Chapter 88 Section 88

The first person in Jingli to mediate the overall situation was Zhang Jingshuwen, the general manager of the Prime Minister’s Office. Two days later, there was contact.Hurd told him that the envoys of various countries are looking for King Qing, hoping that he will come forward to negotiate a peace. King Qing has left with the two palaces.There was no way to get any information out of the mouth, so I didn't know how to find him, so I found him. If King Qing didn't give the order, how dare he go back to Beijing to negotiate peace with foreigners?All of these are obstacles that cannot be broken for a while.

However, in any case, Shu Wen's actions are free, and his house in Jiutiao Hutong, Dongsi Pailou, has been protected by Japanese soldiers. De and Natong, the servant, all defected to Shuzhai.Finally, I found Chen Kuilong, the former Yin of Shuntian Prefecture, and discussed together. First, I found out that King Qing was staying in his arms due to illness. "It's inappropriate to say this." Chen Kuilong pointed out: "Ministers from all over the world named King Qing as their negotiating opponent. If the two palaces don't forgive, King Qing will be in a place of suspicion, so it's inconvenient to make an invitation on his own. Isn't it a big mistake?"

So how to word it?Chen Kuilong thought it would be better to invite the imperial court to send trusted ministers to come to Beijing to discuss with King Qing according to the situation.Everyone listened to his idea, and promoted his main manuscript. At the same time, many ministers were sought for joint titles. It turned out that Kun Gang, a scholar of the Dongge University, led the order, followed by Shangshu Chongli, Yude, Jingxin, Zongshi Boshan, and Akdan. , Natong, and the only Han minister Chen Kuilong at the back of the palace. The memorial was ready, and Pu Shou, a doctor from the Ministry of Officials, made a special trip to Huailai to deliver it.Due to the close relationship between Chen Kuilong and King Qing, he attached a letter explaining the reason and suggesting how to deal with it. Please send a special envoy from King Qing to send Yuan Zhe and wait for the reply.

At this time, the two palaces had already arrived in Datong, and Qiluan was about to stay in Taiyuan. After receiving the memorial of the eight ministers, the Empress Dowager Cixi was very pleased, summoned the military aircraft, and immediately made three decisions: First, send Qing Wang Yikui to return home on the same day In the capital, it is cheap to do things, so there is no need to go there again; second, the court sent the general taxation department to Hurd, with an encyclical for Li Hongzhang to go to Beijing to discuss peace, ordering Hurd to invite foreign soldiers to send to Shanghai; third, Ronglu has already made a memorial, and he withdrew from Baoding, and then tried to restore it. He was reassigned to Kungang, and eight people including Chen Kuilong were ministers staying in Beijing.At the same time, he ordered Zai Lan to be sent to send him back to King Qing's edict.

When the court post was completed, the Empress Dowager Cixi found Zai Lan, and she had something to say: "Tell Yikuang that there is nothing he can do if he has to suffer all this hard work! His two girls are very close to me. Well, he doesn't have to worry about it, Beijing is still in chaos, so you can bring Zai Zhen here so that he won't worry about it!" "Yes!" Zai Lan replied, "The servant must have brought Zai Zhen here." Zai Zhen is the eldest son of King Qing.The Empress Dowager Cixi's move was to show sympathy for King Qing on the surface, but in fact it was to prevent him from betraying her, so she took Zai Zhen with her as a hostage.

Of course, King Qing understood the role of it, and said with a sneer, "Hmph! This old lady is still playing tricks on me like this! Why bother?" "That's not what you said, Uncle Qing!" Zai Lan's expression was extremely solemn: "If foreigners have something to punish, you must not let go!" "Don't worry! When I go to Beijing, I will just maintain the market and negotiate peace. We will talk about it when Li Shaoquan arrives in Beijing." Therefore, as soon as King Qing entered Beijing, he met with the eight ministers staying in Beijing at Guanghua Temple in Beicheng, and said clearly: "Talk about peace and wait for Minister Li with full power to come. For now, let's talk about stabilizing people's hearts."

"Yes!" Hurd, who spoke excellent Chinese, replied: "Anything that can serve the people, Lu Bin will definitely try to do it." Lu Bin is Hurd's own nickname. "Xiao Shi," King Qing turned to Chen Kuilong and said, "Tell me about the things you have discussed." It was agreed in advance that there were two requests to the coalition forces: open the city gates so that food and vegetables from the four townships could enter the city as usual;Hurd agreed, but also raised a caveat. "In the city of Beijing, there are troops from various countries stationed, and the law and order are safe. However, in the prefectures and counties of Kinki, I heard that there are still Boxers colluding with bandits, routs, and doing mischief. All countries are worried about this situation. I hope that the Chinese local officials will If you can be responsible, otherwise foreign troops will be sent to wipe out everything, and everything will be destroyed, and I will not be able to help you."

"I got it!" King Qing said responsibly, "I have informed all subordinates in Shuntian Mansion to set up defenses." Then he talked about what he had seen and heard after the catastrophe, and Hurd left.King Qing immediately ordered Chen Kuilong to report the situation of the meeting that day. "There is one thing, I think I can add a supplementary film." Kun Gang said: "Xu Yinxuan died for the country with his own body, and he died calmly, so he should accompany it to ask for mercy!" "It can't be done!" King Qing suddenly changed his face, patted the table, and replied to Kun Gang as if he was arguing: "It's a pity that Xu Tong died too late! He would have died a few days earlier, why is there such a thing as Xu Xiaoyun talking about beheading?"

Then, King Qing explained in detail how he and Ronglu invited Xu Tong and Chongqi to save Xu Yongyi, and how Chongqi had agreed but Xu Tongjun refused. "Xu Xiaoyun's life was really given to this person. If Xiaoyun didn't die, wouldn't he be an extra hand in negotiating with foreigners today?" King Qing once again slapped the table to express his determination: "Xu Tong deserves to die, I can't Play a petition on his behalf!" Kun Gang didn't expect to touch such a big nail. Although he felt embarrassed and had no excuses, fortunately, after this catastrophe, his clothes were disheveled and his face became thicker.