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As soon as Xu Haichang's words came out, Yuan Wei immediately made a silent gesture and said: "Everyone should understand in their hearts, don't say it." Xu Haichang nodded, and then he kept silent.

After letting Xu Haichang take his seat, Yuan Kai sighed and said, "In this way, the Empress Dowager's body may not be good enough."

"I think so. It seems that we need to make plans early." Xu Haichang's words are quite meaningful.

"Yes, it seems that our most difficult moment is coming, everyone should prepare early." Yuan Kai also felt the same way.

In November, the imperial capital was extremely cold. Even though the two octogenarians were wearing thick cotton coats, they still felt the biting cold.The sky in the imperial capital is about to change, and the last madness of the post-Jin dynasty is coming. Facing the changes of the great era, neither of them is sure at this moment.

The next morning, news came out from the palace that the Empress Dowager had passed away.After decades of fighting with Emperor Guangran, the Empress Dowager would never have thought that she died only twenty hours later than this opponent.Empress Longyu quickly read out the Queen Mother's last decree, and Prince Chun Zaifeng's son Puyi entered the palace to ascend the throne, and changed the year name to Xuanxing.With Zaifeng as the regent and supervisor of the country, Yehenala Jingfen, the empress of Zunlongyu, as the empress dowager, listens to the government and manages state affairs with a curtain.

As soon as this edict came out, the diehards all cheered, while Yuan Kai and others felt ashamed.After losing the enterprising empress dowager, the constitutional politics of the Later Jin Empire also came to an end, and what followed would be national turmoil and political crisis.Zaifeng and others, who are short-sighted and hope to preserve the imperial power, will surely become the gravediggers of the Later Jin Dynasty.

After taking power, Zaifeng began to promote his cronies, and made secret arrangements in the court, preparing to wipe out the constitutional faction.On that day, Empress Dowager Longyu urgently summoned Prince Qing Yikuang and Prince Regent Zaifeng to discuss matters. After the two arrived, Empress Dowager Longyu gave Zaifeng a seat, but made Yikuang kneel there.

"The two of you are invited to come today to talk about the issue of how to deal with Yuan Kai." Empress Dowager Longyu said in a deep voice.

"What else to deal with, just kill him?" Zaifeng sat on the chair and said triumphantly.At this time, the diehards represented by Zaifeng had obviously lost their composure, and they didn't even bother to think of a reason for killing a military minister like Yuan Wei.

From the difference in treatment between the two of them just now, Yi Kuang could see the key.Empress Dowager Longyu and Zaifeng definitely colluded and wanted to force herself to submit.Having been an official for decades, Yikuang has already practiced the kung fu of nourishing Qi, and he doesn't care at all about the two's villainous faces.Zaifeng was talking nonsense there, but Yikuang kept his head down and listened quietly.

Zaifeng talked for a long time, but found that no one was arguing. He couldn't help but looked at Yikuang curiously, but found that the other party was like a clay sculpture and wood carving, kneeling there motionless.Zaifeng was a little unhappy, he asked: "Prince Qing, tell me, should Yuan Wei be killed?"

"It should be killed." Yikui said aloud, and before Zaifeng could say anything, he raised his head and said unhurriedly to the queen mother and regent: "But once you want to kill Yuan Kai, the big powers that have made friends with him What if you disagree?"

"This..." Zaifeng was dumbfounded for a moment, even though he was the king regent who ran amok in the imperial capital, he was most afraid of the faces of the ministers of various countries.Now that he heard that the envoys of various countries might launch an attack, he naturally hesitated.

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As if thinking that Zaifeng was not enough to block his mind, Yikui continued: "Yuan Kai's training at the small station has been quite effective. Those soldiers only know that there is Yuan Kai, and they don't know that there is an imperial court. If you want to kill Yuan Kai, those officers and soldiers will rebel. , who will stop it? Who do we rely on to suppress the rebellion?"

"This..." Zaifeng was even more dumbfounded, he really hadn't thought about these questions.Since he became the Regent, Zaifeng has focused on killing Yuan Kai and avenging Emperor Guangran, but he never thought of the follow-up questions. When Yikuang asked him at this time, he naturally couldn't answer.

Seeing Zai Feng standing there silently, the Empress Dowager Longyu smoothed things over and said, "We are just discussing today, and we don't really want to kill Yuan Wei. His Excellency Prince Qing is also right. We need to discuss this matter in a long-term way. Go back first."

"Resignation, old minister." After saluting the two of them, Yi Kuang strode out with his head held high.When going out, Yi Qiang raised his eyebrows, although he didn't snort coldly, but that contemptuous smile betrayed his inner thoughts, these two little guys are still too young.

"Forget it, I think we'll talk about it after dealing with Yuan Wei, but it's more important to stabilize people's hearts now." Empress Dowager Longyu comforted Zaifeng.

Hearing the queen mother's words, Zaifeng stood up suddenly: "How can that be done? In order to avenge the emperor, I will definitely kill Yuan Kai, and no one can stop me." After he finished speaking, he left angrily.Empress Dowager Longyu shook her head and sighed: "It seems that if you want to kill Yuan Wei, you still need to test the reactions of all parties."

"Father, your subordinate asked someone to bring you good news." Yuan Ke rushed into Yuan Kai's study with a happy face, and said softly to Yuan Kai.

"Speak." Yuan Kai was writing something with a brush, and he asked directly without even raising his head.

"A few days ago, the regent Zaifeng sent a secret telegram to the commander of the six towns of the New Army in the Northern Territory in the name of the Military Aircraft Department, asking for advice on how to deal with his father." Yuan Keding said.

"Did they call back?" Yuan Kai still did not stop writing.

"I'm back. Among them, Wu Fengling, the commander of the fourth town, and Zhao Guoxian, the commander of the sixth town, together with the call back, please dismiss the ministers first, so as not to change the soldiers and live up to the grace of God." Yuan Keding said.

"Not good." Yuan Kai replied casually.

"Isn't that good?" Yuan Ke said with a smile on his face: "Father, this is tantamount to telling the regent that you want to kill our Master Yuan, but the knife in our hand will not tolerate you."

"Don't be too happy, go down." Yuan Kai asked Yuan Ke to leave without expressing any opinion.When Yuan Ke walked out of the room, Yuan Kai paused the pen in his hand, and the handwriting suddenly became crooked.Yuan Kai sighed, shook his head, crumpled the paper and threw it away, then filled the pen with ink, and started writing again.

At the same time, the Empress Dowager Longyu was also discussing secretly with the regent Zaifeng. Zaifeng said: "A few days ago, I sent a secret telegram to the new army in the six towns in the Northern Territory, but they all expressed their intention to advance and retreat with Yuan Wei. There are also ministers stationed in China, In the past few days, I have been asking me frequently about how we will deal with Yuan Kai, and they also said that they must be consulted, which is really unreasonable."

"It seems that we must do this matter about Yuan Kai as quickly as possible." The Empress Dowager Longyu said worriedly. At this moment, a eunuch came to report that Mr. Zhang Xiaoda had arrived. Someone summoned Zhang Xiaoda in.

Zhang Xiaoda, who was already old, walked in four directions, and slowly walked into the warm pavilion of the side hall. He went forward, kneeled three times and kowtowed nine times and said: "Pay homage to the Empress Dowager, Regent Wan'an."

"Zhang Xiangguo, please sit down flat." The Empress Dowager Longyu waved her hand, and asked the eunuch to help Zhang Xiaoda up, and gave him another embroidered pier.

"Thank you for your seat." Zhang Xiaoda sat on the embroidered pier steadily, lowering his head without saying a word.

Empress Dowager Longyu said: "I came to Zhang Xiangguo today to hear your opinion on how to deal with Yuan Kai."

Zhang Xiaoda looked at the Empress Dowager Longyu, then at the regent Zaifeng, then he lowered his eyelids and said in his usual steady tone: "The current emperor is still young, and the current situation is difficult, so we should not lightly punish the old officials."

"What? Don't kill it?" The regent Zaifeng exclaimed: "If you don't kill it, you will breed tigers."

"Can you make use of his strengths? Let Master Yuan continue to handle diplomacy, and allow him to make up for his mistakes." Zhang Xiaoda's face did not show the slightest turmoil, and his eyelids were still downcast, making it impossible to see what was going on in his heart.

"No, absolutely not." Prince Regent Zaifeng said urgently: "If you want him to handle diplomacy, it will cause great trouble to our future generations."

"Zhang Xiangguo, you are an important minister in the court, can you tell me what's in your heart?" The Empress Dowager Longyu stopped Zaifeng who was jumping up and down with her eyes, and then asked Zhang Xiaoda calmly.

"Okay, when it comes to things that will affect future generations, I think of Emperor Chongzhen of the previous dynasty. He was diligent in governing and loving the people, and he was also called the leader of the previous generation. In vain he cared about his ministers, and he was less serious than killing ministers, so he fell to the country. Now the empress dowager Jian Guo is benevolent and open-minded, and he is magnanimous, cultivating a harmonious atmosphere to strengthen the country." Zhang Xiaoda said quite earnestly.

"According to Zhang Xiangguo, how should we deal with Yuan Kai?" Queen Mother Longyu asked.

"Since the imperial court is gracious and pardoned Yuan Wei, we can issue an imperial edict allowing Yuan Wei to return to his hometown to recuperate from harsh conditions." Zhang Xiaoda replied.Empress Dowager Longyu asked Zaifeng what she meant, but Zaifeng had no idea at this time.In the end, the Empress Dowager Longyu had no choice but to agree, and allowed Yuan Kai to return to his hometown to recuperate his foot disease.

Yuan Kui was recruited into the palace, and the decree for him to return to his original place was read out. After hearing the imperial decree, he calmly took him over from the eunuch, and then left without looking back.From this moment on, the minister who wanted to seize real power through a constitutional monarchy so that the Later Jin Empire could continue to stretch across the country, finally broke with the Later Jin Dynasty in his heart.In the remaining days, he will wait and see what happens, waiting for the opportunity to revenge the diehards.

Yuan Kui was defeated in the struggle with the diehards, but he saved his life.Opening a vacancy and returning to his hometown did not make the founder of the Northern New Army feel the slightest retreat. He is like a snake dormant in the snowy area. Once the time is right, he will realize his greater political ambitions.

All the people in the Yuan Manor were busy, all the servants were busy packing up all kinds of things that needed to be packed and taken away, and all the fragile things were packed into boxes.In the midst of this busyness, Yuan Kai strolled leisurely, as if staying out of it.

At this time Yuan Ke suddenly ran in and said to Yuan Kai, "Father, Master Zhang Xiaoda is here."

"Oh?" Yuan Kai was taken aback when he heard the words, he flipped his robe to Yuan Ke and said, "Follow me to the door to greet you."

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Zhang Xiaoda's sedan chair arrived soon, and Yuan Kai welcomed him into the lobby of his home. After the guests and hosts were seated and offered tea, Yuan Kai said: "Master Xiangguo takes care of a lot of things every day, and he came to see off a commoner named Yuan who returned to his hometown after a vacancy. I can't thank you enough."

"It's not so much that I'm here to see you off, it's better to say that I'm here to say goodbye to you." Zhang Xiaoda said earnestly, while Yuan Kai kept saying he didn't dare.

Zhang Xiaoda said: "This is what I say from the bottom of my heart. As the old saying goes, there will be no eggs under the overturned nest. Now I just want to maintain my reputation. You and I are old and have lost a lot of aggressiveness. , we can only rely on those juniors in the future.”

"Zhang Xiangguo is too modest." Yuan Kui said, Zhang Xiaoda was not familiar with him, and he was very grateful for coming to see him today.

Zhang Xiaoda said with a smile: "I'm already a seventy-year-old, and I've seen through the fickleness of the world and the warmth and warmth of people for so many years. I can come here today just to prove my steadfast heart."

"Thank you very much." Yuan Kui said with a salute.

"I'm afraid I won't be able to stay in court for long. If Mr. Yuan comes back again, don't forget Zhao Shouhong. From my point of view, this son is definitely not someone in the pool. In the future, you must contact him more often. It's good." Zhang Xiaoda said: "When I leave, I'll give you two of my humble works."

"My lord, please tell me," Yuan Kai said.

Zhang Xiaoda looked outside blankly and said: "Shoot the tiger and kill the dragon and kill the three evils, Fang Mou Du Duan is of the same heart." Zhang Xiaoda's words expressed his sympathy for Yuan Kai.Excitement flashed in Yuan Kai's eyes, and he unconsciously chanted these two lines of poetry back and forth in his mouth, and for a moment he even choked up.

Zhang Xiaoda then got up to say goodbye, and Yuan Kai sent them to the door. They never expected that the two confidants who had not had many close friends in their lives resonated in their hearts at this time, and it was actually the last time they would meet.Looking at the lonely figure of Zhang Xiaoda going away, Yuan Kai felt a special feeling in his heart.

Yuan Kui ordered people to withdraw 20 taels of silver from the Salt Industry Bank to build a Huanshang Village on the banks of the Huan River in Anyang, Central South Province, where he will wait and see the changes in the current situation and wait for his comeback at any time.