C965 Outside and Within

After Yang Zhi left, the meeting for the Yangxin Palace did not disperse. Li Lianying changed the soup for the princes, this was not just for show, everyone had to drink this due to the grace of the empress dowager.

"It's not easy to get together. No matter how hard we work, we'll talk about whatever we need to discuss. It's not like we'll be able to slack off even if it's difficult …"

After taking a few mouthfuls of soup, all the officials recovered a bit of their Essence and raised their heads to say, "Right now, the empire is attacking from both inside and outside, with hundreds of thousands of Xiang Army in the south and Xiao Letian eyeing them covetously from the East Sea, even His Majesty is leaving the capital to travel the world, this is a situation that the empire has not seen for a hundred years …"

The entire region of Xinjiang has been completely eroded. Not only did General T?pchin of Black Dragon River send over an urgent military message ten days ago, the remaining citizens of the East bank of the Wusuli River and the Russian have clashed multiple times. It is said that several villages have already been massacred.

"What?" "How dare you …" After all, the northeast of the Manchu was the place where the Manchu was flourished, and the Wusuli River was the home of the Hassie girl. The Yehonala tribe that Ci Xi was at was born here.

Eight years ago, the Russian took the opportunity to cut off the land east of the Wusuli River. Although the imperial government had knocked down all of their teeth and swallowed all of their blood, the anger in their hearts had not yet subsided.

Ci Xi saw the change in the atmosphere in the Yangxin Palace, so he hurriedly said, "When we are outside the city, we will settle the internal matters. Let's discuss the problems that we are facing now, let's slow down the battle in the Northeast and Northwest, as long as the imperial government is around, there will be a solution!"

Everyone thought that they could do nothing about it. Although they were angry, this was not the time to turn hostile with Russian. Even if they wanted to, they might not be able to do so.

Since they could not talk about external problems, then they could only talk about internal problems. Right now, the inner sect Twisted Army and Long-hair had completely calmed down, and with Zuo Zongtang's army suppressing Gan Shan's return, it would only be a matter of time. As for the distant Xinjiang, it would also be a problem for Zuo Jigao.

Furthermore, the Great Wall's defense system built by the Han Chinese in the past thousand years was still there. As long as the Dunhuang of the Anxi Province could defend both sides of the wall, then the rebel army would not be able to threaten the Central Plains anymore.

After all, Ceng Guofan and Xiao Letian were the two most troublesome people to deal with, although the old fox Ceng Guofan was not easy to deal with, he had always been loyal to his subjects.

His true opponent was still Xiao Letian!

But Xiao Letian was also not an easy target. If one were to say that Ceng Guofan was an old cunning fox, then Xiao Letian would be a little fox.

90% of the officials in the imperial court hoped that Xiao Letian would be done for. Maybe some of them wanted him to die, while the others wanted him to fall, but no matter what, they did not wish for such a force to exist.

This Xiao Letian was simply like a ferocious black fish in a pond. His existence made all the goldfish carp feel threatened.

Since it was a threat, they had to get rid of it, but how to get rid of it was a huge problem. The army of the imperial government had been defeated several times in a row, and even the Beijing had been breached by others.

When Xiao Letian suggested to bring the Tongzhi Emperor away to study, the entire imperial government could only wail and beg. This was such a disgrace, such a disgrace!

Even if you could not beat her in battle and couldn't play with money, you still had more money than her. You wanted to rely on cleanliness to carry out moral kidnapping, but since she was a stranger to the world, you couldn't go to Ryukyu and scold them. No matter how they thought about it, everyone was helpless. Xiao Letian placing his power on the Ryukyu Island which was located overseas was simply a stroke of god's will.

The Central Plains civilization was a continent civilization after all. If you stood in the circle of the continent, they would have ways to fight against you, regardless of whether you were strong or weak. However, when Xiao Letian jumped out of the Three Realms, he was not one of the Five Elemental Realm.

Some said that they wanted to lure the enemy deeper, while others said that they wanted to build a large battleship for this expedition. There were even people who invited the Taoists from Dragon Tiger Mountain and the Lama of Tibet to help them get their hands on this enchanter. Even more ridiculous was that there were people who wanted to reward Xiao Letian for her beauty and make him die of exhaustion in his bed.

Listening to the disorderly discussion, Ci Xi, Yi, Yi Xuan and the others frowned. How long was the face of the going through? In the end, they coughed twice, "Calm down, you can't even deal with Xiao Letian, let's listen to the empress dowager's opinion. Don't forget, when Yang Zhi betrayed us, if it weren't for his scheme, we would have already lost!"

Back then, when Yang Zhi had betrayed them, the entire Ryukyu had become completely berserk. The currency printing formula had involved a total of tens of billions of gold, and the secret formula had caused a huge impact to the Ryukyu's financial system. At that time, the Ryukyu had even prepared a second plan to attack the Beijing.

At the most critical moment, Ci Xi was the one who held back. He was like a shameless shrew in the countryside, using his complete shamelessness to defeat the overweeningly arrogant Xiao Letian.

How dare you touch a single hair on the head of the imperial court? If you dare to lay your hands on my mother, I will dare to sell my country. Aren't you Han people the most fond of unifying China? I'll break it up for you.

Do you believe that I admit that Yaqub's regime is legal? Do you believe me when I give Guangdong to the British? Do you believe me when I cede the Yun Gui to the French in Guangxi?

Isn't it just selling out the country? If you don't let me down, I will sell my country and borrow foreign soldiers to beat you up. I don't believe that you, Xiao Letian, can be so powerful that you can go against everyone else!

This was truly a barefooted person who was not afraid of wearing shoes, being invincible even if one was lowly! This punch had really hit Xiao Letian's weak spot, which meant that he had gone berserk this time. This caused Xiao Letian to have no choice but to calm down and engage in financial negotiations with the Qing Dynasty.

It was also because of that successful counterattack of Ci Xi's that his reputation in Manchu rose so dramatically.

Ci Xi caressed his long fingernails, and carelessly knocked on the table. You guys, a bunch of men are forcing me, a woman, to stand up for them. you don't blush at all? "

Yi Yu and Ci Xi had a tacit understanding, of course she wouldn't blush: "There are a lot of capable people! Since Xiao Letian was someone that even the Jade Emperor couldn't control, then in the end, he would have to rely on the Buddha! "For the sake of the imperial government's one hundred years of plan, we can only make the empress dowager work harder!"