Since the Japanese 1st Army broke through the mountain customs, Cixi Lafayette has stopped her love of listening to opera, and has worked hard and how to beg and surrender.

Yesterday, I finally received a confirmation from Maguan that the exchange of edicts had been completed and peace talks had begun.

Cixi's heart can be regarded as peaceful.

Below is the silver, the land, and the face.

But no matter what, the rule of the Qing Dynasty is still firmly continued, isn't it?

The tiger on the side of Jingshi's couch is always demolished, isn't it?

In this way, when I stretch my legs to see the ancestors and ancestors, and see Daoguang Ye and Emperor Tongzhi, I will not be counted and faceless.

In the early days of the Dynasty today, Cixi was 'boomed' by a group of invited Qingliu bastards, and at this time she could be regarded as understanding the benefits and disadvantages of this group of shameless mad dogs.

It's really for the sake of fame, and any shameless cow can blow more than words.

also 'raised his hand to level the East', now the Japanese army is outside the city, there is a kind of you go to 'swing flat', no one will stop you!

However, Cixi still held back her anger, and she still had to keep these people to deal with Lao Li, who would come back later, and completely trampled this old man into the mud pit.

And that He Changying-

In the afternoon, Cixi rarely reopened the theater to listen to the opera, in order to relieve the depression received in the morning, Guangxu, Longyu, Concubine Zhen, Concubine Jin, accompanied by the side.

This time, in order to show her grace, Cixi deliberately called Li Jingfang's successor Zhang, Li Hongzhang's two daughters, Li Ju and Li Jingpu, into the Forbidden City to listen to the play.

At this time, Cixi closed her eyes slightly, listening to the babbling on the stage comfortably, but there was always a tenacious black shadow like a gossamer in her heart, constantly coiling like twine.

"Langfang City is so close, less than a hundred miles away from Tongzhou, He Changying has killed so many Japanese soldiers, why don't they fight them? Thousands of miles away from Jinan and Qingdao, but they are blind to Langfang City, which is close at hand, is it really blind! ”

Cixi thought about it, this Zhili, Liaonan, and even Liaodong were all this young and strong military force born from the Beiyang system, how not to make her frightened.

Now the Japanese soldiers are trapped in Yanjing, but once the contract is signed, the training of Zhili, Ludong, Ganshan, and the three eastern provinces are all empty.

This newly formed huge new force is so sharp, who can control it, and how can it be controlled?

Just thinking about it gave Cixi a headache.

"Emperor Qiyu, Empress Dowager Qiyu, and the Oriental Minister sent an article that was copied by their Minister of War himself, saying that he only knew that He Dutong, who was fighting against the Japanese army, was not only brave and sharp, but also wrote a great article; said that he would visit He Changying when he had the opportunity, this-"

Resolute's words hesitated a little.

"Oh, say it; How do Orientals praise Ho Dutong? ”

Cixi's eyes were hidden with coldness, looking at fortitude.

"I said that I would like to visit He Changying, a great prophet and great man in China, when I have the opportunity."

Gangyi didn't dare to make a comment, but just paraphrased the original words.

"Prophet, Nephilim? Well, it seems that there are always eye-catching characters in our Qing Dynasty that Orientals can see; Whatever is written, take it. ”

Cixi opened the letter, it was very clean, there was nothing else, only the one in "The Scream", "Young China Said" revised by He Changying.

Li Ju and Li Jingpu, who were sitting on the side, quietly glanced at each other, and they both saw the horror in each other's eyes.

"Dear father, these Oriental people are really hateful, they can't win He Aiqing, so they use this kind of indiscriminate way; Am I really a faint king? ”

Emperor Guangxu, who was sitting not far behind Cixi, was angry at this time, his eyes were red with anger, and he was afraid that Cixi would believe in the slanderous tricks of the Orientals and destroy the Great Wall, so he couldn't help but blush and distinguish for He Changying: "He Aiqing's "The Scream", I have read it several times, He Aiqing went to Beijing last winter to see, and I also asked him about some of the things in it; It's all every word, which is thought-provoking. ”

Cixi directly ignored the blind comparison of Guangxu behind her, and browsed it carefully, the more she looked, the more frightened she became, and the more she looked at it, the more gloomy her face became.

At this time, Cixi, who was holding back the anger in her heart, knew why the Japanese soldiers outside the city did not send troops to attack Langfang.

It turned out that he had already seen through his deeply hidden thoughts, and he didn't want to be this knife!

However, Cixi immediately figured out again, if it wasn't for the unwillingness of the Japanese soldiers to be knives, they really didn't want to, there would be no such a drama today.

They're doing it now, they're just asking for benefits.

- Just, what benefits do these Japanese soldiers want?

Besides, how could the imperial court give them benefits, and then let them go to Langfang, wouldn't that become the laughing stock of the world?

If that's really the case, who in the world still works hard for the Qing Dynasty as a loyal dog, isn't it that the world is full of anti-army beacons, and the world of the Qing Dynasty will collapse immediately!

Are they trying to come to a tacit understanding?

Thinking of this, Cixi's eyes couldn't help but look faintly in the southeast direction.

Ten miles away is the southern city wall of Yanjing.

A hundred miles away, is Langfang, where He Changying's garrison is.

Two thousand miles away, is the place of peace talks between the Qing and Japan, the port of Maguan in the East.

If you want the Japanese army ten miles away to solve the big trouble of Langfang for hundreds of miles, you have to make generous concessions in Maguan Port, which is two thousand miles away.

What a good calculation!

Toyo, Maseki.

At 2:30 p.m. on March 10 in the Western calendar, the Qing and Japanese sides held the second negotiation at Chunfan Tower.

The Qing Dynasty attendees were Li Hongzhang, Li Jingfang, Luo Fenglu, Wu Tingfang, Ma Jianzhong, and Luo Gengling.

The Japanese side was attended by seven people: Hirobumi Ito, Mutsu Munemitsu, Ito Tsuyoji, Inoue Katsunosuke, Nakata Keiyoshi, Mutsu Hiroyoshi, and Jung Yongbang.

Especially this Zheng Yongbang, he was sent by the East to study in China, and was the secretary of the East Minister in Korea in the first afternoon, mainly responsible for communicating with Yuan Shikai.

Yuan Shikai believed in the ancient belief that "blood is thicker than water" at that time, and he believed that Zheng Yongbang, who had Han blood in his body and was behind a famous family, would not do anything to damage the motherland, and he even thought that Zheng Yongbang would definitely take some measures in favor of China without telling his superiors.

Therefore, Yuan Shikai repeatedly hoped to obtain Oriental information from Zheng Yongbang, and as a result, Zheng Yongbang passed false information to Yuan Shikai in many meetings, which caused a lot of harm to the Qing Dynasty.

Therefore, even the hero Yuan Shikai used to be very stupid and naïve back then, but he was drawn by the lessons of blood one by one and his face was swollen, and in the end, he could be regarded as cultivating into an immortal.

As soon as the peace talks began, the Japanese side adopted an arrogant and arrogant attitude.

Hirofumi Ito read Toyo's written reply to the Qing Dynasty's proposal for an armistice as if no one was on the sidelines:

"The Minister of Plenipotentiary of the Great Oriental Empire, in view of the present state of military affairs, and in consideration of the situation arising from the armistice, hereby sets out the requirements of the armistice as follows:

The Oriental army should occupy Dagu, Tianjin, Shanhaiguan, and all the cities and fortresses there, and the Qing army stationed in various places in Shangkai must hand over all weapons and military supplies to the Oriental army for the time being.

The railway between Tianjin and Luanzhou, as well as the Luanzhou coal mine, were to be managed by the military affairs officers of the Oriental State.

During the armistice period, the military expenses of the armies of the Oriental State should be paid by the Qing State.

If the above paragraphs are approved, the date of the armistice, the duration of the armistice, the demarcation of the border between the armies of the two countries, and the remaining details shall be discussed immediately. ”

As Ito Hirobumi read out the terms, Li Hongzhang, Li Jingfang, and all the six Qing representatives were shocked and discolored.

Originally, he pointed to the Japanese army to quickly withdraw from Yanjing City, but now it has become more intensified to get involved in Jinmen, Tanggu, Luanzhou coal mines, and the Great Wall of Shanhaiguan?

It's simply impossible!

"Too harsh, too harsh!"

Li Hongzhang's face changed color at this time, and he was very frightened, and he even shouted "too harsh" in his mouth, and pleaded loudly:

"The three places of Jinmen, Dagu and Shanhaiguan that you are referring to are actually the throat of Yanjing, and the lock and key of Zhili. If your army occupies such an important place, and we turn against the host, will it not make people feel like a foreign land? Please do not attack this place with your troops; Otherwise, the capital will be shaken, our country will be embarrassed, and this minister will be embarrassed. ”

During the peace talks on the same day, Li Hongzhang pleaded again and again, but Ito Hirofumi did not give an inch, and finally gave Li Hongzhang three days to reply.

The second peace talks between Qing and Japan broke up in vain.