Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 16 The Seven Year Itch
As usual, Guan Xuqing greeted An, and went back to the study to study after finishing court, and his Langlang reading sound came from inside: .

Heaven and earth are mysterious and yellow, the universe is prehistoric, the sun and the moon are full, the celestial constellations are arranged, the cold is coming, the summer is going, the autumn is harvesting and the winter is hiding.

Weng Tongsu felt that since the emperor suffered a serious illness, he had studied harder and improved a lot in his knowledge.Immediately very pleased.

"Today's lecture is over, the emperor can go and play." Weng Tongsu said.

"Yes, master, let's go back too." Guan Xuqing replied respectfully.

Guan Xuqing has been receiving the embezzled silver from Li Zhen for the past few days, and he is filled with emotion!This Ministry of Internal Affairs can be greedy for so much money a year.If Dong Liang also embezzled the military expenses he gave him.Isn't that a waste of time?

Although Guan Xuqing knew the truth of not being suspicious of employing people, but not being suspicious of people.But every time he took the embezzled silver taels sent by Li Zhen, he would ask himself whether he should send someone to investigate Dong Liang.

But every time it was not implemented, it was not because Guan Xuqing's trust in Dong Liang had reached a blind level.It is really a matter that cannot be mentioned to anyone else.Otherwise, with Cixi's temper, she will definitely eradicate herself and establish a new monarch!
In this way, seven years were spent in contradiction and panic.

On this day, Dong Liang was called to the palace.

"I kowtow to the emperor." Dong Liang fell to his knees.

"Get up." Guan Xuqing smiled.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Dong Liang got up and stood in front of him.

"General Dong, can the orphans I raised be able to lead the way now?" Guan Xuqing asked.

Guan Xuqing could no longer bear the days of fear and fear.French aggression in Vietnam just got more and more frenzied.In two years, the famous Sino-French war will start.And he still has no real power.Unable to make any changes.He decided to seize power and force the palace.

"Back to the emperor, they are all seventeen or eighteen-year-old lads now. They are all very good at martial arts. According to the emperor's instructions, they are divided into three companies, nine platoons, and 27 squads, and they are placed around the palace." Dong Liang Answer truthfully.

"The "Sino-Russian Ili Treaty" and the "Land Trade Regulations" have just been concluded. Tsarist Russia returned Ili, but cut off a large area of ​​territory west of the Khorgos River and north of the Ili River in Ili. We compensate Russia for military expenses of 900 million rubles (Equivalent to more than five million taels of silver); do you know?" Guan Xuqing asked sadly and angrily.

"I heard about it." Dong Liang lowered his head and said helplessly.

"It's not that our Qing army is not brave, it's not cowards! It's just that the weapons are too outdated, and every battle is bound to be defeated! Over time, everyone from generals to soldiers have a habit of being defeated. Whenever they encounter foreign enemies, they throw away their helmets and armor!" Guan Xuqing continued. Said.

"Your Majesty, General Zuo's Hunan Army has won another battle in Xinjiang. They have regained the entire northern Xinjiang. Once winter is over, they will march south. The three-way army has marched into southern Xinjiang." Dong Liang raised his head and comforted.

"A few small victories in a big defeat are nothing to worry about. By the way, if our youth battalion troops fight with the Royal Forest Army in the palace, what chances do they have?"

Guan Xuqing continued to ask.

"Returning to the emperor, our youth battalion has been equipped with German Mauser Type [-] rifles. They are all trained with live ammunition. I dare not say that they can penetrate Yang with a hundred paces, but they are still sure to hit an individual. Don't say that there are only two hundred imperial forest troops. It is the ten battalions. The [-] capital guards have come, and they will be captured as usual." Dong Liang said confidently.

"You prodigal son, you use live ammunition for training? Is it easy for me to save some money? Do you think bullets don't cost money?" Guan Xuqing said frantically.

"Your Majesty, it was you who said that it doesn't matter what method you use, as long as you can achieve results in training!" Dong Liang quickly argued.

"Okay, raise soldiers for a thousand days, and use them for a while. I'm going to use them now." Guan Xuqing said courageously.

"Your Majesty, please order. How to do it?" Dong Liang's eyes lit up.I am tired of always shooting targets, and I have long wanted to find an opponent to try the combat effectiveness of the troops I have trained.

"I want to be in charge in advance. I can't let the queen mother harm the country and the people." Guan Xuqing said firmly.

"The emperor thinks," Dong Liang said in surprise.

"Don't you dare??" Guan Xuqing glanced at him.

"All 540 heads of the minister and the minister's youth camp belong to the emperor. Whatever the emperor asks the minister to do, the minister will do." Dong Liang hurriedly knelt down.

"Okay, you go back and make arrangements. Today I will arrange for someone to let your youth battalion in at Xihuamen. Tomorrow morning, I will question Cixi in front of civil and military officials, kill the Queen Mother, nepotism, disrupt the harem, Pet the eunuch. I want to bring her down." Guan Xuqing gritted his teeth.

"Your Majesty, have you all come in?" Dong Liang asked cautiously.

"No, 100 people who are smarter are enough. The rest are still guarding the surroundings of the palace and locking the four gates. No one is allowed to enter the palace. If any troops approach the palace, they will be killed without mercy." Guan Xuqing arranged in an orderly manner. .

"Zha..." Dong Liang hesitated for a while, and continued: "Your Majesty, I always feel that something is wrong."

"Tell me, what's wrong?" Guan Xuqing frowned.

"The empress dowager has been in power for many years, and her cliques are all over the country. If you can't wipe them out tomorrow morning, you will be met with crazy revenge. Besides, if Rong Lu's ten battalions of 5000 people really rebel, I am afraid that I will die, but the emperor"

"Then tell me, what should I do?" Guan Xuqing asked.

"Many of my father's old troops have been dismantled and relocated in various departments of the Hunan Army and the Huai Army. There is a man named Wu Guang who has been saved by my father and is now the governor of Tianjin. He has [-] Huai troops. If he can be notified If the king is escorted by the capital, there is nothing wrong with it." Dong Liang replied.

"Okay, you go back and make arrangements immediately. Let him hand over the defense of Tianjin to the deputy general, and personally lead 1 people into Beijing tonight, and you and I will attack at the same time tomorrow morning. I control the palace, and you guard the four gates outside the palace. After Wu Guang enters Beijing Control the ten battalions of Ronglu, and the big thing will be settled." Guan Xuqing said with a long breath.

"Abiding by the order" Dong Liang turned around and left after saluting.

(End of this chapter)