"The matter is because of Li Hongzhang's protection, Li Hongzhang, you are the governor of Zhili, the minister of Beiyang, and the most capable soldiers and horses in the imperial court are in your hands, what should you do."
The Empress Dowager Cixi's voice was cold, and she completely eliminated the two palaces and the emperor in one sentence.Empress Dowager Cixi's attitude, of course, was also expected by Li Hongzhang, before coming to Beijing, he had repeatedly thought about what angle to stand on.As the Minister of Beiyang and the head of the National Governor's Office, isn't this what it should be to carry the black pot, and Li Hongzhang is used to carrying the black pot.Li Hongzhang arched his hand and said: "The minister dares to ask the Queen Mother, this Eastern Hawaiian Kingdom has seized Benxi and Caohekou, is it a foreigner's matter or the Xuan family's matter, and whether it has anything to do with the Xuan family, the minister is just walking in Zhili, and he is not clear about the situation in the northeast." ”Li Hongzhang is always spicy here, on the one hand, he has a clever brain and quick response, on the other hand, he will never express his position when he has not figured out Cixi's thoughts, among them, is there anything about Xuan Yuemeng, this is not whether there is actually or not, but in Cixi's heart, whether there is this or not, Li Hongzhang first wanted to figure out.Cixi secretly said that Li Hongzhang was cunning and snorted softly.Now everyone knows that it has something to do with the Xuan family, and the reason is because Yixun wants to transfer Xuan Zonglu back to Beijing and return to the Ministry of Gifts.If it has nothing to do with the Xuan family, this is self-deception, if it has something to do with the Xuan family, then the scope of involvement is wide, this is something that cannot be put on the table, if time can be reversed, many people can't wait to strangle Xuan Yuemeng.This is definitely not Li Hongzhang's problem alone, you are all blind Ah Prince Gong also hated it to death, and glared fiercely at the floor in front of him.In fact, Prince Gong Yixun is the most responsible, and the cause of this incident is from Prince Gong Yixun, if it weren't for his insistence on removing Xuanzonglu's top of the Liaoning governor, there would not be so many things.Emperor Tongzhi, who has returned to power, was very unhappy, and he should have been in charge, but Emperor Tongzhi found that after returning to power, the curtain was not removed, and the emperor was still just a puppet, and Emperor Tongzhi said loudly: "This is foreign affairs, it is Prince Gong's business Li Hongzhang This question should be answered by Prince Gong." ”Prince Gong Yixun saw that the emperor opened his mouth to name himself, so he had to bite the bullet and say: "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces, whether this matter was provoked by Xuan Zonglu and Xuan Yuemeng behind their backs has not been verified, but this Eastern Hawaiian Kingdom is indeed a foreigner, and the foreign prince named Richard Harris has also seen it."
As for why this Eastern Hawaiian Kingdom suddenly forcibly occupied the territory of our Great Qing Kingdom, I still have to ask them again, but for now, we should immediately mobilize troops and horses, while seeking mediation with the consulates of various countries in Beijing, and on the other hand, make defensive preparations This Eastern Hawaiian Kingdom is just an overseas vassal state of the United States, and the strength of the United States among the great powers is considered weak, and we cannot be bullied by a small vassal state of the United States. ”The Empress Dowager Cixi snorted softly again, in fact, Cixi also blamed Yi Xun in her heart for her bad idea, what can a Liaoning governor do if she withdraws Xuan Zonglu and makes any waves Although the Empress Dowager Cixi has heard that the Eastern Hawaiian Kingdom has purchased a large amount of industrial equipment from Germany and France, she has not taken it to heart, and as for the purchase of armaments by the Eastern Hawaiian Kingdom, Cixi also did not take it to heart, why is it because the relationship between the great powers in China is not actually involved by the Qing court, but by the foreigners themselves, which has always been the case.The Qing court didn't have to take care of it at all, and it couldn't manage it if it wanted to, in the eyes of the Qing court, as long as Britain and France were stabilized, it was basically fine."
I don't know anything, what do you want your prime minister's yamen to do, a group of scholars, they are all sitting and eating dry food, the Ministry of Officials is also under the control of Prince Gong, why bypass the will of my order, why do you want to remove Xuanzonglu, the errand of the governor of Liaoning, don't you want me to be the emperor" Emperor Tongzhi shouted.Empress Dowager Cixi frowned, and said to Li Lianying: "Little Lizi, the emperor is tired, let people wait for the emperor to go down and rest" Empress Dowager Ci'an glanced at the irascible emperor, and also frowned, but her eyes were full of love, and she shook her head slightly to the emperor.Emperor Tongzhi snorted and strode out of the warm pavilion, "Don't let me listen, it's better, I don't like to listen to it" After Emperor Tongzhi left, the Empress Dowager Cixi sorted out her emotions a little, and slowly turned the jade wrench on her thumb around, knowing that it was useless to talk about Yixin at this time, "Li Hongzhang, you arrange contact with the Kingdom of Eastern Hawaii on the one hand, and arrange contact with the consulates of various countries in the Beijing-Tianjin area on the other, and ask the foreigners to mediate, see what is going on, immediately transfer troops, and prepare for battle, no matter what the result of the foreigners' mediation is." , this battle may not be avoidable, unless the vassal state of this state can take the initiative to withdraw from Benxi and Caohekou Shengjing City is the foundation of the ancestors, and we must not let the foreigners threaten the foundation of our Great Qing Kingdom. ”"Huh."
Li Hongzhang understood Cixi's meaning, Cixi's meaning this time was very tough, she must win, and she would never give in, Li Hongzhang also figured it out, in the middle, it must be Xuan Yuemeng's ghost, what Hawaiian kingdom suddenly appeared, Li Hongzhang has been suspicious.Prince Gong Yixun gave Wen Xiang a look, Cixi's attitude was still very satisfactory to Prince Gong Yixun, Cixi finally stood on her side, but did not deal with the people of the Xuan family, which shows that Cixi's attitude is still very ambiguous, this is where Prince Gong Yixun can't swallow this breath.Wen Xiang understood, Shi Li said: "Qi Qi two palaces queen mother, we have received the news, Xuan Zonglu before the arrival of the holy decree, has fled to the Eastern Hawaii Kingdom, now I can't be contacted, how to deal with this" Cixi looked at Wen Xiang, and then looked at Prince Gong Yixun, of course she understood what Wen Xiang and Prince Gong meant, and wanted to seal the way of the Xuan family, and said coldly: "Then you say, how to deal with it" Wen Xiang was stunned, "Such a big thing, can only let the queen mother of the two palaces take the idea, and the minister does not dare to say anything." ”"The mourning family now wants you to say, since you asked, you must have thought about what to do with it first."
Empress Dowager Cixi's voice became colder and colder.Cixi is definitely not warlike, Cixi wishes never to disturb her, she just firmly grasps the power of the Qing Kingdom."
According to the regulations of the Ministry of Officials, a governor left his post without permission and went to the place of foreigners, which is always unreasonable, at least it should be regarded as dereliction of duty, please remove Xuan Zonglu's top flower feather, and ask him to return to Beijing as soon as possible to report on his work."
Wen Xiang gritted his teeth and said what he meant, of course, this was all discussed with Prince Gong Yixun a long time ago.Empress Dowager Cixi said coldly: "You have evidence that Xuan Zonglu ran to the place of the foreigner, even if Xuan Zonglu left Shengjing, it is not necessarily that he went to the place of the foreigner. ”"Huh."
Wen Xiang didn't dare to say it anymore, Cixi's meaning was already very clear, and it depended on the result of the fight.Prince Gong didn't dare to be long-winded, Cixi's idea was indeed a serious idea, which was admired by the ministers present in their hearts.Li Hongzhang finally said: "The minister, please transfer the 5,000 soldiers and horses of Luo Guozhong's department.Two more battalions, totaling 10,000 soldiers and horses, were transferred to respond to Luo Guozhong's troops. ”The ministers were shocked, this is Li Hongzhang's blood capital, the capital of the housekeeper has almost been taken out, Li Hongzhang's Huai army of more than 30,000 people, Luo Guozhong's 5,000 army is battle-hardened, in the fight against the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, when fighting the Twist Army, they have been rushing to the front, please come out of this army, Li Hongzhang is to show his attitude and fight hard.If another 10,000 soldiers and horses are transferred, the total number will be 15,000, which is almost half of Li Hongzhang's net worth.Cixi was very satisfied with Li Hongzhang's attitude, "If you can fight, you must also be able to peace, if you fight well, you will have the opportunity to fight, and if you have fought, you may not have to make peace." ”The ministers were surprised again, this is a rare word of death for Cixi, the meaning is very clear, Jiucheng is going to fight this battle, and he has clearly told Li Hongzhang that he must win and not hide his strength.Li Hongzhang felt hot all over his body, "Huh" t1706231537: