In the fifth year of Xianfeng, he was suspected of being expelled from the military aircraft. In August of the tenth year of Xianfeng, the British and French troops entered the suburbs of Beijing, Emperor Xianfeng refused to flee to Rehe, and wanted to personally lead the army to go out, but unfortunately fell ill from a horse, and the army of King Qin suffered heavy casualties under the city of Beijing, and the foreigners intended to make peace. He was ordered to endure humiliation, signed the "Beijing Treaty", and re-established himself as the center of power in the imperial court until Emperor Xianfeng died of illness.

It may also be that he is not worried about himself, Emperor Xianfeng ordered the crown prince Chengchun to be the crown prince, and Chengwei and other eight ministers were the ministers of Gu Ming to assist Cheng Chun, and as the prince of the close branch, he was not among the Gu Fu.

And when Chengwei and others wanted to take full control of the government, he joined forces with Renxi with superb strategy and courage to launch the thrilling Xinyou coup d'état and won the victory.

In the four years after the Xinyou coup, it can be said that Yixin has the most brilliant colorful movement in his life. He held several positions, including the King of Parliament, the Minister of Military Aircraft, the Prime Minister, the Minister of National Affairs, the Minister of the Imperial Palace, the Commander of the Zongren Palace, and the Minister in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and actually held all the great powers inside and outside the imperial court. Yixin reorganized the military aircraft at that time, presided over foreign-related affairs, and reused Zeng Bohan and other important ministers to start foreign affairs, which made state affairs improve again, and it was at that time that the Empress Dowager Renxi gave herself this house.

But later, as his power grew, Renxi's suspicion of himself became deeper and deeper. The deterioration of the relationship between the two began when she connived at the Japanese story behind her back, and Cai Shouqi wrote a letter to impeach herself.

That time, Renxi ordered to dismiss all his envoys. This move caused an uproar in the Manchu Dynasty, although after the intercession of the princes and ministers of the court, he reinstated his posts as the Military Aircraft Department and the Prime Minister's Yamen. But she still took her own title as the king of parliament.

At that time, he already felt that he "couldn't do anything as before". Later, he made the incident of killing Renxi's cronies and eunuch Hei Desheng. It intensified the Empress Dowager Renxi's jealousy of herself.

If it weren't for Lin Yizhe finding a way to promote overseas Chinese businessmen to serve and repair the garden, so that the relationship between him and Renxi tended to ease and even get back together, his future life would be unimaginable.

Even so, Prince Jing knew that it would be impossible for him and Renxi to go back to the past......

Not to mention, Renxi let his seventh brother Prince Chun Yixuan preside over the navy yamen. Joining this "uncle and sister-in-law republic" situation and containing his intention to contain himself could not be more obvious.

After all, this "uncle and sister-in-law" situation started with him!

At that time, the young uncle and sister-in-law joined forces to seize power, but they made difficulties in the design of the system.

The one who legitimately held the supreme power was Emperor Tongzhi, who was only 6 years old at the time, and he was just a child, and he himself needed an auxiliary and even a regent. And the legitimately holding the auxiliary power and even the regency are the "Eight Ministers of Gu Ming" such as Chengwei, but they have been overthrown. Faced with this situation. The uncles and sisters-in-law creatively carried out a fundamental reform of the political system: "one country, two systems", that is, the "curtain to listen to the government" system of the empress dowager. At the same time, it coexisted with the system of "princely auxiliary administration" of Prince Jing.

Although there are precedents in history, these two systems are both expedient measures, and they do not conform to the "ancestral system" of the great cadres, still less do they conform to the basic norms of the Chinese tradition to prevent the monarchy from falling apart. Since ancient times, the harem and relatives interfering in politics are not allowed by the orthodox court, and "listening to politics with the curtain" can easily inspire people's infinite reverie of "the heroine is the country". As for the "princely auxiliary government" in history, most of them have evolved into the tragedy of usurpation, and on the steps to the highest power, these princes who are so noble in blood that they are only a butt away from the emperor's throne are actually the most dangerous political enemies sleeping beside them.

This kind of power pattern of "uncle and sister-in-law republic" has been experimented with and practical experience has been accumulated in the partnership between the Empress Dowager Durando and the regent Amaura in the early years of the founding of the Great Qian. But in that era, the authority of the Empress Dowager Durando was far inferior to that of the regent of Amora, and in fact she was still the "prince and auxiliary government", and it was only because of Amora that she was either out of political consciousness or out of "great love" that she kept the inheritance of the throne of the little emperor Shunzhi. But Amora, who is infinitely close to the highest power, still failed to escape the usual fate of the "second child": ruined and discredited.

In the early days of the "uncle and sister-in-law republic", the young empress dowagers and princes (not only Prince Jing was involved in the management of the regime), basically followed the traditional division of labor of "male dominance outside, female dominance inside", the empress dowagers were responsible for educating the emperor in the harem, and the princes were responsible for managing the country in the imperial court. All decrees were issued through "edicts" in the formal sense, and the empress dowagers performed more of a symbolic role as head of state in place of the emperor.

In such a pattern, Prince Jing naturally became the center of state power. Under the melon field and plum, suspected of being self-generated, Prince Jing made the queen mothers feel neglected while managing every opportunity, and even suspected that they would encounter another Amora, which is really reasonable. When the "Uncle and Sister-in-law Republic" entered its fourth year, the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces suddenly made a mistake and stripped Prince Jing of the title of "King of Parliament" in one fell swoop.

At that time, the government and the opposition generally believed that this was a power seizure presided over by the Empress Dowager Renxi, but this was really a joint sword of two young widows. Although they are all respected as the queen mother, the Empress Dowager Rentai was the queen before, and she is not only a wife and a concubine, but also a monarch and a minister. As the former mother of the main palace, Emperor Tongzhi's education and even daily life were all in charge of the Empress Dowager Rentai, not the emperor's biological mother, Empress Renxi. In the eyes of the world, the image of the Empress Dowager Rentai is very kind, even cowardly, but in the most critical Xinyou coup, she showed no less decisiveness and fortitude than Renxi.

In fact, Rentai's apparent "pure inaction" is exactly the detached posture of a head of state, so as to let the other two manage specific administrative affairs, and adjust the balance between left and right with ease and quietly: when she took away Prince Jing's title of "Parliamentary King", she sided with Renxi; And after the execution of Renxi's favored eunuch Hai Desheng, especially when choosing an empress for Emperor Tongzhi, she united with Prince Jing. Prince Jing and Renxi can be said to be both dragons and phoenixes among people, and the Empress Dowager Rentai, who can maneuver between this pair of dragons and phoenixes like this, cannot be a cowardly and incompetent mediocre talent.

The effect of the two queen mothers' "repairs" to Prince Jing is remarkable. After some profound self-criticism, Prince Jing was allowed to return to leadership. But its positioning was quickly adjusted to be a big steward. The queen mothers surpassed the "imperial sister-in-law" and determined the dominant position of "hostess". In their opinion. Prince Jing has begun to move away from the danger of becoming "Amola II".

Fortunately, after Prince Chun became the head of the Navy Yamen and directly led Lin Yizhe, the minister of sea preparation, he has always cooperated with himself very tacitly, even after Lin Yizhe passed away, he still maintained such a relationship, which allowed him to do things without being hindered everywhere.

This pure prince, the father of the current Guangxu Emperor Chengtian. Originally, it was quite a "clear stream" atmosphere, but if people want to change, it is also very fast.

Among the princes who are now capable of participating in the center, Prince Jing is the most thoughtful and rigorous, which also stems from the fact that he has taken on the burden of presiding over the daily work of the central government since he was 28 years old. Prince Jing is generous to others, which even Westerners recognize. This has led to a group of elites around him, who have supported the operation of the government in the midst of internal and external troubles. Prince Jing himself has a high cliff and a clean body, unlike the fourth brother Emperor Xianfeng, who has constant "scandals". Compared with Prince Jing, who is smart and outward, decisive and resolute, the pure prince who ranks seventh seems to be a little more "old-fashioned". is more low-key, more hidden, and more wise.

In the "Qixiang Coup" that overthrew Chengwei and other ministers who took care of their lives, the exploits of Prince Yixuan were often concealed behind the aura of Renxi and Prince Jing: it was he who led his troops to capture Chengwei and Pinggui from the hot quilt and completed the most difficult, risky, and critical task of the coup. In the subsequent "uncle and sister-in-law republic" system, he was in charge of the "Shenji Battalion," the main force of the capital's garrison, and also controlled the "Prime Minister's Naval Affairs Yamen," which controlled the nation's naval forces.

The characteristic of the current "uncle and sister-in-law republic" of the Great Qian Empire is the coexistence of the two systems of "listening to the government with the curtain down" and "the prince and the auxiliary government," and the "prince and auxiliary government" is the condition and premise for the relatives and nobles to accept the "curtain and listening to the government." And Prince Chun is not only the emperor's uncle, but also the brother-in-law of the Empress Dowager Renxi, which is destined for him to be accepted by the majority of people. In Renxi's eyes, this is undoubtedly also a check and balance on Prince Jing, although when he was repaired by Renxi twice in the early days of Prince Jing, he stood up indignantly to speak for the sixth brother.

Before his "debut", Prince Chun gave the world the feeling that he was quite "left", more conservative and xenophobic. He always scoffed at Prince Jing's reform, especially the foreign policy of "foreign trust and harmony, implicit restraint", and suggested that the Empress Dowager "get rid of all strange tricks and tricks, and foreign weapons", and even secretly wrote twice to suggest that Prince Jing's power be weakened. Someone wrote an article criticizing him for "the dictatorship of his brother, which has long been in the mood for a long time." There is no doubt that this kind of mutual supervision is exactly what Renxi wants to see the most.

The pure prince, who had previously appeared as a high-profile "ultra-leftist", once took power, made a shocking turnaround. In terms of foreign strategy, he almost completely inherited the "surrender line" of Prince Jing that he had criticized earlier, and even went further, leaving observers at home and abroad with a stumbling eye.

Regarding his "ultra-left" remarks when he was a spectator, Prince Chun, who took the burden, admitted that he "tasted bias" and did not know the price of firewood and rice. But in fact, judging from the swiftness and thoroughness of Prince Chun's change of face, it is very likely that his previous "ultra-left" appearance was only a trick to win the support of those "fundamentalists" in the Great Qian Empire. When he was in the opposition, he didn't have a backache when he stood and talked, he could point out the country and reprimand Fang Xuan, and once he personally took power, for the sake of his son's country, he could only become, or be reduced to a realist.

After Prince Chun became involved in politics, almost all reform measures were not suspended compared to when Prince Jing was in power, and Prince Jun chose to support infrastructure such as the navy, railways, and telecommunications without exception. In terms of diplomacy, Prince Chun also showed the same flexible figure as Prince Jing, as soon as this "patriotic prince" took on the burden of managing the country, he was as weak as his brother and generally "betrayed the country". This is similar to Prince Jing's coup d'état and execution of Chengwei and others, but he inherited all of Chengwei's policies almost completely, especially the policy of reusing Zeng Bohan and other non-Bo important ministers, and effectively separated the power struggle from the policy.

What's even more paradoxical is that the rumors in the countryside always spread the rumors that Prince Jing and Prince Chun are fighting for power, but in fact, the two brothers often meet secretly, and they jointly feel that it is more tiring to carry the burden and the burden of this big Qian empire with many visitors. That kind of superficial "dispute" is just a trick......

"Lord Wang. The pure prince came to visit. Tea has been served in the front hall. The voice of the porter brought Prince Jing's thoughts back.

"It's so late. He's running over now, I'm afraid there's something important, right? Prince Jing thought to himself and nodded, "I'll go over now." He said.

Prince Jing changed his clothes and came to the front hall, and when Prince Chun saw Prince Jing coming, he immediately put down the tea bowl in his hand and greeted him.

"Old Seven. It's so late, why did you come to me? At this time, there were no outsiders, and there was a lot less restraint between the brothers, so they could talk casually, and Prince Jing saw that Prince Chun seemed to have something on his mind, and asked with a smile.

"Sixth brother, it's not like you don't know what's going on these days." Prince Chun sighed in a pretended sadness, "This maritime department has always been the target of public criticism, and the shipmaster has only started a few new ships. Some people couldn't wait to jump out and shout, saying that the current 'sea and frontier are peaceful'. The rebuilding of the steam warship is a 'waste of national funds', and it is requested to be stopped. ”

"The vain of the Qing Dynasty is not limited to one day, and the Queen Mother and the Emperor are there, and it will not be able to pass it." Prince Jing understood Prince Chun's worries and comforted him.

"The sea is peaceful, hehe, I really don't know where to start, when Japan invaded Moss Bay, what they said about the sea and the sea was restless, it was all because there was no rainy day on weekdays, but now the pre-built military ships are in case of maritime affairs, but they say that the sea and the border are peaceful, and there is no need to build steam military ships, what do they say left and right are reasonable, how can this be reasonable!" Prince Chun still said indignantly.

"If Lin Wenxiang is still here, he has his own way to gag them, but it's a pity that ......" Prince Jing thought of Lin Yizhe, who died young, and couldn't help but sigh.

"By the way, Sixth Brother, look at the situation in Japan, that ...... Lin Wenxiang's twin brother, it's time to come back, right? Hearing Prince Jing talk about Lin Yizhe, Prince Chun immediately thought of Lin Yiqing and couldn't help asking.

"I'm just afraid it's going to be soon." Prince Jing nodded, "Someone in that Qingliu has already smelled the smell and made up his mind." ”

It's no wonder that those people paid attention to him, and it was very much beyond the reach of people to set off such a monstrous wave in Japan. Lin Wenxiang is good at naval warfare, his brother, Lu Zhan is really a genius, these two brothers are really rare talents. Prince Chun said, "Lin Wenxiang's military achievements are great, and it is precisely for this reason that he was jealous of that group of people, and gave Shengsheng the hat of 'Zhang Yuan Wu Hao', and died depressed. What I'm worried about now is not that it will be difficult for him to come back, but that the court will be clamoured by that group of people and will arrest him for questioning! ”

"Arrest and question? Hum! They think it's beautiful! Prince Jing sneered, "Tens of thousands of Russian Japanese soldiers wanted to arrest him, but they didn't succeed. It's a laughing death! ”

"But this 'Zhang Yuan Wu Hao' hat, after all, is terrifying, Lin Wenxiang is already a lesson from the past, let's be careful this time." Prince Chun said with a worried look on his face.

Prince Jing understands why Prince Chun is so worried, and Prince Jing has a deep understanding of the power of the Qing Dynasty.

Since the collapse of Emperor Tongzhi, Prince Chun's son Chengtian was selected by the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces to inherit the unification, the eyes of those gossip officials have never left him, the emperor's biological father, and from time to time there will be excerpts popping up, saying that he has a "heart of disobedience", which can be said to make him, who originally had the title of "patriotic prince" and "Qingliu prince", have suffered enough.

"I was also thinking about this just now, this hat, we must not let them buckle it on Lin Hanpeng's head." Prince Jing understood what Prince Chun meant, and nodded, "If it is necessary now, just push them back." ”

"Has the sixth brother already figured out a way? How can I get it back? Seeing that Prince Jing seemed to have an idea, Prince Chun immediately asked.

He has always hated those Qingliu so much that he has never found a chance to fight back, and this time he heard that Prince Chun had an idea, so he couldn't hold it back.

"The reason why Lin Hanpeng joined the command of Saigo Takamori and fought for the Japanese scholars was because he was motivated by the righteousness, dissatisfied with the Japanese government's oppression of the scholars, and did the rabbit and the dead dog cook the bird and hide the bow." Prince Jing said, "Imagine if my great cadres were to treat the world's corporal clan like Japan, would they be willing?" ”

Hearing Prince Jing say this, Prince Chun suddenly realized, and couldn't help but slap his hands and admire.

"Wonderful! As long as you occupy the word 'righteousness', you are not afraid that the clear stream will lift the waves to the sky! ”

"That's right, as long as there is the word 'righteousness', I don't think we can do it, those clear streams, I will pinch them first!" Prince Jing sneered, "Qingliu likes to use this righteousness to make a fuss, this time let them do it well!" ”

"It's just that Prime Minister Yamen has already declared to the countries that the Japanese government will not help the rebels, and now he says that Lin Hanpeng is excited about righteousness, but I am afraid that there will be contradictions." Prince Chun suddenly thought of diplomacy again, and immediately reminded Prince Jing. (To be continued......)

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