Hopeful? Making persistent efforts to continue to be re-elected as the prime minister of the cabinet is not hypocritical, but is Su Shun a real and sincere hope? To be able to serve another term, even if he does not have the opportunity to serve as prime minister, he is willing.

In fact, for the next cabinet premier, he is a little worried in his heart, he is not worried about the rebellion in the northwest, Yi Zhicontent dares to make the situation in the northwest bigger, he must have full certainty, and the court does not need to worry at all.

What he is worried about is a large-scale purge, Zhu Shanhai rebellion, Jingshi doesn't know how many Manmeng nobles will be implicated, this time he and Yi Zhixiang joined forces to sing opera, the confrontation between the north and the south, and the children of the clan who took the initiative to jump out, Manmeng Xungui, there are really a lot of princes and ministers, and there are a lot of Hanchen, I don't know how many heads will fall to the ground.

The notoriety of this executioner must be borne by the prime minister, and he is also worried that Yi Zhifen is very likely to use the wartime control system to carry out disguised changes.

Yuan Qi promulgated a series of wartime control systems, he sensed that something was wrong at the beginning, it was originally just a joint singing, it was necessary to drum up so many wartime control systems? Moreover, these wartime control systems are quite detailed, and they cannot be improvized.

This can only show that these wartime control systems are not for the sake of building momentum at all, but a kind of temptation or attempt, and he is sure that these wartime control systems will not only continue after the counterinsurgency in the northwest, but also many systems will continue to continue, in short, it is a disguised change.

The rapid development of the Qing Dynasty in the past 40 years is based on continuous change, and the problem is that the change based on the wartime control system makes him feel a sense of panic.

He is sure that once his speculation becomes a fact, as the prime minister of the cabinet, he will inevitably become the target of thousands of people, and it will be just a puppet, and it will be a puppet with great risk and even ruin, it is really not worth it, if there is a chance to avoid it, he will naturally not hesitate.

Of course, Yi? Not fooled, he can only bite the bullet and retreat bravely, he has not thought about it, but neither the court nor Yuan Qi will allow him to withdraw at this time.

Abundant? I didn't think so far at all, all my thoughts were on the overall situation in the northwest, his term of office was approaching, and he had no idea of being re-elected, and the other party was silent, and he said slowly: "The term of change is not far away, you have been walking around the Senior Administration Yuan more recently, and you should also pay attention to some ....... in negotiations with Gong Ning." ”

Hearing this, Su Shun's heart moved, "The cabinet is re-elected, and without the emperor's holy decree, it is not justified after all...... ”

Abundant? Listening to it, he smiled, "Even if you can't welcome back the Empress Dowager, it is not difficult to let the emperor issue a holy decree from Gong Ning." Speaking of this, he teased: "When the matter comes, do you want to retreat?" ”

"It's just a little bit of trepidation." Su Shun smiled awkwardly: "Let the sixth master smile." ”

It's just a puppet, and he's so nervous, yi? didn't think much about it, and advised: "Hurry up the negotiations with Gong Ning." ”

Northwest, Gongning City.

In just a few months, the most prosperous city in the northwest has become a huge military camp, and the military camps have sprung up around the city like mushrooms after a rain.

With the continuous assembly of the Qing Dynasty's western army to Wuwei, Zhangye, Jiayuguan, and Hami through the railway, more and more Northwest Army troops were transferred to Gongning, of course, more and more retired officers and soldiers were urgently recalled, and the original conscription of retired officers and soldiers within three years has been expanded to five years, and the strength of Gongning alone has exceeded 100,000.

However, as the situation in the Qing Dynasty continued to deteriorate, with the formation of the confrontation between the north and the south, as Yuan Qi turned the spearhead to the imperial court, and with the gradual retreat of the army to the west, the tense atmosphere in Gongning City faded day by day, and the most direct manifestation was that there were many relaxed and leisurely retired soldiers in Gongning City.

The military salary of the Northwest Army has always been high, let alone officers, even soldiers are also four yuan a month, and high military salaries are one thing, and the officers and men usually practice day and night, and it is extremely difficult to go out of the barracks once, and there is no place to spend money in their pockets.

Many shops that were originally closed have opened their doors to solicit business, and Gongning City, which was deserted by the war, has also recovered a bit of its former prosperity.

Located in Yaqian Street, "Fuxi Building" is a famous restaurant in Gongning, even when the whole city of Gongning was under martial law and extremely depressed, it did not close its doors, with the tension in the city gradually eased, the business is naturally more and more popular day by day, and it is often difficult to find a meal.

At eleven o'clock in the morning, before lunch, there were already four or five tables of guests in the lobby on the first floor, and two middle-aged people in their early forties with braids and robes and horse coats walked in slowly——。 ”

The man's eyesight is indeed poisonous, and the middle-aged man with a long beard who is half a step ahead is indeed not an ordinary person, but a secret envoy sent to the northwest by the imperial court, Yixuan, whose full name is Aixin Jueluo Yixuan, with the rank of county king, and half a step behind him is the staff member Dong Siwei.

Yixuan glanced at the situation in the lobby, and pointed to a small table by the window facing the street, "It's in the lobby." ”

The guy glanced at the two of them with some embarrassment, and explained in a low voice: "There are mostly military masters in the lobby, and they are all loud voices, I'm afraid it's a little noisy ......." ”

"It doesn't matter." Yixuan said and walked straight, and the guy hurriedly bowed forward to lead.

After sitting down and ordering, Yi Liang looked at the nearby table of guests, the five people are all officers from the military rank, all of them are lieutenants, most of them are in their early thirties, they are already drinking alcohol, and they all open their military uniforms and speak in a loud voice, "Come on, come on, there is wine today and get drunk today, go one, we are all special mothers to live and earn one day." ”

Yixuan didn't know the inside story of Yuan Qi's alliance with the imperial court, but he knew that the northwest could not avoid a big war, and the Northwest Army knew about it.

He deliberately chose to dine in the hall in fact, he wanted to learn about the situation of the Northwest Army through these officers, and he secretly came to Gongning this time for two tasks, one was to welcome the Empress Dowager and the Emperor back to Beijing, and the other was to discuss the matter of forming an alliance with the Northwest.

Originally, he was quite optimistic, whether it was the northwest or the imperial court, it was difficult to fight against the behemoth of Yuanqi alone, and the two sides should hit it off when they joined forces to fight Yuanqi.

What made him depressed was that in the past few days when he arrived in Gongning, Zhu Shanhai's attitude was lukewarm and ignored, and he talked three times before and after, but the other party did everything possible to prevaricate and delay, and he was not allowed to meet the Empress Dowager.

In Gongning these days, he has not been idle, at least he clearly understands that Zhu Shanhai is indeed self-reliant, and the relationship with the Queen Mother is very bad, the Queen Mother once used the wind to spread leaflets at night to expose Zhu Shanhai's edict, and even he collected a few leaflets.

In addition, the Russians had strongly invited the Empress Dowager to visit Petersburg, and he had heard of it, but only about it.

Left and right are idle, Zhu Shanhai did not dare to ground, he went out every day to wander around and explore all aspects, he believed that it was only a matter of time before the northwest and the imperial court joined forces.

"The naval fleet for the South American expedition has been withdrawn from Chile to Maputo, have you heard?"

Yixuan's spirits perked up, he hadn't even heard of this matter, so he immediately listened carefully, judging from his experience, these lieutenants must have something to do with the General Staff.

"The Navy has something to do with us?"

"Don't talk nonsense if you don't understand, is this news true or false?"

"Naturally, it's true, it's from the staff of our division."

"Good guy, you're still holding back dry goods......

"Whether it's South America or South Africa, it's all far away from us, and it's not the Persian Gulf, so what does it have to do with us?"

"It's a big deal, let's put it this way, if this news is true, our battle will drag on for at least a year or two, do you think it's a big deal?"

"Isn't there also news now that it will be postponed for a year or two?"

"I could only guess before, but this news is true, and it is ironclad."

Zai Zhao led the East China Sea Fleet to South America, participated in the war between Peru and Bolivar and Chile, and fought directly under the capital of Chile, Santiago, which Yixiao knew, and if the news of the withdrawal was true, it might be great news for him.

The Yuanqi naval fleet withdrew from Chile to Maputo with only one purpose, to protect the Transvaal gold mines!

The withdrawal of troops halfway through the war against Chile can only show one thing - Yuan Qi has made up his mind to start a civil war!

This news can be said to be a reassuring pill for Zhu Shanhai, who has always had a wait-and-see attitude!

When he returned to the Yabian Courtyard of the Inspectorate and Embassy Bureau, Yixuan instructed Dong Siwei, "Tell me to go down, saying that I am unwell and will not see guests." ”

Dong Siwei smiled when he heard this, "Dong Weng is this going to be anti-guest-oriented?" ”

"Catching up is not a sale." Yi Xuan laughed and said: "I still don't believe it, Zhu Shanhai doesn't want to join forces with the imperial court to compete with Yuan Qi." ”

"Dong Weng thinks twice." Dong Siwei hurriedly said: "The current situation is beneficial to the northwest, Zhu Shanhai dragged it out, and we can't afford to drag it ........" ”

"It doesn't matter." Yi Xuan said disapprerovingly: "It's okay to stretch it, it's a big deal, don't bow your head again." ”

Dong Siwei hesitated before saying: "The period of the general election is not far away, and the top priority is to welcome back the Empress Dowager as soon as possible." ”

"No matter how anxious you are, don't be in a hurry in these days." Yixuan said and shook his hand and went directly into the study.

Dong Siwei shook his head with a wry smile, then turned around and went out to order, at three o'clock in the afternoon, Zhu Shanhai sent an invitation to invite Yixuan to the dinner, Dong Siwei refused on the grounds that Yixuan was unaccustomed to the water and soil and was unwell.

The Office of the Political Envoy, Study.

"Although the Qing court and Yuan Qi have completely torn their faces now, and both sides are fighting their own forces, after all, there is no war yet, and there are still certain variables ........." Liu Changxing said in an unhurried tone: "In the humble opinion of the ministers, we should send the Empress Dowager Ci'an back to Beijing as soon as possible, so as to strengthen the Qing court's heart to start a war with Yuanqi." ”

"If you really want to send Ci'an back to Beijing, I'm afraid it will be a bad thing." Zhu Shanhai said slowly: "Ci'an has always been known for forbearance, the reason why Yuan Qi has been able to gradually empty the imperial court over the years, and the reason why the Qing Dynasty has been able to smoothly implement constitutional government, is because Ci'an has retreated step by step. ”

Liu Changxing hesitated: "But the secret envoy of the Qing court sent the Empress Dowager Ci'an and the Guangxu Emperor back to Beijing as a prerequisite for the alliance between the two sides....... ”

"This is exactly what this king has been pondering." Zhu Shanhai frowned, "With King Gong's shrewdness, it is impossible not to realize this. ”

"Although King Gong is in power, after all, he is only the prime minister of the cabinet, and it is a matter of life and death in the Qing Dynasty, and his influence and appeal are far less than that of the Empress Dowager Ci'an and Emperor Guangxu." Liu Changxing pondered and said: "Besides, King Gong is a constitutionalist, and he has always had differences with the royalists, so it is difficult to ...... with one heart and one mind. ”

There is some truth in this statement, but Zhu Shanhai is unwilling to let Ci'an and his mother return to Beijing from the bottom of his heart, once Ci'an is out of control, in order to avoid being infamy, he will inevitably announce to the world, saying that he is self-reliant, which is extremely unfavorable for him to unify the northwest in the future.

After a long silence, he spoke: "It's okay to send Ci'an back to Beijing, but the Qing court must recognize the independence of the northwest." ”

Liu Changxing understood when he heard this, and immediately said: "This article can be used as a prerequisite for our country to form an alliance with the Qing court. ”

Coming out of the room, Liu Changxing couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, the railway connecting Russia will soon be opened to traffic, and the alliance with the Qing State has become the top priority at present, and it is necessary to reach an agreement with the Qing court as soon as possible, and strive to provide a large number of arms to the Qing court before the heavy snow freezes, only in this way can the Qing court strengthen its determination to start a war with Yuan Qi.

The Qing court and Yuan Qi turned against each other to start a war, which is an extremely rare opportunity for the northwest, as long as the opportunity can be grasped and self-reliant, it is even possible to form a pattern of three parts of the world, the general trend of the world, and it will be divided for a long time!

As soon as he walked out of the gate, an attendant trotted up and chased after him, "Chief of Staff, Your Majesty has summoned." ”

What happened? Liu Changxing hurriedly returned to the study, and before he could see the ceremony, Zhu Shanhai said straightforwardly: "Yixuan obviously wandered around the city all day, but he shirked going to the banquet on the grounds that he was not accustomed to the water and soil and was unwell. ”

Still on it? Liu Changxing's mind turned, and he bowed down and said, "The minister asks for an order to visit." ”

"Isn't it right to go to the other party to visit?" Zhu Shanhai said in a sullen voice, during this period of time, he prevaricated, delayed, perfunctory and even snubbed the other party, although he had the meaning of wait-and-see, and also had the meaning of suppression, in order to start negotiations to take the initiative and strive for more interests, but he did not expect that when the matter came, the other party would fight against the army.

Negotiating is the same as doing business, whoever takes the initiative to catch up will suffer, Liu Changxing naturally knows this truth, and after a deep groan, he said: "Or, allow him to enter the Governor's Palace?" ”

This is a solution, Zhu Shanhai nodded and said, "Yes." ”

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