At the same time, Weng Tonghe, who received the news, also hurriedly ran to the Forbidden City. He wanted to complain to Emperor Tongzhi. This behavior of Prince Zheng is absolutely not allowed!
Using public opinion to fight wars and using the people to coerce the court should be the weapons of Confucian scholars! How can you, the Manchus, steal the food from my Confucian scholars?
Which is tolerable or intolerable? Now it is no longer the problem of the Great Qingshui Master, but Prince Zheng's daring to break the rules. Confucian scholars cannot live in peace and survive by letting them break like this.
But what he never expected was that Weng Tonghe went to Donghua Gate to hand over the sign, only to find out that Long Live Lord was no longer in the Forbidden City at all. The eunuch on duty told Weng Tonghe that the emperor had gone to the Xishan Mountain for a military parade!
Prince Dun's rectification of Xishan Camp was a thorn in Zai Chun's heart. He was always concerned about the movements of Xishan Camp, and almost every month he took time to go to Xishan Camp to review the troops in person!
There were even a few times when Zai Chun personally put on a show and paid the officers and soldiers!
The purpose is to make the officers and soldiers develop a habit and let them know that it is me, the emperor, who gives you money, not Guiziliu!
Today is also the day for payment of wages. Prince Dun arranged live-fire shooting training in the camp. After the training, the emperor can personally pay the wages. After all, he has to go into the city in the evening!
Weng Tonghe suddenly became confused. The emperor has gone to Xishan. Where can he go to find it? There is no time!
Once I find the emperor and return to the city, I'm afraid all the things that Prince Zheng has to do will be done!
At this moment, he suddenly felt a sense of powerlessness and a helpless feeling welling up in his heart!
"Confucianism...for thousands of years...after all, it is still inseparable from the protection of the imperial power. It can't work without a backer, it won't work!"
Weng Tonghe had actually guessed the real answer, but he just refused to admit it!
Deep in the Western Mountains, in the shooting range in the valley, soldiers each fired five rounds of bullets, and were engaged in shooting competitions with fixed targets and moving targets. Each unit was competing in squad and platoon units.
Zai Chun in the stands was a little absent-minded. He glanced towards the capital from time to time. It seemed that he was still thinking about Prince Zheng's plan.
"Teacher... I'm really sorry. If you and those Confucian scholars hadn't insisted on opposing the establishment of the Great Qingshui Division, why would the disciples have carried out such a trick?"
"This is the trend of the times...Teacher, you should calm down. I must build this Great Qingshui Master!"
"I'm sorry for you..."
Once the wheel of the times starts to spin, it will generate huge inertia. In fact, Weng Tonghe and others should understand that after they did not prevent the company Daqing Ocean from going public, the navy was already inevitable!
Emperor Tongzhi returned to the Forbidden City that night, and the next day the Yangxin Hall was called in. A small-scale court meeting was held. The chief officers of the six military departments and several iron hat kings all gathered together.
Zai Chun looked at the ministers below who had different thoughts, and cleared his throat, "Ahem... dear friends, the main reason why I called in today is because of Prince Zheng!"
"Chengzhi...come out!" Zai Chun said with a gloomy face.
Chengzhi knelt in front of the little emperor with a grimace, "I'm here..."
"Haha...Chengzhi! You are also the prince of the Qing Dynasty. Can't you bear the iron hat anymore? As a royal family, you actually went to the Qing Yuanyang Yamen to cause trouble because of two broken ships?"
"How dare you file a lawsuit over a small amount of money? You said you were going to file a lawsuit. Why do you still dare to spread top-secret information and disrupt the financial market?"
"The initiators of the stock market crash are you and Toku... Toku, get out too!"
Prince Rui, Dechang, was so frightened that he knelt beside Prince Zheng and couldn't say a word!
"The court has less food for you, or less food for you to drink? Are you short of that little money? It's hard to satisfy your desires. You two are stupid pigs!"
"Yes, yes... Your Majesty is calling the slave a stupid pig... The slave deserves to die... deserves to die..." The two of them could do nothing but beg for mercy.
Zai Chun cursed loudly, trying to relieve himself and at the same time to relieve Fu Qing, Weng Tonghe and others. After all, Chengzhi was really annoying too many people.
"And yesterday...Master Weng filed a lawsuit against you! Have you lost your mind and gone crazy? You actually asked your servant to sign something in the street. Don't you still think the court is not chaotic enough?"
"Have you reported it to that yamen? Do you have my approval? There is nothing. Why are you messing around on the street?"
"I don't think taking your badge is enough punishment. Do I have to ban you?"
These words were very harsh, but Prince Zheng knew in his heart that this was the step to ask him to speak, and this was the order to take action!
With a bang, Prince Zheng Chengzhi knocked his head on the gold brick and made a hollow sound, "Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu""
"But...but what happened yesterday, my slave is really sincere!"
"I have also figured it out. Losing a few ships is a small matter, but the interests of the imperial court are a big deal!"
"Qingyang Ocean will soon have more than 200 ships, and at this rate of development, it is possible to have a thousand ships in the future!"
"This year, Qing Yuanyang's tax revenue to the national treasury is five million silver dollars... This is silver! This is not small money. The court supports the army, builds rivers, and provides relief to the victims... Why don't you need money?"
"So, the profits brought by the Great Qing Ocean cannot be lost and cannot be messed up! That's why I want to take advantage of this... I beg your Majesty to issue an order to prepare the Great Clear Water Division..."
"The Qing Dynasty... cannot live without coastal defense..." Prince Zheng roared and handed over the prepared folding paper from his sleeve.
"Long live the Lord! Please imprison me... I know that I am insignificant, so I thought of the way to defeat all the people!"
"Yesterday... I ordered my servants to go to the streets to ask for help from all the people... 400,000! A full 400,000 people signed and had their thumbprints signed!"
"This slave of ten thousand people has been brought into the palace. I beg Your Majesty to take a look... Take a look!"
Outside the Yangxin Hall, through the glass window, many eunuchs were laying out the rolls of white cloth filled with signatures and fingerprints. It was a full thirty meters long, layer by layer, covering the entire courtyard!
It is densely covered with red handprints and black signatures!
"Long live my Lord! Take a good look...this is the voice of the people in the world! Everyone hopes that the imperial court will establish a navy. This is a great thing that benefits the country and the people!"
"Long live the Lord's Holy Judgment, you can't go against the will of all people..."
Even though Emperor Tongzhi had known the plan in advance, he still felt numb just looking at the long scroll with 400,000 signatures!
There were so many, the handwriting of different sizes almost condensed into a ball, and the red handprints seeped into the black ink, like dark red splattered blood!
Weng Tonghe's body swayed, and a feeling of despair surged up. He knew that it was all over!
