Journey Through the Plane of the Lord God

The capital of the Daqing Dynasty, on the eastern outskirts of Beiping City, is a gorgeous and beautiful royal garden "Yihe Garden" covering an area of ​​more than 250 hectares.

When the Nineteen-Nation Allied Forces invaded Peking, they looted this huge Oriental Royal Garden and plundered a huge amount of wealth from here.

There are rumors that the commander-in-chief of the Nineteen-Nation Allied Forces at the time ordered the soldiers to set fire to this gorgeous Oriental Garden directly after looting.

But at this time, the Western extraordinary men who came with the army on another battlefield outside Beiping City were defeated by the strange people from the East, forcing the coalition forces to withdraw from Beiping City early, thus preserving most of the main body of the garden.

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As time goes by, it has arrived in 1863 in the blink of an eye, in May of the seventh year of Shengci in the Daqing Dynasty.

Many years have passed since the invasion of the Nineteen-Nation Allied Forces. This royal garden, which welcomed back its old master, seems to have regained its original appearance thanks to the unremitting efforts of the Daqing Dynasty’s senior officials to restore it.

At this time, the Empress Dowager Cixi, who had a pair of eagle eyes, sat gracefully and gracefully on an exquisite wicker chair in a pavilion next to Kunyang Lake in "Yihe Garden".

The little emperor, who was still a baby and could only be held by her, has now become a healthy boy, running and jumping beside the pavilion under the care of two old nuns.

Just as the aloof leader of the Daqing Dynasty, with his right hand holding the Buddhist beads around his neck, was staring at the surface of Kunyang Lake in front of the pavilion, wondering what he was thinking, and whispering something in the corner of his mouth.

"Lafayette!"

A middle-aged eunuch trotted over and came to Cixi's side, interrupting the thoughts of the actual controller of Daqing.

"Prince Qing, together with his clan ministers, had another quarrel with Mr. Liu from the Prime Minister's Yamen."

"There was a crowd outside Zhaoyang Gate, and many people were there to watch the fun!"

The middle-aged eunuch came to Cixi's ear and whispered.

The eagle-eyed Empress Dowager came to her senses and let out a sigh.

"well!"

"I ordered the two adults to be invited over, and the Ai family personally advised them."

In the current court situation, the princes and ministers under her protection are being divided into reformers and conservatives to attack each other. From an imperial point of view, for Cixi, the superior who wants to control everything, the struggle is a struggle, but it cannot be

Delay the important affairs of the court.

Recently, it seems that this kind of struggle has become a little out of control, which has to make her a little nervous.

About two-quarters of an hour later, two groups of ministers, headed by Liu Hongzhang and Prince Qing, approached this beautiful royal garden one after another and came to the pavilion next to Kunyang Lake. They first said to

Cixi Lafayette bowed down and bowed, and then continued to argue in a low voice.

"Then the rebels of the Taiping Society are really that powerful?"

"Hmph! If those traitors were really as powerful as those 'young boys in Gaul' say, they would have fought them long ago!"

"You just want the 10 million taels of silver to build Lafayette's garden, right?"

"Navy, Navy, what's the use of having more ships?"

"Those foreign countries are still at war, so their navy is useless!"

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Lafayette Cixi has been in power for a long time, enough for these high-ranking officials to understand part of the character of this eagle-eyed woman.

It's okay to argue in front of her. On the contrary, if you want to be harmonious, that will arouse the taboo of the Empress Dowager.

"All of you are important ministers of the imperial court. How can we quarrel and quarrel properly?"

Sure enough, Lafayette scolded and asked the ministers present to kneel down to apologize, then raised it high and put it down gently.

"Come here, bring some benches and chairs and some snacks."

"Master Liu, there is also Prince Qing!"

"Tell the Yi family what they are arguing about?"

Upon hearing Cixi's order, the eunuchs and maids serving around them quickly brought some chairs and snacks. A dozen ministers from the two factions, headed by Liu Hongzhang and Prince Qing, first thanked En and sat on the chairs, then looked at each other.

"Report to the old Buddha!"

"Master Liu wants to use the 10 million tax dollars reserved in the national treasury to replenish his Beiyang Navy fleet."

"Old Buddha, these ten million taels are what we and other clan ministers have worked so hard to save, so that we can prepare a garden for you!"

Prince Qing was the first to kneel on the ground and complained in a sincere and respectful voice.

The invasion of Daqing by the Allied Forces of Nineteen Nations has certain benefits, forcing this ancient country to open its eyes to the world. At least the central tax revenue of the Daqing Dynasty in recent years has changed from the past use of what was spent to a more advanced budget system.

The clan conservatives headed by Prince Qing were able to set aside 10 million taels of tax money from the budget to donate to Cixi. They really fought hard to get it.

"Lord Buddha, the Beiyang Navy is not my Beiyang Navy, but the imperial court's Beiyang Navy!"

After Prince Qing finished speaking, Liu Hongzhang of the Chinese ethnic group first glared at the braided clansman, then quickly prostrated himself on the ground and kowtowed to Cixi.

"The navy of foreign countries has developed rapidly in recent years, and the armored ships have been updated three times!"

"Most of the warships purchased by the Beiyang Navy are outdated first- and second-generation ships. They really need a lot of silver to upgrade them!"

"Everything I do is done with loyalty. I hope Lafayette will learn from it!"

The value of silver in this world has not yet depreciated. Ten million taels of tax money can be said to be a sum of money for the boss. It can really be used to build a garden in Cixi. It is enough to completely restore the royal garden "Yihe Garden" to its old appearance.

, instead of just restoring the appearance like it is now, the interior antique decoration has become a lot of low-end parallel imports.

The words of the ministers from the two factions made Cixi frown. Although she was good at maneuvering and had firmly controlled the country in recent years, she was still just a woman, a concubine who had never received the education of an orthodox emperor.

The garden can give her greater enjoyment and make her increasingly boring heart happier.

But the fleet can protect her safety. The invasion of the Nineteen-Nation Allied Forces also left a huge shadow on Cixi, so she had to guard against it!

Just when Cixi was hesitant and ready to let the ministers from the two factions in front of her give more reasons for their own reasons, she made the final decision.

A young eunuch with an eye-catching red ribbon wrapped around his upper arm trotted in.

"Reporting to the old Buddha, my lords!"

"Imperial City Telegraph Office, received an urgent telegram from the Chief Envoy of Fujian and Fujian Province!"

"A giant thunderous hurricane has occurred in the Ryukyu Strait. Radio communications with Ryukyu Province are expected to be suspended for about a week!"

The little eunuch with the red ribbon knelt on the ground respectfully and said in a sharp voice that the "Ryukyu" he mentioned was a large island close to Daqing. In the Chinese plane, the earth is actually Taiwan.

"Well, the Ai family knows, please step back!"

At this moment, Cixi's thoughts were still stuck on how to spend the 10 million taels of silver.

After listening to what the little eunuch said, he didn't care and asked him to go back.

Not only her, but also all the other ministers did not pay attention to the little eunuch's report, because in these months every year, such extreme weather would occur several times in the Ryukyu Strait, and they were all used to it...

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And just when the senior officials of the Daqing court were arguing about the garden construction, they ignored the news.

The Ryukyu Islands, on the strait facing China, has been plunged into extreme weather with storms, rain, and thunder.

On the other side facing Yinzhou, at an altitude of 9,000 meters.

An extremely large sky fleet is composed of dozens of the latest behemoth airships, surrounded by two pairs of oval airbags, with tracks on the top, and three aircraft carrier airships loaded with hundreds of propeller aircraft.

Heading quickly towards Ryukyu...