825 Reform and Restoration
Zai Chun's heart was calm when he heard the threatening words Jiushuai said. This is the case with negotiations. He is not afraid of the other party bargaining, and not afraid of the other party making wild words. This is how people care about something, the more emotional they will become. This is the truth that cares about things.
What you fear most when negotiating is calm and smiling, so you can't tell whether the other party is satisfied with the negotiation. The more polite you are, the more you cannot guess the other party's bottom line. Now Jiushuai actually said such a rude word, and Zaichun knew that the big fish was tempted.
Master, my disciple will not disappoint you. I have been studying with you for a year and I am the emperor of the Qing Dynasty. I don’t believe that I can’t win this alliance.
Zai Chun smiled slightly, "Rebellion, who will rebel, what will you do? Will you rebel..."
Jiushuai was stunned and didn't understand what Zaichun meant, but Zeng Guofan's eyes lit up, "Your Majesty can speak freely today, and the old minister listened attentively..."
Zai Chun bowed and said, "I just borrowed flowers to offer Buddha. I will declare in advance that I am not a monster. I can't understand these principles myself. I want to thank my two masters."
"I have been instilled with the great truth of the monarchy since I was a child. I used to think that being an emperor was the biggest in the world. What I said was golden words..."
"But when I wanted to eat a bowl of legendary very delicious braised and roasted pork noodles, I found that it was not the case at all. It turned out that I couldn't even order a few eunuchs. The imperial kitchen did not listen to me, the internal affairs office did not listen to me, and the eunuchs around me still didn't listen to me."
"Even Ermao, who recommended me food, was called to the Interior Office and scolded me. He turned around and knelt down under the sun for an hour, haha..." Zai Chun smiled.
"From now on, I was confused. Could it be that what the master taught me was lying to me? It was not until I left the Forbidden City, received the master's words and deeds, and personally looked at the structure of Japan that I realized... It turned out that those words were really lies."
Zai Chun said with a wry smile, "I finally understand that the great changes that have not been seen in three thousand years have changed not only technology, but also the rise of people's wisdom. The old path of centralization of monarchs in the Middle Ages has completely lost its ability..."
"Dispersible powers are the mainstream of the future world. I think the Qing Dynasty should be the same. The invasion of Western barbarians and the civil strife of the Changmao Nian Army have caused the centralization of the Qing Dynasty to fall apart. The powers have been dispersed into the hands of various forces. So what I have to do is follow the trend and not act against the will of heaven. Since it is divided, then continue to divide it..."
Zeng Guofan's eyes lit up, "How to divide power, and who to divide it."
Zai Chun smiled, "Then we have to see how many forces exist in the Qing Dynasty now..."
After sleepless all night, Zaichun was no longer the child who was excited when he saw hot air balloons and telegraph lines in the Forbidden City. He had become a politician who could negotiate with a faction of power. Although he was young, the great title he was carrying could make up for all his flaws.
Xiao Letian sat by the window, saying the same words as Zaichun at almost the same speed, and the master and apprentice actually had a tacit understanding in the dark.
"The Qing Dynasty is divided into four forces in total, and Manchus account for one. In the smallest terms, it is the noble military group of the Manchu Eight Banners. In the largeest terms, the Mongolian, Tibetan and Hui ethnic groups can also be considered as Manchus' power..."
"The second is the emerging Han ministers and governors. In fact, to put it bluntly, it is Han warlords who have risen due to the turmoil of the Changmao Nian Army. Now it is too big to lose. It is a big heart disease in the dynasty..."
"The third is the traditional Confucian ministers, classified according to the Book of Travels to the West, that is, the Confucian landlord class that ruled China for thousands of years. Now Qingliu still has many civil servants without military power that can be divided into this class..."
"The last force is foreigners. The power of foreigners cannot be avoided and can only be faced with it. How to deal with foreigners in the next few decades or even the first half of the year will be the most complicated problem."
On the surface, these four factions are clearly divided, and they should belong to which faction, but the reality is often the most complex, and each faction can be divided into the left, center and right.
The Manchu group includes radical reformists like Fuqing and conservatives such as Cixi Yi. Of course, they are more fence-ridden centrists who are just waiting to die. As the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, let alone joining the four major forces, even the Manchu Eight Banners under his own name cannot control it.
Yi? The army trained in Xishan has finally received sufficient military pay. Those armed soldiers will listen to Emperor Tongzhi, but who will not receive the salary and listen to the orders of whom.
Why did Zaichun recruit three hundred guards in the four nine cities? And they were all unsatisfactory children of various families? He had already clearly realized that the Manchus had been divided, and even his mother might not have the same heart as him.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see clearly that the emperor wants to train the emperor's personal army, which is obviously distrust of the army within the court. And Yi, who is tightly controlling the training of the Xishan army, is also accumulating strength for himself.
On the surface, they still look like the ruler, minister, father, son, son, and the court is in order. In fact, everything has changed, with a smile on his face and a knife behind him. The ending of the loser is death.
Zai Chun angrily turned around in the study room, "I don't want to be a lonely person. If you want to survive, you must unite all the forces that can be united... In the past, the emperor always paid attention to rewarding high officials and generous salaries, just as the power of the ministers was rewarded by the emperor, but I don't think so."
"Who rewarded the 500,000 Hunan Army? Where did the imperial court create so many troops to reward you? No, after all, the Hunan Army group was built with your hard work, they were killed, and they were managed throughout your life."
"I don't have the ability to reward you with 500,000 troops. I can't even give you 500,000 foreign guns, but."
The Zeng brothers were waiting for the little emperor's name, but Zai Chun smiled and said, "But, although I can't reward these rights, I can recognize your power..."
Xiao Letian brought Zaichun to Jiangnan secretly. In fact, the only real purpose was to form an alliance with the Hunan Army, a real alliance rather than the kind of drama played by the court.
Xiao Letian knew very well that there was not much time left for Zaichun. If Zaichun could not settle all forces within the Qing Dynasty in four years, if it was not the communist ruler that most people truly recognized, then it would be better not to go back to the Forbidden City.
Zaichun's heart has made him a little wild. Now he can no longer sit on the dragon throne and be a puppet. That is not the life he wants. Since Zaichun has chosen the road to fight, then joining the Zong Lianheng is the first step he must take.
Zaichun looked at Zeng Guofan with his eyes extremely pure. "I am the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, the Chinese emperor recognized by the law of all countries. I want to reform the Qing Dynasty. Please help me." This book was first published from 17K Novel Network, and I will read the genuine content as soon as possible!
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