Zaicheng was so stunned by his own father that he stood up and was still holding his neck and mouthing!
"That little bastard Zaicheng has already led his troops to occupy Donghua Gate. His new Yulin army is simply lawless. If we don't act now, we will have to wait for him to chop off our heads later!"
"Ama! We can't wait to die. The Royal Forest Army may be surrounding us now. We must strike first!"
"What's this mess?" Yi Xin's teeth itched with hatred when he saw his son's useless appearance. "What should you do first? Do you still dare to assassinate Wang Shajia?"
"Tell me, did you give Enguang any orders in advance? What conspiracy do you and Enguang have against the emperor?"
Zai Cheng looked aggrieved, "What kind of conspiracy can there be? Zai Chun just returned to Beijing yesterday, and I have a conspiracy today? Why do I have so many conspiracies?"
"It's not like he thought Enguang was one of ours and deliberately killed the chicken to show the monkeys. This is a demonstration against us with Enguang's life!"
Yi Xin was shocked, "What? En Guang is dead?"
"No, no... death doesn't matter. Anyway, half of my life is lost. It seems that I can't keep my job at Donghua Gate..."
Zai Cheng leaned close to his father and whispered, "Amma, there are only 300 people around Zai Chun, and he sneaked out of the palace. Uncle Qi and we control more than 100,000 soldiers!"
"We might as well become him...in the White Arowana costume, and the people can just find any rebel to label him as a rebel!"
"Let's just say that the remnants of Changmao set up an ambush at Donghua Gate to kill Zai Chun. By then, it won't be you who will ascend the throne and go to court!"
Snapped! A big, leaky mouth slapped Zai Cheng on the face. The blow was so hard that half of his face turned purple!
"You little beast, you fart! If you dare to have such thoughts, you will destroy the whole family!"
Zaicheng was beaten so much that he covered his face and did not dare to reply. Yi Xin waved the soldiers to disperse. There were these two men in front of the empty palace gate!
"Little beast, let me tell you... don't think about these evil intentions and kill Zai Chun? Do the Queen Mothers of the two palaces agree?"
"Will Zeng Guofan and Zuo Zongtang agree? Will all the Manchu and Han governors in the world agree?"
"Will the Eight Banners Army left behind outside the pass agree?"
"Does Xiao Letian agree?"
"Will the British agree?"
"Have you lost your mind from smoking? Kill Zai Chun? The country's foundation is shaken, and our Qing Dynasty won't be able to survive even two years!"
Yi Xin turned to his servants and shouted, "Come here, confine Zaicheng to Wutong Courtyard! You must not let him out without my order!"
"Hey... don't do it, Ama, don't do it! I have to go see Enguang's injury today... don't do it!"
A group of eunuchs came running over cheering, holding Zai Cheng in their arms and walking towards the back garden, no matter how much he yelled or cursed, they were unmoved.
Yixin's heart ached with anger from his son. He knew that he could no longer pretend to be sick today. He had to walk through the palace no matter what, otherwise there would be unfavorable rumors about him in the capital!
"I know all too well the nonsense of those banner men and idle men. No one will believe that a young emperor who has just returned to Beijing will take the initiative to initiate a palace coup. They will only think that it is me, Liu Yixin, who initiated the dispute!"
"I can't escape this dirty water!"
The prince's sedan chair was carried over, and Yixin, surrounded by the palace guards, went straight to Donghua Gate. This time, he didn't bring any Xishan soldiers with him!
In the south of the city, at Zeng Guofan's residence on Nanheng Street, the commander-in-chief who was drinking soup in the early morning also received this shocking news. At that time, Zeng Guofan was so frightened that he couldn't hold the soup bowl steady and dropped it as soon as his hand came loose.
The old farmer with quick hands and quick eyes picked up the bowl of medicinal soup with one hand and held it firmly in his hand without spilling a drop!
"Commander, don't be impatient, your body and bones are important... Dogs eat dogs in the court, why should we waste our bodies and bones?"
The old farmer was Zeng Guofan's most trusted bodyguard. It can even be said that Zeng Guofan's last few years of life were maintained by the old farmer's internal strength!
Daoying Qigong, which originates from the Taoist lineage, has helped Zeng Guofan turn his back on danger many times. When a person is at the critical moment of life and death, sometimes he is just short of breath!
Zeng Guofan trusted the old farmer very much, so the old farmer also knew many secret plans. The commander calmed down and took two more sips of the medicinal soup!
"Although I say that, the Manchus can't fight too hard right now... Xiao Letian's fortress plan belongs not only to his Chinese family, but also to all Han people in the world!"
"Old farmer, do you know what we, the Han people, lack?"
"What we lack is actually strength. Since the Song Dynasty, our Han people's martial arts have become weaker and weaker. The reason is very complicated and I can't explain it clearly!"
"But you have to understand that the industrial revolution currently being carried out by the Europeans is actually the power that we Han people and the descendants of the Yan and Huang people lack most!"
"Since ancient times, those who farm have been unable to defeat those who make a living by hunting and fishing. Infantrymen have always suffered a loss against cavalry!"
"So even though we Han people are rich, we are still bullied by those tough people on horseback!"
"But everything has changed. After the Europeans started the industrial revolution, a good opportunity for our Chinese nation has come!"
"How long does it take to train a cavalry? How long does it take to train a crossbowman? What we need in the cold weapon era are those barbarian soldiers who crawl on the ice and sleep in the snow!"
"It's easy for a barbarian soldier to defeat ten farmers!"
"Don't talk about the strange things of the Han people. You martial arts practitioners are very powerful, but are they productive? It took you most of your life to learn this skill!"
"Can those old farmers like you study for half a lifetime? No longer farm? No longer supporting their families?"
Zeng Guofan stood up and asked the old farmer to help him put on his court uniform. "So, since ancient times, the farming civilization has been at a disadvantage in terms of force when fighting against the bandit civilization. There is nothing we can do about it!"
"But it's different now. Why is this guy Xiao Letian so desperate to promote Western learning and engage in industrialization? Because this thing is our farming civilization's last resort against the barbarians!"
"It's so easy to operate a musket. You can train a musketeer during your free time!"
"Theoretically speaking, as long as we Han people are productive enough and we can produce a million guns, then we will have a million soldiers!"
"If we can produce tens of millions of rifles, we can arm tens of millions of farming people!"
"The output of ammunition is like a downpour. No matter how good those barbarians are on horseback, it's all in vain!"
"Fortress, fortress... We Han people have occupied all these fortresses on this land of China. How much vitality can we protect and how many powerful troops can we arm?"
"What we are fighting for now is to build the fortress, as well as the time to build the factories, railways, and laying equipment in the fortress!"
"Before our fortresses are built, Zai Chun cannot have any accidents. We must protect him from seizing power successfully!"
"Let's go! Go to Donghua Facade Saint!"
