Chapter 314: There is nowhere to say if there is reason
The Liangguang region is one of his bases in the south, and the spokesperson is Li Hanzhang. If Li Hanzhang is transferred to the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, then his efforts in the past few years will be in vain.
It's not that I look at Liangguang very much, but because the Liangguang region is a transshipment point for trade from all over the world, if this place returns to the imperial court again, and the imperial court jams the fleets of various countries to settle down, it will be a huge loss for Liaodong, and even affect its own future development.
In Guangxi, Guangxi is close to Vietnam, and Vietnam is now a colony of the French, and France has been ready to move since the last time it was intimidated by itself, until its 20,000 newly formed Cantonese troops entered the area of Qinzhou in Zhennanguan, and the situation has improved, and France has some scruples.
Zhong Lin was worried that this telegram was too direct, which was a typical example of telling the imperial court, if you dare to change people, I will rebel. Take the city of Beijing, and Songpan must die on the way. There is really no room for the imperial court at all.
Mo Ji, Liu Jun will not think about the imperial court now, and after giving the order in a big way, he turned around and walked out.
Tianjin, Zhili Governor's Palace, Li Hongzhang has been worried and heartbroken since he received the telegram from the imperial court.
He knew that the imperial court was already starting to do something to himself, although the imperial court did not order him to be transferred out of Zhili now, but the transfer of his brother out of Liangguang was a signal.
The strong dragon can't suppress the head snake, these years, the Liangguang region is in the hands of his brother, although it can't reach the situation of confrontation with the imperial court, but it can still speak in the Liangguang area.
Especially in the past two years, with the help of Liu Jun, the economy and military affairs of the two regions are simply incomparable with those of a few years ago.
Now, the imperial court suddenly ordered his brother to be transferred to the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, on the surface there is no change, but in fact, he secretly sets his brother in the air.
He promised that the next one would be himself.
He didn't want his brother to go to Shaanxi and Gansu, so after receiving the order, he immediately sent a telegram to Liu Jun, just to see if Liu Jun could do anything.
Four or five hours have passed, Yang Shixiang, who went to the telegraph room, still has not returned, Li Hongzhang, who has been in the study, is a little worried, put down the pen in his hand and turned around and walked out.
Before he left the study, he saw Yang Shixiang coming over.
"How's it going? What did Liu Jun say? Seeing Yang Shixiang's expressionless face, Li Hongzhang stepped forward and asked.
Yang Shixiang swallowed his saliva, looked at Li Hongzhang who was looking forward to it, and handed over the telegram in his hand: "My lord, read it for yourself." ”
What is this mystery, Li Hongzhang picked up the telegram suspiciously.
With just one glance, he almost fainted to death on the spot.
Liu Jun's telegram was too vicious, it was simply a declaration of war to the imperial court.
"My lord, Liu Jun means to let you transfer it to the imperial court, do you see this?" Yang Shixiang's later words were not spoken, after all, such a big matter, if he made a slight mistake, it would cause Li Hongzhang's decision, and when the time came, if he didn't get it right, he would be a part of the war between the imperial court and Liaodong.
What to do? Li Hongzhang closed his eyes and didn't forward it, his brother would definitely be transferred to Shaanxi and Gansu, and if he sent it, it would be up to the court. If you don't give the order to transfer your brother, then you will be safe, but once the court does not listen to the persuasion and still goes its own way, then the war will break out directly, and there will be no room for negotiation at all.
Silence, silence all the time, after more than ten minutes, Li Hongzhang finally made a decision and handed the telegram in his hand to Yang Shixiang: "Send it." ”
Li Hongzhang also saw that the status of the Liangguang region in Liu Jun's eyes was very high, otherwise he would not have directly used me to write about the war with the imperial court to keep Li Hanzhang, since he has decided to be with Liu Jun now, then he does not have any scruples.
Beijing City, Zhang Zhidong can be said to be proud of the spring breeze in the past two days.
After Yuan Shikai was appointed by Liu Jun as an official of Liaodong Outer Mongolia, he knew that his opportunity to go to the Li family had come, and sure enough, while handing over the telegram to Cixi, he also told the relationship between Liu Jun and Li Hongzhang and Li Hanzhang, as well as his own hearsay that in recent years, the Liaodong Army had trained troops in the Liangguang region.
In a word, that is, these two feudal officials are inextricably linked with Liu Jun, and they have even been in the same league with Liu Jun.
These words can be regarded as a stab in the sore spot of Cixi, and Cixi was flustered at that time. And invite yourself to dinner to discuss countermeasures.
Although he wanted to move **** Hongzhang at that time, he was worried about Li Hongzhang's strength, so he proposed to Cixi that he start with his brother first and transfer him from Liangguang. Unexpectedly, Cixi didn't think about it, so she agreed to her proposal.
This proves that Cixi trusts herself.
"My lord, an urgent telegram from Liaodong from Tianjin." An officer from the Military Aircraft Division walked in and handed the telegram he had just received to Zhang Zhidong.
Tianjin's telegram, Zhang Zhidong smiled slightly, he knew that this was Liaodong's reaction, and he had been waiting for this for the past few days.
With a clang, the teacup on the coffee table fell to the ground.
The heavens and the earth are spinning, and Zhang Zhidong really feels that the sky is about to fall, and it is collapsing very badly.
Liaodong wants to go to war with the imperial court because of this matter.
There is no reason for the hell, he is targeting the Li family, but now he is involved in the scourge of Liu Jun, which makes him reasonable.
Zhang Zhidong's eyes widened, and the corners of his mouth began to tremble, this matter, for himself, is a big thing, now the imperial court has ordered the two governors to be reversed, and now Liu Jun is halfway out and opposed, how can this end for him.
Forget it, how the sky is falling, you have to tell the court about this matter, tell Lao Buddha, otherwise, if this war starts, Beijing City will not be able to bear it for a month.
Chuxiu Palace, after Zhang Zhidong arrived here from an hour, all that came out of it was Cixi's insults and the sound of porcelain breaking from time to time.
"Liu Jun deceives people too much, deceives people too much." In Chuxiu Palace, this is the third time that Cixi has expressed such emotion.
Zhang Zhidong, who was kneeling on the ground, kept trembling, and when he came, he knew that Cixi was bound to go crazy, but he really didn't expect it to become such a virtue.
"Go, Ronglu will find it for me, is it bearable or unbearable." Cixi gasped and sat in her seat. Zhang Zhidong kneeling on the ground......
She really can't bear it anymore, this is a challenge to her status, this is what the court is doing.
He ordered the governors of the two places to be transferred, what did Liu Jun do, and he actually nakedly threatened Beijing to have an accident, what did he want to do, openly raised troops against the imperial court.
Unable to bear it anymore, Cixi decided to start a war against Liaodong, anyway, now she is not fighting alone, there is also a Japan in it.
"Lafayette, I can't help it, I'm afraid we can't start a war with Liu Jun now." Hearing that Cixi was going to let Rong Lu in, Zhang Zhidong suddenly stood up regardless of etiquette.
I don't object to going to war, the problem is that now Liu Jun is impressed by the matter of the imperial court's transfer of Li Hanzhang, and what this represents has not yet been figured out.
Liu Jun made such a big move for Li Hanzhang's affairs this time, and there is definitely a reason for this.
And judging from the analysis everywhere, the Liangguang region has been subordinated to Liu Jun, if this is really the case, then once there is a war with Liaodong. What will happen in the Liangguang region, will it immediately raise the flag against the imperial court and openly deal with the imperial court.
Also, what kind of reaction will the Zhili side make, I don't know until now, if I rashly start a war with Liaodong, the consequences will be really unimaginable.
"What do you want to say, Liu Jundu has already bullied the mourning family, how long do you want me to be patient?" Cixi, apparently having lost her motivation, stood up and shouted at Zhang Zhidong.
Li Lianying, who was next to her, was obviously not dizzy yet, and said slightly: "Lafayette, let's listen to what Zhang Zhongtang has to say." ”
Well, although Cixi was furious, she thought about it again. Zhang Zhidong blocked like this, there must be a certain reason, took a deep breath, Cixi suddenly did it, he had to listen to what Zhang Zhidong could say.