Yi Pei had never had such a passionate moment in his life. The entire capital was controlled by him, and everyone was kept in the dark.
Manipulating people's hearts, manipulating the current situation, and seeing the country and the people in control are in his hands. This feeling is the delicacy of power. How has he, the adopted fifth prince, ever tasted this kind of delicacy in the world!
From the side, Yang Zhi saw that the Fifth Master's legs were trembling a little. This was the King of Heroes of the Capital, a man who was willing to fight both black and white. What scene had he not seen before? When I saw Emperor Xianfeng looking like a scoundrel, he didn't act like a coward!
But today, he lost his composure because of a victory, and his whole body was shaking with excitement!
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty... It's not dawn yet, and the situation in the second half of the night is even more difficult. You have to take charge of the overall situation!" Yang Zhi snatched Taoist Duobao's wine gourd and took out a silver gourd from his pocket. European silver flagon!
Carefully pour the roasting knife from the wine gourd into the silver wine pot. "My lord, take a sip. You can take this wine with you. It will be cold in the middle of the night!"
The Fifth Master took the jug and raised his head and drank half a pound of wine. "Cold weather? Master, I have a fire in my heart. We can still fight in the middle of the night! There are still 40,000 rebellious factory slaves in the north waiting for me to behead... Ha." Ha ha!"
"With the strong drink, let's have a good fight tonight!"
As soon as Yi Pei finished speaking, Li Tuo's expression changed and he immediately held the prince's wrist, "No! You must not do anything! Your Majesty, you have completed your task tonight so beautifully, even the temporary decision in the grass market was a stroke of genius!"
"Enough, enough! The credit is too much, you can't take it anymore... The north is Hunchun's credit, let him fight for it. Let's set up defenses from Xizhimen to Yuanmingyuan tonight to help General Hunchun cover the western battlefield. That’s it!”
"Ah? Stop fighting?" Everyone present stared. "Li Tuo, have you lost your mind and gone crazy? Or did you accept Hunchun's bribe and give him advice?"
"It's such a good opportunity to grab credit, why don't you want us if you don't want it? To the north are 40,000 factory slaves, all useless waste!"
"So many people are credited! Do you want to get Hunchun's advantage for nothing?"
The Fifth Master raised his hand to stop others from questioning Li Tuo. The Fifth Master was so proud that at this moment, he actually clasped his hands and bowed deeply to Li Tuo!
"Please teach me, sir!"
Why! This is Liu Bei's style of visiting the thatched cottage three times. Scholars and counselors have been doing this since ancient times! The fifth master has already shown such an attitude of courtesy and virtuous corporal, Li Tuo can't hide it anymore!
"Guards disperse...anyone else who doesn't care needs to take twenty steps back!"
Seeing that everyone had dispersed, and only these direct descendants gathered together in the dark night, Li Tuo knelt down without saying a word, "My lord! Have you forgotten the purpose of making such a big noise tonight?"
"Of course I haven't forgotten it. We have to put on a show in front of the Qing Dynasty! Will raising my status and suppressing the reputation of the conservatives ultimately create opportunities for us to seize power?"
"I have never forgotten, and I have never forgotten!"
"Yes, what the prince did was beautiful. You suppressed the mobs in the capital, and then calmed down the chaos outside Xizhimen and stabilized the Xishan Camp. This shows your political and military talents!"
"Being able to go to Beiyuan in time and being the first among all the royal family to express their loyalty to the emperor is a big plus!"
"Not only that, you also performed a show of deep brotherhood, protecting your brothers to the death in front of the Queen Mother, the Emperor and all the ministers... Yes, this is a great achievement!"
"Confucian scholars who study actually like this kind of prince who is kind, righteous, and capable! In the end, the Eight Banners saw that our fifth master was at that critical moment. He did not add insult to injury and even protected Prince Gong and Prince Chun with his life. This is of course okay. I have taken refuge in my trustworthy prince!"
"There's an inside and a face! Outside Xizhimen, you gave the four hundred rebel soldiers a chance to live. In front of the generals of Xishan Camp, you showed kindness and power, and you were the one who manipulated them like kneading dough. Be obedient!"
"Your Majesty, you are so outstanding, why do you still want to expand your credit? Go north to grab Hunchun's credit? Don't forget, Hunchun is an important minister appointed by His Majesty, and the military and civil affairs of the three provinces outside Guan Guan are entrusted to him!"
"That's the official who opened his mouth and established his own government! Now in our empire, except for the dead commander and Zuo Zongtang in the northwest, who has as much power as him?"
"Why are you trying to compete with him for credit? It will be self-defeating and make the emperor uncomfortable!"
Yi Pei tilted his head and thought for a while that it really made sense, but he was still a little unwilling to let him give up like this. "This... how about this? I won't take the lead, but I will take the supporting credit, okay?"
"Leave the main battlefield to Hunchun, why don't I grab some snack scraps to eat on the west side of Deshengmen..."
Before the prince could finish speaking, Li Tuo growled, "No! Absolutely not! Your prince, do you really want me to make my words clear?"
Several people looked at Li Tuo as if they didn't know each other. Li Tuo's face was as dark as a ghost. He gritted his molars and said, "My lord, are you crazy? Those 40,000 factory slaves are all bannermen!"
"You seem to have forgotten who these people are. They are flag slaves, the poor people under the banner masters of the Eight Banners!"
"Although they were able to get hard-core crops, all they got was scraps, and they were owed money year after year. They had to live in the imperial manor outside the city. They didn't even have a place to live in the inner city or the south city. This Do you want to kill this miserable person?"
"In the eyes of the Han people, they are bannermen, but among the Eight Banners, they are the lowest slaves, just like tenants who farm the land!"
"You have to kill these people? What on earth do you think?"
ah! Everyone present was dumbfounded. Yang Zhi looked at Li Tuo as if he had seen a madman and asked, "Is this man schizophrenic?"
"Li...Li Tuo! Have you lost your mind and gone crazy? This whole plan was controlled by you. Why are you so inconsistent?"
The Iron Pagoda Monk also scratched his bald head and asked, "Yes! You said you would use the lives of these 40,000 factory slaves as steps. It was you who decided to provoke them to rebel, and then use their lives in exchange for the prince's reputation to skyrocket!"
"Obviously it was you who stuffed these 40,000 lives on the altar of flesh and blood, and now they are about to be sacrificed to heaven. Have you suddenly become a saint? Are you pitying them again?"
Everyone couldn't help but shudder. Yi Pei subconsciously touched his pocket watch and saw that the time was almost two o'clock in the evening!
The gloomy air was so strong that it was the time when the door of ghosts was wide open. Could it be that Li Tuo was possessed by a ghost?
"Li Tuo...are you thirsty? Take a sip of wine to quench your thirst..." The prince handed over the silver wine flask with a small mouthful left.
Hahaha... Li Tuo smiled faintly and said, "My lord, do you want me to make this clear? If this is really made clear, I'm afraid even the ghosts will be scared out of their wits!"
"Okay, okay, you have to make it clear to me, right?"
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