The rain that had stopped for a long time began to fall again, and it was not heavy, but it was only a drizzle, and the raindrops of the drizzle were dripping down the eaves, dreary and desolate. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info In the bedroom, a lamp of wax is shining, and there is inevitably a little candle smoke in the hall, which is precisely the reason why Cixi does not live in Ningshou Palace now - there is no electric light.

Four years ago, Li Hongzhang, the minister of Beiyang, presented the power generation equipment and electric lights as a tribute to the Empress Dowager Cixi, and since then, the electric lights have entered the royal family, but they are only limited to the Yiluan Hall and the Summer Palace, as for the Forbidden City...... Well, there are ancestral rules here.

The rules of the ancestors are here, and naturally no one dares to mention anything about installing electric lights in the palace, so there are still candles and oil lamps in this palace.

At this time, in this hall with candles, it was so quiet that he could even listen to the drop of a needle, and Yixun's heart was holding back the fire, so that when he looked at Cixi, his eyes were full of dissatisfaction, what was wrong? How could the Queen Mother just promise him like that, and just give in to him Li Hongzhang.

"Queen Mother, is it true that the country that the ancestors have fought so hard to lay down is lost to the Han people like this?"

No wonder Yi Xun will be so angry, the queen mother actually promised to open the "political meeting", in response to the "eight governors to discuss the government", since then, the emperor, the court has become a decoration, but it is not equivalent to giving up Jiangnan to the Han people. It is one thing to use Hanchen to protect the country, and it is another thing to share the country with Hanchen, and this ancestor can have ancestral teachings passed down - "Hanchen can be used or not", not to mention that now those Hanchen are born renunciation.

The Queen Mother was good, but she didn't just turn a blind eye to the centrifugation. On the contrary, he took the initiative to give up power. Take out the style of "ruling the world with Hanchen". Even when the Holy Grandfather said this, it was just a joke to coax the Han people, that is, those Hanchen will be used in desperation today.

"If the Han people take the country, then Tang rebels will hold the Kanto region, and there will be no place for us to live in this world!"

This is exactly what Yixun is worried about, perhaps it is a thorn in the hearts of every Manchurian, in their eyes, they will always be outsiders in China. Naturally, I am worried about the place where those Chinese will have their own homes after taking away the rivers and mountains.

"Sixth Master ......"

With a long sigh, Cixi looked at Yi Xun as if she was puzzled, and then handed a copy of the fold to the eunuch.

"Let's take a look at Rong Lu's excerpt first,"

The Rong Lu in Cixi's mouth is the general of Xi'an, just yesterday when Cixi and King Gong and King Alcohol could not discuss, Rong Lu's excerpt came to the palace after the meeting, and it was this excerpt that made Cixi see hope. At least to a certain extent, it gave her a glimmer of hope.

"Ronglu ......"

For Rong Lu, Yi Xun is no stranger. So I first looked at its dense fold and looked at the contents of the fold. His face couldn't help but change.

"Speaking of which, this Ronglu also has some talents, just like he said, saying a thousand ways and ten thousand, in the final analysis, it is still our own people who are not angry, if it was when the flat hair was suppressed, we trained the soldiers of the Eight Banners, and how could we have the situation that today's Hanchen tail is not down."

Cixi sighed while saying, this secret fold not only directly pointed out the disobedience of the Han ministers, but also revealed the essence of "the outside is heavy and the inside is light", the essence is that the Manchurians themselves are not angry.

"In the past few hundred years, our banner was born with that landed silver, and when he was free of food and clothing, he knew that he would carry a bird cage and visit a play garden, and there was a trace of skillful appearance of swords and horses.

"I also think his words are excessive, but there are also reasonable ones."

In Rong Lu's excerpt, the Eight Banners were so criticized that even Yixun couldn't help but want to say a word for the banner people, but he had to admit that this person was telling the truth.

"That's the truth!"

After thinking for a moment, Yixun said:

"If you can select the elite of the Eight Banners, practice with Western methods, select the children of the banners to enter the martial arts academy, and educate them with Western methods, so that within a few years, you can also train an elite soldier in the future."

Although he is still extremely resistant to the "Eight Governors Discussing Politics", Yixun has to admit that the method mentioned in Rong Lu's excerpt is undoubtedly the best way at the moment, but he looked at Rong Lu's fold of "Imperial Soldiers", "Training the New Army", and "Consolidating the River and Mountain", and it took a while to remember that this set of methods is completely applied to Tang Haoran's method, but in the past, he used Hanchen to train soldiers, but now he uses his own family to train soldiers.

But can this family be trusted?

Naturally, Yi Xun thought of the Eight Banners Foreign Gun Team, accustomed to pampered flag people, not interested in foreign exercises, nor interested in foreign guns, not only can not practice foreign exercises over the years, but even foreign guns are too lazy to take them. Most of them are only more enthusiastic about the increased salary, and the Eight Banners Foreign Gun Team is not even bothered to touch the foreign guns, and the foreign guns are locked in the cabinet on weekdays, and they do not see the light of day.

In the end, even when the superiors came to the colonel, these flag soldiers did not show up, and temporarily hired some people to carry guns for them to stand in line, fortunately, the demeanor of the flag master, the whole country is the same, after all, this flag man is his own people, and he has to be tolerant of one or two, but this tolerance will be lenient. Even if the superiors saw the fame, they had no choice but to turn a blind eye.

Even the imperial court itself has long been not counting on the Eight Banners to fight, can such a person point to it? These people would rather huddle in the barracks and hold on to the inadequate, gnaw on the hardcore crops to get by, and point to them to train their troops...... Although he understood it in his heart, he knew that for the imperial court, there was no other law, at least, at least the atmosphere of the three camps outside Beijing was not bad, and the bannermen from outside the city could also be used.

"But this training is to train ......"

King Gong lowered his head and asked in a low voice:

"But if the military affairs of this country are decided by the ministers, won't this court become an ornament, and when the time comes, what if they don't agree to our bannermen to train their troops?"

The Eight Governors were in cahoots, this was the most worrying place, but Yixun's words made Cixi sneer.

"I don't believe it yet. These eight governors can all come out of one nostril. This from ancient times to the present, what kind of court can only accommodate one minister, if there are two or three, then the royal family will naturally be relaxed, among the eight of them, Zhang Zhidong can obey him Li Hongzhang, from him Liu Kunyi, how can Bian Baodi follow Li Hanzhang? ”

As for the other governors. Cixi didn't say it, but hearing her say this, Yi Xunyan couldn't know what she meant, it was nothing more than to use these eight governors to contain each other, so that the court would naturally be able to free up its hands, and it could also take the opportunity to provoke a confrontation between the eight governors.

After thinking about it, he nodded, and knew that there was no better way, and said:

"It's also a way to let them tie each other up, but if you want to train the Eight Banners New Army. Before these eight governors, the minister thought that we should now take advantage of Tang Haoran's army to force the Beijing Division. Before the Eight Governors, the matter of training the New Army of the Eight Banners was decided, so that in the future, even if those rebellious ministers and thieves wanted to stop them, they would not be able to stop them. ”

These few words have reached the mouth, and I found that it was inappropriate, and the words of these "chaotic ministers and thieves" still cannot be said nonsense. Now the imperial court needs these "loyal ministers" more than in the past, and with these "loyal ministers" tied to each other, the court will be able to enjoy peace for a few years, and it will be able to train soldiers for a few years, and when the time comes, the Qing Dynasty will still be saved.

"It's still the sixth master, you think about it thoroughly, so be it!"

Cixi nodded again and again, and finally looked at Yixun and said.

"In the final analysis, my family is still reliable, Sixth Uncle, you also see, what have these self-proclaimed loyal Hanchens done now, the ancestor's country has been passed on to us, but it can't be lost in our hands, Sixth Uncle, you can help more on the side...... Sixth Master! ”

In the end, the Empress Dowager Cixi immediately instructed the doorway:

"You can send a message to the military aircraft to draw up a message! This person in charge of the army has to be selected,"

When the uncle and sister-in-law in Ningshou Palace were discussing there, Li Hongzhang, who had left the palace, had already returned to Xianliang Temple, and Li Jingfang wanted to ask several times along the way, but Li Hongzhang did not say a word and lay down in a kimono, just frowned, and waited until the tea came up, and Li Hongzhang, who was frowning, looked at Li Jingfang and said.

"The Queen Mother has agreed to set up a council!"

Yes!

That's a good thing! This, doesn't this mean that it means that from now on, this Li family will not be ...... Just when Li Jingfang was thinking about it, Li Hongzhang couldn't help but sigh.

"The wisdom of this banner family has all fallen on the queen mother, and this council will be opened, but I'm afraid that since then, things have continued!"

In fact, from the moment Cixi categorically agreed to set up a council, Li Hongzhang really realized that Cixi's methods were old and spicy, originally he had to have a few days with the imperial court, and even had the idea of letting Tang Haoran enter the customs if necessary, but he didn't expect that the queen mother would be so decisive and directly give up power.

Now this right is relinquished, but if it is next...... Frowning, Li Hongzhang looked at Li Jingfang with a happy face, and after listening to his words, he was all puzzled, so he opened his words.

"What is the one-year cooperation fund of the Beiyang Naval Division? In the past, there was a will of the imperial court, and the provinces had to cooperate, but now it ......"

Shaking his head, Li Hongzhang was not arrogant enough to think that the other seven governors were really obedient to his fate, and now the reason why the big guys are united is to save their own lives, but after the excerpt of the eight governors comes down, then others will naturally have no reason to obey their orders.

"From now on, this Zhili is Zhili, and the two rivers are the two rivers!"

Father's exclamation was heard in Li Jingfang's ears, but he just smiled disapprovingly.

"Father, he Tang Ziran can raise tens of millions of taels of silver to run foreign affairs in North Korea, and with the size of Zhili, Shandong, and Henan, it is impossible to set up foreign affairs, it is really not possible, when the time comes, it is enough to intercept some of the silver given to the imperial court?"

If there is anything that Li Jingfang learned from the experience of serving as a minister in Japan, it is that it is necessary to run foreign affairs, and it is necessary to do foreign affairs on a large scale, just like Tang Haoran did in North Korea, only in this way can the country be rich and the army strong. Don't talk about others, then Tang Haoran is just relying on the momentum of foreign affairs to start a family!

"Hmm!"

Nodding, Li Hongzhang glanced into the distance, and finally looked at Li Jingfang and said,

"It's too early to mention this, and in the future, in the name of the imperial court, we can ask for more silver in the local area, and the local people always have to take care of some face, the most important thing at the moment is that the imperial court is waiting for us to fight with Tang Haoran, and the provinces are also waiting for Beiyang's strength to be consumed on Tang Haoran's body, just in Fengtian, our Beiyang is almost injured, if we continue to fight......"

Li Hongzhang, who has been up and down for decades, naturally knows that whether it is for the imperial court or the provinces, this Beiyang is a thorn in their hearts, and for them, the best result is that he can fight with Tang Ziran to lose both.

In the heart of the imperial court, Beiyang, who has a strong army and a strong army, is the thorn in the heart of the imperial court, and it is not the same for the local officials, especially now, after this discussion, the most important thing for the local government is the strength, so they naturally hope that Beiyang and Tang Haoran will fight to lose both sides, so as to reap the benefits of the fisherman.

"If we continue to fight, we Beiyang will hurt our muscles and bones, not to mention, in the end, I'm afraid it will be a bamboo basket for nothing! Make wedding dresses for others! ”

"Dad, we can't let them get their wish!"

After thinking for a moment, Li Jingfang, who knew that the Beiyang Naval and Land Division was the greatest support of the Li family, naturally said without hesitation:

"Dad, otherwise, I will go to North Korea to meet Tang Haoran in person, and I will try my best to talk to him until the negotiation is completed, I don't believe that he will not be able to see the current situation? If he continues to fight, what will he gain? ”

Li Jingfang's idea turned very quickly, Li Hongzhang nodded with deep satisfaction after hearing this, turned his face to look at Li Jingfang and said:

"It's good that you can understand, but today's situation, I'm afraid that he Tang Haoran had already calculated it when he first started the army, and now what we need is to wait!"

"Wait?"

Raising his eyebrows, Li Jingfang looked at his father in surprise. Since this issue is the most important issue now, what are you waiting for? Wait any longer, maybe his Tang Haoran's army will come in, and then this Beiyang family may be defeated by much!

"Yes, just wait!"

Li Hongzhang's eyes narrowed slightly, and when he looked at the drizzle outside, he said in an extremely confident voice.

"Wait for him, Tang Haoran takes the initiative to find us!"

When he said this, Li Hongzhang seemed extremely confident, in fact, after receiving the telegram of the "Eight Governors Discussing Politics", he faintly guessed Tang Haoran's mind - his purpose is not in the imperial court, but in power, and to consolidate his own power by raising troops, since this is the case, then the next thing will be easy to do.

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