Yixin looked at Cai Bixia, "Mr. Cai... we are old acquaintances. You came to see me so soon. Do you want to send me a congratulatory message? It seems not. You don't need to bring soldiers to send a congratulatory message?"
"Are you raising an army to help Emperor Tongzhi? Bringing troops to destroy me? But the number of troops is a bit small, so it doesn't look like it..."
History's evaluation of Prince Gong is quite pertinent. This man was talented and a great talent. In fact, Emperor Daoguang chose Xianfeng instead of him. It was really a failure, a big failure!
Whose hands did the decline of the Qing Dynasty fall to? In fact, Emperor Daoguang had unshirkable responsibilities. Let’s not talk about how well he governed the country. This person was just messing around with housework.
Emperor Daoguang was the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty who had prosperous heirs. After him, the Qing Dynasty's national fortunes were not good, because they were already struggling to even have children.
Xianfeng gave birth to Emperor Tongzhi, and Emperor Tongzhi simply died. Guangxu and Xuantong were both brought out of Prince Chun's palace, and neither of them had any descendants.
In fact, judging from the fact that the royal family has no queen, the Qing Dynasty has no luck. If it can't even give birth to a prince, does it still want to have any luck for the country?
The root cause of the failure of the royal heirs is related to Emperor Daoguang. This guy was just messing around with his children's education, and he personally kicked one of his sons to death.
The children they didn't like were forced to adopt him out and kicked out of the house. When the throne was finally passed, the wrong one was chosen, Xianfeng, and Guiziliu was lost.
Family education has always believed that a filial son will emerge from the stick, and in the end, when choosing an heir before his death, he foolishly chose Xianfeng, who could pretend to be filial.
When Emperor Daoguang was about to die, he summoned his two sons, the fourth prince and the sixth prince, to inquire about the government. The six princes talked about their own set of policies for handling government affairs, and the good Emperor Daoguang also admired them.
But the fourth prince didn't say anything, and just followed the method taught by his master, which was just crying, that is, pretending to be filial!
In the end, Emperor Daoguang chose the one who could cry instead of the one who could govern the country. This was a failure! You want to choose the emperor, not a loser who can only cry!
Ruling the world with filial piety means that the emperor wants the people to promote filial piety, rather than losing the country for a word of filial piety!
Governing a country ultimately depends on talents. As the old saying goes, 'The country will not be destroyed unless it has enemies that are hostile to it! If a family has dissenting sons, the family will not be destroyed.'
Future generations always have to surpass my generation to ensure prosperity, and transcending this kind of thing itself brings breakthroughs and conflicts. You have to break the wrong cognition of the older generation in order to establish new cognition!
It's a pity that Emperor Daoguang didn't understand this truth at all. He ruined Guiziliu's future and the future of the Qing Dynasty!
Cai Bixia looked at the little old man in front of him and sighed, "Hey... Emperor Daoguang really should have chosen you to be the emperor back then. If you had ascended the throne legally, I'm afraid there wouldn't be so many things happening later!"
With this sentence, Guiziliu broke through his defense. His chest suddenly rose and fell violently. He kept suppressing his emotions!
Cai Bixia seemed to deliberately make him emotional. "During the Xianfeng period, the Qing Dynasty encountered three challenges. One was the Taiping Rebellion, the other was the invasion of Xinjiang Aguba, and the third was the invasion of the British and French forces!"
"These three things are the three mountains that brought down the fate of the Qing Dynasty... At the moment, it seems that the Qing Dynasty has passed the test. In fact, we all know that the solution is not good at all, and there are too many sequelae!"
"The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is ostensibly a credit to Commander Zeng, but you also played a role in strategizing. Without you secretly protecting Commander Zeng, Commander Zeng would not have been able to survive the most difficult moments in his early years!"
"And there are the British and French allied forces! If you were the emperor at that time, as a person who is willing to open his eyes and see the world, I don't think you would be entangled for a little etiquette!"
"We will not let the monk king act recklessly, seriously violate diplomatic etiquette, arrest British and French diplomats, torture and beat them!"
"How did the Old Summer Palace burn down? You know the reason best. Were the British envoys finally imprisoned in the Old Summer Palace? How many were beaten to death and starved to death?"
"Haha... If the British and French forces were not venting their anger, why did they set fire to it? They could just grab some treasures, so why did they burn it?"
"None of this should have happened. If you were the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, the Second Opium War would not have broken out! In the final analysis, it is just a matter of opening up the country and doing business..."
"You still have flexibility in your governance..."
"Stop talking..." Guiziliu raised his hand to stop Cai Bixia, "You... you are just like your master. I hate the way you talk, as if you understand everything..."
"I hate this kind of superiority that sees through everything... I don't need you to analyze my family affairs!"
"Explain why you're here, my time is precious!"
What Cai Bixia wants is for you to break the defense. "Yes! The situation has become what it is now. I, the Chinese, have several principles that I hope your majesty can guarantee!"
"First, order must be restored in the capital. The acts of beating, smashing, looting and burning must stop. The safety of our Chinese industries must also be protected!"
"Second, the Beijing-Tianjin Railway was built with joint investment from multiple parties. Last night you blew up the Yangcun section of the railway. This was a flagrant provocation to the railway treaty!"
"We must give an explanation, and there must be compensation. You must make a commitment to protect the railway..."
"Third, the telegraph network and the Qinghe Industrial Zone were both jointly invested and built by Chinese and Qing capital. Any act of sabotage is a provocation to our Chinese assets!"
"Fourth, regarding the various treaties signed by our Chinese people and the Qing Dynasty, my lord, are you prepared to abide by them? Or are you prepared to overthrow them? We must have an accurate letter..."
"Finally...well...that's the outcome of the deal with Emperor Tongzhi! Our bottom line is that Emperor Tongzhi must be safe. How can you promise to protect Emperor Tongzhi's life?"
"That's enough!" Yi Xin's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot. "It's too arrogant and domineering, and you are too arrogant and domineering! You are not allowed to interfere in the internal affairs of the Qing Dynasty!"
In fact, Yi Xin doesn't care about Cai Bixia's previous conditions, because these conditions also safeguard his own interests, and order must be restored after the war is over.
Railways, telegraph lines, and industrial areas are all good things that can make money and govern the country. They must not be destroyed.
But he absolutely couldn't accept the last one. If Emperor Tongzhi was still alive, who would he be? How can I still be the emperor?
Cai Bixia sneered and said, "My lord, please don't forget that His Majesty Emperor Tongzhi is the emperor with the purest and purest inheritance in the two hundred years of the Qing Dynasty!"
"Because there is no objection to Xianfeng's right to rule, and Emperor Xianfeng is just such a prince, Emperor Tongzhi has no challengers at all!"
"This is recognized by all countries! If you overturn the legal basis of Emperor Tongzhi, will you deny the legality of all previous treaties?"
"Are you trying to say that all the articles signed with Britain, France, the United States, Germany and Russia were all signed by a hypocrite?"
"Do you want to use this excuse to abolish the terms between us? You must answer this question!"
