Chapter 631: The "Conditions" of the Great Powers
As soon as Zai Yi's words fell, the room instantly fell silent, rude to the extreme? What kind of request, it turned out that Duanjun Wang Zaiyi was in a hurry to be like this?
Cixi frowned and said, "Zai Yi, you take it slowly, what kind of unreasonable demands did the ministers of various countries make?" β
Zai Yi's voice trembled a little, this is not only urgent, but also frightened, this time the information in his hand is full of Xibei goods, once he is a goof, then his head will really not be saved, the crime of bullying the king, even if he is not dead, he will take off a layer of skin. [Ran^Text^Library] []. [774] [buy]. [com] copy this address to view %77%77%77%2e%62%78%73%2e%63%63
Zai Yi replied: "Lafayette, the slave went to Dongjiaomin Lane, in the British Empire's legation, met the ministers of various countries, the slave conveyed Lafayette and the emperor's condolences and apologies, but the ministers of Britain, the United States, France and Germany still did not forgive, we had to immediately agree to their four conditions, they were willing to give up, otherwise, they would jointly send troops to attack Tianjin!" β
Cixi asked, "What are the four conditions?" β
Zai Yi said tremblingly: "First, they demand that the imprisonment of the Qing Emperor be abolished, and that the emperor live in the place they designated, and the emperor's safety will be protected by the troops sent by their countries!" β
The surrounding ministers glanced at each other, canceling the imprisonment of the emperor, but there is nothing, this is acceptable, before the coup d'Γ©tat, didn't the emperor be imprisoned, isn't everything all right, it's just that the emperor's safety is protected by various countries, this is a joke, which country will hand over the monarch of its own country to foreigners to protect personal safety?
Cixi's face was also cloudy, although this request was a little difficult, but it was not impossible to agree.
Cixi then asked, "What about the following requirements?" β
Zai Yi continued: "Second, there are representatives from various countries to take charge of our household departments and customs in the Qing Dynasty, and all the collection of money and grain is handed over to the people designated by the great powers to be responsible......"
Cixi's face changed immediately, joke, if all the money and grain of the Great Qing Dynasty were handed over to the people of the great powers, then how could the Qing Dynasty play, without taxes, money and grain, who would still listen to himself, who would still listen to the Manchu royal family?
The ministers below were also angry, and they began to pour out their hearts.
Zai Yi continued: "Third, all the armies of our Great Qing Dynasty, whether they are the new army, the training army, or the green battalion soldiers, are all under the control of the foreign powers......
Cixi couldn't sit still any longer, slammed the bookcase, got up from the chair, and roared angrily: "Say, say, what else is there!" The great powers have deceived people too much! And what about the fourth? β
Zai Yi was so frightened that his scalp had already exploded, and at this time he could only go to the end with one heart, Zai Yi gritted his teeth and said: "Lafayette, British Minister Dou Nale and French Minister Corne also said that Article 4 requires Lafayette to return to power with the emperor, and the emperor will govern himself and establish a constitutional monarchy......"
Cixi couldn't hold back any longer, flipped her hand, flipped the table in front of her to the ground, and roared: "Damn, damn it, these white-eyed wolves can't be fed!" β
The important ministers in the room were so frightened that they all fell to their knees, and they didn't dare to come out.
Zai Yi's face was even more pale, when this guy said it, he still had a little guts, but when he saw Cixi actually have such a temper, he was afraid of Cixi since he was a child, he was even more frightened and trembled, and he regretted it a little, he created this false information, and the power of this false information is too great, and now Cixi is like a wooden old mother, and her eyebrows have been raised.
The old Cixi roared: "This group of barbarians, since he doesn't plan to let the mourning family have a good life, then they don't want to have a good life, they bully people too much, it is unbearable to bully our mother and son like this!" β
Xu Yongyi looked at Cixi who was roaring in front of him, and secretly complained in his heart, this is trouble, power is Cixi's heart, what he is most afraid of is losing the power in his hands, otherwise he would not have listened to the government for 30 years, and even Guangxu ascended the throne and pro-government, and still tightly held on to power, not to mention the discord between the two palaces, because of the Wuxu coup d'Γ©tat, now the Guangxu Emperor hates the party in the bones, at this time the powers ask to return to power and the emperor, isn't that a knife stabbed into the heart of Cixi Lafayette?
Damn Zaiyi, when did you say this, it's not good, but at this juncture, you said this, this is to make the entire Qing Dynasty miserable.
Xu Yongyi hurriedly said: "Lafayette, Lafayette is angry, the conditions put forward by the ministers of various countries this time are really harsh, but we can still negotiate and reconcile with him, and when Lord Li Hongzhang returns to the court, with his ability, he will definitely be able to deal with it, and we should not be rash now." β
Rong Lu on the side roared angrily: "Xu Yongyi, you are presumptuous, don't you see the envoys of the great powers, how to persecute us, this is a great shame, even the taxes and the army have to be handed over, then our Qing Dynasty can still be the Great Qing Dynasty?" Lafayette, we must react strongly to all countries, otherwise, our Qing Kingdom will be finished. β
Cixi's face was gloomy, and her chest rose and fell violently, telling her to hand over all the power and return the government to Guangxu? Dream!
After returning the government to Guangxu, Guangxu, who got the power, did not clean up himself and his henchmen at the first time, and when the time came, he could call the sky should not be, and the earth was not spiritual, and he handed over the taxes and the army to the foreigners, so what else did he play? How can you play, without the court's Yulu, who of the courtiers below will listen to the court?
Cixi gritted her teeth and said: "Okay, since the foreign devils don't want me to live, then I will let them not live, pass the decree, and immediately order the Boxers to hurry up the time to attack the churches in various places, and besiege Dongjiaomin Lane. Since they want to declare war, then war! β
Xu Jingcheng and Xu Yongyi on the side were really frightened, with such an order, there would be no room for any change between the Qing Dynasty and the Great Powers, how could the Qing Dynasty now block the attacks of more than ten countries, not to mention others, even Tsarist Russia and Japan joined forces, and that was definitely not something that the current Qing Dynasty could deal with. The two of them kowtowed again and again, asking Cixi to take back her life, where could the crazy Cixi listen, and shouted: "Come on, come on, drive Xu Yongyi and Xu Jingcheng out of the Summer Palace for me!" Spread the decree, immediately spread the decree, I will declare war with the countries, don't they want to fight, then come, the mourning family will be broken with you! "Zai Yi on the side is happy, with Lafayette's will, the rest of the things are much easier, and now the Boxers are in his hands, as long as he gives an order, then Dongjiaomin Lane, I am afraid that it will be razed to the ground in an instant!