In the middle of the night, Yuan Shikai, Zhang Zhi's 'cave' and Tie Liang and other ministers all came to the palace. [Ran^Text^Library] []. [774] [buy]. [com]--[Lots of good]

Cixi looked at everyone and lamented, it turned out that when she was in Beijing City, at least the Chinese military officials were there, even if it was not helpful to deal with foreign affairs, but there was still no big problem in handling government affairs, now it is good, after this calamity, the ministers either stayed in the capital and were wiped out, or lost their old lives on the way to the "wave", but now there are fewer and fewer ministers who can take on the work.

Cixi said slowly: "Ladies and gentlemen, now our court is worried about internal and external troubles, there is no need to say more, you also know the current situation, whether it is the defeat of Zhang Jianzhi by the great powers, or the defeat of Zhang Jianzhi by the great powers, it is not a good thing for us, what good plan do you have?" ”

The people below were silent, saying that they had a grasp of the political situation of the Qing Dynasty, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were just Zhang Zhi's 'hole', Yuan Shikai, Rong Lu, Sheng Xuanhuai and a few other people who could say one, two, three, and the others were almost all black-eyed.

All the people have their eyes on Yuan Shikai, and now Zhang Zhi's 'hole' focuses on internal affairs, and Yuan Shikai is responsible for foreign affairs, and Sheng Xuanhuai is mainly focused on the field of foreign economy.

Today's Yuan Shikai's eye sockets are also a little deep, and the stalemate of the situation makes Yuan Shikai sleepless, Zhang Jianzhi and the great powers are not easy to mess with, the Qing court is like a wolf and a tiger, and the situation is too grim.

Yuan Shikai took a deep breath and said slowly: "Qi Lafayette, Weichen thinks that it is better to say more than to do more, and it is better not to do more than to do more." Now Zhang Jianzhi and the great powers are still in a stalemate situation, the war situation is difficult to understand for a while, we better not speak, wait and see what happens, and do not send troops, now we will definitely 'provoke' one of the parties, what we can do is to secretly accumulate strength, fortunately, Jiangnan and other rich places, still in our hands, and the impact of the Qing Dynasty's revenue is not very large, as long as we accumulate enough strength, whether it is Zhang Jianzhi, or the powers, if you want to blackmail, or invade, we have to weigh it carefully......"

Cixi sighed and said, "Xiang Cheng, then you can tell me what kind of outcome will be the outcome of the war between Zhang Jianzhi and the great powers, and how will this war develop in the most beneficial way for us?" ”

Yuan Shikai smiled bitterly and said in a deep voice: "Lafayette, before Zhang Jianzhi declared war, Weichen thought that Zhang Jianzhi did not have the courage to face the declaration of war by the great powers, think about it, at that time, the army of 30,000 powers had already entered Tianjin, and there were still 60,000 or 70,000 troops on the way to Tianjin and Shanghai, how could such a strong force be easily blocked?" What's more, at that time, Tsarist Russia had already mobilized the Siberian Army and the Far East Army, and together more than 200,000 troops formed a situation of attacking the northeast with Japan from three directions. ”

Cixi waved her hand and said impatiently: "Okay, Weiting, let's not talk about this first, but you can tell me, can Zhang Jianzhi repel the attack of the great powers?" ”

Yuan Shikai replied: "Lafayette, the minister thinks it is difficult, but it is not hopeless, the minister just said, the minister does not think that Zhang Jianzhi has enough strength to defeat the powers, after all, Tsarist Russia and Britain and France are strong, and now there are still two or three hundred thousand troops, and France and England are still sending troops to China one after another, several strong forces, and the forces behind them are not something that any single country can contend with." It's just that there is still this hope, and this glimmer of hope is whether the Germans and the Americans, who have always been 'friendly' with Zhang Jianzhi, will 'intervene', if these two countries 'intervene', relying on the strong support behind them, and then the group of arrogant soldiers under Zhang Jianzhi, at least he will have a sixty percent chance of winning! ”

Cixi said sadly: "Comfort Pavilion, if Zhang Jianzhi wins, then what will our court do?" The great powers can say that it is a big deal that we can send more silver and open more treaty ports, and they will be able to settle the matter, they are far away from the Great Qing Dynasty, and it is impossible for them to occupy our land for a long time, but once Zhang Jianzhi wins, he has said that those who expel the Tatars and restore China will definitely not give up if they do not take away our country, alas......"

Yuan Shikai replied: "Lafayette, in fact, the sixty percent chance of winning is just the minister's prediction, in fact, in the eyes of others, Zhang Jianzhi has a ninety percent chance of winning......"

Cixi was shocked and shouted: "Who said that it is impossible, even if he unilaterally faces one of the powerful countries, he will not have a ninety percent chance of winning!" ”

Yuan Shikai smiled bitterly: "Lafayette, Weichen couldn't believe it when he heard it for the first time, but the person who said this sentence was Lord Tan Feng and Tan Jianshan, who had followed Zhang Jianzhi for several years, and no one in the entire Qing Dynasty knew Zhang Jianzhi better than Lord Tan. ”

Cixi was silent for a while, Tan Feng, she knows, as early as when Zhang Yi was in the court, she heard him say more than once that he had said the four King Kongs under his hands, each of which was a powerful general with outstanding ability and loyalty, since it was Tan Feng who said, then there was no problem.

Cixi asked, "In that case, how will we deal with ourselves in the future once Zhang Jianzhi wins?" ”

Yuan Shikai replied: "Lafayette, in fact, Zhang Jianzhi's victory is also a good thing, you also know how harsh the conditions put forward by the great powers to us now, hundreds of millions of taels of silver, it is not at all what our Great Qing Kingdom can afford, once it is agreed, then we are really not far from the death of the country, heavy debts, and we will definitely meet the people of Li below to 'force' to rebel everywhere." If Zhang Jianzhi wins, there is no need to consider the matter of compensation, and Zhang Yi first entered the Central Plains, he needs time to stabilize the situation in the Central Plains, several provinces, nearly 100 million people, not anyone can manage well, and our court is between the provinces, there is still a righteous existence, as long as we continue to provoke the people below to make trouble, Zhang Yi will definitely be exhausted, there is no 'fine' force in the south, at least, in three or five years, he does not have the strength and ability to run North China like an iron wall! ”

Yuan Shikai paused and said: "Lafayette, we just want to use these three or five years to speed up the comprehensive reform of the law, enrich the country and strengthen the army, only by enriching the country and strengthening the army, it is possible for us to defeat Zhang Jianzhi and regain the Central Plains and Guanwai!" Lafayette, time is running out, our time is too short, and if we don't promote the reform of the law, we will be even more hopeless! ”