1855 United States Tycoon

In June 1908, a new rumor appeared again. It was said that the Queen Mother was seriously ill. I can’t tell which day it will be... and this time the rumor was exceptionally different, because the government did not send anyone to catch the rumors. . Although the government used to behave like a child's play when catching and spreading rumors, generally speaking, for those who have a lot of background, they will not touch them, but they only catch those rumors. However, anyhow they are still catching those rumors. But this time, they didn't even catch the rumors, and even no one who said "big green fruit pill" was caught. The entire police system seemed to be paralyzed. And it is said that these days, those princes keep going out, sometimes visiting each other, sometimes entering the palace. In short, everyone is aware that things seem a bit wrong.

"The Queen Mother, are you awake? Prince Qing is begging to see you outside again. There are also several princes and military ministers." Li Lianying knelt in front of the bed and told Cixi who was lying on the bed, "You can ask the servants to let them go back. , Let them come when the Queen Mother is ready?"

"Great? What else can the Aijia have! They don't worry about it!" Cixi's voice was exceptionally stern. After saying such a word, Cixi gasped violently again. Obviously, it was too exhausting to say so much in one breath just now. After a while, Cixi eased up and said to Li Lianying, "You let all these dog minions go back!... The Aijia knows what they are worried about... Tell them... Tell them... They don't have to worry... in addition……"

"Hi!"

...

"Pochen, I bought a new astronomical telescope. Would you like to see it at my house?" When several important ministers walked out of Zhongnanhai and were preparing to get on their carriages, Prince Jin Zaifeng suddenly stopped Tie Liang. Say this to him.

Zaifeng's preference for astronomy is also well-known among the royal family, but Tieliang knew that Zaifeng's invitation to Prince Jin's Mansion at this time would never be for the so-called astronomical telescope. This is mostly to discuss the current situation and future countermeasures together.

"Prince Su will also be here." Zai Feng walked to Tie Liang's side, and added a word in a low voice.

"Okay, just go and have a look." Tie Liang replied.

So Tie Liang turned around, confessed to own entourage, and got into Zaifeng's carriage.

...

Prince's Mansion

"Everyone, I found everyone here today, which is actually the meaning of the queen mother." Zaifeng said to several people gathered in his mansion.

"How is the Queen Mother now?" Tie Liang asked quickly. To be honest, the health of the Queen Mother is too important to him. Two years ago, Empress Dowager Cixi firmly supported him in the dispute between him and Yuan Shikai. Yuan Shikai who got him had to go back to his hometown to recover from illness. Now the Beiyang Army under Yuan Shikai's control is directly under his command in name. However, Tie Liang also knew that this was only in name. In the Beiyang Army, the commanders from the towns and the battalion companies below were all Yuan Shikai’s people. They were all in one group, yes. Tieliang's order violated the law. Tie Liang also tried his best to mix sand into it, but there were too few people who could do things among the bannermen. Most of them were originally unqualified. After being mixed in, they didn't play a good role. Instead, the army became more and more concerned about him. Is dissatisfied. If it weren't for the queen mother, I'm afraid that something will happen long ago.

"The queen mother may not last long. I heard that after hearing that the queen mother was seriously ill, the emperor became worried and became very sick," Zai Feng replied.

If you heard that the Empress Dowager Cixi was ill, there would indeed be people worried and sick, but this person would definitely not be Emperor Guangxu. If anyone in this world wants Cixi to die the most, I am afraid that Guangxu is the number one. Even those chaotic parties, when it comes to personal hatred of Cixi, they will never surpass him. If he knew that Cixi was about to die, he would be happy and afraid that it would be too late, where would he be worried, and where would he get sick because of it? All the people present suddenly heard the article about chaos in the party. The queen mother really wanted to...

But no one would say such things. Even if Zaifeng is Guangxu's relative, Little Brother, in today's situation, for him, the death of Guangxu is still a better option than Guangxu's coming to power.

"The Queen Mother is worried that those Han people will change in the future." Zai Feng said, "Bao Chen, how about your army?"

Tie Liang knew that if there were no queen mother, the army in his "hands" was afraid that few people would listen to him. So he replied: "Everyone knows a little about the situation of the Beiyang Army. I have only taken over for two years. If I say that I have completely controlled it, I am afraid that everyone has never seen it. The key is that there are too many Han people, and they are all. No loyalty. If the queen mother... I'm afraid it is Yuan Shikai's words, they will immediately become Yuan Shikai's private soldiers."

"Yuan Shikai is a living Cao Cao. It wasn't him and those Han Chinese who instigated him at the beginning. How could the emperor and the queen mother be like this?" Zai Feng said loudly, "Hate that I didn't shoot him to death in the first place!"

When Yuan Shikai and Tie Liang were fighting for control of the Beiyang Army, at a meeting, Prince Jin Zaifeng took out a pistol to hold Yuan Shikai’s chest and shouted: "You are so domineering, I will remove the treacherous ministers from the master!" It was pulled away by the Chief Minister of Military Aircraft, Qing Prince Yiqiu.

"It's all a bad thing about Prince Qing. He only asks for money and helps Cao Cao in everything. How about this...or we call this live Cao Cao into the palace, and then..." Zaifeng's Little Brother Zai Tao said.

Zai Tao originally thought that everyone would respond as soon as he spoke his own words. However, there was no movement at all, so he asked, "Tieliang, what do you think of my idea?"

"Oh!" Tie Liang didn't know how to answer.

"Old Qi, you like acting. Have you seen the Three Kingdoms?" Zai Feng said, "Do you remember the story of Zhang Rang killing Hejin? Do you really want to be like that?"

"Hey, Tie Liang, aren't you in charge of the Beiyang Army? Can you really make them shake the sky? What do I say you have been doing all these years?" Zai Tao was obviously not convinced.

"Oh! The soldiers in the Beiyang Army are all Yuan Shikai's old men, so they are so easy to control. Anyway, if you want to kill Yuan Shikai, I can't control the Beiyang Army." At this time, Tie Liang could only tell the truth.

"Old Qi, the Queen Mother also knew that these Han people were unreliable, so the Queen Mother told us that first, no matter when Yuan Shikai cannot be reactivated, once Yuan Shikai is activated, Daqing will be in danger. Second, we must build a manchurian, reliable Army. Alas, if the Eight Banners still want to be able to fight as they did in the past, why are they now? The Queen Mother plans to establish a'June's Army', from officers to soldiers, who can use people we trust, who can do this?" Zai Feng asked road.

So everyone's eyes immediately fixed on Tie Liang, because among the Manchus, now in the military aspect, Tie Liang is recognized as the first of the Manchus.

"Don't look at me, I'm going to stare at the Beiyang Army now, I'm going to engage in the'Jade Guards', who of you will stare at the Beiyang Army?" Tie Liang asked.

"I'll take care of this." Zai Tao offered himself, "If you can trust me, I will take care of this."

"Lao Qi, this is not just for fun, do you understand?" Zai Feng looked at Zai Tao suspiciously.

"Hey, I don't understand this, but you have to help me." Zai Tao said, "You, yes, especially Tieliang, you must know who understands military affairs. You can recommend me a reliable deputy. No. By the way, let me say first, if this person is from Manchuria, Han is not good."

"I want to say that we Manchurians really understand it." Zai Feng said, "What do you think of Liangbi?"

...

On June 20, 1908, Cixi went into a coma again. After the diagnosis, the imperial physician prescribed Dushen Decoction. The prescription of this prescription basically meant that Cixi's life had entered a countdown. After taking the medicine, Cixi gradually woke up again.

"My husband?" Cixi's voice was very weak.

"The slave and maid are here." Li Lianying replied with a weeping voice, "Would you like to drink more medicine, Queen Mother, Queen Mother?"

"No, no more." Cixi said, the last word "了" was stretched out by her.

"Queen Mother!"

"That matter, it's time to do it," Cixi said, "let them do it."

...

Guangxu knew about the news that Cixi had fallen ill. This is impossible to hide from Guangxu, because under normal conditions, Guangxu still has to go to the court under the care of Cixi every day. Although this Shang Dynasty is completely acting, he still has to continue to do it. However, during this period of time, the Queen Mother never took him to court again. Guangxu knew that Cixi must be ill. At such an old age, if he is ill, it will probably be difficult to heal. So these days, stay here. Guangxu in Yingtai was full of hope.

For a while, Guangxu was very afraid that Cixi would abolish his own. In fact, Cixi was planning to do the same. However, the Battle of the Eight-Power Allied Forces changed all this. No matter at home or abroad, no one agrees to abolish his throne. Cixi could only make a concession and exile Zaiyi and his son who dared to covet the artifact. There are still loyal ministers at home and strong support abroad. Since that old witch couldn't abolish him at that time, what should he worry about now? He felt that as long as he could live longer than the old woman, it was enough.

"When that old witch dies, I will be the real emperor. At that time, when I helped the old witch to bully me, I won't let any of them go!" Looking at the lake outside the window, Emperor Guangxu thought like this , Smiled unconsciously.

At this moment, he suddenly heard a series of rapid footsteps.

"Could it be that the old witch is dead? Are they going to take me back to take control of the universe?" Hearing this unusual sound of footsteps, Emperor Guangxu's heart suddenly jumped...

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