Things went very smoothly after that. Under the supervision of Ye Faguang, the remnants of the Rakshasa Kingdom led by Lieutenant General Strelnikov honestly spent 10 days leaving the territory of the Qing Kingdom and entering the Rakshasa Kingdom.
The territory of the state of Cha.
At this point, the Rakshasa Kingdom's interference in the Qing Dynasty was completely over.
Liu Hai had been waiting for the news from Ye Faguang in the capital, and when the news came back from the front line that the Rakshasa Kingdom had left the border, Liu Hai was very happy.
Now that the foreign intervention forces have finally retreated, and he has stabilized the northeastern rear, he can now concentrate on domestic matters.
During this period, Liu Hai concentrated his efforts on dealing with the Rakshasa Kingdom and had no time to interfere with the Empress Dowager Cixi.
The old queen mother did not lie there and wait. She kept sending envoys everywhere to mediate.
On the one hand, based on the order of Emperor Guangxu, it was declared that the Xingqing Emperor established by Liu Hai was illegal. He and the Qing clan would not recognize it.
On the other side, the old queen mother also felt that Liu Hai was now powerful, so she even slowly sent out her confidants to negotiate with Liu Hai.
The content is that as long as Liu Hai withdraws from Beijing, it can appoint Liu Hai as the governor of Liangjiang and the governor of Fujian and Guangdong.
But Liu Hai now controls almost half of China, so he will not listen to his arrangements honestly, so he directly drove back the envoys he sent.
It's just that the bangs weren't free at that time, so no more drastic action was taken.
Now Liu Hai finally has his hands free and can deal with the affairs of this country according to his own thoughts.
On the second day after Liu Hai received the telegram from the front, he held a meeting at the military aircraft office, and several military aircraft ministers were present.
Liu Hai, as the head minister of the Military Aircraft Department, was sitting in the center of the Military Aircraft Department. He looked down at the ministers seated below and said majestically: "Now that the Rakshasa Kingdom has surrendered, the Northeast has been pacified. The next step is to
How to do it? What are your ideas?”
The several ministers below looked at each other and then fell into deep thought.
However, Li Hongzhang changed his previous habit of keeping silent and stood up first and said: "If I go back to Duke Wu, it is still not appropriate to continue using weapons."
Liu Hai asked a little funny: "Why is this?"
Li Hongzhang was such a smart person. He had already heard the ridicule of the leading minister in the military department from Liu Hai's tone, but he still said with a sullen face: "Nowadays, although Wu Guogong has countless elite soldiers who are accustomed to fighting,
But the Western powers are eyeing our Qing Dynasty. If we two tigers fight, I am afraid that both sides will suffer losses. It is better to compromise temporarily and wait until the external situation becomes calmer before dealing with these matters."
Liu Hai didn't speak this time, he just smiled and nodded at Li Hongzhang, then turned his face to Zhao Jiahua.
When Zhao Jiahua looked at Liu Hai, he understood that he was asking him to refute Li Hongzhang.
"Master Li, what you said is wrong. Just because the external powers are eyeing us, we should concentrate the strength of the whole country to deal with the outside world. If a country is divided into two parts like now, it will most likely give foreign powers an opportunity to take advantage of them. Therefore, I think we should immediately
Use troops to force Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu to compromise."
Liu Hai nodded when he heard this, and then said to Li Hongzhang: "Did Mr. Li hear it?"
Li Hongzhang heard the teasing tone in Liu Hai's tone, and a surge of anger kept gathering in his chest. This child with a yellow mouth actually began to reprimand him.
But there was still a gap in Li Hongzhang's heart. He forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, with a forced smile on his face, he bowed his hand to Liu Hai and said nothing more.
In fact, Liu Hai did not want to see Li Hongzhang for a long time. He had wanted to drive him out of the military aircraft department and let him return to his hometown for retirement.
However, Li Hongzhang's prestige at home and abroad in the Qing Dynasty was too high. Liu Hai, if you really kicked Li Hongzhang out of the court, I'm afraid everyone in the world would say that he had no tolerance for others.
Because of this, Liu Haizhen reluctantly tolerated Li Hongzhang, but Liu Haizhen was not prepared to accept any of his tricks.
Hu Youxing, another confidant of Liu Hai in the Military Aircraft Department, saw that something was not right in the atmosphere and hurriedly came out to speak in order to resolve the embarrassment.
"Commander, since you have decided to use troops, you must not hesitate. Now Li Hongzao of Guangdong and Zhang Zhidong of Huguang have reconciled. Together with the Empress Dowager Cixi of Shaanxi and Emperor Guangxu, this force is also very big. If we continue
Giving them a period of time to recruit troops will be even more detrimental to our future military operations."
Liu Hai nodded, stood up, walked around the military plane a few times, and then said: "Either we don't fight, or if we fight, we will succeed with one blow, and we must not give the other side a chance to breathe."
"And with our current military strength, we can definitely use a multi-pronged approach and divide our forces into several groups to defeat them all. Do you think it is feasible?"
After Zhao Jiahua and others heard this, they tested the current enemy again, and I nodded repeatedly.
You must know that Liu Hai now has nearly one million modern troops under his command, and there are also hundreds of thousands of Japanese soldiers to help. As long as he marches westward, Zhang Zhidong and the newly organized soldiers under the Empress Dowager Cixi may not be able to resist them.
A blow from these elite soldiers.
After thinking clearly, Zhao Jiahua came out first to offer his hand and said: "The commander-in-chief has thought carefully, there is no point in waiting for us."
"Okay, since everyone thinks this method is good, let's take action based on what we discussed today."
After Liu Hai said these words, Pan Weibin, who had been silent below, raised his hands and said: "Commander, since ancient times, in battles, we have to be polite before sending troops. Otherwise, the troops will be unknown. It is not too late for the commander to send out a message first, and then send out the troops."
Liu Hai hesitated after hearing this. Although the words were true, to be honest, the name of the Xingqing Emperor he established was somewhat unfair, which made Liu Hai feel a little uncomfortable.
Pan Weibin also saw Liu Hai's thoughts, so he continued to advise, "The commander-in-chief is now in the hearts of the people, Emperor Guangxu and Empress Dowager Cixi are still the orthodox ones. If we send troops to conquer them without saying a word, we will win in the end."
, people in the world will also use ministers to seek the emperor, and he will not be in the right position."
After hearing these words, Liu Hai's brows widened, "Okay, then I will listen to you and write a letter of apology. What will happen to the other party?"
After Liu Hai finished speaking, I wanted to look down, and finally my eyes fell on Li Hongzhang.
"Mr. Li, you have high moral character and high respect, and you have been in the court for so many years. I think it is appropriate for you to write this memorandum."
After listening to this, Li Hongzhang understood in his heart that his bangs were trying to make him look bad. If he wrote this apology, how would people in the world think of him?
It seems that we need to find a way.
Li Hongzhang stood up, smiled and cupped his hands to Liu Hai and said: "The commander-in-chief is very kind to me, but I am humble in my humble position, so it is better to obey my orders than to be respectful."
Li Hongzhang left his seat and took a few steps forward. Suddenly he clutched his chest, trembled all over, and then fell to the ground.
As soon as Li Hongzhang fell to the ground, several other military and aircraft ministers immediately exploded. If Mr. Li really died at the military aircraft, then if word spread, any unpleasant words might appear.
So these people swarmed up to Li Hongzhang, beat him on the back, pressed his body, and others hurried out to call the imperial doctor.
After all their troubles, Li Hongzhang still closed his eyes tightly. At this time, Zhao Jiahua and others also felt a little afraid that something might really happen to this old man.
While they were anxious, Pan Weibin outside took an old doctor and hurried into the military aircraft office, and then said: "Hurry and show Mr. Li, he fainted on the ground just now without knowing what happened."
The old lady hurriedly came to Li Hongzhang and put her hand on his veins. After a while, he raised his head and said to Liu Hai who was sitting on him: "This is to be reported to Mr. Wu Guogong. Mr. Li is so angry that he is very angry. I'm afraid
It’s time to rest for a while.”
Liu Hai was sitting there with a very ugly face. He simply didn't believe that Li Hongzhang was sick now.
It was very obvious that when this old fox saw him asking him to write a letter of apology, in order not to join in with the traitor like himself, he even pretended to be sick.
But now is not the time to deal with this old guy. When I have calmed down the world, I will come back to make you, an old fox, look good.
So Liu Hai waved his hand and ordered several eunuchs to carry Li Hongzhang out and return him to his residence in the capital.
When Li Hongzhang was carried away, Liu Hai said in a bad tone: "Well, this old fox has escaped, and then the matter of writing the message will fall on you."
Several other economic ministers were also smart. After hearing Liu Hai's words and thinking about Li Hongzhang's behavior, they realized that they had been fooled by this dog Li Hongzhang.
However, no one was angry because of this, they just looked at each other and shook their heads.
In the end, the matter of these appeals fell to Zhao Jiahua, Liu Hai's chief staff officer.
Now, without any delay, Zhao Jiahua unfolded the rice paper in the military aircraft office, picked up the brush, brushed a few dots, and quickly finished the message with one swipe.
After Zhao Jiahua finished writing, he measured it on the table, then held it in both hands and handed it to Liu Hai.
"Commander, let's take a look. Is it still possible to use the one written in a humble position?"
Liu Hai came here and took a quick look at it. What was written above was all about eight-part essays. Liu Hai was not proficient in these ancient texts, but he had stayed in the Qing Dynasty for a long time, and he could barely understand this article now.
content.
The general meaning of this news is that Empress Dowager Cixi violated the ancestral rule that the harem was not allowed to interfere in politics, and imprisoned Emperor Guangxu on trumped-up charges. When Liu Hai was on the side of the righteous Qing emperor, she coerced the emperor and fled to Xi'an. Now she has lost the support of the people of the world, and Liu Hai will do it for the world.
For his own sake, he supported the clan to succeed the emperor without any rebellious intentions. When the world was at peace, he would naturally retire after his achievements. Now in order to rescue Emperor Guangxu who was imprisoned by the Empress Dowager Cixi, he had to lead his troops to the west. The war was not for personal glory, but for personal glory.