Beijing, the capital of the Qing Empire, was also the country's political and economic and cultural center. Since the Manchus came to dominate the Central Plains in 644, the Manchus, with a population of only one million, have ruled China for nearly 250 years.

The Forbidden City, in the center of Beijing, has been an imperial palace since the Ming Dynasty. Although it was originally built by the Han Chinese, it was occupied by the Manchus two hundred years later.

Renshou Palace, the hall where the Guangxu Emperor listened to the government. On the high emperor's throne, Emperor Guangxu, who was only nineteen years old this year, was full of anger, and in the main hall, there were already kneeling courtiers dragging pig's tails.

"What the hell are those bastards in Kawanishi trying to do? Do they really want to go to war against the Qing Dynasty? Could it be that my dignified Qing Dynasty is still afraid of them? Guangxu's still immature voice echoed in the Jinluan Palace. Today's court meeting is precisely to discuss how to deal with the aggressive posture of western Sichuan. However, the ministers of the full hall quarreled for several hours, but they still could not come up with a feasible solution. This made Emperor Guangxu very angry.

He ascended the throne as emperor at the age of four, and for fifteen years, Emperor Guangxu has been living in the shadow of Cixi. Finally, last year, the Empress Dowager Cixi ended her curtain and listened to the government, and the Guangxu Emperor was greatly excited and wanted to make a career to defeat the bandits in western Sichuan who had plagued the Qing Dynasty for decades. However, I didn't expect that the western Sichuan army had just begun to move, and these ministers of the Qing Dynasty panicked one by one. Let's ask Emperor Guangxu, relying on such a minister, how can he realize the dream in his heart and exterminate the chaotic party in western Sichuan.

Emperor Guangxu was on the Jinluan Palace, and after venting fiercely, he calmed down. Looking at the ministers kneeling on the Jinluan Palace, a sense of pride rose in his heart. Two years earlier, he was nothing more than a puppet sitting on a dragon chair. Now, the Empress Dowager Cixi is still in power, and he can finally govern himself.

"What do you think should happen to the changes in western Sichuan now?" Emperor Guangxu sat back on the dragon chair and glanced at the ministers kneeling below, hoping that one of them would come up with an idea. Of course, Emperor Guangxu himself wanted to start a war with western Sichuan. Defeat western Sichuan as soon as possible, exterminate the bandits in western Sichuan, and achieve unification. Emperor Guangxu also desperately hoped that the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty could be of the same mind as him.

However, Emperor Guangxu was still too naïve. The ministers all buried their heads low, regardless of the gaze that lifted his gaze. They are not children like Emperor Guangxu, who speak and act without consideration, only according to their own preferences. Sichuan West is powerful, and it is not clear which of these ministers who are generally over forty years old. Since the rise of western Sichuan, have there been fewer wars between the Qing Dynasty and western Sichuan? But which time is not the failure of the Qing Dynasty. Every time he fights, Kawanishi's strength swells. After that, I have to compensate for the loss of Sichuanxi, which is a lot of silver! Therefore, as long as Western Sichuan does not take the initiative to cause trouble, the Qing Dynasty is not willing to start a war with Western Sichuan. Even if it was a provocation in western Sichuan, the Qing Dynasty had always tolerated and appeased. This is more than a decade of peace. Now that the war is light again, isn't there nothing to do?

Therefore, in the face of Emperor Guangxu's inquiry, none of the ministers spoke.

"Xu Gengshen, I ask you, can my Qing Dynasty exterminate the bandits in western Sichuan in one battle?" The ministers did not speak one by one, and Emperor Guangxu had to be named. Xu Gengshen, who is the secretary of the Ministry of War, is naturally the first minister to be asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, there are only three provinces in western Sichuan, and there are no more than 100,000 soldiers. How can it be the opponent of my million-strong master in the Qing Dynasty! Xu Geng, the secretary of the military department, had to answer stubbornly. At this time, it must not be said that he can't defeat western Sichuan, otherwise, his military department will definitely be done. Emperor Guangxu, who was furious, how could he let him go.

"Haha! Well, I know that the bandits in western Sichuan are not my opponents of the Qing Dynasty. Emperor Guangxu laughed with a red face, and got the answer he wanted from Xu Gengshen, the secretary of the military department.

However, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty all pouted quietly.

"Humph! Bragging is not afraid of blowing the cowhide of the sky, once the war is lost, you, the main battle of the military department, I am afraid that you will have to die to apologize! Many people secretly thought about it in their hearts. Since the rise of western Sichuan, the Qing Dynasty's military department has not been so easy to do. It's okay in peacetime, but once it's wartime, most of the military secretaries are pulled out as scapegoats.

"Xu Aiqing, then tell me, if there is a war with western Sichuan, how should my Qing army attack?" Emperor Guangxu replied with a smile on his face. Looking forward to getting the answer I want from Xu Gengshen.

"Back to Majesty! Although the bandits in western Sichuan have few soldiers, they have extremely strong combat effectiveness. Our Qing army must be fully prepared. Qinghai, Shaanxi, Wuhan, Guizhou and Yunnan all had to attack. In particular, the 200,000 most elite troops of our army must be dispatched in full, and they will inevitably win a battle when the time comes! Xu Gengshen said loudly.

"Okay, under siege from five roads, the bandits in western Sichuan will definitely have nowhere to escape!" Emperor Guangxu was overjoyed.

"Your Majesty, among the new army, except for the 100,000 new troops in Hubei, the rest of the green battalions in the provinces are all using big swords and spears, and they are not the opponents of the Western Sichuan Army at all! And the 100,000 new troops of Zhili and Jingshi are even more responsible for guarding the Beijing Division, and they can't be moved lightly! An old minister standing at the forefront of the left row stepped out and said loudly. His name is Weng Tongyi, one of the ministers of military aircraft, and the teacher of Emperor Guangxu, so he is also a high authority in the Qing court. Seeing that Emperor Guangxu was going farther and farther on the wrong path, he, as a teacher, of course came forward to stop him.

"Humph! Weng Aiqing stepped down, I have my own opinions! The smile on Emperor Guangxu's face disappeared cleanly in an instant, and he said with a cold face.

Weng Tongyi had no choice but to retreat, but he glared at Xu Geng fiercely. If something goes wrong, Xu Geng is the culprit.

When Xu Geng's body arrived at Weng Tongyi's gaze, the more bitter he smiled. He also had no choice but to do this!

"Xu Aiqing, then you say, when can we exterminate the bandits in western Sichuan?" Emperor Guangxu asked expectantly.

"Your Majesty, the soldiers and horses have not moved the grain and grass first! Our Qing army has been peaceful for more than ten years, and if we want to exterminate the bandits in western Sichuan, we must first make adequate preparations. Weapons, ammunition, food and grass, the troops participating in the battle, who will lead the army, and so on, must be carefully prepared. Otherwise, in the event of negligence, there is a risk of defeat in the war. So we have to think long-term! Xu Gengshen continued.

"Then you say, how long will it take for the army to be ready?" Emperor Guangxu did not have the slightest interest in those preparations. What he wanted was nothing more than for the Qing army to invade western Sichuan and exterminate the bandits in western Sichuan.

"Back to Your Majesty, this will probably take two or three years!" Xu Gengshen thought about it for a moment, and then said.

Suddenly, the eyes of the Manchu Dynasty and the civil and military widened. Some almost burst out laughing. Okay, you Xu Gengshen, I said so much before, all of them are to tease Emperor Guangxu!

After Emperor Guangxu heard Xu Gengshen's answer, he couldn't help but look dark in front of him, and almost fell off the dragon chair.

"Bold Xu Gengshen, are you playing tricks?" Emperor Guangxu roared angrily. It will take two or three years to prepare, and with this time, the western Sichuan army has already arrived in Beijing from western Sichuan. Kangxi, who had a very good impression of Xu Gengshen before, is now eager to kill Xu Gengshen.

"The minister doesn't dare, the minister deserves death!" Xu Gengshen hurriedly knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.

"Please calm the emperor's anger!" The civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty all knelt on the ground and shouted loudly.

"Rest the wrath, rest the wrath! How can I be angry with you waste? Emperor Guangxu roared angrily.

In the face of the angry Guangxu, the minister was silent and responded with silence. Although Emperor Guangxu was angry, he had nothing to do in the face of these ministers. Obviously, although he is the emperor, these ministers are not something he can appoint and dismiss at will. The appointment and dismissal of officials did not have any power at all without the consent of the Empress Dowager Cixi.

Emperor Guangxu felt a burst of sadness in his heart and went to the side. Although there was no longer a curtain hanging next to it, no one was sitting there anymore. However, he still felt that after being pro-government, there was no difference at all from being a puppet before.

As soon as he thought of this, Emperor Guangxu felt powerless. He raised his hand and gestured to the eunuch.

"Retreat!" The eunuch's shrill voice rang out. This is the end of today's court meeting.

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