"The water of Mo Dao Kunming Pond is shallow, it turned out to be for training the navy!"

In summer, the three seas are rippling and the willows are shady, compared with the palace ban, it is naturally cool and quiet, so the emperors and concubines often come to the three seas for recreation in summer. Since Yanjing, the capital of the Yuan Dynasty, Sanhai has continued to expand. In the Qing Dynasty, Sanhai was a group of palaces and pavilions facing each other. Emperors of Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong not only regarded this as a place of amusement, but also feasted princes and ministers here, summoned officials in palaces such as the Qinzheng Palace, handled state affairs, received envoys from foreign vassal states who made pilgrimages to Beijing, and welcomed the victorious soldiers who returned to the dynasty.

The water in the three nautical miles is often dredged to keep it clear and clean all year round, and a lot of lotus roots are specially planted. Every three summers, at a glance, the green leaves and fields on the three seas, the lotus flowers are in full bloom, it is really "the lotus flower is different red", the scene is indeed extremely elegant! But Cixi still thought it was not grand enough and luxurious enough, so King Alcohol ordered that he, who presided over the naval yamen, transferred naval funds to rebuild the three seas.

The weather in the three seas is really new, and Cixi is naturally happy in her heart. It's just that this repair of the garden officially began in the high-sounding name of restoring the old system of water and preparing for the construction of the Kunming Lake Water Master School, and the funds naturally came from the navy. Everyone understands that this is "selling dog meat on the head of a sheep", and naturally it also left "Mo Dao Kunming Pond is shallow, it turned out to be for training the navy!" The poem comes.

The poem stayed, and a few years later the military funds were moved to repair the garden, so the poor and inexplicable Beiyang sailors were also defeated, and the Qing Dynasty lost hundreds of millions of taels of silver, but Cixi got her own garden of "living for a long time", even after Gengzi, the Qing Dynasty lost one or two silver, in order to reorganize the garden that was cheaply made by the Eight-Nation Alliance, Cixi still spent millions of taels of silver to renovate the garden.

Early in the morning, Yi Liang came to the East Shou Hall of the Summer Palace to meet the Queen Mother, and first handed over the report of the Military Aircraft Department:

"Chen Wei and his party members have sharply intensified their activities in various places. Recently, it was said that the bandits rebelled against the Sichuan uprising, which has been quelled. Yesterday, the officers of the Xi'an artillery battalion rose up and died in defeat. ”

Cixi, who was shocked by the news, opened her eyes and closed her eyes slightly.

"This country is weak, and there seem to be a lot of thugs like Chen Wei."

Yixuan, who was kneeling on the ground, hurriedly spoke.

"Lafayette, the Han people's anti-Manchurian activities are intensifying, and the minions have ordered all localities to strictly guard against criminals and search for Baath Party members, and at the same time note to various countries to restrict the activities of the graduates of the Whampoa School, and to demand the arrest of those who have caused trouble."

"Good. All localities must strive to eradicate all evils, and must not be soft-hearted, preferring to kill by mistake rather than slipping through the net, still less allowing the ashes to recur. He ordered all localities to pay close attention to those literati and scholars, who were the most demagogic and instigated trouble. You should issue an order from the Military Aircraft Department now: prohibit students from interfering in politics and making speeches at meetings. ”

"The minions are ordered to do it."

Kowtowed, and Yixuan took the order.

Thinking about Cixi, she asked again.

"Has Yuan Shikai set out from Baoding?"

"Back to Lafayette, Lord Yuan has a lot of affairs to be settled, and if you want to finish the explanation, you will naturally go on the expedition."

"Why did he return to Baoding, after summoning the generals and schools to gather in the governor's palace, he nested in his bed to raise his life, is this also an explanation?"

"Back to Lafayette, Lord Yuan......"

"Nonsense!"

On the side, Tieliang, the newly promoted Minister of Military Aircraft and the Secretary of the Ministry of War, roared.

"He clearly had no intention of going south, intending to raise troops to threaten the imperial court."

"Who are you talking to? Such presumptuousness! If he really led the troops to the Beijing Division, would he have a meeting in a flamboyant manner? He is going to threaten a long time ago, why wait for now? ”

Yixuan turned to Cixi and kowtowed.

"Lafayette, Yuan Shikai has always been loyal to the Qing Dynasty, and he convened the generals to discuss the matter, I am afraid it is also for the sake of the southern expedition. Lafayette thinks, if he was even a little disloyal to Lafayette, he wouldn't have betrayed the emperor's notoriety back then to protect Lafayette, right? ”

As he spoke, Yixuan took out another piece of music and said.

"This is Yuan Shikai's invitation today, Yuan Shikai wants to leave now but can't."

After taking the fold, Cixi glanced at it a few times, the smile on her face froze, and she stood there stunned. His brows furrowed, and after reading it, he handed it to Tie Liang, who took a closer look and said angrily.

"Is there such a coincidence in the world? Why did Liu Lingzhi go to Sakharov alone to return to the court, although such a great achievement is meritorious to the state, but I am afraid that people will interfere,...... It's all an excuse. ”

Without waiting for Yixuan to speak, Cixi nodded and said.

"It seems that Yuan Shikai is indeed thinking about the imperial court."

So he picked up the pen and criticized Yuan Shikai's recital: "The two towns on the left and right are said to go south, and foreign affairs are handled by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs." ”

After writing it, Cixi handed it over to Yixuandao.

"The Military Aircraft Department immediately sent this approval document to Yuan Shikai, Yuan Shikai will handle foreign affairs, but the military affairs in the south are tight, this is a top priority, let him lead the troops south! Although he is the Minister of Beiyang has the responsibility of foreign affairs, Chen Rebellion in the south is even more important! In this case, let him rest down for a while. ”

"Huh-"

Tie Liang added next to him.

"If it weren't for Prince Qing's recommendation, how could he Yuan Shikai have such a big shelf, why can't he handle foreign affairs, is it really my Great Qing Kingdom?"

"Phew! What do you know about the smell of milk? One, are you worthy of Rongzhongtang under Jiuquan by talking like this? Lord Yuan was single-handedly promoted by Rong Zhongtang, and he is also a talent that Lafayette himself fancies, when did I meet him! You say this to be disrespectful to me, to Rong Zhongtang, to Lafayette; 2. ,......"

"Say no more!"

This will make Cixi angry. She wasn't afraid that Yilu would expose her shortcomings, but that Yixuan mentioned Ronglu. When Rong Lu was mentioned, she was in a heart-wrenching pain.

It was as if she remembered something, and Cixi thought and said again.

"At least the green mud pool, isn't Uchida Gengya talking to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs? If you say that my attitude is panicked, I will give the green mud puddle to me! This matter is submitted to the princes and ministers for further discussion, and outside the customs is the birthplace of the Qing Dynasty, where the lifeblood is, and it must be done carefully. - It's okay, just retreat. ”

After Yixuan left, Cixi sent an order to Liangbi to come to Dongshou Hall as soon as possible.

After seeing Liangbi enter the hall, looking at the heroic posture of Tie Liang and Liangbi in front of her, Cixi's heart was much relieved, there are still people in this Great Qing Kingdom, and there are still talents in the banner who can be called.

After Liangbi saluted, Cixi opened her words.

"Come near and speak."

Liangbi thanked the two and stood in front of him.

Looking at the two of them, Cixi's face showed some relief.

"In the future, the Qing Dynasty will count on you, after Rong Zhongtang goes, none of us can preside over the military, not to mention that even if Rong Lu is in the air, he will have to rely on Li Hongzhang and Zhang Zhidong; And before this, it was necessary to rely on Zeng Guofan, and the descendants of Manchu and Mongolia had declined to such a point, did they have to rely on the Han people to sit firmly in the world? ”

"Galeries Lafayette."

Tie Liang and Liang Bi knelt on the ground in unison and said.

"The minions don't dare not work hard anymore."

"If you don't work hard, you will die and have no place to be buried! Zeng Guofan and Li Hongzhang are still grateful to the Qing Dynasty and are a little loyal, but now Yuan Shikai has bad intentions, and the Qing Dynasty is in danger! ”

This time Yuan Shikai first had a foot disease and vomited blood, and now he took advantage of the green mud puddle, in short, he wanted to drag the time not to go south, in the past, she felt that Yuan Shikai was still an obedient minion, and now Cixi can see clearly that this minion does not know what bad intentions are pretending to be.

"So kill him!"

Tie Liang said fiercely.

"This will provoke an incident, his army is in Gyeonggi, and he can't act rashly now, not to mention that he has a very good relationship with various countries over the years, if he suddenly makes a sudden move, the countries will also interfere, not to mention that the southern Chen is against the trend, although he did not attack the north, but the sailor rebelled the day before yesterday, and wanted to come to Zhang Zhidong or check the rebellion or loyalty, that is, the kung fu of the last few days, this Qing country now has to rely on Yuan Shikai's new army to support for a while."

"If Yuan Shikai is forced to rebel, I am afraid that the Great Qing Kingdom will be overwhelmed, and the children of the banner people will only go to the kiln to raise birds and listen to the play, I am afraid that they will not be able to run, and they can still fight?"

Carrying the appearance of her own family, Cixi is a burst of heartache.

"After Yuan Shikai led the Beiyang New Army south, even if this Gyeonggi is empty, our Great Qing Kingdom can't only have Yuan Shikai's Beiyang Army, I asked you to come today to let you learn from Yuan Shikai, and you must also train your own army!"

"Yes, the Queen Mother's servant has already thought so!"

Liang Congee nodded hurriedly.

"We also want to train troops, and we also want to run an officer school."

Cixi smiled with relief.

"Tie Liang is already the secretary of the military department, Yuan Shikai's military power is not to be taken away, as long as he goes south and fights with Chen Rei, it is good to win, but the Beiyang Army must also be a group of wounded soldiers and remnants, defeated, and the Beiyang Army will be finished. Liangbi, you can help Tie Liang more, recruit talents as soon as possible, and train a group of generals and colonels who can command the army to fight as soon as possible. ”

"If the slave doesn't do his best, he won't be a descendant of the Qing Dynasty!"

Liangbi replied high-spiritedly.

"Hmmm! It's good to have this heart, Yuan Shikai asked for 9 million taels of silver to train the new army of the six towns back then, if the foreigner bank borrowed the 13 million pounds, he will take out 3 million pounds to train the two of you, and train the new army of the ten towns for me! Our new army of banner people! ”

The two of them couldn't help but rejoice when they heard Cixi's words, and at the same time kowtowed and replied.

"The slave will live up to the trust of Lafayette and train the new army of the ten towns!"

"Okay, you all have to go through training in the future, and learn how to deal with personnel, although military training is related to the life and death of the Great Qing Dynasty, but this method of handling personnel is related to whether this new army can be trained!"

With that, Cixi waved her hand and retreated with the two.

"Yuan Shikai is a vicious wolf, and Yixuan is the scum of the Qing Dynasty!"

Why are there so few available people around here? Thinking of Chen Yi in the south, as well as the green mud puddle in the past few days, Cixi only felt a headache, thinking about these things, Cixi lowered her eyes, and said silently in her heart.

"May the Buddha bless me long live the Qing Dynasty, and may the Buddha bless me with good health. I will surely make all the temple incense go on continuously. ”

As soon as this sentence was finished, I felt that a whirlwind seemed to blow from the crypt, and swept from the outside in a cold shade, and Cixi shivered with excitement, goosebumps, and her head couldn't help but feel dizzy.

After Yasuya Uchida, who was dressed as a very British gentleman, sat down. He got straight to the point.

"Lord Qing, I have unfortunate news for you: our political axe believes that your country's unauthorized acceptance of Qingniwa is not only an extremely serious and bad incident, but also a serious violation of your country's neutrality clause! I wonder if Prince Qing knows?"

Uchida's words surprised the big head of the "Kee Company". His first feeling was that Liu Lingzhi escaped from the Russian hard labor camp, and this time he stabbed Da Louzi.

"Minister Uchida,"

Although Yixuan is famous for corruption, but this presiding prime minister yamen for so long, in the end, he has also negotiated the verdict with the eight countries, and although he has seen a big scene, he is threatened by Yasuya Uchida, but he is still fighting haha.

"I really don't know what you're talking about. Our political axe has always been friendly with all countries, even if it is neutral, it will never break the terms of neutrality, not to mention, Minister Uchida, you also know, although I am neutral in the Qing Dynasty, but this East Asian Tongwen, we still have our hearts to your country, in the Kanto, the Qing Kingdom has 20,000 or 30,000 to assist your army in the war, this Liu Lingzhi Gengzi year, has been taken by the Russians to the hard labor camp, his behavior has nothing to do with the imperial court. ”

And to Yixuan is playing haha, talking about the inside story, and finally putting himself aside, Uchida Yasuya sneered and said.

"Lord Qing, as far as I know, doesn't your court still want to reward Liu Lingzhi? Can I understand that my sources are from within the Imperial Court of the Empire, can I understand that you are not only acquiescing in Liu Lingzhi's actions, but are also preparing to promote the recovery of Qingmudwa? ”

From Yasuya Uchida's demeanor, Yi Liang already felt the seriousness of the situation. If it weren't for the fact that they couldn't afford to provoke them, just like Yuan Shikai said at the beginning, Li Hefei had an alliance with Russia, and the public law should help Russia, and it was said that the original was to protect my territory, and to rejuvenate the teacher with righteousness, and to help the teacher in terms of reason. With national strength, it is impossible to help Russia or others, and the battlefield is within the territory of the Qing Dynasty. As a last resort, the Liao River was used as the boundary, neutrality was declared, and the north of the Liao River was included in the war zone.

But now the "Daniel Land Transfer Regulations" signed by Liu Lingzhi and Sakharov has muddied the original muddy water of this pool. Thinking so in his heart, Yixuan was silent, this Lafayette said that if he was pressing, he would give them the green mud puddle, but if this came out of his mouth...... In the morning, he had just returned from Baoding, and in the Zhili Governor's Mansion in Baoding, he and Yuan Shikai had a deep discussion about the matter of the green mud pool, and Yuan Shikai's reaction was far beyond his expectations.

When he asked through the Beiyang Army's adviser to the Beiyang Army, Rihachiro Hansai, if the Qingniwa was solved by force, Yuan Shikai, the governor of Zhili, who had secretly supported the book since the war broke out, said it himself.

"Ben always said that the two countries are like brothers. Even if it is a good brother, if the elder brother beats the younger brother in the face, the younger brother will be angry. ”

Although Yue Ben would never risk the complete destruction of the port of Dalini to attack Dalini, in this matter, the performance of Qing officials was far beyond Yu Ben's expectations, just like those Qing officials even kept playing petitions to reward Liu Lingzhi, the former Jinzhou Tongzhi.

After pondering for a while, Yixuan remembered a telegram that Yuan Shikai had sent him three days ago.

"I am sincerely glad for the peace of East Asia. Therefore, on the issue of the current situation between the Qing Dynasty and Korea, we have been negotiating with Russia since last year. However, we have to confirm that the Russian political axe has no regard for the sincerity of peace in East Asia. The preservation of the territory of the two countries is closely related to the self-defense of the reading power of the two countries. Yu Zi ordered me to stop negotiating with Russia, and decided to act freely in self-defense for my own sake. I trust in the loyalty and courage of the Ministers and others, and expect them to achieve their purpose in order to preserve the glory of the Empire. ”

Groaning, Yixuan recited the Emperor's declaration of war against Russia, and when he recited the content of the declaration of war to Russia, Uchida Yasuya was just nervous, and the reason why it dragged on for three days, Tokyo has not yet discussed the reason, and in the end, the emperor and Dean Ito made a decision on a "diplomatic settlement", the fundamental reason is that the Qing Kingdom was forced by force to move towards neutrality, and at the same time exposed the real reason for the declaration of war.

In this war, he took advantage of the hostility of the Qing people to the Europeans, and called this war a war for the Asians to resist the Europeans and the yellow race to retaliate against the whites. It is said that the two Qing countries are "of the same language and the same species", just like brothers, they respect the sovereignty of the Qing state, have no intention of encroaching on China, and help China recover the country's land, etc., so as to paralyze the Qing people, which makes some Qing people have illusions about the Qing people, and they rejoice in Russia's defeat and take the victory as a blessing, and some even report the enemy situation to the army.

The Russians took this as an excuse to vent their defeat on the Qing people, and even more frantically burned and killed the silver, which made more Qing people take the initiative to help the Yue army, but all this could not be compared with the important surname of Qingniwa.

"Lord Qing, I need to remind you that your country's actions in the Qingni Depression can be understood by us as your country breaking the terms of neutrality and preparing to fall to Lucia!"

"What?"

Yixuan's eyes widened, and he stared at Yasuya Uchida speechless for a long time.

Yixuan's surprise and fear made Uchida Yasuya's heart feel relieved, and the attitude shown by the Qing people may be unexpected, but the courage in their hearts is completely expected.

"No, Minister Uchida, we have absolutely no intention of breaking neutrality, if...... If you want a puddle of mud! If you take it, we will definitely not break the neutrality clause! ”

When he said this, Yixuan completely forgot what Yuan Shikai told him in the telegram: "Drag them, be hard-hearted, and they will naturally give in when the time comes", and for Yixuan, he will never want to cause any diplomatic trouble because of the green mud puddle.

"In this way, thank you to Prince Qing, and please ask Prince Qing to urge your court to make an order as soon as possible,......"

When Yasuya Uchida thanked him, he took out a check from his bosom and presented it to Yixuan with both hands.

"Lord Wang, this is a little bit of our country, please smile!"

(To be continued)