"The matter is because of Li Hongzhang's protection, Li Hongzhang, you are the governor of Zhili, the minister of Beiyang, and the most capable soldiers and horses in the imperial court are in your hands, what should I do? You say. www.biquge.info"The voice of the Empress Dowager Cixi was cold, and she completely eliminated the two palaces and the emperor in one sentence.

Empress Dowager Cixi's attitude, of course, was also expected by Li Hongzhang, before coming to Beijing, he had repeatedly thought about what angle to stand on.

As the Minister of Beiyang and the head of the National Governor's Office, isn't this what it should be to carry the black pot, and Li Hongzhang is used to carrying the black pot.

Li Hongzhang arched his hand and said: "The minister dares to ask the Queen Mother, this Eastern Hawaiian Kingdom has seized Benxi and Caohekou, is it a foreigner's business?" Or is it a matter of the Xuan family? In the end, does it have anything to do with the Xuan family? The minister was just walking in Zhili, and he was not clear about the situation in the northeast. ”

Li Hongzhang is always spicy here, on the one hand, he has a clever brain and quick response, on the other hand, he will never express his position when he has not figured out Cixi's thoughts, among them, is there anything about Xuan Yuemeng, this is not actually or not, but in Cixi's heart, is it considered to be there?

This is the first thing Li Hongzhang wants to understand.

Cixi secretly said that Li Hongzhang was cunning and snorted softly.

Now everyone knows that it has something to do with the Xuan family, and the reason is because Yixun wants to transfer Xuan Zonglu back to Beijing and return to the Ministry of Gifts.

If it has nothing to do with the Xuan family, this is self-deception, if it has something to do with the Xuan family, then the scope of involvement is wide, this is something that cannot be put on the table, if time can be reversed, many people can't wait to strangle Xuan Yuemeng.

This is definitely not Li Hongzhang's problem alone, you are all blind?

Prince Gong also hated it to death, and glared fiercely at the floor in front of him.

In fact, Prince Gong Yixun is the most responsible, and the cause of this incident is from Prince Gong Yixun, if it weren't for his insistence on removing Xuanzonglu's top of the Liaoning governor, there would not be so many things.

Emperor Tongzhi, who had already returned to government, was very unhappy, he should have been in charge, but Emperor Tongzhi found that after returning to government, the curtain was not removed! He's still just a puppet,

Emperor Tongzhi said loudly: "This is foreign affairs, and it is Prince Gong's business!" Li Hongzhang's question should be answered by Prince Gong. ”

Prince Gong Yixun saw that the emperor opened his mouth to name himself, so he had to bite the bullet and say: "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces, whether this matter was provoked by Xuan Zonglu and Xuan Yuemeng behind their backs has not been verified, but this Eastern Hawaiian Kingdom is indeed a foreigner, and the foreign prince named Richard Harris has also seen it." As for why this Eastern Hawaiian Kingdom suddenly forcibly occupied the territory of our Great Qing Kingdom, I still have to ask them again, but for now, we should immediately mobilize troops and horses, and on the one hand, we should find the consulates of various countries in Beijing to mediate, and on the other hand, make defensive preparations! This Eastern Hawaiian Kingdom is just an overseas vassal state of the United States, and the strength of the United States among the great powers is considered weak, and we cannot be bullied by a small vassal state of the United States. ”

The Empress Dowager Cixi snorted softly again, in fact, Cixi also blamed Yi Xun in her heart for her bad idea, what did she do to withdraw Xuan Zonglu? What kind of storm can a Liaoning governor make?

Although the Empress Dowager Cixi had heard that the Eastern Hawaiian Kingdom had purchased a large amount of industrial equipment from Germany and France, she did not take it to heart, and as for the purchase of armaments by the Eastern Hawaiian Kingdom, Cixi also did not take it to heart, why?

Because the relationship between the great powers in China was not actually involved by the Qing court, but by the foreigners themselves, and this has always been the case.

The Qing court didn't have to take care of it at all, and it couldn't manage it if it wanted to, in the eyes of the Qing court, as long as Britain and France were stabilized, it was basically fine.

"Don't know anything? So what do you want your prime minister yamen to do? A bunch of college scholars are all sitting and eating dry food? What about the officials? The officials are also under the control of Prince Gong, why did they bypass my decree? Why do you want to remove Xuanzonglu from the errand of the governor of Liaoning, don't you want me to be the emperor? Emperor Tongzhi shouted.

The Empress Dowager Cixi frowned and said to Li Lianying: "Little Lizi, the emperor is tired!" Let people wait for the emperor to go down and rest! ”

Empress Dowager Ci'an glanced at the irascible emperor, and also frowned, but her eyes were full of love, and she shook her head slightly at the emperor.

Emperor Tongzhi snorted and strode out of the warm pavilion, "Don't let me listen, it's better, I don't like to listen to it!" ”

After Emperor Tongzhi left, the Empress Dowager Cixi sorted out her emotions a little, and slowly turned the jade wrench on her thumb around, knowing that it was useless to talk about Yixin at this time, "Li Hongzhang, you arrange contact with the Eastern Hawaiian Kingdom on the one hand, and contact with the consulates of various countries in the Beijing-Tianjin area on the other, and ask foreigners to mediate and see what is going on?" Immediately mobilize troops and prepare for battle, no matter what the result of foreigners' mediation is, this battle may not be avoided, unless the vassal state of this Fanbang can take the initiative to withdraw from Benxi and Caohekou! Shengjing City is the foundation of our ancestors, and we must not let foreigners threaten the foundation of our Great Qing Dynasty. ”

"Huh." Li Hongzhang understood Cixi's meaning, Cixi's meaning this time was very tough, she must win, and she would never give in, Li Hongzhang also figured it out, in the middle, it must be Xuan Yuemeng's ghost, what Hawaiian kingdom suddenly appeared, Li Hongzhang has been suspicious.

Prince Gong Yixun gave Wen Xiang a look, Cixi's attitude was still very satisfactory to Prince Gong Yixun, Cixi finally stood on her side, but did not deal with the people of the Xuan family, which shows that Cixi's attitude is still very ambiguous, this is where Prince Gong Yixun can't swallow this breath.

Wen Xiang understood, Shi Li said: "The Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces, we have already received the news that Xuan Zonglu had fled to the Eastern Hawaiian Kingdom before the arrival of the Holy Decree, and now he can't be contacted, how should this be handled?" ”

Cixi looked at Wen Xiang, and then at Prince Gong Yixun, of course she understood what Wen Xiang and Prince Gong meant, and wanted to seal the way of the Xuan family, so she said coldly: "Then you say, what should be done?" ”

Wen Xiang was stunned, "Such a big thing can only make the queen mother of the two palaces take the idea, and the ministers dare not say anything." ”

"The mourning family now wants you to say, since you asked, you must have thought about what to do with it first." Empress Dowager Cixi's voice became colder and colder.

Cixi is definitely not warlike, Cixi wishes never to disturb her, she just firmly grasps the power of the Qing Kingdom.

"According to the regulations of the Ministry of Officials, a governor left his post without permission and went to the place of foreigners, which is always unreasonable, at least it should be regarded as dereliction of duty, please remove Xuan Zonglu's top flower feather, and ask him to return to Beijing as soon as possible to report on his work." Wen Xiang gritted his teeth and said what he meant, of course, this was all discussed with Prince Gong Yixun a long time ago.

The Empress Dowager Cixi said coldly: "Do you have evidence that Xuan Zonglu ran to the place of the foreigners?" Even if Xuan Zonglu left Shengjing, he didn't necessarily go to the place of foreigners, what is the matter, it is better to find out and then do it, you do things, you are frizzy. ”

"Huh." Wen Xiang didn't dare to say any more, Cixi's meaning was already very clear, and it would depend on the result of the fight! At this time, if he insisted on curing Xuan Zonglu's sin, he was really working against Cixi, and he didn't have the courage.

Prince Gong didn't dare to be long-winded, Cixi's idea was indeed a serious idea, which was admired by the ministers present in their hearts.

Li Hongzhang finally said: "The minister, please transfer the 5,000 soldiers and horses of Luo Guozhong's department. Two more battalions, totaling 10,000 soldiers and horses, were transferred to respond to Luo Guozhong's troops. ”

The ministers were shocked, this is Li Hongzhang's blood capital, the capital of the housekeeper has almost been taken out, Li Hongzhang's Huai army of more than 30,000 people, Luo Guozhong's 5,000 army is battle-hardened, in the fight against the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, when fighting the Twist Army, they have been rushing to the front, please come out of this army, Li Hongzhang is to show his attitude and fight hard. If another 10,000 soldiers and horses are transferred, the total number will be 15,000, which is almost half of Li Hongzhang's net worth.

Cixi was very satisfied with Li Hongzhang's attitude, "If you can fight, you must also be able to peace, if you fight well, you will have the opportunity to fight, and if you have fought, you may not have to make peace." ”

The ministers were surprised again, this is a rare word of death for Cixi, the meaning is very clear, Jiucheng is going to fight this battle, and he has clearly told Li Hongzhang that he must win and not hide his strength.

Li Hongzhang felt hot all over, "Huh! (To be continued.) )