Last time, when Jiegege left Guangdong, President Meng asked people to send it to Jiegege and Lihuang Imperial Concubine, even the Empress Dowager Ci'an, and she could only take out 50,000 taels.Why are the magnates unwilling to donate money to save the country, these civil and military officials, the emperor's relatives and relatives have a general psychology, the emperor is not short of money, "the shore of the land, it is not the king's land", the whole world is yours, why do you want us to pay for the officialdom of Zhili is also unlucky than other places, Li Hongzhang did not avoid suspicion, took the lead in donating 200,000 taels, becoming the most donated person in the local governor's mansion, originally this money, but also to finally fall back into his hands, if it were not for the fear of offending everyone, Li Hongzhang could have donated more, donated too much, On the one hand, it seems that he has embezzled too much, and on the other hand, it seems that he is also persecuting everyone in disguise.Led by Li Hongzhang, the governors of all provinces donated at least 100,000 taels, and a group of local officials in Zhili did not donate less, with a total of no less than 2 million taels, which is about to catch up with the princes and ministers in Beijing.Many of Li Hongzhang's students, he even secretly advanced money on his behalf, first, to win people's hearts, and second, to let the court see his attitude.Every time she encounters these major events, the Empress Dowager Cixi is always the most satisfied with Li Hongzhang's approach.In the end, the entire Qing Dynasty squeezed out more than 7 million taels of official silver for the Qing court, although it was still more than 2 million taels short of the Empress Dowager Cixi's goal of 10 million taels, but this was already able to allow Zhili to carry out defense projects.These more than 7 million taels are already very remarkable, this is still the case that the Qing court did not send a killer weapon, the Qing court to fall, it is not easy, the biggest killer of the Qing court is to sell the official mantle, in people's hearts, the Qing court is the authentic court The cognition has not collapsed, so the official title of the Qing court is still recognized, at the beginning of selling the official, two or thirty million taels is a matter of minutes.However, generally it will not come to this point unless it is absolutely necessary, and this time it did not come to this step, which shows that although the Empress Dowager Cixi complained bitterly, she did not feel that she could not hold on immediately.Repairing fortifications, repairing forts, and building military fortresses, they were very busy, and hurriedly contacted foreigners to purchase artillery and ammunition.The Qing court focused its defense on Cangzhou and Dagukou, which were the battlegrounds for the Chinese army to march into Beijing.The Empress Dowager Cixi and Li Hongzhang had an exchange on whether to attack Jiangnan, and Li Hongzhang hinted that if Huaguo did not make further moves, even if it was not easy, it would be difficult to hold the north steadily, which was also in line with the Empress Dowager Cixi's thoughts."
Li Hongzhang means that if you want to fight against southern Jiangsu, you need at least 300,000 troops, and this one will cost more than 3 million taels, and the daily expenditure will be at least 300,000 taels.The Empress Dowager Cixi sighed after reading Li Hongzhang's secret recital."
Jie'er, what do you say to do now" Jiegege was stunned, the Queen Mother rarely asked his opinion before, but now she often asks her, which also makes her nervous, "Huang Eniang, I don't understand political affairs, I don't dare to speak falsely." ”Empress Dowager Cixi smiled bitterly, "You have been by my side since you were a child, when I was so old with you, I had already begun to help the emperor correct the excerpts, you don't want to say it, that's it, it really has nothing to do with you, in my opinion, even if it is so stiff, it doesn't take ten years of hard work, the sky of the Great Qing Kingdom will collapse by itself." ”Jie Gege hurriedly said: "Let's work hard, maybe, it won't take five years for Xuan Yuemeng's sky to collapse by itself, Huang Eniang, you don't have to worry too much." ”"Your little mouth, you will make people happy, I've seen it, his Xuan Yuemeng's sky, can't be finished, he is not a monarchy, even if there is something wrong with Xuan Yuemeng, someone will make up for it immediately, they are party politics, amazing."
The Empress Dowager Cixi played with the jade wrench in her hand, and said with compassion.Jiegege naturally knows the structure of President Meng's side, in fact, Jiegege has been a confidential secretary by President Meng's side for a period of time, and knows a lot of things, but after she came back, she rarely said to Cixi, only that she was eating with Xuan Yuemeng every day.President Meng's mother, Xuan Huang, presided over Tianjin's Meng Garden and Lu Yuan's family business, and the entire American Concession in Tianjin was still in the hands of President Meng, and Qing soldiers did not dare to come to the concession.Xuan Zonglu and Xuan Hongtao were still in the northeast, and Xuan Hongtao didn't dare to go back to Tianjin, for fear that Li Hongzhang would arrest him.And the Qing court is very strange that Xuan Zonglu has not been removed from the official position of governor of Liaoning, and the old lady of the Xuan family, Xuan Zhou, is still in Tianjin."
I don't know what happened to them, the lord is in the northeast, it should be fine, the imperial court soldiers and horses over there have withdrawn, if Yue Meng really wants to fight further north, I'm afraid that the imperial court will come to arrest us," Xuan Zhou, the old lady of the Xuan family, asked worriedly.Xuan Huang smiled: "How old are you and what are you afraid of, if you have to worry, just worry about the master, I heard that the master, in the northeast, found the wife of the fifth aunt." ”Speaking of this, the old lady of the Xuan family, Xuan Zhou, was angry, "This old immortal, his courage is getting bigger and bigger, and he actually found Aunt Wufang's wife in one go, it turned out that when she was in Zhili, she was pretending." ”No one cares about Xuan Zonglu, and now Xuan Zonglu's life is ruined, but Xuan Hongtao doesn't dare, after all, Huaguo is Xuan Yuemeng's, and the power is in Xuan Yuemeng's hands, Xuan Hongtao can only be alone, watching his old man eat meat every day.Xu Xiangzhi is twelve or thirteen years old, and she has become a girl, sitting quietly on the side without speaking.Xuan Huang looked at Xu Xiangzhi and sighed softly, he didn't know what to say, in this era, there are too many things like Xu Xiangzhi.Xu Xiangzhi is a child daughter-in-law bought by the Xuan family, not long after the purchase, the seriously ill fourth child died, and President Meng passed on the fourth child to renew the incense.According to the rules of the Qing Dynasty, Xu Xiangzhi was not allowed to remarry in this life, so he could only start to be a widow since he was a child.Xuan Yuewu and Xuan Yuewen both held senior positions in Huaguo, and after Xuan Yubing graduated from Xinxue, he also went to Danzhou, and is now Zhao Qingluo's deputy.Since Xuan Yuelei no longer had to take the imperial examination, the old man Xuan Zonglu helped Xuan Yuelei use his relationship, and when he became the prefect of Qiongzhou, he also started a family.Xuan Yuelei has been ruined since he took a break from Zhao Qingluo, and now he is ruined, and he has also married his aunt and wife in the third room, plus Xiaocui, the maid who used to be in the upper room of the main room, now has a total of four wives, gave birth to five sons, three daughters, and the whole humanoid bulldozer.President Meng is only more than four years old, and his nephews and nieces are already more than a dozen.Under the strong rise of President Meng, everyone in the Xuan family has a good life.The second and third rooms have no improvement, and Xuan Hongbo in the second room is still eating and drinking behind Jing Duo's ass, and no one has moved him if he has a relationship with Xuan Yuemeng, but no one has promoted him, because Xuan Zonglu knows that Xuan Yuemeng doesn't like Xuan Hongbo and the third Xuan Hongyu, and it is impossible for the Qing court to let too many Xuan family members be officials in the imperial court.Xuan Hongbo's daughter and wife's madness were also cured, and the daughter got married.Sanfang Xuan Hongyu, there is the relationship between the old lady Xuan Zhou, just eat, drink and have fun at home, he is not short of money, when he is fine, he can also go to the headquarters of Klinsmann in the American Concession, and find Timothy Li to get some money, Timothy Li looks at the face of President Meng, so he does not ask for instructions, hundreds of taels of official silver, not less to Xuan Hongyu, Xuan Hongyu's son and daughter have gone to a new school in Tianjin, after coming out, they are all working in Klinsmann Foreign Bank, just general management, and there is no special care.This was originally an ordinary and ordinary era, and it has not yet reached the turbulence of the great era.But because of the appearance of Xuan Yuemeng, the Xuan family, an ordinary official family, has undergone tremendous changes, and the whole of China has also entered a great era of turmoil in advance, and the whole country and society are quietly undergoing tremendous changes.On the ground of Zhili, the weight of President Meng's mother, Xuan Huang's words, can already be the same as that of Li Hongzhang, the governor of Zhili.Even, even Meng Garden and Lu Garden have set up a special office, which is responsible for receiving all kinds of people who come to visit, which is almost like a small petition office.This is also related to the Xuan Huang family eating fast and reciting Buddha, so as to do good deeds, find the Xuan family, at least you can have a full meal, you can point out the direction of life, you can find a job, every year through the Xuan family office to Danzhou, there are no less than tens of thousands of people, there is a large canteen for a long time, for the hungry people to eat.t1706231537: