"Xinjiang should be a province", Guan Zhuofan's six-character exit was shocking, and it seemed that even the Heart Cultivation Hall shook slightly.

Cixi's phoenix eyes suddenly widened, and Ci'an Ying's lips opened slightly, and she couldn't close them for a while. The courtiers below naturally didn't dare to lose their manners, but their hearts were shaking, and some of them were covered in blood, and they were heated at that time.

The hall was extremely quiet for a while, and the kings and ministers became slightly short, and their breathing could be heard clearly.

"Prince Xuan...... It's a great thing to do! The two queen mothers of Fu begged to accept the good words! ”

The first to break the silence was Guo Songtao.

Among the ministers of military aircraft, Guo Songtao ranked last, and before Gong, Wen, Cao, and Xu in front of him could speak, he opened his voice, which is called "Yueji", which was not very suitable, but he couldn't bear it.

After a pause, Guo Songtao continued to say in a loud voice: "Xinjiang is full of beacon fires, and there are benefits of beacon fires everywhere!" After the chaos, everything can be overturned and started over, and you don't have to take care of anyone's face! That is, Prince Xuan 'doesn't have to do it step by step, you can do it in one step'! This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Xinjiang Wanghua, this is the right time! ”

"Beacons everywhere" is definitely not a good thing, "beacons everywhere have the benefits of beacons everywhere", this kind of thing is not very decent, if it is not really excited, Guo Songtao will not blurt out.

However, in this way, the words are clear.

Cixi nodded, and then said: "Guan Zhuofan, you just said, 'Agu Bai cleared the road for us first, and it will be of great benefit here', isn't it...... That's what it means, huh? ”

"Yes!" Guan Zhuofan said, "The minister thinks, our army. Entered Xinjiang. If you haven't started to fight yet. Among the rebellions of Yaerqiang, Hotan, and Kucha, some people took Tianwei and took the initiative to ask for surrender, which is not a big trouble. If it is not surrendered, it will appear that the court is narrow-minded and refuses to give people the opportunity to change their minds; If he is surrendered by him, and he exerts some strength, what should he do with him after the battle? Isn't he a 'hero'? Take the 'meritorious heroes' to 'change the land and return to the stream'. The imperial court will inevitably be ridiculed by 'rabbits and dead dogs' and 'crossing rivers and demolishing bridges', and maybe, something will happen. ”

After a pause, he continued: "So, with the hand of fake Agubai, first clear the ground in Xinjiang, the minister thinks that there is nothing wrong with it. ”

The queen mothers of the two palaces glanced at each other, and they both bowed slightly.

However, after looking back. Cixi raised her eyebrows slightly and was silent. Apparently thinking about something.

Cao Yuying coughed lightly and said, "Emperor Gaozongchun's temple is far-reaching! After pacifying the rebellion of Hezhuo, Emperor Gaozongchun knew that the homeland of Xinjiang had just returned, and the natives had not yet been kingized and could not be trusted, so he seized the hereditary right of Burke, and the selection and release were all from the imperial court - this laid a very solid foundation for the later generations to 'change the land and return to the stream'! Today's establishment of a province in Xinjiang is the inheritance of Emperor Gaozongchun's Hongxu, Maode succession, and perfection! ”

Guan Zhuofan applauded loudly in his heart: Cao Zhuoru, you really know how to speak!

He has already seen that although Cixi is tempted by the establishment of a province in Xinjiang, she is inevitably hesitant, and the main reason is that the current Burke system in Xinjiang was created by Gaozong, and it has only been a hundred years so far. He was thinking about how to dispel Cixi's concerns, Cao Yuying spoke, and what he said was even better than his own manuscript, I really can't help but praise it!

Sure enough, Cixi had a smile on her face and said, "What Cao Yuying said makes sense, the ancestors are far-sighted, let's understand it well." ”

Xu Gengshen also spoke: "The minister remembers that in the rebellion of Ping Da and Zhuo, Emperor Gaozongchun instructed: 'If Yarkand and Kashgar are pacified, and the Hui people are installed, I do not need to use the Hui people as the governors, but still follow the old system, and each city has its own leaders, and the generals stationed in Ili are under the command; Then in Kuqa, a minister was assigned to manage it. ’”

After a pause, he said: "After speculating about Emperor Gaozongchun's original intention, it is obvious that he intends to accommodate the situation of 'changing the land and returning it to the stream' in the future; 'divide and rule' is just an expedient measure that has not yet arrived. ”

"Leaving room for 'changing the land and returning to the stream'" and "'divide and rule' are just expedient measures before the time has come" Whether these are really Gaozong's original intentions, no one knows, but it doesn't matter, what matters is that we think this is your intention, or we need this to be your intention - that's enough.

Cixi nodded: "That's true. ”

Then he said: "Sixth Master, Wen Xiang, what do you two think about this matter?" ”

King Gong and Wen Xiang have not spoken, not because they do not support the establishment of a province in Xinjiang, but because it happened suddenly, and they are still a little confused.

Yesterday I received Zuo Zongtang's good news, and today the military plane "called" to talk about the march into Xinjiang, and then about the post-war situation. However, the establishment of a province in Xinjiang is a big topic, and before that, Guan Zhuofan had not made a very clear statement on this, and he had never taken out this topic for serious discussion at the Military Aircraft Department, but now he suddenly threw it out, no matter what, they could not help but feel abrupt.

Of course, theoretically, the ministers of military aircraft are all responsible for their "superiors" and are not subordinate to each other, so they do not have to discuss with their colleagues first if there is anything to be done. However, in order to gain support and facilitate the implementation of major matters, most of them must first communicate with each other, and this is especially true of Guan Zhuofan, whenever major measures are introduced, they must first communicate with each other and create public opinion.

was named by Cixi, and before he could think about it, King Gong said: "Xinjiang is a province to consolidate Jinou, Ze and future generations, the time has come, and the time is just right, and the minister agrees very much." ”

Wen Xiang continued: "The minister seconded the proposal! The chaos in Xinjiang is indeed a good opportunity to set up a province! Not only that, but at the same time as setting up a province, the implementation of the 'lingua franca' in Xinjiang is also taking advantage of the fire to get twice the result with half the effort, which is really the right time! In time, Xinjiang Wanghua can be expected! This is China's luck! ”

After a pause, he said: "'One step in place', the minister fully agrees!" However, the minister believes that this 'step' cannot be accomplished overnight, and it will not be accomplished in 10 or 8 years -- the minister is saying that when the tone is set in the management of Xinjiang, we must make up our minds, be consistent, and not change in the middle of the process.

After another pause, he said, "You have to win the people you entrust!" The minister thinks that in the management of Xinjiang, Zuo Zongtang does not seem to think about the second person. However, if Chen remembers correctly, Zuo Zongtang is fifty-six years old this year. ”

Wen Xiang's meaning is very clear, he said before that "it will not be completed in ten years or eight years", if this mission is done by Zuo Zongtang from the beginning to the end, then on the day of "completion", Zuo Zongtang will be close to the age of ancient times. Not to mention whether his body and bones can withstand it, or whether he can "be born into the Jade Gate Pass", it's hard to say.

Here comes the question: Zuo Zongtang...... Would you like to?

Cixi said: "Wen Xiang's concerns are not unreasonable. Guan Zhuofan, what do you think, Zuo Zongtang is there...... What does that mean? ”

"Back to the Queen Mother, Wenxiang's proposal, it is really Lao Cheng Mouguo!"

Guan Zhuofan praised Wen Xiang first, and then said: "Zuo Zongtang once wrote a letter to his minister, and there was such a sentence in the letter, 'Why do you need to look east at Jiuquan County? Don't enter the Jade Gate Pass in this life! ’”

Jiuquan County and Yumen Pass, where is Ci'an, and they are roughly known. Although the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces didn't know Zuo Zongtang's two sentences, she exemplified Ban Chao's "I don't dare to look at Jiuquan County, but I would like to be born into Yumen Pass", but the meaning of the words was clear at a glance, and I couldn't help but get excited.

"Okay, it's all good!" Cixi said loudly, "In this case, the determination of the imperial court has been made: Xinjiang is a province!" ”

*(To be continued......)