C1700 Second package (1/2)

Talented, competitive, that sounds reasonable, but only if you have so many people in reserve.

If one wanted to compete for the position of Emperor, one had to have many different kinds of princes. Once there was no longer room for choice, the word 'talent' would become empty words.

What was even worse was that any tradition would eventually become a habit and be planted in the genes of the people within the Bureau. This was because in the early years of the Qing Dynasty, the emperors fought for the throne, thus, only a descendant would set a bad example.

You can fight for it. Why can't I fight for it? When everyone thought like this, the result was that no one trusted others. The ones in power would always look like they were plotting something, no matter how they looked, it seemed like they were about to rebel.

Maybe Prince Kung Evil Child Liu did not want to rebel, but he could not withstand the power of the tradition. If the trend pushed him to that position, even if he was dressed in yellow, he would not need him to say anything.

”That's why I say, Prince Gong can't lead troops into war. As long as we give him military authority, he will definitely rebel. This is a sure thing …” And don't even think about it, Lord Fifth. Do you really think that all the ministers in the imperial court are the loyal ministers of the late emperor? ”

”Pull it down …” Those are just fence-sitters. If the Prince Kung ascends the throne, you can watch and see. The number of people who oppose will never exceed the number of slaps … ”

Yi Cong's face turned red from being squeezed into a corner by the two men's right hands. He thought to himself, even if you are my trusted aides, don't you dare mock me like this.

”Alright, alright, I understand. It seems like this road won't work. So what about the other two paths?” Yi Cong quickly changed the topic.

Li Tuo nodded his head: ”Sending troops to war is only the first choice for the imperial government, it seems that it will definitely not work, and the second method is to deceive people …”

”Deceiving?” Yi Cong was startled: ”How is this a scam?”

As she spoke, the curtains at the door opened, and the tigress personally brought maid to serve the three dishes, ”Master Li, you ordered a piece of Hibiscus chicken, I'm in the kitchen, it's very tender …”

”This year's spring tea from Jiangnan is really good. Sautéed a portion of Longjing's prawns for Lord Yang to taste, not river prawns, but sea prawns. The taste is not the same as the ones cooked in Jiangnan …”

The dishes were changed into wine and vegetables. The dishes had only moved a third of the time and were still warm. Soon, all of them were removed. A whole table of new dishes were neatly arranged, and the wine was replaced with new dishes as well.

Wealthy families were always so particular. No matter how tasty the dishes were, each person only had three chopsticks at the most and would immediately change them later. No matter how late the three people discussed, the rotating dishes could not be stopped.

If he were to eat supper until the latter half of the night, he wouldn't be able to do so without two thousand taels of silver.

In the time it takes for a tigress to cook vegetables, she said to the Prince Chun, ”Isn't this simple?

”In any case, Hun Chun's banner is meant to fight against the Russian, so the imperial government will use this gimmick to reward him for her transfer to the Military Department. Isn't it just that? When he leaves her territory and enters the Beijing, the imperial government will have to pinch him?”

”Hiss …” Yi Cong was not stupid, he only reacted slowly and did not have a sense of urgency. As long as he could get around that bend in the road, there was no need to explain further, he could understand everything that was happening.

”Aiya …” That makes sense! Wasn't this the way to lure the tiger out of the mountain? The empire was now in a state of crisis. As long as the Hun Chun died, no matter how loud his subordinates were, they would not be a match for him! The imperial government has plenty of ways to settle this … ”