"Queen Mother, now hundreds of people are also scolding those local governors, saying that they are traitors. And they praised Wang Guorui, the governor of Taiwan, saying that Wang Guorui was a true patriotic person and a patriotic governor. And Wang Guorui has a very high reputation in the hearts of the people, and Wang Guorui has now become the savior of the imperial court. And those local governors, such as Li Hongzhang, Zhang Zhidong, Liu Kunyi, etc., have become stinky in Shilin, and countless poor scholars are also scolding Li Hongzhang and their governors for betraying the country. And they are all praising Wang Guorui and praising Wang Guorui as a loyal minister. Li Lianying said.

When Cixi heard this, she finally couldn't help but burst out. Cixi smashed a lot of porcelain around her, and then smashed it to the ground and became pieces of pieces. And many palace maids and eunuchs around are also heartbroken, these porcelains are antique cultural relics, and the worst ones have a history of decades, they are all fine products! But they were smashed by Cixi like this, which made them all heartbroken. But Cixi had no intention of stopping, but continued to smash the porcelain fiercely, obviously extremely angry.

"Bastards, these guys are such bastards, they're all liars! It's all liars! Cixi said angrily.

"None of these governors and ministers are loyal ministers of my Great Qing Dynasty, and none of them are loyal ministers of my Great Qing Dynasty. The mourning family is not dead, and they all want to set up another world here, and then keep the southeast half of the wall. The mourning family is not dead yet, and they all dare to watch the war between the court and outsiders like this? The imperial court and the foreigners went to war, but they didn't come to King Qin, but planned to protect each other in the southeast. It is really unreasonable to even nominate Li Hongzhang as the president. Outrageous! ”

Cixi scolded, she thought she was a well-cultivated woman, but now she finally couldn't help scolding. After all, she heard this Southeast Mutual Insurance, which was simply too infuriating. The Southeastern Mutual Insurance was simply a betrayal for this Manchu central court. Chi Guoguo's betrayal. They had already conveyed the order that whenever there was a war between the central court and foreigners, they would not come to support King Qin, but would still watch from the sidelines, maintaining the so-called partial neutrality of the region. This is simply a betrayal of the central government, and this kind of unauthorized planning and cooperation. And then what is the difference between this and regional independence?

The most unacceptable thing for Cixi is that they actually want to support Li Hongzhang as the president, so as to establish another country. At that time, where to place the Manchu Qing Dynasty, at that time China also had two central governments, one was the Manchu court, and the other was the "state" in the south with Li Hongzhang as the president. In this way, Cixi felt that she was betrayed by her subordinates, and this reality also slapped Cixi hard. Originally, Cixi thought that she could control these local governors, and these local governors would also obey her orders and be loyal to her. But the reality of the situation slapped Cixi hard, and those local governors not only didn't think to come over to help when they were in trouble. Instead, they plotted to establish another state here, and then abolish the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

"Queen Mother, isn't there still a loyal minister here? Didn't Taiwan say that when the imperial court was in danger, it was willing to send troops to King Qin? Li Lianying asked.

Cixi immediately said angrily: "Do you really think Taiwan is a loyal minister? Their so-called King Qin is just hoping to borrow the name of King Qin to coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes, once they arrive in the capital, all the life and death of the mourning family and the emperor are in their hands. Don't you know this kind of method? This kind of passing through King Qin as an excuse. and then coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes' tricks, there are too many. This kind of trick has long been used a lot by the ancients. So can't you see it? ”

Cixi is of course an old fritter, and of course he knows very well what Taiwan's Wang Guorui wants to do. Wang Guorui's idea is nothing more than to use King Qin as an opportunity, and then when he arrives in the capital, he can hold Cixi and Emperor Guangxu hostage, and then carry out the so-called coercion of the Son of Heaven to order the princes, so that they can also command the world in the name of the emperor. As for waiting for the future, when the time is ripe. You can take the opportunity to change the king's flag at the head of the city, and directly surname the rivers and mountains of the Aixin Jueluo family as "Wang".

Cao Cao has used this method, and countless princes in troubled times have also used it, there are too many such methods. So as soon as Cixi heard that Wang Guorui was coming to King Qin, she immediately knew what this meant. As a political veteran, can he not know Wang Guorui's thoughts?

"Rebels, these guys are all rebels, they are all rebels! How difficult the country is, why are there not a few loyal ministers who are willing to share the burden for the mourning family? Cixi suddenly felt a pang of sadness.

Cixi relied on Zeng Guofan back then, and later relied on Li Hongzhang, but now Li Hongzhang is unreliable, and she actually wants to be a "big president", and Cixi doesn't know who she can rely on now. Li Hongzhang is unreliable, Zhang Zhidong is unreliable, Liu Kunyi is unreliable, and there is no one in this world who is really reliable. People who are loyal and reliable are unreliable, for example, the princes of the royal family, as well as the nobles of the Manchu people, there is no problem with their loyalty, but they are unreliable in terms of ability! The Han bureaucrats, they are very capable, but their loyalty is very problematic, and few of these Han bureaucrats are reliable.

And Taiwan's Wang Guorui is a typical representative of the Han bureaucracy. Cixi also knew that Wang Guorui was very capable, but Wang Guorui's ambition was too great, and he was completely going to usurp the Manchu Aixin Jueluo family! In fact, Cixi can also consider taking a step back, and is willing to gradually hand over power to Wang Guorui. However, Wang Guorui must ensure the stability of the Aixin Jueluo family, and is willing to let the Aixin Jueluo family be the emperor for generations to ensure the interests of the Manchu nobles. But Wang Guorui will not agree, and Wang Guorui's subordinates will not agree. The so-called constitutional monarchy can only be established under the condition of compromise. But now it is impossible for the strength of the Manchu Qing to reach a compromise with Wang Guorui, Wang Guorui's strength is much stronger than that of the Manchu Qing, so it is impossible for the Manchus to do anything to him. Therefore, Wang Guorui's subordinates who don't want to be a hero from the dragon's work, and then get the wealth of eternity. Why should they keep those Manchu nobles and let them continue to enjoy their privileges?

So Wang Guorui can't be trusted, and now Cixi doesn't know who to rely on. Cixi, a female politician born as a concubine, must have something to rely on. This kind of female politician who was born as a concubine was not able to establish her own power at all, and they all gained power by relying on one thing. Even if it is Wu Zetian, he only relies on Li Tang orthodoxy, and relies on the concubine who was once Emperor Li Tang to become the emperor, because everyone thinks that after he dies, he can return the country to the Li family, which is the reason why Wu Zetian can be the emperor. Re Cixi is no exception, if she is not a woman from the Qing Dynasty's Aixinjue Luo family, then he will not be able to control the imperial court, he relies on his status as a concubine. And she can't really go outside the palace to establish her own power, so he can only use power to play balance.

Cixi has always been playing balance, when he used the Hunan army and the Huai army to balance Zuo Zongtang and Li Hongzhang, so that the two of them from the same school began to fight, and the Great Liquidation was initially stable. Later, he used various tactics to "cut down the domain", so that the Manchu Qing gradually stabilized. However, this kind of conspiracy does not actually represent real strength, this kind of conspiracy is just borrowing strength. If no one is willing to lend you "strength", then your so-called borrowing force is also a joke.

In the past, Cixi restricted Li Hongzhang through Qingliu, Zhang Zhidong and Liu Kunyi, and used the contradictions between the feudal officials to balance them and prevent them from becoming bigger. But now Cixi is really blind, Zhang Zhidong, Liu Kunyi, and Li Hongzhang, who had a bad relationship, actually hooked up together, so that Cixi couldn't do it if she wanted to provoke a balance. As for Wang Guorui, the governor of Taiwan, it is impossible for him to "borrow", and he can't borrow strength from Wang Guorui, and several governors and ministers who were originally contradictory suddenly colluded together, and this Cixi's backer suddenly collapsed, so that he could not find a place to rely on.

And a female politician like Cixi, who was born as a concubine, immediately became helpless, she could no longer maintain a balance between all aspects, and he could not find a fulcrum to maintain balance. Those ministers also unified their minds to oppose her, so that he could not find someone who could balance everyone, and then Cixi suddenly felt that she had been busy for half her life and finally everything was empty.

"I'm clear, is there any hope?" Cixi suddenly said this.

"Queen Mother, don't lose faith! We still have hundreds of thousands of Boxers, hundreds of thousands of invulnerable Boxers! Li Lianying said.

And Cixi immediately said: "Yes, the mourning family also has the Boxers, these Boxers are invulnerable, and when the time comes, they can completely sweep the world and kill those rebels, kill!" ”

After Li Lianying heard this, she couldn't help but smile bitterly in her heart. This invulnerable Boxer, even he, a eunuch, knows what kind of goods it is, but Cixi still believes in it? But Li Lianying didn't dare to say it, because Cixi now relied on this Boxer. If Cixi's heart had no "support", then Cixi's spirit would collapse, and Li Lianying, the eunuch, would be in trouble at that time. Li Lianying is a eunuch, his status and power depend on Cixi, if Cixi falls, then he, a eunuch, will inevitably be unable to hold on, and will inevitably be unlucky. So Li Lianying chose to help Cixi and then support the country. (To be continued......)