Chapter 77 Jade Seat Bead Curtain (26-2)

"That's a rumor, why is there such a thing?" "The emperor said that rumors are rumors." There is an indescribable sense of disdain and words in this sentence. The emperor felt very uncomfortable. It is estimated that King Chun would not dare to change the situation and insist that there must be a situation that does not leave a trace, so he asked plausibly: "What do you say?" Ah! Where did I go, and on that day, did I meet those people?" "The emperor knows it himself." It became more and more obvious that King Chun's words were speculative rumors, and the emperor wanted to ask, "No!" He said, "You have to say it, or you will be spreading rumors."

Making rumors about the emperor is no small matter, King Chun was forced to tell the truth.That day I had a drink at Xuande Building, that day I had lunch at Longyuan Building, that day I wandered around Bada Hutong, that day I bought "idle books" at Liulichang.This was reported by Rong Lu and forwarded to King Chun.Not only is there a date, a place, but even what kind of food I ordered in the restaurant and how much money I spent. At this moment, not only the emperor was stunned and had no words to answer, but Boyan Namogu, Jing Shou, Shen Guifen and others also felt something they had never heard before.For a moment, the silence in the palace was like a storm before it came, making people uneasy.

"Other things are easy to talk about. I have to interview the queen mother, I can't decide this matter." I finally got such a sentence from the emperor, and I thought it was unsatisfactory.So King Dun took the lead, knelt down and retreated.The emperor himself was sweating profusely. He had just wiped his body after returning to the Qianqing Palace. The eunuch came to report and the Empress Dowager Cixi summoned him. When he arrived at the Changchun Palace, he saw the empress dowager Cixi's face gloomy, and the emperor was terrified at first. "I heard that Junji and Yuqian have a joint booklet." Empress Dowager Cixi asked:

"What did you say?" "It's not those commonplaces." The emperor wanted to show the memorial to the Empress Dowager Cixi, but he had already put his hand into his bosom, and then realized that this was "giving someone a handle", so he stretched out his hand again. "Why is it called a cliché? There are not a few important words in it, so why did you make an appointment to see you? What about Zhezi?" Empress Dowager Cixi stretched out her hand. The emperor thought to himself, if he said he hadn't brought it, maybe he would have ordered someone to fetch it.Doesn't it appear that he is lying if he can't get it?I had no choice but to hand in the memorial.

The Empress Dowager Cixi read the scriptures, although she didn't see ten lines at a glance, she was much faster than the emperor. She sneered while reading the scriptures, and threw the scriptures on the kang table after reading them. I don't know!" The emperor felt guilty, and was afraid that the Empress Dowager Cixi would ask about Weixing, so he covered it up like this: "Just after looking at the project a few times, there are rumors outside, how hateful!" "You're fine, is someone going there to spread rumors?" Empress Dowager Cixi looked at him and asked, "Do you know that these six paragraphs are about one thing!"

Naturally, this matter is the suspension of garden work. The emperor thought to himself that it would be much easier to let the Empress Dowager Cixi speak out by herself, so he bowed and replied, "Please enlighten me, Empress Dowager." "It's all because you are not good at studying. Think about it, how many days have you been in the study room this month?" The Empress Dowager Cixi continued, "If you can make progress and study hard, your mind will naturally calm down, and you will naturally be able to study hard." Knowing "fear the destiny" and "follow the ancestral system", there are rules in what you say and do, and you have read the memorials, and you are willing to listen to people's persuasion. As long as you can behave like this, it is nothing to build a garden so that you can study with peace of mind !" At this point, the Empress Dowager Cixi hesitated to speak, but finally said it out, "There is a saying, you must be dissatisfied with what I said, you have only been in power for more than a year, why did you become like this? Let’s put it bluntly, you are underestimated from the outside! You agreed with your mouth, but you sneered in your heart. Do you think it’s easy to read the booklet and meet the military plane? You came early!”

These few words made the emperor's face ashen, and his heart was indescribably sad, he wanted to answer back, but he didn't dare, so he lowered his head and bit his lips vigorously. "What happened to Wen Xiang?" This question was difficult for the emperor to answer, so he thought for a while before answering: "He is not in good health! If you want to open a vacancy, let him open it! " "Nonsense!" Empress Dowager Cixi was furious after all, "You simply don't have eyes." The emperor lowered his head again, hating himself for being clumsy, why would he say such words?

The Empress Dowager Cixi couldn't bear it any longer, she slowed down her voice and asked, "What do you mean now? There must be an explanation!" "Didn't the empress say that?" The emperor said with a bit of aggrieved voice, "I just need to go to the study more often." "It's also good if you are sincere and willing to learn." "Weng Tonghe is back, I would like to listen to his lectures." This is a sincere sentence, and the Empress Dowager Cixi also knew it, and nodded her approval.Let's not talk about the suspension of garden workers.The emperor thought about it carefully when he returned to the palace, but when he thought of the study, he felt shy.Thinking about other things, from the negotiations with Japan to the Empress Dowager Cixi's attitude towards the empress, there is nothing that can make my heart feel at ease. Under the irritability, I can only take another trip to the Old Summer Palace with my attendants. , the mood can be slightly relaxed.

In fact, the garden workers were on the verge of a standstill, because once Li Guangzhao's case broke out, Huanghuang issued an order to deal with it strictly, so how could the introduction of people who handled it be free of responsibility?Therefore, Huguang Road supervised the censor, Chuanlu in the first year of Tongzhi, and Chen Yi from Yizheng, Jiangsu, took the lead in attacking the minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for "deceitful work, please punish him."Then in the same year as Chen Yi, Sun Fengxiang, a censor of Jiangnan Province from Weixian County, Shandong Province, wrote a memorial, saying, "Li Guangzhao's submission to Mu Zhi last year, and the submission of Mu Zhi this time, were all acted by Gui Bao, the current Minister of Internal Affairs." The affairs of Tang Langzhong's tenure; Gui Baomeng mixed up the manuscripts and submitted them to the court, and cheated in traffic with Li Guangzhao, please punish them severely."These two excerpts have been approved by the emperor and handed over to the Ministry of Officials for discussion, and punishment is inevitable.At the same time, the crying hall of the ten important ministers has been passed on as news in Jiucheng.It seems that it will be a matter of time before the garden workers are stopped, so not only the people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs quietly stopped, but even the contractors of the garden workers had to stop and wait and see.

Things seemed to be at an impasse, and the emperor didn't know what to do, and it dragged on day by day.The ten ministers were even more anxious, and gathered frequently. Amid sighs and sighs, they decided on several indirect steps. If there were no six pieces of remonstrance from the ten important ministers, the emperor would not be paranoid. With the "Admonition Chapter", the emperor thought that it was King Gong and others, and he was very uncomfortable by using the eloquence to restrain him.However, Li Guangzhao's case was really irritating, so he finally approved the suggestion of the Ministry of Officials.

Guibao was the general office of the Yuanmingyuan project. This dismissal, "a snake without a head can't do it", and the garden work was completely stopped.The emperor began to feel that the situation was serious. The first was that he could not explain to the Empress Dowager Cixi; the second was related to prestige.After thinking about it, I can only find one person to discuss it. This person is Li Hongzao.Only when the emperor speaks in front of the enlightened master will he not feel that he has hurt the majesty of being an emperor. "Master," he said, "others don't know about my difficulties, but you should know. At the beginning, the decree to repair the garden was to entertain the empress dowagers of the two palaces. After handing over the drawings, you always know about these situations, right?" Of course Li Hongzao knew, and immediately asked: "On July 18th, I summoned the emperor and the military aircraft, and once masked my face to stop the garden work for a day, and played the decision of the two empress dowagers. Presumably the emperor has already played it personally?" When the emperor heard this question, he immediately showed an extremely embarrassed expression, and it took a long time before he said: "I don't know how to go back with the two empress dowagers." It is said that there are "two empress dowagers", but it is actually just one: Empress Dowager Cixi.Under the power of Empress Dowager Cixi, who was his biological mother and strict father, the emperor was often so frightened that he could not even speak clearly. This was well understood by Li Hongzao. Therefore, the emperor's difficulties were fully revealed in his words.Li Hongzao made up his mind at that time, but he didn't know what Prince Gong and the others meant.It is inconvenient to make any promises in front of the emperor, so I just replied: "The emperor's filial piety, the ministers and others all admire. Rong Chen and others have carefully planned a proper way, and there must be a way to express their worries." So on the same day, he talked to King Gong about the emperor's summoning. King Gong invited the five imperial ministers and the whole army to gather in Jianyuan for a meeting.In this discussion, there are many opinions. The situation stated by Li Hongzao has opened up the hidden situation in everyone's mind. In order to correct the emperor's behavior, all kinds of paths have been taken, but the most important path has never been taken. The empress dowager's intervention is the only good way to get rid of the deadlock and break the deadlock. "I think," said Prince Gong, "I'll trouble Lansun to draw up a secret booklet, and the public will go to the two palaces. Do you think it's okay?" This was exactly Li Hongzao's idea, and he also had a draft, but on this occasion, he had to say: "How to word the words, please discuss the rules first." "What do you think?" Prince Gong asked back. "I think it should be argued from the two aspects of reason and situation, saying that the garden workers had to stop." "Okay, please write it down first, and then think about it after reading the manuscript." "Not only to discuss the theory and situation, but also to expose the truth." Wen Xiang said, "If you want to talk about the people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, they know that the project is huge and cannot be completed, so they just use it perfunctorily so that they can get their hands on it. With the shrewdness of 'Western', of course I don’t want to be used as a cover for people to collect money. It is useful to say this!" "Yes!" Li Hongzao admired him wholeheartedly, "Third Brother really sees it through." So the girl set up a pen and inkstone, and Li Hongzao sat aside holding a pen to conceive.For memorials like these, there is no need to pay attention to diction, as long as the words are tactful and thorough, because Li Hongzao adapted Wen Xiang's words to his draft, and immediately wrote down the whole article without adding any points.After reading it after writing it, I changed a few words, stood up, and raised my hand to Prince Gong. "Please excuse me, read it again!" Li Hongzao agreed, and read aloud: "In the matter of the garden work, the emperor entertained the empress dowagers of the two palaces. She was filial and pure, and refused to take back her life. But when the situation was difficult, there were those who had to stop in theory. Respect the empress dowager Chen Zhi: Xianfeng ten years, Emperor Wen Zongxian visited Rehe from the Old Summer Palace. It was an extraordinary change in our dynasty for more than 200 years. To this day, all the subjects of the world are heartbroken. The empress dowagers and the emperor of the two palaces will also be sad when they think about the situation that day. How could they bear to return to their land? ?And Wen Feng, the former minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, once died in this place, an ominous place, and it is not suitable to stay there. , there is a risk of mutiny from time to time, and the Japanese harass Taiwan, which is very violent. All coastal ports must be fortified. How to raise funds? As far as the Ministry of Households is concerned, the monthly military pay is not enough to cover the expenditure. Taxes have been announced to stop the donations, and the lijin has been searched out. All the ministers at home and abroad are worried about the lack of national funds, and the garden workers have to be ten to twenty million. When the inside and outside are empty, they can get this huge sum Do you want to do such a huge project? This trend cannot but be stopped. The emperor should use the night to work hard, and to be safe in the world, to comfort the hearts of the empress dowagers of the two palaces, and to be the greatest filial piety.If the world's fat is exhausted for the work of the garden, with the holiness and benevolence of the empress dowager, I will definitely not bear it!For more than ten years, the empress dowager and the emperor have made great efforts to rule the country. They have mobilized all the bandits and wiped them out one by one.Today, the general situation is rough and the vitality has not recovered. When there is a shortage, it is not urgent. Those who know think it is the emperor's filial piety; The ministers in charge also know that the work is too expensive and there is no day for success. The door of entry is the gradual opening of flattery, especially for those who are not careless.Although it is said that there is no huge amount of money, the donations of military supplies have not stopped, and the contributions of garden workers continue to be donated. With limited wealth, how can it be used infinitely?The ministers thought that instead of accumulating public grievances, harming the state, and achieving success in all difficulties, it would be better to stop work as soon as possible to calm the hearts of the people in the world?I hope that the Empress Dowager will issue a decree to stop the garden work, and the mighty virtue of the Empress Dowager and the filial piety of the Emperor will surpass the ages! " After listening quietly, they all said that it was a big deal to be tactful and sincere.Only Shen Guifen raised a question, "It seems that one has to worry about it," he said, "Old Summer Palace is indeed a sad place, and there is no such huge amount of money for this huge project at this time. , so what?" "Watch!" Bao Jun and Shen Guifen have the same aura, and they agree with each other in everything, and Shen Guifen's views are indeed very deep and detailed, so he greatly appreciates it. "I heard that something was wrong, Jing Sheng said it was right. We have to make room for the higher up to retreat." Everyone think about what the two of them said, including Li Hongzao, they all think it is insightful, but King Dun is straightforward, pointing to Baojun and said: "You have always been in charge of the purse. How much money do you want to raise? If you don’t have a hundred thousand or eight hundred thousand, don’t say that before it’s too late.” "I can't do it if I don't say it!" Bao Jun replied, "Build a place to entertain the queen mothers of the two palaces. No one has ever dared to refute this. If this is the case, if the emperor wants to build Sanhai, it is not too demanding." .” "Hey!" Prince Gong was a little bored, looked at Prince Chun and Wen Xiang, and said in a consulting tone: "Just cultivate Sanhai! Anyway, I have to give something." "It can't be given so easily." Wen Xiang said slowly, "It still needs to be discussed." "I don't think there is any need to discuss it. Since it is to invite the two empress dowagers to surrender, why not see what the two empress dowagers mean." "Qi Ye is right." Li Hongzao strongly agreed, because doing so would not lose the original intention of asking the empress dowagers of the two palaces to intervene, "I think, let's make a decision on this!" Prince Gong nodded, and made a new conclusion: "Pass the booklet to Changchun Palace first. As a last resort, take Xiu Sanhai as a retreat." "Everyone keeps this in mind." Wen Xiang added, "It's better not to cultivate if you can. Once it spreads, people will make a fuss first. Why bother to open up a way to make money for others?" This refers to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.Everyone nodded and said yes, and dispersed one after another.Only Prince Chun did not leave, and he still had something to discuss with Prince Gong in secret. "Weng Shuping is back." He said, "Let's find a way to get that Wang out, Brother Six, do you think it's okay?" "Wouldn't this have swept up our young master's face? Besides, it's easy to be suspicious, so there's no need to worry about it." The first suggestion was dismissed, and King Chun made the second suggestion, thinking that since the empress dowagers of the two palaces have been alarmed, it must be done thoroughly. The construction of the Old Summer Palace is of course for the two ends of treasury funds and people's hearts, and it is also to prevent the emperor from inspecting the garden. In the name of a worker, he wears casual clothes.Everyone dared not tell these things to the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces, so it is better to expose it now, and let the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces know that Xingyuan Gong still has such a great harm. Prince Gong took this suggestion very seriously.He also had a more advanced idea. Playing the Empress Dowager Ming in this way showed that everyone opposed the garden workers, and it was inconvenient to express their secrets clearly, and he could gain the understanding of the Empress Dowager Cixi who was deeply interested in garden repairs. "Then please help me, brother and sister, let's go to the palace for a while!" "Let her go with the sixth sister-in-law," Chun Wang said again, "or make an appointment with the fifth sister-in-law." "No need! It's enough for me to see my brother and sister go alone." King Jin heard what Prince Gong meant, and since Zai Li was also messing around outside, it was really inconvenient for Prince Gong Fujin to behave insignificantly to the emperor.So he resolutely agreed, and let Chun Wang Fujin enter the palace the next day to see the Empress Dowager Cixi have a secret report. Get rid of the maids and eunuchs, the sisters whispered.King Jin Fujin told the Empress Dowager Cixi in detail how the emperor changed clothes and wandered around the downtown area outside the front door after each inspection of the garden workers, and said that King Gong, King Jin and others were extremely worried and had no plans. There is no choice but to ask the empress dowager to decide. The Empress Dowager Cixi was shocked and angry, but also infinitely sad and disappointed. I saw the veins throbbing on her temples. Every time she saw this expression, it was her heart that was excited and angry. Even Wang Fujin was a little scared when she saw it. . "The empress dowager doesn't have to blame the emperor too much." Chun Wang Fujin persuaded anxiously, "The emperor is an adult after all, if you persuade him slowly, he will definitely listen." Empress Dowager Cixi was silent, her mind was in a mess and she was thinking a lot.How could the emperor be like this?It's always because of the lack of interest in the palace after the big marriage, and the loneliness of staying alone in the Qianqing Palace.If there was no empress, the emperor would not be angry and ignore Concubine Hui. From the beginning, the root of today's disaster was planted on the day he became empress.Thinking to the end in this way, he wished to abolish the queen with Yizhi. "Cough!" She sighed, her expression turned sad, "It was my fault at the beginning." What she meant was that she was not vigilant enough, not determined, and not high-handed when it came to making Alut as the latter. She hesitated and hesitated, making a big mistake.Naturally, Chun Wang Fujin would not have guessed this.Her mission is to explain the matter, the mission is over, there is no need to linger, and she will leave the palace immediately. ※ ※ ※ At this moment, the secret documents of the ten ministers and the two empress dowagers were delivered to the palace, and the empress dowager Cixi read it carefully, feeling unspeakable unhappiness in her heart.She disagreed with the "principle" and "potential" mentioned, and in terms of interest, she felt that she had suffered a great blow. Her 40th birthday could have been quite lively, but who would have thought it would be like this? situation!It's strange to blame, only to blame his son for not being up to date, if he hadn't been so nonsense, how could he have provoked such unpleasant words. A person who has been angry for a long time, waited for his emotions to calm down a little, read the memorial again, and felt that he should discuss it with the Empress Dowager Ci'an.After inviting her here, he read the scriptures to her, and mentioned the words of Jin Wang Fujin, just shook his head and sighed. The Empress Dowager Ci'an was quite calm. Although her heart was shaken and her face was pale, she was able to say a very powerful sentence: "The garden workers can't stop!" The Empress Dowager Cixi was still reluctant to say this sentence, but she couldn't insist on it, so she just said: "It's not a Yizhi to build a garden, so why use Yizhi to stop work now?" "Then tell the emperor and ask him to issue an order." The Empress Dowager Ci'an said again, "I heard the day before yesterday that Shen Baozhen's performance was approved, and he borrowed two million taels from the Bank of England to take it to Taiwan to repair the fort. I need to borrow three million taels of foreign debt. How can I get it going on like this?" Empress Dowager Cixi was silent.After a long time, he shook his head and said, "It's really annoying!" The Empress Dowager Ci'an saw her like this, so she called out: "Come on!" When the maid approached her, she ordered: "See where the emperor is?" "Yes!" the maid asked: "Just to watch the back and forth, or did you invite the Long Live Lord?" "Please come!" The emperor was summoned to the Changchun Palace, and seeing the expressions of the Empress Dowagers of the two palaces, he knew something was wrong, so he bit the bullet and greeted with a smile.The two "emperor mothers" ignored him, but Empress Dowager Ci'an pointed to the secret document and motioned him to read it. The emperor became annoyed when he couldn't see the two lines, "It's unreasonable!" He said angrily, "Why alarm the two empress dowagers?" "He is nice!" Empress Dowager Ci'an replied coldly. Empress Dowager Ci'an rarely used this tone when speaking to the emperor.So even though it was a cold sentence, he felt very sad in his heart, and the more he felt that the empress dowagers of the two palaces who had withdrawn from the ten important ministers and returned to the government were unreasonable. Looking at it again, the emperor felt disgusted again, "What is this called! Chen Zhima and Rotten Millet have all been moved out! Wenfeng's martyrdom happened more than ten years ago, and now he is still talking about 'reason'?" He angrily said Said, "The Japanese have been making trouble in Taiwan for some time. They have managed foreign affairs like this. They don't take the blame and blame themselves, but put on the face of loyal ministers. It's unreasonable!" Because of this prejudice, the emperor couldn't listen to a single sentence in this booklet. He read it hastily, biting his lip and blinking his eyes, thinking about countermeasures. "I have to ask them." The emperor said in a decisive voice: "It doesn't matter whether it's reason or power, it's all happened before last autumn. It should have been seen a long time ago. Why didn't you say it back then? Uncle Liu took the lead in donating money." Yinzi, why didn't you think about it at that time, the Old Summer Palace is not a 'good place to stay'?" These few words were justified, Empress Dowager Ci'an had nothing to say, Empress Dowager Cixi was not enthusiastic about the suspension of work, but she believed that the emperor's insignificant behavior must be investigated.She vaguely had an idea that if the emperor could express his repentance and put his mind to work hard, then we can temporarily ignore the suspension of work and try to raise funds step by step, at least to make the Old Summer Palace look good. So she sneered slightly and said, "There are some words that are hard to read. You are making too much noise! ​​You know what you do." The emperor's heart skipped a beat, probably the Empress Dowager Cixi had heard the rumors, and she couldn't admit that she did something minor, but she couldn't help but explain a bit, and after thinking about it, she replied: "I didn't go to Haidian a few times, it's not a big deal. " "Is it just Haidian?" Empress Dowager Cixi asked, "Have you ever been outside the front door or eaten outside?" "No!" The emperor insisted, "Who made the rumor in front of the emperor's mother?" This sentence made the Empress Dowager Cixi angry again, "Who dares to spread rumors in front of me?" She asked sharply, "Why did Qifu Jin spread rumors about you?" This time the emperor was silent, and hated others talking about his insignificant behavior in his heart.Seven Fujin of course listened to what King Chun said, but who did King Chun listen to?It must be found out and severely punished. On the one hand, it can be vented, and on the other hand, it can teach others to be afraid of seeing it, and never dare to talk nonsense again. "You are nineteen years old, what else can I say?" Empress Dowager Cixi hinted in such a vague way, "If you cause trouble yourself, let's figure it out!" So early the next morning, the emperor sent an order to summon King Chun, and the former imperial minister Boyan Namo visited and wrote back: "Prince Chun went to Nanyuan to inspect the cannon. I'm afraid I can't go back to the city today. Please order: Can you send someone to go there?" Proclamation?" The emperor thought for a while and replied: "No need, we will talk about it after seeing the military aircraft." In routine meetings, Prince Gong would always explain the solution one by one according to the papers handed in, and the emperor's reply would always be in a few words, very simple.Sometimes Prince Gong felt that his words were not clear enough, thinking that the emperor would ask more questions, but he often nodded vaguely without asking for further understanding, so the time to meet with military planes every day was much shorter than in the past. Take purpose.The recent major event, apart from the suspension of garden work, is nothing more than the Taiwan incident. Prince Gong and Li Hongzhang have special missions to communicate and deliver letters every day. This morning, I received a letter from Li Hongzhang, saying that Japan sent the negotiating envoy Okubo Litong has arrived in Tianjin and met with Li Hongzhang.According to Okubo Toshimichi, he hoped to come to Beijing as soon as possible to have a meeting with the prime minister's office. "That Okubo, what is the purpose of his visit?" the emperor asked. "Okubo Toshimichi is from Satsuma Island, Japan, and he is from the same village as the Japanese general Saigo Congdao in Taiwan." Prince Gong replied: "Okubo came here, and it is said that he wants to make peace and war. Ask for military expenses." "Ask us?" This is a superfluous question, and Prince Gong replied: "Yes!" His voice was so soft that it was almost like not answering. "He sent troops to occupy China's territory and asked China to pay for the troops. What is this called?" "Your Majesty blamed it!" Prince Gong took the opportunity to reply, "The total fate is not as good as others, and I can only be wronged temporarily. It only takes a few years for Japan to learn Western methods and become strong. Blessed by God, Hong Yang and Nian bandits were flattened one after another, and Zuo Zongtang was entrusted with full responsibility for the West Road military, and he will surely receive credit. Now it is time to revise the politics, reorganize the army and master the military, and learn from the leaders of the barbarians to control the barbarians. If you are wronged for a while, there will be a day to reaffirm the power of heaven. The ministers and others have made this plan. The deceased Hu Linyi, Zeng Guofan, and the current Li Hongzhang, Zuo Zongtang, and Shen Baozhen all think this way. Since the end of Daoguang, the country has been difficult. Day by day, the first emperor worried about the country and abandoned the world. For thirteen years, he relied on the Empress Dowager Shengming of the two palaces, relying on the deep benevolence and generosity of the previous dynasty. Tang and others have been loyal to the country, and they were able to turn the crisis into peace. It's just that although the internal worries are peaceful, the external troubles are still there, and the opportunity to recover from the misfortune and good fortune is all in the emperor's life. No day!" The previous paragraphs were all very pleasant, but the last sentence was harsh. The emperor said blankly: "Empty words don't add to the facts. Please write an account of how the General Administration negotiated with the Japanese envoys!" "Yes." Prince Gong looked at Shen Guifen and said, "Remember." "How is Li Hongzhang doing with Li Guangzhao's case?" the emperor ordered, "Hurry him up." "It's being done." King Gong replied, "Now it is ordered to investigate whether Li Guangzhao has colluded with Guibao. Li Hongzhang has to write a letter to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and it will take a lot of time to go back and forth. I obey the order and first inform Li Hongzhang to settle the Li Guangzhao case. Say it again." "Well!" asked the emperor, "what else do you want?" "The official department has a note, but the emperor hasn't handed it over yet." The emperor thought for a while, "All dismissals, the punishment is too severe!" He said, "Let's keep it for a while!" "The case of Li Guangzhao has made people laugh at home and abroad. I am in the General Administration. Whenever foreign envoys ask me about it, I really feel ashamed." Prince Gong insisted, "The minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, who was tricked into the report, deserves the blame. I ask the emperor to let me know what to do." How to play accurately." The emperor became more and more unhappy, thinking that Prince Gong was close to being held hostage, but he finally endured the anger and pushed a memorial on the imperial case out, saying: "You can do whatever you say, and you can't do it if you don't!" So the decree was drawn up and submitted. Because of Chen Yi's participation in the impeachment and the discussion of the Ministry of Officials, except for Kui Ling's leave, Chonglun, Mingshan and Chunyou were all dismissed. When the military plane meeting was over and the whole class had retired, the emperor specially kept Prince Gong behind, "Say I was hanging out outside the front door," he asked, "Who did you hear that from?" Prince Gong blurted out, "My subject Zai Cheng." The emperor's face changed drastically, he sneered again and again, got up and left.