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After coming out of the military camp of the Western Sichuan Army, Prince Li Shiduo and his people hurried back to the capital. He didn't have time to return to the prince's palace, so he just grabbed a few bites of food at a roadside restaurant and then rushed to the Forbidden City to meet the Empress Dowager Cixi. Sichuan West's asking price is too high, and it is simply not something he can make the decision about. He could only leave the decision-making power to the Empress Dowager Cixi. Moreover, he also knew that even the Empress Dowager Cixi would definitely not agree to such harsh conditions in western Sichuan. If the Qing Dynasty accepted such conditions, it would really be close to destruction.
The Forbidden City, in the Chuxiu Palace. The Empress Dowager Cixi sat behind the desk and began to process the memorial. Some of these memorials were left unfinished by Emperor Guangxu, but now she has taken over them all. However, she seemed a little absent-minded. Dealing with these memorials is a trivial matter. The most important thing is to end the state of war with western Sichuan first. If the war continues, the Qing Dynasty will really perish.
"Little Lizi, go and see if Prince Li is back?" Empress Dowager Cixi said to Li Lianying who was accompanying her.
"Yes, Lafayette!" Although Li Lianying had gone to inquire for the fifth time, she still did not dare to hesitate at all and went to inquire quickly.
As soon as he went out, he happened to meet Shi Duo and immediately brought Shi Duo in.
"Prince Li, you are back. Lafayette has urged you several times!" Li Lianying said.
"Hey, Eunuch Li, I have just returned from the military camp of the bandits in western Sichuan! Didn't you rush to see Lafayette as soon as you entered the city?" Shi Duo said with a somewhat unnatural look on his face.
"What? Didn't the negotiation reach an agreement?" Li Lianying knew something was wrong as soon as she saw Shi Duo's face.
"Alas, the price demanded by the Western Sichuan Army is too harsh!" Shi Duo shook his head and sighed.
"Okay, forget it, let's wait until we meet Lafayette! Don't keep Lafayette waiting!" Li Lianying quickly led Shiduo into the main hall of Chuxiu Palace.
"Old Buddha, Prince Li is back!" Li Lianying walked to the side of the Empress Dowager Cixi and said softly.
"Oh? Announce it quickly!" Empress Dowager Cixi suddenly became energetic.
"Slave Shiduo, please pay homage to the old Buddha!" ??Shiduo saluted quickly.
"Get up. Prince Li, how are your talks with the bandits in western Sichuan going?" Cixi asked directly.
"Oh, Lafayette, I have betrayed your trust and have no shame in coming back to see you!" Shi Duo cried immediately.
"What? Western Sichuan refuses to end the war and insists on fighting the Qing Dynasty to the end?" Empress Dowager Cixi's face suddenly turned cold.
"That's not true, but their asking price is too harsh!" Shi Duo replied.
"It's called hiding the price and paying it back. It doesn't matter if they ask for a high price. As long as they agree to peace talks, there is still a chance." Empress Dowager Cixi's face looked a little better now.
"Old Buddha, the leader of the bandits in western Sichuan is their young commander, a young man less than twenty years old." Shi Duo said.
"You dare to lead an army deep into the country when you are less than twenty years old? You really have courage!" Empress Dowager Cixi also had to admire. "Tell me, what request did that young marshal make? It makes you so overwhelmed!" Cixi said.
"Lafayette, the Marshal of Western Sichuan said that he would have to report to Wang Xiao for details. However, he made two basic demands. He asked the Qing Dynasty to cede territory to Western Sichuan and pay compensation!" Shi Duo said.
Cixi was not surprised by the cession of land and compensation. Has the territory lost by the Qing Dynasty and the compensation paid to foreigners in recent years still decreased? It's just that this time it's a different person, it's no big deal. However, judging from Shi Duo's appearance, it must be the Lion of Western Sichuan who has opened his mouth!
"Then what?" Empress Dowager Cixi looked at Shi Duo and asked.
"He asked us to compensate Western Sichuan for 200 million taels of silver in military expenses!" Shi Duo had no choice but to bite the bullet and said.
"What? Two hundred million taels of silver?" Empress Dowager Cixi was so angry that she almost couldn't breathe. Li Lianying patted her on the back and gave her water, and it took a while for Cixi to regain her composure.
"Twenty million taels of silver, do they really think that I, the Qing Dynasty, are easy to bully? I, the Qing Dynasty, have to go without food and water for three years to repay this money! If there are two hundred million taels of silver, how many gardens will the Ai family have to build? !" Empress Dowager Cixi cursed loudly.
Shiduo had no choice but to lower his head and dare not answer, for fear that Empress Dowager Cixi would turn her anger on him.
"What else? What is their second condition?" Empress Dowager Cixi asked with a livid face.
"Go back to Lafayette. In addition to the four provinces of Shaanxi, Hubei and Yunnan-Guizhou they occupied, they also want us to cede the four provinces of Shanxi, Henan, Hunan and Guangxi to them!" Shi Duo did not dare to hide anything and stammered. .
"Asshole! The Ai family is not happyYes, the Ai family will never agree! "The Empress Dowager Cixi was furious. She knew very well that if she agreed to the conditions of western Sichuan, it would really be no different from the subjugation of the country. She had just gained power, and she did not want to become a slave to the subjugation of the country so quickly.
"Lafayette, the young marshal of the Western Sichuan Army said that if we don't agree, he will attack the city. Once he attacks the capital, it will not be that easy for us to negotiate peace again!" Shi Duo reminded. Now the Qing Dynasty has no soldiers to fight. If the capital is attacked, the Qing Dynasty will only perish.
"What an outrage!" Cixi was furious. "If he wants to fight, then the Ai family will fight him to the death!"
"Lord Buddha, please calm down, Lord Buddha, please calm down!" Li Lianying and Shi Duo quickly consoled him. If the Empress Dowager Cixi was angry and did something bad, then the Qing Dynasty would really be over.
"Come here, Prince Xuansu Shanqi and Minister of War Xu Geng are here to see you! We want them to come to see the Ai family immediately!" Empress Dowager Cixi finally calmed down and said.
"Yes, I obey!" Li Lianying quickly sent someone to declare the order.
Prince Su Shanqi and Xu Gengshen were inspecting the defense of the capital. After receiving the summons from the Empress Dowager Cixi, they immediately rushed to the Chuxiu Palace in less than half an hour. However, as soon as they saw the frightened Shi Duo and the ashen-faced Cixi, they knew that something must have gone wrong with Shi Duo's mission to the Western Sichuan Army.
"My servant (minister) Shanqi (Xu Gengshen) bows to the old Buddha (the Queen Mother)!" The two people saluted quickly.
"Get up!" Empress Dowager Cixi said coldly.
Shanqi and Xu Geng saw that the Empress Dowager Cixi looked a little unhappy and did not dare to say anything. Afraid of offending the Empress Dowager Cixi.
"Shanqi, I want to ask you, if the Western Sichuan Army outside the city attacks the city, can the soldiers of the Eight Banners resist their attack?" Empress Dowager Cixi asked.
"Go back to Old Buddha! If the Western Sichuan Army outside the city attacks the city, the Eight Banners soldiers under my command are sure to defend the capital!" Shanqi immediately replied. He also guessed at the same time, it seems that Shi Duo's mission to the Western Sichuan Army failed!
"Okay, that's good!" Empress Dowager Cixi had a smile on her face.
"However, Lafayette! What I mean is that if there are less than 20,000 Western Sichuan Army outside the city, we can defend the capital! But if the Western Sichuan Army increases its troops, then I think we can't hold it. Now. The Qing army in front has been completely lost. If the Western Sichuan Army massively increases its troops and attacks the capital, we will not be able to resist it!" Shanqi continued quickly. He was afraid that if the Empress Dowager Cixi really listened to him and issued an edict to be tough with Western Sichuan, then when the Western Sichuan army came to the capital, he would probably have to die fighting for the country.
Immediately, the smile on Empress Dowager Cixi's face completely disappeared.
"Xu Aiqing, what's your opinion?" Empress Dowager Cixi asked.
"Reply, Queen Mother! Now we, the Qing Dynasty, no longer have the strength to fight with Western Sichuan. If Western Sichuan takes advantage of the situation and attacks the rich eastern provinces, then our Qing Dynasty will really be doomed. Please think twice, Queen Mother, and negotiate peace with Western Sichuan as soon as possible to end this war. Go ahead!" Xu Gengshen admonished.
"Peace talks, peace talks! Do you know what conditions Western Sichuan has put forward? Can peace talks be possible? Shiduo, tell them the conditions of Western Sichuan!" Empress Dowager Cixi said with a livid face.
"Yes, Lord Buddha!" ??Shiduo agreed quickly.
"Western Sichuan is very arrogant. They demand that we compensate 200 million taels of silver. At the same time, in addition to Shaanxi, Hubei and Yungui, we must also cede Shanxi, Henan, Hunan and Guangxi to them!" Shiduo said.
Only then did Shanqi and Xu Gengshen understand why the Empress Dowager Cixi looked so ugly. Conditions like this in western Sichuan would simply kill the Qing Dynasty! If they agree, I am afraid that the entire Qing Dynasty will be swallowed up by Western Sichuan in less than five years.
"Lord Buddha, don't worry. Even if we die in battle, even if all my Eight Banners brothers die in battle, we must keep the Queen Mother safe!" Shanqi immediately began to express his loyalty. They couldn't deal with less than 20,000 troops from Western Sichuan. If Western Sichuan really came to the capital with a large number of troops, then he didn't know how scared he would be.
"Queen Mother, this is just the Western Sichuan Army deliberately raising the asking price. I think we can continue to negotiate with Western Sichuan. The people outside the city are just young marshals from Western Sichuan, not regular missions from Western Sichuan. We can directly negotiate with Western Sichuan. Have a dialogue. In this case, you will definitely not lose too much profit in the end!" Xu Gengshen suggested.
"What if the Western Sichuan Army outside the city ignores them and insists on attacking the capital? Besides, Wang Xiao is only a son, so his words will definitely work. If Western Sichuan refuses to lower its demands, what should we do? Is it a fight? Or should you accept the conditions of western Sichuan?" Empress Dowager Cixi asked with a cold face.
?????????????????????????????????Now that I have spoken, I don¡¯t know how to answer this question. They can't afford the responsibility if something goes wrong.
At this time, a young eunuch came in and glanced at Li Lianying. After Li Lianying nodded, the young eunuch said: "Lafayette, Prince Gong Yixin wants to see you!"
"Lao Liu? What is he doing here? Tell him to come in!" Empress Dowager Cixi frowned and then said.
After the war between Western Sichuan and the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Prince Gong Yixin was afraid that it would be unsafe to stay in Chengdu, so he petitioned the court and requested to return to Beijing. Emperor Guangxu agreed to Prince Gong Yixin's request. Before the troops from Western Sichuan came to the capital, Yi Xin had already returned to Beijing!
PS: The first update is here, it¡¯s still the third update today. Also to explain, I saw some book friends saying that this time Western Sichuan should take this opportunity to overthrow the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and should not stop there. Xiaoyu mainly has two considerations. One is that Western Sichuan needs time to digest the newly occupied territory; the other is the obstruction of the great powers. Even if the great powers do not send troops, as long as the maritime trade in western Sichuan is blocked, western Sichuan will suffer; the third is that western Sichuan will suffer. We need to further accumulate strength, not only the army, but also the navy, wait for three years! (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to subscribe and reward (this site). Your support is my biggest motivation.) - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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