Being cautious and wise in protecting yourself is the secret to surviving in the officialdom of the Qing Dynasty! Shi Duo and Yi Kuang are both the kind of old foxes who don't want to make bets easily!
Betting on both sides of the coin is an old trick that has been going on for many years!
But this old trick can't be played today. Zaicheng glared with his triangle eyes and sneered, "What's the matter? After seeing our details, you still want to turn around and tell the truth..."
Bang bang... Cheng Beile clapped his hands, and a burst of footsteps suddenly sounded outside Yin'an Palace!
Xishan soldiers rushed into a reorganized company with a huff, each holding a rifle with a bayonet, and the bright bullet belt hung diagonally on the chest!
These soldiers quickly filled the open space in front of Yin'an Hall, and everyone stared eagerly into the hall, waiting for Guiziliu's order!
With a snap... Yikuang sat down on the ground. "You... you, you, you... what are you going to do?"
Shi Duo, a cunning old man, reacted really quickly, "I'll sign...I'll sign, give me the pen and ink!"
"I'll sign too... They're all from the Eight Banners lineage, and everyone will be carrying them on the sedan chair!"
People are really mean-spirited, and if they are weak, then they must be strong. The two heavyweight princes, Prince Qing and Prince Li, finally signed the alliance letter.
"Okay...let's put on the banquet. We won't come home until we get drunk today!"
At this point, Shiduo and the others had no choice but to board the ship. After three drinks and five dishes, Prince Shiduo asked secretly during the toast.
"Old Liu, please be honest with me...are you going to take another step forward?"
Upon hearing this sensitive question, Yikuang pricked up his ears!
Yixin smiled and said, "No, no, no...that's not my ideal. I'm on the same boat today, so I'll tell the truth!"
"My goal is to establish an aristocratic assembly in the Qing Dynasty that imitates the West... That's right, it means separation of powers!"
"The emperor will always belong to Zai Chun. If I don't rob him, I won't let my son do it! But when it comes to governing the country, we can no longer let one person have the final say!"
"Why has our Qing Dynasty always failed to do so? Why did we end up in a state of chaos and bullying by foreign devils? In the final analysis, it was because the imperial power was too overbearing and it was just a matter of words!"
"Westerners can see these things clearly! You have to admit that people are not omnipotent. It is impossible for one person to be perfect!"
"Those small countries in Europe have less land and population than one prefecture of our Qing Dynasty, and some are even less than a first-class county!"
"But such a small country also has a decentralized system. The king puts power in the hands of many people, each performing his own duties and letting professional people do professional things!"
"One person cannot have the final say on major military affairs, especially major policies involving the country's fundamentals, which must be discussed by everyone!"
"This is my ideal, this is the dream I have been striving for all my life! Now that you have signed, you are on my boat, and you will definitely be a member of this noble council in the future!"
"If anything happens in the Qing Dynasty from now on, you have to vote! The minority obeys the majority!"
Sigh... This suggestion immediately aroused the interest of Yikuang and Shiduo. "Isn't this the old system of eight kings discussing politics?"
"Yes, I want to make this system more complex and refined... What we will build in the future is the Eight Banners Council!"
"You can't just have one person from each banner. It's better to have eight or nine capable talents from each banner and create a middle council of fifty or sixty people!"
"We can't neglect the Han people and give them ten seats to discuss national affairs together!"
"There is strength in numbers, and we can make decisions through brainstorming... Once the political system is established, we can also engage in industrialization by foreigners. We can also build warships and build railways. It will be no problem!"
"But now it seems that Zai Chun is unwilling to give up his power. He is determined to continue to be a dictator... I am confused. A teenager can be pro-political and govern the country just because he is married?"
"Look at those teenagers around you, they all have such bad virtues!" The angry Yi Xin also turned his attention to his son Zaicheng.
Zai Cheng, who was toasting his uncle before he started, shrank his neck in fear!
Shi Duo nodded, "This system sounds good to me. Don't try to imitate the foreign devils. This is the old rule of the Manchus!"
"This shows that our ancestors are still smart and have already formulated the best things. Don't the foreign devils do the same thing?"
Zaicheng quickly flattered his father, "Amma is right. If this system is implemented, the name of the country might as well be changed... How about the country established by the Manchus be called Manchukuo!"
Yikuang also nodded desperately, "It makes sense. Changing the country's name and changing the feng shui may be able to suppress the arrogance of the foreign and Japanese devils!"
Yixuan, who had been drinking silently, waved his hand, "That's all for later. What we have to consider now is how to get the emperor to recognize this system... Take a look at the past two days, how can Master Long live show any signs of giving up power? "
"What should we do?" Everyone turned their attention to Yi Xin. Guiziliu put down his wine glass. "If you want Zai Chun to understand the reality, you must first weaken his military power!"
"He is so cocky now because he only relies on three things. One is the new Yulin Army, one is Xiao Letian, and the other is the British!"
"Although we still have a rightful name, as long as we don't usurp power and seize the throne, then that rightful name will not be able to restrain us!"
"In the eyes of many people, the British and Xiao Letian are both difficult to deal with, but I don't think so. The foreigners and the Japanese are both profit-seeking businessmen!"
"As long as it can bring them benefits, who can these people praise? This is especially true for the British. They will follow whoever protects their interests!"
"We still have to start with the new Yulin Army... This is the root of Zai Chun's arrogance at the moment!"
"What's the plan?" people at the table asked.
"Haha... When it comes to heaven, the Eight Banners will always be one family. Even if the bones are broken, the tendons are still connected. As long as we patiently work hard, I don't believe they won't betray!"
"Let Zai Chun be arrogant for a few days first, and then there will be many ways to deal with him... Tell our men to be cowardly during this period and don't show off!"
In Yi Xin's eyes, the upper echelons of Emperor Tongzhi's new imperial army were nothing more than a group of commoners from the Eight Banners, all useless losers in the family!
The other middle and lower-level people are mountain people who have never seen the market in Wuyi Mountain. Such troops are actually not difficult to deal with!
Not only Yi Xin thought so, but even Xiao Letian, who was thousands of miles away in Nanyang, also made the same judgment!
Chun Shisanniang and Cai Bixia in Beijing must telegraph the latest intelligence from the capital to the head of state every day!
When the entire details of the Donghua Gate incident were presented to Xiao Letian, the head of state frowned!
"Zai Chun is too radical. Doesn't he learn from the mistakes of Li Zicheng when he came to Beijing?"
"How can an army easily move into the colorful world of a big city if it doesn't have 100,000 copies?"
"If Yi Xin is smart, he won't fight you and just use a soft knife... wine, sex and wealth will always soften the bones of this army!"
"Send a telegram to Beijing and try every means to contact Zaichun and give him a reminder!"
