As soon as Li Jingfang left, Deng Yongjian, Liu Hongjie, Zhang Jianping and others immediately surrounded Long, Deng Yongjian said: "Political commissar, is the Qing court considered to be soft?"

Qin Zheng nodded and said, "Accepting softness is indeed softness, but it is still avoiding the important and light, shirking one's own responsibility, and even harboring evil intentions." ”

Deng Yongjian said: "If you are soft, you will be soft, how to avoid the heavy and light, and what evil intentions are hidden." ”

Qin Zheng said: "The Qing court handed over Wan Haicheng to us for disposal, which is the best proof of harboring evil intentions, on the surface, the Qing court is soft on us, but in fact, all the responsibility is put on Wan Haicheng's body." How should we deal with Wan Haicheng, it is indeed a problem for us. ”

Liu Hongjie said: "What's so difficult, isn't it over if you just do Wan Haicheng? Killing Wan Haicheng is no different from killing a dog." ”

Qin Zheng shook his head and said: "It's not so easy, if we do this, then we will fall into the hands of the Qing court, the crime of asking for bribes will not lead to death, if we kill Wan Haicheng, it will seem that we are too cruel and bullying the weak, the Qing court can play the posture of the weak and win sympathy; ”

After listening to Qin Zheng's explanation, everyone suddenly realized, Deng Yongjian said: "So that's the case, it seems that the Qing court's routines are also very deep." ”

Qin Zheng nodded and said: "So when we deal with people in this era, we must not have any sense of superiority, in addition to the advantages formed by the difference in the times, in terms of IQ alone, we are not better than the people of this era." ”

Liu Hongjie said: "Political commissar, then what should we do with Wan Haicheng, don't make it impossible to make it a person inside and out." ”

Qin Zheng smiled and said: "Of course, since the Qing court wants to play tricks with us, then don't let us be polite, wait for the people from the Qing court to come, we will kick this ball back, in short, we can't carry this pot, in addition, when we leave Xi'an, give the Qing court a powerful look, let them know that it is not so easy to want to be with us." ”

In between the words, the post officer came to inform him that the Qin mission had arrived. Qin Zheng still went to the door of the pavilion to greet him, and it was still those people who came, but there was one more Li Lianying and Li Daguan.

First of all, Li Lianying read out the edict of the imperial court, praised the merits of overseas Chinese as much as possible, and also officially canonized the titles of overseas Chinese, a total of 5 marquises, 12 earls, and also rewarded a lot of things, of course, including Qin Zheng's official uniform. From the standpoint of the feudal dynasty, this was already a great favor.

After Li Lianying finished reading the edict, Prince Qing explained to Qin Zheng that Wan Haicheng was just a personal act and did not represent the meaning of the imperial court, which still valued overseas Chinese. The basic content is roughly the same as what Li Jingfang said.

And Li Lianying also came over, bowed to Qin Zheng, and said with a smile: "Lord Qin, this matter is indeed the audacity of this minion, the villain also has the fault of lax discipline, who taught him to be a subordinate of the villain, now this slave will be handed over to Lord Qin, and it is up to Lord Qin to kill and survive, as long as Lord Qin is angry, if Lord Qin is still angry, then punish the villain." ”

Qin Zheng laughed and said: "Gonggong Li is too serious, you are a celebrity in front of the Queen Mother, how dare we punish Gonggong Li!"

Li Lianying hurriedly said: "Lord Qin, you are too much to kill the villain, the villain is a slave under the Queen Mother, not to mention, you can be compared with Lord Qin, you are the person that the Queen Mother values the most." ”

Qin Zheng said: "Okay, let's not talk about this, since this is not the meaning of the court, we will no longer pursue it, but what crime should Wan Gonggong talk about, we dare not say anything, we have no personal enmity with Wan Gonggong, and the court has its own law of the court, we are not the criminal department, and we are not Dali Temple, but we dare not cross the line, so I also asked Gonggong Li to take Wan Gonggong back, and told the Queen Mother to know, it is okay to deal with it according to the law of the court, and we also believe that the Queen Mother's clear judgment will be dealt with by the Gong. ”

Li Lianying didn't expect that overseas Chinese would come to such a move, so she was a little overwhelmed for a while, looked at Rong Lu on the side, and hoped that he would say something, in fact, Rong Lu's heart was churning at this time, and the overseas Chinese were really powerful, and they actually saw through their own plans, and pushed Wan Haicheng back, and asked the court to deal with it, which was an anti-general of the imperial court, that is, to force the imperial court to deal with Wan Haicheng, while the overseas Chinese were standing by and watching.

But what Qin Zheng said is indeed right, because the Qing court does have its own law [Qing Dynasty Rules], although most of the time, this law is actually just a decoration, who is guilty and who is not guilty, who should be killed and who should not be killed, it is all a matter of the emperor's words. But in any case, the [Qing Dynasty Laws] are the highest legal basis of the Qing court, so to punish crimes and murders, it is always necessary to find a crime from the [Qing Dynasty Laws] as the criterion for judgment. Therefore, Qin Zheng pushed Wan Haicheng back to the Qing court, and the Qing court couldn't help but accept it, it seems that this group of overseas Chinese is really difficult to deal with.

So Rong Lu only nodded slightly like Li Lianying, signaling Li Lianying to agree. Because Rong Lu can also see that overseas Chinese will definitely not pick up Wan Haicheng, and it is impossible for his side to leave Wan Haicheng alone, so he can only bring Wan Haicheng back first.

When Li Lianying saw it, she immediately understood, and said: "Now that Lord Qin says so, the villain will take this slave back to the palace and hand it over to the Queen Mother and the Emperor to deal with. ”

Qin Zheng smiled: "Then there is Father-in-law Lao Li." ”

Li Lianying hurriedly said: "Lord Qin is serious, he is serious, please prepare it, and enter the palace in the afternoon to meet the queen mother and the emperor, and the villain will come to pick up the lord on time." ”

Then Li Lianying taught Qin Zheng to perform the ceremony, and then said goodbye and went back to the palace to hand in the order, and the others also followed Li Lianying away, leaving only Li Jingfang in the pavilion, although Qin Zheng had said that he would not pursue it, but no one dared to ensure that there would be no repetition, so Li Jingfang was left staring at overseas Chinese in the pavilion, in case something happened, someone here would deal with it for a while.

Qin Zheng and the others had lunch in the pavilion, and at about 2 o'clock in the afternoon, Li Lianying really came again, of course, to take Qin Zheng into the palace. So Qin Zheng changed into an official uniform, wore a top feather on his head, and hung a court bead, so that he really looked like an official. And Li Lianying's attitude was very deferential, and she even took the initiative to help Qin Zheng sort out his official uniform, and then Qin Zheng set off.

came to the Xi'an Palace, that is, the governor's yamen, and came to the lobby, but Qin Zheng found that there was only one person sitting on the main seat in the middle, wearing a yellow top and wearing an imperial robe, which should be Guangxu, and Li Lianying explained to Qin Zheng that Cixi was unwell and could not get up, so only Guangxu met Qin Zheng alone.

It turned out that Li Lianying and the others returned to the palace and told the process of talking to Qin Zheng. After Cixi heard this, she couldn't help but be shocked and angry, she couldn't imagine that the overseas Chinese actually kicked the ball back again, so Cixi discussed with everyone how to deal with Wan Haicheng, and finally decided to delay it for the time being, anyway, she had to meet Qin Zheng in the afternoon, even if she wanted to deal with Wan Haicheng, it was too late in time, so it was better to wait for Qin Zheng to meet Qin Zheng and see the attitude of overseas Chinese before deciding how to deal with Wan Haicheng.

Although Cixi also knew that she was not qualified to turn her face with overseas Chinese, she was also afraid that when she was interviewed, overseas Chinese would be angry with herself, so Cixi decided not to participate in the meeting with overseas Chinese on the grounds of illness, and if she was embarrassed during the meeting, she would throw it at Guangxu, and she could also take the opportunity to test what the relationship between Guangxu and overseas Chinese was. Of course, Cixi will arrange for personnel to eavesdrop on this meeting. And the whole process and dialogue were completely recorded and handed over to Cixi for reading.

Although Guangxu knew that Cixi would definitely send someone to eavesdrop on his meeting with Qin Zheng, Guangxu was still very excited to have the opportunity to meet overseas Chinese alone, because he had always had great expectations for overseas Chinese, and he also hoped to take this opportunity to examine overseas Chinese to see if they were worthy of his hopes. Guangxu was even ready to take the risk of transmitting information to overseas Chinese under surveillance.

Although Qin Zheng was a little surprised, he was relieved when he took a closer look, anyway, it didn't matter if he didn't see Cixi or not, so according to Professor Li Lianying's way, he kowtowed to Guangxu and made a great salute to the monarch and ministers.

Guangxu nodded and said, "Flat." ”

Qin Zheng stood up, then raised his head and looked at Guangxu carefully, and saw that he was about 30 years old, his eyebrows were very delicate, but his cheeks were sunken, his face was blue, and there seemed to be infinite sorrow between his eyebrows, showing that he had a very serious heart. Of course, Qin Zheng knew what Guangxu's heart was, although Guangxu did nothing in his life, and even two wars that had a crucial impact on China, the First Sino-Japanese War and the War of Aggression against China of the Eight Nations all occurred during his tenure, but generally speaking, the historians were still very tolerant of Guangxu and did not put these responsibilities on Guangxu, and the reason is naturally well known.

And Qin Zheng is also quite sympathetic to Guangxu, Guangxu reigned for a total of 34 years, which is not short among the emperors of China, and he was only 37 years old when he died, which can be regarded as an untimely death, but there is no day when he can be the master of his own house, and he is also a puppet emperor until his death, and he died unexplained. It can be said that Guangxu's life is a huge coffee table, full of all kinds of cups.

In fact, according to the etiquette rules of the Qing court, when the minister sees the emperor, he must bend down and bow his head, not look directly at the emperor, at most he can only look at the emperor with his spare eyes, Qin Zheng is not unaware of these ways, but he doesn't care about so many rules, although Qin Zheng is very sympathetic to Guangxu, but as a symbol representative of the Qing court, Guangxu is also the object of the crossing group to overthrow, if the crossing group and the Qing court turn their faces in the future and make a list of war criminals, the first example is naturally Cixi, and the second must be Guangxu.