Chapter 52: Loyalty and Treachery (Part II)

The king's words made the temple of heart cultivation quiet again.

Yes, the Beiyang Army has been transferred to other places, who will defend the capital? In that year, the Gengzi State Rebellion, the Eight-Nation Coalition Army ordered the imperial court to demolish the forts in the area of Beijing and Tianjin, and the guards of the capital were all in charge of the Beiyang Army.

"You can transfer the Yi army back to defense. Now the Yijun horse team is in Anhui to suppress the bear, but the infantry team has just arrived in Dagu, and has not yet boarded the ship, and it is a few days of work to return to defense. Shanqi said, paused, and said: "In addition, if you transfer some defense camps from outside the mouth and Shanxi, and enter Beijing to defend the Gongwei, these soldiers may not be able to beat the southern rebels, but it is okay to bomb the ground." By the way, buy some horses outside the mouth, recruit horse teams on the spot, and go where the military situation is urgent. ”

"In that case, isn't Shanxi and outside the mouth empty?"

"I can't take care of it so much now, let's take care of the capital first."

"You can recruit defense camps, and you need silver to buy horses, and the national treasury is empty, where can you find so much silver?" Longyu asked.

"You can find foreigners to borrow foreign debts. Now the United States and Britain are staring at the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway, refusing to give in, the imperial court can turn around in it, whoever is willing to borrow silver, will hand over the Yuehan Road to whoever builds it, and the Belgians do not want to hand over the Jinghan road rights back to the imperial court, and France is also behind it, the imperial court seems to be able to think of a way to the Beijing-Han right of way, to see if Belgium and France are willing to renew the loan. ”

"The strategy of the king is a plan to save the time, and the slave seconded it. And the first town of Beijing Banner also has to be expanded, the court has to hold its own gun, the Japanese royal family has a guard division, let's also build a Praetorian Guard, the soldiers are selected from the people in the Beijing Banner, the court has raised the flag for two hundred years, and now the court has difficulties, you can't just eat and not work one by one, right? Then take a telegram to Japan, call back those bannermen who studied in Japan, whether they learn military or not, and assign them to the Praetorian Guard as officers, I don't believe that Yuan Shikai can use the money of the imperial court to train the Beiyang Army, and the imperial court itself cannot train the Praetorian Guard. ”

This makes sense, and the minion seconded it. And it must be arranged at once, and if the servants are willing to go to the English minister to discuss the loan, then the king had better go to the barracks at once. ”

"Nayantu, you go to the Jianrui camp and sit in the camp. The Military Aircraft Department also has to be a little sharper, and the edict and edict are simply drafted, don't talk so much nonsense. Longyu made up his mind, and when he saw that Yixuan had something to say, he glanced at him and said, "King Qing, it's not that the mourning family doesn't understand your worries, but the court can't help but be on guard." The mourning family is not sure about it now, whether to catch it or not, this has to be discussed by everyone. But King Gong is right, in case of leakage, the banner crowd is raging to avenge Emperor Daxing, Yuan Shikai is cornered, if the dog jumps off the wall in a hurry, the court will not be able to trap him. That's all there is to it, Na Yantu, you can go down now. ”

Nayantu hurriedly knelt down, followed Zaifeng out of the Heart Cultivation Palace, and just went out and collided with Xiao Dezhang who ran over, he was a Mongolian prince, he had been riding a horse since he was a child, and he was strong and strong, but it was okay, but Xiao Dezhang fell on his back and faced the sky. Na Yantu didn't pay attention to Xiao Dezhang's dissatisfaction, and went straight away, Xiao Dezhang got up, ran into the Heart Cultivation Palace, and shouted: "Queen Mother, it's not good!" Li Lianying ran away! ”

"What?" Not only Longyu was taken aback, but others were also surprised. If you don't have a weak heart, how can you run away?

Xiao Dezhang said: "When the slave arrived, Li Lianying was not there, and when I asked the little eunuch, I learned that at the moment before the slave went, a eunuch who was waiting outside the Yangxin Palace ran over to talk to Li Lianying, and then Li Lianying ran away. Presumably, when he heard the letter, his heart was weak, and he ran away. ”

Everyone was stunned. Li Lianying has been the head of the inner court for decades, and her power is deep-rooted, although now that the Son of Heaven has changed, the saint has declined, but it is not clear who there are many of his dead friends in the palace.

Just as everyone was stunned, King Xiao Gong shouted: "Not good! Li Lianying is going to run to tell Yuan Shikai! Those two are grasshoppers on a rope! ”

"This ...... What can I do? Shanqi was anxious and looked at Longyu, but saw that the Queen Mother was also shocked.

Zhenguo Gong Zaize said: "You can't hesitate, if you hesitate again, Yuan Shikai got the letter, but I was afraid that he would fight back, and when the time came, the court would be beaten." Yuan Shikai is a hero and will not be restrained. After arresting Yuan Shikai, the Beiyang Army threw a rat trap, and the imperial court could divide its momentum. ”

Long Yu settled down, glanced at Pu Wei, and said: "King Gong, leave this matter to you, call Yulang, the governor of the Nine Gates, and take the infantry battalion soldiers to surround Yuan Shikai's house, but he is not allowed to rush in to get people, so he said that the court will send troops to protect him, so as not to let the banner people go to him to settle accounts." He glanced at Yixuan again and said: "King Qing returned to the military aircraft to sit in town, and the others also went to wait outside the military aircraft department, you have a good discussion, how can the military power of the Beiyang Army be taken back?" Those who have talents in the banner people have to be promoted, and now that the state affairs are in danger, the court cannot let it go. ”

Looking at Longyu who issued a serious decree, Yixuan seemed to see the shadow of the Empress Dowager Cixi again, over the years, this woman with the same surname Yehenara has been imitating Cixi all the time, every move, every word and deed, their aunt and nephew are very similar, but the problem is that it is just a shadow after all, whether it is courage, means or forbearance, Longyu is far inferior to Cixi, especially concentration, it is simply a double realm, this Longyu is really too indetermined, think back then, the Eight-Nation Alliance Army killed the capital, When the city gate was occupied, the Empress Dowager Cixi was still taking a group of princes in disguise, and before leaving, she didn't forget to let the eunuchs get rid of Guangxu's favorite concubine, what kind of concentration was that.

"If the old queen mother is still alive, how will she make an order?" Yixuan thought about it seriously in his heart, but the final conclusion he came to surprised him.

Even if the Empress Dowager Cixi is still alive, I am afraid that there is no way to take Yuan Shikai in this situation, if the revolutionary army is not up now, maybe it will still have the prestige to let Yuan Shikai automatically retire, and then slowly cut off his wings to weaken the power of the Beiyang Group, but now it is not possible, even if the Empress Dowager Cixi is still alive, she can only lure the wolf into the house, or drive fish for the abyss, the difference is only one is to find death, and the other is just waiting for death.

This is luck, non-human beings can get it back, and the qi of the Qing Dynasty is really exhausted.

If the revolutionary party did not rebel now, but dragged on for three years to rebel, perhaps, the imperial court could cut off Yuan Shikai's wings, right?

"Everyone, I'm afraid we're going to watch this dilapidated house of the Great Qing Kingdom collapse!" Walking out of the Heart Cultivation Palace, Yixuan sighed to everyone.

Isn't this their common aspiration? It's just that Yixuan has the courage to say it.

……

Just when Yixuan sighed in the palace, Xiaogong Wang Puwei had already led a group of young Zhuang relatives and nobles who were eager to seize power, and led hundreds of flag soldiers and infantry battalion soldiers to kill Yuan Shikai's mansion in Xila Hutong with rifles.

But Pu Wei and the others pounced in the air, searched all over the house, and did not find a single hair of Yuan Shikai, Yuan Shikai's sons were not there, and there were only some female dependents and domestic servants left in a huge mansion, and even the spies in the military camp did not know where to go. The flag soldiers arrested a few family members, and several tortures were carried out, and easily pried open their mouths, only to learn that just half an hour before they arrived, Yuan Shikai had changed into civilian clothes, and took several sons and a eunuch who ran from the palace into the carriage, no one knew where they went, only that they were in a hurry, their faces were gloomy, and Yuan Shikai fell when he got into the car.

"Ran away? ......" Pu Wei almost couldn't stand, held on to an old tree, looked up at the bare branches, and the white rainbow knife in his hand slipped weakly and hit the root, but it didn't even scratch the bark.

In these years, even the ancestral sword is useless.

Pu Wei moved his steps with difficulty, walked to the street, looked at the banner soldiers with blank expressions, and then looked at the snowy street, and couldn't help but scold: "Li Lianying, I'll fuck your eight-generation ancestors!" Yuan Shikai, I'll fuck your eighth-generation ancestors! ”

Pu Wei scolded the wrong person, because the person who sent the message to Yuan Shikai was not Li Lianying at all, but Xiao Dezhang. As for Li Lianying, she didn't run out of the imperial city at all, but directly threw herself into the ice cave on the imperial river, and by the time the body was found, it had already frozen into ice lumps.

The fall of a dynasty is not without reason, and when it is covered with moths and villains from top to bottom, it is only a matter of time before it collapses, and all the revolutionaries have to do is kick it hard before it falls, and make the scene look even more vigorous.