When Zai Chun heard the threatening words spoken by Jiu Shuai, his heart calmed down. This is how negotiations are. Don’t be afraid of the other party’s bargaining, let alone the other party’s arrogance. That’s how people are. The more they care about something, the more emotional they will be. , this is the truth that care leads to chaos.
The most fearful thing about negotiating is to be calm and smiling, so you can't tell whether the other party is satisfied with the negotiation. The more polite you are, the less likely you are to guess the other party's bottom line. Now the ninth commander has said such a treason. With his words, Zai Chun knew that Big Fish was tempted.
Master, my disciple will not let you down. After studying with you for a year and with my righteous status as the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, I don’t believe that I can’t win this alliance.
Zai Chun smiled slightly, "Rebel, whose rebellion is it? Are you rebelling against yourself..."
The Ninth Commander was stunned for a moment and did not understand what Zai Chun meant, but Zeng Guofan's eyes lit up: "Your Majesty can speak freely today, I am all ears..."
Zai Chunggong raised his hand and said, "I am just borrowing flowers to offer to Buddha. I must declare in advance that I am not a monster. I cannot understand these principles myself. I have to thank my two masters."
"I have been taught the principle that kingship is given by heaven since I was a child. I used to think that being the emperor is the greatest in the world. What I say is gold-plated..."
"But when I wanted to eat a bowl of the legendary delicious braised pork noodles with braised pork noodles, I found that that was not the case at all. It turned out that I couldn't even order a few eunuchs, and the imperial kitchen wouldn't listen to me. , the Ministry of Internal Affairs doesn’t listen to me, and the eunuchs around me still don’t listen to me.”
"Even Er Mao, who recommended me delicious food, was called to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and scolded. He then had to kneel down under the sun for an hour, haha..." Zai Chun smiled.
"From then on, I was confused. Could it be that everything the master taught me was a lie. It wasn't until I left the Forbidden City, received the master's words and deeds, and personally saw the structure of Japan that I understood... …It turns out those words were really lies.”
Zai Chun smiled bitterly and said, "I finally understand that the great changes that have not happened in three thousand years have not only changed technology, but also the rise of people's wisdom. The old path of monarchical centralization in the Middle Ages has completely failed..."
"The decentralization of power will be the mainstream of the future world. I think the same should be true for the Qing Dynasty. The invasion of Western barbarians and the civil strife of the Changmao Nian Army have caused the centralization of power in the Qing Dynasty to fall apart. Power has been dispersed into the hands of various forces. So what I need to do The only thing we should do is to follow the trend and not act against nature. Now that we have divided, let us continue to divide..."
Zeng Guofan's eyes lit up: "Decentralize power, how to divide it, and to whom."
Zai Chun smiled, "Then we must first see how many forces there are in the Qing Dynasty now..."
After a sleepless night, Zai Chun was no longer the child who screamed with excitement when he saw hot air balloons and telegraph wires in the Forbidden City. He had become a politician who could negotiate with a group of forces. Although he was immature, the righteousness he carried could Make up for all deficiencies.
Xiao Letian sat by the window and almost said the same words as Zai Chun at the same speed. There was a tacit understanding between master and disciple.
"The current Qing Dynasty is divided into four forces, one of which is the Manchus. In a small way, it is the Manchu Eight Banners, an aristocratic military group. In a big way, the Mongolian and Tibetan Hui and other ethnic groups can also be counted among the Manchu forces. …”
"The second is the emerging force of Han ministers and governors. In fact, to put it bluntly, they are Han warlords. They arose due to the turmoil of the Long-haired Nian Army. Now they have become too big to lose. They are a big worry for the country..."
"The third one is the traditional Confucian ministers. According to the classification of the Westward Journey, they are the Confucian landlord class that has ruled China for thousands of years. There are many civil servants without military power in Qingliu who can be classified into this class... …”
"And the last force is the foreigners. The power of the foreigners cannot be avoided. We can only face it. How to deal with the foreigners in the next few decades or even the first half of the year will be the most complicated problem."
On the surface, these four factions are clearly distinct, and whatever identity should belong to which faction, but the reality is often the most complicated, and each faction can be divided into left, middle and right.
In the Manchu group, there are both radical reformers like Fu Qing and conservatives like Ci Xiyi. Of course, most of them are centrists who are just waiting to die. As the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, let alone unite the four major forces, just He couldn't even control the Eight Banners under his own name.
Yi? The army trained in Xishan has finally received sufficient military pay. Those armed soldiers will listen to Emperor Tongzhi, not who pays the money and listens to whose orders.
Why did Zai Chun recruit 300 guards from the Four Nine Cities, and they were all concubine children from various families who were not doing well in their lives? It wasn't because he had clearly realized at that time that the Manchu people were already divided, and even his mother-in-law might not be with him. One heart.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see clearly that the emperor wants to train the emperor's personal army, which is an obvious distrust of the army within the imperial court, and Yi?'s insistence on controlling the training of the Xishan army is also building up strength for himself.
On the surface, they are still kings, kings, ministers, fathers and sons, and the hierarchy of the court is orderly, but in fact everything has changed. There is a smile on the face, a knife in the back, and the only outcome for the loser is death.
Zai Chun walked back and forth in the study angrily, "I don't want to be a loner. If I want to survive, I must unite all the forces that can be united... In the past, the emperor's subordinates paid attention to rewarding high-ranking officials with generous salaries, as if the power of the ministers was a reward from the emperor. It’s the same, but I don’t think so.”
"Who rewarded the 500,000 Hunan Army? Where did the imperial court conjure up so many troops to reward you? No, after all, the Hunan Army is a group that you have worked hard for, killed and managed all your life. .”
"I don't have the ability to reward you with an army of 500,000, and I can't even reward you with 500,000 foreign guns, but."
The Zeng brothers were waiting for the little emperor's but, Zai Chun said with a smile, "However, although I cannot reward these rights, I can recognize your rights..."
Xiao Letian brought Chun to Jiangnan secretly. In fact, the only real purpose was to form an alliance with the Hunan Army. A real alliance and not a drama played by the court.
Xiao Letian knew very well that there was not much time left for Zai Chun. If Zai Chun could not calm down all the forces within the Qing Dynasty in four years, and if he was not the co-owner that most people truly recognized, then there would be no reason to return to the Forbidden City. good.
Zai Chun's heart has become a little wild because of his own teachings. Now he can no longer sit on the throne and be a puppet. That is not the life he wants. Since Zai Chun has chosen the path of resistance, then it is necessary to unite Zong Lian Heng. The first step to take.
Zai Chun looked at Zeng Guofan with extremely pure eyes: "I am the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, the emperor of China recognized by the public laws of all countries. I want to reform the Qing Dynasty, please help me." This book was first published from, the first time See genuine content!
