Cixi was right. Within a quarter of an hour after Emperor Tongzhi returned to Yangxin Hall, Gordon had already handed over a sign requesting to be summoned!
After the meeting between the emperor and his ministers, Gordon told Emperor Tongzhi exactly what happened last night, including the murder he committed with a borrowed knife.
Gordon was careful here. He did not say how much money he had swindled Bai Qiwen and Wall. Instead, he only mentioned the conspiracy of the United Kingdom and the United States to secretly control the military power of the Ever Victorious Army.
He portrayed himself as a tragic pawn who was pressured by the government to turn against the Americans and was eventually persecuted to death by Bai Qiwen!
Of course, the looted money cannot but be mentioned, but the amount is greatly reduced, and the money has also changed from the main reason to a small gain at the end of taking advantage of the situation.
Gordon had to keep them for him because he couldn't find their families!
Gordon figured it out and went back to find Hua Er and Bai Qiwen's family. The last family gave ten or twenty thousand silver and dismissed the matter!
Otherwise, you will always have a tail and you will always be on tenterhooks!
Emperor Tongzhi said with a livid face, "You mean, those are threatening you not to lead troops? Are you going to give up on this new Yulin army?"
"Your Majesty!" Gordon kowtowed to the ground. Don't say that foreign devils don't know how to kowtow. In fact, they kowtow quite nicely!
"Your Majesty, I did have a disgraceful scene when I was pacifying Changmao... I have no choice but to make my subordinates make some money if they want to win the war because of the chaos!"
"I don't want to explain anything. I just want to show my loyalty to Long Live!"
"Banzai must be able to understand my painstaking efforts! But... no matter how I explain, things have already happened. If what happened back then is revealed, I'm afraid I won't be able to stand on it!"
"What are you afraid of!" Zai Chun growled, "With me protecting you, what are you afraid of? As long as I am here, even if you are a lonely minister, what can happen to you?"
Gordon turned pale and shook his head, "I... I am still an Englishman after all, and my hometown has to consider it too!"
"If these political enemies spread the news to the UK, I will be ruined! You know, partisan conflicts are very serious in the UK, and there are many people who want to kill me!"
"Your Majesty... a short-term concession does not mean failure. What you have to do now is to take charge. When you really take control of the power, you can arrange it however you want!"
"Now it's not a bad thing to give in a little bit!"
Gordon persuaded Emperor Tongzhi earnestly, and even told many past events about the time when the Ever Victorious Army seized power!
The Ever-Victorious Army was an attempt by Europe to get involved in the Qing military system. The Europeans wanted to come in, the Manchu Qing court wanted to kick them out, and the Han warlords mixed it up to fish in troubled waters.
Even within the Ever Victorious Army, Britain and the United States are secretly competing for command!
Around such a unit, a secret fight unfolded. Behind the curtain that no one could see, there was a bloody storm. These civilized people and gentlemen in the officialdom were merciless for their own purposes!
Bai Qiwen is just a young stupid dog. He doesn't understand how deep the water is here, so he splashes around, and the final result is miserable!
As for Hua Er, his life was in jeopardy, and no one could stop God from taking him away. However, it was a good thing that he died early. At least people in Shanghai built an ancestral hall for him to worship him!
Gordon had the last laugh among the three commanders. He got the money and the rights. But such an old fox was also threatened by Li Hongzhang and others in the end!
If Gordon had been smarter, he might not have come out of the Qing Dynasty alive again!
In the late Qing Dynasty, the imperial court was indeed afraid of foreigners, but what the Six Japanese Devils, Li Hongzhang and others feared was the country of the foreign devils and their huge military power and productivity!
Rather than each individual person! If you take the foreign devils apart and look at them, you will see that those individual natural persons are also mortal beings born and raised by their parents!
A glass of poisonous wine and a bullet can kill him!
Gordon is a smart man, and he will not put himself in a dangerous situation. Now is not the time for him to fight head-on with the Japanese Sixth Class!
Zai Chun was young and had an impatient temper, but he was also very smart. When Gordon broke apart and told the secrets of the past, the little emperor could only nod silently!
"Forget it, we can't let you fall into a dangerous situation. Those people dare to kill Manshun around me. They are completely crazy!"
"However, I'm really unwilling to do so. I originally wanted you to lead an independent army and expand the army by 10,000... It seems that we have to postpone it!"
Gordon got up from the ground and walked to the little emperor, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, our literary skills are enough for them to drink a pot!"
"There is no need for martial arts. I will run errands for His Majesty during this period. I will go to Tanggu tomorrow. I will also start my friends on the Shanghai Road immediately and ask them to run errands for His Majesty right away!"
"I would like to recommend another person... the British Consul on Shanghai Road, Bu Fule. This person is closely related to the business community. With his cooperation, we will get twice the result with half the effort!"
"The two of us are in charge of the south and the north. I don't believe that Banzai can't avenge this!"
Gordon gritted his molar teeth and said harsh words, and Emperor Tongzhi's eyes turned cold, "That's right, they didn't say they won't let you make money if they don't let you control the army!"
"Go and do it! I believe you..."
Just when Gordon was about to say goodbye, a person suddenly broke in from outside and it was Ermao, the manager. "Your Majesty is overjoyed! Good news, Your Majesty!"
Emperor Tongzhi was stunned for a moment, "What is it? Can you be so excited?"
"Your Majesty! Manshun is awake. The operation was successful. Manshun is awake!"
Ouch! At this time, the whole Yangxin Palace was boiling. The eunuchs and maids couldn't believe their ears. Manshun was injured so seriously that all the doctors were helpless, and he was actually alive again!
"Really!" Zai Chun walked down from the throne in shock.
"Really! After Manshun had a craniotomy, Dr. Huang Xi once said that there was a 60% chance that he would suffer from serious infection. This is the most dangerous!"
"As long as there is no infection within three days, that is, if Manshun has achieved the 40% chance of survival, then he can survive...it's just a matter of the length of the coma!"
"Your Majesty, the Emperor is blessed! Manshun didn't show any symptoms of infection during the more than 20 days of coma. He survived!"
"This morning...his eyes were moving, and he could open them slightly when I came!"
ah! Emperor Tongzhi took a deep breath and let out the depression in his heart. This period of time had made him feel too uncomfortable. Today's good news cheered him up!
"Reward! This evil doctor Huang must be rewarded... No, no, is he still in the capital? Send word to the palace, I want to see him!"
