After dealing with the military problem, Yuan Shikai continued: "Lafayette, military innovation, need to have a strong financial foundation to support, in the final analysis, if we do not implement the new policy, do not let go of the constraints on the private mining and construction of factories, we will not be able to obtain sufficient tax sources, the imperial court has no money and food, it will not be able to complete the military innovation, the implementation of the new policy, now is imperative." [Ran^Text^Library] []. [774] [buy]. [com]。 For more recent chapters, visit: ”

Cixi frowned and said, "Comfort Pavilion, is it necessary to implement the new policy?" ”

Yuan Shikai looked at Zhang Zhi's 'hole' and said: "Lafayette, Xiang Shuai has been in the place for a long time, I think he should have the most right to speak." ”

Zhang Zhi'dong coughed and said: "Lafayette, what Weiting said is not wrong, now it is true, the implementation of the new policy, is not only a simple release of restrictions on private mining and factory establishment, this involves all aspects, whether it is the economy, or education, or others, it is necessary to carry out comprehensive reforms, even if it is the political system, it also needs to be changed, but the old minister thinks that the imperial court should think that the West should send a delegation to implement the new policy, and go to Europe and the United States to study the political system, economy, education and other fields in EuropeNow, we can start the new deal in a few of these areas, just for a trial, it can be completely within our control, once there is a problem, it's a big deal for us to change back, why not? ”

After this turmoil, many ministers in the court have died, the old man sues the old, and the diehards in the court have weakened a lot, and now Yuan Shikai and Zhang Zhi's 'hole' are strong in the south, and if the two join forces, they can completely put this court in the air, and it is not something that the Manchu royal family can fight against at all. [Lots of good]

Cixi 'rubbed' and 'rubbed' her forehead, and said: "Okay, Xiangshuai, the matter of implementing the new policy, you and Yuan Shikai and Rong Lu will discuss it more, let's make a fold, if it is feasible, it will be implemented according to your opinions, now that the court is in a difficult situation, and we don't want to strive for 'Jing' to try to govern, even if we die, we will not have the face to see our ancestors and ancestors." ”

Rong Lu continued: "Lafayette, now Zhang Jianzhi is fighting to the death with the great powers in the north, the war is continuous, although in the short term, it will not pose any threat to us, but the slave thinks that we must prepare early, if Zhang Jianzhi wins in the end, he is very likely to carry the power of a big victory, in one fell swoop, we must deploy and adjust our defense as soon as possible; If the great powers win, they will continue to threaten us, and reparations are necessary, even if it is impossible to cede the land......"

Cixi bowed slightly, and said: "Weiting, you have always been known for knowing soldiers, tell me how we should deal with it?" ”

Yuan Shikai replied: "Lafayette, this matter has been said before, this battlefield will be Zhang Jianzhi's victory, once he wins, I think he will first consolidate the northern provinces, Zhili, Shandong, Shanxi, Henan, and northern Jiangsu, northern Anhui, these places do not have any barriers, will definitely be he mobilized the army to occupy all with lightning speed, what we have to do is to do everything we can to strengthen the defense before Zhang Jianzhi launches the war, with the Qinling Mountains and the Huai River as the boundary, stick to this line, As long as Zhang Jianzhi's forces do not step on the line of the Qinling Mountains and the Huai River, it will be our victory. ”

Rong Lu asked: "Comfort Shuai, do you think that the Qinling Huaihe River can block the iron cavalry of the Republic of China?" Now Zhang Jianzhi has hundreds of thousands of heroes, these troops are all trained from the flames of war, even if the armies of the Western powers are in front of them, they can't take any advantage! ”

Yuan Shikai sighed and said: "Lord Ronglu, if it is really a big war between Zhang Jianzhi and us that breaks out within half a year, the new army in each town in our hands will definitely be difficult to resist militarily, just relying on our military strength is not enough, but a war is not only a test of military wrestling, but also many other factors, for example, is the finance of the Republic of China still able to support Zhang Jianzhi to launch another large-scale war?" For example, did the people of the Central Plains provinces accept Zhang Jianzhi as the new monarch? What we can do now is to send a large number of people to infiltrate the provinces before Zhang Jianzhi launches a war against us, and provoke the old and young people in the provinces to continue to rise up, the orthodoxy of our Celestial Empire still has influence in the provinces, as long as someone keeps making trouble, then Zhang Jianzhi will be completely contained by these internal problems, and the northern provinces, he does not have a few years but is afraid that it will be difficult to completely stabilize. ”

Rong Lu asked in a deep voice: "Comfort Shuai, at this time, at that time, this time the imperial court declared war on the foreign powers, which brought great disasters and humiliation to the people of the Central Plains, and I am afraid that the people's hearts will ......."

Yuan Shikai laughed and said: "People's heart? Lord Ronglu, what's wrong with the people's hearts? Think about it since the Jiaqing Dynasty, the Red Lotus Sect, the White Lotus Sect, the Taiping Army, the Twist Army, the Jindan Sect of Rehe, the civil uprisings are still few, the Taiping Army even threatened most of our China, isn't it all wiped out by us, this shows that the people's hearts are still on the side of the imperial court, even with this blow, I think the common people, especially those squires of the world, still have a guarantee of loyalty to the imperial court. What we have to do is to send a large number of personnel now, promise all kinds of benefits to the squires in various places, and even ask for official positions for official positions, and ask for money for money, we just want to use these people to drag Zhang Jian's death in the Zhili and Shandong areas, unable to move, as long as there are three years, our new army will be almost trained, and when the time comes, we will have an army of three or four hundred thousand, sticking to the Qinling Mountains and the Huai River, and we will not have too many problems in the future. ”

When Rong Lu heard this, he laughed and said: "Comfort Shuai is really both civil and military, the most valuable thing is the depth of power and strategy, I am afraid that the whole of China will not think about it as a second person, even if Li Hongzhang is in Japan, it is nothing more than that!" ”

Yuan Shikai hurriedly said: "Lord Ronglu, how dare you be so praised by the lower officials, a famous minister like Xiangshuai is beside you." Now that we intend to hold on to the Qinling Mountains and the Huai River, we must deploy heavy troops in the four important towns of Shou 'Chun', Zhongli, Shanyang and Xuzhou in Huaidong and Huaixi, and the four important towns are the easiest places to break through the river defense from the north to the south, and only by holding this place can we hope to ensure that the Jianghuai River is still in our hands. ”

Cixi, Rong Lu and the others listened to Yuan Shikai's words and kept nodding.

Yuan Shikai continued: "If we want to defend these four places, we need at least more than six towns and more than 100,000 troops to ensure safety. In addition to this, we also need to rebuild our navy, and now that the Republic of China has its own navy, they can go south along the coast at any time and directly threaten the ports of Shanghai, Hangzhou, Xiamen, etc., so we can't help but make preparations in advance. ”