There was a mourning in the Wanshou Temple.

The accompanying palace maids and eunuchs had to cry, but Longyu, Li Lianying, Cui Yugui, etc. cried for themselves, that is, Longyu also became the queen because of Cixi, although she was not happy at all in this queen, but now that Cixi is dead, what should she do in the future? She was dazed and helpless, and only when Li Lianying asked her to take care of her body, she came back to her senses and said in a choked voice: "This is now...... This is ...... today What should I do? ”

Eunuchs can't interfere in the government, Li Lianying is worried in her heart, knowing that every word she says at this time will have a great impact on the future, Lafayette is dead, according to reason, Guangxu should be out of the mountain, but since Wuxu, Guangxu's descendants are either degraded or exempted, and they are no longer in the court, and when Guangxu comes out of the mountain, the court bureau does not know what will be the chaos. Of course, if Queen Longyu has the skill of Lafayette, then it is not impossible to listen to politics again, but she is not such a person.

When Li Lianying wanted to think about it and couldn't speak, Cui Yugui next to her glanced at Xiao Dezhang, and Xiao Dezhang saw the opportunity and hurriedly knelt down and said: "Back to the master's words, if such a big thing happens, I still have to ask Prince Qing and Zhenguo Gong to discuss." ”

Xiao Dezhang is Cui Yugui's person, and Cui Yugui is the murderer of Gengzi Nian who forced Concubine Zhen to death, he used to say "Lafayette lives for one day, I will live for one day," and now the Queen Mother is dead, in panic, he can't help but think of pulling King Qing Yixuan over, he is also a courtier of the Queen Mother's family, if he gets the news first, and then conspires with Yuan Shikai to come up with something, or kill Guangxu, or still put him under house arrest. It's better than Guangxu out of the mountain.

Li Lianying knew what they were thinking when she heard what Xiao Dezhang said, and immediately said: "Back to the master, the queen mother collapsed." It's better to call all the ministers of military aircraft so that things can be properly discussed. He had always been cautious, and did not dare to be biased in his words in the slightest, but only spoke according to normal rules.

Seeing that the meanings of the two eunuchs were different, Longyu also guessed two endings, one was to call King Qing and his brother-in-law Zaize, so that Guangxu would probably never see the light of day. The second is to call the Minister of Military Aircraft, although the Minister of Military Aircraft has different factions, but Guangxu is out of the mountain to occupy a rational word. Even if Yixuan had other ideas, he didn't dare to make any transgressions in front of everyone.

"Go... Go..., and the town of the country came over. Longyu was in a dilemma, and he only felt that only his brother-in-law was the most reliable. And he was in Langrun Garden at this time. Closest. Ten miles back and forth for a maximum of half an hour.

Longyu chose Zai Ze in a state of apprehension, and when Zai Ze heard the news and rushed to Wanshou Temple, Yuan Shikai, who was in the Tianjin official office, received a call from Zhao Bingjun in Beijing, the telegram was unknown, only said that the Imperial Forest Army moved, and when he called Yang Shiqi to discuss, the second telegram came, which said that the Buddha was assassinated. Suspected to be dead. Yuan Shikai, who saw these words, trembled all over, and couldn't help but sigh. "God will kill me!" Then he sat down in a chair with blank eyes.

The telegram slipped down from Yuan Shikai's hand, Yang Shiqi ignored the loss of etiquette, stepped forward to take it, and his face suddenly turned pale when he saw it, although Cixi was vigilant and suppressed against Beiyang everywhere, but in what to say that he was still the backer of Beiyang, and now that the backer has fallen, then Beiyang ......

"Kung Pao...... Kung Pao ...... Kung Pao! Yang Shiqi shouted three times in a row, Yuan Shikai came back to his senses, he saw him like this, and hurriedly said: "For today's plan, we still have to discuss with the East China Sea and King Qing, and it is not a way to sit back and wait for death!" ”

Yuan Shikai has completely lost his soul, now the constitutional atmosphere, Guangxu's prestige is the same for a while, not to mention the support of foreigners for him, at this time he will go out of the mountain again, the morale of the people is at the peak, what else can he do, lead the troops into Beijing? !

"Hmm. You can do it. Yuan Shikai replied for a long time.

Seeing that he agreed, Yang Shiqi immediately wrote a telegram and asked Yuan Shikai to quickly let people go out to handle it. And when he was busy with his work, an idea couldn't help but pop up in his heart.

"Gong Bao, Xiao Gong Wang Fu Wei seems to have a very good relationship with Zai Beizi since childhood."

"That's right." Yuan Shikai tasted the meaning of his words, and his godless eyes seemed to be able to see something.

"If it's ......" Yang Shiqi was worried, and only said at the end: "If King Xiaogong can become a great treasure, then our Beiyang will pass this catastrophe." ”

What Yang Shiqi said was earth-shattering, Yuan Shikai jumped up from the chair with a "whoosh" and said hurriedly: "This ...... All right? ”

"Just do it. To solve today's situation, there should be three strategies, and the best strategy is to replace it, so that Xiaogong Wang Fu Wei or Beizi Fu Lun can take the position; The middle strategy is to open the parliament quickly, implement the British hypocrisy system by establishing a constitution, and put all the power in the cabinet, even if Guangxu is in power, he will not be able to do anything; The next strategy is ......" Yang Shiqi pondered, Yuan Shikai saw him like this, and shouted: "Speak!" ”

He finally said decisively: "Inform the palace," he made a chopping gesture, and then said: "Then take advantage of the chaos to raise troops, or control the situation, or take... Whereas... Generation... It. ”

When Yuan Shikai heard this, he immediately said: "The next strategy is absolutely not feasible, the powers look around, the wisdom of the people is gradually opened, and Guangxu is killed, what face do I have to gain a foothold in the court?" How will those officers and soldiers under my command obey me? Since I can raise troops to rebel, is it possible that Duan Qirui, Ma Longbiao, and Zhang Yongcheng can also raise troops to rebel? China's affairs have always been unjustified and unjust. This strategy should be mentioned again! ”

Yang Shiqi hurriedly nodded yes, in fact, he also wanted to test Yuan Shikai's heart, if he really took the next step, then he would have to figure him out again. "Since you have taken the two strategies, you must use the name of conspiracy and rebellion to control the capital first, even if King Xiaogong can't take the throne, then you can let Prince Qing take charge of the court and immediately announce the convening of the Congress,"

If it is a conspiracy to replace Guangxu with Xiaogong Wang Fu Wei, then the constitution of the hypocrite and the quick opening of the Congress are Yang conspiracy, as long as the Congress is opened, then the gentry will be satisfied; And the governors - at the meeting to codify the official system a few days ago, Tie Liang and others meant to abolish the post of governor, and Yuan Shikai meant to abolish the military aircraft department, once the parliament was opened, they would be satisfied; And then there are foreigners, to foreigners...... Yuan Shikai thought of this stubble and said, "No matter what." This thing still needs the support of foreigners. ”

"Gong Bao, what foreigners care about is nothing more than rights and interests, and they will give up their interests at that time. They will definitely have no opinion. Now the key is to transfer troops into the capital. ”

There is no country in politics, sometimes foreigners are robbers, but sometimes foreigners are priests. Now that life and death are at stake in Beiyang, foreigners have long since changed from robbers with guns and cannons to amiable and benevolent priests. Yuan Shikai can get to where he is today, these have long been integrated into the bone marrow, and he raised his head and thought for a moment at this time. said: "Hey, in order to please Lafayette, the constitution was set for twelve years. What a shot in the foot! He sighed and then said, "Let the Tianjin patrol police enter Beijing, and the guns will be loaded." Also, check where Guangxu is. It's in the capital. Or in the Summer Palace? ”

Yang Shiqi wrote down what he said and said, "What should I do with the good ministers?" Do you want to send someone? "Liangchen is Zhao Guoxian, he is now the commander of the sixth town of Beiyang, and the sixth town is stationed in Nanyuan, Beijing, which is twenty miles away from the Forbidden City and fifty miles away from the Summer Palace.

Before he said this, Yuan Shikai was actually thinking about the Sixth Town. In the first month of this year, Wang Shizhen was dismissed. Zhao Guoxian, the former commander of the Suwei Battalion, also served as the commander of the Sixth Town. Although this person is from Henan, his mind is completely loyal and patriotic, and it is difficult to persuade him to make a change in the forbidden door. And even if Zhao Guoxian agreed, the soldiers below did not dare to do this, the world said that this Beiyang is Yuan Shikai's Beiyang, but they don't know that the Beiyang officers and soldiers are not loyal to themselves, the big boss is okay, once the following teams, platoons, sheds will not bring this, the more uneducated the soldiers, the more they will not think nonsense, the revolutionary idea is gone, but the "royalist and loyal" is a large piece. Yuan Shikai thought of this section and said: "It is better to find a good minister than to find King Su." Although the infantry commander is Na Tong now, he is very likely to be on our side, but the more than 20,000 patrols are now all turned into patrol police, all of whom are under the control of King Su, and if he wants to make a difference in the capital, he can't bypass this level. ”

The largest force in Beijing is the infantry commander of the two wings of the five battalions under the yamen, it is good that there is no patrol before, since the Su Wang Shanqi has been in office, plus the matter of the revolutionary party Wu Yue, those patrols have been turned into patrol police, although the patrol police department is Xu Shichang, but the following officials are still Su Wang Shanqi's people;

"I'm afraid it's very difficult over there." Yang Shiqi shook his head and said, "I heard that this King Su has a connection with Kang Liang overseas. ”

"What can happen if there is a connection, he is nothing more than greedy for a power word. In the current situation, it is not impossible to say that he will be the prime minister of the cabinet after the Diet is convened. After Yuan Shikai was frightened, the momentum in his heart returned, and in the intricate relationship, he could always find the most critical string.

"What about King Keqing?" After all, Yang Shiqi is still a staff member, and the killing is not as decisive as Yuan Shikai.

"When is it now, King Qing can't take care of it!" Yuan Shikai shouted loudly, he was anxious in his heart, and he didn't call King Qing Yixuan anymore, he called him King Qing directly.

Yang Shiqi hurriedly nodded when he heard this, in addition to the Yamen patrol under the command of the infantry army in Beijing, there are also Jianrui Battalion and Suwei Battalion, one of these troops is in the hands of Zaifeng, and the other is in the hands of Zhao Guoxian, although Zhao Guoxian may not be dead to protect Guangxu, but in the end Zaifeng is Guangxu's younger brother, if Guangxu is saved all of a sudden, then the rest of the matter will not be easy to do.

The focus of the capital suddenly converged on Zai Ze and Shanqi, if Zai Ze did not want Guangxu to go out of the mountain, then Guangxu was likely to die of old age in prison, or died inexplicably, and then Xiaogong Wang Fu Wei or Beizi Fu Lun took the throne; If Shanqi throws himself into the Qingyuan family, then even if Guangxu goes out of the mountain, the more than 20,000 patrol officers of the Shuntian Capture and Robbery Camp can crush the Suwei camp. At this time, Su Wang Shanqi was discussing with Yao Xiguang, Wu Luzhen and others about leaving Beijing to go to Mongolia tomorrow, and Zai Ze was after Longyu cried, meditating on what to do about this matter.

"For today's plan, I still have to protect the emperor and go out of the mountain." Leaving aside the Zen courtyard of others, looking at Longyu, who was still six gods and no owner, Zai Ze had to say so. In 1910, when the rubber stock completely collapsed, it was Zai Ze, and Sheng Xuanhuai went out again, and finally promoted the reform of the state-owned railway, which was also supported by Zai Ze. Between the will of the people and interests, he attaches more importance to interests, and those who only have interests in his eyes are often very decisive in handling things.

"This ......" I couldn't imagine that the closest person actually supported the emperor to go out of the mountain, Longyu was a little surprised by his words, and wanted to ask but didn't know where to start.

Fortunately, Zai Ze also saw what she meant. said: "Now that Qingyuan and others are in control of the government, the country will not be a country." But now that the Queen Mother has returned to heaven, if we protect the emperor and go out of the mountain. Even if there were any grievances before, they are all in the past. Besides, even if the emperor repents in the future, the constitution is imminent, and the public opinion is flourishing, once the parliament is convened, the emperor will have no power. ”

Ever since Zai Ze went abroad to inspect constitutionalism, he has understood that the constitution is a good opportunity to climb up. And the constitution was established entirely because of him, once Guangxu came out of the mountain, it was with his current prestige as a leader. In the past, he was still thinking about how to use the official reform with Qu Hongji, Sun Jiading, and others to suppress the Qingyuan family, and one of the most important plans was to use the War Department to be established. Take back the military power of Yuan Shikai's six towns in Beiyang. But now is the opportunity. As long as Guangxu is a mountain, then Yuan Shikai will undoubtedly fall, and Lao Qing's power will decline, and those who can compete with him for the post of prime minister of the cabinet are afraid that there will be no one.

Longyu didn't know the calculation in his brother-in-law's heart, but because he was his own person, he believed in what he said, and he saw him say so steadily at this time. Then he said: "Then you hurry up to the Summer Palace to protect yourself, I will take Zhao Guoxian to lead the troops with you." ”

Zai Ze was overjoyed when he heard it. Hurriedly went, this time he didn't take a sedan chair, but rode straight to the Summer Palace. Wanshou Temple to the Summer Palace is only a dozen miles away, but because of the previous back and forth delay, when he was out of breath and ran to the East Palace Gate, it was getting late, and after he got off the horse, he said to the minions below: "Go to Langrun Garden and let the ministers come to the Summer Palace to face the saint." ”

The matter of protecting the car cannot be monopolized, he received a letter from Longyu before and left the park very quietly, but now he has to make a big deal to protect Guangxu out of the mountain. When he had finished giving the order, he saw that the servant had run a few steps, and shouted again, "Come back at once, come back." When the servant returned, he whispered to him again before letting him go.

As soon as the East Palace Gate entered the Yulan Hall, Zai Ze looked at Zhao Guoxian, who was sweating, and said, "Let the soldiers protect the garden first, if someone trespasses, kill them!" ”

Today, Cixi Lafayette was assassinated, Zhao Guoxian's courage was frightened, he was the commander of the guard camp, this responsibility is on his head, and now he is instructed by Empress Longyu to follow Zhenguo Gong to protect him, although he knows that this is a good thing, but he is still thinking about Cixi's assassination, which is very muddy. Zai Ze whispered in his ear twice before he came back to his senses and knelt down and said, "Zegong, but this garden is too big, and the other people are searching for the assassins, and I am afraid that these thousands of people will not be able to protect it." ”

"Then don't search for any assassin......s," Zai Ze said this, and suddenly felt that what he said was inappropriate, so he changed his words: "Then leave some people to search for assassins, and everyone else will come to protect the garden." Seeing that Zhao Guoxian was still stunned, he had no choice but to soften his tone and said in a harmonious voice: "As long as you keep driving this time, how can the matter of the Queen Mother implicate you in the slightest?" When the time comes, I'll make sure you do it! ”

Although Zhao Guoxian was raised by Cixi, but now that Cixi is dead, and Empress Longyu ordered him to protect him, he didn't feel wrong in his heart, he was worried that it was actually the life of the family, and now that Ze Gong was the guarantor, his heart that fell out of the outside was suddenly half put back, and after kowtowing, he immediately sent someone to transfer back the soldiers who were still searching for the assassins.

Everything was arranged, Zai Ze straightened out the court clothes, put on the top of the end, and then strode towards the Summer Palace, the eunuch at the door wanted to stop it, but was pushed aside by the guards he carried, so he had to fly in and run in to report the news.

Guangxu is locked in the Yulan Hall, is beating a small drum to relieve boredom, although he is still the emperor when he goes out, but once he enters the prison cell, he can't do anything, he can read books to relieve boredom before, and the books behind are searched by Cixi, and the rest of the time is to swing the clock and play the small drum, just entertain himself. At this time, it was already dark, but I didn't see the eunuch bring the food, and I didn't hear the sound of my father returning to the palace - every time Cixi went ashore from Shuimu Wharf and returned to Leshantang, there was a lot of noise outside the house, even if she was imprisoned in the house, she could hear it, but today there was no movement.

Guangxu put down the small drum and was thinking about it in his heart, but he heard a chaos outside, and a eunuch shouted: "It's not good! Oh no! Something is wrong......" He was shocked when he heard this, although he didn't hear anything, but he only thought that his father was going to execute him, and in fright, the small drum in his hand was also thrown to the ground, he looked around the house, but he couldn't find a place to hide, just thinking, is it his death day next year?

Zai Ze had never looked closely at the inside of Yulan Hall, and he wanted to enter the door too much to cry and shout for protection. But he didn't want to enter the Yulan Hall, which was a high brick wall, and he looked at the eunuchs who were arrested on both sides, and the eunuch's face turned purple. He stammered, "Yes...... Old...... Buddha ...... Let ......"

Zai Ze didn't care who built it, now he wants to see Guangxu as soon as possible, so as to show his first merit in protecting himself, and immediately drank: "Tear down the wall!" Fast! Without waiting for the soldier to make a move, he snatched a rifle and smashed it against the wall, and the wall was being torn down outside. Guangxu inside was even more frightened and hid under the bed, he had been imprisoned for several years, and he only thought that this time it was his father who was going to send someone to kill him.

The brick walls were built in the afternoon. It was not strong, and with the concerted efforts of everyone, it soon fell, and Zai Ze only waited for the wall to fall. When the smoke and dust were gone, he ran and rushed in. As he entered, he shouted: "Your Majesty, the minister's escort is late!" Your Majesty, the minister's escort is late......"

He shouted loudly, and Guangxu listened to it a few times but was still skeptical, and only when he shouted and cried out, Guangxu said: "...... Is it Cen Chunxuan? ”

Among the people who carefully guarded the car in the year of Gengzi, Guangxu remembered Cen Chunxuan the most. At that time, Cen Chunxuan only had more than 1,000 soldiers, so he eagerly came from Lanzhou to protect him. That was the first soldier of King Qin in each province, and when he saw Cen Chunxuan's dusty appearance, not only Cixi, but also Guangxu was greatly moved.

As soon as Guangxu spoke, Zai Ze heard the direction, hurriedly ran over from other rooms, and before he arrived, he knelt in front of Guangxu violently, and shouted loudly with a crying voice: "Your Majesty, the minister is Zai Ze...... The demons in the court are haunting, and the ministers are here to escort them, which is really a crime that deserves death! ”

After Zai Ze finished speaking, he knocked his head on the floor with a "knock knock" sound, Zai Ze Guangxu knew, a few days ago when discussing the constitution, he still advocated the constitution, so that the court finally passed guò, he and the Yuan thief are completely different, the Yuan thief constitution is his own father after his death he has no right to dispose of him, Zai Ze constitution is for me to Qing Dynasty thousands of years. Guangxu listened to the sound of Zai Ze's head, and hurriedly stopped him, saying: "If you can come to escort, you are a loyal minister, and if you can come to escort, you are a loyal minister." Thinking that the Queen Mother had not returned, he asked again, "How is it outside, where is my father?" ”

Zai Ze's head only hurt, but it was okay to be stopped by Guangxu, at this time, he asked about the outside form, and said: "Lafayette was ...... by the assassins" He said, and cried out again, saying: "It's already back to heaven." When the minister received the edict from the queen's mother, he came with the soldiers to escort him. ”

Hearing that Cixi was dead, Guangxu suddenly had a feeling that the world was spinning, and his body suddenly fell down as soon as he became weak, and Zai Ze was still kneeling on the ground at this time, but he didn't want Guangxu to have fainted. In fact, it is also the mountain of Cixi that has been pressed on his head since he was a child, and there is no way to avoid it, and he is even more vicious to him after Wuxu, first to abolish the emperor, if Liu Kun does not come forward, I am afraid that the emperor will be abolished long ago, and in the back is continuous torture, I can't eat enough, I can't dress warmly, or I don't sleep in the cold when it's cold...... But now the mountain has collapsed!

Guangxu fainted, and Zai Ze hurriedly shouted, "Imperial Doctor! Doctor! After that, he quickly let the emperor carry out of the Yulan Hall, and when he arrived at the Leshan Hall where Cixi lived, the imperial doctor stationed in the garden was pulled over two, Zai Ze did not let them see a doctor first, but took a gun and pointed it twice on the heads of the two, and then said: "I don't care what Lafayette said before, but now I have the final say here, you can listen to me, if something happens to the emperor, I will destroy your nine clans!" ”

Zai Ze knows a lot about things in the palace, Guangxu is surrounded by Cixi's people, and now that Cixi is dead, he is still very worried that those remnants want to get rid of Guangxu and hurry up, the eunuchs and palace maids are all taken care of, and he personally picked some big-headed soldiers to watch in Leshantang, in order to let these soldiers perform their duties, he also promised to reward and promote, so that the situation can be controlled.

Now that this shape is a fool and knows that the sky has changed, the imperial doctor immediately knelt and kowtowed, and then went in to take the pulse, and after a while, he came out and said that the emperor was just out of control, and his body was weak, so he fainted for a while, and now there is no big problem. Zai Ze was overjoyed when he heard this, at this time, the ministers from Lang Run Yuan had already climbed over, and the one who ran in front was Tie Liang, who was the first to be notified to leave, and as soon as he arrived at the other ministers, he was not far away, and Zai Ze hurriedly said: "You understand everything?" ”

"Zegong, I understand." Tie Liang's heart was pounding, and he only felt that Ze Gong was really not thin on him, but he didn't know that Zai Ze also wanted to have a military attache to control the military power outside, so that he could take care of himself in the court - why did Lao Qing have weight in the court, isn't it Yuan Shikai outside.

"It's good to understand!" Looking at Tie Liang, who was bowing his head in front of him, Zai Ze said loudly with his hands behind his back, full of ambition. (To be continued......)