Chapter 142 Learn from Wei Rugui

Yuan Shikai held the former decree in his left hand and the later decree in his right hand. His face seemed to be smiling, angry or angry, and his expression was extremely strange. No wonder Yuan Shikai should have a smiling face according to the previous decree, and he should be a sharp voice according to the previous decree, but he holds two completely different intentions at the same time, so Yuan Shikai's face can't be fixed.

"Zhou Charter receives the decree!" Yuan Shikai shouted.

"What purpose do I receive?" Zhou Charter asked.

"You are a smart person. Do you still need me to tell you what to take?" Yuan Shikai said.

Zhou Charter grabbed Yuan Shikai's left hand: "Thank you for your grace!"

Yuan Shikai put the decree of his right hand into the cuffs, and suddenly his face was full of spring. Zhou Charter took the prelude. Yuan Shikai naturally wanted to show a happy face according to the meaning of the prelude: "Congratulations to Mr. Zhou!"

Zhou Charter held Yizhi with a suspicious face: "Lord Yuan, what does the Empress Dowager mean?"

Yuan Shikai did not answer directly, but asked, "Zhou Zongbing, how did Wei Rugui die?"

Zhou Charter was shocked. Obviously, someone made a small report on him, and this person was in his Zhangzi camp. It seemed that the court had fully grasped his killing of Wei Rugui.

"Wei Rugui is not a loyal minister! He did not shoot a shot at the Japanese, but robbed the people all the way and did all kinds of evil. When he arrived in Yizhou, the officials took revenge, shot his brothers, and killed more than 50 of the Yijun brothers..." Zhou Charter told Wei Rugui's evil deeds in detail, and finally said, "Wei deserved to die. It was for his humble position to kill him. Remove the harm of the people!"

"Bold!" Yuan Shikai shouted, "Wei Rugui, the commander of the Sheng army, served the country loyally, fought bravely, and fought against the Japanese pirates. Unfortunately, he died gloriously. The court believes that General Wei Rugui is a model for the general of our Qing Dynasty! The imperial court chased Wei Rugui as a first-class uncle, rewarded the yellow horse coat, and reported his deeds all over the world. Now, the whole country has set off a ** learning from Comrade Wei Rugui! The court also sent a Wei Rugui model report group to publicize his heroic deeds across the country. Guang minister and the people were moved to tears by the spirit of Wei Rugui. Everyone said that they should learn from Wei Rugui's spirit, turn grief into strength, and contribute to the prosperity of the Qing Dynasty!"

"Lord Yuan, I'm afraid..."

Yuan Shikai whispered, "Zhou Zongbing, you are a smart person. The court has made a conclusion about Wei Rugui. Your views on Wei Rugui must be highly consistent with the court! Especially to maintain a high degree of consistency with the Empress Dowager Buddha!"

Zhou Charter was familiar with Yuan Shikai's words. In the new barracks in the 21st century, the instructor had such a tone. It seems that history is developing, but some things seem to never change.

"However, Wei Rugui was indeed killed by his humble position!" Zhou Charter said.

"Wrong!" Yuan Shikai shouted, "Wei Rugui died on the battlefield! Like Zuo Baogui, he is a national hero of our Qing Dynasty who would rather die than surrender against foreign aggression! It will be as beautiful as Yue Feiwen Tianxiang! Zhou Charter, you must remember that today you received the Empress Dowager's decree from me! As for the subsequent decree, I, Yuan, didn't see it! However, you must understand that the Empress Dowager Buddha's heart is as bright as a mirror!"

Only then did Zhou Ch'sher understand that the Empress Dowager Buddha issued two opposite decrees at the same time, asking Zhou Ching to understand that she knew very well how Wei Rugui died! She also knows how to deal with Zhou Charter!

Wei Rugui has been respected as a national hero by the court. He died at the hands of the Japanese and has nothing to do with the Zhou Charter. However, if one day Zhou Charter dares not to obey the court or the Empress Dowager Buddha, she can turn over this account!

If the people knew that Wei Rugui, the national hero, was killed by Zhou Charter, and Zhou Charter would become Qin Hui! At that time, the people can drown Zhou Charter with spitting without the court!

Playing politics, the Empress Dowager Buddha is the best player in the Qing Dynasty. Not to mention Zhou Charter, a stunned young man, even Zeng Guofan and Li Hongzhang are not her opponents.

Zhou Charter was frightened, and the politics of the Qing Dynasty was too deep!

Yuan Shikai said, "Zhou Zongbing, please get up and sit down. I still have important matters to discuss with Zhou Zongbing."

Zhou Charter stood up, sat in the chair and asked, "Lord Yuan, please speak."

Yuan Shikai sat back a few days later and said, "Did Zhou Zongbing deeply understand the Empress Dowager's decree?"

Zhou Charter said, "Lord Yuan, don't worry, the Empress Dowager's meaning is completely understood."

"Do you really understand?"

Zhou Charter nodded: "Didn't the Empress Dowager say that?" I hope Zhou Charter is closely united around the court with mourning as the core.

"Smart! It's really smart!" Yuan Shikai was overjoyed: "The Empress Dowager didn't miss the person!"

The tone of the imperial edict is naturally different from that of Yi, but the biggest difference is in the sentence at the end.

The imperial edict is to "closely unite around the court with 'Emperor' as the core", and the edict is to "closely unite around the court with 'ai jia' as the core"!

An emperor, a mourning family, and the two supreme leaders of the Qing Dynasty launched a fierce competition for the Zhou Charter.

Zhou Charter was worried that he was inexplicably involved in the struggle for the supreme power of the Qing Dynasty!

Politics. Struggles are often more cruel than wars! It is also more difficult to deal with.

War is regular and has rules. As long as one acts according to the rules of war, even if he can't win, he will not be defeated.

And politics has no rules! Politics. The struggle is about unscrupulous!

In particular, politics under imperial power is far more cruel than war.

War allows surrender and guns are allowed without killing.

And imperial politics is to kill all the opponents, even brothers!

Zhou Charter does not understand politics, let alone imperial politics. But he knows that he can't afford to provoke both the emperor and the empress dowager!

Zhou Charter lamented that the Qing Dynasty is facing a crazy attack by the Japanese. The war has burned to the banks of the Yalu River, and the supreme power of the Qing Dynasty is still fighting for power and profit!

Zhou Charter was speechless, and Yuan Shikai saw it and nodded secretly.

Yuan Shikai's heart is like a mirror for the court politics of the Qing Dynasty. Every minister must make a choice between the empress dowager and the emperor, either to join the imperial party or the post-party. If you want to step on two boats, the final result will definitely die extremely ugly!

However, it is extremely difficult to make a choice between the imperial party and the post-party.

On the surface, the empress dowager hangs the curtain to discipline the government, and the emperor has no power. Of course, as a minister, he should choose to join the imperial party and be loyal to the empress dowager.

However, everyone knows that the emperor is young and the empress dowager is old, and the empress dowager will always ascend to heaven before the emperor. If he joins the Hou party, once the empress dowager Bintian, how can the emperor let him go?

However, everyone also knows that the Empress Dowager is healthy, and the days of Bintian are far away. At this time, she joined the imperial party. Before the emperor's government, the empress dowager can kill him!

So, no one wants to choose between the empress dowager and the emperor, but no one has to make a choice!

This is the greatest helplessness of the princes of the Qing Dynasty.

Yuan Shikai himself did not want to make such a choice. He was abruptly pulled into the Hou party by the Empress Dowager Cixi.

Therefore, when Yuan Shikai saw Zhou Charter in a dilemma between the Empress Dowager and the emperor, he was extremely sympathetic to the young Zhou Charter.

Before he came to Yizhou, Yuan Shikai did not pay attention to this Zhou Charter.

In his opinion, half of Zhou Charter's achievements in North Korea came from luck and half came from false reports. This is a common trick used by Qing military officers to ask for credit.

North Korea's Dongxue Education launched a riot. When the Japanese landed in North Korea, Yuan Shikai, the Prime Minister of the Qing Dynasty in North Korea, concluded that once the Qing Dynasty started the war, the Qing army was not the opponent of the Japanese army - the Japanese army had completed the modernization, and the Qing army was still a medieval army.

He doesn't believe that a hairy boy in his early twenties can lead a medieval army to defeat the modern Japanese army. You know, the equipment and training level of the Japanese army even exceeds that of the Russians, and there is not much difference with the German army.

However, what he saw and heard along the way from Beijing to Yizhou has caused Yuan Shikai's attitude towards Zhou Charter to change 180 degrees.

Yuan Shikai is not like Jin. He only wanted to see his disciples along the way, and Yuan Shikai was not idle at all. He used all his time to investigate the people's situation and military situation along the way.

In Jiulian City, he saw Nie Shicheng, who returned from North Korea, and Song Qing, the Sichuan Admiral who had been stationed in Jiulian City.

These two are both senior generals who have been fighting for a long time, and their character is recognized in the Qing Dynasty, and they are not flatterers.

Both of them are full of praise for Zhou Charter.