When the war started, the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty and the Green Battalion of the Han Army were fighting like rubbish. Emperor Xianfeng listened to depressing military reports in the Forbidden City every day. Today he lost a battle and tomorrow he lost a county. He had just ascended the throne. The new king! Even if the dragon chair is still warm, this kind of thing happens every day, and no one is in a good mood.
I have been defeated and defeated, but in the end I have to make the Manchu and Han ministers doubt my ability as the emperor! Therefore, Xianfeng at that time hated those incompetent Manchu generals from the bottom of his heart.
It was good now. Xianfeng and Sushun suddenly had a similar odor. The two finally joined hands and started to clean up this group of trash that they had raised. At that time, Sushun was so troubled by Sijiucheng that there was no peace for a day. .
Sushun was appointed as the Ministry of Household Affairs, and he organized the finances and dismissed more than forty clan members who were not working. Xianfeng also supported him and refused to show mercy to anyone who cried in front of the emperor.
Immediately afterwards, Sushun investigated the Wuwu Examination Case. The examiner was Shibai, a Manchu Wenyuan Pavilion student. He killed him without leaving a trace of incense.
It’s been so many generations that you haven’t been so serious about the Manchus. Why are you, an idle clan member?
By the way, I have to make a digression. Although Sushun is a descendant of Aixinjueluo Zhenggen, his mother's identity is not good enough. She is a concubine, Fujin, that is, the deputy deputy wife, and her status is slightly higher than that of the concubine.
With this status, one can imagine whether the Manchu people are convinced or not, of course they are not convinced!
The most irritating thing is that this guy places too much emphasis on Han people. The six Sumen scholars under him are all Han people. Zeng Guofan, Hu Linyi, and Zuo Zongtang were all recommended by Sushun.
Everyone said that Zeng Guofan was powerful, but if Sushun hadn't praised him and given him the power to levy local taxes, then there would be no Hunan Army anymore. Would you still want to gather troops without money?
"Brother Yang, Sushun had offended all the big shots in the court at that time, but the focus of the story I want to tell you is not here, but somewhere you can't see..." Li Tuo shook his head and said Had a glass of wine.
After all, the battles in the officialdom are clearly divided between you and me. You have your faction and I have my friends. Sushun offended many Manchus, but he also had his own small faction. The eighth minister Gu Ming was a party in the court!
If we follow normal inferences, Sushun should not have failed so quickly with his ability, but there are often some deeply hidden small events in history, which may seem inconspicuous but can change history.
The British and French allied forces invaded Beijing, and Emperor Xianfeng had to flee to Chengde with his wife, children and important ministers. In name, he was going to Mulan for autumn hunting, but in fact he was escaping for his life.
They were running in a hurry, and all kinds of materials were not prepared at all. Even the carriages for the masters were not enough. Sushun ordered the people to be forcibly recruited, which was robbery! Soldiers who looked like wolves and tigers rushed into every village, taking away horses, cattle, donkeys and mules, as long as they were big animals that could pull carts.
At that time, the Empress Dowager Cixi could only be called Concubine Yi, Yehenala. Although she was favored in the palace and gave birth to the only prince, she still did not receive special treatment. Sushun actually gave her a A mule cart.
"Brother Yang! Think about it, who has the most honorable status in the harem besides the queen? Of course it should be the Empress Dowager Cixi who gave birth to the prince! She didn't even give her face, do you think she is solemn? Is this still a human temper?"
At this time, Lao Jiang smiled on the side, "There really is a secret here... Come on, come on, Brother Yang has had this drink, and I'll tell you the secret!"
The two clinked glasses and drank a cup of wine. Old Jianggui said with a smile, "Actually, both Sushun and the Queen Mother were quite unjust. There are quite a lot of ghosts here!"
"According to the rules of the palace, the foreign minister must not talk directly to the concubines, so an intermediary is needed to transmit information between the two parties... Who is the intermediary? One is the dead Ande Hai, and I won’t mention the name of the other one. It’s useless for you to know, but he is just a small official in the Military Aircraft Department..."
"Actually, Sushun is not short of that carriage. Of course he knows who the Empress Dowager Cixi is, and it is impossible for him to offend the nobles in the palace just for a carriage. It's a pity that if there is no good thing, there will be no good people..."
"At that time, Sushun was so popular that An Dehai was not worthy enough to hold his shoes in front of him. Su Shun didn't even bother to see him. When he heard that An Dehai was coming, he casually asked this young official from the Military Aircraft Department to receive him. See if there are any requirements!”
"Of course An Dehai was begging for a more stable carriage...but no one thought that the petty official was actually a pawn of Sushun's political enemy. How could he give up this favor? A good opportunity for medicine?”
"Haha... When he replied to Sushun, it was just adding fuel to the fire, and it was a sinister person who was not willing to pay for his life. In his sharp words, Yehenala did not come to beg for mercy at all, but to be arrogant. It’s like giving orders to slaves!”
"Ah! Sushun's bad temper can get away with this problem. All he needs to do is ask for a carriage. You can go to Rehe by mule carriage!"
Li Tuo held the wine cup and slowly rotated it between his fingers. "It was a very cold day. I was riding in a bumpy mule cart all the way. When I ate, it was all clear soup with little water and no shreds of meat. The Empress Dowager Cixi couldn't stand it anymore and sent someone to I went and begged several times, but Sushun didn’t even respond..."
"When I changed cars, Sushun ignored me. I asked for help with the food, but Sushun still ignored me... Of course there is some 'hero' who deserves the credit... Haha, this is what women are like, and they just love this kind of thing. If you argue over trivial matters, this feud will be settled!"
Yang Zhi swallowed hard after hearing this. He never expected that the bloody feud within the Manchu officialdom would be so serious.
Li Tuo shook his head and sighed, "The matter is not over yet! That Sushun was really crazy. When Emperor Xianfeng was dying, he even secretly discussed with the eight ministers Gu Ming to follow the story of Madam Gou Yi in the Han Dynasty and kill him first. Concubine Yi will help the young emperor ascend the throne, and she is afraid that the heroine will harm the country..."
"Walls have ears. Naturally, these secret remarks were revealed to the petty officials who hated him. Do you think the Queen Mother can not be cruel to him?"
"There's another thing you can't think of. After the death of the late emperor, the queen mother and the two princes of the two palaces decided to divide the two palaces, so they proposed to let Sushun escort the coffin of the late emperor alone, while letting the other seven ministers accompany the queen mother and the young emperor in advance. Return to Beijing, this is Guiziliu’s vicious plan!”
"Didn't you think Sushun's staff and workers in Beijing noticed something strange? What a pity, we small officials played a role in the end. The person who rushed to deliver the letter to Sushun was actually killed south of Miyun. Blocked!"
Li Tuo sneered and said, "For two hours, the post station actually blocked him for two hours! What a pity, that was Sushun's last chance to escape, and it was delayed by us little officials!"
"By the time the messenger arrives at the camp, the prison van holding Sushun will have already left!"
The food and wine were cold, and Lao Jiang was obviously drunk. He lay his head on the table and muttered, "Back then... if Sushun had fled south quickly... if he had fled all the way to Zeng Guofan... Hu Linyi... Zuo Zongtang... Flee to their sphere of influence..."
"Hehe...hehehe! Then it would be a different day..."
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