Chapter 621 Bargaining
The night has entered the hazy colors it brings. On a hot summer night, under the cold moonlight, everything seems so unreal. Xiao Yungui stood under an ancient pine tree outside the sutra hall of Tianning Temple.★In the Buddhist and Sanskrit sounds, he stroked the ancient pine tree with his hands, and saw that the ancient pine tree was swaying under the moonlight, and the branches were bent. I was afraid that it was hundreds of years old, but it still had a upward and upright momentum. I couldn't help but wonder if this old pine tree was still built in the era when he traveled back?
Xiao Yungui arrived at Tianning Temple early to wait. He only brought more than a hundred guards, but this did not mean that he fully trusted the beauty he was about to meet. More than a thousand guard cavalry were waiting two miles away. Once they sent a signal, a thousand guard cavalry would rush over.
Standing under the ancient pine tree and looking up at the vast starry sky, Xiao Yungui remembered the scene when his parents took him to see the stars when he was a child. Although his family was very poor at that time, he was very happy. Unfortunately, his parents divorced later and had to live a single-parent family life. When he was a child, he was very disliked. When he grew up, his father and mother formed their own families and then made a family. So both sides kept giving him a lot of money as compensation. But what was the use of it? So Xiao Yungui quickly became a playboy. He spent money like flowing water, changed his girlfriend like clothes, and was cynical all day long. He was venting his dissatisfaction with his childhood.
Later, for the sake of his business expansion, his father married the Song family in the capital, so he met Song Qingyun. Xiao Yungui was extremely disgusted with this kind of transactional marriage, and at the same time, his dissatisfaction with his father was mostly dissatisfaction with his father, so he refused Song Qingyun for a long time. But for some reason, Song Qingyun liked him very much, or just responded to the saying. What he could not get was good.
In order to get close to him, Song Qingyun went to the same university as him. As her contact with Song Qingyun deepened, Xiao Yungui found that Song Qingyun was not only beautiful but also knowledgeable. She was sometimes lively and cheerful, sometimes delicate and charming, and sometimes bright and charming. Song Qingyun was different from himself. He became rich after becoming a nouveau riche halfway through his family, while the Song family in the capital was a prominent family for three generations. Song Qingyun's noble temperament was innate. Therefore, every time she was with her, Xiao Yungui would always feel ashamed and feel that there was invisible pressure on his shoulders. So Xiao Yungui didn't like being with Song Qingyun even more. Sometimes he would rather go to argue with the four-eyed girl than being around Song Qingyun.
But Xiao Yungui never dreamed that a trip allowed four people to travel back to the Qing Dynasty, and then the four people had their own experiences. Now he has become the Western King of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and is very likely to unify the country in the future. After years of his power and blessings have accumulated, he is no longer the young man in the past. He also asked himself that if he met Song Qingyun again, he would not feel inferior, but when he really wanted to meet again, he would still be a little nervous.
While thinking about it, half a stick of incense passed. Xiao Yungui stood up straight with his hands wrapped around his hands. He finally saw a young woman walking in slowly, and his charming eyes gently flicked towards him. Xiao Yungui looked at him calmly. He saw her wearing a light green brocade dress and moon-white lace trousers. Her hair was scattered, without any bun. She had no rouge and powder without any bare face, but she exuded a faint fragrance. The charming eyes under her willow-leaf eyebrows seemed to have an indescribable charm as she looked. Although her appearance changed, her temperament and behavior were recognized by Xiao Yungui at a glance. The pair of lively and charming eyes set off her convex figure, which made Xiao Yungui feel more charming.
Xiao Yungui didn't know what to say for a moment, without any words to confirm his identity, and without other words, the two recognized each other. When they remembered the four-eyed girl, they were full of twists and turns, and it seemed that they were more familiar with each other.
After the subsequent dialogue and Xiao Yungui's long-term persuasion, Song Qingyun rationally exposed Xiao Yungui's plan. In the end, the word "knife" cuts and axes to cut off the relationship, leaving only dirty political transactions. So Xiao Yungui knew why he and she were the same type of people.
Under the moonlight, she stroked her hair and continued, "Your Highness the West, we don't have to go around any circle. There is not only one Zaichun behind me, but also millions of Manchu and Han soldiers and civilians who support me. The two hundred years of Manchu Qing Dynasty's background cannot be eliminated overnight. If we want us to surrender, you must come up with sincere and attractive peace talks."
Xiao Yungui looked at her and sighed, "Can't you talk about some feelings?" She sighed softly and said, "Song Qingyun was already dead after traveling through time. Now standing in front of you is the Queen Mother of the Qing Dynasty, Yehenara Xingzhen!"
Xiao Yungui smiled bitterly and said slowly: "I thought it was too simple. It turns out that the change of identity will change people's feelings."
Xingzhen smiled and said with a little bitterness: "Not all, if I hadn't been in this high position, nothing would be a problem. But if I hadn't been in this position, I'd probably be someone else standing here today."
Xiao Yungui shook his head and said, "If it were someone else, I wouldn't have made an appointment to meet alone. The war with the Qing Dynasty has now reached a point where political resolution is needed. It seems that blind wars cannot solve the problem, especially when our Taiping Army needs to race against time."
Xingzhen nodded and said, "Since you also have the idea of negotiation, let's talk about your plans first, and I'll hear if there is room for improvement."
Xiao Yungui walked two steps behind his hands: "The Qing emperor abdicated, the five tribes republic, the Han people were in charge of the rule, and they jointly resisted foreign aggression."
Xingzhen shook her head and said, "At most we can only agree to pass the Yellow River and govern it. You must withdraw from the Northeast and become a brotherly country in the future."
Xiao Yungui smiled, a smile that was truly emitted from his heart: "Qingyun, your idea is impossible. You are splitting the country, and neither of you nor I can bear this historical responsibility."
Xingzhen smiled slightly, blinked cunningly and said, "Didn't the negotiations be paid at a high price?"
Xiao Yungui said with a sneer and said slowly: "Qingyun, I think you should be more serious. According to the current situation, the Qing Dynasty has become increasingly weak. You need to use your territory to exchange for future social status and the opportunity to survive here."
Xingzhen was slightly stunned, and then he became cold and said, "I don't think you can kill all Manchus. For more than two hundred years, Manchus has been integrated into this land, and you can no longer completely strip it away. And if you deal with Manchus, what about the Mongols? What about the Miao people? Once you use ruthless means to deal with one ethnic group, other ethnic groups will inevitably be in danger, and the country under your rule will be unstable."
Xiao Yungui raised his thumbs up and smiled, "I am worthy of being a female hero, Empress Dowager Cixi, who suddenly grabbed my vital points. Well, I really cannot kill them all, but if the Manchus withdraw from the stage of history through war, then the Manchus' life in the future may not be better than the social status obtained by negotiations. You should consider clearly for the future of millions of Manchus and Mongolians. If the war continues, the people who die will die in the future. The war will slow down the industrialization process of our country. Isn't what we are working hard now to avoid the humiliating history of more than a hundred years?"
Xingzhen smiled and said, "What a big hat, the little woman can't afford it. But, Your Highness Xiwang, you must know that the Qing Dynasty still controls Henan, Hebei, Shandong, Shanxi, Shaanxi and Gansu, Xinjiang, Mongolia, outside the pass, and most of Sichuan and Anhui. Although the north is vast and sparsely populated, the population will not be less than 150 million, and more than one million soldiers can still be supported. Do you think the peace talks you proposed above can make the Manchus give up the country?"
Xiao Yungui was so happy that he hugged his hands and said with a smile: "Then please ask the Queen Mother to propose a reliable plan, but if he splits the country, there is no need to export it."
Xingzhen smiled slightly and said, "Well, my bottom line is constitutional monarchy, emperor or Manchu emperor, and the government is elected by Han people and various ethnic groups. How about it?"
Xiao Yungui couldn't help laughing again and said, "Qingyun, Qingyun, you are still very black-bellied. This is impossible for you to be your bottom line. The Qing emperor must abdicate, and the Qing Dynasty's national name must also be changed. Otherwise, what is the difference between this and the recruitment of our Taiping Army? Do you think the Qing Dynasty is qualified to recruit the Taiping Army? Does the Qing Dynasty still have the ability to maintain the throne and national name?"
Xingzhen smiled sly and said, "I have already retreated. If the Qing Emperor abdicates and the Qing Dynasty goes to the country's title, there will be no basis for negotiation. There is nothing wrong with the constitutional monarchy. Manchus withdrew from the political stage and only symbolically retain the country's title and the throne. Can't this satisfy you?" At this point Xingzhen paused, then looked at Xiao Yungui with some weirdness, and said with some understanding: "I understand, you want to be the emperor yourself."
Xiao Yungui did not hide his ambition at all, and waved his hand and said, "I think the constitutional monarchy will be realized as soon as possible. At the beginning of the new establishment of the country, we must maintain only one voice and one attitude within the country. I am confident that I can control the overall situation and lead the rejuvenation of the country. What's wrong with me being an emperor? The Han people in the world will not agree to retain the throne and title of the Qing emperor. You should be more practical in Qingyun."
Xingzhen pursed her lips and said, "You are nonsense in the world. I honestly think that you can represent everyone. Let me tell you, at least the Han people in the north still support the Qing Dynasty. Even Zeng Guofan from Hunan, he just hopes that the Han people can control the government."
Xiao Yungui frowned and said, "Okay, then the Manchurian Autonomy outside Mongolia and Pass, but this is the maximum limit. If we can't agree, let's continue to start a war."
Xingzhen still shook her head and said, "It is impossible. Manchus have become accustomed to life in the pass. Letting them return to Manchu Autonomy will bring many problems. And if you let Mongolia and Manchu Autonomy be autonomous, will you not be afraid of these two places being independent in the future?"
Xiao Yungui smiled bitterly and said, "Then we have to fight to the death..." (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
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