The capital, the imperial palace, the west warm pavilion of the palace of nourishing the heart.

Emperor Guangxu paced back and forth under the throne with an anxious face, and the sound of kicking was disorderly, showing that he was in a really bad mood.

Probably his movements were a bit big, and Li Hongzao, who was sitting at the bottom, couldn't help but remind: "Your Majesty, whenever there is a major event, there is calmness, but it is just to exterminate a thief, you don't need to worry so much." ”

Emperor Guangxu stood still, turned to look at him and said, "What the teacher said is light. But Yang Dingshi is not an ordinary traitor, he has always set a clear banner to help Chinese civilization flourish. Over the past few months, all kinds of deeds have won the appreciation of countless people all over the world. Now it is a critical juncture for the country to fight against the Japanese invaders, and you are doing this to fall into injustice! ”

Li Hongzao and Weng Tongxiao's group of Qingliu disciples, this action can be described as bold. Yiqiē was well planned and prepared, and at the last moment, he informed Guangxu and asked him to issue an order to send troops and horses stationed in Beijing to jointly attack the American Concession.

Guangxu himself didn't want to agree, he was still waiting for Yang Hao to return from victory, and then bend his knees to him. When the time comes, he will vigorously praise and promote Yang Hao, and establish Yang Hao as the backbone of the new generation of imperial party, not only will he break all kinds of constraints and constraints of the party before and after, but even this group of old masters who can't eat the old can be replaced.

No matter how he looked at Yang Hao, he was making that kind of preparation. Guangxu himself was waiting for that day.

But I never expected that the Qingliu people saw his little caution clearly, and immediately made a decision, and came to the bottom of the kettle!

Kang Youwei has set off for Yantai, and there are handwritten letters from Li Hongzao, Weng Tongyi and a large group of important ministers of the imperial court, and Li Bingheng's cooperation is almost certain. As soon as the soldiers and horses on his side moved, the matter was irreparable. No matter how reluctant the emperor is. I can only go with their will. The decree was given first.

But Guangxu was in his heart. There is no bottom at all.

Yang Hao is so powerful, just look at his appearance since his debut, you can know that it is a last resort, and it has a profound heritage. To this day, no one has been able to dig out his roots. If it weren't for Li Hongzao's repeated assurances and the support of people from Britain and the United States, he really didn't want to make an order.

The troops set off yesterday, and Li Hongzhang unexpectedly did not say anything. This made the emperor unsteady in his heart first.

Today, after waiting for a long time, there is no good news coming, and he has a bad premonition.

If you were someone else, you were so scared that the emperor had such a big hat. But Li Hongzao didn't care, and even sat steadily, and said earnestly: "The emperor should be aware that since the Yang family returned to China, there has been a gap between words and deeds. There has never been a word of allegiance to the Qing Dynasty. His opening and closing his mouth are all about China, but is China in his heart the Qing Dynasty? Wait for the minister. No. ”

Guangxu was silent.

This is not a heart-wrenching, but in fact, Yang Hao himself repeatedly expounded the concept of China's state, which is a community of a whole cultural group that adheres to Chinese culture as the core, mainly composed of people of all ethnic groups who identify with the Yanhuang civilization and reproduces from the Yanhuang civilization, and speaks Chinese and uses Chinese characters.

Literally, it seems that the Manchus were also included in it. But it's not good to analyze it seriously, what is Chinese culture? Since the entry of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, it has taken more than 200 years to delete, tamper with, burn and ban, and already make a mess of the Chinese classics. Can you say that you uphold the true Chinese orthodoxy? Obviously, it would be a big trouble to open up.

In a further explanation, the concept of government representing the country is even more fatal!

In Yang Hao's statement, there has only been one China since ancient times, whether it is the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties or the Qin, Han and Tang dynasties, all of them are "dynasties", that is, the government that governs China. No matter how the emperor changes, China has not changed.

This is understandable, but as a modern civilized country, the functions of the government are completely different. That must be to ensure that the old are supported, the young are educated, the sick are treated, and the dead are compassionate to them. The rights to education, protection, to vote and to be elected, freedom of movement and freedom of expression are likewise obligations.

These are going to be dead. All dynasties and dynasties have tried their best to restrict the broad masses of the people to a certain place, not to let alone talk nonsense, elections? Party? That's a rebellion!

Not to mention the need for a constitution that emphasizes "equality before the law". You are going to be equal, where are we going to eat hardcore crops? Is the dominance of the high still guaranteed?

The problem is that these things that Yang Hao said are also the main factors that Western countries use to advertise their "civilization", although they have not realized it, people on face must support such a statement.

If you really transform the country according to Yang Hao's concept, in the end, you can't even keep it even, and even his position as an emperor may not be stable, right? Supporting death can leave him with a constitutional monarchy, and at that time, it will be impossible to say anything more.

Emperor Guangxu was hesitant when Li Hongzao said this.

Before, he still had a thought, thinking that the Yang family had been in a foreign country for a long time, and he lacked the influence of Wang Hua, so he couldn't turn the corner for a while. When he understands the general trend and is subdued by himself, he will definitely change those wrong concepts and become a powerful courtier.

Now that I think about it, it's just wishful thinking!

Scratching his scalp with his tail finger in annoyance, Guangxu sighed faintly: "Hey, I just hope that the Yang family can wake up, maybe I can be more lenient and give them a chance to repent." ”

Li Hongzao's old eyes flashed, and he sneered in his heart: "Opportunity? That's absolutely not going to happen. Such dangerous people, if they don't move, they will be as fast as thunder, cutting down the grass and eradicating the roots! ”

He was sure in his heart that one day, with thousands of men and horses, it would be easy to kill a group of accomplices in the concession.

However, the situation in the Tianjin Concession is completely different from the scene imagined by Lord Li that "the heavenly soldiers are everywhere, and the traitors flee in desperation and are flattened in one fell swoop".

Delin and a group of Qing troops, who were stunned by the enhanced version of the "Green Cannon", ran out of two miles before turning their heads in shock.

Seeing that there were so few people around him, De Linden hit the fire upwards and waved his horsewhip and shouted: "It's the other way around!" It's so hard to talk about! Is there a royal law in their eyes, is there a court? Even our heavenly soldiers dare to fight? ”

Listening left and right and rolling their eyes, isn't this nonsense? Not only did they beat them, but they also killed so many! Obviously, I don't take the court seriously! Good my Lord Delin. You've got a decent idea, huh?

Delin has a fart idea. He was just thinking about taking credit before. How do you know that what you got is a hot potato, and now no one takes it over if you want to throw it out, it's miserable.

Seeing his appearance of six gods and no master, his cronies came up and built yì: "Master, can we still go up to fight?" This posture, I'm afraid that our guns alone are not enough, otherwise, find the Beiyang Yamen to borrow a few cannons? ”

"Borrow a fart! Then Li Hongzhang is wearing a pair of pants with the surname Yang. It's strange that he can give! Delin had a bad seizure, "Besides, the foreigners have repeatedly told them not to use cannons, and they are not easy to deal with if they make a big fuss. I'm waiting to see the joke! ”

"What then? We can't just wait, can we? "It's almost noon, and they're not moving an inch. There is not much time left for them to act.

Delin waved his hand impatiently: "How do I know!" ”

The cronies pouted, are you the boss like you? Leave some dignity for yourself!

Slowed down. Still said: "Or, let's start from the side?" Such a long wall. There weren't many of them in there, and they couldn't protect them. As long as we go in a few hundred people, the inside and the outside should be together, and we are still worried that we can't knock on his turtle shell? ”

"Huh? I think it's an idea! Delin looked happy and patted the cronie's shoulder hard, "Good boy, I don't usually see that your brain is quite good." Okay, I'll leave this errand to you, open the concession, and you will be able to work hard! ”

"Your grandma!"

The cronies almost spurted blood angrily, which is too unusual! Whoever co-authors will pit whoever they speak?

It was too late to regret it, and seeing Delin's expression that he was about to draw a knife and cut people if his words were not right, the cronies had no choice but to consider themselves unlucky, lit a sentry, and chose a corner from the southwest of the concession, so that people could build the prepared ladder over the moat and climb to the opposite side tremblingly.

As soon as they set out, they had ten ladders, and their movements were clear-sighted. But just halfway through, there was a sudden burst of gunfire overhead, and seven or eight of them were knocked over, screaming and falling into the deep ditch, and skewering the upside-down cones into a gourd!

Those who had been blocked in front desperately rushed over, only to roll to the side, and exploded under the cold body, but they didn't know when the anti-infantry mines had been planted! At the bottom, there is a directional killing mine lined with a concave steel plate, forming outward fan-shaped fragments and steel balls, which are swept down together with the people gathered behind them!

"Boom" a few explosions, and the Qing army was killed and wounded!

The rest of the mothers shouted, dropped their weapons and hugged their heads!

The sound of the explosion frightened all the Qing troops, including Delin, into a pale, and they muttered tremblingly: "It's too dark!" It's too dark for them! Isn't it just a concession? Can you even bury mines? Is there any reason for this? ”

The people watching the excitement from a distance laughed: "A group of illiterate people, there are signs hanging on the barbed wire, and there is a thunder underneath, no matter what they are killed." You're still leaning up, purely looking for death. ”

Having said that, many people have a chill in their hearts. Many of them have tried to sneak in and touch valuable things. Not to mention anything else, the stainless steel trash can on the side of the road can be sold for a lot of money! But they are all afraid of the power grid above, and there is no suitable guy to cut the steel bars thick with chopsticks, so basically no one can succeed.

Now I know that there are also mines and other powerful killers, step on them, and there will be no corpses!

On the side of the British Concession, Bao Shide and the others heard the explosion, and their brows suddenly furrowed. In this operation, they colluded with the officials of the Qing court without concealing their superiors. If it is too big to spread back to China, it will cause great trouble. Many within the empire do not want to see uncontrollable surprises arise.

However, they soon learned that it was a preset mine in the US concession. "It seems that our mysterious friend anticipated today's scene from the beginning, so he did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to build a moat and a wall. Their caution has paid off! ”

After complimenting, he began to think, according to the situation in front of him, a group of incompetent Qing soldiers did not even want to open the American concession, they did not even have the courage to break through the obstacles. Time is passing quickly, is today's temptation going to end in a farce?

But that doesn't matter. As long as the Qing court provoked a struggle with Yang Hao, completely blocked the possibility of their cooperation, or even triggered a local armed conflict, the final result would be beneficial to the British Empire. I believe that no matter whether Yang Hao or the Qing court suffered a big loss, they would carefully consider cooperation with the British Empire, right?

The Qingliu scholars on the other side trembled with anger, pointing at the concession and angrily scolding: "Lawlessness, it's just extremely daring!" Dare to confront the imperial army in such a sloppy manner, and the heart of disobedience is clearly revealed! ”

"I have long seen that they are unusual, but this time they have completely revealed their true colors. Hmph, to put it all the way, I'll see how he explains today's events. ”

"I didn't dare to agree to let him enter this concession at the beginning, and if the Americans wanted to return it, the imperial court should follow. and it will not lead to the calamity of today. Li Hongzhang, should be killed! ”

"Damn it! They should all be killed! These traitors must be severely punished, otherwise the country will not be a country! ”

There were all kinds of scolding with jumping feet, but no one would step forward and stretch out a finger.

The Qing army was in a dilemma, and they were helpless. While he was thinking hard about finding a way, he suddenly heard a commotion in the distance, and a large group of scholars broke through the crowd with flags and drove straight to the front of the concession. The leader is Yan Fu, editor-in-chief of "Guowen Daily".

Qingliu looked at it, and suddenly his complexion changed greatly, and he said in his heart: "It's broken!" (To be continued......)