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Ci Xi finally found an opportunity to retaliate, the responsibility of causing a severe wasteland in the capital was the responsibility of the head assistant, and the authority of the Great Qing's imperial court was solely in the hands of the Military Intelligence Service and the Head Office.

The little emperor had yet to take the throne, yet the capital was in such a mess. Who would be responsible for all of this? Let's see what you have done to this world. Do you still have the face to attack the Emperor at such a young age in the future? Weak ability?

You do have the ability. If you have the ability, then how could you manage the capital like this?

When Ci Xi scolded them, the ministers sitting below the table that were mocking and patting the table became mute. Logically speaking, as a Viceroy, he should be held responsible for this, but today, he seemed to have calmed down and even closed his eyes to rest.

Great Marshal Zeng's body was not good, and was old, so he was qualified to sit in a chair, but the other ministers did not have such good treatment, like General Gui Zi Liu and Prince Yi Xuan, who stood at the front, respectfully listening to empress dowagers's lecture.

His mouth was full of bitterness, his heart was overturned. It could be said that his hatred for Xiao Letian could be said that even if he poured all three rivers worth of water, he still wouldn't be able to wash!

[What an overbearing method. You actually killed everyone on the scene. Are you trying to kidnap the lives of everyone in the capital?]

You definitely didn't come here to brag and show off your strength to me just because of a few old books!

Wasn't it just a round of war? Is your tail in the air? Just you wait, this is not over!

Although he was furious, his fear was real. He had never imagined that the price of food in the capital would be so dependent on the supply of Chinese food.

Of course, as the chancellor, he knew about the input of the Chinese rice, but no matter what, he had never guessed that the Chinese rice would have such a huge impact on the price of the grains.

No matter how he thought about it, there was nothing he could do about it. It was currently winter and winter, and the Great Qing's autumn food had long since been sealed away.

If they didn't have enough to eat, then they didn't have enough to eat. Since the Chinese had cut off their share of the imported grains, it was inevitable that the price would rise. No one could control it!

How vicious, I really miss that time when we did not open our country's gate, at that time, the entire Great Qing could produce as much food as they want, it didn't matter whether he had it or not!

It was a matter of course for the people to starve to death. In the prime of the year, they would have to eat two more mouthfuls. However, they would starve to death in a batch of people. In foreign words, this was the survival of the fittest!

However, when the country's gate was opened and food poured in, the commoners felt the sweetness in their hearts. Once they tasted the sweetness, they would never be able to go back!

Before the opening of the kingdom, even if the capital were to starve to death several hundred times a day, there would still be no trouble.

"This subject has failed his duty. Please give me a heavy punishment, empress dowager!"

"Punishment?" Hehe … I does not dare to punish these lowly people, if I were to provoke you all, don't break the Forbidden City's grain, and starve I to death inside! "

Ci Xi's mouth was so sarcastic and sarcastic that even before Ci An could speak, he already scolded Yi Nan like a machine gun.

All of the court officials who were at odds with the devil snickered in their hearts. How could they not understand what was going on in the assembly today? On the surface, it was to attack all the ministers with food.

But in reality, this was Ci Xi giving his son earlier notice!

I'll tell you clearly now, Yi Nan and Yi Xuan, don't think that just because you've done so much that you don't put the emperor in your eyes anymore. First, I'll put a few buckets of dirty water on you two, smelly you!

Yi Xuan's face flushed red. "This official is guilty …" "May the empress dowager be at ease. This subject must restore the capital's grain prices …"

"Recover? How do you recover? Where did you get the food? Are you trying to change for I even if it's nine cold winters? "Can you just say a few words to stop a typhoon in Nanyang?"

"Haha, I don't think that you guys need help with this matter …" Send a telegram to His Majesty, let him settle it! "

Ceng Guofan's eyes lit up as he thought, this Ci Xi is so cunning, letting Zai Chun settle things would only be giving the emperor more prestige.

And how was Zai Chun going to deal with it? In the end, he was still going to beg Xiao Letian for food.

Yi Xiao knew that he had lost all his matches, and was not on guard against Xiao Letian's evil moves, so he could only submit to him.

"This official is guilty …" As the chief assistant, I cannot shirk my responsibilities. I will definitely quell the crisis of the food shortage within three days! When I return to the capital, I will seek forgiveness from the His Majesty! "

was extremely happy in his heart, but Ceng Guofan, who had been watching the show the entire time, suddenly opened his mouth.

"Empress Dowager …" "My lords, this subject still has a memorial for others. Since all of you have come today, let's discuss it along the way …"

He took out a memorial and met it with another. Li Lianying hurriedly ran over to the two empress dowager and handed it over to them. Ci An waved his hand and said, "Just recite Marshal's memorial directly …"

"Ah …" Li Lianying retreated half a step and opened the imperial report to recite.

"This subject, Li Hongzhang, would like to request for the establishment of the details of the various classes in the Great Qing Navy … "Recital …" Spreading the thousands of words was just a way to prepare the Great Qing's navy.

Li Hongzhang first started with the rights of the sea and the benefits of the sea in Europe, analyzing the importance of the navy to the Great Qing and also exploring the importance of the sea trade.

Why was the Great Qing in his writing weak? In the end, it was because the navy didn't have it. It was absolutely not enough to rely on the naval cannons alone.

Since there was at least an additional lifeline for transportation between the north and south now, protecting the sea, the food in the south, the goods in the north, and the manning of the Great Qing, they weren't as reliant on the Grand Canal.

Furthermore, the paper also stated that Great Qing's food was too dependent on the dumping of the Chinese, which was very dangerous. Da Qing had to form her own fleet and go buy food overseas.

Sea power had always been a taboo topic that no one in the Great Qing dared to talk about, but today, it had been provoked because of this wasteland.

He regretted it, he wanted to slap himself twice, thinking, what do you want to do with that stupid book to offend Xiao Letian for?

Just for the sake of a few Dunhuang papers, they had gotten themselves into so much trouble … It was not that the opening of the navy was not good, but that the entire Qing Dynasty knew of the importance of the navy.

But the crux of the matter was, where did the money come from? Zuo Zongtang had raised his own military spending in the Northwest, how could he have the money to build a navy?

The second important concern was that once the navy was established, it would have to be Chinese. This was because the Manchu had lost a lot of battle power even to the army, let alone the navy that was not good at fighting.

Give back military authority to the Chinese? Your grandma …