Xiang Ying thought so, and Xiao Letian, who was shut up in the cabin, actually had the same idea, and Xiao Letian's thoughts were even deeper.
Aixinjueluo Zaichun's death in history is definitely a big conspiracy, whether he died of smallpox or syphilis, but one thing is recognized by history. After Zaichun took office, there were so many guards and eunuchs who secretly He lured Zai Chun out to play and look for flowers and willows.
There are many problems here. How tight is the Forbidden City's defense? Tens of thousands of guards and three or four lines of defense, even if they can't stop the emperor, can't they still get the message out?
Facts have proved that many people and forces chose to remain silent while the emperor was out of the palace looking for women.
The bigger doubt is that no matter how poor the late Qing Dynasty was, it was not so poor that the emperor had no money to play with women. No matter how valuable the women in the Bada Hutong were, would one thousand taels be enough? Is ten thousand taels enough?
How did those poisonous scumbags get close to the emperor? Is there anyone secretly manipulating them?
A brick dug out of the Forbidden City can turn into eighteen thousand taels of silver. A piece of white jade hanging on the waist of the mighty Qing Emperor can buy half of Rouge Alley. How can he play with dirty women?
The truth has been lost in history, but the network of interests at that time cannot be wiped out!
Take a look at what Chun Chun did after taking office in history. He first asked to rebuild the Old Summer Palace, but got everyone's opposition. And with this opposition, he actually took away the title of his uncle Guiziliu!
This was absolutely explosive news in Daqing at that time. Even the ministers who had been dealing with Guiziliu in Dongjiaominxiang for many years were stunned.
This is like Prince Karl of Prussia stripping away all the rights in Bismarck as soon as he came to power. This scene is very exciting to think about!
Or give another example! During World War II, King George VI of England seized power because Churchill objected to him building a garden?
Of course, such a comparison is inappropriate because the political environments of the two sides are fundamentally different, but this sense of dramatic conflict is definitely shocking to people.
Zai Chun, who was just in charge of the government, dared to take down his uncle Liu Yi, the Prime Minister of the Qing Dynasty, and the Prime Minister of the Qing Dynasty, as a sixteen-year-old boy? This in itself is not something that a mature politician can do. In the words of the common people, it is seeking death!
Facts have proved that Zai Chun's imperial edict was annulled by the two empresses a few months later, and the reconstruction project of the Old Summer Palace was also stopped. This series of blows made Zai Chun furious.
Xiao Letian was pacing back and forth in the cabin. He kept talking to himself, like a madman.
"Zai Chun was once so powerful in history! He once wanted to be a holy king and a wise master. He really wanted to bring about a renaissance of the Manchus... It was this premature exposure of his passion that killed him!"
"If you don't have enough strength, you expose your nakedness first. Are you looking for death? You don't have any soldiers loyal to you, and you can't even control the eunuchs and guards in the Forbidden City. How dare you grin at a powerful official? "
"Aren't you opening your mind and announcing your ideals to the whole world? Your ideal is to be the emperor of Kangxi, Yongzong and Qianlong. Don't you just want to be the emperor with the highest degree of power? With just one edict, you can raid the homes of important ministers and destroy their families... …I would like to ask which ministers want such an emperor?”
"It's ridiculous, it's ridiculous! Do you really think that if you see your ministers kowtow to you and swear allegiance to you every day, they will really be loyal to you? How miserable you have been brainwashed by the Confucian scholars!"
Zaichun in history was a tragedy, so isn’t Zaichun now a tragedy? Xiao Letian sat on the chair with a sad face, covering his face with his hands and lamenting in pain.
Xiao Letian's feelings for Zai Chun are very contradictory. If we put aside Zai Chun's status as emperor and look at the relationship between teacher and student, Xiao Letian still loves him. Who doesn't like a smart child? What's more, Zai Chun has already developed a father-like admiration for Xiao Letian.
But if the identity of Emperor Tongzhi was transferred to him, Xiao Letian would have to consider the problem from the perspective of cold and ruthless politics.
He knew that letting Zai Chun appear in public as an emperor to get close to the people was actually honey mixed with poison.
The more Zai Chun is close to the people and the more he displays the image of a holy king in front of the people, the less likely the opposition forces within the Manchu Qing Dynasty will let him go. Maybe there was a possibility of peaceful negotiations between the two sides before, but when Zaichun went into the civil society and met the people, when he coerced huge public opinion to put pressure on the city of Beijing...
Since then, the conflict between the enemy and ourselves has been irreconcilable, a choice between life and death, without any hope for peace.
I thought those people were afraid! They were extremely afraid of the powerful strength bonus brought by Zai Chun's identity as the emperor. This huge ability to coerce people's hearts was the divine right of kings.
No one in the palace, nobility, or powerful ministers has this strength. Perhaps the hearts they have spent half their lives trying to win over are not as good as the emperor's rise to the top to raise his arms once!
They are extremely afraid of this kind of asymmetrical war, so these people must lock the emperor in the Forbidden City. If they can't lock him, then they have no choice but to kill him!
But now it’s not okay for Zai Chun to be close to the people without showing his face! Since you already know the opponent's intentions, resisting is a quick death, and not resisting and choosing to surrender is a slow death. Anyway, you will die, so why not fight for it?
"I know, of course I know! Don't I fucking understand this? But he is just a child after all..." Xiao Letian was in extremely confused mood, as if he was debating with a fantasy version of him. Keep talking to the air.
"Zai Chun has his destiny. He was born into an emperor's family. What do you want him to do? Fate cannot be changed. Even if he is a three-year-old child, he must bear what he should bear!"
"But I can't get over this hurdle in my heart! Aren't I using him? Aren't I using children to achieve my own goals? In order to make the Jiangnan stock market popular among people as soon as possible, I pushed Zai Chun out! I am Harm him!"
"He will die! What he did today will make those people in Beijing extremely frightened. They will be determined to kill Zai Chun! Zai Chun is even more dangerous..."
"He is willing!" Xiao Letian said with a ferocious face, "Money can't buy someone's willingness! Zai Chun voluntarily embarked on this cruel road of killing! Can you control what he wants?"
yes! As long as Zai Chun is willing, that’s fine. He is willing to go to hell. Isn’t it his own choice?
After figuring everything out, Xiao Letian broke away from his schizophrenia and returned to a calm and wise expression. He stood in front of the mirror and smiled lightly, "Zai Chun! I want to be a powerful emperor like Kang, Yong, and Qian. This is your a**... As long as people have a**, there will be pain!"
"Be prepared to go to hell!" At that moment, the figure in the glass mirror flashed in a daze, and Xiao Letian suddenly found himself in the mirror, with a green face and sharp fangs growing out of his head.
It’s so ghostly!
