Summer palace. ※※※※※ I ※ I ※ ※

In the Le Shou Hall, Li Lianying slowly spread out the white paper, pressed both sides with a paperweight, and then poured water to grind the ink, and after the ink was even, she raised the pen and dipped it, and handed it to Cixi next to her: "Lafayette, it's okay." ”

"Hmm."

Although it was already past the beginning of autumn, the weather was still very hot, so Cixi also took off the heavy dress of the empress dowager, changed into a light shirt and thin clothes, took the pen and thought for a while, and then ticked the first thin line on the rice paper.

Li Lianying stood beside her with her hands down, watching the tip of the pen turn and outline on the rice paper, and in less than a moment, the prototype of an orchid was revealed, and she suddenly squinted her eyes and was about to pat a few words on the horse, when suddenly there was a sound of broken footsteps behind her, and she was angry that it was who disturbed Lafayette's Yaxing, and she saw the little eunuch who was waiting outside beckoning to him, and hurriedly walked over lightly.

"Father-in-law, Governor Rong Lu of Zhili, Prince Qing is listening to the announcement outside the palace."

When Li Lianying heard the report, her brows furrowed suddenly, Lafayette has been worrying about the emperor's affairs in the past few days, will there be anything important for the two of them to come at this time?

"Xiao Li, who is it?"

Hearing the question, Li Lianying hurriedly took two steps back to Cixi's side, bent down and said: "Lafayette, Ronglu, the governor of Zhili, and Prince Yi of Qing are listening to the announcement outside the palace. ”

After a pause, a drop of ink fell on the rice paper, and suddenly dyed the freshly painted orchid leaves black, and he couldn't help but sigh and put down the pen: "Forget it, withdraw it, let them in." ”

"Huh."

Li Lianying beckoned, and several palace maids behind her immediately put away the rice paper and paintbrushes on the table, at this time Ronglu and Prince Qing Yi had also entered the room, but as soon as they saw Cixi, Yi hurriedly knelt on the ground: "Queen Mother, Lafayette, something is wrong."

"Hmph, what kind of big thing can make you a dignified prince so scared that he kneels" Yaxing, who was stirred up and rarely picked up a pen, Cixi was already in a displeasure mood, and when she saw Prince Qing like this, she was annoyed and reprimanded: "Could it be that the sky has fallen?" ”

Li Lianying stood behind Cixi, and also hurriedly glanced at Yi, who knew that Cixi was in a bad mood today, but the stakes were so important that she had to bite the bullet and say: "Back to Lafayette, how can the sky collapse with you?" But without you, I'm afraid the Qing Dynasty would really collapse."

"Nonsense" Cixi glared fiercely, knowing that this person was ambitious, and he must have something to say at this time deliberately pretentious, and after waving his hand to call him up, he continued: "Say, the mourning family can't die yet, is there something wrong with the emperor?" ”

Yi Yilu got up and said hurriedly: "It's not just a moth, the emperor is going to attack you."

"Presumptuous" Cixi slapped the handrail fiercely and reprimanded: "The emperor is young, although he has been bewitched by demons recently, but he is only in a moment of vigor and wants to fight against the mourning family, compared to a period of time, it would be good if he figured it out, as a prince, you don't want to help the acting country, and you still want to talk nonsense here, what is your intention?" ”

Seeing Cixi's anger, Yi waved his hand again and again, pulled Rong Lu beside him and said, "Lafayette, Yi is not lying, you can ask Rong Lu." ”

Rong Lu hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Lafayette, Prince Qing is indeed not alarmist, two days ago, the emperor summoned Yuan Shikai and named him a squire in the military department, the minister felt that it was inappropriate, but he couldn't understand what it was, but last night Yuan Shikai came to see me immediately after returning to Tianjin, and told Tan Sitong to go to see him with the emperor's message, so that he and the military parade in Tianjin to launch a mutiny, and also to surround the Summer Palace, encircle, Lafayette you"

"What" Hearing this, Cixi's face also changed greatly, and she stood up suddenly: "Ronglu, are you serious?" ”

Rong Lu was so frightened that he hurriedly knelt down: "Lafayette, the minister's words and truths dare not be false, then Yuan Shikai finally still has some conscience, and after perfunctorily deceiving Tan Sitong, he immediately came to Tianjin to tell me, so the minister rushed to Beijing overnight, and he was afraid of being seen by the emperor, so he had to go to Prince Qing first to get his help to come here to report." (Full text reading, all in. (.i. Want. Wen. Learning Network)"

After listening to Rong Lu's report, Cixi's face changed, he didn't expect that the emperor who had always thought he could pinch it in the palm of his hand would be rebellious to such an extent, first he sent an edict to push Qiang Wei without consulting her, and then he was embarrassed with Weng Tongsu, and he was messing with those Wei parties all day long, and at this time he actually reached the point of thinking about her."

Cixi thought of this, just after the beginning of the autumn unexpectedly broke out in a cold sweat on her back, if it wasn't for Rong Lu to report at this time, I am afraid that when she finishes painting the orchid fu, she will be imprisoned here for a lifetime

Yi saw that Cixi didn't speak for a long time, and thought that she was thinking about the old feelings, so he hurriedly added fuel and vinegar and said: "A month ago, Lafayette could, the emperor came to see you in the Summer Palace, and you had a quarrel with you about the matter of Wei, at that time you said a joke to abolish him and set up another emperor from the clan, maybe the emperor will be at that time." ”

"Okay" Cixi interrupted Yi's words, waved her hand and said, "Go down, the mourning family is a little tired." ”

Yi and Rong Lu glanced at each other, but for some reason Cixi didn't make arrangements when she heard the news, she couldn't help but be surprised in her heart, and asked: "Lafayette, this is the case, can you be soft-hearted, if you let those Uyghurs really treat you, then my hundreds of years of foundation in the Qing Dynasty will really be ruined."

Seeing that the two of them did not kneel down, but continued to kneel there without moving, Cixi also knew what they were worried about, if the group of Wei Communists really succeeded, I am afraid that the first one would not spare the two

The two of them are his confidants, if they can't give them peace of mind at this moment, I'm afraid they won't even dare to go home, after thinking for a while, they finally moved and said: "Get up, I know about this matter, Ronglu, you go back, wait for my news." ”

"Yi, you can also go back, bring me a message to the princes of each family, and tell them that this Qing Dynasty is the sky." Cixi said this: "It can't collapse yet"

"Huh."

After getting the assurance of the empress dowager, the two of them finally let go of their hanging hearts, and after the two left, Cixi immediately waved away the palace maids and eunuchs, leaving only Li Lianying behind.

Seeing Cixi's pale face, Li Lianying hurriedly served: "Lafayette, your body is important, maybe it's just that Tan Sitong is pretending to be a holy decree, and the emperor has been by your side since childhood, so he won't be so ruthless." ”

Cixi knew that Li Lianying was comforting her, took a deep breath, and suddenly asked: "Xiao Li, you talk to the mourning family, why is the emperor determined to defend this time?" Could it be that if you don't maintain me, the Qing Dynasty will die? ”

"Lafayette, the slave doesn't understand this." Li Lianying knew Cixi's thoughts, and after thinking about it, she said: "However, the slave doesn't understand the truth, but the slave only knows one thing, the rules set by the ancestors naturally have his reason, if it is lost so easily, then wouldn't the world be in chaos?" ”

Cixi nodded and said, "Yes, if you lose all the rules of your ancestors and learn from those foreigners to establish a constitution, then what will I become in the Qing Dynasty?" After the death of the mourning family, how can you have the face to see the ancestors and ancestors"

"Lafayette, don't say such frustrating words, the slave is still serving you for hundreds of years."

"Come on, you, that's the mouth" Cixi finally showed a smile, suddenly walked to the table, wrote a few edicts in a row, and handed them to Li Lianying: "Go, send these down, tell them, the mourning family will return to the palace early tomorrow morning"

"Huh."

Li Lianying was familiar with Cixi's thoughts, and when she saw her smile on her face, she knew that she had made up her mind, and she didn't dare to delay for a moment, and hurriedly took Yizhi out of the Summer Palace at night.

Lushun General Staff.

In the conference room, Li Enfu lit a cigarette, glanced at Tang Shaoyi and Yan Fu next to him, and then at several military generals over there, turned around and asked Chen Pingdao, "Who did you send?" Why haven't you replied yet? ”

"Zhang Zuolin went, but in the afternoon, I heard that the young master seemed to be going out, and I didn't know if he was there" Chen Ping made a bitter face, who would have thought that Li Mo would suddenly go out at this time.

"The young master is going out? Where are you going" Li Enfu's face was crooked, at this time, the young master still had to go there to hang out, but he couldn't care about Li Mo, thinking that as long as he didn't leave Liaodong, he turned his head and asked about the telegram he just received: "Chen Ping, is it true that you just said that Cixi will do it tomorrow?" ”

Chen Ping nodded affirmatively: "It was Duan Fei who personally sent the news from Beijing, and the news came from Li Lianying's cheap side, there will be no mistake." ”

"Isn't that Kang Youwei for them?" Yan Fu also lit a cigarette and said, "Did the young master say before that he wanted to rescue them?" ”

"Save? Why do you want to save it" Tang Shaoyi smiled: "Brother Dao, I have contact with Kang You for this person, he is a die-hard royalist, although he keeps saying that he is too selfish, it is impossible to recruit, and he has always taken us as the target of attack, and he has been using us as an opponent, even if he comes, what is the use"

"Shaochuan is right, people who talk about it, why bother thinking so much" Long Guozhang sat next to him, holding a plan and checking it constantly, but his mind was not on it at all.

"Yuanshou, are you ready there?" Li Enfu interrupted everyone's words and stared at Chen Ping.

Chen Ping violently snuffed out the cigarette butt and nodded to Zhao Long next to him, who immediately said: "The first regiment of the First Cavalry Division has arrived at Huludao, and the other regiment has arrived at Yingkou, although we and the Qing court are bounded by Mukden, but after the bombardment of Ji Weishan last time, the Qing army has basically abandoned the entire Liaodong and retreated to the pass, as long as we want, we can reach Shanhaiguan in one day and one night." ”

"The three regiments of the 1st Division, one regiment each of the 2nd Division and the 4th Division, have already assembled at Donggang and Yingkou, and the transport ships are already waiting there, as long as they receive orders, the first batch of four regiments can set off within ten hours." After Zhao Long finished speaking, he turned to Long Guozhang, who immediately said: "You can rest assured on the navy's side, Ji Weishan has already arrived at Xiaolongshan Island with the fleet, and it is only a few hours away from Tanggu by sea, and the Fourth Marine Regiment is also ready, ready to cut off the connection between Shandong and Zhili at any time."

"Eight regiments, 40,000 people This is a big force that we can take out in Lushun at present, but considering that in case of problems, the Huai army and the Hunan army may go north, I have ordered the Second Fleet, the third and fifth divisions stationed in Luzon, to be ready to land on the southeast coast at any time, and they will not be able to go north."

"And we don't have much reserve this time, the 2nd Marine Regiment needs to defend Honolulu, the 1st Regiment is in Hokkaido, the 3rd Regiment is temporarily dispersed to Truk and Guam, the 3rd Division and 3rd Regiment are in the Ryukyus to ensure the safety of Taiwan, and several other Army regiments have also dispersed to North Korea, and Jilin and Heilongjiang to guard against Russia." Chen Ping said, his face was grim: "This is also the reason why the young master is worried and can't make up his mind, we don't have the ability to consume, we are not afraid of the Qing army, but we have to guard against the reaction of Britain, France and Germany, and what we are worried about is Mongolia and Russia outside, if they come in, at least they can make up more than 50,000 troops."

"In addition, I have ordered that the two battleships of the First Fleet have begun to move south, and they will help Lefei to monitor the British and French fleets, and if the two families want to intervene, we are ready for war."

Chen Ping's words made even Liang Dunyan, who didn't understand military affairs, gasp, he didn't expect the situation to be so complicated, and the General Staff of the General Staff, who were afraid that the world would not be chaotic, was simply a plan to fight a full-scale war.

Li Enfu also knew Chen Ping's pressure, although he didn't quite believe that the Qing court governors and garrisons would go north, but no one could guarantee that this would happen, and in Tianjin and Beijing alone, the Qing army had as many as 100,000, most of which were in the hands of Yuan Shikai

Once the war cannot be ended quickly, and Britain, France and other countries have the opportunity to intervene, I am afraid that this will be completely chaotic

"Brother Yuanshou, are you too prepared to do so? Will Britain and France really intervene? And Yuan Shikai probably won't work hard for the Qing court. Tang Shaoyi frowned, he was also taken aback by the battle plan of the General Staff, but he still firmly believed in his judgment, once he landed in Tanggu, he would never encounter any decent resistance.

Seeing that several members of the Government Council were shocked by their words, Chen Ping smiled slightly: "Isn't this preparation, you have to think about the worst." ”

"Okay, you Chen Ping, I said, how can it be so serious, you want to scare us again, I can tell you, you want to increase the number of troops, you want to be thought" Li Enfu scolded with a smile, and was about to continue talking, but Chen Ping stopped him.

"Mr. Li, the possibility of British and French intervention is very small, we have reached a treaty with them to demarcate the Yangtze River before, as long as we do not enter the south, they will not fight with us, and they still wish for the Great Qing Dynasty to start a chaos, only in this way can they support Haoqiang and increase plunder."

"So what the young master is worried about is not the great powers, but the domestic warlords"

"I talked to the young master, which is why he has been slow to make up his mind, although a complete Qing court will hinder us from continuing to go south, but at least it can maintain the balance of all places, and there will be no open and fair separation, but if we occupy Beijing, then."

"We are about to face a shattered land of China, officially kicking off the civil war"

Chen Ping's words made the air in the conference room freeze suddenly, everyone knows that his words are not wrong, without Beijing, the Qing Dynasty will also be ruined, and there must be strong and powerful everywhere, with the current army strength, coupled with the huge territory, it is absolutely impossible to achieve a quick victory, so how will the young master choose?

Just when everyone was speculating about how Li Mo would choose, the door of the conference room was suddenly pushed open, Zhang Zuolin rushed into the room in full uniform, and almost at the same time, everyone stood up.

Zhang Zuolin walked up to Chen Ping and Li Enfu, saluted, handed over a note, and reported: "Report to the Chief of Staff, Mr. Li, the young master agreed to the first plan. He asked me to convey to Mr. Li, please write an essay on the Manchurian Confession, and the founding day of the People's Republic of China you asked about was set as October 1."

"Oh yes, Young Master Gang has already boarded the boat with Li Qiangzhuang, and he said he was waiting for us in Beijing."

"What young master went to Beijing"

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