C1170 The dead body under the dragon's robe

It was deep into the night in the capital. The drum had already sounded in the streets. Even the beating and shouting of the drums sounded weak in the cold weather. As for the soldiers who had to patrol the streets, no one knew where they went.

Yang Zhi who was drunk sat on the horse shakily. The servant was afraid that he would fall and take the reins of the horse in front of him.

Yang Zhi did have a title after all, so the ban on the Street Cleansing Drum did not affect him at all. On the way, he would occasionally run into two lone patrolling soldiers, and just by looking at Yang Zhi's bragging, he knew that this was something that he could not afford to offend. In addition, if he threw out a handful of copper coins, the other side would only have to kowtow and thank him for the rewards.

Tonight was undoubtedly an unforgettable night for Yang Zhi. He had thought that he was an old cunning fox who could cultivate, but after hearing of many secrets today, he realized that in the eyes of these powerful figures, he was nothing more than a harmless little white rabbit.

The imperial court was indeed the dirtiest and most complicated place in the world. Everything on the surface was fake, but who would have thought that the main characters of the rumors, Ci Xi and Yi, were already so far apart?

Who would have thought that at present, they had already reached a secret agreement with the British side, and a rift had already appeared between Xishan Camp and her wife. Last month, one of the Wandering Warrior Generals fell to his death due to alcohol, which was in fact the result of the internal conflict between the two factions.

No one would have thought that the minister of nine city gates yamen led by Yi Xuan was the real Ci Xi's direct descendant. The French side had just transferred the military assistance of 3 million Gold franc to Yi Xuan three months ago.

Who the hell are Ci An and Ci An? Using the Eastern Palace Empress Dowager's identity, Ci An had already reached a secret agreement with the grand duke and nobles of Mongolia. Right now, many of the trading caravans outside and outside of the pass were actually under Fu Qing's control.

Yang Zhi had always thought that Fan Lian's brother, Fan Ru, was the trash that people often laughed at. However, he didn't know that it was precisely because of Fan Ru's integration and linkage that a large number of people from the Jin Shang Group had already started to fall under his command.

Some people thought that the little Emperor used Jiangnan's funds to train his elite troops in Fujian, but in reality, it was just bullsh * t! The military expenditure that Hu Xueyan provided was approximately 40% raised by the departments of the Qing San Ye.

Just the Beijing had been split into so many forces, not to mention the Xiangjun Group outside who were brimming with power, the vigilant Zuo Jigao in the northwest, and the Xiao Letian in the ocean along with the experts from other Western countries. The entire Qing Dynasty had turned into a mess.

In such a situation, people were at odds with each other. They simply did not have a unified goal of thinking. Each of them would play a different tune.

In fact, for the benefit of their own faction, they could totally ignore the good governance of the other party and destroy their own reputation, turning a good situation into an even more chaotic mess.

Everything shouldn't have happened like this. Historically speaking, Tongzhi's group had achieved complete victory in ZTE, and then, he had suppressed all the forces who were unconvinced, including the six evildoers, not daring to stab in front of her.

It was also under the personal and dictatorial rule that Ci Xi had created that the Qing Dynasty's lifespan was extended further. Ci Xi was not a deity who had the Heaven Returning Technique, he was just a old cunning politician who knew how to balance and use power to suppress different opinions.

She had thought of all sorts of ways to extend the lifespan of the Great Qing but she only had one goal in mind. At the very least, she wouldn't have to see such a world-shaking revolution before she died, and it would be enough for her to live a happy life without any problems.

It was a pity that Xiao Letian's sudden appearance had destroyed the situation that was slowly taking shape. Ci Xi had been humiliated time and time again in front of Xiao Letian, and the prestige that she had accumulated previously was severely damaged. Many people had already thought of small things, and many people were already not willing to accept her.

Ci An moved out of the Forbidden City. His son, Zai Chun, also left the Western Mountain for Great Qing.

Yi Cong's drunken speech lingered in his ears, "I don't want to be an emperor, whoever wants to sit in that position can do so … I just don't think the court can carry on like this! Initially, after exterminating Su Shun and the others, the Chief Minister seemed to be in high spirits, so I was not willing to interfere in his business! "

"Damn it! Why have they been getting worse and worse these past two years?" To be fair, I am not really disgusted by the centralization of power onto Ci Xi. After all, she is the mother of my royal nephew.

"But in these recent years, the things that he and Ci An have done have become more and more outrageous! When the Jingshan sent out their troops and saw the war, it lured Xiao Letian to bring his army to the capital.

"We can't let them continue to mess around like this. No matter what, I am still the son of Emperor Xuan Zong. I can't watch them mess around …" Yang Zhi, you brat, you hold the power of Western Mountain imprint, Li Tuo has a lot of rich and famous money, you two cooperate a bit, if you were to be honest with me, how much money would you give me? "

After hearing the plans of Li Tuo and the Fifth Master, Yang Zhi's mind went blank! Never in his wildest dreams did he imagine that Lord Fifth would be hiding so much from him, and that his knowledge would be so high too.

"Yang Zhi! In fact, let me be honest with you two brothers, this Great Qing Dynasty already died when they were making a ruckus. I have always felt that the imperial court was filled with a ghastly aura, but in reality, it was just a corpse occupying the Dragon Throne without letting go … "

"Does Beijing still have control over the place? Pui … Yun Guichuan, Shuangguang, Shuanghu … Many places have already become independent small kingdoms of the Han Manipulation. On the surface, it's still the land of the Great Qing, but the imperial government can no longer control it! "

"Only the commoners are still very foolish. They are really too far away from the Dragon Throne, so when they looked at that corpse in the dragon robe from afar, they still released the might of a dragon like a living person … But I already f * cking understood that the person on the dragon throne isn't a living person, it's a dead person! "

"My dream is actually very simple, to be the last life raft of Manchu … Weren't there life rafts on all the soldiers of the foreigners? I, Yi Cong, will be the last life raft. When the sky collapses and the earth cracks open, I will save as much as I can! "