Super dictator.

Feeling irritable, I believe everyone knows the reason, someone blackmailed me specifically, I didn’t know that I offended you by writing honestly, it deserves your concern for me.

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In the Hall of Supreme Harmony in the Forbidden City, Guangxu was so angry that he could not speak, and his whole body was in a trance, as if he had just smoked opium.

"Li Hongzhang, Li Hongzhang, tell me, how do you want me to treat you?" Guangxu's mood is extremely unstable now, and he even has the idea of ​​killing Li Hongzhang. I believe that if he has real power in his hands, he will definitely do so. .

The courtiers of the Qing Dynasty kneeling below looked like their parents had died. They were all lost, and they prostrated themselves on the ground, daring not to speak.

Weng Tonghe, Minister of Military Aircraft, was an afterthought. He stood up calmly and said, "Your Majesty, I have already said that the Huai army is useless. Now that Lushun is lost, the Japanese navy has gained a foothold in Bohai Bay." , From then on, our Beiyang gate is open, and the Japanese army can drive straight in and invade our Beijing-Tianjin area. I hope that Your Majesty will quickly recruit the Hunan Army and recruit troops from the north to save the dying situation."

It turned out that just this morning, military news came from the front line, and Lushun, known as the "No. [-] Fortress in East Asia", fell into the hands of the Japanese army.

On the way of the Japanese forward marching into Lushun, only Xu Bangdao's arch guards fought tenaciously in Tuchengzi, while Gong Zhaoyu, the former head of the enemy's camp affairs office, ignored all the troops and fled to Yantai by torpedo boat.

Subsequently, the three commanders Huang Shilin, Zhao Huaiye, and Wei Rucheng also absconded successively.

There will be no fighting spirit, and soldiers will have no morale.

In the end, the Lushun military port, which the Qing government spent huge sums of money on for 15 years, was called Port Arthur in the west, Gibraltar in the east, and the largest shipyard in East Asia at that time were occupied by the Japanese army.

Since then, the Bohai Sea has opened up, directly threatening the key points of Tianjin and Beijing.

It's no wonder that this group of Qing officials who only know how to search for people's fat and people's anointing all day long also feel scared, feeling that the sky is about to fall.

Li Hongzhang knelt on the ground with the same ashen expression on his face. Facing Guangxu's questioning, he could only cry bitterly: "I have nothing to say, sir."

Li Hongzhang really had nothing to say. He didn't understand why Lushun, which he had painstakingly managed, was breached by the Japanese overnight.

Is it because the Japanese are too powerful, or because our own people are too stupid?

"Since you have nothing to say, then leave the black hat for yourself and go home to retire." Guangxu cursed angrily.

Weng Tonghe sneered, and said in his heart: Li Hongzhang, Li Hongzhang, you have today too.

Seeing that Li Hongzhang was about to be dismissed for investigation, he heard a servant shouting loudly outside the door: "Report to the emperor, a telegram has come from the front line."

Has something new happened?It's not like it's lost somewhere.

One or two of the ministers with sad faces began to discuss from below.

One and two are talking about what to do.

After Guangxu announced, the little eunuch ran in quickly with the telegram.

The eyes of all the ministers followed the telegram held by the little eunuch, and their hearts were so nervous that they jumped out of their chests.

Guangxu felt that the little eunuch was walking too slowly, so he left the throne in a hurry, walked down quickly, and personally picked up the telegram in the little eunuch's hand.

After opening the telegram, Guangxu read it hastily.

All the ministers stretched their necks to see Guangxu's reaction, even Li Hongzhang, who was kneeling down in frustration just now, was no different.

The expression on Guangxu's face was first stunned, and then the corners of his mouth trembled slightly.

"Okay, okay, there are still brave and good fighters in my Qing Dynasty." Guangxu read the telegram over and over again before putting it down and saying softly.

Weng Tonghe was worried, and couldn't help asking: "Your Majesty, this is?"

"Masters, great news came from Dakaoling. Nie Shicheng and Heilongjiang General Yiketang'a recovered Lianshan Pass and Caohekou, wiped out more than [-] enemies, and killed Major General Lijian Shangwen of the [-]th Japanese Brigade and several other generals. Ten of them captured the flag of the Eleventh Japanese Regiment and won the biggest victory since the war began.”

Guangxu finished the words on the telegram without lingering, and then he let out a long sigh of relief and continued: "Everyone, it seems that God has blessed me!"

Guangxu is now in a state of ice and fire, and he doesn't even know what to do. On the one hand, he has lost the most important strategic location in Liaodong, and on the other hand, he has won the biggest victory since the start of the war.

"I will greatly reward those meritorious officers and soldiers, and I will not show mercy to those worthless people who are greedy for life and fear of death." Guangxu was so excited that he walked back and forth for a few steps, then stopped, his face flushed Said.

Originally, Guangxu would not have thought of severely punishing those who were greedy for life and fear of death. In the Qing Dynasty, there were many people who were greedy for life and fear of death. If they were all punished, the entire hall would be empty by tomorrow morning.

However, everything depends on comparison. On the one hand, the heroic and good at fighting wins, and on the other hand, the territory is constantly being lost.Of course Guangxu will weigh it in his heart.

Hearing that Nie Shicheng had won another victory, Li Hongzhang couldn't help but secretly heaved a sigh of relief. This great victory came too timely, it was just the timely rain for Li Zhongtang's protection officer.

Li Hongzhang made a wink, and Zhang Yinhuan, the servant of the household department, bowed and said: "Your Majesty, since the front line has achieved great victories, Mr. Li has worked hard without credit. Please give me a lighter punishment."

Guangxu's face sank a little, but he thought that Li Hongzhang was still Cixi's confidant, and this time was indeed a great victory, so he said: "Aiqing is right, we should be dismissed and investigated and changed to stay in office."

The difference between the two words is a world of difference. Although being dismissed and staying in office is the resignation of the Beiyang minister, he is still doing what the Beiyang minister should do. As long as he can make up for his mistakes later, the official reinstatement is just around the corner.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Li Hongzhang for your kindness!" Li Hongzhang quickly kowtowed to express his gratitude.

Although Guangxu didn't bother Li Hongzhang for the time being, he also approved Weng Tonghe's suggestion of recruiting the Hunan Army, and decided to use veteran generals of the Hunan Army such as Wei Guangtao, a feudal official, and Li Guangjiu, a Taoist priest, to recruit troops from the north.

Liu Kunyi, the veteran of the Hunan Army and the governor of Liangjiang, had just met the saint a few days ago, and Guangxu appointed him as an imperial envoy to supervise the military affairs of the Eastern Expedition, and ordered him to go to Shanhaiguan to command the army.

Of course, although Liu Kunyi's appointment has been announced, it will probably take at least half a month before he arrives at Shanhaiguan.

Guangxu then swiped his pen and tried his best to reward a large number of soldiers who had made great contributions in the battle of recovering Lianshanguan, and reported the news of the victory to the whole country through the mansion newspaper to boost the morale of the domestic war of resistance.

For a while, the names of Nie Shicheng, Wei Jichen and others frequently appeared in government announcements, in the mouths of officers and soldiers, and in the mouths of the common people.

However, just when Guangxu was a little bit excited because of a victory, he was about to fight the Japanese to the end.

That night, in the Leshou Hall of the Summer Palace, four large copper furnaces with nine peaches were burning sandalwood, and Cixi, who was the helm of the Qing Empire, was lying back on a red sandalwood thread gold armchair.

Li Lianying and Gonggong Li next to her carefully covered her face with egg white.

For an old woman like Cixi, in addition to admiring her scheming, you also have to admire her beauty skills.

If this is put in later generations, it will be a real beauty master.

After Cixi's 'mask' was finished, she lay down for a while, and Li Lianying carefully wiped off the egg whites with the finest silk from Hangzhou, and asked softly, "Lafayette, do you want to take a bath today?"

Cixi squinted her eyes and nodded lightly, Li Lianying knowingly helped her to the side of a resplendent bathing pool.

Several court ladies hurriedly poured the human milk with a strong smell into the bath. Others could take a milk bath at most, but this Cixi took a human milk bath, which was not on the same level.

Li Lianying gently undressed Cixi, and when he saw Cixi's slightly wrinkled but still smooth and tender skin, he couldn't help but praise: "Lafayette, look, your skin is better than that of a newborn baby. It's a hundred times smoother."

That woman doesn't like beauty, even Cixi, who is the lord of the harem, couldn't help smiling when she heard Li Lianying's praise, walked into the bathing pool lightly, and said with a smile: "You slave, you are sweet-talking, come here Ai's family massaged his whole body, and when this person gets old, he feels uncomfortable all over his body."

The reason why Li Lianying was so favored by Cixi was that apart from her excellent oral skills, she also had good hand skills. After a short while, Cixi's whole body was pressed comfortably, and her voice was so soft.

After a while, Cixi's squinted eyes suddenly opened, and she asked Li Lianying, "Xiao Lizi, is the Sixth Prince still waiting outside?"

"If you go back to Lafayette, the Sixth Prince is still waiting for your summoning outside." Li Lianying stretched out her hand from below, and gently pinched Cixi's shoulder.

The Six Princes were referring to Yixin, Prince Gong of the Qing Dynasty. This Yixin was known as the last sensible man of the Manchus in the Qing court. Because he was good at dealing with foreigners, he was also called Guizi Six.

At the end of September, Cixi reappointed Guizi Liu Yixin, who was deposed by her in 1884, to preside over the Prime Minister's Office. Why, because Guizi Liu originally advocated submission to foreign countries.

Cixi hoped that he would come forward and ask the United Kingdom, the United States and Russia to jointly mediate the Sino-Japanese war, but because the three countries had their own plans, the mediation proposal put forward by the British in October did not achieve any results.

But now the Japanese have burned the flames of war into China, and Lushun fell. Cixi was anxious, fearing that the Japanese army would invade Beijing and Tianjin. She remembered that when the British and French allied forces invaded Beijing, she followed Emperor Xianfeng like a wild dog and fled to Chengde. .

This kind of experience, Cixi never wants to come again, as long as she can continue to live such a stable life, the Qing Dynasty can continue to rule the Central Plains, and it is not unacceptable to lose some barren land.

"Let him come in now." Cixi said while lying in the bath, instead of getting up, she raised her hands.

"Cha!" Li Lianying slapped a thousand, and walked out lightly to report.

Not long after, he walked in with the old Gui Ziliu.

"Slave Yixin has met the Lafayette, the Lafayette is holy," the ghost Liu Yixin kowtowed and saluted.

"Get up!" Cixi waved her hand, and asked a little sadly, "How is things going?"

Cixi feared and hated foreigners, and they were the ones she disliked dealing with the most, so asking foreigners to do things made her feel extremely uncomfortable.