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Volume 1: Fierce Battle in Changsha Chapter 749: Purge in the Army

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    Xiao Yungui left first after Chen Yucheng and his wife toasted with wine. When leaving, he ordered Li Kaifang and his companions to drive back to the palace. This was a bit surprising, because the prime minister Zuo Zongtang was still at the table, even if the emperor  If you need to go back to the palace to deal with something important, you should call him.  ¡ñ¡Ð,. When the rest of the people looked at Zuo Zongtang with questioning eyes, Zuo Zongtang was enjoying the wine and feasting contentedly, unmoved at all.

    Li Kaifang has always been His Majesty the Emperor's right-hand man. He has Zuo Zongtang in literature and Li Kaifang in military affairs. This is recognized by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. From the time when the emperor was the King of the West, these two people have assisted the King of the West in both literature and military affairs, and every step of the way  great achievements.  Many senior generals in the military have always believed that Li Kaifang's achievements were not inferior to those of Zuo Zongtang, and even speculated that Li Kaifang would be the next prime minister.  Now that they saw Li Kaifang driving away alone, everyone was wondering, could it be that the Emperor did this on purpose to show the Prime Minister?  As a result, all kinds of speculations were in their minds for a while, but none of them were famous.

    Half an hour after the Emperor's Majesty went there, Li Xiucheng, who was still having a banquet at the banquet, received a note from his bodyguard. After a quick glance, he calmly took out his pipe and mixed up the note.  Put the tobacco in and light it together.  After taking two puffs, he whispered to the unconscious Han Baoying beside him: "I have to leave for a while if I have an emergency. If others ask, you just say I went to the toilet." Before Han Baoying could ask in detail, Li Xiucheng  Got up and left.

    After leaving the Chen Mansion through the side door, Li Xiucheng led several guards around Majia Hutong, where a black carriage was waiting. A Major of the Guards came forward and led Li Xiucheng onto the carriage.  , followed the carriage and headed towards the palace.

    After a pack of cigarettes, Li Xiucheng arrived outside the Qianqing Palace. The people from the secretariat took him to the side hall to wait. Li Xiucheng knew who the emperor was talking to now. He just hoped that the emperor would not ask him to come in in the end.  .

    In the Dongnuan Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace, Xiao Yungui looked at Li Kaifang who was sitting in front of him by the flickering candlelight and asked: "What are the recent remarks attacking the Prime Minister?" Li Kaifang said with a normal expression: "My subordinate is  I have heard some, mainly because some people say that the current cabinet is too lenient towards the former Qing royal family. Especially the former Qing prince Yixuan, who still refuses to change his clothes and cut his braids. The emperor visited the former Qing royal family several times in person, and the etiquette he did was not good enough.  It¡¯s quite inappropriate. Those people are saying that such remnants should be severely punished to show the power of God, but all the petition documents were suppressed by the cabinet, so those people spread the rumor that it was the prime minister who was trying to clear up the remnants before covering up."

    Xiao Yungui hummed and said, "You know it very well." Li Kaifang's expression changed slightly, and before he could speak, Xiao Yungui asked again: "You are also an important member of the cabinet. So how do you think this matter should be handled?"

    Li Kaifang calmed down and said: "Don't pay attention to these petty remarks. Treating the former Qing royal family well was decided when they surrendered. The cabinet only needs to be responsible to the emperor for its work and ignore others."

    Xiao Yungui snorted and said: "You mean to just leave it alone? That's true. No matter what the public comments are, they are just rumors and are harmless." Then Xiao Yungui's eyes turned cold and he said: "But there are people in the army.  We cannot ignore such rumors when they appear!¡±

    At this point, Li Kaifang's expression finally changed. He stood up and opened his mouth to say something but couldn't. Xiao Yungui looked at him coldly and said, "Do you think I don't know the source of those rumors? Minister Li. You  Good thing to do!¡±

    Li Kaifang's knees went weak. Under the emperor's pressure, she couldn't help but weaken. Xiao Yungui put a thick stack of official documents in front of him and said angrily: "On December 3 last year, you were  When inspecting the garrison in Gyeonggi Province, I convened some old ministries for a secret discussion to discuss spreading folk rumors to the army. On January 18, February 9, and March 5 this year, when the generals of each military region came to Beijing to report on their duties,  I also summoned them separately and said the same thing! Li Kaifang, what do you want to do? You engaged in political struggle and ended up in my army?!"

    Li Kaifang hurriedly said: "Your Majesty. Your Majesty, I just mentioned it briefly at the time. I didn't expect that they would go back and do this." Xiao Yungui said angrily: "The total number of generals you have assigned to various military regions is 124.  They were all involved in it, and you still dare to say that you just mentioned it briefly? You want to overthrow the left prime minister in advance so that you can sit in the position of prime minister, don¡¯t you?!"

    Li Kaifang couldn't help but burst into tears. She walked forward on her knees and cried in front of Xiao Yungui: "Your Majesty, these rumors will spread to the army sooner or later. My subordinates have never thought of overthrowing the left prime minister."

    Xiao Yungui snorted heavily and said: "You take advantage of the promotion of military ranks in various military regions to suppress dissidents and promote people close to you. By promoting military ranks to greatly expand your power, what on earth do you want to do?! Huh?  !¡±

    Only now did Li Kaifang realize that what she had done had aroused the emperor's taboo. The emperor had never liked a powerful person.Well-known generals are widely known to form cliques in the army for personal gain, let alone this one.

    Xiao Yungui looked at him bitterly and said: "I have always said that people in the military should not participate in politics. Have you forgotten what I said?! Why are you anxious? Sooner or later, you will be given the position of left prime minister.  Yes, are you doing this to force me to touch you first?!"

    Li Kaifang's heart felt cold, and she begged: "Your Majesty, I know that I was wrong. I know that I was wrong." Xiao Yungui snorted and said: "Go back, you don't have to go out recently, you can reflect at home.  For a moment. I hope to see your resignation tomorrow morning!" After saying that, he waved his hand and motioned for him to go out.  Li Kaifang stood up tremblingly and left slowly with heavy steps.

    Xiao Yungui angrily turned to the back of the screen. Hong Yun'er was reading a book on the soft couch behind the screen. She didn't raise her head and just said: "Li Kaifang is an old minister after all. You shouldn't be angry at him."

    Xiao Yungui snorted and said: "I'm not as sinister as you. I want to touch people, but I still talk to them with a smile. Look at what he does. His military rank is used to buy people's hearts. Is there any king?  Is it legal? It¡¯s only been a few years since the founding of the country, and he dares to do this?¡±

    Hong Yun'er was not angry at all and said slowly: "Where there are interests, there will be deals. Did you know about it on the first day?" Then Hong Yun'er put down the book and said: "You'd better call Li Xiucheng in.  Arrange it carefully. Li Kaifang's downfall has damaged the interests of many people. It will take some effort to deal with these people"

    After a while, Li Xiucheng was called in. Li Xiucheng knew what Li Kaifang had done. He was the first to report it to the emperor. Li Xiucheng knew that Li Kaifang would cause problems sooner or later. He didn't expect that the emperor would even  Can't wait for months.  Although Li Xiucheng did not want to see his old brother fall, for the sake of the stability of the country and the stability of the army, sometimes he could not help himself.

    Li Xiucheng stayed in the palace for more than an hour. After leaving the palace, he immediately returned to the Gyeonggi Garrison Headquarters. That night, Li Xiucheng summoned the generals in Beijing and publicly announced an order for the capital to enter a state of alert.  At the same time, the General Political Department of the Cabinet sent more than a dozen special envoys to major military regions. At the same time, military orders from the General Political Department were also transmitted through telegrams, carrier pigeons, etc. at the same time

    1865 is destined to be an extraordinary year. During this year, the Japanese shogunate launched a second war against the overthrow of the Tokugawa. China sent a military advisory group to participate for the first time. Not to be outdone, the United Kingdom also sent the same advisory group to participate in the overthrow of the Tokugawa.  Then several major powers used Japanese money and people to start wars on Japanese soil. While making wealth, they completely dragged Japan into the abyss of civil war.

    In the United States, the civil war between the North and the South also intensified because of the participation of the great powers. It had no intention of stopping. On the contrary, it was more likely to split into two countries.  In Europe, William I, who succeeded the Prussian throne, completed war preparations with the assistance of Prime Minister Bismarck, and began to use troops against Denmark and Austria, starting the battle for the unification of the German Empire.

    In the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in the Far East, a political turmoil also began after the founding of the People's Republic of China. The West Palace Old Brothers Party headed by Li Kaifang was politically purged. Li Kaifang was forced to submit his resignation, and was subsequently merged into the Taiping Rebellion by Bai Zetang and the Intelligence Department.  He was taken away by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Also implicated were Ji Wenyuan, Zhu Xineng and other members of the Old Brothers Party in the West Palace.  A total of more than 300 people who were single-handedly promoted by Li Kaifang and found to be ineligible for military ranks and decorations were found to have been expelled from the military. Anyone found to have other criminal facts would be punished in accordance with the law.

    Subsequently, the General Political Department of the Taiping Rebellion launched a campaign to clean up the morale of the entire army. The slogan put forward was "It is the duty of soldiers to obey orders, and soldiers should stay away from politics." Under the advocacy of this slogan, many soldiers quit their respective clubs or fellow soldiers.  Meeting, the atmosphere in the military was rectified.

    The post of Minister of Defense was taken over by Li Hongzhang. Li Hongzhang was a capable person and did not have a deep foundation in the military. Giving him this position made the emperor feel relieved.

    Although the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom adjusted the thinking of the army, public opinion did not subside. Xiao Yungui and Hong Yun'er still underestimated the resentment against the Manchu rule for more than two hundred years.  Rumors about the cabinet's excessive preferential treatment of the Manchu and Qing royal families are rampant among the people, especially among the old and young of the Manchu Qing Dynasty in the capital. These people lost all the money, land and real estate they had been allocated early in the morning. They believed that these were all for worship.  Given by the former Qing royal family, if they had not surrendered and sold the Qing Dynasty, they would not have ended up like this.

    Three months later, the army in the capital was put on alert, but public opinion did not stop. Demonstrators often gathered in front of Prince Chun's palace in Yixuan. They all came under the banner of patriotism and demanded that the Qing royal family  Get out of the capital (To be continued.)
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