Chapter Twenty-Four: The West Hunt

For Cixi, the Forbidden City was a symbol of her identity. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoShe has seen so much of the country's past in this city within a city that she sometimes thinks that she has always lived in it and never left. However, that is not possible.

She also used to think that everything in the world was just the palm print in her hand, and she could easily see it clearly. Think about how high-spirited she was after quelling the Hongyang Rebellion, killing Su Shun and others, and breaking the alliance of the Han people? And what a beautiful scenery? At that time, she really thought that things in the world were nothing more than that. Then, she selected officials, opened factories, and formed a new army, and the entire Qing Dynasty was a Zhongxing appearance.

According to the laws of various dynasties in history, after the dynasty is revived, how can it have a lifespan of two or three hundred years. Therefore, even if Li Hongzhang strongly opposed the war with the Japanese army, even if the war had begun, she still sat firmly on the Diaoyu Platform and watched the defeat of the Beiyang Army.

Then, many people put the slogan "This Great Qing Kingdom is going to end" on their lips. Therefore, Cixi looks like a strong man, and her IQ and political level are also okay. However, after all, she is a woman who cannot see the future through the fog of the times, and she is still a woman who sits in the position of chief.

In terms of her performance in the second half of her life, not to mention being on a par with Wu Meiniang, Lu Pheasant and other heroines, even the Empress Dowager Xiao of Liao State is better than her, I don't know how many times. Empress Dowager Xiao has the courage and vision to dare to take the emperor to conquer in person. This kind of courage and courage is incomparable to many emperors, where can Cixi, a waste material who is still dragging her own army behind, can compare?

"With all that said, what are you trying to say?" Lin Mengchu said to Chen Cheng: "Because she is a waste material, we can rest assured that we can form an alliance with her without worrying about her turning her face?" ”

"Well, there's some of that. Cixi is a person who has both cleverness and political skills. But now the world is the time when the heroes are together, and everyone speaks with bayonets and cannons. Her little tricks of the old days, when they were not supported by cannons and bayonets, were just ridiculous little tricks. Therefore, even if she comes to power again, our opponents will mainly be the powerful faction in China and Japan and Russia among the great powers. ”

"Zaiyi is also a waste material, let his son come to power, and let him be the regent, it will not be a loss to us." The girl disagreed, "Besides, if Zai Yi is allowed to come to power, at least we don't have to worry about the local powerful factions in the south for the time being." We can also concentrate our forces on the Beiyang Army and the Russo-Japanese forces in the north. ”

"Chu Chu, I'm a little confused now." Chen Cheng pressed his fingers to his temples, "I said that I was going to fight foreigners, but now we still want to fight Yuan Shikai's Beiyang Army?" In this case, it will be a two-line, or even a three-line battle. Even if we can fight, we will be exhausted. How did the overlord of Western Chu end up? It was only the multi-front war that was defeated by Liu Bang and them. ”

"Hmph, our goal is to conquer the world, so all forces at home and abroad are our potential enemies, right?" Lin Mengchu said unconvinced: "Reactionary forces are like spider webs in the corner, if the broom is not swept away, they will not go away by themselves." ”

"Well, first of all, I would like to give you a thumbs up for your skillful use of Chairman Mao's quotations. Secondly, there are many ways to conquer the world. Thirdly, well, even if you want to kill them, you have to come one by one. Although the people in the south have a lot of troops and equipment, their ability to project troops can basically be said to be none. So ........."

"So?"

"So, let's get the current things done first! We are now using 60,000 people against more than 100,000, and there are still 200,000 enemies outside the border. ”

"People have no long-term concerns, but they must have near-term worries," the girl pouted, "Why are you so excited?" ”

"Ah, I'm not losing my temper with you, it's just that recent events have made me a little angry, probably because I haven't slept well, plus there are too many dead people, I'm a little anxious."

"Is that so," Lin Mengchu put his palm on his forehead, felt the temperature, and said, "Well, it's a little hot." I told you not to work so hard. ”

"But if we don't work harder, we're going to have a lot of casualties. If you don't work hard now, you'll ...... in the future."

"Wordy, you talk like this like a bad old man who has lost his enthusiasm for life, and he has no vitality at all!" The girl took her palm down, "Ah Cheng, your realm is still not enough, and you have only died so many people, so you will not be calm." The real strong man is to ignore life and death, whether it is the enemy's or his own. ”

"Ah, this kind of strong man feels so terrible. Moreover, if you want to be strong, don't you have to be beaten so much that even his mother doesn't recognize him? ”

"That's a peerless master, and there are not so many ways to say the cultivation of the strong." Lin Mengchu said thoughtfully: "It seems that there is a special strong language, but some people say that it is an evil way." ”

"Forehead ,..........", Chen Cheng was stunned for a moment, and forcibly changed the topic: "Ah, Chu Chu, I heard that there are several big lamas around Cixi, and their magic power is very profound, I don't know if you have seen it?" ”

"How could I have seen it?" The girl said curiously: "How deep is the mana? I really don't know, where did you get the news? ”

"No, it's written here," Chen Cheng picked up a piece of paper and handed it to the girl, "It is said that Zai Yi refused to do it, because he heard that Cixi had many masters around him, and he was afraid that he would not succeed." ”

"Cut, it's just an excuse for your cowardice!" The girl said disdainfully: "The master is not a cabbage in the field, it can grow from stubble." Hey, wait..........."

She stared at the information written on the paper for a long time, then closed her eyes, and after a long while, she opened her eyes and said, "Great lama over there, this thing is really getting more and more interesting. ”

"What's wrong with the Tibetan lamas?"

"The Tibetan lamas themselves are a problem," the girl said earnestly, "and there have been rumors that there is a world center there, but of course we know that it is just a mouthpiece." However, the Tibetan lamas came to ask the Qing Dynasty to protect them from the British invasion.......... This kind of thing is really a little different from my previous understanding. ”

"Well, isn't it normal for the British to occupy the whole of India and then develop on the Tibetan side?"

"That's not what I'm talking about. Didn't we get the information that there were many independence and separatist elements among the lamas in Tibet? Now it seems that they are still very hard at resisting the British. ”