"Huang Eniang, Huang Eniang. What's wrong with you? Why are you crying, is your cricket defeated? Seeing the Empress Dowager Longyu, whose eyes were red, who was holding the fold, Pu Yi, who had just said something, had an ominous premonition.

"It's going to change. It's going to change. Longyu's fingers trembled violently, and he gently wrote a fold, but Longyu felt that he couldn't hold it, only to hear a snap, and the fold fell on Huali's foot, and the sound echoed in the quiet palace like a tomb, Cui Yugui quickly picked up the fold, wiped the dust with his sleeve, and gently rested on the edge of the table.

"Is the general ready?" I haven't seen Longyu answer his words for a long time, and the little emperor also felt bored, so he no longer cared about the sad face of the emperor's mother, but asked the little eunuch next to him. The little eunuch may be under age, and he didn't even feel the strange atmosphere in this palace, so he simply took out a small crockpot, looked at the movement in the blowhole, picked out a weasel whisker from behind the root of the ear, and skillfully played with the insects inside, the crisp sound of crickets sounded, which was particularly harsh in this house with the sound of falling needles, Longyu was still wiping his tears, the towel in his hand was stunned, and his eyebrows were picked first, although his face did not change, but Cui Yugui's waist was more bent. Cui Yugui secretly prayed in his heart, this little eunuch quickly led the emperor out, don't make the master unhappy again.

Maybe it's God that the old man is too busy to hear Master Cui's prayers. The little eunuch handed the beard to the little emperor, and replied, "Long live the lord, it's over." ”

"Daring, damn minion, slap mouth." Cui Yugui reacted quickly, kicked the little eunuch out of the way, and was so frightened that Xuan Tongye, who was holding the cricket jar, stumbled. The little eunuch quickly turned over, knelt and began to slap himself, and the corners of his mouth burst with blood. Just before others could react, Longyu raised his arm and said softly.

"That's it, drag it out."

Two sturdy guards with knives dragged the legs of the little eunuch as if they were dragging a cotton bag.

Cui Yugui sighed secretly in his heart, it's all fate, if the little eunuch doesn't die, relying on the ability to win the trust of the little emperor, it will be a matter of holding a handle in the future to mix the steward of the inner study, but unfortunately there is no saying in this palace that he can change his mistakes, although this is his fellow countryman, there is no way to save his life. Cui Yugui, who had consciously done his best, also quickly calmed down his thoughts, and hurriedly worked to make the little emperor happy, Longyu did not reprimand again, but stood up and slowly walked to the window, looking at the withered grass and trees in the imperial garden outside the window, and began to sobb with a shrug of his shoulders

"Wow..." the little emperor opened his mouth and cried, and at this time, Prince Alcohol also sat silently on the embroidery pier on the side, looking at his son who had just ascended the throne for a year, but he had no intention of coaxing the big and the small.

The fold on the foot pedal is open, and the white and black characters on it are eye-catching and abnormal, "Lusu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Henan, and Shanghai Soldiers and Civilians Strictly Abide by the Neutral Fold", in fact, this thing as a fold is very unqualified, it is more like an official letter, that is to say, these six provinces did not put the Qing Dynasty in their eyes at all, and they openly declared that "in view of the increasingly serious military conflict between the Qing Dynasty and the Wuhan Revolutionary Government, it has seriously threatened the normal life of peaceful residents in the surrounding areas and disrupted the local economic order, The joint meeting of the advisory bureaus of the six provinces of Shandong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Henan, and Shanghai passed the resolution. With immediate effect, the six provinces declared their strict neutrality in the armed conflict between the Qing government and the revolutionary government in Wuhan. Our six provinces will undertake the following obligations:

1. The armed forces of the six provinces shall not participate in any armed conflict between the two sides that are not within 50 miles of the administrative boundaries of the six provinces, but the armed forces of the two sides shall not enter the area, and any armed forces entering the area will be warned that failure to withdraw within the time limit will be regarded as an armed invasion.

2. The two sides shall not procure any materials for military purposes in the region, nor shall they allow the above materials to be transferred, stored and sold through the six provinces.

3. In order to ensure that the position of neutrality is strictly observed, the six provinces shall cease all administrative, financial, and legal relations with the belligerents with immediate effect, and suspend any rights and obligations with respect to the belligerents, until the end of the war, when the joint meeting of the consultative bureaus of the six provinces shall decide through a democratic form the legal relations between the regions of the six provinces and the belligerents.

4. Non-military personnel of the two sides entering the six provinces and regions need to declare their itinerary and personnel composition to the joint meeting of the six provincial advisory bureaus in advance, and they can enter after permission, but they must not engage in acts unrelated to the purpose of the declaration, nor shall they carry out propaganda, fundraising, communication, intelligence collection and transmission, and personnel agitation and organization work in the region, otherwise they will be expelled immediately.

5. In order to ensure that the belligerents respect the above neutrality obligations in our six provinces and regions, we will send observers to the belligerents to supervise the belligerent behavior of both sides...

6. Proceeding from the spirit of benevolence, we will set up refugee shelters in the border areas, and the warring parties shall not obstruct the free movement of civilians who threaten them..."

Known as a revisit of the old dream of the Qing Dynasty in the Russo-Japanese War to declare its neutrality, the "Lusu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Henan, and Shanghai Military and Civilian Strict Neutrality Fold" was sent to the palace and has also been transmitted through telegrams all over the north and south of the river, and for a while China and foreign countries were shocked, but I didn't expect Wu Chenxuan to quietly collect the greasy land in the south of the Central Plains, and so simply announced that it was actually out of touch with the Qing Dynasty. For a time, some Su Confucian wrote an article to reprimand Wu Chenxuan for not thinking of serving the country and splitting the country, which is really a sinner for the ages, and there are also industrial and commercial owners who vigorously praised Wu Chenxuan for protecting the people from the flames of war, and also inhibiting the escalation of the war between the two sides, which can be called a great merit. Britain, France, Germany, and the United States have also expressed their cautious attitudes, but the British government still privately hints at its appreciation for all actions that can protect the legitimate interests of foreign investment and the economic order. Japan even issued a speech as prime minister, expressing support and understanding for Wu Chenxuan's neutral behavior, and calling on the warring parties to stop the war and maintain the status quo. The little devils plan to make China split into three kingdoms in order to profit from it, but they are destined to pay a heavy price for their short-sightedness.

Let's talk about the titular supreme decision-maker of the Great Qing Kingdom who is now in the palace - Empress Dowager Longyu. In the thirty-fourth year of Guangxu, Emperor Guangxu died in the Hanyuan Hall of Yingtai in the South China Sea, and Emperor Xuantong ascended the throne according to the order of the Empress Dowager Cixi. According to the order of Emperor Xuantong, she was honored as the Empress Dowager of Longyu, known as the "Queen Mother", and the emblem was "Longyu", that is, the Empress Dowager of Longyu who wept silently in front of the window. The current Emperor Xuantong is only three years old, so he was raised by the Empress Dowager. At the same time, the Empress Dowager Longyu also implemented the curtain to listen to the government, and the regent Zaifeng (the biological father of Emperor Xuantong and the younger brother of Emperor Guangxu) sitting on the embroidered pier jointly presided over the stormy Qing Dynasty.

Longyu is not good at stammering with others, so there are not many cronies, since she became the queen mother, she has always adhered to the great politics of the country, she knows that in order to keep the throne of the queen mother, it is necessary to keep Puyi's throne, which must establish its own power, especially with those relatives and foreign ministers who hold real power. Therefore, when Zaifeng established Weilixin and prepared to build a ruling team, Longyu also had to find ways to encircle some ministers to prevent Zaifeng from having too much power and endangering his position. The object of Longyu's wooing is Prince Qing Yixuan, who was named the last iron-hatted prince of the Qing Dynasty because of the favor of the Empress Dowager Cixi, and has great power in the court.

However, these filthy things are no longer on the stage, although Longyu and Zaifeng once disagreed on the issue of Tieliang's appointment, Zaifeng also reminded Longyu without warning that only major events in the imperial court can the Queen Mother come forward to discuss, and these specific government affairs do not have to be troubled. Although Zaifeng didn't say it explicitly, Longyu knew that it was for her not to be offside. After this experience, Longyu, who had no real power, rarely directly interfered with Zaifeng since then, and could only fulfill her mother's responsibilities to the young emperor, but she was powerless for this country. The current situation can't help but make this silent and cowardly curtain queen mother silent anymore.

"Lord Wang, since this Wu Chenxuan is a former minister in the court, Gengzi has made great achievements in saving the car in the past, and he is full of grace, how could he suddenly do such a rebellious thing? What's so strange about this? ”

Zaifeng said that there was suffering, who made him regard Wu Chenxuan of the Qing Wangye party as a thorn in his side, and he should not have let Wu Chenxuan return to Shandong, and now Wu Chenxuan, whose prestige and power are already in full swing, no longer needs to bow down to them. "Returning to the Queen Mother, this Wu Chenxuan wolf has been ambitious for a long time, and at the time of this national disaster, he disregarded the grace of the saints, despised the imperial power, and followed the example of the chaotic party to tear the ground in the name of neutrality. Tell the world, let me Qing officials and people recognize the face of this chaotic minister and thief. ”

"Since the prince has a bamboo in his chest, the mourning family is also relieved." Although Longyu said this, there was no relaxation on his face, "This matter will be entrusted to the prince with carte blanche to mediate, and then let the military aircraft draw up a will and send it to the Heart Cultivation Hall for sealing." The mourning family is waiting in the palace for the prince to calm down the chaos, and it is rare to have good news. ”

"This..."Zaifeng, who said the big words, didn't expect that the queen mother's sister-in-law, who was usually full of money, would actually push the boat down the river with a light stroke, and let him, the regent, sit on wax. Longyu did not wait for Zaifeng to plead and drove Cining Palace, leaving Prince Alcohol with a bitter face to watch his son being held by his sister-in-law on the royal chariot, and was cut off by the heavy palace gates.

On December 6, Prince Zaifeng resigned as regent of the prison country and retired to the mansion, not asking about the world. On December 12, under the call of Qiaofu, the godfather of the revolution, and also inspired by Wu Chenxuan's leadership of the independence of six provinces, a total of 39 representatives from 14 southern provinces gathered in Guangzhou from Wuhan and Shanghai, and decided to elect a provisional president on December 16.

However, what embarrassed Qiao Fu was that the big guy did not first think that he was still with Xiaoyue Xuanqing and my revolutionary mentor, and respected him as the president, but was very pragmatic and publicly elected Huang Kedi as the generalissimo, and Li Yuanlong was the deputy. Huang Kedi was self-aware, knowing that he belonged to the category of "not blaming the society for his back, and not complaining about the government's suffering", for fear of affecting the revolutionary cause, so he insisted on resigning, so he changed Li Yuanlong to the generalissimo and Huang Kedi to the deputy marshal. On December 21, Li Wuhong accepted the name of generalissimo and appointed Huang Kedi to act as generalissimo, and Huang Kedi resigned. It is said that Comrade Qiao Fu heard that Huang Kedi was making resignations vigorously, and almost turned over in anger on Xiao Yuexuan's stomach, and cursed repeatedly, "Huang Fat Man is confused, and he misunderstands me." However, in less than half a month, the position of the chief and deputy marshals was suddenly reversed, and people ridiculed it as child's play, and Huang Kedi and Li Yuanlong could not come to Guangzhou to take up their posts.

At this time, in the city of Beijing, the Beiyang Army had entered the city and occupied the capital, which symbolized the highest power. Feng Guozhang personally took over the president of the Praetorian Guard, relieved the Liangbi Praetorian Guard of the First Association of the Commandery, transferred the Janissary Guards artillery to support the encirclement and suppression of the Shanxi Revolutionary Army, dispersed the forces of the Praetorian Guard, and transferred the Praetorian Guard out of the city in the name of preparing for the expedition, and sent Cao Kun to form another Gong Guard Army and station it in the city. Beijing is completely controlled by Feng Guozhang. The direct line took advantage of the efforts of the Anhui system to go south and occupied Sijiu City without blood, but they didn't expect that this occupation would become the last sound of the direct line.