C618 An Analysis of the Military Chess in Politics (1/2)
”Ceng Guofan has never been one with the imperial government, especially the imperial government after the Sin-uni coup d'état. It's because the influential figures in the imperial court are all his enemies …” Xiao Letian was hiding in the study room, surrounded by the core officials, and on the table laid many cards.
This was not a poker card for the foreigners, but each card was filled with the names of the important figures in the Manchu dynasty.
Ci Xi, Ci An, Prince Kung, Prince of Alcohol, Prince Ching … These Qing Dynasty nobles were not the end, there were also those like Weng Tonghe, Feng Fu and Zhang Deng Zhen.
Ceng Guofan, Ceng Guoquan, Zuo Zongtang, Li Hongzhang and the others had also gotten their cards, including Qing San Ye, Mu Ge Ji, Ore Lurker, Stone Mountain Water and the others.
This was a deduction made using weapons against the imperial government, their judgement being the Grand Commission's bloody war three days later.
”Remember, the people hanging on this board are all members of the Manchu royal family, and the people hanging on this board are all from Qing Liu Han Lin. Oh right, set up another tablet for San Ye's reformist! ”
”Very good, very good …” The Manchu royal family, the Qingliu Leader, the local daoyin, the foreigners and even the Manchu, a total of five powers, let's see how many people we can get? ”
This kind of deduction for political games like Xiao Letian's had overturned all the common sense in the field. They never thought that Xiao Letian would be so smart to actually think of such an intuitive method of arrangement.
Xiao Letian would never tell them that this was something that he had learnt from ”The House of Cards” in his previous life. American politicians would write the name of a representative on a whiteboard when they had nothing better to do.
”Look carefully, all the people hanging on this board are local daoyin s, and those that are going head to head with us are the ones that we can fight for. At the assembly, they will definitely support us, and those that we can take over are the ones that we are enemies with, we should try our best to fight for them …”
”Look, Ceng Guofan and Ceng Guoquan are going straight, because they will have the same thoughts as us, and Li Hongzhang is definitely not someone that we can win against, because we just killed a lot of his soldiers … … As for Zuo Zongtang, we have decided to set him as the Swing Faction. This means that we can try him out, and at the very least, get him to be neutral … ”
”Why do you think the Great Marshal Zeng will definitely support us? Could he not be a loyal servant of the imperial court? ” Luo Huo did not know much about the matters of the imperial government, so he was confused.
”That's a good question. Lord Third can explain it to you clearly …” Xiao Letian gave the authority to speak to Qing San Ye.
The Third Master let out a long sigh and said, ”This is related to the Sin-uni coup d'état from six years ago. The Gu Ming and eight ministers was annihilated by the combined efforts of the empress dowagers and two princes, and one of the important figures of the Xiluo's family, Su Shun, died tragically in that palace change …”
”Su Shun is the blue banner bearer, clan, Yu Ting, son of Prince Jiran VII, Prince Urgong. Dao Guang during the reign of the former minister, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Minister, the Minister of Revenue, co-operating with the United Kingdom, and other positions. Afterwards, Xian Feng gained a lot of credibility as well. He and his brother Prince Zheng, Xiang Hua, and Prince Yi relied on each other.
”In the seventh month of the eleventh year, Xian Feng was appointed one of the Gu Ming and eight ministers, and in the tenth month of the same year, he was sent to the Caishikou to be beheaded. He died at the age of forty-five …”
”Su Shun is really one of the few doyens of Manchu. In his hands, the case of the Wutong Academy of Sciences, the case of the treasury of the Department of Revenue, and the case of the Ministry of Revenue's silver warehouse robbing were all heard clearly. Hundreds of corrupt officials were brought to justice, and the imperial government was suddenly shaken, suppressing to a certain extent the atmosphere of corrupt officials.”
Not only that, Su Shun attached great importance to the Chinese Officer and recommended Ceng Guofan, Zuo Zongtang, Hu Lin Yi, Guo Songtao and other high-ranking officials to the imperial court. Among them, Zuo Zongtang's life was saved by Su Shun, it can be said that he was the one who promoted all the soldiers in the Great Qing Dynasty.
When Qing San Ye spoke up to here, he let out a long sigh, ”It's a pity that his temper is too bad, especially when facing Manchu, he looks down on him even half a eye. The number of nobles and nobles of Manchu who have been scolded by him are countless, and he has killed many of them and made a lot of enemies …”
”Among the three great officials who died in the Gu Ming and eight ministers during Xin unitary years, only he chopped them down with a single slash, while the other two princes merely granted themselves to commit suicide … During the execution in Caishikou, countless of enemies slandered Su Shun, and some ignorant commoners even used bricks and trash to beat him black and blue … ”
”But he was so humiliated that he knelt on the execution ground. ”Facing death, his expression didn't change at all. He kept his head up until the executioner chopped off his head …”
He and the descendants of the Gu Ming and eight ministers were very close, and the core strength of the reformist came from the remnants of the eight ministers.
”Can you imagine how Ceng Guofan and the others' savior died so tragically? There's no trace of hatred? ” Xiao Letian said with a cold smile.
”There is one other thing that you might not know, but this Su Shun is really an abnormal person within the Manchu. In 1859, he negotiated with the Russian envoy, Ignatius, denouncing his request for aggression, and threw the unapproved exchange of the text of the 'Treaty of Enchantment' on the table. He declared that this was just a piece of paper, and that it was completely meaningless …”
”Look, the tough bones of the Manchu, I honestly admire him. If he was in charge of the Qing Dynasty, I think the government would not be like this, at least he knows how to use talents, and he would not reject western studies. It's a pity that the Manchu killed his own talents …”
Xiao Letian's and Qing San Ye's explanation finally made everyone understand the ruthlessness of political battles. For the sake of power, these people killed people without any worries, and even if they had to cut off their own bloodline, as long as they had the power, it would not matter even if death flowed into them.