There has never been an impermeable wall in this world, and the so-called secrecy can only be done within a certain period of time at most, not to mention that Guangxu's measures are not as good as the "so-called wall"! In the eyes of Guangxu and others, it is enough to close the mouth of a few people, but in fact, such a big action will still be detected by the other party even if all the participants are secret, not to mention that some people themselves are the nails that Cixi drove into the imperial party!

Although those people didn't know how Lu Dao Guangxu obtained a large amount of equipment and funds, they only needed to know that the increase in the strength of the Lu Dao Emperor Party was a great threat to the Hou Party! And these spies quickly sent this information to Cixi's desktop. At this time, Cixi could no longer remain calm, the original imperial party was just tricky in his eyes, and now, the imperial party has the possibility of overthrowing it! How can Cixi, who regards power as her life, feel at ease? So he summoned King Qing and Ronglu overnight to discuss countermeasures!

"It seems that the emperor is really going to do it." Looking at the excerpts sent by the secret agent, Rong Lu said a little anxiously.

"I don't know where Yuan Shikai and Weng Tongyi got so much money and armaments, at this rate, I'm afraid that Yuan Shikai's army can recruit about 5,000 more troops after all the equipment is reloaded. In particular, these new rapid-fire guns are said to have a rate of fire several times that of the original Krupp guns. With the addition of these machine guns and sufficient ammunition, I am afraid that the offensive and defensive situation of the capital will change. King Qing glanced at Rong Lu and then said.

"How much do you know about this Yuan Shikai? Who can provide Yuan Shikai with such ample equipment behind the scenes? Is it Li Hongzhang? Or someone else? Cixi's face was quite calm, but the chill in her tone made people tremble. She knows very well how much silver there is in the treasury, don't look at Weng Tongyi in charge of the household department, but it is definitely not something he can cover the sky with one hand! What's more, the treasury doesn't have much money in the first place, and you can't take it out if you want to!

"This Yuan Shikai was also a fierce general in Beiyang back then. Proficient in the world, the city is very deep. And there is a great deal of power, before the Sino-Japanese War. Because he had a conflict with Li Zhongtang's protégé on the issue of Lu Shi, they had a deep grudge against each other. So in the First Sino-Japanese War, Yuan Shikai said that he was sick at home, but after the war, Li Hongzhang's protégé was in the Beiyang system, and Yuan Shikai was also alienated by Li Hongzhang because of his style in the First Sino-Japanese War. At the same time, a part of the old Beiyang army was also taken away. So, for this Yuan Shikai. Whether it is Li Hongzhang or Xu Jie, they will not have any good feelings. "King Qing can't do anything else, but he is very clear about the resumes of these officials.

In this way, this Yuan Shikai still has some ability. If it weren't for the Lord Xu who returned from overseas. I'm afraid that this Yuan Shikai will be able to show his strength in Beiyang. Rong Lu said.

"What is the combat effectiveness of this Yuan Shikai's new army on the ground? Who is stronger compared to my Northwest Training? "Cixi doesn't care about Yuan Shikai, she cares about the military strength of both sides!

"Although Yuan Shikai's army came from Beiyang, as far as the minister knew. These troops are those old armies that have been eliminated, and their combat effectiveness cannot be compared with the Beiyang New Army, and their equipment is also much worse. Plus these weapons. Wechen's northwest training army is afraid that it will be impossible to resist. Rong Lu said.

"The only way to do this is to quickly prepare for war, once the emperor makes a move. We're really fish on the board! This person is easy to find, but this weapon is not easy to find, and now it is difficult to talk in Beiyang and Nanyang, and the governors and governors of various places are vigorously preparing local armies. And even if the military factories have products, the treasury does not have enough money to buy them! Now there is a situation of feudal towns in various places, and there are too few places that the center can control. King Qing said. …,

"This center has no money, how did he Guangxu get so much silver? Since Li Hongzhang didn't give it, it was even more impossible for Liu Kun and others to give it, who was so generous to give Guangxu so much silver and advanced equipment? Selling some of the collections in the palace can naturally be exchanged for a lot of silver, but these rapid-fire cannons and machine guns are in short supply for all armies, and they can't be bought with silver! Cixi asked with a frown.

"Could it be that a foreigner is making trouble behind his back?" Rong Lu's words instantly lowered the atmosphere of the whole room to freezing! It is impossible for Beiyang and Nanyang, whether there are so many things in the hands of other Manchu governors and admirals, then there is only one possibility, that is, there is a certain country supporting Guangxu! This is terrible, not to mention anything else, just a Japan with an area of less than one-thirtieth of the Qing State almost defeated the Qing State, and the other powers are even stronger, so that I am afraid that before the war, I already know that the Dao will win or lose, Cixi can know very well what the virtues of some people in her own party are, don't look at the loyalty shown one by one now, once the imperial party gains power, I am afraid they will change the court without hesitation!

In the face of this critical situation, Cixi and others finally understood that if they didn't fight, they would definitely be finished, in this case, Cixi did not hesitate to use her small treasury, which was also the first time she expanded her armaments so refreshingly, of course, her purpose was for her own "rights" rather than for the country. Money is not a problem, a Cixi who regards the country as her own private property naturally has enough silver, but how to buy these equipment is very problematic, it is not impossible to buy it directly, but it is afraid of attracting Guangxu's attention, and even more afraid that a certain country behind Guangxu will be secretly hindering.

"Li Zhongtang seems to have remained neutral so far, at least not to the emperor's side. If she can, can the Queen Mother entrust Li Zhongtang to purchase a batch of weapons? If Li Zhongtang is willing to help, the number of this weapon will definitely be relatively sufficient, and it will not be easy to leak the news! King Qing thought for a while and said.

"If Li Zhongtang doesn't agree, we can also seek help from other local officials. It's better than sitting still. Moreover, the strength of the local allegiance to the Queen Mother is also going to be secretly assembled in the capital, what we need are veterans of a hundred battles, and what we need is absolutely loyal people. Rong Lu added.

Hearing the words of her Ronglu and King Qing, Cixi was very depressed in her heart, but she didn't expect that in the end, it was not Li Hongzhang who wanted to please herself, but she had to send money to Li Hongzhang, she knew very well in her heart that Li Hongzhang, as the governor of Zhili and the boss of Beiyang, was the decisive force in the entire political situation, if Li Hongzhang was willing to help, he could now uproot the imperial party with the Beiyang Army! And if Li Hongzhang supported the Imperial Party, the Imperial Party probably wouldn't need to take such trouble to unite with foreigners.

But fortunately, so far Li Hongzhang is at least neutral, and from this point of view, it is still possible to win his support. Even if she knew that she was going to be slaughtered in this arms trade, she had no other choice. Thinking of this, Cixi had to nod and said: "Since this is the case, those two will be responsible for supervising this matter, what Li Hongzhang wants, as long as the court can afford it, we can give it." In addition, tell those minions to send everyone over as much as possible, if the emperor wins, my old woman will have no worries about her life even if she can't get better, and I'm afraid they will inevitably have to cut them at the entrance of the vegetable market! ”

Any person or organization can burst into phenomenal efficiency when it comes to life-and-death. Especially Cixi, an extremely shrewd person, when he felt that a catastrophe was coming, he did everything he could to save the situation. In terms of funds, Cixi took out almost all the cash and things that could be used to repay the money to raise funds, since the bosses are like this, it is natural that the leaders of the queen party like King Rong Luqing will also lead by example and devote all their wealth to support this life-and-death battle. …,

The last half of Cixi's last sentence was actually for these two people. Until now, no one in Cixi believes it, not even King Qing and Rong Lu don't believe it! Guangxu, the emperor who was supported by himself, has to fight to the death with himself, let alone these two people? So she told these minions who might have been a little restless very clearly! Once it fails, it is these people who are really unlucky, not Cixi, even if Guangxu hates Cixi, it will be difficult to kill her directly, but in the face of these Cixi's lackeys, neither Guangxu nor those officials who are with Guangxu will spare these people!

At the same time as raising funds, the ministers of the Hou Party also sent batches of family members to the training camp set up secretly, although it is ridiculous to let these idle guys go to war, but at this juncture, Sima can only be used as a live horse doctor. Rong Lu and King Qing decided to seek as much support as possible from the feudal officials of the Hou Party faction, so some soldiers of the Green Battalion or the Eight Banners dragged down their uniforms and quietly entered Beijing in civilian clothes under the orders of their masters to participate in the upcoming fire.

In this way, although the imperial party took the lead in contacting Tsarist Russia as soon as possible, but after the latter party noticed the movement of the other party, it also began to do its best to make up for the gap caused by this time, unlike Guangxu who simply relied on Yuan Shikai's military training, the Cixi faction, which had been operating for many years, had more human resources and funds to use, and in the city of Beijing, most of the Manchu bureaucrats still stood on Cixi's side, so after this reorganization, the strength of the latter party also increased significantly, and people were not a problem, and money was not a problem. BUT THERE IS STILL A PROBLEM IN TERMS OF WEAPONS PROCUREMENT, NOT TO MENTION THAT A LARGE NUMBER OF RECRUITS HAVE VARIOUS MODELS OF OBSOLETE RIFLES IN THEIR HANDS, AND EVEN RONGLU'S NORTHWEST TRAINING ARMY CANNOT BE COMPARED WITH YUAN SHIKAI'S NEW ARMY, NOT TO MENTION THAT YUAN SHIKAI HAS SOME NEW 75MM RAPID-FIRE GUNS IN HIS HANDS, AND THEN THE PARTY HAS NO CHOICE BUT TO PIN ITS HOPES ON LI HONGZHANG!

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