Chapter 24 first quarter

Supervising the "Henan Anhui Suppressing Bandit Affairs Minister Sheng Bao", together with the former governor of Zhili, he was dismissed from his post because of the internal crimes of the British and French allied forces, and his defense was weak. Respectfully invite the Empress Dowager to bow to Yian", this is a move that even Cao Yuying never thought of, and I have to admire Shengbao's ingenious move. In Shengbao, this action is easy, but Sushun and Duhan, etc., regard his light yellow zhezi as heavy as the top of Mount Tai, and use the strength of a lion to fight a rabbit to parry it. , you can see the cleverness of Katsuho's move.

Duanhua was the first one who couldn't hold his breath. He shook two sets of please-an brochures in yellow silk hard-mounted envelopes in his hand, and asked Mu Yin loudly: "Old Mu, you have been in the military aircraft for the longest time, have you ever seen this kind of novelty?" trick?" "I've never seen it before." Mu Yin shook his head and said, "In this dynasty, there is only a precedent for ministers to pay respects to the Supreme Emperor, and there has never been a rule to pay respects to the Empress Dowager." "Then what do they mean?"

What means?No one knew that it was intended to flatter the Empress Dowager, especially by putting the notes for the Empress Dowager and the notes for the Emperor together, it could be clearly expressed that greeting the Emperor was just a form of etiquette.The six-year-old emperor didn't know what greetings were meant at all, and paying respects to the queen mother was a real expression of respect. Zanxiang Minister of State Affairs, under the orders of the first emperor, to help protect the young master, they denied the qualifications of the queen mother to accept any salute from foreign ministers, the queen mother is only the "mother" queen, before the little emperor failed to take charge of the government, they had to let them speak for the little emperor , Complete the system of "pro-bong Lunyin".The Queen Mother does not have an independent status. If she has an independent status, she can take over the power of the emperor and make Minister Gu Ming useless for "supporting government affairs"!

Therefore, each of Gu Ming's eight ministers felt the blow, "This case cannot be opened!" Sushun sternly expressed his determination to stop it. "Yes!" Duhan echoed, "As soon as this case is opened, there will be speculation, and there may be some people who suggest hanging the curtain. At that time, it will be difficult to suppress it." "Jiyuan's words are good." Zaiyuan made a reminder: "Let's discuss what to do!" "Reject him." Sushun said to Jiao Youying, "You write an edict, and send it to the superior for reading later."

"This...?" Jiao Youying hesitated.Zhang Jing, who has been working in the military aircraft for more than ten years, has drafted many decrees, with various tricks in them, but this is the first time he has broken the question, and he doesn't know how to write? Duhan saw his difficulty and said, "Of course it's not just about rejecting it. If it's not in line with the system, it will be easier for the Ministry to discuss it." "I'm afraid it's not very good?" Mu Yin objected, "I pay my respects to the queen mother. If the emperor wants to punish this minister, it will cause controversy."

"What are you afraid of!" Sushun sneered, "The more you are afraid of things, the more troubles you will have. Jiyuan's idea is good, so I will hand it over to the Ministry for discussion. Also, how can I use Huang Zhezi during this period? Write it down too." This is the crime of wanting to add!Can An Zhe still use Bai Zhezi?Mu Yin was thinking like this in her heart, but she didn't dare to say any more. At this moment, Cao Yuying appeared at the door. He had always been called to the Zhilu Minister of Military Aircraft. Naturally, he had a particularly urgent business at this time and needed to ask for instructions in person, so Sushun left Jiao Youying's side, waved and shouted: "Zhuoru, what's the matter? Come in, come in!"

"Yes." Cao Yuying held a letter in his hand, walked in the door leisurely, greeted the general manager first, and then said: "I have a good news, and I am here to report it to all princes and lords." Everyone was deeply interested in this statement, everyone thought about it for a while, but they couldn't guess it was He Xixin?Only Duhan said: "But what news is there in Beijing? Please sit down and talk. " "There is news from Jingli." He looked at the chair that Su La brought over, and sat on one side, looking at the letter in his hand: "Jingli got the news that An Qingke has recovered..." With just this sentence, Gu Ming Bachen whispered at the same time: "Oh!"

All of them leaned forward. "It was recovered on the first day of August. Master Wen asked Zhu Xueqin to notify me and pass it on to the princes and lords, saying that the news is absolutely reliable. Since Zeng Guofan has not reported it, it is inconvenient to use official documents." After finishing speaking, he put the letter in his hand , and handed it over to Jiao Youying who was seated next to him. Jiao Youying didn't dare to look at it first, and respectfully forwarded it to Zaiyuan.While passing on the view, everyone looked forward to the future with joy, saying that Anqing was restored, and Jinling went straight to Jinling. It was a serious disaster for more than ten years.Naturally, some people also mentioned Sushun's credit for protecting the Hunan Army, and they poured a meal of rice soup by the way, making Sushun very happy.

Cao Yuying agreed on the surface, but he was deeply vigilant in his heart. He just sent a special person to send a secret letter to Prince Gong, and he was thinking in his heart whether he should also pass on the good news about Anqing to Prince Gong.Therefore, I sat down for a while, excused and had important matters to attend to, so I resigned. As soon as he left, the queen mother immediately sent eunuchs out to "call out".Gu Ming's eight ministers were all in high spirits, the class came to see them, and after the ceremony, Zaiyuan played loudly: "The empress dowager, the emperor is overjoyed!"

The two palaces are stunned, the national funeral is not yet full moon, how can there be a happy event?Saying this, the wording is not good enough, it's just that it's not convenient to hit him face-to-face, so I can only look at each other. So Zaiyuan gave a brief account of Anqing's belief in Kefu.This was indeed a happy event, but the Western Empress Dowager didn't want to show any signs, while the Eastern Empress Dowager felt sad, wiped her eye circles with a plain handkerchief, sighed and said: "This good news, it would be better if it came a month earlier?" One month earlier, Emperor Daxing had to hear about it before his death, and it is unknown whether this happy event might extend his life.Feeling the kindness of knowing you, Sushun naturally understood the Queen Mother's mood best, so he came out of the class and kowtowed and said: "This is caused by Emperor Daxing's silent blessing in heaven. The gods are not happy, and I will look forward to it..." Speaking of this, I choked my throat and couldn't finish my words.

"Get up, get up!" The Eastern Empress Dowager was quite moved, and comforted him and said, "You also have the credit for this." Then she turned to look at the Western Empress Dowager, as if she wanted to discuss something. The Empress Dowager Xi knew what she meant, so she rushed to the front and said, "It's all about working together inside and out to win this battle. The court will naturally reward those who contribute, and let's talk about it when Zeng Guofan's book arrives!" Putting this aside for the time being is the simplest and most appropriate solution in front of the eyes, and both Sushun and Zaiyuan have no objection.So the Queen Mother mentioned the date of returning to Beijing and ascending to the pole. Ascend to the pole is just a ceremony, sooner or later, it doesn't matter. Su Shunyuan said that the date of returning to Beijing would be September 23rd at the earliest, and now it will be accepted. Naturally, he didn't have anything to say, only a lot of details to discuss. "Since the date has been set, everyone doesn't have to crowd together. If you have nothing to do here, you can go first." Sushun thought for a while and said, "I mean, all the concubines, you might as well go back to the city early and settle down first. Waiting to serve the two empress dowagers and the emperor, wouldn't it be calm?" "That's not bad." The Empress Dowager nodded, "Let's go for a while after the festival!" "You can go before the festival. Anyway, this year is only the Mid-Autumn Festival." During the national mourning period, there is no New Year's Day, but there are only a few days, "Is it too late?" The Queen Mother asked. "It's too late, it's too late!" Sushun replied repeatedly, "I will send someone to get two hundred carts immediately, and they will be ready before the tenth day of the Lunar New Year. I will ask the empress dowager to pass on the decree and order the concubines to take care of it as soon as possible. I will leave on the eleventh day." .” "Okay." The Empress Dowager said again, "How about September 23rd? Is the emperor going with Zigong?" The emperor couldn't do without the empress dowagers of the two palaces, if they went with the Zigong, they would all be crowded together, and it would be very troublesome to run errands, so Sushun replied: "According to the rules, the emperor should respect the Zigong and protect him along the way, but the emperor If you are not yet an adult, you might as well follow the authority. The slave asked the emperor to send Zigong away from Rehe, and after the two empress dowagers rushed back to Beijing, the slave personally escorted Zigong and walked according to the station, everything will be safe in this way." The empress dowagers of the two palaces discussed for a while and agreed to his approach. "There is one more thing. I respectfully attend to the funeral ceremony. I am afraid that there will be insufficient manpower. I will also send Prince Dun to help you a little bit." The Empress Dowager looked at Zaiyuan without waiting for him to express her opinion, and said, "Immediately." Write it down." Zaiyuan agreed, and turned his head to wink at Jiao Youying. He didn't look for Zhang Jing, the military aircraft on standby, and went to the court room by the side of the hall, and sent it in with a wave. "Temple" stamp, everything is done in less than a cup of tea. After the Queen Mother finished explaining, it was time for Zaiyuan to make a statement.The first thing is to deal with the case of Shengbao and Tan Tingxiang. After explaining the reasons, Zaiyuan said: "The ministers were ordered by the late emperor to praise the government affairs and assist the young master in everything. Nothing else." This is an explanation that he didn't intend to embarrass anyone on purpose, but the Eastern Empress Dowager still felt surprised, and using the memorial to greet the Empress Dowager was just to show a little respect, why not?Besides, when others respect you, you reprimand them, isn't that ignorant of flattery? Thinking of this in his heart, he turned to look at the Queen Mother, hoping that she could dismiss them. Unexpectedly, the Queen Mother said calmly: "Since it is not allowed by law, let's hand it over to the Ministry for discussion!" As she said, she personally stamped the seal of "Tongdaotang" on the word "Qin this" issued by Daoming. , and took it to the Queen Mother. This is not because she respects the family law. She is angry with the Queen Mother in her heart. She does this because she knows that Shengbao still has an excerpt for asking to visit the Zi Palace, which needs approval, so she made a concession on purpose so that she can be included in this excerpt. There is something to say. As she expected, Zaiyuan suggested "no need to come" to Shengbao's other booklet. His reason was: "Military affairs are important. Besides, Zigong will return to Beijing, so there is no need to go any further." "I'm afraid it's not very good." The Empress Dowager's tone was gentle, but her words were forceful: "I greeted you with a yellow book, and I sent it to the Ministry of Discussions. I wanted to visit Zigong, but I rejected it. The outsiders don't understand the painstaking efforts of the imperial court. It’s as if we’re trying to embarrass others. Now that we’re winning the battle, morale matters! We must not do anything that would teach the military officers to feel that the imperial court doesn’t care about them.” These words left Zaiyuan speechless, Sushun was embarrassed, he felt that he had made a mistake.Sheng Baoyuan was dissatisfied, and today the Queen Mother's words were going to be spread, and it was in vain to form another heavy grievance, which was unwise. At this time, Zaiyuan was determined and tried to argue: "The Holy Mother and the Empress Dowager see it very well. I will not let Shengbao come here because I am afraid that the imperial envoys and governors who are abroad will be like him. It will be very difficult to ask for an invitation. trouble." "What trouble?" "At that time, if it is not allowed, there is an example of Shengbao. If it is not allowed, everyone will come to pay homage to Zigong, which will delay the military." This was a superficial and boring chat with nothing to say. The Western Empress Dowager sneered slightly, but she seemed to disdain to answer. Instead, the Eastern Empress Dowager said: "Shengbao is different from others. He is the favorite of Emperor Daxing. He said that he wanted to cry before the spirit, and it was his intention as a subject, so why not allow him to come?" This is another nail hit, but thanks to this bump, the conversation can be answered, "Yes!" Zai Yuan hurriedly replied: "I will obey the order." When Gu Ming and the eight ministers withdrew, it was time to pass on the meals. The tables were set separately, and the queen mothers of the two palaces ordered to eat at the same table because they had something to discuss.The two sat facing each other, and the little emperor struck horizontally.In the past few days, he has been fascinated by playing crickets. There is a "Purple-headed Long-legged Invincible General" suggested by the little eunuch, which is his "loved general" who is "invincible and invincible". For some reason, he doesn’t think about food and has no fighting spirit. He seems to be suffering from a disease. The little emperor is instructing Zhang Wenliang to “cure it as soon as possible.” After dinner, I ate two pieces of honey cake, drank half a bowl of soup, and left in a hurry. The empress dowagers of the two palaces waited for the little emperor to leave the table before they could calm down and talk. They were talking about how to convey the decree and let the concubines of the palaces return to Beijing first. The main problem was to decide who should go first and who could hold off.