C1433 stratagem

"The more upright the law is, the more it will be able to gather the will of the people for important matters. This is because there are less doubts, because he doesn't need to be on guard against open fire or hidden fire from his brothers! Gradually, the kingdom will flourish. What will we do then? "

"You think I don't know about you sleeping with Yi? "I knew it since a long time ago, but not only did I not get angry, I also admire you very much. A mother, for the sake of her child's throne, did not even hesitate to serve her body against that hidden danger. You really have the spirit of the filial empress dowager!"

"But I just don't understand. Just what do you dislike about me that makes you want to get rid of me?" Am I, a poor childless man, in your way? Is it just because Zai Chun is closer to me in normal times? Then why don't you think about whether there's a problem with your education? "

"It's not that Zai Chun doesn't care about you, it's just that he's annoyed that you keep controlling him. This is a knot between you two mother and son, if you don't think of a way to resolve it, why do you always want to kill me?"

Ci An's tears fell from his eyes, "In the end, you managed to split one of the imperial courts into two groups. Do you expect me to throw away my life just to look at the bigger picture? Do you think I'm stupid? "

Ci An gasped for breath, and ruthlessly drank a cup of wine. He kept silent for three whole minutes, but Ci Xi didn't dare to reply with even a single word.

When Ci An had calmed down, she pointed to the chair and said, "Sit!" Ci Xi shook his head, he did not dare to do so and stared straight at Ci An, "Sit!" This time, Ci Xi did not dare to disobey and quickly pulled his butt back onto the chair.

Ci An raised his head to look at the beautiful flowers on the ceiling and softly said, "Actually, if everything is the same as it was nine years ago, then the path you have chosen would not be anything wrong! From your point of view, if you kill me, you can do whatever you want. You can support Zai Chun in his personal affairs and slowly cultivate his own court officials.

"There's nothing wrong with this process. What's wrong is that the era has changed!" You just didn't manage to count Xiao Letian, right? From the very beginning, you never thought that he would become so powerful, strong enough to snatch your son away! "

"Hehe, everything you have done, is actually what Xiao Letian was willing to see. The more we split up, the more he would be able to reap benefits from it … Even Ceng Guofan and the other Han Manipulation s are waiting to see us make a fool of ourselves! The more chaotic the Manchu was, the better they would cheer for it! "

"Even General Gui Six is waiting for this opportunity. He knows very well in his heart that if there is no chaos, he will not have a chance to take advantage of it! You, Yehonala. Apricot chastity! It is precisely because of your unbridled actions that the imperial government was torn apart. If the imperial court was not in chaos, how could it have attracted Xiao Letian to attack the capital, and how could he have brought His Majesty away? "

"It was precisely because his majesty had opened her eyes when she was outside of the palace and also because he allowed Xiao Letian to receive iron-blood training in the army camp that his ambition rose impossibly! The more powerful Zai Chun is, the more the court officials are afraid, and because they are more afraid, they will stay close to Yi Nan! "

"Don't forget that you have a gun in your hand right now!" He had thirty or forty thousand men in his hands! Just you wait, after this incident, he will have an excuse to expand the army. Do you really think you can control him? Stop dreaming! "

"You and his alliance are just a joke, using each other's strengths. Do you think you're the big winner in the end? "It's a pity that you're all wrong …"

"Sister!" Our brother-in-law has a grudge with the late emperor! Don't you know that our man took the throne from him? How could the six devils not hate him? This kind of person can be used, but not reused! "

Ci Xi cried. "I understand, I understand the logic, but the situation at that time, we can't not rely on him!"

This was the helplessness of the court. In a political storm, the relationship, distance and intimacy level between people all depended on their current situation. General Gui Six and his brother had once earned the throne, but when they dealt with Gu Ming and eight ministers back then, the two sister-in-law had to rely on this archenemy.

Ci Xi naturally knew that Yi Nan was ambitious, but in order to compete with Ci An, she had to choose an alliance with Yi Nan.

It wasn't about morality or justice. It was just a matter of choice. If the flood came, even if there was a tiger on the boat, you would still have to take the risk and choose to board the boat. What if you could subdue that tiger?

Ci Xi thought that she would be able to subdue Gui Zi Liu, this fierce tiger. However, she was wrong, the tiger's IQ was not any lower than her, the tiger also had a plan.

Ci An lightly tapped his fingernail on the table, "Actually, all of the problems that we are facing are not in the imperial court, but outside of the imperial court. Even if the two of us were to kneel down and plead with Yi, he will not give up his authority, especially that army, he will not give up …"

"We still need to strike a balance. The balance cannot be broken. Only by checks and balances can we have the ability to move around!"

"The eight flags and the Green Camp are already old, this is just an army on paper! Right now, the only armies that can fight in Great Qing Dynasty are the Xiang Army, the new army of the capital, Xiao Letian's army, and the foreign battleship soldiers … "

"Is there anyone else? Oh right, Zai Chun still has a few thousand people, but it's useless if there are too few people, it's not a decisive force! "

In this life or death situation, Ci An finally let go of his hatred towards Ci Xi and chose to live through this difficult situation together. He wanted to protect the power of the little Emperor and the stability of the situation.

Although the issue of the imperial government seemed complicated, it was still a matter of the factions. The factions would eventually have to focus on the military.

After carefully studying the troops that could go on a campaign in the Great Qing, carefully dividing them into groups and returning them to their positions, then the influence areas of the factions would be understood, and the conflicts between the factions would become obvious.

The Xiang Army was one, the foreign invaders were another, Xiao Letian was one, the new army of the imperial government and the army that could only fight against each other was one, the rest were the eight flags and the Green Camp, the rest were at most waving their flags and shouting.

They were part of the four-sided troops. The empress dowager and empress dowager were surprised to discover that they actually had nothing on their hands. All they had was a righteous reputation, and that was their nominal control over the empire.

The reason why there were no such violent conflicts in the past was because the three factions formed a triangle with each other. The foreign people, daoyin's warlords and the imperial government all supported each other and restrained each other, unexpectedly showing a rare state of stability.

But when Xiao Letian's power suddenly rose up, the stability of the triangle was broken. The process of the rearrangement of the situation was destined to be filled with blades and shadows, blood and corpses.

The wine and food were already cold, and the two emperors had already outlined a general plan to solve the problem. The crux of the problem was not within the country, but abroad.