These short-sighted officials in the Manchu court may not understand the complex relationships between Benjamin, Gladstone, McMahon, and Thiers, but they still have a deep understanding of the most threatening forces around them. of.
In recent years, the Chinese have placed a large number of spies within the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, and the Manchu Qing has also placed too many spies within the Chinese!
These high-profile officials from the Chinese ethnic group are still well-connected within the Manchu Qing Dynasty. How else could they instigate Yang Zhi to rebel?
Cai Bixia, the only daughter of Cai Mao, the naval admiral of the Ryukyu Kingdom, hung out with Xiang Ying, Lin Zhen, and Jin Sanshun. She studied Western learning and her ideas were about women's liberation!
When Ryukyu was attacked by the French, these young people emerged and showed their military potential, so Xiao Letian was sent to Prussia!
If young people want to exercise, they have to go to the Navy, learn the latest technology, see the vastest ocean, and always stand at the forefront of history!
Cai Bixia is very outstanding. As the communications officer of the Zhiyuan, she can be said to have completed her tasks perfectly in the past few years, and her quality is now fully capable of commanding a warship independently!
The Prussians admire Chinese women very much. Fang Guan is the Chinese opera goddess recognized by Europeans, and Cai Bixia is the flower of the Chinese navy!
Perhaps for publicity purposes, Xiao Letian awarded Cai Bixia the rank of lieutenant colonel, while Lin Zhen, Jin Sanshun and others were awarded the rank of major!
As a lieutenant colonel, Cai Bixia inspired many Chinese girls to break the feudal prison and rush to school to learn Western learning!
However, Xiao Letian's arrangement for Cai Bixia was obviously not that of the Navy. This time the Zhiyuan returned to Asia, Xiang Ying and the others continued maintenance training with the warship, but Cai Bixia was singled out and went to Beijing to engage in diplomacy!
The Manchu and Qing dynasties did not know the profound meaning of Xiao Letian's move, but this act of allowing women to engage in diplomacy greatly irritated the Manchu and Qing officials who were supremely patriarchal!
Li Hongzao was the first to jump out and yelled at Xiao Letian for his moral turpitude and "immorality! Are the Chinese people a country of beasts?"
"Women are exposed in public, they are not allowed to have their feet bound, and they are allowed to go to school...that's all. This is their own internal matter, and we have nothing to do with it!"
"But now they actually send a woman to envoy me. This is an insult to my country!"
"No, Long Live Master must not see her!"
Weng Tonghe frowned, "I have been to Ryukyu before, and to be honest, I have seen Xiao Letian's feminist activities with my own eyes... To be fair, if women are not allowed to bind their feet, I agree with you if you read a lot of books!"
"But I really can't accept having a woman as an official... I can't see you. Your Majesty will never see you. Let Xiao Letian be replaced!"
We were discussing the incident of seizing the Donghua Gate, but Cai Bixia suddenly appeared, causing a wave of verbal and written criticism of women in power!
Of course, Yi Xin and Yixuan had to step on Xiao Letian. The two princes said angrily, "Send an official document of protest to Xiao Letian. Fu Qing, go and do it right away. Send the official document of protest!"
"It's outrageous to let a woman negotiate. Si Chen, the hen, is hanging upside down! Shameless..."
Fu Qing was embarrassed and couldn't speak. At this time, Ci'an's voice sounded from the door of the hall, "Who are you two uncles scolding? When did the Ai family provoke you?"
Yi Xin's face turned red immediately. No one expected that the Queen Mother would appear at this moment!
Ci'an took the lead, Cixi followed, and the queen mothers of the two palaces no longer cared about the system of hanging curtains or not, and just barged in directly!
To say that this is very unruly, why is there a rule of listening to politics behind the curtain? It is because of the great defense of etiquette and law!
After all, the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces is a woman and cannot always be in the public eye. What's more, the widow has a lot of disputes in front of her house and creates a lot of rumors. What's more, she always has to deal with state affairs, how can she avoid seeing men!
"The Queen Mother, calm down, I don't use my words... I'm just talking about Xiao Letian's people..."
Cixi glared at Guiziliu fiercely, "We sisters have broken our hearts and turned our hair gray because of the Qing Dynasty... and finally ended up with Si Chen's test?"
"Are you going to write this sentence into the history books in the future?"
"I dare not... Queen Mother, please calm down!" Yi Xin quickly knelt down and kowtowed.
Zai Chun stood up and walked down from the Sumeru Seat to greet the two Queen Mothers. "How dare you bother the two Queen Mothers to come here? It's really your fault. I wanted to discuss the results in a meeting and then go to the Yangxin Hall to report to the Queen Mother!"
"Don't! Long live my lord, who did you learn this skill of killing first and showing off later? Has Xiao Letian taught you this in the past five years?"
Ci'an snorted and left Zai Chun sitting on the chair to the left of the Xumizuo!
After Xianfeng's death, why did he listen to politics behind the curtain in Yangxin Hall? Or is it because the Yangxin Hall is just a study room of the emperor, and its level is not high!
There is no Xumi Seat in the Yangxin Hall. This is the seat of the true emperor of the Great Chaohui, and only Wan Sui can sit there!
Even if the Queen Mother is precious, she can only place a chair under the Xumizuo to accompany the discussion!
This is a bit disrespectful. Zaichun is too young to sit on the high Xumizuo, and it is really unfilial to let his mother sit below!
Therefore, listening to politics behind the curtain can only be placed in a place like Yangxin Hall!
Today both Ci'an and Cixi broke into the Gate of Supreme Harmony to show themselves, which shows how tense the situation has become!
Ci'an and Cixi sat down under the Xumizuo. At this time, Zaichun could no longer sit and could only stand beside the two queen mothers. Other officials also stood to discuss affairs!
At the critical moment, Ci'an showed the aura of the real Empress Dowager of the East Palace and raised her hand, "Bring it up!"
Zhou Daoying was so frightened that he held his breath. He held a vermilion lacquer plate in his hand, and on it was an object covered with bright yellow satin!
Cixi also clapped her hands and said, "Bring it up!"
Li Lianying carefully held another identical lacquer plate as if holding her life!
Ci'an looked at Zai Chun and pointed out, "Open..."
Zai Chun drew back his neck and took a step forward to open two pieces of bright yellow silk. When he opened them, he saw that they were the seals of two parties!
"Yushang and Tongdaotang?" Zai Chun said in surprise!
Ci'an shouted, "That's right, Yushang and Tongdaotang...the Ai family took out these two seals just to discuss it with you. Will you take the seal away today? Or will you continue to recognize this seal?"
"Queen Mother, calm down..." All the courtiers, including Zaichun, knelt down!
Yushang and Tongdaotang are the highest tokens of imperial power given by Xianfeng before his death. All important military and political affairs must use these two treasures together to pass!
Before Zai Chun took charge, the power of these two seals was higher than the national seal of the Qing Dynasty!
"Okay, okay... Since you still recognize these two seals, I will uphold the rights of the late emperor and issue an edict!"
"Please tell me, Queen Mother!" everyone replied neatly.
Ci'an looked at Guiziliu and said calmly, "Prince Gong! Has Zai Cheng gone to Xishan at this moment?"
Yi Xin shivered in fright, "No... Zaicheng has been confined at home by the minister and has not left the city. Absolutely not..."
"Haha... That's it. Then the Aijia asked you, how many Xishan soldiers have entered the capital now? How many more did you order to be transferred?"
With a bang, Yi Xin's forehead hit the gold brick, and she started to cry as she spoke, "The Queen Mother... The Xishan soldiers only have two battalions of one thousand people in the capital!"
"Half are stationed at the Prime Minister's Office, and half are stationed at the minister's home... This number of people was reported to the Queen Mother before, and she approved it!"
"Uuuuuuuuuuah...how can the queen mother be so suspicious of my brother?"
