The Manchu army, in fact, mainly refers to the Eight Banners and the Green Battalion, which are the two military systems that the Qing Dynasty already had when it entered the customs. In the long years, the Eight Banners and the Green Battalion contributed their strength to the Qing Dynasty's expansion of territory, and also made great achievements. In the three dynasties of Kang Yongqian, the Qing Dynasty's foreign wars, the main body of the army was the Eight Banners and the Green Battalion.

But the glory is always short-lived, and the decline is inevitable, since the Jiadao years, the Eight Banners and the Green Camp have gradually declined. Especially after the First Opium War, these two armies collapsed rapidly, and in the end, even peasant uprisings such as the Tianping Heavenly Kingdom could not be suppressed.

The imperial court no longer dared to look at what the Green Battalion was like, for fear that there would be a brain congestion or something in a fit of anger, but would the Eight Banners have to fight for strength? The answer is also no, the military soul of the Eight Banners Army was completely exhausted in the battle between the Anglo-French alliance led by Seng Lingqin, and the current Eight Banners are a little better than the Green Battalion.

Take Tianjin Wei's Eight Banners Dutong Mailer as an example, the two Tanggu riots are supposed to be suppressed by him, after all, Tianjin Wei is only dozens of miles away from Tanggu, and the cavalry will arrive in more than an hour. However, the two Tanggu riots, Mellor's Eight Banners Army was a group of soy sauce parties, and it did not play any role.

In the summer riot, Jiu Shuai only sent a herald, and the frightened thousands of cavalry stopped on the official road, did not dare to advance or retreat, and finally returned to Tianjin Wei in disgrace, and the riot was finally resolved by political negotiations.

And this time it was even more embarrassing, when Mailer's cavalry regiment got the information of the local gentry, they thought that they could get a bargain from Xiao Letian and avenge the summer by the way, but they never expected that it was the guards including foreigners who greeted them.

On almost every road, there are checkpoints set up by merchant guards, and at each checkpoint there is a certain percentage of armed foreign guards, which are armed sailors of maritime merchants, who organize themselves to protect their own interests.

Don't look at Mailer's rampant domineering in Tianjin, no one dares to provoke him, but as long as he sees a foreigner, he immediately becomes a pug, let alone do it, and he doesn't even dare to protest normally.

"Waste, pure waste, Tanggu is the territory of the Qing Dynasty, and it has not been ceded to foreigners, what is he afraid of? According to the public law of all countries, can't our soldiers of the Qing Dynasty manage the rebellion of the Qing Dynasty? This Mailer is really a waste, and he should be killed......

The little emperor of Tongzhi stood up after reading the secret fold and took the case, and the two Eniang were stunned when he said something: "The emperor actually has such insight? Do you still understand the public law of all countries? Who taught you this?" Cixi and Ci'an couldn't believe their ears.

Tongzhi said impatiently, "Do you still need to teach this, it is written in "Westward Journey", Ermao sometimes plays with me, and he also told me that he is not old and ......young."

Cixi's nose was crooked when she heard this, and the joy of seeing her son a little bit out was swept away. "That's enough, Your Majesty is too out of shape... This matter is all because of Xiao Letian, if he hadn't raised the army privately, there would have been no such a big conflict, and you still learn from him?"

At this time, Ci'an was happy, "Sister, I have a different opinion. There are two sources of information we see now, one is from the mouth of the local gentry, and the other is from where Melle got it, I just took a look, we don't care if the other is true or false, first of all, the number of Xiao Letian's army is not questioned......"

"Two hundred, only two hundred...... I wondered, Xiao Letian had taken Ecstasy? Even if it was all his army, there were only 200 people? Why did he provoke this conflict? He is a well-known Western master, isn't he so wise that way?"

Ci'an's words blew through the hall like a gust of cold wind, even overpowering the steaming temperature of the earth dragon. People are chewing and thinking in their hearts, and all of them here are the top political figures in the Great Qing Dynasty, and judging the shape is originally a strength.

"What does my sister mean by this, does it make sense for him Xiao Letian to attack the Green Battalion?

Ci'an glanced at her, and his eyes were full of disdain, "Why did my sister say this? When did I say that he Xiao Letian did the right thing? I just remind you, this matter is too strange, since Xiao Letian dares to blatantly confront us, he must still have a trick in his hand, and he must not take this dangerous man lightly......"

"We can't guess Xiao Letian's strategy now, second, we don't know the real background in Xiao Letian's hands, and third, we don't understand what foreigners are thinking now, how do you think we should deal with it......?

This is Ci'an, the famous Empress Dowager in history, the evaluation of this woman in the history books is very high, and it is this woman that Dazhi Ruoyu said. In the history of the opposition, Ding Baozhen, the governor of Shandong, killed An Dehai by relying on Ci'an's secret decree. Not only that, at the most ferocious time of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, she personally made the decision to kill He Guiqing, the governor of Liangjiang, and to kill the arrogant and greedy Shengbao.

Cixi is very famous in modern times, but her fame is more of a reputation for betraying the country, and when it comes to governing the country and the country, her level is much worse than Ci'an.

Cixi and Yi stopped talking, and together with Emperor Zhixiao, they calmed down, and at the critical moment, Ci'an held the situation and did not let the situation deteriorate further, only to see this woman gently knock on the coffee table with an enamel nail cover, and after a while, an old eunuch with gray hair walked out from outside.

It is very strange that the old eunuch did not mean to bow at all, but only owed a slight owe, but the nobles in the hall did not feel that he was rude.

"You are the ancestor in the Forbidden City, and we can't talk about the master and slave, you should know about this matter today, I want you to go out in person, I really don't worry about changing someone else......"

The gray-haired old eunuch nodded, "Is it murder?" or spying on intelligence?"

"Spying on intelligence, don't do it casually, this Xiao Lotian is not only close to foreigners, but also has an indescribable relationship with Ryukyu, don't act rashly..."

The old ancestor bent down slightly, turned his head and left the Heart Cultivation Palace. This mysterious old eunuch is Sun Sanhu's master and the chief leader of the Red Sect Protector in the capital.

In the more than 200 years since the establishment of the Qing Dynasty, the anti-Qing Han forces have always been their confidants, in order to deal with those elusive Han people, the Manchu Qing Dynasty recruited a large number of Tibetan, Mongolian, Hui and other ethnic minorities as the dead soldiers available around them.

Of course, after so many years of changes, now the ancestors and Sun Sanhu have no connection with Tibetan Buddhism, they are purely a Manchu dark force, and they are purely a group of killers and dead soldiers.

Especially this old ancestor, the seniority is surprisingly high, and even his real age is not clear, he has cultivated countless disciples like Sun Sanhu in his life, and dedicated his strength to the Manchu Dynasty.

Now that the old ancestor has taken action in person, everyone in the Heart Cultivation Hall is finally relieved, how many secrets Xiao Letian has, and he definitely can't hide it from the eyes of the old ancestor.

On the day of the three poles, when the nobles in the palace were going to have lunch, the small meeting was finally dispersed, and Prince Gong saw a eunuch kneeling under the corridor as soon as he got out of the palace, holding a food box in his hand It was the emperor's lunch today, and the leader was the recently popular Tongzhi personal eunuch Ermao.

"Hmph...... Ermao, go back and pass a message to your godfather, there is a limit to the patience of the court, and none of the arrogant minions in the history books have a good end......" After speaking, Prince Gong walked away.

Immediately afterwards, Cixi also came out, and when she saw Xiao Lotian and Fuhui's godson Ermao, the fire in her heart didn't come anywhere. She really wanted to tear the little eunuch's face with her usual nail covers, and vent all the resentment in her heart.

But thinking about the entrustment of the Empress Dowager Ci'an just now, this vicious woman finally held back, "Ermao, go out of the palace in the afternoon and invite Fu Hui to me, how can I, who is a sister, take good care of her..."

At this time, Ermao's head touched the ground and he didn't dare to move, for fear that he would cause trouble if he mishandled it. He also got this amazing news this morning, Ermao was even mentally prepared to be beheaded immediately, never thought that what he got was just a few words of scolding that thunder and no rain.

After a while, the Empress Dowager Ci'an also came out, he looked at Ermao for a long time and didn't say anything, and when he left, he said, "You go and ask your godmother, does she still want to live with Xiao Letian?" If you still think about it, you can persuade his man, fame and fortune are not unbearable, and if you don't take the big road, you have to take the dangerous road, is it addictive?"

When the three nobles were far away, it took a long time for Ermao to get up from the ground, and then he found that he had already been soaked in sweat, and the cold wind blew through his heart.

In the afternoon of the same day, Fu Hui was summoned to the palace, and he didn't even see Cixi's face, and he was punished to kneel outside the East Warm Pavilion, and through the bright Western glass windows, Fu Hui could see his cousin's figure turning back and forth in the room, and he had long lost his usual grace and luxury.

"Let her go on her knees...... Shame on you, when did our Manchurian aunt and grandmother be so incompetent, she couldn't even look at a man, no wonder she killed three men in a row, phew... Waste ......"

"I'm still rushing to support her, but what did I get in exchange? That's how I repaid me? It's a pity that I worked hard......

"You go, Xiao Anzi, you go out to sue her, let her bring the man back to the capital for me at the end of this year, if I can't see him before the New Year, I will be convicted of rebellion, and he will be light...... Let her, I don't want to hear her..."

Cixi scolded for an hour, and finally walked out of the house with a strange look An Dehai, stood in front of Fu Hui and said lazily, "Okay, you also heard the master's words, hurry up and do it, regardless of whether you ride a horse or sit in a sedan chair, hurry up and go to Tanggu and bring people back, when the time comes, the mood will be better, maybe things will take a turn for the better......"

Speaking of this, An Dehai squatted down, gently picked Fu Hui's chin with his index finger, and smiled lightly, "Sister Hui, look at your little handsome face, it's a pity for Xiao Letian, it's really pitiful for me......" After speaking, he actually gently pinched Fu Hui's face with his index finger and thumb.

At that time, Fu Hui felt as if he had been licked by a cobra, and a very disgusting rumor in Sijiu City couldn't help but come to his heart, this An Dehai was not allowed...... Fu Hui hurriedly shook her head, and said with a smile, "Father-in-law has a lot of kind words, and there will be a heart to send to the mansion in the evening, I will go to Tanggu tonight, and I will go to ......."

When Fu Hui returned to the old mansion in Flower Hutong, as soon as he entered the inner house, he saw that the window of the study was wide open, and his brother Qing Sanye was pouring himself wine.

The cold wind blew away the third master's braids, and the tears fell down, and when he saw his sister come back, the third master completely collapsed.

"Sister... You sue me, Brother Xiao is not a rebel, he is not a rebel, he is really not a rebel...... He is a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty, he wants the Qing Dynasty to live a better life, and he wants the Qing Dynasty to no longer be bullied by foreigners...... Woo woo, Prince Gong just called me and scolded ......"

"I'm panicking, I'm feeling uncomfortable......" R405