After seeing Li Ningyu come in, the two people who were sitting on the couch were about to get up, but Li Ningyu stopped him with his eyes. Then he said politely: "I'm sorry, the situation forces me to have to aggrieve you two."
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"It's okay! Everything is fine. Thank you Commander Li for saving your life!" After hearing Li Ningyu's kind words, the two of them immediately waved with a smile.
After finishing speaking, Li Ningyu began to look at the concubines beside Emperor Guangxu. During the Qing Dynasty, only two emperors' concubines were awarded the title "Zhenfei". One was Emperor Daoguang's concubine Hesheli.
The other one is the favorite concubine of Emperor Guangxu. She not only has outstanding appearance, but also has an arrogant personality, because according to historical records, even at the moment when she was pushed into the well by the Empress Dowager Cixi, she still smiled and did not give in.
But all that was just a tragic dream of the feudal dynasty. Even if she received many honors after her death, she was still in the cold Forbidden City, looking at this Concubine Zhen, whose surname was Tarara, who had a red flag in Manchuria.
, Li Ningyu still feels that there is a discrepancy with the photos of later generations, because the real person is much more beautiful than the photos.
Concubine Zhen's grandfather was Yutai, the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, and her uncle Changshan was a general in Guangzhou. Concubine Zhen grew up in Guangzhou, and how much did Emperor Guangxu like Concubine Zhen?
According to the history that Li Ningyu knows, Emperor Guangxu lost sexual interest in Empress Longyu after his wedding. In fact, Guangxu was only seventeen or eighteen years old at the time. He had to go to court at midnight every day and only returned to the palace at noon. Working hours
It lasted for seven or eight hours, which was considered very hard work. Concubine Zhen stayed by his side every day, thinking of ways to adapt to Guangxu's preferences, such as dressing up in men's clothing, being naughty, cute, and charming.
In addition, she was good at playing chess, and she often ate, drank, played and had fun with Guangxu. She didn't care about men and women, and won the favor of Emperor Guangxu. Concubine Zhen was also very generous, and she often treated the eunuchs in the emperor's palace.
The eunuchs were rewarded, so that they could get some small favors, and they all tried their best to flatter them, but in the end they were still praised so much that they didn't know why, and they gradually lost their ability to control themselves.
There was a system in the Qing Palace. The queen's annual silver was only one thousand taels, and the concubine's was only 300 taels per year. Concubine Zhen obviously did not have enough money, and she did not know how to save. The deficit became increasingly serious, so she joined forces with the eunuchs to ask foreign officials.
, it was a scandal to take bribes and sell an official position, and Concubine Zhen’s main task was to ask Emperor Guangxu for a request. In the process of buying an official position, she got the most credit, and naturally she also shared the most spoils. However, this kind of thing can be done in one thing or another.
Especially in the 20th year of Guangxu's reign, Concubine Zhen wanted to help someone get a Sichuan salt road position. As a rule, new officials of this level were sent to other places and had to be summoned by Emperor Guangxu. However, when Guangxu summoned him, he asked the person who held the position.
In which yamen he served, he finally found out that he was in a wood factory. Guangxu was shocked on the spot, and then asked the person who held the position to write down his resume. However, the person who held the position could not write a word for a long time. The last question turned out to be a big boss.
illiteracy.
This incident was shocking both inside and outside the court, especially the Empress Dowager Cixi who immediately blamed Emperor Guangxu and demanded investigation after learning about it, because in the Ming and Qing dynasties, there were clear regulations that no one in the harem was allowed to interfere in the government affairs, let alone recommending an illiterate person to be in power.
It was really shameful to be an official, but in the end it was Emperor Guangxu who protected Concubine Zhen, and the matter was settled in the end.
From a certain point of view, Li Ningyu doesn't like such a woman, but if you can't interfere with things in history, just don't interfere with it, as long as nothing blocks Li Ningyu's steps, but at this time, because Li Ningyu is straight
Looking at Concubine Zhen still aroused Emperor Guangxu's dissatisfaction. Fortunately, Li Ningyu's eyes were appreciative and not with an aggressive purpose.
After looking at Concubine Zhen, Li Ningyu turned around and chatted with Emperor Guangxu: "I guess you can go back in a few days!".
"This..." After hearing Li Ningyu's words, Emperor Guangxu didn't quite understand the situation outside, and said with fear in his heart.
"Haha, don't worry, the Far East army has arrived in the capital before the coalition forces!"
After Li Ningyu told everything, Emperor Guangxu and Concubine Zhen felt relieved. However, Emperor Guangxu then asked Li Ningyu: "Commander Li, has the problem of the Boxers been solved now?"
"Oh, we are all old acquaintances. From now on, please call me Ning Yu or Li Ningyu. Every time I hear you talking about Commander Li, I always feel a little weird!" After explaining, Li Ningyu emphasized first.
Said, and when he heard Li Ningyu's reply, Emperor Guangxu was stunned for a moment, then accepted it calmly, and called out, General Li Ningyu.
Next, Li Ningyu expressed some of his thoughts, but regarding the issue of the Boxer Rebellion, Li Ningyu just said to Emperor Guangxu: "Actually, the Far East cannot handle the Boxer matters well. After all, these matters are still your own family affairs.
So when the time comes, it will be up to you and the Queen of Heaven to discuss the matter, and the Far East will only come forward to handle matters with foreigners from various countries!"
Li Ningyu's meaning was obvious, so Emperor Guangxu also agreed with his approach, but he was still worried and said: "However, with the current military strength in the capital, it is impossible to suppress the power of this group of boxers.
It seems that the Queen Mother and the four ministers have some kind of agreement with the Boxers!"
"Well, you don't have to worry about this problem. My plan is to take action tonight. First, all the main leaders of the Boxer Rebellion will be secretly controlled!" After hearing Li Ningyu's explanation, Emperor Guangxu seemed to relax at once, because he finally
Those who were worried and scrupulous were the Boxers and the four ministers behind them.
At this time, in the conference room in the yamen of the prime ministers of various countries, Kong Xiaoping, the representative representing the Far East, also signaled that Chiang Zhongzheng on the side would put forward the requirements of the Far East. Although Chiang Zhongzheng was only more than ten years old at this time, he had mature thoughts since he was a child.
He was not timid at all at this time. Today he specially took out a pair of glasses that he usually used for appearance and put them on.
After standing up, he cleared his throat first, then looked at the black words on the white paper, and read out one by one: "About the five points of opinion between the Far East and the Qing Dynasty to jointly resist foreign enemies, Article 1: Within ten days,
All Boxers in various places must be disbanded and all bandit leaders must be arrested; Clause 2: It is necessary to prepare in advance pension money to appease foreigners in various countries, and the Far East will also propose items for the Qing Dynasty that require foreigners to pay compensation; Clause 3: The Far East is willing to cooperate with the Qing Dynasty
Form a brotherly alliance and jointly resist the Western powers forever;
Article 4: The Qing Dynasty will provide the Far East with all material consumption for fighting foreigners in the Qing Dynasty; Article 5: In order to strengthen the alliance between the Far East and the Qing Dynasty, the Far East will open five trading ports for the Qing Dynasty, namely: North Korea