Chapter 364: A Faint Reply (2nd Update)
In addition to forming a new government and arranging the ending of the eight ministers, Prince Gong also did several major things. First of all, under the advocacy of the university scholars Jia Zhen and Zhou Zupei, the secretary of the Criminal Department Zhao Guang, Dutong Shengbao and others, the political system of the Queen Mother and the Prince was officially determined. also did a supporting work, that is, to abandon the original Minister Gu Ming presided over the new imperial year name "Qixiang". The reason is that the word "Qixiang" is not only unsatisfactory and repetitive, but also "ominous". The reason for "ominous" is because no emperor has ever used the word "Qi" in the era name of any previous dynasties, and the word "Xiang" has only been used by the Southern Song Dynasty Shaodi, and the Song Shaodi is precisely the king of the Song Dynasty. Therefore, the word "Qixiang" can not be used, and the cabinet is ordered to use the word "Tongzhi".
The change of the era name is mainly to erase the traces of the eight ministers of Gu Ming, and the so-called ominous is pure nonsense. It is not only Emperor Shaodi of the Song Dynasty who uses the word "Xiang" as the year name, but also Emperor Zhenzong in the Song Dynasty alone who has used the four characters of "Dazhong Xiangfu" as the year name, and Zhenzong is a rare promising monarch in the Song Dynasty. The reason why "Tongzhi" was used was because these two words were not only appreciated by King Gong, but also more deeply in line with the meaning of the Empress Dowager Cixi. First of all, in King Gong's view, these two words contain the meaning of "the upper and lower are united, and the monarch and the minister rule together". In the eyes of the Empress Dowager Cixi, in addition to the above meaning, there are also two empress dowagers who rule the world together, on an equal footing, regardless of the meaning of the concubine. Her "partial" identity, who has never been the queen of the middle palace and whose mother is expensive as a child, can be erased a little.
After changing the year name, the two palaces and Prince Gong were also non-stop. The Cabinet also issued an edict announcing how the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces would listen to the government, as well as the procedures for handling the ministries, provinces, and "urgent military affairs." All the documents that should be requested by the ministries and provinces are first submitted to the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces for review, and then sent to the King of the Council and the Minister of Military Aircraft for discussion and handling, and then the handling opinions will be reported to the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces for final ruling when they "meet" on the same day. In case of urgent military affairs, it will be submitted to the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces for handling as usual.
This is actually the "power transaction" reached between the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces and King Gong in a paper-cutting game, so that the Queen Mother obtained the final decision on major national affairs, and King Gong obtained the power of parliament and the highest administrative power. Cixi thought that she had gained more power than she had during the Eight Ministers' period, but in fact she fell into the calculations of Prince Gong, who was not a supporter of harem politics, he just had to. Looking at it now, it seems that the power of the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces is greater, but in fact, because the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces, especially the Empress Dowager Cixi, is still very unfamiliar with the government and politics, there is no way to seize power. Therefore, the major policy strategy formulated by King Gong has become the final decision, and the Queen Mother is largely in the position of a "rubber stamp", and the power is actually in the hands of King Gong. The Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces has only taken the initiative, and her actual power is similar to that of the Eight Ministers when they were in power.
When Cixi was counting her fingers in the palace to calculate whether she had lost or earned, Guo Xing'a was taking her sternly worded edict to persuade Su Shun. Guo Xing'a, who became a rebel and became the target of everyone, was not worried at all, but was very happy. Guo Xing'a felt that now that he had an edict to deal with the eight ministers, and Zaiyuan and Duanhua were dead, Su Shun should stand on his side. Su Shun did not disappoint Guo Xing'a, and after crying and laughing at the edict for a while, Su Shun finally agreed to join forces with Guo Xing'a. However, he also had his demands, and Goxinga must swear in the name of his ancestors that he would never do anything rebellious. The ancestors of the Yehenara clan, Liezong Guoxing Ake, were not distressed at all, let alone swearing, and the whipping corpse Guoxing Ah had no opinion. Therefore, Guo Xing'a happily swore a poisonous oath to Su Shun, promising that he would never abolish the emperor and stand on his own.
Su Shun also knew that Guo Xing's oath was also a psychological comfort, but he really had no other way. He is a loyal minister of Xianfeng, but he is also a person! Not only did he raid his house over there, but he also shouted at him and shouted to kill him, the fourth brother Duanhua, the king of iron hats, took his life, if he didn't join forces with Guoxing'a, what else could he do.
Guoxing'a has been delayed here and Sushun for four days, and now the main force of the Gu'an army has been assembled, and the new equipment of the arsenal has also been put in place, so what are you waiting for if you don't start fighting. Therefore, Guo Xing'a was impatient to ask Su Shun to quickly draft a document with him, calling on the world to crusade against the rebellious Yixin in Beijing as the emperor of Daxing. But Su Shun would say that he would consider the words, and then he would consider credible allies, but in short, he was reluctant to put pen to paper. Guo Xing'a couldn't press too hard, so he could only let Su Shun think about it slowly, and he would go back to study the plan to attack Beijing first. As soon as Guo Xing'a returned to his military tent, a mysterious guest came to visit, although a little mysterious, but it was still an old acquaintance, Nima Shan under Yi Xin's command.
"Nima, why are you here? Prince Gong thinks I'm not rebellious again? Guo Xing'a felt that things were getting more and more magical, and the edict announcing that he was a rebel had just arrived, and the messenger of Yixin had also arrived.
"Yun Shuai, you robbed the Qin prisoners, raised troops against the imperial court, Prince Gong didn't treat you as a rebel, what else could he do with you?" Although Nimashan is not arrogant, he is not polite at all.
"You're here to find fault with the fight? You can't beat me! "Guo Xing's curiosity is a little up, Nima Shan's spirit is normal, he definitely didn't come to look for death, there must be content!
"I'm here to save you!" Nima Shan changed the face of an old friend.
"It's over, our relationship is not good, and I beat you! You are so emotional, how can I believe it. Besides, do I need someone to save me? I haven't gone to Beijing yet, so you Gong Wang Ye will burn high incense! "Guo Xinga hates this general routine of lobbyists, can't he speak well? You have to be alarmist.
"Yun Shuai, you are already like a place of death, why don't you know it!" Nima Shan's face was concerned, and the play was indeed a bit too much.
"Just talk well! Stop playing suspense! "Guo Xinga is very uncooperative.
"Yun Shuai, your lone army has fallen into an ambush on all sides! There are hundreds of thousands of troops in the west, tens of thousands of tigers and wolves in Rehe in the north, tens of thousands of victorious troops in the south, and tens of thousands of elite soldiers in Zhili in the east. Nima Shan's emotions came up, and he even analyzed the current situation for Guo Xing'a with comparisons.
"The hundreds of thousands of troops in the Beijing Division, if you leave Chaoyangmen, you have to lose half of it! Which two rats under Chunyou's hands, I can destroy them with a regiment, do you believe it? Sheng Kezhai is a bastard, one day when you see me don't tremble, you mention him to me again. Wen Yu's gang of wastes who have been defeated in a hundred battles and will never die, I don't even bother to talk about them! Guo Xing'a unceremoniously commented on the surrounding army.
The Eight Banners of the Beijing Division are a group of waste dim sum, and they have no military training at all, let alone fighting, and even it is difficult to march. Among them, there are 350,000 people who can fight, such as the Ruijian Battalion, the Shanpu Battalion, and the Shenji Battalion, but the equipment level is half a century behind the Gu'an Army. Rehe Chunyou still has some combat effectiveness, but he has been scared by the Gu'an army, and it is full of cold weapons, and Guoxing'a is a matter of transferring a regiment to clean them up. The troops on Shengbao's side are really a bit interesting. The equipment can still survive, and he has been fighting on the front line for a long time, he has rich experience in actual combat, and some of the cavalry of Seng Lingqin, which can indeed pose a certain threat to Guoxinga. However, one general is incapable of exhausting the three armies, and with such a wise commander as Shengbao, the heavenly soldiers and generals are also in vain. Wen Yu's Zhili Green Battalion is a magical existence, from the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom to the repeated attacks of the British and French forces, these people have participated in the war, and the casualties are very small, they are indeed a group of people who have experienced a hundred battles. But these bastards have never won a battle, and they have always focused on participation. The reason why the casualties are small is that they will collapse at the first touch, flee as soon as they enter the battlefield, and come back with a shy face after the battle.
"The owner of Yunshuai is just a city and a place in Gu'an. Even if your army is invincible, how long can it last! Consumption will also consume your army. Nimashan pointed out the death hole of Goxinga.
The strength of the Gu'an army is limited, and it is difficult for Guoxinga to defend Gu'an, of course, there is no way to divide troops to occupy other places when the strong enemy is around. It's true that the surrounding troops can't defeat the Gu'an army, but there are a lot of them! Even if they use people to block bullets, there will always be a time when the Gu'an army runs out of ammunition and food, and they will use human lives to fill it.
"Don't talk nonsense, the sixth master sent you to make an offer! Let's go straight to the point, you name a price! Guo Xing'a couldn't avoid this question, and of course he didn't bother to grind his teeth with Nima again.
"Yun Shuai, although you have a great rebellion, but you are also provoked by Su Shun, the head of the "three murderers", and the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces and Prince Gong can also understand your young knowledge. So as long as Yun Shuai hands over Su Shun and asks the court for guilt, the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces and Prince Gong will still be able to forgive you! Nima made good use of the titles of "Three Murderers" that Yixin had just given to Sushun, Zaiyuan, and Duanhua.
"To put it bluntly, what a forgiveness! Is it to turn the page on this matter, I continue to go to Heilongjiang, and the emperor of Daxing promises that my appropriations and policies will be paid as usual? "Guoxing'a is really a little tempted, Su Shun has always distrusted himself, and he has been reluctant to join forces with him, Guoxing'a can not afford to consume it, the materials of the Gu'an Army are consumed every day, and his family background is limited. If he can leave this matter at that, it would be a good option, and he would just have one more request to protect Su Shun's immortality.
"Yun Shuai, you have such a big crime, even if the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces and Prince Gong have the heart to protect you, they have to give an explanation to the world, where can you forget it like this!" Nima laughed at Goxinga's innocence.
"What a way to put it! I don't care, just withdraw at will, I can give them a step! Guo Xing'a thought that Yixin and Cixi really just wanted to save face.
"In addition to handing over Sushun, you also need to hand over the arsenal in Gu'an to the Ministry of Engineering, and the subordinate departments such as Bo Ritu, Ji Ying, and Bi Yuntao will all be incorporated into the Shenji Battalion, which will be uniformly dispatched by the imperial court. Your headquarters must also be reduced and eliminated, and the total number of troops must not exceed 5,000. The imperial court will give you a chance to make meritorious contributions, and let you lead your headquarters to listen to the command of the governor of Huguang, Guan Wen, and make meritorious atonements! Nima was good for a long time, and finally told the third plan that Yi Xin and Cixi came up with.
"You think I'm in a desperate situation, and you feel that you will suffer a loss if you appease me, and you will fight with me to the end, and you can't bear it. So you want to force me to surrender, and then weaken me as much as possible. Spend a little money to do a big thing, that's what it means! It took a long time for Guoxing to digest the plan proposed by Nimashan. It's not how obscure the content is, it's mainly that Guo Xing'a is analyzing Cixi and Yixin's ideas.
"Yun Shuai, you have no way out! Do you still have to resist to the end! The imperial court can attack you with the power of the world, you are a brigade of partial divisions, and you are covered in iron and can hit a few nails! If you are willing to obey the order, you will not lose your position, but if you are stubborn, I am afraid that your life will not be guaranteed! Nimasan slowed down and persuaded.
"Go back! Tell the sixth master that his proposal is very beautiful, but I don't accept a word. I am ready to publish a letter with Su Shun as a minister who cares for his life and crusades against his rebellion of robbing the holy car and bullying the young master. You tell him to quickly line up the troops, or wash his neck and wait for death! Goxinga's tone of reply was very flat.