Deny everything in the first half of your life and let you know that you will die if you follow the old path, because the old path you followed has made the empire what it is. Do you still want to pretend to be asleep?
Since you're pretending to be asleep, I'll just pour a basin of cold water on you to wake you up, stuff it into the ruins of the Old Summer Palace, and force you to see this heart-wrenching scene of ruin every day!
I am reminding you every day that all this is your responsibility and your responsibility!
This kind of torture is not over yet. Looking further east from the Old Summer Palace is the two banks of the Qinghe River.
The straight-line distance from here to the Qinghe construction site is only six or seven kilometers. It's not far or close. In this era when there are no high-rise buildings to block the view, as long as the sky is clear, you can have an unobstructed view!
Looking to the east, the entire sky along both sides of the Qinghe River is gray, and there are also loud noises of various explosions!
The construction site has not stopped despite the cold winter. The workers who have been paid enough are working hard. The cooking stoves are connected one after another, consuming thousands of kilograms of charcoal every day!
There are also blazing bonfires for warming up, and together, hundreds of smoke pillars rise into the sky every day!
The smoke and dust gathered together, merged with the huge sound of shouting slogans, and coupled with the steaming popularity of Wan Minfu, stirred up the entire Qinghe River.
What's that rumbling explosion? Others don't know, but they can't hide it from Yixuan. This is an evil trick brought by the technicians supported by Xiao Letian!
Only Xiao Letian can come up with such an inhumane method!
When we start digging foundations in winter, the ground is covered with frozen soil and it is impossible to rely on manpower. So what should we do? Directly use explosives and thunder tubes to blast them with the most violent force!
How have these workers in the Gyeonggi region ever seen such a huge project, where they had to use explosives to build a house?
It wasn't until Xiao Letian's technical support team arrived that people in the Qing Dynasty knew how to write the word efficiency. It can be said that the Qinghe construction site changed every day!
All workers work in three shifts, day and night. Chinese engineers and surveyors are surveying, mapping and calculating every day. They optimize and re-optimize the entire project, advance multiple points at the same time, and turn the linear project into a three-dimensional one!
Yixuan knew that Zai Chun put himself here not only to stimulate himself by the ruins, but also to stimulate himself by the industrialized steel plant!
In a word, I just want to pierce my heart and make the conservatives like myself completely convinced and know that his will is irreversible!
"Zai Chun... Do you think us old guys really don't understand what you're doing? You're playing with fire..."
"Young child carrying red gold through the bustling city... Do you really think you can control this power? Stop playing with fire, those who play with fire are **!"
"Brother Six! You have to endure it. You must endure it! As long as you are alive, it is possible. Everything is possible..."
"One day when things get really out of hand, this empire will still have to wait for you to take care of it!"
Of the three leaders of the conservatives, one went to the Qingxi Mausoleum in desolation, the other endured hardship in the Old Summer Palace and was stimulated, and the last one was the worst!
Paoju Hutong is named after cannons that were cast in the Ming Dynasty. A dilapidated courtyard here belongs to the Zongren Mansion. It has been uninhabited for many years and has been turned into a warehouse.
Prince Qing Yikuang was imprisoned here. The courtyard was in a dilapidated state. There were tattered furniture of unknown age in the east and west wing rooms, and many of them were already rotten.
The three rooms in the main hall were tidied up a little, but no one swept the floors, but the old broken furniture became Yi Kuang's property!
Prince Qing has been addicted to smoking since he entered this place, but at this time, his servants have no ability to get close to him anymore, and Dexi can't even see him.
Yikuang rolled on the ground like a dog for several days. When he woke up, he kowtowed and begged the Zongzheng Mansion officers who were guarding outside to reward him with two big smoke cannons!
Who should pay attention to him? It’s his nature to support others while suppressing others. They all smiled and watched Yi Kuang rolling on the ground like mud, and no one bothered to pay attention to him!
When Yikuang became addicted to cigarettes, he would roll on the floor, bang his head against the wall, cry and bark like a dog, and fall asleep when he was tired from tossing. He would often fall asleep for seven or eight hours without moving.
The guards have all started betting on when Yikuang will die. Some say half a month, some say one and a half months, and the most optimistic one sees two months!
There are so many people in the capital who have died from smoking, especially in the winter when many heavy smokers die of cold and starvation!
Yikuang didn't even have a brazier here in Paoju Hutong. The northwest wind poured in through the cracks in the windows. How many days could his tattered cotton-padded jacket withstand it?
Yikuang is indeed on the verge of life and death. If no one comes to save him, he will definitely die this winter!
The fifth king of the capital, Yi Pei, saw off his sixth son at Yongding Gate, and then went back to the palace to see Emperor Tongzhi. Of course he knew that the little emperor was unhappy, so he skipped the banquet to see off his majesty's political enemy. This was a big crime. Taboo things!
Many people in the officialdom advised him not to go, but the fifth master trusted Li Tuo. This poisonous man clearly told Prince Dun that even if he offended the little emperor, you had to go and see him off. You have to have this attitude!
Now is not the time to ask for power. What you, Fifth Master, want is popularity and the support of people!
"Fifth Master! You are destined to be the emperor. Why do you care about the rights that Zaichun gave you now? When you become the emperor, won't the rights belong to you?"
Now that the words have come to this, what choice does Fifth Master have? He has to support the persona of the King of Chivalry and the King of Righteousness until death!
At Zaichun's New Year's banquet, Prince Dun took leave halfway to see Guizi Liu off, which shocked the courtiers, but they didn't expect that when the banquet was about to end, the fifth master came back again!
It wasn't over yet after he came back. He even made it disgusting in front of all the ministers and begged the Lord Long Live to let him visit the imprisoned Prince Chun and Prince Qing!
When it comes to the emotional part, the fifth master sheds tears!
Zai Chunqi's face was livid, but he couldn't fall out with his fifth uncle during the Chinese New Year. After all, his fifth uncle had always been supporting him!
"Okay, okay...Prince Dun is interested. It's time to visit your relatives during the Chinese New Year! I will agree with you. After the banquet, you can go and have a look!"
"Remember to give them good advice and advice so that they can change their ways and do good. As long as they sincerely repent, I am not ruthless!"
"Long live the Holy Ming! Your Majesty is benevolent..." A group of courtiers quickly flattered him.
The fifth master could not hear the anger in the emperor's tone, but he had to do this for the sake of the overall situation!
After the banquet in the palace, the Fifth Master left the palace through Donghua Gate and Dong'an Gate, intending to visit Yixuan in the Lama Temple, and then go out of the city to visit Yixuan!
But as soon as I walked out of Dong'anmen, I was shocked by the sight in front of me!
Along the base of the red palace wall, walking from the north to the south, all the people were women. They were crying and walking south. There were soldiers guarding them, and the people of the capital were pointing at them.
"What's going on?" Master Wu asked.
Chang Sui came over and whispered, "Master, you don't know this? These are the female relatives of the three princes. Now that the case is closed, these people no longer need to be imprisoned!"
"They are being sent to Nancheng Vegetable Market for sale! How pitiful, these girls were once raised in Prince Gong's Mansion!"
