The Eight Banners who bullied the soft and feared the hard finally became honest in the face of the bloody lesson, looking at the Shanghai soldiers who entered the city one after another, and did not take them in the eyes of these masters who were in the capital on weekdays, what this means is self-evident.

Is it about to change?

The children of the Eight Banners were panicked, they were afraid of the British and French coalition forces before, but now they have an even greater panic about the Shanghai army, and they are hiding at home and dare not go out.

After the inner city is the Forbidden City, a group of Shanghai troops stopped in front of the palace gate, they are waiting for orders, and only Li Weiguo can decide.

Soon, Li Weiguo, accompanied by Chen Jingnan and Su Sanniang, came to the gate of the Forbidden City.

Li Weiguo had been thinking about the question of whether to go in for a long time on the way here, and finally he decided to go in and have a look.

It's just to go in and "take a look", the purpose is to be angry with Xianfeng, test the bottom line of the imperial court, and see how far they can tolerate Li Weiguo.

Seeing Li Weiguo's arrival, the Qing army generals guarding the palace city hurriedly came over to salute.

"The Xiaoqi battalion is all good at entering and has seen Lord Li, the governor of Liangjiang!"

"It turned out to be Shandutong, please open the door, this official wants to go in."

Hearing Li Weiguo's words, Shanjin immediately frowned, and said with some displeasure: "Lord Li, the emperor is not in the palace. ”

Li Weiguo said: "The emperor is in the palace, and the official wants to go in to meet him, so open the door quickly." ”

What does it mean to go in even though you know that the emperor is not in the palace?

It's not enough to be good at getting into the brain.

"Lord Li, the emperor is indeed not in the palace, this foreigner called, the emperor went to the Chengde Summer Resort, and he is really not in the palace at the moment."

Li Weiguo waved his hand and said patiently: "This official has received the latest news, and the emperor has been in the palace. And it was hijacked by Su Shun and other ministers, and the official came to the rescue. ”

Shanjin was shocked: "This-how is this possible? Master Li, did you hear me wrong? ”

Li Weiguo rolled his eyes, and secretly said that this Shanjin was not mated by close relatives, why was his brain so stupid, and he suddenly said impatiently: "Could it be that you are also the same party?" ”

"How can a lowly position be a disorderly party? Don't wronged me, Lord Li! "Shanjin's brain is not enough, but the word chaos is still understood.

"If you don't get out of the way. This official will treat you as a rebel? Li Weiguo said strongly, if he didn't want to keep someone to paint cakes, he would have said that he wanted to visit the palace, and he wouldn't have to go around in such a big circle with the other party.

Shanjin also has a temper, in charge of the guards of the Forbidden City, that is also "highly respected", seeing that Li Weiguo is strong, he suddenly said coldly: "Lord Li, enter the palace without the emperor's will." But it's a great sin to deceive the king. ”

Lao Tzu just wants to bully the emperor, how to drop?

Li Weiguo snorted coldly in his heart, and glanced left and right, and the officers and soldiers of Shanghai immediately raised their guns.

"Commander Shan, let me ask you one last time, do you let it or not? My soldiers have just wiped out 200,000 Anglo-French troops, do you think you have a chance of winning? ”

Shanjin looks at the situation of the Shanghai army, but it is not good, the other party is murderous. It made him stand upside down with sweat and hair.

A good man does not suffer immediate losses, and he is also a person with vision. Immediately softened and let people open the gates of the Forbidden City.

"Before investigating whether you are holding the emperor hostage with Su Shun, first wronged the great commander of the good and his subordinates to gather in the Xiaocai military camp, do you have any opinions?"

"No comment!" Shanjin replied in a trembling voice, what are you kidding, if there is an opinion. Immediately the head blossoms.

Shanjin and his cavalry battalion were all imprisoned, and Li Weiguo took Su Sanniang and Chen Jingnan and his party into the Forbidden City with a swagger.

In the future generations, he can only look at Tiananmen Square and a few other places, and it is difficult to see the whole picture of the Forbidden City, but now Li Weiguo finally sees the whole picture of the Forbidden City, which can be regarded as the fulfillment of a small dream of his.

Equally. For Su Sanniang, this kind of place where the emperor lives is also the existence she looks up to, and now with her husband's light, she has also seen the majesty and grandeur of the Forbidden City as she wished.

Although Xianfeng ran away, he only took four or five concubines away, and there were tens of thousands of concubines, palace maids, eunuchs, craftsmen, etc. in the palace.

"Lord Li, the governor of Liangjiang, and his wife visited the palace, and the idlers quickly retreated!"

Groups of Shanghai soldiers opened the way around and cleared the field by the way.

Su Sanniang said nervously: "Husband, isn't it too ostentatious for us to do this?" At first glance, people think it's a big rebellion. ”

"This is not called ostentatiousness, this is called arrogance!" Li Weiguo corrected his daughter-in-law's words, and immediately smiled: "The more arrogant we are, the more angry Xianfeng will be, and the faster he will die." ”

Su Sanniang said: "But Xianfeng will charge her husband with rebellion!" ”

Li Weiguo was not afraid, and said: "The problem is here, the husband must constantly test the bottom line of the court, but I want to see if Xianfeng dares to start a war with the husband." ”

Su Sanniang asked rhetorically: "Is there any difference between testing the bottom line of the imperial court and rebelling?" ”

"Of course there's a difference!" Li Weiguo explained: "If Xianfeng tears his face with his husband, it is a war, and the consequences of the war must be considered, and then weigh the pros and cons to judge whether it is cost-effective to start a war." I think Xianfeng should be very aware of the consequences, his Eight Banners can't beat me at all, and if the war starts, the Qing Dynasty will be over. ”

Su Sanniang asked, "Then what if he doesn't go to war?" ”

Li Weiguo said with a smile: "Then let him sit as the emperor for a few more days, and Weifu just uses this time to clear all opposing forces and coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes, for now, this strategy is the most beneficial for us." You can seize the country at the lowest cost. ”

Su Sanniang said: "If the war starts, the Qing Dynasty will immediately lose the country, and if it doesn't go to war, it will still destroy the country in the future, how will Xianfeng choose?" ”

Li Weiguo said with a smile: "This is called a political game, using the minimum price in exchange for the biggest victory, or reducing the cost of defeat to the smallest loss." ”

Su Sanniang shook her head, the concept of political games was too profound for her, and she couldn't figure it out for a while. Fortunately, whether it is a big price or a small price, the final victory belongs to her husband, so she doesn't have to think about it.

The Forbidden City is too big, although not as big as the Old Summer Palace. But in the end, Li Weiguo and Su Sanniang and his entourage only visited some key places, such as the living places of the emperor, empress, and concubines, many concubines and palace maids were very beautiful and delicate, Li Weiguo couldn't help but take a few more looks, but compared with Su Sanniang's beauty, it was still too far behind.

"If you become emperor. Do you also want seventy-two concubines in three palaces and six courts, and marry 3,000 concubines? ”

"Unlikely, how can a person have so much energy? Besides, I think you, Shanxiang, Ziyan, and your three daughters are already the most beautiful women in the world, and it is impossible for other women to enter my eyes again. ”

"Really?"

"Hmm!"

"Didn't lie to me?"

"Of course not!"

Su Sanniang kept asking, and Li Weiguo just nodded.

The two of them went to the Forbidden City like this, looking at the expressions of the concubines who were high in the palace in the past, they dared to be angry and did not dare to speak, and their hearts were extremely happy.

"Husband, it's getting late, let's leave."

"Leave? Where to leave? We don't have a place to live in the capital? ”

"Didn't the emperor build you a Baiwang Villa as a mansion?"

"That's too far. Why don't we do it without stopping, how about staying overnight in the palace? ”

"Ah......h

Su Sanniang exclaimed, feeling that Li Weiguo was too bold, this was clearly Chi Guoguo's slapping Xianfeng's face.

Li Weiguo decided, staying in the palace overnight, with Su Sanniang by his side, of course he didn't dare to prostitute the emperor's concubine, but in the eyes of others, he definitely didn't think so.

Li Weiguo wants this kind of stimulation. He suddenly admired Dong Zhuo of the Three Kingdoms, that was a real man.

Night. Li Weiguo stayed overnight in the palace, the reason was just that there was no place to live in the capital.

The civil and military officials who stayed in the capital were all taken aback, some stood up to accuse Li Weiguo, and some had nothing to do with themselves.

Li Weiguo wants this effect, staying in the palace overnight is also a temptation, a kind of imperial trick. Look at the attitude of civil and military officials.

Sure enough, the officials who stood up to accuse Li Weiguo were soon directly dismissed by Li Weiguo on the grounds that these officials colluded with the British and French forces.

Everyone knew that Li Weiguo was deliberately retaliating, and smart people immediately guessed the real purpose of Li Weiguo's overnight stay in the palace. I can't help but admire.

High, really high, is a good way to test and exclude dissidents in this way.

Those officials who did not speak out suddenly secretly called for luck, and now they are swords and fish and meat, and they have suddenly become more honest, and some have even begun to praise Li Weiguo's songs.

It is not easy to be a wall grass in the officialdom, and it also requires ability and vision, these people will immediately turn to the limelight when they see it, and will never hesitate.

Although Li Weiguo doesn't like the grass on the wall, but right now he needs this kind of person to build momentum for him, as for what will happen in the future, unloading the mill and killing the donkey is the most basic imperial mental technique, and he will never be soft.

The capital is turbulent, the people are panicking, everyone is speculating about what Li Weiguo wants to do, and the idea of rebelling as an emperor is the mainstream, but Li Weiguo decided not to mention the word rebellion, which made the major forces suddenly blind.

However, the masters are still a little, they can see Li Weiguo's intentions, this is bargaining with the imperial court, if they can't negotiate, then start fighting. Otherwise, the court can only be soft, and in order to survive, it must satisfy Li Weiguo's next lion mouth.

It's just that no one can guess how big Li Weiguo's appetite will be.

Chengde, the palace of the royal garden, Xianfeng wakes up leisurely.

Recently, Xianfeng has been very angry, aggrieved, and the foreigners can't beat him, so he was forced to flee to Chengde. The Old Summer Palace was ransacked, and Zenggelin was defeated.

The most hateful thing is that Li Weiguo took the opportunity to pick up peaches, and after eliminating the British and French forces, he took the opportunity to occupy the city of Beijing, and even stayed in the palace overnight, which is simply unreasonable.

Xianfeng fainted N times, vomited blood N times, and now he is completely bedridden.

But even if he was terminally ill, Xianfeng was still angry in his heart, and he wanted to completely turn his face and start a war with Li Weiguo several times, but he was dissuaded by Su Shun and other ministers.

Why?

I can't beat it!

The 30,000 Anglo-French troops easily wiped out the 300,000 Qing troops, while Li Weiguo's Shanghai army was able to completely annihilate the 200,000 Anglo-French troops.

This is like Qing Jun is now a three-year-old child, and Hu Jun is already a heavyweight boxing champion on the underground black market, and the difference in strength is too great.

"Do Zeng Guofan and Li Hongzhang have letters?" Xianfeng opened his eyes and asked slowly.

According to the current situation, Xianfeng knew that the Eight Banners of the Qing Army were completely hopeless, and could only rely on Zeng Guofan's Hunan army and Li Hongzhang's Huai army to oppose Li Weiguo's Shanghai army. As for whether he can beat it, Xianfeng has no bottom in his heart, but he believes that even if he can't fight, he can at least maintain a draw, and he can't let Li Weiguo be too arrogant.

Su Shun shook his head and said, "Not yet, it is estimated that the distance is a little far, and we will have to wait a few days." ”

Xianfeng was immediately furious and said, "Wait? I have been waiting for half a month, and the eight hundred miles of expedited round-trip is three or four days, what do Zeng Guofan and Li Hongzhang mean, and will it take so long for the next decision? ”

Su Shun sighed: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Zeng Guofan and Li Hongzhang are unreliable. If they were loyal to the emperor, when the British and French forces invaded the north, they should have raised troops to go north to King Qin. ”

Li Hongzhang and Zeng Guofan did not raise troops after all, as in history, they sat and watched the British and French troops invade Beijing and burn the Old Summer Palace, and Xianfeng was angry to death. They are not fools, they know that Xianfeng is suspicious, and the Hunan army of Zeng Guofan and the Huai army of Li Hongzhang are just to exterminate the Taiping army. Zeng Guofan is not stupid, Li Hongzhang is even more shrewd, at this time, of course, they will use the British and French forces to kill Xianfeng, so it is impossible for them to send troops to King Qin.

Now Xianfeng secretly ordered Zeng Guofan and Li Hongzhang to lead the army to attack Li Weiguo, and waited for more than half a month without moving, obviously Zeng Guofan and Li Hongzhang were in the same mind as Li Weiguo, and they didn't want Xianfeng to live.

"It seems that Zeng Guofan and Li Hongzhang are also jokes that I can't wait to see me!" Xianfeng laughed at himself, suddenly aged for decades, coughing more and more severely, vomiting three liters of blood.

Xianfeng passed out again, this time not knowing how many days it would take to wake up.

Su Shun and other ministers all shook their heads and sighed, full of worries about the future of the Qing Dynasty, and had begun to prepare for Xianfeng in private.

On the other side, Li Weiguo and Yi Xin met, but there is no longer a past friendship, Li Weiguo is obviously plotting against the Qing Dynasty, Yi Xin is a royal family after all, although he is fighting for power, he will not forget his identity.

It's just that Li Weiguo never mentioned the rebellion, which made Yixin a little blind, obviously thinking that Li Weiguo was acting, but there was so much hope in his heart, hoping that Li Weiguo was just young and arrogant, and would not really rebel.

People are like this, knowing that lottery jackpots are fraudulent, but they still throw money into it with luck.

Yi Xin is in this mood at the moment, and she has to maintain a superficial alliance relationship with Li Weiguo.

"Britain and France have sent representatives to Beijing, they have come to ask for peace, and this king has been ordered to negotiate with foreigners, I wonder what Master Li has to say?"

Li Weiguo said lightly: "I can't talk about teaching, now our side is victorious, and the British and French coalition forces are defeated." All unequal treaties shall be abolished, Hong Kong Island shall be recovered, and we will be compensated for economic losses of 100 million taels of silver. ”

Yi Xin was taken aback and said: "Lord Li, peace is the most important thing in everything, the treaty is abolished, Hong Kong Island is recovered, these are already okay, I think the compensation is enough, we are a dignified Heavenly Empire, and it is a little too stingy to let Fanbang compensate." ”

Li Weiguo said: "The Celestial Empire is not stupid B, survival in this world is about strength, without strength, the bullshit Celestial Empire, who can afford you?" ”

Although Yi Xin was displeased, she also understood that it was true. (To be continued......)