"Your Majesty, this is the allegiance of the Manchu governor. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Fang Shan brought a thick stack of papers, he was not idle during this time, after meeting Li Hongzhang in Beijing, he traveled all over the world and went to various places to find local governors to communicate, but he was just a set of almost, his identity represented the emperor, An Yi An Manchu Qing Governor of the hearts of the people.

After that, he has been in charge of this matter, and so on Bei Yan was occupied, after the news of the disappearance of Guangxu and Cixi came out, naturally someone took his letter to the various governors to discuss, at first there may be people to wait and see, after a month or two there is no news of Guangxu and Cixi, there are people who have moved their minds, when Wu Sangui saw Li Zicheng capture the North League, he also knew that he surrendered to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and now the Japanese occupy the North League, make a choice between Japan and the Ming Dynasty, this choice is not difficult to make.

Zhu Jinglun saw the thick stack of documents and sighed, it is really people's hearts scattered, the Opium War has been until now, half a century has passed, and the Manchu Qing court has a little heart, why is there today, the west wind has gradually moved east for half a century, this is still a world of monarchs and ministers, the concept of nation and country, where is there still half a point.

Flipping through a few letters at random, I saw a full of poetry and books of the governors, sprinkled with beautiful words, to the present is still secretive, unwilling to make a decisive decision, it is actually some ambiguous words, many of the governor's attitude is that if it is confirmed that Guangxu and Cixi are killed, they can only use the Master to avenge their father, forced to be loyal to the Ming Dynasty, if Guangxu Cixi is alive, they still have to worship Zhengsu.

However, Zhu Jinglun does not seek full blame, what he wants is stability, and the unification of the world is not the will of these governors, but has reached the level of international diplomacy, and it is necessary to settle the Western powers in order to unify the country.

But seeing the words and deeds of these governors, he felt sick for no reason.

He didn't care who was loyalty, he just asked, "How many are left?" ”

Fang Shan said: "There are Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Huguang, Liu Kunyi, the governor of Liangjiang, and the Shengjing general Yiketanga." ”

Zhu Jinglun sighed: "I thought there must be some loyal ministers and filial sons." ”

Fang Shan said: "I thought that the Qing Emperor and the Queen Mother were dead, if they knew that they were still alive, they had to pretend to be loyal ministers." ”

Zhu Jinglun smiled: "Then let them pretend to be enough, and there is a time for them to pretend." ”

The letters of allegiance from these governors made Zhu Jinglun feel at ease, and he at least knew that once the dynasty changed, the north would not be in chaos.

The first is that the common people don't care at all, because the common people don't have any concept of a nation-state. It is recorded that in 1937, when Japan provoked the Lugou Bridge Incident, a foreigner, perhaps a missionary, went to a village near Beiqi and told the villagers that the Japanese were about to fight, but the local villagers did not know about Japan, and they did not even know that the dynasty had changed.

This is near Beiya, this is 1937, this legend may be exaggerated, maybe it is just a case, but the War of Resistance Against Japan, there are indeed people in remote areas who do not know about the change of dynasty, this backward and closed country, it is really closed and shocking.

It is impossible to expect such a nation to break out into any uprising, as long as it is not full of food, or even as long as it does not starve to death, there are very few people who make trouble, how many years did the Ming Dynasty open up, before there began to be a phenomenon of businessmen boycotting the market to put pressure on the government, and only then did there begin to be such a thing as laborers working and demanding an increase in wages, which in itself is actually a progress.

But there will definitely be such a thing as loyal ministers and filial sons, how many years has it been in the Ming Dynasty, there are still scholars and doctors who refuse to cooperate with the government, and Zhu Jinglun will find a good place for these people.

"Is there no news from the British?"

Zhu Jinglun let go of domestic affairs.

Fang Shan shook his head: "Germany and Russia have a resolute attitude, it seems that the two countries have reached an alliance of advancing and retreating together, and Britain may not be able to suppress them." ”

Zhu Jinglun nodded: "It's best if you can't hold it down." Now we have to act, and send experienced ministers to every province, and the important provinces, drawn directly from among our administrative officials, to provide them with adequate protection personnel, to protect them, and at the same time to deter the local governors. ”

Fang Shan nodded, and asked again, "Then can Emperor Qing issue a notice?" ”

Zhu Jinglun nodded: "Send it when you're ready." ”

Fang Shan said: "The preparation is ready, the pseudo-Qing Empress Dowager is cooperating, the Qing Emperor seems to be a little dissatisfied, and he lost a lot of temper, the local officials in Shaanxi and Gansu were scolded by him all over again, he cried while scolding, and those who were officials cried." ”

Zhu Jinglun snorted: "I still know how to cry, but I'm crying now, it's a little late." ”

Then he said: "Cixi, I'll leave it to you, you know my thoughts, you go to Xi'an to sit down." ”

Fang Shan was ordered to leave.

All this is done in a state of secrecy, the emperor has this kind of resources, and only the emperor has this kind of resources, only in this way can he hide it from Hurd's eyes and ears, and from the British, maybe the British will hear some rumors, but they have no direct evidence, besides, Guangxu and Cixi are far away in Xi'an, and the entire northern military force has been crushed by Japan, and the most powerful military force in the north has become soldiers who retired from the Ming Dynasty, and these soldiers not only have not been disrupted, but their officers are still with them, Even military uniforms and weapons were brought back.

All this was operated through the railways controlled by the Ming Dynasty, and one thing the Manchu conservatives may not be wrong about is that the great powers built railways on the land of the Manchus and were really able to control the Manchu land.

The Ming Dynasty once recruited more than two million soldiers in the territory of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, almost all over the provinces, and now these people are still holding the military salary of the Ming Dynasty, and they are still commanded by the officers of the Ming Dynasty.

Cixi soon discovered this, and the entire city of Xi'an was full of soldiers, unlike what he had seen at the train station, these soldiers did not wear the military uniform of the Ming Dynasty, but changed into ordinary clothes, but still carried weapons, claiming to be security militias. The garrison of the Eight Banners in the city is still there, but where can it resist the tiger and wolf army of the Ming Dynasty. Cixi knew very well that Xi'an is now the Xi'an of the Ming Dynasty, and asked Lu Yunqi, Lu Yunqi told the truth, telling her that these are veterans who followed the Ming Dynasty to fight with foreigners, and after returning from retirement, they found that there was a war, so they organized to defend the Qing Dynasty, and there were 10,000 such soldiers in the whole of Shaanxi, and there were more in other places, especially in Hunan and Sichuan.

Cixi also heard that Sichuan and Hunan had been occupied by the Ming Dynasty, and openly declared where the territory of the Ming Dynasty was, the British expressed their support, and the other foreigners did not say anything, and there were not many loyal ministers and righteous people in the local area. Presumably, other provinces in the world are also like this, either openly or secretly.

In this case, it should be thankful to be the emperor, but the pity is that he can't even be the emperor, so he can only be like the princesses and concubines of the Song family, let the barbarian Jin soldiers rob them to be slaves, as for whether the barbaric Jin soldiers are the ancestors of the Eight Banners, at least at this moment, Cixi's mentality is on the side of the Song family. Although she is old, it is impossible for her to attract the attention of those soldiers and rough men, but if she is sent to do laundry and sweeping rough work like the palace concubines of the Song Dynasty, she can't stand it.

She's sixty, how long can she live, she's appointed.

As for Guangxu, it's good to be the emperor honestly, otherwise she won't be able to spare this trouble-causing bastard.

The Shaanxi and Gansu Governor's Mansion is in Lanzhou, so they live in the Shaanxi Governor's Yamen, although it is not as good as the palace, but at least they have food and clothing. Lu Yunqi is in charge of public security, and to put it bluntly, he controls them. At the same time, send them some instructions from the Ming Emperor, as for whether to obey them or not, I am afraid that they will not be able to do it.

"Lafayette, give me an edict!"

After Lu Yunqi met with local officials in Shaanxi Province with Cixi and Guangxu, he took out a draft edict and hoped that Cixi would seal it.

Cixi sighed and stamped the seal she brought with her, which is very important, when they launched a coup d'état and brought down those powerful ministers of Sushun, they relied on the seals on their bodies to mobilize soldiers and horses, so this time they escaped, Cixi can not bring anything, but the seal should be the same, and now it really comes in handy.

An edict announcing to the world that the emperor and the empress dowager had gone on a hunting tour to Xi'an was issued, and by telegram there would also be a physical order to each province.

It is nothing more than to calm the hearts of the people in every province, mainly the hearts of the scholars, and the ordinary people will not make trouble as long as the big people they know do not greet them, because they can't even think of a reason to make trouble.

After this edict was sent, it quickly caused a shock in the world, and sure enough, the emperor and the queen mother did not die, many people breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time they were a little worried, before they wrote a letter of allegiance to the Ming Emperor, which was in the hands of others.

After thinking about it, they didn't write it alone, many people wrote it, and they didn't say that they were disloyal to the Qing Dynasty, but only that they would borrow troops to resist Japan as a last resort when the Empress Dowager and Emperor were killed.

As for whether the emperor and the empress dowager in Xi'an are real, at the level of governors, there are more or less some eyeliners in various places, and through the fellow township officials in Shaanxi and the businessmen of the Chamber of Commerce, they can easily confirm it.

Let Cixi issue an edict, in fact, it is not for these governors, but mainly for foreigners.

The British have been operating by various countries, in the Manchu anarchy stage, sent joint representatives into the North to temporarily supervise the Manchu politics, now Cixi and Guangxu appeared, the British have no reason.

The British immediately let go of this operation, and Li Taitai, a tough minister who did not respect the Manchus and the Ming Dynasty, immediately rushed to Xi'an to ask to see Cixi and Guangxu.

Cixi and Guangxu met with him, and Cixi greeted Guangxu in advance, let Guangxu talk less, he was afraid that Guangxu said the wrong thing and bad things, if Guangxu asked the British for help in person, it would be tantamount to putting them as mortal enemies, because since the Ming dared to let them meet with the magistrate publicly, in fact, they were not afraid of the news leaking, I am afraid that the British would already know.

As a result, the meeting ended successfully, and Cixi expressed some of her own mistakes, regretted that she had not been friendly with Western countries earlier, and learned from Western countries about how to govern the country, and said that she must actively innovate and become friends with Western powers.

Cixi's attitude towards Li Taitai was very respectful.

Historically, after the Eight-Nation Alliance, Cixi returned to Beijing, in fact, it was also like this, not only did she not have any resistance to meeting foreign ministers, but also often summoned each other's families and children, very kind, Hurd described this change, and said with a little sadness that the Empress Dowager's attitude towards Western envoys was a little too polite, in fact, it meant that Cixi was too much to talk to Westerners, so that Hurd, who had lived in China for too long, was a little unbearable.

But Li Tai enjoyed these very much, and after he went back happily, he sent a telegram claiming that Guangxu and the Empress Dowager were safe and sound, which was really happy, telling the British government that the Qing Dynasty was still the same Qing Dynasty, and suggested that the British Empire send some advisers, and he felt that the Qing Dynasty needed the help of Britain to reform.

Hearing the news that Guangxu and Cixi were alive, the British were naturally happy, so that they had more reason to maintain the independence of the Manchus, and gave them ample diplomatic cards to play, so they immediately informed the other countries, saying that the Qing government was still the only legitimate government in northern China, and that the German occupation of Nantong, and the Russian army increase and occupation of Mongolia were all illegal.

But these two countries were not fools, and when they heard the news of Cixi's presence in Xi'an, they immediately sent envoys to them, and their purpose was to make their actions legal.

In addition to Britain, Japan was equally happy, even happier than Britain, and immediately told Li Hongzhang the good news and advised Li Hongzhang to contact the emperor and the empress dowager as soon as possible, and Japan should reopen negotiations with the Qing Dynasty to end the war relations between the two countries.

At the same time, Japan immediately sent people to Xi'an to ask questions to Guangxu and Cixi to express Japan's friendly attitude.

For a time, Xi'an became a popular area, bringing together diplomats from more than a dozen countries.

So what to do with Beiya?

The attitude of the British was to ask Guangxu and Cixi to return to the court immediately and return to the north to govern.

What embarrassed the Japanese minister was that Cixi and Guangxu refused to see them, and their minister Komura Shoutaro threatened Qing court officials, Guangxu and Cixi loved whoever they wanted, they were emperors, they were too lazy to deal with the Japanese, and they would fight if they wanted to fight, and Beijing was all taken down by you, so what?

So the Japanese have no say.

Other countries also wanted Guangxu and Cixi to return to Beiqi, but Cixi and Guangxu refused, believing that Xi'an was safer.

The reason why the countries are in a hurry to let Cixi and Guangxu return to the north is that there is another plan, obviously they have found that Xi'an is under the control of the Ming Dynasty, and even most of North China is already under the control of the Ming Dynasty, and none of them wants to break this fragile balance, so they do not break it for the time being, and plan to rescue Cixi and Guangxu from the control of the Ming Dynasty first, and then talk about forcing the Ming to withdraw the army.

At this time, the diplomacy of various countries is extremely delicate, and it is possible for Britain and France to unite with the Ming Dynasty against Germany and Russia, or to unite with Germany and Russia against the Ming Dynasty, and the balance may be broken at any time.