The night was dark, and with the sound of the iron door, the last editors of the Daqing Daily had left.

Since the news of the fiasco in southern Liaoning was first announced by the Daqing Times a few days ago, Tan Sitong, the chief writer and president of the newspaper, has behaved a little strangely. The commentary written by him himself also stopped. He also gave the editors and clerks who had been tired since the First Sino-Japanese War a vacation in turn. It's just that he still keeps in touch with the telegraph office of the Telegraph Bureau and the Times' own telegraph room, and he only has a high meeting with some Qingliu people in Shanghai.

Speaking of which, there are really a lot of Qingliu from the government and the opposition who admire or follow Tan Sitong, especially after the army landed in southern Liaoning, when Lushun had not yet fallen, many Qingliu who were Beijing officials had already left Beijing, and I don't know if they were in love with the power position, or they were afraid that the devil would force them to come to the door.

With a series of advances in the army, Lushun fell, and the combined fleet shelled Dagu, and Xu Yifan, the marshal of Haidong, was considered a little slow by these clear streams. There were more courtiers in the capital, leaving the Jingshi they had once talked about. Even if the imperial party is in the limelight now, the industry can't take care of it. The court officials didn't let them go, and they said one by one that they were poor and old, and they wanted to go back to support their relatives, and they would rather not be this unlucky official. Jingshi people have a bad mouth, and this trend is called "filial piety in the country".

What is the best place to go when leaving Yanjing? Shanghai, of course! Here is a ten-mile foreign field, life is comfortable and rich, and the small nose does not dare to offend the big nose, which is the safest. Shanghai's two long and three halls are also a good place to leave romantic stories. The most important thing is that Tan Sitong is here, and with his rise to the limelight, this place has also faintly become a center of activity with a clear stream. It's safe and you can talk about it with Tan Fusheng, maintain exposure, and make a comeback in the future, so why don't you go to Shanghai? Fools don't come.

These words, Shanghai is full of clear streams, and there are constant messages with Yanjing, which has really become a lively place. The governors of various places also sang and reconciled with these clear stream telegrams in Shanghai. Just looking at the high-profile discussion of these telegrams, it is almost impossible to make people think that the hope of the Qing Dynasty lies in Shanghai. Waiting to clean up the rivers and mountains.

Tan Sitong, as the hope of Qingliu in the wilderness, naturally became the center of such a circle. The newspaper of the Qing Times was delayed, so he was with them all the time, but he talked very little, and no one knew what he was busy with.

Perhaps only a few like-minded friends attending the meeting today really know Tan Sitong's heart.

At this time, in Tan Si's own study in the small building of the newspaper, several characters were accompanying him to a wine party, talking and laughing. Regardless of whether they are famous or not, these characters are all wearing fluttering bamboo cloth robes, not letting the vulgar things such as tops and complements get touched. The braids were wrapped around the back of his neck, and his face flushed when he drank it all. And Tan Sitong sat in the middle, just smiling. Occasionally laugh and scold: "Shuqiao, what are you doing with such a high tripod?" It stinks and stinks to death, my study, it's really a catastrophe today! ”

The full name of the person named Shuqiao is Yang Rui, who is less than forty years old. He has big, dark eyes that are unique to Sichuan people. He is also a figure of the Qingliu party, rarely famous, and has been recruited into his shogunate by Zhang Zhidong at a young age. Later, he became a Beijing official, and he became a waiter from the cabinet, and this time he also resigned in a chic manner and drifted to Shanghai. and Tan Sitong are the most compatible. Now that he was drinking refreshed, a pair of feet almost hit the table, and when he heard Tan Sitong laughing at him, he also smiled: "Okay, well, the resurrection will give you a temper like the prime minister now!" But you deserve it! Now in the Qing Dynasty, who doesn't know that you Tan Fusheng? If you can't be resurrected, what is Na Cangsheng? The hope of the world's scholars and clear streams, and the handsome Xu Yifan of Haidong listen to you and run for you. If you want to save this decadent Tang Dynasty and assist the Holy Monarch, if you don't resurrect it, who else? ”

"Uncle Qiao's words are right!" The one who interjected was a young man under his twenties, his name was Lin Xu, a native of Fujian, who had a poetry name at the age of thirteen or fourteen, a talent at the age of fifteen, and a person at the age of seventeen. is a famous prodigy and a rising star of the clear stream. admired Tan Sitong the most, and after recruiting Tan Sitong into the Qing Times, he engraved a seal, which was simply a few words for the lackeys of the resurrection door. Hearing Yang Rui praise Tan Sitong, he rolled up his sleeves and echoed: "If it weren't for Brother Fusheng's talent in the world, how could Weng Zhongtang dare to do such a decisive thing?" Those who admonish soldiers have existed since ancient times. If it weren't for Ma Weibing's advice to Emperor Ming, how could there be Suzong Lingwu ascending the throne, reviving the Tang Dynasty, and continuing the Li family for more than 100 years? But in the whole world, the person who can resist Xu Yifan, the handsome man of Haidong, is not resurrected or who is it? This Zhongxing business, Brother Fusheng and Haidong Xu Shuai were both literate and martial, and they were famous ministers of Zhongxing in our country at that time! ”

Hearing Lin Xu compare with Ma Wei, several people next to him roared and shouted.

"Behind Emperor Wenzong, didn't he also leave a Yang Guifei?"

"It's just Yang Guifei, but it's just confusing the master, but it's still a Wu Zetian!"

"If it weren't for Brother Fusheng's strange plan, how could Weng Zhongtang point out this clear path for the Holy Monarch?"

Everyone praised, Tan Sitong just smiled and shook his hand: "Silence, silence!" Compared with Yang Yuhuan, it is too shocking. Before the big thing is accomplished, we must not speak in vain. It's better to sit back and wait for the news - but I think about it, Xu Yifan will do my own thing, and from Liaodi to Yanjing, who can stop Xu Yifan, a tiger and wolf army, from entering Beijing? ――――When you are eighty percent sure! Lord Xu has always been loyal and righteous, and he should be a famous minister of the country, as for me, I have already done my thing, and I am very comfortable running a newspaper here. People are lazy, and they still say what kind of countrymen. When Tao Yuanming is on the sea, it is also a lifetime. ”

Listening to his humble words, several people were not convinced.

"Resurrection, if you don't come out, what will Na Cangsheng be?"

"Rebirth, your pattern qi is beyond the limit of Tao Yuanming's ability. Mandarin Hall Scholar, the foreman of the Minister of Military Aircraft, I'm afraid I can't run, right? Zhongxing great achievement, I am here to say a bad thing, a hundred years after the resurrection, a word is stable. Zeng Guo's feudal lord, it's just a two-character text! ”

Tan Sitong smiled and folded his fingers: "The telegram was sent to Liaoyang, it was two days ago, and Lord Xu should have set off when he received the call." The Holy Monarch is above, and he immediately sealed Lord Xu as a Fengtian general, how great is this kindness? Lord Xu will not be ungrateful, and can only repay himself. I guess it's time to call back, it's today! Within ten days, the Praetorian Guards should be under Yanjing City, and when the time comes, it should be a big deal. …… Ladies and gentlemen, in the past ten days, we have been waiting here, and we must not leak the news and ruin a big thing! Everyone should be clear about the priorities, right? ”

Several people looked at each other, scratching their heads. This kind of big event, several people secretly wrote letters to friends in Jingshi, don't stand in the wrong line when the time comes. And the position you want after the resurrection must also be prepared in advance. It was a high-level meeting yesterday, between the drunkenness and the hot ears, and the sound of the pipa behind him, whether he made any bold words, I really can't remember. But at this time, can you still follow Tan Sitong's words?

"Resurrection, although rest assured, although we are not talented, we are also people who do great things with the tail, how can we publicize it?"

Tan Sitong smiled, stood up solemnly, raised a glass of wine, and wished to the north: "I hope this matter goes well, and everything comes true!" Lord Xu has meritorious, and Weng Zhongtang sews everything. In this crisis, I can turn the tide and save my luck in the last days of the Qing Dynasty! If great things can be accomplished, I have the same life, why bother? ”

The tone was deep, like gold and iron colliding. Several people looked at Tan Sitong and saw that at this time, two lines of tears had already flowed down.

"Xu Yifan, Xu Yifan, you must not bear the suspense of the Holy Monarch!"

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A.D. 1** 4th September 22nd.

In the military aircraft department, a light is like a bean. More than a dozen Dalami Xiao Zhangjing on duty did not dare to breathe and guarded outside. In the house, Old Man Weng is on duty, and he has been here since the day before yesterday. Sit and wait for telegrams from all over Liaodong.

Since Feng Xu Yifan became the general of Fengtian, from the priesthood to the younger generations, the ministers of the Hou Party have picked their picks and asked for sick leave one after another. It's clear that I'm not waiting. The Imperial Party didn't care, and added a number of Imperial Party ministers who were learning to walk in the Military Aircraft Department. However, there has never been such a thing as in the past two days, the old man Weng, who was working in front of Yulan Hall Guangxu, simply moved the cover to the military aircraft of Longzongmen. I don't know what I'm waiting for.

Old Man Weng is different from other military ministers, everyone else has the bearing of a prime minister, and he is polite to everyone with a smile. Everyone is lazy and pretends not to see it, anyway, the Qing Dynasty is perfunctory, if it can be perfunctory. Old man Weng has a Taoist face, and he is annoying when he looks at it, not to mention, these days he has a big temper at the military plane, and he will touch it if he is a little wrong. It's a mess that everyone is disappointed. When are you a good bird? It's not like no one knows about your old foundation!

However, the current officials are not as good as the current management, and the imperial party is now arrogant, so everyone has to endure it.

Everyone on duty was dozing, and they didn't dare to fall asleep, so they had to pinch their thighs incessantly. Drink cup after cup of tea made by Sulla's miscellaneous servants. Listening to the death-like sound of beating from inside the palace gate.

Occasionally, a flock of resident birds is startled, and the sound of fluttering and trumpeting in the quiet night sky is even more desolate. The candle shadow swayed, and the faces of the few Zhang Jing waiting on duty were pale.

Hey, hold on. Whoever is replaced, this Qing Dynasty can't be messed up! The little devil is in front of the door, who can cook? Everyone knows a Xu Yifan, but where is he now? And just such a person, can turn the sky upside down with one hand?

Just when he was bored to the extreme, he heard footsteps inside, and the candle shadow dimmed, but it was Weng Tonghe who walked out. The old man's face was also very ugly, and he looked a lot older. A few Zhang Jing hurriedly stood up, and heard Weng Tonghe ask in a low voice, "Is there a telegram from Liaodong?" ”

A Zhang Jing laughed: "Only a few hours ago, the Liaonan battalion sent a telegram from Jinzhou to urge the salary...... The middle hall said that he wouldn't watch it at the beginning, but now do you want to take a look? ”

Weng Tonghe frowned: "There is no telegram from Liaoyang?" Didn't Zeng Qi say from Shenyang that Xu Yifan had been in Liaoyang for two or three days? ”

That Zhang Jing shook his head: "Master Zhongtang, there is no telegram from Lord Xu of Liaoyang. Your orders, there is a call there, hand it over to you to translate the code with your own hands, there must be no delay, how dare we mistake this matter, we are all on the heart. It's just that there is no ......."

Weng Tonghe's eyebrows wrinkled even tighter, almost becoming a Sichuan character, but his eyes were a little dull, and he stood there speechless for a long time. He looks like he doesn't keep his mind.

That Zhang Jing cautiously asked: "Master Zhongtang, the telegram of the camp in southern Liaoning ......"

Weng Tonghe seemed to wake up suddenly, and waved his hand angrily: "Don't look!" He turned around and strode in. Several Zhang Jing glanced at each other and scolded in a low voice.

"Old bastard, do you really want to serve this messenger? Even if you lie down and don't work, pick a riding school, there are three or six a month, and there are a few stones of old rice, and you can't starve to death! ”

"Why is the old man just waiting for a telegram from Xu Yifan in Liaoyang?"

"Don't you want to pull the Praetorian Guard back? Lafayette has the support of Beiyang, and now that Wang Ba has turned over, his heart is still not steady, and he is pulling the Praetorian Guards on their side, isn't it just sitting firmly? ”

"People are the big heroes who have overturned tens of thousands of little devils, and they can look down on his old face?"

"Now there are some rumors, and there are people in the teahouse talking about it, saying...... Say ......"

"Say what?"

As soon as Zhang Jing, who was fast-talking, was forced to ask, he immediately regretted it, but compared it in the direction of the Summer Palace, and then held the teacup and didn't speak.

These Dalami Xiao Zhangjing, who have been serving on the military plane for a long time, are not human spirits. The ministers of military aircraft just uploaded and issued, and they were the ones who gave instructions specifically to each fold classification. The government and the opposition are familiar with things inside and outside, and there are many people who woo them, so naturally they will hear a lot of rumors outside. Looking at the comparison of colleagues, everyone knows it. Han Zhangjing was cautious and turned his head to pretend not to know. Man Zhangjing stayed there: "Living Buddha...... It's not going to be true, is it? The emperor wants to force Lafayette's palace? ”

In this world, a day is counted as a day......

With the sound of no beating in the palace gate, time passed slowly in a breathless dreary, and it was already the second half of the night. In the silence, I heard the sound of the guards outside the Longzong Gate. Everyone who was very stuffy pricked up their ears to hear who had arrived. After a while, I heard the sound of heavy footsteps, and a red-topped minister didn't even hang up the pearls, and the official uniform was also worn behind his back, so he rushed in in so angrily.

Zhang Jing and the others all jumped up: "Lord Sun! ”

The person who came was Sun Yuwen, who was walking from the Military Aircraft Department, who was barely a post-party figure, but he also had the hope of a clear stream. Shi Duo always felt that he was on the side of the Imperial Party, and he was not very treated. Originally, it was rumored that he was going to go to the military plane's mission, but it was delayed as soon as the First Sino-Japanese War began. However, during this time, he advanced and retreated with the ministers of the Hou Party, and called himself sick together. Who knew that in such a late night, Sun Yuwen rushed in in so angrily!

Zhang Jing asked him for peace, but he didn't see it. The prime minister's bearing didn't know where it had been lost, his face was full of sweat, and he asked loudly with his placket: "What about Lord Weng?" ”

Before the words fell, Weng Tonghe had already walked out, and the old man didn't have a good face. He originally wanted to pull Sun Yuwen to simply fall to the imperial party and help him support the situation in the military plane. Who would have thought that Sun Yuwen didn't give him this face. At that moment, he said coldly: "Laishan, don't you call it worth retiring from illness?" What are you doing here at night? You are also an old messenger, and the military aircraft is a heavy land! ”

Then he turned his head and became angry at Zhang Jing: "Go and ask the guards, why did you let people in if you didn't have a waist card?" ”

Before Zhang Jing could answer, he heard Sun Yuwen shouting: "The surname is Weng, let me tell you a word, Li Hongzhang has entered the capital!" ”

A loud roar was heard far away in the silent night sky. Everyone was stunned. Li Hongzhang sat in Tianjin, holding the defense of Haikou and the war in Shandong. and Xu Yifan, who nominally hung the minister of moderation and control of the armies of southern Liaonan, were the commanders of the two front armies of the Qing Dynasty. It was the time when he couldn't leave Tianjin, how could he suddenly enter Yanjing?

Sun Yuwen just looked at Weng Tonghe deadly: "Li Hongzhang also brought the eighteenth battalion of training troops into Beijing, and the third elder of the world personally brought it in." Now that he has taken over the defense of the infantry yamen and the summer palace guard barracks, he is now coming at the military plane! You're still dying before you know it! ”

This was a bigger thunderclap, slamming heavily on Weng Tonghe's head, and as soon as his body became weak, he leaned on the kang table, knocked down several bowls of tea, and smashed them.

“…… How could it be, how could it be that it entered Beijing? Emperor...... Let's ......"

Sun Yuwen shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Old man, who can you hide from your dim sum machine?" If you want to do it, you can't make a big fuss, isn't this forcing Lafayette to deal with you ruthlessly? Galeries Lafayette is more cheerful than you! The national disaster is like this, you still don't stop a little, you and I don't care about it, I still care about the emperor! I will advise you to say a word, hurry up to the Summer Palace, hand yourself over to Lafayette and Li Hongzhang, and take all the sins on your head, maybe the emperor can still be preserved, so many ministers who follow you in a daze, Qingliu, can still be saved. Old man, old man, please leave some vitality for Daqing! Now we can't stand the toss! ”

Weng Tonghe's mind was already blank, and his stubborn appearance disappeared at all, and his eyes were all whites, and he had lost his normal thinking ability.

"Your Majesty...... I...... Lafayette ......" He suddenly shook his body, as if he had just woken up from this nightmare: "Protect the emperor!" ”

What Sun Yuwen said was his only way to live! Only by preserving the emperor, as an emperor, he must always leave some dignity, and maybe he can have a life. The emperor has been saved, and in the slim hope, there may be a chance to turn over!

He glanced at Sun Yuwen gratefully, and Sun Yuwen was about to turn around to leave, when Weng Tonghe stopped him: "Laishan, why did you come to tell me all this?" How do you explain? ”

Sun Yuwen turned around and sneered: "Who is not disheartened in this situation?" I quit completely, just waiting for the court to open a vacancy. The Qing Dynasty is like this, who can still do it well? Galeries Lafayette, no. You guys, it's a joke! ”

After a joke, Sun Yuwen laughed loudly, but in the end it turned into a sob, covered his face and stumbled out. The house is full of Zhangjing, and he is stunned. Weng Tonghe muttered to himself: "Joke...... Joke ...... "All kinds of past, like electricity, passed through his heart."

"Is my life really a joke?"

He had regained his composure, straightened his clothes, and commanded in a loud voice: "Prepare the sedan chair!" Then he glanced at those Zhang Jing, and said coldly: "Give the order to Shuntian Mansion Yin, call for the fast husband, assist Lord Li to maintain order, and the soldiers will enter the city, and the feet of the Son of Heaven will not be chaotic!" ”

A few Zhang Jing were still standing in a daze, and Weng Tonghe suddenly shouted: "Go quickly!" I haven't gone to the position of the foreman of the military aircraft yet, and the holy decree to cut off my head has not yet arrived! ”

After the roar, a few Zhang Jing scattered as birds and beasts. Weng Tonghe strode out, and several of his family members had already prepared the sedan chair outside the Longzong Gate after obeying the order. The guards outside the Longzong Gate crowded together one after another, not knowing what they were talking about, watching Weng Tonghe come out, just watching with their eyes, no one dared to take a step forward.

At this time, in the quiet night of Yanjing City, a faint sound had already sounded, and the sound of the military horn of the mobilized troops sounded. The chaotic sound has gradually sounded from small to large. Weng Tonghe turned around and took one last look at the dark shadow of the forbidden palace in the night, lowered his head and got into the sedan chair: "Go to the Summer Palace!" ”

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On this night, the battalion soldiers of the brigade were running at the feet of the Son of Heaven and in the Yanjing City, where all directions worshipped. The Military Aircraft Department, the Prime Minister's Yamen of various countries, the Eastern Suburbs Minxiang Legation, the Telegraph Office, the major city gates, the forbidden places of the palace, and the Summer Palace were all taken over by the defense battalion. The people were alarmed by this sudden incident, and the whole city was boiling, thinking that the army had entered Yanjing, and the whole city was disturbed. But the hearts of the people have been shaken, and there are many casualties in the chaos. Gunshots also continued to sound in the night sky of Yanjing City.

There is nothing more subtle than this in the apocalyptic weather!

Weng Tonghe was stopped by the defense camp on the road, and he was immediately escorted to the Summer Palace. Along with him, he took the initiative to throw himself into the Summer Palace, as well as Wen Tingshi and other imperial ministers - even if he didn't vote, he couldn't escape the city.

When he arrived at the Summer Palace, Weng Tonghe was escorted into the courtyard where the guards at the gate of the courtyard were staying. Hundreds of soldiers of the defense battalion were unsheathed with their swords and guns, guarding them layer by layer. More and more imperial ministers were sent over. Weng Tonghe shouted countless times to see Cixi face to face to confess, and after calling for half the night, no one answered.

When it was almost dawn, an unexpected figure came to see him in person.

When that person stood in front of Weng Tonghe, he and Weng Tonghe were relatively speechless for a while.

This person is Li Hongzhang.

Inside the hut, the two men looked at each other. One is the Imperial Division, the center of the Imperial Party, and the Minister of Military Aircraft. One is the number one local official, the real Qing Dynasty minister. Each is a man of the moment. Both of them pay attention to maintenance, and although they are old, they do not show much old age. They all have straight waists, and their bearings are like that, and their gestures are all important ministers.

At this time, in the Summer Palace, a small hut in the residence of the guards who smelled of sweat, they looked at each other, and in just half a year, they were all too old to look good!

In comparison, Li Hongzhang is even more old. He is tall among the countrymen, but at this time his back is already rickety, the hair exposed under the official hat is white and thin, and the wrinkles on his face are layer after layer, and he sits on the only two chairs in the room with Weng Tonghe, and in the summer, he is still wearing a cotton horse coat!

These two people have been fighting for a lifetime. The king who is famous for the whole Qing Dynasty does not see the king. Personal enmity and hatred of different factions are mixed together, and they have long been irresolvable. Weng Tonghe wanted to pull Li Hongzhang off the horse all his life, and Li Hongzhang also took action against him. At the beginning, Prince Gong and Weng Tonghe were driven out of the military plane together, and there was Li Hongzhang's medicine. This time, he led troops into Beijing to shatter Weng Tonghe's dream of the imperial party!

But looking at Li Hongzhang's decadent and old state, Weng Tonghe was speechless for a long time.

Li Hongzhang looked at him, slowly took off his big hat, scratched his sparse hair, and said with a wry smile: "Brother Shuping, what's wrong?" I'm waiting for you to scold. ”

Weng Tonghe sat there and shook his head slowly: "Shaoquan, why are you old like this?" ”

Li Hongzhang put down his hat and said lightly: "I have been pasting for a lifetime, and I suddenly found that I couldn't mount it, so I was naturally waiting to die." thought that he could leave the reputation of a Zhongxing minister, but it turned out to be empty, and the spirit collapsed first, what else can the stinky skin do? Mentally 100 times more to marry seven or eight concubines? ”

"As soon as you enter Beijing this time, can your position be shaken? On both sides of the emperor and Lafayette, you have chosen correctly! It's a pity, you Li Hongzhang are loyal ministers, but it's a pity that it's not Tang Zhongzong who is loyal, but Wu Zetian of the Great Zhou! ”

Li Hongzhang waved his hand slightly: "Shuping, it's useless to say this, don't make Lafayette angry now, but implicate the emperor." I'm just here to persuade you, take care of everything, the emperor has nothing to do, and you probably won't die. ”

Weng Tong stood up violently, and his tone was as cold as ice: "Why don't I die?" I did everything, what is the emperor's business? Shaoquan, I only have one sentence, the history books in a hundred years, look at what I say, what I say, what you say! ”

Li Hongzhang sat there, his old face didn't move: "What are you talking about me?" I know what to say about you...... At present, the great enemy intends to force the palace with troops. I didn't expect the consequences at all...... You still borrowed one of Xu Yifan's soldiers, who is Xu Yifan? You still don't understand? He really entered Beijing, and thought that in the future, Jiangshan would still be surnamed Aixin Jueluo, or this Daqing Dynasty that we have worked hard all our lives? I'm also about to go to the ground, and I don't want to change my master's service...... Then again, if you succeed in forcing the palace through Xu Yifan, what will be the situation in the Qing Dynasty? We are the superintendent of the world, we will not accept such a thing, only divided, the king of Qin, the king of Qin, the self-reliant self-reliance, want the side of the Qingjun of the Qingjun, so messed up, how much advantage will I take? Can we still be a nation? When the time comes, I am afraid that there will be many people who will use their own soldiers to quell the chaos! I know what those post-party ministers can do! ”

His tone didn't change at all, and he spoke slowly, but word by word, it just knocked on Weng Tonghe's heart: "...... What will you say? For the sake of his own power, he took risks and took power, and he didn't care about everything outside his body. Dizzy until you crash into the abyss. We're at war...... Brother Shuping...... I can't win, but I can't go down a worse path! At this time, we must support the country not to fall apart and not let people take advantage of the fire to rob! I look at Xu Yifan and understand this truth, no matter how domineering he is, he hasn't waded into your troubled waters! Brother Shuping, do you know that Lafayette's original plan was to abolish the emperor? You are trapped in the holy king, in order to realize your dream of being the first minister of the Qing Dynasty, you say, what will the history books say about you? ”

Halfway through his words, Weng Tonghe had already collapsed on the chair, Venus was popping up in front of him, and his temples were jumping and jumping, as if blood was about to spurt out of his brain. He muttered to himself: "Your Majesty...... The emperor ......"

Li Hongzhang smiled faintly and bitterly: "Your Majesty, we are all trying our best to preserve." I persuaded Lafayette that Xu Yifan's rise is no longer replicable, at this time, there is no way to deal with him, and no one in the world agrees. The only person who can restrain him in prestige and slowly think about dealing with him is the emperor. Standing on the emperor's Buddha, all the world's scholars still look at the emperor, Xu Yifan is still strong after all, and he can't be the enemy of the world, he still has to raise hope...... If the emperor is not abolished, you can't die, go back to your hometown and be a happy man......"

Hearing that he couldn't die, he originally wanted to be martyred for the country, but Weng Tonghe, who was famous in history, breathed a sigh of relief for some reason. Looking at Li Hongzhang, there was another flame rising in his heart: "I, Weng Tonghe, have been ruined, and I am useless by you, and there is no resurrection." You are a great hero in helping the needy! ”

"Shaoquan! You really did everything you wanted, and you deserved to be the first paster in my Qing Dynasty! I am only here to wish you a name in history and become the first minister of my Qing Dynasty in 250 years! I look at how the history books praise you, and you have to keep a few more to pass on to your children and grandchildren! ”

Li Hongzhang, who had been silent, stood up slowly at this time, looking at Weng Tonghe quietly, I don't know how long it took, until Weng Tonghe's body shrank slightly under his gaze, and then he said in a low voice: "What do the history books say about me?" Be a courtier and force the emperor's palace? Or is it a defeat in front of the little devils? …… Shuping, let me tell you, Lafayette is back in power, and this battle will no longer be able to continue. Who else can negotiate peace? It's just me, Li Hongzhang! After selling the foreign devils, and then selling the Orientals, I am not as famous as you in the history books! I'm going to be scolded for the rest of my life! A lifetime of work, collapsed to a minimum, and I have to surrender on behalf of the Qing Dynasty, in addition to extending the life of the Qing Dynasty for a few years, I am a white-faced annihilator and a traitor! I'm going to be scolded for hundreds, thousands of years! I still hate it sometimes, I can't be Xu Yifan! ”

Later, Li Hongzhang had already roared like thunder, and his waist was also straightened, as if he was still the bandit Hanlin who fought to the death with his relatives and the Taiping Army of the Twist Army decades ago, as if he was still the symbol of the Qing Dynasty Li Hongzhang!

Weng Tonghe was completely frightened by Li Hongzhang's hideous demeanor, and muttered something to say, but in the end, a sentence came out: "That...... What about Xu Yifan? How do you cook? ”

Li Hongzhang finally calmed down, and the last bit of vitality in his body seemed to be exhausted. sat down dejectedly, looked at the roof and muttered: "The plan offered by the third elder of the world is to go to the armies of southern Liaoning, and use Fengsheng to lead Atong, and never let Xu Yifan get involved." If he dares to come to Liaonan to seize power in person, if he has the opportunity, he will be detained. Let's take care of it slowly, Lafayette's first hatred is you emperors, but the first thing to fear is Xu Yifan. Shidor's plan, Lafayette approved, and when it was dawn, he went to call. ”

Hearing that Xu Yifan was unlucky, Weng Tonghe was happy in his heart. How much better people are than me! At the moment, I don't know how to interface. They are all ministers, they know the situation, and everyone understands that Xu Yifan is the last resistance force of the Qing Dynasty to Yueben, even if he asks for peace, Xu Yifan is here, and he can pay a little less, if he insists on not surrendering, Xu Yifan will not have the power to counterattack if he unites the armies of southern Liaoning. But there are some people who would rather surrender, pay more, and bring down Xu Yifan!

Li Hongzhang looked at Weng Tonghe, although his eyes were late, but he seemed to see into the bones of the old man Weng, he smiled faintly, slowly put his hat on his head, and then slowly got up: "Anyway, the telegraph office is controlled by our defense battalion, and the telegram is sent to southern Liaoning a few days earlier and a few days later, and it doesn't matter...... I am loyal to the Aixin Jueluo family to death, this country, also leave a little hope...... I see, Xu Yifan is not your Weng Tonghe ......"

His voice was extremely low, and he muttered these words, but Weng Tonghe didn't hear them clearly, and wanted to raise his head and ask again. Li Hongzhang was already smiling and arching his hand at him: "Brother Shuping, see you in the next life." ”

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On the night of September 22, the Qing Dynasty's Beiyang minister, the governor of Zhili, and the first earl Li Hongzhang led the 18 battalions of the defense battalion to defend Jinggi and prepare for the invasion of the Beijing division from the western Liaoning corridor. Overnight, he had already controlled the key points of Yanjing City, and dozens of imperial ministers from Weng Tong and Wen Tingshi were all locked up. The crime was that the assistance was ineffective, so that southern Liaoning was defeated. There is also a strange situation between the Queen Mother and the Guangxu Emperor. How to deal with it, wait for the war to come.

In the daytime of the 23rd, Guangxu issued an edict to spread the word to the world, admitting that he was surrounded by a group of small people, so that the state affairs were wrong. Since Gu is shallow, he invited the Queen Mother to hang the curtain again in response to the war. However, Cixi's reply was not allowed, and Guangxu was still allowed to continue to uphold the affairs of the First Sino-Japanese War, and Cixi only sought to be honored and raised on the shore of Kunming Lake.

The foreigners in the legation in the eastern suburbs of Yanjing City noticed the political changes in the heart of this Far Eastern empire for the first time, and the ministers of various countries asserted one after another when they called China: "The Qing Dynasty is about to seek peace, and the restoration of the political group of the Empress Dowager represents the end of this war in the Far East!" ”

The general trend of the world, the luck of the Chinese people, is it really irretrievable?

(To be continued)