At the expense of damaging reputation and prestige, it is necessary to create a tense situation in which the civil war is about to break out, which is obviously iron-hearted, and Su Shun has not said anything for a long time, although the other party keeps saying that he is not interested in the civil war, and if he can destroy the Qing Dynasty without much effort, he believes that the other party will definitely not be polite.

It is not so simple to create a tense situation in which a civil war is about to break out, and it involves a large-scale mobilization of troops and the operation of a large amount of war materials, which can be said to affect the whole body, which not only has a great impact, but also has to consume a huge amount of money, which will cause incalculable losses to the financial, industrial, commercial, and economic affairs of the Qing Dynasty.

At such a cost, the purpose is simply to target the Northwest? I'm afraid that few people will believe it! In his view, this is more like a temptation, a test of the people's back, a test of whether the foundation for maintaining the rule of the Qing Dynasty is still solid!

After being silent for a while, he said in a muffled voice: "Now that preparations for the Security Committee are in full swing, doing so will cause the government and the opposition to cause serious misunderstandings about the Eight Banners New Army. ”

"It is indeed necessary for the New Army of the Eight Banners to carry out a vigorous rectification, but not now." Yi Zhixiang leaned back slightly as he spoke, his eyes sharpened, "I have always hoped to make a gentle and smooth transition from imperial power to constitutionalism, but the Northwest Rebellion has sounded a warning to us. ”

Speaking of this, his tone also became stern, "What should be cleaned still has to be cleaned, and you can't be soft!" Otherwise, someone may jump out and stab him in the back!

The reason why this time to create a tense situation of civil war at any cost is not entirely for the northwest, but also to let those who are unwilling, have bad intentions, never forget the imperial power, and are bent on plotting to split the country. ”

Is this going to be a large-scale cleansing? Su Shun's face immediately turned pale, and he could imagine that it must be a bloody storm.

"Cleaning is cleaning, and the general policy of a gentle and smooth transition will not change." Yi Zhifen slowed his tone, "So this time let you clean it yourself, but you must always be right about my experience of narrowly revitalizing in the northwest." ”

Hearing this, Su Shun secretly breathed a sigh of relief, if Yuan Qi didn't intervene, the situation would not be so bad that it would be difficult to clean up, and after hesitating, he said: "King Gong is about to step down, I'm afraid he may not agree." ”

Yi Zhisuff laughed and said: "Which is more important, King Gong should be clear." ”

On the day that Su Shun returned to Beijing, Yi urgently convened a cabinet meeting, and the next day he summoned the ministers of Britain, Russia and France one after another, and soon, the news of Yuan Qi's break with the imperial court spread.

Originally, the public opinion in the southern provinces wantonly attacked the royal family and attacked the Manchu and Mongolian tribes, which had caused a huge panic in the government and the opposition, and as soon as the news of the break between the imperial court and Yuan Qi spread, the Jingshi was even more panicked, and of course, there were many people who were full of excitement.

After three days of brewing, as a tool of public opinion controlled by the Qing cabinet, the Beijing Daily, known as Xindi Bao, published an important editorial entitled "Urgent Pioneer and Obstacle", which criticized Yi Zhixiang by name for the first time, bluntly saying that Yi Zhixiang used Yuanqi to monopolize finance, control state finance, and control military power, and had changed from the vanguard of the Qing Dynasty's constitution to the biggest obstacle to the realization of the Qing Dynasty's true constitutionalism.

As soon as this editorial came out, there was an uproar inside and outside the Beijing Division, and both the officials, gentry and the businessmen and ordinary people smelled a strong smell of gunsmoke!

Needle tip to wheat mang! This completely teares the rhythm of the face! This is a signal for the imperial court to openly break with Yuan Qi!

The Beijing Telegraph Office and the Telephone Bureau were immediately overcrowded, and telegrams and telephone calls flew in all directions, quickly spreading this heavy news to all provinces.

Located on the side of the inner moat, the business of Tiantai Teahouse is very hot, and the lobby of Nuoda is already full but there are still tea customers pouring in, needless to say that they are all here to inquire about the news, and the open break between the imperial court and Yuan Qi is very likely to cause a large-scale civil war, which is related to the vital interests of everyone, and no one dares not to care.

Wang Minglang came very early as usual, the old god was drinking tea and eating breakfast, looking at the newspaper in his hand and listening to all kinds of discussions and speculations in the lobby.

"Since the fight against Emperor Xianfeng, the imperial court's attitude towards Yuan Qi has never dared to be so tough, this time it is unprecedented to directly target Yi Zhi, and it is ruthless, this posture is clearly to openly break with Yuan Qi!"

This is wrong, it's not that the court wants to break with Yuan Qi, but that it's forced to be helpless! Think about it, what has Yuan Qi done these days? Attacking the Empress Dowager for betraying national interests for her own safety, and attacking the Manchu and Mongolian ethnic groups for conspiring to split the northwest, the supremacy of national interests is full of gunsmoke. ”

"What I said is that the imperial court was indeed forced to fight, and the reason why these geniuses reacted so late must be to try their best to redeem it, which shows that Yuan Qi is iron-hearted this time!"

"What is the iron heart, if Yuan Qi has the intention to make trouble, will he wait until this time? I think it's mostly just a war of words in the newspapers, and the northwest is not appeased, and it is impossible for Yuan Qi to provoke civil strife. ”

"That's not necessarily, even if you tear your face, I'm afraid both sides won't give up."

"I said a long time ago, there will be a battle between the imperial court and Yuan Qi sooner or later, according to me, the imperial court should not compromise and retreat early in the morning, it is better to fight early! It's never too late to fight! ”

"Is it really standing and talking without waist pain, fighting? How to fight? Yuan Qi is rich in the world, there are many soldiers, and even the territory is far from being comparable to the imperial court, and the strength of the military industry is comparable to that of England. ”

"It makes sense, the northern provinces have just suffered a rare disaster, not to mention the emptiness of the treasury, and the population is also seriously insufficient due to a large number of migrations, in this case, how to fight with Yuanqi?"

This is undoubtedly said to the hearts of everyone, and immediately attracted everyone's gossip, Yuanqi has strong financial resources, Yuanqi's new army is even more unparalleled, who in the government and the opposition does not know, once the war between the north and the south starts, there is no hope for the court to win.

Seeing that the hall was gloomy, Wang Minglang, who had been sitting quietly without saying a word, cleared his throat and said: "Although the imperial court was forced to fight this time, it is not without a chance of winning. ”

"That's right, this is the real insight, if there is a war, Britain, France, Russia, Austria, Italy and other European powers, as well as West Asia, Persia, Ottoman and other countries will definitely vigorously support and actively assist the imperial court, and the strong Northwest Army will also contain a large number of Yuanqi new troops."

The current situation is very favorable to the imperial court, once the war with Yuanqi starts, Britain, France, Russia and other countries will inevitably actively support and assist the imperial court, and the Northwest Army will inevitably cooperate vigorously, and maybe it will join forces with the imperial court.