Cixi said slowly: "What kind of attitude does overseas Chinese have?"

Prince Qing was stunned. After the incident happened, only Li Jingfang had contact with overseas Chinese, and no one else had met with overseas Chinese. Therefore, he said: "If you go back to the empress dowager, only Li Jingfang will contact overseas Chinese. Please allow Li Jingfang to report the report." Although Li Jingfang also came in with him, his position was light and he had to get permission from Cixi or Guangxu to speak.

Cixi lifted her eyelids and said, "Li Jingfang?"

Prince Qing hurriedly said, "It's Li Hongzhang's eldest son, and his servants came to Xi'an with him. He lives in the same inn with overseas Chinese." After a pause, he said, "He has a lot of contact with overseas Chinese and has a lot of knowledge about the behavior of overseas Chinese. Empress Dowager, what is the emperor's unclear, can you ask him?"

Cixi nodded and said, "Li Hongzhang's family can be regarded as fulfilling their duties for the Qing Dynasty. Li Jingfang."

Li Jingfang hurriedly took a step forward and lowered his head and said, "I am here."

Cixi said: "What kind of attitude does overseas Chinese have?"

Although Cixi's sentence just now, "Li Hongzhang's family is also very dedicated to the Qing Dynasty", which touched Li Jingfang, he also knew that he should be extremely careful when answering the Empress Dowager's words and must not say a single word. Therefore, he reposted the conversation with Qin Zheng as he had with Wan Haicheng after leaving the inn. He only adjusted the words slightly to a little, but did not express his own opinions.

After listening to Li Jingfang's speech, Cixi closed her eyes slightly and fell into deep thought. No one dared to disturb Cixi's thoughts, so the room was quiet for a moment as if no one was present.

After a while, Cixi opened her eyes and said, "What do you think overseas Chinese mean?"

In fact, Guangxu wanted to speak just now, but he didn't dare to disturb Cixi. Now that he saw Cixi ask, he immediately said: "The overseas Chinese have made such great contributions to our Qing Dynasty, but when they came to Xi'an, they were troubled and extorted by a slave. It is also worth being resentful. We should also give them an explanation, so that those who contribute to the court cannot be disappointed."

Cixi sneered and said, "So what is the way to explain it?"

Guangxu hesitated for a moment and said, "The Empress Dowager will take charge of everything."

Cixi snorted. With her political mind, of course, it can be seen that what overseas Chinese people want is not an explanation, but taking this opportunity to demonstrate to the court, and even asking the court to bow to them, because even if Wan Haicheng asked for bribes from overseas Chinese, he represented the court after all. Overseas Chinese suppressed Wan Haicheng without any politeness, but actually did not leave any face to the court. To put it bluntly, it was just a slap in the face and declared that overseas Chinese could not take the court seriously. What was ridiculous is that Guangxu didn't know anything and kept talking for overseas Chinese. He thought he could rely on overseas Chinese, but he didn't know that overseas Chinese would be a big trouble for the court sooner or later.

In fact, after the Wuxu Coup, Guangxu has indeed matured a lot, and he can guess the intentions of overseas Chinese. However, for Guangxu, this doesn't matter, because everyone knows that he is just a puppet emperor, and the real power is in the hands of Cixi. Therefore, if you want to slap in the face, it will make Cixi's face, and it has nothing to do with Guangxi. Moreover, this is something that Guangxu is happy to see, and even wants to push it.

However, Cixi now has no energy to get involved with Guangxu. After all, Guangxu's tricks will at most make Cixi dim sums, but it will not affect Cixi's power for the time being. The most urgent task now is how to deal with the slap of overseas Chinese. If it were before the Gengzi Change, Cixi might have really broken up with overseas Chinese, and she would not hesitate to fight with overseas Chinese to the death. But Cixi now does not have the courage to do so. Because of the Gengzi Change, due to the hardships after escaping from Beijing, Cixi realized that her current strength was not qualified to turn against overseas Chinese. Therefore, the final result might be that the fish would die, but the net is still unbreakable.

But in this way, Cixi was a little unwilling to accept it. Of course, it was not because she was afraid of losing face. The Qing court fled to Xi'an, so there was nothing to be ashamed of being embarrassed, but because Guangxu had already proposed that "the overseas Chinese should be given an explanation." If Cixi surrendered to overseas Chinese, it would be as if she had listened to Guangxu's suggestions.

After the Wuxu Coup, Guangxu's mind was much clearer. Long before the Gengzi State Changes, Guangxu had repeatedly proposed that Boxers were not trustworthy. Unfortunately, Cixi chose to be willful at that time. On the way out, Guangxu asked to return to Beijing several times to negotiate with foreigners, showing the courage to take responsibility. These behaviors and words added a lot of political points to Guangxu. Therefore, many officials had the idea of ​​"if the emperor was in power, there would be no change in Gengzi State", which invisibly increased Guangxu's reputation a lot. In addition, Guangxu was still the emperor after all, and occupied the title of righteousness, which was what Cixi worried about the most. To be honest, Cixi had regretted it now. If she had known this, she should have raised it first.

In addition, Guangxu's protection of overseas Chinese in this way also made Cixi feel some suspicious. I wonder if overseas Chinese would support Guangxu. Although Li Hongzhang and Prince Qing had expressed in vainly that overseas Chinese had no intention of intervening in the political struggle of the court, if Cixi believed in others so easily, she would not have been in power for more than 40 years. However, Cixi's doubts in her heart could not be asked about others, so she is in a dilemma now. After pondering for a while, Cixi still couldn't think of a complete solution, so she said: "What do you think?"

Several people didn't know what Cixi's attitude was, so how could she dare to express her opinion easily at this time. After waiting for a while, no one responded, Cixi couldn't help but feel a little anxious. She slapped the small table and said sternly: "You are all dumb. What do the court keeps you for? Now when you ask you to come up with ideas, you have no words? King Qing, what are you thinking."

Prince Qing was also shocked. It was not until Cixi first put it on her head. However, when Cixi looked angry, she knew that the Empress Dowager was really anxious. If she couldn't say "Zi Chou Yin Mao", she would be fooled. Therefore, she said: "Report to the Empress Dowager, according to the opinions of the minister, the Chinese overseas should be appeased first. In everything, the Holy Lord should return to Beijing as the top priority."

Originally, when Cixi heard "Please comfort first", she had an attack again, but later she heard "Please return to Beijing as the top priority", she finally endured it again to prevent the fire from being suppressed, and said, "How to comfort me?"

At this time, Ronglu suddenly said, "Empress Dowager, the emperor, I have a solution, I don't know if it's possible?"

Cixi looked at him angrily and said, "Tell me, what's the point."

Ronglu glanced at Wan Haicheng who was kneeling on the ground and said, "This incident was caused by Eunuch Wan asking for bribes from overseas Chinese. According to the slave's opinion, since the disaster was caused by him, it would be better to hand over Eunuch Wan to overseas Chinese to deal with it, killing and cutting and leaving it to the overseas Chinese to take care of it. Then the court issued another imperial edict, indicating that the bribes were not instructed by the court, and added more comfort to overseas Chinese, and even adding several titles was added. This was an explanation for overseas Chinese."

After thinking for a moment, Cixi understood Ronglu's intention and handed over Wan Haicheng to overseas Chinese for handling. Although it seemed that she was giving in to overseas Chinese, she pushed all the faults to Wan Haicheng alone. Asking for bribes became Wan Haicheng's personal behavior. Instead, it put the court out of the matter and pushed overseas Chinese to the forefront, because everyone would watch how they deal with Wan Haicheng. No matter how overseas Chinese dealt with Wan Haicheng, it was not appropriate. Killing Wan Haicheng is of course too much. Bi Jing asked for bribes to be punished without death, and it seemed that overseas Chinese were cruel and vicious. If overseas Chinese let Wan Haicheng go, it would make this matter loud, with little rain, a thunderous and a slight blow, which would be a blow to their own prestige. Therefore, it can be said that Ronglu's suggestion was very consistent with Cixi's wishes.

So Cixi nodded, turned to Guangxu and said, "What does the emperor mean?"

Guangxu hurriedly said, "Everything is followed by the Queen Mother's resolution." In fact, he also felt that Ronglu's suggestion was good, and he could not find a reason to object. Moreover, Guangxu also believed that this would satisfy overseas Chinese. After all, Guangxu did not want to be completely irritated with overseas Chinese. He still had a lot of expectations for overseas Chinese, hoping to use their power to attack Cixi.

Cixi said, "Okay, that's it. Wang Wenshao, you will draft an order immediately. Tomorrow morning, you will take this slave to meet overseas Chinese, and see if they are satisfied." After a pause, he said, "Little Lizi, you go with you too. Wan Haicheng is your godson. If he causes trouble, you can't get rid of it. You must be careful tomorrow, don't mess it up again."

Li Lianying hurriedly said, "Slaves respect their orders."

At this time, Guangxu said again: "Empress Dowager, what about attracting overseas Chinese? Should I postpone it or will it still be tomorrow?"

Cixi snorted and said, "You are the emperor, just do it."

Guangxu hesitated for a moment before saying, "It is not advisable to postpone the matter of attracting the overseas Chinese. If you can appease the overseas Chinese, you will be summoned tomorrow afternoon."

When Li Jingfang came out of the palace and returned to the inn, it was early in the morning. At this time, overseas Chinese had already rested, and Li Jingfang was not forced to sleep for more than two hours. The next day he got up early and rushed to see Qin Zheng, and told Qin Zheng the resolution of the court last night. He repeatedly explained that Wan Haicheng's request for bribes was just a personal act and did not mean the court's intention. He hoped that Qin Zheng could accept the court's handling result. This was also Li Jingfang's task to communicate with overseas Chinese in advance. If overseas Chinese were satisfied with this result, he would send someone to pass the imperial edict. If he was not satisfied, he would immediately go to the palace to discuss it, so as not to make trouble for himself.
Chapter completed!