Li Hongzhang has been secretly frowning, he doesn't believe that the official dares to misreport such a major matter, it must have been verified in detail, that is, accurate news. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

However, Li Hongzhang did not express any opinion on the words of these officials, because he knew that the Empress Dowager Cixi still liked to listen to those words. If you really want to say it, you will definitely end up in a big way, although it will not make you lose power, but it is also necessary.

As the ministers were talking, a eunuch ran in, "Qiqi Lafayette Prince Gong Yixin is outside the hall and asks to see him." ”

The Empress Dowager Cixi raised her eyebrows slightly, but there was something incredible in her heart, Prince Gong shouldn't have come back at this time!

But Prince Gong really came back, and the old lady Cixi was a little distracted for a while, and he remembered that a few months ago, Prince Gong was confidently preparing for the southern expedition.

Li Lianying looked at the Empress Dowager Cixi, who had already flown out of the sky, and immediately touched the Empress Dowager Cixi lightly with her right hand, and at the same time Li Lianying said softly, "Lafayette, Prince Gong is still waiting outside." ”

The Empress Dowager Cixi immediately came back to her senses, "Prince Xuangong Yi Xin is here to see you!" ”

Then Prince Gong walked into the hall in court clothes, and the ministers found that Prince Gong's face was anxious. The ministers immediately secretly guessed that it must have been the defeat in the southern war, otherwise Prince Gong Yixin would not have such an expression.

In fact, the ministers' guesses are not wrong, but as long as Prince Gong came to Beijing today, the failure of the southern expedition does not account for much, otherwise Prince Gong would have come to Beijing a long time ago, and it would be impossible to wait for so many days.

The Empress Dowager Cixi was very surprised when she saw Prince Gong Yixin looking very tired, but the Empress Dowager Cixi still held back and didn't ask.

Prince Gong looked around, knelt down and said, "The minister sees the emperor, long live my emperor, long live the emperor, long live the queen mother, the queen mother is a thousand years old." ”

The Empress Dowager Cixi nodded without waiting for Guangxu to speak, and at the same time asked with concern, "Yi Xin, you get up and tell me what's going on, what's going on?" ”

Prince Gong had already stood up, and he didn't bother to pat his clothes, and immediately replied, "Qi Lafayette, the thief Li Zhongju led his navy to defeat the British fleet in the South Seas. ”

What the?

I heard it wrong.

Yes, I must have heard it wrong!

This is the idea of the vast majority of people at this time, they can't accept this fact, almost all of them are dumbfounded, their eyes are straight, and they all look at Prince Gong Yixin in shock.

The Empress Dowager Cixi was finally no longer calm, he stared at Prince Gong and said, "Li Zhongju's naval strength is really so strong, strong enough to defeat the British army, Yi Xin, what about the loss of the anti-thief Li Zhongju?" ”

Prince Gong sighed, "Lafayette, we don't know the loss of Li Zhongju's navy, it is said that this time the British army dispatched nearly twenty battleships and dozens of ironclad ships to form a dreadnought fleet, but was defeated by Li Zhongju. From this it can be inferred, or, according to reliable sources, that Li Zhongju had at least six or seven battleships and a large number of ironclads and cruisers. ”

Empress Dowager Cixi stood up for a moment, "In this way, the strength of Li Zhongju's navy far exceeds that of our Qing Beiyang Fleet. Once the thief Li Zhongju moves his army north, we can't stop it, and even the Beiyang fleet will be completely annihilated. How to ensure the safety of the mourning family and the emperor. ”

Xu Tong's face was completely pale, and the news brought by Prince Gong Yixin put him in a very embarrassing situation. Just now he was ashamed to say that Li Zhongju could not have such a powerful navy, and his analysis was reasonable, but the reality was cruel, and he was deeply defeated.

Although Xu Tong really wanted to find a mouse hole to get into, but Xu Tong couldn't do that, his brain began to spin quickly, he must think of this way to make Lafayette approve, otherwise he may enter the blacklist of Lafayette.

The Empress Dowager Cixi stared at the ministers tightly, "If Li Zhongju does not die for a day, you and the mourning family will never be at peace." Tell me, what are we going to do now? ”

Xu Tong immediately stood up, "Lafayette, as far as the minions know, ships in the navy can generally only hit a distance of twenty-three or four kilometers at most. Even if Li Zhongju led the navy north, he would not be able to attack the Forbidden City, and Lafayette didn't have to worry. Our invincible iron cavalry of the Great Qing Dynasty is sufficient to deal with any land attack by Li Zhongju. ”

Prince Gong Yi Xin coughed, everyone looked at Prince Gong Yi Xin, only to hear Prince Gong Yi Xin said slowly, "Qi Qi Lafayette, colleagues, this time I took advantage of Li Zhongju's time to Yunnan Province to supervise the war, sent as many as 150,000 troops to attack Li Zhongju's actual control area, the situation was relatively good at first, but when we encountered Li Zhongju's Zhenwu army, we all suffered heavy losses. ”

Prince Gong continued, "Li Zhongju's Zhenwu army is too strong, whether it is the quality of weapons or soldiers, it is much stronger than our training army, compared to the green battalion, it can simply throw out a few streets. ”

Prince Gong Yi Xin once again "defeated" Xu Tong, who was ready to compete for merit and the Empress Dowager Cixi, Xu Tong's face suddenly turned pale, but no one paid attention to him at this time, because people were attracted by Prince Gong Yi Xin's language.

Many ministers have begun to talk to each other, and they are all extremely shocked by this news, this Li Zhongju has risen too fast, it is unimaginable, how can he rise so quickly.

At this moment, everyone began to panic, they were afraid, they really didn't know what to do, and they knew the military strength of the Qing Dynasty. Since Li Zhongju could easily defeat the British navy and army, it would be easier and easier to defeat the army of the Qing Dynasty.

Everyone's face is gloomy, and a desolation spreads in everyone's hearts, is the sky going to die, is it that the Qing Dynasty has come to the twilight of its years.

Clear-eyed people actually know the gap between the Qing Dynasty and the world, but most of these ministers sitting in the court still enjoy the residual warmth of their predecessors. It's really "I don't know the true face of Lushan, only because I am in this mountain." ”

Of course, Li Hongzhang and a few others were still sober, and Li Hongzhang stood up and said, "Prince, what do you mean is that once Li Zhongju really plans to go north, the navy and army will act together, and with the current strength of our Qing Dynasty, it will be a little difficult to block it, right?" Prince, then you say, what should we do? ”

The Empress Dowager Cixi also looked at Prince Gong Yi Xin, wanting to hear what Prince Gong Yi Xin had to say, at this moment everyone seemed to have forgotten the fault of this prince, and no one mentioned the guilt of commanding the army to the south.

At this time, everyone looked at Prince Gong Yi Xin expectantly, hoping that Prince Gong Yi Xin could give everyone a good proposal. (To be continued.) )