Zuo Zongtang's idea is very simple, since he can't withdraw from the northwest in time, then do his best to minimize the danger, in his opinion, the biggest danger is civil strife, once the northwest becomes the focus of contention between the constitutionalists and royalists, it will not only be a disaster for the northwest, but also put him in a dilemma.

At this point, it is impossible for Yi Zhishu to change his ways, and he has no way out, so he can only take the risk to lobby the Empress Dowager Ci'an, for which he does not hesitate to reveal the truth, and only Ci'an can stop it at the moment.

He was not worried that Ci'an would do bad things, although he was a woman, but Ci'an knew the general trend, and his vision and insight were extraordinary, otherwise the Qing Dynasty would not have implemented the constitution so smoothly and smoothly, and he believed that Ci'an would consider the overall situation.

Ci'an behind the bead curtain was very calm, but he twisted his fingers back and forth in the wide sleeves, Zhu Shanhai suddenly launched a mutiny when her mother and Yi Zhishu came to inspect the northwest, assassinated Yi Zhicontent, and put her mother under house arrest.

The hypocrisy of the constitution, many nobles and ministers of the clan are strongly opposed, but the situation is not as good as the people, Yuan Qi is strong, and aggressive, if the constitution is not established, the Qing Dynasty will be destroyed, and there is no choice, so he pinched his nose to cooperate with the implementation of constitutionalism, and unwillingly, the layout of the northwest, it can be said that it is reasonable, so, who is secretly plotting?

She didn't think deeply that no matter who it was, she had to stop it, Yi Zhizhi was clearly setting up a fishing scheme, how could she stand by and watch, besides, for the safety of her mother, she would not allow this kind of thing to happen.

She has tried the taste of power, and clearly knows how difficult it is to give up power, even if the northwest succeeds in establishing a country, her son will still only be a puppet, to put it nicely - the hypocrite, the left and right are the hypocrisy, why not let the good Qing Dynasty hypocrisy not do it, but take the risk to be the hypocrite in this remote place in the northwest?

Besides, how much silver did Yuan Qi invest in the northwest in the past thirty years to make the northwest stand on its own? How easy is contentment so easy to get along?

After thinking for a while, she slowly spoke: "This palace needs to contact Jingshi. ”

Zuo Zongtang hurriedly said: "The cable telegraph from the northwest to the outside world has been controlled by the military, but Zhu Shanhai should have a channel to contact the Beijing Division. ”

After hesitating, he said: "Weichen has gone to Shanghai, and I implore you to escort the Empress Dowager back to Beijing, and Shanghai will reply, it is not appropriate for the time being, it is reported that the newspaper has publicly reported the Northwest Mutiny." Also., Wei Chen secretly thought that the person behind Zhu Shanhai must be a high authority. ”

Yi Zhixiang wants to fish, her mother and mother are also one of the bait, and it is expected that she and her mother are not allowed to return to Beijing, and Ci'an is not angry, but she is a little surprised by the latter sentence, "You mean King Gong?" ”

Seeing that she asked so directly, Zuo Zongtang really couldn't answer, so he had to turn around and say: "The cabinet change is imminent, and I heard that Su Shun will take over as prime minister." ”

Su Shun took over, this is a matter that has been decided, this was set when the constitution was established, by King Gong and Su Shun successively served as prime ministers, in order to facilitate a smooth transition, in this regard, Ci'an naturally clear, for Zuo Zongtang's reminder, she also agrees that at this time, Su Shun is indeed more reliable than King Gong.

Of course, the other party's words were obviously wary of King Gong, which could only be speculation, and she naturally didn't have the heart to ask.

Pondering slightly, Zuo Zongtang pondered and said: "The northwest is the barrier of the Qing Dynasty, it can't be messed up, let alone lost, although Zhu Shanhai has been stabilized at the moment, but in the end it can't be avoided to go to war." ”

Ci'an glanced at him and said, "But do you need the assistance of this palace to quell the chaos at the lowest cost?" ”

"The Empress Dowager Shengming." Zuo Zongtang hurriedly said: "Although Weichen lives in a corner, he also understands that constitutionalism is the trend of the times and the trend of the times. ”

"No need to be reminded, this palace knows." Ci'an said in a light tone: "Where is Feng Renxuan?" ”

"Korla." Zuo Zongtang said: "It is five hundred kilometers away from Gongning, and at the latest, it will be able to arrive tomorrow." ”

Korla, railway station.

Located in the central part of Xinjiang, at the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains and at the northeast edge of the Tarim Basin, with the Tianshan branch in the north and the Taklamakan Desert in the south, Korla is the throat of the middle route of the ancient Silk Road, and is also an important transportation hub and material distribution center in the north and south of Xinjiang.

However, at this time, the railway station has been taken over by Feng Renxuan's department, and the train station is full of officers and soldiers with solemn expressions inside and out, and in the temporary headquarters of the platform, Feng Renxuan stood in front of the large military map with his hands in his hands and pondered, he arrived yesterday, but he was not in a hurry to go to Gongning, but stayed here on the grounds of physical discomfort, the purpose was very simple, wait for someone.

After waiting in Korla for two days, Feng Renxuan waited for Yin Youcai, who hurried from Hami, and Yin Youcai, who was the commander of the Xi'an Military Region, dressed as a businessman from the Northwest.

After the two met and greeted each other, Yin Youcai smiled and said: "I have heard that the northwest is vast and sparsely populated, and I will know that the rumors are true when I go through it in person this time." ”

"Xinjiang is better, Anxi is really sparsely populated." Feng Renxuan said with a smile: "In the Kazakh steppe, you may not be able to see people if you walk fast for a few days. ”

The two greeted each other and sat down, Feng Renxuan retreated from the officers, and said straight without going around in circles: "Today, I have been waiting in Korla for three days, and Gong Ning has called twice to urge, what is the principal's arrangement?" ”

Yin Youcai smiled, and said with a straight face: "The fake show is really done." ”

Is the fake show really done? What do you mean? Feng Renxuan frowned and said, "Who is the principal targeting?" ”

"I can't say anything about this in a few words, otherwise I wouldn't have to go to the northwest myself." Yin Youcai took out a box of cigarettes as he spoke, and Feng Renxuan said, "I have cigars here." As he spoke, he got up and grabbed a box of cigars, "From Russia, they say Cuban cigars." ”

"The headmaster threw out the bait of the northwest, mainly against the British, in order to promote the outbreak of war in Europe, as for Russia and Persia, they are just beating rabbits in the grass - by the way, this is external." Yin Youcai swallowed the clouds and spit out the fog while saying slowly: "Internally, it is to eliminate all unstable factors in the two northwest provinces by iron-blooded means, so as to lay a solid foundation for the complete consolidation of the northwest. ”

Targeting the British? Feng Renxuan was surprised, and he was a little puzzled by the latter sentence, "For a long time, the principal's policy towards all ethnic groups in the northwest has been based on appeasement and kindness. ”

"Thirty years of appeasement and kindness, enough is enough!" Yin Youcai said: "For some white-eyed wolves, it is in vain to be appeased and treated kindly, and the cleaning that should be cleaned, and the equal emphasis on grace and power is the king." ”