In Beijing, in the Sushun Mansion, the three most powerful members of the imperial party of the Xianfeng Dynasty of the Qing Dynasty met in the living room to discuss important matters.

As a powerful minister of the court, Su Shun is now the former minister of the imperial palace and the secretary of the household department, and the power is tilted towards the government and the opposition. The other two core members of the imperial party are Prince Zheng Ruihua and Prince Yi Zaihuan, both of whom are hereditary iron hat kings, and when they stomp their feet, the Forbidden City trembles.

The three of them are all descendants of the Aixinjue Luo clan, both of whom are the emperor's party, and together they assisted Xianfeng to defeat Yixin's six master party and ascended the throne as the emperor, and made great contributions. Now that Xianfeng has ascended the throne, the imperial party has not been dissolved, but continues to form an offensive and defensive alliance led by the three of them, controlling the government and forming a party for personal gain.

This is also the inevitable result of forming a party for personal gain, after all, Su Shun, Zai Huan and Ruihua and others joined the imperial party to fully support Xianfeng Duoyan, which is a kind of speculation in itself, in order to defeat the Yixin Six Masters Party, the three of them spent a lot of manpower, material and financial resources, not to mention the bankruptcy of the family, sacrificed so much naturally to be rewarded, so after Xianfeng ascended the throne, Su Shun and others were in power, so they naturally wanted to form a party for personal gain, fight political enemies and eliminate dissidents, and get back the money invested ten times and a hundred times before.

Now Xianfeng has just been on the throne for a year, he forgave Yi Xin, and even let Yi Xin enter the military aircraft department to become the foreman Wang minister, on the surface, it seems to be the last photo of Emperor Feng Xian, brotherhood, but in fact, as the emperor, Xianfeng is very shrewd, it is impossible for Su Shun and other imperial parties to control the government for a long time, forming a party for personal gain, so it will re-enable Prince Gong Yixin, as a counterbalance force in the court.

It may be too much to say that Xianfeng wants to unload the mill and kill the donkey, but at least the emperor's weighing technique is still necessary, which Su Shun and other elders of the two dynasties know in their hearts, but they know that Xianfeng intends to do it, and they have no choice but to defeat Yixin in order to regain control of the government and win the greatest benefits for themselves.

I just heard Ruihua say: "The two of you don't have to be nervous, the sixth and his henchmen are dead and degraded, and now no one in this court pays attention to him at all, what about giving him a minister of military aircraft?" ”

Zai Huan immediately echoed: "That's right! Prince Gong is a general of the light pole, and Lord Su doesn't have to make a big fuss! ”

"I didn't call you two to me! Back then, we framed and framed Yixin and killed so many people around him, which is a blood debt. Yi Xin naturally won't settle this account with the emperor, it will definitely be counted on our heads. So there is no room between us, we can only work to the end, and never leave our hands! "As the boss, Su Shun is older than Zaihuan and Ruihua regardless of age, seniority, or power, so he speaks in a commanding tone and is irresistible.

Ruihua and Zaihuan glanced at each other, nodded at the same time, and said, "That's right, the first strike is stronger!" ”

Su Shun then said: "The southern Hong bandits have broken through Guangxi and entered Hunan, Daozhou and Chenzhou have fallen, the emperor has been furious when he learns of this, and has ordered the military aircraft department to discuss the strategy of suppressing the bandits with the military department and the household department. ”

Zai Huan suddenly interjected: "Even if the Hong bandits occupy only a few cities, they are only scabies, and you let Prince Gong go to the front line of the governor's army, isn't this a credit to him?" ”

Ruihua Lao Cheng suddenly interrupted Zaihuan and said, "Listen to Lord Su's words!" With the wisdom of Lord Su, how can you and I see through it at once? ”

This sycophant has been said to Su Shun hundreds of times, but Su Shun still likes to listen, and immediately said proudly: "Huguang is a place where the old man has been running for many years, especially Zhang Liangji, the governor of Hunan, is the old man's protégé, as long as he gives Yi Xin a trap for him to drill and fight a few defeats, we will impeach Yi Xin en masse, even if he can't be killed, he will be removed from the post of the minister of military aircraft and driven him out of the military aircraft department." ”

Zai Huan suddenly smiled and said: "Lord Su really has a clever plan, it is better to use the Hong bandits to get rid of Yi Xin directly, forget it, it's a hundred." ”

Ruihua suddenly said, "What do you know? Yi Xin can only fix him, but can't kill him? ”

Zai Huan asked puzzledly: "Can only be rectified?" Can't be killed? Why is that? ”

Ruihua saw that Zaihuan's IQ was too low, so he immediately gave him a blank look, disdainful of explanation.

Su Shun smiled and said: "Prince Yi doesn't know, do you really think that the emperor really forgives Yi Xin?" The emperor's will, brotherhood this is all a pretense, since the emperor ascended the throne, although we are favored, but not at all wary, the emperor let Yi Xin enter the military aircraft department to become the foreman Wang minister, the real intention is just to contain us. If we die Yixin, what will the emperor think of us? He will be even more jealous of us, or he will set up some more people to check and balance us, or he will get rid of us outright, if that is the end for us. Therefore, we can only rectify Yixin for the time being, but we can't kill him, we have to keep him and show him to the emperor. ”

"I see! You're still shrewd! Zaihuan suddenly realized.

Ruihua said at this time: "Lord Su, although we want to use the Hong bandits to bring down Prince Gong, but have you thought about it, the Hong bandits are not trivial, if you are a little careless, let the Hong bandits become bigger, then what?" At that time, even if we overthrow Prince Gong, the emperor has no one to use, and we will inevitably let Lord Su take over the bandits, how should we clean up the mess then? ”

"Prince Zheng's worries are not unreasonable!" Su Shun nodded, but said confidently: "The old man is naturally prepared!" Hunan Governor Zhang Liangji alone is indeed unable to control the Hong bandits, but the old man arranged a right-hand man for him, the former military squire Zeng Guofan is known for his strategy and is well versed in the art of war, and now he is disturbing his hometown in Hunan, the old man has sent him a letter, and he has given Zhang Liangji advice, and the Lianghong bandit will not become a climate. ”

Ruihua said: "Zeng Guofan, the squire of the military department, is this person reliable?" ”

Su Shun said with a smile: "Don't worry, this Zeng Guofan is a person who knows how to repay his kindness, and the old man has promoted him many times, no problem." ”

Zai Huan suddenly shouted: "In that case, what are we waiting for? Let's go to the palace now. ”

Su Shun and Ruihua looked at each other and smiled, and the three of them immediately entered the palace to face the saint, lobby Xianfeng, and start the plan to pit Yixin.

The final result was as the three expected, Xianfeng really ordered Yixin to be the governor of Hunan, and asked him to do his best to suppress the Taiping rebellion.

Yi Xin's henchmen are dead and scattered, there is no one around him to give advice, and there is no brave general to use, so letting him go to Hunan to suppress bandits now is as difficult as making Zhang Fei embroidery.

Just when Yixin fell into the trap of Su Shun, Ruihua and Zaihuan, Li Weiguo, who was far away in Chongming County, ushered in his first big opportunity in life after his rebirth.

Wu Yong walked quickly to the study, and when he saw Li Weiguo, he immediately reported the good news: "Congratulations, my lord, Su Song Taidao Liu Jianzhang sent someone to send a message, saying that the Shanghai County Decree had improperly handled foreign-related affairs, caused contradictions between China and Britain, and was not conducive to Sino-British friendship, and has now been dismissed by the imperial court." Lord Liu has already written to the imperial court and transferred the young master to Shanghai County to serve as the county commander, and I believe that the appointment will come down soon. ”

Li Weiguo was overjoyed when he heard this, he had been plotting every day for most of the past half a year to use various means to pull down the current Shanghai county order, and now he finally waited for the imperial court to remove the Shanghai county order with the help of the British legation and Liu Jianzhang, Su Song Taidao.

Now he is waiting for the imperial court to send Li Weiguo to Shanghai.

Li Weiguo had been thinking about getting Shanghai as much as possible, and now that Shanghai was about to arrive, Li Weiguo suddenly was reluctant to Chongming County, after all, Chongming County was the first place he governed, and he was still very emotional.

"Your Excellency is reluctant to be here?" Wu Yong observed the subtlety and immediately asked.

Li Weiguo nodded.

Wu Yong smiled: "Chongming and Shanghai are only half a river apart, even if adults arrive in Shanghai, they can take care of Chongming." ”

He paused and continued: "If there is about to be chaos today, it will inevitably be a situation of division among the princes in the future, since your lord has decided to take Shanghai as the foundation, then Chongming County is a barrier, and it cannot be abandoned lightly." ”

Li Weiguo nodded and said, "But even if the imperial court asks me to be transferred to Shanghai, it is also an order of a county, how can I control Chongming again?" ”

Wu Yong said: "This is very simple, how did Xiao Yang control Chongming County for decades, and the adults just drew the gourd." ”

Li Weiguo's eyes lit up, these words were exactly what he wanted, but when he thought that Xiao Yang was taken away by Lu Jianying, he asked, "Is there any news about Xiao Yang's old horseman?" ”

Wu Yong replied: "I heard that Xiao Yang is still in the prison of the Liangjiang Governor's Mansion, but the specific situation is not clear. Thinking about it, Lu Jianying didn't dare to acquit Xiao Yang lightly, so adults don't have to worry about this. ”

Li Weiguo snorted coldly, he knew that this would be the result, but he didn't expect that Lu Jianying couldn't get the 320,000 taels of filial piety silver, and he hadn't killed Xiao Yang yet, which was a little strange.

At this moment, a soldier suddenly came in to report.

"Your Excellency, the AIIB sent someone to inform you, saying that the first batch of goods has arrived, please go to the acceptance of the goods."

Li Weiguo was immediately overjoyed and said: "Ha, it's finally arrived!" ”