"Lafayette is this old and confused, how can he agree to such a request? Once the imperial court establishes the constitution, there will be endless troubles, and in the future, this country will still not be surnamed Aixin Jueluo. Galeries Lafayette is shrewd, why is he confused at this time. ”

"Yes, now Hanchen has been in a big trouble, the southeast is only known to have a governor, but not the imperial court, if the constitutional system is implemented again, will sooner or later the ancestors' inheritance be lost. ”

"I think Yuan Shikai is a drunkard who doesn't mean to drink, it is clearly harboring evil intentions, and in the name of constitutionalism, it is true that he is trying to seize power. ”

"Well, I have long said that Yuan Shikai and his people are eagles and wolves, and they have the image of recklessness, and they cannot be used for military power, and they will be a disaster for the country for a long time. Today's Yuan Shikai's anti-love has sprouted, and he should be punished quickly. The hateful people of Yixuan and Duanfang not only colluded with Yuan Shikai, but also supported the constitution, if it weren't for the two of them at their instigation, Lafayette might not have been deceived by Yuan Shikai, which is really hateful. ”

"I think Lafayette has also been deceived for a while, so it is better for everyone to go into the palace to see Lafayette, cry and tell the truth, and ask Lafayette to take back his life. ”

"Yes, yes, I think this is very good, Prince Su, what do you think of it?"

Prince Su Shanqi looked at everyone, shook his head, and said: "I think we just go into the palace to ask Lafayette, it's useless, Lafayette will never take back his life, on the contrary, he will reprimand us, so let's not look for this boring." ”

Listening to Prince Su's words, the room suddenly exploded, there were a total of 8 people present, in addition to the owner Prince Su Shanqi, the other 7 people are Prince Gong Pu Wei, Beile Zairun, Liang Bi, Pu Wei, Tie Liang, Rong Qing, Yin Chang, Yu Lang and others, all of whom are the backbone of the Manchu elite faction.

On the day when the Qing court issued an order to send ministers abroad to inspect the political systems and economies of various countries, Prince Su gathered these seven people into his mansion to discuss countermeasures. Although in the reorganization of the military aircraft, the Manchu elite faction was hit hard, Tieliang and Rongqing were expelled from the military aircraft, and now there is no one in the military aircraft department, but the Manchu elite faction does not care too much, after all, the current Qing court is still the Manchu in charge, and most of the members of the Manchu elite faction are either clans, or hereditary titles, and they cannot enter the military plane, they have a huge influence on the government.

The Qing court was the last feudal dynasty in China, and although it basically inherited the political system of China's previous dynasties, it was still somewhat different from the dynasty established by the Han because it was a country founded by ethnic minorities. The biggest feature is that it still retains some characteristics of tribal politics, and the Manchus are a whole, with certain obligations and powers for the rule of the dynasty, and also have considerable influence on the monarch.

To put it simply, the emperor of the Qing court is first of all the tribal chieftain of the Manchus, and then the monarch of the dynasty, so the ruling basis of the emperor of the Qing court is the support of the Manchu magnates, without this support, it is difficult for the Qing emperor to maintain his imperial power; and the power of the Manchu magnates is also based on the imperial power, as long as the imperial power is still there, then the power of the Manchu magnates is also guaranteed, and the two sides support each other, forming a win-win situation. Although after the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the rise of the Han Dynasty, but the Han Dynasty's power was mainly at the local level, and in the center of the imperial court, it was still controlled by the Manchus.

The constitutional system is to limit the imperial power, and once the imperial power is weakened, the Manchu magnates will lose the root of their power, and what will be the result of the Manchus who have lost their power, just look at the actions of the East China government, so the Manchu magnates will try their best to prevent the Qing court from establishing a constitution. In short, Yuan Shikai advocated the constitution in order to protect himself, that is, to keep his power and his life, and the Manchu magnates opposed the constitution, which was also for self-preservation.

Prince Su raised his hand and said: "All of you listen to me, the matter of constitutionalism is not so easy, Lafayette only agreed to send ministers to go abroad to investigate, and did not say that he would establish a constitution, not to mention that the content of the investigation is also all-encompassing, not only for the constitutional, so I think Lafayette is to see the turbulent public opinion, can only push the boat down the river, first send ministers to the sea to investigate, so that it is a delaying tactic, this abroad, at least 1 or 2 years of situation, if there is anything in the country of foreigners, it is delayed to 3, Four years is also not possible, and there may be other changes in the country at that time, which has long been forgotten. You must know that the constitution is still the foundation that shakes our Qing Dynasty, and how can you not understand this truth with the essence of Lafayette. ”

When the others heard this, they all nodded again and again, thinking that what Prince Su said was reasonable, and Tie Liang said: "Lord, I think that this constitutional plan may not be so simple, and Yuan Shikai harbors evil intentions, so he must not be guarded against, and he should try to do it as soon as possible." ”

Prince Su said: "It is true that Yuan Shikai is ambitious, but to get rid of Yuan Shikai, I see that it is not difficult, only a prison official is enough, and the real threat of the Qing Dynasty is not inside, but outside." ”

Liangbi said: "Does the prince mean overseas Chinese?"

Prince Su nodded and said: "Overseas Chinese are now openly separating their territories and setting up their own official positions, and putting the imperial court in their eyes is so powerful that it is more prosperous than the long hair of the past, which is the big trouble of my Qing Dynasty." And as far as I know, there are many Hanchen in our court who have colluded with overseas Chinese, Li Hongzhang is one of them, he invested hundreds of thousands of yuan in Qingdao and opened two factories, which shows his intentions, and Yuan Shikai also has a friendship with overseas Chinese, I am afraid that Hanchen in the court and overseas Chinese should cooperate with each other and jointly plot against the country of our Qing Dynasty. ”

After saying this, several people also became nervous, and Yin Chang said: "That's true, I don't know if the prince has any good way?"

Prince Su said: "It's still that way, we have to say that Lafayette will move and send troops to Liaoxi." ”

Rong Qing frowned and said: "Lord Wang, please forgive me for being blunt, sending troops to Liaoxi will inevitably clash head-on with Japan, Russia, and overseas Chinese.

Prince Su laughed and said, "I knew you would be worried about this, now that Russia has been defeated by Japan, there is no need to worry about it, so I will go to one of them." And you can rest assured that I have already talked with Kawashima Naniwa, the representative of the Japanese government, that Japan will not be an enemy of our Dachun, and that I also support our Qing Dynasty in sending troops to Liaoxi, and promise to return the land of Liaodong to me after defeating Russia. ”

Tie Liang said: "I'm afraid that Japan has bad intentions, probably they are afraid that overseas Chinese will take advantage of the situation to attack Liaodong, so they encouraged me to send troops to Liaoxi to contain overseas Chinese." We must not be on guard. ”

Prince Su said: "Yesterday, the British Minister Zhu Erdian also talked to me, saying that Britain would guarantee that after the end of the Russo-Japanese War, Japan would withdraw from Liaodong and return the northeast to the Qing Dynasty. However, I was asked to send troops to Liaoxi immediately to suppress the overseas Chinese. ”

Tie Liang said: "Lord, the words of foreigners should not be believed. ”

Prince Su said: "I also know that the words of foreigners should not be believed, but now that Japan and Russia are fighting in Liaodong, if we have nothing to do, we can only watch the ancestral Longxing land fall into the hands of Japan and Russia, and then it will be taken by overseas Chinese, and the imperial court will send troops to Liaoxi, one can suppress overseas Chinese, and second, no matter if Japan and Russia win, we can take the opportunity to recover some places, and even recover the northeast, it is not impossible, and third, we can take the opportunity to take over the military power, as long as we have the military power in hand, why be afraid of Yuan Shikai?" ”

Tie Liang couldn't help but feel a little moved when he heard it, he was a rare military talent among the Manchurians, and Cixi also used him as an important chess piece to contain Yuan Shikai, so although Tie Liang was removed from the military plane, he was still reappointed as the secretary of the military department, and he was still in charge of the military power, but Tie Liang has been suffering from not having an army in his hands, if he can take advantage of the opportunity to send troops to Liaoxi to master an army, it is quite attractive to Tie Liang. However, Tie Liang is a real person after all, even if Japan and Russia will not be enemies of the Qing court, but overseas Chinese are not easy to mess with, don't look at Tie Liang in the military aircraft department, asking the court to send troops to Liaoxi, but first, he knows that Li Hongzhang will block it; second, he does not want to be enemies of overseas Chinese, but only to control areas outside Jinzhou. And if he really wants to fight with overseas Chinese, Tie Liang really doesn't have the guts.

So Tie Liang said: "Lord Wang, everyone, it's not that I have the prestige of overseas Chinese, with the current strength of the imperial court, if you want to be the enemy of overseas Chinese, I'm afraid it's still a little too much." ”

Prince Su said with a smile: "Tie Liang is right, but I have already made arrangements, and I will not tell you that I have arranged for people to sneak into Shandong to contact the gentry and villagers in various places, and prepare to raise the flag; Martial arts heroes, just wait for the time to be ripe, we will make a big fuss in the Shanghai New Area of overseas Chinese, it is best to be able to kill a few overseas Chinese, one is to let the overseas Chinese know that we are powerful, and the other is to make trouble in the old home of the overseas Chinese, so that they can't separate themselves from other things, at that time we sent troops to Liaoxi, are you still afraid of overseas Chinese?"

When the others heard this, they were also very surprised, because no one thought that Prince Su would have such a hand, among these people, Tie Liang, Rongqing, and Liangbi were considered to have some talents, and they couldn't help but be secretly surprised at this time, although Prince Su had a martial name in his childhood, but because of the distance from the blood of the palace, so when he became an adult, he did not hold important positions like Prince Gong, Prince Alcohol, Prince Li, and Prince Qing, and it was not until after the Gengzi Kingdom changed that he served as the supervisor of Chongwen Gate. Minister of Management Affairs of the General Administration of Industry and Inspection, but in the past few years, in addition to winning a reputation for being honest and sympathetic, he has not performed any outstanding performance, but he did not expect that Jingran had such courage to do such a thing in secret.

And Yu Lang was still a little hesitant and said, "Is this okay?"

Prince Su said: "Now I am in the Qing Dynasty is an eventful autumn, the country is shaken, we as the imperial court, the lords, we should do our best to protect the Qing Dynasty, tide over the crisis, now is a great opportunity, if you still dare to give it a go, but still timid, wait until the building collapses, I am afraid that it will be too late to regret." ”

When Tie Liang heard this, he couldn't help but be arrogant, and said, "Okay, Lord Wang, I agree with your suggestion, and I have to fight no matter how I do this time." ”

Tie Liang took the lead, and Rong Qing and Liang Bi also immediately said: "We also agree with the prince's proposal." ”

When the others saw it, they all expressed their support for Prince Su, and Prince Su couldn't help but be overjoyed, and said, "Okay, let's jointly fold it to the court immediately." ”