken over. Did you dare to think about this kind of life before? Don't be dissatisfied."

The second in command Leng Mu said: "Yes, yes, yes, don't you think about how much our brothers' salary is? It is several times that of other brothers in the new army. If you are still not satisfied, you have no conscience."

Although Hei Gong and Leng Mu were also very envious of Wang Shiqing and others, they also knew that they needed to be on the secret front and could not be made public, so they could not publicly reward them.

The two had regrets in their hearts, but they could never show it, and they had to suppress the emotions of their brothers.

"If it weren't for the Marshal, we wouldn't have the good life we ​​have now. We should be grateful."

More than a dozen brothers were embarrassed, and then said: "Thank you, Marshal, and wish you a long life."

"Wish you a long life."

Just at this moment, the door opened and Su Ye walked in.

Hei Gong and others were stunned, and then happy.

Immediately knelt down: "Welcome, Marshal!"

"Marshal, did you just leave the court?"

Because Su Ye was still wearing his official uniform at this time, he rarely wore this thing.

Su Ye said: "Yes."

Hei Gong and others were even more grateful. The Marshal was thinking about us in his heart. He came to me immediately after leaving the court.

It was enough for the Marshal to have such a heart. It didn't matter whether he was promoted or not.

Su Ye said: "Hei Gong, what is your real name? It's the name in your family tree."

Hei Gong said: "My master, it's Li Qianshan."

Su Ye said: "Leng Mu, what is your real name?"

Leng Mu said: "My master, my real name is Li Qianlin."

Su Ye said: "Cousins?"

Hei Gong said: "We are from the same village, so we can barely be considered cousins."

Su Ye had asked the two people's real names before, but they didn't tell him at that time because the two people's names were still on the wanted list of the government.

When Su Ye asked this time, they immediately told him.

Su Ye gradually put away his smile and said: "The imperial edict has arrived, Li Qianshan will accept it!"

Hei Gong was stunned and froze, unable to react at all.

What?

My imperial edict?

How could I have an imperial edict?

Leng Mu, the second-in-command beside him, quickly pushed him and said, "Brother, kneel down and receive the decree."

Hei Gong immediately knelt down and said, "Slave, I, Li Qianshan, accept the decree."

Su Yi said, "The Emperor of Heaven and Earth has decreed that Li Qianshan be appointed as the General Manager of the New Army Intelligence and Military Affairs Department, with the title of a thousand households!"

Hei Gong was stunned on the ground, unable to speak for a while.

For a long time, he tried his best to suppress the trembling all over his body and accepted the imperial decree.

"Your Majesty, your Majesty accepts the decree and thanks you."

Then, he took the imperial decree and knelt on the ground, looking at the words on it, he was completely shocked and couldn't recover at all.

Su Yi said, "Li Qianlin accept the decree."

Leng Mu shuddered, and... there is still a share for me?

"Emperor Li Qianlin is appointed as the Deputy General Manager of the New Army Intelligence and Military Affairs Department, with the title of Deputy Thousand Households!"

Leng Mu was even more unbearable. After receiving the imperial decree, his whole body was stiff. He wanted to stand up, but he couldn't stand up.

Su Yi patted the shoulders of the two and walked out the door.

After a while, there were sounds of crying and laughing, as well as bursts of howling.

"Dad, Mom! My son has made it, and I am really resting."

"You will never be pointed at again, and you will never be ashamed again."

"My son is really an official now!"

Then, a dozen other brothers were so happy that they trembled all over.

"Brother, this... what rank is this official?"

Leng Mu said: "Brother is the fifth rank, I am the fifth rank. And this time it is not a private appointment, but a real court official."

"Oh my God? My goodness, this... this is higher than the county magistrate."

"What will happen if this goes home? Those people will have to kneel from the beginning to the end of the village."

"Tsk, what do you know, kid? Now the village head has no place to kneel in front of brother."

"Before, the clan leader bullied us and scolded us every day, and did not allow us to enter the ancestral hall. He also deleted us from the family tree. Now he has to use an eight-man sedan to invite brother back."

"You don't understand again, right? The current situation is that whoever the eldest brother says is the clan leader of the village is the clan leader. The eldest brother said that the family tree should be revised, so it must be revised."

There was excitement inside for a long time.

When Su Ye returned, the sixteen people inside knelt in a row.

At this moment, Hei Gong and more than a dozen people really responded to the saying that they were willing to die for their master.

At this moment, they were really willing to go through fire and water, climb mountains of swords, and descend into seas of fire.

In fact, this kind of passion and loyalty had already made them speechless, unwilling to express their loyalty in words.

They only wanted to do things immediately and truly die for Su Ye.

Su Ye smiled and said, "It's a bit unpromising to think about returning home in glory now. When you get one or two levels higher, it will be almost enough. Not only do you have to return home in glory, but you also have to bring your wives and children with you to hold a buffet and eat for several days and nights. Officials and gentry within a hundred miles will come to pay tribute."

Su Ye's words immediately touched their favorite part.

Just thinking about this scene makes me tremble all over.

Su Yi said: "Hei Gong, your Intelligence and Military Affairs Department has too few people and needs to expand. I will provide a group of people here for you to choose from. If you have suitable ones, you can also recommend them to me. It will expand to about fifty people.”

"But don't rush this matter. We must ensure that these people are loyal and reliable, and must be absolutely suitable for lurking, spying and assassination."

“It’s better to lack than to waste!”

Black Gong kowtowed: "Yes, Master."

Su Yi said: "You can continue drinking, I'm going home too."

A dozen people walked out of the door and sent Su Yi off respectfully.

But her heart was even hotter, and she wanted to go on errands right away, and do all the things Su Yi had told her to do beautifully.

"Did you hear that? A new mission has come down. Everyone has been carefully selected for me. If the master is dissatisfied, I will kill you with one shot without waiting for the master to speak."

"The master has given me such great grace, and everything that follows must be handled as a big deal."

"The master asked us to do eighty percent, and we have to do ninety-five percent, otherwise we will not be worthy of this grace."

"Do you understand everything?"

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After eating and drinking enough.

Hei Gong secretly returned to his home, where his parents, wife and children all lived.

However, the wife was already asleep at this time.

Black Gong climbed up, ignored it, and attacked inside.

His wife woke up in a daze and asked in confusion: "What's wrong? What's wrong?"

Hei Gong said: "It's nothing, I'm just happy. I'm so happy that I'm going to explode. The happiest thing in my life is today."

The wife held her son in her arms, leaned back and said, "Hurry up, don't wake the baby up."

Then she continued to sleep in a daze.

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Now, Su Yi had to go somewhere.

Princess Shou'an.

Otherwise, she would definitely be angry.

The main reason why Su Yi was able to be granted the marriage this time was Princess Shou'an.

If he hadn't stopped Prince Horqin Fujin twice, if she hadn't taken the initiative to come to Nanyuan Campus to tell Su Yi and let Su Yi propose in public.

Princess Shouxi is probably betrothed to Boyannamohu at this time.

They are even married.

Moreover, Boyan Namo Hu was in the midst of a prosperous and prosperous career.

Because he originally didn't want to go to the Yangzhou battlefield because Su Yi publicly proposed, forcing Boyan to go south to fight.

As long as he did not go to Yangzhou to fight, he would not be defeated and would not be in the situation he is in today.

Just arrived in the capital yesterday, Su Yi should have gone, but before the marriage was granted, it was better not to cause any complications.

Now that the marriage has been successfully granted, I would have no conscience if I didn't go.

In fact, Princess Shou'an was already very unhappy.

Last night, she waited until midnight, thinking that Su Yi would come, but she didn't.

snort!

So snobbish?

Before the marriage was granted, I kept calling her "good sister" and seemed to like her very much.

Now that I have been granted a marriage, I have a beautiful fiancée, and a younger sixth princess, I, the fourth princess, have been left aside.

Do you just dislike me for being too old?

I am no longer useful and will be thrown aside?

Although she was full of indignation, Princess Shouan couldn't help herself. She put on nice makeup and wore nice but thin clothes.

The clothes were even cut to reveal the waist and the curves up and down.

But she was not willing to be compared to Liu Mei like this.

Then, she stayed in the study, holding a book, but couldn't see anything clearly.

While looking at the clock, he became more impatient and sulky.

Damn it, if you don’t come today, you won’t come here again.

From now on, we will go our separate ways. I no longer care about your affairs, and I never want to see you again.

"Princess, Brother Su Yi is here." A confidant's maid rushed into the meeting room to report.

Princess Shou'an was so happy that she stood up.

Then, she said with a straight face: "No, let him go back!"

The confidant maid did not take it seriously, but still stood where she was, and was trying to hold back her laughter.

"Let him come in, and then..." Princess Shou'an said.

"I know, I understand." said the confidant maid, isn't it just to keep everyone at a distance and not allowed to get close?

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After a while!

Su Yi came in.

"Meet the eldest princess."

Princess Shou'an said: "Hey, brother Su Yi is here, the six-headed prince is here, the first-class viscount is here, and the cabinet minister is here."

"I don't dare to accept such a big gift from you!"

The eldest princess had a very sour tone.

Su Yi stepped forward, Qiu made no mistake, and said seriously: "Your Highness, what kind of tea are you drinking?"

Seeing his serious look, Princess Shou'an became even more angry and said: "What kind of tea does it have to do with you?"

Su Yi asked: "Is this tea spoiled and so sour?"

Princess Shou'an said: "If you say such things again, get out of here!"

Su Yi drank the tea in front of him directly and said, "This is not lemon tea, it's not sour."

What lemon tea? I don't understand it at all.

"Your Highness the Princess must have eaten something. It's so sour. Let me try it." Then he came over directly, held her chin, pressed it against her lips.

Princess Shou'an didn't know that he was so sudden and completely lost her reaction.

Caught off guard, she forgot to resist.

This was the first time that Su Yi directly attacked her mouth and took Ding Xiang away.

Princess Shou'an felt numb all over her body and her mind went blank.

Didn't you do it step by step before? Shouldn't we take action first?

How could such a surprise attack be carried out?

After being in a daze for a while, Princess Shou'an pushed Su Yi away.

"You want to die, you want to die..." Princess Shou'an rubbed her mouth, deliberately picked up the tea and gargled her mouth.

"You are so brave and don't want to live anymore. I'm already married. You just got married by the emperor and you do this. I think you don't want to live anymore!"

Su Yi reached out to Princess Shou'an, gently hugged her waist, and said, "If I don't come, you will be sulking here. If I come, you will scold me again, you are such a person!"

Princess Shou'an said: "You deserve to be scolded very much. You think about bad people's reputation all day long."

Then, he pulled Su Yi's hand out alive.

"Be honest, did you hear that?" Princess Shou'an said, "That's it, you can't cross the line anymore."

hehe?

This way you don't cross the line.

"Speak to me properly and don't touch me as soon as you come in front of me. It makes me look contemptuous." Princess Shou'an grabbed Su Yi's hands tightly and put them around her waist. She was not allowed to touch her. Not allowed.

But then, he came up from behind her again and chased her directly.

It feels clearer and more disturbing.

She used both hands to grab Su Yi's hand to prevent it from moving. There was no other place where she could push him away.

Use her millstone to push?

Isn’t that meat bun beating a dog?

Let's just leave it at that, I hope this bitch doesn't mess around.

"Tell me about your battle in the south." Princess Shou'an's voice was rare and gentle.

Su Yi said in her ear: "Which parts do you want to hear?"

"Whatever, I will listen to whatever you say." Princess Shou'an said.

Next, Su Yi told him about the war in Yangzhou. One of them talked absent-mindedly, and the other listened even more confused.

I don’t know if I heard ten words.

And at this time!

Outside the courtyard, the confidant maid who was guarding the door had her ears perked up, looking in all directions and listening in all directions.

No matter who comes, she will block it.

Princess Shou'an has no secrets in front of her.

At this moment, three people came in front.

Suddenly, the confidant maid suddenly became excited.

She could imagine what was happening between Princess Shou'an and Su Yi in the study.

It would be terrible if others saw it.

Looking at the person carefully again, I was even more frightened.

A gorgeous and beautiful young woman, followed by a eunuch and a nun.

It turned out to be the Queen.

"Kowtow to the Queen." Princess Shou'an's confidant maid quickly stepped forward to salute.

Queen Niu Hulu said: "Your princess is in the study? You don't need to report it, I will go in by myself."

The queen waved her hand casually, and then walked eagerly inside.

She walked in a hurry and her steps were a bit awkward. She obviously had something urgent to do to see Princess Shou'an.

"None of you are allowed to follow."

After giving the order, the queen went directly to Princess Shou'an's study.

At this time, Princess Shouan was lost.

"Okay, okay, don't push yourself too far, I'm annoyed, I'm really annoyed..."

At this moment, the voice of a trusted maid came from outside: "Your Highness, the Queen is here!"

Suddenly, Su Yi and Princess Shou'an almost jumped up.

The queen is here?

What is she doing here at this time?

If the queen saw this scene in front of her, would it be a big deal?

"Quick, hide quickly, hide." Princess Shou'an said.

Then, he looked around for a place to hide.

Be quick, be quick.

Because the queen walked quickly, the footsteps had already reached the door.

Then, his eyes fell on the cabinet in the corner of the study room.

"In there, in there!" Shouan pointed at the cabinet and said.

Su Yi rushed over quickly, opened the cabinet door, and was about to hide inside.

However, the moment I opened the cabinet door.

He was stunned.

There is someone hiding inside.

Her fiancée, Princess Shouxi.

She was looking at Su Yi with sharp and proud eyes.

Hum, I must have been caught.

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Note: This is the second update. Dear benefactors, check your pockets. Do you still have monthly tickets? Will you give it to me?