C208 ostrich court (1/2)
Xiao Letian was a person who would not lose out, especially when facing the various powers in the imperial court, he would not let them lose out. Because Xiao Letian knew that it was enough to sum up the political situation of the late Qing with just four words, 'bullying the weak and fearing the strong'.
Yes, this is a weak, weak, and fallen dynasty. Originally, their own empire had already seen the sun set in the west, the annexation of their country was already so serious that it was able to force out a peasant uprising. In addition, the Western powers had also infiltrated, making the crisis in Qing Dynasty even worse.
This was a major change that hadn't been seen in three thousand years. This was even more complicated than the period before this, the end of the Ming Dynasty, the end of the Song Dynasty and even the end of the Tang Dynasty. At that time, the world was in chaos. At least some of the scholars were still able to understand the situation of the revolution. The Chinese could at least introduce a new dynasty to end the war by closing their doors and playing by themselves.
But now, things couldn't go on, the sea routes had already linked the humans together, China's national destiny was constantly being affected by the outside world, this kind of chaotic situation, forget the Qing Dynasty couldn't understand, even the Chinese people were confused and confused.
At this moment, the imperial court was like a mad dog that had been forced into a dead end. It looked at the countless people with shovels and bricks that were about to smack it, and it was scared and furious at the same time.
It had to grit its teeth and bark at everyone, but the fear in its heart was so great that no one could imagine it. The most direct example was Ci Xi's ”Declaration of War against Ten Thousand Nations”.
For a country to declare war on the entire world, one could imagine how desperate this mad dog who was forced into a dead end must be. This declaration of war was the reason why the Gengzi Eight Nations Alliance entered Beijing.
Why was he crazy? Just out of fear.
Xiao Letian had held onto the veins of the Qing Dynasty, so he knew what these nobles were thinking about. They were just trying to muddle their days, trying their best to not catch up with the collapse of heaven and earth in their lifetime, so that they wouldn't have to choose a good location to rest their lives. As for what their children and grandchildren were like, they didn't have the time to care.
You want a bowl of rice? Grandma! I, Xiao Letian, am actually going to flip the table, I am going to jump and become tough, today I am not giving you any face.
You said I raised a new army? Yes, I admit it, the two hundred new troops are at Tanggu, you f * * king came to kill them!
You say I'm breaking the law? That's right, I admit it too. Sun Sanhu's body was almost turned into minced meat in the dungeon, and the Qing Dynasty's spies on the ground of the Tanggu were all stuffed into the prison.
At worst, I, Xiao Letian, in front of the entire world, would shout that I would rebel. I am a traitor, if you have the guts, come and annihilate me.
There are too few soldiers, so you should wait for the world to tremble when there are more soldiers. The two Ceng Guofan brothers were waiting for this opportunity.
Six hundred kilometers …. It took the empress dowager only one day to deliver the secret letter from Qing San Ye and Fu Hui along with Xiao Letian's proof chain to the Forbidden City. When the empress dowager saw such a thick and secret stack of documents, they were all dumbfounded.
”Pig dogs? Are they all pig dogs?” How did the royal family raise such trash? It was one thing to send troops to suppress them, but why would they not even be able to escape in the end? took the secret decree tablet and the identity token, and even the confession was revealed … ”
At this time, Ci Xi no longer had the demeanor of a motherly girl, and his face had already turned pale white. Ci An, who was sitting beside her, was also stunned. Even if she had beaten him to death, he had never thought that Xiao Letian would respond to the imperial government in such a way.
Prince Kung Yi rubbed his temples and said to the little emperor, ”Forget it, there's no other way, we can only eliminate him. He doesn't have many soldiers, just 200 soldiers.
Ci An put down the teacup with trembling hands. ”3000! Isn't it a little too much, our capital still needs face, everyone is looking at it, all the foreigners are staring, if we change Bing Tai too much, it will become a big deal! ”
Although Ci An said that he had some face, everyone was thinking about the Great Qing Empire's foundation, and the foundation of governance. Last year, Long Hair had just been pacified, and this year, Twisted Army was about to be pacified. It was the time for tens of thousands of people to celebrate. If he forced another Grand Master of Western Studies to do the opposite at this time …
Forget it, everyone really did not dare to think about it. Even the imperial government suppressed the matter and was afraid of giving Ceng Guofan a little excuse. That five hundred thousand Xiang Army s were too terrifying, it was a knife that stabbed into the heart of the imperial government.
”If we're going to eliminate them, then we have to make less noise. Don't let too many people out in the army, and don't let everyone in the country know about this. We have to secretly do it …” In fact, the best course of action would be for the ancestor protector to take action and eliminate Xiao Letian … ” Ci Xi was finally a little calm now.
But at this time, the little emperor said, ”No, I think you missed a very important point …” Then the true strength that Xiao Letian can rely on, should be the ocean! ”