0574 Waiting for the British
Empress Dowager Cixi quickly understood the situation in Tianjin and was in a dilemma. Xuan Yuemeng's attitude still made Cixi feel relieved after all. Xuan Yuemeng did not attack the territory outside the Tianjin Concession again, which is very important. Please read the book W÷w∫ﷷΩ.
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"What should I do now? Everyone is good at talking. Now Xuan Yuemeng has come to Tianjin. Let's talk about it?" Empress Dowager Cixi asked coldly, squinted her eyes.
None of the ministers dared to speak, and everyone was panicked. This time, they were really panicked. The passionate thing they were about to kill Huaguo was, but now they were panicked.
Princess Jie was holding the little pug that the cute president gave to Cixi, and she was also worried.
Princess Jie didn't expect that Xuan Yuemeng would really rebel, as if Xuan Yuemeng had just left the Forbidden City yesterday. The days in the palace were not much different from one day in one year. Princess Jie was worried about the child.
"I'm all mute? Who can retreat? When the country is employed, they are all a bunch of waste!" Empress Dowager Cixi stood up and said sternly!
The ministers knelt down in surprise. Cixi rarely became popular. Every time they were fired, it had great power. From the perspective of the ruler, Cixi did have first-class talent, and even Prince Gong Yixin was very afraid of Cixi.
Empress Dowager Ci'an looked at Cixi with concern. She rarely saw Cixi being so popular.
Empress Dowager Cixi nodded to Empress Dowager Ci'an and signaled that she was fine. The eyes of the two of them behind the screen were invisible to the outside ministers.
Cixi actually had a harmonious relationship with Empress Dowager Ci'an, mainly because of Empress Dowager Ci'an's uncontested personality.
"Okay, I don't say anything. Prince Gong, this is your business. Moreover, you are also doing things in China from beginning to end. You can't pretend to be mute, right?" Cixi said coldly.
Prince Gong Yixin felt sweat on his forehead, "If you reply to the Queen Mother, it is because the minister is incompetent in his work. Please read the ΩΩ book W ∫ ∫ .ΩQingKan Shu.cC”
"Hmph, are you going to withdraw your errand now? What have you done? At the beginning, when we were going to negotiate peace, the Chinese country promised that foreigners would come to fight and would definitely send troops to help the Qing Dynasty. They rented the remote Danzhou, it would be fine. It would be smooth for a while. After more than ten years of war, the Qing Dynasty needs rest and recuperation. You, you advocate fighting, okay, fight! If you take people to fight, the emperor will hand over the Beijing camp to you!" Empress Dowager Cixi seemed to be interested in power today, and was not vague.
Prince Gong Yixin looked up at Cixi in shock, wondering what Cixi was going to do to herself? Is this a coup? Prince Gong Yixin and Cixi were fucked, but they didn't expect that Cixi would give herself any face in front of the ministers.
Those with higher positions are really not a big deal.
For power, you can do whatever you want.
However, in times of interest conflict, the husband would kill him as soon as he said he would, especially women with high political talent like Empress Dowager Cixi, who would not place their relationship with men and women.
"There are tens of thousands of Huai troops in Tianjin and several large camps in Beijing. Then we will mobilize troops from the surrounding areas of Zhili to Beijing to serve the king! We may not fight against the Chinese army! This is a matter of the state system of our Qing Dynasty. If anyone who raises a group of troops in the future and the court has to compromise, will the world be in chaos?" Prince Gong Yixin's words were powerful and powerful, which caused a group of ministers to discuss.
However, the ministers attached to the meeting were very quiet this time, 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 pass. The sky was high and the emperor was far away, so everyone could say whatever they wanted.
"Li Hongzhang, tell me, do we have a chance of winning?" Empress Dowager Cixi continued.
Li Hongzhang bowed and said, "Yes, although the Chinese army is powerful! After all, the Qing Dynasty was established shortly afterwards. In the Zhili area, our Qing Dynasty was able to call for 40,000 to 50,000 troops, and 20,000 troops with new firearms. It is not that we cannot fight, but at present, the Chinese army is not out of the concession and does not have the situation of attacking our court's troops. Do we have to take the initiative to attack the concession?"
"Huh?" Empress Dowager Cixi frowned, "Ministry of War! Didn't you say that the Chinese army has captured Tianjin? Are you heading to the capital?"
The Minister of War was so scared that he knelt down, "It's possible, he didn't go there. ∮Please read the book W·w ∫ W ∮.QingKan S hu.cC"
"Hmph!" Empress Dowager Cixi knew that many of the officials in the court were promoted by Prince Gong Yixin. This was just a disguised support for Yixin's opinion on cracking down on the Chinese army. "Since there is no concession, what reason should we use to fight? The reason is not right, the way of saying things will be unhappy! Is there anything in the UK? Didn't their consul and a group of people in the army be arrested by the Chinese army?"
Prince Gong Yixin hurriedly said: "Among the British people in China, with the arrest of Minister Vitoma, there are no more people. As far as I know, the British consulate in the capital is actively contacting the UK, but no new news has been sent back in the UK. According to me, the UK will inevitably be unable to bear such a great humiliation. A war with the Chinese army is inevitable. My Qing Dynasty must stand with the British at this time. Otherwise, if something happens to the Qing Dynasty in the future, foreigners will not help."
Cixi pondered, no longer hot, the meaning of fire was not very important. The attitude of the British was exactly what Cixi was worried about. She secretly hated Yixin for being incompetent and ruined a big deal. In Cixi's opinion, if she could not fight, she would try not to fight!
Everyone was silent. It took a long time for Cixi to say to Empress Dowager Ci'an: "Sister, otherwise, we will sever? Let's talk about it when the British have an idea. The capital and Tianjin will only need Li Hongzhang to step up his defense."
Empress Dowager Ci'an nodded and said to the emperor: "Emperor, otherwise, we will be disbanded today."
Emperor Tongzhi seemed to be asleep, his whole body was itchy and he kept scratching it silently. At this time, he heard the saying that it had gone away and was happy. He stood up and said, "It's gone!"
Yaxin entered the palace and became the queen, but in fact she had never completed the marriage with Emperor Tongzhi. Emperor Tongzhi was sick and went out with Zaicheng to get sick. Yaxin lived alone in the palace under the protection of Princess Jie.
In fact, Emperor Tongzhi himself knew that his illness did not harm others. This is why Emperor Tongzhi did not leave behind descendants until his death.
The death of Emperor Tongzhi is a matter of time sooner or later.
Another meaningless imperial meeting ended like this.
Dozens of ministers sighed, Li Hongzhang approached Li Hongzao and asked, "Mr. Li, Yuemeng is an adult's student. Adults should advocate peace talks to the court and settle the worries of the empress dowager and the emperor. This is the right way."
Li Hongzao snorted, "I don't have such a student. I have already broken off relations with Xuan Yuemeng. Instead, Li Zhongtang should come forward and resolutely expel the Chinese army from the Beijing-Tianjin area is the right way."
Li Hongzhang was silent, and he understood Li Hongzao's attitude and left with a wry smile.
Everyone had their own thoughts and retreated one by one. The most depressed thing was Prince Gong Yixin. In fact, Yixin regretted it now. Cixi's attitude clearly showed that she didn't want to fight. This was originally the business of the Qing Dynasty. Why did she have to wait for news from foreigners?
President Meng had long expected that the Qing court would be like this. On the third day after the imperial meeting, President Meng received accurate information. At the homes of a group of first-class officials and outside the palace, there were eyewitnesses from the Bureau of Statistics, including the governors of the entire Qing Dynasty, major power countries in the world, and although the Huacui Association Statistics Bureau was established less than a year ago, it spent a huge amount of money on the formation of teams. With the first phase of the students put into use, the entire system has initially seen the prototype.
Princess Katrina Kaif took a new cloak, black, cute president likes black, "President, I'm new, can I see if it's appropriate?"
The cute president smiled and said, "You can even be a female worker? I have so many clothes, so I don't have to keep doing them."
"Try it." Princess Katrina Kaif pouted, "This is my first time making clothes. I learned it from Mrs. Kaori."
The cute CEO nodded, "Did you play with Mrs. Kaori?"
Princess Katrina Kaif nodded, "Well, there is nothing wrong anyway, and there is no new news in Beijing. How long will we stay in Tianjin and won't leave? Live in Mengyuan, which is more comfortable than the president's mansion in Danzhou."
"How long will you stay? After the Chinese New Year, let's take a look. You have to leave before the British gathers troops." The cute president said calmly.
"Will the British really go thousands of miles to fight with us? We have no shortage of ammunition now. We have just captured the British camp and obtained more than 200 artillery and shells, and more than 10,000 rear-mounted Snyder Enfield rifles. How many troops do the British have to dispatch to fight us?" Princess Katrina Kaif is obviously very confident now. After successfully capturing the Tianjin Concession, she is a little proud.
The cute president smiled faintly, "No matter how many bullets there are, we don't have the ability to produce on our own. If it really turns into a big battle, we will not be able to bear it. If we take advantage of it, we will show weakness. If we are at a weak point, we must take the lead! You must understand this principle."
Princess Katrina Kaif blinked her big watery eyes, "President, you have too many strategies in your stomach, so I can't learn it. I will help the president issue orders and upload opinions from various departments."
The first rifle named "Enfield" was a single front-loaded rifle designed in 1853. In 1866, the rear-loaded Snyder-Enfield rifle was designed, which was a product that converted the front-loaded 1853 Enfield rifle into a rear-loaded Snyder breech with a caliber of O.577 inches.
After the cute CEO got more than 10,000 rear-mounted Snyder Enfield rifles that were not much worse than the Mauser 1871, his strength increased again, but the cute CEO was not careless about it. He still had a clear understanding of his strength. It is definitely not the time to annoy the British in all respects.
Chapter completed!