Chapter 1317 Helpless Ma Qi (seeking a monthly ticket)
With his fists tightly clenched, Yongzheng felt so hatred!
For the sake of the demon moth caused by Prince Guo and Prince Cheng, Yongzheng, who usually puts filial piety first and goes to his mother's side to greet him every morning, did not go today. This was the first time that he had been invincible.
From this, we can see the hatred of Yongzheng towards these two brothers, especially the latter. You should know that Prince Cheng is the brother of Yongzheng's compatriots. As a brother, it would be fine if this younger brother was not close to him since he was a child. Instead, he followed the damn Lao Ba, that is, Jianxing, who had long ascended to heaven, and went against him everywhere.
Now, Jianxing has long been dead. It is Yongzheng who is sitting in the emperor's position. Logically, this brother should have a great enlightenment and repentance, not to surrender to himself.
But who would have thought that Prince Cheng, as a brother, actually colluded with Prince Guo to provoke civil war in the Qing court, and now he helped Prince Guo to issue the point of the Eight Kings' discussions on politics, which made Yongzheng's nose tilt.
After venting for a while, Yongzheng gradually calmed down.
Although he was so angry that he gritted his teeth, Yongzheng's mind was still very clear, because he knew that the Qing Dynasty could no longer withstand internal friction and tossing, and there was not much time left for him.
No matter from any perspective, the Ming Dynasty would never let the Qing Dynasty go. After solving the Liaodong and Mongolia issues, the next goal of the Ming Dynasty was the Qing court in the northwest.
Yongzheng had no doubt about this, and the news from the east these days also confirmed this judgment. The Ming army had begun to gather troops to the east and mobilize food and grass. If there was no accident, the Ming army would use troops to the northwest in the spring of the next year.
Faced with the pressure from the Ming army, the Qing court was no match at all. Yongzheng understood this very well. If he had the confidence to compete with the Ming army, then Yongzheng would not be able to condescend to negotiate with Prince Guo, Prince Cheng and others, and suggested ending the consumption of civil war.
In fact, even if the two sides joined hands, Yongzheng was not sure to tie the Ming army with the current Qing Dynasty. At best, he would just resist for a longer time.
But then again, it is better to live without a good death. Even if the final result is destruction, it will be better to resist for a few days. Furthermore, the general trend of the world has been changing all the time. Who can guarantee that the Ming Dynasty will always have the upper hand?
Perhaps the general trend suddenly changed, or perhaps the Ming emperor Zhu Yicheng died of something urgently ill, and even countless meteorites fell from heaven, killing all the entire Beijing city and the people in the city. In this way, the Qing Dynasty might be saved.
Although this situation is very slim, is it possible after all?
Moreover, as long as the Qing Dynasty resists for a longer time, as long as the Qing Dynasty still keeps breath, these may become facts?
Yongzheng believed in Buddhism and was a devout Buddhist and a lay Buddhist.
Therefore, Yongzheng had certain expectations for these illusory things. Besides, no matter what, this is also a spiritual sustenance. As long as the Qing Dynasty continues, there is no problem to worship the gods and Buddhas all over the sky.
Of course, the premise is that it cannot harm Yongzheng's interests. If you agree with Prince Guo and Prince Cheng's so-called Eight Kings can only save the Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng would definitely not be willing to do it. Moreover, in Yongzheng's view, the Eight Kings' discussions on politics were clearly not about saving the Qing Dynasty, but targeting himself. How could Yongzheng agree under such circumstances?
"Come here!" Suddenly, Yongzheng shouted.
While serving outside the door, the eunuch who was frightened as he heard the falls and beats inside quickly flashed in and kowtowed to Yongzheng.
"Let Zhang..." Just after saying two words, Yongzheng suddenly remembered that Zhang Tingyu was dead and Ma Qi was not around. These two old ministers from the previous dynasty, the important ministers who were in the study room during the Kangxi period, could not appear in front of him now.
As for Longkodo, the bastard, who had betrayed him a long time ago, Ortai was the same. Other ministers in the study room, such as Geng E and others, had long been dealt with by Yongzheng. At present, there were almost no capable ministers in the entire Qing court who could really use it.
Thinking of this, Yongzheng felt annoyed again. The Qing Dynasty was full of talented people, both civil and military officials, but now he can't even find a slave who can stand alone.
But even so, Yongzheng still had to persist. He walked straight to the desk beside him, took out his pen and wrote a piece of the thing, and after writing, he took out his emperor treasure and solemnly stamped it. Then he sealed it and carefully explained to the eunuch, and then asked the eunuch to take the thing away.
Dihua City.
Maqi has been living in Dihua for nearly a month. Although Prince Guo, Prince Cheng and others have a very good attitude towards Maqi and have not restricted Maqi's freedom of movement in Dihua, Maqi has lived an extremely anxious life in Dihua these days, and is not as relaxed as expected.
Ma Qi's purpose of coming to Dihua is very simple, that is, he hopes that Prince Guo, Prince Cheng and Yongzheng will abandon their past grudges and join hands with the anti-Ming army.
But the facts told Ma Qi that this was extremely difficult. Because both sides were deeply hostile and did not trust each other's promises at all. Therefore, Prince Guo and Prince Cheng directly rejected Yongzheng's suggestions, put forward the so-called new idea of the Eight Kings' discussions, and asked Yongzheng to cooperate on this basis.
Ma Qi is a honest man, but he is not a fool. Of course, he understands what the Eight Kings are talking about politics, and he is not sure that Yongzheng will agree to this matter.
To this end, Ma Qi has been trying to persuade Prince Guo and Prince Cheng these days, hoping that they can put the overall situation first and make some concessions appropriately.
Unfortunately, Ma Qi's efforts were not effective at all. Both Prince Guo and Prince Cheng were as determined as if they had eaten a weight and told Ma Qi clearly that unless the Eight Kings had no other possibility of discussing politics, Ma Qi should not continue to persuade them now, but should return to Lanzhou as soon as possible to persuade Yongzheng.
This result made Ma Qi helpless, but he still had not given up completely and tried to continue persuading. Unfortunately, the two princes simply stopped seeing him next. Every time Ma Qi asked for a meeting, he would send him away with one reason or another. In desperation, Ma Qi could only find Longkodo's group.
"I said Ma Xiang, why bother with you?" Seeing Ma Qi with a sad face come to find him again, Longkodo shook his head helplessly.
"Mr. Long, although you have had a quarrel with the emperor, you are still my minister of the Qing Dynasty! Besides, if you don't care about the emperor's part, you have to think about the former emperor's part? Are you just watching the Qing Dynasty die in such a way? "
"Last Emperor? Which Latest Emperor?" Ma Qi didn't mention this, but when he mentioned Longkodo, he sneered: "The bones of the previous emperor are not cold. The one sitting on the throne of the emperor is so high. You shouldn't know that Ma Xiang? The so-called wrong position and virtue are not worthy of the position is the current one? If you really want to make me good at the Qing Dynasty, in my opinion, this one should give up the throne and let the virtuous and talented person ascend the throne."
"Mr. Long, as a minister, how can you criticize the Emperor so much..."
"What? I can't say that if he can do it? I'm still his uncle! Just look at how he treats his brothers and elders, and you can know what kind of person he is? Ma Xiang, let me tell you the truth. I regret not being able to lead troops to defend the king in Guanzhong back to Xi'an, otherwise the late emperor would not have ended up in such a result. In my opinion, the Eight Kings proposed by the two princes is polite for brotherly relationships. If it were me, it would be so easy!"
Ma Qi was speechless when he heard Longkodo's words. He was not good at speaking, and Longkodo was right. Compared to Jianxing, Yongzheng's performance after taking office was even more disappointing.
When Yongzheng came to power, many people in the court watched and even helped Yongzheng. This was because the repeated failures of the Qing Dynasty made many Manchus, including Han officials, lose confidence in Jianxing.
You should know that after Jianxing obtained the highest power, the Qing Dynasty first voluntarily gave up Beijing City, and then continued to be in Zhili. All parts of the Central Plains failed. After the Central Plains War, the territory of the Qing Dynasty shrunk a lot, and then it could not even be kept in the southwest. Under such circumstances, there were many people who were disappointed with Jianxing.
Faced with this situation, Jianxing could not come up with a good way to turn the situation around. Moreover, because of Yue Zhongqi's betrayal, there were some mental problems in Jianxing. He had to start to distrust Han ministers and also suspicious of other Manchus around him, which made everyone gradually disappointed with Jianxing.
It is precisely for these reasons that Yongzheng became the hope of many ministers of the Qing Dynasty. After all, compared to Jianxing, Yongzheng was called the Iron-faced prince when he was a prince. Moreover, Yongzheng is very capable and has a tough personality. Especially now that the Qing Dynasty is setting, Yongzheng may be a more suitable emperor than Jianxing.
Therefore, Yongzheng launched a coup and imprisoned Jianxing. Although the success of this coup was due to Yongzheng's plan, the actual reason for the success was that many people were optimistic about Yongzheng and abandoned Jianxing. Not only Ma Qi, but also Longkodo, the original Longkodo, which was the source of what Longkodo said just now.
But no one expected that Yongzheng had to fail to reverse the situation of the Qing Dynasty until now, which made the Qing Dynasty even worse.
Whether it is the Western Regions strategy or other strategies, the policies adopted by Yongzheng are no different from Jianxing at that time, and they are even worse than Jianxing.
In addition, Jianxing's death disappointed many people even more. The rebellion of Prince Guo and Prince Cheng even put the Qing Dynasty in the quagmire of civil strife. Now many people regret that they shouldn't have allowed Yongzheng to come to power. If Jianxing was still in power, the Qing Dynasty would at least not have the current civil strife, and perhaps they would have some ability to compete with the Ming Dynasty.
There is no need for Mazi to say something against his will in front of Longkodo. In fact, everyone knows the truth. So Mazi just shook his head and was speechless after Longkodo's words, and finally turned into a long sigh.
Chapter completed!