148: Coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes
On the Taihe Palace, on the golden dragon chair that symbolizes the Ninety-Five, Emperor Guangxu sat there with a pale face, and not far from him, the legs of the Empress Dowager Cixi were oozing blood uncontrollably.
Cruel, after living for most of his life, Emperor Guangxu finally realized what real cruelty is.
Li Lianying was killed, Wang Sirui was to eliminate the henchmen around the Empress Dowager Cixi, and similarly, it was also for Liwei.
And the Empress Dowager Cixi's legs were also stiffly discounted by Wang Sirui, although they were bandaged, at the age of the Empress Dowager Cixi, I am afraid that she would not want to stand up in this life.
At this moment, Emperor Guangxu finally understood what Wang Sirui wanted to do.
He wants to learn from Cao Cao, and learn from Cao Cao's coercion of the Son of Heaven to order the princes.
And Wang Sirui's move is different from Cao Cao, Cao Cao is blatantly coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes, even if the princes of the world know that the holy decree was issued by Cao Cao, they will not dare to disobey for the public opinion of the world.
But Wang Sirui arrested all the ministers in the capital together, at least in a short time, the capital has fallen, and the news that the royal family has been controlled by Wang Sirui will not spread.
"Empress Dowager, the minister has something to play!" Wang Sirui stood at the front of the Taihe Hall with the posture of a loyal minister, and said to the Empress Dowager Cixi with a flattering face.
Empress Dowager Cixi still has the heart to care about Wang Sirui at this time? The pain in her legs was already unbearable.
"The queen mother, the emperor is now an adult, and has experience in governing the country, now all countries in the world, but all countries where there is an emperor, all are governed by the emperor himself, so the minister implores the queen mother to return to the emperor, let the emperor come up to be the master of the country." Wang Sirui continued.
That's right, the first thing he had to do was to force Cixi to return the power to Guangxu. Although this move doesn't seem to make any sense, no matter what, Wang Sirui has to let Guangxu get over the addiction of being an emperor, right?
"From now on, let the emperor call the shots!" Cixi nodded in agreement.
That's right, Cixi has a lot of means, but no matter how many means she has, she can't stand Wang Sirui's long guns and short cannons? It was hidden for half a day, and this broke her legs, and the Empress Dowager Cixi, who was high in the past, did not dare to have any objections to Wang Sirui at this moment.
Of course, this does not mean that Cixi has given up the struggle just like that, but that she has given up the struggle now.
"Your Majesty, the minister has something to play!" Seeing Cixi nodding, Wang Sirui directly threw Cixi aside and ignored it, and turned to look at Emperor Guangxu on the dragon chair.
Emperor Guangxu, who was only twenty-five years old, had a slightly sallow face, but it revealed a trace of paleness, and on the surface, it seemed that he was sick with a feeling of being in the bone paste, and he did not look like the emperor at all.
However, Wang Sirui didn't have the heart to care about so much, for him, there were still many things to start today.
"Aiqing, please speak!" Emperor Guangxu's face twitched violently, he wanted to resist, but he was powerless to resist, even the Empress Dowager Cixi was forced to submit by Wang Sirui's obscenity, what could he do if he couldn't even fight Cixi?
"This time, the Eight-Nation Coalition invaded our Qing Dynasty, and the performance of the Qing army really made the imperial court look disgraced, and the new army was even more vulnerable. However, the Han army led by Wang Shuqi, Ma Sanru, Wu Yang, Wu Zixuan and other generals effectively blocked the attack of the foreigners, and caused heavy damage to the foreigners, which greatly inspired the hearts of our army, and the ministers implored the saint to reward the meritorious people, so as to inspire them to continue to serve the court loyally. Wang Sirui said with a serious face.
"I have lived in Yulin Fort for a long time, and I don't know much about the front-line war, with what Aiqing has heard, how should you reward the soldiers?" Emperor Guangxu asked as if resigned.
He no longer has any illusions, Wang Sirui is in full swing at the moment, but the royal family does not have any troops, if this matter is spread out, the consequences may be worse than they imagined.
And in order to ensure the rule of the Manchus, the Guangxu Emperor had even thought of the method of retreating into the background. Isn't this the most vocal constitutional monarchy in the country in previous years?
It's better to curry favor with Wang Sirui now, and then discuss the issue of constitutional monarchy with Wang Sirui, there is no real power, as long as the existence of the royal family can be guaranteed, this can be regarded as conforming to the trend of history, which is also worthy of the ancestors and ancestors.
"Although the merit of these people is enough, they are still not old, and the minister thinks it is better not to reward them too high. Wang Shuqi's contribution was mainly to provide sufficient logistical support to several other people, and in terms of soldiers, he never made other generals worried, so the minister felt that Wang Shuqi should be given the post of squire of the army, so that he could continue to do his duty for my Qing Dynasty. Wang Sirui said with a serious face, as if he had considered it carefully.
It's just that Emperor Guangxu on the dragon chair and the ministers below can't wait to find a piece of tofu to kill him.
Ma Sanru, Wu Yang, and Wu Zixuan have heard of these three people, these are all henchmen around Wang Sirui, and they did win the battle.
But who is the power of Wang Shuqi? Wang Sirui didn't mention any of the previous three people first, but Wang Shuqi, who they had never heard of.
A person who doesn't even have a grade suddenly becomes a third-in-command soldier of the military department, which is the second-in-command of the military department.
The military department has one Shangshu and two waiters, and the entire military department is the three of them.
Although Wang Sirui did not directly press Wang Shuqi to the position of secretary of the Ministry of War, everyone knows that the affairs of the Ministry of War in the future are what Wang Shuqi, the squire of the Ministry of War, said.
Emperor Guangxu nodded, after Wang Sirui said this, he finally understood why Wang Sirui suddenly had so many troops, and there was such a person as Wang Shuqi who was silently helping him train recruits.
"Accurate!" Emperor Guangxu nodded in agreement, and there was no way to disagree.
"After this battle, the actual battle has already told us that the current military system of the Qing Dynasty has been eliminated, and if we want not to be bullied by foreigners, we can only implement new military reforms. The minister implored the Holy Majesty to decree that a new military reform should be carried out throughout the country, and that Wang Shuqi, the head of the military department, should be fully responsible. Several other experienced generals have also joined this reform group and are responsible for specific reform matters. Wang Sirui continued.
"What?" Emperor Guangxu has not yet spoken, and the ministers below are talking about it.
This so-called military reform was not uncarried out by the Qing army before, but it ended in failure.
And now Wang Sirui mentioned this matter again, and put all his people into this so-called reform group, this is simply Sima Zhao's heart, Wang Sirui wants to use the prestige of the imperial court, so as to integrate the domestic forces into his subordinates, and once Wang Sirui completes the integration, then it means that the imperial court can no longer exist.
"Accurate!" Emperor Guangxu almost gritted his teeth and agreed to Wang Sirui's proposal.
There's no way, it's okay if you don't agree, does he have any other choice?
"Your Majesty, the minister still has something to beat!" Wang Sirui continued.
"Aiqing, please speak!" Guangxu responded like a puppet.
"The minister wants to impeach ****** and the sword." Wang Sirui said.
"Accurate!" Guangxu said subconsciously, but Xuan even reacted and said in astonishment: "What? ****** you want to impeach? ”
It was precisely ****** Yiliang who abused his power and framed Zhongliang between negotiations with foreigners, resulting in the killing of loyal ministers, and as a result, the foreigners had no biggest threat, so they blatantly tore up the treaty that had been signed, forcing the Qing Dynasty to re-sign a humiliating treaty with the foreigners, if ****** Yiliang was not severely punished, I am afraid it would not be enough to appease the world's Zhongliang. Therefore, the minister implored that ****** Yixuan's throne be abolished and demoted to a commoner. Wang Sirui continued.
Wang Sirui has never been a person who can ignore his past suspicions, if you treat him well, he will treat you better than anyone else, but if you treat him badly, he will return it a hundred times.
Obviously, Yixuan sold him Wang Sirui very happily during the negotiation, and now that Wang Sirui has finally turned over, do you want to let Yixuan go?
"Is this negotiable?" Guangxu asked tentatively.
"There is no room for negotiation, if you don't severely punish ******, I'm afraid that the world's loyal and good people will disagree with the imperial court."
"Wang Sirui, you rebel and thief, don't succeed. Don't think that you can do whatever you want with soldiers in your hands, there are many loyal ministers who support the court in the world, and sooner or later you will be punished. Yixuan suddenly stood up and shouted loudly.
, the front is because it's none of his business, who Wang Sirui wants to promote, and who he wants to reform the military doesn't have much impact on him, but then Wang Sirui wants to abolish his throne, how can he bear this?
Without the throne, he is not a fart, you must know that he is one of the eight ******** of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and he is a throne that can be passed on from generation to generation.
Maybe some people don't know the benefits of the iron hat prince, but it's actually very simple, Yixuan is ******, then after he dies, his son can inherit the ******, and the other sons will be crowned county kings or something.
And ordinary princes, for example, if he is a prince, then after death, only one son can inherit the throne, and the level of the throne will be lowered by one level, becoming the king of the county, and after the son dies, the grandson will inherit it, and the level will be lowered by one level, but I don't know that those princes when the Manchu Qing Dynasty was founded, and now their descendants have already become commoners.
And without the throne, can Yixuan still live? Killing an ordinary person, Wang Sirui will never blink.
"Your Majesty, the minister is heartbroken for the Qing Dynasty, but now there are people who slander the minister in front of the minister, and ask the emperor to be the master of the minister." Wang Sirui clasped his hands into fists and made a gesture of worship towards Emperor Guangxu.
"******, you're over!" Emperor Guangxu looked at ****** Yixuan, and reprimanded him a little unbearably, then looked at Wang Sirui again, and asked in a consultative tone: "Abolishing a prince also has a certain impact on the country, I don't think it's better to do this, get rid of all ****** positions, and order him to live in the palace for the rest of his life, how about it?" ”
"Emperor Xie is the master of the ministers!" Wang Sirui nodded, agreeing with Emperor Guangxu's approach, but secretly Wang Sirui didn't think so.
The next day, Emperor Guangxu received a funeral report, and that night, ****** Yixuan died of accidentally ingesting rat medicine, which also made Guangxu, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, have to cheer up again. (To be continued.) )