"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."
Li Hongzhang nodded, he completely understood Xuan Yuemeng's intentions, admired Xuan Yuemeng's ambition, and admired Xuan Yuemeng's long-term vision, with Li Hongzhang's wisdom, if he couldn't understand it at this time, he would not be Li Hongzhang.It turned out that Xuan Yuemeng wanted to maintain the rule of the Qing court and let the Qing court help manage most of the backward areas, so as to avoid a situation of warlord chaos."
What about the periphery, admitting that Jiangnan and Liaoning belong to the Chinese state, and the other lands still belong to the Qing Dynasty?"
asked Li Hongzhang."
North of Beijing, Datong to Zhangjiakou, to the line of Qinhuangdao, the areas that our Chinese army has occupied, all belong to our Chinese army, we have taken Liaoning, do you think you can still hold the Northeast, Mongolia, give me all of them to Huaguo, Zhili, I only need Cangzhou and Tianjin, you can continue to be your governor of Zhili."
President Meng smiled faintly.Li Hongzhang was angry, this is to swallow the north of Zhili, and connect with the northeast, this request has long been within Li Hongzhang's expectations, although angry, but it is better than Xuan Yuemeng asked to divide half of Beijing, "Divide Beijing equally, is there really no room for turnaround" President Meng smiled: "Yes, or I will recognize that your Qing Kingdom is a vassal state of my Huaguo." ”Li Hongzhang sighed deeply, "Understood, let's go." ”A dance party, and then continued, leaving Li Hongzhang's gang, did not affect the enthusiasm of President Meng, President Meng also invited Princess Katrina Kafu to dance, President Meng's dance steps, provoked the warmest applause.The Empress Dowager Cixi and her group of people are really pitiful, they fled to Wei County all the way, and they don't know where to go, in fact, where they go, it doesn't matter anymore, the Empress Dowager Cixi also understands that the fate of the Great Qing Kingdom is no longer in her hands, but in Xuan Yuemeng's hands, if Xuan Yuemeng sends an army to pursue, they can't go away at all.Li Hongzhang, Yixuan and his 100-person peace negotiation team arrived in Wei County almost at the same time as Zuo Zongtang's horse team."
The Queen Mother is auspicious, and the Queen Mother is auspicious."
A group of palace ministers saw the Empress Dowager Cixi and the Empress Dowager Ci'an, dressed as peasant women, and fell to the ground crying bitterly.Empress Dowager Cixi wiped her tears, looking like a little woman's home, she was completely wilted, "Li Hongzhang, what did Xuan Yuemeng say" Li Hongzhang said in his heart, I am the deputy envoy, why let me say that I should let Yixuan say it, but since it was asked about his head, he could only stubbornly say: "Tianjin must belong to Huaguo, the entire Northeast and the land outside the Guanxi must belong to Huaguo, the Jiangnan region, the land that the Chinese army has occupied must also belong to Huaguo, north of Beijing, Datong to Zhangjiakou, to Qinhuangdao, The areas that the Chinese army has occupied belong to the Chinese army, the northeast, Mongolia, and the northern land of the Great Qing Dynasty, all of which are given to the Chinese state, and they are directly under the territory, as long as Cangzhou and Tianjin, this is one of them, and second, the Qing court needs to pay Huaguo 200 million taels of silver, and at least 10 million taels of silver will be delivered every year to make up for the losses of Huaguo, and third, the Qing court must establish Hua as the suzerain" "What" Empress Dowager Cixi covered her head and looked like she was going to faint.Li Lianying hurriedly came over to help, "Our Lady Queen Mother, take care of the phoenix body." ”The ministers knelt on the ground and said together: "Our Lady Queen Mother, take care of the phoenix body." ”The Empress Dowager Ci'an wiped her tears and said worriedly: "Sister." ”Empress Lihuang was also with Empress Dowager Cixi and Empress Dowager Ci'an, and said softly: "Sister" Empress Dowager Cixi hammered her forehead with her hand and shook her hand: "I'm fine, you say, what should I do now, if I agree to such harsh conditions, what is the difference between this and the death of the country, not only lose power, but also humiliate the country, if we agree, let us have the face to see the ancestors and ancestors" Zuo Zongtang said angrily: "I must not promise that I didn't expect this Xuan Yuemeng to be so fierce at such a young age, I really looked away, the queen mother of the two palaces, if we retreat a foot, the cute bandits will enter a zhang, I still have 60,000 troops in my hands, I see that the Huai army is re-gathered, it should be able to get together 20,000 or 30,000 people, and when my whole army is assembled, at least 80,000 or so will fight with the Chinese army to the death, I am a Qing country, and I must not die like this" "How many foreigners were there at the beginning, and now when the Meng bandits fought the Old Summer Palace than the foreigners, the soldiers were stronger and our army was weaker, and now there is neither food nor city, Do you want to recapture Beijing City with your flesh and blood" Empress Dowager Cixi asked in a deep voice: "Li Hongzhang, is it possible that the conditions set by Xuan Yuemeng have no room for turning around" Zuo Zongtang was directly reprimanded by the Empress Dowager Cixi, and he didn't know what to say, food and salary are definitely a big problem, and now Xuan Yuemeng has directly occupied Beijing City, no need to ask, the Forbidden City and the palaces must have been looted.Moreover, at the beginning, the rear of Beijing was used as a rear, a place to hoard grain, but now it has been directly taken away by Xuan Yuemeng, and there is no food if you want to fight, no money, no food, not to mention an army of 80,000, even 800 people can't be moved.Li Hongzhang sighed and said: "There is room to turn around, the first article, the second article, can not be changed, the requirements for modifying the third article are 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 Huaguo, the Forbidden City is still for the emperor and the queen mother to live, leaving Andingmen and Zuo'anmen, Dong'anmen for the Qing to enter and exit.Xuan Yuemeng said that this was his minimum requirement, and that he had to give a reply within ten days, and now two days have passed. ”Empress Dowager Cixi shook and almost fainted again, "The biggest difference between the Chinese army and the foreigners is that the Chinese army is Chinese and is resident and cannot leave, and no matter how ruthless the foreigners are, there is no way to rely on them for a long time" t1706231537: