Chapter 0198: Preparing for a Coup d'État
With the conclusion of the Beijing Peace Treaty, the humiliation since 1840 is gone, and the whole country celebrates, and the common people rush to celebrate this historic moment.
Invisibly, Li Weiguo's name is a household name, becoming a hero of the Chinese nation, turning the tide of the tide, supporting the building will fall, the bloody boys have great respect for him, and the cute beautiful girls are even more crazy for him.
For a time, Li Weiguo's prestige was skyrocketing, while Emperor Xianfeng, who fled north to Chengde, was criticized.
Chengde Xingyuan, Xianfeng looked at the content of the "Beijing Peace Treaty" waiting for him to sign the seal in his hand, looked up to the sky and laughed wildly, the authorities still failed to trap Li Weiguo, but let Li Weiguo win a good reputation.
Poof......
Xianfeng was furious, and a mouthful of old blood spurted out, even if there were countless imperial doctors guarding him this time, they couldn't stop him from curling his braids.
However, Xianfeng returned to the light before his death, summoned ministers such as Sushun, Zaiyuan, and Duanhua, and left a will. Su Shun and others got their wish and became the eight ministers of the auxiliary government, assisting the six-year-old little emperor Zaichun, who was the eighth minister of the auxiliary government. Another queen is respected as the Empress Dowager of Ci'an, and Concubine Lan is respected as the Empress Dowager Cixi because she is Zaichun's biological mother.
It's just that history has changed at this moment, the original Cixi and Ci'an have the right to interfere in politics, and Xianfeng gave each of them a seal to check and balance the eight ministers and prevent the eight ministers from overriding the emperor's rights. However, because Xianfeng believed that Cixi and Li Weiguo were in the same group, the seal given to Cixi was cancelled, so that although Cixi had the title of Empress Dowager, she did not have the right to interfere in politics.
In this way, Cixi was naturally unwilling. She has been helping Xianfeng deal with the setbacks, and she has long had ambitions for the government, but now she can't get anything. Naturally, it is more resentful. In particular, the Sushun faction held great power, and they were enemies of Li Weiguo, and they were even more hostile to Cixi, spying on everything about her.
Chengde was completely under the control of Su Shun and the other eight ministers, and Cixi was under surveillance, and in order to achieve her ambitions, she had to show weakness to Ci'an. Ci'an considered that Cixi was the biological mother of the little emperor. didn't want to make the relationship cold, and was soon captured by Cixi's warm offensive.
Among the eight auxiliary ministers, the Sushun faction accounted for six. completely controlled the power of the imperial court, because of his extreme hostility to Cixi, which made Cixi's hatred and obedience faster than in history, and invisibly accelerated Cixi's determination to kill Su Shun and others.
At this time, Su Shun and others were still in Chengde. If you want to take over the rights, you must return to Beijing as soon as possible. However, the capital is in the hands of Li Weiguo. Su Shun knew about his grievances with Li Weiguo, so he had to plan carefully.
At the same time, Xianfeng's descendants also need to be dealt with, so Su Shun and others took the opportunity to start planning to gather Qing troops in Chengde, if Li Weiguo really dared to rebel, they would be prepared.
As a result, Xianfeng's coffin was delayed in Chengde for several months.
And in the meantime. Cixi used bitter meat tricks to constantly frame Su Shun and others. Instigating their relationship with Tzu An. Su Shun and others looked down on women, and the government did not ask Ci'an at all, which made Ci'an very unhappy, and soon he was successfully persuaded by Cixi to seize the rights of Su Shun and other eight ministers.
Of course, Cixi didn't expect that a woman from Ci'an could seize power from Su Shun, she first thought of Li Weiguo and helped with the help of Li Weiguo's strength. And in history, Cixi relied on the power of Yixin.
Su Shunding's Cixi was very tight, but in the end, Cixi used Ci'an as a cover and successfully let Xiao Dezi leave Chengde, and with the conspiracy and military deployment of the eight ministers of Sushun, she plotted to go to Beijing and negotiate with Li Weiguo.
Xianfeng didn't dare to have a showdown with Li Weiguo until he died, this was because Xianfeng knew that he couldn't beat Li Weiguo, and wanted to stabilize Li Weiguo temporarily, and wait for the little emperor to grow up and then wait for the opportunity to get rid of Li Weiguo.
Li Weiguo is very clear about Xianfeng's thoughts. Even if there is a rebellion, it has to be famous, the Qing Dynasty has ruled for more than 200 years, and the idea of enslavement is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and it cannot be changed in a short time. Therefore, Li Weiguo adopted the tactics of encroachment step by step, he wanted to blackmail the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and successively got rid of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the Hunan army of Zeng Guofan and the Huai army of Li Hongzhang, and finally had a showdown with the Qing Dynasty.
He is not a worshipper, he will not wait for the little emperor's wings to harden, and once the time is ripe, he will not hesitate to do it.
Cixi sent someone to contact Li Weiguo, which was exactly the opportunity Li Weiguo wanted.
"Go back and tell your master, I will support her, as long as she escapes with the little emperor and Ci'an, I will send a large army to destroy Sushun's army."
Xiao Dezi got Li Weiguo's promise and returned immediately.
After he left, Chen Jingnan walked out from behind the screen.
"Lord, you really expected things like a god, I didn't expect Cixi to really persuade Ci'an to prepare a coup d'état, this is really a godsend, as long as the little emperor is in the hands of the lord, then the Son of Heaven will order the princes, and the big thing can be decided."
Chen Jingnan looked at Li Weiguo with admiration, his eyes were extremely excited, although he had seen Li Weiguo's farsightedness more than once, but this time he was still like a god, which really made the five bodies he worshiped fall to the ground.
Li Weiguo smiled and said, "It's not difficult to guess, Cixi is an ambitious woman who can't resist the temptation of power. ”
Chen Jingnan said: "The Lord is wise, and this insight is really admired by his subordinates. If it is said that when Cixi gave birth to the only prince, she had a relationship with her, which is nothing, and far-sighted people will do that. But my lord took the initiative to have a relationship with Cixi when she was still an unknown nobleman, and the lord did not contact any other concubines except Cixi, what does this mean? ”
Li Weiguo was shocked in his heart, and secretly thought that Chen Jingnan was suspicious of him, but he remained calm in the face of Shanghai and said with a smile: "Oh, what does it mean?" ”
Chen Jingnan smiled slightly and said: "It shows that the Lord is the true Son of Heaven, and only the Lord can have this ability for the great rejuvenation and rise of China." ”
"Really? Do you really think so? Li Weiguo asked curiously, his eyes fixed on the other party, wanting to see through the other party's thoughts.
"It's reasonable to think like this!" Chen Jingnan smiled pointedly, obviously he had already felt something, but this kind of thing was incredible, he didn't dare to speak, for fear of his life.
Li Weiguo glanced at Chen Jingnan, and there was a little more vigilance in his heart, not to guard against Chen Jingnan, but to remind himself that he should pay more attention to this aspect in the future, it is a good thing for people to worship, but if people are treated as monsters, it will be over.
"Xiao Dezi has provided us with important information, Su Shun has gathered 120,000 Qing troops in Chengde, and wants to protect him to return to the capital and take over the power of the imperial court, what do you think?"
Chen Jingnan then also regained his positive color and replied: "My subordinates think that this time I will help Cixi and Ci'an seize the power of the imperial court, so that the lord will eliminate Su Shun and other eight ministers, which is equivalent to completely eradicating the political enemies of the DPRK and China. ”
Li Weiguo nodded and said, "Su Shun Yidang has indeed caused us a lot of trouble. Back then, because of the dang dispute, the family was almost ruined. Later, in Chongming, I defeated Xiao Yang and his group, and in Jinling, I defeated Lu Jianying, the governor of Liangjiang, and now it is time to solve Sushun and end this hatred. ”
Chen Jingnan also knew more or less about the events of the year, and he also admired Li Weiguo's methods, he said: "Lord, this is a good opportunity to kill Su Shun, and killing Su Shun at other times will inevitably cause resistance and dissatisfaction among the entire Manchu court, but if we use the banner of the Empress Dowager of Cixi and Ci'an, it will be justified to kill Su Shun, and those Manchu royal ministers have nothing to say." Uproot Su Shun Yidang, and the entire court will no longer have the power to compete with the Lord. Although the two queen mothers Cixi and Ci'an are in power, they are only two women at best, and they can't get out of the harem, and the real power is actually in the hands of the lord, isn't it? ”
Li Weiguo agreed: "You are right, the two women are giving orders on the surface, but in fact, the real power is in our hands. ”
Chen Jingnan suddenly said: "My subordinates will go and arrange the rescue of Cixi, Ci'an and the little emperor." ”
Li Weiguo nodded, and after discussing the specific action details with Chen Jingnan in detail, they left. (To be continued.) )