Weng Tonghe looked at Prince Gong's twisted and ferocious face, and he vaguely guessed the true thoughts of the prince. At this moment, Yi? He had forgotten that he was the prince of the court, but only remembered that he was a Manchu.

At the critical moment, Manchu still had to keep his armed forces. They had to settle the Central Plains for 200 years by armed suppression and the bribery of the corrupt literati. Of course, they did some achievements in expanding territory and also gave the hypes the talks.

But Manchus will never forget them. They are foreigners from the Central Plains. They have always had a nightmare in their memory, that is, a nightmare shared by ethnic minorities who rule the majority.

It is precisely because of this insecurity that the white mountains and black soil outside the pass are not open to the Han people. The limited Han people are imprisoned by the side walls inserted from willow branches and can only live in a limited area. It is even more difficult for new Han people to immigrate outside the pass.

Manchus themselves regard the final retreat from the outside world, which is their hometown and base camp. If one day the Han people rise up strong leaders again, they can still return to their hometown to lick their wounds to make a comeback.

However, in all the calculations, the army is an indispensable part. In order to retain the purity of his military group, the emperors of the Qing Dynasty never thought of abolishing or improving it even if they criticized the Eight Banners system.

Because they know very well that if there is an army, they will live, and if there is no army, they will die. This is a cruel reality, and it is an iron rule with no room for negotiation. However, they did not expect that the corrosiveness of a comfortable life would be so great for people.

Two hundred years later, the descendants of the once brave and invincible Eight Banners athletes would not even know Manchu. The Eight Banners support system finally raised a group of playboys, and the repeated defeats made the court disappointed again and again.

When Xiao Letian's army invaded Sijiu City, everyone's Eight Banners' children were so scared that they trembled and dared not resist. When the half-destroyed old men whose thumbs were cut off were rampant in the capital, the court finally made up their minds that this new army must be trained.

But it takes money to train the army. The imperial court now has no money. The salaries of all officials cannot be paid. They still rely on the new army. As for laying off a few troops and saving money to train the new army, it is even more impossible. The mixed-up Eight Banners Camp and Green Camp have become a huge force group. Whoever dares to touch them will be waited to get hurt in the middle of the night.

Now Xiao Letian brought a glass of poisonous wine to the court. Although everyone didn't know what the side effects of this poison were, people knew that they would be small, but they had no choice. At least Prince Gong had no choice. Judging from Prince Chun's appearance, he was a little tacit. As for Li Lianying's eyes, his eyes were even brighter.

At this moment, Weng Tong and Lao Lin from the Ministry of Revenue realized that today's meeting was a fake, and the three people in front of him had already recognized the draft.

A bold idea flashed through Weng Tonghe's heart, "Is it possible that the emperor had to train the emperor's personal army before that stimulated Prince Gong. Now the Eight Banners' real power prince and Cixi have formed an alliance. Their purpose is not only to protect the court and protect the Qing Dynasty with a powerful new army, but also to protect their own power."

"Is there an internal fight so soon? Manren will be killed inside himself. My God, so if His Majesty had not left the Forbidden City, then his whole life would be just a puppet in front of these big men..."

At that moment, Weng Tonghe's values ​​for many years had cracks, and a huge tropical storm broke out in his heart.

The old man is indeed a stubborn old man. He is born with natural resistance to Western learning spreaders like Xiao Letian, but his loyalty to the emperor is unmatched.

This is good for the Han and Confucian ministers. Confucian scholars who have been educated by saints for thousands of years are extremely loyal to the power of the emperor. In their eyes, the emperor is everything and the pillar of all their spiritual worlds.

Especially Emperor Tongzhi, this is the emperor who has the pure inheritance rights of the Qing Dynasty, because his father Xianfeng is only his son. In addition, Emperor Tongzhi has been very smart since childhood. Although he is not as good as those genius children among the people, his IQ is definitely at the top in the Qing royal family.

Such a little emperor is the seedling of the future saint king, so Weng Tonghe and others sincerely support the emperor. Once the emotions are false, there is nothing false, let alone Tongzhi, the loyalty of the old man to Emperor Guangxu in history can already explain everything. It is actually very reluctant for Emperor Guangxu to ascend the throne.

At that time, more people were optimistic about Emperor Daoguang's eldest son Fulun and Prince Gong Yi's son Zaicheng. Both competitors were more qualified than Guangxu. However, at that time, Cixi's power was already very strong, and the court could not twist him, so he barely chose Guangxu, that is, Prince Chun Yihuan's son Aisin Gioro Zaitian.

The old man can do his best to assist such an emperor who is not always expected to be, and show 100% loyalty. It is conceivable how loyal he is to Emperor Tongzhi. We can say that this guy has been prepared to die and sacrifice for Zai Chun.

After thinking through all this, the old man nodded, "Okay, the prince said it makes sense. The state has to train troops. If you have strong soldiers in your hands, we are not afraid of chaos. I will reconsider. I will ask the Military Affairs Bureau to submit a memorial tomorrow and everyone will discuss it together in the court."

Lao Lin of the Ministry of Revenue obviously still didn't understand the trick here, "Ah, it's so urgent... If you don't discuss it anymore, why do I always feel that this money is hot?"

Li Lianying smiled and said, "Mr. Lin, there is no money in the world that is not hot. If you want to do big things, you have to be braver, otherwise nothing will be done. You don't want to sigh every day when you look at the silver treasury where the mouse runs. "

Old Lin couldn't resist the foolings of these four people. Finally, he drank a glass of wine and sighed and said, "Okay, I'm a warehouse manager in the Qing Dynasty, and I'll listen to you..."

At this time, Zishi had passed, and it was obviously a bit late for everyone to go back to their houses. Anyway, there were houses in Prince Gong's mansion, so everyone would live here tonight. Just as the old man walked out of the flower hall with Prince Gong, he suddenly said with a smile.

"Prince, I agree with the tax reform, but after Xiao Letian's hand, I'm always a little worried... So I want to ask the court for an order to go to Ryukyu, including Japan, and North Korea. If I take a detour to Jiangnan, I will have no idea if I don't see it with my own eyes."
Chapter completed!