Chapter 222: External Contradictions

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When Cen Chunxuan heard Chen Zhong talk about this, he immediately got up, and seemed to have a feeling of sudden enlightenment, but after a short period of excitement, he lowered his head and pondered. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Chen Zhong walked to Cen Chunxuan's side with a smile and said, "Lord Cen doesn't feel that although what this king said makes some sense, it is very difficult to operate?" Isn't it worrying that if you don't do it properly, it will be self-defeating? ”

Cen Chunxuan looked up at Chen Zhong, who was confident, and a subtle smile flashed on his face, and said, "It seems that this official is too worried." Five years ago, before the official decided to King Qin, even if he had a hanging, the Taoist priest said that there were villains in the official's life, but there were nobles to help, although there were many changes in his life, but he could always turn evil into good fortune and be auspicious! It seems that this is not a lie. King of Hainan, this official has offended a lot before, please forgive me! ”

Chen Zhong laughed and said, "This king admires Lord Cen's courage and selflessness to eradicate corrupt officials*. The ideas are extremely trendy, and they are practiced with unremitting efforts for the industrial, educational and political reform of the nation! How could this king have an opinion on Lord Cen? ”

"King of Hainan, the operational problems you mentioned do indeed need to be carefully considered, some things are done well, just one step, and the overall situation will be won. However, if you take even half a step at the wrong time, you may put yourself in a situation from which you will never recover. ”

Chen Zhong sat down, took a sip of the lightly scented phoenix tea, glanced at them, and said, "It is mentioned in Taoist thought that the two sides of yin and yang are converted into each other. When external contradictions intensify, internal contradictions will be alleviated.

Just like now, the contradiction between you and the forces of Yixuan and Yuan Shikai, and the contradiction between the Qing court and the anti-Qing forces of the people, should belong to the internal contradictions of our Chinese nation. ”

"Yes. So what? Cen Chunxuan looked at Chen Zhong, his eyes full of expectation. I have read some books of the sons myself, so why haven't I heard such an opinion?

"When these internal contradictions intensify, the best strategy is to eliminate one of the conflicting interests. However, if one is destroyed, there will be a second, and if the second is destroyed, there will be a third...... If the cycle goes on again and again, no one dares to guarantee that they will always be the victorious side in this contradictory interest struggle, and this will only make themselves more and more isolated. Therefore, it is the most clumsy way to solve the problem by eliminating the other party. ”

"Oh, King of Hainan, your opinion is the freshest that this official has heard, so what kind of means is the best?" The more Cen Chunxuan listened, the more he felt that Chen Zhong's words were more and more fresh, and he looked forward to what Chen Zhong said.

"Lord Cen, have you been used to that kind of battle in officialdom for many years? With Lord Cen's upright temperament, although he can make his opponent fearful, it will also hurt himself, and it is easy to be damaged if he is too rigid. When Chen Zhong said this, Cen Chunxuan nodded.

"Lord Cen, the reason why you were able to punish corrupt officials happily and speak out before was because the Empress Dowager Cixi favored you. But, Lord Cen, have you ever thought about what would happen to you if someone had been clamoring in Lafayette's ears for a long time to frame you? A lie a thousand times becomes the truth. At that time, no matter how capable Master Cen is, he will be like a tiger falling into Pingyang, causing vicious dogs to bully!

Therefore, Lord Cen, this king believes that the best way to solve internal contradictions is not to confront and eliminate, but to seek common ground while reserving differences and transform contradictions! ”

"Transforming contradictions?" Cen Chunxuan frowned and said, "How to transform?" ”

"The premise of transforming a contradiction is that the parties to the contradiction must have one or several common enemies."

"A common enemy?"

"That's right! A common enemy. Lord Cen, think about it, who are your common enemies with Yixuan and Yuan Shikai? Who is your common enemy with Galeries Lafayette? ”

"Our common enemy? There are only the great powers, those foreign forces that invade our China! ”

"That's right, Lord Cen. When you find your common enemy, think about it, will your internal contradictions gradually transform because of this? ”

"Yes, it's a good move. King of Hainan, your opinion is very unique, but with my own strength, Cen alone, I can do this. Besides, the current imperial court is no longer able to resist foreign enemies, so although your idea is good, it is just a beautiful ideal, and the conditions are not ripe in all aspects. ”

Chen Zhong laughed and said, "Since Lord Cen can agree with this king's opinion, it is enough. The Qing Dynasty is now like a building about to collapse, and the weak and sick can't of course rise up to fight against foreign enemies. The weakness of the imperial court is not the force, but the fighting spirit and the unity of thought. That's why this king came to visit the Governor. ”

"King of Hainan, what do you mean ......?" Cen Chunxuan asked hesitantly.

"The war, this king will fight, but there must be a precondition for this, that is, the Qing court can stay out of the matter, but make way for the king's army, and agree with the behavior of our Hainan army to resist foreign enemies. This requires Lord Cen to work hard. ”

"Me?"

"Yes, not only your lordship, but also unite with Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Huguang, and Yuan Shikai, the governor of Zhili, to temporarily stop the civil war against our Hainan, and tacitly accept that the Hainan army will go to the northeast to fight against Japan. Only by playing this game of chess can we revitalize and thus transform the fierce contradictions between the various parties in the country in front of us into contradictions between Japan and Russia. It not only resolved the political crisis of Lord Cen, but also won the support of various domestic forces. At that time, Lord Cen will reproduce the power of the government and the opposition after the Gengzi Incident, and even go down in history! ”

Cen Chunxuan laughed out loud and said, "King of Hainan, your insights are really exquisite. In this way, not only the crisis is resolved, but also the crisis is successfully transformed into an opportunity! High! What a clever strategy! The official is really starting to admire you! So, who will operate the King of Hainan and Yuan Shikai? ”

"Of course it's this king, as we all know, Yuan Shikai has a long-standing grudge with Japan, and each has the intention of killing the other.

At that time, Yuan Shikai adopted some radical and brutal measures in Korea because of his youth and vigor, but he effectively curbed the infiltration of Japan and Tsarist Russia into Korea.

Until the first year of the First Sino-Japanese War, before Japan provoked the war, the Japanese side had sent people to assassinate Yuan Shikai many times.

In the year of the First Sino-Japanese War, the Donghak Party uprising broke out in Korea, and Yuan Shikai hinted that the Korean government begged for help from the Qing government. Then the Japanese army quickly dispatched to Korea in an attempt to provoke a war.

On the eve of the outbreak of the First Sino-Japanese War, Yuan Shikai disguised himself as a civilian and fled and arrived in Tianjin. After Yuan Shikai returned to China, he was ordered to go to the front line in Liaodong to assist Zhou Fu in transporting grain and equipment, collecting soldiers and other logistical matters, until May of the following year, he took leave to return to his hometown.

It is said that during these 10 months on the front line, by witnessing the tragic defeat of the Qing army in the First Sino-Japanese War, Yuan Shikai came up with the idea of training troops with Western methods, and he vowed to drive the foreign powers out of China, and when the time is ripe, he will definitely send troops to Japan, so as to completely eliminate this biggest hidden danger that has coveted China for a long time.

Based on Yuan Shikai's patriotic thoughts and status in the imperial court, there should be no problem in uniting Yuan Shikai to fight against the foreign enemy Japan. ”

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