The sun rises slowly, and the warm sun shines on the earth. In the midst of the clamour, the steaming early replenished people's energy, and the people in the capital started a new day's life.

In the East Warm Pavilion of the Forbidden City's Heart Cultivation Palace, Cixi sat on the dragon chair and safely accepted the courtiers' worship. The ministers were as jubilant as Cixi, and the emperor's henchmen had been wiped out, and although they had been rescued, they were no longer a threat after losing their official positions. Today's Qing Dynasty, under the leadership of the Queen Mother Lafayette, will definitely be able to re-shake the dynasty.

However, the first thing that the high-spirited Cixi did when she went to court was not to abolish the emperor's new policy, but to face Prince Rui who was crying and mourning. The original eldest brother Pu Jun originally entered the palace to study after thanking the queen mother for her grace today, but this time he did not come to study.

This time, when Zai Yi was canonized, he did not write the word Rui as an end letter, so Zai Yi still continued the title of Prince Rui. It's just that Prince Rui, who just woke up in the morning and didn't have time to go to court, received a call for help from his son Pu Jun, and there was a bloody sharp knife stuck in the head of the bed in his room, and a note was pierced under the sharp knife, which read: Leaving this room is - death. The dead word is written in blood.

Cixi looked at the sharp knife and note presented, and said angrily: "They can enter your palace, but can they still enter the palace?" Aixin Jueluo, why did you get out of this wretch. Spread the message to Rong Lu and let him take the eldest brother into the palace. ”

Cixi understood that this was a threat from the emperor, but she was not afraid. The palace must be heavily guarded, and this time it has specially added double posts, which will definitely be able to suppress the young people. It is not good to be a teacher, and it seems that there will be difficulties in this training. But the result is not just unpleasant, but disturbing.

Rong Lu led the order to retreat. Cixi took a few deep breaths and was about to point out the world when the ministers of the five countries, led by the British, asked to meet the empress dowager. It is hoped that the Empress Dowager will inform the ministers of various countries in China about yesterday's incident and ask the Qing government to continue to implement the agreements that have been signed.

"Empress Dowager Qi, the ministers of the five countries also said. If the Empress Dowager fails to fulfill the agreement, they will demand double compensation from the imperial court. If the imperial court does not compensate...... "Prince Qing, who has newly taken over the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said.

"Could it be that they all have to start a war against me?" Cixi was furious.

can be angry and angry, at this time, the court still can't afford to provoke these foreigners. So Cixi still met. To put it mildly, Cixi finally dragged it over on the grounds that it was not clear what the agreement signed by the emperor was, and that the court would discuss it after careful discernment. However, the British minister Ogne said: "Emperor Guangxu is his friend, and he is also a friend of the British Empire." Therefore, he, like the British Empire, respects His Majesty the Guangxu Emperor. He only represented his personal opposition to the abolition of the Guangxu Emperor's throne. "If only Ogner said it, the ministers of the five countries all said the same thing. The German minister even said: "He hopes that in the future, the diplomacy between Qing and Germany will still be presided over by His Majesty the Guangxu Emperor." ”

After politely sending off the envoys of the five countries, Cixi was furious. She didn't understand that Guangxu, who had only been in power for a year. How to be able to quietly put down the bloody knife in the prince's palace, and how to get the ministers of the five countries to come forward to protect his throne.

Okay, okay, the mourners have endured it. But when the frightened Pu Jun entered the palace and resolutely did not want to be the eldest brother, the angry Cixi dropped the cup. Finally, under the persuasion of Zai Yi, he finally agreed. Cixi sighed, and finally became a thing. This morning, Cixi simply announced her retirement from the court. But at this time, Li Hongzhang, who rushed back to the capital overnight, arrived. He asked to see the Queen Mother above the main hall. Cixi thought about it, Li Hongzhang was also a loyal minister, since he had only arrived in Tianjin, he rushed back as soon as he heard about the mourning family's discipline. Just rely on this filial piety to follow his will.

"Wechen Kou saw the Queen Mother, Chitose, Chitose, Chitose. The minister has to play. Li Hongzhang knelt on the ground with red eyes. He still came back late, and he still couldn't make the trip last night, and he didn't rush back until today.

"Lord Zhongtang is also my old courtier, so I need to take care of my body after running around overnight. Get up and speak. ”

"Weichen didn't dare. The ministers shall participate in all the ministers of this great hall. Wei Chen ginseng they ignored the fall of the Qing Dynasty. Unfaithfulness and unrighteousness. Participate in their demagoguery of the Queen Mother, unkind and unfilial. ”

Li Hongzhang's words shocked the audience, and the ministers blamed one after another. Shi Duo even said: "The Lord of the Lobby is ridiculous. The emperor's new policy was unpopular, and the ministers asked the queen mother to train the government to revitalize the dynasty. How did this become a demagogue for the Queen Mother? The Queen Mother trained the world to return to her heart, how did she come to the Zhongtang Lord and ignore the Qing Dynasty in disintegration? ”

"The Queen Mother Mingjian. Since the emperor took office, although the word "new deal" has not been mentioned, what he did then did was indeed the reality of the new deal. As soon as the New Deal came out. It will inevitably hurt the interests of the Manchu ministers, and it is inevitable that everyone will have grievances in their hearts. Especially Yan Fu, the governor of Liangjiang, he and Ben did not listen to the greetings of the adults, with the emperor's grace, almost all the officials in the Liangjiang were arranged by Yan Fu, and none of the people of the adults could be placed. Liangjiang is the richest place in the Qing Dynasty. Now the blind implementation of the new policy has also caused you a lot of losses. It can be said that the emperor wants to directly select students to Liangjiang as officials, and the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty can no longer bear it. Seeing that the emperor is now going to change the official system, he bewitched the queen mother to re-train the government. The old minister just wants to ask everyone present, do you keep asking the Queen Mother to discipline the government, is it for your own interests or for the sake of the Qing Dynasty? moved out of the Queen Mother to train the world. Have you ever thought that when the world fell apart, the Queen Mother would become a sinner in my Qing Dynasty. Queen Mother, they are going to torment you on the fire. How can such a minister be loyal, and is he not disloyal, unjust, unkind, and unfilial? ”

"Good, good." Cixi is now very angry and laughing: "With your Li Hongzhang's words, the world of mourning family discipline and government will fall apart." The mourning family has been the home of the imperial court for decades, has the country ever been in chaos? Has the world fallen apart for decades? Cixi's face became more and more gloomy: "You will explain your words today, why did the world fall apart in the world of mourning family discipline?" If you don't understand, no one can get over this hurdle. After speaking, he slapped his palm on the table.

Li Hongzhang raised his head and smiled, and there was indescribable bitterness and helplessness in his bleak smile. For just a moment, Li Hongzhang's expression was as if he had suddenly aged age.

"Forgive the old minister for his courage, so I ask the queen mother to listen to the old minister and say a few words of heart. Whether it is as large as a country or as small as a family, the first thing to bear the brunt of is financial resources. The Qing Dynasty was financially embarrassed, and all the affairs of the imperial court were barely maintained, all of which relied on the taxes of the two rivers and the silver earned by the emperor from selling electricity to foreigners, and the Qing Bank, which collected taxes from various provinces. These two officials, big and small, are all sent by the emperor, and who can command the movement without the emperor. Without these two financial resources, how could the Qing court continue to operate? ”

"And the army. The Green Battalion of the Eight Banners has long been unusable, and since the First Day of the First Sino-Japanese War, the training and defense forces in Beiyang and various places have also been dilapidated. Now it is no one else who supports the national defense of the Qing Dynasty. It is the royal army created by the emperor, and the commander of this royal army is also the emperor. Do you know what Lao Chen saw at Tianjin Railway Station when he came from Tianjin? See the whole train station full of soldiers. There were dozens of artillery pieces alone, and heavy machine guns were placed on the ground. And it was none other than Zuo Gui, who was holding Pyongyang and Yingkou to the death. He waited at the train station and entered Beijing as soon as the order arrived. As a result, Zuo Guigui, who was waiting for the on-the-spot standby, saw the old minister and said: The entire army of more than 10,000 people has been prepared, and as long as the official gives an order, he can immediately put down the rebellion in Beijing. You can hear clearly, what they want to enter Beijing is to 'counter the rebellion', and it is your rebellion to quell it. Li Hongzhang pointed to everyone in the hall: "Have you ever thought about why this is happening?" A new army unit that has not yet received the number of the royal army has to enter Beijing to quell the rebellion, not to mention the tiger and wolf division of the emperor's descendants. Everyone, this is the military heart, this is the emperor's military heart and military prestige obtained by the emperor in the sea of corpses and blood in the mountain of corpses and blood in Tianzhuang Terrace, side by side with the soldiers. Let me ask the Queen Mother and your lords. Such a force, who can command it except the emperor. ”

"And in Liangjiang and Northeast China, every official is arranged by the emperor. Have you ever found that these new officials are all from civilian backgrounds, and under the training of the emperor, none of them care about the country. Who doesn't want to be rich and strong. Now that the Queen Mother is training the government, there are all the adults who care about their own interests, what will happen to them if they can't realize their ideals? Today's Liangjiang and Northeast China have long been self-contained, and Liangjiang and Northeast China, which have money, soldiers, and people, may never listen to the will of the imperial court again. Isn't this the beginning of the disintegration of the Qing Dynasty? Li Hongzhang still has one sentence to say, that is: Civilian-born officials can only display their ambitions with all their heart and soul only by following the emperor, and only then will they have the opportunity to enter the prime minister in the future, and only then will they have the opportunity to stand here like you to guide the world and glorify their ancestors. And the court of the Queen Mother with all the lords present. They can only be a small follower forever. Who will they choose, does that need to be asked?

"There is another layer, when you asked the Queen Mother to discipline the government under the banner of opposing the new policy and opposing the emperor's imitation of foreigners, have you ever thought about the reaction of foreigners? The old minister has been in charge of foreign affairs for many years and knows the character of foreigners. The Queen Mother will discipline the government, and the foreigners will definitely intervene. The old minister told the truth, if the queen mother abolished the emperor. The foreigners will even directly send troops to intervene by force. There are 100,000 tigers and wolves of the emperor inside, and you can't deal with them, and there are foreigners eyeing them outside. Who can you fight, and how should I deal with it at that time? ”

The air in the hall seemed to freeze, breathing had stopped, and the sound of heartbeat could be heard quietly. Li Hongzhang: This is more than a heart-wrenching remark. This is already a knife in their hearts. Let's not talk about anything else, the reaction of this foreigner alone was said by Li Hongzhang.

Shi Duo stood up and arched his hand at Li Hongzhang: "In Zhongtang's words, the army of the Empress Dowager Xunzheng is about to rebel, the two rivers and the northeast are going to be separated from the imperial court, and the foreigners are going to intervene by force." This is too alarmist. Since the Tongzhi Dynasty, the Empress Dowager's training and administration have not been peaceful in the past few decades, Yang Hong's rebellion and the Ganxi Rebellion, and the Qing Dynasty was all created by the Empress Dowager. Even Lord Zhongtang's Beiyang Fleet was established by the will of the Queen Mother, but Lord Zhongtang has forgotten it. ”

Li Hongzhang looked at it with tears: "This world is no longer what it used to be, but poor adults still don't know." The elite of today's Royal Army can be compared with Yang Hong's thieves, and where can Fengtai Eight Banners and Gan Army compare with the Hunan Army of that year. And Yang Hong's rebellion is far away in the south of the Yangtze River, but the Royal Army is close at hand. The independent artillery division alone is equipped with as many as ten 103-mm guns, what do you use to fight. ”

As soon as Li Hongzhang finished speaking, there was a sound of cold air, and even the Queen Mother on the stage was shocked. **The 37 mm cannon in front of it makes people see that it is infinitely powerful, but I didn't expect that the emperor already has ten 103 mm guns. This battle is indeed not easy to fight.

"Lord Nakado." Xu Tong stood up: "Li Zhongtang, don't forget, this royal army is also my army of the Qing Dynasty, and it is also my people of the Qing Dynasty." If he dares to raise an army and make a rebellion, he is a rebellious minister and a thief. As long as the queen mother ascends to the heights and shouts, the king of the world will be diligent, and everyone will be punished for the rebellious ministers and thieves. ”

"The people sent troops to quell the rebellion in the capital. Did Master Xu forget that the emperor is the emperor of my Qing Dynasty. The old minister advises you to make plans to resign and return to your hometown as soon as possible, and you may still be able to survive. After Li Hongzhang finished speaking, he knelt on the ground: "The Queen Mother, now the Queen Mother has already trained the government." Where to go, please think twice. ”

"That's a good point, that's a good thing." Cixi stared at Li Hongzhang fiercely, pointed at him tremblingly, and said: "Li Hongzhang, who has been loyal for decades, why did the mourning family misjudge you in the first place." ”

The Queen Mother did not misread Li Hongzhang, and every word of the old minister was loyal to the Queen Mother's words. Not to mention far away, just say that this is the end of the year, and the annual salary is about to be paid. Now that the treasury is empty, it is waiting for Jiangning's tax money to enter the treasury. The queen mother's discipline, Jiang Ning must withhold this silver. The Queen Mother can know that now the tax and silver in the entire Jiangnan are first released to Jiangning and then sent to the capital. Now that there is no such tax and silver, the imperial court will not be able to pass for many years, how can it talk about discipline and government. The emperor was in power for a year, not only took out all the money from selling electricity and the silver earned from the factory, but also borrowed money from foreigners to barely maintain the operation of the imperial court. Queen Mother, after the beginning of next year, a lot of money will be used in various government affairs, and where will the Queen Mother go to find silver. ”

"The mourning family dismissed Yan Fu's post, and he resolutely became the governor of Liangjiang and took office immediately."

"Slow down, adult." Without waiting for Gangyi to come out of the class to thank him, Li Hongzhang stepped forward to stop him: "Your Excellency, you know that Liang Huadian, the chief soldier of Liangjiang, has pretended to be a bandit in the first year of the first year, and if you go to the city, you must be extremely cautious." The old minister thought that Lord Gang might have entered the Liangjiang River and his life was in danger. ”

"Nakado-sama is not too worried. This official is the official of the imperial court, how can the officers and soldiers of the imperial court harm the official and the official. "Resolute and unremitting.

"That official hereby wishes Lord Gang a victory." Li Hongzhang didn't tell him much: "If the queen mother has no other will, Weichen will go to meet the emperor." No matter who sits in this court, who will be in charge. The first thing is that the Qing Dynasty can't be messed up. ”