Zhong Lin had been puzzled for seven or eight days, and the problem was solved by himself.

As soon as his head turned, Zhong Lin began to worry about another question, that is, Liu Jun treated the people sent by the imperial court like this time, will the top retaliate and send people to blame, this is not worried, Zhong Lin is worried that this time Liu Jun did not give any face, pretended to be sick and did not come out, so that the eunuchs sent by the imperial court to deliver the decree were beaten face to face without seeing it. If the imperial court knew, would it π army to crusade? Therefore, when he said the word blame, he accentuated his tone and raised his voice.

Liu Jun is an outstanding talent who has been tempered by thousands of tempers in later generations, and of course he heard what Zhong Lin meant.

Smiling slightly, Liu Jun said lightly: "He doesn't have the courage yet." ”

It is not without reason that Liu Jun dares to be so confident.

After the end of the war with Japan, Liu Jun issued a question of counting troops, I don't know if I don't count, I was shocked by a count, and now in Liu Jun's hands, although the establishment is only five armies of 100,000 people, but in fact, the current Lushun Army is 130,000 people, which does not include Zhang Xun's first Korean division in North Korea, as well as the Heilongjiang army.

And the navy, up to now, Liu Jun is sure that it has been firmly grasped in his own hands, this is the most powerful fleet in the entire Qing Dynasty, and the combined fleet has been destroyed, and the current Beiyang Naval Division is sitting in the first place in the Asian fleet. It's the big brother of Asia.

Take precautions, long before the war with Japan ended, Liu Jun knew that now that he was in control of the army, sooner or later he would have conflicts with the imperial court, not afraid of 10,000, afraid of just in case, once the imperial court really did it with him, it was not a question of whether you could fight or not, but how not to let people catch you alive.

Therefore, soon after the Battle of Panjin recovered Dasi Anchun, Liu Jun asked Luo Dacheng to let Ran Xu's first brigade urgently take over Jinzhou on the grounds of defending against the Japanese attack on Guannei, and asked Zhang Yi to draw out a brigade of troops to take over Fushun.

Now, along the entire Liaodong border, Liu Jun has deployed nearly 40,000 horses. So he was sure that the imperial court would not dare to do it, at least not for now.

Moreover, the combat effectiveness of the Lushun army, he believes, the imperial court knows, since Lushun can drag the Japanese army to death, he has to weigh what the consequences of the fight will be.

Seeing Liu Jun say this, Zhong Lin was immediately relieved, and began to return to the smiling face that he often hung up again, he believed that Liu Jun's inference would definitely not be wrong.

In the Tianjin Zhili Governor's Mansion, it was already afternoon, but Li Hongzhang still did not rest, and was still handling government affairs in the study.

Finally, after the last document was issued, Li Hongzhang raised his head and looked at Yang Shixiang who was standing next to him.

Li Hongzhang actually knew about the imperial court's appointment of Liu Jun, but in the past few days, he has been busy with the question of how much the first indemnity will be paid and when the Japanese army will evacuate after the surrender of Japan. In addition, his granddaughter is married, so he has not slowed down to ask about this matter. While it was still early, there was nothing to do, and Li Hongzhang wanted to ask Liu Jun if he had already left.

Seeing that Yang Shixiang didn't speak, Li Hongzhang frowned, he was worried that Liu Jun would go to Beijing, but he hoped that Liu Jun didn't go.

Li Hongzhang is worried that once Liu Jun enters Beijing, he will be a phoenix with hair shedding from now on, not as good as a pheasant, you know, Beijing City, that is an invisible prison, as long as Liu Jun dares to go, then from now on, there will only be slaughter.

He hoped that Liu Jun would not go, because only Liu Jun was in Liaodong, and the Japanese in Korea would not dare to act rashly, and if the Russians wanted to do it, they would have to weigh the Lushun army in Liaodong. After all, the Lushun army had more than 100,000 people.

Li Hongzhang knew that only Liu Jun could command the Lushun Army, and the rest of the people would not be able to do it well, and their lives would have to be taken somewhere.

Hope is hope, but Li Hongzhang knows what Liu Jun is saying, it is also a courtier of the Great Qing Kingdom, and he is worried that Liu Jun will not be able to bear the order issued by the emperor.

In fact, Yang Shixiang has always wanted to tell Li Hongzhang about this, but he was worried that Li Hongzhang would be furious when he found out. So I didn't dare to say that Liu Jun not only didn't go to Beijing, but he didn't even look at the eunuch who passed the decree, and even married his granddaughter the day after the day after the holy decree was sent to Beijing.

Now seeing Li Hongzhang's expectant eyes, Yang Shixiang knew that he couldn't hide it. Lowering his head and thinking for a while, Yang Shixiang said softly.

"My lord, Liu Jun didn't go to Beijing, but was sick. The eunuch who delivered the decree had no choice but to go back. ”

What, as soon as he heard that Liu Jun was sick, Li Hongzhang stood up suddenly and asked with concern: "What kind of illness, is it serious?" ”

This one? Yang Shixiang thought about it for a while, but gritted his teeth and replied truthfully: "I don't know what the disease is, listening to Zhong Lin, the guard officer next to Liu Jun, I can't even get out of bed...... It's just that? ”

"Just what?" Li Hongzhang stepped forward. ”

"It's just that the day after the court messenger left, Liu Jun was cured of his illness, and he married the granddaughter of the adult."

"What" Li Hongzhang was stunned for a moment,

What the hell is this, all of a sudden, he got better, and he married his granddaughter lively. Yes, this is pretending to be sick, Li Hongzhang suddenly understood.

Thinking of this, Li Hongzhang immediately pulled down an old face. In my heart, I began to blame the direct grandson-in-law.

This damn rabbit cub, you just pretend to be sick, why don't you pretend to be a few days, the people of the court just left on the front foot, and you got married on the back foot and got up from the bed. This doesn't make it clear to tell the court, Lao Tzu won't go. Oh my God, how did the old man encounter such a thorn in the head without thinking about the consequences. Li Hongzhang sat down in a chair in grief and weakly.

"Immediately prepare a few generous gifts and send them to Lord Sun of the Military Department in Beijing and Ronglu, the Admiral of the Nine Gates." Li Hongzhang knew that even scolding Liu Jun now would not solve the problem, so it was better to give the capital a little bigger first, and then deal with it.

Yang Shixiang knew what Li Hongzhang meant, and after thinking for a while, Yang Shixiang said: "My lord, I don't think it's necessary, my subordinates think that Liu Jun did it on purpose." ”

Deliberately, Li Hongzhang stayed there all of a sudden, and after a while, he understood.

Liu Jun has always been a steady and steady person in his heart, and he is a little insidious, he thinks about everything very far, he definitely will not make this mistake, and there are only two explanations.

First, Liu Jun didn't want to go to Beijing

The second is that Liu Jun is a small official

Regardless of which one, Li Hongzhang knew a huge thing, that is, the imperial court encountered a huge thorn, a thorn that was not so easy to control.

In the city of Beijing, the busyness of the day has passed again, and the streets and alleys have once again returned to calm.

Wu Laosan was a cloth seller, and seeing that there were few pedestrians, he also shook his head and began to prepare to close the door.

"Spread out. The prince had an urgent matter to enter the palace, and the idlers immediately avoided it. ”

Wu Laosan looked up, it was Prince Gong who came? of the sedan chair. 'Prince Gong? 's mansion, which is not redundant from his house, will pass by here every day when the prince is in the morning.

Quickly closing the door, Wu Laosan shook his head: "Strange, it's a big night, it's dark this day." Why did the prince enter the palace now. ”

A shopkeeper next to him said in surprise: "Boss, you haven't heard of it yet." ”

He could hear something, and he was busy all day, so he asked the shopkeeper, who often went out, to talk about it.

"I heard that it was the edict of the imperial court that was bombarded back by the Admiral Liu of Lushun."

Wu Laosan gasped and signaled that the shopkeeper was told, and it was better to know less about the affairs of the official family.

Beijing Forbidden City, Chuxiu Palace.

The current Chuxiu Palace, although the lights are brilliant, but now the atmosphere here is quite bad. The palace maids and eunuchs of Chuxiu Palace all knelt on the ground one by one, trembling, and did not dare to move, for fear of annoying the Lafayette who was now angry. ”

There was a clang, and another teacup was shattered. So people can't help but raise their hearts to their throats.

"How can this be true, how can there be such a reason, it is simply going to be reversed, it is simply going to be reversed." An old, shrill female voice pierced the night sky.

Huhuhu, Cixi finished scolding, and began to pant breathlessly, which made Li Lianying next to him frown, he had served Cixi for many years, and he had never seen Cixi so angry and out of shape.

Li Lianying saw Cixi so angry, and her heart was also worried, he knew that the old Buddha was also angry because of something.

This afternoon, the emperor came to report an incident, Liu Jun was ill, and the eunuch could not pass on the decree, so he came back to restore his life.

Guangxu is a pig's head, it does not mean that Cixi is a pig's head, Cixi knew at the time that this was Liu Jun's deliberate intention.

Therefore, after Guangxu left, Cixi not only dropped three teacups, but also killed three palace maids in anger.

She felt that she had been seriously challenged, and that she had planned a challenge that others could see through.

Glancing coldly, Cixi asked, "Is Prince Gong here?" ”

"Back to Lafayette, it's already on the way. It's here in a minute. Li Lianying hurriedly bent down with a smile and whispered.

Hey, when she got the news, Cixi helplessly pressed her temples with her hands,

She hates, there is only one court who can discuss things.