There are rumors in Mengyin that Xu Bandit has obtained some kind of supernatural power before, and he can change or lose money out of thin air. The pen %fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info ministers and others thought that it was pure nonsense that Xu Bandit put gold on his face! ”

The fact that Secor was able to say this shows that he has done some desk work.

When he heard Shi Duo talk about putting gold on his face, Zixi unconsciously wanted to touch his face, but finally stopped this strange behavior when he felt that the servant girl around him was very concerned about his demeanor.

However, Cixi did not comment on Shi Duo's statement, but asked again: "Wang Aiqing, what do you think of the Mengyin bandits?" ”

Wang Aiqing, Wang Wenshao, Xianfeng two years of Jinshi, Zhejiang Renhe, the current Hubu Shangshu co-organizer of the university scholar, only in May this year to "walk in the military aircraft".

Seeing Cixi asking herself, Wang Wenshao had to put away her thoughts: "The Empress Dowager, the Emperor, and Weichen think that the reason why the Mengyin bandits are so rampant is because they have mastered a batch of foreign guns and foreign cannons, and what we need to figure out is where these foreign guns and foreign cannons came from!" Prince Li also said just now that the so-called supernatural powers of Mengyin Xu Bandit are just putting gold on his face. The real reason for this should be that a certain power is behind the support of the Mengyin Xu bandits! ”

"Ah......" Wang Wenshao said, and everyone took a breath of cold air. Because the situation Wang Wenshao said was too unexpected for them.

The reason why Wang Wenshao's view was unexpected by Cixi and the ministers was that over the past few decades, a psychological habit or political pattern had been formed under the rule of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, that is, the government was afraid of foreigners, foreigners were afraid of the people, and the people were afraid of the government. This pattern is also a pattern of mutual constraints, dynamically maintaining the stability of society in the late Qing Dynasty.

If, under this pattern, the foreigners are no longer afraid of the people, but instead support the people, just like the Eight Snakes State supports Dr. Sun's Kuomintang, the Manchus will be in great trouble.

This is also the reason why everyone feels cold in their hearts.

"Wang Aiqing said so, is there any evidence?" Cixi also keenly grasped the key to Wang Wenshao's words.

"Wechen has no evidence, but there are traces of this matter. The incident of the Mengyin Xu bandits began at the end of last year, and in November last year, the warships of the Rhine State forcibly occupied our Jiaozhou Bay. Wang Wenshao analyzed.

Not to mention, Wang Wenshao's analysis really makes some sense, because the distance between the Rhine forces and Mengyin is close. Therefore, others are still thinking about the possibility of this, but Emperor Guangxu spoke out:

"Wang Aiqing, the situation you mentioned is indeed possible, but as we all know, foreigners' foreign guns and cannons are not cheap, how can Mengyin Xu bandits have so many goods to buy foreign guns and cannons?"

"This, Weichen really doesn't know, and he doesn't dare to speculate." Wang Wenshao was sweating a little on his back, he couldn't talk about this matter deeply, and it would be difficult to explain it if he continued to talk about it.

"The Empress Dowager and the Emperor, Wei Chen has a guess about the source of the wealth of the Mengyin Xu bandits." Just when Wang Wenshao was thinking about how to answer if the master asked again, someone finally came out to relieve him.

The person who broke the siege is Kang Youwei.

"Oh, Kang Aiqing, do you know the source of the goods of the Mengyin bandits?" Guangxu heard Kang Youwei answer and asked excitedly.

"Your Majesty, Weichen said, Weichen is just guessing, not necessarily accurate." Kang Youwei was deeply touched by the emperor's impulse. There's no way, an emperor has fallen to the point of trying to prove his talents.

"Okay, guess as well. Tell me about it? Guangxu is anxious.

"The queen mother, the emperor, the source of the wealth of the Mengyin bandits, Weichen thinks that it may be related to the twist army in the years of Xianfeng Ye, when the twist bandits were defeated, the remaining bandits scattered, and the looted goods are very likely to be hidden in the Yimeng Mountain, and now they are obtained by the Mengyin Xu bandits."

After Kang Youwei finished speaking, he stroked his beard a little proudly.

However, Kang Youwei's words were immediately refuted. The first one to jump out was Prince Shiduo of Li.

"Master Kang, what you said may have some truth, but can you explain where those foreign goods from the hands of Mengyin Xu Bandit came from? Don't you say you haven't seen it? ”

"Lord Huili, this, Wei Chen wants to come and foreign guns and cannons should belong to the same origin, and they are all strange and ingenious things." Kang Youwei had to use a word "strange and skillful" to express it.

Kang Youwei belongs to the Fa-changing faction, and he has a certain understanding of the West, at least he belongs to the "Shiyi technique to control the country", but when it comes to specific foreign goods and foreign things, Kang Youwei, like other intellectuals in this era, is essentially very contemptuous.

"Everyone, Aiqing, let's talk about how to exterminate the Mengyin bandits, can't Zhang Rumei damage my tens of thousands of soldiers in the Qing Dynasty, and everyone will turn a blind eye to it, which is equivalent to not happening?"

Cixi suddenly felt that there was no point in discussing the reasons for the bandits.

"The Empress Dowager, the Emperor, and Weichen thought that since the Mengyin bandits had foreign guns and cannons, and the ordinary green battalion was not their opponent, then they could ask Yuan Shikai, the envoy of Zhili and the Minister of Training of the New Army, to preside over the extermination of the Mengyin bandits. At the same time, Prime Minister Yamen also needs to send a note to the Minister of the Rhine Kingdom to protest against his support for bandits to interfere in the internal affairs of the Qing Dynasty. ”

The Minister of Military Aircraft, who had not spoken, spoke resolutely. According to the practice of the Qing court, the Military Aircraft Department actually set up two chief military aircraft, one full and one Han, full in the front Han and behind, and several other people as auxiliaries, equivalent to the "squire" of each department.

"Yuan Shikai? Is his new army training complete? Cixi also suddenly remembered that I still had an army completely armed with foreign guns and cannons in the Qing Dynasty.

"The Empress Dowager, the Emperor, Yuan Weiting has been training the new army for more than two years, and now it has become a town with more than 10,000 people." Yulu said aloud.

"There are more than 10,000 people, will there be a little less?" Cixi was a little unsure.

"The Queen Mother, the Emperor, and Yuan Weiting's more than 10,000 new troops are indeed a little less, but if you add Dong Fuxiang's 'Gan Army' and Nie Shicheng's 'Wu Yi Army', presumably even if the Mengyin Xu Bandits really have the so-called magical powers, they can't escape the palms of the Queen Mother and the Emperor." Yulu slapped his ass wildly.

"Good, good...... Your Majesty, what is your opinion? Cixi praised it repeatedly, but suddenly felt that the emperor had to make up his mind about this matter, at least in terms of face.

"Dear father, the emperor also thinks that Yulu is reasonable." For such a trivial matter, Guangxu would not disagree with Cixi, and now, he is most concerned about changing the law.

"Xuan Yuan Weiting, Dong Fuxiang, and Nie Shicheng will choose a day to enter Beijing to face the saint!" Seeing that Guangxu was very interesting, Cixi made the final decision.

"Piercing!" Everyone saluted and retreated.

History has taken a turn here. In the original time and space, the troops of Yuan Weiting, Dong Fuxiang, and Nie Shicheng would not get together until after the Wuxu Reform, thus forming the "Beiyang Three Armies", but now the history of the three armies coming together has advanced, but this advance is a curse rather than a blessing for Yuan Weiting.