204 The Prestige of Emperor Tongzhi
Once humans fall into fanaticism, they will be completely unreasonable. In the group, the more people there are, the more crazy people, and the elderly call this, they will be crazy.
If the passionate men could see the prince-level, they wouldn't know how to play the game. But today, these angry young men had already thrown their reason behind their heads, rushed up and swung the turtle punches and beat them up to Yi?
At this time, the leader of the team, General Muge was already shocked. He jumped off the horse and rushed into the battle with the soldiers. "Stop, are you crazy? You dare to attack the prince... and stop me and push them away..."
The soldiers pointed their spears diagonally into the sky and pushed these picks with ash poles. Some of them were shouting slogans: "One, two, three, push...one, two, three, push...one, two, three, push!"
The crowd was pushed open an alley, and the soldiers finally rescued the prince. At this time, Yi's forehead was a big bag, his eyes looked like a panda, and his mouth was covered with skin.
"Crazy people, they are all a group of lunatics. I will give you a quarter of an hour to disperse... Otherwise, you will all deprive you of your qualifications for the exam..."
Yi? I really wanted to put all these people in prison, but he didn't dare because he was not facing one or two candidates but all the candidates of the entire Qing Dynasty. If the court dared to move today, they might be able to fall into the arms of other forces tomorrow, especially the Zeng brothers, who have a lot of civil and military talents under their command, and they can no longer add to their hearts.
At this time, the empress dowager and the emperor who were standing on the city tower were already anxious and were both burned. Facing such a group of madmen, you can't be hard or soft. Now you can only use the dragging technique to stabilize them.
"You are all the candidates of the Qing Dynasty and the mainstay of the court's future. Your voice has been heard by the court. If you don't retreat quickly, how can you force the palace to..." Just as Yi was scolding these candidates, Emperor Tongzhi on the city tower suddenly spoke.
The nine-year-old child shouted in his tender voice, "I am the emperor, I am the lord of the Qing Dynasty. I will only ask you one thing... Do you listen to me or not?"
It's strange that while this tender voice scraped across the square, the noise just now disappeared in an instant. Countless people knelt on the ground, with only one voice in their mouths, "Long live my emperor..."
Imperial power is a power that has been mythologically controlled by China for thousands of years. The concept of the Nine Five Emperors and the True Dragon Emperor has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and even engraved into the bone marrow. Although the emperor is only nine years old, what he represents is the great name.
Modern people probably don’t understand what the great name is. In fact, to put it simply, the so-called great name is a balance and some lubricant that can surpass all forces and balance all forces.
A country and a society always have different voices. Human nature is difficult to convince, and conflict will eventually become war. At this time, the great name is a balance that can balance the forces, or it can be said to be a lubricant.
Zhu Yuanzhang was also under the command of the Ming King when he rebelled. Xiang Yu had to find the last prince of the Chu State. These people who looked above his head were actually a great name. With this, they could balance the forces of all parties without serious conflicts. When his strength was great enough, it would be easier to replace them.
In the chaotic times, the title of the great righteousness is very useful, let alone the Qing Dynasty today. Although it was a bit wary, the country's structure did not collapse. Although the pressure of imperial power was weakened, it still controlled people's hearts. So these juren dared to compete with the prince, but when they really saw the emperor, they all calmed down.
Emperor Tongzhi looked at the dark back under the city tower, and suddenly a sense of pride surged in his heart. It turned out that this was the majesty of the emperor, this was the imperial power!
"Since you still recognize me as the emperor and know that you are a good citizen of the Qing Dynasty, you should know the law of the king... I have heard your confession. The court will consider your opinions, but no one can force me. I can also close this battle of the king..."
Ci'an and Cixi were both stunned when they heard this. They never expected that the nine-year-old prince would calm down the situation at this moment. Is the aura that the whole child was full of a real dragon?
No one noticed that after Emperor Tongzhi said these words, he secretly laughed at Ermao, and Ermao thief picked up the big thumbs up and gave the emperor a praise smile.
The imperial power ended the chaos. Just as all the men kowtowed and apologized, a warm sedan rushed from the Qing Gate. As soon as they arrived at the edge of the square, a figure ran out from it.
"Who asked you to come? Who asked you to force the palace? Is this what the saint taught? It didn't disperse quickly..." It was Weng Tonghe who came.
In his plan, the students demonstrated and marched. Even if they burned the Xiao family's mansion, they didn't expect that these students would come to force the palace. Damn, what I want is to break up with the royal family and Xiao Letian. It's not that we scholars break up with the royal family. Isn't you going to do this to destroy your own business?
"All of them have dispersed, all of them have dispersed. Do you really think the court dares not to destroy your fame?" Under the pressure of imperial power and under Weng Tonghe's persuasion, the crowd finally dispersed. Yi, who was so angry that he walked to Weng Tonghe and said coldly.
"This is the last time. You have to take care of these candidates. You must remember clearly that the world belongs to the Qing Dynasty. It is not as good as you are forcing the palace. Don't mistake yourself..." After saying that, he turned around and left.
Weng Tonghe ignored Prince Gong's cold words. He just straightened his clothes and knelt down to the emperor on the city tower, and solemnly performed the three-kneel and nine-kow.
The little emperor on the city tower looked at his teacher lightly and suddenly whispered in a low voice, "I am the cleanest emperor in the Qing Dynasty. No one in and outside the throne was dissatisfied with me. If this Qing Dynasty wants to revive, it must rely on me. Teacher, don't mislead yourself..."
The little emperor left, leaving Weng Tonghe to blow the cold wind in the square, and at the same time, another exciting scene had already been staged in the palace.
Ermao knelt in the Yangxin Hall, and above his head were the two empress dowagers, the East Palace and the West Palace. The hall was silent, and no one spoke for a cup of tea.
Ermao's forehead was pressed against the floor, and sweat beads fell down. After all, he was still a teenager. Two big Buddhas on his head pressed against him, so how could he not be nervous and afraid?
After a long time, Ci'an finally spoke, "So, when you were with the emperor, you taught the emperor a lot of things? It seems that you have a lot of ink in your belly..."
Erbao didn't say anything, and first made three noises, "Return... Go back to the Empress Dowager, Lao Fu, slave... How dare I pilgrimage? I just talked about Western learning when I was serving the emperor... I asked Lao Fu to atone for his sins. I didn't mean it, it was the emperor who asked me..." After saying that, he kowtowed again.
The palace became silent again. Just when Ermao was about to collapse, Cixi sneered, "Western Learning? It's Western Learning again. The Ai family had a headache when they heard this word. The Qing Dynasty has caused great harm to Western Learning in recent years. I didn't expect that today, a spy was sent to Western Learning. Even the Forbidden City had nails to Western Learning..."
"Haha, then, is Xiao Letian in your backstage?"
The picture is revealed, and the picture is revealed after less than three sentences of the conversation. Ermao's heart was beating wildly with nervousness. He knew that if he had to deal with it inappropriately, he would die. It doesn't matter if he died, he couldn't harm Mr. Xiao too.
Thinking of this, Ermao made up his heart and kowtowed hard, "The Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager, will always be the emperor's people, and this heart will not change in this life. Of course, the slave also admits that Mr. Xiao has privately favors me, and he is also the man of his godmother. He has taught me some Western learning in private, but this cannot change the slave's sincerity to his master..."
"Mr. Xiao once wrote a letter to ask about my studies, and he also decomposed the current Mr. Chaozhou... Mr. once said that although the emperor was young, he was a rare undisputed throne in China for thousands of years. This is the emperor's greatest reliance. The emperor had just passed the exam for such a son today, and no one could find out the faults in the inheritance right..."
"The name of great righteousness is too righteous. Even foreigners nodded. You should know that Europe's current countries are monarchies. They also have palace fights and often kill them. Even foreigners envy the emperor's pure bloodline..."
Ermao has completely let go. Xiao Letian secretly taught him the basics of Western learning and the secret method of holding the stinky feet of Qing were all used tonight.
"After the country is upright, the people will naturally abandon their hearts. Today, even Prince Gong's words are not good at speaking, but the emperor has resolved the crisis by writing a few words lightly. What does this mean? This shows that Your Majesty's great righteousness is as strong as the Great Wall, and the people's hearts have been collected..."
"Although I have explained some principles in Western learning, it seems to be a bit out of place with the obvious learning, I want the emperor to be good from the bottom of my heart. Your Majesty can't just govern the Chinese people by governing such a big country. Don't those foreigners also need to govern? Let Your Majesty understand some things overseas and save the foreigners from coaxing them at that time..."
Speaking of this, Ermao even took out a secret letter from his arms and submitted it to me, "This is a private message from Mr. Xiao, and there is no disrespect in it!"
Xiao Letian's secret letter was quickly delivered to the two empress dowagers. After they looked at the letters in a glance, they looked at each other and became silent.
The letters are written in a foreign pen. I don’t know why many words lack brushwork. They look awkward but can all be understood.
"What is the right way to govern the country? It's nothing more than just a correct mind and action. If you have a right mind, it depends on Confucianism, it depends on the kindness of the father, the filial son, and the blind date of brothers... But our own mind is correct but we cannot guarantee that the hearts of other countries are also correct. It's like a gentleman entering the wilderness. He cannot rely solely on a positive spirit in his heart, but also on a sword to protect his body... " "What is a sword? Tools... China's technology has been ahead of other countries since ancient times. What does it rely on? It depends on the advancement of tools. We have the best farming tools, and we also have the best smelting technology, including the world's most advanced weapons and equipment. This is the foundation for shaping the heroic spirit of the Han and Tang dynasties..."
"Foreign guns and cannons are not demonic arts, they are just weapons that are slightly more advanced than us. People in the world say that I, Xiao Letian, want to use the evil way to chaotic times, but I just want to protect the vitality of this country so that I can also have the best self-defense weapon. Western learning is just the knife that is the right way..."
After a while, the two empress dowagers had read the secret letter, and their faces showed incredible expressions. At this time, Ermao kowtowed like a pound of garlic. "Empress Dowager, Master Lao Fu, I risk my life to tell the truth... Mr. Xiao is not rebellious, he really is not going to rebel, and he has never even thought about destroying Xianxue..." "Mr. Just want our Qing Dynasty to produce foreign guns and cannons by ourselves, so that we can build warships by ourselves. In the future, when foreign invasions are invaded, we can at least resist..."
Chapter completed!