Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

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 … "

Pa! Li Tuo slapped his palms together. What was going on? This should be the method the imperial government wanted to do the most. Slashing meat with a soft knife was actually much better … I'll kill you if you don't show it! "

"But I feel that this second plan only has a 5-5 success rate!"

Hearing Li Tuo's words, Yang Zhi was moved: "That's right, that's right, Your Highness, didn't your servants outside provide you with information? That Hun Chun relied on His Majesty's secret edict and Hidden Fog Kid's support to successfully transform into a soldier! "

"What does this mean? This means that the CIA has already intervened. My lord, with the experts within the CIA, they would not be able to see through the imperial government's scam! "

"I say, the Hun Chun probably already knows the imperial government's plan. It seems like it's not easy to deceive them!"

Yi Cong's face changed, "Does he, the Hun Chun, dare to disrespect the edict?"

"Not respecting the imperial edict?" Yang Zhi said in a lonely voice, "Whose will? Who will issue the decree? Don't forget that the Emperor is no longer in the Forbidden City, and is now by Xiao Letian's side! "

The room was deathly silent. The tigress retreated to the side room with a shamed face and the three of them did not say anything for a full quarter of an hour. Especially Yi Cong, whose face was ashen.

After a long while, Li Tuo finally raised his cup and laughed, "Let's drink first, let's all discuss this. According to what Xiao Letian said, this is called deductions for weapons and chess, it's all just a facade on a map."

"However, Fifth Master, I have to remind you. Whether the Hun Chun will fall for it or not, all you need to do is to keep a close eye on Liaoning's checkpoints leading to the Black Dragon River and Jilin city …"

"If you want to see the defending army sent by the Hun Chun, and if they are overbearing and even conflict with the defending army of the Shengjing, then don't daydream, the Hun Chun will definitely not fall for it, and he won't enter the capital … Because he has already chosen to fight! "

"If the Hun Chun is more rational and knows how to retreat at the border between the two provinces …" This could prove that Hun Chun did not have the thought of standing on her own, he just wanted to hit Russian … This way, the imperial government might be able to trick him out! "

Yi Cong slapped the table and said, "Shengjing I also have a servant. I've made him watch the situation closely! I would actually like to see just how much this Hun Chun can play with … "

Speaking of which, the situation outside the borders and the response from the imperial government were more or less up to the surface. The possibility of war was very small, and the possibility of luring Hun Chun into the capital was very high.

It was thanks to Yi Cong having two talents at his disposal that he was able to make an early judgement on the choice of Hun Chun. Before the imperial government had even started its plan to deceive the Hun Chun, Yi Cong's family servants had already received their master's telegram, and many military officers immediately began to move out to gather information for their master.

In the late Qing, there were not many relay roads to Jilin in Liaoning, Wade, Itoon, and Tonghua were the three most important relay roads. Among them, the Changtu Prefecture's Yi Tong was the most important checkpoint, because the Jilin City was a few hundred miles northeast of Jilin City after crossing the Yi Road.

After more than two hundred years in the kingdom, the two provinces outside Yitong were almost completely deserted. Although there should be a battalion of soldiers stationed here, it was still a good thing that there were two troops stationed there. This was the heart of the land outside the city, so no one could imagine what kind of enemies or bandits there would be.

However, this year, the Hun Chun's military transformation had intimidated the entire three provinces. The Itoon Outpost that was initially in the heart of the had suddenly turned into a front line where two armies were in a stalemate.

This time, it was going to be a mess!