Back in the backyard dormitory, Ci'an retreated and a group of eunuchs and palace maids leaned alone in front of the window, holding their chin in one hand and looking at the scenery outside the window in a daze, asking her to make a decree or Guangxu decree to recognize the independence of the northwest and canonize Zhu Shanhai as the king of Kokand.

If it was before the constitution, the imperial court might have compromised and made concessions in order to take care of the safety of her mother, but now it is a hypocrisy of the constitution, and Yuan Qi has been operating the northwest for 30 years, how much manpower, material, financial resources and energy have been spent, she is very sure that the imperial court would rather set up a new monarch than agree to the independence of the northwest for the sake of her mother.

In front of Zhu Shanhai and the Russian envoy, she confidently said that she was sure to persuade King Gong to agree, but in order to get in touch with Jingshi, she had to let Jingshi know that her mother's current situation was not, and the other was to delay time and delay, maybe things would take another turn.

As for visiting Petersburg, she was too lazy to think about it at all, this was nothing more than a combination of grace and power, the purpose was to force her to recognize the independence of the northwest and canonize Zhu Shanhai, but she should think carefully about how to grasp this rare opportunity to contact Beijing.

"Queen Mother, the cable telegraph has been opened." The newly promoted chief eunuch Gao Chengcheng in his early thirties reminded softly at the door.

Ci'an didn't move as if she hadn't heard it, and she hadn't even thought about how to write this telegram, Gao Cheng hesitated and knelt down on the spot and said, "Since the Empress Dowager is in trouble, why don't you push out your troubles?" ”

Pushing your worries out? Ci'an slowly turned to look at him and said, "Go on." ”

Kowtowed, Gao Chengyun said: "The slave secretly thinks that although my Qing Dynasty is a hypocritical monarch, the emperor is still the supreme leader of my Qing Dynasty in name, and the emperor is in danger, if the courtiers all stand by and spread it, what will be the face of the Qing Dynasty?" ”

Spread the word? Ci'an's heart moved, "Use public opinion to spread? ”

"The Empress Dowager Shengming." Gao Cheng hurriedly flattered.

Ci'an's heart suddenly brightened, yes, to spread the truth through public opinion, is it to rescue them? Or ignore their life and death to oppose the independence of the Northwest, and let them have a headache!

Kyoshi, Prime Minister's Office.

Putting down the telegram, Yi Chang breathed a sigh of relief, Gong Ning has been unable to contact after the infighting, he is really worried about the safety of Ci'an and Guangxu, although he knows that the possibility of an accident is very small, but anything can happen in the night melee, during this time, he has been hanging in his heart, after all, he encouraged Ci'an and his mother to inspect the northwest, if something happens, he can't escape the blame.

However, the current situation of Ci'an and his wife is also dangerous, it is impossible for the imperial court to agree to the independence of the northwest, let alone canonize Zhu Shanhai as the king of Kokand, and it is difficult to say whether Zhu Shanhai will take risks in anger and shame.

Glancing at Su Shun, he asked in a deep voice, "What do you think?" ”

"The Empress Dowager is nothing more than hoping to use public opinion to put pressure on the imperial court in order to save herself." Su Shun pondered and said: "However, I think this matter is inappropriate, Zhu Shanhai is a Manchurian, and most of his subordinates are Manchu and Mongolian disciples, once public opinion is used to publicize it, it may backfire."

When it comes to public opinion propaganda and guidance, Yuan Qi's methods and tricks are far superior to ours, and now we are at the juncture of reforming the military system, so we must guard against Yi Guocheng using this as an excuse to wantonly dismantle the New Army of the Eight Banners. ”

Yi Yi frowned, "We can't ignore the safety of the Queen Mother and the Emperor, right?" ”

Hearing this, Su Shun smiled and said, "Who is Yi Guocheng?" Since he dared to put the queen mother and the emperor in danger, he naturally had a way to preserve it. The situation in the northwest can be said to have been single-handedly facilitated, if the Empress Dowager and the Emperor have any mistakes, how can he explain to the government and the opposition? We don't need to worry about this, just forward it to Shanghai. ”

"You're really relieved. You now say that the civil strife in the northwest was single-handedly planned and promoted by Yi Guocheng, who believes it? Yi Yi glanced at him dissatisfied, "The Empress Dowager's inspection of the northwest was not contributed by Yi Guocheng, the fall of Gongning was also caused by Zhu Shanhai, who was a Manchurian, if there is anything unbearable, what does it have to do with him Yi Guocheng?" Not only does he not have to explain to the government and the opposition, but he can even use this as an excuse to advocate chaos! ”

"I'm not broad-hearted, but out of the most basic trust." Su Shun said in a deep voice: "If Yi Guocheng is such an unscrupulous person, I am afraid that the Qing Dynasty will die early." ”

After a slight groan, Yi Yi said: "Maybe I'm suspicious, but the stakes are very high, even if I viciously try to figure out people's hearts, it's not too much." ”

Su Shun said coldly: "What is the plan of the sixth master?" ”

"Steal beams and change pillars." Yi Yi said: "To guide public opinion to carry out propaganda, it is said that the Russians are forcing each other with their lives, and the Empress Dowager and the Emperor are sworn to the death to safeguard the integrity of the country's territorial sovereignty." In this way, firstly, it can avoid the queen mother's concession and compromise, and secondly, it is also conducive to consolidating the throne, and most importantly, it can ensure their safety to the greatest extent. ”

This is indeed a good idea, Su Shun said sincerely: "It's still the sixth master's skills." ”

Yi Yi said: "Sing the whole set of operas, let the wind out, and the Information Administration Yuan urgently convened an extraordinary meeting to discuss this matter." ”

Early the next morning, the "Beijing Daily" reported the news on the front page, and published an article "Difficult Choice" The article bluntly said that the Russians colluded with the Northwest Army to provoke strife in the two northwestern provinces, the Empress Dowager Guangxu was trapped in the Gongning Governor's Palace, and then suffered house arrest, and the Russians coerced and lured the Guangxu Emperor to publicly recognize the independence of the Northwest.

Soon, news broke that the Senate had urgently convened provincial legislators to convene an extraordinary meeting to discuss the issue.

There are millions of immigrants from various provinces in the two northwestern provinces, and the civil strife in the northwest has already attracted the attention of the government and the opposition, but now such a major news has broken out, and the major newspapers in various provinces have published extraneous reprints, and for a time the government and the opposition were in an uproar, and Russia, which was carrying the black pot, was the most unlucky, and the Beijing Legation and consulates in various places were besieged by the local people.

Shanghai, Zhennan Wangfu, Changle Book House.

Zhao Liewen put down the newspaper and glanced at Yi Zhicontent, and said: "The court clearly wants to save the Empress Dowager, this is a ...... to use public opinion to exert pressure." ”

"The use of public opinion to exert pressure is out of the suggestion of the Empress Dowager Ci'an." Yi Zhizu said slowly: "It was Zhu Shanhai who forced the empress dowager to publicly recognize the independence of the northwest and canonize the king of Kokand, not the Russians. ”

"In this way, it is still the Queen Mother and King Gong who have teamed up to solve a problem..... Zhao Liewen said in a relaxed tone: "Public opinion is turbulent, the government and the opposition are hotly discussed, two choices, it is difficult to choose, can the big shopkeeper have a countermeasure?" ”

Yi Zhixiang glanced at him and said lightly: "What's so hard to choose?" ”

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