Zai Chun received a note of self-blame from Third Master Qing. Nao Zi suddenly and unexpectedly disappeared after causing trouble. No matter how Fu Qing searched, he could not find any clues.
Those people seemed to fly out of thin air, and the workers who were incited to rave were brutally punished, but in the end there was no valuable confession!
The case suddenly reached a deadlock, forcing Fu Qing to have no choice but to blame himself.
There is no use in just blaming yourself. Niezi’s slogans keep appearing, causing constant pressure on society and making people in both the government and the public panic.
The progress of the project at the Jingshi Iron Works has slowed down. These Chinese technicians have been given a long vacation by Xiao Letian. Xin Jian and others temporarily left the construction site and went somewhere to relax.
Although the remaining workers received more wages and no one came to embezzle and plunder, their uneasiness became more and more intense.
Originally, the people's wisdom was not enlightened, and everyone was suppressed by fear. Even if they were bullied, they did not dare to resist, but this time it was different. Guang Liang and others, as well as thousands of their direct thugs, were all imprisoned in the iron prison. Inside the factory.
Every day these people are imprisoned, the public's anger becomes more flavorful and energetic like fermented stinky tofu!
It won't be noticeable for a day or two, but if you can't stand it for a long time, think about the bad things these people did a long time ago every day. Think about it every day and accumulate it, and sooner or later there will be a qualitative change!
People just can't think about one thing for a long time. The more they think about it, the more serious it becomes. If Guang Liang and the others died early, or were assigned, and this case was settled, nothing would happen.
But after half a month of procrastination, people have different ideas in their hearts!
I felt unhappy and had no energy to work, and the situation was so delicate that the remaining ironworks managers did not dare to take charge. Now the progress of the project was much slower.
Sure enough, as the Qingliu Han ministers said, you are too indulgent towards these workers, and they really have some thoughts that they shouldn't have. If you think about strict control, there will be no way.
The officials on the construction site suddenly became ants on a hot pot. On one side were the workers who were getting more and more restless, on the other side was the emperor who was reprimanding them every day, and on the other side was Nianzi who kept writing slogans.
Many of the officials at these iron factories were so anxious that they fell ill from exhaustion. They simply gave the Ministry of Punishment, the Prime Minister's Yamen, and the Capital Police Headquarters a message, demanding that the case be closed immediately.
No matter what the crime is, it’s time to put the coffin in the coffin. Should you kill someone, exile them, or let them go? As long as you show results, the people below will have a basis for governance!
These excerpts appeared to be written to officials of the Six Ministries, but in fact they were written to the emperor to put pressure on Zaichun.
The attitude of the officials below is also very clear. I just want you, the emperor, to make a clear statement. If you say to kill Guang Liang and others, then we will appease the workers.
'Look, your enemies are dead, why don't you work hard? '
If His Majesty does not kill Guang Liang, but only kills the thugs, but exiles Guang Liang and others, we have ways to deal with the workers.
'Look, your enemy has been exiled to Ninggu Pagoda. It's worse than death. Work hard, or if you don't work, you will all be exiled! '
This is also a way. Even if your emperor finally decides to let Guang Liang and other ten generals go, he will not be killed or exiled. There is no problem in holding him high and letting him go!
If workers have grievances, we can suppress them. Aren’t they just a bunch of idiots? In the past few days, they have been humiliated. Each one of them has taken it upon themselves to treat themselves as masters. Now they are sending troops to suppress them. If they dare to cause trouble, they will be beheaded. Even if a few of them die, they will still be honest.
What the iron factory actually wants is an attitude. Whatever the emperor's attitude is, they will have countermeasures, and they don't care about dead people.
But Zai Chun just couldn't adopt this attitude today. Just as Guiziliu said, he was completely in a dilemma!
Zai Chun has had dark circles under his eyes these past few days. Killing or not killing is a difficult question. He has no choice now!
"Kill Guang Liang and the others, the Palace of the Eight Banners and even the Han ministers will turn away from me! But if we don't kill Guang Liang and the others, how will the workers and people's hearts be sorted out in the future? How will we deal with Naanzi if he continues to cause trouble?"
"Why are there no responses to any of the telegrams I sent to Master? Master...do you really not care about me?"
The helper a person looks for when he is most helpless is actually the person he relies on most. It is useless for him to find anyone for this matter today.
The queen mothers of the two palaces have already made it clear that they are on the side of the Eight Banners. This is a no-brainer, because after all, they are queens in the feudal era, and they have received master-slave education in their minds.
At the critical moment, they can only choose the Eight Banners at the expense of the interests of the people!
Other Masters Weng and Master Li have also made their stance clear. They were originally resistant to the industrialization of the Qing Dynasty, and now it has directly harmed their interests. This attitude can be imagined.
Fu Qing found nothing while solving the case outside. Uncle Wu has been coordinating the princes in the capital these days to suppress the Eight Banners dandies from causing trouble, but that's the extent of it. The emperor still has to make the big decision himself.
Only when it came to the matter did Zai Chun know what it meant to be alone. He couldn't find anyone to discuss with in the middle of the court!
Even Ermao and his queen Alute have persuaded the emperor to bow his head for the time being! The Eight Banners Palace in the DPRK and the conservative forces of the Han Dynasty are not so easy to mess with. If you should avoid it, you still have to avoid it!
Zai Chun is so angry that he wants to curse, don't I know how to get out of the way? The key is to avoid the Eight Banners princes and these Hanchen landlords. How to solve the Nianzi matter?
You can't just let me make a choice and then just wipe my ass and ignore the matter?
I let Guang Liang and the others go, and turned around and started a large-scale riot. Do I still want this country? Even if there are not riots every day, it is still unbearable to destroy the railway every day?
No one can worry, no one can worry! Zai Chun was frustrated and rubbed his forehead, which had grown half an inch of hair. Was he really going to give in?
It was late at night, and there was a dead silence in the Yangxin Hall. No one dared to bring trouble to the little emperor at this time, but someone who didn't believe in evil came all the way to deliver midnight snacks to Emperor Tongzhi.
"Your Majesty! It's already getting late. I've cooked some red dates and glutinous rice porridge, a plate of goose feet, eight-treasure gourd vegetables, and a few pieces of Cantonese-style fermented bean curd... Take a look, I've also prepared a fresh treat for you. of!"
Zai Chun raised his head and frowned slightly, "Why are you here? I'm not hungry..."
The person who came was none other than one of the four imperial concubines, Concubine Hui Fucha, the daughter-in-law appointed by Cixi!
In fact, at the beginning, because of his mother, Zai Chun disliked Concubine Hui very much, thinking that she was an evil woman who wanted to steal the queen's position!
But as time went by, he became indifferent. Is there any woman in the harem who doesn't want to climb up? After all, this incident was the product of the struggle for power between the two queen mothers.
Whether it is the Fucha family or the Queen Arut family, they are just the tools for the two queen mothers to compete for power!
After figuring this out, and besides the fact that Concubine Hui was smart and beautiful, the key was that Concubine Hui was more relaxed than the Queen on the bed curtains, and Zai Chun had a lot of fun playing with her.
So gradually Zai Chun's attitude towards Concubine Hui also changed a lot. Just look at today. He can bring midnight snacks into the Yangxin Palace without any special permission. This is absolutely impossible without favor.
