Northwest, Gongning, the Office of the Administration and the Office of the General Administration and the Office.

Facing the scattered telegrams on the table, Zhu Shanhai felt an unreal feeling. Most of these telegrams were sent by him in the eyes and ears of various provinces in the mainland. The contents were similar and pointed to one point. Yuan Qi and the court had turned against each other, and the domestic situation deteriorated.

The Yuanqi New Army attached unprecedented importance to intelligence collection and spy work, and the Northwest Army was deeply influenced by this fine tradition. As early as the Qing Dynasty implemented constitutionalism, that is, when he planned to establish independence in the northwest, he began to plan to insert eyes and ears into various provinces in China. The source and authenticity of these intelligences are beyond doubt.

But after the initial excitement and joy, he felt unreal.

When he first telegrammed the West to announce the independence of the Northwest, he forged an edict to recognize the independence of the two northwest provinces and enthrone the King of Haohan. His main purpose was to provoke the relationship between Yuan Qi and the court and provoke civil strife of the Qing Dynasty to gain more time to prepare.

The current domestic situation can be said to have developed completely according to his wishes, which was beyond his imagination. It made him feel unreal. He vaguely doubted whether this would be a scam?

After thinking for a while, he dug out the call from Prince Su Longqin and read it carefully. The message was very concise. The general idea was that the relationship between the court and Yuanqi had deteriorated completely, and there was a possibility of a civil war. He hoped that he could work with the northwest to compete with Yuanqi. He also hoped that they could send the Empress Dowager to the capital as soon as possible to preside over the overall situation.

After a long time of silence, he turned to look at Liu Changxing who was deducing by the sand table, and said slowly: "Do you feel strange about the domestic situation?"

The domestic situation is strange? Liu Changxing then reacted to what he was referring to, pondered for a moment before he walked over slowly and said, "From the information collected, it is not surprising that Yuan Qi had this reaction. Before that, Yuan Qi and the court were planning to establish a National Security Committee in order to unify the military power.

Yuan Qi took this opportunity to attack, in an attempt to significantly abolish or even completely abolish the new Eight Banners army, which is reasonable and not surprising."

Zhu Shanhai continued: "What about the court's reaction?"

Liu Changxing smiled and said, "If there were no such incident, in a few months, King Gong would retire from the position of Prime Minister of the Cabinet to retire. Isn't this a rare opportunity for King Gong?"

Zhu Shanhai never expected this before. King Gong was less than fifty years old. He was in the center of power since the late Xianfeng period and was in power and was in power since the constitutional establishment. How could he be willing to retire and retire?

Besides, King Gong himself is also a lord who dares to take risks. It would be fine if he doesn’t have the opportunity. Once he has the opportunity, how can he not be good at grasping it?

After pondering for a moment, he said, "Even if King Gong is willing, he will not react so fiercely?"

"This is in line with King Gong's style of conduct." Liu Changxing said slowly: "Under the guise of maintaining stable financial order, the branches of Yuanqi Bank in northern provinces were seized, and the Qing Bank took over completely. This is not radical, nor is it risky, but deliberately provoking Yuanqi and deliberately angering Yuanqi. The order to order the new army of the Eight Banners of the Northwest to return to defense is also for this purpose."

After a pause, he continued: "In fact, even if King Gong does not have this intention, the court will not agree to abolish the new Eight Banners army. Once there is no military force as a guarantee, the survival of the Qing Dynasty will be in the mind of Yuan Qi.

In the superficial view of the ministers, the inability to unify military power has always been a major hidden danger to the Qing Dynasty. Yuan Qi, as a strong side, could not tolerate the division of military power for a long time. The already weak court did not dare to give up the military power it controls. This is an irreconcilable contradiction. It is a matter of time before the two sides rebel against military power. His Majesty claimed that the king was independent, but it was just a fuse to prompt them to rebel."

These words made Zhu Shanhai suspicious, "In this way, should our country send Ci'an and her mother back to Beijing as soon as possible?"

Although Liu Changxing was very confident in his analysis and judgment, he did not dare to be cautious in the face of this problem. After pondering for a moment, he said carefully: "Yuan Qi is very powerful. If the Qing court and Yuan Qi go to war, it is imperative for our country and the Qing court to fight Yuan Qi. However, in the humble opinion, Empress Dowager Ci'an and Emperor Guangxu's return to the capital may be a constraint for King Gong. In addition, the situation in the Qing Dynasty is not clear at the moment, so it should be more appropriate to wait and see first."

It is always right to be careful about the ten thousand-year-old ship, and it is always right to be cautious. Zhu Shanhai nodded, "Then let's wait and see for now..."

Before he finished speaking, a staff officer reported loudly at the door: "Report, call from Shanghai."

Liu Changxing took the telegram and glanced quickly, and said with joy: "Yi Zhizu published an article in the Shanghai Newspaper "We must first calm the internal affairs before fighting foreign countries..." As he said that, he quickly stepped forward to submit the telegram.

In the article "The First of Resistance to Foreign Counterattack", Yi Zhizu clearly pointed out that the two northwest provinces are located on the Eurasian land bridge and have an extremely important and significant strategic geographical position. They are the most important land border screenings of the Qing Dynasty and are the sacred and indivisible territory of the Qing Dynasty. The rebellion of the two northwest provinces is the result of the long-term infiltration of foreign forces and the result of collusion between domestic and foreign forces to conspire to split the Qing Dynasty.

To quell the rebellion in the northwest, we must be prepared for armed intervention by foreign forces, and we must be prepared for long-term combat, major wars, and hard wars.

It also pointed out that in the era of hot weapons, the war not only fights money and food, but also needs to be backed by a complete financial system and strong financial strength, but also needs to be supported by a strong industrial foundation and economic strength. A complete transportation system and developed communication are also indispensable.

To this end, before pacifying the northwest, we must first consolidate and stabilize the domestic political situation, ensure the domestic financial order, and ensure the normal development of industry and economy. We must unify our thinking and military power. We must eliminate a small group of egoists in the country who ignore the national justice and only place their own interests first.

After carefully reading the telegram, Zhu Shanhai smiled and said, "What a good person who fights against foreign countries must first settle the country! It's really easy to get it."

The capital, the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Putting down the phone record, Yi said bitterly: "It is a good way to change the host and guest in one article, and easily gain the right to speak and commanding heights." After a pause, he continued to ask: "This foreign war must first settle the internal situation, where does it come from?"

After seeing this article, Su Shun asked someone to check it out and said: "The memorial of Zhao Pu, the Prime Minister of the Northern Song Dynasty, said, "After China is at peace, all the barbarians will submit to themselves. Therefore, those who want to fight against foreign countries must first calm the country."

"It's easy to pick it up, but it's not that right." Yi sighed and said, "The war mobilization order will be issued publicly tomorrow."
Chapter completed!