Xiao Yungui's words reminded Xingzhen of a person she didn't want to think of, until now, Xingzhen's heart still didn't know where to put this person, lover? Schoolmate? Or someone else? But it is undeniable that Xingzhen does not worry about him.

"You mean Lu Sixuan?" Mentioning this name again, Xingzhen has a feeling of being in a different world.

Xiao Yungui nodded and said, "Our old classmate, now entrenched in the Jinzhou area, I have sent troops out of Shanhaiguan to prepare to deal with him." ”

Xingzhen sighed lightly and said: "When I belittled him back then, I originally wanted his crazy behavior to be reined in, but I didn't expect that he would later unite with the Empress Dowager Dong and Mianyu and the party, and even whimsically did the thing of uniting foreigners to invade Beijing. He is still like that, he does it when he thinks of it, and he doesn't care about the consequences, and as a result, he hurts himself and others. ”

Xiao Yungui snorted, as if he didn't hear the sigh in Xingzhen's words, and said: "But no matter what, it's good, now he is still in front of me, he is my enemy, and he only has two ways to go, either surrender or die!" ”

Xingzhen's heart trembled slightly, and asked, "If he is defeated and captured, will you also kill him?" ”

Xiao Yungui frowned, and asked rhetorically: "From my standpoint, you give me a reason not to kill him." ”

Xingzhen was silent, what to look at in the face of classmates, it was all a matter of the previous life, Xingzhen knew in her heart, if she didn't cooperate with the man in front of her to enter Beijing City, but chose to resist to the end, maybe he wouldn't let him go. In an instant, Xingzhen understood. Whether it's a classmate or a fiancé. It's all about traveling through the previous life, and in this life they are destined to be enemies.

After a moment of silence, Xiao Yungui said again: "Rong Lu and Mianyu still have 50,000 soldiers and horses, but I think that as soon as the news of the capital being breached over there, their 50,000 army will definitely have no fighting spirit, and under the combination of suppression and appeasement, it will definitely be broken in one drum. ”

Xingzhen smiled slightly. felt that the man in front of him was a little empty-eyed now, and reminded at the moment: "Don't forget, Shaanxi, Gansu, and Xinjiang have not yet been pacified, Mongolia and Tibet are still uncertain, and even outside the border, there is still a threat from the Russians." Then there are your internal affairs that need to be straightened out, Zeng Guofan and Hu Linyi have not yet been resolved, how to regulate the relationship between the Manchu ministers and your old ministers, and how to deal with the Manchu and Mongolian nobles, as well as the huge hidden dangers left after the establishment of regimental exercises in various places. And there are so many bandits everywhere......"

Speaking of this, Xiao Yungui interrupted her, and then continued for her: "The biggest crisis is the expedition of Britain, France and Russia, all of which I know. After a pause, Xiao Yungui continued: "In fact, there is a bigger crisis, although the north has taken it. But my new policy in the south is still very fragile, and the emerging bourgeoisie is not fully fledged and has not yet been able to completely resolve the land contradictions left over from thousands of years in the country. I only diluted this contradiction through the war, land redemption, rent reduction and interest reduction, and suppressed this contradiction for the time being. ”

Xingzhen smiled and said, "It seems that you are still relatively sober." I also said that victory has overwhelmed your mind. Yes, the contradiction between the land and the rise of the bourgeoisie will gradually manifest itself in the future. It's just that at this stage, this contradiction has been successfully diluted by you and led to foreign and internal wars, but with the gradual stabilization of the civil war, I think this contradiction will inevitably emerge, plus the contradictions between Chinese and Western cultures and some doctrinal contradictions as an introduction, if the war with Britain, France and Russia is lost, the whole country will inevitably fall into dire straits again. ”

Xiao Yungui nodded and admitted this briskly: "Yes, the war against the Qing court is coming to an end, and the remaining final battle will be stabilized, and the accumulated contradictions will erupt." However, I thought that the loss of population in the war would be able to temporarily reduce the land contradictions, and since I had unified the whole country, I would be able to concentrate on resolving the internal contradictions throughout the country in the future, and continue to carry out the New Deal throughout the country, and even if there was another bourgeois war of change in the future, I would not be afraid at that time, because I already had the armed forces of the whole country, and I would support the bourgeoisie in carrying out the reform to the end. ”

Xingzhen said thoughtfully: "Qualitative change has reached quantitative change, maybe you are right, only the power of the bourgeoisie has accumulated to a certain extent, can completely overthrow the previous feudal land relations, but at present, your moderate land policy can indeed solve some of the contradictions." ”

Xiao Yungui spread his hands and said with a wry smile: "There is no way, the things accumulated over thousands of years are too thick, and I can only come step by step, but at least I know the context of the future system changes, which can make the whole country take fewer detours, that's all." Then Xiao Yungui said: "But I will still add some new things to the constitution, so that the bourgeoisie will have space and time to carry out changes in the future." ”

Xingzhen sighed and said, "You are already planning to establish a constitution?" Seeing Xiao Yungui nodded calmly, then Xingzhen said: "In the final analysis, the constitution is just a formality, and if the constitution does not have a strong guarantee from the government and the support of the people, it is just a piece of waste paper." Although the middle class of the Manchurian and Mongolian aristocracy will be reached, the rest are mostly feudal landlords, and the lower class of the people, except for the new workers and peasants you have raised in Jiangnan, most of the population of the country is still the same as before, simple feudal peasants with a low level of education, and they do not seem to have the consciousness to support the Constitution. ”

Xiao Yungui nodded and said: "What you said is right, so this time we will take care of the interests of all strata when we make the constitution, first of all, I will not touch the traditional land ownership system, but it will restrict the old landlord from expanding the scope of his land ownership, that is to say, it will be unlikely that the landlord wants to continue to buy land in the future, so as to curb the possibility of land being annexed by a small number of people." At the same time, the state buys land as the main form, and then these lands will be leased directly to farmers for cultivation by the state. I want to use the state bill to force the landlords to convert capital into the capital circulation market, and promote the development of capitalism, so that the country's industry and commerce can flourish as much as possible, and finally the country can finally be transformed from an agricultural power into an industrial power. ”

Xingzhen sighed lightly and said: "It's still easy for a new regime like you to do things, in the past, when I was in charge of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, it could be said that it was difficult to move an inch, and there were people who opposed it at every turn, and it was a group of people who opposed it, and the reformist change really couldn't completely reverse the situation." After a pause, Xingzhen said: "But according to historical experience, the rise of capitalism requires cheap raw material bases and labor, as well as product dumping grounds, how do you solve this problem?" ”

Xiao Yungui touched his chin and said: "I have already thought about the raw material base, the whole of East Asia can be my raw material base, labor, there are not many people in China who do not have land, and this problem can also be solved, as for the dumping place of products, the domestic market plus the East Asian market, I believe it is enough." ”

Xingzhen sighed and said: "No wonder you are not afraid of provoking a war between Britain, France and Russia, first of all, you know that there will still be a war when you compete with these powers for the East Asian market in the future, so you simply start the war in advance." ”

Xiao Yungui said with a smile: "You are also very powerful, you can see at a glance, it is true that the rise of a great power will inevitably have a war with foreign countries, and now my ambitions are temporarily limited to East Asia, North Korea, Japan, Vietnam, and Southeast Asia are all things I can get involved in in the future, if in a few years, when the great powers are stronger, maybe we will lose the opportunity." Now the great powers still have their own internal problems, the domestic political situation in Britain is unstable, the foreign colonies have just quelled the rebellion, the great changes will break out in France, Russia is still limited to the problems of serfdom reform, the United States is about to break out a civil war, Spain is not worth mentioning, Prussia will challenge the unity of Germany, and the rest of Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Portugal and other countries are also not worth mentioning. As long as we don't make mistakes in the future, I believe this opportunity is the best. I optimistically estimate that this war will give the whole of East Asia 20 years of steady time, and I think it should be enough for us to catch up and prepare for the future world war. ”

Xingzhen sighed and said, "What are you thinking about is really far away, twenty years later?" We're all sixty or seventy years old. ”

Xiao Yungui said with a smile: "You have forgotten that in the history of later generations, you, Cixi, have ruled China for more than half a century. ”

Xingzhen glanced at him and said, "It's a pity, now I'm a prisoner of Cixi." ”

Xiao Yungui waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, in my eyes, you are still the smart and virtuous Song Qingyun, not Cixi." By the way, the formulation of a series of large legal documents such as the constitution still requires your advice, Yun'er and a group of think tanks in the south just sorted out the outline and a framework of the constitution, and I still need your help on the details, after all, I and Qingyun know your ability. ”

Xingzhen stroked her forehead and said with a little pain: "God, I thought that after you entered the capital, I would be able to unload my burden and recuperate in peace, but I didn't expect there to be such a headache, this is not as simple as we wrote a paper in the previous life, Agui, this is related to the formulation of the basic code of the entire country." ”

Xiao Yungui said unceremoniously: "Yes, it is precisely because it concerns the whole country that it still needs your participation." Then Xiao Yungui smiled evilly and said: "Anyway, you have fallen into my clutches, you will follow me......" (To be continued......)