Chapter 237 Still Thinking About Repairing The Garden, No Matter What
Chapter 237 Still Thinking About Repairing The Garden, No Matter What
"This is... the Palace of Mental Cultivation..."
Wang Huang recalled the memories of his previous life.
The Hall of Mental Cultivation is the place where Empress Dowager Cixi listens to politics behind a curtain, and it is also Empress Dowager Cixi's office.
"I think back then, Emperor Qianlong let the Queen Mother live in Changchun Garden... how enviable it is..."
Behind a yellow curtain came the voice of an old woman.
"Emperor Qianlong held several birthday celebrations for his biological mother. It was really beautiful. People who participated in the celebrations lined up from the Changchun Garden to the Forbidden City."
"The celebration lasted for several months, and the limelight was indistinguishable, and it became a good story for later generations."
The old woman seemed to be talking to herself, talking all the time.
Wang Huang thought to himself: Are you sure this is a good story?
"It's hard to become the empress dowager of the Qing Dynasty, so it can't be worse than the previous empress dowager, are you right?"
Wang Huang has nothing to say.
"This year I have passed my 60th birthday, why is it so difficult to hold a beautiful birthday party for myself?"
"If you want to spend an unforgettable and grand birthday in the royal garden with beautiful mountains and clear waters, you will not be in vain as the Empress Dowager of the Qing Dynasty."
"Renovate the Qingyi Garden and rename it the Summer Palace. This garden is smaller and not as good as the Old Summer Palace, but it will cost a lot less money to repair this garden."
"After the Summer Palace was repaired, it was used as a place to celebrate the 60th birthday, and after Emperor Guangxu came to power, it was used as a place to take care of the rest of the world."
Don't think about it, the old woman behind the yellow curtain must be Cixi.
After listening to Cixi's words, she clearly knew that it was impossible to restore the Old Summer Palace.
So she changed her mind and decided to repair Qingyi Garden and renamed it Summer Palace.
Just to hold a 60th birthday celebration for myself, and then want to spend my old age in the Summer Palace.
"This old witch really has a long life. Her son Emperor Tongzhi died, and the emperor has been replaced by Emperor Guangxu. She is still alive." Wang Huang muttered.
"What do you think?" Cixi asked Wang Huang.
"You can do whatever you want." Wang Huang didn't know what to say.
"Meet the assistant prince!" A voice came from outside the door.
The regent prince came in.
Wang Huang recognized this npc. Twenty years ago, this guy was very tough. He dared to speak out against the emperor and led all the officials to refuse to build the Old Summer Palace.
"The queen mother wants to repair the Summer Palace, and I have a plan to offer." The assistant prince became obsequious.
Wang Huang was stunned.
"Why has this guy changed? He used to be against garden repairs, but now he offers advice for Empress Dowager Cixi himself."
Wang Huang felt that it was necessary to ask the Prince Counseling afterwards to see what he had experienced in the past 20 years.
"Back to the Empress Dowager, we set up a navy in the name of a strong country. We can follow the example of Emperor Qianlong and practice the navy in Kunming Lake." The auxiliary prince smiled.
Wang Huang was dumbfounded and couldn't understand at all.
"Very good, very good, this plan is very good, I leave it to you to handle it." Cixi's voice became much softer.
After that, Wang Huang left the Hall of Mental Cultivation.
"I don't know why, what does naval training have to do with Xiu Yuanzi?" Wang Huang couldn't figure it out.
Wang Huang didn't understand the details of this period of history, so naturally he couldn't figure it out.
"However, I can go to someone, and that person will definitely understand what's going on." After Wang Huang finished speaking, he left the Forbidden City.
Wang Huang's identity is a professional, and in the setting of the spectacle, he can enter and leave the Forbidden City at will.
Wang Huang came to Weng Tonghe's mansion.
Weng Tonghe was an important minister in the late Qing Dynasty and the emperor's teacher. It is definitely right to find information from him.
"Old Weng, I came to you because I couldn't figure out some problems." Wang Huang entered Weng's mansion, just like returning to his own home.
After all, in the game, a professional breaks into an npc's house, just like breaking into his own home.
"Please come in, please come in." Weng Tonghe was very polite.
When I came to the hall, I found a place to sit down, and after asking about my health, Wang Huang said bluntly: "Today, the Prince Counselor found the Queen Mother and said that he had a plan to help the Queen Mother repair the garden."
"oh?"
"The assistant prince wants to set up a navy and practice the navy in Kunming Lake. Why?"
"Restore Qingyi Garden!" Weng Tonghe blurted out.
"How do you know? I didn't even say it was Qingyi Garden."
"Because Qingyi Garden was built next to Kunming Lake." Weng Tonghe explained: "There is no solution to this plan."
"In the name of a strong country, no one will object to the establishment of a navy."
"Emperor Qianlong used to practice navy in Kunming Lake, but because the lake is too small, he gave up."
"Emperor Qianlong couldn't do it back then, but now he says he wants to practice the navy in Kunming Lake. Isn't that nonsense?"
"It's clear that it is embezzling the national treasury in the name of running a navy, and using the money to repair Kunming Lake and Qingyi Garden."
"There is no way to practice the navy in Kunming Lake." Weng Tonghe sighed.
As soon as Wang Huang heard it, he understood everything.
This co-prince is really awesome, he can think of such a method.
There are reasons for wanting to embezzle the treasury, but you can't object yet.
In the name of building a navy, silver can be withdrawn from the treasury.
The location for naval drills is set at Kunming Lake, and the navy's funds are used in Qingyi Garden next to Kunming Lake, and no one dares to say anything.
20 years ago, Cixi and Tongzhi wanted to repair the Old Summer Palace, but they failed because they were too upright.
20 years later, the co-principal prince used a clever trick, not talking about repairing the garden, but only talking about building a navy, and cheated him of the money for repairing the garden.
"Thank you." Wang Huang figured out the way and left the Weng Mansion.
Wang Huang came to the Fuzheng Prince's Mansion again.
Successfully met the regent prince.
"Twenty years ago, you did not hesitate to risk your own life to dissuade the repair of the Old Summer Palace, why do you take the initiative to offer suggestions now?" Wang Huang cut to the point.
"Emperor Guangxu is my son..." The auxiliary prince looked innocent.
Wang Huang suddenly remembered.
Cixi had only one son, Emperor Tongzhi.
After the death of Emperor Tongzhi, Cixi had no son to be emperor again.
In order to ensure her own power, Cixi chose her nephew as emperor, Guangxu.
Because Guangxu was young, it was convenient for Cixi to control.
Emperor Guangxu's biological father was the assistant prince.
Wang Huang got the answer he wanted, so he patted the coordinating prince on the shoulder.
It was really difficult for him.
Twenty years ago, when Emperor Tongzhi was there, he wanted to get rid of Cixi, so Tongzhi wanted to repair the garden.
Twenty years later, when Emperor Guangxu came to power, he still wanted to get rid of Cixi, and Guangxu's father also wanted to build a garden.
"As long as the Qingyi Garden is repaired, Lafayette will move out of the Forbidden City and live in the western suburbs. My son will feel better. As a father, I can also do something for my son."
"I see." Wang Huang left the Prince Counselor's Mansion.
Wang Huang thinks these are all bad things.
Why not go back to the Forbidden City and find girls to play with.
Soon, under the arrangement of the assistant prince, 4 million taels of silver were transferred from the treasury in the name of setting up a navy.
These funds were originally used by the Beiyang Navy.
When 4 million taels of silver were embezzled, the Beiyang Navy lost its combat effectiveness and could not even afford shells.
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