Read thousands of books and travel thousands of miles! How much impact does studying abroad have on a person's character? This is a matter of opinion, but in the case of Tongzhi Emperor Zaichun, Xiao Letian took him to study abroad in recent years, which has completely changed the little emperor's nature.
Unknowingly, Emperor Tongzhi could no longer go back to the past. He was no longer the king who was taught by strict rules in the past. He had opened his eyes to see the world, and his heart had already longed for the enlightened new world outside!
Zai Chun felt a fire in his heart. The freedom he enjoyed in Europe was unimaginable in Asia. This freedom not only belonged to the king but also to the common people.
So what about kings and emperors? They go on patrol when they need to, which is nothing more than stricter security measures, and the people still live how they should.
The cavalry on the streets protected the emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire when he traveled. The shops and houses on both sides of the road lived as they should. Those who loved the emperor would salute, and the indifferent people could just ignore you and do whatever you were supposed to do.
Those who opposed the emperor would even spit or even shout a few slogans of protest. In fact, as long as you didn't really want to assassinate the emperor, the police would mostly just disperse them.
This is the emperor, but other nobles have it easier. They are in harmony with ordinary people. You live your life of wealth, and I live my life of poverty, and the water in the well does not interfere with the water in the river!
It was in this environment that Emperor Tongzhi could freely go to the library to read sixteenth-century classical books with students, or go to private museums to study cultural relics with scholars.
He can go to the most upscale restaurants to dine, during which time the guests will just applaud him a few times, and he will do the rest.
Even walking on the street, in the forest, deep in the park... These places are casual, there are not so many rules, and they will not disturb the residents at all!
This kind of life is great. You and I are under the same sky, but we don’t interfere with each other. This is the freedom that makes people relax!
Everyone benefits themselves and does not harm each other. This is the highest state mentioned by the saints!
But when I returned to the Qing Dynasty, everything I looked at...everything was gray and depressing, including the welcoming ceremony. It was actually fake and artificial!
The common people have suffered so much, who will they scold? Are you scolding those bastard officials? Or do you want to scold yourself as the emperor?
What made Emperor Tongzhi even more angry was that he actually dared to pour dirty water on the heads of Emperor Kangxi and Emperor Qianlong. He said that the rules were stricter than this when he went to Jiangnan. What does this mean? Doesn't this clearly tell the people that the Holy Ancestor back then was more disturbing to the people than he was, and he was more tormenting the people than he was?
You, Sabao, can be forgiven for your crime of clashing with the Holy Master, but your crime of smearing the Holy Ancestor cannot be forgiven lightly!
Sabao was so frightened that his whole head was numb. It was clear that Fu Qing, Yi Pei and others behind Emperor Tongzhi were winking at him, shaking their heads and making gestures, but Sabao didn't understand what it meant in the end.
"Your Majesty... I'm not lying... I really heard what grandpa said personally, and who among the old people in the city doesn't know about the grand occasion back then?"
"It's really a rule that you are not allowed to eat, drink and litter at will! You have to be prepared for the arrival of the driver. The fast horse rolls the cards to deliver the message. Foreigners have to deliver the message every hour and a quarter..."
"The common people and the gentry gathered on both sides of the canal three days ago, and all the private houses were recruited for these people to live in... At the last hour of pick-up, no food will be allowed for the first twelve hours!"
"Everyone is only given ginseng soup and beef jerky, and that's all in a limited amount... What I'm afraid of is that Chu Gong will offend the Holy Emperor!"
"Don't even think about it if you're a large one. You'll have to be yoked when you pull your pants. If you're a small one, you're really in a hurry and there are only one or two toilets for you to go to..."
"But the toilet also has rules. It must be supervised by a dedicated person and prepared with the best silver wire charcoal. It must be spread with a layer of charcoal every time you go out, and then sprinkle with spices..."
"This is the rule, this is what our Qing Dynasty values!"
"Your Majesty, please don't say that these rules are strict, but if they are not strict, it won't do... Why do we need to sit together with fellow villagers? Why do we need to assign village elders to the people of each village?"
"This is to ensure that there is no trouble, no one sneaks in, and the young people are not easily suppressed..."
This Sa Bao seems to be an Eight Banners gangster who brags and talks about mountains and rivers. He was a little nervous in the first two sentences, but in the end he became more and more happy. This is a typical example of someone who goes crazy alone!
"The rules have to be so strict. It's not that we are unreasonable... With more than 100,000 people gathered together, God knows if some assassins and bad guys will sneak in?"
"So these stinky people have to stay in their one-third of an acre in a step-by-step manner and are not allowed to move around... You have to go to the toilet, and he has to go to the toilet... If a hundred thousand people are in trouble, thousands of people will have to go to the toilet. bathroom!"
"Are the guards here? What if bad guys sneak in during the chaos? I'd like to say something disrespectful, slave... We're just going to be on guard like this. Won't the long-lived master who is visiting privately incognito also sneak in?"
"What does this mean? It means that our rules are not strict enough. This has already greatly indulged these unruly people!"
"That's enough!" Emperor Tongzhi shouted, "I've never seen you have such great ability in fighting to protect our country, but you're really good at talking nonsense! Let me ask you, do you have ten sentences waiting for you?"
"Long live my life, please forgive me. I'm wrong, but I know I'm wrong..." Sabao continued to kowtow like garlic.
Zai Chun felt like he was on fire. He turned around and asked the Fifth Emperor's Uncle, "Uncle, is what this servant said true?"
Yi Pei nodded, "Long live the Lord's patrol. You can't make any mistakes. It's better to have stricter rules..."
Weng Tonghe saw the unhappiness in the little emperor's heart and hurriedly stepped forward, "Your Majesty... Your Majesty's intentions are good, but the methods are a bit drastic. For the sake of your return to China, please calm down." !”
Emperor Tongzhi looked around and saw that the area around Wusongkou was full of people kneeling down, and it was so dark that there was no end in sight. Only the Chinese marines who were guarding him and the accompanying court officials were still standing on the left and right.
Zai Chun suddenly felt a sense of loneliness in the vast sea of people. He wanted to punish Sa Bao severely but he didn't know how to punish him.
What guilt should be used to judge? Disturbing people? In the Qing Dynasty, aren't the common people all the emperor's slaves? Even if they ransack your home just to welcome him, why would you have to kneel down for a day or starve for a long time?
Or scold him for insulting Emperor Kangxi and Emperor Qianlong? But the emperor's uncle and the emperor's master have already made it very clear that today's scale is actually nothing at all, it is just a small scene!
What's more, you punished Sabao, but you didn't punish the officials of Shanghai Road and Songjiang Prefecture? Are the Emperor's Uncle, Weng Tonghe, and Ninth Marshal not being dealt with strictly?
But do you really want to offend so many people as soon as you return to China? Offending so many officials for the sake of the hardships the common people endured?
Emperor Tongzhi's face turned red and then slowly lost color. He suddenly found that he was not facing an enemy or a group of enemies, but a huge ball of endless cotton that you couldn't punch at all.
In other words, what he faced was chaos!
"Sa Bao! Get up... You said that our ancestors entered the country with the Eight Banners cavalry and fought all the way to Jiangnan before settling down?"
"Yes! The slave is from the Zhenglan Banner. The ancestor once served as Batulu under the banner of Mang Gurtai..."
"Okay! In that case, you go to the northwest! It is better to work under Zuo Jigao and make great achievements than to be such a small guard and a low-class city gate official!"
"Ah..." Sabo was stunned.
"What's wrong? You keep boasting about the achievements of your ancestors, but you are afraid of going to the battlefield?" Zai Chun sneered.
