Zeng Guofan had never seen such a funny scene in his life. He was framed as the mastermind behind the Beacon Fire Incident, but he was not angry at all but laughed wildly.
"Hahaha... Yes, yes... Cheng Beile's interrogation was not wrong... I am the mastermind behind the scenes... Hahaha..." Zeng Guofan smiled so much that he forgot about the pain in his heart. He stood up and strode towards the palace. Go outside.
As he walked, he said loudly, "Comrades outside, listen up... The Great Wall Beacon Fire has been a conspiracy that I once shaved my head from beginning to end..."
"I have confessed my crime...can I cut off my head in front of the Meridian Gate?"
"Here comes someone... Why aren't there any golden melon warriors here to drag me to the Meridian Gate..."
Ouch, my great-grandmother! Yi Xin and Yixuan almost sat down on the ground. They rushed out with red faces and each grabbed Marshal Zeng with one hand.
"Commander, stop yelling...it's embarrassing...it's really embarrassing...don't..."
"Quickly stop the commander...please come in..." Ci'an held her swollen chest with one hand and pointed at the door of the hall with a nervous look on her face.
In other words, Cixi became a theatergoer today, as if nothing had anything to do with her, watching the farce with a smile.
The two eunuchs in charge, Zhou Daoying and Li Lianying, knelt in front of Zeng Guofan, hugging their legs and begging, "Commander, please come into the room... Stop yelling, it's too close to the military aircraft..."
"Just take pity on the poor Long Live Lord who has not yet taken charge... Leave some dignity to the country..."
Yi Xuan is not a strong prince by nature, but today he made his nephew crazy. He blushed and said to Guiziliu, "Brother Six... you, you, you... you raised this... stupid... ...force...?”
Zai Cheng, the uncle and brother of Emperor Tongzhi, the eldest son of Prince Gong, was known as Cheng Beile in the capital!
This Cheng Beile is really a complete idiot. Needless to say, he is greedy and lustful. His vicious and cruel nature is an open secret within the Eight Banners.
In order to discipline this rebellious son, Guiziliu had no choice but to throw him into the Xishan Camp, hoping that the foreign instructors could train him... Maybe Prince Gong also thought about it, serial Chun, that little bastard could be trained in the military camp, and his own son Isn’t it possible to practice excellence so well?
It's a pity that this military development training depends on who the teacher is. Xiao Letian can do it, but your French, Tsarist Russian, and British military instructors may not be able to do it!
Today's incident is purely a farce that is extremely stupid! Zai Cheng is a complete cheat!
He thought that by forcing six old soldiers to put the blame on Zeng Guofan through torture and extorting confessions, he would be able to attack his father's enemies in the court? Indeed... Zeng Guofan has completely broken up with Guiziliu, and they are two completely different forces in the court.
Moreover, when Emperor Tongzhi returned to the country, in order to balance the situation of the court and protect Zai Chun from taking over the throne smoothly, Marshal Zeng did not hesitate to destroy Yishi Qing's name and mobilized troops to the Zhuozhou line without authorization.
This is why Chi Guoguo and Guiziliu are fighting each other. The hatred in Cheng Beile's heart is three points worse than that of his father!
After the Great Wall Beacon Incident, when Cheng Beile learned the truth, his first reaction was not to report the true interrogation results to the court, but to take it upon himself to torture and extort a confession to pour dirty water on Zeng Guofan.
He thought he was helping his father and the Manchu Eight Banners, but in fact, what he did directly pushed Prince Gong into an extremely embarrassing position...or the position of a fool!
Please, this is not how the fight in the court works! Even eunuchs like Li Lianying and Zhou Daoying understand the truth, but you, Cheng Beile, don't understand it at all?
What does it mean to be punished but not to become a doctor? What is a death-free gold medal? Do you know that some political bigwigs have judicial immunity when they reach a certain status?
Not to mention that you wrongly accused Zeng Guofan, even if Marshal Zeng caused the beacon fire incident, what can your court do? What do you dare to do to the Manchu Eight Banners?
Arrest and interrogate? Or just behead him at the Meridian Gate?
If you dare to make the slightest move, the more than 20,000 elite Hunan troops in Zhuozhou will have to fight against your court. The Hunan army in Jiangnan currently does not have 500,000, but at least 300,000 are still there.
They will immediately rebel!
Besides, Emperor Tongzhi is still with the Ninth Commander. If you dare to attack Zeng Guofan here, the Ninth Commander over there can hold the little emperor in Jinling!
There is nothing impossible, because these troops are all nephews and nephews from the same country, and they are all country party members. They are all pulled together by one hand. They do not listen to the orders of the Manchus in your court.
Now you are just using your righteousness to suppress the Zeng brothers from rebelling, and if these senior officials of the Hunan Army do not rebel, naturally they will suppress the hundreds of thousands of soldiers below and not rebel!
It's such a simple truth, but you still can't understand it?
While Li Lianying shed tears, she was still scolding Zai Cheng in her mind, "You little brat, bastard, idiot... Are you stupid? Your plan of direct beheading works well on others, but will it work on Marshal Zeng?" "
"Do you think this is Yongzheng's attempt to destroy Nian Gengyao? Nian Gengyao was already the king of the northwest back then, and one-third of the Qing army was in the hands of General Nian..."
"But the last imperial edict was to transfer the general of Hangzhou, and in the end, didn't he just die obediently? So many troops didn't rebel... Are you, Cheng Beile, stupid after reading ancient historical records?"
"Are Nian Gengyao and Zeng Guofan the same kind of people? What kind of soldiers do Nian Gengyao have in his hands? They are all from the Eight Banners and Green Camps of the imperial court. His middle and low-level officers all have intricate connections in the imperial court..."
"Long Live Lord has made a decree. They will definitely throw away your general's general order. There is no need to bother to think about it...so Nian Gengyao only needs to find an excuse to win!"
"Is Zeng Guofan Nian Gengyao? Are all the middle, high and low-level generals under Marshal Zeng, including the lowest-level soldiers, all members of the imperial court?"
"You don't know how to think about things with your head, do you? The Hunan Army is a warlord group based on the township party. Have you forgotten the horse assassination case?"
"Don't even think about convicting Marshal Zeng. If you dare to detain hundreds of thousands of troops, they will fight you to the death!"
Li Lianying was cursing in her heart, and Zhou Daoying was also cursing in his heart, "Trash... How could such a shrewd person as Guiziliu give birth to such a useless son?"
"How can a fight within the imperial court be so big from the start? How can it be so straightforward?"
"These are all factions! Each faction has its roots in a large area of soil, and its roots are like towering trees!"
"On the surface, Zeng Guofan looks like a decrepit old man, but he is actually the most outstanding role model among the great leaders of the Hunan Army!"
"To deal with a big tree like this, you have to chop off the branches first... It's rubbish, it's really rubbish... With this kind of thing, you have to start with the commander's henchmen first!"
"And the excuse can't be Chi Guoguo's rebellion! We have to start by disgusting people with dirty things!"
"There was a corruption case, two generals were demoted, a widow was raped, and three more assistants were dismissed... I didn't pay for drinking wine, and I didn't help the old lady cross the road... Anyway, you have to use other excuses first. Only after reducing its wings can it move the roots of the big tree!"
"Aren't you such an idiot? You didn't make any preparations or even discuss it with your father, so you just took an ax and chopped down the roots of the Hunan Army?"
"Fuck... I don't care what happens to you. Anyway, your father and mother are not of the same mind as the Queen Mother. If I have the leisure to do so, it would be better to be loyal to Mr. Qing than to be your ancestor!"
