C609 A royal family with no choice

Moreover, his status was especially good for the Imperial Family. When the Old Ancestor's private message was sent to the palace, Ci Xi was sitting at his son's bedside quietly crying.

This was the first time she discovered that her child was so stubborn. She didn't get up even after kneeling for an entire hour and an half last night, as if he was a shameless person who didn't want to get up.

How could Ci Xi agree to his rude request? How was it possible for his to want to study with Xiao Letian? He was the enemy of the royal family! Besides, how scary was the outside world? There were traffickers and Daqing's enemies, what should he do if something happened to the Huang'er? This child was too worrisome.

Emperor Tongzhi was stubborn, Ci Xi was even more stubborn than him. The little emperor had already knelt for more than two hours, but even if Ci Xi did not let go, Li Lianying and the others by her side did not dare to persuade him.

was no exception. After Tongzhi fell asleep, she sat on the side of the bed and cried until dawn.

Li Lianying, who was behind her, brought a bowl of Silver Ear Lotus Seed Soup over. "May the empress dowager rest for a while, can this servant accompany you?" Seeing Ci Xi keep shaking his head, he sighed and said, "Just now, news came from outside the palace that the Old Ancestor is dead. The culprit who attacked is the Sister Wu.

"Darn you servant, you dare to run after getting into trouble?" He sent orders to the Ministry of Justice to investigate carefully. I still wanted to use her head to make a trade? Do you really think that this is a small country like Japan? " Ci Xi said fiercely.

Li Lianying hesitated for a moment before asking, "Empress Dowager, that Old Ancestor died for the imperial government, shouldn't the imperial government reward him a little …"

"Shut up!" Ci Xi's mood was already bad enough, how could he still endure Li Lianying's nonsense. It seemed that only An Dehai could serve the rest of the people in the entire Forbidden City, and the rest were all fools.

"If a servant dies, then so be it. Just ask the Ministry of Internal Affairs to casually reward me with some burnt silver and give me some graves. Do you still want to bother me with this sort of thing?"

Hearing that, Li Lianying was so shocked that she immediately retreated, and then, Ci Xi opened his mouth again, "Wait, how is An Dehai?"

"Fortunately, Eunuch An is in his prison, I've already sent someone to take care of him. Eunuch An is just crying, saying that he's sorry for the empress dowager, and didn't do his job well …"

"Ai …" It's not his fault, Xiao Letian already released his Sky Fire, he's just a eunuch with insufficient Yang Qi, how could he be a match for Sky Fire. Xiao An Zi, how do you think we should be able to save him? "

Li Lianying secretly cursed in her heart. Just how good was this An Dehai, and why was she still thinking about him? The Hidden Fog Kid escaped, now there was only An Dehai left as the scapegoat. She did not need to calm Xiao Letian's anger, what was there to wait for?

But he secretly cursed in his heart, so he didn't dare say anything out loud. He didn't dare show it on his face, so he could only smile apologetically and say, "Isn't this all about one sentence from the empress dowager?" Although Xiao Letian has power for the moment, but seeing how he acted in such a manner, it seems that he does not dare to rebel. Since he does not dare to rebel, then it is for his own benefits.

"Mm, that makes sense. Go down and arrange a light meal for the emperor. Huang'er has been quite angry these past two days as well …"

Just at this time, the eyes of the little Emperor Tongzhi who was on the bed twitched and he said softly, "Mother is wrong, this An Dehai must die. According to Hairy # 2, An Dehai had once led soldiers to harm the countryside and kidnapped a few villas.

Tongzhi sat up from the bed, "Mother, if that Xiao Letian doesn't kill a group of people, would the anger in his heart be quelled? You said that this son was angry, but do you know how angry Xiao Letian is? "

"Evil creature!" Then what do you think we should do, I? How could such a considerate servant be given to Xiao Letian to kill? You are so filial! "

"Killing a evil slave in exchange for the reputation of the people, Mother must understand this right? "Right now, all the imperial government needs to do is to fight for the hearts of the people …"

"Enough! What do you know about court politics, a child who has no authority? Are you going to anger I to death … "

Inside the Forbidden City, the mother and son pair started to argue again. Ci Xi didn't know that a huge net had already pounced towards her, and this net was meant for her most beloved son, Emperor Tongzhi.

The eight kings that Xiao Letian had thrown out did not completely follow the ancestors of the Qing Dynasty. This was the rudimentary form of the Parliament of the nobility, it was a bold attempt to divide power, and previously, Xian Feng trying to do so was also a kind of attempt.

Although Xian Feng was an incompetent emperor, he was still sensitive to politics. He knew that when an emperor was weak, power would not be beneficial to protect the little emperor. Because a young child holding a centralized power can easily be stolen by someone with ulterior motives.

If power was divided, there would be a mutual restriction between the Gu Ming and eight ministers s, and there would even be conflicts between the two sides because of the struggle for power.

When Tongzhi ascended the throne, he was only 5 years old. With power, he was like a hot potato in hot water, easily stolen by a small group of people. After the Sin-uni coup d'état, with Ci An as the leader, the power snatching team successfully took down the Gu Ming and eight ministers and gathered the authority of the empire into a small circle.

In the real history, Ci Xi had ultimately eliminated all the powerhouses in this small circle. She had become the one who controlled the entire Qing Dynasty at the end of the Qing Dynasty.

Centralization and division of power have run through the entire history of Chinese civilization. No dynasty has ever been pure centralization, but the relative depth is not the same. Even if the Qing Dynasty were to reach the pinnacle of power, they would still have to give a lot of authority to the Mongol princes, Tibetan living Buddhas and Uighur leaders.

The only thing they could truly centralize was their rule over the Han people. That was a power suppressed by blood and killing, and there were countless cynicists preaching about it.

Today, Xiao Letian had brought a strong army here, so Qing Dynasty's butcher knife was helpless against him. Furthermore, Weng Tonghe was a scoundrel that only knew how to use literature and the morals that he preached had no market in front of Xiao Letian.

This was definitely a good opportunity to take over Parliament of the nobility!

You want to fight Xiao Letian? You can't beat him. You started a war of words with Xiao Letian? You can't play with other people's industrial propaganda machines.

The centralized power of the Qing Dynasty had already reached its most dangerous moment. The cornerstone of the centralized power politics that had been painstakingly built up from the time of Kang Xi, had finally loosened today.

The news released by Hairy # 2 instantly shook the entire higher ups of the Qing Dynasty. None of them believed their own ears, nor could they understand why Xiao Letian would do such a thing.

However, one thing was for sure. The division of power was a poison to all powers within the imperial court, and it was even more tempting than the Great Smoke Land.

No one would consider what benefits this would bring to the imperial government. The first thing they thought of was what benefits their family would receive. Inside the Sin-uni coup d'état, Yi Yi, Yi Xuan and the rest had eaten their fill, but the others had to live as well.

Furthermore, after the Sin-uni coup d'état, this small circle had gradually started to crack.

Prince Kung Yi and Prince alcohol had not slept the entire night. The study room was filled with the smell of smoke and bitterness, and their eyes were filled with red blood veins.

"Big brother, I will say whatever it is you have to say. There's a leak in the Qing Dynasty, a leak in the eight directions …" It was really impossible to not change! Xiao Letian only has two thousand new troops, and he can force the Beijing to such an extent? "

"I see through it, but what Xiao Letian said is true, there was already a telegraph line that was trying to communicate with the others, so why did we have to cause such a ruckus? If the firepower of the garrison troops in the capital is fierce, they shouldn't be able to defeat Xiao Letian, right? "

Prince alcohol had personally witnessed the fighting strength of the new army, the battle outside the Guandong Gate had completely shattered all of the perseverance he had in his heart.

Prince Kung didn't say anything at this time. He hadn't slept for the whole night, but when he heard Er Mao reveal that Xiao Letian's navy was already prepared, his heart sank to the bottom.

He was, after all, the Prime Minister Minister Wang, so he had some knowledge about the foreigners. If Xiao Letian truly possessed a navy, then all of the bustling land along the coast would be under the threat of his cannons.

Especially since the Qing Dynasty was very dependent on river channel transportation, there was no problem for the Changjiang and Grand Canal to sail some small scale battleships. Thinking about how Xiao Letian's battleship would sail along the Yangtze River and the Grand Canal, the Prince Kung trembled in fear.

"But …" But Xiao Letian is bringing His Majesty out to study? This is a precedent that has not been seen in thousands of years, how can we start with this? "

"But what can you do if you don't? How could I be a match for this storm? How could Ci An be normal? How could the Han Manipulation pacify him? Including the commotion caused by the negotiations between the eight kings, what peace do we have there? "

"Xiao Letian is pushing us to the point of death, they are mobilizing all the forces, causing the entire imperial court to crumble. The human heart! "

In the end, Prince Kung made up his mind. "Let's secretly contact the various nobles first and see what the Eight Flags wishes to do. This burden is not one that we can shoulder!"

In fact, Prince Kung didn't even need to say anything. At this time, he had already fallen into a vortex of rumours, and was unable to extricate himself. When the night's worth of gunshots died down and the red sun shined upon the capital, the terrified Beijing came back to life once more.

The various families carefully opened their doors, but they found that the entire street was quiet. When they walked down the street vigilantly, they discovered that all the crossroads in the capital were covered with placards, and there were even five to six new soldiers maintaining law and order at all the crossroads.

There was not a single drop of blood left in Beijing. This was simply a miracle!