C623 Court Debate

It was very common for the Qing Dynasty to confer a seat. After all, the Emperor was very reasonable. It was common for people to confer seats to stand for several hours in a meeting because one's physical strength was insufficient and the other was not the style of a wise king.

However, the Supreme Harmony Temple was different. This was the tallest meeting in the empire, and in order to display its unique status, no one had ever heard of a precedent here.

But today was different, Weng Tonghe was so angry that he fainted, adding that the meeting could not end in a short time, some of the older officials could not bear it, so no one objected to the empress dowager's suggestion.

Grand Commission had never been given seats, so there were very few piers around Supreme Harmony Hall, and the chairs took up too much of a space. In the end, all the officials at the front of the hall had seats, while the officials at the back could not get anything.

Xiao Letian and the rest didn't have seats, but it wouldn't be difficult for Xiao Letian. He and a new soldier whispered to each other, and soon a group of soldiers carrying Ma Za walked in.

"Sit down..." Try out the new army's little Mazar. I guarantee that it will be more comfortable than an embroidered pillar … "Come, come, come, come. Sir Wang, there's no need to be so polite. Take one. You take one too, Sir Li. You also have Sir Zhang …"

A Qing Dynasty official dressed in imperial court attire was sitting on a small horse in the Supreme Harmony Temple! If it was recorded and kept as a historical record, it would definitely shock the Historian s of the future generations.

There were also some accidents during the ride on the Mazar. These folded small Mazas were all cross folded with only a few canvas bags at the top, which was the most common style in the later generations of the military camp.

On the other hand, the officials of Qing Dynasty obviously didn't have the experience of being a Maza. They thought that they would have to sit on a chair with their butts down as usual. According to the rules of the Manchu dynasty, you can't sit fully when the Emperor gives you a seat, you can only sit carefully to show your respect.

However, Mazar's center of gravity was not as stable as the embroidery block or the chair. His buttocks were stuck on one side. Wasn't he just waiting to fall? With a series of crackling sounds, all the officials who were half-sitting and half-sitting fell to the ground.

"Hahahaha …" The little emperor couldn't help but laugh as he sat on the dragon throne. He suddenly realised that anything that touched Xiao Letian would become especially interesting.

Ci Xi said with a gloomy face: "Your Majesty, please take note of your manners. How can you, the emperor, be so presumptuous?" With just that one sentence, Tongzhi lowered his head.

Ci An was an expert at mediating, he then said, "Alright, alright, let's continue discussing, there are a lot of important matters to attend to today, so there is no need to waste time, Zuo Zongtang and the proposal from Fuqing, does anyone have any objections?"

The royals had already agreed long ago, in order to make it convenient for the empire to rule over the telegraph line, all of the royalty had to keep quiet, the local daoyin s were even more impossible to oppose, Qing Liu was dead set, and the topic of the Empire's two telegraph line just passed.

"Since no one has any objections, let the emperor use the treasures. The Prime Minister, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, is in charge of the two telegraph line from Beijing to Xi'an and the Minister of Foreign Affairs from Beijing to Shanghai. The Imperial Court has allocated two hundred thousand taels. Three years, I had only given you three years, Fuqing, do you dare to issue the military order? "

"This humble subject dares! It will be completed in three years! " Fuqing patted her chest and sat down to make up her mind.

"Alright, who still has things to do next?" Ci An didn't want to cause trouble so he quickly activated the next option.

At this time, Xiao Letian suddenly stood out and said, "Foreign ministers has something to start." After more than two years of construction, the Tanggu District had already reached its initial scale. Now, I request for the approval of the imperial government to expand the scope of the Special Zone … "Please reduce the tariffs for ten years, and ten years later, Foreign ministers will still be a prosperous Industrial Zones in the imperial government …"

The expansion plan that Xiao Letian had mentioned was actually just a formality in the imperial court. Everyone already knew that the royalty had secretly made a deal with Xiao Letian, and today, they were just there for a formality.

Seizing the opportunity to defeat Maylor, Xiao Letian expanded the scale of the Special Zone by a wide margin. Not only was the Tanggu taken away by him, even his black hand had been extended towards the north of the Ning River, and the entire two counties had been captured by him.

's aim was to the north, Kaiping and Luanzhou. To the north, Xiao Letian wanted to go there and rush to the rich resources of the coal and iron mines. Now, the Letian Firm had already built a pier at the Caofei Port, and the coal and iron ore from Kaiping and Luanzhou could be transported by sea to the Tanggu.

Right now, Xiao Letian had already sent new troops to seal off the area he wanted.

Since it was an agreement made in the past, the empress dowagers and the royalty could only pinch their noses and accept the debt. The size of the Tanggu District expanded ten times and it became a ten-year lease on the land under the signature of the Prime Minister of the Ryukyu, Xiao Letian.

Not only that, the imperial government also allowed the special administrative region to set up a mineral bureau in Kaiping and Luanzhou. The local officials could not interfere with this, which also acknowledged Xiao Letian's privileged position.

Xiao Letian was not an Englishman, his territory was different from Hong Kong's. The officials of Tanggu were still appointed by the imperial government, hence the Qing Dynasty's righteousness would not be shaken.

Xiao Letian took the Li Clan, the imperial government saved face, this was a joyous situation, the Qing Liu Clans did not dare talk back, after all, the new troops had already taken control of the land.

Xiao Letian also knew to be grateful that he had returned the favor. However, when he received the order to rent a place in the Special Zone, Xiao Letian immediately gave him another book.

"When Foreign ministers heard that the Empress Dowager of the East wanted to live in Jingshan for the rest of the year, and that the Jingshan's palace has been in disrepair for a long time, he no longer wanted to talk to the empress dowager about the empress dowager's identity. We hereby offer you one million eagles to repair the empress dowager's palace and plant flowers, please accept them!"

Xiao Letian giving him money was a small matter, regardless of whether it was a million or two million, it was not important. The key was, what was Empress Dowager of the East trying to do? The dignified empress dowager didn't live in the Forbidden City, he lived in the Jingshan. Was this the prelude to splitting the imperial government?

Weng Tonghe gave a look to his subordinates, and the group of Han Lin stepped out as if they were on stimulants.

"No, the empress dowager definitely can't. Jingshan is just a garden that the imperial family would occasionally visit. In the end, it's just an extension of the imperial garden. It's nothing much to walk around normally, but living here often isn't polite!"

"Empress Dowager, please reconsider. If the empress dowager leaves the palace, the imperial court will only suspect that there is a barrier between the empress dowagers s. By then, the people's hearts will be unsettled!"

"That's right, especially since the Jingshan is a land of death, this place is ominous …"

Hearing the obstruction of the Qing Liu group, Ci An's face became gloomy, what was he doing being framed by Ci Xi? He was trapped on top of the Jingshan and couldn't even take a sip of tea, what were you guys doing here? Right now, I wants to go out and take shelter, but you actually jumped out to point fingers?

Good, good, good. You really are I's good subjects. Thinking about that, Ci An turned and smiled at Ci Xi: "Sister, looks like none of the court officials are willing to let sister go out and take shelter. What do you think we should do?"

When Ci Xi heard this,he did not want to bring up Ci An so quickly. "Why is it like this, if Big Sis wants to live in Jingshan, she must like the beautiful scenery of the Jingshan, and the bright North Sea, so long as Big Sis is is in a good mood, then it's little Sis's good fortune!"

"Sister still has two hundred thousand taels of silver in private money. Giving it to sister can be considered as sister's filial piety …"

Ci Xi scolded in his heart, but he still had to swallow his bitter water. After going through the changes in her body, Ci An had become completely different from before, no longer as humble as before.

If Ci Xi did not agree to Ci An's conditions, then Ci An would not accept the reason for the palace change.

With the support of the new army, the power of the Qing Dynasty, and the encouragement from the Xiangjun Group, Ci An's strength was already far greater than Ci Xi's. Just look at the soldiers in Ci Xi's hands, Xiao Letian had already killed all of the elites, while the rest had become laborers.

The reason why Ci An was able to pin this crime on An Dehai and Sister Wu was already because of the greater picture. If Ci An didn't know how to retreat and advance like this, then she wouldn't have been able to control the imperial government until he died in his real history.

Weng Tonghe and the others felt frustrated. Grand Commission had not won even a single time, as if the other officials had abandoned them. Those allies in the past all looked at them with twinkling eyes, not daring to look him in the eye. Weng Tonghe knew about them and how they betrayed his faith.

Qing Liu could not even guess how much money Xiao Letian had spent in this secret period of time. The amount of money he had spent was almost as much as Liu Hai had spent, and the property in the sulcus longus was already sold half-way along with his investment, forming a very strong business empire. Under the operation of the Letian Firm, he had already split the first dividend.

The Great Clan Elder, the great officials of the Chinese Officer, who would go against the money? As long as Xiao Letian did not rebel, and as long as his justice was not lost, everyone would sleep with their heads covered.

Only Qing Liu was able to jump up and down, the empress dowager moved her palace, and in the end, passed through with the congratulations of the majority of the court officials. Weng Tonghe was so angry that his head started to spin.

"Is he going to lose? How could he not win even one match!? "Is he really going to lose …"

Time passed minute after minute, Prince Kung proposed for the imperial government to train his western style army, and for no reason to discuss, just based on the fighting strength of the New Year's training at Supreme Harmony Hall, Manchu's own western style army had to train.

After that, there were reports about additional investments in the Shanghai and Guangzhou special zones, which were unanimously approved by the imperial government. It seemed that Xiao Letian's sudden rise in power had really intimidated a lot of officials.

It was already close to noon. The hungry officials felt like it was about time for lunch. They estimated that everyone would leave soon.

Everyone was waiting for the final suggestion. That was, when would Xiao Letian's new army leave the capital.

After a short period of silence, the Prince Qing Yi Yong, who was the cannon of the imperial family, finally opened his mouth. "Reporting to Your Majesty and the empress dowager, Prime Minister Xiao Letian's new army has already stayed in the capital for several months. The soldiers of the Subordinate States have taken over the defense of the Great Qing Empire, this is truly against the rules! "

"Even if it's urgent, we still have to have something!"

When Prince Ching's words came out, the entire hall was deathly silent.