The yin and yang of all things are mutually reinforcing and restraining each other. Whatever method you use, the other party will naturally have an equal method to deal with you!
If you raise a large army, the other party will fight you equally. If you act like a spy, don't blame others for ruining your reputation with gossip!
There are never any secrets in the capital. No matter how Da Sixi cleans the Forbidden City, a lot of news from the palace can still get out, and most of it is bad news.
At this time, there are already many rumors about Emperor Tongzhi's debauchery in the capital city. The multi-person movement in Yudetang is a focus of many people's spread!
These sharp-tongued dandies of the Eight Banners vividly described the scene of Emperor Tongzhi having sex with thirty or forty women in a bathhouse, and the face of a super foolish king surfaced.
The Capital Police Bureau was under pressure. King Yu Benge ordered a strict investigation into the origin of these rumors, and anyone who dared to spread such rumors would be arrested.
But how to catch it? In the land of the capital, the Eight Banners dandies fought locally. They all knew the people in the capital police headquarters, and they had connections and connections. Sometimes they could only pretend not to see them when they saw them in person.
Not to mention the tip-off! Zai Chun had no idea what to do when faced with such a situation!
Are these political opponents of Zai Chun just relying on gossip to make people sick? How could it be that simple? On the third day after Guang Liang's mysterious death, the Ling Chi performance at the iron factory was still going on.
Another big show in Xiling has also begun!
Emperor Daoguang's Muling Mausoleum was relatively small among the many emperors of the Qing Dynasty. Even the Ming Tower and the Fangcheng were not built, and there was only a Long En Hall that was quite impressive.
This Long'en Hall usually enshrines the memorial tablet of Emperor Daoguang. Guiziliu comes here every morning and evening to burn incense and clean it. He is very clear about the dragon carvings on every piece of wood here and can almost touch every trace of the carving knife. All over.
"Father! Seeing what the Qing Dynasty is like now, do you have any regrets? If this empire was left in my hands, where would there be so much suffering now?"
"If you're wrong, you're wrong. You have to admit it..."
Yi Xin was touching every dragon sculpture in the Long'en Hall, and outside the Long'en Hall, a group of guards and eunuchs were kneeling. It looked like they had been kneeling for a long time. Some people inside secretly moved their knees, with painful expressions on their faces. They are all a little pale.
Standing at the entrance of Long'en Hall was Na Duobao, the so-called 'direct lineage' Na Sanbao's brother sent by Emperor Tongzhi. This slave had already joined Guiziliu's sect.
"My lord...look...please say a few words...the slaves have been kneeling for an hour!"
Yi Xin didn't even look at them and just said calmly, "Minions? Whose servants are they? They are not mine. What does it have to do with me..."
When the guards outside heard this, they quickly kowtowed, "Your Majesty, please calm down! Naturally, my servants are His Majesty's servants... The servants brought letters, which are letters from our master!"
"At any time, we are all slaves of the Qing Dynasty and the Aisin Gioro family..."
These kneeling guards were the Ouchi guards selected by Zai Chun to guard Guiziliu. They were all loyal and reliable members who had not betrayed Zai Chun in previous coups.
But Zai Chun didn't expect that the group of people he thought were loyal would have collectively rebelled today!
When Na Duobao first took the lead to look after Guizi Liu, Na Duobao was a die-hard loyalist of Prince Gong. At that time, not all the guards took refuge in Guizi Liu.
In order to be wary of these people, Na Duobao moved all his guards into three shifts, patrolling the mountain in turn, and concentrated his direct lineage in one squad. Only then did he have a little safe time to report the situation outside to Prince Gong.
But he didn't expect that the other two groups of guards would all kneel down and take refuge today, which surprised Na Duobao.
But it was also reasonable. When these people took out the autographed letter from their real master, everything came to light!
The Eight Banners is a system. The flag owners are all princes, and the emperor is the general flag owner of the Eight Banners and has control over the three flags.
A series of reforms during the Kangxi, Yongzong and Qianlong dynasties concentrated all command rights of the Eight Banners into the hands of the emperor, but these reforms did not change the control of the banner owners over the banner people.
Nominally, and in a legal sense, these ordinary bannermen within the Eight Banners are still the slaves of the banner owners!
In fact, when the emperor uses banner men, he does not always choose them from his direct lineage of minions. Most of the time, he also uses minions of his minions!
For example, Prince Li, Prince Zheng, Prince Yu...their domestic slaves are also the emperor's servants. The emperor's own manpower is never enough, so he has to use these people.
Zai Chun thought that he could trust these people's domestic slaves. After all, in the previous coup, these princes did not participate and had always been neutral or even supportive of him.
So he also selected some minions of minions to run errands, including monitoring Jaap Six!
But this time the turmoil in the Capital Iron Works suddenly disturbed the people of the Eight Banners. The guards guarding Xiling suddenly received a secret letter from their master!
These guards in Xiling actually rebelled collectively!
Guiziliu crossed the threshold and walked among the guards. The guards were kneeling on the ground. The leading group raised their hands high, holding the secret letter and waiting for Prince Gong to open it.
But Guiziliu lost interest in watching, "When you abandoned me, did you ever think about today?"
"Haha... when I swallowed the signed wax pill alive in the palace, did you let out a deep sigh of relief?"
"You are so happy to have gotten rid of me, the lost star! You no longer have to deal with me. Selling me to give you a peaceful life is a very good deal!"
"But what about now? Does it hurt to be slapped in the face by reality?"
"Where is your good emperor? Where is your Tongzhi Zhongxing? Where is your plan to get rich?"
"Remember me now? It's too late... I'm already an old and useless person. I can't support you, nor can I shoulder such a big responsibility!"
"Just find another job!"
After scolding these slaves, they were sweating profusely, and the weather at the beginning of spring felt like it was entering a scorching summer.
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty, please calm down! My master also has unspeakable difficulties... It has already been written in this letter!"
"We are helpless. The emperor has the support of the British and Chinese people, and he also has a strong army as his backing. My prince really cannot resist his majesty's overwhelming power!"
"But now... we have all seen clearly the true face of that foolish prince. From now on, we will never dare to have half-hearted intentions with the prince again!"
"Your Majesty, please calm down and allow your servants to help Your Majesty ascend to the Great Treasure! The Qing Dynasty still needs His Majesty's control!"
