"What, Wang Ginseng will be disobedient and disrespectful?" Fortitude squinted. The little eunuch retreated to the end with great interest. Once again, the Green Battalion's rifles were aimed.

Wang Tingjiao waved his hand behind him.

"Where, the lower official just doesn't understand."

"If you don't understand, you have to carry it. General Wang, please. Resolute stretched out his right hand.

Wang Tingjiao took a deep breath, a little annoyed and a little relieved. He looked back at the new army that was being upright. The New Army stood still in the absence of high-ranking officers, while the Cold Weapons Corps formed by the Boxers had already loosely surrounded the New Army.

Don't these fools know that the rifles of the new army are full of live ammunition? Just with those few big swords and spears of the Boxers, they want to threaten the new army?

"Lord Zheng, do you want to collect the body of this official?" Wang Tingjiao shouted loudly.

Hu Xiaoyan was not sent to the palace at all, thinking that the queen mother didn't treat him very well now, she couldn't kill him, and she couldn't be locked up. It can only be served with good food and drink.

This is the purpose of Hu Xiaoyan's writing about the rise of great powers and the supremacy of science and technology, as well as translating the encyclopedia of the British Empire. This is also where he is more clever than Yan Fu, Yuan Shikai and others. Like Yan Fu, although no one in the officialdom dares to touch him, but if no one uses him, he will still have to be blind. But Hu Xiaoyan is different, he is a link between theory and practice, no one dares to use it, and no one dares to use it. Otherwise, no matter who is at the level of public opinion, they will not be able to bear it.

Hu Xiaoyan's biggest mistake was conscription, now that I think about it, maybe that security regiment is the bones deliberately thrown by Cixi's old lady. No matter which dynasty recruits soldiers privately, it is definitely a capital crime, and this security regiment is actually a pit! Like Sheng Xuanhuai, he is also engaged in foreign affairs, but he has won the trust of a large number of officials such as Cixi, Li Hongzhang, and Zhang Zhidong. Almost no one fought against him, because he didn't have any soldiers, and everyone was very reassuring about him.

The place of house arrest is the Lama Temple in Dongcheng, without him, close to the palace. The Lama Temple in Dongcheng was originally a royal residence, but it was only later changed to a lama temple during the Qianlong period. Lama, as everyone understands, is the real state religion of the Qing Dynasty. There are many people who may not be convinced, saying that Buddhism is the state religion. Not really. Before the Manchus invaded the Central Plains, they did not believe in Buddhism, they only had the primitive Lama faith, and later merged the lama system of the steppe and Tibet, forming their own unique characteristics of the Lama faith. The original ancient lamas will become later Lamaism with a strong Buddhist atmosphere. In order to facilitate the rule of Mongolia, Lamaism was widely promoted, so that the total strength of the Mongols in the last years of the Qing Dynasty could not gather a million regular cavalry, which was far inferior to the early years of the Qing Dynasty.

Because Lamaism has made meritorious contributions to the education of Mongolia, Lamaism naturally has a high status in the court. Otherwise, such an important place as the Lama Temple in Dongcheng would not have been given to Lamaism rather than Buddhism or Taoism. In the eyes of the Manchurians, both Buddhism and Taoism are actually gathering places for rebellious ministers and thieves! Because only Buddhists and Taoists don't have to wear braids like the Manchurians! This is disobedience to the imperial system in disguise.

For example, in Jin Daxia's novel, it is written that Emperor Shunzhi actually went to Wutai Mountain to become a monk, which is impossible to happen in reality. What is the identity of Emperor Shunzhi? How secret is his ordination? How could he go to the monk temple of the Han people to be a monk of the Han people? If you really want to become a monk, you will only go to Guanwai to become a lama. No matter how bad it is, he will go to Mongolia to be a lama. I will definitely not go to Wutai Mountain, which is full of Han people!

The place where Hu Xiaoyan was placed under house arrest was placed in the Lama Temple in Dongcheng, which is also the reason. There are all lamas that the Manchurians can trust, so that after a few days of confinement, Hu was picked up by the Han people in a big way. Moreover, this place is close to the palace, and the patrol guards are also extremely strict, and it is extremely difficult for ordinary people to escape from prison. Cixi, the old lady, can be regarded as having a hard time.

At this time, the commander of the Nine Gates of Beijing was Prince Zhuang Zaixun, and the Boxers in Beijing were led by several other princes, such as Zailian, Zaiyi, Zailan and so on. After mastering the Nine Gates Admiral and the Boxer Rebellion, Cixi took control of the city of Beijing. This is also the basis for Cixi and others to dare to brazenly put Hu Xiaoyan under house arrest and seize his military power! It is enough for the Han people to have a Li Hongzhang in the. Hu Xiaoyan not only holds the power of the army, but also dares to go to war with foreigners? It's all overturned!

At the British Embassy in Beijing, Sheng Xuanhuai met with the British ambassador Dou Nale.

"Your Excellency, you have fulfilled your request. So when will the peace talks begin? Sheng Xuanhuai was a little anxious. Today, at the request of the British ambassador, they opened the embassy's telegraph line. After that, Hu Xiaoyan was arrested.

"Look, Lord Shan. Our embassy is now surrounded by the people of your country, and we will not be able to surround it for a day. The peace talks will not succeed for a single day. You'd better withdraw from the outer encirclement first, and punish those bandits severely. Dou Nale was not in a hurry at all. While the embassy districts of small countries such as Belgium and the Netherlands were burned down. But the embassies of Britain, France and other countries are currently as stable as Mount Tai! Not only were there more than 1,000 professional soldiers inside, but there were also armed guards sent by the Manchus to supervise the Boxers. Led by Dong Fuxiang, the general of the Right Army of the Wuwei Army. As for Rong Lu of the Wuwei Army, he had already been killed in Tianjin.

Sheng Xuanhuai was suddenly annoyed! If the Armed Guards and the Boxers attacked with all their might, how could the embassy area in Dongjiaomin Lane not be attacked? On the one hand, Cixi herself has not yet decided whether to fight or make peace. On the other hand, Sheng Xuanhuai and others were unwilling to break the embassy. Otherwise, it will be extremely difficult to negotiate at that time.

"You know, Mr. Dou Nale. If we persist in this way, we will no longer be able to guarantee the safety of the embassy district. Please think about it, Mr. Ambassador. Sheng Xuanhuai angrily brushed his sleeves away.

You must know that in order to negotiate, he has contributed to the mutual protection of the southeast, otherwise the embassy would have been knocked down a long time ago. Under pressure, Yuan Shikai's new army had to send troops to Tianjin long ago. Then a big war will be inevitable.

It is precisely in order to prevent this national war and the idea of preserving strength that Sheng Xuanhuai's policy of mutual protection in the southeast will be so smooth.

Except for Sheng Xuanhuai from the embassy, he was a little dazed at this time, he felt that he seemed to have made a mistake. The foreigners have no intention of peace talks at all. He looked back and saw a figure in an upstairs window looking downstairs with a wine glass.

Dou Nale smiled and picked up his wine glass, walked to the window, and looked at Sheng Xuanhuai who walked away. I secretly gave Sheng Xuanhuai a very good praise in my heart. Britain has long been dissatisfied with the Qing Dynasty, and even with **, it is still difficult for domestic goods to be transported inland. The profits earned are still too scarce to be worthy of the identity of the empire on which the sun never sets. The British Empire deserves more! And this Boxer Rebellion is precisely the best opportunity.

As for the group of boxers outside? Mr. Dou Nale raised his glass to the window and drank it dry. Thank you for giving me this opportunity.

Mr. Clinder was also looking out the window, but he was in a completely different state of mind from Mr. Douglas.

"Mr. Hu is already under house arrest?" He asked, a little incredulous.

"Yes, I saw with my own eyes that the governor escorted Mr. Hu into the lama temple." The adjutant bowed his head and replied.

"How is this possible? According to the information given by the General Staff, this Mr. Hu is a civilized person who is very assertive and does not have any good feelings towards the Qing State! How could he have been arrested for no reason? If I'm not mistaken, he has more than 10,000 soldiers and horses under his command! Clint asked, confused.

"Yes, sir. If you add the bandits of the Boxer Rebellion that he had recruited before, as well as the new reinforcements, he would have at least fifteen thousand people available. And that terrible airship force. ”

"Then why did he tie his hands down?"

"I don't know, sir." The adjutant was even more puzzled.

"Sir, why didn't you tell Mr. Dou Nale about the airship?"

"Anyway, we Germany didn't send troops, and it's none of our business how many British people die." Clinder was in a much better mood at last when he thought that the British were going to face those terrible airships.

"I heard that they suffered again from the Boers. If the British were to make another mistake in China, I believe that our Emperor would be very, very happy. ”

The adjutant bowed his head.

Klinder did not tell the adjutant that the airship was still classified and was a weapon that Germany would use against the British in the future! It would certainly be best to be able to leak a little later and give the British less time to react.

The British have always been targets for the Germans! Originally, Wilhelm II still wanted to send troops to take advantage of it. But little Moltke stopped him. Moltke Jr., after visiting the 240-meter-long airship and the effects of the attack, definitively prevented Wilhelm II's military action against China. He believed that the Eight-Nation Coalition could not be an opponent of Hu Xiaoyan of the Airship Force.

Moltke Jr. instructed Clint to stay out of the situation and wait for the situation, and not to make any biased remarks until the matter was completely clear. At first, Klinder was a little incomprehensible to the telegram from the General Staff, but after seeing the bombing effect of Hu Xiaoyan's airship, he immediately became a loyal fan of the airship. How many Hu Xiaoyan's 110-meter-long airships are there? And Germany is about to enter service with a 240-meter-long airship! Qing people? Briton? Clinder took a sip of dry red wine. Well, wouldn't it be better to have a glass of champagne at this time?

Resolute raised his right hand high, and when he heard Wang Tingjiao's shout, his heart suddenly felt a little uneasy. This is Hu Xiaoyan's military camp, and it must be resolved quickly!

Wang Tingjiao just watched very calmly.

Resolute and ruthless, he waved it down with one hand. A few gunshots!