The three battlefields ended the war one after another, and now the whole of China, especially North China, has gradually calmed down, and the ordinary people living on this land have gradually settled down and begun to restore the order of life. [Ran^Text^Library] []. [774] [buy]. [com]--

But in southern China, too, there has been great change.

Yuan Shikai and Zhang Zhi'dong, as the two most knowledgeable and powerful members of the Qing court, had to put down all kinds of thoughts and work together to stabilize the situation under the insect crisis.

Wouldn't you like to join forces?

The answer is obviously no, the Qing court is now worried about internal and external troubles, and it has already reached a critical moment, and the foreign powers may put forward negotiation demands to the Qing court at any time and anywhere, and coerce the Qing court to sign a series of unequal treaties by force; Internally, the current Republic of China has already become independent in the true sense, and, after a war with the coalition forces of various countries, now the entire North China Plain is afraid that it will fall into the hands of Zhang Yi's Chinese tiger, as long as the invasion of the great powers is completely repelled, with the strong force of the Republic of China, the Qing court has no possibility to recover these territories, as for Beijing, then don't think about it, the Qing court moved the capital has become a reality, and it is more difficult to snatch Beijing back than to ascend to the sky!

Under the advice of Yuan Shikai and Zhang Zhi's 'hole', the old Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu have made peace with the great powers three times in a row, and if they continue to fight, there will be no benefit.

Of course, the old Empress Dowager Cixi has long since repented of her intestines, and she is still eating and drinking spicy food in Beijing City, and the whole of China is still under her control.

It's good now, the cronies of the imperial court are now on the way to escape, dead and dead, fleeing, the Wuwei army is only left with Yuan Shikai's new army, which is still intact, and the entire Qing court has only such a strong team, for the imperial court, it is definitely a disaster, without military power, who still takes the imperial court seriously?

Now Cixi is too old to look good, and the repeated escapes have hollowed out the body of the old woman, and the most tormented thing is the destruction of the 'spirit', three shocks a day, unable to eat and sleep, unable to sleep at night, and the prime of life can't stand it, let alone a sixty or seventy-year-old woman?

The most terrible thing is that there are not many people in the Manchu imperial family now, Beijing is a disaster, too many royal family gold branches are scattered all over the place, coupled with the casualties along the way, the royal family is now a withered talent, and the entire imperial court, there are only a few people such as Rong Lu and Zaixun who are reliable and slightly capable of maintaining the situation.

Now Yuan Shikai is in power, and more than two-thirds of the armed forces of the Qing Dynasty have been brought under his control, Anhui, Jiangsu, Fujian, Guangdong, and Guangxi have all been controlled by Yuan Shikai's cronies, and the Qing court's control over Yuan Shikai has begun to show signs of getting out of control. [Lots of good]

As for the 'hole' of Zhang Zhi, Zhang Zhi's 'hole' has been operating in the south for more than 20 years, to Huguang and then to Liangguang, and then to serve as the governor of Huguang, and 20 years of hard work, so that Zhang Zhi's 'hole' has long been deeply rooted in South China, especially Zhang Zhi's 'hole' is very predominant, and it is difficult for Yuan Shikai to be compared with this small character for a while.

In order to be able to easily weigh the relationship between Yuan Shikai and Zhang Zhi's 'hole', and better balance the two people, Cixi Lafayette deliberately placed the two palaces in Wuchang, passed down the will, and ordered Yuan Shikai to lead the enemy's third town into Hubei at the same time. Cave's head of the military department, everyone has their own group of support.

For Cixi, this is also the situation he wants to see the most, but people are not as good as heaven, if it is before the year of Gengzi, there must be no problem, but now it is different, now the imperial court's control over the feudal officials has reached the most relaxed time, there is no force and money to do strong support, why should Yuan Shikai and Zhang Zhi's 'hole' **you**? You must know that since the Southeast Mutual Insurance has been launched, it already means that these local officials have begun to lose sight of the imperial court in their hearts.

So, a very funny scene appeared, all Yuan Shikai or Zhang Zhi's 'hole' put forward the proposition, the two of them have been 'supporting' each other, once the two people have made a decision, the other courtiers basically have no possibility of overthrowing, even if Rong Lu is still the most trusted by Lafayette, he is still not the opponent of Yuan and Zhang's two bigwigs; once Rong Lu, who represents the interests of the royal family, puts forward a proposition, it is not today's Zhang Zhi's 'hole' to pick Mao's problem, that is, Yuan Shikai will be looking for trouble tomorrow, the current holy decree of the Great Qing Kingdom, without the approval of the two bigwigs, don't say Wuchang, even if it is a temporary mansion, it is extremely difficult.

Yuan Shikai and Zhang Zhi's 'hole' seem to be loyal and dedicated to the country on the surface, but the two of them joined forces to set up two palaces, and the purpose of controlling the imperial court is basically close to completion, and the current Lafayette can still barely support it, once Lafayette also falls, without the checks and balances of the political situation by powerful people, it will be even more impossible to rely on Rong Lu to lead a group of wine bags and rice bags, and then want to control the situation.

Cixi and Rong Lu sat opposite each other, and sitting next to them were Prince Qing Yixuan and the minister Natong, which is now the inner circle of the entire Manchu imperial family.

Cixi looked at Rong Lu, full of sorrow, and sighed: "Rong Lu, regret not at the beginning, if I hadn't listened to Zaiyi's rumors and started a war, where would I have ended up like this?" If I had listened to your suggestion and went west directly, I would have arrived in Xi'an by now, with the protection of your cronies in Shaanxi and Gansu, where would Yuan Shikai and Zhang Zhi's 'hole' be so complacent? Ah......h

Rong Lu is also full of sourness, it's too late to say anything now, the current imperial court's control over the north has weakened to the extreme, it is not an exaggeration to say that it exists in name only, as for the south, where can it be stronger, the current six provinces of Liangguang, Liangjiang, and Huguang have all been controlled by Yuan Shikai and Zhang Zhi's 'hole', and almost all the officials up and down have become the minions of the two people, and it is impossible to destroy them, where do you go to find so many officials to replace?

The only places where the Qing court has strong control are now only Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou and Shaanxi provinces, but these places are all remote, there is no strong army, and there is no money and food, what can be done?

Yi Xuan said astringently: "Lafayette, Lord Rong, the current situation is, how can we reverse the current situation, now the matter of peace with various countries has been thrown to Yuan Shikai to deal with, and the internal affairs have also been thrown to Zhang Zhi's 'hole', what we have to do is how to reverse the current situation of two people's dictatorship!" ”