Seeing Yihuan was not concerned. Ci'an knew that it was useless to persuade him, but he couldn't help but say, "I still hope that Prince Chun can leave a way out for himself, the royal family and the nobles who follow him...."

"The way out? Shengjing is the way out!" Yihuan interrupted her without hesitation, "I have no other way out, Shengjing is the only way out!" After he took the step of coercing the Empress Dowager to worship his ancestors in the east, he had no way out. For him, the most urgent thing at the moment was to lead his troops out of the capital and enter Shengjing. The capital is now full of dangers, and he was not willing to stay for a day.

"Prince Chun can take a boat to travel abroad." Ci'an said softly: "Both England and France will ensure Prince Chun's safety."

Going abroad? Yihuan couldn't help but be stunned. This was really a way out! Before he could think too much, Ci'an continued: "Yiguocheng will never tolerate Prince Chun's separatist rule of the Northeast. Once he is freed, he will inevitably launch a large-scale conquest! Prince Chun witnessed the ruthless means of Yuan Qi's conquest of Japan with his own eyes. Do you have the heart to follow the Northeast in the footsteps of Japan?"

"Why doesn't the Empress Dowager understand my hard work?" Yihuan sat down slowly and said, "I retreated to Shengjing just to extend the reign of the Qing Dynasty. We will neither build a small court nor separatist nor recruit soldiers and horses..."

Ci'an naturally didn't believe such nonsense. She sighed softly and said, "Go to Shengjing, if you give someone a handle..."

"If you want to add a crime, why not worry? If Yuan Qi is determined to destroy our Qing Dynasty, even if the Empress Dowager lives in the capital, the same result will be given." Yihuan said, "In order to avoid the long nights and dreams, I have to leave the capital early tomorrow morning, so the Empress Dowager should prepare early."

Looking at Yihuan's back as she strides away, Ci'an couldn't help but sigh. She really didn't expect that the more than 100,000 imperial guards who had tried their best to preserve had now become a source of chaos. If she had known this, she would have given up decisively!

The city gates inside and outside the capital were closed for two days before they opened. The officers and soldiers entering the city quickly evacuated and martial law was lifted. Only the main roads to Tongzhou were still blocked, and Tongzhou Railway Station was still under military control.

At the same time, the Beijing News promptly published the imperial edict of Empress Dowager Ci'an to worship his ancestors on the front page, and accompanied by a report of Empress Dowager Ci'an and Emperor Guangxu heading to Shengjing under the entourage of the imperial guards.

The officials, gentry, merchants and people in the capital were talking about this. Although it is rare to visit the eastern provinces to worship ancestors, there were ten times from Kangxi to Xianfeng. This time, the eastern provinces not only caused too much noise, but also had strange things everywhere. The timing was not right. It was a time when the northern provinces were in a severe drought, which made no sense.

Soon, news spread that during the Eastern Tour of Empress Dowager Ci'an, not only did a large number of royal relatives, but also a noble man from Manchus and Mongolians accompany him, but more than 100,000 imperial guards were all followed. Those with a little bit of eyes realized that Empress Dowager Ci'an went to Shengjing to worship his ancestors this time, and he was afraid that she would not plan to return to the capital.

The diplomatic officials of the embassy in the capital, which was not a big deal, maintained close attention from the embassy of Western countries in the capital, and even found out the truth of the matter from various channels. Today, the Qing Dynasty is now of great importance. Both military and economic strength are comparable to those of England and Geely. All countries attach great importance to the major events that occurred in the Qing Dynasty.

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"Prince Chun led more than 100,000 imperial guards to hold the Empress Dowager and the Emperor retreated to Shengjing, and obviously had the intention of separating the Northeast," Li Hongzhang said tentatively: "Even if it is not suitable for conquering the expedition at the moment, the students personally think that it is still necessary to guide public opinion, and the conquering in the future will be justified."

Yi Zhizu pondered for a while, looked at Yi Zhengxing, and said, "What does Xingzhi think?"

"The most urgent task is to stabilize the court and not affect the disaster relief and drought relief in the north." Yi Zhengxing said carefully: "The imperial guards are almost all the original Eight Banners children, and their families are in the capital. If they openly suggest that Prince Chun takes the Empress Dowager and the Emperor retreat to Shengjing at this time, and they are willing to restore the throne, the capital will inevitably be panic, and they may even flee to Shengjing in large numbers.

This will not only be unfavorable to stabilize the capital, but will also be in turmoil. Now that my country has only been in the past three years of constitutionalization, it is threatened by an economic crisis, and the severe drought in the north is also continuing, so it is not appropriate to cause trouble."

"There is another point." Zhao Liewen added: "The Eastern Tour of the Ancestors was issued by the Ming Dynasty. It is known to all the government and the people. It is too early to attack Prince Chun at this time. As for the future conquest, the most important reason should be the reason."

Yi Zhizu said with a slight hint: "Mr. Gong, Sushun and other Manchu and Mongolian ministers who strongly supported constitutionalism, and even many Han ministers did not actually want Yuan Qi to send troops to conquer. Huifu was right, can there be no reason to raise troops to conquer?

Furthermore, local gentry was quite dissatisfied with disaster relief measures such as immigration and recruitment. They used the natural disasters to attack Yuan Qi and constitutionalism one after another, but they were restrained under the high pressure of the court. Once they openly declared that Yi Huan held the Empress Dowager and the Emperor to Shengjing, they would inevitably be ready again. Don’t forget that the disaster will continue!”

After a pause, he continued: "This matter cannot be guided by public opinion, on the contrary, it should also be downplayed as much as possible so that the newspapers will not pay attention to this matter."

Seeing that he was so thoughtful, Li Hongzhang naturally would not insist, so he immediately changed his mind and said, "Now the capital's troops are empty, are they sent to garrison?"

"No need." Yi Zhizu said without thinking: "At this time, he took advantage of the situation and fell into a bad situation, which could easily cause criticism. Prince Gong and the Manchu and Mongolian ministers were not happy." After a pause, he continued: "As usual, just pretend nothing happened, and there is no need to set up a checkpoint in the railways between the two capitals, allowing free exchanges."

Hearing this, Li Hongzhang had already reacted. He intended to indulge Yihuan and other royal relatives and Manchu and Mongolian relatives step by step, cultivate their ambitions, and promote the formation of a strong and unscathing force, and then send troops to fight in a legitimate manner. If this is true, the Qing Dynasty would probably die!

Compared with the second year of Guangxu, Ci'an's Eastern Tour of ancestor worship was just a small episode, and the government and the people always paid attention to the drought in the north!

This year, an unprecedented vast arid area was formed from Liaoning to Shaanxi and Gansu to Jiangsu and Anhui, which was formed in an unprecedented vast arid area. The alternation of droughts, locust plagues, floods, and droughts occurred. The 63 prefectures and counties suffered disasters and the harvest was reduced by half.

Henan is similar to Zhili’s disasters, with droughts as the main year. After the summer, the floods of Zhangde, Huaiqing and Weihui provinces were also reduced by half.

Most provinces such as Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Jiangsu and Anhui, Liaoning and other provinces have drought throughout the year, with poor harvests in summer and autumn, and difficult to plant in winter and spring. The harvest is halved in various prefectures and counties, and many prefectures and counties have no grains. The most serious disaster is Shandong. Except for a small number of areas such as Zhangqiu, the province has severe drought throughout the year, and the agricultural harvest is less than three points.
Chapter completed!