Chapter 252 Terminator

Zhang Peilun said, "If Tang Caichang and others can really get rid of the conservative forces of Empress Dowager Cixi, it will be a blessing in the world. However, they can't succeed!"

"Why?"

"This is the fourth anecdote." Zhang Peilun said, "After the Germans occupied Qingdao, the court urgently recruited Yuan Shikai and led the new army to Shandong. This was also reasonable. Whether the new army entered Shandong to deal with the Germans or your Zhou Charter, it was a normal move taken by the imperial court to maintain the stability of the regime. However, when the new army was ordered to go to Shandong, there were still two troops, but the opposite did.

"Which two?"

"Dong Fuxiang led Gan Jun and Lai Chuanwu to lead the cavalry camp to Beijing!" Zhang Peilun said, "These two troops are the last troops that the Qing Dynasty can rely on. Gan's army was stationed in Gansu to prevent Hui people's rebellion. This unit is the most elite local army in the Qing Dynasty. After Li Zhongtang's Huai troops were defeated in the First Sino-Japanese War, this force was highlighted. Although Lai Chuan Wu Xiao's cavalry battalion was not a new army, its equipment and training level was not weaker than that of the new army, even Zhi, not weaker than your Zhang Jun, Zhou Xian, you should be very familiar with this Lai Chuanwu. He is a rare general! If it hadn't been for him, no one else would have disintegrated your Zhangjun!"

Zhou Charter nodded: "Yes, this man is extremely rare, with military talent and not afraid of death, which is extremely rare among Qing generals. Unfortunately, he didn't accept my Zhou Charter!"

Zhang Peilun said, "These two elites, the court neither let them deal with the Germans nor your Zhangjun. Instead, he returned to Beijing urgently. What does this mean?"

"Lai Chuanwu is the Empress Dowager Cixi!" Zhou Charter said slowly, "But..." He suddenly remembered the masked general on the hill outside Dagukou, Tianjin.

"Lai Chuanwu used to be a member of Zhang Jun. However, he is now the confidant of Empress Dowager Cixi!" Zhang Peilun did not notice Zhou Charter's face and continued, "The two elite troops entered Beijing for only one purpose, to have a showdown with Guangxu!"

"Mr. Zhang meant that the Empress Dowager Cixi did not listen to Prince Gong's words. She still wanted to bring Guangxu down to the throne and let Pu Yan become emperor."

Zhang Peilun nodded: "Tang Cai often goes to Beijing, which shows that Kang Youwei wants to launch a coup, and Dong Fuxiang and Lai Chuanwu went to Beijing, which shows that the Empress Dowager Cixi also wants to launch a coup. The emperor and the empress dowager are dispatching troops. Mr. Zhou, in your opinion, which side has a good chance of winning?

"I don't know Dong Fuxiang, but relying on Chuanwu standing on the side of the Empress Dowager Cixi, Tang Caichang has no possibility of winning at all!" Zhou Charter sighed.

"Therefore, the new change is bound to fail!" Zhang Peilun said, "However, the Empress Dowager Cixi won, and she would not get any benefits. The final result of supporting Pu Jun as the new king must be the complete abolition of the new policy. The Empress Dowager Cixi holds power alone. Pu Jun is just a puppet, and he is even worse than today's Guangxu Emperor! Guangxu at least wants to do something, and Pu Jun can only muddle along! In this way, the last hope brought by the new revolution to the Qing Dynasty will also be completely dashed. The British, French, Americans, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Russia, these Western powers will follow Germany as an example and impatiently launch a complete partition of China, and the world of the Qing Dynasty will quickly collapse. Mr. Zhou, this is not a change of dynasty. From then on, there will be no China on the earth!"

Zhou Charter nodded: "Mr. Zhang means that either the Qing court will perish or China will perish!"

"Yes! If you stay in the Qing Dynasty, China will die; if you stay in China, the Qing Dynasty will die! The two must be one!" Zhang Peilun said, "Li Zhongtang, Prince Gong and Sun Wen have seen this option clearly! Even Yuan Shikai saw it!"

"Yuan Shikai?"

"This is the last anecdote I heard." Zhang Peilun said, "Yuan Shikai's new army has ten towns with a total strength of 80,000. After being ordered to enter Shandong, there were originally two choices. First, surround Qingdao and expel the Germans, which is what the Chinese people want. Second, prepare a defense along the coast of Shandong to prevent Zhang Jun from landing, which is what the Empress Dowager Cixi hoped. However, the new army did not march to Qingdao or the coast of Shandong. He only sent a small group of troops and symbolically stationed in Weihaiwei, and the main force of the new army stopped in Jinan. The court repeatedly urged Yuan Shikai to march, and Yuan Shikai always passed the hurled the hurry. The Empress Dowager Cixi has nothing to do with Yuan Shikai.

"The Empress Dowager Cixi has lost her base. She should have thought that once Yuan Shikai holds the new army, she will not be obedient." Zhou Charter laughed. Zhou Charter and Yuan Shikai only saw a few faces, but Zhou Charter seemed to have a divine friendship with Yuan Shikai. He knew very well that Yuan Shikai would never be the slave of Empress Dowager Cixi!

"Yuan Shikai's attention is not on Germans at all, nor on Zhang Jun. His eyes are fixed on Beijing!" Zhang Peilun said, "In Beijing, no matter which side wins, he will lead his army into Beijing to clean up the mess!"

"Yuan Shikai is bold enough!" Zhou Charter said, "Anyway, there are so many local governors in the Qing Dynasty. Zhang Zhidong, Liu Kunyi, Chen Baozhen, and Li Zhongtang are not idle people. Yuan Shikai wants to change the dynasty with the 80,000 new army in his hand, but I'm afraid it's not that easy.

Zhang Peilun said, "I said that there can only be one left in the Qing Dynasty and China, Zhang Zhidong, Liu Kunyi, Chen Baozhen, Li Zhongtang, and even the flagman general Yi Ketang, who is far away by the Yalu River. They all know very well. Overthrow the imperial court is what people want! In fact, the building of the Manqing court, which is full of holes, will collapse with just a little bit. Mr. Zhou, Yuan Shikai can see it clearly. Can't you see it?

Zhou Charter is silent.

Zhou Charter fully agrees with Zhang Peilun's words!

He has seen this for a long time. Zhang Peilun's meaning is very clear. He wants Zhou Charter to be the Terminator of the Qing Dynasty, not Yuan Shikai or anyone else!

Because of the death of the Qing court, China has lost its central government, and the heroes of the world will inevitably fall into war and strife. Only a powerful person in Beijing can avoid the national war to the greatest extent.

Although Yuan Shikai has strength, his strength is insufficient. Even if he can overthrow the Qing court and establish a new government, his influence can only be limited to some areas south of the Great Wall and north of the Yellow River. The vast areas of China's Yangtze River Basin, southwest, northwest and northeast are bound to be in a state of separation. This is actually no different from the results of the partition between the great powers.

Only Zhou Charter, whether its strength or prestige, is enough to convince the princes everywhere, establish a strong central government, quickly free the whole country from strife, and achieve a peaceful transition of the country.

Li Hongzhang saw this! That's why he sent Zhang Peilun to Taipei as a lobbyist.

"Mr. Zhou, what are you worried about?" Zhang Peilun said, "In the Sino-Japanese War and the Second Sino-Japanese War, you defeated the Japanese with a lonely army and enjoyed irreplaceable prestige in the minds of the people. The governance of Taiwan and North Korea, the people lived a rich life, the people of the two places raised their eyebrows in front of foreigners, and the Russians and French could only swallow their anger in front of you, and the mainland The people lived in the hands of the imperial court of the Qing Dynasty, but they were bullied by foreigners. Nowadays, the people of the mainland are looking forward to you, like a baby's parents. As long as you raise the flag, the people in the world will surely eat pot pulp to welcome Zhang Jun. And your Zhangjun is enough to frighten any Western powers and sweep the cowardly Qing army like a ball. Even Yuan Shikai's new army can only be used as a car in the face of your Zhang Jun. If Yuan Shikai is a smart man, he should make way for Zhang Jun!"

"Mr. Zhang is overreputed." Zhou Charter shook his head slightly.

Zhang Peilun continued: "The German occupation of Qingdao is the misfortune of the Qing Dynasty, but it is Mr. Zhou's luck! Rong Zai's deliberation for Zhou Charter: Mr. Zhou can personally lead the main force of the Zhang army and land in Shandong in the name of expelling the German army to recover Qingdao. The German army in Qingdao has less than 3,000 people. As soon as the Zhang army arrives, it will inevitably collapse. Mr. Zhou recovered Qingdao, and the people of the world returned to their hearts. Mr. Zhou took advantage of the situation to lead the army directly to Zhili. Yuan Shikai's new army may resist, but they will never resist to the death, because many of them are your old friends, not to mention that Yuan Shikai himself is unwilling to work for the Qing court. At the same time, North Korea's Zhang army crossed the Yalu River, and the 200,000 Qing army of Ike Tang'a had no combat effectiveness and collapsed at a touch. North Korea's Zhang army took advantage of the situation to attack Liaodong. Lushun is now in the hands of the Russians. The deep hatred of the people of Lushun is the revenge that Mr. Zhou helped them! As soon as the Zhang army arrived, the people of Lushun must open the door to welcome it. After Zhang Jun occupied Lushun, the army immediately came to Shanhaiguan, and the north could be determined by a war. In addition, Mr. Zhou can order a general to lead Taiwan Zhangjun across the Taiwan Strait, enter Fujian, Guangdong and all the way north to sweep the south of the Yangtze River. Mr. Zhou, Duan Fang, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, and Li Hongzhang, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, will open the door to welcome Zhang Jun. Although they will not welcome Zhang Jun, they will never be the enemy of Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Hunan Chen Baozhen, the governor of Hunan, Liu Kunyi, and Huang Zunxian of Shanghai Daotai. Zhang Jun's three-way army, like three sharp swords, will the Qing court not die! Once Zhang Jun invaded Beijing, the southwest and northwest can be rumored!"

Zhang Peilun's words made Zhou Charter's blood boil!

The world of those who win the hearts of the people, this is an eternal theorem! The Qing court has completely lost the hearts of the people. With just a gentle touch, the Qing court building with hundreds of holes will collapse to the ground! Zhou Charter believes that Zhang Peilun's inference is correct. The three armies of the Zhang army will not pay a heavy price like the First Sino-Japanese War or the Second War.

However, what will happen after the overthrow of the Qing court?