Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

Weng Tonghe looked at Prince Kung's twisted sinister face. He could faintly guess what this duke was thinking about in his heart. At this moment, he had already forgotten that he was the Palace Lord, and only remembered that he was a Manchu.

Manchu still had to protect his own weapons at this critical moment. They had to rely on the suppression of armed forces and the purchase of useless literati to stay in the Central Plains for 200 years, and of course, did some meritorious deeds while expanding their borders.

But the Manchu himself would never forget that they were guests from the Central Plains. They had always had a nightmare in their memories, a nightmare that the minority ruling over the majority of the population.

Because of this feeling of insecurity, the White Mountain Black Lands outside the pass was not open to the Chinese. The limited Chinese people were imprisoned by the wall-wall made out of willow branches, and they could only live in limited areas.

That was their home and their base camp. If one day the Han Chinese were to once again raise a strong leader, they could still go back to their home town and lick their wounds to get back up.

However, in all of their calculations, the army was an indispensable part. In order to preserve the purity of their Military groups, the past emperors of the Qing Dynasty, no matter how much they criticized the system, had never thought of cancelling or improving it.

Because they knew very well that if there was an army, they would live; if there was no army, they would perish. This was a cruel reality, an iron law that had no room for negotiation. However, they did not expect that a comfortable life would be so corrosive to people.

Two hundred years later, the once valiant and invincible descendants of the Eight Flags, each and every one of them could not even recognize the calligraphy. In the end, the eight flags were raised by a bunch of good-for-nothings, disappointing the imperial government time and time again after time.

When Xiao Letian's army invaded the Beijing, all the Baji s trembled in fear and did not dare to resist. Only when those hemiparesis s whose thumbs had been chopped off filled the entire capital, did the imperial government finally make up their minds.

However, they had to spend money to train the army. How could the imperial government have any money now? They couldn't even pay the salaries of the hundred officials, so how could they expect to raise a new army? As for abolishing a few troops and saving money to train the new army, that was even more impossible. The Eight Flag Battalion Head and Green Camp who were tangled up in each other had already become a huge power group.

Now that Xiao Letian had brought a cup of poison wine to the imperial court, although no one knew what the side effects of this poison were, everyone was clear that it had to be serious. But there was no choice, at least the Prince Kung did not have a choice, looking at Prince of Alcohol, he seemed to be a little taciturn, as for Li Lianying, her eyes were shining even brighter.

At this moment, Weng Tonghe and Department of Household Old Forest finally understood that today's meeting was fake, and the three people in front of them had long accepted the draft.

A bold thought flashed across Weng Tonghe's mind, "Could it be that the news about the Emperor wanting to train in the Son of Heaven's personal army stimulated Prince Kung? Right now, the Duke of the Eight Flag and Ci Xi have already allied themselves? Their goal is not only to protect the imperial government and the Great Qing by using the powerful new army, but also to preserve their own power? "

"So soon for the internal conflict?" Was the Manchu itself about to fight? Oh my god! "In other words, if His Majesty had not left the Forbidden City, he would only be a puppet in front of these people for the rest of his life …"

At that moment, the value that Weng Tonghe had accumulated for many years cracked apart, and a huge tropical storm swept up in his heart.

The old man was truly a stubborn old man. He had a natural conflict with Xiao Letian, who was a Western spreading expert, but his loyalty to the Emperor was unparalleled.

This was the good point about the Chinese Officer s. The Confucian Scholars who had been educated by saints for thousands of years were incomparably loyal to the ruler. The emperor was everything in their eyes, the backbone of their entire spiritual world.

This was especially so for the Tongzhi Emperor. This was the emperor who had the purest authority in Great Qing Empire, because his father, Xian Feng, was only a son to him. Furthermore, Tongzhi had been very intelligent since he was young. Although he couldn't be compared to the talented children of the commoners, his intelligence was at the top of the list in the entire Great Qing Empire.

This kind of little emperor was a seedling of a future Holy Lord, so Weng Tonghe and the others were sincerely supporting the emperor. Actually, not to mention Tongzhi, the old man's loyalty to the Guang Xu Emperor was already enough to explain everything. The ascension of Guang Xu to the throne was actually very forced.

At that time, many people thought that the eldest son of the Dao Guang Emperor, Sun Fu Lun, and the son of the Prince Kung Yi, Zai Cheng, were more qualified than Guang Xu. It was just that at that time, Ci Xi's power was already very strong, and the imperial government could not win against him.

The old man had so much loyalty that he had to offer all his effort to assist the emperor, who was not always his wish. One could only imagine how loyal the old man was to the Emperor Tongzhi, it could be said that the old man was already prepared to sacrifice himself for Zai Chun.

After understanding all of this, the old man nodded his head, "Fine, your highness, you have a point. The kingdom really needs military training, and they have strong soldiers in their hands. We are not afraid of chaos!" Tomorrow, the Military Intelligence Service will write a paper and the Imperial Court will discuss it together! "

Department of Household Old Forest obviously did not understand what was going on here. So urgent … "If we don't negotiate anymore, why do I feel like this silver is so hot!"

Li Lianying laughed and said, "Master Lin, how can there be such a thing as money that is not scalding the hands of others? If you want to do something big, you have to be more daring. Otherwise, you won't be able to do anything.

Old Lin couldn't stand the coaxing of these four. He finally drank a cup of wine and sighed, "Sure, I'm just a treasurer. I'll listen to all of you …"

It was already after midnight, and it was a bit late to go back home. Since the Residence of Prince Gong had many houses, everyone would stay here tonight. When the Old Man walked out of the Flower Hall side by side with Prince Kung, he suddenly said with a smile.

"My prince, I approve of the tax reform with both hands, but with Xiao Letian's hands, I am always a little worried … So, I wanted to ask the imperial government for an order to take a look at the Ryukyu, including Japan, Korea and taking a detour to Jiangnan.

No matter how poor the imperial government was, it would not be difficult for a famous official like Weng Tonghe to take care of this. He nodded and said, "This matter is easy to settle. When we go back to the Head Office to issue a ticket for the to ask the empress dowager to use the treasure, you should go and take a look around.