Jingshan, inside the Qiwang Tower, the wind picked up at some point, and the two windows that were not closed were slapped loudly, waking up those dull faces.
"Xiao Letian did not kill officials or expel them. You are lying to me." Ci'an said coldly.
At this time, Mr. Qing seemed to relax all of a sudden, and the stone he was worried about finally fell to the ground safely.
"Yes, Queen Mother, Xiao Letian did not kill officials or rebel. He still kept Tanggu under the control of our upright officials. The court can still collect taxes and government orders can still be conveyed. The only thing that has changed is the garrison..."
"Xiao Letian, from the small station to the military food city... all the way to the front line of Yingchengzi, the new army has taken over local defense..."
"This is not a rebellion, or what." The ancestor was furious.
"The Prime Minister made it very clear that the purpose of taking over the local defense is to protect the people..." Er Mao said coldly, "Mailer was in Tanggu and plundered thousands of people. They died tragically under Mailer's butcher knife and tens of thousands were displaced. He became a refugee... All the Prime Minister did was to protect the people..."
"Fart." The ancestor's beard and hair were all bulging. "He is the prime minister of that family. The Qing Dynasty never gave him this official position. We, the people of the Qing Dynasty, have our army to protect us..."
"But the troops of the Qing Dynasty are killing the people of the Qing Dynasty. This is an ironclad fact... My ancestor, you are also a wandering figure. Do you dare to touch your chest and swear that the soldiers of the Qing Dynasty have never massacred the Qing Dynasty? People?"
"You swear, you swear to the ancestors of all generations who learned your art... I think you dare to say something unconscionable."
"You..." The ancestor suddenly lost his temper. Er Mao's sharp accusation made him unable to answer the question. He has worked hard for the royal family all his life. He has been to no matter how dangerous the place is in the world. He has killed good people and even blatantly massacred people. He had seen it all with his own eyes.
With Mailer's temperament, there is a 90% chance that the massacre of the people is true.
"That's enough, shut your mouths... The Aijia has a headache." Ci'an rubbed his temples in pain.
At this time, a faint voice rang out from behind everyone. It turned out to be Fu Hui who had woken up. "Queen Mother, I would like to swear by the honor of my ancestors that my man... will not rebel."
Fuhui struggled to fight, and said categorically, "My man is one of the few extraordinary men in the world. What he resists is only the injustice and ugliness of the world, and he has no ambition to be an emperor at all. "
"For our leaky court, my man is a strong medicine rather than a poison. If I accept my man, the court will definitely suffer from vomiting and diarrhea, dizziness, and will definitely die in discomfort... But, he will not die. .”
"If we still follow the old path of the past, or even follow the example of my cousin, our Queen Mother of the West... maybe the Manchus can have a peaceful meal for decades, but that meal is mixed with poison, and we will die sooner or later. .”
"It's alarmist, it's really alarmist. You Fuhui and Fuqing are also big shots in Shangsanqi. Why did you let Xiao Letian brainwash you into this?" The ancestor was so angry that his beard trembled.
The hesitation in Ci'an's eyes became stronger: "Strong medicine, poison, you mean Xiao Letian is better for us Manchus."
At this time, Ermao suddenly spoke, "It's an urgent matter. There is one thing I must tell the truth to the Queen Mother... Our time in the Qing Dynasty is really running out. If we don't make changes, I'm afraid the Central Plains will be lost. I’m afraid the imperial court outside the Pass cannot be saved..."
Er Mao flipped through the newspapers on the table and found a small piece of tofu. On it was a statement from the British Prime Minister, the Earl of Derby, welcoming Xiao Letian to Europe.
"Queen Mother, don't underestimate this statement. The story here is very profound. Why did the British extend an olive branch to Xiao Letian? It's not because we have repeatedly retreated in Xinjiang and Agube has succeeded again and again. And Agube's Who is behind this, isn’t it the Russians?”
"Britain and Russia are feuding. Faced with the aggressiveness of the Russians, they are more than willing but weak. After all, Britain has a strong navy but a weak army, so they have to support other people to fight against the Russians..."
"Our Qing Dynasty is not good enough. The British don't count on us at all, and there are no other suitable candidates. In the end, the British had no choice but to support Aqub. They provided a large amount of funds and foreign guns in order to get Agub out of the hands of the Russians. Dig back in..."
Ermao pointed his finger at the name of the Earl of Derby and said, "Now that Xiao Letian has entered Europe forcefully, the British have used the Prime Minister as a chess piece in East Asia, an important chess piece that can be supported against the Russians. Haha, poor princes of the court, Is there anyone who has analyzed this?"
"In addition, there is a piece of top-secret information that I want to disclose to the Queen Mother... The Tsar in Moscow has begun preparations for the Trans-Siberian Railway..."
"Start from Moscow and go all the way east, passing through mountains, dense forests and eternal tundra zones, all the way to Vladivostok. My godfather once said that once construction starts, this road will be completed in twenty years..."
"At that time... the Russian army will arrive in Heilongjiang in as little as seven days after getting on the train from Moscow. If millions of ferocious Russian soldiers annex the White Mountains and Black Waters, who will the imperial court rely on to resist it? The Hunan Army..."
With a crisp sound, the tureen in Ci'an's hand fell to pieces, and her face turned pale and pale. "How could this happen? What you said is all false, everything is false..."
Er Mao calmly faced the Queen Mother of the East: "Unfortunately, what I said is all true... When the Trans-Siberian Railway is built to Vladivostok, Queen Mother, do you think the Russians will not build it outside the customs? I think they will build the railway to Vladivostok." Go to Shengjing, go to Jinzhou... Under the pressure of millions of troops, the imperial court has no power to resist, not at all..."
"That's enough... Ermao, you traitor, look how angry you are making the Queen Mother, and you still won't shut up..." Zhou Daoying really couldn't listen anymore.
Just when Zhou Daoying was about to use his identity as the chief eunuch to suppress Er Mao, there was suddenly a rush of footsteps from outside the palace, and a eunuch loyal to Er Mao hurried over.
"Reporting to the manager, another secret message has been delivered from outside... The defenders want two thousand taels, and my servant has already given it..."
"What are you talking about? Don't ask me for money..." Er Mao snatched the secret silk letter from the eunuch's hand, opened it, glanced at it, and immediately handed it to the Queen Mother.
"The latest flying pigeon message, please make a decision quickly."
Ci'an took the silk roll and after reading it ten lines at a glance, his whole body was shaking like chaff. "Niezhao, Niezhao, Cixi, you are trying to dig up the roots of our Manchu people." The third master looked at it coldly and couldn't help but take a breath.
"Li Hongzhang has sent troops to Beijing. Damn it, the Han soldiers are coming to kill us Manchus. This is Cixi's last resort. How stupid..." Third Master Qing almost broke the table with a snap.
And Fuhui said quietly, "Yehenala, she is indeed a woman from the Yehenala family..."
This sentence struck Ci'an's brain like lightning, and the terrifying legend of the Aisin Gioro family came to mind again. This was the last straw that broke the camel's back, and Ci'an finally made up his mind.
"Fuqing, it seems that you haven't given me an answer to the third question I just asked..."
Ci'an's three questions, whether Mailer will be defeated, now have answers, whether Xiao Letian will rebel, many people have vouched for it, and the last question is how much Qing Sanye has learned Xiao Letian's skills .
Hearing this sentence, everyone turned their attention to Fu Qing. The meaning of this sentence was too obvious. Ci'an was going to reuse the Third Master, and a new political star in Sijiu City was about to be born.
"Fu Qing, you have to think carefully. As long as you have the ability, the Ai family can hand over the Prime Minister's Affairs Office into your hands. A high-ranking official cannot escape, and it is not impossible to even be crowned king and prime minister..."
"Haha, aren't you Fuqing a well-known reformist in Sijiu City? Don't think that I don't know those friends around you. As long as you have the ability, I can forgive their sins, and I can also officially recognize your reformist status."
With a hiss, the third master took a breath of air. He subconsciously looked at his ancestor, only to find that he had already been looking at him with eyes that saw everything.
Muge, Ersu, Cheng Huai, Shishan, Shishui...and Luo Hao, Wenxiu, all familiar names and faces were spinning back and forth in the third master's mind.
This is his direct lineage, a small group that he gathered with the help of Xiao Letian's knowledge and money. They call themselves the reformists in the Qing Dynasty.
Yes, they are the reformists that Prince Chun Yixuan is currently targeting in the city. However, what Prince Chun is arresting are only those from the periphery. They are just a bunch of alley gangsters at best.
The third master's forehead was already sweating. He really didn't know whether his talents could shoulder the important task, but he understood that there was no way out. This battle had already branded him on the power of the Queen Mother of the East. Possibility of change.
"Your Majesty, Xiao Letian's foundation in Western learning is unfathomable. I don't dare to speculate on how much I can learn, but there is one thing I dare to vouch for... Among the Manchus of the Qing Dynasty, there are really not many people who can surpass me in Western learning. indivual."
"Well, you are telling the truth. With this truth, the Ai family can rest assured... Come here, bring me a pen and ink."
Ci'an wrote a personal edict on Bai Ling, and finally picked up the imperial seal and said coldly, "If Cixi can mobilize Li Hongzhang to go to Beijing, the Ai family can invite the new army to march westward, I would like to Let’s see which of the two powerful Han armies is more powerful.”
"Er Mao, this is the decree of the Ai family. Send it to Xiao Letian immediately and ask him to lead troops to the capital to serve the king. Haha, back then, the imperial court could hire the British to fight the long hairs, and now it can also hire the new Ryukyu army to fight the rebels... …”
"To pass on the wishes of the Ai family and to oversee the family Fu Qing, who is diligent in royal affairs, loyal to the country, and skilled in foreign affairs, I have been specifically appointed as the minister of the Prime Minister's Yamen of the second rank... Fuqing, you are now the first-ranking minister of the Prime Minister's Yamen." The number two official, besides Prince Gong, is you, don’t let the Ai family down." This book was first published from, be the first to read the genuine content!
