What is Qingliu most afraid of? It means their reputation has been damaged, because their biggest reliance in the court is the legitimacy of their public opinion!
Qingliu is not the prime minister. They have no power and no access to finance, personnel and various projects, so they have no money!
And Qingliu is not a general. He has no military power and cannot contact the army, so he has no gun in his hand!
Without money and guns, there is no power. All that is left is moral public opinion to establish prestige and compete for a little bit of silver from these generals and powerful ministers.
The people need a moral standard, and the court also needs a moral face. This reputation cannot be broken!
This case was not done by Weng Tonghe, but it was done by your nephew. You will still take the blame. A single crime of lax discipline can crush you to death!
From ancient times to the present, in China, female sex scandals have always been the most destructive. You can never erase them for the rest of your life, even knowing that they are framed or completely fabricated!
But I can’t help but the people want to listen! They love to spread this kind of sexy news, and they have no problem remembering you for eighteen hundred years!
Who did it? Who is threatening me? A series of figures appeared in Weng Tonghe's mind.
"Prince Zheng Chengzhi? Yes, that's him. Today I blocked his financial path. He is definitely the number one suspect!"
"Is Prince Lao Li suspicious? There must be. Since Prince Gong and the others were imprisoned, he is the leader of this group of conservatives!"
"Wait a minute, I am opposed to the continued expansion of the stock market and the construction of the railway network... Will those moderate reformers in Fuqing also be stumbling behind this?"
"Fu Qing is different from the past. I can feel it. He has become more and more taciturn and dangerous in recent years!"
"Could it be that there is a hint from the emperor here? The railway network is His Majesty's dream... But I am not completely opposed to it. I just don't want to be so radical. Your Majesty should be able to understand me!"
After thinking about it, he suddenly thought of another scary person, "Xiao Letian! Could it be that he was hinting at Chun Shisanniang to threaten me behind my back? Yes, yes, that scoundrel like a local ruffian can do it!"
"He needs the railway network to make money, transport troops, and control the interior of the Qing Dynasty... He is retaliating against me!"
Weng Tonghe fell into a situation where he was scaring himself. He fantasized about all the possible black hands, but in the end he could not decide on any party.
In the end, Weng Tonghe finally figured it out. The enemy actually used threats at night to deal with him, which meant that he was not ready to break up!
I'd better shut up first! If I change my attitude, these people will probably let me go. This matter must be resolved without leaving any trace behind!
Weng Tonghe made up his mind and immediately called for his butler. This was his regular attendant who had served him since childhood and was more than ten years older than him!
When Weng Tonghe was a child, he would help carry food boxes and wait on the four treasures of the study. Later, when he was rushing to take the exam, he would also run with him!
After Weng Tonghe married his wife, Chang Sui was directly promoted to the steward of his small family. When Weng Tonghe became an official, the steward directly became the housekeeper in the government!
Such a person can be regarded as a real servant who has children in his family. The land in his family is rewarded by the Weng family, and the money for marrying a wife and children is a reward from the master!
Destiny and even life have been linked together, Weng Tonghe can only believe in him at this moment!
"Brother Weng...you have been with me for forty years, right? Have I ever treated you badly?"
When Brother Weng heard this, he immediately fell to his knees, "Young master has been very kind to my family. You must be entrusted with something when you say this today! The life of this old servant belongs to the young master, so you can take it!"
"No! I don't want your life... I want you to go back to your hometown, bring me a letter, and meet these brothers and sisters in your hometown. Only they can do such a thing!"
"The family meeting was held secretly, and the boy who committed the crime..." Weng Tonghe painfully recalled the scenes of his nephew serving him, but in the end he made up his mind!
"That brat, let him die of a sudden illness!"
"Everyone else who is related must also be made to disappear one by one... Anyone who is related to this case cannot be kept!"
"You must do it neatly... I know you don't have that much energy on your own, so take my secret message to the Ninth Commander!"
"In our hometown, the Hunan Army is the most powerful. If the Ninth Commander can help...hehe, no matter how many people die, they will be silent!"
"Let this case disappear, disappear forever... Only if everything disappears, we will have no handle!"
The direct butler didn't say anything, kowtowed and waited for the master to finish writing the letter, and left the capital with the mission the next morning!
After all, the threat to Weng Tonghe was very secret, and there would be no disturbance in the court. What made people feel strange the next day was that Weng Tonghe held a family banquet at home and invited his disciples and grandchildren to drink. .
At the banquet, it was actually time to say something, saying that this railway is not a scourge, and let all these gentlemen understand it before speaking, and ordered these scholars to go to the Beijing-Tianjin Railway Bureau, inspect it for half a month, and study it carefully before speaking.
This is an obvious signal, which is to tell the mastermind behind the scenes that I have given up and changed my tone!
Weng Tonghe's matter was calm, but the case of Xin Jian's attack caused an uproar in the court!
Zaichun received the news at five o'clock in the morning when he got up for a run to exercise. After hearing it, he became furious, "Who did this? Bastard! Dare you give me eye drops? Did you pour dirty water on my head?"
"Is it Chengzhi...is he taking this opportunity to avenge Xin Jian and Guang Liang's death? Let him get out!"
Zai Chun's nose was so angry that Xin Jian quarreled with him during the day, and at night the coal mountain collapsed and almost killed him. How could the people who didn't know the details think about it?
They must have said that I am not an emperor as an emperor! My reputation has been greatly ruined!
Emperor Tongzhi was really unjust, because he didn't give any orders at all. He was not stupid. He knew that even if he really wanted to kill Xin Jian, he could wait until he left the capital and returned to Tanggu before taking action!
There's no need to kill people so quickly, it's just for nothing! But if he didn't take action, the only people in the court who had issues with Xin Jian were those from Chengzhi's faction!
Chengzhi has a very bad reputation, being cruel and murderous. He kills more than a dozen of his servants, maids, eunuchs, etc. every year. This kind of person is hysterical and capable!
Chengzhi had drunk too much last night, and when Xiao Sixi brought the Yulin New Army to find him, he was still fast asleep!
Xiao Sixi patted his face, "Prince Zheng...Prince Zheng...don't sleep! Pull him out of bed!"
