The Manchu Qing Dynasty was still a big mountain weighing on Dong Shuheng's head. Unless this big mountain was pushed down, Dong Shuheng would not be able to do anything he wanted.
What restricted Dong Shuheng from overthrowing the Manchus was not a question of military strength, but a question of talent.
Talent...talent, where can I find it?
Dong Shuheng also wanted to look up to the sky and roar like Gong Zizhen.
"I urge God to cheer up and send talents of any kind to you!"
But God didn't react at all.
Who let Dong Shuheng have no system in his hands?
Otherwise, wouldn't it be better to just arrange a group of local officials with 100 loyalty?
Now, all we can do is find a way.
Huai Haijun currently trains quite a few officials, but most of them are the lowest-level officials.
Because Huaihai Navy is at the township level established by the general government, and the distinction between officials and officials has been abolished, Huaihai Navy has a large number of grassroots officials.
According to the hierarchy of the Huaihai Navy, there are a large number of officials below the county level.
However, there are too few officials at or above the division level who can truly act independently. There are too many people doing things, but not enough people who can make decisions.
Of course, Dong Shuheng still has a group of officials who were originally under the command of Dong Wang. After these people have been transformed, their loyalty can still be guaranteed.
Especially after they got married to Yang Ximei, these people had a stronger sense of belonging to Huai Haijun.
Don't underestimate things like marriage, some people just believe in it. For example, the officials under the former King Dong.
Some people had already started working for the Huai Navy.
But these people have always been submissive in the Huai Navy and feel inferior.
Now that Dong Shuheng and Yang Ximei got married, these people immediately changed their status and unconsciously regarded themselves as a faction in the Huaihai Navy.
Of course, only a few high-level people from the Dongwang Mansion were directly employed, and most of them were placed in the management college in Yangzhou for re-training.
Many Taiping generals who surrendered were also sent to military academies to study.
Dong Shuheng felt that it was necessary to take Yang Ximei with him to see them.
This is a way to show your attitude.
Another problem is the God-worshipping sect. Dong Shuheng is not prepared to retain this patchwork sect.
In fact, among the Taiping Army, the more middle- and upper-class people are, the less they believe this.
Ancient China used religion to lead peasant uprisings, but how many of these religions have actually been passed down?
Everyone is not stupid. If you have really achieved a certain position, you will naturally know the tricks involved.
Therefore, Dong Shuheng's abolishment of the God-worshipping religion will have minimal impact on these people.
Working for the Huaihai Navy, everyone can only have one belief, which is national rejuvenation.
If national rejuvenation is just a pursuit, then the belief can be defined as ancestor worship.
Worshiping and believing in ancestors has always been a Chinese tradition. We believe that our ancestors are gods and have created the space for everyone to live now, so we believe in our ancestors.
Similarly, because of our belief in our ancestors, we seek the rejuvenation of the nation because this is the expectation of our ancestors for our descendants.
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Newlyweds always have to spend a few days together.
However, there is no honeymoon planned by Dong Shuheng. It must not be possible.
He was going on honeymoon at this time, and the two girls didn't agree.
A few days after the wedding, the two daughters had already discussed their work with Dong Shuheng.
Finally, including Hui'er, the four of them held a small family meeting.
The meeting decided that Wei Yuzhen will continue to be in charge of Jiangning Women's Normal College. She will serve as the dean of Women's Normal College.
With the president's wife serving as the dean of the Women's Normal College, both teachers and students can now solve the problem.
Everyone wants to be the disciple of the emperor, but if their daughter can become the disciple of the queen, it would be a supreme honor.
In the Huaihai Navy, Wei Yuzhen is now the real "Queen".
At the same time, the Women's Normal University is also responsible for publishing the "Women's Newspaper".
This is a newspaper specifically for women.
It will promote some women's rights and publish some techniques to guide women to make a fortune at home.
In order to attract women to read, some literary works that women like to read are also published.
In this way, Wei Yuzhen's job was settled.
Next is Yang Ximei. She is still responsible for the work of the Women's Federation, but now because of her status, her job must be smoother than before.
However, Dong Shuheng also made a three-part agreement with her, that is, if he wants to leave Jiangning for a business trip, he must obtain Dong Shuheng's consent.
Dong Shuheng was worried that Yang Ximei, a talented artist, would run around and run into danger if she was brave enough.
Now is no longer the era when a strong martial artist can walk around outside. A bullet can take away a master who has practiced for decades.
The work of the Women's Federation in other places can be left to the people below. She also has Fu Shanxiang as her right-hand assistant.
Hui'er, the youngest in the ranking, naturally continues to accompany Chen in the presidential palace, and also plays a guest role as Dong Shuheng's personal secretary.
If you have too many wives, you must manage them, locking up a group of women like in the imperial palace in the capital, and stage a show of fighting outside the palace.
The one who was killed first in the end was probably the only man - the emperor.
My wife still has to go out and do things, even if the salary is not high, even if she is just messing around.
At least this way, they won't mess with each other or you.
Of course, they had reached an agreement here, but the old lady still wanted Dong Shuheng to do the work.
Although one of them is in a women's normal school and the other is in the Women's Federation, and they are surrounded by women, this is not in line with current mainstream thinking.
Fortunately, Mrs. Chen is more reasonable, mainly because Mrs. Chen is more obedient to her son.
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Dong Shuheng is a person who must retaliate for his anger. This is the consensus of everyone.
This time the Qing court came to him for a moment. Naturally, Dong Shuheng would not give up.
The office of the Presidential Palace used to be the royal study room of the Tianwang Palace. Dong Shuheng renovated it according to his own needs and made it his own office. Several offices were also separated next to it for the use of attendants and internal guards.
At this time, Wei Yuxiang brought in a cold-faced man from outside, it was Zheng Jian who was acting in charge of the Intelligence Department.
"Zheng Jian, has Ji Mingshan handed over all the work to you?"
"Yes, President."
"Has the letter to Xianfeng been sent?"
"It has been delivered, President, please don't worry, it has been delivered directly to his desk." There was no expression on Zheng Jian's face, and his tone of voice was always the same.
If Dong Shuheng hadn't understood him as a person, he would have thought he had a problem with him.
"Hmph, you gave me a false alarm, but you have to keep him awake no matter what."
"Zheng Jian, this time Lao Ji goes to Europe, you have a heavy burden. You have to learn to coordinate the overall situation, instead of rushing to the front like before."
"Yes, President, I understand."
"Over in the capital, just find a way to kill that Hermione this time. Someone has to be responsible. If you can't touch Xianfeng now, then kill his dog." Dong Shuheng looked like a debt collector at this time.
Dong Shuheng is not moving towards Xianfeng now because he has figured out Xianfeng's path.
Xianfeng is a conservative person, hesitant in dealing with things, looking forward and backward, ambitious but not decisive.
If another person had been the emperor, he might have met with the Huaihai Navy at this time.
But Xianfeng could not make up his mind. This was exactly what Dong Shuheng wanted.
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In the capital, Xianfeng came to the Imperial Study Room to review the memorials as usual today.
He came to the table and just sat down. He picked up the tea that the eunuch had made and moistened his mouth.
There are many memorials on the table, all of which have been sorted and placed by the eunuch in advance.
He had been in a bad mood for the past two days, and Hermione didn't bring him any good news.
However, this kind of thing cannot be completely blamed on Hermione. If it succeeds, it will be done once and for all and get twice the result with half the effort.
If he fails, he can also give Dong Shuheng a warning.
Xianfeng sorted it out and found that now that Hong Xiuquan was gone, Dong Shuheng of Liangjiang was considered the court's number one enemy.
But he seemed to be more difficult to deal with than Hong Xiuquan. After what happened in Beijing last time, Xianfeng was a little worried about the Huai Navy.
Especially the tens of thousands of Shengbao's elite cavalry were defeated by Huai Haijun in an instant, which shocked the entire court.
No one can tell clearly what level the Huai Navy's combat power has reached.
All I know is that the Huai Navy has never been defeated so far.
Hermione was having trouble doing things, so she was sent to Shengjing to clean the late emperor's tomb.
If he continues not to punish this old eunuch, then the people below him will not do their jobs as well as they should.
Rewards and punishments must be clearly defined. This is the basic common sense of those in power.
Xianfeng's brows furrowed as he glanced at the table.
Because besides the stacks of memorials on the desk, there was also a letter placed in the most conspicuous place.
This is an ordinary letter and should not appear here.
Xianfeng had been emperor for several years, and this was the first time he saw such a letter on the desk in the imperial study.
What made Xianfeng angry was that the cover of the letter said "Xianfeng personally opened the letter".
"Who is so rebellious and dares to call me that? No, how could such a letter reach the Imperial Study Room?" The more Xianfeng thought about it, the more something was wrong, and he became extremely frightened after thinking about it.
"Ande Hai, who is in charge of the imperial study today?" Xianfeng asked Ande Hai who was standing aside.
"Eunuch Liu is responsible for returning to the emperor." Ande Hai had already caught a glimpse of the letter, and he knew that something big had happened.
This is the Qianqing Palace, where the emperor lived and worked. It is the most tightly managed palace.
How could such a treasonable letter appear? To put it another way, who put such a letter here?
What kind of person would risk beheading to put this letter here? Ande Hai felt that Liu Yao, who usually competed with him for favor, did not have the courage.
"Tell Liu Yao to come here quickly!" Xianfeng's mouth was full of anger.
Ande Hai knew that Liu Yao was going to be unlucky, but he didn't feel gloating at all. Not only that, he was also a little sad.
Soon the chubby Eunuch Liu Yao and Liu Eunuch came running over.
"Your Majesty, are you looking for a slave?" Liu Yao came in and saluted.
"Look up. Did you put this letter here this morning?"
Liu Yao also saw the letter on the table and the dazzling taboo words on the envelope.
Those who are eunuchs must have sharp ears and eyes. Those with good eyesight and poor ears have long been eliminated by random sticks.
Liu Yao's cold sweat broke out from his back instantly.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I didn't have this letter when I was tidying up the royal study. I can guarantee that it really didn't exist."
"Here comes someone!" Two more guards ran in from outside the palace. These were the guards on duty in front of the palace. These people were selected from the descendants of the royal family in Beijing and were loyal to the imperial court.
"Who else is coming into the imperial study today?" Xianfeng glanced at Eunuch Liu in the palace, and then asked the two guards.
"Your Majesty, no one has entered the palace after Eunuch Liu left." One of the two guards replied.
This Eunuch Liu's legs were so weak that he couldn't even kneel down firmly.
"Your Majesty, this servant is wronged. I really didn't see this letter."
"Is this Qianqing Palace haunted by ghosts?"
"Take him to the prison and torture him severely!" Xianfeng shouted.
The two guards dragged Eunuch Liu out, one on the left and the other on the right.
At this point, Xianfeng still had doubts in his heart.
"Go and call Hermione back." Xianfeng said to Andehai, "In addition, send an order to the guard commander to replace all the guards in Qianqing Palace. The replaced ones will be carefully reviewed and they will not be used again even if nothing happens. "
"Yes, Your Majesty, I will make arrangements right now." An Dehai took the order and hurriedly retreated. At this time, he did not want to stay with Xianfeng for too long, maybe he would be hurt again.