Anti-Qing: Starting from the Jintian Uprising

Chapter 177: The Tianjing Incident (I)

Upon hearing this, Xianfeng was speechless.

6 Ang!
This Sixth Master hasn't even become the emperor yet, but he dares to compare him with Emperor Xianfeng and Chongzhen, the kings who lost their country.

What would happen if he really became emperor?

That’s right, Yi is now being trained as the heir to the throne of the Qing Dynasty.

Although Xianfeng had no offspring, the Qing Dynasty could not be without an heir.

Therefore, Guizi Liuyi was brought up.

Xianfeng had no objection to this. In his opinion, instead of choosing a son from the royal family to adopt, it would be better to choose a younger brother who was closer to him.

Therefore, he promoted Yi to the Grand Council and started training him in advance.

I plan to make him the "Crown Prince" of the Qing Dynasty.

Moreover, Xianfeng was just imitating the great chess master Liu Qi of the Han Dynasty who painted a rosy picture for his younger brother, Prince of Liang Liu Wu.

He was really planning to let Yi take over his job.

Of course, although he complained in his heart, Xianfeng did not interrupt Yi but let him continue talking.

"The situation facing the Qing Dynasty today is just like the situation at the end of the Ming Dynasty."

"At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the former Ming Dynasty had two major enemies: one was the Qing Dynasty outside the Great Wall, and the other was the bandits inside the Great Wall."

"And now my Qing Dynasty also has two great enemies. One is the long-haired bandits in Jiangnan, and the other is the Tang bandits who occupy Guangdong, Guangxi and Hunan."

"At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the situation was bad because Chongzhen had no strategic determination and wavered between suppressing bandits and resisting the Qing Dynasty."

"As a result, the main force of the Ming army was worn out by the Qing Dynasty and the bandits in the interior of the country in a series of swings, until the Jiashen Incident, when the bandits entered Beijing, and then the Qing Dynasty entered the interior of the country from Yipanshi, and the former Ming Dynasty was destroyed."

"If Chongzhen had had some strategic determination, he would not have been shaken by the Qing Dynasty's invasion of Zhili and Shandong, and would have resolutely suppressed the bandits first and then concentrated his main forces to deal with the invasion of the Qing Dynasty."

"By then, even if the Qing Dynasty wants to successfully enter the country, I'm afraid it won't be that easy."

"Therefore, I think that the Qing Dynasty should learn from the lesson of the fall of the Ming Dynasty."

"Don't have any strategic vacillation between two powerful enemies!"

"Instead, we should concentrate our forces to wipe out the weaker one first, and then focus on dealing with the other bandits."

"Otherwise, my Qing Dynasty will probably repeat the mistakes of the previous Ming Dynasty."

Upon hearing this, Xianfeng was obviously deep in thought.

He had to admit that although what Lao Liu said was unpleasant to the ear, it did make sense.

It was precisely because of this that Xianfeng fell into a dilemma.

Next, should the Qing Dynasty follow Qi Junzao's advice and send troops to reinforce Hubei to curb the development of the Tang bandits?

Or should we continue to concentrate our main forces in Jiangnan, annihilate the Taiping rebels first, and then focus on suppressing the Tang bandits?

If we send reinforcements to Hubei, we may end up losing the big picture due to strategic instability, and achieve nothing on both sides.

But if we concentrate our main forces to annihilate the Taiping rebels, we are worried that the Tang bandits will take this opportunity to grow stronger again, and become completely uncontrollable.

The opinions of both of them made sense, but it was precisely because of this that Xianfeng was so indecisive.

Xianfeng now finally understood the difficulties Chongzhen was facing.

Thinking of this, Xianfeng couldn't help but yawning several times in succession, and his urge to smoke began to come back.

He immediately waved his hand.

"Everyone, please leave. I will think about this matter carefully."

Seeing this, all the military ministers could only take their leave.

After everyone left, Xianfeng took out a pipe from a secret compartment on the bed, asked An Dehai to light it for him, and then began to puff away smoke with a look of comfort on his face.

At this moment, Xianfeng felt that nothing mattered anymore.

He no longer cared about the Qing Dynasty, the throne, or his descendants...

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Tianjing, the Heavenly King’s Palace!

Just yesterday, news came that the Taiping Army led by Northern King Wei Changhui had successfully captured Suzhou Prefecture, and that Xiang Rong, the commander-in-chief of the Qing Jiangnan Camp, had died of illness in the army.

The king was delighted and ordered a celebration banquet to be held for everyone in heaven.

At the banquet, fine wines and delicacies from all over the world were served by women wearing thin gauze and with graceful figures.

Everyone drank wine and ate meat with big gulps, enjoying themselves.

Waves of singing and dancing continued to be heard, and graceful dancers danced in the hall. Just when the banquet was reaching its climax and the atmosphere was the most cheerful.

I heard a report from outside.

"Report!"

"Report to the Heavenly King, an urgent order has come from the East King's Palace. The Heavenly Father has come down to earth in the body of the East King and summoned the Heavenly King to meet him."

As soon as these words were spoken, the atmosphere at the banquet suddenly became cold.

Even the smile on Hong Xiuquan's face gradually disappeared, and his expression quickly darkened.

Ever since the Heavenly Kingdom broke the siege of the Jiangnan and Jiangbei camps, Yang Xiuqing began to become more and more domineering.

The King of the North was once ordered by the King of the East to be beaten with a stick because his subordinates made mistakes. The King of the North's relative had a property dispute with the King of the East's relative, which angered the King of the East, so the King of the East simply tore the person into pieces.

Even a great general like Qin Riguang was beaten with a stick several times!

In addition, he even threatened Hong Xiuquan with beatings several times through the mouth of God the Father.

This time, Yang Xiuqing asked God to come down to earth again and summoned him to meet him at the East Palace. Hong Xiuquan instantly had a bad premonition.

What on earth is Yang Xiuqing planning to do?

However, in the end Hong Xiuquan did not refuse Yang Xiuqing's request, and immediately ordered people to prepare a sedan chair and go to the East Prince's Palace.

Soon, the sedan chair was ready.

Hong Xiuquan boarded the sedan chair, which headed towards the East Prince's Palace and soon arrived outside the Palace.

After getting off the sedan chair carried by sixty-four people, Hong Xiuquan walked into the East Palace and came to the lobby of the palace with a group of people.

Yang Xiuqing was seen slumped in a big chair, his body twitching and shaking constantly, as if he was having a seizure.

Hong Xiuquan walked up to Yang Xiuqing and bowed.

"My son Xiuquan, I pay my respects to the Heavenly Father!"

"My son is late, please forgive me, Father."

Yang Xiuqing narrowed his eyes slightly and then spoke.

"Xiu Quan, my son."

"Do you know why I came to the mortal world this time?"

Hong Xiuquan was a little confused, but still shook his head.

"To answer the Father, the son does not know."

Yang Xiuqing continued.

"The reason why I came to earth is because you acted unfairly!"

"The King of the East and you are both my sons. The King of the East has made great contributions to the world, so why should he be called just nine thousand years old?"

When Hong Xiuquan heard this, his heart skipped a beat.

He thought to himself that this was not a good thing, as he was afraid that Yang Xiuqing was trying to seize power.

But just as he was about to scold, he caught a glimpse of shadows behind the screen in the lobby and was afraid that there were many swordsmen lying in ambush.

If I refuse, I might not be able to leave the East Palace today!
Taking a deep breath, Hong Xiuquan suppressed his inner anger and spoke.

"The King of the East founded the country, so he should be praised as long live!"

Yang Xiuqing continued.

"Is the Prince of the East more than a thousand years old?"

Hong Xiuquan gritted his teeth.

"Since the King of the East is called Long Live the King, the Crown Prince should also be called Long Live the King, and so should all generations."

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PS: This chapter is an additional update for the Silver Alliance Nuan Yang 1314.

This is the first time that the author has received such a large reward since he started writing books. I checked the backstage several times before I confirmed that it was real. Thank you very much.

Of course, the reward from a Silver Alliance is definitely not enough for one more chapter.

But the author is a bit busy recently. I have to go on a long trip with my family the day after tomorrow and will not be able to return home until the 27th. I will continue to update after I finish this busy period.

At least ten more chapters!

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