People's hearts are a very delicate thing. The people's loyalty to the imperial court in the late Qing Dynasty is really a tribute to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, right? Actually no, the two hundred years of the Qing Dynasty were actually a process of continuous brainwashing of the people.
The Manchus were very smart when they entered the customs. On the one hand, they raised their butcher knives to kill all the disobedient people and used their blood to scare dissidents. Then they joined forces with other ethnic minorities to control the Central Plains.
Of course, the more critical point is to unite with the Han landlord class, that is, the scholars, to start indoctrinating the people, instilling the theory that Yi Di can also live in China. Qianlong's revision of the Sikuquanshu was actually a cleansing of various folk ideas. The number of books destroyed was no less than the number of books preserved.
The scholars who had formed an alliance with the Manchus began to create various stories about the destiny of the people among the people, desperately adding bricks and tiles to the ruling foundation of the Manchus, desperately trying to hide the fate of the Ming Dynasty, and how cruel and cruel the rebels such as Li Zicheng were. The Manchus' entry into the Pass was made into an inevitable event that complied with the reincarnation of heaven.
This kind of thing is brainwashing, one generation, two generations, four or five generations... Over the past two hundred years, the people have long forgotten what Han family clothes are, and instead think that everything they live in is natural and justified.
If you want to break this kind of brainwashed dependence, you can't rely on your indoctrination. People are not reasonable creatures. They will never overturn the values they have formed. Even if they are wrong or evil, they refuse to change.
So there will be a very interesting phenomenon. In history, when Zhang Xun returned to Beijing, the whole city was filled with cries and dragon flags of welcome. The people were happy and said that the emperor was back, how good it was.
Even a hundred years after the fall of the Qing Dynasty, Qing palace dramas will continue to spread, and there will still be a group of people desperately advocating the orthodoxy of the Qing Dynasty.
This is actually just a bit of inertia left over from the two hundred years of mental brainwashing by the Manchus!
One person's habitual power may be very weak and inconspicuous, but what about a thousand people? What about 10 million people? What about hundreds of millions of people? In fact, the habitual power of hundreds of millions of people can be called the people's heart.
Public opinion may not always be correct! People's hearts can also make mistakes, such as the ignorant loyalty of the people to the imperial court during the late Qing Dynasty.
Xiao Letian knew this very well. This was also the biggest obstacle he encountered in overthrowing the Manchu Qing Dynasty. In fact, it is not difficult to defeat the Manchu Qing Dynasty using military means. As long as you have a modern army of about 100,000 people, as long as you can reach the British Army's level, and with the economic strength of about two or three provinces, we can wipe out the Manchu Qing Dynasty on the battlefield.
But it is easy to kill the thief in the mountains, but it is difficult to kill the thief in the heart!
You can defeat the enemy's army on the battlefield, but it is difficult to change the abnormal dependence on the Manchu Qing Dynasty and the habit of imperial power in the hearts of hundreds of millions of people.
A government that does not win the support of the people is destined to have a lot of chaos, serious internal strife and even continuous civil war. None of this is what Xiao Letian wants.
How to break the thieves in the hearts of the people? Xiao Letian's plan was to break through the fortress and let the thief show up in front of hundreds of millions of people around the world and be embarrassed. Let them smash the chastity arch they have built over the past two hundred years!
Let the people all over the world see with their own eyes what the imperial court they are loyal to is really.
It can be said that Xiao Letian spared no effort to promote the internal division of the Manchu Qing Dynasty over the years. He was trying every means to interrupt the process of centralization of power in the Tongzhi Dynasty.
The emperor was still young, there were two queen mothers, a group of powerful princes below him, and outside there were Han governors who had strong military support and self-respect.
When there are many conflicts, it is also the opportunity for Xiao Letian to be good at dancing. He will quietly break the balance and let those ambitious people have an illusion, an illusion that he can ascend to the throne.
For example, Yi, his ambition actually grew with the help of Xiao Letian.
Originally, Yi could not gain military power in history, but Xiao Letian came and taught the Eight Banners a lesson on the battlefield several times, and even captured the city of Beijing, which made the court feel a strong sense of crisis.
The empress dowagers of the two palaces had no choice but to let Yi train his troops due to a serious illness. As a result, this training naturally turned out to be a careerist.
All this is what Xiao Letian is happy to see, and it is what he has expected.
As Yi's power becomes stronger, Xiao Letian will also make Zai Chun's power stronger. First, he will establish the new Yulin Army, and then there will be a bloody battle in the Far East. Zai Chun is no longer a mere commander now, he and Yi have already had a fight Strength.
While Zaichun was preparing for war, Yi also had to strengthen his armaments. This was the so-called arms race.
The two tigers are preparing for war. The day when the pro-government takes power will definitely be the moment when the conflict breaks out. The Manchu civil war is destined to break out!
As long as there is a war, those dirty brocade quilts that cover up ugliness will no longer be able to hide the filth under them, and all the people in the world will be stunned to see that the imperial court they once thought was destined to be destined has turned into a vicious dog that steals food.
Coupled with newspapers and new media that are ready to take off, the ugly situation of the Manchu Qing Dynasty will definitely be exposed to the world!
Is the civil war between Yi and Zaichun over? Haha... It's not that easy. In fact, whether it is Yi Shengli or Zai Chun's victory, the Qing Dynasty will be severely damaged.
With the loss of people's hearts, money and power will also be lost. The Manqing, who lost too much blood, can only choose to cultivate and lick their wounds for a short time.
But will Xiao Letian give them time to lick their wounds? The answer is no. Xiao Letian will find another careerist within the Manchu Qing Dynasty and secretly fund it. Maybe the next civil war will begin in the blink of an eye.
"King Shangtai, my senior brother! It is now 1869 AD, and there are still three years until Zaichun ascends the throne at the age of sixteen! This means that there will definitely be a civil war in three years..."
"And there will be three years after three years, and the next Manchu civil war should break out around 1875. There will be three years after three years, and there will still be careerists causing trouble in 1878..."
"Let the Eight Banners kill the Eight Banners! Let the Manchus kill the Manchus! As long as there are more than three civil wars, I think no matter how stubborn Lao Dongheng and the stale Confucian scholars are, they have to reflect on it!"
"Hahaha... destiny? True Dragon Emperor? Hahaha... it's all bullshit, a bunch of poisonous snakes!"
"There is only one dragon in this world, and that is our head of state... The birth of the hidden dragon is a blessing to all people!"
Xiang Ying has gone crazy, his eyes are full of fanaticism, which is the complete worship of the master. I am afraid that only Xiao Letian in the world can operate such a large project, kill the thieves in the mountains, and kill the thieves in the heart!
King Shangtai never expected that there would be such a plan waiting for the Qing Dynasty. He trembled his lips and said, "Where are the foreigners? Won't the foreigners intervene?"
"Interference is nonsense! If the Han people rebel and want to overthrow the Manchus, of course they can intervene, but now the Manchus themselves are fighting for the throne. The emperor's uncle and the emperor's nephew have turned against each other. To put it bluntly, both of them have the right to inherit the Qing Dynasty!"
"People are doing housework behind closed doors, how can foreigners interfere? No matter who wins or loses, they dare not lose the interests of the foreign devils. Since the foreign devils will all get the same benefits in the end, how can they go to war when they are full?"
"What about the Mongols? What about Huibu and Qinghai-Tibet?" King Shangtai then asked.
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