Chapter 57 Section fifty-seven

At the beginning of the year, the situation was tense and tense.On the surface, the big wedding cost more than 10 million yuan, which brought about a very prosperous market, and all kinds of jobs were directly and indirectly smeared, and everyone was smiling.In addition, this year was supposed to be the official examination of Ji Chou, and the candidates from all provinces often came to Beijing earlier in the year in order to pay tribute to the grand wedding ceremony.And because there will be Enke next year, if the field is unfavorable this year, you might as well stay in Beijing to study hard, so as not to travel back and forth, so you have brought enough money, and most of them have the idea of ​​having fun and having fun, and let's spend a little time before talking. , making inns, restaurants, theaters and brothels more prosperous in business, rich and prosperous, and a peaceful scene.

There are many unsettling situations in the dark.Just like the newly made Taihe Gate, it looks like a painted pillar and carved beams, which can almost be faked, but the outside is strong but the inside is a mess.A month ago, more than a dozen memorials opposing the construction of the Tianjin-Tongtong Railway were all suppressed by the Navy Yamen, and a group of upright and upright people who had seen through and thought deeply planned to use the bottom of the pot to solve the root cause. Among them, Tu Renshou, the supervisory censor of Shanxi Province, was the most serious.He is a native of Xiaogan, Hubei. He was a Hanlin in the 13th year of Tongzhi. He was transferred from an editor to a censor.He hated the Prince Chun's family for attacking Prince Gong in every possible way, establishing the Navy's office, and encroaching on the powers of the Military Aircraft Department and the Prime Minister's Office, resulting in a chaotic phenomenon of multiple political parties.Therefore, all the weak administrations of King Chun and the Navy's government, such as the "Navy Service" in disguised form, are all criticized.

Tu Renshou was extremely firm in his opposition to the construction of the Jintong Railway.For the past month or so, he has been thinking that this matter was advocated by Li Hongzhang, and he relied on King Chun as a talisman.If you don't go to the king of alcohol, you can't attack Li Hongzhang, so the way to draw from the bottom of the pot is to attack the king of alcohol. At this time, the Navy Yamen and the Military Aircraft Department were ordered to discuss the case of requesting the closure of the Jintong Railway by the officials, and the preliminary results were obtained. The excerpt jointly played by King Chun and King Shiduo of Li contains thousands of words, and refute the seven excerpts written by officials, Hanlin, and ministers. The final conclusion is: "The speaker talks about railways, Naiyun: "Even if there are more advantages than disadvantages, it should be stopped immediately." This minister and others are very puzzled. Now it is a big wedding, and the return to the government will be held soon, and the etiquette is heavy. Lai Lai cares about it personally. The ministers and others will do their duty If the things that should be done are discussed outside the bureau, they will be repeatedly discussed and repeated, so that they are troublesome to read, which is really not safe for the next generation, but it is related to the important affairs of the military and the country, and they dare not be restrained by the public, so they suddenly retreat. Aspirations. Only what the generals and ministers have seen and heard, and what can be checked, should be reported according to the facts, and begged for holy lessons. As for the establishment of the matter, I am not tired of asking for details, but there are always many inaccuracies. Check the defense The most pressing issue is along the river and the coast, where the governors of the generals should pay close attention to their own interests, and be practical. Can the ministers wait for this performance, and the original performances of the courtiers, and send it to the governors of the generals, according to the current situation, express what they see, and discuss in detail. Smell. At that time, I will pay homage to the Holy Mercy and make a compromise, especially prudent and careful."

In this replay, the words "Xiao Xiao endlessly", "Zhong Xie" and "outside floating discussions" were used in the words of opposition. It’s all about the facts; it’s true that it’s true and false in each of the articles and statements, and it can really be analyzed.” The meaning of protecting is very obvious.Of course, King Chun's suggestion was also accepted, and the governors of the provinces along the coast and along the river were assigned to "repeat quickly and prepare for selection." Once the "Mingfa Shangyu" was circulated to the market, it contributed to Tu Renshou's determination to draft a total of three memorials to discuss with Sheng Yu.His first booklet said: "Returning to the government of Yier, the current affairs are Yin, please Ming Yi's decree, according to the past events of Emperor Gaozong's teaching, all the inscriptions of the ministry, the usual memorials are as usual, the secret papers of other provinces, the court officials still seal the book The words 'The Empress Dowager's holy book', please read it kindly, and then implement it."

Sheng Yu was shocked, "Mei Jun," he covered his papers and asked, "This is asking the Empress Dowager to be the Supreme Emperor, which is a step further than the expedient move of hanging the curtain. If you hear it, have you considered the consequences?" "Of course I've thought about it, I've thought about it deeply. Whichever is the lesser of the two evils, rather than letting King Jin control the government, it's better to invite the Empress Dowager to be the Supreme Emperor." "how do I say this?" "Let's try to negotiate a discount on the railway. It is clear that the situation of internal and external control has been resolved. After returning to power, if King Chun has a statement, he can play it together with a single title and go to the deep palace. This is to coerce the queen mother to order the emperor. And below, The King of Li listened to his orders. He only read this note. The two kings, Chun and Li, played again, and the military plane accepted the decree to draft an edict, which was completely in accordance with the wishes of King Chun. Now, even though the governors of various provinces have made a final agreement, who would not Dare to hold your breath and hold dissent? The empress dowager, the military aircraft, and the governor are all at the mercy of King Chun. How will the future situation of the emperor be? No need to ask!"

"I can see it, I can see it!" Sheng Yu suddenly realized, "You mean not to let the empress dowager listen." "Exactly!" Tu Renshou replied: "Although he returned to the government, the emperor is benevolent and filial, and he will naturally follow his orders when there are major events. However, the future experience of the empress dowager must not be as good as it is now. She has listened to the preconceived words of King Chun in everything. What can you say? After all, the empress dowager is the husband of a woman, she is smart and capable, and she can visit a wide range of scholars, and she has her own balance. In any case, it is much better than the mediocre King Chun hiding behind the scenes and controlling the government."

However, this memorial is actually just an introduction. If it is accepted, Tu Renshou will have made a great contribution to supporting him. Of course, the Empress Dowager Cixi will look at it differently.Taking a step back, at least it can prove that what he said is right, and if you keep making suggestions, you will have strength. So he wanted to write the second scripture, which was Tu Renshou's proposition that he went all out to realize it: King Chun, as the emperor's biological father, should never hear about political affairs again.Then there is a third excerpt, following Wang Xianqian and Zhu Yixin, specializing in Li Lianying.

Sheng Yu felt that his steps were set well, so he strongly agreed, and made a promise that as long as the first scripture was effective, he would definitely help when the second scripture was written.Even if it is inconvenient for me to come out, I must invite some people to respond in unison and strengthen the momentum. All yamen opened their seals on the 21st of the first lunar month, and Tu Renshou handed over his first copy first.When it was delivered to the imperial court, the emperor was very confused, wondering what his intention was?After much deliberation, he didn't dare to make his own opinion, sealed it in the yellow box with his own hands, and sent the eunuch to send it to Chuxiu Palace immediately.

Seeing that it was Tu Renshou's title, the Empress Dowager Cixi felt disgusted at first. He already had a lot of excerpts on admonishing the province's promotional works and festival tours. He does the ledger.So when I saw the folded noodles, I thought it was another set of unpleasant words that would spoil the fun, but it turned out not to be the case!This time, her confusion was deeper than that of the emperor. "It seems to be loyal?" Empress Dowager Cixi said to herself, not sure if Tu Renshou had good intentions or malicious intentions? If it is good intentions, this person does not seem to be willing to make such a claim. If it is malicious, what is his role?The Empress Dowager Cixi didn't believe that Tu Renshou had good intentions, but only thought of the bad, and finally thought she had figured it out.

"Damn it!" She patted the table angrily, "How dare you try me like this!" So she sent someone to find the emperor and asked, "Have you seen this book?" "I've read it." The emperor replied, "Tu Renshou's performance was originally in progress." Empress Dowager Cixi was thinking in her heart, could the emperor be acting against his will?Of course, it's inconvenient to ask him, so I just sneered and said: "Don't you even know my painstaking efforts? Backtracking on my promise, let future generations see me as what kind of person?"

This rebuke was very heavy, and the emperor was very frightened, and he lowered his head and dared not make a sound. "This matter is very important." Empress Dowager Cixi said decisively: "Tu Ren deserves to be punished." "He," the emperor begged for Tu Renshou, "his memorials have always been exaggerated. Please ignore him!" "How can you ignore such an important matter? If you ignore it, it seems that what he said makes sense. It's fine to ignore him in the previous excerpts or exaggerations, but not this time!" Empress Dowager Cixi said again, "You also have to confess and confess my painstaking efforts for me." The words became more serious, and the emperor could only respond again and again: "Son, listen to your orders." "Let's talk about it after seeing the military plane first." Summoning the military aircraft and issuing the original package, Li Wang Shiduo was at a loss.Sun Yuwen is the most vigilant in these matters, knowing that there must be a reason, so he pays special attention to the attitude of Empress Dowager Cixi. "Dropping the curtains was a last resort, and I have long wanted to unload this heavy burden." The Empress Dowager Cixi's excited mood gradually calmed down, so her tone became quite moderate, but she was very firm. Understand my painstaking efforts, what should I say?" "Changing the curtain is different from Emperor Gao Zongchun's political training." Shi Duo replied, "It is wrong for Tu Renshou to discuss these two things together." "Big mistake!" The Empress Dowager Cixi said, "I've been quite peaceful in my speech for the past two years. Now that Tu Renshou is talking nonsense, this example can't be opened! I don't want to punish the speaker, but this matter has too much to do with it. I have to pay the Ministry!" Empress Dowager Cixi asked, "Emperor, what do you think?" The emperor stood up and promised: "Yes!" Then he told Shiduo: "You submit to Yiyi's decree to draw up the imperial edict." So Shiduo signaled Sun Yuwen to withdraw from the hall first, and to draft the decree to "Dalami".The Empress Dowager Cixi mentioned how she had painstakingly dealt with all kinds of suspenseful and dangerous incidents since the curtain was drawn twice, and finally declared solemnly: "In the past two decades, many people have contributed. They are for the country, but they also helped us. Now I can say that I have retired, and I should have an explanation for those who helped me. Emperor, don’t you think so?” "Yes!" The emperor suggested: "You can open a list, please reward me with a decree." "That's right! Shi Duo, you can open a list to see. The first one is Prince Jiu." "yes." "Prince Gong really did his best." Empress Dowager Cixi said, "From the winter of the eleventh year of Xianfeng to the present, all ministers of military aircraft have driven up. The current one is in front, and the former one is in the back. And Seng Gelinqin. " "Yes!" Shi Duo asked, "Prince Baylor, do you want to make another list?" "Only open if you have merit. Prince Baylor, after the emperor's wedding, he will give you another favor." So Shiduo went back to the military plane, discussed with his colleagues, and opened a total of nine lists, the least three of which had only one person, one of which was Chun Wang; Taxation Secretary Hede; another one is Monk King.The other six are: the current and former Minister of Military Aircraft; the current and former Military Aircraft Zhang Jing; the envoys of various countries stationed in Beijing; the martyred generals and officials of the first and second ranks; .The total number is no less than 300 people. The living are promoted to ranks and treasures are awarded, and the dead are given an altar or built a special temple.Tan Enpu Shi, Ze and dry bones. In contrast to these decrees, Tu Renshou's punishment of "precepts for presumptuousness and falsehood, disorderly law enforcement", "remove to the censor, hand over to the Ministry for discussion, and throw back the original" is particularly apparent. Eye-catching.So in the early morning of the next day, when he folded out of the palace gate holding the "thrown back" original, many sympathizers were already waiting. This condolences are all in general terms. Everyone only thinks that he has a reputation for being upright and upright, and he is worthy of the reputation of being an iron-faced imperial censor.But after careful examination, I don't know why I should condolences?It is not a good thing to persuade the empress dowager to learn from the emperor, is it worthy of condolences?Of course it's not worth it, and the response should be that he is just taking Tu Renshou's character as a man, and he never wants to be attached to him, or deliberately fights, just like Zhang Zhidong and Zhang Peilun did in the past, and the role of advice is in the hunter.Therefore, friends who have a deep friendship should ask frankly: Why did this happen? Tu Renshou couldn't be forced, but at the same time he felt that what he planned would not work. If he was resigned from the position of censor, he would not be able to make suggestions.Therefore, the twists and turns of the whole story were told to several close friends in detail.And repeatedly exhorted: not enough for outsiders. Who knew that the truth was still leaked out, someone quietly told Sun Yuwen, who was newly promoted to Minister of Punishment, about Tu Renshou's secret. He remembered that when the Empress Dowager Cixi summoned Weng Tonghe the day before, she said that although Tu Renshou made false remarks to disrupt the government, he was still a sage in admonishing Taiwan. . Therefore, Sun Yuwen specially went to see King Chun, and secretly talked with them, and decided to expel Tu Renshou from the capital.However, this case is sponsored by the Ministry of Officials, and it is not yet possible to use the power of military aircraft to intervene. We can only wait for the replay of the "Ministry of Communications" to arrive before making sense.