Raindrops dripped down from under the eaves of the Great Signing Hall like silver chains, and in the Great Signing Hall where the rain was dripping, there was no sound at this time, and a few feet outside the door, Goshha stared ahead, pressing the handle of the short gun, looking like he would be killed by the gun at any time. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Li Hongzhang, who sat firmly in the first seat, picked up the teacup and took a sip, at this time his eyes narrowed into a slit, but after taking a sip of tea, he did not put down the teacup, but held the bottom of the cup with his left hand, his thumb buckled the lid of the cup, and the thumb of his right hand turned lightly on the lid of the cup.

What would be such a difficult decision?

"My lord, Lord Liu of Liangjiang, Lord Zhang of Huguang, and Lord Bian of Fujian and Zhejiang have all agreed......"

Sheng Xuanhuai, who put down the teacup, looked at the adult with some nervousness, since Tang Haoran used the "Eight Governors to discuss politics" to provoke mutual distrust between the imperial court and the Xinjiang ministers, Lord Zhongtang immediately realized that the court's trust in Hanchen was not there, and he was also aware of his own threat, after Lord Zhongtang chose to protect himself worriedly.

Sheng Xuanhuai was even more so, as the general office of the telegraph office, he immediately sent a telegram to various places, saying that the imperial court was extremely suspicious of Hanchen today, and today's pacification was all for him to seek to seize in the future, because the imperial court had been controlled by the "reprimanding of Han Manchuchen", and secretly sent to the other seven governors, persuading them not to make a noise and not to carry out the orders of the court, so as not to cause a huge disaster.

In contrast, Sheng Xuanhuai was undoubtedly really bold, he dared to instruct officials everywhere to resist the orders of the imperial court, although Li Hongzhang remained silent throughout the process, but then Sheng Xuanhuai went to Shanghai as Li Hongzhang's representative. Reached a consensus with the governors of Zhang Zhidong and Liu Kunyi in the southeast along the river. became the central figure of the series of "Eight Governors". He even drafted the 10 principles of the "Eight Governors Discussing Politics."

If Tang Haoran's "Qing Jun Side" invited the "Eight Governors to discuss politics" tore the last trace of trust between the Qing court and Xinjiang officials, and Sheng Xuanhuai undoubtedly turned all this into a fact, before that, the so-called "Eight Governors Discussing Politics" was just a delusion of Tang Haoran, a "traitor", and under Sheng Xuanhuai's sixteen-day series, this "Eight Governors Discussing Politics" has faintly become possible, and now it is only necessary for the Eight Governors to send Taoists to discuss the corresponding terms of the "Eight Governors Discuss Politics", and then "play the court" will become a fact.

While drinking tea. Sheng Xuanhuai looked at the adult, he did not urge Lord Zhongtang, but just silently picked up the cup again and drank the tea, not to mention him, even if it was other people, this would just be drinking tea, before Lord Zhongtang made a decision, it was inconvenient for everyone to speak.

At this time, Li Hongzhang's heart was set off with a wave of waves, and now if Tang Haoran was in front of him. He'll be sure to ask him.

"Why so!"

Why do you want to force the imperial court and the Hanchen Xinjiang officials to tear their faces? But Tang Haoran was not in front of him, and he could also understand why Tang Haoran was like this. For Tang Haoran, this is his only chance, the only chance to succeed, and what is the price? From now on, this court is no longer a court.

Even like that late Tang Dynasty, compared to the late Tang Dynasty, the only good thing for the Qing Dynasty at that time is that the eight governors, including themselves, will not attack each other like the warlords of the late Tang Dynasty, thus trapping all the people in fire and water.

Tang Ziran! Tang Ziran!

Saying this name in his heart, Li Hongzhang's right hand couldn't help but slam the button on the lid of the cup, this Tang Ziran's abacus is really shrewd enough, with a trick "Eight Governors to Discuss Politics", he tied up the court and the eight governors, he just blew the trumpet, tore the face, and in the end, it was up to the eight governors to tear off the last bit of face of the court.

Before the bandits, the center of the imperial court had direct control over the whole country, and the governors of the provinces were completely obedient to the center, and had no independent military and financial powers, and in the process of suppressing the bandits, the eight banners and the green battalion of the "soldiers of the economic system" had long been useless, and they were unable to suppress the bandits, so the local governors recruited the brave battalions and raised salaries on the spot, thus opening the "soldiers for the generals" situation, the military power of the center was seriously weakened, and the local governors controlled the military power and salary power, so far the whole country has surrendered every soldier and a pawn to supervise.

In the suppression of bandits, the imperial court was forced to borrow from Xianghuai militarily, and had to grant real power administratively, so the proportion of Manchu and Han officials in the court also changed significantly, especially in the locality, before the twist, most of the provincial governors, governors, admirals, commanders and other military and political chiefs were Manchurian officials, and the real power was in the central government, and after the war, due to the chaos in the northwest and the southwest, the imperial court had to appoint Xianghuai generals as governors and other local military and political governors in order to pacify the bandits. Much of the power is long since out of the center, but in the hands of local governors.

In the past 20 years or so, the power of the local governors has been expanding, and they have gradually integrated the military, political, financial, and diplomatic powers, and become local ministers.

As for Liu Kunyi of Liangjiang and Zhang Zhidong of Huguang, and other governors, although they could not catch up with Li Hongzhang's eminence, they were also because of their prominent status, and for many years they used various excuses to control the localities, and the control of the localities became a situation of "emphasizing the outside and neglecting the inside."

In the early years of Tongzhi, the central government was still able to execute He Guiqing on the charge of defeat and escape, and in the early years of Guangxu, the imperial court was still able to use the Yang Naiwu case to suppress the forces of the Hunan military system, and then remove the exiled officials. But now even if the governor is openly disobedient to the imperial court and does not comply with the order, the imperial court cannot "condemn everyone a little", let alone punish them.

However, despite this, the governors of various places have never been so arrogant as to disobey the orders of the court, just like the impeachment of the officials and the jealousy of the center of the court, which is of course limited in strength, but what is the most important thing? I am afraid that it is because for thousands of years, China has taken "ethics and morality" as the foundation of the country, the ideological bottom line of loyalty and defense of the monarch and personal prudence, but deep down, they know that the governors of other places in the court are Manchu and Han and do not know the court's precautions against them, so for the governors, all they need to do is to do everything possible to maintain a certain balance.

But now Tang Haoran has broken this balance, and used a move of "Eight Governors to Discuss Politics" to stir up the national situation of the country, whether it is for the center of the court or the local Han ministers and Xinjiang officials, everyone has no way out.

"My lord, if you don't seize the opportunity, when Tang Ziran's rebellion is quelled, it will be the day when our Hanchen Xinjiang officials are hidden by the birds!"

As Li Hongzhang's confidant, Zhou Fu had a trace of worry in his heart when he said this, if Zeng Wenzhenggong had been a little more "domineering", how could he have ended up in that step.

Sometimes someone always needs someone to take the lead in some things, after all, there are too many people in this world who want to be a gentleman, and now that Tang Ziran has become a "villain", it is naturally time for Lord Zhongtang and others to come forward to "protect the affairs of the country", but how to protect this I am afraid that the court can no longer be the master.

Hanchen was hidden by the bird's bow, if it was left more than a hundred years ago, even if the imperial court did this, the big guy had no way, but now it is different, for many Hanchen who have been in charge of the local area for many years, whether it is themselves or their staff, I am afraid they are not willing to give up power, just like Zhou Fu, who is also a political envoy of Zhili, at least now he has not considered giving up power to a certain "full official".

Zhou Fu is like this, and other people are even more so, people will always burst out with superhuman imagination in order to defend the "fat" in the plate, after Zhou Fu broke the silence in the big signing room, for a while the hall suddenly became lively, you said word by word, lobbying Li Hongzhang, and surprisingly Li Hongzhang was silent, he couldn't know what everyone thought in their hearts, not to mention that even if he was himself, he was not willing to give up power as the teacher.

"My lord, Zhang Xiangtao Zhang asked me to bring you a sentence, not I wait for the minister, but the present world, non-change can not survive, the court and the old officials of the Manchurian ministers for many years, so that my place to do things, tied hands and feet can not be used, if not so yesterday's railway, and how can it not be completed so far, looking at the West, the national government is not enough to discuss with everyone, there is a reason to judge, state affairs are discussed by the governor, tell each other in the court, it is really a great benefit to the country! In addition, it is also an imitation of the old system of the Council of Ministers of the Japanese Parliament, which can be described as a good policy for the present day......"

Sheng Xuanhuai, who had been silent, said in a timely manner, among all the governors, the most ambiguous attitude should have been Zhang Zhidong, who was born in Qingliu, but his "merit" in recommending Tang Haoran forced him to consider the "Eight Governors Discussing Politics" that was a great rebellion, and even tried every possible way to find a precedent for the "Eight Governors Discussing Politics", which was not the Council of Ministers of the "Eight Governors Discussing Politics" that had been abolished for nearly a hundred years.

"Oh......"

Nodding silently, Li Hongzhang didn't say anything, he had already learned about the attitude of Zhang Zhidong, Liu Kunyi and others through telegrams, so it was naturally not surprising, and now Sheng Xuanhuai's words were not so much for Li Hongzhang to hear, but for the staff in this hall to know that the sky of the Great Qing Kingdom was about to change.

At this moment, he heard a rush of footsteps outside the door, and Zhang Shiyan, who walked in, hurriedly saluted Li Hongzhang, and then said softly.

"Uncle, the capital has a will come down again!"

"Oh"

Raising his eyes slightly, he took the telegram, and after Li Hongzhang glanced at it, there was a helpless wry smile on his calm face, and then he sighed to everyone.

"This court has come to the decree again, and issued an edict to invite me to Beijing, saying that it is to discuss state affairs, and everyone says, this capital, now I am going, or not going?"

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