Usurping the Qing Dynasty: My first love was Cixi

Chapter 121 Su Yi takes a concubine! The sky collapses and the earth breaks apart! Kill him

Su Yi publicly admitted in court that he was Qingqing's mistress. This news was completely explosive.

Not only was the entire court stunned, but the entire capital was also shocked.

The roar of the mountains is like a tsunami.

I really didn’t expect it at all.

The key is that Su Yi has just been given the opportunity to marry the Sixth Princess, so why are you trying to make her pregnant?

That is the most talented woman in Manchuria.

Suddenly, everyone's eyes were fixed on Su Yi's house.

They all stared at the palace.

How would the emperor deal with Su Yi?

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In just one day, impeachment memorials were as dense as raindrops.

At the court meeting the next day, numerous officials opened fire.

Whether they were nobles of the Eight Banners or high-ranking Han officials, they all impeached Su Yi.

Your new army wants to cut off the roots of our Eight Banners, and you are our mortal enemy.

I'll kill you if you're sick.

How could you miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity?

We must remove all Su Yi's official positions and take away all his power.

The emperor must take back the marriage grant and completely ruin Su Yi's future.

Everyone found this easy, because the emperor had been very angry yesterday.

However……

Today's emperor remains silent.

Not a word was spoken.

No one has taken a position on impeachment.

This... why is this?

Even after all the impeachments, the emperor said directly: "Let's talk about the foreign barbarians forcing the treaty to be revised."

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Princess Shou'an and Princess Shouxi were also completely stunned by the news.

At this time, Princess Shou'an really had no way to save her.

She said to Princess Shouxi: "Okay, you are satisfied now. You finally don't have to marry him. Now the marriage between you two will definitely be ruined."

Then, she gritted her teeth and said, "This bastard really made Qingqing's belly bigger."

And there's no news at all.

I originally thought that she liked me, so she didn't care about my age.

Unexpectedly, he actually liked women of this age, so he teased her.

You really know how to choose.

Qingqing is also a married woman, and she is the most beautiful.

And I am almost one of the most distinguished married women in the world.

Do you specifically pick out women like us?

Princess Shouxi said: "I admire him a little now. He can stand up and protect his woman at the critical moment. Otherwise, Qingqinggege would have to bear a lot of pressure, and even be arrested by the clan mansion."

Princess Shou'an said: "But what's the price? Losing everything? Without power, how can he and his women protect themselves?"

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The next day, the emperor was once again subjected to a mountain of impeachment memorials, all of them impeaching Su Yi.

In addition, he was listening to the report from the eunuch Zenglu.

"Those rumors about the Emperor had already spread and were about to intensify, but now they have been completely suppressed."

"Now the whole capital is discussing the matter between Brother Su Yi and Qingqing Gege. It is spreading everywhere."

The emperor suddenly felt a chill on his back.

A little bit close.

What if these rumors about myself really spread? What a blow to majesty that is?

Especially the rumors about Hualiu disease will really ruin his reputation.

It would be fine if it were completely false. The key is this kind of half-truth and half-false rumors, which are the most terrifying.

It seems that we need to be more restrained in the future.

"Have you found out the source of the rumors about me?" the emperor asked.

Zenglu said: "We have captured some people and are tracing their origins. But the most critical people have already escaped to the capital. We are sending troops to arrest them along the way."

The emperor knew that of course such matters should not be investigated with great fanfare, otherwise it would only intensify the spread of rumors.

But now facing numerous impeachment memorials, he is really under great pressure.

Su Yi blocked his sword and blew himself up, which certainly moved the emperor.

However, it is true that Su Yi hooked up with Qingqing.

There has to be an explanation.

At this time, a voice came from outside: "Your Majesty, brother Su Yi's book."

The emperor was stunned and said, "Is this a plea for mercy?"

"Bring it in."

After a while, the emperor got Su Yi's note.

After reading it, he was even more moved.

Because in this book, he didn't mention any of his own contributions. As for the matter of self-destructing to block the emperor's sword, he didn't mention a single word.

In the book, there is only acknowledgment of mistakes and apology.

And at the end of the excerpt, he wrote: I please resign from my position as cabinet scholar.

Good minister, good minister!

Knowing that I was under great pressure, I came out to share my burden again.

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The next day!

It's court meeting again.

Except for a few emperors in the Qing Dynasty, they were not so diligent at all.

Basically once every few days.

But there are too many things going on lately, so I’m recreating the daily routine.

Even though it was a small court meeting and people below the third rank were not allowed to attend, it was still quite a hassle.

Today, Chongen went to court.

"Your Majesty, Su Yi is at home, so he entrusted me with a memorial."

"He knew that he made a mistake, so he formally resigned to the emperor as a cabinet minister."

The civil and military officials in the court couldn't help but be stunned. Is Su Yi so proactive?

However, you still have illusions, otherwise why would you just resign as a cabinet minister.

Then, everyone was watching the emperor's reaction.

As a result, the emperor still remained silent.

Then, Chongen said: "In addition, Su Yi entrusted me with another memorial, saying that the foreign barbarians proposed to exchange the treaty, otherwise they would meet with soldiers. They must pay attention to it and focus on negotiation and must not provoke. Otherwise, there will be war. In such a dangerous situation, there is even a risk of the mountains and rivers being shattered.”

As soon as these words came out, many people couldn't help but sneer.

Su Yi, you can't protect yourself now, why are you still concerned about Yang Yi's contract change?

Immediately, Weng Xiancun came out and said: "Your Majesty, this is a mistake for the country. The foreign barbarians are greedy. Negotiating with them is like putting out firewood with firewood. It is useless. It can only show toughness. Now the foreign warships are outside the mouth of Dagu. Please bombard the sea to deter the foreign barbarians."

"I second the proposal!"

"I second the proposal!"

"I second the proposal!"

On this point, the emperor's thoughts were opposite to Su Yi's.

He also feels that we should be tough.

In the past ten years, the British have repeatedly threatened to use force, but how many times has it come true?

And didn’t Ye Mingchen just win a game?

After pondering for a moment, he said: "Guiliang, you go to Tianjin immediately to conduct military drills and artillery drills in the waters of Dagukou."

Gui Liang, the governor of Zhili, said: "I obey the decree."

This matter has finally been settled.

Then, everyone was still waiting for the emperor's treatment of Su Yi.

However, the emperor directly announced his resignation.

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A few days later, there was a big court meeting.

Lord Chongen brought another piece of information from Su Yi.

"Please resign as the new army coach and recommend Wang Shiqing as his replacement!"

This memorial comes up.

The court was in an uproar, and the capital was in an uproar.

You, Su Yi, are really willing to give up. You really resigned from your position as the head coach of the New Army.

Su Yi wrote clearly in the memorial.

He has no love for power. He even said during the training that he would be satisfied as long as he trains the new army. As for whether he is the coach of the new army, it doesn't matter at all.

Why do I need to be successful?

The emperor remembered that Su Yi did say this.

I thought it was just a nice word, but I didn't expect it to be sincere.

He actually resigned as the head coach of the new army.

However, the emperor still remained silent.

How could he agree?

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A few more days passed!

Su Yi once again made an excuse and asked for the title.

The emperor still remained silent.

The ministers remained silent and just stared at the emperor.

Wait for him to make a decision.

However, there is an obvious emotion brewing.

Your Majesty, Su Yi made such a big mistake. If he is not punished, how can he explain it to the world?

Tuoming'a, Weng Tongshu, just submitted a memorial to slander Su Yi.

The result?

He was immediately dismissed completely.

Boyan Namohu falsely claimed his merits, and was deprived of his position as the crown prince.

Why was there nothing wrong with Su Yi?

No punishment at all?

How to convince the public?

How to not make everyone feel cold?

at last!

Su Yi got another discount.

I implore the emperor to keep his engagement with Princess Shouxi because he really loves her.

If it were normal times, if he said this, he would only make people laugh.

Do you still dare to say that you admire Princess Shouxi?

Where is your face?

You've made Qingqing Gege's belly bigger.

But now, Su Yi's words carry great weight.

Because he resigned from the cabinet as bachelor, commander of the new army, and first-class viscount.

Just want to keep the engagement.

How precious are the first two official positions?

You really love beauty, not power.

However, the emperor still remained silent.

Everyone was secretly angry, Your Majesty, is your favor to Su Yi so great?

In this case, where will you put the ministers?

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During this time, Su Yi always stayed at home.

Suddenly, a girl squeezed in secretly.

It turned out to be Princess Shouxi.

"Fourth sister couldn't come to see you, so she entrusted me to come." Princess Shouxi said: "She asked me to tell you that you will definitely lose two official positions, a title, and an engagement."

"If you don't deal with it, it will be difficult for the emperor to convince the public."

"Fourth sister said that you choose to resign your title and your engagement, leaving two official positions."

"The title is gone, but you can get it again through meritorious service."

"The engagement is gone, but we can still fight for it in the future."

Su Yi said: "What about your own opinion?"

Princess Shouxi said: "I have no opinion, I hate you the most."

Su Yi said: "Then let me tell you my opinion. I can lose my official position, my title, and my military power, but... I am absolutely unwilling to give up my engagement."

Princess Shouxi asked: "Why?"

Su Yi said: "I exchanged Yangzhou City for this engagement."

Princess Shouxi said: "Is it because of this?"

Su Yi glanced at her and wrote lightly: "I like you so much, how can I give up?"

Princess Shouxi trembled slightly when she heard this.

After a long while, she said angrily: "You know how to lie to others, do you think I will believe it?"

Then, she added: "You got sister Da Qingqing pregnant, and you hooked up with sister Si. How can you like me? Every time you see me, you are not in a good mood. You obviously hate me, just like I hate you."

Su Ye said: "You are still young, you don't understand."

Princess Shouxi said: "If you don't tell me, how can I understand?"

Su Ye said: "There are many women I want to sleep with. But there is only one woman I want to marry. There is also only one woman I want to cherish for my whole life."

After hearing this, Princess Shouxi blushed and said: "You are so shameless, I'm leaving!"

Then she ran away directly.

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A few days later!

The court received a victory report.

After the bombardment of Dagukou, the foreign warships escaped.

Gui Liang shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, the British are just paper tigers. When we fired our heavy artillery, the people on the warships panicked, howled like ghosts, and then fled."

"Congratulations, Your Majesty! Congratulations, Your Majesty!"

Suddenly, the whole court celebrated.

"Your Majesty, the British are indeed timid. They came here aggressively but left in disgrace."

"Your Majesty, Su Ye kept saying that he wanted to negotiate and not provoke, but what happened? He was proved wrong."

"How can such a spineless minister take on such a big responsibility?"

"Your Majesty, please punish Su Ye!"

"Your Majesty, please punish Su Ye!"

"Your Majesty, he was unwilling to let Su Ye's new army bombard the British warships that day, and he also stopped it. If he had listened to what he said, wouldn't the foreign warships still be on the sea of ​​Tianjin, showing off their power?"

"Your Majesty, Su Ye is a traitor to the country, please punish him."

At this time, the emperor finally couldn't bear the pressure and said, "Draft an edict to remove Su Ye from the cabinet as a bachelor of reading."

All of a sudden, all the ministers bowed down.

"Your Majesty is wise!"

"Your Majesty is wise!

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Although the emperor dismissed Su Ye from his position as a cabinet scholar.

However, the nobles of the Eight Banners would definitely not be willing to do so.

The most important thing is to seize Su Ye's new army.

And to break his engagement.

As long as Su Ye gets rid of these two things, he will be a sick cat without claws and teeth, and will not be afraid at all.

Then...

Something happened!

The wife of Prince Qing went to the imperial mausoleum to cry and worship, and committed suicide by hitting the mausoleum.

Although she was rescued, her life was in danger.

Qingqing Gege's ex-husband, Fengen Zhenguogong Yicai, once again came to the outside of the palace with the ancestral tablets and cried loudly.

He came every day, and he had been here for several days in a row.

"Ancestors, open your eyes and take a look, a dignified royal family member has been bullied like this!"

"Your Majesty, please make the decision for me! "

He cried and kowtowed, his forehead was covered with blood.

Inside the palace.

A group of royal family members over 60 or 70 years old knelt tremblingly in the court.

"Your Majesty, make the decision!"

"No matter what, Yicai is still a royal family member and Aisin-Gioro. But he was bullied like this by people of other surnames."

"The royal family has lost face."

"Why is the emperor so partial to one and the other? Why is Su Ye, a man of low character, hooking up with a married woman, not severely punished? And Jueluo, who is not a good wife, should be imprisoned by the clan office."

The emperor said: "Jueluo was with Su Ye after the divorce."

When these words came out, everyone was stunned.

Your Majesty, you actually said such biased words?

An old clan member said: "Your Majesty, even if they were hooking up after the divorce, it would be a huge scandal. Without a matchmaker, without a marriage, they were together in private, and they got pregnant. Isn't this wrong? "

This point is indeed unreasonable.

However, at this time, Chong'en stood up and shouted: "Who said there was no matchmaker? Lord Ruilin personally acted as a matchmaker, and my husband and I promised to marry Qingqing to Su Ye as a concubine, and we have already married."

When these words came out, the whole audience was in an uproar.

Lord Chong'en, do you have any shame to say this?

Your daughter, marrying Su Ye as a concubine?

Are you so despised?

"Your Majesty, Su Ye is a lowly person and is not worthy of marrying Princess Shouxi. Please withdraw the engagement!"

"Your Majesty, please withdraw the engagement. "

The ministers and royal relatives present all knelt down.

The emperor closed his eyes in a little pain.

He tried every means to keep Su Ye, but some things were really unacceptable.

For example, this engagement.

How to keep it?

It's no secret that Su Ye had been hooking up with Qing Qing before proposing in public.

Even if Chong En tried to make amends later by saying that he had betrothed Qing Qing to Su Ye as a concubine, it would be useless.

But I really don't want to, I really want to keep this marriage for Su Ye.

"Six hundred miles in a hurry!"

"Six hundred miles in a hurry!"

Suddenly there was a shout from outside.

A moment later, a messenger rushed in.

The emperor was shocked, and everyone was shocked.

Six hundred miles in a hurry at this time?

Could it be that something changed in the Jiangbei camp and the Jiangnan camp?

"Your Majesty, the British army rushed into Guangzhou and broke through the city of Guangzhou in less than a day! ”

“The Guangdong-Guangxi Governor’s Office was burned down!”

“The Guangdong-Guangxi Governor Ye Mingchen was captured by the British.”

"The British army set fire to Guangzhou City and continued to increase its troops, sharpening their knives to occupy the entire Guangdong Province!"

All of a sudden, everyone was stunned.

The emperor was shaking all over.

Aren't there many defenders in Guangzhou?

In just one day, it was broken by the British?

How terrible is this combat power?

However, this is just the beginning!

Then, there was another round of shouting.

"Six hundred miles of urgent, six hundred miles of urgent!"

"Your Majesty, it's not good, it's not good, the British fleet appeared on the sea of ​​Tianjin, but it's not just one, but more than a dozen."

"Moreover, the naval guns have been raised towards us."

"The situation is extremely urgent, extremely urgent!"

The emperor was furious.

Good, good!

Su Ye had said before that he would not anger the British and not provoke them.

As a result, you insisted on provoking and bombarding the British fleet.

Now it's good.

The British really used force.

In half an hour, they broke through Guangzhou City, burned the Governor's Mansion, and captured the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi.

What should we do now? What should we do?

The civil and military officials present could not help but recall the memory of the Opium War more than a decade ago.

They suffered a humiliating defeat.

It was so vivid.

The emperor said angrily: "Tell me, what should we do now?"

The ministers were speechless.

In the past ten years, the British have been demanding to revise the treaty and have been threatening to use force.

As a result, they have never used force.

It's like the wolf is coming. After saying it many times, the Qing court is no longer afraid.

So they also think that this time it must be a bluff.

Unexpectedly, Britain really used force this time, and it was so fierce.

This posture looks much more fierce than the Opium War more than a decade ago.

This is also more fierce than the start of the Second Opium War in history, which can be regarded as a butterfly effect.

Because in history, the Qing court did not use heavy artillery to shoot British warships. Although it was just a threatening shooting, it also completely angered the British.

Therefore, the British reacted much more violently than in history.

In history, after the Arrow incident, the British took three days to attack Guangzhou City for the first time. As a result, Ye Mingchen happened to go to pray to the Buddha for protection and escaped.

After looting Guangzhou City for a few days, the British withdrew from Guangzhou City due to insufficient troops. And Ye Mingchen actually reported the victory to the emperor, saying that he had repelled the British army.

But the emperor and the court really believed it, and gave Ye Mingchen a great reward, saying that he was a role model for officials, and that the British were paper tigers, and continued the previous hard line, and they had to be tougher on the British.

As a result... Not long after, the British returned, this time completely occupied Guangzhou City, burned the Governor's Office of Guangdong and Guangxi, arrested Ye Mingchen, imprisoned him in Calcutta, and died there.

In this world, the situation has changed dramatically, and everything has accelerated.

Because of the Qing court's so-called tough bombardment in advance, the British did not say a word, not only dispatched the army in Hong Kong, but also recruited a large number of mercenaries, and directly and decisively captured Guangzhou.

Suddenly, the emperor fell into panic.

The Nian Army had not been wiped out, and the rebels were in full swing, and had just broken through the Jiangnan camp.

How could the court have the strength to fight the British?

Because of Su Ye's assassination of Yang Xiuqing, history has also changed.

Although the internal struggle of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was in full swing inside Tianjing City, the Tianjing Incident has not happened yet, and Yang Xiuqing has not died yet.

It is precisely because of this that the pressure of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom on the Qing court at this time is still extremely huge.

The British are much more powerful and terrifying than the rebels.

In the Opium War more than a decade ago, the British had only a few thousand troops, and the Qing court dispatched nearly 100,000 troops successively.

The result was still a disastrous defeat.

At that time, there was no rebellion by the Nian Army or the rebels in the country, and they were all beaten like this.

How can we possibly defeat the British when the country is in pieces now?

If we are not careful, it may lead to a catastrophe that will cause the world to collapse.

Not only the emperor thinks so, but also the civil and military officials in the court think so.

How tough and provocative these people were before.

How cowardly they are now.

At this time, Yicai outside was still shouting: "Ancestors, open your eyes and see how your descendants have been bullied!"

"Your Majesty, please show mercy and make the decision for me."

"Su Ye is an adulterer and a whore, everyone can kill him!"

At this time, the eunuch Zenglu looked at the emperor, and the emperor frowned and said, "What's wrong?"

The eunuch Zenglu stepped forward and whispered, "Your Majesty, the source of the rumor has been found. It was a man in the Eight Great Hutongs. When we caught him, he was fleeing to the south."

The emperor said, "Who did he say instructed him to do it, and how did he know these secrets?"

The eunuch Zenglu said, "This man is on his way back to the capital, and he hasn't had time to interrogate him yet. But this man is Yicai's long-term lover."

As soon as these words came out, the emperor's face changed.

Good Yicai!

You actually spread it?

I summoned women from outside, and I got a dirty disease.

You are so bold!

Seeking death, seeking death, seeking death!

How did you know this?

The emperor's eyes were suddenly filled with murderous intent.

"Find a reason to arrest Yicai, his adoptive mother, and his entire family!"

This time, if he doesn’t kill a group of people, the emperor will never be satisfied.

Zenglu whispered: “Huh!”

However, killing this group of people can only satisfy his hatred.

It can’t save the current situation.

Looking at the entire court, everyone is like a bereaved family.

Weren’t you very talkative just now? Didn’t you call for Su Ye to be killed?

Didn’t you want to take away his military power and cancel his engagement?

Aren’t you going to completely destroy his future?

I, the emperor, tried so hard to protect him, but I can hardly protect him.

The internal struggle is so fierce, how can I face the foreigners? There is no way, I can’t spit out a word.

The emperor asked again: "My ministers, the situation is about to collapse. The foreign army has occupied Guangzhou, and the foreign fleet has reached Tianjin. What should we do? What should we do?"

"Didn't you have a lot of ideas before? You even thought of a way to bombard the foreign warships."

"Now the foreign army is really summoned, what should we do?"

The ministers were silent, looking down at the shoes, some of them even trembled slightly, all of them were at a loss, and they were afraid of getting burned.

The emperor was sad, and he thought of that sentence again.

The country is in chaos and needs good generals.

In this situation, good generals are useless, even good ministers are useless, and we need talents.

The foreigners are different from any other enemies. At this time, who can turn the tide?

At this moment, Lord Chong'en said, "Your Majesty, please summon Su Ye to the palace. He may have a way to save the situation."

At this moment, the eunuch Cheng Shou rushed in and said, "Your Majesty, Brother Su Ye wants to see you!"

The emperor stood up suddenly and said, "Quick, let him in."

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