Chapter 3 third quarter

King Qing and Rong Lu were summoned at Le Shoutang, which served as Qianlong's study. Apart from Li Lianying, there were no other eunuchs and court ladies. Kneeling past Ann, King Qing played first: "Rong Lu came to Beijing at twelve o'clock last night, and he had a big event to play to Lafayette." "Speak!" Empress Dowager Cixi asked Rong Lu: "You came to Beijing after Yuan Shikai returned to Tianjin?" "Yes!" Rong Lu replied, "This slave has a secret document, please read it to Lafayette." The secret document is that Zhu Yu.Li Lianying took it from Rong Lu, turned around and presented it to the imperial case, the Empress Dowager Cixi's eyes changed color, her cheeks protruded, the veins between her eyebrows were exposed, and her teeth were gritting loudly.King Qing and Rong Lu had never seen such a terrifying appearance of an old lady, and they couldn't help shivering.

It was really like thunder, coming and going quickly, the Empress Dowager Cixi suddenly restrained her anger and said calmly: "What's going on?" "Yuan Shikai came to see the servants as soon as he returned to Tianjin..." Rong Lu reported Yuan Shikai's informant and his contingency deployment, from the beginning to the end when he talked about going to Beijing to meet King Qing.The speech was very long, and when I spoke it in one breath, I couldn't help panting. After a short break, the Empress Dowager Cixi looked at Li Lianying and said, "Give tea to Master Rong!"

The tea is ready-made, but the tea sets are all bright yellow, which cannot be usurped by the ministers, so it is quite troublesome, so the Empress Dowager Cixi spoke again. "Take what I use! When is this, you're still mushrooming there!" "Etiquette for monarchs and ministers!" Li Lianying had already found two Qianlong blue and white wine bells, which were used as tea bowls, poured tea, and replied without turning her head: "There is no mistake in the rules! Lafayette has grace, People dare not drink it!" With that said, tea has been poured for two minutes.Both King Qing and Rong Lu kowtowed first, then Fang Shi knelt on the ground, holding the tea clock in both hands, "Gudu, gudu" drank it all in one go.

At this moment, the Empress Dowager Cixi already wanted to stop, "Yuan Shikai is hateful! He is Cao Cao offering a treasured sword to Dong Zhuo!" She said emphatically, "This person must never be kept." Rong Lu was shocked, "Yuan Shikai is a talent, I beg Lafayette to show mercy." He glanced at King Qing, "This servant knows that Yuan Shikai has nothing in his heart. Besides, this servant can subdue him." King Qing received a big red envelope from Yuan Shikai, as well as a sign of honor and salary, and he said, "Lafayette knows that, now we are going to recruit talents for major events. Yuan Shikai is not sorry, but if Lafayette can't spare him, he is afraid of doing things for Lafayette." people will be chilled."

"And," Li Lianying interjected, "also told Jingren Palace to watch the joke." Concubine Zhen lived in Jingren Palace in the Sixth West Palace. If she knew that Yuan Shikai had been punished for reporting the secret, of course she would clap her hands and applaud her.The Empress Dowager Cixi woke up, and she couldn't do things like "friends and enemies". "Okay! I'll spare him. But, Rong Lu, you have to take care of yourself!" "Yes. The slave can restrain him." The Empress Dowager Cixi nodded, turned her face and ordered: "Bring the box!"

Li Lianying agreed, and immediately fetched a yellow box for storing memorials, opened the small silver lock, and the Empress Dowager Cixi found out a memorial by herself, and handed it to Rong Lu for reading. This booklet was jointly titled by two censors, who presented it to the Summer Palace on the third day of the eighth lunar month.These two censors, one is Yang Chongyi, a native of Changshu, Jiangsu. , so it is quite inconvenient to discuss. The other is Zhang Zhongxin, son of Zhang Kaisong, from Jiangxia, Hubei.Zhang Kaisong has served as the governor for a long time, and his official pocket is full, so Zhang Zhongxin is a rich and powerful nobleman. The purpose of being an official is contrary to Yang Chongyi. Known for being outspoken.

The excerpts submitted by Yang and Zhang were naturally presented to the emperor, but this excerpt could not be watched by the emperor, so he specially presented it to the Summer Palace.Because, since the beginning of summer, Empress Dowager Cixi has been staying in the Summer Palace. The emperor visits her every day, and often handles major affairs there.Yang Chongyi took advantage of the loophole of the emperor's uncertain contacts, and was able to send the emperor's excerpt to the Empress Dowager Cixi. The content of the excerpt is to get the popularity first, and to grab the merit of "supporting the establishment", and ask the Empress Dowager Cixi to hang down the curtain three times.However, since he has "returned to the government", it is inconvenient to take over the power openly, so imitating the story of Jiaqing ascending the throne, Qianlong, as the emperor, still intervening in government affairs, there is a ready-made title of "political training", which can be borrowed.

Rong Lu doesn't need to read this book again, because Yang Chongyi went to Tianjin to discuss it beforehand.Rong Lu said at the time, "We might as well talk about it later", as a foreshadowing, and now we have no choice but to use this foreshadowing. "Then, you go prepare!" Empress Dowager Cixi asked Li Lianying, "What is the emperor going to do today?" "In addition to summoning the four 'upstarts', we have to visit the 'Reading and Wishing Board' of the Hall of Central Harmony." "Where is the emperor at this moment?"

"Most likely still in Jingren Palace." Li Lianying replied, "I will send someone to inquire immediately." As soon as she heard about Jingren Palace, Empress Dowager Cixi became angry unconsciously, "There's no need to inquire!" She said, "Let's go!" Rong Lu could not know for sure what the Empress Dowager Cixi would say when she met the emperor when she arrived at Jingren Palace.However, it doesn't matter what the emperor said, the most important thing now is to decide where the Empress Dowager Cixi will summon the military aircraft? Thinking in this way, Chen Zou asked for an order. The Empress Dowager Cixi had no objection, so she asked, "What do you think?"

"The meaning of the slave is to ask Lafayette to handle affairs in Xiyuan." "Alright! Take Yang Chongyi's book with you." The Empress Dowager Cixi then ordered Li Lianying: "We will go from Jingren Palace to Xiyuan in the future." "Cha!" Li Lianying agreed, winking at Ronglu. This is a hint that he can "kneel down".So Rong Lu touched King Qing again with his elbow, and the two kowtowed and knelt down, resigned from the hall, and went to the court room of the House of Internal Affairs not far from the military aircraft in the Longzong gate, and sent someone to find Chongli first. Come join.

"It has already been notified." Chongli said in a low voice: "Gang Zhongtang said that he has been looking forward to this day for a long time! How to prepare, it is best to inform him as soon as possible." "Zhonghua, I think, just invite Gang Ziliang to have a talk right now?" Rong Lu thought about it for a while, then shook his head, "It's not necessary right now." Then he turned to Chongli and said, "Shou Zhi, please help me, quietly find Qian Zimi." "Okay! I'll tell myself." Zimi is Qian Yingpu's alias, a native of Jiaxing, Zhejiang, and a military officer from Zhangjing.During the Tongzhi period, he was transferred out of Beijing for Zeng Guofan, and he was in charge of the technical secondary school in his shogunate. Zeng Guofan died in the post of governor of Liangjiang. Dalami was promoted to be the Minister of Military Aircraft. He is a man of wisdom and understanding, especially in his writing.Rong Lu felt that this important matter must be passed through the military aircraft, and among the ministers of the military aircraft, it is only useful to discuss with Qian Yingpu. King Qing was more cautious, thinking that Gang Ziliang should be told, that is fortitude.This person was born in Xianglan Banner, and when he was a member of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, because he was familiar with laws and regulations and was brave enough to do things, he was appreciated by the Shangshu Weng Tonghe at that time. To have a voice, he can be regarded as the best among the officials in the frontier.After the fifteenth year of Emperor Guangxu's reign, Weng Tonghe married his relatives with the honor of a master, and gained the sole authority of the emperor, which was quite powerful.In the 20th year of Guangxu's Sino-Japanese War, the Navy was defeated in the Battle of Dadonggou.The political situation changed, King Gong returned, and Weng Tonghe and Li Hongzao joined the military plane again. Because of Weng Tonghe's secret protection, they were summoned by the governor of Guangdong to walk on the military plane as the minister of rites.In the official career, this is a big step!Logically speaking, we should be grateful to Weng Tonghe, but not! Weng Tonghe is definitely not a person who likes to put on airs, and he rarely speaks harshly.But with fortitude being both an old attribute and a new kindness, the words and expressions are of course more straightforward. Gangyi has not read many books, loves to lose words and often reads white characters, mentioning that Shun is called "King of Shun", but those who know it shake their heads, and they don't find it harsh when they read Gaoyao's pottery as pottery pottery. However, as the governing ministers of the country, "tea" poisons life, carelessly "manages" human life, and is catchy, this kind of joke hurts the majesty of the government. He was so popular that he only claimed to be right, but he felt great hatred in his heart, and he always wanted to find a chance to take revenge. In the spring of this year, because Weng Tonghe sponsored the emperor's restoration and was related to Kang Youwei, who was hated by the Empress Dowager Cixi and the old party, he was squeezed out by Rong Lu, who had a grudge with Weng Tonghe, and ended up being "dismissed from office and never used, and deported back to his hometown." , handed over to the magistrates to strictly control the desolate situation, and when Rong Lu killed this killer, Fortitude did its best in the dark.But Rong Lu was not grateful, instead he felt that this person was mean and unrighteous, and he was wary.At the same time, he was also very dissatisfied with the resolute, self-serving and domineering style. He felt that the conflict between the old and the new was so fierce that the empress dowager and the emperor's mother and son were like enemies.Therefore, I don't want to discuss this important matter with him. King Qing saw that his attitude was firm, so he refused to say more, and when Qian Yingpu arrived at the court of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he still asked Rong Lu to talk to him in detail.