Chapter 47 Section forty-six

On the sixth day of May, Yun Yuding handed over the booklet, but the Empress Dowager Cixi did not send it out.On the morning of the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, it was ordered to call Yikuang, the king of Qing, alone. "Look at this brochure!" Yiqiu finished reading Yun Yuding's memorial very quickly, bent over and presented the original to the imperial case, and stepped aside. "Emperor, what do you think?" "The Empress Dowager please decide." "Of course I have an idea. I just want to ask what you mean." The Empress Dowager Cixi's voice was extremely cold: "If you want to save him, I can change my mind."

The emperor was terrified and confused. He didn't know what happened to Qu Hongji, so why did it involve himself?But the meaning of Empress Dowager Cixi is very obvious, and she has decided to depose Qu Hongji.That being the case, why preserve it? Not only could it not be preserved, but he had to scold Qu Hongji a few words, so he moved the original book, looked at it, and said: "According to his bad deeds of 'secretly notifying the office, instructing the officials, shady foreign aid, and distributing party members', he should be dismissed and investigated." .” "The investigation is necessary!" Empress Dowager Cixi's tone eased: "Resignation, it's too embarrassing for him. Let's open a vacancy!"

"Yes!" Yikuang asked: "Please order, who will be sent to investigate thoroughly?" "There must be Sun Jianai." Empress Dowager Cixi said: "The other one, you see, who should be sent?" Sending another one naturally has to be full.The person who investigates the case should at least have the same qualifications as the person being investigated. If Qu Hongji’s official ranks as co-organizers and ministers of military affairs are taken as an example, he might as well choose among the full vacancies One, but Yikuang suggested Tieliang, Minister of the Army.Because firstly, it was used to belittle Qu Hongji's status; secondly, Tie Liang had always had reservations about the Han people, if Sun Jianai wanted to protect Qu Hongji, adding Tie Liang would be enough to check and balance.

"Actually, there is no need to check it!" The Empress Dowager Cixi said again: "Anyway, it can no longer be used, so you can draw up an order to see it." Hearing this, Yikuang was overjoyed, but he immediately became vigilant. This is an extremely critical moment, and he must be calm, so he calmed down and thought for a while before answering: "If you go back to the empress dowager, in a similar situation, it is inconvenient for the military plane to draw up an order. Zhu Yu has always been used to show the authority of the advancing and retreating ministers, and to exercise power over them."

"I was talking about Zhu Yu's manuscript." Empress Dowager Cixi sent Yun Yuding's original music. "Yes, the servant will do it immediately." As soon as he retreated, Yikuang sent guards to summon Yang Shiqi, and at the same time sent his cronies to tell Li Lianying, asking him to play on his behalf, and when he turned around to "hand the sign", he asked the Empress Dowager Cixi to summon him alone instead of accompanying the emperor. After a while Yang Shiqi was invited to come and waited in the prince's court room first. Yikuang was notified, condescended to ask for advice, and kept a secret conversation: "This lawsuit is approved, please write a big Zhu Yu."

Yang Shiqi smiled: "I guess that's why the prince is looking for me." He took out a piece of paper from his pocket, "It's already prepared." Yikuang took the manuscript, read it hastily, nodded and said, "Very good! I'll hand it in right away. We'll probably see the outcome today." "yes!" "Draft another manuscript for me, and please open all gaps. When Zhu Yu arrives, I will hand it over immediately." "This," Yang Shiqi asked, "does this have to be done?" "It's more appropriate to do this." Yikuang replied: "Qu Zijiu recently asked the Queen Mother to let me quit the military aircraft, and I have to say so."

Yang Shiqi thought for a while and said, "It's okay." Therefore, Yikuang immediately handed over the sign again, and it turned out that only the Empress Dowager Cixi summoned him.After reading Zhu Yu's manuscript, he thought it was okay, so he shouted: "Bring the box!" Li Lianying, who was waiting outside the hall, immediately brought a yellow box and presented it to the imperial case. Empress Dowager Cixi put the manuscript into the box with her own hands, put a small lock on it, and ordered it to be sent to the emperor. The emperor also kept a key to the small lock. When he opened the box and saw the manuscript, he could understand it and copied it with a Chinese ink pen.

So Li Lianying didn't need to ask any more questions, and left with the box in her hand. "I never thought that Qu Hongji would be so ungrateful!" Empress Dowager Cixi was quite indignant, "I treated him very kindly, and he couldn't tolerate me! People's hearts have really changed a lot these years!" "Fortunately, it's too early to make a decision." Yikuang said: "The empress dowager made a decisive decision to eliminate the big trouble invisible. This servant really admires it. However, there are only two people left on the military plane, this servant and Lin Shaonian, and I really can't handle it."

It meant adding someone, so the Empress Dowager Cixi asked, "Who do you think is suitable?" "I don't dare to take care of myself. I just think it's better to be mature and cautious!" "Mature" is naturally loyal to the Queen Mother, and "cautious" will never engage in any tricks of "returning to power". Empress Dowager Cixi thought for a while before slowly saying: "I have a reason! Go down and listen first." As soon as he returned to the military plane, he saw that Lin Shaonian was quite embarrassed; Qu Hongji was still calm, but his face was solemn, and he must have felt uneasy in his heart.Military planes are summoned every day as usual, why there is no movement so far, I only see Yikuang coming in and out by himself, I don't know what happened?

After finally coming to call, Su La, who was sent by the internal affairs office, usually said loudly: "My lord, my lords, please call me!" This day, she changed the way of saying: "Your lord, my lord Lin!" Upon hearing this, Lin Shaonian's face changed drastically, Qu Hongji remained silent, Yikuang glanced at him, turned and left. After entering the palace and saluting, the emperor said, "Qu Hongji can no longer be in the military plane. Look at this Zhu Yu! " "Yes!" Yikuang took Zhu Yu over, looked at it with both hands, then turned and handed it to Lin Shaonian.

Lin Shaonian also clasped his hands high to watch, his hands trembled a little while watching. Lin Shaonian's mind was extremely chaotic.Because Qu Hongji is his "leader", and not long ago, Yiji played in front of Lin Shaonian as the right servant of the branch. According to the new official system, except for the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the ministers of other ministries "shall not be full of heavy and weak positions." Later, Lin Shaonian made up for the real vacancy with the alternate servant, so he had no choice but to invite the Minister of Military Aircraft to go on a walk.This is Yikuang's method of taking advantage of the opportunity to crowd out, and thanks to Qu Hongji's hard work, there is an edict that "Lin Shaonian's work is not necessary to take office, so if you invite him to go, it will be bad, and there is no need to discuss it".Now that Qu Hongji has come to this end, he should naturally beg for his protection. But he also knew that Qu Hongji was suspected of conspiring to return to power, and he had fallen into the empress dowager's taboo, and his own people were soft-spoken. But here and now, he is not allowed to think about it carefully, Empress Dowager Cixi is already shouting: "Lin Shaonian!" "The minister is here." "You told Qu Hongji, I have taken extra care of him! As long as he keeps his own way in the future, he may be used again in two years." "yes!" "You can go back to the military plane first and show Zhu Yu to Qu Hongji." "Yes!" Lin Shaonian didn't need to kneel because he held Zhu Yu in his hand.He stood up, took a few steps back, turned around and walked out of the hall, wiped the sweat off his forehead, and hurried back to the military plane to announce the order. So Yikuang became alone again. "The minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is missing, so it's inconvenient to leave it empty." He said, "Please invite the empress dowager and the emperor to send it." "What do you think? Are there any suitable people?" The Empress Dowager Cixi asked, "How is Lu Haihuan?" Lu Haihuan was born in Juren, served as a minister in Germany, and served as Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Minister of the Army after returning to China.At a time when the older generation of Westernization talents was dying one after another, and the qualifications of the younger generation were not yet qualified to serve as ministers, Lu Haihuan's qualifications were enough.Moreover, the diplomacy in recent years has mainly focused on the alliance with Germany, and Lu Haihuan's experience is even more comparable, so Yikuang has to express his approval. "I don't think the Ministry of Foreign Affairs can be completely handed over to Lu Haihuan." The Empress Dowager Cixi said again: "I'm afraid you can't take care of your energy. Then Tong is assigned to the Ministry of Civil Affairs. What should we do?" The establishment of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is different from other ministries. Yikuang is the Prime Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Qu Hongji is the Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Minister;If Yikuang took care of him and Tong was in the Ministry of Civil Affairs, then the power of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs would belong to Lu Haihuan.When the suspicion of Manchu and Han deepened, the Empress Dowager Cixi could not rest assured. Yikuang thought it would be easy to handle, "Please order Natong not to be concurrently the secretary of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, but to specialize in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs." "Okay!" Empress Dowager Cixi nodded and asked again: "What about the Ministry of Civil Affairs?" "The slave recommends King Su Shanqi." This is also a very suitable candidate, and the Empress Dowager Cixi approved it without hesitation.So three orders were issued that day, one was the new order of Lu Haihuan and Shanqi; Another piece is Zhu Yu. After summarizing Yun Yuding's original performance, it was Yang Shiqi's handwriting: "Qu Hongji has served as the pivot for a long time, how should he be loyal to him? Be careful. The so-called stealing power and forming a party, guarding the position and various festivals, please don't go into the details. Yu Zhaokang was in Jiangxi before he was appointed as the inspector. He was convicted of the case and it was not long. Ren Shuchen did not report the facts, and it was obvious that he had the intention to protect him, which was actually favoritism. Yu Zhaokang, the left counselor of the Ministry of Justice, dismissed him immediately; When this Zhu Yu was issued, it shocked the court, but no one dared to make more comments, or complained about Qu Hongji, because there were too many articles contained in the four words "I don't need to study deeply".As for Yu Zhaokang's case, it was nothing more than trying to impose a crime. Yikuang was naturally full of ambition.The fly in the ointment is that the hypocrisy invites the Minister of Military Aircraft to go to the Minister of Military Aircraft. Although he is comforted and stays, there is another Zhu Yu who sends Prince Jin Zaifeng to learn how to walk on the Minister of Military Aircraft.It is obvious that adding Zaifeng to share Yikuang's momentum, and Lu Chuanlin's return to the military plane not only means that the rear party has regained power, but also because Lu Chuanlin often plays different tunes on the military plane, and although he succeeds, Insufficient, to hold Yikuang's elbow, but excellent.