Chapter 175 Final Game: Western Fleet Arrives

Chapter 175 The final game! The Western Fleet is coming!

After the calm.

White turbidity dyed bright red.

From thick to light.

A trickle.

The two of them had complicated emotions and were silent.

I don’t know if it’s right or wrong.

But what is certain is that she felt something she had never felt before.

Just like a person who has been on a long journey in the desert and drank enough water.

No, that's not quite appropriate.

Because people who have traveled long distances in the desert at least know what it feels like to be thirsty.

Although Bingbing is coquettish and good at playing tricks, she has received long-term moral education after all, even if she is a Manchu.

But as a woman, there is nothing to say about pursuing that kind of happiness.

So it should be said that it is vague, swallowing jujube without knowing the joy.

And this time!

knew.

I also know that there are three types.

So it is like a poor person who suddenly eats delicious food and is full until he is full.

In happiness, there is uneasiness, and there is guilt.

"I know, you are worried that I will cause trouble for you." Bingbing said, "You are worried about me."

Su Yi shook his head and said, "No, I'm not worried that you will implicate me. Because no one can implicate me in the future. What I'm worried about is that this incident will bring disaster to you, and you won't be able to protect yourself."

In the next two or three years, Su Yi would be beyond his reach. If something happened to the capital, he would have no choice.

Even when he said that Bingbing couldn't harm him, that wasn't entirely right.

Once this matter breaks out, it will be a huge scandal.

It will also have a huge impact on his political future.

However, the next two years will be full of earth-shaking changes, and things like this will probably not come out.

"But at least we are happy at this moment, right?" Bingbing said: "If I don't get pregnant this time, forget it. If I really get pregnant, I will definitely study hard, even if I can't. He is extremely smart, but at least he can learn to behave himself. He begs for mercy from Concubine Yi and fawns over the queen. "

Su Yi said: "What if she is pregnant and the emperor's kidney water is thin, will it arouse suspicion?"

Bingbing said: "You are worrying too much. The concubine in the harem is pregnant. It is too late for the emperor to be happy, and it is too late for the people in the palace to please. Who would doubt it? Who dares to doubt it? And the emperor still thinks that he is very powerful? Which imperial doctor told the emperor that you have kidney disease The water is thin, so it is not easy to get pregnant, and it will not be recorded in the records. Besides, the emperor had a son and a daughter just two years ago, so don't be guilty. "

"In short, this is the least you need to worry about. I have been in the palace for several years, so I know this best."

This time, she taught Su Yi a lesson.

Then, she couldn't help but said: "Qingqing Dagege, me, or Shen Baoer, who is better?"

Su Yi said: "You."

The other party asked proudly: "Why?"

Su Yi said: "Strange, taboo!"

Bingbing pinched him and said, "You are not a good person either."

"We women are different from you men. You men can sleep with any of you. We women have made great determination to take this step." Bingbing said: "And after we sleep, we usually can't help but follow the wild men. Going out."

"However, it is useless to say all this. If you are not pregnant, then it is regarded as an unlucky fate."

"But if you are really pregnant, you must remember me and help me in the future."

At this time, the rain outside also lightened up.

Bingbing got closer and couldn't help but get emotional again, saying: "You, are you okay?"

Su Yi said: "Okay, okay, but are you so impatient?"

"I hate it." Bingbing said, "I understand now that I was probably greedy. I didn't feel it when I couldn't eat, but I understand now that I'm full."

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It was around three in the morning.

The rain is about to stop, and Su Yi is leaving.

"You should take a shower and change clothes before leaving, so as not to be discovered by Qingqing." Bingbing suddenly said.

Su Yi said: "You are more cautious now."

Then, Su Yi went to take a bath and change clothes.

After that, he went out in the night.

"Auntie, let's go." Su Yi said.

Mrs. Zhaolin nodded with great complexity.

Bingbing walked out naked, leaning against the door, watching him disappear into the night.

"My aunt, it's very cold outside." Mrs. Zhaolin said.

Bingbing said: "I don't feel cold either. I feel like I'm burning."

Mrs. Zhaolin looked at her daughter's beautiful figure, as white as fat as frost and snow, and knew that this was a man's death hole.

I sighed in my heart, I don't know if it was a blessing or a curse that my daughter was born with such beauty and disaster.

But it doesn't matter whether it's a moment of superiority or anger and revenge.

It all happened.

Next, things will be different. You really need to be extremely cautious.

"Daughter, things will be different next. You can't be as willful as before. You have to be sensible. Otherwise, if you are not careful, the sky will collapse and the earth will collapse." Mrs. Zhaolin said.

Bingbing said: "I know."

"But don't feel like the sky is falling, otherwise your secret will be exposed and you will have a guilty conscience."

"After stealing someone, you have to be more calm, don't you know?"

Mrs. Zhaolin said: "Bah, bah, bah, what do I know? Of course I don't know."

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After Su Yi returned home, Qingqing was still waiting for him.

The baby was also taken away. After Su Yi entered the bed, Qingqing snuggled up.

He said softly: "Where are you going?"

She thought it was Princess Shou'an.

Then, she stretched out her hand to explore and said angrily: "You used it too hard."

Then, she asked softly: "Will you leave Beijing early tomorrow morning?"

Su Yi stroked her hair gently and said, "It's not that simple. The emperor probably had to go through a lot of trouble before letting me leave the capital. This is a political signal to the world."

Qingqing said: "How long has it been since we started engaging in this kind of power struggle that cannot be brought to the fore?"

Su Yi said: "It's okay, go to sleep, go to sleep!"

Then, he kissed Qingqing on her forehead.

"Yeah!" Qingqing closed her eyes and fell asleep sweetly.

But Su Yi didn't sleep, but had a lot of thoughts.

Since time traveling, he has always made decisions before taking action, and rarely acts irrationally.

But tonight, it was not very rational.

He couldn't tell the specific reason.

Perhaps it was because of the current situation that he worked very hard to keep his wits about him, and the situation was indeed not out of line.

But the overall situation itself is very variable.

It is indeed difficult to control by manpower.

Or maybe it was the anger inside him.

Even though he had passed the test, whether he admitted it or not, at least during the days when he went to Beijing, Su Yi's fate was controlled by others.

He did indirectly control the emperor's future destiny.

But to be precise, it is the historical trend that controls the future destiny of the emperor. And Su Yi worked hard to grasp the general trend of history.

But these days, the emperor's control over his destiny was direct and sharp.

After leaving Beijing this time, it will no longer be like this.

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The next day!

Su Yi packed her things and prepared to leave.

But as usual, we still have to wait until twelve o'clock.

Because the last time I left Beijing, I didn't wait for the emperor's inscription, so I had to pretend to wait this time. =

But this time, there was no inscription from the emperor, but an inquiry from the emperor.

A strange eunuch came to the house and asked: "Su Yi, the emperor wants to ask you, the former Jiujiang magistrate Shen Baozhen has been dismissed. Do you have any candidates for this position?"

Ordinarily, at this time, Su Yi should have said that there was no one to choose.

This answer will prevent you from falling into a trap.

But Su Yi didn't care whether he got into a trap or not.

He doesn't like the other party's power tactics.

However, Su Yi couldn't mention Li Si at this time, otherwise it would harm him.

Su Yi said: "I recommend Huitabu."

The eunuch said: "I understand."

Then, he returned directly to the palace.

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In the Qianqing Palace.

Today, I am still attending the court meeting.

The eunuch entered and said, "Your Majesty, Su Yi, the governor of Jiangxi, still hasn't left the capital. He is probably waiting for the Emperor's inscription."

The emperor asked: "Does he have any recommendations for the candidate for the prefect of Jiujiang?"

The eunuch said: "He recommended Waitabu."

The emperor nodded and said, "I understand."

At this time, Kuang Yuan, the Minister of Military Affairs and the Minister of Civil Affairs, said: "Your Majesty, I have something to do."

The emperor said: "Say."

Kuang Yuan said: "Su Yi is the governor of Jiangxi and is tired from government affairs, so his concurrent post as deputy capital of Manchuria under the Xianglan Banner is not suitable for the time. Please choose another important person."

The emperor thought for a while and said: "Now it seems that it is indeed not suitable."

"The decree is proposed to remove Su Yi from the post of deputy capital of Manchuria."

This is ridiculous, this is a part-time job.

In the court, having both civil and military skills is the standard for powerful ministers.

Guiliang is a cabinet scholar and can be regarded as prime minister. He once served as the commander-in-chief of the Han army under the Xianghong Banner, and now he is also the commander-in-chief of the Mongolian army under the Zhenglan Banner. How could he still be in charge of the military affairs of the Eight Banners?

Then, the emperor asked: "Then who should be the deputy commander of Manchuria with a blue flag?"

As he spoke, the emperor looked at Sushun and said, "As the banner leader, do you have someone to choose?"

Sushun thought for a while and said: "I have no choice for the moment."

Du Han came out and said, "Your Majesty, I recommend Dexing."

Dexing'a, Su Yi's political enemy.

Last year, because he was an enemy of Su Yi, after the great victory in Yangzhou, he, Boyan and Weng Tongshu were beaten to the end.

As Su Yi's political opponent, Du Han was completely testing the situation like crazy at this time.

The emperor said: "Seng Gelinqin, Dexing'a is working under you now, right?"

Dexing'a was beaten to death because he wanted to stand up for Boyan, so of course Senggelinqin had to take care of his future. Therefore, although Dexing'a had no official position, he became Senggelinqin's core staff.

Although it is quite strange for a military general to become an aide.

Prince Horqin Seng Gelinqin said: "Yes, Your Majesty."

The emperor said: "Have you made any progress these days?"

Seng Gelinqin said: "Returning to the emperor, he is brave enough to serve in the shogunate. This time he built the Dagukou fort. He was at Dagukou day and night. He did a lot of things."

The emperor said: "It is good to be brave after knowing your shame."

Then, he was silent for a moment and said: "Draw up the decree to confer Dexing'a as the Vice-Capital of Manchuria under the Xianglan Banner."

Senggelinqin was immediately overjoyed, because in his opinion, this was a very obvious political signal.

Then the emperor asked: "As for sending people to negotiate with foreign barbarians, do you have any candidates?"

Du Han came out again and said: "Returning to the emperor, Su Yi once negotiated with the British and achieved extraordinary achievements."

The emperor said: "But he also explained the reason to me. Now the commander of the foreign barbarians, Earl Elgin, is a political enemy of Bowring, so he also regards Su Ye as a political enemy. If he goes to negotiate, it will be counterproductive."

Du Han said: "But in terms of understanding of the foreign barbarians, there is probably no one better than Su Ye, so it is better to let him recommend someone to negotiate with the British barbarians."

The emperor thought for a while and said: "That makes sense."

Then, he issued an order: "Wang Deli, go to Su Ye's house again and ask if there is anyone to negotiate with the foreign barbarians?"

The eunuch said: "Yes."

Then he rushed out of the palace again and rushed to Su Ye's house.

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Su Ye continued to sit at home, waiting quietly.

Sure enough, the voice came again soon.

"The Emperor of Heaven and Order has ordered that the Governor of Jiangxi Province, Su Ye, should focus on his duties and be relieved of his concurrent post as the Deputy Governor of the Bordered Blue Banner Manchuria. This is the order of the emperor."

Su Ye said, "I accept the order and thank you. Long live the emperor."

Then, the eunuch Wang Deli asked, "Su Ye, the emperor said that you are the best at diplomacy with foreigners. Do you have anyone to recommend you for negotiations with foreigners?"

Su Ye had already said this question, and the emperor knew the answer long ago.

Su Ye's original words were that anyone could do it, and he even almost said that according to your court's bottom line, sending a dog to negotiate would still be successful.

This was not an angry remark.

The Qing court's diplomacy was a joke for a long time.

For example, in the Tianjin Incident more than a decade later, Zeng Guofan, the Governor-General of Zhili, was ruined in his negotiations with the French.

So the court replaced Li Hongzhang to negotiate with France.

And the French happened to encounter the Franco-Prussian War and had no intention of getting entangled in this trivial matter in the East, so they made a big deal out of it.

Li Hongzhang won inexplicably, and then the Qing court thought that Li Hongzhang was awesome, and that he could handle things that Zeng Guofan couldn't handle.

From then on, Li Hongzhang dominated the Qing court's diplomacy for decades.

But the emperor knew the answer, but still sent people to ask, what does this mean?

This is the emperor's cleverness, he is still good at this kind of power tactics.

It is to create a political passivity for Su Ye.

At the beginning, he sent someone to ask, Jiujiang prefect, do you have anyone to recommend?

Su Ye recommended Huai Tabu.

Now the emperor sent someone to ask again, do you have anyone to recommend to negotiate with the foreigners.

At this time, if Su Ye recommended someone, he would be involved in this negotiation. When a humiliating treaty is signed in the future, Su Ye's reputation will also be damaged and he will be dragged into the water directly.

If Su Ye does not recommend.

Then you can't distinguish between public and private?

Jiujiang prefect, you recommended your private person.

Now that we are negotiating with foreigners, it is about the country and the people, but you don't recommend anyone?

Aren't you the one who understands diplomacy the best?

So when there is good news, you recommend.

When there is bad news, you avoid it, right?

You are loyal to the emperor and love the country, but your appearance of being for the country and the people is not very good.

And Su Ye saw through this trick early on.

In fact, when the emperor sent someone to ask him whether he would recommend the prefect of Jiujiang, he knew the emperor's next move.

But... he still said and did so.

One is to maintain his personality.

The second is to let the emperor gain some kind of empty victory.

His meeting with the emperor the day before yesterday hurt the emperor's self-centered heart.

So the emperor thought about it for a day and came up with these tricks to deal with Su Ye.

As an emperor, he must maintain a sense of power that is high above and can decide life and death.

To be more precise, he will be satisfied only when he sees your flaws and your mistakes.

After gaining enough sense of victory, the emperor will end it all and let Su Ye leave Beijing.

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Eunuch Wang Deli rushed back to the palace and entered the Qianqing Palace and said: "Your Majesty, Su Ye said that he had no one to recommend him to negotiate with the foreigners."

Du Han said: "This is strange. The prefect of Jiujiang was recommended by someone. He was not recommended to negotiate with the foreigners. Isn't he the most proficient in diplomacy?"

Kuang Yuan said: "Your Majesty, Su Ye is a person who seeks profit and avoids harm. He is not a wise minister and is not qualified to take on important tasks!"

The emperor sighed softly, but did not say anything, as if he was disappointed.

"What is Su Ye doing at home now?" The emperor asked.

Eunuch Wang Deli said: "He has prepared all the luggage, and the team is all ready. He is probably waiting for the emperor's inscription."

As a sign of Su Ye's fall from favor, the emperor's inscription was one and a half hours late the last time he left Beijing.

As a sign of Su Ye's toughness, Su Ye chose not to write an inscription after waiting for an hour and left Beijing directly.

It was this action that really angered the emperor for the first time.

But at that time, Su Ye was not tough at all. He had to leave Beijing. Fortunately, he did not wait for the inscription, otherwise he would have delayed the real big thing after going to Shanghai.

And this time, in the eyes of many people, Su Ye has learned his lesson and has been waiting for the emperor's inscription at home.

But is it too late to give in at this time?

When he was talking about the inscription, Du Han stepped out again and said: "Your Majesty, the position of Jiujiang prefect is vacant. I recommend Weng Tongshu to take this position."

When this was said, everyone was shocked.

What kind of hatred and resentment is this.

Just recommended De Xing'a as the deputy governor of the Bordered Blue Banner, and now he is going to recommend Su Ye's political enemy Weng Tongshu as the prefect of Jiujiang?

Sushun was silent for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, the impeachment of Minister of Revenue Weng Xincun has not been finalized yet. It is better to postpone Weng Tongshu's appointment as the prefect of Jiujiang."

Sushun almost stopped this matter as a political instinct.

To be precise, it was to delay this matter.

In his opinion, the emperor had almost done enough to torment Su Ye today. If he continued, he would really lose his dignity completely.

The emperor could not help but look at Sushun in surprise.

Then, the emperor said, "Let's discuss the matter of the prefect of Jiujiang again."

"The Censorate, the investigation of Weng Xincun should be accelerated."

Wen Cai, the left censor of the Censorate, said, "I obey your order."

Everyone heard the hidden meaning. If the investigation is faster, it means to raise it high and put it down lightly.

Otherwise, if the investigation is to be detailed, it cannot be fast.

Then, the emperor said, "Prepare the pen, ink, paper and inkstone."

Then, Xianfeng wrote two words with ink: Beware of arrogance!

He actually wanted to write "be good and do what you want".

But these four words were too undignified, so he changed it to "beware of arrogance"!

But it was still a severe admonition.

Moreover, these two words were written in front of the whole court.

Many people were of course gloating, but there were also many people who felt sympathetic.

How favored Su Ye was in the past. After the victory in Nanchang a few months ago, when he was appointed as the governor of Jiangxi and the deputy governor, everyone was extremely jealous.

They felt that a generation of powerful officials was rising.

But they did not expect that in just a few months, it would be completely changed.

The key is that Su Ye did not embezzle or pervert the law, but just focused on running factories and engaging in foreign affairs.

In order to stick to his ideals and propositions, he actually fell into this situation, how can people not sigh.

This also made many people wary. Since ancient times, the emperor's heart is unpredictable, and many favored ministers have ended up like this.

Between the monarch and the minister, even if there is a little bit of rift, someone will immediately dig desperately, turning this crack into a huge gully.

After writing, the emperor handed the calligraphy to the eunuch and said, "Wang Deli, run again and give this calligraphy to Su Ye as an encouragement."

"Hey!"

Eunuch Wang Deli held the calligraphy high and ran towards Su Ye's house again.

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At this time, at home, Su Ye was discussing the establishment of a factory with Chong En.

Chong En asked, if Su Ye's factory was successful, could other governors and governors follow suit, and would the Qing Dynasty become rich and powerful.

"Establishing factories and engaging in Westernization can only be done from the top down, not from the bottom up."

"Especially, it cannot evolve into local governors and governors engaging in Westernization, but it must be done from the central government of the court."

"It is okay for local governors and governors to do it at the beginning, but when it develops to a certain extent and needs to integrate the resources of various provinces, local governors and governors will not be enough and will immediately encounter bottlenecks."

"Also, letting local governors and governors engage in Westernization will cause further division of the country. On the surface, it seems to be strong, but in fact it sows the seeds of disaster."

"The court is unable to suppress the rebellion, so it lets local officials organize militia, which means to delegate military power to the local areas. The court is unable to pay salaries to the militia, so it lets these militia ministers raise money on their own The local militia had no money, so they had to find another source of money. "

"This was started by Lei Yizhen, the assistant military officer of Jiangbei Camp. His staff member Qian Jiang asked him to set up a tax bureau privately to collect donations from merchants, that is, private taxes. He reaped a lot of benefits, so he reported to the court for promotion. This actually laid the seeds of disaster. Local governors had financial and military power, and they would be independent in fact in the future. "

"This time, the foreign invasion forced the court to set a tariff of no more than 2.5% for foreign goods entering our country, and they were completely tax-free when they entered the mainland for sale. In this way, foreign goods will completely suppress domestic merchants, and the situation will collapse even more. "

Hearing Su Ye's analysis, Chong En was more convinced.

My son Su Ye is a natural talent.

Such a far-sighted vision, but what was the result? He met such a court that knew nothing.

Su Ye wanted to support the country, but this group of people not only could not help, but also desperately pulled his feet.

Suddenly, Chong En had this idea in his mind.

If Su Ye can master the central power, that would be great.

Is the country saved?

At this time, the eunuch Wang Deli entered again and said, "The emperor has given me a word!"

Su Ye stepped forward and respectfully took the emperor's inscription.

Chong En stepped forward and saw these two words, and the whole person almost exploded.

Beware of arrogance? !

How ridiculous?

What qualifications do you have to write these two words?

How ignorant? Only wrote these two words to Su Ye?

Eunuch Wang Deli said: "The emperor said that he hopes Su Ye will be cautious and calm, make new achievements, and do it well."

Su Ye bowed and said: "Thank you for the emperor's admonition."

Eunuch Wang Deli said: "Then you can leave Beijing!"

Finally, it's over.

Did the emperor finally feel that he had controlled Su Ye again?

Su Ye formally said goodbye to all his family members.

Finally, he can leave Beijing.

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A quarter of an hour later, Su Ye left the capital with a guard of hundreds of people and headed for Tongzhou.

This time, he did not go to Tianjin to take a ship south.

Because, according to his estimation, the British joint fleet would probably arrive soon.

It was no longer safe to take the sea route.

After leaving the capital, Hei Gong and others appeared in front of Su Ye.

"My lord!"

Su Ye said: "Five things."

"First, send someone to the sea of ​​Tianjin, and report immediately if the foreign joint fleet is found."

"The second thing is to send people to wait in the capital for two results. One, when will my elder brother Su Quan resign or be dismissed. Two, whether the new prefect of Jiujiang will be Weng Tongshu."

"If the emperor really chooses Weng Tongshu as the prefect of Jiujiang, it proves that he has made a certain decision."

"The third thing is to immediately arrange the Taiping Army to attack my fleet on the Yangtze River and then spread the news."

"The fourth thing is, once it is confirmed that the new prefect of Jiujiang is Weng Tongshu, immediately plan a plan to kill him halfway! No matter how many people he brings with him , dozens or hundreds of people, kill them all!"

"Either kill them in the name of the Taiping Army or in the name of the foreigners!"

"If you kill them in the name of the Taiping Army, hang the heads of Weng Tongshu and all his members on the top of the city wall of Tianjing so that the Jiangnan camp can see clearly."

"Don't worry about exposing the flaws, and don't worry about suspicion on us, just do it as much as you want."

"The fifth thing, the plan in Tianjing will be launched to promote the start of the war!"

Hei Gong remembered every word of Su Ye and repeated it.

"The slave is going to do the job." Then, he left with his men and disappeared.

Now Hei Gong basically calls himself a subordinate and rarely calls himself a slave.

This time, he rarely called himself a slave.

Because they were all big things to do, they showed loyalty.

Then, Su Ye took hundreds of people and boarded the ship at Tongzhou Wharf.

Following the canal, he left Shuntian Prefecture and went south back to Jiujiang.

Standing at the bow, he took out the emperor's inscription, showed a disdainful smile, tore it into pieces, and threw it into the river.

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Three days later!

Tianjin Dagukou Fort.

"Dangdangdangdang..."

A series of harsh bells rang out.

The defenders of Dagukou looked up and were immediately horrified.

The entire river was densely packed with foreign fleets.

There were so many black gun muzzles that they could not be counted.

All of them were aimed at Dagukou and Tianjin City.

Zhili Governor's Office.

The guerrilla general of Tianjin Town rushed in and shouted: "Marshal, Marshal, something bad is happening, something bad is happening!"

"The foreign fleet is coming."

Tan Tingxiang was terrified and said: "How many? How many?"

The guerrilla general said: "Countless, there is no end!"

Tan Tingxiang fell into a chair and trembled: "It's over, it's over!"

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Note: The first update is here, benefactor, do you still have monthly tickets? Give them to me?

I'm going to bed, see you tonight.