"The Empress Dowager is serious. I am just discussing the matter. It is indeed difficult to modify the plan. It is not that I mean to shirk the responsibility!"
Yi Xin and others really didn't understand why Ci Xi was crazy. The truth was very clear. There was not enough time and the workload was too big. No one could do so many things in two days even if they were not gods!
Why can't this principle make sense? Why do you want to scold the ministers later? What could be the motive? To put it bluntly, even if Guiziliu wanted to rebel against Gongbian and kill the emperor, he would ascend the throne himself.
Even if he wanted to do this, he wouldn't be reluctant to part with that bit of loess, right?
Cixi's eyes were red. Seeing these damn ministers trembling with anger, she even turned her eyes for help to Zeng Guofan, who had been sitting in a chair without saying a word.
Hey... Zeng Guofan sighed and said in a low voice, "You guys! Have you forgotten? Xiao Letian entered the capital through Guangqumen five years ago!"
Just this sentence woke up all the ministers present. Oops...how could I forget this!
Yi Xin and Yixuan blushed on the spot and said, "This... this..."
More than five years have passed. Time flies so fast. When Cixi took the risk of launching a palace coup and destroyed the secret decree of the late emperor in Ci'an's hands, it was Qing Sanye and Er Mao who retreated to Jingshan Mountain with a group of loyal guards and eunuchs. .
The two empress dowagers were in a stalemate against each other against a mountain. Xiao Letian's CIA... was still called the Hall of Punishment at that time! It was the Xingtang that gave Empress Dowager Dong a large number of weapons, equipment and combatants, which enabled her to survive.
After Xiao Letian received the secret edict from Qingjun Ci'an, the Chinese army fought all the way from Tanggu to Beijing, defeating Li Hongzhang's Huai army and the last Eight Banners troops in the capital along the way.
A bloody battle in Guangqumen finally brought the Han armed forces back to Beijing!
Guangqumen was the city gate that Xiao Letian destroyed, and it was also the city gate that he left with the little emperor. In Cixi's heart, this was the most ominous place!
I really didn’t expect these people to be so forgetful. They forgot about this in just over five years!
"The Ai family is disappointed... You are all old people of the Eight Banners. Your family has been enjoying the imperial court's hard-core crops for more than two hundred years!"
"And you Han ministers, all of you are usually knowledgeable about the past and present. You have one set of principles after another. Where is your good memory?"
"Yikeng! Why are you hiding? What about your ability to brag about your ancestors? You remember Men'erqing every detail of what happened during the Shunzhi period. Why don't you remember anything today?"
Ci Xi's aggrieved eyes were filled with tears, "I finally understand. This is bullying my orphans and widowed mother! You just don't want Long Live Lord to rule personally. Your Majesty will be so angry that you can find a new one... wu wu wu..."
"Long live my Majesty! Queen Mother, calm down!" What else can you say at this time? Kneel down and kowtow!
This scene was interesting. All the ministers except Zeng Guofan knelt. The governor of Zhili didn't want to kneel or be embarrassed, so he simply stood up and took a step back to hide in the corner.
Ci'an was not feeling well today and didn't come at all. Maybe in her mind, which city gate she entered through had no meaning at all and was not worth discussing.
Those who give up their picks give up their picks, and those who push the cow push the cow. This question is hanging in the air!
Yixin also wanted to bow his head and admit it at this moment. Deshengmen is just Deshengmen, why are you calling this old lady! It’s easy to change the plan, but how to solve the specific problems?
It is simply impossible to complete such a large project in two days!
Li Hongzao, a bachelor, thought for a long time and said carefully, "How about... why don't we go to Zuo'anmen instead? Isn't Zuo'anmen to the south of Guangqumen? There are fewer detours into the city from there!"
Yikuang shook his head and said, "Pull it down. After Zuo'anmen enters the city, there are crop fields. It stinks and there is a lot of dung. Let Your Majesty enter the city from that way? It's even more disrespectful..."
"How about Chaoyangmen?"
"It's useless. The amount of detour work is not much less than that of Deshengmen. It can't be completed in two days!"
The ministers discussed for a long time, and Prince Qing Yikuang whispered, "Queen Mother... If it doesn't work, let Long live Lord enter the city from Dongbianmen! Wherever there is a water pier, the dragon boat can directly dock at the pier, and your majesty can rest more..."
"Get out!" Cixi immediately shouted loudly, pointing her long fingernails at Prince Qing's head and yelling, "Get out...someone, please take him out and blast him out...get out!"
Cixi's face was so angry that she turned around and ran away!
The East-West Bianmen is the smallest of the nine gates of the capital. It is located at the small corner between the inner city and the south city. Especially outside the Dongbian Gate, there is the last end of the canal water system. This is where goods are unloaded.
The majestic emperor wants to go to the city with the coolies? His heart is so cruel!
Cixi's lips turned purple with anger. He stood up and shouted loudly, "Aixinjueluo Zaichun is the only prince of the late emperor and the purest emperor who has inherited the legal system of the Qing Dynasty for more than 200 years!"
"Not only the Qing Dynasty, but also other countries in the world have recognized this... Now someone actually dares to say that Long Live can enter Beijing through the east door?"
"His heart is so cruel! Is this an insinuation that Long Live the Lord's success in winning the country is unfair?"
Shang Gang is online, and the court is afraid that Shang Gang is online. Guiziliu knows that it will definitely not work if he does not give a satisfactory answer to this matter today.
He raised his head and said loudly, "Take the Yongding Gate! Enter the city from the Yongding Gate at the southernmost end of Nancheng. This is also a good place!"
"I risked my life. I didn't sleep for two days and two nights. I also had to renovate the roads inside and outside the city. I had to renovate the streets with clean water, loess paved roads, colorful sheds, silk flowers, dragon and lion dances, and welcome guests. The common people...I promise that everything will be done in two days!"
"I was tired and vomited blood, but I still managed this errand for the Queen Mother and the Emperor!"
"No!" Cixi also got into trouble and thought to herself, "What have you been doing so long ago? Now you know how to be brave. The Ai family is not easy to bully!"
"The Aijia said that Deshengmen is Deshengmen! This is the first emperor to return victoriously from Europe in the 200 years of the Qing Dynasty, and he wants to enter Beijing through Deshengmen!"
The negotiations had completely broken down at this point. Yixin's final solution was to enter Beijing through Andingmen. Even if he spent more money to hire soldiers and civilians, he still had to make basic preparations within 48 hours.
This is already the limit of Yi Xin's ability!
But Cixi's bad temper also got worse, and she refused to accept any choice except Deshengmen!
Just when the two sides were in a stalemate, suddenly the eunuch's voice came from outside the Yangxin Gate: "The Queen Mother has arrived!" Ci'an came at the critical moment!
It turned out that Li Lianying had just seen that the situation was not good, so he quickly sent a young eunuch to Jingshan to invite the Queen Mother Dong. Ci'an didn't want to come at first, but when he heard that the situation was like this, he really could no longer sit on the Diaoyutai.
As soon as he entered the Yangxin Hall, the ministers kowtowed to greet him. Ci'an looked at Zeng Guofan angrily, "The commander-in-chief didn't even try to persuade him, so he just watched the fun?"
Zeng Guofan smiled faintly, "I have nothing to do! No, it's up to the Queen Mother to decide!"
