Cixi doesn't like to sigh much. Putting down the music in her hand, Cixi's face was not heavy, and there was even a kind of soothing that only those who saw it would have. However, this look would not make the eunuchs and palace maids next to Cixi relax at all. The eunuchs and palace maids held their breath one by one, and there was no change at the same time, so that they attracted the attention of Cixi. On the other hand, he always paid attention to Cixi's movements, and did not let Cixi's summoning be delayed in the slightest.

However, Cixi did not have the idea of attacking others, and her energy had been exhausted by the successive blows. Cixi glanced at the mountains of twists and turns in front of her again, all of which were calls for help from all over the world. Not to mention the provinces around Anhui, even the provinces that do not border Anhui at all have also sent snowflakes. There are alliances in Guangdong, the party is in chaos, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai are the Guangfu Society, and the Huaxing Society in Hunan. These chaotic parties took advantage of the People's Party's annihilation of the Third Town of Beiyang and the momentum of the Hubei New Army to cause chaos in various places. The governors of various places were powerless to suppress it, and all of them appealed to the imperial court for help.

Among the stacks of recitals, the most humiliating one is the Governor of Liangjiang, the dignified Governor of Liangjiang, who manages the military, government, and civil affairs of Anhui, Jiangsu, and Jiangxi. First, Anhui was lost, and the People's Party broke Xuzhou, an important town in Jiangsu. Then the Guangfuhui seized Hangzhou, and saw that Jinling, where the governor of Liangjiang Ruifang, was located, fell into the siege of the revolutionary party. Ruifang's distress letter is almost a day. Cixi really wanted to write an edict to Ruifang, asking him to defend Jinling, if he couldn't defend Jinling, Ruifang would be martyred. The reason why she didn't write it was not because Cixi was soft-hearted, but because she knew that it was absolutely impossible for Ruifang to carry out the orders according to the edict. This is one of the nine highest-ranking feudal officials in the imperial court, and this is the Liangjiang governor of the imperial court.

Perhaps due to her energy exhaustion, Cixi no longer had the strong antagonistic mood of the previous days. An idea occurred to her. Judging by the current performance of the army and the people, perhaps Chen Ke, who is entrenched in Anhui, is much stronger than these ministers under Cixi. Such a talent could not be used by the imperial court, but allowed Chen Ke to prove his strength in the rebellion. If Chen Ke was really willing to surrender, Cixi felt that he should be a good talent.

This debilitating thought did not last long, and Cixi quickly perked up. She is the ruler of the Qing Dynasty, and she must not be soft on the rebel court like Chen Ke. Cixi breathed a sigh of relief, and the look on her face quickly regained the look peculiar to a ruler, which was a sharp, strong, and decisive look. Cixi knew that God never seemed to treat her as a woman, losing her father when she was young, her husband when she was young, and her son when she was middle-aged. Not only the family, but politically, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the Northwest Rebellion, the Second Opium War, the Southern Invasion of Tsarist Russia, the First Sino-Japanese War, the Boxer Rebellion, and the Eight-Nation Alliance. All these great changes have caught up. Compared with these, Chen Ke's rebellion in Anhui is not so shocking at all.

In the past, with the support of Li Hongzhang, Zeng Guofan, Zuo Zongtang and others, not only destroyed the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom that swept the south, but also had "Tongzhi Zhongxing". Now all the court needs is good ministers and good generals. He was soft-hearted towards Chen Ke, but Cixi couldn't find a minister in the court who could entrust him with important tasks for the time being.

The leader of the Beiyang family is the Hou Party, which Cixi knows very well. Yuan Shikai and his subordinates were all Hanchen, and in the eyes of the clan and Manchu ministers, Yuan Shikai was the living Cao Cao of the present day. Cixi was not afraid of these at all. Li Hongzhang and Zeng Guofan took credit for suppressing the Tianping Heavenly Kingdom, plus recruited subordinates through the Westernization Movement to cultivate party henchmen. It was not weakened by Cixi. At one time, the world supervised half of the Hanchen, but now, how many governors are Hanchen? Even Zhang Zhidong, a famous minister of the Westernization Movement, bowed down to Cixi and asked him to enter Beijing, and Zhang Zhidong obediently entered Beijing. If Cixi could be twenty years younger, she would still dare to delegate power. It's not that the power is released and can't be taken back, so there's nothing to be afraid of. Those clans and Manchu ministers who only know how to seize power are really short-sighted. But Cixi knew that she could not have another twenty years.

If this is all there is to it, Cixi is not afraid. What made Cixi very troublesome was that although she was the ruler of the Qing Dynasty, Guangxu, a traitor who betrayed the interests of the Manchurians, still existed. After all, Guangxu is on the throne of the emperor, he is still a middle-aged man, and in the race of life, Guangxu occupies a great advantage. Once Cixi died, what Guangxu would do Cixi completely wanted.

In the Wuxu Change, Guangxu's stupid boy fully demonstrated how unqualified he was as an emperor. In the name of the New Deal, Guangxu, instigated by the "imperial party" who only knew how to seize power, actually thought that politics was to forcibly seize power in the position of emperor. If the dignity and inferiority of status can decide everything, then it should be Cixi who was killed by the eight ministers back then, not Cixi who killed the eight ministers in turn. Guangxu, who was put on the throne of the emperor by Cixi, did not understand politics. Everything he does is for the sake of accomplishing his fantastical feats. He believed that as an emperor, he would naturally hold all power. Cixi could not agree with a naïve person like Guangxu holding the authority of the world at all.

Even if he takes 10,000 steps back, assuming that Guangxu absorbs the lessons of the "Wuxu Reform" back then, once Cixi dies, those who regard themselves as the imperial party will definitely try their best to incite Guangxu and let Guangxu attack the latter party again. As a ruler, Cixi knew how easily human nature can be tempted by power. Guangxu's qualifications can't control these people. The imperialist party's purge of the latter party will inevitably lead to an all-out counterattack by the latter party. There is a bloody fight inside, and there are Chen Ke and other chaotic parties outside, plus foreigners are eyeing each other. The world of the Qing Dynasty was destined to fall apart in an instant. Cixi's instinct as a ruler would never allow such a thing to happen.

Thinking of this, Cixi said to Li Lianying, who was waiting beside her: "Pass on the cave of Zhang. ”

"Minister Zhang Zhidong knocked to see the Queen Mother Lafayette." Zhang Zhidong knelt down tremblingly.

Cixi replied, "Get up." Bestow the seat. ”

Zhang Zhidong thanked him, and then stood up tremblingly. He has been obviously old these days, and not long after leaving Hubei, the Hubei New Army, which he had established with all his efforts, was hit hard one after another, and almost fell into a situation of total annihilation. The People's Party's rebellious army even appeared at Huangpi Pass for a time. This made the Hubei New Deal, which Zhang Zhidong relied on as political capital, a joke. The defeat of Beiyang alleviated everyone's ridicule of Zhang Zhidong to a certain extent. However, this "small luck" meant that the Manchu court had to face an even more powerful threat. This is the second time since the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom that there has been a rebel in the Qing Dynasty who can continuously defeat the main force of the imperial court. Zhang Zhidong did not feel any joy, Hubei next to Anhui is Zhang Zhidong's hard work. Once the anti-thieves of the People's Party have their hands freed, it is not a joke to conquer Hubei.

"Zhang Aiqing, do you have a good general to break the rebellious party in Anhui?" Cixi gets straight to the point.

If someone else asked this, Zhang Zhidong might think that it was a very malicious ridicule. This came out of Cixi, and Zhang Zhidong did not have such associations. In the face of the current crisis, Zhang Zhidong had the same idea as Cixi, and he must defeat Chen Ke first. These days, the Military Aircraft Department has argued countless times about the current situation. Two factions have been formed, one of which believes that Chen Ke must be defeated first. The other faction believes that it is necessary to first smash the chaotic parties in various places around Anhui, first form a situation of encirclement of Anhui, and then gather heavy troops to sweep away Anhui in one fell swoop. Yuan Shikai didn't say anything at all. Zhang Zhidong advocated breaking Anhui, while the other three ministers of the Military Aircraft Department were inclined to break the chaotic parties around Anhui.

Zhang Zhidong knew the thoughts of the other three, and after seeing the destruction of many new troops, they had no confidence in dealing with the People's Party. Even Zhang Zhidong, who was the most hostile to the Beiyang Army, could not help but admit that this time the Third Town of Beiyang led by Duan Qirui and Wang Shizhen, the governor of Jiangbei, jointly attacked Anhui, which was already the best military combination of the Manchu Qing Dynasty now. Not to mention that the Hubei New Army and the Jiangnan New Army jointly sent troops. Before the People's Party posted the notice of "complete victory in the second anti-encirclement and suppression" into the capital, Zhang Zhidong firmly believed that this battle might be very hard, but the imperial court would definitely not lose.

"Queen Mother Lafayette, Weichen really can't find a general who is worthy of this position. However, Weichen believes that it is better to reconvene the group training to suppress the chaotic party. Zhang Zhidong made his own suggestions.

"No." Without even thinking about it, Cixi vetoed Zhang Zhidong's suggestion. Li Hongzhang and Zeng Guofan started with group training, and Cixi worked hard to cut off the two forces. In this process, even the "strange case" of Yang Naiwu and little cabbage was used.

Zhang Zhidong was probably able to guess Cixi's thoughts, Cixi's defense was so heavy, Zhang Zhidong felt a little surprised. "The Queen Mother Lafayette, the new army of Beiyang has been newly defeated, and the chaotic parties in various places have been in chaos. Troops were transferred from other provinces, but I was afraid that before the distant fire was extinguished, there would be fluctuations in the local area. ”

The eunuchs and palace maids who were waiting held their breath one by one, the last time a big man dared to talk about the crisis in the world so much, it was Cen Chunxuan who was bad. Now it's Zhang Zhidong's turn again, and the eunuch palace maid thinks that this Lord Zhang is so bold.

"Zhang Aiqing's intention, is it powerless to deal with the chaotic party in Anhui?" Even if she knew the virtues of the Manchu Qing Dynasty now, Cixi still didn't like to hear this.

"Recently, there have been chaos in various places, which seems to be lively, but in fact, they all rely on the prestige of Anhui thieves. As long as you can break the Anhui thieves, will the skin be attached without hair? It will be easy to eliminate the chaotic party in various places. Zhang Zhidong ignored Cixi's displeasure and continued to reply, "It's just that the imperial court has no generals now, so why don't you reopen the group training......"

Cixi knew that Zhang Zhidong was not an unknown person, and he insisted on reopening the group training so much, thinking that it should have other meanings. After thinking for a while, Cixi had already roughly guessed what Zhang Zhidong meant. She interrupted Zhang Zhidong's words, "Zhang Aiqing, do you think Yuan Weiting is worthy of the responsibility of exterminating the rebellious party in Anhui?" ”

"Yuan Weiting is only afraid that he will not accept the order." Zhang Zhidong replied.

"Why?" Cixi was a little strange. If Yuan Shikai is reactivated, it will be a great thing for Yuan Shikai. It is impossible for Yuan Shikai to do something that he is unwilling to do.

Zhang Zhidong replied: "The Beiyang Army has been newly defeated, and Yuan Weiting will definitely refuse to attack Anhui again immediately. What he wanted was to exterminate the chaotic parties around Anhui first, and then besiege Anhui. Wechen thinks it is not advisable. It has only been a year since the uprising of the Anhui Rebellion, and it has the momentum it has today. It took a long time to exterminate the chaotic parties around Anhui. What will happen to the BJP in a year or two, is unpredictable. Besides, even if troops are sent to exterminate the chaotic parties around Anhui, who can guarantee that the chaotic parties in Anhui will not send troops to rescue them? ”

Cixi originally thought that Zhang Zhidong wanted to make Yuan Shikai come back in disguise, but after listening to Zhang Zhidong's words, it was obviously not what he meant. Zhang Zhidong is determined to eliminate the Anhui rebels first. Thinking of this, Cixi couldn't help but look at a few more concerts on the table, which were all newcomers asking for help. Don't say that the annihilation of the chaotic party in Anhui, even if it is the chaotic party around Anhui, it has already made the governors of various places anxious. Thinking of this, Cixi felt that it might not be a good idea to exterminate other chaotic parties first. The new army of the imperial court has been repeatedly hit hard, and now pinching persimmons from a soft start is a good way to restore morale. And in the process of extermination, maybe there will be some capable soldiers who will emerge.

After letting Zhang Zhidong go down, Cixi met with several other ministers of military aircraft in the Military Aircraft Department, and summoned Tie Liang, the minister of the War Department, and several officials in charge of military affairs. Except for Yuan Shikai, who said that he was guilty and inconvenient to participate in the discussion, unlike Zhang Zhidong's strategic view, all the officials advocated the eradication of other chaotic parties first, and then the Anhui chaotic party last.

Cixi thought about it for several more days, and even summoned Prince Qing. In the end, Cixi agreed to the proposal of the Military Aircraft Department and the War Department, with the core of the military program of exterminating the rebel parties in other places. The War Department was instructed to develop this military plan.

As before, several channels got the news. Then, through different transmission methods, the news was transmitted to the base areas of the People's Party.

When Chen Ke got the news, he was leading his comrades to formulate the first five-year plan. After he thoroughly described the future situation in China, the core cadres looked at Chen Ke with a very wrong gaze. Chen Ke ignored this, and he went about his work as usual. Those who should make suggestions continue to make suggestions, those who should be asked to report are reported, and the various departments should be instructed to complete their work, and the order is not delayed. Since Chen Ke was the same as always, the other comrades felt that their abnormal performance was a little too inappropriate.

The comrades who were once frightened by the shocking deduction finally maintained the most basic order, and everyone did not regard Chen Ke as a madman. It has been half a month since the end of that training, and the initial impact has passed, coupled with Chen Ke's own performance as sharp and determined as ever. Everyone's horror gradually began to subside.

The base area is based on the Chinese lunar calendar and the introduced solar calendar. Public holidays are compiled according to the lunar calendar, and government departments use the solar calendar to arrange their time. The introduction of the new calendar was accomplished through a calendar that was distributed free of charge. It's January 1908, and the Spring Festival is getting closer and closer. Leaflets with New Year's pictures were printed from the printing house, and local governments distributed them to the people free of charge when they convened mass meetings.

In charge of this work is Ren Qiying, who has been promoted to director of the office of the SASAC. With some trepidation, she handed over the statistics sheet of the calendar received from various places to Chen Ke for approval. Seeing that Chen Ke was no different from before, Ren Qiying couldn't help but want to distinguish more things from it. The once-familiar people suddenly showed a completely different side, and the impact was too strong. Ren Qiying's recovery is not bad. When she went home, she talked about it with her father Ren Yugang, who was not familiar with Chen Ke, and after listening to the woman's introduction, Ren Yugang felt that Chen Ke was a real genius.

"Girl, what are you afraid of when you meet someone like Chairman Chen?" Ren Yugang was very puzzled by his daughter's attitude.

"Dad, I thought the revolution was everyone's business. Our People's Party has always propagated this. Now I feel that no matter what I do, I can't jump out of Chairman Chen's palm. I'm a little scared. "Ren Qiying is telling the truth.

"Chairman Chen told everyone these things, explaining this knowledge, and these plans for the future have been everyone's business. The rest is just a matter of whether you are willing to follow Chairman Chen. Ren Yugang still couldn't understand his daughter's panic.

Ren Qiying found something she was really afraid of from her father's words. She wasn't afraid of Chen Ke himself. What Ren Qiying fears is the completely strange new world that Chen Ke describes. If this new world is a static picture, Ren Qiying may still be able to appreciate and evaluate it. But in this training, Chen Ke forcibly tore open the true face of this world, and Ren Qiying was finally able to understand where Chen Ke's almost magical ability and determination came from. That is based on Chen Ke's objective perception of reality. The problem is that with the power comes the great pain that comes with it. At least for now, Ren Qiying knew that not only did she have a chasm gap with Chen Ke, but Ren Qiying was not prepared

When constantly reflecting on this future, Ren Qiying often remembers a sentence that Chen Ke likes to say at the party member education conference, "The reality is very cruel, if we can't establish a correct world view, values, and outlook on life." When we open our eyes to reality, we can scare people when we look close. If you look far away, you can scare people to death. ”

Ren Qiying once thought that this was a kind of agitation, but when Chen Ke really described a reality about the future to everyone, she realized that Chen Ke was not talking nonsense. It's just that Ren Qiying has never really opened her eyes to look at the world.

However, Ren Qiying had an impulse if her life remained in the days after the second anti-encirclement victory. Although the days are not satisfactory, everything is taken for granted, and everything can be grasped. It would be nice if I didn't attend this training.

At this time, Ren Qiying couldn't help but think of an essay written by Chen Ke. There is a passage there that is completely a portrayal of Ren Qiying's complaining mentality now. "If an iron house is windowless and indestructible, and there are many sleeping people in it, who will soon suffocate to death, but go from slumber to death, and do not feel the sorrow of death. Do you think you are worthy of the cry of the more sober men, and the irremediable suffering of this unfortunate few? ”