Chapter 61 Section sixtieth

The situation is clear.Even if the secrets of the palace are secret, as long as the power is strong and the work is deep, it can still directly determine the truth.Everyone thought that Empress Dowager Cixi's river fish disease was a minor illness, and the emperor was almost terminally ill. "The queen mother is over seventy! Age is not forgiving." Yuan Shikai said: "I personally asked several imperial doctors who had taken the pulse of the queen mother, and they had to be pressed hard by me before they would tell the truth. Don't look at the spirit of the queen mother." She is very healthy, and dysentery is not good, which is a serious problem. Besides, she is not really healthy, but she is just trying to make everyone think this way: if there is a big event in the palace, it must be the honored guest of the dragon, not driving back to the fairyland. "

Yang Shiqi and Zhao Bingjun, who were sitting opposite Yuan Shikai, glanced at each other, but remained silent, listening quietly to Yuan Shikai's words. "If the queen mother can't hold on, she'll be finished once she falls down. As for the emperor, he has to suffer. What Qu Yongqiu said about 'transferring recuperation', if there is only the emperor in the Summer Palace, no, if there is no queen mother, there is no need to greet you every day. I don't know it tremblingly. What will go wrong, if you don’t have to serve meals every day, or often accompany you to the theater, and let the big gongs and drums shake your heart, wouldn’t it be equivalent to exchanging places for recuperation?”

"The situation is very clear!" Yang Shiqi said: "The relationship between mother and child has become an irreconcilable situation." "That being said, there seems to be a difference," Zhao Bingjun peeled his nails with his eyes lowered, with an extremely leisurely expression, "The emperor's illness must be cured by the death of the empress dowager, but the emperor is gone, and the empress dowager does not seem to be of much benefit." "You mean, the empress dowager became the empress dowager, what is the next floor?" Yang Shiqi said, "I can't see it all. Isn't the empress dowager Xuanren the empress dowager?"

He is talking about the story of the Northern Song Dynasty.Shenzong abandoned the world, and Zhezong succeeded him. Although the Empress Dowager Xuanren became the Empress Dowager, she still listened to the government temporarily, appointed "Yuanyou Gentleman", supported good people, and became a generation of good governance.Zhao Bingjun, who was born as a servant and had not read many books, was not very familiar with these allusions.But the meaning can be heard, Yang Shiqi is saying that even if the Empress Dowager Cixi becomes the Empress Dowager, she can still control the power.

"It's not that the queen mother wants to seize power, but she just dares not to do so. She is afraid that the power will fall into the hands of the emperor. As long as it is not the emperor, anyone can take power, and she will be at ease." Hearing this, Yuan Shikai and Yang Shiqi were thoughtful for a long time without opening their mouths, but Zhao Bingjun had to wait for Yuan Shikai to express before he was willing to continue, thus forming a stalemate.Everyone feels the "tick" sound of the chiming clock, why is it so loud? Finally, it was Yuan Shikai who spoke: "From where did you see that the Empress Dowager does not want to seize power?"

"Look at the ups and downs of Li Lianying and Cui Yugui!" Zhao Bingjun said: "The queen mother is training the queen to be the queen mother!" "That's interesting!" Yang Shiqi exclaimed, "We're talking about the key points! Let's start from the beginning." "What do you mean by counting from the beginning?" Yuan Shikai asked. "Count and see, those people have ninety-five appearances?" "Don't count, the matter is clearly there. There are only two people, one is Lun Beizi, and the other is Puyi, the eldest son of King Chun."

Yuan Shikai and Yang Shiqi thought for a while and agreed with him.There will never be a situation where brothers end up with brothers and the current emperor succeeds Mu Zong.If the emperor Bintian, he must be selected from the generation of Pu as the successor of Mu, who is also the emperor of Daxing.If one thinks that the country depends on the eldest prince, then only Pu Lun, the eldest grandson of Li Xuanzong's branch and the beizi who is now in charge of the Zizhengyuan, will not cause controversy. In terms of closeness, the eldest son of King Chun is the Daxing Emperor His nephew is naturally the most qualified to succeed.

"I'm afraid there is no hope for Lun Beizi." Yuan Shikai said: "The queen mother doesn't want to seize power, so how can she hand over the power to Shuzong's Lun Beizi." "Indeed!" Yang Shiqi nodded deeply. "That's why the queen mother is training the queen to be the queen mother!" Zhao Bingjun said immediately: "The situation at that time was the same as thirty years ago when the queen mother raised the present. The past is not forgotten, and the future is the teacher. The queen mother will definitely remember the past. If you make a mistake, tell the empress. I am afraid that the empress does not have the talent of the empress dowager."

"What do you want her to be capable of!" Yuan Shikai mused, thinking how he could be alone by the queen's side, thinking that she would be directly used in the future. "You call yourself Zhi'an, I want to test you!" Yang Shiqi said suddenly. Zhao Bingjun was slightly taken aback, turned to look, and found that his expression was very strange, as if he wanted to say something very important but had some scruples. "Please come up with a question!" Zhao Bingjun urged. "Tell me, what kind of person is Pi Ni Li?" Zhao Bingjun knew that this was not what he originally wanted to ask, and he didn't need to think too much, so he casually replied: "The first class of smart people."

"That's right! But what he's been doing these days seems silly." "It means that he opposes the Dalai Lama's entry into Beijing and openly defends the emperor?" "Yes! Why do you say that is?" "Eight words: Retire bravely, protect yourself wisely." Zhao Bingjun suddenly turned his eyes to Yuan Shikai, "Cui Yugui asked me to say hello to Gong Bao!" "Oh," Yuan Shikai asked, "when did you meet him?" "Yesterday." Zhao Bingjun said, "I bought a house for Xiaode Zhangxin. There was a dispute. Cui Yugui came to ask me to take care of it. I have already fixed it for him."

"Xiao De Zhang!" Yuan Shikai asked very attentively: "How is this person?" "The talent is not as good as An Dehai, and the knowledge is not as good as Li Lianying, but he will be favored in the future." "Why?" "I think it's probably because the queen has never had a trusted eunuch." "What do you mean?" "The queen has no power or power, and she is not a person who can be considerate of her servants. Who wants to be her confidant? There are no advantages, but there are many disadvantages." Zhao Bingjun said slowly: "First, it will offend Li Lianying and Cui Yugui; second , I can’t eat everywhere, but I have to fight, if I can’t fight, I will be scolded by the queen, why bother? Now the situation is different, people gradually listen to the queen’s words, and naturally there are people like Xiao Dezhang who are willing to work for the queen. " "Okay!" Yuan Shikai said, "Xiao Dezhang was brought into the palace by Cui Yugui. Naturally, according to Cui Yugui's words, I will leave this path to you. However, Li Lianying can't give up casually." "By the way!" Zhao Bingjun was reminded, "What Xing Cheng said just now has not been settled yet, what do you think I think?" "It's good to retreat bravely and protect yourself wisely, but it's too general! I was thinking that Pi Niali is not a magnanimous person, so he can watch Cui Yugui climb on his head without caring? He deliberately sings against the Queen Mother like this, there must be someone Including this important effect." Yang Shiqi turned his face and asked, "Gong Bao, do I have a point?" "It does make sense, but I can't figure out what important role he has? Xingcheng, what do you think?" "As far as I'm concerned, he's trying to avoid a big event!" "event?" "Yes, big deal!" "I understand!" Zhao Bingjun changed his leisurely demeanor, his face was serious and fearful, "It is indeed a big event!" Under their mysterious, deep and fearful demeanor, Yuan Shikai suddenly understood, his heart was shocked, his face turned cold, and he felt that he needed to think about it. The same is true for Yang Shiqi and Zhao Bingjun.Because they discovered that there was only suspicion in one person's heart, or even just a wild idea, but now they are discussing with each other, at least researching, whether that "big event" is feasible or not! Yuan Shikai quickly returned to normal.That is to say, he accepted Yang Shiqi's thoughts in his heart, "Xingcheng said to count from the beginning, I think it should be counted from the first of the two palaces." He said: "If the mother dies before the son, what will happen?" Yang and Zhao had the same idea. If the Empress Dowager Cixi died and the emperor was still alive, Yuan Shikai would be the first to bear the brunt.Whether the emperor was in Yingtai, the Summer Palace, or the Xi'an Palace, as long as he felt that living in seclusion was boring, he would draw a turtle with paper, write Yuan Shikai's name on it, and then cut it into pieces, or stick the paper turtle on the wall to use The bamboo bows and arrows made by the little eunuch were fired, but they couldn't stop hitting the target. Of course, once the emperor regained his power, whether he could kill Yuan Shikai was a big question, but no matter what, his fate was doomed. It is okay to say this directly, but the wording must be careful. "That's unimaginable!" Yang Shiqi said. "It's not unimaginable," Zhao Bingjun said immediately, "I can't imagine it." "Actually, there is nothing to dare to imagine! If there is any big move from above, it must first go through the military plane before it can become a reality." "Can't we change the military plane first?" Yang Shiqi said coldly. "Yes!" Yuan Shikai quickly interjected: "Let's study this point. At that time, who will be left on the military plane, and who will be the new one?" "Of course King Alcohol will stay." "King Su will definitely enter the army," Zhao Bingjun said following Yang Shiqi's words, "Maybe he will be the foreman." "Then what do you mean, Lao Qing will definitely not keep Luo!" "Yes. If Lao Qing stays, King Su's qualifications will not surpass him." "Of course I want to go back to Huan Shang to retire!" Yuan Shikai's tone was almost self-deprecating: "I'm worried that the government will be overturned. The state affairs are like this, so why should there be any more turmoil? If Kang Liang succeeds and Shanhua makes a comeback, If Xilin makes a comeback, it may take less than three years to ruin Aixinjueluo's world!" "Kangliang may not be successful." Zhao Bingjun said: "I heard Su Wang talking about it, saying that the emperor has been very different in recent years from before the Eighth Movement. , won't act rashly, besides, the vigor has faded a lot. But the recovery of kindness is certain!" "However, it is inevitable that Xilin will come back again. Then," Yang Shiqi said, "the case of the 1898 coup must be overturned. The past events of Shaosheng in the Northern Song Dynasty and Chongzhen in the late Ming Dynasty must be seen today." Zhao Bingjun didn't understand the allusion he said, but Yuan Shikai understood it very well. He nodded: "This statement is very true! We must plan for it early." "To make a plan, you must first determine the purpose." Yang Shiqi said: "Should we dredge it in advance, or should we not allow this to be reversed?" Yuan Shikai got up and walked around, groaning and not answering.After thinking for a while, he suddenly stood in front of Zhao Bingjun and asked, "You said that Li Lianying wanted to avoid that 'big event'. Is it your guess, or did you hear something?" "It's not a guess, it's a careful consideration." "Do you know about the sudden collapse of the Empress Dowager Ci'an?" "I know! I realized it from that incident." Yuan Shikai nodded, "You think about it well! However, if Li Lianying doesn't do this 'big deal', someone will naturally do it!" He looked at the two of them and asked, "Really?" "That's why Xiao Dezhang deserves special attention." Yang Shiqi said: "It's King Su's every move in front of us, so we should pay more attention to it." "What's the point?" Zhao Bingjun replied: "In front of me, I can still control him, but if he climbs up again, I can't do anything." "Of course he can't be allowed to climb up. If he can climb up, there will be no big deal." Yang Shiqi said. This is tantamount to reaching a conclusion, that is, setting a "purpose". As Yang Shiqi said, a major overturn of the court must not be allowed.