People eat grains, naturally have seven emotions and six desires, Cixi is not a god, but also a human, naturally there are things to pursue and care about, Li Lianying said this, the Empress Dowager Cixi smiled, she pursed her lips, "That's it, everything has a clear conscience, just let it be, I am already in the year of knowing the destiny of heaven, so do whatever you want, naturally no one will care about me as an old woman." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"The servants recalled all the spies in the north of the Xuanli Office and put them in the capital to stay."

The Empress Dowager Cixi was noncommittal, and Li Lianying said, "But half of the Twelve Towns are in Fengtai...... What does Galeries Lafayette mean? ”

"Don't worry," Empress Dowager Cixi said with a smile, "It stands to reason that I don't have to be so cautious, it's just that the past has changed, I have some doubts in my heart, and I must be fully prepared for everything, so I can't have the heart to harm people, and the heart to guard against people is indispensable, Fengtai there, I left Wu Yundi in charge, and without the telegram I personally sent, no one can command it," her eyes flashed with a mysterious light, "If the new army doesn't move, nothing can happen, and even if it happens, it's just a trivial matter." ”

"This is also my test for him, the thing is done, there is no other thought, I will retire and return to politics in the future," the Empress Dowager Cixi said slowly, at this time, the eunuch of the internal affairs office came in with a telegram sealed with wax, indicating that it was an urgent telegram from the Beiyang Naval Division, and the Empress Dowager Cixi took the excerpt, "You can also rest assured that you can live in peace......" She saw the report in her hand and raised her eyebrows slightly, "Yes, Peng Yulin is good on an errand." She handed the report to Li Lianying, "Little Lizi, you can also take a look." ”

Li Lianying took the fold, glanced at it, and her eyebrows moved slightly, "What does the West Holy Master mean?" ”

"Whoever is rude to me, I don't care, I don't care about the little people, but if you want to show off your power in China, and want to take a big bite of meat here with me, and do something that is both famous and rich, then I can't tolerate it." Empress Dowager Cixi said, "Call Yixuan and Guo Songtao, and after I go out at Dagukou, let them fight in the ring with people outside!" ”

On the third day of the third month of March in the tenth year of Guangxu, the Empress Dowager Cixi set off from Shunzhenmen, arrived at Dagukou by train, got on a steamer, escorted by the Beiyang Naval Division, and drove towards the south in a mighty way, the Empress Dowager went out on patrol alone, which was unprecedented in this dynasty, there was no example to follow, and it was suddenly announced, the preparations came to be complicated and hectic, fortunately there was no big mess, Prince Alcohol was in charge of the country, and half of the military ministers were in charge of the government in Beijing, except for the front-related matters reported to the Empress Dowager Cixi for personal judgment, other things, It was entrusted to the prince of the prison and the prince of the foreman of the military aircraft. The Empress Dowager Cixi brought the ministers of military aircraft Yan Jingming, Sun Yuwen, and Dong Yuanol, as well as Qinghai of the Li Fan Yuan, Ronglu of the Ministry of War, and Guo Songtao, the assistant minister of the Prime Minister's Yamen, to the south.

These people are also easy to understand, the money and the soldiers, and the vassal countries, are indeed needed in the war against France, but Guo Songtao is in charge of foreign affairs, why should they visit together, so at this time, there are rumors flying among the Beijing division, saying that the West Sage is ready to accept it when he sees it, and after the victory in Langshan, he is ready to sue for peace with the French, and the two countries divide the land of Vietnam equally, sometimes the rumors are more reliable than the words outside, indeed, the British are the intermediaries, and the two sides are preparing to contact in Shanghai.

The Empress Dowager Cixi will not hear such rumors for a while, but the war in the south has temporarily stopped, and it seems that there is a great change, either the two countries are waiting for their own reinforcements and do another big one, or both countries feel that it is not worth fighting for the sake of the small Vietnamese country, so they have to wait for an opportunity to see how to solve it through diplomatic means.

On this day, the Prime Minister Yamen held a routine ventilation meeting to explain the whereabouts of the Empress Dowager Cixi, but it was only three days, the Empress Dowager's royal drive has crossed the Yellow Sea, arrived in Jiangsu Province, and is about to arrive in Shanghai. The Queen Mother's southern tour, these two things are very important events, and it is always uneasy to ask civil officials or counselors to come to listen, so these days the ambassadors of various countries have basically come to listen to the news of the ventilation meeting.

Diplomatic Zhang Jing's words are rigid and waveless, and they sound drowsy, the Austro-Hungarian ambassador dozed off without any image, and the German ambassador Jonas also looked demented, his eyes were empty, obviously these diplomatic clichés would not get into his ears at all, Tanabe Taichi used a pen to write something in his notebook, obviously he paid great attention to the dispatch of the Beiyang Naval Division, and only after Zhang Jing finished reading all the manuscripts did he raise his head, turn his neck, and look at the envoys of various countries, The Italian ambassador was talking to the American ambassador with great interest, and it was clear that they did not care about it in the slightest, even though Italy had sided with the French and protested against the fighting in Vietnam, but it was clear that the attitude of the Italians was only lip service.

Tanabe Taiyi shook his head slightly, it will take a long time for the countries to oppose the Chinese, he looked at the empty position where the British ambassador should be sitting at the top, obviously the British clearly expressed their attitude on the Vietnam War, that is, neutrality, the two do not help. Therefore, the British ambassador did not bother to come forward, and even the officials of the embassy did not participate in the briefing.

The ambassadors stood up one after another, the Prime Minister Yamen prepared a tea room, provided some drinks and drinks, etc., several good ambassadors walked in from the side door one after another, the Chinese diet is the best in the world, the Prime Minister Yamen's dim sum food is a combination of Chinese and Western, extremely exquisite and delicious, which is also the reason why many people can sit still patiently listening to nonsense, Tanabe Taichi is a pure samurai, never project the slightest interest in appetite, he stood up, ready to try to see if he can visit the British ambassador again, He was really a little puzzled by the rumors outside.

As soon as he walked down the steps of the Prime Minister's Yamen, he saw a carriage speeding over quickly, with a chrysanthemum insignia on the carriage, obviously someone from the embassy, and a military attache jumped out of the carriage, panting, and said to Taiichi Tanabe with a frightened face, "Ambassador San, there is something wrong with the Galaxy Maru!" ”

"What!" (To be continued.) )