Wang Sirui remembered that Li Zhongtang refused to accept the Father of the Nation a few years ago, and remembered that Li Zhongtang had contacted the British side to arrest the Father of the Nation in the United Kingdom.

Although in the end, because of the rescue of some people, the father of the nation was not able to be extradited back to China, but all this was the hand of Li Zhongtang.

Maybe Li Zhongtang saw the cannon attribute of the father of the nation, so he refused to accept him.

But in Wang Sirui's body, there is no trace of the attribute of cannons, and in just a few months, an elite army that can confront the foreigners head-on, and even the Qing Dynasty can have today, it is completely from Wang Sirui's desperate resistance.

Standing in front of the Desheng Gate, Wang Sirui looked back at the capital.

The corners of his eyes narrowed slightly, and he muttered in a low voice: "Deshengmen, since the Ming Dynasty moved the capital, Deshengmen is the gate for the army to return triumphantly and enter the city, which means the gate of victory." Today, I, Wang Sirui, want to leave Beijing from this Desheng Gate, you have your obsession, I have nothing to say. But today I will tell you that there are many other ways besides your path that can lead to the revival of China.

They are not orthodox after all, and what they do is only for themselves. ”

After saying this, Wang Sirui turned around and left the capital directly, with only one platoon of escorts by his side.

Time goes back two days to the outer city barracks.

Since Wang Sirui entered Beijing, this has become Wang Sirui's base camp, so Wang Sirui has always stayed here and rarely leaves this military camp.

Two days ago, a team of people appeared in the capital, and these people did not go to meet ****** Yixuan, but came directly to the barracks.

After finding Wang Sirui, he read out the holy decree in public, and Wang Sirui was canonized as a first-class Marquis of Wuwei, with a title equal to Li Hongzhang, and at the same time walked the military plane, and was also the secretary of the military department, responsible for rectifying the Han military camp in the Qing Dynasty.

"Lord Wang, why don't you kneel in front of the holy decree?" After the eunuch who read the decree read it, he found that Wang Sirui still did not kneel, and his face was more or less embarrassed.

Seeing the holy decree is like seeing the emperor himself, this is a rule formed for thousands of years throughout the ages, although Wang Sirui won the battle, but he is still a courtier of the Qing Dynasty.

It's just that the eunuch only dared to ask, but he didn't dare to let the guards around him do it, let alone charge Wang Sirui with contempt for imperial power.

At present, everyone knows that Wang Sirui is the biggest in this capital, and no one dares to offend Wang Sirui at this time.

"Things are heavy in the army, and the armor is on the body, so it is inconvenient to salute." Wang Sirui took the holy decree from the eunuch's hand and said it very casually.

"This ......" The eunuch's face was somewhat embarrassed, but as soon as he remembered the explanation of Chief Manager Li before leaving, the eunuch didn't dare to say anything, but changed his expression and continued: "Also, our family is also used to it, mistakenly thinking that this army is in the house, and Lord Wang is in armor, so it is indeed inconvenient to salute." ”

Wang Sirui ignored the eunuch's sycophancy, the rule of not kneeling in the army had been formed in ancient times.

The original reason was that the generals and soldiers in the army wore armor, and the armor itself was to protect the soldiers, so it was extremely bulky, and even ordinary walking was a little difficult, and as for the technical work of kneeling, it was even more difficult to do.

Therefore, there is a rule that all generals or soldiers in armor do not kneel in the face of the saint. It's just that although Wang Sirui is also wearing a military uniform now, this military uniform is just ordinary clothes, and there is no armor on his body at all.

But since Wang Sirui insisted that he was wearing armor, then others didn't dare to say anything, you said that armor was armor.

"Lord Wang, now that the foreign soldiers have retreated, the Holy Lord and the Queen Mother want to invite you to Yulin Fort to discuss the return of the two palaces to Beijing, Lord Wang, what do you see?" Seeing that Wang Sirui didn't pay attention to him, the eunuch continued.

"Departing in two days!" Wang Sirui replied very casually, and then drove the eunuchs and guards out of the barracks.

If in the past, when the eunuchs came to read the holy decree, the people who received the holy decree would inevitably have to spend a lot of money, but now, Wang Sirui has no heart to please these people, because there is no need.

On the night after receiving the holy decree, Wang Sirui secretly transferred the troops of the two regiments that had been transferred to train outside the city back to the capital, and hid them in various places in the inner and outer cities.

Anyway, there are still many people who fled the capital because of this war, and there are many empty courtyards in the capital, and the strength of the two regiments is still more than enough to hide.

With these two regiments in the dark, plus 10,000 people on the surface, it can be said that everything is ready.

Wang Sirui didn't actually want to rebel, in fact, at the beginning of the fight, when he first came back, Wang Sirui thought about rebelling, but it was not the best time at that time.

Even now, Wang Sirui knew that the Qing court was going to kill him, but Wang Sirui still felt that it was not the best time.

However, although it was not the best time, all that the Qing court did hastened the arrival of this time.

It was easy to create a dilapidated and torn country, all it took was Wang Sirui to lead his troops straight to Yulin Fort and kill the Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu, as well as the princes and ministers who fled with them.

But in that case, only foreigners will benefit in the end, and the unlucky ones can only be the Han people living in this land.

Wang Sirui wants to be opposed, sooner or later, he just keeps waiting, waiting for an opportunity to maximize his benefits.

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Wang Sirui left the capital with only one platoon of troops.

When Liu Xuexun knew the news, the whole person instantly withered, he had completely given up the ideal in his heart, and he no longer had any illusions.

Sun's cannon attribute is not reliable at all, and the whole person is fooling with one mouth, but when it comes to business, he has not been able to show convincing courage.

On the other hand, Wang Sirui is different, young, capable, and more importantly, he has an army under him that can directly send him to the throne of the Ninth Five.

It's just a pity that Wang Sirui is a foolish and loyal person.

He saw the corruption of the Qing court and the decay of the country, but he just refused to tear down the wall.

Liu Xuexun had already told Wang Sirui everything in advance, but now Wang Sirui chose to go to Yulin Fort with only one platoon.

In Liu Xuexun's view, Wang Sirui wanted to tell the court that he was loyal. But Wang Sirui's choice was destined to be unsuccessful, because the imperial court had already mobilized five battalions of troops to ambush halfway through.

Liu Xuexun's whole person suddenly seemed to be more than ten years old, and the whole person looked old, without the spirit of a middle-aged person.

And Liu Xuexun also knows very well that he must make the final decision.

"My lord, now that there is a lot of health at home and abroad, the triumph of the imperial court is just around the corner, but my body has suddenly felt unwell recently, so I want to say goodbye and return to my hometown and retire!" After Wang Sirui left, Liu Xuexun found Li Hongzhang and put forward his idea of resignation.

Regarding Liu Xuexun's resignation, Li Hongzhang did not have any surprise, it seemed to have been expected.

In fact, as early as a few months ago, Liu Xuexun had already proposed to sue the old man to return to his hometown, but he was persuaded by Li Hongzhang at that time.

But now Li Hongzhang also regrets it very much, if he hadn't persuaded Liu Xuexun at the beginning, I'm afraid today's scene would not have happened, right?

"It's okay, you asked to go back to your hometown a few months ago, but at that time, there were constant things at home and abroad, so you couldn't go back, and now that things at home and abroad have been decided, I have no reason to stop it. In the evening, I set up a banquet as a farewell banquet. Li Hongzhang nodded and said in a deep voice.

If Liu Xuexun didn't go to Wang Sirui, Li Hongzhang wouldn't be murderous now. If Li Hongzhang had agreed to Liu Xuexun's return to his hometown, there would be no current problem.

It's just a pity that it's already too late.

Liu Xuexun's actions have exceeded Li Hongzhang's bottom line, so even if Liu Xuexun no longer has his previous thoughts, he must die.

The root cause of all this is because of Liu Xuexun himself.

A few days ago, Li Hongzhang and others discussed again for an afternoon, and the topic of this discussion was the place of ambush.

In the end, the location was chosen near Sanbao Village, and that night, Liu Xuexun really went to Wang Sirui, which also disappointed Li Hongzhang, and had to wait for dawn to send out a secret fold to let the ambushed troops continue to move forward and ambush near the south entrance.

At the farewell banquet, Li Hongzhang and Liu Xuexun had a very happy conversation, astronomy and geography, and things from the past and present were unhindered, but Li Hongzhang saw everything about Liu Xuexun in his eyes.

Similarly, he also knew very well that Wang Sirui did not choose to get together with Liu Xuexun in the end, otherwise, Liu Xuexun should not have this expression of loss.

In the end, Liu Xuexun was drunk, Li Hongzhang ordered someone to pour arsenic into a wine bowl, stirred it well, and then forcibly poured it down, and then ordered someone to pour the remaining arsenic into the decanting soup, Liu Xuexun drank it again in a delirious state.

That night, no one was allowed to go near Liu Xuexun's room, and more than 20 soldiers guarded it.

According to the memories of the soldiers guarding the house, that night, they heard Liu Xuexun's painful voice in the room, but because of Master Li's order, they never dared to enter, nor did they dare to open the door for Liu Xuexun to come out.

After about a quarter of an hour of no movement in the house, the soldiers of the guard pushed the door open.

Liu Xuexun, who was originally lying on the bed, had already rolled to the ground at this moment, foaming at the mouth, his face was pale, his eyes were wide open, and he was staring at the position at the door.

Liu Xuexun also knew that it was Li Hongzhang who was going to kill him, but it was too late. Even if you knew, what could you do?

Early the next morning, the news of Liu Xuexun's death spread, and Li Hongzhang wept bitterly.

In the end, regarding Liu Xuexun's death, Li Hongzhang's answer was that he accidentally ingested rat medicine after drinking, which led to poisoning and death.

As for whether anyone believes this conclusion, this is no longer important, and the descendants of the Liu family do not dare to question Li Hongzhang. (To be continued.) )