Cining Palace, today's Cixi looks even more old, unless it is a close person, ordinary courtiers will not see his true face of Lushan at all. [Ran^Text^Library] []. [774] [buy]. [com]

Cixi is also frowning now, now that the coup d'état has long passed, and the threats of Tsarist Russia and Japan have been solved by Zhang Jianzhi in the northeast, but she has not been comfortable for a day. Seeing that he is getting older and older, his body is not as good as day by day, he is still alive, and it is okay to say, but if one day he suddenly returns to heaven, what should he do after his death, after all, Guangxu is only thirty years old now, even if he survives, he can't survive him, once he ascends the throne and holds power, he will definitely settle accounts after the autumn, what kind of fate he will fall into, then it is impossible to say, I can't even enter the ancestral tomb!

Now he still wants to abolish Guangxu and set up a new monarch, and a large part of the ministers in the court support it, but now the biggest obstacle is from the outside, none of the powers agree, and the British minister made it clear that he only recognizes the current Guangxu Emperor, and the other new monarchs do not recognize it, which is really difficult to do.

A year has passed, but Cixi has not been able to solve the problem.

Today's Cixi doesn't think about tea and dinner, and always wants to solve this big problem as soon as possible.

At this time, Duanjun Wang Zaiyi ran over. 、

After Zai Yi came to Cining Palace to salute Cixi, Cixi asked, "Zai Yi, come to Cining Palace to see me, is there anything wrong?" ”

Zai Yi hurriedly said: "Lafayette, now the Boxers in the Shandong area of Zhili have become more and more disagreeable, some time ago their boxers even captured Zhuozhou, and drove away all the officials below the magistrate of Zhuozhou, and the foreign religion of the Baoding generation has been greatly rushed and caused deep dissatisfaction among the powers, you see, how should we deal with the Boxer Rebellion?" ”

Cixi looked impatient and said, "How to deal with it?" Zaiyi, you also come to ask me about such a thing, is it possible that the Manchu Dynasty is martial arts, and even a small Boxer can't help it? A bunch of rubbish! ”

Zai Yi hurriedly lowered his head, Cixi's anger has not been very smooth these days, seeing who scolds whom, even Li Lianying has not escaped, so he has to be careful.

Zai Yi said cautiously: "Lafayette, today's Boxers are amazing, I heard that all the people in them are invulnerable, and they have the body of the Virgin, even the spears and cannons of foreigners can't help them!" ”

Cixi glanced at Zai Yi deeply and said, "Zai Yi, what do you want to say?" ”

Zai Yi hurriedly replied: "Lafayette, what do you mean by the minions, see if we can recruit all these Boxers, if this group of boxers can be used by me, it will be a strong guarantee for us." Whether it is Zhang Yi in the north, Tsarist Russia, or Japan in the east, I am afraid that they can't help this group of boxers, invulnerable, and they now have more than 100,000 people, and some people even say that the number of Boxers has exceeded 200,000, which will be an incomparably huge force, even compared to Beiyang, it is only strong and not weak! ”

Cixi nodded and said: "Zaiyi, it seems that you are working hard, yes, if the Boxers can really serve the imperial court, it is indeed a good help, but these people are reckless and reckless, do not know etiquette, do not know loyalty, once something goes wrong, it is also a big disaster, mourning family, now I have not made up my mind, what to do, whether to suppress or care, it is really a headache." ”

While the two were talking, a little eunuch broke in and said, "Lafayette, the secretary of the military department is asking for an audience outside the palace!" ”

Cixi frowned and said, "Recruiting him in, it's really a day of life." ”

After a short time, Yu Yongyi walked in quickly, and after kowtowing, he said: "Lafayette, Weichen, received an urgent report from Shandong, saying that the Boxers of the generation in Guanxian County, Shandong Province were making trouble, expelling foreign priests, and burning churches. ”

Cixi was shocked in her heart, and hurriedly asked: "Why did such a big thing happen, how did this Yuxian do it, what did he do in Shandong, it turned out that the Boxers killed the foreigners, which will cause international disputes!" ”

Yu Yongyi said in a low voice: "Lafayette, Yuxian mentioned in the public sent to the Ministry of War that the local Boxers are the righteous people who support the imperial court, and in Shandong, the foreign religion uses the power of the great powers to do all kinds of evil and oppress the people, and the local people are unbearable and humiliated, and there are fights, and finally the contradictions intensify, which caused such a bad thing. ”

Cixi asked: "Xu Qing, now that the human life has been decided, how do you think this matter should be handled?" ”

Xu Yongyi replied: "Lafayette, the minister thinks that in addition to such a thing, I am afraid that soon the protest of the British minister will come, and now we can only appease the British first, otherwise, if we continue to entangle, there will be no benefit to us!" ”

As soon as Xu Yongyi finished speaking, the little eunuch hurriedly ran over again and said, "Qi Song Lafayette, Qixiu, the deputy minister of the Prime Minister's Affairs Yamen, has asked for an audience." ”

Cixi rubbed her forehead, what's the matter today, this person came one after another, just opened the court and said helplessly: "Announce him in." ”

Qixiu walked into the room, knelt on the ground, and said: "Lafayette, a few days ago, a generation of Boxers in Guanxian County, Shandong Province made trouble and burned down the British church, and his colleagues beat the British Anglican missionary Bux to death. ”

Cixi's face was gloomy, what should have come has come after all, blessings are incomparable, and disasters are not alone.

Cixi asked, "Well, tell me, what should we do?" ”

Xu Yongyi replied: "Lafayette, this matter, after all, we are unreasonable, the British were killed by us, and I am afraid that it will not work without giving a clear explanation." ”

Cixi asked, "What do you give to you?" ”

Xu Yongyi hesitated for a moment and said: "Lafayette, the minister thinks that we must severely punish the perpetrators, send troops to exterminate the Boxers, and at the same time reprimand Yuxian, the governor of Shandong, and transfer him away. Qixiu also hurriedly echoed: "Lafayette, the slave thinks that what Master Xu Yongyi said is reasonable, we must give Britain a clear answer, otherwise, I am afraid that it will cause international disputes, and if it is not good, it will cause war!" Cixi sighed and said: "Okay, Qixiu, wear the will of the mourning family, remove Yuxian from the post of governor of Shandong, transfer to the governor of Shanxi, and at the same time order Feng Guozhang to temporarily act as the governor of Shandong, and send troops to exterminate the Boxers!" ”