All the mysteries were solved. The master knew his apprentice very well. Only then did Princess Sissi understand why Emperor Tongzhi's reforms were so tyrannical!
Prince Gong, Prince Chun, Prince Qing... those were the core team left to him by his father. He said they would imprison them!
The other royal nobles left in the capital were also suppressed by Emperor Tongzhi, suppressing whoever had more power. On the contrary, the frustrated princes such as Prince Yu Benge and Prince Dun Yiwei were growing in power!
As for Prince Lao Li and Prince Zheng, they are just beating and scolding them at will, and they are about to be banned!
why is it like this? Why did the New Army massacre so wildly when the 30,000 Banner factory slaves rioted? Emperor Tongzhi commanded the battle on Jingshan Mountain without sparing any mercy.
There are three huge temples outside Shuanghuang Temple in the north of the city, and they are all filled with corpses and human heads!
Everything has the answer. It turns out that Emperor Tongzhi never thought about reforming the Eight Banners from the beginning. The so-called reforms before were all lies. The biggest secret in Emperor Tongzhi's heart was to abolish the Eight Banners!
Of course, not all of them have been abolished. The reformist Eight Banners aristocrats like Fuqing, Yipei, and Benge must still be retained!
Most of the commanders in the Yulin New Army and Xishan Camp are also bannermen, so of course they should be kept!
But those left behind are all people who are ready for reform. In the future, Emperor Tongzhi will win the rebellion in Gyeonggi. Once the rebels in Yixin are suppressed, the Eight Banners will be attacked!
In the final analysis, this battle for the land of Zhili is a confrontation between the surviving Eight Banners system and the absolute monarchy and centralized system that Emperor Tongzhi wanted!
One does not want to withdraw from the stage of history, and the other wants to forcefully mount the horse. This war seems to have broken out unexpectedly, but in the eyes of people like Xiao Letian, it is inevitable!
Xiao Letian didn't even need to go into details to find out the information. When this kind of political map was placed on the sand table for comparison, the answer was immediately revealed!
Experts don’t need to waste their brain cells, they will understand at a glance!
There are also smart people within the Eight Banners. People like Yi Xin can also guess Emperor Tongzhi's plan, so he must rebel, and many frustrated palace nobles in the capital must also support Guiziliu!
There is no other reason than to survive!
This malignant acne finally broke out and pus leaked out today, which was a bit surprising to Zai Chun. After all, it caught him by surprise quite suddenly.
But after a brief accident, Zai Chun also knew that this kind of battle would have to be fought sooner or later, and it was unavoidable. Fight early, win early, and save worry!
"Wait! As long as I can quell Uncle Six's rebellion, I won't kill you yet. I will let you watch with your own eyes the heads of the Eight Banners rebels being killed in the capital!"
"None of those traitors who follow you will survive, they will all lose their heads... Kill all the high-level people, I will kill the middle-level people, and then I will kill the servants!"
"I will not forgive anyone who rebels, even if they kill a hundred thousand people, I don't care!"
"Don't worry, you are the last one to die. You must see with your own eyes that everyone is dead. If you lose your head again, I will let you watch the Eight Banners system disappear from now on!"
"I want to destroy all the hard-core crops of the Eight Banners before you die, so that they can all be self-reliant... Hahaha... Maybe I will be very tolerant and give them three years to adapt!"
"Every year, the hard-core crops are reduced by 30%, and they will be deducted in three years... After that, all the Eight Banners will have to make a living for themselves! You should farm the land, you should work, you should learn to do business, you can do business, and you will find your own jobs! "
"I won't support you trash anymore! Haha, who of you dares to rebel? I can hang a hundred thousand heads on the walls of the capital city and see who dares to disobey my orders?"
"The Qing Dynasty will not fall! I will expand the size of the new Imperial Army and the Xishan Battalion, including the Guaizima. These loyal and brave officers and soldiers today will be rewarded when the time comes!"
"They will become countless officers and sink into the mountains and rivers of the Qing Dynasty. I can easily expand this loyal military group to two million troops!"
"With these two million new troops, it will be like Napoleon has his most loyal legion, and it will be like the master has the most powerful Chinese army!"
"Loyal to me, super strong in combat, full of vigor, and completely new! Hahahaha..."
"At that time, I will truly be able to consolidate all my rights into one person! This world will be mine by then. With these two million new troops loyal to me, what kind of industrial reform cannot be completed?"
"We, the Qing Dynasty, will also become one of the great powers in the world! I am the great emperor of ZTE! Hahahaha..."
"Women...find me women, give me fine wine...I don't want women in the palace, I want Sai Shi to teach them..."
Laughing wildly, it was already past midnight in East Asia, and the afterglow of the sunset could no longer be seen in Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. The stars in the sky hung in the sky like a carpet studded with gems!
Princess Sissi and Xiao Letian were speechless for a long time, both of them digesting this heavy information!
After a long while, Sissi smiled bitterly and said, "Why... why did you tell me? I am a European noblewoman, aren't you afraid that I will leak all your plans?"
"You are a bad person... Stop pretending. I have seen the ghost in your eyes. In fact, you deliberately instilled Napoleon's deeds into Emperor Tongzhi, right?"
"Emperor Tongzhi was too young when he studied with you, and his mind was immature. He was like a sapling. You could raise it however you wanted... You deliberately let him have this kind of thinking, right?"
"In fact, you were the ultimate mastermind behind this bloody war in East Asia! Right? You manipulated the emperor of the Qing Dynasty and all the nobles in the palace into applause!"
"How can you be a famous contemporary teacher! You are simply like Breaking Bad!"
Xiao Letian smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Why do you say that to me? The contradictions and cracks within the Qing Empire have been accumulated over the past two hundred years!"
"It wouldn't have exploded without me? Are you kidding me...you said I was Breaking Bad? Do you think you are wronging me?"
"What I want to educate is an emperor. Is it okay if I don't tell him the story of Napoleon? Should I skip the French Revolution and Napoleon in modern European history?"
"Unless Zaichun never opens his eyes to see the world and is trapped in the Forbidden City forever as a little fool! Otherwise, anyone who becomes his Western master will have to teach these things..."
"As for the leaking issue you mentioned?" Xiao Letian suddenly darkened his face.
He reached out and grabbed Sissi's little hand. Sissi was so frightened that she tried to break away but couldn't. Xiao Letian looked at her with the most serious expression.
"Sissi...my lover...if you still love me, then you must keep what I say below in your heart, and do it firmly and implement it..."
