Chapter 243: What to Fear (Second Update, Asking for a Monthly Pass)

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"These things can't be turned over!"

Putting down Song Shi in his hand, Zhu Yifeng looked at Zhang Sen in front of him and said in an extremely calm tone. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

On the surface, Zhu Yifeng seems to be like an emperor, delegating power to the military office, and all matters are out of the military office. But in fact, he has always been in control of every move of the military office, in addition to the official formal channels, the special department of the government will also summarize the information obtained from other channels and submit it to Zhu Yifeng.

Perhaps, the special section of the Governor's Office presided over by Zhang Sen is not very conspicuous in the Governor's Office, but on the other hand, it is a rare intelligence organization in this era, which is not only responsible for espionage work in various places, but also shoulders the internal surveillance and counter-espionage work of the Governor's Office. The espionage work of this era can be said to be extremely primitive, and with the dozens of spy movies and novels it has watched, this special section has now built a modern intelligence agency.

However, after the "Baigui case", the special section, which was inconspicuous in the past, has attracted the attention of the governor's office, but they are not clear, and the special section for internal surveillance has not given up.

"It's true that you can't turn over the big waves, but the Metropolitan Governor, if you let Hunan dominate, I'm afraid there will be a lot of disadvantages in the house!"

Although Zhang Sen, as the head of the special section, should not interfere in government affairs, he still reminded him.

Regional disputes are always uneliminable!

Tapping his fingers on the history book in front of him, Zhu Yifeng silently pondered the regional disputes in the officialdom in the history books. It seems that similar incidents have been heard as early as the Han Dynasty, especially after the Song Dynasty, even more so, and in the Ming Dynasty, it reached the top, and the regional partisan struggle in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty directly led to the decline of the dynasty. But on the other hand, the so-called regional friends rely on the imperial power, and under the imperial power system, they are all temporary.

For the imperial power, what is needed is balance, and sometimes there is no need to even appear by himself, just like Lin Zhiping's actions now, he is certainly for his own interests, but while he seeks his own interests, it is bound to be conducive to the balance in the palace, and Zhu Yifeng is naturally happy to see it. In the future, it is only necessary to pay attention to the balance between the government and the local government, and naturally the regional partisan dispute can be controlled within an acceptable range.

On the other hand, this kind of partisan struggle is conducive to Zhu Yifeng's rule, because whether it is the Chu Party, the Hunan Party, or the Soviet Party, in the end, they must rely on the Governor's Office, and the source of his power is the Governor's Office.

Proper party struggle is conducive to rule, just as the most taboo for later generations of leaders is to have a monolith within the unit. That was not good for his leadership, and it was also true in the Doge.

"I know about this matter, let's put it aside for the time being, is there any situation in Beijing now?"

Compared with the emerging party struggles within the Governor's Office, what attracted Zhu Yifeng's attention more was the capital, to be precise, the movements of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

History is changing!

To be precise, history has been stirred up into confusion, after the butterfly of the Han army flapped its wings, Zeng Lichang's reinforcements were sent nearly half a year earlier than in history, and took another route, while Xianfeng was frightened in the process of fleeing north and died in Rehe six years early. Even the capital was almost conquered by the Taiping army for a time, if it were not for the reinforcements of Sushun and Shengbao to rescue them, then the capital might have been taken by the Taiping army.

As for the famous Gong Wang Yixun in the history of the late Qing Dynasty, he would have ascended the throne to become the emperor, and history made another joke here, Yixun chose a year name that Zhu Yifeng was quite familiar with "Tongzhi", which means "Monarchs and Ministers Tongzhi Daqing" Of course, there is also a double meaning of "Manchu and Han are one, Tongzhi Daqing", which is to buy good Hanchen.

If anyone else was the emperor of the Manchu Dynasty, Zhu Yifeng didn't feel a threat, but Yixun's ascension to the throne made Zhu Yifeng feel threatened.

Perhaps for others, Yixun is just Prince Gong of the Manchu Dynasty, but Zhu Yifeng knows very well that the status of this Prince Gong in the history of the late Qing Dynasty can even be said to be his reign for more than 20 years, extending the life of the Manchu Qing Dynasty for half a century. In another time and space, although Yixin has the origin of "discussing the government and ruling the world", but after all, he is subject to the two palaces and Cixi, and he naturally can't exert all his strength under the constraints, and now he has become the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, without the constraints of the palace, what kind of storm will he set off?

This is what Zhu Yifeng is most worried about!

"Dadu Governor, after Beijing was captured by the Taiping Army, although the Manchu Qing Mansion reported that the thieves rebelled and were peaceful the next day, but the inside and outside of the capital were almost completely turned into red land, and more than half of the people were either killed or burned in the flames.

After explaining the reason first, Zhang Sen hurriedly assured that the Special Section would resume work in the capital as soon as possible. Of course, Zhu Yifeng can naturally understand this, after all, the capital has almost turned red, and the dark line may also die in the fire, so it is naturally difficult to carry out intelligence work.

"Well, in short, we must resume the intelligence work in Beijing as soon as possible, and grasp the Manchu Qing Dynasty movement, if it is not bad as expected, this Yixun will definitely be the confidant of this governor!"

Trouble with the henchmen!

After making this judgment, Zhu Yifeng seemed to be a little troubled, not because he knew Yixun, but because he knew what Yixun would advocate.

Reuse Hanchen, promote foreign affairs, and make good friends with foreign countries.

In another time and space, Yixun, Wen Xiang, and Gui Liang analyzed the characteristics of the great powers, believing that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the Twisted Army were the troubles of the henchmen, and Britain and Russia were the troubles of the limbs, and that the destruction of internal troubles should be the first, and then deal with Russia and Britain.

And what is even more worrying is that Yixun is different from others when he is in charge of foreign affairs, such as Li Hongzhang, Duobia and others, limited by the environment, they can only set up a few western-style factories and buy some weapons, but Yixun is starting from the system, at least to some extent, he has the idea of wanting to change.

Establishment of the Prime Minister's National Affairs Yamen; Establishment of the Minister of Management of North and South Ports; adding tariffs to each mouth; require the general to supervise and handle foreign incidents and take care of each other to avoid misunderstandings; Guangdong and Shanghai were asked to send two people who knew foreign languages to Beijing for inquiries; Bringing together business information and newspapers from various countries to the Prime Minister's Office. On 10 December, the Prime Minister's Office for National Affairs was established, and another central government agency other than the Military Aircraft Department appeared. Since then, the Prime Minister's Yamen has become a specialized foreign affairs agency, making a major breakthrough in the diplomacy of the Qing Dynasty. Yamen also led the later Westernization Movement. This kind of institutional change is what worries people the most.

With his eyes closed, Zhu Yifeng's mind came to mind to support the Westernization Movement carried out by Li Hongzhang and others, although in the end the Westernization Movement did not make China a great power, but it did tie up that tiger skin.

In another time and space, Li Hongzhang and others pasted that layer of tiger skin, so in this time and space, if Yixun became another Meiji, it would be really ...... Set up a strong enemy for yourself and cause a lot of trouble!

Knowing this, I really shouldn't have supported the Taiping Army's Northern Expedition in the first place!

If he didn't support the Northern Expedition of the Taiping Army, how could there be so much trouble now, it is better to let that incompetent Xianfeng govern than to let Yixun be the emperor, now he is in power six years ahead of schedule, and there are no other constraints, what kind of changes will be set off after the wings of this butterfly are flapped now?

Faced with this completely changed history, for the first time, Zhu Yifeng realized that he was losing the greatest benefit of the time-traveler - his understanding of history. Although Zhu Yifeng knows the direction of history, it is only the general direction. But the changing situation is affecting his judgment.

"Yixun, Yixun ......"

Thinking that Prince Gong could have an open and progressive attitude towards both Han and foreigners, and even had the courage to admit his own shortcomings and learn from Youyou, Zhu Yifeng only felt a headache, and the headache was this confidant.

The headache is whether he will move the knife from the system, if he really starts the Westernization Movement in a big way, or starts to reform the law, it will not only be a trouble at that time, but may even prolong the war.

"Metropolitan Governor, in fact, now the Manchu court is no longer afraid!"

Noticing the change in the expression of the Metropolitan Governor, Zhang Sen spoke on the side, and when he saw that the Metropolitan Governor was looking at him, he continued.

"Silver! Say a thousand, say 10,000, no matter what you do, you still need silver, since the end of last year, the capital household has no silver, even such as the Jiangnan camp, but also with a piece of paper from the imperial court to order Jiangsu, Zhejiang and the two places to cooperate, this is also the case, there is no money, even if he has the ability to reach the sky, what can he do? ”

Zhang Sen's words made Zhu Yifeng's frowning brows finally relax a little, yes, since the Manchu Qing Dynasty exhausted the silver deposits of the household department last year, the center of the imperial court can no longer take out the silver two support places, there is no silver, even if he has the heart of reform, how can he train a new army, run a factory, and ...... Appointing Han officials? The question is, can he really trust those Han officials? If he trusted the Han officials, how could the situation of Zeng Guofan and others be like that.

Yes, for the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which ruled the majority with a minority, the first thing that came to mind, no matter how big or small, was to "maintain stability". Even when they are forced to carry out reforms, they are forever afraid that they will marginalize themselves and will never dare to carry out real reforms.

Why did Li Hongzhang become a pastemaker? Not only because of his knowledge, but also because he did not have the support of the imperial court. But the most fundamental reason is that the Manchus must maintain their rule, and even if Yixun wants to change, he does not dare to make drastic reforms!

If so, what is there to fear? (To be continued.) )