"No!" A shrill roar stunned the officials, and also the little emperor who was about to shake hands with Xiao Letian. When people turned around, they found that Cixi rushed over like a madman, hugging Emperor Tongzhi tightly, and looked at Xiao Letian's eyes looked like he had seen a ghost.
"Go away, go away. Your Majesty is my child. No one can take him away!" Cixi was already hysterical. Emperor Tongzhi was his son and the source of all his rights. Without Emperor Tongzhi, her The sky fell.
Xiao Letian had already guessed Cixi's reaction: "Queen Mother, no one will take away your son, and no one can take away His Majesty the Qing Dynasty. I just hope that Your Majesty can go out to study and travel thousands of miles."
"Knowledge has never just stayed in books. Life would be incomplete without travel. The Queen Mother also hopes that Your Majesty will become a generation of heroes. What future can an emperor who is better than the hands of a woman in the palace have?"
"No, I don't care. I don't want to listen to your nonsense. You are just a deceptive devil." Cixi was already in tears. Only now did she know the horror of Xiao Letian. She was not afraid of any revenge from Xiao Letian. How much compensation could she ask for? She was given money and could also cede land. She would agree to any amount of concessions required.
But Xiao Letian, the devil, was not done with getting money and land. In the end, he actually reached out to her son. This was Cixi's Achilles' heel. Emperor Tongzhi was the last soft spot in her heart. Without her son, her life It completely collapsed.
When the Queen Mother cried, the Qingliu gang became more violent. They rushed forward and used their bodies to cut Xiao Letian and the emperor apart, and blocked Xiao Letian with their chests.
"Evil devil, if you want to take His Majesty away, you must step on our corpses!"
"The capital has gathered together all the scholars to block the four gates of the Forbidden City. Xiao Letian must not be allowed to succeed. Today is the time for us scholars to sacrifice our lives. Let us use our blood to wake up His Majesty!"
"Evil devil, get out of the capital! Let your soldiers shoot. If you can, kill all the scholars in the world!"
The meeting was completely out of control. Xiao Letian was pushed and shoved by dozens of hands from the Xumizuo to the entrance of the palace. They did not stop until the new troops showed their bayonets.
Xiao Letian didn't fight back. He still looked at the little emperor on the Xumizuo in the distance with a smile on his face. The reactions of these young people are also being sorted out. To be fair, Xiao Letian still admires these scholars. They protect their own values and they adhere to the traditions of thousands of years. It is a pity that what these people insist on has been eliminated. obsolete in this era.
In any era of great social change, there will always be a group of tragic conservatives, either out of morality or interests, but they just don't allow society to change at all.
This is a group of pitiful and deplorable conservatives. They simply don't understand, or they deliberately pretend not to understand. Do they really not know that 'change' is the eternal thing in the world?
Now Xiao Letian has been forced to the entrance of the hall by Qingliu, with high steps behind him. If a row of recruits hadn't suddenly appeared behind Xiao Letian with eager eyes, he might have been thrown out of the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
The Qingliu Hanlin lined up in a row to block the entrance of the hall. They refused to let Xiao Letian take another step forward. Weng Tonghe stood in front of the Sumeru Seat, protecting the Queen Mother and the little emperor like a glaring King Kong. At that moment, he really dared to kill someone. of.
In contrast to the anger of the Qingliu people, the governor Hanchen and the royal princes actually became strangely silent at that moment. Only those who were careful discovered that Ci'an, who had been silent all this time, was warning them with his eyes.
When the chaos reached a certain level, Ci'an coughed slightly and said, "Well, there are still no rules? The Great Court Meeting only happens once a year, what's it like! Hmph."
After a slight snort, there was a sudden silence in the Hall of Supreme Harmony. Ci'an is now the most powerful person in the empire. Before the emperor took charge, the two empress dowagers listened behind the curtain, and the power was divided into two. All administration in the empire must have two empress dowagers. Only by using treasure together can it be effective.
Now Cixi was stupidly instigated to cause such a palace coup, and the power in her hands was exposed to the world, especially the military power was squandered by Xiao Letian's new army. As a result, Ci'an became a big man. The most powerful person in the Qing Dynasty.
"Since it's a court meeting, it's for brainstorming and making decisions together. What's the point of pushing and shoving? Isn't it true that the Hall of Supreme Harmony can no longer reason? Why don't you go back to the court meeting?"
"Queen Mother" Weng Tonghe was speechless for a moment. He could already smell the strange flavor behind the Queen Mother's words.
The Qingliu people gradually dispersed, and Xiao Letian returned to the court. He ignored the others and stared at Emperor Tongzhi. The other courtiers didn't know what to say, and the scene was actually silent.
Cixi hugged the emperor tightly and looked at Ci'an pleadingly: "Sister, please say something. The emperor cannot leave the palace. He is still young. It is too dangerous outside. There are rebels everywhere. The emperor is too dangerous. !”
"Sister, don't be impatient. Let's listen to what the courtiers have to say. There are so many ministers, and many of them have not expressed their opinions. I think everyone's eyes are sharp. How can they harm His Majesty? Okay, they were all looked at stupidly, and they all spoke. Let’s talk about it!”
Qingliu's attitude was already very clear, so there was no need for them to talk too much, and the Manchu Qing reformers had long been the lackeys of the Western School. Fu Qing glanced at him, and the legacy of the eight ministers who had just been appointed officials spoke one after another.
"The Queen Mother, ladies and gentlemen, I think it is feasible for Your Majesty to go out to study in the palace. Which of the sage kings in our country has never left the palace to investigate the sufferings of the people? Who has never been to the people, Taizu, Saint Ancestor, or Gaozu? Your Majesty Long Of course Zilongsun cannot fall behind." The first person to speak was Shishan, the newly appointed minister of the Ministry of Industry.
"Yes, it has been said since ancient times to read thousands of books and travel thousands of miles. Your Majesty is only ten years old this year. It is a good age to broaden your horizons and experience the sufferings of the people. At least you will not sound like you are not eating meat." The Ministry of Internal Affairs has just taken office Commissioner Shi Shui also jumped out.
Third Master Qing was not willing to lag behind. "Queen Mother, as for your Majesty's safety, there is no need to worry about it. The combat effectiveness of the new army is even praised by Europeans. How can there be problems with such a strong army protecting your Majesty? Not only that, if Your Majesty When traveling overseas, it is too late for those foreign people to worship you, so how could it be detrimental to His Majesty?"
The reformers spoke, and then the local governors began to express their stance. Some of the noisy governors agreed and some opposed, but most of the ones who agreed were Hanchen, and those who opposed were Manchus.
At the end, the Ninth Commander Zeng Guoquan suddenly said, "In my humble opinion, it would be a good thing for Your Majesty to travel around the palace. The Emperor is the Emperor of all people. From now on, when he takes charge personally, he will not only have to govern Confucian students but also the children of Western learning. So, You should understand the knowledge on both sides.”
"The world has changed. In the future, Confucian scholars will no longer be able to take care of everything. It is really impossible not to be exposed to Western learning. Needless to say, it goes without saying that suppressing Changmao. Without the weapons and ammunition of foreigners, God knows. We have to fight for a few more years. Doesn’t the imperial court still want Zuo Zongtang to quell the rebellion in Gansu, Shaanxi and Xinjiang? I guess then we will still have to rely on others’ Western learning skills!”
Jiu Shuai smiled and said, "I just said it casually. I am not proficient in Western learning, but there are foreign adults attending the ceremony today. Why don't we listen to their opinions?"
The words of the Ninth Commander had already given the final verdict to the Han governors' forces. Those Manchu governors had long been no match for this group of Han people. Seeing the Ninth Commander's statement, they all shrank back and stopped talking.
Ci'an nodded and turned his attention to the big-nosed foreigners at the end. This group of China experts whispered a few words to each other, and finally withdrew the American Minister Hua Ruohan as the spokesperson.
"Your Majesty, Queen Mother, as a foreign minister, I am honored to be able to participate in the imperial court meeting. Since the court needs our suggestions, we will express our opinions to you!"
"We fully agree with Ryukyu Prime Minister Xiao Letian's proposal and give 100% support to His Majesty's study tour! Because study tour is a required course for European royal families."
"In Europe, all the royal children, not just the crown prince, but also the ordinary nobles have to travel around the country frequently. They have to visit famous scholars from various countries. They have to travel to strange worlds to gain knowledge. When necessary, they have to experience Go to the battlefield and learn how to be a commander.”
"In Europe, the children of the royal family are all well-rounded. Some are proficient in fencing, some are proficient in archeology, and of course most of them are proficient in politics and military affairs."
"To give a simple example, the great Russian emperor Peter the Great was the first emperor who led the Russians into modern civilization. He once traveled to various European countries when he was young. He even worked anonymously as an ordinary corporal. Lead a visiting group and secretly collect advanced experiences from other countries.”
"He served as a captain for the Dutch East India Company in the Netherlands for a period, also worked in a British shipyard, and learned shooting in Prussia. He visited factories, schools, museums, arsenals, and even participated in a meeting held by the British Parliament. session"
"It was really because of this trip that he saw the huge gap between Russia and countries such as Britain and France. After he came to the throne, he immediately started reforms, eliminated all shortcomings, and formed a new type of army. In just a few decades, backward Russia became One of the most powerful countries in Europe"
"And in Prussia now, I think Mr. Xiao Letian knows very well that the princes and grandsons of Prussia were actually educated in the UK. They all received the teachings of Queen Victoria, including the son of the current prince, Prince Carl, who has often been stationed in London, they have traveled to every country in Europe."
Speaking of this, Hua Ruohan sighed, "The ruler of an empire must have a mind that can conquer mountains and rivers. His heart must be broad enough to hold the whole world. Only with a god-like perspective can he formulate the most correct policy for a country." After the national policy comes out, I strongly request the imperial court to agree to the study tour plan. We in the United States are willing to hold the grandest welcome ceremony to welcome the visit of the great Qing monarch."
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