Seeing Yi Xun didn't care, Ci'an knew that persuasion was useless, but he still couldn't help but say: "This palace still hopes that Prince Alcohol can leave a .......way out for himself, for the royal clan relatives who follow, and for the Manmeng relatives and nobles." ”

"A way out? Shengjing is the way out! Yi Xun unceremoniously interrupted her, "This king has no other way to retreat, Sheng Jing is the only way to retreat!" After he took the step of coercing the Empress Dowager to visit the east to worship his ancestors, he had no way out, for him, the most urgent thing at present was to lead his troops to leave the Beijing division and enter Shengjing, and now the Beijing division was in danger, and he was not willing to stay longer for even a day.

"Prince Alcohol can go out on a boat." Ci'an said softly: "Whether it is England or France, the safety of Prince Alcohol will be guaranteed." ”

Going overseas? Yi Xun couldn't help but be stunned, this is really a way out! Without waiting for him to think about it, Ci'an continued: "Yi Guocheng will definitely not tolerate Prince Alcohol to divide the northeast, once he frees up his hands, he will definitely make a large-scale expedition!" Yuan Qi's ruthless methods of conquering the Wa Kingdom, Prince Alcohol witnessed it with his own eyes, could he bear to follow in the footsteps of the Wa Kingdom in the northeast? ”

"Why doesn't the queen mother understand the hard work of the ministers?" Yi Xun slowly sat down and said: "The retreat to Shengjing is just to extend the Qing Dynasty, we will neither build a small court, nor divide the territory, let alone recruit troops and buy horses........" ”

Ci'an naturally didn't believe this kind of nonsense, she sighed lightly, and said, "Go to Shengjing, and wait until you give someone a handle......." ”

"If you want to add sin, why not? If Yuan Qi has the intention to destroy my Qing Dynasty, even if the Empress Dowager lives in Beijing, it will be the same result. Yi Xun said and arched his hand: "In order to avoid long nights and dreams, I have to leave Beijing early tomorrow morning, and the queen mother still prepares early." ”

Looking at the back of Yi Xun striding away, Ci'an couldn't help but sigh, she really didn't expect that the more than 100,000 forbidden troops who were trying to save it would now become a source of chaos, she knew that this was the case, and she should have given up decisively!

The gates inside and outside the Beijing division were closed for two days before they were suddenly opened, and the officers and soldiers stationed in the city quickly evacuated, and at the same time martial law was lifted, only the main road to Tongzhou was still blocked, and the Tongzhou railway station was still under military control.

At the same time, the "Beijing Daily" published a timely headline on the front page of the Empress Dowager Ci'an's eastern tour to worship her ancestors, and accompanied by a report that the Empress Dowager Ci'an and the Guangxu Emperor went to Shengjing under the command of the forbidden army.

The officials and gentry of the Beijing division and the common people of the Beijing division discussed it a lot, although it is said that the ancestors of the Eastern Tour are rare, but there are as many as ten times from Kangxi to Xianfeng, this time the Eastern Tour of the ancestors is not only too big to toss out of the movement, but also everywhere is full of strangeness, and then the timing is not right, it is the time of the great drought in the northern provinces of the Eastern Tour to worship the ancestors, this is not reasonable,.

Soon the news spread that the Empress Dowager Ci'an visited the east to worship her ancestors this time, not only a large number of royal relatives, Manchu and Mongolian relatives and nobles accompanied her, but also more than 100,000 forbidden troops were all accompanied by them.

Regarding this not a big change in Beijing, the diplomatic officials of the legations of Western countries in Beijing have maintained close attention, and they have inquired about the truth of this matter from various channels. Today's Qing Dynasty is of great importance, both military strength and economic strength are comparable to the existence of England, and all countries attach great importance to the major events that occurred in the Qing Dynasty.

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"Prince Alcohol led more than 100,000 forbidden troops to hold the Queen Mother and the Emperor back to Shengjing, obviously with the heart of separating the Northeast." Li Hongzhang said tentatively: "Even if it is not appropriate to solicit at the moment, the students secretly believe that it is still necessary to guide public opinion, and the solicitation in the future can be justified." ”

Yi Zhishu groaned, looked at Yi Zhengxing, and said, "What do you think of Xingzhi?" ”

"The top priority at the moment is to stabilize the situation in the DPRK and not affect the disaster relief and drought relief in the north." Yi Zhengxing pondered and said: "The forbidden army is almost all the original children of the Eight Banners, and their families are all in Beijing, if at this time they openly provoke Prince Mingol to hold the queen mother and the emperor back to Shengjing, and have the heart of restoration, the people of Jingshi will inevitably be panicked, or even flee to Shengjing in a big way."

In this way, it is not only not conducive to the stability of the Beijing Division, but also to turbulent the situation in the DPRK, and now that our country has only been constitutionally established for three years, there is a threat of an economic crisis, and the drought in the north is also continuing. ”

"One more point." Zhao Liewen added: "The Eastern Tour to worship the ancestors is a holy edict issued by the Ming Dynasty, and the government and the opposition know it, and it is too early to attack Prince Alcohol at this time, and as for the future conquest, the most important thing should be the reason." ”

Yi Zhizu bowed his head slightly and said: "King Gong, Su Shun and other Manchu and Mongolian ministers who strongly support the constitution, and even many Han ministers actually don't want Yuan Qi to send troops to recruit, Huifu is right, can you find a reason to raise troops to levy?"

In addition, the local gentry were originally quite dissatisfied with the disaster relief measures such as immigration and labor recruitment, and successively attacked Yuanqi and the constitution with the help of natural disasters, but they were only restrained under the high pressure of the imperial court. ”

After a pause, he continued: "Not only can this matter not be guided by public opinion, on the contrary, it must be downplayed as much as possible, so that the newspaper does not pay attention to this matter." ”

Seeing that he was so thoughtful, Li Hongzhang naturally would not insist, and immediately changed his head and said: "Now that the Beijing division is empty, do you send troops to station?" ”

"Not necessarily." Yi Zhicontent said without thinking: "At this time, taking advantage of the weakness to enter, but it is inferior, which is easy to cause criticism, not to mention, King Gong and other Manchurian ministers are not happy." After a pause, he continued: "It's business as usual, just as if nothing happened, and the Liangjing Railway does not need to set up a card, and it is allowed to travel freely." ”

Hearing this, Li Hongzhang had already reacted, this was deliberately conniving, conniving at Yiyun and other royal relatives and Manchurian relatives and nobles to grow step by step, cultivate their ambitions, and promote the formation of a trend that will not fall, and then justifiably send troops to recruit and suppress, if this is the case, the Qing Dynasty is afraid that it will die!

Compared with the second year of Guangxu, Ci'an's eastern tour to worship the ancestors was just a small episode, and what always made the government and the opposition pay attention to the drought in the north!

In this year, Liaoning in the north, Shaanxi and Gansu in the west, and Jiangsu and Anhui in the south formed an unprecedented vast drought area, and the drought in Zhili alternated, locust plague, flood, and drought, and 63 prefectures and counties were affected by disasters, and the harvest was halved.

Henan is similar to the disaster situation in Zhili, the whole year is dominated by drought, and after the summer of Zhangde, Huaiqing, Weihui three floods, the province's agricultural harvest is also halved.

Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Jiangsu, Anhui, Liaoning and other provinces are most areas of the year-round drought, summer and autumn harvest, winter and spring are difficult to plant, the harvest halved states and counties abound, there are many states and counties without harvest, the most serious disaster is Shandong, except for a small part of Zhangqiu and other areas, the province has a severe drought throughout the year, and the agricultural harvest is less than three points.

Although the disaster is serious, under the joint relief of the imperial court and Yuan Qi, the situation is quite stable, and there are few displaced people fleeing the famine, but the continuous warmth and lack of rain in the northern winter make the government and the opposition worried, because this indicates that there will be a continuous drought next year!