Updated: 2012-07-09

I'm feeling irritable, I believe everyone knows the reason. Some people specifically criticize me for not knowing that I have offended you by writing books honestly. I deserve your care for me.

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In the Forbidden City Supreme Hall, Guangxu was so angry that he couldn't speak. He was in a state of trance, as if he had just sucked opium.

"Li Hongzhang, Li Hongzhang, you said, how do you want me to treat you?" Guangxu was very unstable now, and he even had the intention to kill Li Hongzhang. I believe that if he had real power in his hands now, he would have done this.

The Qing court officials kneeling below looked like they had their parents dead, and they were all in a state of dismay, crawling on the ground and dared not speak.

Weng Tonghe, the Minister of Military Affairs, stood up calmly at this time and said, "Your Majesty, I have said that the Huai Army is useless. Now that Lushun has lost, the Japanese Navy has stood up in the Bohai Bay. From then on, our Beiyang gate has opened. The Japanese army can march straight into our Beijing-Tianjin area. I hope your Majesty will quickly recruit Hunan Army and recruit northern aid to save the crisis of exile."

It turned out that just this morning, military information came from the front line, and Lushun, known as the "No. 1 Fortress in East Asia", was actually trapped in the hands of the Japanese army.

On the way to the Japanese vanguard's army marched into Lushun, only Xu Bangdao's guards fought stubbornly in Tuchengzi. Gong Zhaoyu, the general officer of the Front Enemy Battalion Affairs Office, ignored the troops and fled to Yantai on a torpedo boat.

Subsequently, the three commanders Huang Shilin, Zhao Huaiye and Wei Rucheng also fled one after another.

Generals have no fighting spirit and no morale.

In the end, the Qing government spent a huge amount of money to operate the Lushun Military Port for 15 years. It was called Port Arthur in the West, Gibraltar in the East, and the largest dock in East Asia at that time were occupied by the Japanese army.

From then on, the Bohai Sea portal opened, directly threatening the key points of Tianjin and Beijing.

No wonder these Qing officials who only know how to loot the civil servants all day long were also scared and felt that the sky was about to collapse.

Li Hongzhang knelt on the ground, with a look of desolation on his face. Facing Guangxu's reproach, he could only cry and cry: "I have nothing to say."

Li Hongzhang really had nothing to say. He didn't understand why Lushun, which he had worked hard to manage, was captured by the Japanese overnight.

Are the Japanese too powerful, or are they too stupid?

"Since you have nothing to say, then leave your black hat and go home to retire." Guangxu cursed angrily.

Weng Tonghe sneered a trace of sneer, and said in his heart: Li Hongzhang, Li Hongzhang, you have today too.

Seeing that Li Hongzhang was about to be dismissed from his post, he heard an eunuch outside the door shouting loudly: "Report to the emperor, a telegram is coming from the front line."

Something new happened? Could it be that I lost somewhere again?

The ministers and the other two looked sad and began to discuss below.

One and two are talking about what to do.

After Guangxu announced the news, the little eunuch ran in quickly with a telegram.

The eyes of all the ministers moved with the telegram held in the little eunuch's hand, and his heart was so nervous that it was about to jump out of his chest.

Guangxu thought the little eunuch had walked too slowly, so he hurriedly left the throne, walked down quickly, and personally picked up the telegram from the little eunuch's hand.

When Guangxu opened the telegram, he hurriedly started reading.

All the ministers stretched their necks to see Guangxu's reaction, and even Li Hongzhang, who was still kneeling in disheartened just now, didn't do anything else.

Guangxu's expression was stunned at first, and then the corners of his mouth trembled slightly.

"Okay, okay, I, there are still brave and good warriors in the Qing Dynasty." Guangxu read the telegram over and over again before letting go and saying softly.

Weng Tonghe was anxious and couldn't help but ask, "Master, is this?"

"With good news from the family of all the ministers, Dagaoling came. Nie Shicheng and Heilongjiang General Yike Tanga recovered Lianshan Pass and Caohekou, wiped out more than 5,000 enemies, and killed the major general of the 10th Japanese Brigade. He immediately saw Shangwen and dozens of other generals of all sizes and sizes, seized the flag of the 11th Japanese Regiment, and achieved the greatest victory since the war began."

Guangxu angrily finished speaking the words on the telegram without missing a word, then he let out a long sigh and continued: "Everyone, it seems that God bless me, the Qing Dynasty!"

Guangxu was in a state of ice and fire, and he didn't even know what to do. On the one hand, he lost the most important strategic location in Liaodong, and on the other hand, he achieved the greatest victory since the war began.

"I want to reward those soldiers who have made great contributions, and I will not be ruthless to those cowardly people who are afraid of death." Guangxu was so excited that he walked back and forth for a few steps, then stopped and said with a flushed face.

Originally, Guangxu would not have thought of severely punishing those who were greedy for life and fear of death. In the Qing Dynasty, there were many people who were greedy for life and fear of death. If they were punished, it would probably be empty when the morning court tomorrow.

However, everything depends on comparison. On one hand, he is brave and good at fighting to win, while on the other hand, he keeps losing territory. Of course, Guangxu would weigh it in his heart.

When Li Hongzhang heard that Nie Shicheng had another victory, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. This victory came too timely, and it was simply a timely rain for him to protect his official Li Zhongtang.

Li Hongzhang gave a wink, and Zhang Yinhuan, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, bowed and said, "Emperor, since the front line has achieved a great victory, Lord Li has no credit and has worked hard. Please give him a lighter punishment."

Guangxu's face sank slightly, but when he thought that Li Hongzhang was still Cixi's confidant, and this time it was indeed a great victory, he said: "You are right, so you should be dismissed from office and investigated and resigned."

The difference between the two words is a world of difference. Although the dismissal of the post of Beiyang minister was a revoked, he was still doing what the Beiyang minister should do. As long as he could make up for his merits and demerits, the restoration of the official position was just around the corner.

"My memory, Li Hongzhang, thank you for your kindness!" Li Hongzhang kowtowed and thanked him quickly.

Although Guangxu did not cause trouble for Li Hongzhang for the time being, he also approved Weng Tonghe's proposal to collect the Hunan Army, and decided to use the vassal Wei Guangtao, Taoist Li Guangjiu and other Hunan Army generals to recruit troops to northern aid.

Liu Kunyi, a veteran of the Hunan Army and the governor of Liangjiang, just met the saint a few days ago. Guangxu appointed him as an imperial envoy to supervise the military affairs of the Eastern Expedition and ordered him to go to Shanhaiguan and command the troops.

Of course, although Liu Kunyi's appointment was issued, it would probably take at least half a month to arrive at Shanhaiguan.

Guangxu then waved his pen and tried his best to reward a large number of meritorious soldiers in the battle to recover Lianshanguan, and informed the whole country of the victory with a mansion to encourage the morale of the domestic war of resistance.

For a time, the names of Nie Shicheng, Wei Jichen and others frequently appeared in the government notices, in the mouths of officers and soldiers, and in the mouths of the people.

However, just when Guangxu was a little excited because of a victory and was ready to fight the Japanese to the end.

In the Leshou Hall of the Summer Palace that night, four large copper stoves of nine peaches were burning sandalwood. Cixi, who was the helmsman of the Qing Empire, was lying on the back of a gold chair in the red sandalwood.

Li Lianying and Eunuch Li next to her were fair and careful to apply her face to her with egg white.

For the old woman Cixi, you should not only admire her power and conspiracy, but also admire her beauty skills.

If this is put into future generations, it will be a beautiful master.

After Cixi's "face mask" was prepared, she lay down for a while. Li Lianying carefully wiped the egg whites with the best silk from Hangzhou, and then asked softly: "God of the Lady, do you want to take a shower today?"

Cixi squinted her eyes and nodded gently, and Li Lianying helped her to a magnificent bathhouse with ease.

Several palace maids quickly poured human milk with a fishy smell into the bathtub. Others can take a milk bath at most. Cixi is a human milk bath, which is not on the same level.

Li Lianying gently untied Cixi's clothes and undressed her. When he saw Cixi's slightly wrinkled but still smooth and white skin, he couldn't help but praise her: "God of Lafayette, look, your skin is a hundred times smoother than the firstborn baby."

That woman didn't love beauty. Even Cixi, who was the lord of the harem, couldn't help but smile when she heard Li Lianying's praise, walked into the bathhouse lightly and said with a smile: "You servant, you are just sweet-mouthed. Come on, press the whole body of the Ai family. As soon as this man is old, he feels uncomfortable all over his body."

The reason why Li Lianying was extremely favored by Cixi was not only because of her powerful mouth skills, but also because her hand skills were not bad. Soon, she pressed her body and made her feel comfortable and her voice continued.

After a while, Cixi's narrowed eyes suddenly opened and she asked Li Lianying, "Little Li, are these sixth princes still waiting outside?"

"Reply to the words of Lord Lafayette, the Sixth Prince is still waiting for your summons." Li Lianying stretched out his hand from below and gently pinched Cixi's shoulder.

These six princes said that they were Prince Gong Yixin of the Qing Dynasty. This Yixin was called the last wise man of the Manchus in the Qing Dynasty. Because they were good at dealing with foreigners, they were also called the Japanese Six.

At the end of September, Cixi re-appointed the Ghost Liu Yixin, who was deposed by her in 1884, to preside over the Zongli Yamen. Why? Because Ghost Liu originally advocated surrender to foreign countries.

Cixi hoped that he would come forward and requested that Britain join forces with the United States and Russia to mediate the Sino-Japanese War, but because the three countries had their own plans, the mediation proposal made by the British in October did not result in any results.

But now the Japanese have burned the war into China and Lushun has fallen. Cixi is anxious and afraid that the Japanese army will invade Beijing and Tianjin. She remembered when the British and French forces attacked Beijing, she followed Emperor Xianfeng like a wild dog and fled to Chengde.

Cixi never wanted to have such an experience again. As long as she could continue to live such a stable life, the Qing Dynasty could continue to rule the Central Plains and lose some barren land. It was not unacceptable.

"Let him come in now." Cixi lay in the bathhouse, instead of getting up, but raised her hand and said.

"Zhe!" Li Lianying beat him up and walked out to report.

Soon, he walked in with the old Japanese devil Liu.

"I have met Lord Lafayette, Lord Lafayette," the devil Liu Yixin kowtowed and bowed.

"Get up!" Cixi waved her hand and asked in a slight silly manner: "How is the matter going?"

Cixi was afraid and hated to foreigners, and the one she disliked dealing with was foreigners the most, so she felt extremely uncomfortable in her heart when she asked foreigners to do things.


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