Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Building Will Fall (Part II)
Hearing Tie Liang's words, all the princes and ministers in the warm pavilion lowered their heads, "The slave is incompetent", this seems to be Tie Liang talking to himself, but in fact he is slapping everyone's face.
"You have the grace of God!" Longyu's face sank, and Tie Liang glanced white. "It's not all unreasonable in that electricity, 'corpses and vegetarians live in temples', I think, this is talking about you, right? Since you also know that you are incompetent, then you should give up the position of Minister of War first. ”
"Slaves obey!" Tie Liang sighed, at this time, it would be better to let him pick a son, so as not to resign himself, but to be said not to worry about the court. War Secretary? Whoever wants to sit in this position will sit, anyway, he Tieliang will not sit. Vegetarian meal in the cadaver position? I am afraid that everyone in this Heart Cultivation Temple deserves this comment.
The East Warm Pavilion of the Heart Cultivation Hall suddenly fell silent, only the Western table clock "ticked", knocking on everyone's tense nerves.
No one spoke for a long time, Pu Wei glanced at the regent Zaifeng who was kneeling in front of him, and saw that he was still hanging his head, and then looked up, but saw that the Empress Dowager Longyu was staring at him, so he said: "The slave received the decree of Yi, so he hurried over, and the copy of the telegram was still taken from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the way, and now the slave is also very flustered, and he can't think of any good ideas for a while." However, since this telegram was the leader of the chaotic party, then the slave thought that it was better to call Yuan Shikai as well, no matter how he was involved with the chaotic party, while he was still in Beijing, he would detain it first. The slave has a white rainbow knife in his hand, which was given to King Lao Gong by Lord Xianfeng back then, in case of urgency, the slave can take this imperial knife and behead Yuan Shikai's traitorous minister, the knife slave brought it over, and put it in the sedan chair, if the queen mother wants to see, the slave will take it. ”
"According to your meaning, Yuan Shikai must be killed?" Empress Dowager Longyu asked, a few days ago, King Xiaogong was slandering, saying that he took the opportunity to kill Yuan Shikai and take over the military power of the Beiyang New Army, and now it is just an old matter.
"If the Queen Mother can't bear it, it's not a way to be confined to her." Pu Wei played.
"No!" Originally, he was aiming to supervise the mausoleum project in Botuoyu, but last night he received a secret report from Beijing and learned of the Jiujiang incident, so he returned to Beijing privately regardless of etiquette. Yuan Shikai was promoted by him, and after so many years, he has long been in a relationship of both prosperity and loss, so he has to rush back to participate in the discussion of politics no matter what. At the moment when he received the telegram, his keen political sense told him that Yuan Shikai was going to be unlucky, he couldn't stand and watch jokes, everyone knew that he was Yuan Shikai's backstage, and bringing down Yuan Shikai was also a knock on the mountain, I don't know how many people stared at his "Qingna Company" drooling, the "Yang Cuixi case" two years ago was just a sentinel battle between the two sides, it was a draw, and the main battle had not yet begun. Keeping Yuan Shikai is equivalent to gathering the military heart of the Beiyang New Army, and his official position will be more stable, and his money bag will not be snatched away.
Yi Liang said: "The chaotic party telegraphed the world in the telegram, and supported Yuan Xiangcheng to be the republican commander, this matter is quite suspicious, it seems to be a divisive plan, and the imperial court must not be rash. Yuan Xiangcheng received the grace of the country, and he would never do anything to live up to the grace of the saint, and the court still used people without doubt, so he simply sent him to lead the army to the south, and immediately put down the chaotic party, one to serve the court, and the other to show the court's reliance on him. ”
"Send Yuan Shikai to lead the army south? It's even less feasible! Prince Su on the side glanced sideways. The six towns of Beiyang are the essence of the new army of the imperial court, the power of the army is all due to the strength of the army, Yuan Shikai has been in the military affairs for a long time, deep-rooted, the power is huge, most of the officials in the army are his private individuals, the so-called 'unpredictable people's hearts', the more at this time, the more cautious the court must be, and the Beiyang strong army must not be handed over to him to command! As for the detention of Yuan Shikai that King Gong said, it seems inappropriate, Yuan Shikai has a very high prestige in the army, and no one can match it at present, whether it is seized or killed, it is afraid that it will provoke the Beiyang military mutiny, and the situation will be more difficult to control. At present, the situation is delicate, what is the idea of the chaotic party? We don't know yet. I also hope that the Queen Mother and the Emperor Mingjian! ”
"Yuan Shikai is definitely a traitor!" Zhenguo Gong Zaize said through gritted teeth. "Please give an order from the Queen Mother, and the slave will bring someone to tie him up. Before coming just now, the slave deliberately changed into civilian clothes and ran to Yuan's mansion to watch, but saw that he Yuan Shikai was also dressed in civilian clothes and got into the carriage, and then went straight to the Daqianmen Railway Station. Queen Mother, Yuan Shikai wants to run! If he chases now, he can still catch up, otherwise, when he runs to Tianjin and hides in the concession, the court will have nothing to do with him. ”
"Huh? Yuan Shikai ran away? "The Empress Dowager Longyu was taken aback." Why didn't you say it earlier? ”
Zai Ze bowed his head and was silent. Say it early? If he said it earlier, I'm afraid that he Yuan Shikai hasn't gotten on the train yet, or wait for him to get on the train, and after he gets nine out of ten, it will not be too late for the court to do it, at least he can be punished for leaving his post without permission. It's ridiculous to think about it, the court cast a mouse trap on Yuan Shikai, but he didn't expect that Yuan Shikai was also very weak-hearted, thinking that he received a call and learned that he was elected as the leader of the chaotic party, and he was in chaos, so he first thought of escaping.
Also, this telegram is too strange, and everyone has to mess up, and the imperial court wants to "cut the domain" is not a matter of one or two days, Yuan Shikai is not a fool, of course he understands why he was pulled down from the position of Beiyang Minister last year, the ancients said that "the husband is not guilty, and he is guilty", which is what it means.
"Don't be annoyed, Queen Mother. Zhenguo Gong came half a o'clock earlier than the minions. Prince Qing said. When the slave came, he also ran to Yuan's mansion to take a look, but Yuan Shikai was in the mansion and didn't run. I think Zhen Guogong is looking away, and I'm afraid that the one who went to the train station is not Yuan Shikai. ”
"Impossible! I saw him run with my own eyes. Zai Ze retorted.
"Zhen Guogong's eyes are not very good, he should go to see a foreign doctor and prescribe some eye medicine or something." Yi Xuan said without raising his eyes.
"Do you see it?" Longyu asked.
"The slave really saw it, and said a few words to Yuan Shikai." Yi Liang said. "Queen Mother, the current situation is too chaotic, there are too many rumors, and the court can't mess up. Yuan Shikai is an important minister of the imperial court, and he has been loyal to the imperial court for many years, and the imperial court can't cold the heart of loyal ministers. ”
"What do you mean, Lord Regent?" Empress Dowager Longyu turned her gaze to Zaifeng's head.
Zaifeng was already covered with cold sweat, and he said on the ground: "The servants think that what King Gong and King Su played is very appropriate, and what King Qing said may not be for the sake of the court, it is all an old opinion. The slave thought that Yuan Shikai's authority was too heavy, not the blessing of the imperial court, originally, he was transferred from Beiyang to the capital a few years ago, just to reduce his momentum a little, and now that the southern rebel party has elected him as the leader, the imperial court might as well push the boat down the river, take away his official title, and send him back to his hometown, so that there is no need to let him lead the army south, nor do you need to detain Beijing, and Beiyang must have nothing to say. ”
"Zhang Zhidong, what do you mean?" The Empress Dowager Longyu glanced at Zhang Zhidong, who was kneeling on the very edge. Originally, according to the meaning of the regent Zaifeng, there was no need to call Zhang Zhidong over, but Prince Qing insisted on calling up, so Zhang Zhidong, the minister of military aircraft, was still edicted to enter the Hajj.