After all, the ancestor is an old slave serving in the three dynasties in the Forbidden City, and his identity is special for the royal family, when the ancestor's private message reached the palace, Cixi was sitting at the head of her son's bed and secretly weeping.

For the first time, she found out that her child was so stubborn, and she didn't get up for an hour and a half last night.

And how could Cixi agree to his rude request? How could he actually go on a study tour with Xiao Letian? He was an enemy of the imperial family! Besides, how terrible the outside world was, there were traffickers and enemies of the Qing Dynasty, what should the emperor do if he had an accident? This kid is too unworrying.

Emperor Tongzhi is stubborn, Cixi is more stubborn than him, and the mother and son are riveting. The little emperor knelt for more than an hour, Cixi just didn't let go, and Li Lianying and others next to him didn't dare to persuade him, until finally Emperor Tongzhi was sleepy and fell asleep on the floor.

There is no mother in the world who does not feel sorry for her children, and Cixi is no exception, after Tongzhi fell asleep, she sat on the edge of the bed and cried until dawn.

Li Lianying, who was behind her, brought a bowl of white fungus lotus seed soup and went to it, "The Queen Mother can rest for a while, okay to let the servants accompany here?" Seeing Cixi shaking her head vigorously, he sighed and said, "Just now there was news from outside the palace, the ancestor died, and it was Sister Wu who started it, and this cheap maid has disappeared......

"Damn slave, you dare to run away when you get into trouble? The herald ordered the criminal department to strictly investigate, and the mourning family still wants to use her head to make a deal, dare not die? Do you really think this is a small country in Japan?" Cixi said fiercely.

Li Lianying hesitated for a moment and asked, "Queen Mother, the old ancestor died for the imperial court, does the imperial court have to be rewarded......?"

"Shut up!" Cixi is in a bad mood enough, where can she stand up to Li Lianying's rap, it seems that An Dehai will serve alone in the entire Forbidden City, and the rest of the people are fools and nerds.

"A slave dies and dies, just let the Internal Affairs Office reward some buried silver and give me some graveyards, and this kind of thing still bothers me?"

Li Lianying shrank her neck in fright when she heard this, and hurriedly stepped back, and then Cixi spoke again, "Wait, how is An Dehai now?"

"Fortunately, Father-in-law An is in the prison of the Internal Affairs Office, and I have already entrusted someone to take care of it, and Father-in-law An is crying vigorously, saying that he is sorry for the Queen Mother, and he didn't do a good job......"

"Hey...... Don't blame him, that Xiao Lotian has sacrificed Tianhuo, he is a eunuch with insufficient yang energy, how can he not be the opponent of Tianhuo, Xiao Anzi, how can we rescue him?"

Li Lianying slandered in her heart again, how good is this An Dehai, and now she is still thinking about him? The little ghost in the fog has fled, and now there is only one An Dehai left as the scapegoat, don't use his head to calm Xiao Letian's anger, what are you waiting for?

But in his heart, he didn't dare to say it, and he didn't dare to show it on his face, so he could only smile and say, "Isn't this just a matter of the Queen Mother's words?" Although Xiao Letian is powerful for a while, he doesn't dare to rebel when he looks at his style, since he doesn't dare to rebel, it is for the sake of profit, let's sit in the world and sprinkle a little bit between our fingers, it's enough for Xiao Letian to eat......"

"Well, it makes sense, you go down and arrange some light meals for the emperor, and the emperor is also on fire in his heart these two days......"

At this time, the little emperor of Tongzhi on the bed suddenly jumped his eyelids and said softly, "Eniang is wrong, this An Dehai must die, according to Ermao, An Dehai once set up for the trouble, raped and plundered several Zhuangzi, such a wicked slave is not taken care of, what should the people do?"

Tongzhi sat up from the bed, "Eniang, then Xiao Letian doesn't kill a group of people, can the anger in his heart be eliminated?" You said that Erchen has fire in his heart, but do you know how much fire Xiao Letian has in his heart?"

"Evil obstacles! Then what do you say about letting the mourning family do? Just such a lovely servant, you have to give it to Xiao Letian to kill? You are so filial!"

"Kill a wicked slave in exchange for the people's reputation, E-Niang won't be incomprehensible about this matter, right? Now what the court has to do is to compete for the hearts of the people......"

"Enough! You are a child who has no pro-government, do you know what it means to be in government? Do you want to be angry with your family......

In the Forbidden City, the mother and son began to quarrel again, and Cixi did not know that a large net had pounced on her, and this net was her most beloved son, Emperor Tongzhi.

Xiao Letian's Eight Kings Discussion is not a complete copy of the ancestral system of the Qing Dynasty, this is actually the prototype of the aristocratic council, this is a bold attempt to decentralize power, and Xianfeng's previous eight ministers are actually an attempt to decentralize power.

Although Xianfeng was an incompetent emperor, he was still very sensitive to politics, and he knew that when the emperor was weak, power was not conducive to protecting the little emperor. Because young children hold centralized power, it is easy for people with ulterior motives to steal it.

If the power is dispersed, there will be a mutual restraint between the eight ministers, and there will even be conflicts between the two sides because of the struggle for power and profit.

Tongzhi was only 5 years old when he ascended the throne, and the power handed over to him was a hot potato, which could easily be stolen by a small group of people living in it. In fact, after the Xinyou coup, the power-grabbing group headed by Ci'an Cixi succeeded in killing the eight ministers of Gu Ming, and concentrated the power of the empire in a small circle.

In true history, Cixi eventually eliminated all the power holders in this small circle, and she became the de facto ruler of the entire Qing Dynasty.

Centralization and decentralization run through the entire history of Chinese civilization, and no dynasty has ever been purely centralized, but it is only different from Cheng dù. Even the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which had reached the peak of centralization, had to give a lot of power to the Mongol princes, the Tibetan living Buddhas, and the Uyghur leaders.

What they can really centralize is only to rule the Han people, which is suppressed by blood and killing, and there are countless cynics advocating it.

Today, Xiao Letian came with a strong army, and the butcher's knife of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was helpless against him, and the set of ethics and morals advocated by Weng Tongxiao had no market in front of Xiao Letian.

At this time, it is definitely a good time to engage in a noble council!

You can't beat Xiao Letian with force? You have a scolding war with Xiao Letian? You can't play with other people's industrialized propaganda machines.

The centralized rule of the Manchu Qing Dynasty has now reached its most dangerous moment, and the cornerstone of the centralized government that has been working hard since the Kangxi period has finally loosened today.

The sound of the wind released by Ermao instantly shook the entire Manchu aristocratic high-level, all of them didn't believe their ears, and they couldn't understand why Xiao Letian was doing this kind of thing, was it good for him?

But one thing is certain, the decentralization of power is a poison for all the forces in the court, and the temptation even exceeds that of the Great Smoke.

No one thought about what benefits this matter would have for the imperial court, and the first thing they thought about was what benefits their family could get. In the Xinyou coup, Yi?, Yixun, and the queen mother of the two palaces can be regarded as having tasted the sweetness, but others have to live, you can't be promoted to get rich, let's watch from the side, right?

What's more, after the coup d'état of Xinyou, cracks gradually appeared in this small circle, and the power was always unevenly distributed.

Prince Gong and Prince Yi didn't sleep all night, the study was full of bitter dry tobacco, and their eyes were full of bloodshots.

"Brother, brother, I can say whatever I have, the Qing Dynasty has really leaked air on all sides and air leaks on all sides...... Xiao Letian's new army of only 2,000 people can break through the Sijiu City and force the imperial court to this point?"

"I've seen it through, in fact, what Xiao Letian said is right, there is already a telegraph line to communicate information, why should we make such a fuss? The garrison in the capital will not be able to defeat Xiao Lotian if the firepower is fierce?"

Prince Yiyun has seen the combat effectiveness of the new army with his own eyes, and the battle outside the Guangqu Gate completely shattered all the insistence in his heart, and people often do not hit the south wall and do not look back, and what he sees with his own eyes is always more shocking than what he hears.

Prince Gong had nothing to say at this time, he had no sleep all night, and when he heard Ermao reveal that Xiao Letian's navy had begun to prepare, his heart sank to the bottom.

After all, he is the prime minister of the king, and he still knows a little about the details of foreigners, if Xiao Letian really has a navy, then all the prosperous places along the coast will be under the threat of his artillery.

In particular, the Qing Dynasty relied heavily on river transportation, and there was no problem at all with some small warships sailing on the Yangtze River and the Grand Canal.

"But...... But Xiao Letian is going to take His Majesty to a study tour? This is a precedent that has not been seen for thousands of years, how can we start this?"

"But what can we do if we don't open it? How can we survive this turmoil? Where is Ci'an? How can the Han people be appeased? Including the turmoil caused by the Eight Kings' Discussion, how can we calm down?"

"Xiao Letian is forcing us to death, they have mobilized all the forces, and the court of the Qing Dynasty has been torn apart...... O human heart!"

Prince Gong finally made up his mind, "Let's contact the princes secretly, and see what the nobles of the Eight Banners mean, this burden is not something we can pick up!"

In fact, there is no need for Prince Gong to speak, at this time the city of Sijiu has fallen into the whirlpool of rumors and can not extricate itself, when the night of gunfire subsided, when the red sun reflected in Beijing, the frightened Beijing City came alive again.

When they walked vigilantly onto the street, they found that all the intersections in the entire capital division were plastered with notices of peace and security, and there were five or six new soldiers at all the intersections to maintain law and order.

Not a single drop of blood can be seen in Sijiu City, this is simply a miracle!