Xiao Letian's last lesson to Emperor Tongzhi was undoubtedly very profound. He bloodyly presented the cruel truth of the world to Zaichun.
Being an emperor is not a leisurely and relaxing trip, being an emperor has to face a cruel struggle!
Today Xiao Letian can force Emperor Tongzhi to sign the Special Zone Concession Treaty. Tomorrow Britain, France and the United States will follow suit, and even the powerful faction within the Manchus will force the young emperor to do something.
Being an emperor is one thing, but holding real power is another. The road ahead is bumpy and dark, and those with weak will simply cannot go on.
Psychologists have said that what a person encounters in his adolescence will shape an adult's worldview. In the years after Xiao Letian took Zaichun away from the Forbidden City, the young emperor had become cheerful and sunny. got up.
The yin energy that originally permeated the Forbidden City has gradually been evaporated by the sunlight. The little emperor crawled around in the military camp, sweated profusely under the sun, and traveled all over the world with his master. All of this made his heart become brighter. strong.
If Zai Chun is really that lucky, he can travel with Xiao Letian until he is twenty or even eighteen years old. Maybe the person who returns to the Forbidden City will be a hard-core emperor with real sunshine.
It's a pity that some things are really destined. The power of darkness still closed the door to Zai Chun's growth. When the last master he trusted in his life also became an opponent on the negotiation table, the whole world was completely ruined in his eyes. Darkened.
The two hundred years of Manchu Qing rule have accumulated too much yin energy. These forces are seriously eroding Zai Chun's soul. All the suppression and exclusion at this moment will turn into the bitter wine of Zai Chun's fate.
In 1870, when Emperor Tongzhi boarded a British merchant ship and set sail back to China, the darkest period in the history of the Qing Dynasty finally came to an end.
Half a month after the signing of the unequal treaty, the British merchant ship Wales set sail from Hamburg back to the Qing Dynasty under the protection of four British warships.
The farewell ceremony at the dock was very grand. William I was present in person, and more than 200 high-ranking Prussian nobles also came to see off the Qing emperor.
But unfortunately, only one fangguan from the Chinese ethnic group showed up, and none of the high-ranking military and political officials were present!
At that time, the Chinese army had already camped outside Paris. Fang Guan explained to Emperor Tongzhi that the head of state was busy with important military and political affairs and could not see him off. Please forgive him.
But Emperor Tongzhi knew that he no longer had a master. The man who besieged Paris had become his competitor half a month ago.
They only have the chance to meet at the negotiating table, and all the good memories of the past will be sealed forever!
"For all the injustices this world has done to me, I will retaliate a thousand times over in the future! All the shame you have brought to me today will be washed away with blood in the future!"
Zai Chun is gone, and he will return to the Forbidden City at the end of 1870 to continue his imperial life!
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There are no more opportunities for Emperor Tongzhi to perform on the European stage, but the Chinese journey is far from over. When Xiao Letian ended his meeting with Zai Chun and approached Paris with generous rewards, Paris in the south had already It completely turned into a whirlpool of chaos.
When Xiao Letian and Emperor Tongzhi met, it was the moment when Queen Eugenie and Montauban escaped from Paris!
When Napoleon III finally entered the prisoner-of-war camp, he also showed his deception. In order for his wife to escape from Paris smoothly, he deliberately sent two telegrams in separate time periods.
And Bismarck also cooperated with the Emperor's actions because of various small calculations!
When all the ignorant people in Paris did not know the situation of the battle in Sedan, Queen Eugenie had already taken the lead in escaping. Four hours later, the French Parliament officially received the second telegram from the French Emperor.
Moderate Congressman Favre happened to be on duty today. When he saw the telegram delivered by the rushing telegraph operator, his legs softened and he was paralyzed on the chair.
"Oh my God! Has this moment finally come? Oh my God..."
Thiers, who was next to Councilor Favre, grabbed the telegraph newspaper and his eyes were as wide as bells. "It's broken, it's broken... This news will be blocked, and Paris will be in chaos!"
"Blocking the news? Are you kidding? How can this be blocked? You blocked it for a while and you want to block it forever?"
"Favre! Let the blockade last as long as we can. Now we must try our best to control the situation... first control the parliament and the army!"
"The empire has collapsed, and the order of the Republic must also be stable!"
"Yes, yes, you are right..." Although Favre is older than Thiers, he is a typical moderate and a good old man who lacks decisiveness.
"There are still 160,000 regular troops in Paris. These people are all under the command of Montauban. Hurry to find Montauban and ask him to stabilize the army first and protect important government departments!"
Thiers slapped his head: "My Mr. Speaker, how could Montauban still be in Paris? He is a die-hard imperialist. He slaughtered so many workers for the French Emperor..."
"No one will forgive him. As long as he is in the new government, the hundreds of thousands of workers' self-defense forces will have to eat his flesh and drink his blood..."
"She must have run away a long time ago, even the queen has run away at this moment!"
"Go to Trochu! He is currently the most prestigious person in the army in Paris! Only he can gather these chaotic armies!"
At the critical moment, Thiers was still resourceful. He knew very well that the National Guard led by workers now numbered more than 250,000 people. Although these temporarily organized troops lacked training, they were better in numbers!
If we do not urgently capture the remaining 160,000 regular troops, then the future new government will definitely be controlled by Blanqui and others!
There are only two key points now. The first is that the 60,000 regular troops must be controlled by the republicans supported by the bourgeoisie. The second is that no more seats in parliament must be given to those workers on the left.
If we stick to these two points, there will be no deviation in the distribution of power of the new government!
Thiers pretended to be calm and strode out. At the gate, the veteran mercenaries loyal to Thiers had already been waiting.
Thiers walked up to them and whispered, "Gentlemen! The gambling has begun! Now I ask you to rescue people according to my list..."
"You must rescue more congressmen to me in the chaos...I allow you to use violence appropriately! At this juncture, it is no longer possible to use violence!"
These were iron-blooded mercenaries who had been fed with money. They had already given their lives to him. Without saying a word, these veterans nodded and began to work separately.
