Chapter 409: Secret Calculation (9)
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In the apse of Prince Gong's mansion, Jiale Hall, in the elegant and spacious hall, there are only three people sitting, but no one will be happy.
"This damn Li Hongzhang should never have left him in the first place!" Duanhua stomped his foot angrily, tilted the tea bowl in his hand that he had never found a chance to drink, and spilled the tea, "Even the one in Changchun Garden shouldn't stay, I'll just say, leaving them will be a disaster sooner or later." ”
"What King Zheng said is a bit wishful thinking," Yi Liang, who was called to discuss the contingency plan, shook his head helplessly, looked at Yixin who was covered in cold sweat, and then looked at Duanhua, "It's not that I don't want to do that, but can we do it?" ”
"How can you not do it?" Duanhua slammed the tea bowl on the table, and pointed at Yixin with his free hand, and his voice suddenly became much louder, "I have secretly bought off Major Bifka stationed in Changchun Garden, as long as the sixth master nods, we can clean her up as much as we want, but he is ......"
"Forget it, my King Zheng," Yixin wiped the cold sweat from his head and finally came to his senses, "Do you think that if you buy a little person like Bifka, we can do whatever we want?" Wrong. The more cunning than a fox Putiatin has repeatedly dialed me in private, intentionally or unintentionally, and cannot disrupt the current stable situation, what does he mean, it is not an obvious matter. ”
"His grandmother," Duanhua slapped the table angrily, "This Putiyating, this pair of shameless things, stealing your mouth is really sweet......"
Yixin looked at Duanhua, smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Alas...... It's useless to scold, now ...... What we need most now is ...... It is necessary to quickly find out the real purpose of Li Hongzhang's sneaking back this time, so as to take precautions in advance. ”
Yi Liang looked at the painted beams on the roof, his mouth opened, and he seemed to spit out something very reluctantly, "Do you still need to think about it?" Alas...... Although Li Hongzhang is a thing that does not want to die for the sake of being an official, he does not have the courage to assert himself. Without the summons in the Changchun Garden, he wouldn't dare to run back like this. ”
"It's strange that the entire Old Summer Palace is under our control, and it is difficult for anyone else to enter and leave freely except for our own people. But how did she get the word out? Yixin muttered to herself.
"I'm afraid I'll have to ask the Russians." Duanhua poured all the tea that was spilled into his mouth, and threw the tea bowl on the table, "The guards steal themselves." As soon as the words came out, he couldn't stop laughing.
Yi Xin looked at the grinning Duanhua, and frowned slightly. He understood that Duanhua must have thought of the pair of dogs and men of Putiyating and Cixi from the words "prison guards and self-theft". Alas...... This is a shame of the Qing Dynasty, where can it be used as a joke anytime and anywhere. However, he did believe Duanhua's words, that is, without the help of the Russians, it would be impossible for Cixi to communicate with the outside world. But he still couldn't understand why the Russians were secretly calculating themselves when they voluntarily lifted themselves up to overthrow the curtain of Cixi?
If Xianfeng hadn't taken the lead back then, Yixin, who might have been able to sit in the Jinluan Palace, was still an extremely smart person in the Aixin Jueluo family after all, and once he thought about it carefully, he could always figure it out immediately. It's the same now. He quickly figured out that the reason the Russians did this was to confuse the water in the pool of the Qing Dynasty. What the hell is the first place, that's just a lie, they don't need to be stable. What they want to see most is the Great Qing Dynasty, and only when the Great Qing Dynasty keeps going into chaos and chaos to the end, can they Russians get the greatest benefits.
Looking back, in just over two years, it was this Tsarist Russia, who claimed to be the most loyal and generous friend of the Qing Dynasty, emptied the treasury of the Qing Dynasty and drained the essence and blood of the Qing Dynasty, and almost moved the Forbidden City to them. But what did they give to Daqing? Nothing was given in vain.
At this time, Yixin couldn't help but think of what a British businessman came to visit and what he said during his leisure period. At that time, the Qing Dynasty was rejoicing that they had finally found the big tree of the Russians, and they accepted the generous "aid agreements" of the Russians one by one with a famine. The British businessman who originally wanted to trade with the Qing government but was hit by a wall was full of helplessness, "It won't take long for you to find out that your government has chosen the wrong person to cooperate with, and the Russians have nothing but rags." "The British can see it clearly. The Tangshan Firearms Bureau has become a tattered piece, and the railway from Beijing to Tianjin Wei has been repaired until now, except for the report that the people in the villages along the way have almost escaped from their hometowns in order to avoid the arrest, until now, there is no shadow of when it will be opened to traffic.
It is no wonder that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom gritted its teeth with such bitterness that it hated the Russians, and it is no wonder that the peace talks were going so unsmoothly. Yixin began to regret that he should not have instigated Cixi to advocate the benefits of inviting the Russians to Xianfeng. Now these bastards who once helped themselves probably want to go back and help that slut in Changchun Garden again!
Yixin slowly stood up from his chair and looked at Yiliang and Duanhua with a heavy expression, "It's very likely that the Russians are going to start stepping on two boats again, so ......" As soon as the words arrived, the two closed temple doors behind him suddenly sounded, and he immediately stopped talking, and looked at the temple door vigilantly.
The door of the palace opened a crack, Fan Wenrui flashed into the hall on one side, closed the door of the hall with his hand, and then turned around, looking at Yixin with a nervous expression, "Lord, Putiyatin returned to the capital, and after an urgent meeting with Minister Ignatiev and His Excellency Commander Muravyov, he went out of the city to the Old Summer Palace. ”
"Putiyatin is back?" Yi Xin was stunned. The peace talks in Jinan reached a stalemate, and at this time, Puti Yating, who personally sat in Texas to direct the peace talks, actually put down the peace talks and returned to the capital, which not only shows that the peace talks are likely to be suspended, but also shows that Putiyating is coming back specifically for Li Hongzhang. It seems that the next developments may be stricter.
"Lord Wang, there is another thing that is elusive," Fan Wenrui's face changed to a blank look, "The coalition headquarters suddenly ordered us to temporarily control the supply of materials for the loyal and righteous salvation, especially for ammunition, and not continue to send them." ”
"Oh?" Yixin looked at Fa Wenrui, and the same blankness flashed on his face. He turned around and looked at Yiliang and Duanhua, "I understand, Li Hongzhang entered Beijing this time to engage in military advice!" ”
"Soldiers?" Duanhua shouted, and immediately shook his head again and again, "Where is it possible, he just brought the 100th person into Beijing?" No way...... It couldn't be ......."
Yiliang also shook his head, but he came to Duanhua, "How is it impossible?" Li Hongzhang is a complete gambler, and when he has chips in his hand, he will do whatever it takes. Don't underestimate that he only brought a hundred and ten men and horses, but he still has tens of thousands of elite soldiers thousands of miles away, these soldiers and horses are all for him Li Hongzhang is the head of the horse, and he is stationed in the river defense area, otherwise, he will not gamble with his own head. ”
"That's right, that's it." Yixin nodded.
"Then why do the Russians still have to cut off Li Hongzhang's confession?" Duanhua looked at Yixin in bewilderment.
Yes, if the Russians are really disgusted with Li Hongzhang's hand, then they should communicate Li Hongzhang's matter to themselves in time. Even if they didn't make up their minds at first, after Putiyatin's return, the Big Three would always have a decision. Since they don't communicate with themselves, it shows that they don't want to give up Li Hongzhang, or they are acquiescing in some kind of coercion by Li Hongzhang. But why do they have to cut off the supply of military funds to the loyal and righteous salvation at such a time? Isn't this a clear indication that he is suppressing loyalty and righteousness?
Yixin pondered for a moment, smiled and took Fan Wenrui's hand, and patted it, "Wenrui, aren't you also deeply loved by the Queen Mother, these titles you got are all given to you by the Queen Mother." Hehe, in my opinion, you might as well go directly to meet your benefactor, this is another great opportunity for promotion! ”
Fan Wenrui smiled shyly, he took off the top on his head, looked at it in his hand, and scratched the back of his head again, "Everyone says I'm a hardcore poster, hehe......"
"Hahaha...... That's how I see it. Yixin also laughed, and he patted Fan Wenrui on the shoulder, "That's it, what happened in Changchun Garden, Wen Rui, you have to find a way to grasp it in time." ”
"Willing to serve the prince!" Fan Wenrui put on his top upright, hugged his fist at Yixin, turned around and went out.
Seeing Fan Wenrui leave, until the door of the palace closed again, Yixin turned his head to look at Yiliang and Duanhua, "The situation may not be as strict as we imagined, maybe it is much stricter than we imagined, no matter what, we have to prepare with both hands." ”
"According to the old man, during this period of time when the situation is difficult to figure out, King Gong and King Zheng should no longer live in their own mansions." Yiliang said cautiously.
"That's the case," Yixin nodded, looking at Duanhua with a smile, "No matter how many Meiji there are in the family, if you lose your life, it can only be left for others to enjoy." King Zheng, just follow me in the Forbidden City to grieve and be wronged. ”
Duanhua touched his neck, shook his huge head again, and smiled, "The sixth master is too underestimated of us." ”
"Okay, that's it," Yi Xin looked at Yiliang first, "I bother you to go to the Fengtai coalition camp again, communicate with Lao Qi, tell him to pay close attention to Muravyov's every move, and at the same time ask him to privately inform him again that the battalion that is still in the Forbidden City is loyal and righteous, and must fully accept King Zheng's dispatch." ”
After speaking, he looked at Duanhua again, "King Zheng, your affairs are the most important in the future, you must secretly arrange the main people and horses under the command of the commander of the infantry army and the Yamen of the Nine Gates inside and outside the capital, and you must do a good job in the defense of the Great Interior, and you must not make the slightest mistake, nor can you make a noise, so as not to arouse the vigilance of the Russians and cause unnecessary trouble." It would be better to find some excuse to impose a total martial law on the capital in a reasonable manner. ”
"It's simple, Sixth Master, you just wait, let's make it for you as soon as possible." Duanhua smiled proudly, as if he had already made up his mind.
"Well, that's good." Yixin nodded and began to pace, "I'll go to Puti Yating and ask him to release the old guy from Qiying who was under house arrest in the Fengtai camp with Rong Lu and others." ”
"What are you letting him do?" Yiliang looked at Yixin suspiciously, and asked, "This thing is not enough to succeed and more than to lose, but it is a henchman of Changchun Palace." He knew that although Qiying had gone through his uncle's path and had a position of loyalty and righteousness to save ** foreign affairs, this old thing was ungrateful and got on the rotten boat of the back party again. Otherwise, after forcing Cixi to retreat from the curtain, my uncle would naturally not ask the Russians to arrest him immediately.
"Hehe......" Yixin smiled mysteriously, "The henchman of Changchun Palace? Hehe, wrong, I did it on purpose, I am his great benefactor. ”
"This ......" Yiliang looked at Yixin with some disbelief, and saw that Yixin's face showed such a sure look, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. This uncle is really smart, and if this Qiying, who usually makes Russians feel comfortable, comes out, it will be very useful to grasp the movements of Ignatiev and Putyatin in time.
"Let's do a good job here," Yixin stopped and looked south, "I guess they should come back too." ”
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