Chapter 206 Return to the Imperial Palace

In the Liangjiang Governor's Office, there was a quietness, and the air seemed to be solidified. No one dared to deal with me. I glanced at Liu Kunyi and knew that these people would not like Qu Hongji, and those who were tampering with them might not be these officials. Afterwards, they might have to find a small minor official to be a scapegoat. After thinking about it, it would be fine, and shook his hand and said, "If there is any misunderstanding, I will not pursue it. Jiangnan is the main place of the court. Everyone should work together to manage this fertile land for me. I have a lot of emotion during this Western tour. My Qing Dynasty was the country.

, We can't do what the Westerners can do? This time I adjusted the officials in Jiangnan for this purpose. Jiangnan——” I glanced at Qu Hongji who had just entered, signaled him to stand without a gift, and continued: "Jiangnan must have confidence. The task I gave Zhang Zhidong is for the Gengzi Year, and you are the same. Jiangsu Province, and even all provinces in the country must have plans and make progress like the Ministry of Industry and Commerce. I came to Jiangning here, for the first time, for the sake of everyone's heart and virtue, to cure this fertile land for me."

Originally, after my feelings, the officials below bowed and shouted to the officials of the mountain to call for the long live in the mountains and received the orders. With this kind of light, the ceremony of meeting officials above the fifth rank was over. I would naturally talk to important officials one by one. However, Qu Hongji didn't know what phlegm symptoms he had committed, so he knelt on the ground in the contemptuous eyes of the officials in the hall, shouting with tears in his eyes: "The emperor clearly understands that I am a clean official, and I will make Chen think about his mistakes at home. I have no mistakes to think about, and no mistakes to think about. Your Majesty, someone has corrected the orders! Some have corrected the orders to murder the minister!"

Liu Kun's face turned green immediately. Because I was unable to speak on the spot, the old man's eyebrows were trembling, and he seemed to be a little confused.

I felt a little uncomfortable, and looked at Qu Hongji coldly, nodded and said, "You are a clean official. I know what the decree you heard, and who gave you the decree?"

"It was the Imperial sent to Lord Qu--" the eunuch Wang Changtai knelt down tremblingly and argued: "I didn't dare to pass the wrong Imperial. I said that I was waiting for the Imperial at home - Lord Qu, don't be wronged." Maybe my face was very strict, and Wang Changtai was already crying as he spoke.

Qu Hongji was obviously stunned, and then he was stunned. I could tell what was going on at a glance - this guy was wrong. I didn't want to scold people in this situation. I took a deep breath and said to Wang Changtai: "Get off." Turning back to look at Qu Hongji, changing to a gentle tone, "You heard the wrong order. I asked you to wait for the order at home and didn't ask you to think about your mistakes behind closed doors. I know you are a clean official, but do you really think you have no mistakes? Retreat, I will have a kind order."

When he turned around, he was about to enter the inner hall. The officials of Jiangsu Province were also purging their clothes and retreating. Qu Hongji looked at me as if he was ashes. He shouted: "Your Majesty is a clear understanding. I am a clean official, and I have no mistakes to think about. However, Lu Chuanlin is corrupt and abused the law and has lost money. Why did Your Majesty be promoted to his official position?"

The people in the yard were stunned by his words, and I was stunned, and my face suddenly felt hot. Since Cixi's death, no one dared to criticize my decision in person, and I would get angry now. Fortunately, I thought that this time I would come to make Jiangsu well and make all the people devote themselves to education and industry. If I deal with these words incorrectly, I would immediately give bad signals to officials in the province. I took a deep breath, carefully considered the words and said sternly: "Are you criticizing my will? Do you want to resist the order? I have already said that you know you are an honest official, but I think it is ridiculous. Being an honest official is the duty of a minister. Why do you take it out repeatedly as a creditor? I tell you that your fault is to disobey my ruthlessness and not follow my new policy.

I sent someone to investigate the order. He has money at home and has received it, but the amount is not large, and the stolen goods have been returned. I have also given him a punishment——” The more I said, he became more and more upset, and he waved his hand and said, "However, I have asked you, how I use people to manage the government? You are a minor official, you must learn from Cao Cao and Wang Mang? A clean official! I here tell you that I must be responsible for integrity. How many corrupt have I done since I took power? It is the noble prince, the prime minister, the minister of the Internal Affairs Office, and the eunuch of the Six Palaces. You have not seen it? Bastard! You don’t have to wait for the imperial edict at home, and I will give you the kindness to you. Qu Hongji, the new policy is not effective, and he is resistant to resist, but he is really punished. However, I am still very good at your official voice... I will be demoted to third level and listen to it, and I will be given to Liang Qichao, the minister of the Social Research Office, to take care of it! I am here!"

He glanced at the ministers in the courtyard. He wanted to speak, but after thinking about it, he still didn't say anything. After looking at Qu Hongji, who was almost fainting, he said coldly: "Are you not thanking me?"

"The criminal...receives the order and thank you..."

"Corrupt scholar!" I said coldly and turned around and left.

It didn't take too long to wait in Jiangning. After meeting several officials who were about to take up the new policy, I would also rush to Beijing. After receiving reports from Zai Ding, all kinds of strange plots in the palace seemed to point directly at the sisters of Zhenfei. Whether there were other concubines from the same case would be decided after I returned to the palace. In addition, Concubine Ning was about to give birth, and the old empress dowager Nara's body recurred again, and it seemed that I would handle all kinds of things one by one after another after returning to the palace. The matter in the harem should come to an end. I don't want my energy to be involved in the trivial matters in the harem.

As for the administration of Jiangsu, I believe that after the Governor's yamen and the reprimand of Qu Hongji, I should improve, and the efforts to handle the new policy will definitely be greatly strengthened. It is obvious that the emperor wants this.

So two days later, the car drove directly to Yanziji, boarded the Yangtze River Navy's defense ship, crossed the river and set off on the way back to the imperial palace.

Naturally, there were a lot of reports flying along the way, and the most concerned thing about the Northwest War was the situation.

As expected by Xu Shichang and Zhao Bingjun, Ma Kuangkuang and Han Nuri really started fighting for the three or five days of grain storage. The New Sect had two thousand muskets supported by the Russians. The day after Xu Shichang sent a report, Ma Kuangkuang arranged these two thousand muskets to cooperate with his cavalry and launched a fierce attack on the old sect's nest. Unpredictable, Han Nuri, his son, and more than 30 important generals under his command, all buried in the Qingshui Mosque. The annexation battle between the new and old sects was not decided, but now with strong enemies outside, the truth has been revealed, and the new sect with foreign support has won a complete victory.

Ma Kuangkuang was not a hero. Because the two factions suffered a lot of losses when they fought, in order to stabilize their subordinates and to a headache, the current distributors of the stolen food include 70,000 New Cult disciples under his command. After more than 140,000 people distributed it, the food was only enough for two days.

So he came up with a way to remove the firewood from the cauldron and force the old sect to intercept the grain of Hannuji, who was the most harmful to their side. The reason is very simple - can you fight, and you have had successful experience in robbing grain.

Just like that, the old sect rushed into the gun of the Qing army, with heavy casualties. In broad daylight, more than 5,000 cavalrymen, under the surveillance of muskets behind them, gritted their teeth and rushed into the defense line of the Qing army.

After a round of rifle fired, the man and the horse were cut down like weeds. Seeing that this continued, it would be a situation of death. At this time, Dong Fuxiang showed a move to comfort him. After two contacts, the defeated soldiers hated Ma Kuangkuang and naturally agreed to Dong Fuxiang's request to respond.

The three or four thousand defeated soldiers fled back to Xunhua City in frustration. Faced with Ma Kuangkuang's strict impulse, the leader naturally agreed to attack again. Ma Kuangkuang was unwilling to gain the reputation of killing his own people, so he agreed to them. He was happy to see these people die at the gun of the Qing army. It would be better to get the food, and fewer people could share it if they could not. How could he know that these old sects who hated him were weaving a net that killed him with the Qing army.

"The first thing is to knock out their two thousand spearmen." In the imperial envoy's camp, Xu Shichang was issuing orders to the generals under his command. Today is different from usual. In addition to the deputy generals and generals in the camp, there were two major airship commanders. Xu Shichang looked at them and said, "In three days, they will come to attack. The defense line on the ground should be as usual. The second northwest army must be on guard and strictly prevent them from rushing to the northwest to meet with the Rakshasa people. Your mission is to destroy their musket team from the air. My artillery fire will advance forward. You must pay attention to coordination, one is artillery aiming command, and the other is enemy situation notification. Well, there will be four airships in the sky at that time. You are experts in the coordination problem, so I won't say much."

He turned his face and deployed with other generals one by one, how to incorporate invading enemies, how to take advantage of the situation and how to advance. In his opinion, the battle of these tens of thousands of people was just a slightly larger massacre war. In this battle, if the casualties ratio of our enemy and us was less than 30 to 1, it should have been a failure. After this battle, he could train more than 100,000 soldiers who could attack and fight for the country, which was his greatest pride. However, there were too many killings and injuries, and he also wanted to find a way to comfort him.

After looking at Dong Fuxiang, he turned his head and winked at Zhao Bingjun.

"Dong Junmen--" Zhao Bingjun greeted Dong Fuxiang with understanding, and the two nodded and discussed.

After I returned to Beijing, I received a report of the great victory on the Western Front. It was a comfort in a bunch of trivial matters. With the established strategy, Xu Shichang's troops cooperated with the air machine gun airship and the Tonglian airship. Taking advantage of the opportunity of the old sect's sect's out-of-town food, they collected more than 10,000 disciples of the old sect and took them to Lanzhou for custody. At the same time, they used artillery fire and machine gun fire in the air to deal with Ma Kuangkuang's musket team. Except for a small number of them retreated into the city in time, the rest were thrown out of the city. After a small-scale siege, the ground troops narrowed the encirclement thirty miles outside Xunhua City, waiting for the next opportunity.

Under such circumstances, a major change occurred in the city. Ma Kuangkuang launched a new round of massacres in the city. The old sect was almost slaughtered. After a small amount of resistance, the city was filled with blood. After the food was exhausted, people began to eat human flesh to survive. At this moment, the Qing army's inner circle released Dong Fuxiang's troops into the city, and the whole city fell into my hands overnight.

The leaders such as Ma Kuangkuang were captured alive, and at the same time, a total of more than 60,000 prisoners were captured together. While reporting the victory, Xu Shichang's request for instructions on how to deal with these prisoners also became a trouble in my heart. Most of these prisoners were very happy after becoming prisoners. After all, some of them had eaten, and those who had tasted hungry knew how happy it was to have three meals a day. If they asked them to rebel, they would probably have to give them a rice mountain first.

The captive screening work is still in progress. I sent a call to Xu Shichang back. Now I will do a good job in identifying the captive screening work first, especially to find out if there are any Russians hiding in it. The rest of the matter is for the time being. The energy in front of me has been involved in the harem.

Nala is almost dying. It seems that she has been cherishing her blessings all her life and has reached the end of her life. After seeing me come back to see her, she has improved a little, but she can only say more than ten minutes. Zai Bing also told the things in the palace one by one. Which palace maid is said to be Concubine Zhen, which eunuch is said to be Concubine Jin, and they all look at the famous handprints, the time and place are there, and the motive is also clear, and the jealousy after falling out of favor, etc. It seems that the crime is already very conclusive.

But the jealous person in the palace has always been Long Yu, and I was surprised that he did not involve her at all. However, Zai Ting replied that he had no order and did not dare to ask Zhen Jin directly. I still have to do this matter in person. I was about to talk to him, but the old empress dowager Nara suddenly spoke and said, "Emperor, I see that I am going to go soon. I will rely on you brothers in the future. Emperor, my mother tells you, take this opportunity to depose the queen--"

After a while, he said, "I have always had this wish. Yehenara clan, I must not be the lord of the six palaces... Emperor, you don't know, our Aixin Jueluo family is a feud with Yehe. Everyone in the old Manchu knows that the Yehe tribe made a great vow. Even if there is only one woman left in the Yehenara clan, we will destroy our Aixin Jueluo family... I always suspect that the pride sister and this queen... Emperor, you have to listen to your mother..."

I naturally know this story, but it is impossible to verify whether it is true or false. It is just the first time I heard from the woman of Manchu nobles. (Yehe is the place name, Nara means the sun, and Yehennara is the sun in Yehe.)

Not to mention my impression of Longyu, just talking about the shock to the country such a major incident of the destruction of the queen, I still have a headache thinking about it. I responded vaguely and nodded to let her rest well. I walked out of Cining Palace with a sad face.

Under the moonlight, the two brothers didn't speak and walked like this. The guards hung from afar. I waved my hand to repel them, stopped and sighed and asked Zai Ting, "Brother, look at this matter, whether to do the Queen?"

"Emperor—" Zai Teng raised his head and looked at me in embarrassment, shook his head and said, "It's hard to say what I see from the servant."

"There is no emperor slave at the moment..." I looked up at Yuese and sighed: "There are only two brothers. Although this is a family matter, the emperor's family matter is a state matter. Good brother, you must give an idea to the brother. The brother doesn't want the Qing Dynasty to be in chaos. What a big deal to be abolished? I would rather she not do the company."

"Emperor..." Zai Ting also sighed and said, "To be honest, Master Zhen and Master Jin don't have the courage... nor the confidence..."

I looked at Zai Bing, and he understood what he said very well. I waved my hand and started to start and said, "Let's go, let's not talk about this anymore. Every family has a difficult sutra. Your concubine is not easy to share. Zai Feng took an actor as a concubine. Hey, it's a difficult time for us three brothers." After a pause, he asked inadvertently, "By the way, Zai Feng and Zai Ying, who do you think is more close?"

Zai Ting replied indifferently: "If you want to be close to each other, Zai Feng is naturally more friendly, but our two families don't pay much attention to it. When it comes to Zai Ying, it's purer, and the servants are more willing to deal with him."

"Well—" I smiled and said, "Although Zaiying has committed a crime, she is still a pure man. Zaifeng seems to want to make meritorious things too much. I am afraid that he will miss his job." Seeing Zaifeng thinking, I changed the topic and said, "Now the Queen Mother is in harmony, I am afraid of medicine and stone... Oh, let's not talk about it, we brothers, Zai Tao Zaixun is still young, you should be more responsible. I think Zaifeng has no time to Gu's family at the moment, and you can go back to live in the palace for more time." Stopped and said, "Also, next year, his door will be old, and my princes are all five years old. You should also take care of the matters of Yuqing Palace. Who should be invited to be a gentleman? You discuss with Mr. Rong to report to me. Okay, you should go back and rest earlier, and go to the palace to see the Queen Mother tomorrow."

Zai Wen received the order and stepped back. I went straight to Concubine Ning. She was pregnant and seemed to be in a bad mood. However, when she saw me, I still lit up. I raised my hand to stop her polite gesture and said, "You are like this, and you are talking about those false rituals? After I returned to the palace, I thought about seeing you. You have worked so hard." I saw her stepmother, the royal family, who was kneeling on the ground, raised her hand to let them get up and said, "The Ronglu family is here too? Your Ning Master is pregnant. It's good for your family to come in and talk. Well, how are you happy recently?"

When I heard my father ask, Concubine Ning sat upright and listened to the royal family saying, "It is appropriate for me to come to the palace to serve him. When Emperor Cheng asked, our heads are at home listening to opera and raising birds, and they live a very comfortable life. They always want to repay the emperor's kindness, or do things for the emperor."

"Good thing-" I laughed happily, "But the Empress Dowager's health is not good this time, but I really fear it. They are all treasures of our Qing Dynasty. It's not good to be too tired. Alas, like Prince Gong, I have worked hard all my life, and I'm not good at seeing my health until I'm old. Duke Rong is healthy and I'm very happy. I heard that he has married two concubines again?"

As soon as I arrived at the capital, I received this report. Although Shanqi visited me, his system of surveillance in the capital princes and ministers was still very well operated. Among the princes and ministers, Ronglu was the most conspicuous thing. In addition, the princes and princes of the Mongolian prince Na Yantu often came to the palace and was very compatible with Hefei. Shanqi was doubtful if it was Na Yantu's instruction.

When it comes to Ronglu marrying a side family, the royal family became unnatural. His eyes turned red and he looked at Concubine Ning with resentment and said, "When he said to the emperor, he is also old and hot. He said he is afraid that he will not live for a few years. He will enjoy a few more years of blessings while he still has life."

"Haha, I think it's you who serves..." As he said that, he quickly closed his mouth. In front of Concubine Ning, these words seemed too frivolous in front of Concubine Ning. He shook his head and said, "It's already night, why don't you go and have a companion with the queen. She just came back and was tired." Looking at the young royal family swaying and plump body, it was hot in summer, and her white body was filled with sweat, which was even more attractive. I don't believe that Ronglu was taking a concubine for the sake of taking a concubine. From my perspective, he should avoid disasters more.

The clan clan's gratitude was kneeling down and went to Longyu Palace. I hugged Concubine Ning for a while. When talking about the harem, she did not express any opinions. She only said that she believed that the truth would come out one day. She hugged the phoenix and fake phoenix for a while. She naturally couldn't enjoy the fun. She blushed and gasped for a while, and raised her head to hold my hand and said, "No, Master, you should go find other sisters. I can't..." As she said that, she was already like a mosquito.

I smiled and stopped, stood up and kissed her on the forehead, "Don't worry, I trust you, don't take that matter to heart. It's serious to give me a few more princes. I'm going, and when I go back to Beijing, the first person I see is you."

With a smile, he left the palace gate and headed towards Zhongcui Palace.

On this night, a major event that was about to shock Europe happened in the distant territory of Georgia in Central Asia. Watzchenovsky, the governor of Georgia in Russia, was assassinated by local illegitimate bandits while patrolling the increasingly uneasy Russian-Turkey border. Seven bandits captured at the same time committed suicide by taking poison on the spot. Although their physical characteristics did not look like the Turks in the traditional impression, they all found strips of cloth with Turkish blood. After verification by translation experts, they were indeed Turkish, which means: to punish you guilty pagans with the call of the prophet.

This is a fuse that will inevitably shake Europe. The Cossack Corps, which had already gathered on the border, completed mobilization almost overnight. The vanguard quickly unfolded its formation, and the war was about to break out.

The next morning, the Russian Foreign Ministry issued a statement to the world that the Turkish government must hand over the instructor behind it, otherwise it will be regarded as declaring war on the Russian Empire! Another statement was issued in the afternoon, declaring that within seven days, if the Turkish government cannot make a reasonable explanation and hand over the criminal, the Tsar's iron fist will smash Türkiye to pieces without hesitation!

In the afternoon of the same day, all prisoners imprisoned in Tbilisi, including severe prisoners and political prisoners, were released and turned to labor to the border between Georgia and Turkey, and the Sudan of Istanbul suddenly discovered that his country had been forced to the brink of war, and he was almost unprepared!

Save God’s people! This is the call of the whole of Russia.
Chapter completed!