As long as Cixi engages in internal fighting, she is a natural master, but as long as it involves Western knowledge, she immediately transforms into an ignorant fool!
Railways have long been an important military tool for Europeans. Prussia continuously defeated Austria and France, the two major powers. The biggest reliance was on its developed railway network!
The industrial development in Germany also relies on the support of railways to allow resources and commodities to flow!
At this moment, Xiao Letian and Bismarck are even studying the construction of a Eurasian railway bridge. The two political giants of the 19th century, one in the East and the other in the West, are planning to build a railway artery in Central Asia within a hundred years so that Eurasian goods cannot be transported. It can be circulated through the ocean!
What a bold investment this is, and a grand strategy destined to change the global geopolitical landscape!
But in this era of great changes, the Qing Dynasty was still considering issues such as Feng Shui and ancestral graves. The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, including the gentry and the common people, turned out that the number one reason for rejecting the railway was Feng Shui?
"Feng Shui, Feng Shui, Feng Shui... This Feng Shui is so good, why didn't it stop the foreign devils?"
"Mom, please stop talking. Anyway, I have already taken the British money. If I regret it in the future, I'm afraid it will be the next time I attack the capital!"
"Do you want railroads or war? Choose for yourself!"
"I don't want to be the king of a subjugated country! Nor do I want to be a marionette in your hands... For my wedding, the queen must choose it herself!"
"No matter who you recommend, bring it to me to see with my own eyes. Only if I nod my head can I be crowned queen!"
"I'm exhausted, so I'll take my leave first..."
Zai Chun has wasted almost two hours with Ci Xi. He did nothing for half a day and just listened to the woman's nagging. Today Zai Chun has to go to Beicheng for inspection. He originally planned to do half a day's work in the morning, but he didn't expect the plan. It can only be left to the afternoon.
"Let's go, let's go..." Zai Chun saluted his mother, turned around and ran away, ignoring Ci Xi who was recruiting her from behind.
"This child is so angry with me... so angry with me..." Cixi sat on a chair and sulked. After a while, Li Lianying came in and quickly patted the Queen Mother on the back. ,
"Queen Mother, calm down... The Emperor is old and has his own ideas. Isn't this a good thing?"
"What a fart! How old is he? How old is he? How can he manage a country without my support?" Cixi said angrily.
"Why is this child so stubborn? Why do you think he is so stubborn?"
"Your Majesty, there is a saying in my hometown, which is... a stubborn person will never ruin the family! It's a good thing for young people to be enterprising. Your Majesty, you have to be more open-minded..."
Cixi looked a little better and sighed, "Hey... I really can't defeat him. Seems like this, he has to see these alternative women with his own eyes?"
"How can there be such a rule? Even the mother can't decide the marriage of his children? He should go and see it in person, and if the news spreads, the Han Confucian officials will laugh to death?"
"I'm just talking nonsense, saying that we Manchus don't know etiquette, and now I'm rushing to give them excuses, eh..."
Li Lianying poured a cup of tea for the Queen Mother, "Calm down... Isn't it because the Emperor is like this because Beiyuan has someone to rely on? When doing business, you are afraid of goods going out to many places. Long live the Lord knows that if one doesn't work, there will be a second one. If two don't work, there will be a second one." Twenty, so he’s not in a hurry!”
"Don't be angry, Queen Mother. Isiha is on duty today. I asked him to come in and take care of me..."
Li Lianying lightly laid some maggots on Beiyuan, which made them sick and disgusted. Then, before Cixi could react, he pushed out her beloved face.
Cixi was originally very angry, but when she heard the three words "Isiha", she lost most of her anger!
"Let's go back and have dinner at Chuxiu Palace... take a nap in the afternoon, I really can't worry enough! Remember to pick a good day and let Fengxiu send her daughter to the palace. I will let His Majesty see it with his own eyes later!"
"The girl chosen by the Ai family is extremely beautiful no matter what. She will never let Beiyuan overwhelm her... I don't know my son yet? As long as he sees it, he will never be able to walk again!"
It was already past noon, and Cixi hurriedly returned to Chuxiu Palace to have lunch. As for how she and Yisiha spent time after lunch, it is not enough for outsiders to know.
A Forbidden City, a Beiyuan, a Cixi, and a Ci'an!
They talk about propriety, justice, integrity and morality, all of which are immutable ancestral rules, but at the same time, one person and one lover trample the fundamental etiquette of the Qing Dynasty into the cesspool!
What a great travesty!
The upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked! Zai Chun's character development is directly related to his parents. Zai Chun, who hurriedly escaped from the Yangxin Palace, took Er Mao, Da Si Xi, Ma Ming, Bai Min and others who had been waiting for a long time, all the way out of the palace from Donghua Gate. , and then head north along the root of the imperial city to prepare to leave the city.
From this point of view, we can see the benefits of the previous change in Seizing the Gate Palace. At present, the new Yulin Army has controlled three important city gates in the capital, Donghua Gate and Dong'an Gate, which are extremely affiliated.
Then there are Anding Gate and Desheng Gate. With control of these three gates, Zai Chun will not be trapped alive in the Forbidden City!
Walking to Donghua Gate, Zaichun changed into casual clothes. The pure black lake silk coat was lined with soft and warm bearskin!
The senior officials of the Qing Dynasty loved fur, which was also commonly known as wearing mink! This is a custom they brought in from outside the customs!
However, after more than 200 years after entering the customs, their custom of wearing mink fur has also changed. Outside the customs, they belong to the bold and unrestrained style, and their fur is exposed!
After entering the customs, I was influenced by the clothing of the Ming Dynasty. The fur of the fur was on the inside, and the top quality satin was sewn on the outside. If it weren't for the edge of the fur, I'm afraid you wouldn't know that the other person was wearing fur.
The flamboyant style began to be restrained, and some Manchus even hid the fur fringe, making it look as ordinary as a cotton jacket from a distance.
This is all the result of being influenced by Han people’s thoughts, restrained and plain!
What Zai Chun wore today was a very ordinary black satin jacket. The raw edges were all wrapped up. It looked like a thin layer on the outside, but it was actually very warm and protected from the wind!
Wearing a melon-skin hat, fake braids, and a pure black lake silk coat, from a distance he looks like a common rich man in the capital, and his father is only a fourth-rank official at most.
The feeling of having a private visit incognito was really great. The air Zaichun breathed after leaving Dong'an Gate was sweet!
"Master is right. If you want to seize the power in the imperial court, you have to seize the power of the palace first! What if a person doesn't even have freedom of movement and then says he wants to reform the entire Qing Dynasty?"
"That's fart!"
"You remember, as long as we nail the entrance guard of the capital, we must guard it forever, and no one can lose it!"
"My freedom depends on you!"
