Chen Ke did not make a big deal of his departure when he set off, and the People's Party still has the most basic concept of secrecy. Lu'an is theoretically one of the base areas of the People's Party, but this thing is also a theory. After occupying the county seat of Lu'an, revolutionary work has been hovering on the verge of mobilization. The People's Party has only completed the construction of many strongholds, which are also built to protect Anqing and inland transportation.

Before leaving, Chen Ke unexpectedly received news from Beijing. Sun Yat-sen led the League to occupy Zhennanguan in Guangxi and captured three forts in Zhennanguan. When the Qing court heard the news, it was frightened and sent an urgent telegram to Zhang Mingqi, the governor of Guangxi, Long Jiguang, the governor of the frontier department, and Lu Rongting, the commander of the frontier, to recapture the Youfushan Fort within one week, otherwise they would be dismissed from their posts and dismissed from their posts.

Chen Ke looked at the map, from Shandong to Anhui, to Zhejiang, and now Zhennanguan on the Sino-Vietnamese border. This route of armed uprising of the revolutionary parties stretched for thousands of miles, as if a sword ran through the essence of southeastern China. The Manchu Qing Dynasty had a hard time. What kind of tricks Cixi would use, Chen Ke was very curious. Come to think of it, Chen Ke did not comment on this. After a brief farewell to his comrades, he took his troops aboard a troop carrier.

Cixi's mood at this time can only be described as five internal burning. There was also a map in front of her, which was far less detailed than the map in Chen Ke's hand. But Cixi herself received more information about the rebellion than Chen Ke. Not only Anhui and Zhejiang had fallen into the hands of the revolutionary party, but before the Zhennanguan uprising broke out in Guangxi, an uprising also broke out in Changde, Hunan, and the rebel army had already occupied the city of Changde. As for Shandong's "banditry", in Cixi's opinion, it is nothing at all.

After glancing at the chaos on the map, Cixi's gaze couldn't help but fall back to Anhui. Anhui was undoubtedly the earliest of all uprisings. But Anhui made Cixi feel a great confusion. The first thing other revolutionary parties do when they take possession of territory is to announce their existence to the outside world. Only the Anhui family never did this. The more information about Chen Ke and the People's Party gathered, the more uneasy Cixi became as a politician.

Cixi once thought that King Yue would be the earliest rebel party in Anhui. The more information she gathered, the more Cixi could see what was going on. Chen Ke drove Yue Wanghui to death in a bright and upright manner. Cixi was familiar with this kind of political maneuver, and she did the same. The biggest thief in the Qing Dynasty is such a person, and Cixi can't help but feel chills in her back.

Now Cixi has two documents in front of her, one is the People's Party's "Constitution of the Anhui People's Government". Although Cixi had seen it many times, she couldn't help but flip it over again.

Article 1 The Anhui People's Government is a people's democratic government under the leadership of the Chinese People's Party and based on the alliance of workers and peasants.

Article 2 All the powers of the Anhui people's government belong to the people. The organs through which the people exercise power are the Anhui Provincial People's Congress and the local people's congresses at all levels. The Anhui Provincial People's Congress, the local people's congresses at all levels, and other state organs all practice democratic centralism.

Article 3 The Anhui People's Government is a unified multi-ethnic government. All ethnic groups are equal. Discrimination and oppression against any ethnic group and acts that undermine the unity of all ethnic groups are prohibited.

Article 4 The Anhui People's Government relies on state organs and social forces to ensure the gradual elimination of the exploitation system and the establishment of a socialist society through socialist industrialization and socialist transformation.

These clichés of the revolutionary party jumped into view, and Cixi only felt a wave of extreme disgust. She opened the carefully finalized Outline of the King James Constitution. The originally grim expression also showed some signs of softening.

1. The Qing Emperor ruled the Qing Empire, and he was honored forever.

2. The sacred dignity of the monarch is inviolable.

(3) The power to enact laws and submit bills. Laws that have been passed by the House of Parliament without being approved by decree shall not be put into effect.

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5. The right to establish an official system and to depose the Hundred Divisions. The power of employing people is in charge of the king, and the minister is assisted, and the House of Representatives shall not interfere.

6. The right to command the army and navy and to establish the military system. The king dispatched the whole army and established a standing quota, which was fully implemented. All military affairs are not interference by the House of Representatives.

7. The right to declare war, to make peace, to conclude treaties, and to send and accept envoys. The matter of state relations shall be decided by the monarch himself, and shall not be submitted to the House of Representatives.

8. The right to declare martial law. In times of emergency, edicts may be issued restricting the liberty of subjects.

9. The right of knighthood and pardon. Grace comes from the king, not the subordinates.

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XIII. The royal expenses shall be fixed by the king, and shall be drawn from the treasury, and the House shall not put it on its agenda.

14. The royal ceremonies shall be agreed upon by the royal family and the special ministers led by the Governor, and the House shall not interfere with it.

Looking at this constitutional provision that determined the emperor's powers, Cixi carefully determined that there was nothing wrong with it. Although these contents only turned the supremacy of the monarchy into a constitution, Cixi still felt that it was not enough. In fact, what she hated most was having to establish a constitution. The fact that the monarch had to rely on the law to secure his power meant that the monarch no longer had absolute power. For Cixi, this was a real failure. But she couldn't help but accept this concession.

It was not the officials who opposed the Qing Dynasty, but the real opponents were the gentry. Cixi regretted that she hastily abolished the imperial examination. After the abolition of the imperial examination, the channel for children to enter the official career through the imperial examination was blocked for a while. The imperial court required that the newly recruited officials should be knowledgeable in Western science and technology, and there were not so many schools in the Qing Dynasty. As a result, a large number of people went to study abroad. The revolutionaries instigated the revolution among these students. When those young students go abroad, without parental discipline, they are like wild horses, where can they withstand the nonsense of the party. What kind of bastard will young people do, Cixi knows too well. Her biological son Tongzhi and her nephew Guangxu are all misbehaving. Even though they grew up in the emperor's house and ascended to the emperor's supreme throne, these two young people did not listen to advice at all.

Although the older gentry did not mess around with the youngsters, they had their own reasons for dissatisfaction. The invasion of foreigners made the livelihood of the gentry become increasingly corrupt, and the old-fashioned gentry were naturally full of resentment towards the imperial court, while those gentry who did not recognize their ancestors simply became compradors and followed the foreigners.

Cixi knew very well that for most officials, whether to choose the imperial court or the gentry, the officials would definitely choose the gentry. The officials came from the gentry, and what they represented was the interests of the gentry. Therefore, this "Outline of the King James Constitution" is not for officials at all, but for appeasement of the gentry. The purpose of the establishment of the parliament was to provide more opportunities for the gentry to intervene in central politics. Therefore, there is no need to be polite at all in the "Outline of the King James Constitution", since the gentry are given the opportunity to interfere in politics, then they must let these people know that the sovereign is the greatest.

Thinking of this, Cixi suddenly remembered the People's Party led by Chen Ke. Like Cixi, Chen Ke was well aware of the importance of the gentry to politics. However, Cixi chose to train the whip of the gentry. And Chen Ke simply eradicated the gentry in a big way. Judging from the "Constitution of the Anhui People's Government" promulgated by the People's Party, Chen Ke completely wrote the rebellion of relying on the grass people into the constitution. In terms of means of implementation, the People's Party broke the encirclement of the Anhui gentry and implemented the policy of equal distribution of land. Now only the People's Party and the people of Anhui are left in the whole of Anhui. Cixi was very appreciative of Chen Ke's ruthlessness at such a young age. Once you've decided to do something, don't leave it behind. Cutting the grass does not remove the roots, but only leaves the aftermath in vain. Chen Ke, who has such ruthless methods, stands on the opposite side of Cixi, but it is a very terrible thing.

Let's let the gentry and Chen Ke have a decisive battle, Cixi has already made up her mind. The land policy of the BJP was to be the enemy of the gentry of the world. Even more than the gentry, as long as there were more than a dozen acres of land of homesteaders, it was impossible to accept Chen Ke's land reform policy. As long as he can do a good job of publicity, Chen Ke is the public enemy of the world. And Cixi can guide the world's public opinion.

"The revolutionaries are a bunch of robbers! They're going to take all the land! Xi could have imagined how panicked the gentry would have been when they had realized the true face of the BJP. At this time, only by uniting under the banner of the imperial court could the gentry avoid the fate of being deprived of their land by the People's Party. The fear of the BJP can easily involve all the revolutionary parties.

This plan had been taking shape in Cixi's mind for several days, and Cixi was troubled by who should be the first to publicize the matter. There are three people Cixi likes, the first is Cen Chunxuan who is "recuperating". Although Cen Chuanxuan was bad and was forced to "recuperate", this hypocrite is very capable of deceiving people, and there are many people who believe in him.

The second candidate is Yuan Shikai, and Yuan Shikai's appeal is above Zeng Chunxuan. Although Qingliu was dissatisfied with Yuan Shikai, he was right

The third candidate is Zhang Zhidong. Zhang Zhidong was quite appealing in the Westernization Restoration. And he is also the patriarch of the Nanyang family of the Hunan army of Zeng Guofan. The revolutionary parties in various places rebelled, and the Jiangnan region bore the brunt of the rebellion. If Zhang Zhidong comes forward, his persuasiveness will naturally be extremely strong.

Once the gentry can be panicked, whether it is to let the gentry pay for the formation of a new army, or let the gentry spontaneously form regimental exercises. Or simply intimidate the gentry and make them gather on the side of the court again. The imperial court would then have a variety of means at its disposal.

However, this must be based on the fact that the imperial court was able to extinguish the rebellion of Chen Ke in Anhui. Thinking of this, Cixi's face was difficult to look at again, as far as it looks now, there is no such person in the imperial court. Is it the same as the time of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, please ask foreigners to send troops to help?

Just when Cixi was thinking about what to arrange next, she saw Li Lianying come in with a happy face. Li Lianying was not afraid of disturbing Cixi this time, and as soon as he entered the hall, he knelt on the ground, "Lafayette." War Department Tie Liang asked to see him. ”

"What's the matter?" Cixi knew that Tie Liang must have said something to Li Lianying, and if Li Lianying was not allowed to show such a look.

"The Jiangning defenders repelled the rebellious party of the Restoration Society. Zhang Xun, the governor of Jiangnan, has begun to pursue the rebels. Li Lianying knew that this was rare good news, and his joy was from the bottom of his heart.

"Xuan Tieliang come in." As Li Lianying thought, Cixi really had joy. It's been a long time, and it's been a real piece of good news.

No matter how excited Tie Liang was, he reported the good news to Cixi. The Manchus maintained their usual style of exaggerating the facts, and the retreat of the Restoration Society became Jiangning's initiative to repel the Restoration Society. But the pursuit finally told the truth. Wang Youhong has been on the front line these days. He was smart enough not to interfere with the battle command of the Ninth Town of the New Army, but only to participate in military operations in a similar capacity as a supervisor.

Wang Youhong really performed the function of supervising the army, and in the fierce battle in the southern valley of Nanjing, he did not hide in the rear. The observation of the exploits in the battle is reasonable and in place. After the battle, he suggested to Zhang Xun that all kinds of rewards could be basically just and fair. The original fear of unfair rewards and punishments in the Ninth Town of the New Army did not happen, which really mustered up the will to fight of the Ninth Town of the New Army.

On the third day after the Battle of the Valley, the Ninth Town of the New Army took the initiative and launched an attack on the Restoration Society. The battle didn't last long from the beginning to the pitch of battle.