Empress Dowager Cixi's face suddenly turned pale, this kind of thing seems absurd and uninhibited, but the Manchu rulers have always liked to look for "subtle words" in words.

During the Yongzheng period, a scholar saw the breeze blowing the pages of the book, and chanted "Qingfeng is illiterate, why bother to flip through the book", and Yongzheng "immediately issued an edict to kill him".

During the Qianlong period, the poet Xu Shukui heard rats biting clothes in the middle of the night, and chanted "Destroy my clothes and be all rats, and pound the nest in the Ming Dynasty"; Seeing that the peony on a painting is not red, but purple, and chanting "Zhu is not the right color, and the different species are also called kings", Xu compiled these poems in a collection of poems, and after Xu's death, someone reported to Qianlong, and Qianlong ordered Xu Kai's coffin to be dissected for the crime of rebellion.

When the Empress Dowager Cixi heard this today, she suddenly broke out in a cold sweat and said in a trembling voice: "Could it be that Yuan Shikai wants to destroy my Qing Dynasty and take refuge in the snitch?" ”

Weng Tong bowed his head and bowed again, and said loudly: "Lafayette don't worry, the minister thinks that this is a divisive plan used by the snitch, intending to make my Qing monarch and ministers lose harmony, and the snitch can take advantage of the weakness." ”

The Empress Dowager Cixi wiped the cold sweat on her forehead with a Shu brocade handkerchief, and said sharply: "Find out who is the legend of the mourning family." ”

Yang Changjun immediately sent someone out to investigate, what did those children know, they only said "the sister who wears the yellow clothes taught", the news was reported to the Empress Dowager Cixi, the Empress Dowager Cixi said in a deep voice: "Sister in the yellow clothes, what is the reason?" ”

Weng Tongxi's complexion changed suddenly, his face was panicked, and he was sweating like pulp, and the Empress Dowager Cixi hurriedly asked: "Weng Aiqing, what is this?" ”

Weng Tongyi hurriedly said: "The Ming Dynasty is still fire, I am still water, take water to overcome fire, those people are wearing earthy yellow clothes, it is clearly 'soil', soil is water, it is not the heavens...... If you want to kill me, ...... Qing Dynasty"

When the Empress Dowager Cixi heard this, she screamed miserably, a mouthful of blood gushed out, she was unconscious, and hurriedly rescued each other left and right, and the Empress Dowager Cixi woke up.

The Empress Dowager Cixi said coldly: "It's not that God wants to kill my Qing Dynasty, but God is warning that Yuan Shikai has the heart to take refuge in the snitch and follow Wu Sangui." ”

Weng Tongyi didn't speak, and none of the courtiers on the left and right spoke, and the Empress Dowager Cixi slapped the arm of the chair heavily and asked, "Yuan Shikai is guarding Tongguan, why don't you send troops to fight the snitch?" ”

Still no one spoke, the Empress Dowager Cixi raised her voice, "Are you all dumb, why don't you speak?" ”

Weng Tongyi said cautiously: "Qi Lafayette, Yuan Shikai is guarding Tongguan, and we don't know what he did. ”

A good Weng Tongyi, speaking is really fierce, saying such things is equivalent to saying that Yuan Shikai is very likely to be plotting to surrender Lin Fei, if Weng Tonggong can say some good things about Yuan Shikai, it can also dispel the doubts of the Empress Dowager Cixi, but Weng Tonggong is impossible to say good things about Yuan Shikai.

The reason is very simple, Yuan Shikai is Li Hongzhang's cronies, and Weng Tongyi has always been on bad terms with Li Hongzhang, how can he say good things about Li Hongzhang's cronies?

The Empress Dowager Cixi was not so stupid as to kill Yuan Shikai because of a few children's songs, she thought about it and instructed Weng Tongyi: "Send the Governor Zhanqin to Yuan Shikai's side, if Yuan Shikai has the intention of betraying my Qing Dynasty, he will return immediately." ”

Weng Tongyi agreed to come down and arrange this matter, and the Empress Dowager Cixi ordered her confidant eunuch, Xiao Dezhang, to serve as the superintendent of the war and go to Tongguan.

Xiao Dezhang is a famous eunuch in Lin Fei's era, at this time he is in a prosperous period, and he is not as powerful as he will be in the future, it stands to reason that it seems a little unreasonable to let a eunuch go to be the governor of the war, but the Empress Dowager Cixi now rarely believes in others except for the eunuchs around her, and even the Guangxu Emperor was placed under house arrest by her because of Concubine Zhen.

Xiao Dezhang came to Tongguan, at this time Yuan Shikai also heard about the nursery rhyme, saw Xiao Dezhang knelt on the ground, and said in a mournful voice: "Please return to Lafayette Zhang, my Yuan Shikai's loyalty can be learned, Lin Fei is just playing a divisive strategy, trying to lure me out of the customs, our army is not as good as the Huaxia army, once the battle, it is difficult to win." ”

Xiao Dezhang told Yuan Shikai's remarks to the Empress Dowager Cixi, of course the Empress Dowager Cixi would not be gullible, so she asked Xiao Dezhang to pay close attention to Yuan Shikai.

The mausoleum keepers in Xi'an City also knew about this matter, and when the mausoleum keepers heard that the Empress Dowager Cixi had sent someone to spy on Yuan Shikai, they immediately asked people to send a message to Chiyo Shizuka, and Chiyo Shizuka received the news and immediately sent a telegram to Lin Fei, asking Lin Fei to do something to please Yuan Shikai and confuse the Qing court.

Lin Fei's intrigues were countless, and he quickly thought of a way, Lin Fei first ordered the governor of Henan Province to repair Yuan Shikai's ancestral tomb in Xiangcheng, Henan, and publicized this matter.

Lin Fei also ordered the Henan First Division, which was stationed outside Tongguan, to retreat five kilometers to show that he had no intention of attacking Tongguan, and Lin Fei even found a distant relative of Yuan Shikai among the prisoners of war, making him a petty officer in the Huaxia army.

These things were deliberately revealed by Lin Fei to the Qing court, and the Qing court knew these things and was even more suspicious of Yuan Shikai, and Yuan Shikai was speechless.

When Yuan Shikai was in crisis, someone in the Qing court stabbed him again, and this person was Weng Tongyi.

Tongguan guard is an important position, Weng Tongyi has long wanted to arrange his cronies, this matter may sound a little incredible, the Huaxia army is in the city, and there is still a heart of intrigue within the Qing court! That's right, the intrigue and mutual intrigue within the Qing court never stopped for a moment.

Weng Tongyi then admonished the Empress Dowager Cixi: "Lafayette, now the world is rumored that Yuan Shikai has a heart of disobedience, and in the long run, there will be great trouble, why not let Yuan Shikai lead the elite and go out to fight with the snitch, if he defeats the snitch, he will definitely be able to block the mouth of the world." ”

The Empress Dowager Cixi felt that what Weng Tongyi said was very reasonable, so an edict was sent to Tongguan, asking Yuan Shikai to go to war on the same day to conquer the Huaxia army.

Yuan Shikai was frightened when he saw this edict, and hurriedly said to Xiao Dezhang: "Gonggong Zhang, please enlighten the Queen Mother, this Tongguan can only be defended, not able to fight, once the battle is made, the consequences are unpredictable, once the Tongguan is lost, Xi'an is in danger." ”

Xiao Dezhang sneered when he heard this, "The will of the Queen Mother Lafayette, how can we be disobedient." Yuan Shikai choked on a single sentence, and he couldn't say a word, so he could only lead the troops to battle.

Although Yuan Shikai led the troops to fight, but he kept an eye on it, the army stationed in Tongguan at this time was the army trained by Yuan Shikai in accordance with Western Law, which was similar to his new army at the beginning, but the new army had been surrounded and annihilated by the Huaxia army.

At this time, there were more than 50,000 new troops under Yuan Shikai, and Yuan Shikai only brought 3,000 people, which was about the strength of a battalion (the battalion in the Qing army was different from that of the Huaxia Army, and the battalion of the Huaxia Army only had a strength of more than 500 people).

Yuan Shikai only brought 3,000 people, even if he was completely annihilated by Lin Fei, he didn't have to feel distressed, and let the Empress Dowager Cixi see that Tongguan could only be held and could not send troops to meet it.

The news of Yuan Shikai's dispatch of troops soon reached the headquarters of the Huaxia Army, and the headquarters of the Huaxia Army was just about to deploy troops to encircle and annihilate Yuan Shikai's department, when Lin Fei suddenly sent a message - don't annihilate Yuan Shikai's department, let them win.

It turned out that Lin Fei saw that Yuan Shikai only dispatched 3,000 men and horses, and realized that Yuan Shikai wanted to preserve his strength and deliberately did not send heavy troops, so Lin Fei simply sent Yuan Shikai a victory, which made the Empress Dowager Cixi of the Qing court even more suspicious of Yuan Shikai.

Yuan Shikai effortlessly broke through a barracks of the Huaxia army, seized more than 100 tents, more than 50 boxes of bullets, and countless grains.

Yuan Shikai was overjoyed in his heart, with this big victory, the Empress Dowager Cixi would not doubt me, so he excitedly reported to the Empress Dowager Cixi, but he didn't expect that as soon as the report went up, Weng Tongyi admonished again: "Lafayette, Yuan Shikai's victory this time is very strange, then Yuan Shikai only led 3,000 soldiers and horses, and defeated a military camp of the Huaxia Army and captured more than 100 tents." ”

"The tent of the Huaxia Army can accommodate ten people and more than 100 tents, which shows that there are at least 1,000 Huaxia troops in the barracks, and people say, 'Huaxia is not more than a thousand, and more than 1,000 is invincible", why is the Huaxia Army with so many people unable to defeat even Yuan Shikai's 3,000 soldiers and horses? There's a clear deception here. ”

The Empress Dowager Cixi didn't understand military affairs, and she didn't think of these things at all, but now when she heard Weng Tongkai say this, her face was suddenly full of solemnity, and Weng Tongxi continued: "According to the local villagers, Yuan Shikai did not fight with the Huaxia army at all, and those Huaxia troops broke up one after another when they saw Yuan Shikai's new army, and it seemed that they had discussed with Yuan Shikai. ”

Empress Dowager Cixi's face showed a faint murderous aura, and Weng Tong bowed his head and bowed again, "Lafayette, don't think that the old minister is open-mouthed, please look at the list of seizures submitted by Yuan Shikai, there are only more than fifty boxes of ammunition, no mortars, no howitzers, isn't this saying that the Huaxia Army took away mortars, howitzers and other things, and only left Yuan Shikai with worthless bullets?" ”

"Lafayette, please think about the previous things, Lin Fei built the ancestral tomb for Yuan Shikai, retreated the army, and promoted Yuan Shikai's relatives, if there is no secret agreement between Yuan Shikai and Lin Fei, why did Lin Fei do these things?"

The Empress Dowager Cixi thought about it and believed Weng Tongyi's words, she was completely enraged, she slapped the table fiercely, and said angrily: "What a Yuan Shikai, he dared to do such a disobedient and unfilial thing, contrary to human ethics, come to someone, pass the decree, escort Yuan Shikai into Xi'an, and wait for the fate." ”

Weng Tongyi hurriedly said when he heard this: "Lafayette, please think twice, the entire Tongguan garrison is Yuan Shikai's subordinates, if you send troops to arrest Yuan Shikai and escort Yuan Shikai to Xi'an, it will inevitably arouse public anger. (Canghai WeChat public platform online, WeChat account - qietingcanghai, is to listen to Canghai's pinyin, looking forward to everyone's attention)