C1790 temporarily avoiding sharp rays of light (1/2)
”Do you know what happened in the days after you left the capital? Hehe … I really did not expect that the situation would become this chaotic, and that even he would jump out … ”
The things that Ci An had said had happened in the past. Ci An was not the useless empress dowager, and just because this woman did not have much desire for power, it did not mean that she did not understand.
To put it simply, this woman did not love power, but it did not mean that she did not love power. It did not mean that she did not have the power to control everything.
After all, she was the renowned Empress Dowager of the East, the legal wife of Xian Feng, the woman brought in by the imperial palace through the main entrance. Her fame was far above Ci Xi, and the Chinese Officer who were educated under the Confucian clan's tutelage held Ci An as their true master, even the various Mongol tribes admired him a lot.
Ci An had always been very strong in persuading the various tribes in Mongolia. Many of the Mongolian tribes sent their elites to participate in the battle under the coordination of Ci An.
Following the sudden appearance of Xiao Letian, the situation of the imperial government became more and more chaotic. Although the middle period of Tongzhi's life was not recorded in history, and although it was indeed a recovery period, there were still more serious political massacres occurring.
Ci An was very worried about this trend. She even felt that the Da Qing Empire was heading towards a serious civil war, not with the participation of the Chinese, but with the Manchu as a group.
It was the nature of a politician to prepare for a rainy day, Ci An personally arranged for Fu Qing to set up the reformist, but in truth, Ci An did not care about keeping his old ways, he just wanted to use all kinds of power to balance the situation.
With one hand, she arranged for Fu Qing to go to the north while with the other, she began to place her trusted aides and officials at the mouth of the Zhang Family. She started to frequently contact the princes and princes of Mongolia.
Ci An was secretly accumulating her strength in the Great Qing Northern Region. She was extremely careful not to show it at all, but all his efforts had been rewarded.
A group of Horse Bandits suddenly appeared outside the mouth. They numbered around 500 people, and occupied the Harahuusu River to the north of the Zhangjiakou. They even wandered to the Yellow Flag Ranch near Chahar.
Furthermore, the officials of the Eastern Alliance kept a close eye on them. Gradually, these people aroused the vigilance of the General of the Reach and the leaders of the Mongolia tribes of the Four Eastern Alliance.
When these people carefully probed, they unexpectedly discovered a shocking secret. The officials who protected the Horse Bandits were more or less related to a person in the capital.
”He is our capital's Fifth Master, Yi Cong!”
”What!” Fu Qing's tiger body shook, almost knocking Ci An to the ground and smashing his buttocks into eight pieces. ”Fifth Prince? This, this, this... How is that possible? ”
Amongst the eight flags of the capital, who wouldn't pick a big brother with a big thumb when they heard the name ”Fifth Master”! Eating a bowl of tofu flower and giving a gold ingot to the poor woman, he then directly broke his third leg … The Fifth Master had done this many times.
Even when the title of the Fifth Master was mentioned in the capital, people still felt admiration from the bottom of their hearts. It was not because of his identity as the Crown Prince.
If this kind of person wanted to fight and cause trouble, he would beat the head of the steward of the Wang family, and break the legs of some unfilial grandson, Fu Qing would believe this news, but now that Ci An said that the Fifth Elder had the intention to enter, Fu Qing did not believe it.