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The Xinjiang that Lin Daxin wanted in this era covered an area of 1.83 million square kilometers, which was larger than that of Outer Mongolia, and this was when the Russians forcibly occupied a lot of Xinjiang land.

Historically, in 1895, more than 10,000 square kilometers of land in the Pamirs in the extreme west of Xinjiang were originally occupied by Russia, but because of the appearance of Lin Daxin, the Russians have been actively preparing for the invasion of the northeast, and this more than 10,000 square kilometers of land is still on the territory of Xinjiang.

In addition, in 1921, Soviet Russia first instigated the independence of Tangnu Wulianghai, which has a total area of about 170,000 square kilometers, and officially invaded and annexed it in 1944.

Although these two pieces of land were not lost, Xinjiang at this time was still forcibly occupied by the Russians.

After the First Opium War, the Qing Dynasty became weaker and weaker, and its territorial sovereignty was trampled on by the great powers at will, and Xinjiang, located in the northwest border of the Qing Dynasty, was even more deeply affected by Russia's encroachment.

In the 16th century, Tsarist Russia first began to invade the vast Siberia, and after completing the expansion of Siberia, Tsarist Russia began to encroach on the territory of northern Qing Dynasty and Xinjiang.

The Xinjiang region was forcibly occupied by a series of unequal treaties such as the Treaty of Beijing, the Treaty of Tacheng, the Treaty of Ili, and the Treaty of Kobdo, which were forcibly occupied by Tsarist Russia.

And that's not counting 1868. That is, in the seventh year of Tongzhi, about 1 million square kilometers of the Qing Dynasty. The Bukhar Khanate was annexed by Tsarist Russia. 1876, that is, the second year of Guangxu. About 350,000 square kilometers of Kokand, which was originally a vassal state of the Qing Dynasty, was annexed by Tsarist Russia.

When Prince Gong heard Lin Daxin ask for the governor of Xinjiang, he shook his head like a rattle, suppressed his anger and said: "Governor Lin, the imperial court really can't agree to this condition, you are already the governor of the seven provinces, and you want Xinjiang, isn't it a little greedy!" ”

Lin Daxin said indifferently: "I don't have to be the governor of Xinjiang, but your court asked me to take the initiative to refuse to help me with hundreds of thousands of troops." You have to compensate me, don't you? Besides, your court can prevent Li Zhongtang from sending me the Beiyang Army and even the Lao Huai Army, so there is no need to worry about not giving me the post of governor of Xinjiang. ”

Prince Gong Yixin felt helpless for a while, if he can persuade Li Hongzhang, can he discuss with you in a low voice here!

Iktanga next to him said, "Governor Lin, do you see if you can change your request?" ”

Lin Daxin said very simply: "Okay, then the court can give me Shanxi." ”

Iktanga couldn't help but roll his eyes, give Shanxi to you, it's better to give you Xinjiang!

Prince Gong Yixin sighed and said, "So, what does Governor Lin mean." It's just that only by canonizing you as the governor of Xinjiang will you refuse the Beiyang Army to send troops, is there no room for negotiation at all? ”

Lin Daxin nodded and said, "You can think about it, but you have to hurry up." Otherwise, Li Zhongtang's Beiyang Army and Lao Huai Army will go to the front, and there will be no point in me refusing again, but don't blame me for not reminding you! ”

Prince Gong Yixin and Yi Ke Tanga couldn't help but shake their heads with a wry smile. This Lin Daxin is too angry to speak, this is not forcing the imperial court to hurry up and offer the governor of Xinjiang with both hands.

After Prince Gong Yixin and Iktanga left the Governor's Palace. Iktanga said, "Prince Gong, what should we do now?" That Lin Daxin was insatiable. If he doesn't give him the governor of Xinjiang, he will never refuse the Beiyang Army and the Lao Huai Army to send troops to resist the Russian army, should we talk to Li Zhongtang again? ”

Yi Xin sighed and said: "The Empress Dowager Lafayette talked with Li Zhongtang a few times, and even ordered that the Beiyang Army and the Huai Army were not allowed to send troops to support Lin Daxin and go to the front line to resist the Russians, but Li Zhongtang agreed on the surface, but he still organized the troops under his command to make preparations before the expedition in an orderly manner. This king also talked to Li Zhongtang a few times in private, Li Zhongtang was very resolute, thinking that if Mongolia and the Northeast were occupied by Russia, our court would be wise to protect itself, and it would not be able to avoid the end of being invaded by the Russians in the south, Li Zhongtang said that he established the Beiyang Army and the Huai Army to resist the invasion of the Western powers against the Qing Dynasty, and now the Russians are attacking the Northeast and Mongolia, how can his Beiyang Army and the elite of the Huai Army stay out of the matter. ”

Iktanga couldn't help but say gloomily: "Actually, what Li Zhongtang said is also reasonable, those of us who are soldiers should have stood up at this time to resist the Russian invasion of our Qing land. ”

Yi Xin was silent for a moment and said: "There is a telegraph office in Shenyang City, let's report Lin Daxin's request to the Queen Mother and the Emperor!" As for how to decide, let the Queen Mother and the Emperor decide! ”

Soon the Forbidden City received a telegram from Prince Gong Yixin and the commander of the Wuwei Army, Yiketanga, and after reading the telegram, the Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu in the Xinuan Pavilion couldn't help but turn pale.

Emperor Guangxu said hatefully: "Dear father, that rebellion is so arrogant, he asked for the governor of Xinjiang as soon as he opened his mouth, our court must not agree, this is blackmail, this is robbery while the fire is burning!" ”

Empress Dowager Cixi's hands trembled when she was angry, and even threw the teacup in her hand on the ground, "Whoa-" sounded, the teacup was torn apart, and the eunuchs and palace maids in the Xinuan Pavilion were frightened to kneel on the ground immediately, put their heads on the ground, and did not dare to make a sound, only the great eunuch Li Lianying dared to say next to him: "Lafayette, you dissipate your anger, don't make your body angry." ”

The Empress Dowager Cixi suddenly threw the teacup on the ground, which startled Emperor Guangxu, probably living in the shadow of Cixi since childhood, and the sudden anger of Cixi made Emperor Guangxu's heart flutter, and Emperor Guangxu also hurriedly said: "Father, don't be angry for Lin Daxin's rebellion." ”

Because of Lin Daxin, the spoiler, the Treaty of Shimonoseki, which aggravated the crisis of the Qing Dynasty in history, was not signed, and Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao did not write on the bus in 1898 to unite 18 provinces.

Moreover, Yuan Shikai, who betrayed Emperor Guangxu in history, became a loyal subordinate of Emperor Guangxu, and helped Guangxu to control the new army of 3 towns, that is, Guangxu and Cixi had any irreconcilable contradictions, and Guangxu, who had military power in hand, would not be placed under house arrest as in history.

The Empress Dowager Cixi waved her hand, asked the little eunuch who was waiting next to her to sweep away the fragments of the teacup, and said angrily: "The mourning family is not only angry with Lin Daxin's rebellious anger, but also angry with Li Hongzhang's old thing, what kind of person is that Lin Daxin, the mourning family knows very well, this time I took the opportunity to open his mouth and ask for Xinjiang, and there is no surprise." It's Li Hongzhang's old thing, the older he gets, the harder his wings become, and the words of the mourning family dare to be taken as a deaf ear, the mourning family doesn't let him send troops, so he has to send troops to help Lin Daxin's rebellion, does Li Hongzhang really think that with his Beiyang, the mourning family will not dare to do anything to him! Hmph—"

Guangxu couldn't help but secretly laugh in his heart, if Cixi really dared to do anything to Li Hongzhang, there was no need to go to Lin Daxin to discuss, let Lin Daxin take the initiative to oppose Li Hongzhang to send troops to resist the Russians, but of course Guangxu didn't dare to say what he thought in his heart, so Guangxu said: "Li Hongzhang is really old and confused, I don't know your father's good intentions." Now that Lin Daxin has made such an unreasonable request, our court must not agree to it, what do you think we should do next? ”

Cixi heard Guangxu ask what to do, she didn't speak for a long time, although she was very angry with Li Hongzhang in her heart, but it was impossible to really clean him up, otherwise the whole Qing Dynasty would have to mess up, but if Li Hongzhang was allowed to send the Beiyang Army and his Huai Army to participate in the war, then if Lin Daxin's rebellion was still defeated, then the imperial court would be tantamount to setting himself on fire, and the Russians would only see that the Beiyang Army and the Huai Army representing the imperial army had joined the war, and it was very likely that they would continue to attack the rest of the Qing Dynasty, and even the city of Beijing at that time, Whether it can be kept or not is enough to choke, that is Russia, which can easily dispatch a million elite troops, you must know that a few years ago, Japan, a small country that is much weaker than Russia, almost occupied the city of Beijing.

Cixi, who is sixty-five this year, is getting older and older, and her health is not as good as before, she doesn't want to run away from Beijing City again, and if she can't get her old bones, she has to be thrown on the way to escape.

After thinking about it for a long time, the Empress Dowager Cixi asked Guangxu, "Your Majesty, do you have any good ideas?" ”

Emperor Guangxu shook his head and smiled bitterly and said, "Dear father, I don't have any good way." ”

Cixi sighed and said, "It's really not good, just give Xinjiang to Lin Daxin's rebellion!" Anyway, there are accidents in Xinjiang every once in a while, the Russians occupy Xinjiang here today, and Xinjiang there tomorrow, plus those ethnic groups in Xinjiang often rebel, our Qing treasury has not recovered any silver from Xinjiang, and it is constantly taking silver to Xinjiang, and it is impossible to make ends meet! Give Xinjiang to Lin Daxin's rebellion, and let him clean up the mess in Xinjiang. ”

Emperor Guangxu was shocked when he heard this, although Xinjiang can be regarded as a barren land for the current Qing Dynasty, and the taxes collected from Xinjiang every year are not enough to quell the local ethnic rebellions, but it is also nearly 2 million square kilometers of land, and the current Qing Dynasty can hold in its hands, there can be a few places so big, the northeast and Mongolia of the Qing Dynasty still belong to the Qing Dynasty in name, but it has been occupied by Lin Daxin as his own, if Xinjiang is lost again, the entire northern territory of the dignified Qing Dynasty will not belong to Lin Daxin. (The novel "Rise of 1892" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lottery gift for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner "Add Friends", search for the official account "ddxiaoshuo" and follow, hurry up! (To be continued......) R1292