"Don't mention this matter again anyway, Yuan Aiqing should hurry up." Empress Dowager Longyu said magnanimously.

Yuan Shikai didn't get up, "Empress Dowager Xie, the minister still has something to play." ”

"Yuan Aiqing should calm down first, just say anything." Empress Dowager Longyu said.

"The minister is incompetent and unable to take on the role of prime minister, please ask the queen mother and the regent to allow the minister to resign and choose another person who is competent......"

"Where did Yuan Aiqing say this?" Longyu hurriedly stopped.

After the minister arrived, although he tried his best to slack off for a moment, the national situation did not improve, but became more and more difficult to control, and the minister is now helpless. Let's ask the Queen Mother and the Prince Regent to fulfill the wishes of their subordinates! Yuan Shikai is insisting.

Yuan Aiqing said it, not to mention anything else, after Aiqing left the mountain, he went to the front line to recover Hankou, and then recovered Hanyang. I know Aiqing's difficulties, and in the future, Aiqing's responsibilities will be within our side, and we will try not to interfere as much as possible. ”

Empress Dowager Longyu said and looked at Zaifeng.

Zaifeng thought to himself, when did he intervene in Yuan Shikai? Today is just to summon Yuan Shikai to ask about the war in Wuchang, which provokes him to say so much. Seeing that Yuan Shikai couldn't stand on his knees, he took a few steps forward and helped Yuan Shikai up.

"Lord Yuan should know that your prime minister was selected by the Senior Affairs Yuan."

Zaifeng's implication is that Yuan Shikai's prime minister is not something that he and the Queen Mother can withdraw if they want to.

Zaifeng's words were to the point, and Yuan Shikai had nothing to say.

After Yuan Shikai left the palace, Zaifeng followed out, Yuan Shikai thought that Zaifeng was sending himself, and politely asked Zaifeng to stay when he left the palace gate.

Zaifeng took a few steps forward and walked in front of Yuan Shikai, "Can Lord Yuan listen to me?" ”

"The regent has something to say, just command."

Although Yuan Shikai hated Zaifeng in his heart, the face of the regent was to be given, and he still seemed very deferential.

"No matter what grievances and grievances we have, please be kind to their mother and son." Zaifeng is very sincere.

"They are two mothers and sons?" Yuan Shikai didn't understand who the mother and son Zaifeng was talking about.

"Naturally, the emperor and the queen mother. If it hadn't been for the Queen Mother's insistence, Lord Yuan might have already fallen to the ground. If you have any grudges, remember them against me! Zaifeng said.

"What does the Lord Regent mean by that? For the Holy Lord and the Queen Mother, the subordinates only have the share of loyalty. Yuan Shikai said.

"Then I will take it as Lord Yuan's consent."

After Zaifeng finished speaking, there was no more nonsense, and he turned around and left.

Yuan Shikai was confused, he couldn't understand, why would Zaifeng say such a thing to him?

When he walked back, Yuan Shikai also kept thinking about this matter, could it be that he was in the palace just now, did he have any disrespect for the Empress Dowager Longyu?

Nope! If there is any disrespect, it is a little bit for the regent, but not for the queen mother.

Yuan Shikai couldn't think of anything anyway. However, he noticed Zaifeng's expression when he said this, and that expression was sincere. However, Yuan Shikai soon knew what was going on.

A few days after the incident, Zaifeng actually proposed to the court to resign as regent.

Zaifeng is iron-hearted, no matter how the Empress Dowager Longyu retained, she couldn't make him retract his resignation.

In desperation, on December 6, the Empress Dowager Longyu allowed him to return to the mansion with Prince Alcohol, and he was paid 50,000 taels of silver every year. To fulfill his own wishes, he will no longer participate in government affairs.

At the same time, the Empress Dowager Longyu made it clear that all subsequent appointments and administrations would be entrusted to the Prime Minister and the Minister of State. At this time, the power of the Qing court had almost all fallen into the hands of Yuan Shikai.

Zaifeng's sudden resignation has always been a mystery, and speculation is mixed.

Some people vividly say that Zaifeng's resignation is Shen Yin, "Shen Yin" means "hidden by a mysterious power", specifically referring to a person who has evaporated from the world, has no news and whereabouts, and is missing.

There seems to be a consensus that Yuan Shikai has lost his actual power after becoming the prime minister, and he has to make such a choice.

On the fifth day of the first month of the ninth year of Guangxu (1883), Zaifeng was born in the palace of Prince Alcohol in Taiping Lake, Beijing, and was the fifth son of Prince Yixun, the fifth son of Prince Yixian, and his mother was Fujin Liu Jiashi. His second brother Zai Yan succeeded Emperor Xianfeng as his heir, and inherited Emperor Tongzhi into the Great Unification, which was Emperor Guangxu.

On November 21 of the sixteenth year of Guangxu (1890), he was crowned Prince Alcohol. In the twentieth year of Guangxu (1894), the family moved to Shichahai Houhai Haibei River along the alcohol prince's mansion (Beifu).

Because the German minister Klinder was killed in Beijing during the Boxer Rebellion, the Qing court sent people to Germany to "apologize" for the incident. However, as for the candidate for the prince to go to Germany to "apologize", Qing ** has not been decided.

Just when the choice of the prince who went to Germany to "apologize" was delayed for a long time, the new German minister to China, Mulder, asked Qing Zheng. The ministers of the government, Li Hongzhang and Yixuan, recommended the eighteen-year-old Prince Zaifeng.

The reason why Zaifeng became the best choice to apologize to Germany is that the Germans value Zaifeng's special status. As the younger brother of Emperor Guangxu and the nephew of Cixi, Zaifeng's status is more noble than that of other princes, and he can show more Qing government. The government's "apology sincerity".

After the candidate was determined, Cixi and Emperor Guangxu, who were far away in Xi'an in the 27th year of Guangxu (1901), officially appointed Zaifeng as the "first-class envoy minister", and appointed Zhang Yi, a former cabinet scholar, and Yinchang, the deputy capital who was proficient in German, as counselors, and accompanied Zaifeng on his visit.

The reason why Cixi chose Zaifeng was, on the one hand, because the nobility of status and bloodline was incomparable to other princes. On the other hand, Cixi also took into account Zaifeng's young age and strong blood. Even in Germany, when the Germans insulted and humiliated, Zaifeng could be argued for.

After all, he is still an eighteen-year-old prince with his own personality, and even if he makes any mistakes, the Qing court has room for maneuver.

If you are a prince with qualifications and experience, you will have some concerns when you do things outside. Even if he will not compromise with the requirements of the virtuous people, he will be cautious and thoughtful in everything he does. This will lack a kind of decisiveness and a kind of character, which will inevitably make him personally angry and the country angry.

Sure enough, after Prince Zaifeng arrived in Germany, the Germans asked Zaifeng to bow to the Kaiser at that time.

For the sake of the dignity of the country, the eighteen-year-old Zaifeng argued with reason and resolutely refused to bow to the Kaiser. This move not only made the domestic subjects applaud, but also made the Germans look at China with admiration.

Completed this humiliating "apology" trip. First of all, through this visit, Zaifeng broadened his horizons and deepened his understanding of foreign countries. Through this visit, Zaifeng "satisfactorily" completed his political tasks, which made Cixi very satisfied, and also laid a solid foundation for his future career Tengda, which became an important turning point in his political career.

In the twenty-ninth year of Guangxu, more than two years have passed since Zaifeng completed the task, and he has grown from the original eighteen years old to twenty years old.

As soon as he turned 20, the imperial court promoted him to the minister of Suihu, and three years later, he was promoted to the head of the Jianrui battalion and the commander of the Manchu Metropolitan of the Red Banner.

At this time, Zaifeng was only in charge of military affairs, but in the following years, his position and power slowly moved towards the fast lane of ascension. Since the 34th year of Guangxu, he has held an important position as the Minister of Military Aircraft.

Prince Zaifeng served as the regent of the Qing Dynasty, and the lifeblood of the entire dynasty was tightly held in his hands. At the same time, he was aware of the situation he was facing, and he knew what kind of endgame he was taking over.

To tell the truth, if Pu Yi hadn't become the emperor of the Great Qing Kingdom, Zaifeng would probably not have been the regent of this prison country. But Pu Yi later became the successor of the Qing Dynasty through the decree of the Empress Dowager of the Yehenala clan, so he could only reluctantly make it difficult.

Everyone has a heart to reach the pinnacle of power, but in such a dangerous situation, it is not easy to do this position in Zaifeng.

In order to eradicate the mighty Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement, the imperial court allowed many Han people to return to their hometowns to practice, which led to the power of the central government becoming smaller and smaller, and the local power becoming more and more powerful.

During these three years in power, Zaifeng wanted to stabilize the domestic situation on the one hand, and on the other hand, he still wanted to take back the military power and power from the local officials. He once had the ambition to make a career, but in the end he couldn't do it.

However, the expansion of local forces is already a deep-rooted thing, and the "Southeast Mutual Guarantee" has made the best explanation for this. Zaifeng's efforts were also a drop in the bucket, although he later restrained Yuan Shikai, who was the most threatening, but in the end he had to personally invite Yuan Shikai back.

Zaifeng's "Shen Yin" actually completely lost confidence in the Manchu rule, and he no longer had any hope, he was an extremely smart man who saw everything clearly.

He was not a person who could bear it, and he didn't want his ancestors' inheritance to be destroyed in his own hands, so he chose to escape.

It is rare for a person to know advance and retreat. As they often say: no one is simple, and no one should be underestimated. Not to mention this regent!

After he resigned and returned home, the first thing he said to his family was: "From now on, I can hold my children at home with peace of mind." ”

After finishing speaking, he sighed, which showed how tired he was of the government. Zaifeng fulfilled his promise, never asked about the government again, and lived his own small life wholeheartedly, which made many politicians who were obsessed with power sweat.

Zaifeng withdrew, and there was only a pair of orphans and widows left in the court, which could no longer contain Yuan Shikai. However, Yuan Shikai was not easy, and Wuchang negotiated peace, and he had already telegraphed the British envoy Zhu Erdian to send a telegram to Ge Fu, the consul general in Hankou, to mediate and strive for a truce for a few more days. Graham is in mediation, and the news that the news is going well is going well, and the results will be available soon.