"Your Majesty! Haven't you always wanted reform? Why the reform has not been successful is not because there is too much resistance, and the reason why the resistance is great is because there are too many people who oppose it!"
"Face-to-face opposition is easy to say. Real villains are always easier to deal with than hypocrites. The most difficult thing to deal with is the secret that these devils have buried for decades!"
"They work secretly and secretly, and they do one thing on the surface and another behind the scenes. This kind of people are as sweet as honey, but their actions are the most vicious. The deeper this kind of people hide, the more dangerous they are to us..."
"Haha... It's good to rebel! If we rebel, we will force out these turtle bastards. Now we will know where to kill people!"
"Your Majesty... think about it now, is this a good thing? If you lose one game, you will lose one game, and you will come back later!"
"Now you are always wondering why these people rebelled? This has nothing to do with Your Majesty, Your Majesty does not need to blame yourself!"
Baojun Yinggui had already seen the change in the little emperor's face. It was obvious that Zai Chun had been persuaded, and the layer of gloom on his face had gradually melted.
Are you pretending to be mute if you don't speak at this time?
"What Lord Fu Qing said is that your majesty does not need to blame himself. It is not your majesty's fault that these rebellious ambitions have been dormant for decades!"
Baojun sighed, "Who would have thought that Nasitu was actually Zai Tu, the illegitimate son that Guiziliu secretly hid... Before Emperor Daoguang died, the prince did not go to accompany him to pray for blessings, but he still dared to find a woman. It was so shameless! "
"Unkind and unjust, it is our great fortune that Emperor Daoguang did not choose him! He cannot be a king if he is talented but not virtuous!"
Yinggui was in charge of the military department and could no longer pretend to be dumb at this moment. "Your Majesty! The retreating army has now been deployed along the Yongding River. At the same time, the garrisons in Fangshan and Liangxiang are too thin, so we can only order a retreat to concentrate our forces." Deploy the Jingnan defense line..."
"The garrison ministers from Shunyi, Changping, Miyun, Pinggu...the banner camps in various places also ordered to concentrate on the Yongding River to build the Beijing-South Defense Line..."
"Your Majesty! We can't delay any longer. I have the power to mobilize only these small battalions around the capital... The three units of the Royal Forest Army and the garrison outside the capital can only be mobilized by His Majesty's decree!"
With the persuasion of everyone, Zai Chun slowly came out of the shell he had built in his heart. By the way, the complexion of the Queen Mother of the two palaces also improved a lot.
"Army outside the capital?" Zai Chun thought for a while, "How many more troops do I have that can be used? Don't tell me what the numbers on the Ministry of War accounts are, I don't believe it. If you give me a real number, my men can still mobilize it." How many troops can fight?”
This question made everyone present fall silent. There were so many figures in the accounts of the Ministry of War of the Qing Dynasty. Banner camp, Han military camp, Mongolian Eight Banners, local guard camp, recruits... Ling Ling always said three hundred Mando is tall.
But you want to say you can fight? There's no way around it. Can the paid veterans and child soldiers in those places fight?
The Qing Dynasty had a military household system, which was completely different from the Chinese military service system. In the Qing Dynasty, as long as you served as a soldier, you would have food for a lifetime.
Many military families have ancestors who served in the army. The grandfather has a white beard and is still carrying a red tassel gun. The grandson has already picked up a sword and received military pay when he was ten years old.
Can this kind of fight? Of course, they can also be beaten, and they can be useful in scaring people to maintain local security!
Yinggui muttered with sweat all over his head, "We can't count on Shanxi's soldiers. With this disaster and rebellion, Shanxi's establishment is in extreme chaos!"
"When the rebels first started making trouble, they couldn't suppress them, let alone now!"
"Don't count on Shanxi and Henan. Henan can mobilize tens of thousands of guards, but how can we get across the territory controlled by the rebels?"
"What do you expect from soldiers further south of the Yangtze River? The water far away cannot quench the thirst nearby. Without three or four months of preparations, they will not be able to make up for it!"
"All the soldiers in Shandong who can fight are in the hands of Li Hongzhang. This Li Hongzhang has garrisoned in Handan. He has been in a hurry before. It seems that he can't be counted on in the short term!"
"Where is Commander Zuo from Baoding?" Zai Chun still had hope for this commander who could pacify the Western Regions.
Everyone shook their heads, "It's difficult! After Marshal Zuo came back from the Western Regions, he stopped taking charge of the army. He even declined all the errands in the Ministry of War..."
"The commander-in-chief asked for a job to supervise the construction of the railway. In fact, he wanted to avoid military power and not cause trouble. His job as governor of Zhili was also part-time..."
"The commander is getting old, and now he has no time to recruit troops..."
The room was full of ministers and no one had to hide and tuck him away. At this time, people felt a sense of bitterness rising in their hearts!
Zuo Jigao could have become a supporter of the Qing Dynasty. If after returning from pacifying the Western Regions, Zuo Zongtang would be directly appointed to the Ministry of War to be in charge of the national military.
In other words, the command of the new army is also given to him. This person can convince the crowd, and Guiziliu will be afraid of him!
Because Zuo Zongtang had just conquered the Western Regions, it was a time when even the foreign devils were in awe. His reputation was so high that when he sat in the middle, all the Han generals were convinced and did not dare to make a mistake!
But everyone with a discerning eye knows that the Manchus like to kill donkeys, and the commander-in-chief must be wise and wise to protect himself. The commander-in-chief who returned from the Western Regions left his soldiers and generals in the Western Regions.
Then he deliberately avoided the military position, which caused a very terrible consequence, a gap in military power! This gap period was actually caused by the imperial court. These Manchus were too afraid of Han generals.
Marshal Zuo is now powerless even if he has the will, because none of his loyal generals are around, and an army must rely on a stable officer corps to operate.
Zai Chun closed his eyes in despair, "So there is no hope for the soldiers in the south? Where is the Ninth Commander..."
"No! Will Your Majesty still count on the Zeng family at this time?" Even Cixi couldn't bear to listen. "Zeng Guoquan is not Zeng Guofan... Are you going to give the Zeng family a chance at this time?"
"Besides, how long will it take for Nanjing's soldiers to come to our side? Don't even think about it!"
Zai Chun patted the armrest of the chair, "Then what should I do? Can we only rely on soldiers from the north? Where else in the north? Call up all the Eight Banners of Mongolia? Let Hunchun lead troops into the pass?"
"Huh? By the way, Hunchun... Hunchun still has soldiers in hand. Send a telegram to Hunchun and ask him to enter Shanhaiguan and surround the capital!"
"No!" Ci'an screamed, "Hunchun is protecting the last retreat for us Manchus. The only thing Hunchun has to do is to beware of the Rakshasa ghosts and the Far East Kingdom!"
"If Your Majesty lets Hunchun enter the capital, the three provinces outside the Pass will be empty, and there will be big trouble!"
"This won't work, that won't work either. What do you want me to do? Just count on the Mongolian cavalry? Are they really trustworthy? Isn't the traitor Nastu raised outside the mouth?"
"Which one of you can guarantee that the Eight Banners of Mongolia will not be instigated by the Japanese to rebel?"
"answer me!"
"Ancestor! Our Qing Kingdom has more than 10 million square kilometers of land... How come we don't even have the soldiers to guard the capital now?"
Woo hoo hoo... Zai Chun cried loudly in anger!
