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Chapter 120: Unknown Victory or Defeat (II)

Compared with Duan Qiruilai, who has eaten foreign ink for a few years and is extremely Westernized, he knows better that there are some people in this world who have very human strength, and these people's criteria for right and wrong cannot be judged by common sense, and Xu Changqing is one of the people he knows. Before this day, he also heard some rumors, and knew that there were some people in the court who belonged to the same kind as Xu Changqing who were going to do something big, and the whole court was dispatched by him, including the blockade of the Temple of Heaven and the curfew of the Jingshi some time ago, all of which were mentioned by these people.

Feng Guozhang is almost 100% sure that the so-called ghost army should be related to these people in the court. After that, the imperial decree finally came, but instead of asking for his head, he ordered him to face the saint immediately. After entering the court overnight, he saw that most of the important ministers of the court had already arrived except him, and there were many people from the Beiyang faction, and the regent Zaifeng didn't say anything after he came, and directly asked them to discuss how to solve the current situation in Beijing.

During the discussion throughout the night, most of it was Xu Shichang and some of his people who were there to give advice, while others were just following in. Although there were also some people in the Beiyang faction who were loyal to Yuan Shikai in the middle who proposed to let Yuan Shikai come back, there were very few ministers who echoed such a proposal, and even Feng Guozhang ignored them. After that, these people from the Beiyang faction were all driven out by Zaifeng, and the entire court meeting was presided over by Xu Shichang again. Although Xu Shichang covered it up well, Feng Guozhang could still hear from some of his words that he pointed the blame for what happened in his night life at some people, and these people were only known to a few people such as Zaifeng and Xu Shichang.

When the court meeting ended, Feng Guozhang immediately resigned and returned to his hometown on the grounds that he was injured after falling from a horse while attending the Xiling Tomb, and because of the illness and death of his original wife, Mrs. Wu, and the death of his mother and Mrs. Sun. He felt that he had been too sharp during this period of time, and he should calm down a little to avoid any more trouble, and now that the Jingshi was too chaotic, he should hide for a while.

However, Zaifeng did not agree to Feng Guozhang's resignation, if it was in normal times, he would not hesitate to agree, but now he still needs to rely on one of the three heroes of Beiyang to suppress the arrogance of the Beiyang faction, so he just pretended to reprimand, and let him continue to deal with the military affairs of the DPRK and China.

After coming out of the palace, Feng Guozhang was really a little uneasy in his heart, because when he took today's morning report from the butler guarding outside the palace gate, the content in it could be said to be shocking to him, and most of the articles in it could be seen as targeting people from the Beiyang faction. In addition, the last article reprinted from Tianjin, which almost revealed his plan to mutiny and force the palace, and some of the details in it were only known to a few people in the Beiyang faction, and a few of them were only known to him and Xu Shichang, at this moment he couldn't help but wonder who Xu Shichang's heart was facing now.

"Brother Huafu, go slowly!" When Feng Guozhang was on his way home, a carriage drove quickly to him, Xu Shichang lifted the window, poked his head out of the window, and said, "Brother Huafu, come with me, I have something to discuss with you." ”

Feng Guozhang had already listed Xu Shichang as one of the characters that needed to be avoided at this moment, so he arched his hand and said coldly: "Lord Xu is busy, Feng doesn't dare to disturb." ”

Xu Shichang didn't care about Feng Guozhang's attitude, and persuaded indifferently: "Brother Huafu, I know what you think in your heart, this is not the place to talk, come with me!"

Feng Guozhang sat in the sedan chair and thought about it, and felt that it was nothing to follow, and by the way, it was good to explore Xu Shichang's bottom, so he instructed the housekeeper and the sedan chair man to carry the sedan chair back, and he got into Xu Shichang's carriage. At the sound of the coachman's greeting, the carriage turned its head and headed east, heading along the Ring Street towards the detour, towards Andingmen to the north. Seeing the direction of the carriage, Feng Guozhang couldn't help frowning, and said with a slight mockery: "Lord Xu is worthy of our Daqing Dynasty's money bag, but I didn't expect that not long after arriving in the capital, I bought a new house. ”

Xu Shichang didn't refute, his face was always smiling, and he closed his eyes to recuperate, which made Feng Guozhang feel uncomfortable when he punched the air with all his strength. Seeing that no one answered his move, he lost interest in fighting, turned his head and lifted the curtain, and looked outside.

Compared with the relative calm in the west of the city, the east of the city is much more chaotic, the doors of many mansions are full of incense and candle altars, you can vaguely hear what ghosts and gods, looking west from the car window, you can vaguely see through the high walls and houses, you can see that some places in the imperial city are still billowing black smoke, it seems that the fire has not been extinguished.

Seeing this in the imperial city, Feng Guozhang couldn't help but think of the rumors that the people in the family had heard earlier, and it was no wonder that the rumors could spread so quickly, and the houses in the imperial city represented the current emperor and the entire Qing Dynasty. Usually the house is struck by lightning, it can be regarded as God's punishment for the immorality of the current imperial court, not to mention that now there is such a big thing as burning half of the imperial city for no reason.

It is conceivable that after the news of Jingshi is broadcast, I am afraid that the prestige of the Qing court will plummet, especially Zaifeng, who has just been in power, is the target of public criticism. If he wants to sit firmly in the position of regent, he can no longer insist on going his own way as before, so that in order to appease the court, he will definitely not dare to do anything to the Beiyang faction, and today's court meeting is the best example.

The carriage slowly drove into the Terracotta Hutong by the Shichahai Sea, and finally stopped in front of the residence of Sheng Xuanhuai, the minister of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications. After getting out of the car with Xu Shichang, Feng Guozhang frowned and looked at the slightly dilapidated mansion in front of him, for Sheng Xuanhuai, he had admired his name for a long time, but he had never had the opportunity to know him. Although Sheng Xuanhuai was not as prestigious as those surging auxiliary ministers, his every move had a great impact on the court situation.

At that time, he was known as the treasury of the Qing Dynasty, and even the tyrannical and domineering old lady respected him, and he made friends with a wide range of people, and countless ministers who received his favor. Now most of these people are delegated to local officials, so when it comes to the influence of the national feudal officials, even Yuan Shikai can't compare, and sometimes one of his letters is often more effective than the holy decree of the imperial court.