Tuqing: My first love was Cixi

Chapter 118 Done! Princess Stealing Beauty! Queen Queen

As soon as these words came out, all the civil and military officials in the audience suddenly became uneasy.

Prince Hui Mianyu came out and said: "Your Majesty, I feel that the reward is too much."

Princes of the clan can be called ministers or slaves, but they are usually called slaves. Most of the notes given to Cixi by Prince Gong in later generations also called themselves slaves.

At this time, Mianyu used the title of Chen, which shows his seriousness.

Then, Mian Yu continued: "Your Majesty, the Bachelor of Cabinet and the First Viscount, any one of them can already commend Su Yi for his contribution, but the Emperor's reward for both of them together is already too much."

"Now, I'm going to marry Princess Shouxi again, so I'm afraid it will attract criticism."

"It's better to wait until Su Yi has made new achievements and then propose a marriage. Only then will it be justified."

Of course Mianyu said this out of selfish motives, but more importantly out of public motives.

He felt that the emperor's character was too naive. When he liked someone, he liked him very much and rewarded him too much.

And if you hate someone, you won't even want to look at him for a second time.

Now the Eight Banners and Su Yi are at odds. Your Majesty, you reward Su Yi so highly. What do the Eight Banners think of it?

If it were Gaozong, that would be fine, because Gaozong had high prestige and almost unlimited power, and could completely act arbitrarily.

Further down, even Emperors Renzong (Jiaqing) and Xuanzong (Daoguang) have lost this arbitrary prestige of Qiangang.

Of course, everyone may not be able to overturn your decision, but this is at the cost of losing your majesty as an emperor.

Even the power of Emperor Sejong cannot truly stand against the ministers in the world.

This was the reason why Su Yi didn't want yesterday's triumphal ceremony.

"I second the proposal!"

"I second the proposal!"

"I second the proposal!"

Duanhua came out, Zaiyuan came out, Du Han came out, Wenqing came out.

Almost all the ministers of the Military Aircraft Department stood up to oppose it.

This situation is really rare. The Sushun Party and the Mianyu Party are completely on the same side.

The emperor was confused.

At this time, he slightly sobered up from his previous emotions, and then he began to face the oppositional emotions of the Eight Banners nobles.

Then he fell silent.

After a long while, he said: "The marriage to Princess Juxi is a business matter, but in the final analysis it is my family matter, so this matter has been settled."

After much hesitation, the emperor decided to stick to the end and not intend to compromise.

One is for his own authority, and the other is that he actually promised.

"By decree, Su Yi and Princess Shouxi are a match made in heaven, and they are specially granted a marriage! Choose an auspicious day to get married."

Su Yi stepped forward and said, "I thank you, Lord, for your kindness."

All the ministers in the room were silent.

Since the emperor said this, the ministers could no longer object, but they could express their attitude with silence.

At this time, the emperor felt keenly that the antagonistic attitude of the ministers had even faintly transferred from Su Yi's head to his, the emperor's head.

He felt slightly uneasy.

Although he was the emperor, and as long as the emperors of the Qing Dynasty came of age, they basically had all the power, and it was difficult for the ministers to compete.

But in his generation, things have actually changed slightly.

Due to the bad situation, rebellion and invasion, the emperor's prestige and power were declining, and the emperor had more and more requests from his ministers.

Moreover, he was too young and lacked prestige when he succeeded to the throne.

But the matter has come to this, we can only take one step and see one step.

The next court meeting will still proceed as normal.

Even the ministers were still very respectful, and seemed to be very proactive, but Su Yi could feel it, and even Su Yi could feel that many of the Eight Banners noble ministers present were already passive and confrontational.

The emperor was too young and his political methods were not sophisticated enough. While he promoted Su Yi, he too suppressed the emotions of the nobles of the Eight Banners.

After awarding Su Yi, there was only one important issue.

The emperor said: "The envoys of the United Kingdom, France, and the United States proposed to revise the treaty. What do you think we should do?"

At this time, the emperor's tone was very solemn, but not solemn enough.

The so-called treaty amendment means that Britain, France, and the United States require the Qing government to fulfill its previous commitments, allow the British to enter the port cities specified in the treaty, and open more ports, etc.

During the last Opium War, the Sino-British Treaty of Nanjing, the Sino-French Whampoa Treaty, the Sino-US Treaty of Wangxia, etc. were signed.

After that, the Qing court and the Western countries lived in peace and harmony for several years.

After 1847, the Western countries felt that the expected benefits had not been achieved after the signing of these treaties, so they wanted more.

On the other hand, after the Qing court signed the treaty, many terms were not fulfilled.

Therefore, the proposal to amend the treaty was proposed at that time, and the Qing government was asked to fulfill the relevant commitments. However, the Qing government did not allow it, and the contradiction between the two sides became more and more serious.

However, recently, Western countries are engaged in the largest European war since Napoleon, the Crimean War.

Britain, France, Ottoman and other countries were involved.

Therefore, it is temporarily unable to carry out military operations against the Qing court.

To put it into perspective, whether it was the First Opium War or the Second Opium War, compared to the Crimean War, whether it was scale, level, or intensity, it was all childish.

The difference is more than ten times.

The Qing government initially handed over all diplomatic power to the governor of Liangjiang, and then transferred it to the governor of Guangdong and Guangdong and the governor of Guangdong.

But these people have no international perspective at all and are extremely ignorant.

This group of people usually has two extremes. Before the other party takes military action, they try their best to be aggressive and extremely tough. Each one shows off their toughness than the other.

And once the other party uses force, they immediately become intimidated. When negotiating, I will not bargain at all. No matter what conditions the other party proposes, I will accept everything as ordered and sign directly.

But after signing, he was ready to break the promise and not implement it.

All in all, it’s completely hard to put into words.

After the emperor asked, the ministers did the same old thing, ignore it and let the governors of Guangdong and Guangxi deal with it.

Because the Western countries have been saying that they want to revise the treaty for several years and have threatened it several times.

The civil and military officials of the entire dynasty, including the emperor, had no idea of ​​the importance of this time.

I don’t know that Britain and France have already freed their hands from Crimea, and this time they are going to take serious action against China.

The emperor said: "The foreign barbarians issued a note saying that if they do not fulfill their commitments, they will send troops to capture Guangzhou City. What do you think?"

Duan Hua asked: "Are they threatening enough?"

"Our army is more than a million, come on, come on!"

After discussing it for a while, I finally came to the same old point of view.

Give it to the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi and the governor of Guangdong.

However, there are strict requirements for them, and they must not harm the national character or lose the majesty of the heaven.

During the whole process, Su Yi remained completely silent.

First, he is not of high enough rank and is not qualified to discuss politics with the military and aircraft ministers.

Second, it was useless for him to say it. The Qing court had a typical gambler's mentality. If you don't hit the wall, you won't look back. If you don't get slashed, you won't know the pain.

If you stand out now, not only will there be no benefit, but you will be ridiculed by others.

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After retiring from the court, the emperor still stayed with Su Yi and met privately at Sanxi Hall.

Sure enough, the emperor didn't even ask a question about the foreigners' treaty renewal.

Because in the emperor's eyes, this was a small matter. Every few months, foreigners would send a note, and everyone was used to it.

The emperor said: "The new army is very good. If we want to expand, you should submit a plan first, and then we will discuss it."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The emperor said: "But there is something I want to tell you. Most of the civil and military personnel of the Manchu Dynasty came from the Eight Banners. Now they have great opinions on you, the New Army, and even me..."

Su Yi said: "I am terrified."

The emperor said: "There is nothing to be afraid of. A tree that is as beautiful as the forest wind will destroy it. I still understand this."

"The new army is very expensive. If it is expanded to five thousand, how much money do you think it will cost?"

Now the New Army actually only has one thousand and five thousand left.

If we expand to 5,000, we will need to recruit 3,500 more.

The initial settlement money, salary, purchase of guns, supplies, etc.

There are also salaries, ammunition, etc. for the original 1,500 people.

Therefore, two million taels of silver will be spent initially.

After that, one or two million taels of silver will be invested every year.

It's really expensive.

Su Yi said this number, and the emperor took a breath.

The emperor said: "Next, we need to rebuild the Jiangnan camp and restore the Jiangbei camp. Money will be spent everywhere, so the finances will be very tight."

"And you have also seen that the nobles of the Manchu Dynasty are very repulsive to the new army, so the money from the Ministry of Revenue may be more difficult to get."

It is completely conceivable that it will be very difficult to get him. Weng Xiancun is now the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.

The emperor said: "You continue to prepare, I will come up with ideas."

"By the way, Su Yi, is there anything else you need me to do about the New Army?"

Su Yi was stunned, is this good?

It seems that the emperor is determined to support the new army, and even wants to encourage it.

Su Yi said: "There is a group of secret teams in the new army, hidden within the enemy. They cannot be made public and cannot be publicly rewarded. So I secretly want to find a background for these people."

The emperor said: "It's simple. I will give you an imperial edict and a few blank official positions."

Problems that I thought were difficult were solved easily.

In fact, Su Yi knew very well about the Qing court's financial crisis.

It can only be said that I was barely able to support myself. I tried every means to make money and tried my best to sell my official position, but it was still not enough.

Otherwise, the Hunan Army will not be allowed to raise its own food and wages, making the Hunan Army a de facto warlord.

Therefore, the two million taels of silver needed by the new army are really not that easy to come up with.

Of course, there is a way.

That is to abolish the Eight Banners or the Green Camp, and eliminate 20,000 people, and this money will be saved.

But Su Yi didn't dare to raise this opinion, and neither did the emperor.

Now the Eight Banners are so hostile to Su Yi's new army, and they are even dissatisfied with the emperor for supporting the new army and suppressing the Eight Banners.

If you now propose to abolish the Twenty-Eight Banners or the Green Camp, there will be big trouble.

After all, the foundation of the current imperial court is still the Eight Banners.

The emperor did not have the prestige to do this at all.

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Black Gong is in the secret house in the capital.

At this time, sixteen brothers were drinking and eating vegetables.

"Do you think the commander-in-chief can marry the sixth princess this time? I heard that this sixth princess has a beautiful country and is even more beautiful than Chen Yuanyuan back then."

"I heard that during this battle, Wang Shiqing, Ronglu, Zhaobu, Taqibu, Huitaen, Wang Tianyang and others were all promoted, and some were promoted by more than one level."

Having said this, the brothers suddenly showed extremely envious expressions.

"Sir, do you think we can be promoted?" Someone finally asked this question.

Hei Gong said angrily: "Aren't you satisfied now? I've been rewarded with a lot of money, bought a big house, and received my wife, children, and parents. Have you dared to imagine such a life before? Don't be short of it. .”

The second in command, Leng Mu, said: "Yes, yes, yes, you don't even think about it, how much are our brothers' salaries? It is several times that of other brothers in the New Army. If you are not satisfied, you have no conscience."

Although Hei Gong and Leng Mu are also very greedy for Wang Shiqing and others, they also know that these people need to be on the secret front and cannot be made public, so they cannot publicly reward them.

The two of them had regrets in their hearts, but they must not show it, and they had to suppress the brothers' emotions.

"If it weren't for the commander-in-chief, we wouldn't be living the good life we ​​have now. We should be grateful as a human being."

More than a dozen brothers chatted with each other, and then said: "Thank you, Commander-in-Chief, and wish the Commander-in-Chief a long life."

"May the Marshal be a noble prince forever."

At this moment, the door opened and Su Yi walked in.

Hei Gong and others were shocked, and then happy.

Immediately they all knelt down and said, "Welcome to you, Commander-in-Chief!"

"Commander, did you just go to court?"

Because Su Yi was still wearing official uniform at this time, he rarely wore this stuff.

Su Yi said: "Yes."

Hei Gong and others were even more grateful. The commander-in-chief was thinking about us, and he immediately came to me as soon as he left the court.

It is enough for the commander-in-chief to have this kind of intention. It doesn't matter whether he gets promoted or not.

Su Yi said: "Hei Gong, your real name is the name on your family tree."

Hei Gong said: "In response to my master's words, my name is Li Qianshan."

Su Yi said: "Leng Mu, what is your real name?"

Leng Mu said: "To tell you what the master is saying, my real name is Li Qianlin."

Su Yi said: "Cousin?"

Hei Gong said: "We are from the same village, we can barely be considered cousins."

Su Yi had asked the two people for their real names before, but the other party didn't tell them at that time because both of their names were still wanted by the government.

But this time when Su Yi asked, they immediately told her.

Su Yi gradually put away her smile and said: "The imperial edict has arrived, Li Qianshan will take it!"

Hei Gong was suddenly stunned, completely stunned, unable to react at all.

what?

My imperial edict?

How could I have an imperial edict?

Leng Mu, the second-in-command at the side, quickly pushed and said: "Brother, kneel down quickly to receive the order."

Hei Gong immediately knelt down and said: "Slave, common man Li Qianshan accepts the order."

Su Yi said: "According to the imperial edict of the Emperor, Li Qianshan is appointed as the General Office of the New Army Intelligence and Military Affairs Office, with the title of Thousand Households!"

Hei Gong stayed on the ground, unable to make a sound for a while.

After a long while, he tried his best to suppress the trembling all over and accepted the imperial edict.

"Your Majesty, I accept the edict and thank you." Then, he took the imperial edict, knelt on the ground, and looked at the words on it. He was completely shocked and could not recover at all.

Su Yi said: "Li Qianlin accepted the order."

Leng Mu shook his head, still... still have my share?

"Canonize Li Qianlin as the Deputy General Office of the New Army Intelligence and Military Affairs Department, with the title of Deputy Qianhu!"

Leng Mu was even more unbearable. After receiving the imperial edict, his whole body became stiff. He wanted to stand up, but couldn't.

Su Yi patted the two of them on the shoulders and walked out of the door.

After a while, the sound of crying and laughing came from inside, as well as bursts of howling.

"Father, mother! My son is making a difference. My son is really resting."

"You no longer have to be criticized, and you no longer have to hold your head up."

"My son is really becoming an official!"

Then, a dozen other boys also trembled with joy.

"Brother, this... what grade of official is this?"

Leng Mu said: "The eldest brother is the fifth rank, and I am the fifth rank. And this time it is not a private seal, but a real court official."

"Oh my god? My dear, this... this is bigger than the county magistrate."

"It's okay if we go home. Those people have to kneel from the beginning of the village to the end of the village."

"Tch, what do you guys know? Now that the elder has no place to kneel in front of my eldest brother."

"Before, the clan leader bullied us and scolded us every day. We were not allowed to enter the ancestral hall, and we were deleted from the family tree. Now he wants to use an eight-carat sedan chair to invite my eldest brother back."

"You don't understand, don't you? The current situation is that whoever the eldest brother says is the clan leader of the village, then who is the clan leader. If the eldest brother says that the family tree needs to be rebuilt, then it must be rebuilt."

I was very excited inside for a long time.

When Su Yi returned, there were sixteen people inside, kneeling in a row.

At this moment, Heigong and more than a dozen people really agreed to those words and were willing to die for their master.

At this moment, they are really willing to go through fire and water, go up the mountain of swords and go down to the sea of ​​fire.

In fact, this kind of passion and loyalty has left them speechless and unwilling to express their loyalty with words.

He just wanted to do something immediately and truly serve Su Yi.

Su Yi smiled and said: "It's a bit useless to think about returning home in fine clothes right now. Once the official level is one or two levels higher, it will be almost the same. Not only are you going to return home in fine clothes, but you also have to take your wife, children and old and young to hold a flowing banquet and eat a lot. For days and nights, officials and gentry from within a hundred miles came to pay their respects."

Su Yi's words immediately touched their favorite spot.

Just thinking about this picture makes me tremble all over.

Su Yi said: "Hei Gong, your Intelligence and Military Affairs Department has too few people and needs to expand. I will provide a group of people here for you to choose from. If you have suitable ones, you can also recommend them to me. It will be expanded to about fifty people.”

"But don't rush this matter. We must ensure that these people are loyal and reliable, and must be absolutely suitable for lurking, spying and assassination."

“It’s better to lack than to waste!”

Black Gong kowtowed: "Yes, Master."

Su Yi said: "You can continue drinking, I'm going home too."

A dozen people walked out of the door and sent Su Yi off respectfully.

But her heart was even hotter, and she wanted to go on errands right away, and do all the things Su Yi had told her to do beautifully.

"Did you hear that? A new mission has come down. Everyone has been carefully selected for me. If the master is dissatisfied, I will kill you with one shot without waiting for the master to speak."

"The master has given me such great grace, and everything that follows must be handled as a big deal."

"The master asked us to do eighty percent, and we have to do ninety-five percent, otherwise we will not be worthy of this grace."

"Do you understand everything?"

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After eating and drinking enough.

Hei Gong sneaked back to his home, where his parents, wife and children all lived.

However, the wife was already asleep at this time.

Black Gong climbed up, ignored it, and attacked inside.

His wife woke up in a daze and asked in confusion: "What's wrong? What's wrong?"

Hei Gong said: "It's nothing, I'm just happy. I'm so happy that I'm going to explode. The happiest thing in my life is today."

The wife held her son in her arms, leaned back and said, "Hurry up, don't wake the baby up."

Then she continued to sleep in a daze.

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Now, Su Yi had to go somewhere.

Princess Shou'an.

Otherwise, she would definitely be angry.

The main reason why Su Yi was able to be granted the marriage this time was Princess Shou'an.

If he hadn't stopped Prince Horqin Fujin twice, if she hadn't taken the initiative to come to Nanyuan Campus to tell Su Yi and let Su Yi propose in public.

Princess Shouxi is probably betrothed to Boyannamohu at this time.

They are even married.

Moreover, Boyana Mohu was in the midst of a prosperous and prosperous career.

Because he originally didn't want to go to the Yangzhou battlefield because Su Yi publicly proposed, forcing Boyan to go south to fight.

As long as he did not go to Yangzhou to fight, he would not be defeated and would not be in the situation he is in today.

Just arrived in the capital yesterday, Su Yi should have gone, but before the marriage was granted, it was better not to cause any complications.

Now that the marriage has been successfully granted, I would have no conscience if I didn't go.

In fact, Princess Shou'an was already very unhappy.

Last night, she waited until midnight, thinking that Su Yi would come, but she didn't.

snort!

So snobbish?

Before the marriage was granted, I kept calling her "good sister" and seemed to like her very much.

Now that I have been granted a marriage, I have a beautiful fiancée, and a younger sixth princess, I, the fourth princess, have been left aside.

Do you just dislike me for being too old?

I am no longer useful and will be thrown aside?

Although she was full of indignation, Princess Shouan couldn't help herself. She put on nice makeup and wore nice but thin clothes.

The clothes were even cut to reveal the waist and the curves up and down.

But she was not willing to be compared to Liu Mei like this.

Then, she stayed in the study, holding a book, but couldn't see anything clearly.

While looking at the clock, he became more impatient and sulky.

Damn it, if you don’t come today, you won’t come here again.

From now on, we will go our separate ways. I no longer care about your affairs, and I never want to see you again.

"Princess, Brother Su Yi is here." A confidant's maid rushed into the meeting room to report.

Princess Shou'an was so happy that she stood up.

Then, she said with a straight face: "No, let him go back!"

The confidant maid did not take it seriously, but still stood where she was, and was trying to hold back her laughter.

"Let him come in, and then..." Princess Shou'an said.

"I know, I understand." The confidant maid said, isn't it just to keep everyone at a distance and not allowed to get close?

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After a while!

Su Yi came in.

"Meet the eldest princess."

Princess Shou'an said: "Hey, brother Su Yi is here, the six-headed prince is here, the first-class viscount is here, and the cabinet minister is here."

"I don't dare to accept such a big gift from you!"

The eldest princess had a very sour tone.

Su Yi stepped forward, Qiu made no mistake, and said seriously: "Your Highness, what kind of tea are you drinking?"

Seeing his serious look, Princess Shou'an became even more angry and said: "What kind of tea does it have to do with you?"

Su Yi asked: "Is this tea spoiled and so sour?"

Princess Shou'an said: "If you say such things again, get out of here!"

Su Yi drank the tea in front of him directly and said, "This is not lemon tea, it's not sour."

What lemon tea? do not understand at all.

"Your Highness the Princess must have eaten something. It's so sour. Let me try it." Then he came over directly, held her chin, pressed it against her lips.

Princess Shou'an didn't know that he was so sudden and completely lost her reaction.

Caught off guard, she forgot to resist.

This was the first time that Su Yi directly attacked her mouth and took Ding Xiang away.

Princess Shou'an felt numb all over her body and her mind went blank.

Didn't you do it step by step before? Shouldn't we take action first?

How could such a surprise attack be carried out?

After being in a daze for a while, Princess Shou'an pushed Su Yi away.

"You want to die, you want to die..." Princess Shou'an rubbed her mouth, deliberately picked up the tea and gargled her mouth.

"You are so brave and don't want to live anymore. I'm already married. You just got married by the emperor and you do this. I think you don't want to live anymore!"

Su Yi reached out to Princess Shou'an, gently hugged her waist, and said, "If I don't come, you will be sulking here. If I come, you will scold me again, you are such a person!"

Princess Shou'an said: "You deserve to be scolded very much. You think about bad people's reputation all day long."

Then, he pulled Su Yi's hand out alive.

"Be honest, did you hear that?" Princess Shou'an said, "That's it, you can't cross the line anymore."

hehe?

This way you don't cross the line.

"Speak to me properly and don't touch me as soon as you come in front of me. It makes me look contemptuous." Princess Shou'an grabbed Su Yi's hands tightly and put them around her waist. She was not allowed to touch her. Not allowed.

But then, he came up from behind her again and chased her directly.

It feels clearer and more disturbing.

She used both hands to grab Su Yi's hand to prevent it from moving. There was no other place where she could push him away.

Use her millstone to push?

Isn’t that meat bun beating a dog?

Let's just leave it at that, I hope this bitch doesn't mess around.

"Tell me about your battle in the south." Princess Shou'an's voice was rare and gentle.

Su Yi said in her ear: "Which parts do you want to hear?"

"Whatever, I will listen to whatever you say." Princess Shou'an said.

Next, Su Yi told him about the war in Yangzhou. One of them talked absent-mindedly, and the other listened even more confused.

I don’t know if I heard ten words.

And at this time!

Outside the courtyard, the confidant maid who was guarding the door had her ears perked up, looking in all directions and listening in all directions.

No matter who comes, she will block it.

Princess Shou'an has no secrets in front of her.

At this moment, three people came in front.

Suddenly, the confidant maid suddenly became excited.

She could imagine what was happening between Princess Shou'an and Su Yi in the study.

It would be terrible if others saw it.

Looking at the person carefully again, I was even more frightened.

A gorgeous and beautiful young woman, followed by a eunuch and a nun.

It turned out to be the Queen.

"Kowtow to the Queen." Princess Shou'an's confidant maid quickly stepped forward to salute.

Queen Niu Hulu said: "Your princess is in the study? You don't need to report it, I will go in by myself."

The queen waved her hand casually, and then walked eagerly inside.

She walked in a hurry and her steps were a bit awkward. She obviously had something urgent to do to see Princess Shou'an.

"None of you are allowed to follow."

After giving the order, the queen went directly to Princess Shou'an's study.

At this time, Princess Shouan was lost.

"Okay, okay, don't push yourself too far, I'm annoyed, I'm really annoyed..."

At this moment, the voice of a trusted maid came from outside: "Your Highness, the Queen is here!"

Suddenly, Su Yi and Princess Shou'an almost jumped up and down.

The queen is here?

What is she doing here at this time?

If the queen saw this scene in front of her, would it be a big deal?

"Quick, hide quickly, hide." Princess Shou'an said.

Then, he looked everywhere for a place to hide.

Be quick, be quick.

Because the queen walked quickly, the footsteps had already reached the door.

Then, his eyes fell on the cabinet in the corner of the study room.

"In there, in there!" Shouan pointed at the cabinet and said.

Su Yi rushed over quickly, opened the cabinet door, and was about to hide inside.

However, the moment I opened the cabinet door.

He was shocked.

There is someone hiding inside.

Her fiancée, Princess Shouxi.

She was looking at Su Yi with sharp and proud eyes.

Hum hum, I must have been caught.

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Note: This is the second update. Dear benefactors, check your pockets. Do you still have monthly tickets? Will you give it to me?

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