C615 A single leaf falling into the autumn of the world …

Time passed day by day, in the blink of an eye, the autumn wind had blown yellow chrysanthemum, bringing the late autumn of 1866 to Beijing. Under Xiao Letian's rule, the Beijing had already been running smoothly for close to two months.

In this period of time, the news of Xiao Letian breaching the capital had spread throughout the entire continent. Countless daoyin denounced Xiao Letian's atrocities, and some of the more remote daoyin s even brought their troops into the capital.

What a joke, Yun Guichuan's soldiers are going to Beijing on foot? The Green Camp of Ganshan Mountain was not prepared for the rebellion and still wanted to enter the capital? The Xiang Army did not even say that they were working hard to occupy the Central Plains.

The Duke of Qin's report had yet to arrive at the capital city, but the placating residence in the Forbidden City had already flown all over the country. This report, which was made by the chief editor of the Prime Minister Xiao, had played a big role in bringing the chaos in the capital city to an end.

Ci Xi was described as an innocent person who had been deceived. All the sins were blamed on An Dehai, Hidden Fog Kid and Maylor, of course, Prince Kung and Prince of Alcohol had also committed the sins of not being able to sense the situation.

In the description of the residence, Xiao Letian became a pitiful person who was forced into a corner. The imperial government sent its troops to attack him a few times, but in the end, he did not take revenge. As for how many Qing Dynasty's people died, no one really cared.

With so many people dying in the Tanggu, Xiao Letian had managed to stabilize the system of governance in the Qing Dynasty. All the officials were safe and sound, and the taxes collected by the imperial government were not small either.

Looking back at Xiao Letian's actions after entering the capital, it was all done by the citizens. The price of 40 taels of rice that the Beijing was being governed by, the Jiangnan officials were all dumbfounded.

Xiao Letian did not kill any officials, and did not even arrest any political dissidents, the six divisions of the imperial government continued to operate normally, in the end, even the foreign nationals of the East Crossing Folk Lane said that Xiao Letian was not a schemer, such a guarantee was enough to cover the mouths of all the civil servants in the world.

In the end, Ceng Guofan had written all about affirming Xiao Letian's safety moves, recognizing that Xiao Letian was a loyal and loyal Chopin. The entire daoyin was watching Ceng Guofan, and his declaration seemed to represent the attitude of the entire Chinese Officer.

Everyone said that the Qing Dynasty was the pinnacle of feudal power in China. In fact, they were talking about the three dynasties of Kang Yong and Gan.

However, after the dryad went through, the power started to loosen up gradually. Jia Qing's corruption intensified, and the citizens could no longer tolerate the land annexation. In the end, the Heavenly Justice Sect even attacked the palace.

On September 14, 1818, the Heavenly Temple hid in the capital to attack the Donghua Gate and the Western Flower Gate. After that, with the help of the eunuchs, they actually captured the Western Flower Gate.

Yangxin Palace was already the position of the imperial harem. It could be said that the Heavenly Justice Sect had completely annihilated the garrison forces of the three great halls, and had fought all the way to the imperial harem. They had even forced the crown prince, the Emperor of Dao Light, to personally lead troops to kill them.

After that, Emperor Jiaqing, who was in the Hot River, heard that the Forbidden City had been breached. He was so frightened that he immediately led his troops back to the capital and tortured all of the more than three hundred Heaven's Justice Sect prisoners to death.

Although the Celestial Sect's invasion of the Forbidden City didn't have much success, it had confirmed the signal of the Qing Dynasty turning from prosperity to decline in history. When Jia Qing's son Daoguang ascended to the throne, the Great Qing Dynasty became even more chaotic.

After the death of Daoguang, Xian Feng ascended to the throne. It was one thing for the emperor to be greedy for beauty, since he had been lustful ever since the ancient times. But you are still the son of Emperor Daoguang after all. Your dad, the ban on smoking has already started a war with the British, why did you smoke so much in the Forbidden City?

Not only do you smoke big cigarettes, but you also drink alcohol. When you're drunk, you tell the eunuchs and maids that you will beat them up, scold them and punish them, regret your words when you wake up, coax these people, reward them with silver and other small items.

Such a drug addict, no wonder he died after eleven years in power. He was courting death!

Even though the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was at peace, the Chinese warlord Group had already formed. The two Opium Wars had attracted countless of Western bandits, and the Qing Dynasty herself had even acquired a Sin-uni coup d'état.

It could be said that from Jia Qing, Daoguang, Xian Feng and even Tongzhi, under the rule of the four generations of emperors, the power of the Qing Dynasty had already collapsed like an avalanche.

By 1866, the politics of the Qing Dynasty had been divided among the four powers, and centralization had become a joke.

The first group was the Manchu royal family, which was easy to understand. After all, the Great Qing was the person who held the eight flags of the Manchu, and the whole group was no longer united. After going through the baptism of the Sin-uni coup d'état, everyone had their own ulterior motives.

The second group was the Chinese warlord represented by Ceng Guofan. It would be better to call them the daoyin than the warlords, because after Tongzhi, all of the wars in and out of Qing Dynasty were fought down by the Chinese. The eight flags and the Green Camp had long become synonymous with jokes.

The third group were the traditional officials. This group of civil officials who did not have military power were naturally close to Weng Tonghe's group of officials, who were led by Qing Liu.

And the fourth group was comprised of the foreigners from East Crossing Folk Lane. After going through two Opium Wars, the Qing Dynasty's customs service was taken over by the British He De, and the foreign citizens had a say in the political affairs of the Qing Dynasty, it was just that the era of Tongzhi was not as obvious as the era of Guang Xu.

Xiao Letian was very clear about the political situation of the late Qing. He knew that although the four political forces looked to be very united on the surface, there were still many contradictions between them, and even great hatred between life and death.

The royal family had been split into the old school and the reformist, the Sin-uni coup d'état survivors had naturally gathered together, and Empress Dowager of the East Ci An had also seen through the faces of the people in the imperial court, he had already started to support the reformist.

Looking at the Chinese warlord, Ceng Guofan was a hidden dragon of China. His eyes were looking at the rise and fall of China, he was not the loyal subject of Qing Dynasty, and this old fellow was thinking about how he could turn the 10 million square kilometers in land in Qing Dynasty's hands into Chinese.

For this dream, he could give up the temptation to become an emperor.

As for Li Hongzhang and Zuo Zongtang, they were incompatible as water and fire.

As for the foreign people group, they all had their own ulterior motives. The British could not see the Russian's compliance, and the French could not even see Prussia's hatred. As long as they did not unite, Xiao Letian would naturally have the chance to use his skills.

Out of the four political powers, three of them had already been pried into action by Xiao Letian. He had even taken out the sulcus longus Transformation plan to lure the royalty Xiao Letian away from them, and Xiao Letian knew that it was not a problem to buy one of them as a neutral party.

Wu Qing and Li Hongzhang had fought with each other, and Old Li was already convinced from the bottom of his heart. Adding that the two of them had an irreconcilable relationship, as long as did not rebel against him, the Chinese warlord would still support him.

Looking at the foreign forces, with the Americans secretly leading the way, even if France and Russia disagreed, they could not withstand the support of the United States, Britain and Prussia, Xiao Letian believed that they would not do anything bad.

That was to say, with Weng Tonghe as the representative, they had no other choice but to clear away the flow of power. This group of corrupt scholars were already vicious to the bone towards Xiao Letian, and there was no possibility for them to reconcile.

This was no longer a dispute over power, this was a dispute over academia. Throughout the history of China, no one had ever heard of settling academic disputes.

But Xiao Letian was not afraid, the four big political groups had already taken three, and it would always be Xiao Letian who held the upper hand in the three-to-one competition.

The commoners didn't know about the storms in the imperial court. Even if there were to be rumors, they would only smile after the meal. In their eyes, how bad could a prime minister, who could stabilize the price of rice at 40 liters per liter, be? Furthermore, the Prime Minister's Beijing was so clean, and the security was so good.

Although during this period of time, there had always been a group of people on the streets of Beijing who lacked big fingers, and this group of people were also the ones who cursed the Prime Minister for being the most ferocious, but being crippled was still a cripple. No matter how much they cursed at him, the Prime Minister would still lose a piece of meat?

On the other hand, if you lose two thumbs, you won't be able to do any more work in the future.

This was a reflection of the new army's insidiousness. It had to be known that the thumb was the most important finger on the person's hand, and it was the most important organ to coordinate with other fingers. If you don't believe me, just try it. Without the help of your thumb, what can you do with your remaining four fingers?

By chopping off the thumbs of these soldiers, they would be able to cut off their road to becoming a soldier in the future. The Qing Dynasty could raise them for one or two days, but what about eight years? As the days go by, even a family won't be able to stand a free meal, let alone a court.

Xiao Letian was forcefully carrying a heavy burden on Qing Dynasty that he could not shirk from. There would be a day when he would be able to exhaust Qing Dynasty to death, and the day would come when he would be unable to carry the Eight Flag System.

Time passed day by day as the cold wind replaced the autumn wind in the Beijing. Slowly, faint black smoke rose into the sky above the city as the coal stoves of every household began to burn. The winter of 1866 had finally arrived.

The imperial government had long since sent out the notice that the Grand Commission was going to be convened. Lu Yuan's daoyin had even started rushing towards the Beijing just as autumn began. Everyone knew that this year's Grand Commission would affect the political direction for the next few decades.

The Beijing was getting more and more lively. The low food prices had attracted a large number of refugees to the capital, and with the return of the local officials to the capital, the atmosphere in the Beijing became even more lively.

When the first day of the fifth month arrived, Ceng Guofan, Ceng Guoquan, Li Hongzhang, Zuo Zongtang and the other influential figures had all entered the capital together.

"The marshal is here. I heard that he brought three thousand Steel Cavalry back to the capital …" This is great, there is finally someone who can stand up to Demon Xiao now, this is great, very good, it is fortunate that the imperial government still has a Great Marshal Zeng! "

Countless people rushed to tell each other. They had completely forgotten that it was they who had been attacking Ceng Guofan nonstop in the past.