The Forbidden City finally returned to calm, but the situation in the northeast was still chaotic, Guan Xuqing had not had time to interrogate and arrest Shidor, Russia had sent troops to the northeast frontier of the Qing Dynasty, fortunately, Feng Xianghua's troop increase work was quite good, or rather the training of the soldiers on the frontier was quite systematic, whether it was individual combat ability or the cooperation between the divisions, it was quite good, and the Russian attack was in vain

And Shiduo finally understood that Guan Xuqing's Qing Dynasty was a regime supported by most court officials and the people, not a dynasty that could be overthrown by one person

Although the emperor has not arrested himself at this time, it is not difficult to find out that he is the mastermind of this series of things by casually interrogating the rebels who attacked the Forbidden City or the eunuchs and soldiers who assisted the nurse in kidnapping the eldest brother

Therefore, Shi Duo only wanted to delay the time for the imperial court to arrest him by sending troops from Russia to achieve the goal of escaping

However, the wishful thinking of Shiduo was always a bad move, and as soon as the Russians saw that the assassination had failed and the attack was blocked, they immediately sent envoys to the Qing Dynasty to explain the reasons for all this

After the heavy rain, the Forbidden City returned to its former calm as if there had never been a fight

At this time, Wang Shang walked in and said: "Your Majesty, the Russian Minister Vasilev is waiting outside the palace gate to be summoned."

"Xuan"

After a while, Vasilev walked in, stroked his chest and said, "It is an honor to see His Majesty the Emperor of China to meet you."

Guan Xuqing put on a face, looked at Vasilev coldly and said, "Mr. Ambassador, please come because I want to find out one thing, has your country declared war on the Qing Dynasty?" ”

"No, there is no such thing" Vasilev shook his head again and again, and was about to open his mouth to explain, Guan Xuqing preemptively said: "That is, your country is ready to tear up the military alliance we signed?" ”

"No, our country has no such intentions" Vasilev was snatched by Guan Xuqing, who had seized the initiative, and was a little out of breath

"Then why did my minister tell me that your local army actually appeared in the land of my Great Qing Dynasty in the northeast?" Guan Xuqing stared at Vasilev with a cold gaze, making Vasilev feel that if he said the wrong word, he would be dragged out and killed by the irascible emperor

Vasilev tried to calm himself down, and said to Guan Xuqing: "Those troops of our country only heard that there was a rebellion in your country, and they came out of the responsibility of allies to help your country put down the rebellion, and they never intended to invade your country."

"Really?" A smile suddenly appeared on Guan Xuqing's face, making Vasilev feel that he had completely fallen into the trap of the other party just now, "Thank you for your kindness, but I don't need it anymore, I can tell Mr. Ambassador now, those rebels have been wiped out in the Forbidden City by my Praetorian Guard and the Imperial Forest Army, and now they are now catching the mastermind behind the scenes, maybe the good news is already on the way"

Vasilev's eyes showed a hint of surprise when he heard this, and he quickly disappeared, and turned to Fang Huai with a smile on his face: "Congratulations to Your Majesty for suppressing the rebellious party so quickly."

Guan Xuqing smiled slightly: "No matter what, I still want to thank Your Majesty for your kindness After a while, I will personally write to Your Majesty and convey my thanks to him."

Vasilev, who had calmed down, said lightly: "That's really exciting."

The Russian, who had been the only one on whom he depended, had told him last night: "The war between you and the Qing government is the Qing Dynasty's own problem, and we are inconvenient to ask about it," and then the dog mongrel named Rostock left

"Fart, it's all bullshit," Shidor screamed hysterically, now all the big things have become a dream, everything is like a dream, it's time to wake up, Shidor changes into a set of ordinary soldiers' clothes, puts some valuables in his pocket, fortunately, he has left a way out, as long as he can escape, at least he can be a rich man overseas

But all this was just wishful thinking on his part, and when the Imperial Forest Army and the Praetorian Guard surrounded his mansion, he realized that everything he had done had already been noticed by Guan Xuqing

Looking at the modern powers of the world, Britain has a bourgeois revolution, France has a great revolution, the United States has a civil war between the north and the south, Russia has Peter the Great's palace coup, Germany and Italy have several wars of unification, and even Japan has a war of collapse, all of which have been through drastic means to eliminate the internal conservative forces, so that they can develop rapidly. He also retained a large number of remnants of opposition, and the reason for this was that the war was not caused by the contradictions provoked by the development of capitalism in China to a certain height, but by Guan Xuqing's use of external means, and not even by the victory of an advanced class over a backward class, but at best by the victory of Guan Xuqing over the conservative forces led by the Manchurian aristocracy

Guan Xuqing decided to do the same, the reason why he came to such a purge when the contradictions were not completely exposed, the main reason was that Guan Xuqing was afraid, he clearly remembered that the major events that will happen in the next few decades Although China and Russia are now allies of each other, their territorial ambitions for each other are also huge, not to mention that emotionally Guan Xuqing is not willing to give up those lands in Russia, and there are two world wars, which have changed the pattern of the world twice, and some countries have become stronger, However, there are also some countries that were originally quite strong and sink into this, which will be the two supreme opportunities for the Chinese nation, and Guan Xuqing will never allow them to be missed in his own hands, and according to the normal track of domestic development, the contradictions between the bourgeoisie and the stubborn forces in the country are very likely to take advantage of these wars to break out, and no one can say what exactly the domestic situation will have evolved to, so it is better to take advantage of the fact that history has not deviated too much from its orbit to resolve it in advance

Although Guan Xuqing has been instructed openly and secretly to let the following make a big deal, get rid of a large number of Manchurian magnates and opposition forces in the imperial court, and recover 74 of them just by wearing more than three grades, and the officials who were dismissed and exiled are almost three times as many as all the officials since Guan Xuqing ascended the throne, so that the water flowing at the mouth of the Nanmen Caishi is red for a few days, but under the persuasion of other princes and ministers, Guan Xuqing cannot do everything to eliminate the evil after all, of course, in an instant, to get rid of so many officials, has reached the limit of the current political system, If it weren't for the fact that many of these people who were eliminated were princes and Baylors who were old and didn't do anything, I am afraid that it would be a problem for the court to maintain it, and he also knew that this kind of practice, just like treating diseases such as smallpox, if you take a shot to prevent the rash before it comes out, you may not be sick for a long time, but it is better to send it out, and cure it once and for all, maybe at some point in the future, the contradictions that are hidden now will completely erupt. Completely changing the face of China is like Russia after World War I and Germany and Japan after World War II, but even if it happens, China is bound to appear in front of the world with a kind of glory