Anyone who can survive in the imperial court is a cunning person. Weng Tonghe's seemingly reckless behavior actually has a very deep truth in it.
Unless you have a thorough understanding of the contradictions and entangled interests between the imperial power and the bureaucracy, you will never do such a move!
If there is a problem in the government, if it is a minor problem that is not painful, it will be a good thing for you to take the blame for the emperor as a minister. This represents your loyalty to the emperor, and the emperor will still use you in the next few years!
If there is a huge problem in the government and someone needs to die, then it needs to be treated separately. If the death of one person can calm the trouble, then the bureaucracy will sacrifice an unlucky person.
Weng Tonghe would not confront the emperor so recklessly. He had many children, and it would not hurt his bones if one or two died. There was no need to fight against the emperor for one or two lives.
But what if the problems in the government are too big, the sky falls and the earth falls, and a large number of people need to lose their heads?
Haha, things are about to come to a head now. The bureaucracy has to protect itself at this time, and it can't be left to the emperor to take over, right?
Zhili, Shanxi, Henan, Shandong... dozens of prefectures and counties in four provinces have concealed their reports. The disaster has been so huge that the stock market has collapsed. How can these people survive?
Emperor Tongzhi was a cruel and merciless emperor, even if he was young, he would not hesitate to kill someone!
If these civil servants were killed by the emperor, then the Qingliu forces would never be able to rise again. What would the people of the world think? They will think that the imperial examination is not a good way, and becoming an official is also a scapegoat!
People all over the world will think, if I throw myself into the embrace of Western learning, I will get promoted and make a fortune, I will work for the court, I will get rich from industry!
Today's world is an era where the old and the new systems are in conflict. If Weng Tonghe and others do not protect their civil servants at this time, how long will they wait?
But if you want to protect it, how can you protect it? Kowtow and beg for mercy? Pull him down. The more weak you show at this time, the more you prove to the world that the blame should be shouldered by you, and the responsibility is all yours.
Zai Chunke can kill people naturally, and no one in the world can refute him!
At this time, you have to conflict with the imperial power, you have to toughen up, criticize Long Yan angrily, win the title of a direct minister, and confuse the responsibilities.
Not to mention that it is all our civil servants’ responsibility, Emperor Tongzhi’s industrialization was too radical, which caused social unrest and was also an important driver of this natural disaster!
Everyone has responsibilities, why do you let the civil servants take all the responsibility?
The noisy government and opposition parties were uneasy, and the officials and people all knew about the dispute. At this time, people started talking and gossiping!
Didn't Xiao Letian say that as long as there are more than three people, they will be divided into left, middle and right. People believe whatever news they believe, not because they choose to believe it because it is the truth.
People only choose part of the truth because of their own class, their own circle, and their own interests... After choosing the truth that is beneficial to them, they will do everything possible to find 'evidence' to prove that they are not wrong.
A very simple truth is that the group of people who followed Emperor Tongzhi to build railways and factories all made money, such as the reformist Fu Qing and the Chinese British businessmen.
These people are the beneficiaries of your industrialization, so they will believe that what Emperor Tongzhi says is right no matter what, because it is in their own interests.
Where were the 30,000 factory slaves who were killed? Those are the Eight Banners disciples at the lowest level. Where are their living relatives and friends? These people are different in their hearts. They will definitely choose to believe the words that are unfavorable to you Zaichun!
Who doesn’t have a desire for revenge?
Not to mention the countless scholars who read books by sages, they can only believe what Weng Tonghe said!
Look, as long as you dare to make noise, as long as you dare to muddy your responsibilities, don't worry, the people of the Qing Dynasty will definitely be divided into left, center and right! There must be people who believe in you, some who believe in Chun, some who believe in Qingliu, and some who are neutral!
This will tear apart the power, but you, Zaichun, are the emperor of the Qing Dynasty! You have to rule the people who support you, and you have to rule the neutral people who are on the fence.
The most important thing is that you also have to rule the people who hate you, because they are all the people who make up your Qing Dynasty!
Because you are the ultimate person responsible for this empire, you have to consider everyone's thoughts. When you know that the people's opinions are divided into left, center and right, you have to be careful in how you deal with it.
You can't kill people randomly just to satisfy your hatred. You have to strike a balance and ensure that the people who oppose you don't rebel!
Weng Tong and Gao Ming are here. If he had become a coward like the other ministers today, he would be a coward in front of the great responsibility.
So dozens of prefecture and county officials have really taken the blame 100%, and you don’t refute it yourself. So how do the people choose? As a result, the people cannot be divided into three groups: left, middle and right, and there will be no contradictions!
If the people are not opposed, then the emperor can kill people with confidence, because the people believe that the responsibility for this natural disaster should be shouldered by the civil servants.
At this moment, Weng Tonghe risked his life by jumping out to deliberately muddy the waters, so that the responsibility suddenly fell on many parties.
As long as the Qingliu civil servants refuse to admit guilt and admit that the responsibility is their own, then the people will inevitably be divided and have different views on the left, center and right.
By this time, if Zai Chun wanted to kill people unscrupulously, it would not be that easy! If you dare to kill someone, countless people in the world will call you a coward, and the history books of future generations will throw dirty water on you!
Just ask you if you are afraid, just ask you if you are afraid!
After understanding the truth, Weng Tong and the censors around him were all frightened into a cold sweat. "Teacher, you are too dangerous. You are risking your life!"
"This... this thing, the emperor is so angry that he really wants to kill you without any care... What should I do?"
Weng Tonghe stuffed the wet handkerchief into his sleeve and sighed, "You think I'm not afraid? I'm a human being too, and I want to live... But at this time, if I don't come out to defend everyone, who will?"
"The power of us scholars has become weaker and weaker. If there are not a few who risk their lives to protect our interests! We will really be killed by the times!"
"If I really die today...I am mentally prepared! I believe that the pen in your hands will definitely give me justice in the history books of future generations!"
All the censors surrounded Weng Tonghe, clasped their fists and bowed, "Master's holy name will be passed down through the ages... I will follow you to the death!"
The old man's face turned pale and he quickly helped these people up, "Let's go, let's go... hurry up and go home. This is still in the imperial city. Don't you act like this on purpose to make people suspicious?"
"Let's all go... shut up and think about the past... remember, let your family buy more food and store it, there is really no guarantee of what's going on in this world!"
