The Empress Dowager Cixi quickly understood the situation in Tianjin, and also fell into a dilemma, Xuan Yuemeng's attitude, after all, still made Cixi feel relieved, Xuan Yuemeng did not attack the territory outside the Tianjin concession again, which is very important.The East Warm Pavilion of the Palace of Nourishing the Heart."
What should I do now, I usually can speak well, but now that Xuan Yuemeng has come to Tianjin, let's talk about it" Empress Dowager Cixi squinted her eyes and asked coldly.The ministers didn't dare to speak, everyone was terrified in their hearts, this time they were really panicked, how passionate they were when they clamored to kill Huaguo, and how panicked they were now.Jiegege hugged the little pug that President Meng gave to Cixi, and he was also worried about himself.Jiegege didn't expect Xuan Yuemeng to really rebel, as if Xuan Yuemeng just left the Forbidden City yesterday, the days in the palace, a year and a day, there is not much difference, Jiegege is worried about that child."
It's all dumb, who can retreat from the enemy When it comes to the employment of people, they are all a bunch of waste" The Empress Dowager Cixi stood up and said sharply All the ministers knelt down together in surprise, Cixi rarely gets angry, every time she gets angry, there is great power, from the perspective of the ruler, Cixi does have a first-class talent, even Prince Gong Yixun is very afraid of Cixi.Empress Dowager Ci'an looked at Cixi worriedly, and she rarely saw Cixi get so angry.The Empress Dowager Cixi nodded to the Empress Dowager Ci'an, indicating that she was fine, and the eye contact between the two people behind the screen was invisible to the ministers.Cixi actually had a good relationship with the Empress Dowager Ci'an, mainly because of the Empress Dowager Ci'an's indisputable personality."
Okay, don't speak, Prince Gong, this is your business, and the affairs of Huaguo, from beginning to end, you are also in Zhang Luo, you can't also pretend to be dumb" Cixi said coldly.Prince Gong Yixun sweated from his forehead, "If you go back to the Queen Mother, it is the minister's incompetence, please remove the minister's errand." ”"Hmph, what are you going to do on an errand now, what did you do to negotiate peace at the beginning, Huaguo also promised that there will be foreigners to fight, and they will definitely send troops to help the Qing Dynasty, they rented the deserted Danzhou, that's it, it can be peaceful for a while, after more than ten years of war, my Qing Kingdom needs to recuperate too much, and you, you insist on fighting, okay, you take people to fight, and the emperor will hand over the Beijing camp to you" Empress Dowager Cixi seems to be intent on exerting power today, and is not ambiguous.Prince Gong raised his head in shock and looked at Cixi, I don't know what Cixi is going to do to herself, is this going to be a coup Prince Gong and Cixi have been, I didn't expect Cixi to not give herself any face in front of the ministers.The high-ranking ones, the ones who don't it, it's really nothing.For the sake of power, you can do whatever you want.But when there is a conflict of interests, the husband also says that he will kill him, especially a woman with superb political talent like the Empress Dowager Cixi, and she will not put the feelings between men and women in a position of importance."
There are tens of thousands of Huai troops in Tianjin, there are several large battalions in Beijing, and then quickly transfer troops from the surrounding areas of Zhili into Beijing, King Qin, we are not impossible, and the Chinese army fights, this is related to the national body of our Great Qing Dynasty, if anyone pulls up a team of men and horses in the future, the court will have to compromise, wouldn't the world be in chaos?"
Prince Gong's words were sonorous and powerful, and they were full of words, which provoked a group of ministers to second.It's just that the ministers who seconded the proposal this time were very quiet, and the number of people was far less than the last time, after all, the Chinese army had already reached Tianjin, which was only two or three hundred miles away from Beijing.The last time everyone expressed their opinions, the Chinese army was still outside the border.The sky is high and the emperor is far away, everyone can say whatever they want."
Li Hongzhang, tell me, do we have a chance of winning?"
the Empress Dowager Cixi then asked.Li Hongzhang said: "Yes, although the Chinese army is powerful, after all, it has just been formed, and my Great Qing State can call for forty or fifty thousand troops in the Zhili area, and there are 20,000 troops with new firearms, not that they can't fight, but at present, the Chinese army has not leased the territory, and there is no situation of attacking the soldiers and horses of our imperial court, do we want to take the initiative to fight the concession?"
"Well" Empress Dowager Cixi frowned, "Didn't you say that the Chinese army has already conquered Tianjin and is heading to the capital" The military department Shangshu was frightened and fell to his knees suddenly, "It is possible, and it did not go." ”"Hmph" Empress Dowager Cixi knew that many of the officials in the court were promoted by Prince Gong Yixun, which was just a disguised support for Yixun's opinion that he wanted to attack the Chinese army, "Since there is no rental industry, what reason do we use to fight the wrong reason, then the road is not going well, is there any statement from the British side, didn't their consul and a group of people in the army have been arrested by the Chinese army" Prince Gong Yixun hurriedly said: "Among the British people in China, with the arrest of Minister Wittoma, there is now no leader in the group, as far as the minister knows, The British consulate in the capital is actively contacting Britain, but there is no new news coming back from Britain for the time being, according to the minister's opinion, Britain will certainly not be able to endure such a great humiliation, and a major battle with the Chinese army is inevitable, and I must stand with the British at this time.Otherwise, if something happens in the Qing Dynasty in the future, the foreigners will not help. ”Cixi groaned, did not get angry again, there is little point in getting angry, about the attitude of the British, this is also what Cixi is worried about, secretly hating Yixun incompetence, bad things, in Cixi's opinion, if you can not fight, try not to fight, everyone is silent, Cixi said to the Empress Dowager Ci'an for a long time: "Sister, otherwise, let's disperse, wait for the British to have an idea, and then talk about it, the capital and Tianjin, just Li Hongzhang to step up defense." ”Empress Dowager Ci'an nodded and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, otherwise, it will be dispersed today." ”Emperor Tongzhi seems to be asleep, itching all over his body, has been silently scratching the itch, at this time I heard that it was scattered, I was happy, stood up, "scattered" Yaxin entered the palace to be the queen, in fact, there has been no round room with Emperor Tongzhi, Emperor Tongzhi is sick, and Zaicheng went out to get sick with an unclean body, Yaxin has been living alone in the palace under the protection of Jiegege.In fact, Emperor Tongzhi himself knew that his illness did not harm anyone, which is why Emperor Tongzhi did not leave descendants until his death.The death of Emperor Tongzhi is a matter of time.It was another meaningless Imperial Council, and it was over.Dozens of ministers sighed, Li Hongzhang approached Li Hongzao and asked: "Lord Li, Yuemeng is a student of adults, and adults should advocate to the imperial court, peace talks, and ending the worries of the queen mother and the emperor is the right way." ”Li Hongzao snorted, "I don't have such a student, I have already broken off the relationship with Xuan Yuemeng, but Li Zhongtang should come forward and resolutely expel the Chinese army from the Beijing-Tianjin area is the right way." ”Li Hongzhang was silent, he understood Li Hongzao's attitude, and left with a wry smile.Everyone has their own thoughts, one by one, the most depressed is the Prince Gong Yixun, in fact, Yixun is also regretting it now, Cixi's attitude is clear that she doesn't want to fight, this is originally the Qing Dynasty's own business, you have to wait for the news of the foreigners to do what President Meng expected that the Qing court was probably like this, on the third day after the end of this imperial meeting, President Meng received accurate information, in the home of a group of first-class officials, in the periphery of the palace, there are the eyes of the Bureau of Statistics, including the governor's mansions in the entire Qing Dynasty, The world's major powers, although the Huacui Association Statistics Bureau was established less than a year, but spent a huge amount of money on the formation of the team, with the first batch of students put into use, the whole system has initially seen the prototype.Princess Katrina Kafu took a new cape, black, President Moe likes black, "President, I made a new one, see if it's suitable" President Moe smiled: "You can be a female worker My clothes are so much, you don't have to do it all the time." ”"Give it a try."
Princess Katrina Kaaf pouted, "This is my first time making clothes, and I learned from Lady Kaori." ”President Meng snorted, "You played with Mrs.
Kaori" Princess Katrina Kafu nodded, "Well, there is nothing to do anyway, and there is no new news from Beijing, how long are we going to stay in Tianjin, don't you leave, Meng Yuan lives, it is more comfortable than the President's Mansion in Danzhou." ”"Let's see how long we live after the New Year, and we have to go before the British gather troops."
President Meng said calmly."
Will the British really fight us thousands of miles away We are short of ammunition now, we have just laid down the British army camp, got more than 200 artillery pieces and shells, and more than 10,000 breech-loading Snyderenfield rifles, how many troops do the British have to send to fight us" Princess Katrina Kaaf is obviously very confident now, and after successfully conquering the Tianjin Concession, she is a little proud.President Meng smiled faintly, "No matter how many guns and bullets there are, after all, we don't have the ability to produce them ourselves, if we really fight a big war, we will not be able to bear it after all, if we take advantage, we will show weakness, and if we are in a weak position, we must force this truth, you have to understand it." ”Princess Katrina Kafu blinked her big watery eyes, "President, there are too many schemes in your stomach, I can't learn it, so I'll just help the president give instructions and upload the opinions of various departments." ”The first rifle to bear the name "Enfield" was a single-shot front-loading rifled rifle rifle designed in 1853.In 1866, the rear-loading Snyder Enfield rifle was designed, which was a conversion of the front-loading Model 1853 Enfield rifle into a reloading, Snyder-style breech, caliber 0577 inches.After President Meng got more than 10,000 breech-loading Snyder Enfield rifles that were not much worse than Mauser 1871, his strength increased, but President Meng was not careless because of this, he still has a very clear understanding of his own strength, and now is by no means the time to annoy the British in an all-round way.It really became a full-scale war, and in less than half a year, Danzhou would be captured, and at that time, he would have to go up to the mountains to become a bandit, so the efforts of the past two years would have been all in vain.t1706231537: