"Let's talk about it. The emperor's feet are the best place. Xiao Letian's new army can come and go when they want. They can enter and leave the nobles' inner rooms just like their own homes. Is there any royal law..." Cixi said with a gloomy face. A look of dissatisfaction with desire.
Opposite were Prince Gong and Prince Chun, two Manchu noblemen, Cixi's iron team. The joint counterattack by Ci'an and Xiao Letian was really fatal to Cixi. The direct lineage of the capital was wiped out, especially the direct lineage of the military. Basically, they all became polished commanders.
I originally expected Guiziliu to raise a Western-style army for his own use, but a Western-style army is not that easy to form. Just choosing which country's training model has become a big problem.
Britain, France, the United States, and Russia all offered olive branches, and each of them desperately promoted the advantages of their own army. They even exerted diplomatic pressure on the court, and they were very likely to fall out if they did not agree.
Not only that, the whole country is also encountering problems in raising wages. Half of the country in the south of the Yangtze River has been drained of oil and water by the Hunan Army. The north is struggling to get out the money. As for the northwest, there is looming chaos in the region. In addition, the Aguba in Xinjiang The rebellion was even more difficult to support with a single cent of silver.
In the north, the areas outside the customs and Mongolia have always been areas where the imperial court did not impose taxes. They always drew blood from the inland Han people to feed them back, and I have never heard of them paying money or food to the imperial court.
For today's plan, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan are slightly better. They have not been destroyed by the war. However, except for the Sichuan Basin, which has some output, there is not much money left in other places.
Guiziliu had an extremely miserable year. Cixi was hiding in the Forbidden City and was a coward. The pressure from the outside was all on him. It was not easy to form a new army. In addition, the defeated half-disabled uncle in the capital was causing trouble. The Eight Banners Everyone inside was still dissatisfied and angry.
After finally getting through this year, the little emperor started to have trouble again when he started his spring study tour. He also wanted to form the emperor's personal army. Isn't this causing trouble?
Today, the news that the new army entered the city and robbed the young masters from house to house has spread throughout the Forty-Nine City. The new army holding the emperor's imperial edict did not give face to anyone. Even the princes and viscounts on the other side sneered. According to the list in the imperial edict, they One house after another was robbed.
Those impostor family heirs were beaten up by the new army, and the streets were filled with crying young masters running home, making the idle people in the Forty-Nine City burst into laughter.
"Wang Fa, Queen Mother, I'm afraid we really can't say anything about this matter today. After all, Xiao Letian's new army came with the emperor's decree. I have nothing to do..."
"There is no way. There are already a mountain of complaints from the Ai family. As a prince, you actually told me that there is no way. Guiziliu, you have the guts to say it again..."
Cixi has completely become a pervert. The palace coup failed completely, her power was wiped out by Ci'an, her son was replaced by Xiao Letian, and now even her two brothers-in-law have begun to disobey.
Especially you, Yi?, how did you promise me when you were so damn happy crawling on the Ai family? Didn’t you promise that you would protect us and your mother and enjoy eternal peace?
Yi? felt Cixi's anger, but he could only hold his hand and said, "Although the emperor is the nephew of the minister, he is also the emperor of the Qing Dynasty. He is a superior and inferior son. In front of him, what can I do, expel the new army, or expel Manshun is here,"
"The emperor has not yet taken charge of the government. You have to remember this. The Qing Dynasty is now an era where government is governed behind a curtain. What decision can an eleven-year-old child make? I can't expel these thirty-odd new troops. He Xiao Letian We can capture the capital again."
Ci Xi is really crazy, her facial features have become hideous and distorted, Yi Xuan and Yi Xuan looked at each other with a bitter smile and sighed secretly, do you really think that you are the powerful Empress Dowager of the West before, but now the one on Meishan wants to understand? This woman is the most powerful force in the Qing Dynasty. With the two major reinforcements of the Hunan Army and the New Army, Ci'an's power has become overwhelming.
Yi? sighed, "His Majesty does not have a pro-government, but he is also the emperor of the Qing Dynasty. This cannot help but that some people are willing to obey the emperor's orders. In the eyes of those people, even if the current emperor has not gone through the ceremony of pro-government, they are still willing to do so." Follow orders..."
"Your Majesty wants to train the emperor's personal army. Queen Mother, please let him train. Anyway, he didn't ask the court for money or food. What are you worried about..."
Not waiting for Yi yet? After saying that, Cixi suddenly became furious, "What am I worried about? That's the flesh that fell off my body. My child is going to be a soldier. How can I, a mother-in-law, stand by and watch? You go and find a way for me." , to raise money and food..."
Cixi's crazy roar sounded in the Yangxin Hall, and soon the two princes rushed out with their heads in arms.
Standing by the corridor, Prince Chun Yixuan said with lingering fear, "Brother, Cixi is going crazy. Why are her words inconsistent with her words? At the beginning, she said she would stand up for the nobles who don't take away their sons. How come? In the end, it turned into asking His Majesty for money and food. What on earth did she want to do..."
"Let's go, let's leave her alone. An old woman who has lost her son is not crazy. I'll raise two to three hundred thousand taels of silver later. Don't compete with a madman..."
The two princes sighed and left the harem.
At the same time, on Jingshan Mountain, in the newly renovated Qiwang Tower, red candles were swaying. A man and a woman were panting and hugging each other. The mahogany bed was hung with gauze curtains. Ci'an was nestled in Fu Qing's arms, his fingers moving. of drawn circles.
"Good man, you hurt me just now. I haven't seen you for half a month and you can't hold it in any longer. Next time, the Aijia will allow you to go out to eat a few times. I will select a few beautiful maids to reward you later... "
"You are such a goblin. I am so busy every day that I have no energy to eat. The contract with the American company has been signed. The telegraph line will be delivered to our Qing Dynasty in two months at most. Now It’s the busiest time…”
Third Master Qing put on his clothes and got out of bed, opened the window of Qiwang Tower, looked down at the dimly lit Forty-Nine City, and sighed, "Hey, what's wrong with our Qing Dynasty? Your Majesty can cause trouble even if he recruits a group of pro-army troops." With such a big thing coming, how can these powerful people be so courageous? They dare not even listen to the emperor's imperial edict and change people when asked. What's going on in the country..."
Ci'an leaned on the pillow and said coldly, "What else could it be for? Isn't it just to bully the emperor for his young age? In their eyes, as long as the matter is brought to justice and no one is blamed, it doesn't matter to them no matter how strong the emperor is, let alone the young emperor." The emperor is only eleven years old... By the way, tell me whether the personal army your majesty created is reliable or not."
"I see no problem. If Xiao Letian's military training method can really be taught to His Majesty, not to mention three hundred personal soldiers, even three thousand can be trained. I have come into contact with these soldiers when I was in Tanggu. They are simply elite. It’s unimaginable.”
"Oh, so what your Majesty did was supported by Xiao Letian, that's good. I'll ask Zhou Daoying to send 500,000 taels of silver later. How can we train troops without spending money..."
Third Master Qing walked over and hugged Ci'an tenderly, "Now I know that the only one who really cares about the Qing Dynasty is you. What you pretend to be in your heart is thousands of miles of mountains and rivers..." As he spoke, Third Master's big hand grabbed Ci'an. Seeing the country on An's chest, the Queen Mother Dong was once again intoxicated with a hum.
Outside Qiwang Tower, Zhou Daoying and Ci'an's most loyal imperial guards were guarding the building. Listening to the wheezing sounds inside the building, everyone kept their eyes and noses in view and their hearts in silence.
Around Jingshan Palace, outside the brightly lit palace gates, countless building materials are being transported between Jingshan and Beihai. This is a grand project promised by the imperial court to the Queen Mother of the East. Even Lotte Matheson has invested in the entire Jingshan and Beihai restoration project. A lot of money.
Beihai and Jingshan are now connected. The old palaces have been repaired, and new buildings have been built. Golden nanmu, mahogany, and red pine that have been isolated for hundreds of years from Southeast Asia, large pieces of white marble and Bluestone... Countless materials have been gathered together, and there are countless funds behind supporting this big project. This is how the entire imperial court expresses their loyalty to the Queen Mother.
In contrast, the Forbidden City was bleak. Cixi didn't know how to scold her sister in the old palace, but she was powerless because she was a loser.
Facts have proved that China has never been short of money. When Li Zicheng entered Beijing, the gold and silver in the treasury was only 200,000 taels, but he ransacked the minister's house and ended up with 70 million taels.
The Manchu nobles accumulated wealth at a rate no slower than those of the Ming Dynasty in the past two hundred years. When the Eastern Empress Dowager's major project to repair Beihai began, the amount of silver taels donated by interested people had already accumulated to 5 million taels.
This is not much at all. Years ago, when Xiao Letian transformed Longxugou into a commercial street and sold countless plots of land to these powerful people at a discount, 25 million taels of house purchase funds were collected for the Longxugou project within three days. It can be seen that the real estate industry has been a profitable industry since ancient times.
The Eight Banners were so wealthy, but the imperial court was so poor and weak. Prince Gong wanted to build a Western-style army, but the national treasury with a budget of just over two million taels was already stretched thin.
In the eyes of the Manchus, paying silver to the Empress Dowager Dong was a sign of loyalty that could be rewarded with an official position in the future, and at the very least it could protect the family's safety.
And Longxugou had Xiao Letian renovate it into the most high-end commercial street. Even a fool can see the future economic benefits. If you get a few units, it will be a ten thousand-year industry.
As for the imperial court's training of Western-style troops, these Eight Banners men must support it, and they must support it with both hands. Isn't the Qing Dynasty suffering from the Westerners? But if you want me to pay, then it must be two words, no .
If you want to train the army, go to the treasury for money. If the treasury has no money, why don't you just go to the Han people and collect taxes? Anyway, those Han people are like ants in groups, and they will feel uncomfortable if they don't work for a day.
This is the current situation of the Qing Dynasty. Every time Mr. Qing thinks of this, his heart is as sharp as a knife. All he can do is rely on his own strength and rely on the industrial zone to create a cornucopia for the court that can continuously generate wealth.
"A general is not a country. Even the Manchus themselves don't care about this country, so who do we expect to love this country? The Manchus themselves have given up on this country, so do they still expect the country to care about you?"
Aixinjueluo Zaichun stood in front of the window and looked in the direction of Beijing City. He kept repeating the words his master said, which was like a huge boulder weighing on his heart.
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