It is not easy for people to survive in the late Qing court. They may not be able to understand Western learning and are a little confused and stupid in the face of new things, but once they return to the battlefield they are familiar with, these people will be refreshed as if they have changed.

What are they proficient in? It is nothing more than the alliance between various forces, the fake smiles on the table and the intrigue under the table, and the secret stabbing of the knife.

No one will think about how Manren should rise and break this situation from the global perspective, and they can't understand it.

The era of the Second Industrial Revolution's technological explosion has arrived. No one in the entire Qing Dynasty had any idea about this. Not to mention leading the world, even if there is no idea of ​​making a small breakthrough in a certain industry.

Not to mention how to train the new army, a group of French and American instructors were invited to slaughter the cold rice of Western military academies every day. The Chinese army has begun to receive training in infantry artillery and has begun to study the tactics of scattered infiltration, but the Xishan Camp is still guarding the European exercises from more than ten years ago, queuing up to shoot and backpacking off-road.

Xiao Letian killed Molière. The first thing that happened to the Qing Dynasty was the old tricks in the past, such as joining the Zong Lianheng and killing people with a knife. No one could understand and didn't want to understand why Xiao Letian dared to kill people like that, or what was the purpose of his abuse and killing.

They don't understand, nor do they want to understand. The idiot's talent is to imagine the opponent as a idiot at the first time, and then use the idiot's thinking to judge the other party.

There is only one analysis result, that is, Xiao Letian is crazy, he was blinded by the continuous victory, he was going to declare war on France, he was going to be finished...

Based on this judgment, all forces began to act. Cixi now wore a pair of pants with Yi, and the conservative forces they represented began to conspire with Tsarist Russia and France.

Within his authority, the French minister actually gave the Japanese an interest-free loan of 63 million gold francs, plus a low-interest loan of 5 million gold francs.

Although Tsarist Russia did not promise to give money, it also funded a batch of arms and even agreed to secretly send a batch of top Cossack cavalry to provide the devils with the Six Drive.

Yi's Xishan Camp has now taken over one-third of the military expenditure of the Ministry of War a year. Then Yang Zhi's banknote printing factory has to provide him with millions of yuan in Beipiao every year. Now, with the financial support provided by France and Tsarist Russia, Yi's power is flying rapidly as if it has wings.

Faced with such a terrifying expansion of power, the reformists represented by Ci'an could only bow their heads. Ci'an did not enter the Forbidden City for five consecutive days. At first, she had a headache and fever. As a result, she became seriously ill on the last day. After taking turns to consult with the imperial physician, she finally said that it was a fever.

For fever, cold medicine is required. A large area of ​​Haizi in Beihai did not defeat the Queen Mother's fire. The Queen Ci'an issued an imperial decree to go to Chengde Summer Resort to rest. All major events in the court were discussed by the Queen Mother and the princes and princes.

The ministers failed to keep them for three consecutive times, and finally they could only agree to the Empress Dowager move to the Summer Resort. Ci'an's retreat made the power of the Japanese Six greatly increase. For a while, the people of the court were panicked and rumors spread everywhere in the capital.

Just when the whole city was covered in circles, suddenly a lightning came from the south. Zeng Guofan was feeling a little relieved and had already taken a boat north from Jiangning. At this moment, he was almost at the boundary of Shandong.

Who is Zeng Guofan? In the eyes of the world, he is the King of Jiangnan, and half of the Qing Dynasty had to listen to him. His 500,000 tigers under his command were the number one military force in Asia, and foreign devils dared not make rash decisions in front of him.

Zeng Guofan indeed took Ci'an's order and set off. He wanted to take over the important task of becoming the governor of Zhili. After all, his arrival broke the political balance of the existing capital.

The storm is about to come and the wind fills the building. The weather in the capital has been very strange these days. It is still clear in the morning. As a result, a strong wind and dark clouds are coming over the city at noon. The heavy rain falls and it doesn't give anyone any chance to hide from the rain.

The heavy rain came quickly and quickly, and the water level of the rivers around the capital suddenly surged. The Xishan Camp even encountered a threat of mountain torrents. A military camp's kitchen was washed away by mountain torrents, and fortunately no casualties.

Ancient people were very superstitious. As soon as Zeng Guofan set out, such a celestial phenomenon appeared in the capital, and the new military camp in Xishan was the first to be invaded. This was simply forcing gossip men and women to make up lies.

What was the old man who used to be the water dragon in the south, the Japanese 6th was the drought dragon in the north, it would be strange if the water dragon moved north to the capital and did not rain... This kind of mysterious rumor is the favorite drama of the Eight Banners idle men.

Don’t talk about the King of Jiangnan or Prince Gong. In the hearts of these Eight Banners, the emperor can arrange it. In fact, the earliest stories of the Yongzheng Red Pill Case, the Headless Case, Lu Siniang..., etc. were arranged by this group of people.

The same legendary stories of Kangxi and Qianlong originated more from these Eight Banners idle men. On the contrary, those tired Han people who died of thieves had no time and energy on the one hand, and on the other hand, they could not find out so many palace secrets.

To put it bluntly, the Han peasants and workers didn't know how many windows there were in the Palace of Taihe, and they couldn't make up like it even if they wanted to arrange them. Only these people who were familiar with the inside story of the Forbidden City would make up some bizarre stories, which made people unwilling to believe them.

To put it bluntly, this group of gossip men and women is the social network of that era. Women's boudoir is a private group, a teahouse is a BBS forum... Not to mention these weird rumors, even the real secrets in the Forbidden City can be spread quickly.

"There is the truth in the rumors... the truth in the messages..." The fifth master Yi Qiong, who was lying on the Rouge Tiger bed, said this sentence over and over again, making the Rouge Tiger beside him annoyed.

"You have been nagging a hundred times in the afternoon, right? Is it over?"

"What do you know? This is what Yang Zhi told me. It is said to be a catchphrase from Xiao Letian... The more I taste it now, the more I feel it tastes!"

Fireworks such as brothels are even more of a distribution center for rumors. The same is true for Yanzhihu’s half-closed door. The more than 20 girls she raises also have to pick up customers on weekdays. Some private dishes in the kitchen in the inner courtyard are also the favorites of customers.

When they were drunk, these princes, ministers, and senior Han officials would talk about the current current affairs, while Yanzhihu would summarize the news to Yi Qiong.

Yi Qiong himself has a strong connection in the world and has obtained a lot of information. During this period, rumors made him dizzy, but Yang Zhi and his staff members had a lot of things to get together without any kung fu. Yi Qiong, who was confused, had to go to Yanzhihu's bed and recite Xiao Letian's quotes over and over again, trying to find the key to solve the mystery.

"There is the truth in the rumors... Xiao Letian said it interestingly. Why can such rumors spread, while another rumors are free from others?"
Chapter completed!