Chapter 210 Yingtai Sunset (12-2)

"The plot of this case is different. Whether the participation is too harsh or not is negotiable." Yikuang continued, "However, the kindness comes from the superior, and the ministers dare not draw it up. The empress dowager and the emperor think that punishment should be severely punished, so I ask Zhu to criticize it." Do it, or hand it over to the Ministry for discussion." "Such a plot like this is really rare! Yang Chongyi is really disgusting like this. Of course, he should be strictly controlled by the local officials. I'm afraid that the book will be too much." The Empress Dowager Cixi asked: "There are many officials in Suzhou, and you have inquired about them. No?"

"Yes!" Yikuang replied, "Let Shixu play with the Empress Dowager." So Shixu took half a step on his knees, raised his head and said to Chen Zou: "Wu Shaosheng's elder brother, Wu Yusheng, is currently a Ge Xue. The slave asked him yesterday, but he refused to talk about it. He only said that they are close relatives, and they grieved over trivial matters. Enemies should be resolved rather than knotted, because it is inconvenient to talk more about his situation." "What else? Have you asked any other Suzhou people?" "I asked Lu Runxiang first, and he said that the matter was discussed in the family letter, but not in detail. The servant asked him who was right? He said, of course it was Yang Chongyi who was wrong."

"Yang Chongyi is wrong. Everyone knows that. Otherwise, the governor of Jiangnan would not be so strict." I will approve it. If it is strictly discussed by the Ministry of Communications, everyone discusses it and handles it, so that people will not be wronged there. Now I will finalize the case with me. Either it will be played or it will be lightened. There is no room for maneuver. If it is allowed to play, Yang Chongyi's life will be over! If the Ministry of Communications says that it can't be stricter, it must be reduced. If it is not guaranteed, Yang Chongyi is guilty of the truth. Think, can I be careless?"

Even Yuan Shikai admired this declaration from the bottom of his heart, and his subjects could see it from the bottom of their hearts.However, there is one person who is not convinced by the sentence "you are afraid of offending others", and that is Zhang Zhidong who went to court this day. "Jiangsu Governor Su Fuhui will play a severe impeachment of Yang Chongyi. The minister will know what happened today. I think that regardless of the governor and governor, there is no exception. In terms of Yang Chongyi's actions, he once served the Qing Dynasty. Ban, and made a remonstrance, and when reading the rites behind closed doors, interfering in such despicable and dirty foreign affairs will not only insult scholars and shame the court? It can be said that there is no king, no father, and lawlessness! This will not be severely punished. Proverbs, the morals of the world, where can they be rectified? From my point of view, it has never been reduced, just as Jiang Governor Su Fu asked. Resignation and handing over to Changshu local officials to strictly control it is still the way to preserve it. I invite the Empress Dowager , Your majesty is arbitrary and will do as you please!"

After hearing Zhang Zhidong's words, all the monarchs and ministers were moved. The Empress Dowager Cixi thought for a while and said: "I think the emperor also advocates strict punishment, so let's approve it like this!" As she said, she picked up the ink brush and passed it to the side. This is the meaning of asking the emperor to personally write Zhu Zhu.His spirit was very languid, but he was still able to write a few words. He took the pen and wrote eight words: "According to the request, the Ministry knows!" "The Ministry" refers to the Ministry of Officials.According to the regulations of military aircraft, in addition to consulting the cabinet to make a notice, the Ministry of officials must be notified first.That day Lu Runxiang happened to be in the yamen, and he was horrified when he saw the original music copied by the military plane. Then he ordered someone to copy a copy, took it with him, and took a car to visit Wu Yusheng.

Wu Yusheng lives in Yanwangmiao Street outside Xuanwu Gate, which was originally Yue Zhongqi's former residence. Although the garden pavilion is small, it has an exquisite structure.His family was originally sealed, and the places where the examiners were placed were all good places, so he was in a good situation, and in his spare time, he rubbed antiques, tasted calligraphy and paintings, and enjoyed a lot of happiness.But for a while, he was in a bad mood, just because Yang Chongyi harassed him for no reason, making his close relatives enemies, and fearing future troubles. At this time, he heard the report from the door, Lu Runxiang visited him, and rushed out to meet him. Looking at his face, he knew that something serious had happened.

"Wei Ruo!" Lu Runxiang handed over the copy, "Look!" After Wu Yusheng picked it up and finished it, he stomped his feet and sighed, "Oh no, no!" He said: "We have formed an indissoluble hatred!" "This must be Duan Taozhai's idea! Although Uncle Yang Xin is hateful, the punishment is too harsh." Lu Runxiang said immediately: "Wei Ruo, we Suzhou people still have the idea of ​​staying from the Ming Dynasty, and we only want to be "official officials." The authority of officials is extremely great! Then we know that there are military planes and queen mothers, and the original performance has not been handed over, and the official department has no idea about it. I am afraid that we Suzhou people will misunderstand. I can't make it through, and even Yang Xinbo himself may have a grudge, thinking that I stand by and watch his jokes. In short, we are both in a place of suspicion, and we are closely related. We should discuss and discuss how to resolve the misunderstanding. What do you think? "

Wu Yusheng felt that his concerns were superfluous, but it was inconvenient to object to the words "we are closely related".So I nodded and said: "We must eliminate misunderstandings, we must eliminate misunderstandings. Now it's all up to me. " "That's right. For the current plan, I can only do my best. The matter is a foregone conclusion, and there is no way to save it. I think I should send a message to Yang Xinbo as soon as possible so that he can make preparations." "Then telegraph back." "Of course!" Lu Runxiang asked, "Do you think you should call me directly, or ask someone to tell you?"

Wu Yusheng thought for a while and replied, "Of course it's better to ask someone to tell the story. But this person is not easy to find." Count each other's relatives and friends in Suzhou in detail.Finally, I found a person named Yao, who had frequent contacts with Uncle Yang Xin, and was also very familiar with Wu and Lu, so I decided to ask him to tell the story. So Wu Yusheng went to the back of the desk and sat down, opened the ink cartridge, took a piece of plain paper, took a pen and wrote the address of Yao in Suzhou, pondered for a while, and wrote the text of the telegram: "If you are troubled, tell Yue Gong, and join the case." I will serve you a vermilion pen, and you will be punished like a bottle.” The signature below is “Feng Wei”.

"Yuegong" is a hidden word. In the Sui Dynasty, Yang Su was granted the title of Yueguogong, which refers to Yang Chongyi. "Pingzhai" is Weng Tongyan's alias. "Punishment like Pingzhai" means that Yang Chongyi was severely punished just like Weng Tonghe was in those years. "Bong Zhu Bi" means that it has not been submitted to the ministry, and it is not unwilling to help Lu Runxiang, but it is not helpful at all.Finally, the word "Fengwei" looks at a name, and it is actually Lu Fengshi and Wu Weiruo.This telegram is read by outsiders, and they don't know what to say, so they have no way of guessing.Lu Runxiang felt that it was appropriate, and immediately sent his followers to the telegraph office to send it. It was handled in the same way as the urgent official telegram from the Ministry of Officials, and he was limited to Suzhou before evening.

※ ※ ※ "What happened on that day?" Wang Zhao asked. "It's today! The news just came out." "No wonder!" Wang Zhao said with a smile, "By this time tomorrow, the whole country will know about it." "Jiangnan, I'm afraid only Shanghai knows about it." "No!" Wang Zhao shook his head: "The interviewer of "Shenbao" will copy the telegram to Shanghai today, and it will be published in the newspaper tomorrow morning, and Suzhou will know about it by noon at the latest." "At that time, what did Uncle Yang Xin look like?" Shanqi smiled and toasted: "This piece of news deserves to be clarified!" "It's so worth it!" Wang Zhaoman drank a cup, changed the subject and asked, "Is the emperor's condition improving?" "Alas!" Shanqi suddenly sighed heavily, "Don't ask this! Have a drink." Wang Zhao did not give up.The emperor couldn't ask about his illness, so he asked, "Where's the queen mother?" "I always have a stomachache, good or bad, no one can figure out what's going on." "The queen mother's dysentery started in summer. Since it has been bad, why didn't the internal affairs office give the queen mother a prescription. Could it be a taboo disease?" "You know, why bother to ask?" "The queen mother's longevity is coming soon!" Wang Zhao also sighed, "The emperor has offended again!" ※ ※ ※ On the second day of her stay in the Summer Palace, the Empress Dowager Cixi was eating carelessly and had a stomachache. When she summoned the military aircraft, she complained a lot. "The emperor's illness is getting worse and worse. The medicines given by Zhang Pengnian and Shi Huan on the first shift are useless. What kind of famous doctor is there? I think it's just a name. Pulse." Empress Dowager Cixi asked by name: "Zhang Zhidong, you usually have illnesses, who do you ask for advice?" "If the minister's family is sick, I always ask Lu Yongbin to come and see it. It's very effective." "Okay! Let Lu Yongbin come to see you!" Lu Yongbin and Du Zhongjun were in the third class, one round every two months, and it was still very early, so there was a wealthy family in Nangong whose only son was suffering from typhoid fever, and they were hired sincerely, so Lu Yongbin went there with confidence.However, the palace suddenly summoned him, and the Lu family immediately sent a car to pick him up from the Nangong overnight, but he couldn't enter the door, and went straight to the Summer Palace to wait for orders. I got my pulse and prescribed a prescription before I had to go home and catch up on some sleep.When the dream was in full swing, someone woke him up, "Hurry up, hurry up!" His aunt said, "Zhang Zhongtang sent someone to invite you to go right away. I'm afraid the old lady's illness will change." Hearing the last sentence, Lu Yongbin was taken aback, drove away the remaining drowsiness, and sat on the edge of the bed in a daze. "What's the matter! Are you getting out of bed?" "No way!" Lu Yongbin said to himself: "The medicine can never be used wrong! How can it be that the condition of the disease has changed?" "That's my guess. Hurry up, and you'll know when you get to Zhang Zhongtang." "What?" Lu Yongbin asked, "You are at Zhang Zhongtang's house, not entering the palace?" "Who told you to enter the palace?" "Hey! I was shocked." Lu Yongbin took a deep breath, "It must be Zhang Zhongtang who wants to ask me something!" Sure enough, Zhang Zhidong had something to ask.It turned out that there was the word "diabetes" on Lu Yongbin's pulse case, and the Empress Dowager Cixi was very upset. "Doctor Lu!" Zhang Zhidong said with a sullen face, "The Empress Dowager has also read "Historical Records", "Hanshu", and Tang poetry, and knows the allusion of 'Wenyuan sickness and thirst'. She asked me, 'Lu Yongbin said that I am thirsty, what should I do?" Where did you get the thirst?' I have no answer." Lu Yongbin was really like the saying "Zhang Er King Kong can't figure it out". After thinking about it for a while, he finally remembered, "It must be a mistake of thirst." He said: "Diarrhea must be thirsty, there must be a reason." "How can thirst be written as thirst? How can you be so careless when offering to the imperial court?" Lu Yongbin felt disgusted when he heard his tone of teaching, and immediately replied: "There are also occasional typos." "If it was decades earlier, this typo could ruin your life!" Although the tone was still serious, but out of goodwill, Lu Yongbin stopped arguing with him, but just argued: "There is a clerical error in the pulse record, but the medicine is good! I am sure that the queen mother's dysentery, three doses will be safe, in the future as long as Eat less greasy, cold food, and it will not relapse." "Are you really sure?" "Have." "Well, you can still serve as usual tomorrow." Sure enough, Lu Yongbin's medicine was very effective, and because of this, Empress Dowager Cixi no longer pursued the disrespectful mistake of mistaking thirst for quenching thirst. The emperor's illness was just the opposite. Not only did it not improve, but it seemed to be dying.Half of this is caused by anxiety. I don't know how to deal with the red tape of the Queen Mother Wanshou because of my sick bones?Every time I think of serving meals and listening to operas, from morning to night, standing for a whole day, dizzy, cold sweating, but still have to grit my teeth and force myself to support myself, I feel palpitations.What's worse, Wanshou can't last this year!I don't know if it's in the Hall of Qinzheng or in front of the stage, once he falls down, maybe he can't afford it.The emperor wanted to do this without feeling sorry for himself, so he often said in tears: "The empress dowager's day is coming soon, I am so ill, I can't salute the empress dowager, what should I do? " This word reached the ears of the Empress Dowager Cixi, she felt sympathy, so she went to Princess Rongshou to discuss, how should she sympathize with the emperor? "As long as he has a little bit of filial piety, I don't care if he can give me a salute. However, there are more and more people who like to spread rumors. If we say that we usually do things as usual, and suddenly don't show up on my birthday, it's not a big deal." Appropriate. So, what I mean is, if the emperor wants to ask for leave, he has to do it earlier." When Princess Rongshou heard the words "the emperor asks for leave", she couldn't help but think of Pu Jun being expelled from the palace in Kaifeng, someone accused him of being the "vacant prince", which was also a new topic.However, as soon as the emperor asked for leave, she was afraid that the matter would be too important for her to express her opinion when there was no more leave to be sold, so she kept silent. The Empress Dowager Cixi let Princess Rongshou accompany her for more than forty years. Of course, she knew her feelings well. Silence was not a tacit approval, but an expression of disapproval.So he asked, "Is there any other good way?" "No!" "Even if you can't think of a good way, then there is really no good way. I think it's better to do it according to my idea!" "Yes!" Princess Rongshou suddenly thought that she had to choose the next best thing, and she should leave a foreshadowing: "Let the emperor take care of it for a few days, and on the day when Lafayette is happy, the emperor will be in good spirits, and salute to Lafayette as usual." .” "Of course! It's my mother's birthday. No son kowtows. No matter how lively the birthday is, it's meaningless." Empress Dowager Cixi paused and said, "Let's start together from the beginning of October! You tell the emperor what I mean." "yes!" So Princess Rongshou was ordered to go to the emperor's bedroom to deliver the decree. She thought of many words of comfort along the way, but when she arrived at the emperor's bedroom, she suddenly found that among the eunuchs following her were Cui Yugui, Xiao Dezhang, and the eunuch from the respect room. , suddenly realized that he was also under surveillance! Therefore, almost all the manuscripts she typed were useless, and she only calmly declared the "virtue and meaning" of Empress Dowager Cixi, and then withdrew.On the way back to his life, he deliberately climbed the Buddhist Incense Pavilion at the highest point of Longevity Mountain, burned a stick of incense sincerely, prayed silently to the Bodhisattva, and bless the emperor. Hajj blessings. ※ ※ ※ According to the usual practice, when the Empress Dowager Cixi returns from the Summer Palace, she always takes a boat to the Guangyuan gate outside Xizhimen, and then transfers to Luanyu to return to the palace.The day before his departure, he specially warned: the emperor might as well go first, instead of taking a boat to accompany him.The purpose is that the emperor can save labor, and it is also a kind of compassionate virtue. After disembarking from the boat in front of Paiyun Hall, Empress Dowager Cixi looked back at Longevity Hill reluctantly, and suddenly said: "The emperor is seriously ill. I'm afraid we won't be able to come here for a while when we go back!" Standing beside her was Concubine Jin on the one hand and Princess Rongshou on the other, both of them remained silent.This is not considered disrespectful. If the empress dowager or the emperor has such unflattering words, the left and right are allowed to remain silent. "The weather is really nice!" The Empress Dowager Cixi said again: "When we turned back and went ashore, let's go to the Wansheng Garden." "Yes!" Concubine Jin and Princess Rongshou replied in unison. "It's a pity! Two good elephants will starve to death! I don't know who to blame for this matter." It turned out that the so-called "Wansheng Garden" was named after these two elephants.When Duan Fang inspected the constitutional government and returned to China, he brought two elephants and a lion to present to the Empress Dowager Cixi. He intended to keep them in the Summer Palace, but Li Lianying thought it would be dangerous and strongly opposed it.At that time, the Ministry of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce was using a large piece of official land outside Xizhimen, which had been desolate for a long time, and its origin was difficult to trace. We only know that it is known as the "Sanbeizi Garden" and established an "agricultural experiment field". In addition, we also collected exotic flowers and fruits from all over the country, and tried to plant them. Now, in order to settle the two elephants and one lion, we simply expanded the scale. Place.After the completion, the Empress Dowager Cixi named the most spacious western-style building "Chang Guan Building" in honor of the two palaces.I came several times last summer, but this year, I only came once, but the two elephants have starved to death. "I asked the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and they said that the foreigners were not fed well. Some people also said that the Ministry of Internal Affairs refused to increase the rations of this elephant. The two foreigners had signed a contract with the Ministry of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce. , the deadline has not yet expired, and they are fighting to get a salary according to the contract." The Empress Dowager Cixi immediately said: "Perhaps the two elephants were killed by foreigners in order to get a free salary and return to China. Foreigners are really not good people! " "Actually, why invite foreigners to feed the elephants? Didn't we have an elephant room before?" Princess Rongshou asked again: "I heard that the elephants fed in the elephant room still receive a third-rank salary! I don't know if there is such a saying?" "Why not?" Empress Dowager Cixi said, "Those elephants have full spirituality." Therefore, the Empress Dowager Cixi talked about the stories in Daoguang's former elephant room, how the elephant slave begged the elephant to deliberately block the way to collect money for him, how the elephant knew that the elephant slave had embezzled its salary and punished it with mischief, etc.In this way, he kept talking about the Guangyuan gate outside Xizhimen with great interest, and landed in a boat. As usual, he first went to Wanshou Temple to burn incense, and then led his family members to visit the Wansheng Garden east of Wanshou Temple. At this time, someone from the Ministry of Internal Affairs issued an urgent notice to drive away the tourists in order to pick them up.Empress Dowager Cixi entered the garden, walked right through the corridor, crossed a small stream, and stopped in front of an octagonal pavilion. This pavilion is huge, in fact, it is an animal enclosure, divided into eight directions, with iron fences standing upright, holding eight kinds of beasts, lions, tigers, black bears, leopards, bison, yellow wolves, and a rhinoceros with one horn. I don't know whether it was a sudden childlike innocence, or to show her boldness, the Empress Dowager Cixi approached the iron fence, and a tiger with shining blue eyes suddenly rushed up, scaring Li Lianying's face yellow. "Lafayette," he gasped, "frightened the courage of the servant. Please stand back!" "There are iron bars, what are you afraid of?" Having said that, the family members could not help persuading them, so the Empress Dowager Cixi stood back, and when she had seen enough, she went to the left. There was a row of animal houses built along the wall. There were zebras, sika deer, and Indian sheep. All sorts of strange things.The Empress Dowager Cixi looked at it and asked questions at the same time. She was speechless when she asked a "supervisor of agricultural experiment field" from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and had no words to answer.The Empress Dowager Cixi was not angry, she just smiled and said: "You need to study more!" After watching the animals and birds, and watching the birds and livestock, the Empress Dowager Cixi's waist and feet were very healthy, but Li Lianying felt the pain deeply, and advised several times: "Don't be tired! Take a rest!" The Empress Dowager Cixi ignored it. Not only did they ignore him, but whenever he fell behind, he would always ask, "Where's Lianying?"Everyone could see that the Empress Dowager Cixi wanted to make trouble for Li Lianying. ※ ※ ※ As soon as he stepped into the gate of the palace, Qing Wang Yikui was taken aback, the one sitting behind the imperial case was only the Empress Dowager Cixi.Where is the emperor?He was thinking, on the first day of October at the Taimiao, did the emperor go to salute?Before I finished thinking about it, I remembered that there was an edict a long time ago, and Prince Gong Pu Weigong was sent to salute on his behalf.So, why didn't the emperor accompany the queen mother to the palace? "The emperor's illness has increased again!" Empress Dowager Cixi said, "Let him rest for a few days." "Yes," Yikuang agreed without expression, and then put the yellow box in his hand on the imperial case, "The Dalai Lama has another tribute to the empress dowager, wishing longevity, please let him enter the palace that day." Present?" "Isn't the emperor going to give you a banquet?" Empress Dowager Cixi asked, "What day is set?" "The sixth day of October." Yikuang hesitated to speak, but finally said: "Please Yizhi, do you want to reschedule?" "Rescheduled?" Empress Dowager Cixi asked in surprise, "Why?" "I'm afraid that on that day, the emperor will have to take care of you. If you can't come to the Ziguang Pavilion and give the banquet in person, it's better to reschedule." Yikuang continued, "This time the Dalai Lama kowtowed to see him, and he felt very wronged. Yes, the British tried their best to win him over there again. The day before yesterday, the British Minister Zhu Erdian went to visit him and said that the talk was very speculative. This situation is not very good. A few servants discussed and asked the empress dowager and the emperor to be extra gracious as a show of restraint. It’s fine if you don’t give a banquet, and you must invite the emperor to come to the banquet.” "I don't understand what you're saying. Isn't the Dalai Lama always at odds with Britain?" "That's what he said in the past. Now that the British are working hard on him, of course they have changed their minds." "This shows that the people we sent are useless, otherwise, how could the British get in." "Yes! The servant has already told Dashou and Zhang Yintang to pay attention." Yikuang paused for a moment and said, "The emperor must be invited to present the banquet. It is because Dashou and Zhang Yintang got word from the Dalai Lama that they came here to tell the servant that it must be done." So Ming, bow down and do it." The Empress Dowager Cixi thought for a while and said: "It can't be said now. The emperor will definitely not be able to go to the Ziguang Pavilion. If it is rescheduled, it is difficult to word. As for his other tribute, let him submit it on the ninth day of October. I will comfort him. .” What this means is fairly obvious.On the sixth day of October, when the Ziguang Pavilion gave a banquet, the emperor probably would not come in person, and the Empress Dowager Cixi was already thinking of a remedy.However, if this view is correct, what will happen to the Empress Dowager Wanshou?Could it be that the emperor didn't come to congratulate him either? This is a huge question and a huge change!Yuan Shikai believed that if the emperor's illness had really worsened, he should of course prepare for the worst. If the illness continued as usual, and Empress Dowager Cixi suddenly made such a statement, what was the true meaning? Yikuang fully agreed with his opinion, so under the pretext of asking Qu Tinggui to treat his illness, he was brought into the palace and met with Yuan Shikai in the inner study. "What's the matter with the emperor's illness?" Yi Qiang asked, "You go into the palace every day to ask for pulse, so you must know better than anyone else. Yongqiu, you must tell me the truth." "In front of the prince and Gong Bao, I never said a single perfunctory word. The emperor's illness, of course, is mild! Breathing slowly returned to normal, the back pain also decreased, and the diarrhea was much less. However, the urine test showed that it was still a problem. There is protein, which is a clear evidence of kidney disease. But it is not very serious!" "Did you take a pulse today?" "Please." "The situation you just mentioned is what you witnessed today?" "Yes!" Qu Tinggui blinked involuntarily, not understanding what Yikuang meant by asking this question. "Yongqiu!" Yuan Shikai asked: "According to you, the emperor's illness is not a problem?" " "No problem!" Qu Tinggui replied, "However, you need to be able to rest with peace of mind." "Then what about the Queen Mother?" Yuan Shikai asked again: "Is it okay to often suffer from dysentery?" "I haven't seen it for the Empress Dowager, so I dare not tell. But, after all, it's seventy-four! The heart of the elderly is always weaker, and they are prone to strokes. As for dysentery, it depends on the situation, and we can't generalize it." Yuan Shikai nodded, looked at Yikuang and asked, "Is there anything else you want to ask, my lord?" "I can't remember it for a while. Let's talk about it when you think about it." Yikuang said again: "Yongqiu, you should keep the situation we are talking about right now in your stomach." "Yes, yes!" Qu Tinggui hurriedly agreed, "I know the seriousness." "If the emperor's illness changes, or if you hear something relevant in the inner court, please come and tell me at any time, or tell Yuan Gongbao the same." "yes!" "Excuse me! Excuse me! I won't leave you alone." This is a hint to say goodbye.Qu Tinggui immediately stood up, but Yikuang called him again, and opened the door of the mahogany inlaid cupboard by himself. Inside were all kinds of curios. Pass it to Qu Tinggui. "This is a watch given to me by the British Minister Zhu Erdian. It is specially used for horse racing." Go!" "It's very useful! Thank you, my lord." Qu Tinggui said goodbye respectfully, and left. "My lord," Yuan Shikai's expression became very excited and solemn, "The matter is very clear! I have something to say from the bottom of my heart, to my lord." As he spoke, he looked back.Yili knew his intentions and shouted: "Come on!" A footman responded.Yikuang ordered that if there are any servants, they should all exit the Chuihua Gate, and ordered him to guard outside the gate, and no one was allowed to enter. So Yuan Shikai moved a mahogany round stool by himself, sat down on knees with Yikuang, and said softly: "The matter is very clear, the queen mother must not let the emperor die behind her. Once the dragon controls the guest, what will happen next?" "According to the example in December of the thirteenth year of Tongzhi, the Empress Dowager must convene an imperial meeting to ask everyone what they think?" "Yes, I'm asking the prince's meaning." "I advocate the establishment of the Changjun." Yi Kuang said without hesitation, "Let Pu Lun do it!" "No!" Yuan Shikai said: "Why didn't the prince think that one day he would move to Ningshou Palace to enjoy blessings?" Hearing this, Yikuang was dumbfounded, unable to speak for a long time, and all kinds of legends after Gao Zong's inner Zen came to his mind unexpectedly.But no matter what, I can't combine myself with Gaozong after the first year of Jiaqing. "Wei Ting," he finally said, "I'm afraid it won't work!" "How did you see that?" "I am Shuzong." "Hey! Why does the prince belittle himself?" Yuan Shikai said: "Renzong and Prince Qingxi are brothers from the same mother. Their status and upbringing were exactly the same at the beginning, only because Renzong was two years older, so he had to inherit the big position. , so far it has been eliminated, then it is only fair for Prince Qingxi to succeed him." If it is said that Prince Qingxi Yonglin is the successor, then the throne should fall on Zaizhen.Yikuang never dreamed that Yuan Shikai would make such a statement, which was so unbelievable that even those involved felt that it was unjustifiable. "Wei Ting, my father and son are very grateful for your kindness, but I'm afraid this matter won't work." "Why doesn't it work? Ask the prince!" "First, what you said has no evidence in ancient times..." "There is a levy, there is a levy!" Yuan Shikai rushed to say: "In the Song Dynasty, since the death of Taizu, brothers died, and the emperor passed from Taizong to Gaozong after Nandu. From the beginning of Xiaozong who received Zen, it is another The descendants of Taizu are now emperors." "Xiaozong is the descendant of Taizu?" Yi Kuang said in surprise, "I don't know." "There are books to prove it, so you can't talk nonsense." Yuan Shikai took out the first volume of "History of the Song Dynasty" and turned to "The Chronicles of Xiaozong", and handed it to Yikuang without even reading it.Sure enough, it was clearly recorded in the book that Xiaozong was the seventh grandson of Taizu, the successor of King Defang of Qin. This made Yikuang a little tempted!However, knowing a son is better than a father, Zai Zhenwang is not like a gentleman, and Yang Cuixi's serious romantic case, it will be difficult to convince the public.So I still shook my head and said, "No need, no need! It's just a waste of time, why bother?" "The prince is afraid that someone will not accept it?" "yes!" "Why don't you accept it? Now it's the selection of talents, Zhen Beizi is not as good as others? Of course, if you object, you can always find a reason. You might as well clear it up in advance." Yuan Shikai paused and said: "Back when Shizong came to the throne, there was no dissatisfaction among the brothers. ? But with Longkoduo around, he has no choice but to bow his head and surrender." Yongzheng's ability to inherit the great rule was due to Longkoduo's infantry command and control of 20,000 forbidden troops. Yuan Shikai used this example as Longkoduo's own drawing. Yikuang thought to himself, although Yuan Shikai was no longer in Beiyang, the new army of the six towns he trained, except for the first town under Tieliang's command, which was formed by bannermen and could not be commanded, the other five towns could be dispatched directly and indirectly.Duan Qirui, the first general under him, is currently in charge of the third town of Yuan Shikai's direct line, stationed in Baoding, and the sixth town in Nanyuan, originally bred by the third town, is actually under the command of Duan Qirui.Once there is a change, it is absolutely possible for Yuan Shikai to ask the first town stationed in Jinan, the fourth town stationed in Xiaozhan, and the fifth town stationed in Shandong to stand still and watch from the sidelines. If the town controls the capital, why worry about uncertainties? Thinking of this, Yikuang's ambition suddenly rose, he kept rubbing his hands and inhaling, and encouraged himself for a while, before he said: "This is a big deal! To comfort the court, we must plan well." "Yes, yes! Of course we need to plan well, but we need to be quick!" Yuan Shikai said: "In my opinion, only Zegong is more difficult to deal with!" The mention of Zaize aroused Yikuang's enterprising spirit even more, because it was no secret that Zaize, the current Minister of the Du Branch, wanted to take Yikuang and replace him.Thinking of Zai Ze's domineering situation, he couldn't help saying bitterly: "One day let him go home and pick up the child!" ※ ※ ※ The Dalai Lama was given a banquet at Ziguang Pavilion on the sixth day of October, but the emperor did not arrive, and on the ninth day of October, the Empress Dowager Cixi did not summon him for the tribute birthday ceremony at the Hall of Qinzheng.Just when the Dalai Lama was full of displeasure and decided to order his servants to pack his luggage and intend to leave Beijing as soon as possible, Dalai Lama, Minister of Lifan Department, came to issue the edict in person, but the Dalai Lama refused to kneel down to accept it.Until it was explained that it was an edict of grace, the Dalai Lama reluctantly saluted and listened to the announcement: "I respectfully present Empress Dowager Chongxi's decree from Cixi Duanyou Kangyi Zhaoyu Zhuang Chengshou: The Dalai Lama came to Beijing last month to see his majesty. To express our sincerity is worthy of praise, and it is appropriate to grant a special title to show its excellence. The Dalai Lama's business scriptures followed the old system, and he was named the Great Good and Free Buddha of the Western Heaven. On the Fengyi Festival, the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Li and Fan will discuss and implement it quickly. And give the house 10,000 taels of silver on an annual basis, and distribute it quarterly from the Sichuan Fan Treasury. After the Dalai Lama was granted the title, he returned to Tibet immediately. Local officials should send personnel to escort them from station to station and take good care of them. After arriving in Tibet, they must strictly abide by the laws and regulations of the host country, uphold the faith of China and North Korea, and guide the people to abide by the law and practice goodness. All affairs, According to the law, report to the Minister of the Ming Dynasty stationed in Tibet, and play it at any time, waiting for a decision. It is hoped that the border will always maintain law and order, and the monks and laymen will be removed from the borders. With no burden on the imperial court to protect the Yellow Sect, and to appease the border areas. And the Dalai Lama was informed by the Fan Department Take Qin Zun!" There is also a Manchu translation of this Enclave. The Dalai Lama does not know Chinese characters, but he is fluent in Manchu. After reading it carefully, he thinks that it does not imply the intention of dividing Tibet with the Panchen Lama. Finally, the grievances he has suffered for many days Dissipated a lot. So he said: "Tomorrow, when I enter the palace to pay respects to my birthday, I still have a statue of Buddha for the empress dowager. On this statue of Buddha, there are 200,000 volumes of sutras that I have recited. The merit is very great. The empress dowager worships it devoutly, and it will surely bless her to eliminate disasters and prolong her life." .” "The Empress Dowager will be very happy." Dashou replied, "But tomorrow I will salute with the class, so I'm afraid I won't have the chance to present it." "If you can't present it in person tomorrow, please ask your minister to present it on your behalf, but there must also be some etiquette to welcome the Buddha." "Of course, of course!" "May I ask all the civil and military officials to celebrate the Queen Mother's birthday tomorrow, will it be led by the Emperor?" "This," Dashou said apologetically, "I really can't give you an answer. Your Majesty hasn't gotten up since the first day of October. Otherwise, he will definitely come to give wine to you at the Ziguang Pavilion banquet on the sixth day." "According to this, the emperor will not be able to celebrate the queen mother's birthday tomorrow?" "Probably." "Then who will lead the salute?" This time Dashou was tested.In his memory, there has never been a story about the longevity of the empress dowager, and the emperor failed to lead the princes and ministers to congratulate him, so he could not answer, but said vaguely: "It depends on the situation at the time, and there is no way to know in advance. I'll be there to take care of you tomorrow, so you don't have to worry about it, Master." Having said that, Dashou himself was very worried, because the situation in Tibet was turbulent, and the imperial court hoped that after the Dalai Lama returned to Lhasa, he would be able to appease the Tibetans and resist foreign aggression. He was forced to kneel and worship, but he still couldn't see the emperor, and his heart was extremely resentful.If the emperor can lead hundreds of officials to celebrate his birthday tomorrow, the Dalai Lama will inevitably ask, why can't the emperor come to Ziguang Pavilion to give a banquet in five days?It is difficult to answer this question. You have to carefully look at the situation at the time and try to find a reason that can be prevaricated. Therefore, Dashou got up in the middle of the night and rushed to Xiyuan. It was not yet dawn, but the officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs were already busy preparing for the celebration of the day.He grabbed Jing Feng, the new minister of internal affairs, and asked quietly: "Will the emperor come?" "I don't know about this meeting yet, but I heard that the 'Four Deacons' have been said to serve the dragon robes." The eunuch who is in charge of royal clothing, hats, shoes and socks, is commonly known as the "Four Deacons", who are ordered to serve in the dragon robes, so naturally they will come to congratulate .Dashou rushed to Zhonghai, and as soon as he entered the Baoguang Gate facing east, he saw that in front of the Laixun Gate outside Yiluan Hall, there was already a Hanlin in charge of the "Daily Notes" on duty. One of them was Dashou's acquaintance, that is, Yun Yuding who was famous at home and abroad for his participation in Qu Hongji, and he called his number and asked: "Weisun, will the emperor come to salute the empress dowager today?" "Why not? Of course." "Isn't the emperor very ill?" "Then I don't know!" Yun Yuding said indifferently: "However, the Hanlin Tan Zuan in the South Study Room saw the Emperor walking around the Yingxun Pavilion in front of Yingtai yesterday." At this time, the officer of the Lili Fan Department came to inform that the Dalai Lama had arrived.Dashou hastily rushed to greet him, settled down a bit, and when he turned back, he heard that the emperor had come on foot from Yingtai, and he only waited for the auspicious time to salute. At the same time, Dashou found that the access door was not closed tightly, and there were many people looking in the gap, so he also squeezed in and peeped in quietly, only to see the emperor in the dragon robe, holding the eunuch's shoulders with both hands, The feet are constantly rising and falling, of course, to relax the muscles and bones, so as to perform the big ceremony of kneeling three times and knocking nine times. Soon, the door of Lai Xun opened, and a eunuch with chest and belly came out. It was Cui Yugui who was going to replace Li Lianying. Standing on the white marble steps, he tilted his neck and raised his face. The left voice shouted: "Listen to Xuan, the official of the Ministry of Rites!" Pu Liang, Shang Shu of the Ministry of Rites, Jing Hou, the left servant, and Guo Zengxin, the right servant, rushed forward and knelt to the north with their heads half down. All the princes and ministers also stood with their hands down, listening to the announcement. "Following Yi's decree: The emperor is sick in bed, and all officials are exempted from saluting." Cui Yugui's voice was so high that no one felt that he hadn't heard it clearly.But why is there such a purpose?Everyone was surprised, looked at each other in astonishment, and kept silent.And in this frosty wind and dawn, which was as silent as death, suddenly there was a groaning sound from inside the Xunmen, which was extremely shrill and creepy. Lai Xun's door was quickly closed.But the emperor's cries were intermittent, but still faintly audible.