The Qing court received a telegram when it was almost the same as Qingdao, and it was naturally sent to the cabinet. At this time, the cabinet ministers left by the Qing court were Prince Qing Yili, Zhang Zhidong, Natong, Dai Hongci and Yinchang.

First of all, it was naturally watched by the military aircraft leader Prince Qing Yili. After watching it, Yili said nothing and handed the telegram to Zhang Zhidong. This is also the characteristic of this military aircraft team. Although Prince Qing Yili was named the military aircraft leader, he did not know anything about everything, and he would never speak easily and would not give anything to others for discussion.

When Zhang Zhidong received the telegram, he couldn't help but smile bitterly. The East China Government clearly did not want a peaceful solution, so he proposed such conditions that the Qing court could not accept. However, Zhang Zhidong could also understand that the current overall situation was clearly that the East China Government was far stronger than the Qing court in terms of military, politics, economy, reputation, people's hearts, etc., and it was irreversible to change the dynasty. In this case, how could the Qing court continue to continue? What is it that it is still holding power and allowing the royal family to retain the emperor's name? This is really a special kindness.

In Zhang Zhidong's view, if he was the head of the East China Government, he would never allow the Qing royal family to retain the emperor's name. The reason is very simple. There is no day or day, and the people will not be second. Although the East China Government adopted the American and French system, there is no emperor, only a commander, and the commander has a term limit. After the term of office, he abdicated immediately and chose another wise man to take over. However, he would be tolerant of the royal family in the previous dynasty, and he would also keep the emperor's name. Therefore, the wisest choice of the Qing court was to agree quickly. Otherwise, once he missed it, let alone the royal family could not be retained, he would probably even be destroyed.

As the second-ranked figure of the Military Affairs Office after Prince Qing Yili, Zhang Zhidong of course knew the negotiation conditions of the Qing court. In fact, at the beginning, the Qing court was relatively pragmatic. At that time, he listened to the British suggestion and planned to adopt the British system, that is, the real truth of the king. This is quite similar to the conditions of the East China Government, but the Qing court must still retain the national name, and of course, it must also ensure the power and status of Cixi. However, during the discussion, Russia inserted it into the suggestion that the Qing court should imitate the German and Russian system and implement constitutional monarchy. The main responsibility for administrative power, and the East China Government was only responsible for legislative power, so the Qing court could retain considerable power. At the same time, it also stated that the Russian Congress fully supported the Qing court, so the Qing court began to hesitate. After all, there were still a considerable number of people in the Qing court who did not want to give up their power. Just a few days ago, Japan also expressed to the Qing court that it supported the Qing court to implement the constitutional monarchy system. With the support of both Japan and Russia, the Qing court also felt that it had some confidence to bargain with the East China Government, so it immediately revised the conditions for the negotiations.

Of course, Zhang Zhidong knew that such conditions were impossible to accept, and the support of Japan and Russia was unreliable, but he was very wise and did not argue, because it was useless to fight at this time, and he would be labeled as an affair with the East China Government. Moreover, Zhang Zhidong also figured it out that he had some incest with the East China Government in the past. With this friendship, even if the People's Army invaded Beijing in the future, the safety of his family and his family would be guaranteed. Therefore, why did he forcefully commit suicide by prolonging the Qing court? He had no intention of accompanying the Qing court to bury it.

So after reading the telegram, Zhang Zhidong did not speak out and handed the telegram to the other three. After reading it, his face changed drastically. Yinchang first slapped the table and said, "The false rebellion is too much. What kind of peaceful negotiation is this? It is clearly to destroy my Qing Dynasty!"

Na Tong also said, "Yes, you must never agree to such a condition."

Dai Hongci frowned and said, "It is clear in the telegram that if such conditions are not agreed, then this negotiation will only break down."

Yinchang said: "If it breaks, it will break. What's the big deal? My Qing Dynasty is still afraid of the false rebellion."

Dai Hongci said: "Now the pseudo-rebellion army is stationed on the border, ready to go. Once the negotiations break down, there will be a rebellion. How to resist it."

Yinchang was still stubborn and said, "If you fight, you can fight. At worst, you can fight against the pseudo-rebellion. Besides, if you accept this, it will be the Qing Dynasty that will destroy the country. Then why don't you fight with Xingxing and fight to the death?"

At this time, Zhang Zhidong couldn't stop talking and said, "Whether such conditions are accepted or not, the Empress Dowager and the Emperor's Holy Sect are not allowed to decide, so don't argue again."

After he said this, Tong, Dai Hongci, Yinchang no longer argued. Tong said, "Then we will go to the palace to meet the saint immediately. We will report this matter to see how the saint will decide?"

Prince Qing Yili, who had not spoken, suddenly said: "I heard that the Empress Dowager is rarely happy this morning. I have listened to the demolition show for three times in the morning, and I plan to listen to the demolition a few more in the afternoon. I think we won't go to sweep the Queen Mother's interest today."

After hearing what he said, Tong, Dai Hongci, Yinchang were also a little disappointed, because they all knew that Prince Qing Yili was well-informed, and the Queen Mother's joys and sorrows could be known at the first time, while the rest of the game did not ask about it, just blindly welcome the Queen Mother. Therefore, although Prince Qing Yili was also a powerful man of the Manchu tribe, Tong, Yinchang and others were quite dissatisfied with him. But at this critical moment, Prince Qing Yili was still only caring about the Queen Mother's joys and angers, which was too ignorant of the overall situation.

Zhang Zhidong said, "It's good, and the telegram also said that Lu Chuanlin, Zaifeng, Yulang, and Xu Shichang had already taken the train to come back from Tianjin and could arrive after dinner. I don't think I'm in a hurry to send the telegram in. Waiting for Lu Chuanlin, Zaifeng and others to come back, we can explain the negotiations clearly, and we can know the details, and we will enter the palace together tomorrow morning. The empress dowager and the emperor asked, so we can deal with it. We won't send the telegram in today."

After hearing this, the three of them realized that what Zhang Zhidong said made sense, so they stopped saying anything.

Everyone was waiting in the military plane, and they waited until after 7 o'clock in the evening to arrive. They rushed to the military plane office as soon as they got off the train and informed everyone about the negotiations.

In fact, there is nothing to say. After all, it took less than half a day to talk, but the firm attitude shown by the East China Government in the negotiations was very clear. It was not allowed to bargain at all. It either accepted or started a war, and there was no third way to choose. Therefore, after listening to the notice, the several military ministers were in a heavy mood. It was expected that after entering the palace tomorrow, they would face Cixi's anger.

After returning to his mansion, Zhang Zhidong immediately called the housekeeper and asked him to arrange his family to go out to purchase grain, rapeseed, rice and other daily necessities, and at least ensure the dietary expenses for a month. Because once the war breaks out, Beijing may hold on for a long time. At that time, there will inevitably be a period of chaos. Buy more daily necessities and close the door of the mansion at that time, ignore the chaos outside and wait until the situation stabilizes before going out.

And early the next morning, everyone came to the Hall of Peaceful Hearts under the eunuch on duty. At this time, Cixi and Guangxu were both sitting in the head, and their faces were not very good-looking, because the telegram had been sent to the palace first, and Cixi and Guangxu had read it. Both of them were quite dissatisfied with the negotiation conditions proposed by the East China Government. For Cixi, blatantly demanding that she hand over power and move out of Beijing to resettle, it was clearly to kill herself! Tian Cixi knew very well that she had been in power for decades, and there were many people she offended, and there were in the court and in the opposition. Therefore, once she lost the protection of her power, even if the East China Government would let her go, she would probably not be able to escape the pursuit of other enemies after she moved out of Beijing.

Guangxu also could not accept the negotiation conditions proposed by the East China Government. Although the East China Government agreed to retain the royal title as a favorable condition for Guangxu, it wanted to abolish the Qing court's national title, which was equivalent to letting the Qing Dynasty destroy the country. So what's the use of just allowing himself to retain the reputation of an emperor? Moreover, since Guangxu believed that since he ascended the throne, his power had been controlled by Cixi, and those treaties that cede land and lose power and humiliate the country should not be held responsible for. Of course, Guangxu believed that if he was in power, he would now bear the consequences of the destruction of the country, which could not convince himself.

After the ceremony, Cixi did not talk nonsense and said, "You have read all the conditions proposed by the pseudo-revolutionary system. What do you think?"

Yinchang first said: "Empress Dowager, the emperor, the conditions for false rebellion cannot be agreed. False rebellion are clearly intended to destroy the Qing Dynasty!"

Na Tong also said, "Yes, once you agree to the conditions of false rebellion, it is equivalent to self-destruction. I am afraid that even the Empress Dowager and the Emperor cannot protect it."

Cixi remained silent, Guangxu said: "If the conditions for false rebellion are not agreed to, false rebellion will inevitably lead to invade. How can the court resist it!"

Of course no one can answer this question. After a while, Guangxu said, "Lu Chuanlin, whether there is room for negotiation on the pseudo-rebellion side?" As he said that, he looked at Cixi again and said, "It's like imitating the British system and the real truth of the king. As long as the country's name can be retained, other things can be discussed." Guangxu's position was different from Cixi after all, and he had no objection to the first one, but he was quite supportive. Moreover, retaining the title of royal family was also beneficial to him. As for not asking about political affairs from now on, it was acceptable. After all, Guangxu had been a puppet emperor for more than 30 years ascended the throne. He had no power anyway, so there was no loss if he didn't ask about political affairs. On the contrary, with the East China Government in charge, Guangxu could be relieved. The only thing that could not be accepted was to cancel the Qing court's national name and establish a new dynasty. If there was room for negotiation on this, Guangxu hoped that he could continue to negotiate and other conditions would be acceptable.
Chapter completed!