(I'm sorry, I'm a little late to come back, hurry up and roll over the codeword, and answer a question in the previous chapter, Khalkha Mongolia is Outer Mongolia, and it was generally not called Outer Mongolia during the Qing Dynasty, and now it sounds weird and sad.) ）

"Let's take a look, everybody!"

Shocked by what he did just now, everyone looked at Zaifeng suspiciously, until Ye Kai picked up the telegram from the ground and passed it around one by one, and then their faces all turned gloomy.

"How can this be reasonable, these arrogant Mobei Mongolian barbarians!"

In this matter, everyone showed a look of righteous indignation, and their attitudes remained surprisingly consistent, after all, the content of this telegram was a solid slap in the face of the central government, and anyone with a clear mind would have such a reaction, and among these people, the most fierce reaction belonged to this young Zhuang faction of the royal family, Baylor Zaitao, when he saw this telegram, especially the last few lines, his nose was almost crooked.

"Regent, to deal with this Khalkha barbarian, you can't use the method of Huairou anymore, this time you will definitely be punished, and you must not tolerate it."

Zaitao clenched his fists and said sharply, as the first speaker, his attitude was very clear, that is, he was going to make a heavy fist.

"What Taubel said is very true! The minister also thinks so. With Zaitao taking the lead, Ha Hanzhang and his group also echoed and said, and others sent approving glances, and on this issue, everyone's attitude was unprecedentedly united.

Hearing these voices, Zaifeng couldn't help but sneer, these words are still said by them? As the supreme person in charge of the empire, it was naturally impossible for him to be indifferent and ignore a naked provocative book thrown in his face, from the moment he saw the message, Zaifeng had already moved such a thought, otherwise he would not be so angry.

But the question is, to be punished? How is it punished? Is it a small punishment or a big fight? What Zaifeng actually needs is this answer.

Zaifeng temporarily restrained the smoky emotions, and after slowly breathing a sigh of relief, he said to everyone with an expressionless face: "Tell me, how to deal with this incident?" If you want to punish Khalkha, how exactly should it be carried out? ”

Zaitao seems to be very active on such a topic, after hearing Zaifeng's question, he was the first to stand up, he said eloquently: "The Khalkha tribes have always been unruly and stubborn, it can be seen that this provocation is not accidental, it must be premeditated, in recent years, the Khalkha tribes and Russia have secretly communicated with each other, and they don't know how many unsightly things they have done behind the back of the imperial court. Even my court doesn't pay attention to it. ”

"This telegram can be seen to be a temptation of the Khalkha thieves, if we don't hit it with pain, the Khalkha will inevitably take the opportunity to become bigger, and not to mention our court, if the Khalkha is lost, our country will lose a barrier, and at that time, Tsarist Russia is ambitious, and regards our country as a cream, and it will definitely come back."

After all, he had drunk foreign ink in the German military academy for several years, and he had to see farther than ordinary people in this geo-political-international situation, but his next words surprised everyone in the hall, thinking that this step was too big.

Therefore, the ministers and brothers felt that heavy punishment should be used to control chaos, and the regent should follow the example of Xinjiang, abolish the feudal domain and establish a province, set up a three-level yamen at the prefecture, prefecture and county, abolish the right of the khans to take care of their own tribal affairs, and appoint and dismiss officials by the imperial court, and the power should be vested in the central government. This time, they have seized their power, and they dare not act recklessly, and secondly, this also has the intention of knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger, and breaking the idea of Russia's southward expansion. ”

Zaitao talked eloquently, his suggestion is undoubtedly explosive, for a while, everyone is a little unsure of how to answer, although Zuo Zongtang recovered Xinjiang, and then established a province, it did ensure the tranquility of the southwestern border, and prevented the spread of separatist forces, but, just because of a telegram time, to openly impose such a heavy punishment, no matter what, it lacks some convincing, and it will make people feel that they are making a big fuss, in addition, I am afraid that those restless people will also take the opportunity to spread rumors, which is not good.

Unlike Zaitao's voice, Zaifeng was noncommittal, and he was not in a hurry to express his position, as the final arbiter, he needed to listen to other people's opinions.

"Qiqi Regent, the minister has an opinion that is not angry." Yu Lang looked at Zaifeng with a waiting look on his face, and said cautiously.

"Speak!" Zaifeng waved his hand and motioned for him to continue.

Yu Lang cleared his throat, "Although the Khalkha has no respect for the law, but it will not reach the point of abolishing the feudal domain, back then, Xinjiang was established as a province because of the Kokand puppet state of Agu Bai rebelled first, which prompted the imperial court to raise troops to crusade, if this time also in Mongolia to establish a province, not only will there be no practical effect, there will be a huge disaster, Khalkha has been taking care of itself for one hundred and fifty years, once abolished, it will inevitably lead to turmoil in Mongolia, I am afraid it will only allow Russia to take the opportunity to invade, further speaking, if the two unite and raise troops to rebel, then I am afraid that it will be more unfavorable to our Qing Dynasty, It will only be the Russians who will be cheap. Yu Lang stated his thoughts without hurry, and his subsequent suggestions were much more relaxed than Zaitao's, "Therefore, the minister thought that this punishment should be appropriate, and the khans of the four Great Khans should be lowered by one level, and the soldiers and horses of the Wang Banner Guards of each ministry will be reduced and reduced. ”

Yu Lang just said that, before Zaifeng could express his position, Zaitao couldn't wait to retort: "Lang Belle is doing this, it is too painless, the Khan position is still Khan, and the soldiers and horses of the various departments are still their soldiers and horses, but the face of my court can't be found!" ”

Zaitao is a hundred unwilling to do this to Yu Lang, in his opinion, this punishment is not as good as tickling, if it is just like this, it will be a big deal and calm the people, then what else do you want him to do as a minister of the Praetorian Guard?

"If the word "province" proposed by Tao Belle is to unite Mongolia and Russia and raise a counter-flag, how should it be cleaned up?" Yu Lang is also not far behind.

The argument intensified, Zaifeng reached out in time to stop it, and then, he sank and looked at the others, "What do you think?" ”

In the face of inquiry, many people in the hall lowered their heads, either did not speak, or only said an insignificant sentence of "the ministers are ignorant and embarrassed", or they had an ambiguous attitude, implicitly referring to Zaitao or Yulang to show their position, in short, they did not dare to say it clearly.

The reason why they show this posture, Ha Hanzhang Jiang Yanxing and this group of people know very well, their identity is far from being comparable to the minister of the Praetorian Guard, and it is even more 108,000 miles away from the minister of military aircraft who decides state affairs, if they rashly express their opinions, once something unexpected happens in the future, this responsibility is not something that people of their status can afford, Zai Tao Yulang is okay, the most serious thing is just a stern reprimand, the real bad luck is them, losing their official positions is a trivial matter, and they will lose their heads if they don't get it right, so in the face of this situation, The best way to do this is not to take a stand.

They are soldiers, they have no right to show on this occasion, or they are just guns, as for who the muzzle of the gun is facing, it has nothing to do with them, the gun is always not wrong, it is the person who pulls the trigger that is at fault.

Seeing these in his eyes, Zaifeng's face gradually tightened, he didn't know what the former thought, so he also understood that even if he continued to discuss it, there were only two ways in front of him.

Or, as Zaitao said, abolish the feudal domain and establish a province, and impose the most severe punishment on those Khalkha Mongol barbarians who do not obey, but he also knows that the resistance to doing so will be infinite.

And the other way is the one pointed out by Yu Lang, using ambiguous measures to end this turmoil, however, the consequences of this, Zaifeng can also predict, tolerate the adultererous, and wait for another Agu Bai in the future, and another Kokand country in Central Asia on the Mongolian steppe, which is the last thing he wants to see.

Either way, Jaefeng was hesitant to make a final decision, and it seemed that questions like this had plagued the young and inexperienced regent of the empire since the day he was ordered to take charge of the country.

However, today he is not the worst, because whenever he comes to a fork in the road, he always thinks of a person, and this person, when faced with such a situation, will always put forward the most constructive suggestions, so that the dilemma in front of him can be changed in an instant.

He turned around, his gaze passed through the brims of everyone's clothes and hats, and finally landed on Ye Kai's body.

"Liangbi, what do you think?"

When he heard Zaifeng's words, Ye Kaihui smiled, and after being silent for the whole scene, he finally had the opportunity to perform on stage, and as the protagonist of this finale, he has only one role

End the argument and put the final word to heart.