569 Cixi's Secret Council
Just when Ci'an completely fell into the reformists, in the East Warm Pavilion of the Forbidden City's Heart Cultivation Palace, Cixi and two conservative officials, Prince Gong and Prince Yiyun, were sitting together sulking.
"Okay, good, it's all good, it's been half a month and you haven't even attacked a single Jingshan, what use do I want you to do? Prince Alcohol, you are the gate god of Sijiu City, the Admiral of Jiumen, how did you bring the soldiers?"
"And you, the dignified Prince Gong, the dignified Prime Minister Wang, how did you boost your morale, and how did you negotiate with the foreigners? Except for the French who secretly supported us, none of the rest supported us? The Americans still jumped out and were stern about it?"
"You are all waste, you can't make ......," Cixi's roaring voice echoed in the East Warm Pavilion.
The two men in front of her are both descendants of the Zhenggen family of Aixinjueluo, and they are said to be very noble, but one is her brother-in-law, and the other has a leg with her, and she roared a few words These two men are really okay.
Cixi shouted for a long time, her mouth was a little dry, and the Prince Alcohol next to her quickly got up and picked up a pot of ginseng soup from the soup woman and poured a full cup for the Queen Mother.
"The weather is getting cooler on autumn nights, let's drink a bowl of ginseng soup to warm up......"
Cixi was all angry with Prince Alcohol, "Hehe, do I still need to be warm?" I am full of anger now, and you still let me drink ginseng soup...... Anderhai... Serve a bowl of ice to the mourners, I want to quench the anger..."
"Oh, you can't, you still use ice in autumn, be careful that you hold the cold in your body, you will suffer in winter, the queen mother must take care of her body......"
"I ......" Cixi looked at Prince Yiyun's honest face, and she was so angry that she really wanted to twist it, but she was so suffocated that she couldn't say anything.
Prince Gong, who was on the side, sneered, "Forget it, the Queen Mother still spares me, the seventh brother, the city in his heart is not something you can shout two sentences to break......"
"I think this palace change is almost the same now, it's time to talk about peace, I haven't heard that the palace change can last for half a month, and if you continue to fight, you're not afraid that the Hanchen will be suspicious?"
"I know, you have contacted Li Hongzhang, but Shui Da can't hide it from the Bodhisattva, as long as Zeng Guofan is here, Li Hongzhang can't jump much high......"
Prince Gong tasted the fragrant tea in his hand, and looked cynical, "Now that you are talking, you don't suffer, the secret decree of the first emperor has also been burned, and you have no last concerns, talk to the Empress Dowager Dong, the two sisters will divide the rights, why bother to this point?"
"Phew...... Damn, which slave is serving this, why is the tea stalk still in there... Andehai ...... Pull the tea-making person out and whip ten whips, how is this served......"
Prince Gong is far more flamboyant than Prince Alcohol, and his personality is more extroverted, as soon as this style is taken out, Cixi's nose is so crooked.
"What are you talking about...... What else is there to talk about after tearing her face, now you have to attack, you have to attack, you have to watch her die......"
Cixi's face was hideous, and the temperature in the hall suddenly plummeted, but today's Cixi couldn't scare him, only to see Yi sneer, "Okay, my good queen mother, the rice has to be eaten in one bite, the road has to be walked step by step, do you still care about your face?"
"There are so many rights in the court, you take this opportunity to grab a little more, and then grab a dozen eunuchs and guards at random, and lie about the military situation, and the friendship between the queen mother, when the time comes, the skin that will naturally be torn apart will be stained again, what are you afraid of?"
Speaking of this, Yi suddenly put away the appearance of hanging his son just now, and said precariously, "Queen Mother, last night the ninth marshal Zeng Guoquan Ke sent me a secret letter, and the wording there was extremely strong......"
"The Zeng family buddies have given an ultimatum, the meaning is obvious, you are full of housework, we Hanchen can not interfere with it, but housework can't mess up the national system...... To put it bluntly, we can't let foreign enemies drill Confucius, and our Qing Dynasty still hasn't really ruled Zhongxing..."
"One month, the Zeng brothers have already made it clear that one month is the limit time for us to solve the problem behind closed doors...... After a month, I'm afraid the Hunan army will come to intervene..."
The words in Yi's mouth were extremely cold, and Cixi's palms were cold when she listened, "Okay...... This is a good courtier of the Qing Dynasty... What faithfulness..."
Yi took another sip of fragrant tea, "Don't talk back, you didn't do it properly, Xinjiang Agu Bai is about to become the king, we can't send a single soldier, the Central Plains Twist Army has not been completely pacified yet, and the Hunan army is too big to fall and a Huai army ......"
"There is also Ganshan's Hui Department, and now it is also ready to confront the government, God knows when it will be against the flag, there are foreigners, and Xiao Letian...... The Qing Dynasty is blowing everywhere now, and you still do this? Do you think it's appropriate?"
With a snap, Cixi slapped the table: "What can I do? What can we orphans and widows do......?" Emperor, why are you so biased, if you don't have that secret decree, why am I here?"
This cry was not fake, Yi and Yi Xun could hear it, this was the cry that Cixi was terrified to the extreme. Since ancient times, once you enter the palace gate, the pressure on the women in the deep palace is unimaginable to ordinary people, don't say that they are all perverts, the environment is already like this.
After crying for a while, Prince Yiyun handed over a handkerchief, "Okay, the younger brother knows the crying in the heart of the Queen Mother...... But that's the way it is now, we have to look forward..."
"The younger brother is incompetent, and he can't control the Eight Banners athletes who are besieging Jingshan, but the Queen Mother, you should also think about it, if in this battle of Jingshan, the attackers really attack to death, then the Eight Banners are still the Eight Banners?"
"In this world, how many people are there in us, and how many Han people are there? If we are full of people, these relatives and relatives are all killed, how long can this country sit?"
Yi Xun's words were like a lightning bolt in the night, illuminating everyone's hearts, and Cixi was stunned to hear it, but she didn't expect Yi Xun to be able to say such a truth.
To put it bluntly, it is just a large family of relatives who come together to rule the Han people, and if these children of the Eight Banners really start to kill their own people, it can only mean that the system of the Eight Banners is going to end.
Cixi stopped crying, and Prince Gong began to persuade again, "Don't make trouble, our brothers take the lead, and ensure that you can get the most rights after negotiations, isn't it okay? Life is still long, and you will have the opportunity to display your talents in the future......"
Just when Cixi's heart was shaken, suddenly there was a gust of wind outside the Dongnuan Pavilion, which was mixed with the screams of the palace maids being whipped, and the sound of the window lattice, it seemed that the sky was about to change.
"Galeries Lafayette...... Lafayette..."A miserable cry sounded outside the hall, and after a while, a ball of meat rolled in from outside the hall gate, and people looked at it when it was Li Lianying.
"Lafayette......" Li Lianying knelt on the ground, holding a long silk ribbon in both hands, which looked like the kind of light white silk used for carrier pigeons.
"Woooooooooo......oo Lafayette, that Xiao Lotian ...... That Xiao Lotian is still alive... He led his troops to counterattack Tanggu, and the army of Mailer collapsed instantly...... Even the French who Melle colluded with were defeated..."Li Lianying finished speaking, and her forehead slammed into the ground.
"Ahh
This is really the biggest bad news, Cixi dared to send troops to attack Tanggu, the biggest reliance was Xiao Letian's death, if there was no information given to her by the foggy ghost, Cixi would definitely not have attacked Xiao Letian so early.
Recalling Xiao Letian's set of desperate plans to deal with the imperial court, the imperial court had no countermeasures regardless of whether it was soft or hard. The new army was so strong that it could defeat a hundred, and the overwhelming number of big-character posters and leaflets could make all the scandals of the imperial court public.
The most terrible thing is that Xiao Letian has an irreversible relationship with foreigners, and the Manchu court's fear of foreigners is simply indescribable, and the habit of fear of foreigners in the late Qing Dynasty has become a terminal illness after the Second Opium War.
"Catch me the Fog Hidden Imp and bring that back to me...... Woe to the country, the demon of this woe country..."Cixi jumped up and scolded.
"Damn Xiao Letian, why didn't the sky thunder and accept you..."
After all, Prince Gong was born in foreign affairs, and his understanding of Xiao Letian was far better than that of other Manchu high-level officials, so he slammed the table, "I can't hesitate any longer, I must reach a settlement with Ci'an before Xiao Letian starts...... The storm is coming, and we must all come together..."
At this time, Prince Alcohol Yiyun was also anxious, "But...... However, Li Hongzhang's soldiers are almost in Sijiu City, do you want to let him run for nothing? Isn't this a feud? People came over with their heads, and broke the Huai Army's dream of wealth and nobility, how can we call it in the future..."
Chaos and chaos, the whole Dongnuan Pavilion was in chaos, and the feelings of remorse and self-blame filled everyone's hearts, and everyone just thought of the wealth in Lotte and forgot that it was a group of lions and tigers who guarded these wealth.
"Where is the witch of that troubled country? This Japanese girl can't believe it, and now it's good to throw us all into the pit...... Those Han governors still estimate the face of the imperial court to some extent, and they will not publicize the civil strife in Beijing, but will he, Xiao Letian, consider our face?"
"If he makes a big noise about this matter, and even the peddlers and pawns will know about it, and everyone will know about it, what face will our court have? How can we care about such a big empire..."
"Scourge... That woman is a scourge......"
Just when Prince Gong was scolding angrily, An Dehai rushed in with another silk roll, and this domineering eunuch was now full of tears: "Queen Mother... Two princes... The big thing is not good, early this morning, Xiao Letian's warship went straight to Tianjin Wei along the Haihe River...... This rebellion has already opened artillery to bombard the walls of Tianjinwei..."
"Woooooooooo......oo The five-foot-long gap in the city wall of Tianjin Weidong has been blown out by artillery, and all the defenders of Tianjin Wei have fled, and they have all fled for their lives......"
"Ahh I ...... when the sky dies," Cixi screamed, her eyes darkened, and she fell to the soft couch.
This book was first published from 17K Novel Network, the first time to see the genuine content!R405