Zai Yi came to Cixi's resting palace, and the hall was already full of people at this time, including Prince Qing Yixuan, University Scholar Xu Tong, Military Department Shangshu Xu Yongyi, University Scholar Gangyi, Military Minister Rong Lu, etc., all of whom were veterans and important ministers. [Ran^Text^Library] []. [774] [buy]. [com]。 The update is so fast.

Cixi saw Zai Yi come in and said: "Zai Yi, you are here too, everyone is almost here, sit down, this is not above the court, don't be so restrained." ”

Everyone thanked them, and they all sat aside.

Cixi then said: "Fellow ministers, you are all the pillars of the imperial court, now the political situation in our Qing Dynasty is too chaotic, the revolutionary party rebellions in the south are one after another, and finally Yuan Xiangcheng sat in Liangguang, only to deter the revolutionary party, now the Boxers began to toss, look, look, what have the Boxers done now, now Dongjiaomin Lane has gathered more than 10,000 Boxers, and even some troops are involved, and now the embassies in Dongjiaomin Lane have even set up heavy machine guns, If you're not careful, you'll be bleeding! ”

When Zai Yi heard Cixi's words, he knew that Cixi's heart was shaken again, so he hurriedly stood up and said, "Lafayette, Lafayette Rong!" ”

Cixi replied, "Okay, King Duanjun, I'll listen to you tell me a good story." ”

Zai Yi said cautiously: "Lafayette, in fact, both sides are responsible for the cause of this incident, the former Boxers attacked the foreigners because they were arrogant and domineering, but yesterday because of the coalition forces of the great powers, about six or seven hundred people rushed to Beijing from Tianjin, and were ordered to protect the security of the embassy area in Dongjiaomin Lane and maintain the churches from being attacked, but the German minister Klinder was too arrogant, and he actually led a dozen heavily armed soldiers to go out to provoke, and killed dozens of people from the Qing Dynasty and the Boxers in the city. More than 100 people were wounded, and their arrogance was too arrogant, so as to arouse the hatred of the Boxers and some officers and soldiers against the enemy, and tightly surrounded Dongjiaomin Lane in an attempt to retaliate. ”

Cixi frowned and said: "How can this be the case, if it continues like this, the situation between our Great Qing Kingdom and other countries will be even more tense, and a big war is about to break out, if there is really a big war, I don't know how many people will die in the war, you ministers, what do you think should be done?" ”

Xu Yongyi stood up and said: "Lafayette, now we are showing weakness, the great powers are strong and strong, we really shouldn't provoke with the great powers easily, let alone with all the powerful countries, such a thing, don't say it's us, even England doesn't dare to risk the world's disapproval, the minister thinks that we should severely restrain the Boxers, and crack down on those Boxers who are radical and constantly making trouble, and even directly exterminate them, and then, send ministers to appease the ministers of various countries, promising not to burn down churches again, pick quarrels and provoke trouble, I think things are still under control, and we are begging for peace now, and we still have time to ......."

Xu Tong, a bachelor on the side, shouted: "Xu Yongyi, you are in vain as the secretary of the military department of the Qing Dynasty, what about your integrity?" Where are your bones? In the final analysis, this matter is caused by the misdeeds of foreigners in the Qing Dynasty, and they are to blame, so why should we appease the ministers of various countries? Why do we want to beg for peace, and do we want the dignity of the Heavenly Empire? ”

Xu Yongyi's face remained unchanged and said, "Dignity? Lord Xu, is dignity more important than the lives of thousands of people? Is dignity more important than land reparations? This matter, originally we were in the Qing Dynasty, even if the foreigners did evil, it should be handed over to the Yamen of the Department for punishment, or handed over to the legations of various countries for processing, the Boxers were so indiscriminate, burning, killing and looting, what is even more odious is that they actually besieged the embassies of various countries in Dongjiaomin Lane, even in the international arena, we can not get the support of any country! The legation began to represent a country, which no one, no force, could violate at will! ”

Xu Jingcheng, a waiter of the Ministry of Works, and a bachelor of the cabinet, also echoed: "Lafayette, what Lord Xu said is extremely pertinent, looking around the world, even if it is a hostile country, it cannot destroy the other party's embassy and consulate at will, not to mention that the subject countries of these legations have normal diplomatic relations with us, and they belong to friendly countries, we let the Boxers besiege the legation, once the envoys of various countries are killed or wounded, when the time comes, we will really be passive, and the consequences are unimaginable, and the ministers think that we should also appoint important ministers to appease the envoys of various countries and dissolve the Boxers!" ”

Cixi hesitated a little and said, "Jifu and Zhuyun, what you said is really that serious?" ”

Xu Yongyi replied: "Lafayette, now our situation is too erosive, the ministers of various countries have expressed their dissatisfaction with us, in this way we will have to face the huge pressure of more than ten countries, this is not what we can bear, now in the court, there is no one like Shaoquan Gong who understands foreign affairs, proficient in diplomacy of capable ministers, once there is a sudden change, we are caught off guard, the minister thinks, the court should immediately reinstate Shaoquan Gong, and order him to go north immediately to deal with our current crisis, Lafayette, please make a decision quickly, It's too late, and now the Boxers have completely surrounded Dongjiaomin Lane, and they can't even transport food into it. ”

Cixi was shocked, and said: "Immediately pass the decree, appoint Li Hongzhang as a scholar of Wenhua Palace, the minister of the military aircraft department, and enter Beijing immediately on the day of receiving the decree." ”

The eunuch on the side hurriedly recorded it and prepared to go to deliver the decree.

Cixi understands that such a major event, I am afraid that the Qing Dynasty cannot do without Li Hongzhang at the helm, and just by relying on these ministers in the court, no one can play foreign affairs! As for Yuan Shikai, Zhang Zhidong and others, they are all far away in the south of the Yangtze River, and it is even more difficult to go north in a short period of time, and Li Hongzhang is closer, and no matter the prestige or ability, among the ministers of various countries, they can control the scene.

Cixi turned around and asked, "No matter how we deal with it, it seems that it is imperative to recall Gong Quan now." It's just, Boxer, how are we going to deal with it? ”

It wasn't until now that Duanjun Wang Zaiyi reacted, the argument just now was too intense, and he didn't react when he jumped down.

At this time, Duanjun Wang quickly knelt down and replied: "Lafayette, you must not beg for peace, the Boxers cannot be disbanded, once the Boxers are disbanded, we will not be far away from the disaster!" Cixi was taken aback and hurriedly asked, "Zaiyi, what's going on?" Zai Yi replied: "Lafayette, the slave is in charge of the Prime Minister's National Affairs Yamen, and now the capital is in critical condition, and the ministers of various countries have not stopped protesting to our Prime Minister's National Affairs Yamen, and the ministers went to Dongjiaomin Lane yesterday to negotiate, and at the same time appeased the ministers of various countries, but that group of ministers is too barbaric and domineering, and they actually put forward extremely rude requirements to the slaves, which is really rude!" ”