Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

The little eunuch's fate was just a miniature image of the late Qing's eunuch ecosystem. In truth, ever since the Qing Dynasty was founded, due to the experiences and lessons of the Ming Dynasty, the eunuchs had very strict control over them.

Throughout the past two hundred years of the Qing Dynasty, all the famous eunuchs in history had appeared in this era of the late Qing, and the chaos surrounding the late Qing's eunuchs circle, in fact, proved that this empire was already old. It was old to the point that even the heart of the empire was tainted with evil habits.

In the late Qing, no matter if you are a first or second rank official or a noble prince, have you never given a gift to a eunuch before? When Li Hongzhang had the most control over Beiyang, he would report back to the capital every year and prepare several tens of thousands of silver for bribes.

The daoyin s of the various provinces had their own board of directors. To put it bluntly, it was the personal treasury of the Governors. They had set up offices in the capital and every year, they would integrate their funds into the capital.

Didn't the imperial government want to interfere? Honestly speaking, Ci Xi and the rest did not want to bother about this matter, the official culture of late Qing was already abnormal, all of the great figures in the government had their greedy subordinates, they thought that only the greedy people were easy to control, and only the corrupt people had the same heart as them.

If you weren't greedy for money and made yourself a saint everyday, what were you planning to do? Was he preparing to go up against them? Do you want to learn from Wang Mang or Zhao Kuangyin?

When a dynasty had reached the point where they did not dare to use their officials, in fact, they had already put a noose around their necks. Death was just a matter of time.

Actually, Xiao Letian had a very good summary of the official corruption in the Qing Dynasty, "The so-called rampage of corruption is actually just a waste trying to use his greed to lead more trash! In fact, he knows his own skills very well. He doesn't know how to do big things, how to govern a region, and then he even wants to earn money to seize power … "

"What if you have this desire? "Then we should just use the villains openly. These kind of officials actually really hope that their subordinates will be greedy with them. Only by doing so can we show that they are in the same group …"

In the late Qing, Ci Xi was a good example of such thoughts. This old lady was adept at balancing the situation between the imperial court and the imperial court, but in reality, he was good at using authority.

She was an old woman from the Man Family who didn't understand natural science, didn't even know what the Earth looked like, and didn't understand the international situation or how to industrialize anything. Even if she wanted to govern Great Qing well, she couldn't because her strength was just sitting there.

Yehonala knew her level very well. She knew that she wouldn't be able to save Great Qing, but she wouldn't let someone with power. What then? Then he would just have to use corruption as a waste, staying here for a day was just a matter of time, as long as the Great Qing in front of him was still hers, no one would care about the matters after he died …

However, there was an exception to everything that happened, and now that his son was in danger, the damned eunuch had blocked his intelligence report and almost brought it to him. If he could endure such a thing, then he would no longer be the famous Empress Dowager Xi.

As she sat inside the East Warm Pavilion, Ci Xi was unable to hear the screams of the eunuchs outside, and she would not care about the life and death of a lowly slave. Her hands were trembling now, and she couldn't hold the wire.

"Damn it! Damn it! You little bastard, are you going to kill Mother? How can you mess around with Xiao Letian? Just how difficult is it for the Great Qing Dynasty to be like this? You actually dare to get involved in this muddy water? "

"Just what kind of bewitching soup did Xiao Letian give you to dare to participate in the battle? Don't forget your status as the emperor of the Great Qing. Your every move represents the entire country …"

Ci Xi scolded in his heart. On one hand, she did not understand, but on the other hand, he was afraid that the war with the foreigners had already scared Ci Xi out of his wits. He was more afraid of the ocean than anyone else.

Not long after, the two princes, the old man, and the few Military Secretary s on duty hurried over. Amongst them, they chanced upon a young eunuch's corpse that was dragged out, causing their hearts to tremble. They knew that the empress dowager was in a bad mood today, and something big must have happened.

The inside of East Warm Pavilion was dead silent. The glass window had been lowered and the sandstorm outside was blowing harder and harder. The inside of the house was deadly silent.

"Let's discuss it!" How did he become a mute? Don't you guys usually talk a lot? "Why is everyone withered now …" Ci Xi's gloomy voice came out from the East Warm Pavilion, causing everyone to tremble.

Everyone looked at each other, but not a single one of them spoke up. In the end, under the old man's reminder, the Military Department Minister Li Hongzao who was on duty cupped his hands and said in a low voice, "Majesty, please forgive me for being a little absent-minded! But, I feel that Shen Baozhen's secret message is really strange … "

"First question, may I ask why Russian fleet is going to the Minjiang Estuary? Why would they take a detour around dangerous waters? Why not walk in the middle of the deep, flat strait? "

"Secondly, the secret communication device says that the Zhiyuan Warship has hung the Bright Gold Dragon flag. Just because of this flag, the students of the Boating School have already determined that the Emperor is on board. Could it be that Xiao Letian is deliberately mystifying us? "

"Thirdly, what happened to the New Imperial Army? Of course I know that His Majesty has recruited three hundred guards to train in Ryukyu, but the secret message said that two thousand five hundred New Imperial Army suddenly appeared on Yanshan and Ancient Horn Mountain! "Where did this army come from …"

"Does the military have approval?" Can the Ministry of Revenue allocate funds? We don't know who is in charge of this army! "I wonder if there is such an army …"

After saying that, Li Hongzao sighed, "In the final analysis, we need to know that Fujian is too far away from us, we cannot just listen to Shen Baozhen's one-sided story. Russian has no reaction at all, we need to stabilize ourselves, and we need to understand the truth first!"

Li Hongzao's analysis was very standard, everyone present nodded their heads and praised him for being an experienced strategist, and Ci Xi was moved by his words, maybe the situation was not as grim as they thought!

But right at this moment, the sound of hurried footsteps came from outside the Yangxin Palace, following that, Ci An's voice crashed in through the two doors.

has already confirmed it! There's nothing wrong with Shen Baozhen's secret message. There's really something going on in Fujian, and it's a huge calamity … "

"I really don't know how you became officials. Since the Imperial Telegram is so convenient now, why didn't you ask the Jiangnan Great Marshal Zeng about it? After all, it's closer to Fujian than to us. They must have more information than us! "