c_t; For Cixi and Guangxu's words, Yi Ketanga is skeptical, but the way of the emperor is nothing more than the word check and balance, the most taboo is a monopoly, threatening the existence of the imperial power, now Zhang Yi's power is indeed too great, the governor of the three provinces, plus tens of thousands of elite soldiers, even compared to Li Hongzhang, can not help but be careless in the court.

For himself, as long as he is conscientious and does the errands assigned by the imperial court, he will be fine, and as for the deeper things, he is not within his reach.

Guangxu then asked: "Yaoshan Gong, now the whole country, between the government and the opposition, there is a lot of controversy about the reform and reform of the law, I don't know what you think?" ”

Iktanga said in a deep voice: "Back to the emperor, the minions think that the Qing Dynasty is now in an eventful autumn, the rise of the Western powers, the ships are strong, and there is a lot of persecution for my Qing Dynasty, if we don't work hard, self-reliance and self-improvement, sooner or later we will be devoured by these tiger and wolf-like powers, how to make great efforts, reform and change the law, and imitate the West, it is almost the only way that can be seen and walked at present. In the past, when the slave accompanied Zeng Jize to negotiate with Tsarist Russia to survey the border, Tsarist Russia relied on national strength and repeatedly bullied each other, if we had the strength of England and France at that time, where would they be so presumptuous, the minions would have already taken the army to fight over, the strength is not good, our waist pole can not be hard, if we really wait until our national strength is strong, restore to the prosperous era of Kangqian, the slave is willing to personally lead a brigade of divisions, conquer Tsarist Russia, and recover the lost territory in our northeastreads;! ”

Guangxu was a little excited, and said: "Yaoshan Gong, you are worthy of being the pillar of the country, the minister of the pillar stone, if the Chinese military of the dynasty has such a heart as you, why worry about the Qing Dynasty and not Zhongxing?" ”

Cixi's face was a little gloomy, and she asked, "Yaoshan, the mourning family asked you, you are the one who has led the army for many years, according to you." ( ) In terms of defense, how should we reform? ”

Iktang A said in a deep voice: "Since ancient times, power has been highly concentrated in the royal family, I have been in the Qing Dynasty since the beginning of the Taizu, starting with the Eight Banners, and the elite of the Eight Banners has always been in the hands of the royal family, but since the Qianlong Dynasty. The children of the Eight Banners are getting worse and worse, and they have lost the sharpness of the year. After the Battle of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, all the military power was concentrated in the hands of the Han people such as Hunan and Huai, and the control of our Manchu imperial family declined. The Qing Dynasty should eliminate redundant personnel, dismantle the local army that has no combat effectiveness, organize and train the new army, and return all the power of the new army to the imperial family, so as to ensure that our Qing dynasty is forever. Immortal. ”

Emperor Guangxu listened attentively, nodded again and again, and said: "Yaoshan, what you said is extremely true, this military power is very important, and there is no absolute control over the army. Our control over the Qing Dynasty will be reduced, and now the governors of various places hold the military and political power, and if they continue to develop, the tail will not fall. ”

Iktanga continued: "What the emperor said is extremely true, but now we are satisfied with the lack of people who can command the army, especially the younger generation, and there is a lack of talents. It is because the minister thinks that the official should send a group of children of the imperial family to the West to study military affairs, and then organize and train the new army, so as to ensure that our Manchus control the new army in the future, otherwise, even if the new army is trained more, it is still the Han people who are in power, which is not beneficial to us. ”

Cixi nodded and said, "Yaoshan, the mourning family really didn't misunderstand you, and you are still very insightful in your heart about the grasp of the court situation." It's a pity that in the three northeastern provinces, the mourning family and the emperor need a capable and loyal person like you to sit in charge, otherwise, the mourning family really wants to transfer you to the Beijing division so that you can better play your role. ”

Iktanga hurriedly replied, "Lafayette, you have a good reputation. In fact, the slaves think that with the ability of the slaves, in the three northeastern provinces, it is really difficult to have greater development, Jilin is a remote place, the province is only more than one million people, sparsely populated, if you don't want to Zhang Jianzhi like the drastic reform, the impact is really limited, and even a year's tax burden is not as much as Changshu a government pays. ”

Emperor Guangxu pondered for a moment and said: "Dear father, you see, it's better for us to directly transfer Yiketanga to the military department, and the full-time training of the new army, with Rong Lu taking care of it below, and Yaoshan Gong sitting above, then the training of the new army is foolproof." ”

Cixi shook her head and said: "For the time being, let's let Yaoshan be in Jilin, we can still stretch out here, let Yaoshan sit in Jilin, we have just gained confidence in the ancestral mausoleum, and we can't ignore it there." Yaoshan, after you go back, you have to train your Zhenbian Army for me, so that from now on, I will double the salary and training funds of the Zhenbian Army, and you must train the Zhenbian Army for me, in case of future emergencies, I want to see an invincible Jilin Zhenbian Army! ”

Iktang replied: "Lafayette, please rest assured, today's Zhenbian Army, I have begun to prepare for the reorganization, Lord Zhang Jianzhi has transferred more than 100 backbone officers and more than 200 backbone soldiers from Fengtian, entered the Zhenbian Army in Jilin, using the Fengtian garrison and German training methods, to assist the minions in military reorganization, after a year, the entire Zhenbian Army will undergo earth-shaking changes, and the combat power will be greatly improved!" ”

Cixi's eyes flashed with coldness, and she snorted coldly, and said: "What a good Zhang Jianzhi, he has already stretched out his hand to the border army in Jilin Town, it seems that his plan is not small." Yaoshan, why are you so confused, Zhang Jianzhi has always managed the army well, you let hundreds of people under him enter your town border army for training, after that year, how many town border troops do you think will still obey your orders? The future surname of these town border soldiers is Aixin Jueluo, or is it surnamed Zhang? ”

Iktang's face changed greatly, and he quickly knelt down, and said in his mouth: "Lafayette, the slave is guilty of capital crimes, the slave really didn't think of such a thing, do you really think that Lord Zhang Jianzhi has a heart of disobedience?" ”

Cixi said in a cold voice: "Yaoshan, let me ask you, what do you think Zhang Jianzhi is doing at such a fast speed and infiltrating his authority into Heilongjiang and Jilin?" First imprisoned Enze, rectified the military affairs of Heilongjiang, and then placed his descendants in the border army of Jilin Town, the defense of the three provinces in the future will fall into his hands, and now you are still in Jilin, of course, you can suppress the border army, but in the future, the court will use you, transfer you to the Beijing division or other high promotion, what should you do with the border army, do you think the follow-up people can still control the border army? ”

Cixi sighed and said: "Yaoshan, you go back first, what to do, you weigh it, anyway, what should be said, the mourning family and the emperor have explained it to you, you have to be careful." ”

Iktanga was full of cold sweat, he really didn't think much about this kind of truth, and he didn't dare to think about it, it was too treacherous, politically, where did he know so much tricks? (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )

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