Chapter 284: Decision

After leaving the deposed prince's mansion that was banned from Zaifeng, I was always angry on the way. Zaiwen and others kept saying that Zaifeng had accepted his guilt. It was precisely this reason that I was willing to surrender to Changping for such a day, hoping that he, a special person, would come out again to carry my new Prime Minister, and then take a few more actions. Dai Hongci, the Prime Minister, would have sat firmly. However, I didn't expect that Zaifeng, whom I saw with my own eyes, would look like this.

Although he was convinced in the end, whether from his expression or movements, perfunctory or even verbal discourse was very obvious. It seemed that he had no hope for the future. The reason why he put down his head in procedures and etiquette to cooperate with my visit may be to make less livelihood.

Such a person is really difficult. If a person doesn’t care about his future and doesn’t care about life and death, even the emperor can’t do anything about him. It seems that the only way to carry a sedan chair is to find other ways.

As he thought about it, he couldn't help but look at Dai Hongci who didn't say anything. This person seemed to be talking very little. Perhaps this is why he has not been dewy for years. Now he is staring at the bottom of the carriage in front of his feet without squinting his eyes, his body motionless, and he doesn't know what he is thinking.

"What are Guangru thinking?" I opened the topic and said, "I originally wanted to let him do some errands, after all, I am my brother. But I didn't expect that he is like this now. Guangru, do you think I should continue to lock him up? Or let him go?"

Dai Hongci frowned and raised his head, and replied, "I think it is better to let it go, and it will not hurt the emperor's kindness. When I was pilgrimage to the ancestor of the saint, Emperor Gaozu, there were previous examples, and I dare not say much. But I think that Zaifeng should not do anything wrong. If he does something wrong, it will be of no benefit to himself or others. I may have a slut who misunderstood the emperor's intentions, and I am afraid that someone will imitate it even more."

What he said should be the second prince who had been banned by his father Yongzheng and his grandfather Kangxi during Qianlong. I also understand the truth he said later. This hole cannot be opened easily. Once it is opened, my thoughts will be misunderstood as a woman's kindness.

His ethics are indeed good. Zhang Zhidong said this reason. I have clearly implied in front of Zaifeng that someone Dai had the kindness of saving Zaifeng. As usual, for him, the more things Zaifeng did when he came back, the more the authority he had in his hands would be, the better it would be for him. Now it seems that he doesn't care about this. What he said is all out of public interest.

Well, that's all, Zaifeng still needs to release it. After thinking about it, he would first make him feel more confident in the future so that he can use it for me, otherwise what is the difference between a living zombie and not letting go. After thinking about it, he ordered the parking and said to Dai Hongci: "You go back and tell Zaifeng that I want to use him and advise him to care about his brotherly friendship. In two months, the ban on smoking in Shanghai will be held. What I mean is to let him take you to the meeting."

Dai Hongci was stunned for a moment, but didn't say much, just kowtowed to the commander's order.

Let me put this matter down first. Under my instruction, the General Staff Headquarters Base Camp was directly changed from the Xishan Ruijian Camp. I have to listen to the meaning of the General Staff. The Arab Affairs brought by the German side and their existing resources. The General Staff also looked at it, and they should have considered it.

Xu Shichang commissioned this task to the Asian Division B, which was specifically responsible for handling non-East Asian affairs in Asia. The officer was a large colonel. The first members of the German Army officers who went to Germany were under the system of the former military officers after returning to Beijing. He was not implicated by the Zaifeng incident. He was also one of the highest-ranking people among the elite army in the group of army elites back then. Tieliang, who seemed to be the most promising at the time, is now just serving as the Southeast Asian Division officer in the Lifan Academy. This man named Huang Qiyuan was four years younger than Tieliang. In terms of military merit, he was even more incomparable to Tieliang. This is probably the benefit of standing in the right team in the political struggle.

When we arrived in front of the main gate, it was almost dusk, and lights were already on everywhere in the headquarters of the General Staff, adding a lot of special atmosphere to this complex. This is the most mysterious military agency in the whole of China.

After entering the conference room, he was exempted from many ritual affairs, and directly called relevant personnel to listen to the General Staff's plan for Middle East affairs. In their considerations, they must first select a suitable special envoy in China. This person must have a background in Islamic beliefs, and his official rank cannot be too low. He must also have a military background and cannot be a simple civil servant. And this candidate has also had a preliminary arrangement: the Northwest Hui Muslim originated from being a pacified, and now serves as the 55-year-old Ma Anliang, who was a 55-year-old from being a pacified in Xinjiang; the Northwest Wuslim originated from being a pacified official in 308 towns in Qinghai, and Ma Fulu, who was a 56-year-old from being a pacified in the Northwest Hui Muslim rebellion.

As the eldest son of former Royal Army Lieutenant General Dong Fuxiang, he is currently the 101 Biaobiao under the 302nd Town of the Lhasa Governor. Dong Chengen, who was 39 years old at the time. These three people still need to be judged before I can decide who to go to Arabia. Of course, in terms of age, Dong Chengen is more suitable. Both Mamas are too old and are not able to bear to run around. But in terms of prestige, ability, experience and loyalty, the second Mamas can quickly open up the situation. They are all generals who have experienced great storms, and they have not forgotten the previous lessons of the Hehuang Incident ten years ago. And in terms of loyalty, the two veterans are much more reliable. (The later Northwest Ma family army came from these systems.)

"Then let Ma Fulu go, after all, he is a martial artist." After I made a reservation, I thought for a while and added: "Dong Chengen can also go, but he was from the Lhasa garrison army. The British may care about this and call him out for a transition first."

Someone wrote down and then talked about the limited communication issue with the UK. In this regard, the General Staff’s suggestion is that it is best to establish communication channels on their own and manipulate interpersonal and interest resources in their own hands. Only then can we establish mutual trust and communication with the British. On the German side, on the grounds that Germany cannot clearly stand on the Arab side against Turkey on the grounds that it is against the Arab side, and to allow the Germans to hand over this matter to China for the sake of avoiding stimulating the Turkish government. It is enough to establish a notification mechanism between China and Germany. In this regard, pressure may be put on Germany.

I agree with this, but I just give special instructions. On the issue of tank trade, the General Staff should also provide feasible reports for reference by the Germans. This is a favorable thing for both China and Germany. It is necessary to let the Germans feel our sincerity. At the same time, the General Staff should also send special manpower to install troops and manufacturers to provide guidance in the inter-service of the manufacturer. This aspect can allow the Germans to participate moderately, etc.

When the topic turned back to the Middle East issue again, a realistic question was also raised, that is, whether the Siam Canal project should be really moved, otherwise without any action for a long time, the British would feel that this is a scam. They would not compromise with China without pressure, and whether they should send someone to the site first. I agree. In this regard, it doesn’t matter if they spend a few small money. Now, the Siam Canal will always be built in the future, so you can save a lot of money at that time.

The general direction of Middle East affairs has been decided so soon. The General Staff is busy replying to the Germans, and I also want to go back to the palace to listen to Dai Hongci's rewards. So the meeting ended soon. After asking about the progress of the General Staff's absorption of naval talents, I left Xishan and returned to the Forbidden City. Although there is a report on the Russians who may mobilize troops to carry out a large-scale clearance of Mongolian immigrants deep in the country in the near future, for me, this news is no longer worth the effort. It is understandable that the Russians want to move, and it is in my interest to move. The bigger the bond between the Russians and Mongolia, the greater the reward they will bear in the future. Rong Qing, I will summon him in the near future. After Makenson returns to Beijing, I will talk about it again and see what strategies should be adopted to deal with the Russians.

The Russians seem to have never found the direction they should face head-on. Over the years, they have been going east, south, and west, and it seems that they have never found a direction that suits them. If the neighbors around them are weak, they may make them live a happy life for decades, but if they meet powerful neighbors, the bad luck they have endured over the past decade is really what they deserve.

When he saw Dai Hongci, he seemed to be worried. I knew very well that his thoughts were not for Zaifeng. For a senior official of his level, such difficulties in individual affairs would never make him difficult. What made him embarrassed was that his role seemed to be facing a major change. Letting a person born with a second-person life be the head of government who showed up in public seemed to be a challenge for him.

And I am slowly cultivating him to adapt to such a role.

Zaifeng seemed to be touched by his persuasion. After hearing the reward from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he had begun to pay attention to his appearance and his daily routine began to stabilize. Dai Hongci still advised me not to let Zaifeng take up his actual position. I heard it and just nodded. Zaifeng's use was not only to carry a sedan chair for him, but also to use a problem of the opening of talents from the original Zaifeng system. These people were more or less implicated. To enable them, they had to take off the hats on their heads first. The resentment they had suffered for several years must be greatly changed at the upper level to digest it. Moreover, in terms of the stability of the royal family, I would also use Zaifeng as an example to show others, so as not to do some things to hook up with ministers in order to protect themselves.

That day, the emperor issued an order to reward Zaifeng with a salary of beef. The next day, the newspaper appeared in the newspaper again that the emperor went to visit Zaifeng and Dai Hongci was traveling with him. A few days later, the order was issued to Zaifeng to remove the guards of the clan's mansion. These consecutive messages quickly made people feel a political message: Zaifeng might be about to recover.

Zhang Zhidong's death six days later also reduced the popularity of this wave. Zhang Zhidong enjoyed the honor of a civil servant during his lifetime, and was also given the posthumous title of Wenxiang after his death and returned to his hometown.

Major countries around the world expressed their condolences for the death of the second Chinese cabinet prime minister who had never visited abroad in their lifetime. Judging from the reports of the press, Germany's mourning standards were the highest. They sent a mourning delegation headed by General Markens to arrive in Beijing. Dai Hongci, deputy minister of the Chinese Empire's cabinet, personally went to the railway station to greet him. The cabinet office area located in the south of Beijing was hung with white banners to express their condolences. They were using this sentimental way to bid farewell to the end of the news of the most successful industrial revolution driver in history, the Times, the brief news of Zhang Zhidong's death in the Times.

Although British newspapers also expressed concern and vigilance about Germany becoming increasingly close to China, there were also considerable remarks about the empire's increasingly lost an important and increasingly important ally such as the Far East. But this was not important. The most important thing was that after going around in circles, the British people once again elected a new prime minister with their votes - Herbert from the Liberal Party.

Henry.

Asquith, the Conservative Party's international policies have increasingly made Britain lose its former glory. Not only in Asia, but also in South America, they are gradually losing their original interests. The Americans, the owner of America, are gradually expelling British interests from South America. Germany's naval base in Chile also makes the British Empire feel the existence of threat. Even in Europe, the strongest chassis, the British people watched Germany play the tricks that Britain had played in the past two years, and captured what they lost in the first Balkan War again.

This made the proud British Empire feel shame.

With the more offensive Liberal Cabinet coming to power, Prime Minister Asquis, the representative of hawkish figures, will definitely make a series of actions to change the current situation in the near future. Therefore, it is necessary to show kindness to Britain on the Arab issue.

All of this is jointly carried out by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the General Staff. For a long-term boss like the United Kingdom, sometimes it needs to be harder and sometimes it needs to be softer to coax him. Such flexible policies will help to gain greater national interests.

Most mature countries in the world do this. It seems that the most mature one is considered the Americans. The United States did not send a soldier and took advantage of the two crises in Europe to establish a transcendent position. At the same time, they are developing close relations with several important countries on the Eurasian continent. After a long-distance sea visit, their fleet will arrive in Shanghai in more than ten days. Recently, the Royal Navy is busy welcoming their arrival, Prince Chun, the Minister of the Navy.

Zai Bing had already gone to Shanghai today. Before the arrival of the Dabai Fleet, His Highness, the Prince of Prussia, who was actually undermined by the German Empire, will also arrive in Shanghai within a few days. What is his mission? It is still unknown. Although he is the prince's lord, he has never established prestige and real power in the navy. The Pacific Fleet in the Far East has no room for him to point fingers. His energy seems to be completely limited to the one-acre three-point land in Nagoya.

With the increase of interaction, China's independence position will soon be clearly conveyed to the British decision-making level. After that, the country's strategy will be completely transferred to the opportunity of Britain to lock the biggest enemy on Germany, vigorously consolidate the existing chassis, and Xu Tu's progress in Asia. This is exactly the strategy of the United States today, but the Americans have no current worries - the hawks in the army and navy certainly want to put the entire empire on a chariot. They need war to prove themselves and to establish their political status through war.

This is also the reason why I have been trying to use people many times. The employment of people on each joint may affect the direction of the empire in the next ten years. In terms of the prime minister's candidate, a pure technician Dai Hongci seems to be more suitable than other candidates with local military and political backgrounds.

Before going to bed, I paid attention to the daily report as usual. General Markensen finally went to the north. Before leaving, he showed a strong interest in this tank unit and said that Germany seemed to have formed one or two divisions in China for experiments. This is good news. Although tanks are not a decisive weapon in World War I, and Britain will also have tank units, for future wars, Britain already has too many resource advantages over Germany. If Germany cannot get compensation from other aspects, then this war will not last as I hope.

This is certainly not a hope that can be expressed. In terms of etiquette, China's respect for General Markens can be said to be very sufficient. He also expressed considerable respect for his northward journey and the army units along the way. After attending a high-level dinner, he took a train from Taiyuan to his second destination, the recent hot spot in the Siberian region in eastern Russia.

There, a Ukrainian was calmly observing all the changes around him in the increasingly cold weather. Over the past period of time, he discovered that more and more Mongolians were becoming the dominant nation here. The rudeness and toughness of these Mongolians left a deep impression on him. In the only conversation with the Mongolians, he learned about their purpose. A Mongolian who seemed to have a relatively noble status rode proudly and asked him a few questions through the translator, where was this? Have you ever seen the sun god, and whether you would be willing to gain freedom.

For an exiled prisoner like Trotsky, freedom is of course what he longed for. He had been in this exile place that could freeze people to death. He told these Mongolians that he had seen a tall man with red all over the place, and could not see clearly his appearance from afar, and did not know whether it was the sun god they were looking for.

The Mongols seemed very satisfied. They rudely arrested the exiled officer and whipped it with a few whip. The Mongols declared him free to Trotsky. Of course, his new mission was to lead the group of Mongolians who seemed to have seven or eight hundred men to continue pursuing the direction of the sun god disappearing.

Indeed, he had seen the tall man with his own eyes, heading towards the north, but he was unwilling to take the group to continue to go north. For him, he had more important things to do, in St. Petersburg.

After some ineffective persuasion, Trotsky led the way to the north under the strict surveillance of the Mongols. He also found more and more signs of fire along the way. As an atheist, he certainly would not believe in the existence of gods, and he was even more reluctant to continue this fearless journey. But what kind of monster this tall celebrity was, and his strong curiosity made his first few days of travel not too boring.

What he didn't know was that Chen Xinyuan, an official from China, was paying close attention to the Mongolian tribe. They were becoming more and more dangerous. Although in this uninhabited area, Trotsky and his group of people quickly and frequently saw unidentified people following them.

Maybe it was the border guard Cossack, Trotsky felt the danger approaching more and more, so a few days later, he escaped.

The Mongolian tribe continued north along the guide of the fire until they encountered a Cossack ambush. The blasting fire between the two sides happened just when the night fell in the afternoon. The short fire exchange caused dozens of casualties. The Mongolians noticed the danger and turned back. It was strange that since this fire exchange, no one has found any signs of the Sun God still on earth.

The people around the living Buddha Zhebuzundanba who was in Kulun also reported that the living Buddha who had been in seclusion had issued an order, saying that the Sun God gave him an edict that the Mongols should survive where the Sun God lived. The Sun God would bless the Mongols.

About half a year after this great turmoil within the Mongolian nation, no one noticed that a very tall soldier was unfortunately shot and killed by accident during a live-fire military exercise on the border.

This day was the third day after Rong Qing, a minister of Mongolian affairs and a Mongolian Zhenghuang Banner, arrived in Kulun to visit the living Buddha Zhebuzundanba who was seriously ill.

Trotsky, who had finally lurked back to St. Petersburg after many difficulties and dangers, also met the Swiss whom he respected very much. He had an idea to confide to this old friend and seek his financial support.

These are all later stories and are also the last part of the side branches. The most important thing in the second half of the year is of course the wedding of the second son of the emperor Puying, who was scheduled for January 1, 1910, before the Lunar New Year.
Chapter completed!