Chapter 337: It's a bit of a mess
There was a lot of disturbance in the palace, Guo Xing'a didn't know, he had been hiding in his camp, and he took Pi Runmin and a group of people to guess. In fact, no matter what, the impact on Guoxing'a is not too great, as long as the male soldiers are in hand, whether Su Shun is in power or Yi Xin is in power, no one dares to move him easily. Guo Xing'a has always been concerned about the court situation, firstly because the bizarre situation aroused his curiosity, and secondly, he just wanted to make himself more prepared.
However, Guo Xing'a didn't be quiet for a few days, Yi Xin just met the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces, and a little-known six-grade petty official made an excerpt and pulled Guo Xing'a into the court. The content of the excerpt is not complicated, that is, the scourge in the south of the Yangtze River has not been settled, and the bandits in Shandong have risen again, at this time, it is not appropriate to let the general Guo Xing'a go out of the northern Xinjiang, but should let Guo Xing'a stay in the pass. This petty official used to work under Yixin's sect, and he was almost well-known as King Gong's party, so everyone could see that this excerpt was Yixin's show of goodwill to Guoxing'a, after all, any place in the Guannai was stronger than Heilongjiang.
Guo Xing'a also saw at a glance that this excerpt was from Yi Xin's instructions, and it was too obvious. Even the place that was suggested to be arranged for Guo Xing'a was the price that Yi Xin had offered to Guo Xing'a-by Guo Xing'a to be the governor of Shandong. Guoxinga is really a little tempted, Shandong is densely populated, there are mountains and seas, rich products, and the foundation is indeed much stronger than the Northeast of the Great Northern Wilderness. If Yixin pays the bill first, and then lets himself do things, Guoxing Ake will have a little difficulty making choices. After all, no matter how Su Shun comes, it will be over, and if you help him and let him fall faster, it can be regarded as following the trend.
However, what Guo Xing'a thought was a bit redundant, and the queen mother of the two palaces still insisted on Xianfeng's routine of suppressing Guo Xing'a, and Su Shun directly prepared an edict to refute it. The members of the original Xianfeng Group still have to uphold Xianfeng's legacy and suppress the warlord like Guoxing'a. Therefore, Guo Xing'a did not wait for the will of letting him be the governor of Shandong, but saw the end of the punishment after the petty official was scolded. Although it was not himself who was scolded, Guo Xing's face also felt a little hot. Su Shun's style is consistent, and the tone of refuting the excerpt's edict is very harsh, making Guo Xing'a, who has already moved his thoughts, feel like he is scolding himself.
Yi Xin didn't care, such a subordinate official was originally used as cannon fodder, and he didn't feel distressed when he was dismissed, not to mention that he was just reprimanded and punished so lightly. Although the person was sent by him, after all, he was talking about Guoxing'a, and now that he has been scolded, Guoxing'a must not feel good. As long as Guo Xing'a was a little uncomfortable, Yi Xin's goal was achieved, he never thought that the Eight Ministers would agree to hand over Shandong to Guo Xing'a, what he wanted was Guo Xing'a's dissatisfaction with the Eight Ministers.
On the night of the excerpt being refuted, Su Shun invited Guo Xing'a to dinner. It's still a family banquet for your own people, and the attitude is as if it was yesterday, but the content of the conversation is a little profound. Su Shun showed his attitude straight to the point, Guo Xing'a will always be his little brother and his relatives. But for Xianfeng's entrustment, Su Shun can kill his relatives at any time. Su Shun could accept his younger brother who asked for food, but the imperial court would never tolerate the appearance of a feudal town. If Guo Xing A is willing to be a loyal minister and filial son of the Qing Dynasty, Su Shun will always be Guo Xing's good brother, but as long as Guo Xing A has different intentions, Su Shun will perform his duties as a minister of praise for the king. The Imperial Court would not tolerate any feudal town, even if it was only possible. Therefore, no matter what Guo Xing'a thinks, he must leave for the northeast immediately after returning to Beijing from Xianfengzi Palace, unless his forces are harmless to the imperial court, otherwise he will not want to return to Guannai. As long as Su Shun does not die, if Guo Xing'a wants to stay in the pass, he can only meet with the imperial court soldiers and become a public enemy of the whole country.
After being beaten by Su Shun's voice, Guo Xing's mood became very complicated. Su Shun adhered to Xianfeng's policy of weakening and dividing the Gu'an army, and Guo Xing'a wanted to stay in the pass, so in addition to using force, he had to dismiss his own team, but this was unacceptable to Guo Xing'a no matter what. Personally, Su Shun has nothing to say to him, but when it comes to politics, the two of them can only be enemies. Su Shun is a little arrogant, but he is really an absolute loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty, and he is safeguarding the interests of the imperial court at any cost. Guo Xing'a even thought of Zeng Guofan, in history, Su Shun was kind to Zeng Guofan, but Zeng Guofan was indifferent to Su Shun's death. In addition to Zeng Guofan's own philosophy of dealing with the world, Su Shun's resolute suppression of the feudal town may also be one of the reasons. After all, whether Zeng Guofan had this intention or not, the Hunan army was the general source of warlords in various parts of China later.
After Goxinga returned to the camp, his mood has been a little low, he cherishes the relationship with Su Shun, Su Shun can almost be said to be his first friend in this world, he does not want to be an enemy with Su Shun. But how can things be as good as they should be, Guo Xing'a wants to be a warlord and stands on the opposite side of the Qing court, and Su Shun, as the guardian of the court, is naturally his enemy, which is a doomed result. And in addition to Su Shun, the two palaces also want to see Guo Xing'a now, and they also have something to say to Guo Xing'a.
After the Xianfeng Expedition, the main political forces of the Qing Dynasty were divided into four parts. The first is the pro-noble forces, the main body is the eight ministers of Zanxiang government affairs and their henchmen, their origins are very complex, there are clans such as Duanhua, Zaiyuan, and Sushun, as well as courtiers such as Kuangyuan, Du Han, and Jiao Youying. They were originally Xianfeng's favored close ministers, and their identities were relatively noble compared to ordinary courtiers. The second is the power of the emperor and queen, the main body is the queen mother of the two palaces and the little emperor, and then there are a few officials such as Rong Lu. Although they were orphans and widows, they were the core of imperial power in the imperial era. The third is the Emperor Yin forces, that is, the brothers of Xianfeng, the fifth prince of Dun, the sixth prince of Gong Yixin, the seventh prince of the alcohol county, the eighth prince of Zhongjun, the ninth of the Fu County Wang Yixin, etc. However, the eighth master and the ninth master are too young, and they can't do anything except join in the fun, and the fifth master has no intention of political affairs, so the main body is Yixin's huge power, and the seventh master Yiyun who sees the beginning and the end of the dragon. The fourth is the power of the courtiers, the main body of which is the Manchu civil and military, and they have the largest number of people, but there are no people who take the lead, that is, a large number of onlookers. However, some of them are more or less mixed with the first three forces. Although the courtiers have huge energy, they are not qualified to play, and they are very easy to be affected by the first three forces. Those who have the ability to compete for the supreme power of the Qing Dynasty are only the three forces of Qingui, the emperor and the queen, and the emperor Yin.
The power of the emperor and queen has a righteous name in hand, but the power is too weak to control the government alone. The pro-nobles and the emperor's forces have no righteous reputation, and they are unable to take charge of the government alone. Xianfeng's deathbed arrangement is also powerful, everyone must exist with each other, and no one can destroy the current political system, which is very balanced. When the little emperor grows up in the future, he can cultivate his own power little by little, and then regain the power of the emperor.
However, Xianfeng's design also has flaws, that is, it does not give any political space to the emperor's forces at all, and there is no triangle with a stable itinerary. But he can't help it, the main body of Emperor Yin's power is Yi Xin's power, if Yi Xin is put into the core of power when he is dying, the position of the little emperor will be unstable.
Among the three forces, the combination of the emperor's power and any force can firmly control the power and suppress the other force, so Xianfeng is not worried about the rebound of the emperor's power. Because the power of the emperor and the power of the nobles were originally Xianfeng's forces, Xianfeng trusted these two groups of people very much, as long as the two palaces and the eight ministers worked together, they could definitely suppress Yixin to the death. However, he never imagined that in the end, the two forces that also originated from him would eventually part ways, and there was another combination that he did not want to see. Although the emperor's forces also completed the cultivation of their own forces according to Xianfeng's arrangement, the power fell into the fucking hands of the little emperor. And he also misestimated the role played by the courtiers' forces in it, and these people who watched the excitement would also make a fuss, and their coaxing power was very great.
At the same time, Xianfeng also undercounted a force that had just formed, that is, the warlord force. There are two groups of warlord forces, one is Zeng Guofan in the south, and the other is Guoxinga in front of him. Zeng Guofan's distance is too far and has little impact on the government, but Guoxing Ake, who is close at hand, is different. Although Goxinga is relatively small and has no political energy other than force, he also has a terrible influence on the political situation. Moreover, the weak forces like to win over some equally weak people, and the emperor and queen forces do not like the pro-noble forces of the eight ministers, and they are also afraid of Yixin's emperor Yin forces, so they put the first target on the equally weak Guoxing'a. On the third day after the confrontation with Yi Xin, the two houses summoned Guo Xing'a, and the name was equally reasonable. The Empress Dowager of the West not only needs the comfort of her sister, but also needs the comfort of her younger brother, and Guo Xing'a is still nominally the brother of the Empress Dowager of the West.
The Xinyou coup is also an important chapter in the history books, so Guo Xing'a, who has a golden finger, doesn't need to inquire to know the content of the secret conversation between the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces and Yixin. Since the two palaces and Prince Gong have already made a plan to eradicate the eight ministers, summoning Guo Xing'a now is nothing more than pulling him into the chariot. Guo Xing'a is not ready to change the ending of the eight ministers, he feels that this is a historical inevitability, Su Shun and the Empress Dowager Xi can't pee in a pot, even if he helps Su Shun this time, there will be the next coup. So he already has a draft, and if the two palaces ask him for his opinion, he will agree to the coup, but he also has a condition, that is, he must save Su Shun's net worth. However, he never expected that after entering the palace, he faced a very strange situation.
"Fifth brother, what's going on outside! Isn't something big going to happen? No matter what, you must find a way to save our orphans and widows! "The Empress Dowager Xi played the routine that Yi Xun said, and when she met, she cried and wiped her tears, like a little daughter-in-law who was angry.
"What happened to the Queen Mother?" Guo Xing'a was really confused, he didn't react at all, what was the intention of the Queen Mother Xi.
"We've heard about the nonsense that the seventh master is talking about outside, but we haven't told him anything! I also asked the little sister, and he only said that the seventh master drank too much and said that we were dissatisfied with the eighth minister, and the rest of the words were far-fetched by outsiders. But the ministers of Zanxiang suddenly became neither yin nor yang, and our sisters couldn't ask anything. On the surface, it's a ball of harmony, but in private it always feels awkward. The day before yesterday, the sixth master came and said a bunch of strange things such as Beijing is okay and foreigners are appropriate, which is completely inexplicable and makes us confused! What the hell is going on out there now? "The Empress Dowager of the West has already disregarded the system and came directly to pull the hand of Goxinga.
"Huh?" Guoxing's heart became a little confused, one of the masterminds of the Xinyou coup, the Empress Dowager Xi, the ruler of the Qing Dynasty for the next half century, really didn't seem to know anything.