Cixi was really angry. She suddenly discovered that Xiao Letian was like a rock on the waterway. She couldn't avoid it no matter how hard she tried, and it couldn't be smashed or smashed.
To be honest, a strong woman like Cixi is not afraid of any enemies at all. Even if she is confronting the entire imperial power, she can find weaknesses and attack them. But what she was most afraid of was the things she didn't understand. First it was foreigners and then Xiao Letian. She couldn't understand anything that had anything to do with the West.
Precisely because she didn't understand, she couldn't deal with it. In fact, she defeated the bond crisis caused by Yang Zhi by accident.
At that time, Cixi said, "Measure China's material resources and win the favor of the country...and she would rather be with friends than domestic slaves. She would rather betray the country and borrow foreign soldiers than fight Xiao Letian to the end!" 'This sentence was not something she said after careful consideration. At that time, she was just a mad dog who was cornered and had no way out.
Because there was no way to retreat, because all the men in the court were helpless, she didn't want to sit still and wait for death, so she would bite like a mad dog and say whatever she wanted. As a result, he accidentally hit Xiao Letian's Achilles' heel. In fact, he also hit the Achilles' heel of all elite Hanchen.
Since ancient times, barbarians have no luck for a hundred years. This is a golden rule that most Han people believe in. Will the Qing Congress be finished? All Hanchens would give a definite answer in their hearts. But when will the Qing Dynasty end? No one can predict this time.
However, before the end of the Qing Dynasty, the land legacy left by the Qing Dynasty cannot be thrown away. Otherwise, wouldn’t these two hundred years of suffering be in vain?
So in the end, people like Zeng Guofan and Xiao Letian backed down. This was the core reason why the Beijing court benefited from the bond negotiations.
Cixi temporarily gained the upper hand, and she suddenly became the focus of the government and the public. At least the conservative forces had completely turned to her, and Cixi's power suddenly expanded.
But she knows her own family affairs, and Cixi knows that successfully passing a level by mistake does not mean that she will always be able to easily pass the level. Facing the monster Xiao Letian, she always feels helpless in a deep fog.
It was this annoying feeling that made Cixi very uneasy. She could still hold her nerve in front of the ministers, but now that there were only these few core members in the palace, she no longer had to hide.
The bead curtain has been opened. Cixi couldn't sit still and paced back and forth in the hall. Yi? and Yixuan didn't dare to sit carelessly at this time, so they quickly stood up to accompany them.
The relationship between Yi?
"Don't worry, Queen Mother. Maybe we don't have an absolute advantage on the battlefield, but in terms of grand strategy, we still have an advantage..."
"First of all, what the princes and ministers just said is right. Xiao Letian does not have too many troops at his hands. This is his absolute weakness. Moreover, without a large roundabout unit such as cavalry, Xiao Letian's army's attack is destined to be It cannot last..."
"In addition, our detailed work in Ryukyu and Yang Zhi's confession have also proved that Xiao Letian now spends a large amount of military expenditures on purchasing warships. Ryukyu has built two shipyards and shipbuilding factories alone, and Tanggu A shipyard is also under construction..."
"In the end, what Xiao Letian wants is money. The purpose of his navy is to protect his fleet at sea, because no matter how prosperous the special zone is, he needs to sell goods to make money..."
Yi Xuan thought for a while and asked, "What do you mean, Xiao Letian has no intention of starting a war with us? Does he really want to be a minister of the Qing Dynasty?"
"What the seventh brother said is right or wrong. According to my analysis, Xiao Letian should not have any intention of replacing the Qing Dynasty. Judging from the fact that he serves as the emperor's tutor to His Majesty, he has no idea of becoming the emperor. From ancient times, I have never heard of a master making a disciple!"
"But you said he wanted to be a minister of the Qing Dynasty? This is impossible, because this unruly monkey monkey shows an attitude of equality with the court in every move. After all, I even think Xiao Letian's final The ideal is to separate Ryukyu and become independent, and then make a lot of money..."
"To sum up, I think the conflict between us and Xiao Letian seems serious, but it is not fatal in fact. Xiao Letian's danger level is even lower than that of the Hunan Army. I think he is our No. 3 Just enemies!"
Ci Xi also calmed down and looked slightly relaxed at this time, "Xiao Letian is the third enemy? Zeng Guofan is the second threat? So who is the first? The foreigners or the East Palace side?"
The muscles on Yi?'s face were trembling a little at this moment. He glared at Li Lianying with a murderous look, which frightened him and quickly left the Yangxin Palace with the eunuch and maid.
"Our biggest threat now is not the foreigners, let alone the one from the east! But... it is our Majesty!"
"Huh? What did you say? What are you thinking, Yi? You are going to attack my son..." Cixi was about to get angry after hearing this, but Yi? knelt down at that moment.
"Your Majesty, please listen to my warning. My brother Jedi has no crooked ideas. Zai Chun's position is unbreakable. I would rather die than take his place... The enemies I am talking about are the wrong ideas accepted by Your Majesty!"
Yi?'s eyes were red and swollen as he said, "Your Majesty has completely brainwashed Xiao Letian. Zai Chun took away three hundred guards from Sijiu City for what we all know. Your Majesty has completely distrusted us..."
"If the three hundred guards follow Ryukyu's military training method, as long as they have enough money, they can easily expand the army to ten thousand or more. What is your Majesty doing? Can't we use the Xishan Camp that Wei Chen trained for Your Majesty?"
Cixi was unhappy when she heard this: "Since ancient times, it has been a natural thing for the emperor to be in charge of the army. Is what my son did wrong?"
Yi? He kowtowed bitterly and said, "Queen Mother, I didn't mean that. What I said was that Your Majesty has already separated from us... If Your Majesty really wants to take control of the army, I will immediately give up the Xishan Camp to Your Majesty. I have always refused." Isn't the purpose of letting those losers who only know corruption join the Xishan Camp to leave a pure new army for His Majesty?"
"But what did your majesty do? This spring, Xiao Letian secretly took your majesty to the south of the Yangtze River and secretly met with Zeng Guofan. What did Zai Chun want to do? Do you want to form an alliance with Zeng Guofan secretly? Moreover, Hu Xueyan also made changes after that. His Fukang silver There was a large-scale mobilization of silver coins at the beginning of the war. Is it raising military expenses for Zaichun's army?"
"Queen Mother! It's not what I want, I'm afraid that Your Majesty will do something wrong in a hot head! In the final analysis, Your Majesty should be the emperor of the Manchus first, and then the emperor of the Qing Dynasty. If Your Majesty abandons the old people like the Eight Banners, It is destined to be a civil war by then. May I ask, Queen Mother, how should we make a decision?"
