Chapter 130 Killing intention suddenly arises

But gradually at the end, a brave thought suddenly arose in Queen Mother Longyu's heart, that is, to do nothing and stop, to execute Yuan Shikai and stabilize the hearts of the court officials.

However, this idea brought her a more heart-wrenching fear, because she knew that killing Yuan Shikai might have to pay a huge price, which would bring more serious death disasters. However, if Yuan Shikai did not die, the Qing Dynasty would be destroyed. Once Yuan Shikai died, there might be a few hopes. At this time, she knew that Yuan Shikai had the idea of ​​giving up the court, so she could never put the hope of saving the Qing Dynasty on him. To make the command of the Beiyang Army fall into the hands of her own people, to do this, Yuan Shikai, the backbone of the Beiyang Army, must be broken first, and then select a person who can speak from the Beiyang Army. This person must be a person who swears to keep the emperor to the death.

Longyu thought quickly in a very short time, and there was not much time for her to make a decision, because once Yuan Shikai walked out of this hall, she could not do anything to him. In this very short time, Longyu was calculating the pros and cons, weighing the gains and losses, and calculating the consequences of killing Yuan Shikai. She was still hesitating and wandering. At this moment, her head was about to explode, but she still dared not take action.

"Stop quarreling." Finally, a firm and brave light flashed in Queen Mother Longyu's eyes, and finally calmed down and roared at the chattering ministers below. At this moment, she further reflected the true nature of a noble queen.

Seeing this, everyone immediately closed their mouths and stepped back to their original position, looking carefully at Empress Dowager Longyu to see what she had to say.

"Yuan Shikai, let me ask you another question. If you take back what you said just now, the Ai family will pretend that this incident has not happened. I will ask you to continue to command the Beiyang army to fight the enemy. If you continue to stick to your own opinions, the Ai family will never forgive you." Long Yu thought for a long time and felt that this matter would need to be more cautious, so he eased a little bit and said to Yuan Shikai. She was still counting on Yuan Shikai for a moment and made this ridiculous proposal. Now after everyone's rebuttal and reminder, perhaps Yuan Shikai would immediately change his mind, so he began to wait for Yuan Shikai's answer quietly.

"I have already made it very clear that I must ask the emperor to abdicate at this time to resolve the current crisis. There is no other way in Shikai." Yuan Shikai did not change his words at all and continued to say unswervingly.

"Hahahaha, Yuan Shikai... What a Yuan Shikai. Do you think you have heavy troops in your hands and really think that the Ai family dares to do anything to you?" Empress Dowager Longyu did not get the answer she wanted, and laughed instead of anger. However, after laughing, her smile instantly stopped and replaced it with a cold face like thousands of years of ice.

"Come on, take Yuan Shikai, the thief, and push it out to the Meridian Gate and behead it." Long Yu's voice froze in the air for a few seconds, and suddenly burst out with a sound of thunder again, and he shouted almost roaring.

"I'm wronged." Yuan Shikai's body trembled after hearing the sound. Although he was prepared and was not afraid of such a scene, Longyu's angry voice still made people feel a little scared. He didn't want to tear his face apart at this time, so he crawled on the ground and shouted for justice.

"Mr. Yuan proposed this inferior policy for the sake of the safety of the emperor and the empress dowager. He also asked the empress dowager to calm his anger and pardon Lord Yuan's sins."

"Mr. Yuan is a pillar of the country. Even if he makes a mistake, he should not be killed at will, for fear that the morale of the army will be unstable."

More than a dozen ministers from Yuan Shikai's side immediately pleaded for him, and some of them also had threatening words, so Longyu could certainly understand it.

At this time, five or six sword guards rushed in wearing shiny armor, and a covered in cold light shining armor stabbed people's eyes. They walked to Yuan Shikai and looked at Longyu a few times, waiting for her final decision.

"Take away" Long Yu's eyes were extremely firm at this time, and he seemed to have no reservations and risked his life to bet with Yuan Shikai for a while, and he spit out two words in a strong manner without any delay.

"The Empress Dowager, the commander of the Imperial Guard, Lord Zaitao, has important matters to report and is waiting outside the hall for an audience." At this time, a guard in front of the Ganqing Palace suddenly stood at the door and reported to Longyutong.

"Zaitao has any important matters to report, so let him come in and speak quickly. I have something big to deal with. Why did he come to make trouble at this critical moment? Let's spread it quickly." The only thing Longyu could rely on at this time was the Imperial Guard. Seeing Zaitao, the leader of the Imperial Guard, suddenly reported, he knew that there must be something big, and wanted to listen to his opinions first.

The Wanqing Imperial Guard had about 10,000 people, and most of the officers were Manchus. They were the only army that the royal family could command. However, after Yuan Shikai formed the cabinet, in order to seize the military power of the royal family, he sent his confidant Xu Shichang as the training minister of the Imperial Guard and appointed Feng Guozhang as the president of the Imperial Guard and commanded the Imperial Guard. However, in fact, most of the generals of the Imperial Guard were Manchus. Although Feng Guozhang was nominal presidential officer, those lower-level officers were only obedient to the commander Zaitao. If Zaitao raised his arms and shouted, they would obey his orders at any time. Therefore, Zaitao's opinions were particularly important at this time. If he supported the killing of Yuan Shikai, he could make a fortune. If he opposed the killing of Yuan Shikai, then he would probably be released from the Forbidden City, and no one dared to kill him.

Zaitao has a pretty face, but he is an officer with martial arts skills. He once studied in France and specialized in riding and archery. He has great skills. Although he looks a bit delicate, he is a tough guy in his bones.

"Report to the Empress Dowager, I just received the news that the third town and the fifth town of the Beiyang Army were dispatching troops. Cao Kun's third town new army was heading towards Beijing in Liaoning. Zhang Yongcheng's fifth town new army was approaching the capital in the south of Beijing. It seemed that he wanted to break through the defense area of ​​the imperial guards and enter the capital. President Feng Guozhang ordered me to let the new army in the fifth town enter the city. However, I thought it was related to the safety of the palace, so I did not immediately implement General Feng Guozhang's orders, so I came to report to the Empress Dowager and ask the Empress Dowager to snatch the enemy." Zaitao glanced at Yuan Shikai and several palace guards standing in the hall, and saw something big. He looked at Longyu's expression and saw some clues. Then he slowly reported with caution.

"What, whose order is this? Is it the order given by Lord Yuan Shikai, right?" Long Yu exclaimed in surprise after hearing Zaitao's words.

"Yuan Shikai, are you trying to force the palace? It turns out that you have already decided to rebel. You..., you rebel." Long Yu's face turned red and white, and he pointed at Yuan Shikai who was kneeling on the ground and cursed.

"In order to protect the safety of the capital, we have ordered the third town new army and the fifth town new army to enter Beijing to defend the Forbidden City and the people of the capital. Please do not be suspicious of the Wei-speaking behavior." Yuan Shikai clearly wanted to send troops into the capital to force the Qing emperor to abdicate, but he still had to find a high-sounding reason. He could not say bluntly that he was here to force the palace, so he made a quibble.

"I'll kill you first today. The imperial guards are loyal ministers to the emperor and me. They will not let your Beiyang army come to the capital to cause trouble." Longyu's anger did not disappear at all. Although she knew the seriousness of killing Yuan Shikai, she still refused to soften her mouth.

"Empress Dowager, Yuan Shikai cannot be killed." At this time, the voice of a young man suddenly came from the door, and then someone rushed in. This person was the former Regent Zaifeng, who had already abdicated and idle at home, and the biological father of Emperor Puyi of Qing. He also heard that the Beiyang army was gathering in the capital and was worried that there would be something wrong with the palace, so he rushed from home temporarily.

"Zaifeng, why are you here?" Longyu saw Zaifeng suddenly appear at the door, and suddenly looked at Zaifeng with a little anxious look.

During this period, Longyu has been appointing Zaifeng to contact the Japanese. The reason why Longyu was brave enough to kill Yuan Shikai was also due to the Japanese's courage.

"Empress Dowager, stability should be placed first at this time, and you should not kill the commander in the last battle. This will inevitably cause chaos in the capital and be out of control." Zaifeng stepped forward and knelt down on the ground, and then advised Empress Dowager Longyu.

"Yuan Shikai actually forced the emperor to abdicate, and his crimes are unforgivable. Do you think I did something wrong?" Longyu trusted Zaifeng very much and asked in confusion.

"I think this matter needs to be discussed for a long time. You should not kill the ministers in the court based on temporary ideas. Please ask the empress dowager to take it back." Zaifeng continued to advise, and looked at Longyu with a meaningful look, as if there was something implicit.

Longyu seemed to understand Zaifeng's meaning, but was still not sure. Zaifeng was signaling her not to rush to kill Yuan Shikai, and it would be better to delay it.

"Zai Tao, then what do you say?" Long Yu looked at Zaitao again and asked.

"I think it is indeed not appropriate to kill the ministers who hold military power in order to stabilize the morale of the army at this time. Yuan Shikai is indeed guilty, but he will not die. If the empress dowager must punish Yuan Shikai, he can take away Yuan Shikai's military power and make him unable to continue to mess with people's hearts." Zaitao of course knew the consequences of killing Yuan Shikai. At this time, the Beiyang Army was approaching the capital. It was obviously Yuan Shikai's pre-arranged. Moreover, before he entered the palace, he found that there were also pro-Yuan Shikai's troops in the Imperial Guards. Several Imperial Guards were frequently mobilizing according to Feng Guozhang's orders, and perhaps they would arrive around the palace soon, so he was about to report this matter to Longyu. After hearing the ministers' muttering, he seemed to hear some of Yuan Shikai's rebellious words, which caused Longyu to be furious and wanted to kill him. So he also wanted to take the opportunity to attack Yuan Shikai, but he did not dare to support Longyu in killing him.

"Even you think Yuan Shikai shouldn't be killed. Could it be that the Ai family was wrong?" Long Yu saw that Zaifeng and Zaitao did not agree to kill Yuan Shikai, the murderous thought in his heart suddenly disappeared a lot. He thought that even the officers who held military power were afraid of the consequences of killing Yuan Shikai. It seems that her gambling was a bit too much and a bit too much. If she continued to play, she might only cause trouble...
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