Volume VIII 1250 is in disarray

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The experience of the little eunuch is just a microcosm of the eunuch ecosystem of the late Qing Dynasty, in fact, since the founding of the Qing Dynasty, due to the absorption of the lessons of the Ming Dynasty, the control of eunuchs is very strict.

Throughout the Qing Dynasty for more than 200 years, the real famous eunuchs in history appeared in the late Qing Dynasty, and all kinds of chaos in the eunuch circle in the late Qing Dynasty actually proved from the side that the empire was old, so old that even the central heart of the empire had been contaminated with vices.

In the late Qing Dynasty, whether you were a first- or second-class official or a Manchu nobleman, who had never given a gift to a eunuch? When Li Hongzhang was the most powerful in Beiyang, every year when he returned to Beijing to report on his work, he had to prepare hundreds of thousands of taels of silver to pay bribes.

The governors of each province have a gold bureau, which is to put it bluntly, the governors' private small coffers, they set up offices in Beijing, and every year they integrate into the capital of the capital, not to mention tens of millions.

To tell the truth, Cixi and others really didn't want to take care of this kind of thing, and the officialdom culture of the late Qing Dynasty had already been perverted, and those big people in the officialdom were greedy and greedy under their own hands, and they thought that only greedy people were people who could control it, and only corrupt people were people who could be of the same mind as the Qing Dynasty.

If you are not greedy for money and make yourself like a saint every day, what do you want to do? Do you want to brush up your prestige and prepare to rebel? Do you want to learn from Wang Mang or Zhao Kuangyin?

When a dynasty has reached the point where it does not dare to use Qing officials, in fact, they themselves have already put a noose around their necks, and death is only a matter of time.

In fact, Xiao Letian privately has a very incisive summary of the Manchu officialdom**: "The so-called **rampant is actually a waste who wants to use greed to lead more waste......!

"What should I do with this? Then open up with villains, such officials actually hope that their subordinates will be greedy together, so as to show that they are just a gang......"

In the late Qing Dynasty, Cixi was a typical representative of this kind of thinking, this old lady's so-called good at balancing the court situation, in fact, to put it bluntly, is good at using corrupt officials, and she really has great skills She has to guard against it, or even use it.

An old Manchu lady who doesn't understand natural science, doesn't even know what the earth is like, and doesn't understand the international situation and how to industrialize, even if she wants to govern the Qing Dynasty well, she can't, because her strength is there.

Yehenara knows her level very well, she knows that she can't save the Qing Kingdom, but she won't give up power to someone who has the ability. Then what should I do? Then use corrupt officials and waste, mix it up for two days, as long as the Qing Kingdom is still hers before I close it, who cares about what happens after death......

But there are exceptions to everything, and now the information that his son is in danger was blocked by the damn little eunuch and almost didn't send it to him, if he can endure such a thing, he will not be the well-known Queen Mother of the West.

Sitting in the Dongnuan Pavilion, Cixi couldn't hear the screams of the eunuchs outside, and she didn't care about the life or death of a cheap slave. At this moment, her hands were trembling slightly, and she couldn't hold the secret electricity.

"Damn it! Damn it! Troublesome little brute, are you going to kill Eniang? How can you mess around with Xiao Letian? How difficult is it in the Qing Dynasty, how dare you get involved in this muddy water?"

"What kind of soup did Xiao Letian pour you, you dare to participate in the war, don't forget your identity, you are the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, your every move represents the ...... of the whole country"

Cixi scolded in her heart, she was really guilty of negotiating with foreign devils, on the one hand, she really didn't understand, and on the other hand, she was also afraid, the war with foreigners in the past few years had already scared Cixi out of the roots, and she was more afraid of foreign psychology than anyone else.

After a while, the two princes and the old man, plus several military ministers on duty rushed over, among them, Yi also happened to touch the corpse of the little eunuch who was dragged out, and his heart was excited, he knew that the queen mother must be in a bad mood today, and something big must have happened.

There was a dead silence in the East Warm Pavilion, the glass windows had been lowered, the wind and sand outside were getting bigger and bigger, the slapping windows were crackling, and all the faces in the room were like earth, and they were all dumbfounded when they looked at the latest secret electricity.

"Let's discuss! Why are you dumb? Aren't you talking a lot? Why are you wilting now......?" Cixi's cold voice sounded in the Dongnuan Pavilion, and everyone trembled.

Everyone, look at me, I see that no one of you has spoken, and finally under the reminder of the old man, Li Hongzao, the minister of military discipline on duty, arched his hand and whispered, "Queen Mother, I am a little distracted for a while, please don't blame the Queen Mother!" But Shen Baozhen's secret telegram, I always feel that it is really bizarre......"

"The first question is, why did the Russian fleet go to the mouth of the Min River? Why did they take a long detour, to go around dangerous waters, and why didn't they choose to go in the middle of the strait with flat water?"

"Second, the secret telegram said that the Zhiyuan hung the Ming Golden Dragon Flag, just because of this flag, the students of the Ship Master Academy decided that His Majesty was on the ship, is this a bit arbitrary? Could it be Xiao Letian's trickery?"

"Third, what's going on with that Imperial Forest New Army? Of course, I know that His Majesty has recruited 300 guards to train in the Ryukyus, but the secret telegram says that more than 2,500 Imperial Forest New Army suddenly appeared on Yanshan Mountain and Gujiao Mountain! Where did this army come from......

"Can the Ministry of War approve it? Can the Ministry of Household allocate funds? We don't know who is in charge of this army! I now doubt whether there is such an army ......?"

Speaking of this, Li Hongzao sighed and said, "In the final analysis, Fujian is too far away from us, we can't just listen to Shen Baozhen's words, now the Russians haven't reacted at all, we have to stabilize, we have to understand the truth first!"

Li Hongzao's analysis was really decent, and the people present nodded and praised him for becoming a country, and Cixi was also a little moved by this remark, maybe the situation is not as grim as imagined!

But at this moment, there was a rush of footsteps outside the Heart Cultivation Palace, and then Ci'an's voice crashed in through the two doors.

"There is no need to confirm it anymore, the mourning family has already confirmed it! Shen Baozhen's secret message is not wrong at all, there is really a mess on the Fujian side, and it is a big mess where the sky is falling......"

"I really don't know how you became officials, now that the imperial telegram is so convenient, why don't you ask Zeng Dashuai in Jiangnan? Where is it closer to Fujian after all, they must have more information than us!"

Note: The addition of the seventh layer of cake will be served.