C618 An Analysis of the Military Chess in Politics (2/2)
Amidst everyone's discussion, the number of cards on the table became fewer and fewer. The five wooden boards also became messy, but everyone's grasp of the Board of Justice became much clearer.
Who was the enemy, who was the ally, and who was the core force that could be fought for, they were all clearly hung on the wooden board. As for the enemy, it was easy to deal with them as well. The Discipline Hall would properly dig out the secrets behind their backs, which family had not done a few shameful things like bullying men and women.
”Chinese Officer's side has finished counting. We can at least borrow 70% of their power, so this area is safe …”
”The foreign forces are also safe. The United States and Prussia have already expressed their support for us. Britain has also declared its support limited. With their restrictions, the French and the Russian will not have much of an impact. Safety …”
”reformist is one hundred percent safe, this place is Prime Minister's loyal ally …”
”What about Qing Liu? ”How dangerous is it …” Qing San Ye asked loudly.
”The safety rate of Clearing Stream is only 20%, and this is only achieved when the budget is being paid a bribe of 500 thousand silver coins. We're just buying them as neutral as we can get.”
”Let the Discipline Hall do it … ”I won't believe that if I were to dig up their eight generations of ancestors and threaten them, they would be completely wiped out …”
”Yes, Prime Minister …” The group of people started to get busy again, analyzing the personalities of the people on the wooden boards one by one, comparing them with the information in the torture chamber.
”We can only get 35% of the clear stream faction's neutrality, the rest are just a bunch of stubborn old fools!”
Xiao Letian rubbed his temples and sighed, ”Being able to get 35% is already not easy, let's analyze the last Imperial Family and see how much they can get.”
The group of people started to search through them one by one, but the more they searched, the more incredulous their expressions became. In the end, even Xiao Letian could tell that something was amiss.
”How can this be? ”This is unbelievable …” Wang Huaiyuan counted three times before finally obtaining a result.
”We, the royal family, actually obtained a 50% chance of neutrality. Half of the descendants of Xinhua have reconciled with us? ”This is unbelievable …”
Everyone had their own questions, but no one could question them. In the past few months, the Discipline Hall and the reformist s had been working together with all their might, contacting any Manchu royal family who could talk to them.
The late Qing's royal family were no longer the same as when they were founded. Some outstanding talents like Su Shun were killed, and the rest were people who protected their own bodies or were incomparably greedy.
Xiao Letian's plan to reform the sulcus longus had cleared out over a hundred shops and over a thousand houses, but the sulcus longus had long since brought in fresh water and the river was extremely clear.
The two sides of the road were thick willow trees and clean brick roads. The sewer that was hidden underground had taken away all the dirty water, causing the entire sulcus longus to suddenly turn from smelly and dirty to high-end community in the capital. Even the price of the houses had flipped ten times over.
These properties were all controlled by Xiao Letian. No matter if one was a noble or a tycoon, they would have to honestly buy the properties from Xiao Letian.
How could Xiao Letian give up such a good opportunity to win over the hearts of others? With his promotion, shops and courtyard homes became the private property of the nobles, in exchange for their neutrality towards the Grand Commission.
Money was indeed a powerful weapon that could defeat politics. When the noble members of the Qing Dynasty realized that maintaining neutrality could be exchanged for a hundred thousand or even a million worth of wealth in the future, they all chose to retreat.
”Didn't Xiao Letian not know how to rebel? Since he had promised not to rebel, that was enough. He had to continue living his days, no? As long as the flag of the Qing Dynasty is not overturned, and as long as the amount of money our family has is increasing, who would be so full that they would fight with the Prime Minister Xiao of the East China Sea? ”
”Don't forget, the current Beijing is still under the control of the new army's bayonet!”
An unbelievable scene finally appeared. Although they were clearly Manchu royal family, under the temptation of Xiao Letian doing business together, they had completely abandoned their previous insistence. Half of the imperial family had actually chosen to remain neutral.
Thus, Xiao Letian's strategy to conquer the Grand Commission was finally completed and the palace was guarded. After three days, the palace would be closed and the plan to reform the Great Qing would finally begin.