Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

Li Tuo's reputation in the capital had always been low key, there was definitely someone like him in the government, but people only treated him as an ordinary official!

Military Intelligence Service Zhang Jing, to put it bluntly, had a slightly higher status than the written form. According to the European style of address, this kind of people were called secretaries.

To put it more in perspective, even if this person was an official, his profession would only be like Li Tuo!

There were many high ranking officials in the Beijing like dogs, and they were not much different from Zhang Jing and his penmanship. Walking on the streets, they were no different from normal people!

But Li Tuo was an exception. The yamen he was at was just too high, and Zhang Jing of the Military Intelligence Service dealt with the government affairs of the highest level of the empire.

It was precisely because it was so close to the core of the authority that it attracted so much attention!

They had to pay their respects to the distance between him and the Emperor, even if it wasn't for any other reason … Especially the foreign officials who were far from the capital, every year when they return to the capital to report, they would give Li Tuo and the others a lot of respect.

The reason was so that he could get some protection charms from these well-informed people!

If one thought about it, it made sense. The officials of Yun Guichuan and North Atlantic, regardless of whether they were of the second or third rank, how would they know about the new developments within the capital? How did they know that the princes and ministers had become enemies and reconciled again?

Therefore, he had spent money to buy some top secret information. This was called the protection amulet!

Li Tuo was just a loach, swimming to his heart's content in the capital's pond. Even though it was just a small Zhang Jing, his money was more than the combined wealth of the ten Hanlin House's Qing Liu Clans!

An old loach like this was actually able to make the Prince Chun respectfully say a few words: "Mister, teach me!" This could also be considered as the smoke coming out from the grave of the Li Tuo family's ancestor!

But Li Tuo could take it as such!

The case of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's Golden Seal theft had been solved by someone else, and helping Ci Xi regain his prestige was something that he had come up with, and even sending Ci Xi the capital city was something that he instigated Li Lianying to do!

Ci Xi thought that Li Tuo was her new direct descendant, but no one could have imagined that Li Tuo actually already had his arms around Prince Yi Cong's shoulders. Li Tuo's true identity was the number one strategist under Yi Cong!

"Your Highness! There's no need to guess, Prince Li and Prince Ching are gathered at Duke Gong Palace, which means that their alliance is complete! "

"Don't forget that Prince Qing is still trapped inside. For him to be secretly let out to attend such a banquet, it means that Manager Lian Xing of Ministry of Internal Affairs has also turned to the Prince!"

"Revenge is in front of our eyes, these two sects are truly amazing!"

"One is the reformist, the other is the conservative faction... It's destined that water and fire are incompatible! "

"This King has already guessed it. Then mister, how will you fight once you start fighting?" How should This King respond? "

Li Tuo thought for a while with his eyes closed, "He should not be able to fight for the time being, the Duke is very smart, he knows that the Emperor is backed by two big factions, the Chinese and British!"

"Once you start a war, defeating New Imperial Army is easy, but the aftermath will not be easy!"

"Your Highness, don't forget, when the Empress Dowager Xi soldiers surrounded the Jingshan, I, Xiao Letian, arrived at the capital with a letter of edict and a letter of blood!"

"Once, won't there be a second time? If Zai Chun was really forced into a corner, they would have to bring out the Chinese Federation Army to report to their king. "We'll have to watch the liveliness!"

Yi Cong thought that this was true. What's going on with the Great Qing? "In your own life, you have to listen to others …"

Li Tuo waved his hand: "Prince, don't complain anymore, even a mortal cannot do anything about the situation! Even though that Xiao Letian is a traitor, his eyes are still ruthless when it comes to times! "

"Didn't he say before, that in the future, Earth will just be a village? Earth will become smaller and smaller, and you can't close your doors and live a simple life! "I have to get used to it …"

"Adapt to what? to get used to being involved in other people's affairs all the time? " Yi Cong was fuming.

"Hey …" If we don't get used to it, others will get involved, and the more we get involved, the more powerful it will get. This is a historical trend that cannot be reversed! "

"Let's get back to the main topic!" Prince Kung and the rest will not take the initiative to rebel, even if I had ten times the guts, I wouldn't dare to take the initiative and start a war! "

"Therefore, their goal shouldn't be to usurp the position of Emperor, I feel that …" Li Tuo reached his hand out and tapped the table, lowering his voice and said, "I feel that their old system of negotiating with the eight kings is very likely to be true!"

"Hiss …" Yi Cong was so frightened that his back bumped into the back of the chair, his little face turned pale white. This is one of the biggest taboos of the imperial government. It was only because the three generations of the Kang and Yong dynasties went to their deaths to kill people that they were able to kill this system! "

"Could it be that they are going to start killing again? Could it be that the eight kings would not be able to kill him? And you want it to come back to life? "

"My prince!" How could there be anything in this world that could kill him? Actually, even if you are each and every one of us mortals, it won't be easy to kill you! "

"People leave their names, geese leave their names!" As long as anything or anyone has ever happened, there will definitely be traces left behind! "

"If a person dies, his influence on this world will remain. If one thing dies, then the desires of the people associated with this matter will remain forever!"

"Are you saying that the Kangyong three dynasties completely destroyed this system? "I don't think so. As long as this system will bring benefits to some people, there will definitely be people who are interested in the scenery!"

"The eight kings' system of government is similar to the European system of parliament to a few deities! I feel that Prince Kung would not let go of such a good tool to win over people's hearts! "

"Take the success story of the foreign devil and sing his own play!"

"What he wants is not to usurp power, not to become emperor himself... What he wants is to seize power forever! "

Yi Cong rubbed his temple in pain. Not revolting, but using the old system of the eight kings to negotiate for allies? The power in the hands of the Emperor? "His Majesty, the emperor, is in the air …"

"Tsk tsk tsk tsk …" Ao Bai's old path? "

"Whoever's path is not important, what's important is that the Prince Kung has already done so! "I'm afraid the person behind this is trying to enrage His Majesty and get him to initiate a war!"

"You want His Majesty to initiate a war of his own accord?"

"Yes, this is the only excuse that can stop the Chinese and British from intervening. He needs to make the His Majesty take the initiative to raise his knife.

"Self-defense, counterattack and active rebellion... That's a different story! "

"No …" I have to go and warn the Emperor when I enter the palace tomorrow! " Yi Cong anxiously went around the house.

Li Tuo laughed helplessly, "My prince, what are you going to say? Didn't you remind me of anything? Aren't we the ones who analyzed all of this? "

"Besides, with His Majesty's temper, the more you remind him, the more trouble he will cause!"

Yi Cong thought about it and realized that it was true. He sighed before sitting back down on the chair.

"Your Highness! Are you worrying again? Now this court is not something you can change... "On the surface, it seems that it is a struggle for power and profit, but the real contradiction is thought!"

"The conservative forces and the reformist forces within the court are like fire and water! This is a conflict that cannot be resolved! "

"What should we do? We can only let them fight, this war is not something you can stop! All you have to do is think about how to profit from this war! "

"You have to be one of the third party's forces! The imperial government only had one more third party, which would be able to control power in the end! "

"Only then will the victorious faction not be annihilated. Only then will you be able to leave a trace of energy for the imperial government …"