Yi Zhizhi smoked a cigarette and did not say a word, Yi Zhengxing's analysis is not unreasonable, if he joins the German side, and can win this war in the end, the benefits will undoubtedly be the greatest, and it is more in line with the interests of the country, if the German side wins the First World War in the end, the world pattern will inevitably change, and what he needs is not to change the original historical trend and world pattern?

Seeing that he was silent, Yi Zhengxing said tentatively: "Is my son's analysis wrong? ”

After knocking the ashes, Yi Zhizhi said slowly: "Once a large-scale world war breaks out, all countries will consider whether to participate in the war or neutrality or watch the fire from the other side from the perspective of their own vital interests or fundamental interests.

In the event of a war in Europe, Russia will inevitably enter the war without hesitation and join the Anglo-French alliance, there is no doubt about this, the United States and Europe across the Atlantic, will inevitably wait and see, and then choose to enter the war at the right time to obtain benefits, and the choice must be the camp with a big chance of winning! ”

Yi Zhengxing hesitated: "Should my country be like the United States?" ”

"If our country has enough strength to determine the outcome of the war, it should naturally maximize its interests." Yi Zhishu said slowly: "If the strength is not enough, then we can only retreat to the second, and the key depends on the development of our country in the past twenty or thirty years." ”

Yi Zhengxing said: "In this way, at this stage, my country should treat Western countries equally? ”

"In principle, we treat everyone equally, but it is better to look for opportunities to weaken England appropriately." Yi Zhizhi said: "After all, Germany is a rising star, and appropriately weakening England is conducive to balancing the strength of the two major military blocs." ”

Is this to take the initiative to provoke England? It is not difficult to provoke England, South Africa, the Persian Gulf, India, and the Ottomans are enough to provoke the nerves of England, Yi Zhengxing didn't ask any more, after all, this matter is not a current emergency, at least in a few years, he groaned slightly, and he changed his words, "King Gong obviously does not want war to break out in the northeast, and it is very likely that he will take the initiative to solve the troubles ...... Prince Alcohol." ”

Yi Zhishu glanced at him and said disapprovingly: "Yi Yi is sitting in Shengjing, and he has more than 100,000 forbidden troops under his command, how can he easily comply?" Having said that, it is also a great blessing to be able to relieve the scourge of Yiyun without bloodshed. ”

Blessing? Yi Zhengxing simply asked directly: "Can my father tolerate the Manchu Emperor for a long time?" ”

"If you can endure it, you can endure it, and if you can't bear it, you don't have to endure it." Yi Zhisuff said nonchalantly: "The purpose of adopting a constitutional monarchy system is to smoothly implement constitutional government, and at present, it seems that this system is in line with the actual national conditions of our country.

With the progress of the times, with the awakening of national consciousness, and the deepening of the idea of democracy and republicanism, all this will change, if the existence of the Manchu emperor seriously affects the peace of the country and the unity of the nation, the constitutional monarchy can be abolished, and the republic or other better system can be changed.

However, there are two things you have to keep in mind: once the Qing monarchy is abolished, the constitutional monarchy must be abolished. Moreover, no matter how it changes, the system of great unification and centralization cannot be changed. ”

Yi Zhengxing hurriedly said: "The son must remember his father's teachings. ”

Sighing lightly, Yi Zhizhi said slowly: "A generation can only do the things of one generation, this is the limitation of the times, the father's generation can promote the implementation of constitutional government, it is already the limit, and a better political system needs to rely on your next generation to gradually explore and try." ”

Just after the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Senior Administration Yuan passed the establishment of the Shengjing Military Region, the abolition of the Shengjing General bill, Yi Xun became the commander of the Shengjing Military Region as he wished, replacing the Shengjing General as the supreme military governor of the three northeastern provinces, on the first day of September, the Empress Dowager Ci'an and the Guangxu Emperor returned to Beijing under the command of 20,000 forbidden troops.

Prime Minister Yi Yi led a group of cabinet ministers, officials of all sizes in Beijing and some of the gentry to Tongzhou Railway Station to welcome the holy car back to Beijing, and a political crisis was eliminated invisibly, but Yi Yi knew very well in his heart that if Yi Xun was not resolved one day, the dark clouds of war hanging over the northeast would not dissipate one day, and Yi Xun would definitely not be in peace, and would only obediently be the commander of the Shengjing Military Region.

Although it has entered September, the weather is still a little hot, Yi Yi unhurriedly shook the folding fan, "According to Yi Guocheng's prediction, the drought will be raging for two more years, and two years is not long, and it is not short....... ”

Su Shun naturally understood what he was referring to, and muttered for a while before he spoke: "After the catastrophe, we need time to recuperate, we should have three or five years to calmly arrange, if we are in a hurry, I am afraid that it will backfire." ”

"Su Xiang is too optimistic." Yi Yi said and stretched out three fingers, "Three years, we must get rid of this hidden danger within three years, Yi Guocheng is not an indecisive master, we can't leave anything to chance." ”

"That's what the sixth master said." Su Shun said: "But for now, I still have to try my best to appease the Seventh Master and be good at entrapment." ”

"It's nature." Yi Yi bowed slightly, comforted a lot, and made good use of the envelopment to make Yi Xun relax his vigilance, and they also had a chance.

The special train slowly drove into the platform, looking through the window at the platform under the black pressure of a large number of officials and gentlemen who came to greet the holy driver, Ci'an's heart was hot for no reason, although it was a hypocrisy of the monarch's constitution and the imperial power was aside, but after all, it was still the nominally supreme empress dowager and emperor of the Qing Dynasty, compared to the situation of house arrest in Shengjing, it was nothing less than a world of difference.

She took the little emperor's hand with joy and said gently: "Emperor, go home." ”

As soon as Ci'an and Guangxu stepped on the platform, Yi Yi hurriedly led a group of ministers to kneel down and said loudly: "The ministers and others respectfully invite the Queen Mother and the Emperor Sheng'an." ”

The return of Ci'an and Guangxu to Beijing and the establishment of the Shengjing Military Region greatly stabilized the hearts of the people in Beijing, but all families with children serving in the forbidden army were originally very frightened, but now they are like taking a reassuring pill.

Compared with the grand welcoming ceremony at the Tongzhou Railway Station, the reaction of the Beijing newspaper to the Empress Dowager and the Emperor's eastern tour of Beijing was very bland, and only published a brief newsletter, which was naturally due to Yi Li's deliberate downplay.

Yi Zhizu also deliberately downplayed the matter, and ordered the newspapers in the southeastern provinces to make a brief report, and at the same time, the major newspapers reported the situation of the 10th Russo-Turkish War between Russia and Ottoman Turkey, because of the continuous drought in the nine northern provinces, the Qing Dynasty and the opposition were not very concerned about this war in Europe, and the newspapers rarely reported on this war.

This war, which broke out half a year ago and involved millions of troops on both sides, quickly attracted the attention of the government and the opposition, and the report of the Empress Dowager Ci'an's return to Beijing was immediately drowned out without a trace by a series of reports on the war situation.