Chapter 614 The Chaos at the Court (6)
As soon as Li Jingfang left, Deng Yongjian, Liu Hongjie, Zhang Jianping and others immediately surrounded him. Deng Yongjian said, "Political Commissar, has the Qing court considered surrendering?"
Qin Zheng nodded and said, "Submitting one's fault is indeed giving in, but he is still avoiding the important and promoting one's own responsibilities, which is to hide evil intentions."
Deng Yongjian said: "If you give in, just give in. How to avoid the important things, what evil intentions are hidden?"
Qin Zheng said: "The Qing court gave Wan Haicheng to us for disposal, which is the best proof of hiding evil intentions. On the surface, the Qing court gave us a favor, but in fact it pushed all the responsibility on Wan Haicheng. How we should deal with Wan Haicheng is indeed a problem for us."
Liu Hongjie said: "What's the problem? Isn't it over to just do Wan Haicheng? Killing Wan Haicheng is no different from killing a dog."
Qin Zheng shook his head and said, "It's not that easy. If we do this, it will hit the Qing court's concern. If we ask for bribes, we will not die. If we kill Wan Haicheng, we will appear to be too cruel and bully the weak. The Qing court can act as a weak person and win sympathy. If we let Wan Haicheng go, we will seem to be afraid of the Qing court and dare not deal with Wan Haicheng. Therefore, no matter how we deal with Wan Haicheng, it is not appropriate."
After hearing Qin Zheng's explanation, everyone suddenly realized it. Deng Yongjian said, "So that's the case. It seems that the Qing court's routine is also very profound."
Qin Zheng nodded and said, "So when we deal with people in this era, we must not have any sense of superiority. In addition to the advantages formed by the differences in the times, we are not smarter than people in this era in terms of IQ alone."
Liu Hongjie said: "Political Commissar, then how should we deal with Wan Haicheng? Don't make it too uninhibited."
Qin Zheng laughed and said, "Of course, since the Qing court wants to be foolish with us, don't be polite. When the Qing court comes, we will kick the ball back. In short, we can't take the blame. In addition, when we leave Xi'an, we will give the Qing court a powerful look and let them know that it is not that easy to be cautious with us."
While speaking, the post officer came to inform the imperial envoy. Qin Zheng still went to the gate of the inn to greet him. Those who came were still the people, but there was also a Li Lianying and Li Dadi.
First, Li Lianying read out the imperial edict from the court, and tried his best to praise the achievements of overseas Chinese, and also officially enthroned the titles of overseas Chinese, and made a total of 5 marquises and 12 counts. At the same time, he also rewarded a lot of things, including Qin Zheng's official uniform. From the perspective of the feudal dynasty, this was a great favor.
After Li Lianying finished reading the edict, Prince Qing explained to Qin Zheng that Wan Haicheng was just a personal behavior and did not mean the court's intention. The court still valued overseas Chinese quite a lot. The basic content was roughly the same as what Li Jingfang said.
Li Lianying also came over, bowed to Qin Zheng, and smiled and said, "Mr. Qin, this matter is indeed the fault of this slave who is bold and reckless. The villain also has the fault of being a poor discipline. Whoever teaches him to be a subordinate of the villain? Now this slave is handed over to Lord Qin. The remaining killing and cutting is decided by Lord Qin. As long as Lord Qin vents anger, it is enough. If Lord Qin still doesn't feel angry, then blame the villain."
Qin Zheng laughed and said, "Eunuch Li is too rude. You are a celebrity in front of the Empress Dowager. How dare we punish Eunuch Li!"
Li Lianying hurriedly said, "Mr. Qin, you are too destructive and killing villains. The villain is a slave under the empress dowager. It is not enough to be discussed. If you can compare with Master Qin, you are the person the empress dowager value the most."
Qin Zheng said, "Okay, let's not talk about this. Since this is not the court's intention, we will not pursue it anymore. However, what crime should Eunuch Wan behave? We dare not speak out. We have no personal grudges with Eunuch Wan. The court has its own laws. We are not the Ministry of Justice or Dali Temple, so we dare not overstep our affairs. Therefore, we also asked Eunuch Li to take Eunuch Wan back and tell the Empress Dowager that we can deal with it according to the laws of the court. We also believe that the Empress Dowager's clear decision will be reported to the public."
Li Lianying didn't expect that overseas Chinese would use such a trick, so she was a little at a loss for a moment. She looked at Ronglu who was on the side and hoped that he would say something. In fact, Ronglu's heart was turbulent at this time. The overseas Chinese were indeed powerful. She actually saw through her plans and pushed Wan Haicheng back, and asked the court to report to the public to deal with it. This was to rebel the court's army, which forced the court to deal with Wan Haicheng, while the overseas Chinese were standing by and watching.
But what Qin Zheng said is indeed the right reason, because the Qing court does have its own laws [The Qing Dynasty Law]. Although most of the time, this law is actually just a decoration. Whoever is guilty is not guilty, and who should be killed should not be killed is all just a matter of the emperor. But no matter what, the Qing Dynasty Law is the highest legal basis for the Qing court. Therefore, when convicting and killing people, one must find a crime from the Qing Dynasty Law] to be used as the criterion for judgment. Therefore, Qin Zheng pushed Wan Haicheng back to the Qing court, and the Qing court had to accept it. It seems that this group of overseas Chinese is indeed difficult to deal with.
So Ronglu had nodded like Li Lianying and signaled Li Lianying to agree. Because Ronglu could also see that overseas Chinese would definitely not accept Wan Haicheng, and he could not leave Wan Haicheng alone and could only take Wan Haicheng back first.
When Li Lianying saw this, he immediately understood and said, "As soon as Lord Qin said this, the villain will take the slave back to the palace and hand it over to the Empress Dowager. The emperor will deal with it. Please rest assured that the Empress Dowager, the emperor will report to the public to deal with it."
Qin Zheng smiled and said, "Then it's a blessing for Eunuch Li."
Li Lianying hurriedly said, "Mr. Qin is so serious, so please prepare for it. In the afternoon, I went to the palace to meet the queen mother and emperor. The villain will come to pick him up on time."
Then Li Lianying taught Qin Zheng to perform ceremonies, then said goodbye and returned to the palace to hand over the order. The others also followed Li Lianying, leaving only Li Jingfang in the inn. Although Qin Zhengji said he would not pursue the matter, no one dared to make sure that there would be no recurrence. Therefore, Li Jingfang was left to stare at overseas Chinese in the inn. If something happened, someone here would be able to deal with it for a while.
Qin Zheng and others had lunch in the inn. At around 2 pm, Li Lianying came again, of course, he took Qin Zheng into the palace. So Qin Zheng changed into his official uniform, wore a feather on his head, and hung court beads, which really looked like an official. Li Lianying's attitude was very respectful, and even took the initiative to help Qin Zheng sort out the official uniforms before Qin Zheng set off.
When he came to the Xi'an Palace, that is, the governor's yamen, when he came to the lobby, Qin Zheng found that there was only one person sitting on the main seat in the middle, wearing a yellow head and a royal robe, which should be Guangxu. Only Li Lianying explained to Qin Zheng that Cixi was not feeling well and could not get up, so Guangxu was the only one who met Qin Zheng.
It turned out that Li Lianying and others returned to the palace and talked about the process of talking to Qin Zheng. After hearing this, Cixi was shocked and angry. She didn't expect that the overseas Chinese actually kicked the ball back again. So Cixi discussed with everyone how to deal with Wan Haicheng, and finally decided to delay it for the time being. Anyway, she would meet Qin Zheng in the afternoon. Even if she wanted to deal with Wan Haicheng, it would be too late. Therefore, it would be better to wait until she met Qin Zheng and see the attitude of overseas Chinese before deciding how to deal with Wan Haicheng.
Although Cixi knew that she was not qualified to turn against overseas Chinese now, she was also afraid that overseas Chinese would be angry with her when she met her. Therefore, Cixi decided to take the blame for being sick and not participate in meeting overseas Chinese. If she felt embarrassed during the meeting, she would give it to Guangxu. In addition, she could also take the opportunity to test what the relationship between Guangxu and overseas Chinese was. Of course, Cixi would arrange for personnel to eavesdrop on this meeting. She would record the entire process and dialogue completely and hand it over to Cixi for reading.
Although Guangxu knew that Cixi would definitely send someone to eavesdrop on the process of meeting Qin Zheng, Guangxu was still very excited to have the opportunity to meet overseas Chinese alone, because he had always had great expectations for overseas Chinese and also wanted to take this opportunity to examine overseas Chinese to see if they deserved their hope. Guangxu even prepared to take the risk of spreading information to overseas Chinese under surveillance.
Although Qin Zheng was a little surprised, he felt relieved after a closer look. It didn't matter whether he could see Cixi or not. Therefore, according to Professor Li Lianying's way, he kowtowed to Guangxu and performed a great ceremony for the monarch and ministers.
Guangxu nodded and said, "Flat."
Qin Zheng stood up and then looked up to look at Guangxu carefully. Seeing that he was about 30 years old, his eyebrows were very beautiful, but his cheeks were sunken, his face turned blue, and there seemed to be infinite sadness between his eyebrows, showing a very serious concern. Qin Zheng certainly knew what Guangxu was. Although Guangxu did nothing in his life, why did two wars that had a crucial impact on China, the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 and the Eight-National Aggression War of China took place during his term of office, but generally speaking, the historical community was still very tolerant of Guangxu and did not put all these responsibilities on Guangxu, and the reason was naturally well known.
Qin Zheng also sympathized with Guangxu. Guangxu had been in power for a total of 34 years, and was not short of all emperors in China. He died at only 37 years old. He died young, but he never could be the master of his own family. He was also a puppet emperor until his death, and he died inexplicably. It can be said that Guangxu's life was a huge coffee table filled with all kinds of cups.
Chapter completed!