In the first month of the seventh year of Tongzhi, from the first to the third day of the lunar month, Zai Chun presided over a series of sacrificial ceremonies. As the emperor who traveled to the Qing Dynasty, although he was not in Beijing, he could not skip the rules he should have.
Fortunately, Weng Tonghe was there. Although the entire sacrificial ceremony was simple, no one could fault it. However, both the master and the disciple looked bad during the entire ceremony.
On the night of the third grade of junior high school, Weng Tonghe and Zai Chun finally found an opportunity for the master and apprentice to chat together and talk about their hearts.
"Measure China's material resources and bring joy to the country... What does your majesty think of this sentence?" Weng Tonghe's question was a thorn that pierced the little emperor's heart deeply.
Zai Chun is already twelve years old this year. Years of education in the art of imperial thinking have made him mature far earlier than his peers. He can already hear the undertones of such questions.
"Master... my mind is very confused now. I really don't know how to answer this question. You have taught me for many years and said that I am the co-owner of the entire Qing Dynasty. Since I am the co-owner, I should be a Manchu or a Han." , Mongolians, Tibetans, Hui people... As the emperor of all people in the world, it stands to reason that I should be impartial and act in a neutral manner... But."
Mother's words completely shattered the illusion of the Manchu-Han family that the Manchus had carefully built over the past two hundred years. Han elites all over the world sensed danger in these words. They knew that in the hearts of the top Manchus, Han people were Han people, and Manchu people were The Manchus have never integrated.
In the past, when there was peace and prosperity and ethnic conflicts were not very acute, the Manchu-Han family, and even the Manchu-Mongolian-Tibetan people who returned to the Han Dynasty, were one family. But when serious conflicts of interest arise, the so-called family is simply a joke.
In real history, Cixi's famous sayings did not appear until after the Gengzi Incident. At that time, she imprisoned Emperor Guangxu, chopped off the heads of the Six Gentlemen of 1898, completely destroyed the Reform Movement, and placed the last order on the coffin of the Qing Dynasty. nail.
At that time, Cixi was preparing to depose Guangxu, but she never expected that this move was collectively resisted by the Western powers, and their reasoning was very sound. The emperor was already in power, and you, as the queen mother, had no right to depose him. The king of the country, this was completely contrary to the international public law at the time.
Cixi was furious. In her heart, anyone who dared to touch her power would be her life and death enemy, even foreigners, so the old lady wanted to go crazy and declare war on all nations.
What's even more ridiculous is that she declared war on all nations, and the armed force she relied on was actually the Boxer Rebellion, a non-governmental organization that relied entirely on superstitious ideas.
What followed was Southeast's self-defense, the Eight-Power Allied Forces entered Beijing, Cixi fled straight to Shanxi, and did not stop until she reached Xi'an.
But later Cixi was surprised to discover that the Eight-Nation Allied Forces had actually kept the door open to negotiations. These foreigners never thought about overthrowing themselves from the beginning to the end, as if they were overthinking everything.
It turned out that as long as he was obedient and provided enough benefits to the foreigners, his power in the Qing Dynasty would not be affected at all, and he could still firmly control the country.
At this time, Cixi was finally relieved and said the famous saying, "Measure China's material resources and make the country happy." What the old lady wanted from the beginning to the end was her own power within China. As for this country, it has declined to the lowest level on the earth. She doesn't want to see what it looks like, nor can she understand it.
After I die, even if the floods surge into the sky.
In fact, it was a long process for the Qing government to lose people's hearts. The defeat of the Sino-Japanese War, the bankruptcy of the reform, the Gengzi Incident, the Xinchou Treaty... a series of events that lost power and humiliated the country made people more and more chilled, and Cixi's famous saying was even more devastating. It stabbed the heart of all China.
All unrealistic illusions about the Manchu Qing Dynasty were completely shattered with the appearance of this sentence, and the prelude to a large-scale military anti-Qing Dynasty began.
Today, Cixi brought forward this famous saying nearly forty years in advance, and gave the whole world a knife in the heart in advance. Even Chun Zai was accidentally injured.
Everything E Niang showed was actually contrary to everything the master taught. Zai Chun couldn't say who was right and who was wrong. One represented the interests of the country and the other represented the interests of the Aixinjueluo family. What should be done? Take care of everyone or take care of the small family.
When the interests of everyone and Xiaojia conflict, how to choose is not something that a child can figure out.
Weng Tonghe saw the entanglement in the emperor's eyes, and he knew that he had to push him. "Your Majesty, whether you are Gu Xiaojia or Gu everyone, I am your loyal minister and will support your Majesty's decision all my life. However, Before His Majesty makes a choice, I hope you can carefully consider your question."
"Does the little family you are thinking about really regard you as its head? Do you really have their allegiance? I'm afraid it's just a name..."
Weng Tonghe finally expressed the rebellious thoughts in his heart. This time he asked the Queen Mother and the two princes for a mission to the four countries in East Asia. The actual purpose was to inform Emperor Tongzhi of the changes in the capital over the past year.
"Your Majesty, today I am only serving as your master. Please forget my identity as a Han. Some of my inner words are stuck in my throat and I am unhappy... What exactly is the Eight Banners? It is actually a military group. From the moment it was founded, it has The desire for power..."
"No one wants another Emperor Kangxi or Emperor Yongzheng to appear in the Qing Dynasty, because strong kings will suppress their power. Will those princes and nobles willingly hand over power?"
"Even the queen mothers of the two palaces refused to delegate power. When His Majesty ascended the throne in the year of Xinyou, how did the eight ministers of Gu Ming die and how did they come to listen to politics behind the curtain?"
"To put it bluntly, Your Majesty will always be a child in their eyes. Even if you take charge in the future, they will only treat you as a child..."
"The Eight Banners are now divided. Your Queen Mother and Prince Gong and Prince Chun are what foreigners call conservatives, while Empress Dowager Dong, Fu Qing, and Xiao Letian behind them are reformists. The two factions have long been incompatible."
"The reformists have now firmly controlled the power of industrial reform in the Qing Dynasty, while the conservatives, represented by Yi?, are training their troops desperately. Your Majesty, don't you know what they want to do?"
"The storm is about to come, and the wind is everywhere, and internal and external troubles are coming."
Zai Chun was dumbfounded. This was the first time Weng Tonghe told him about such a cruel political struggle, and the truth about the court had been uncovered by him.
"Master...why didn't you tell me before?"
"My Majesty, how old are you with the flash of swords and shadows in the Forbidden City? Only the king who survives can become a holy king. I don't let you know these things to protect you."
Zai Chun's face turned pale with fear.
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