Li Hongzhang nodded, this kind of words, that is, Jie Gege said, he couldn't say it, Yixuan just listened, kept eating all kinds of pastries, it seemed that he was not a minister, not here to negotiate, but to have fun.President Meng smiled slightly and looked at Jiegege: "I said yes, but Jiegege is not allowed to be angry." ”Gege frowned, but didn't say anything, knowing that it wouldn't be much better.President Meng smiled: "Hehe, then I won't talk about it, forget it, don't talk about it, if you can't talk about it, you have to rely on fighting, isn't it" Jiegege's beautiful eyes instantly welled up with tears, and he looked at President Meng angrily.President Meng has no choice, when negotiating, he must say this Li Hongzhang stood up angrily: "Yue Meng, don't forget, I still have a vast land and population in the Qing Dynasty, really spread out to fight, you can't take advantage, what if you take the entire Zhili and North China, can you take the Great Northwest and the Great Southwest" President Meng squinted at Li Hongzhang, although he was not afraid of threats, however, the old and spicy Li Hongzhang can always hit the nail on the head Li Hongzhang is very clear about the advantages and disadvantages of the negotiations between the two sides, President Moe is the most formidable opponent he has ever encountered.Just as President Meng was speaking, Princess Katrina Kafu saw Wang Zhankui coming over with an emergency telegram, and knew that there was something important, so she hurriedly transferred it to President Meng.President Meng saw that the 112th Regiment of the First Brigade of the First Field Division of the Chinese Army had raided from the Great Wall Pass and Xifengkou, and suddenly launched an attack to defeat the Qing court city defense troops, and captured the outer city of Beijing in less than an hour, You'anmen, Zuo'anmen and Yongdingmen, and half of Beijing's defense fell into the hands of the Chinese Army President Meng laughed, "It's easy to talk about it now." ”As he spoke, he forwarded the message to Li Hongzhang.The cup in Li Hongzhang's hand fell to the ground with a bang, but fortunately, the sound of the music was loud enough, except for a few people around President Meng, it did not cause much repercussions in the dance."
What's wrong with Lord Zhongtang, change the cup for Zhongtang."
President Meng said with a smile.Seeing that Li Hongzhang seemed to be frozen, Jie Gege burst into tears, and hurriedly picked up the telegram that President Meng showed to Li Hongzhang from the ground.After seeing it, Jiegege suddenly burst into tears, became angry, and looked at President Meng speechless.President Meng's heart softened, "Don't worry, don't worry, I didn't order the capture of the Forbidden City, the army was just stationed on the front line of You'anmen, Zuo'anmen and Yongdingmen in the outer city of Beijing." ”"Is there such a garrison, what is the difference between this and the whole of Beijing," Jie Gege said angrily.Indeed, when President Meng received the telegram, the entire city of Beijing was already in chaos, and the Empress Dowager Cixi finally couldn't help but start fleeing, taking a group of concubines in the palace, concubines, and seriously ill emperors, and began to flee in the direction of Wei County.The Chinese army received an order to occupy the line of You'anmen, Zuo'anmen and Yongdingmen, and did not order a volley, so whoever wants to flee is allowed to flee and avoid large-scale bloody conflicts, which is the purpose of President Meng.President Meng smiled: "Gege, don't worry, this is to facilitate negotiations, the Chinese army will not kill people indiscriminately, as long as you don't attack our Chinese army, our Chinese army is just a condition for the success of the negotiations, do you say yes Lord Li Zhongtang is the king of the county" Li Hongzhang snorted angrily, came back to his senses, but was weak and short of breath.Yixuan wiped the sweat on his head and nodded hurriedly, "Yes, what the president said is very true." ”President Meng smiled: "My request to revise the third article is very simple, if you want to make Huaguo and Qing have the same status, divide Beijing City equally, starting from Yongding Gate, Yongding Gate, Zhengde Gate, You'anmen, Zhiwu Gate, Tiananmen, Di'anmen, Desheng Gate, these covered areas, all belong to China, the Forbidden City is still for the emperor and the queen mother to live, leaving Andingmen and Zuo'anmen, Dong'anmen for you to enter and exit." ”Li Hongzhang glared angrily, "You, you can't think of it" Indeed, President Meng's request is really too much, even Shichahai, Beihai, Zhonghai and Nanhai are all included, as well as Prince Gong's mansion, Prince Zheng's mansion, and the mansions of dozens of clans, all of which are counted, this is the equal division of Beijing City, or the most important side of the division.Yixuan was silent, and said in his heart that my mansion was also included, how could this be done, but at this time, where would he dare to speak Meng President Even the entire city of Beijing is already at his fingertips.In fact, President Meng's Chinese army, since entering the customs, has not fought a few battles in total, it is the Qing court can not restrain the army, the emperor's Eight Banners Army, that is, used to pretend to be a pretend, Li Hongzhang's Tianjin Huai Army elite was disarmed by the Chinese army, the Beijing Division received the news, the Eight Banners Army has already had a tendency to collapse, so when the 112th Regiment of the First Brigade of the First Field Division of the Chinese Army raided the outer city of Beijing, it almost did not encounter the slightest obstacle."
Forget it, except for Jie Gege to stay by my side, you still go, you and the Qing court to discuss again, if you want peace, according to the conditions I offered, if not, we will continue to fight, take Tianjin, I have a lot of materials in my hands, I don't know what you fight."
President Meng smiled faintly.President Meng has grasped the core of the problem now, he can easily win militarily, but if he really wants to rule the territory of the Qing court county by county, he will encounter a never-ending confrontation, and it will take at least five years to be able to rule the whole country, or even longer, with the current transportation conditions, outside of Zhili, especially in the northwest and southwest, will become a quagmire of war.Li Hongzhang sighed, seeing that he had to do this, he secretly thought, this step by step is in Xuan Yuemeng's calculations, whether it is to talk about this judgment or not, Xuan Yuemeng is in the palm of his hand, and the court is just the fish on Xuan Yuemeng's chopping board."
Is there a time limit?"
asked Li Hongzhang."
On the 10th, the Spring Festival is coming soon, and I hope to be able to spend the Spring Festival in Prince Gong's mansion.Hehe. ”President Meng smiled slightly, in addition to the Forbidden City, the most luxurious mansion in Beijing is Prince Gong's mansion, which used to be Heshen's home, and after many generations of construction, its luxury is already comparable to the Forbidden City."
Whether you answer or not, I will enter Beijing at that time, you tell the Empress Dowager Cixi, I let her go this time, is to express the sincerity of the peace talks to the Qing court, otherwise, she will not be able to leave Beijing this time, finally, I can give a clear answer now, I hope that the peace negotiations will be successful, I hope that the Empress Dowager Cixi and the Empress Dowager Ci'an, they can return to Beijing as soon as possible, if you lose the Forbidden City, you will not be able to control the huge country."
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