C79

Chapter 79 - Discussion

The resplendent summer day in Beijing was truly a type of torture to the Manchu. These nomadic peoples who lived in the dark waters of White Mountains had no way to resist the heat at all. Although they had already been inside for more than two hundred years, the summer was still unbearable for them.

The sun above his head was emitting endless heat, and the leaves of the willow trees by the side of the road had already withered. Even the ones hiding in the leaves were groaning weakly, and the old man dozing in the shade was standing with his arms open, beads of sweat rolling down his face.

'Cool tea.' Cold tea, big bowl of cold tea... "New mint tea …"

"Watermelon... "Watermelon, a watermelon made from the soil of Da Xing Kingdom. An old man shouldn't be afraid to eat a mouthful of the watermelon if he doesn't have any teeth …"

"Selling fans. Consort's folding fan, large palm-leaf fan …" "Shake for a bit … A cool breeze will naturally come …"

In the alleys of Beijing, even the shouts were withered by the scorching sun. In the end, it was so hot that even the fiercest of dogs couldn't be bothered to bark at these peddlers.

Just as the entire capital was engulfed in the heat wave and everyone was enduring for the rest of the summer, a shocking rumor suddenly spread like wildfire in a boiling pot of oil. The flames instantly filled the entire capital.

Just as noon arrived, all the teahouses and restaurants in the capital suddenly burst into an uproar. People lowered their heads in discussion. A strange piece of news shocked everyone in the capital.

"Old man, you've come. Sit …" Did you hear? There's a riot in Tanggu Port, and I heard that thousands of people died … "

"Is this for real …" Shatter pot for waiter... The Tanggu City is a place where many foreigners live in, why can't they come to negotiate with us after death? "Tell me quickly …"

"Aiyo, you two are here chatting? Let me tell you this, the Tanggu City has been massacred to the extreme. Tens of thousands of people have died, and their blood has even dyed the ocean red … "

"Screech!" Where did you get the news from? "So old …"

"Hey …" "You guys don't have to believe me, my Changping Villa's farmers, his uncle's family is the Tanggu's fishermen, I heard that the people from the TIANJIN Wei don't eat fish at all …"

When people heard this, they immediately rushed up to him. "Elder Liu, tell me in detail, why are you not eating fish at all?" Elder Liu wiped the beads of sweat off his forehead, enjoying the feeling of the stars praising the moon.

"F * ck, aren't there too many dead people? Over ten thousand corpses … There's not even enough time to bury them, so they were thrown into the sea." "Those fish are full of human flesh, do you think they can still be eaten …" Before he could finish his sentence, the room was filled with the sound of retching. It took a long time for him to calm down.

At this time, the waiter, who was carrying the copper pot and water, was also dumbfounded, and asked dumbly: "What are you doing!?" How did you get rid of him just like that? "

"Foolish brat, you don't understand this, do you know about the People's Transformation? Even the commoners had gone mad. Whoever they saw on the streets, they would snatch the money from the shop, and the women would simply go on the streets and commit all sorts of heinous crimes … Why do you ask? Other than Xiao Letian, who else can the two scum … "

"Do you know what the Head Office sent out in the beginning of spring …?" What expedition? They specifically went to inspect the people from Industrial Zones. We have already experienced a civil revolution in the Tanggu, but it was just a drizzle, there were only a few hundred people there … "

"It's not the same today. Tens of thousands of people are causing trouble for the Tanggu City, the entire city's foreigners are all escaping to the surface of the sea, the cannons and Gun s on the ships have all been erected, it's so close that they can fire at the mob …"

In the mouth of these rumours walkers, Xiao Letian had completely become a vicious and merciless criminal. Hundreds of bandits had gathered under his hands, yet he was able to suppress them bloody despite the commoners' good-natured protests. Even Jiu Shuai joined in, the Xiang Army sent out their heavy cavalry, and killed a huge number of people.

In the teahouse, the narrator's saliva was flying everywhere. The listeners were all dumbstruck. The shopkeeper in front of the counter didn't even know that he had miscalculated a few accounts.

Just as the big guy was cursing Xiao Letian, two young scholars suddenly walked in from outside the teahouse.

"A bunch of people are just a bunch of fools. If Xiao Letian is so powerful, then wouldn't Tian Jin General go and suppress him? Do you know how big a movie it is for tens of thousands of people to line up together? Do you know how many people there are in the entire Tanggu? " After saying that, the two of them humphed in disdain.

"Aiya! Who's the one who didn't tie his belt tight enough to show you... "Aiyo, aren't you the two lords of Head Office? Look at my forgetfulness, what's your name?" The rumour monger turned her head and wanted to curse, but she did not expect to see people she knew, two of whom were Head Office s.

"Waiter, give me a pot of green tea! I'm clear of fire energy …" The two Head Office s who were writing on the paper were not angry, they cupped their hands towards the elders from the flag men of the teahouse.

"Ladies and gentlemen, don't listen to those dark rumors. We're all standard-bearers, so if you want to listen, you have to listen to the empress dowager. If you listen to the words of the princes of our Eight Banners, then these rumors are clearly a form of secretly bewitching us …" The entire Tanggu City only had more than ten thousand people, why were all of them dead? Throw it into the sea? We don't even have any graves left? "

"To tell you the truth, guess what Head Office received last night? "Damn, it was actually those officials who did this. It was a local gentry, a High Scholar named Huang. She wanted to use the rent to lure the common people into the streets. Her goal was to mess with the Industrial Zones in the Qing …"

It was just a few words, yet he managed to explain everything clearly. Suddenly, everybody understood what was going on, "I mean, the rumors were so bizarre." "So it was this group of scholars who created the ballad. They are truly a bunch of scoundrels …"

"That's right, that's right. My banner owner had said so long ago, this group of Qing Liu were afraid that this Industrial Zones would succeed. On the surface, they are afraid of the allure of the foreigners, but in reality, they are afraid that our flag owner would have more ironclad crops …"

At this moment, the entire teahouse broke out into a flurry of discussions. Everyone started to curse these books. "Actually, it's all Jiu Shuai's fault, their Xiang Army was too excessive and actually interfered with it, and they actually dared to go against us, the Green Camp, even if he has reason, he shouldn't kill people as he pleases …"

When the crowd heard that there were hidden secrets behind all of this, they exploded into action. The crowd gathered even more tightly, and it was extremely hot, so they weren't afraid of the appearance of a prickly heat. In the teahouses, brothels, and taverns one after another, in the most basic social venues in Great Qing, all sorts of rumors began to collide with each other, creating an intense conflict.

Those who studied under the responsibility of Qing Liu played with their lives, pouring dirty water on Xiao Letian and Jiu Shuai. Their goal was not only to clear themselves up, but also to naturally fight against the imperial family and the Xiang Army.

And since the Xiang Army, as the representative of the local daoyin, doesn't share the same heart as us, then you're not a good person either.

The Head Office was obviously a firm defender of the Eight Banners' interests. They were clear about the benefits of the Industrial Zones, and they could guess what tricks Qing Liu and the Xiang Army had up their sleeves. In this battle of public opinion, protecting Xiao Letian from Qing Liu, was their most fundamental strategy.

Amongst the three forces, which were currently represented by the Xiang Army s, the Southern daoyin s were relatively calm as they did not get involved in this civilian scolding battle. Three days later, Ceng Guofan went on paper, he was supposed to return to the capital in the autumn to report on his work, and it was delayed further, but he actually said that a group of twenty thousand heaven's remnants were found in the Wuyishan.

Threats, this was a naked threat. The Zeng Family used this kind of method to express her protest, how could there be fur growing inside the Wuyishan? More than 20,000 people? God knows if he went to drink Da Hong Pao.

Because of a small change in the Tanggu, the three forces had been in a mess this summer. They had almost stabbed themselves in the back, and now, they were on the verge of destroying each other.

The papers sent over by Tanggu had already been quietly piled up in the Forbidden City for seven days. empress dowagers merely looked at the papers and the summary. For politicians, evidence is a sham, sometimes you can have it, sometimes you have to throw it away.

The two empress dowager was silent. The evil spirits, Six Yi, were also silent. The rest of the Manchu princes who saw that something was amiss also fell silent. In the whole of the Forbidden City, only the little emperor Tongzhi kept this matter to himself. He would ask the empress dowager, ask the prince, and then he would annoy the officials.

"Mother, what should we do? This was a civil calamity! Isn't such a big thing strictly handled? " Emperor Tongzhi angrily sat beside Ci Xi with his face flushed red.

"Big matter? "What a big thing this is!" Ci Xi looked at his son with a smile. After Tongzhi heard this, he could not stay calm anymore, "How big of a matter is this? The people have changed. The death of thousands of soldiers and civilians is such a huge matter, is it not a big deal? "

Ci Xi shook his head: "Not big, not big at all. Your Majesty, you are the ruler of this world. You must do what Mt. Tai did before it collapsed. For a small Tanggu like you to cause a bit of trouble, would be considered a calamity in this humble one's eyes. However, in front of you, this is no big deal … "

"Let's not talk about things from far away, let's just take the southern side and cause chaos. The number of people who die is not just trillions, this is a big matter. As for the westernization from the sea, this could also be considered a big matter. On the other hand, Raksha Country, which is watching us from the north, is even more important. It's just that such a small change happened in the Tanggu, it's not big at all. On the contrary, it's very small.

Emperor Tongzhi seemed to be enlightened. From his mother's teachings, he gradually understood that an empire was not something an emperor could do just because he wanted to, and the so-called supremacy of an empire was just a fake question.

"This Great Qing, our royal clan and the Eight Banners will always be one. With the Eight Banners, our royal clan will have the Eight Banners. Without the Eight Banners, our royal clan will become an orphan and a widow.

"As for the Chinese Gui Chen, you have to remember to give them a slap and a sweet date, they want to rule over the Imperial Examinations forever. As long as you can guarantee that this will last for ten thousand years, these slaves will not fight back." As for the Chinese Gui Chen, you have to remember to give them a slap and a sweet date, they want to guarantee that this will last for ten thousand years.

Ci Xi gently caressed his son's head and used a rare kind tone to impart to his son a secret of governance. This kind of secret that was passed down from mouth to mouth was not something that just anyone could learn.

"Huang'er, you must always remember, the internal affairs of the Great Qing Empire are these three powers, the three groups of people are entangled with each other, one is our royal clan, the other is the Confucian Scholars, and the last is the Han Manipulation, especially Ceng Guofan's group. As long as you can balance these three powers well, this country will not fall into chaos …"

"What about the foreigners? What about the other two, Xiao Letian? What kind of power are they? How should we deal with them? " This time, Tongzhi finally got the Mother stunned, and after staring blankly for a long time, he still couldn't say anything.

"A drastic change that has never occurred in three thousand years. Perhaps only a rare genius that has never been seen in three thousand years can give an answer …"