Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

Why did Jiang Lie instigate the Son of Heaven's personal army to besiege the Head Office? In fact, even he himself couldn't figure it out, but a few Western Historian had interviewed him before. However, Jiang Lie could not explain it no matter how much he stammered.

In truth, those who understood this fellow had already made it clear that this fellow had a fiery temper. He had been falsified because he didn't like the Prime Minister's decree, so in his eyes, every word from the Prime Minister was an imperial edict.

"Isn't the prime minister doing the capital's hygiene regulations for your own good? A smelly ditch has actually become a bustling business street. Isn't this a good thing? "

"All of you earn a lot, and the Prime Minister has even arranged for the red cuff to supervise the city's cleanliness. It only takes a few hundred taels of silver a year in exchange for a clean and tidy capital master. Isn't this a good deal?"

"Are they all a bunch of dirty pigs? Then he would have to be dirty every day? "It's weird, since we've become a new army, how can we gradually love to be clean? The prime minister forced us to brush our teeth and wash our faces every day and every morning, so we have to take a bath every three days. Right now, we feel completely different from when we were growing land …"

"Isn't it fine for the Prime Minister to let you clean up? Even with several hundred taels of silver, he was still greedy? In the future … Yes, I heard that the women of Beijing do not like to take baths. Some of them would take baths once or twice during the winter, how dirty would that be … "

By the side of the horses was a carriage that stretched as far as the eye could see. Under the cover of the night, the Emperor's three hundred personal guards left the Guandong Gate and advanced towards the Tanggu.

Jiang Lie and his three hundred personal guards had done many things in one try, but they didn't think that a restless seed would be planted inside the Manchu. The Manchu was a group. He was different from the other imperial courts formed by the Han people. The shadow of the tribal council system from the ancient times had not completely disappeared.

To put it simply, the Xiluo's family had learnt the Chinese way of thinking about the divine edict of monarchy, and had used it to consolidate the supreme authority of the Emperor. However, in the Inside Eight Flags, there would always be a group of people who would not take advantage of this rule.

All those years ago, when the mountains and seas were in an uproar, everyone was drinking and roasting by a bonfire and discussing military matters. Why did Xiluo's family not listen to everyone's advice when you were in charge? There were still some people in Inside Eight Flags who were unconvinced.

If the Emperor wanted to centralize power and the Inside Eight Flags wanted to divide power, then that would be a contradiction between them. The three generations of the emperor were too domineering, all the opposition within the Manchu was suppressed.

But being able to suppress them for a short period of time was not the same as being unable to suppress the Emperor. Manchu was not like the Han Chinese who had accepted thousands of years to brainwash.

After Kang Yong Gan, although the Baji were still loyal to the emperor, they had more and more plans of their own. The Gu family had forgotten more and more about everyone's self-serving actions, until in the later years of Guang Xu's life, the entire Manchu had become loyal to Ci Xi, and had forgotten who the emperor was.

It was not hard to see the black water genes flowing in the bloodlines of the Manchu. In the end, the Manchu was just a group of small tribes, and all the central powers were learned from the Chinese people. In their bone marrow, they still liked to live a free and unfettered life of a tribe.

Of course, it would be great if tribal life could still enjoy the civilized services offered by the Chinese.

Jiang Lie once again unconsciously stirred. The collective actions of three hundred Son of Heaven's personal army s with grievances, had caused the noble clans of the Manchu to smell a dense sense of danger.

They definitely would not believe that this conflict was the work of a bunch of hot-headed kids. In their eyes, Company Commander Jiang's actions must have been ordered, and if it wasn't the emperor or the prime minister, it was more likely to be the result of their discussions.

"The little emperor's move is asking for directions, Xiao Letian took him out of the Forbidden City, so naturally, his heart became wild. He discovered that the entire imperial court could not stop him from travelling, so his appetite became even bigger …"

"To shoot a stone and ask for directions. This is to throw a stone and ask for directions. Maybe he wants to use such a simple method to find out where our bottom line is …" "Perhaps he also wants to know who is truly loyal to him …"

"Brilliant, truly brilliant. Now I finally understand, 300 guards are the 300 families, those who are content to follow the imperial decree without discounts are naturally the loyal officials in the eyes of the emperor, and those families that stole the pillars have very obvious intentions. They are only loyal to their own interests and not the emperor …"

"Damn it, the Manchu Clan doesn't say much, not much at all. These three hundred people are the touchstones …"

Just when the two princes were worried, a deep voice suddenly came from outside the window, "The problem is not as simple as you think!" The one who followed the voice in was Weng Tonghe.

It took Weng Tonghe, who had experienced this crisis for over a month, to recover and get better. Furthermore, this crisis had allowed him and the Eight Flag's upper echelons to get along very closely, and the estrangement between them had turned into an alliance.

From the fact that Weng Tonghe could freely enter the rear hall of the Head Office without even reporting about it, it could be seen that the old man and the two princes already had a very close relationship.

"My lords, I have been resting at home these past few days and have not been idling. Instead, I have read and reread the Journey to the West that was written by Xiao Letian several times.

"We don't know when to look, but once to be shocked, we underestimated Xiao Letian too much, which was why we suffered so much! Of these three hundred families, Xiao Letian had used the probability method commonly used in the West, which is one of the categories in mathematics … "

"I once heard from the housekeeper that when there was a conflict outside the Guandong Gate, only a hundred guards strictly followed the imperial edict. They huddled together and did not participate in the conflict, and the remaining two hundred were secretly replaced by the clan …"

"In other words, the Manchu family that is truly loyal to the Emperor only has 33% of them. They are also known as the 33% … Haha, what about the rest? They're all wall-riding, fence-sitters, and selfish things! "

"The little Emperor's decree has already understood the depths of the Inside Eight Flags. He has already understood that the power in the imperial court that is loyal to him is only thirty percent … What a brilliant choice! I believe that there will be many more of this kind of probing in the future! "

'Bang! 'A cup of tea was thrown onto the table with a loud sound.' Your subjects are so suspicious, do you still think you're a saint? ' "With such a small method, it's hard to control the political situation!"

Yi Xuan shook his head. Even if they were to close the door, there was no need to be so hesitant. The emperor had already seen through them. Even though everyone in the imperial court had called them 'long live' and said they were loyal to the emperor, who was everyone actually loyal to? Isn't this still their own home? "

"Zai Chun is only 11 years old, to be able to see through such profound truths, it must not be easy!"

Weng Tonghe sneered and said, "Isn't it all because of Xiao Letian? Otherwise, how could an eleven year old child think of such a devious plan? The imperial power had to be upright and magnanimous. It had to rely on virtue to convert its subjects. Using virtue to convince others was precisely the truth … Right now, the Emperor's mind has been instilled with a bunch of tricks by Xiao Letian.

"Sigh …" The three of them sighed and cursed at the same time, "You bastard, Xiao Letian, you deserve to die!"

Xiao Letian from the Ryukyu did not even know that he had become the one who took the blame for the little emperor. Oh heavens and earth, Xiao Letian and Xiao Letian did not even think about the conflicts in the capital, the little emperor only wanted to train his own Son of Heaven's personal army.

The reckless actions of Jiang Lie and a group of children caused the Inside Eight Flags to feel a serious sense of crisis. A group of fellows with ulterior motives started to form a series of relationships, and an alliance to resist the imperial power quietly took shape.

However, what Xiao Letian did not know at the moment was that an ordinary corruption case had caused him to be unable to sleep. The case was very simple, Ryukyu's Minister of Revenue, Lin Yuanmiao, had embezzled money.

After Hu Xueyan accepted the emperor's mission and left the camp, he saw the long-famous Prime Minister Xiao of the East China Sea at the banquet.

The appearance of the young and handsome Xiao Letian shocked Hu Xueyan. He never thought that Xiao Letian would actually be so young, he might not even be past thirty years old. To have such a big career at such a young age, what would happen in the future?

It was not easy to meet Xiao Letian with his identity. He was an honored guest of the Prime Minister Xiao of the East China Sea, the Imperial Advisor, and the King of Europe, a Western Scholar, and he was also a well-known militarist.

Hu Xueyan and the managers under him immediately bowed deeply as they kneeled on the ground and kowtowed. However, before they could even hit the ground, they were pulled up by Xiao Letian.

You, Hu Xueyan, are the number one merchant in Jiangnan. What you do is for the benefit of the nation and your citizens. Although you and I have not met, we have known each other for a long time … "This is a family banquet, don't be too polite, sit down and have an extra drink …"

Xiao Letian's harmonious spring wind made Hu Xueyan exclaim in admiration, to think that such a famous person would be so respectful to a merchant like him.

"Prime Minister, you loved me wrongly, you loved me wrongly …" Just at this time, Xiao Letian suddenly realised that there was another person kneeling on the ground. It was Second Manager, who was in charge of business under Hu Xueyan, Zhang Xiaowen.

"Why isn't the shopkeeper getting up yet?" "Come, come, come. Don't be overly courteous. Please sit …"

"Prime Minister, above, this lowly one kowtows to the Prime Minister, and this lowly one has grievances to speak to the Prime Minister!" Zhang Xiaowen's eyes were completely red.

", the President of the Ryukyu Ministry of Revenue, ordered the butler to bribe the little one. She actually asked for 80,000 silver for the contract for the reconstruction of twenty stores on Rice Street … "The silk, tea, and porcelain that I bought from Jiangnan were bribed by the steward for over 20,000 silver coins …"

"Prime minister, one hundred thousand silver coins is not a small sum. This lowly one already has no way to account for the main account, but Lin Yuanmiao is an important official of the Ryukyu, so even this lowly one doesn't dare complain …" I'm risking everything to see the Prime Minister today! "Prime Minister, please give me justice. Even the head storekeeper has come. This small account doesn't match …" "Wuu!"

Hu Xueyan's entire body was drenched in cold sweat. "Are you crazy? How can you be so rude? Lord Lin is the Minister of Revenue, how could he be so greedy for such a small amount of money. Why haven't you left yet …"

A hundred thousand silver coins was nothing to Hu Xueyan! If a hundred thousand silver coins could be exchanged for the friendship of a high official, then this business would be worth it. He had even prepared a big present for Xiao Letian from his sleeves, a Jiang-Nan land deed that was worth two hundred thousand silver coins.

Was Zhang Xiaowen usually very smart? Why did he lose his mind today?