Chapter 86 Section 85

The cost of building the Prince Regent's new residence has been estimated by a large wood factory named Xiangyuan, which has contacts with the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the total is more than 5.5 million silver. "Lao Liu, I'm afraid it won't work!" Yikuang said to Zai Xun, "The amount is too large, let alone whether it can be raised. Nowadays, everything is saved, and there is Huanghuang's decree. Everything should be kept simple, but the regent Spend more than five million silver to build a new house, I'm afraid the news paper will not have good things to say.

"The price is expensive, five and a half million is not too much!" Zai Xun said again: "At the beginning, it cost tens of millions to build the Summer Palace, but now it is only a few million to build a new mansion for the emperor's biological father, can it be considered too much?" "The beginning was the beginning, and the present is the present. They cannot be discussed together." Yiqiang asked, "What does the Du branch say?" "Duzhibu" was used as Zaize's pronoun, so Zai Xun replied by using the word "he", "He said that as long as the military plane agrees, he can think of a way."

Yikuang thought to himself, it was Zai Ze who was in trouble, since he had already agreed, why should he be a villain?After thinking for a while, he said quietly: "Lao Liu, let me teach you a way. To build a mansion, some people gossip about spending too much money. It doesn't matter if you spend more on the mausoleum. Why don't you come up with a trick?" Zai Xun suddenly realized, and bowed to Yi Qiang with a smile all over his face: "Uncle Qing, I'm convinced! No wonder you say Jiang is old and spicy, it's really good!" So the two cases were merged into one case, but one was clear and the other was dark. It was clear that the Chongling Mausoleum was being built, and Zai Xun, Pu Lun, Zai Ze, and Lu Chuanlin were specially sent to undertake the repair, and Prince Qing Yikuang would handle all matters together. "

With this edict, Chen Bi, Minister of the Ministry of Post and Communications, felt very uncomfortable.Pu Lun and him were sent to inspect the mausoleum at the beginning, but now Pu Lun still has a role as the minister of construction of the mausoleum, but he has replaced Lu Chuanlin!The merits and demerits deserved by the points are lost for no reason, not to mention the fact that the real benefits are taken away, and it is not good-looking. Therefore, when the mausoleum minister asked for 12 million taels of money to build the Chongling Mausoleum, Chen Bi openly stated in the court room: "If I come to host it, at most seven million taels of silver, it can be repaired very well!"

When these words came to Zai Xun's ears, he was very angry, and also a little anxious, because the method of using the funds from the mausoleum to build the Prince Regent's Palace was hidden from the Empress Dowager Longyu.Now let Chen Bi say this, if the Empress Dowager Longyu asks why there is such a large false account, it is very likely that the truth will be revealed, and the matter will be very troublesome. For this reason, Zai Xun and Zai Ze secretly negotiated, not to go to Chen Bi, which would cause a lot of trouble, and Chen Bi is quite close to Yuan Shikai, so he is also close to Yi Kuang.Succession cannot be relied on, Zhang Zhidong's intention is unclear, and he has nothing to do with military aircraft, so he has to find another way.

So Zai Ze thought of Xiao Dezhang, and asked him to go forward behind Long Yutai, and said, "Master Ze said: Lord Long Live has suffered all his life, and now Chen Bi still treats him harshly. The Du branch has prepared money for Dagong. Just because of Chen Bi's words, everyone should avoid suspicion, and no one dares to take responsibility." Zaize is the brother-in-law of Empress Dowager Longyu, and his words have always been taken seriously.And Empress Dowager Longyu's righteousness to Emperor Daxing's husband and wife was to repay him. With such preconceived words, she naturally hated Chen Bi, and once mentioned to the regent: Chen Bi is not a good person!

According to the rumors, the activities of overthrowing Yuan are quite turbulent.Su Wang Shanqi was exploited by Kang Liang, and although he often attacked Yuan, it was Shangshu of the Ministry of the Army who secretly defeated Yuan most. One was to seize military power, and the other was to join the army, so he designed a very vicious move. In fact, in order to set up the imperial guards, the regent Zaifeng often summoned Tie Liang alone.When talking about Yuan Shikai's character during Beiyang military training, Tie Liang thought that the time was ripe, and he could make a secret statement with a set of words that he had thought up in advance.

"The public opinion outside mostly doesn't take Yuan Shikai seriously. There is a very bizarre rumor. I wonder if the Regent has heard it?" "What rumors?" Zaifeng asked, "There have always been many rumors about Yuan Shikai." "This rumor is about the Prince Regent! Yuan Shikai has done a lot to talk about the Prince Regent's supervision of the country, and Tie Liang can't bear to say what the Prince Regent is like with Yuan Shikai." Zaifeng's face changed suddenly: "How can there be such rumors?" He asked: "What about me and Yuan Shikai?"

"The Regents don't have to ask..." "No!" Zaifeng said stubbornly, "I have to ask." "Say..." Tie Liang pretended to be helpless: "Say that Yuan Shikai persuaded him to change his title to Emperor Taishang, and he will train the government until the emperor reaches adulthood. In the future, the regent will be a prime minister in the cabinet to reward Yuan's support. achievement." "Who made the rumor!" Zaifeng turned pale with anger, "I have to investigate thoroughly." "Tie Liang was thinking that this rumor was definitely not made by Yuan Shikai, but a good-for-nothing person who thought that Yuan Shikai's deep-rooted influence in Beiyang could influence the court situation, so he created such a ridiculous rumor, claiming to be well-informed, saying It might be to use this to show off, and it is unknown. The regent may wish to investigate secretly, but from Tie Liang's point of view, I am afraid there will be no results."

"how?" "No one dares to admit the rumors that are spread in secret. For example, if the regent wanted to ask about Tie Liang, he would not dare to admit it. Why? After admitting it, if you want to ask one more question, since you heard the rumor, why didn't you announce it earlier? Tie Liang has nothing to answer, so it's the easiest way to be clean." "According to what you said, let such absurd rumors spread everywhere?" "Of course there is a way." "Tell me about it." "Tie Liang can't say that! As a minister of the same court, if someone misunderstands Tie Liang and slanders the same official, Tie Liang can't bear the reputation."

"It doesn't matter, you talk and I listen, no third person knows!" Tie Liang hesitated for a while, then stood up from the low stool he was given to sit on, and asked for peace and said: Tie Liang really can't speak, please forgive me.Tie Liang was thinking, the so-called "wind comes from an empty hole", if the hole in the board wall is covered with mulberry paper, will the wind not get in? " Zaifeng thought about his analogy for a while before he understood, nodded and said, "Okay! Take your time, anyway, sooner or later the hole will be patched up."