C1417 Prime Minister (1/2)
Xiang Ying thought like this, but Xiao Letian, who had been closed in, had the same thought. Furthermore, Xiao Letian was thinking about an even deeper place.
Whether he died from smallpox or syphilis, there was one thing that was publicly accepted in history. After Zai Chun took charge of the affairs personally, there were a few guards and eunuchs who lured Zai Chun out to play secretly, seeking revenge.
There were a lot of problems. How heavily guarded was the Forbidden City? Even if tens of thousands of soldiers and three or four lines of defense could not stop the emperor, could it not spread the news?
As it turned out, many people and forces chose to remain silent during the emperor's courtship of the palace.
What was even more doubtful was that no matter how poor the late Qing was, it would not be so poor that the Emperor would not have the money to play with women. Is ten thousand taels enough?
How did those poisonous bitches get close to the Emperor? Was there anyone manipulating them from the shadows?
A piece of brick from the Forbidden City could produce 18,000 taels of silver, and a piece of white jade from the dignified Emperor of Great Qing Kingdom's waist could buy half of a rouge alley. Was he going to play with a dirty woman?
The truth had been lost in history, but the interest network at that time could not be destroyed!
First, he requested to cultivate the Yuan Ming Yuan again, and in the end, he got the opposition of everyone. Using this objection, he actually took away his own uncle, the sixth brother, Wang Jue!
At that time, this was definitely explosive news in Daqing's country. Even the ministers who had interacted with the Evil Children for so many years were stunned.
This was just like how the Prussian Prince Karl had snatched all of Bismark's rights as soon as he stepped on the stage. Just thinking about this scene was very exciting!
Or another chestnut! Qiao Zhi was the King of England, Qiao Zhi VI, in the Second World War. Was it because Qiu Jier objected to him building a garden, then seizing power from him?
Of course, such a contrast would not be appropriate, because the political environment between the two parties was not the same at all. However, the feeling of such a dramatic clash was absolutely shocking.
Zai Chun, a mere sixteen year old, dared to take down his uncle, Great Qing, the devil Liu Yi? This was not something a mature statesman could do. In the words of the commoners, it was courting death!
The facts had proven that Zai Chun's royal decree was crippled by the two empress dowager a few months later, and the refurbishment of the Yuan Ming Yuan had stopped as well.
Xiao Letian paced back and forth in the cabin, talking to himself nonstop, as if he was a madman.
”Zai Chun has always been strong in the past! He had once thought of becoming the Lord of the Sacred Grounds, he really wanted to cause a ruckus in Manchu … It was this desire to be exposed too soon that killed him! ”
”If you are not strong enough, you should first reveal your desire. Are you seeking death?” You don't have any loyal soldiers in your hands, and you don't even have control over the eunuchs and guards in the Forbidden City.
”Isn't this an open declaration of your ideals to the world? Your dream is to be Kang Yong Qian, you want to be the monarch with the highest degree of authority, don't you? With a single decree, you can plunder the homes of ministers and exterminate their entire family … May I ask which official wants an emperor like this? ”
”Ridiculous, laughable! Do you really think that when you see your subjects kowtowing and swearing fealty to you every day, they will really be loyal to you? You've been brainwashed by the Confucian Scholars to such an extent! ”