"Even if the foreigners don't object to him being the big brother now, in the future, he will become the emperor, and then for his father Zhaoxue, advocate the destruction of the foreigners, and help the bandits, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no second Gengzi change. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info At that time, won't the country and the people fall into the fire pit again? Wang Wenshao said next.

Now Li Lianying understood. It turned out that these three people discussed and wanted to abolish this big brother.

He immediately understood why they had invited him to open the gap in Cixi's place from him. But this Li Lianying was very deep in the city, and asked in a confused manner: "Then what can Li do for the three adults?" ”

Rong Lu replied: "The chief manager, if you want to abolish the eldest brother, it is a big deal, and the most important thing is to ask Lafayette to nod." I have here a joint letter from the former ministers, asking the chief manager to present Lafayette on his behalf, and persuade Lafayette to make a decision as soon as possible.

If Lafayette can be gracious, it will be the blessing of all the people, but its credit is all in your manager. Ask the chief manager to do his best. As he spoke, he was about to kneel down again, but was pulled by Li Lianying.

"Rong Zhongtang, this matter of killing the head of the fist, Li Mou has also participated, if Pu Jun becomes the emperor one day, I Li Lianying will definitely not have a good end. Now that there is a chance to abolish him, Li will definitely do his best, please rest assured! ”

The three ministers stepped forward together, bowed deeply to Li Lianying, and said in unison: "Thank you in advance for Chief Manager Li!" Li Lianying was polite to them again, took the joint fold in Rong Lu's hand, and went back to the palace.

Li Lianying returned to the palace, the Empress Dowager Cixi had woken up from a nap, and when she saw Li Lianying coming in from outside, she asked:

"Where have you been again? I can't find anyone looking for it. ”

Li Lianying didn't answer, and when she got in front of Cixi, she knelt on the ground, took out the fold handed over to him by Ronglu, presented it with both hands, and raised it above her head.

Cixi looked at him like this, not knowing what was happening, and not knowing what he was presenting, she looked at him with curiosity, took the fold, uncovered it, and looked at it.

Seeing the content of the recital, Cixi's brows became tighter and tighter. When she had finished reading, she put the fold on the table and asked, "Where did you get it from?" ”

"It was Rong Zhongtang who asked the slave to present it to Lafayette." Li Lianying replied.

"This is a big deal, but you can't just say it's wasted, you can't just say it's going to be done. These former ministers not only do not share the worries and problems of the court, but they are blindly stirring up peace in the middle! "The Empress Dowager Cixi seemed to be a little angry.

"Lafayette, the ministers of the Imperial Court are also thinking about your old man by doing this. This eldest brother is sixteen or seventeen years old, in the year in Xi'an, what he did, your old people have also seen it, his temperament is stubborn, he does not obey discipline, his father Duanjun Wang was sent to Xinjiang, as a son of man, how can he not hold grudges.

If he becomes an emperor in the future, and punishes those who punished his father in the past, won't it cause chaos in the court? The most terrible thing is that he is the son of the head of the fist, Lafayette takes him as the eldest brother, and the foreigners must be dissatisfied with this. ”

The Empress Dowager Cixi didn't make a sound, she just sat quietly, thinking. In fact, after fleeing from Beijing and west last year, after arriving in Taiyuan, the Empress Dowager Cixi felt that the eldest brother was very disgusted, and danced with guns and sticks all day long, pretending to be a ghost and learning from the Boxers.

After arriving in Xi'an, the eldest brother did not want to forge ahead, only knew to have fun, and the Empress Dowager of the West had the intention of abolishing it, but because of the many affairs at that time, she could not take it into account.

So, on October 20, the 27th year of Guangxu, the Empress Dowager Cixi convened Rong Lu and others to convene a pre-imperial meeting and issued a decree to depose the eldest brother Pu Jun. The purpose is to say:

Pu Jun, the son of King Zaiyi, has been decreed as the eldest brother, inheriting Emperor Mu Zongyi as the heir, and the palace edict is at home and abroad.

Since the change of boxers and bandits in the previous year, they provoked the states, so that the temple community was shocked and took advantage of public opinion. Extrapolating the change, Zai Yi is really the culprit, offending the ancestors and ancestors, and since he has been severely punished, his son should not be the weight of the storage position.

Pu Jun also knew that he was afraid, and he pleaded to depose him, and he should correct his previous life, Pu Jun withdrew the title of eldest brother, and immediately left the palace, and rewarded him with the title of the eight-point auxiliary state, no need to be on an errand.

As for the heir of Emperor Mu Zongyi, the relationship is very serious, and he should choose the unscrupulous, and then issue a decree, so as to unify the court and use Zhao to be prudent, and this encyclical will be known.

In this way, the eldest brother was abolished, and the Empress Dowager Cixi, Li Lianying, Rong Lu and others had no worries. I felt that the right thing I should do was to make an order, get started, and return to Beijing.

After crossing the Yellow River, he arrived at the border of Zhili in a few days, and Yuan Shikai, who had been promoted to governor of Zhili for his meritorious service in suppressing the Boxers, led his newly trained military band, playing drums and trumpets, and came to pick him up.

Since Yuan Shikai betrayed the Restoration Party, helped the Empress Dowager Cixi abolish the Reform and Reform Law, and put Emperor Guangxu under house arrest in Yingtai, so among the people that Emperor Guangxu hated the most, Yuan Shikai was counted as one.

However, he ate well in front of Cixi, and because of the suppression of the reform of the law, he contributed to the imperial court, and he rose to prominence. After the Boxers broke out in Shandong, Yuan Shikai was sent to Shandong to replace Yuxian, the governor of Shandong, and suppressed the Boxers in Shandong.

In the twenty-sixth year of Guangxu, the Boxer Rebellion failed, and Yuan Shikai made great contributions in Shandong and was promoted to the governor of Zhili, making up for Li Hongzhang's shortcomings. Not long after taking office, the queen mother and the emperor returned to Luan, passing through Zhili, and Yuan Shikai of course wanted to warmly welcome him.

Yuan Shikai kept the holy car, continued to go north, and arrived at Zhengding Mansion on the 20th. At this time, Zhengding had already been opened to the train, so in order to return to Beijing as soon as possible, the ministers urged Lafayette to take the train instead.

Cixi was not at ease with this kind of foreign thing, but this kind of foreign thing was another temptation for her, so she still agreed to take the train.

Since Galeries Lafayette decided to take the train back to Beijing, there must be a train that Galeries Lafayette took, so the Zhengding Railway Bureau specially prepared a train, a total of 22 cars.

Among the 22 carriages of this train, four are special floats for the queen mother and the emperor, and there is a first-class passenger car for the queen to ride, and the rest are divided among the palace concubines, princes, ministers, fortunes, eunuchs, etc.

"Galeries Lafayette, the train is ready, when are your old man ready to leave?" After Li Lianying checked the entire train, she returned to the palace and asked the Empress Dowager Cixi.

"Is this train insured? It runs so fast, but there are only two narrow railways, what if the iron wheels fall off the tracks? "Galeries Lafayette is still a little suspicious.

"No, Lafayette, don't worry, this train can run steadily, more comfortable than taking a sedan chair!"

The Empress Dowager Cixi always felt very strange, such a strange train, how could it go? What makes it go? I can't figure it out. Why don't you see it for yourself? So before boarding the train northbound on November 24, the Empress Dowager Cixi really took a look at the train. (To be continued.) )