Chapter 052 Top Cylinder

The anger of the people, the chaos on the battlefield, and the doubts of the great powers made the members of the court anxious.

And the most anxious is the supreme ruler of the Qing Dynasty, the Empress Dowager Buddha!

In the Leshou Palace, the princes and ministers stood down in silence. The Empress Dowager sat on the embroidery and covered his face and cried.

She has changed five silk scarves, and tears have wet her chest.

The Empress Dowager Buddha cried, which is not new. As a female master, crying is also one of her weapons.

Tears can expose inner sadness, but more importantly, tears can hide the conspiracy.

For example, now, no one can understand what is behind the tears of the Empress Dowager.

So, no one dares to speak before the Empress Dowager's true intention is clear.

Finally, the Empress Dowager stopped sobbing, and everyone stood upright in a hurry.

"Who let you catch Na Jin!" Empress Dowager Cixi's face was stained with tears, and she still sobbed: "Don't you know that although Jin is pedantic, he is a rare righteous gentleman in our Qing Dynasty. He is a good man! The emperor is sick and can't govern. You start to mess around, and everyone dares to catch him! You are bullying our orphans and widows!"

The tears of the Empress Dowager Buddha came out again.

Everyone trembled. If it weren't for the Empress Dowager, who would dare to catch Jin! He is the servant of the Ministry of Ceremonies! Now, the Empress Dowager Buddha suddenly turned her back! She is looking for someone to support the tank!

Everyone bowed their heads and were silent.

The Empress Dowager Cixi slowly raised her head and stared at Duan Junwang Zaiyi.

Zhaiyi was so scared that he knelt down on the ground with a "plop": "I don't know anything about Jin..."

Rong Lu, the new prime minister, looked at the trembling Zaiyi, looked at the Empress Dowager Cixi, and knelt down and said, "The Empress Dowager, the arrest of Jin is the meaning of Weichen. As the servant of the Ministry of Ceremonies, Jin is really too bad to make a scene in the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Weichen's intention is to lock him up for a few days and don't make trouble again. When it's over, he will naturally be released. It's just that Weichen was not thoughtful. I didn't expect it to be so big. Please treat it to the Empress Dowager.

Ronglu, Gualjia. Manchuria Zhengbaiqi native, born in a family of a generation of military officers, gave birth to a foreign minister of the Ministry of Industry. In 1897, when Emperor Tongzhi died, Ronglu participated in the determination of the throne of Emperor Guangxu and was trusted by the Empress Dowager Cixi. Later, he served as General Xi'an. After the outbreak of the Qing-Japanese War, Ronglu went to Beijing to carry out military affairs. At the beginning of 1895, Cixi suddenly appointed Ronglu as the prime minister of state affairs, the minister of the military department, and the co-sergeant of the university, becoming one of the cabinet ministers of the imperial court, which was in the limelight.

The Empress Dowager Cixi said angrily, "Ronglu! You are also a person with a long experience. What should I do? Arrest Jin casually, the official of the imperial court, you can arrest him alone! Have you paid attention to the emperor and the mourning family?"

Zaiyi wiped the sweat on his forehead and followed the Empress Dowager Cixi and shouted, "Ronglu, you are too bold. As soon as you became the prime minister, you dare to arrest people randomly. After this, won't you turn the sky..."

"Forget it!" Empress Dowager Cixi shouted, "Ronglu, what should I do now?"

Ronglu said, "I think that Na Jin should be released immediately to calm down the public discussion. As for the poor behavior of Weichen, he should be punished!"

Empress Dowager Cixi nodded: "According to you, let Jin go immediately. Ronglu's actions were improper, and the crime of indiscriminate arrest of loyalty and good was unforgivable! I think it's going to be reprimanded, with a fine of three months' salary, and the crime is left to serve! What do you think?"

"This..." Zaiyi said hurriedly, "Isn't it too light?"

Prince Gong Yiyi, Gang Yi, Li Hongzhang, Zhang Zhidong, Weng Tonghao, Liu Kunyi and others bowed down to the mountain and shouted: "Empress Dowager Shengming."

Everyone understood that only Zai Yi was still in the dark.

At present, the embarrassing situation faced by the imperial court is caused by Na Jin, and the core is Zhou Charter.

The Empress Dowager declared Zhou Charter a traitor and ordered the Qing army to attack Zhang Jun. This move was originally extremely vicious and shrewd. At that time, Zhou Charter was besieged in Lushun by the Japanese army, and the Korean Zhang army had no leader. It was a good time to destroy the Zhang army. Once Zhou Charter died at the hands of the Japanese, everything would be solved.

However, contrary to expectations, Zhou Charter was so good that he stayed under the encirclement of the Japanese army for eight days until the end of the war.

The situation is very different before Zhou Charter dies.

National public opinion completely turned to Zhou Charter, and even the Qing army on the battlefield was boosted by Zhou Charter. In this case, the Empress Dowager must readjust its mind and change its strategy for Zhang Jun.

The Empress Dowager's top priority is to get rid of the current embarrassing situation.

The starting point is Na Jin, the master of Zhou Charter.

Na Jin was arrested because he was wronged for Zhou Charter, and it was the empress dowager herself who instructed Na Jin to arrest him. The national public opinion is aimed at the Empress Dowager Cixi.

If you want to get rid of the embarrassing situation, you have to release Najin. The Empress Dowager wanted to release Na Jin, but she said alone to arrest and release people, that is, to slap herself in the face. The only way is to find someone to support the arrest of Na Jin, and then the Empress Dowager orders Na Jin to release Na Jin, so that Na Jin can be grateful to the Empress Dowager.

This person can certainly not be foreign ministers such as Li Hongzhang, Zhang Zhidong and Liu Kunyi, but only cabinet ministers in the court.

The Empress Dowager Cixi looked at Zaiyi first, hoping that Zaiyi would come forward and support this matter and give her a step. But Zaiyi was completely unsympathetic to the Empress Dowager's suffering and denied it, which made the Empress Dowager Cixi very angry.

Ronglu is a smart man. He saw the difficulties of the Empress Dowager and took the initiative to take care of this matter. The Empress Dowager's voice was fierce on the surface, and she greatly appreciated Ronglu.

Zhang Zhidong, Li Hongzhang and Liu Kunyi, including Prince Gong and the military minister, have understood that only this Duan prince Zaiyi is blindfolded.

When it comes to political talent, this prince is really a bunch of shit.

However, back, the reason why the Empress Dowager Buddha wants to help Prince Duan's son to the throne is that Duan Prince is a politically imbecile. Once his son becomes emperor, this emperor can only be firmly in the hands of the Empress Dowager Buddha.

After solving the problem of Jin, the Empress Dowager was in a much better mood and did not cry. She also came to her spirits and shouted harshly: "Liu Kunyi, what's going on the front line? How did you become a prime minister? Don't you know that there has been an armistice?"

Liu Kun bowed his head and said, "The Empress Dowager, the wars that broke out in various places are just some small-scale conflicts. The two armies have been fighting for more than half a year. This sudden armistice, some front-line officers and soldiers have not received the armistice order from the court. After fighting with the Japanese, they will not stop for a while. The Empress Dowager Mingjian, this war is not It is said that you can stop, and the Japanese are also responsible, and they have no ceasefire. However, please rest assured that I have ordered all ministries to stop the exchange of fire immediately. Now, the war in Liaodong and Shandong has basically stopped.

"Why did Iktanga suddenly arrive at Gaiping!" The Empress Dowager asked.

Liu Kun said with a bitter face, "The Empress Dowager, General Shengjing's subordinate belongs to me, but in fact, I can't mobilize the subordinate of Ike Tang'a."

Everyone knows that Iktang's army is the Manchus' own army. Han ministers all understand this truth, and Liu Kunyi has never asked about Ike Tang's actions at all.

The Empress Dowager Cixi hummed and turned to Li Hongzhang: "What's the matter with the Beiyang Marine Division? Why did Ding Ruchang get out of Weihaiwei?

Li Hongzhang said hurriedly, "The Empress Dowager, I have been idle in Xianliang Temple recently. It is difficult to predict the war."

"Real?" Two cold lights shot out of the Empress Dowager Cixi's eyes: "You are all pushing! You are all bullying my family!"

Everyone knelt down: "I dare not!"

What a shrewd person Empress Dowager Cixi is. She will never believe that the Qing army and the Japanese army are fighting well. It's just the private actions of subordinate generals!

In the court, there must be someone behind the scenes!

And, not alone! It's a group of people!

Prince Gong said: "Empress dowager, according to the recent war report, Ding Ruchang led the Beiyang sailors to win a great victory in the waters of Miao Island and sank four Japanese ships, including Matsushima, the flagship of the joint fleet. With the previous shame of the battle of Dadonggou, the joint fleet was defeated and returned to Japan. Nie Shicheng recovered Jinzhou and completely annihilated the second brigade of the Japanese army. Xi Kuan Erlang, the commander of the brigade, committed suicide. Iktanga surrounded the first brigade of the Japanese army in Gaiping, and Nomu Xidian had become a turtle in the urn. Shandong, our military defense line has been pushed forward to Rongcheng, recovering most of the lost land. Empress Dowager, this is the great victory of our Qing Dynasty since the outbreak of the war. Please give thanks to the Empress Dowager and reward the meritorious soldiers to inspire the soldiers.

"Award a fart!" Zaiyi, the king of Duanjun, shouted, "They disobeyed the order of the dynasty!" Ye Zhichao was ordered to clean up the rebels in North Korea and gained a lot, which should be rewarded!"

Zhang Zhidong, who had never said anything, suddenly said, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid it's not appropriate. Ye Zhichao's 50,000 army was defeated by 3,000 Guangfu army. If it is rewarded, I'm afraid it will cool the hearts of the soldiers."

"Zhang Zhidong, shut up!" Zaiyi shouted, "Don't think I don't know how Zhou Charter got to Lushun!"

Zhang Zhidong sneered: "Yes, I sent someone to send Zhou Charter to Lushun and give him a batch of arms. However, is it wrong to provide logistical support for his own army?"

"They are rebels!"

"Who said that?" Zhang Zhidong said coldly, "Why haven't I heard of it?"

Zaiyi hurriedly turned to the Empress Dowager Cixi, but saw two cold lights in the eyes of the Empress Dowager Cixi.

Zaiyi was so scared that he knelt down: "I don't know what to say, please treat the Empress Dowager!"

Now, Zaiyi realized that the Empress Dowager released Na Jin, which is equivalent to releasing Zhou Charter!

Zhou Charter is not a traitor! Zhang Jun is no longer a rebel! Up to now, if you want to say that Zhou Charter is a traitor, how to explain it in front of the people of the whole country is to slap the Empress Dowager in the face!