Although the palace ladies have all left Beijing, the impact has not ended. Because they live at the feet of the Son of Heaven, the residents of Beijing are born with a great ability to spread all kinds of news, although there are not many people who see the palace maids leaving the palace in the morning, but by noon, it has been spread to everyone in the whole city of Beijing. Moreover, the combination of overseas Chinese and palace maids can naturally make people have enough associations, so the residents of Beijing are also talking about it, and there are all kinds of legends.

However, no matter how the legend is, it is just an after-dinner conversation, and it has no impact on the management and rule of the time-travelers in Beijing, and no one has clamored against the rule of overseas Chinese. After all, what overseas Chinese want these palace maids to do has nothing to do with the common people, and now that overseas Chinese occupy Beijing, the order is normal, and life is stable, and the residents of Beijing who have just experienced turmoil have no heart to make trouble. And don't look at the overseas Chinese who speak kindly, as long as they don't violate their rules, there is nothing, but once they violate the rules they formulate, the overseas Chinese will not be soft in carrying out the punishment, no matter who they are, they can't run away, and the oil and salt are not entered, and the six relatives do not recognize it, so can they be guilty of provoking overseas Chinese for this matter?

Naturally, this news quickly reached the ears of Prince Qing, who stayed in Beijing, and after Prince Qing entered the palace and asked a few old eunuchs about the situation, he just told these old eunuchs to keep quiet, and warned the other eunuchs not to chew their tongues, and to wait for the queen mother and the emperor to return to the palace to deal with it. Several old eunuchs are all sensible people, but they don't understand the truth, and at the same time, they are glad that when the overseas Chinese took away the palace maid, they did not stop it.

Sure enough, after a few days of various news, the matter slowly subsided, after all, life still had to go on, and at this moment, Li Hongzhang and Duan Qirui led the 2,000 Beiyang New Army sent to Beijing by Yuan Shikai and finally arrived in Beijing.

This time with Li Hongzhang came to Beijing or Zhang Peilun and Li Jingfang, and this time they were all invited by Prince Qing to live in the palace, because after these months of repairs, Prince Qing's palace has almost recovered its former style, and the servants have also come back six or seven out of ten, and all the expenses in the house are very complete, in addition, this time Prince Qing wants to accompany overseas Chinese to Xi'an, and also have to negotiate with Li Hongzhang, so it is naturally more convenient to live in Prince Qing's mansion.

So after picking up the wind and washing the dust for Li Hongzhang and other people, the two took a seat in Prince Qing's study, and the first thing they talked about was that the overseas Chinese sent all the palace maids to Tianjin.

After Li Hongzhang listened to Prince Qing's speech, he was stunned at first, but he was immediately relieved. He has more contact with overseas Chinese, and knows that overseas Chinese are not lewd and lustful, of course, these palace maids are not for entertainment, but there are many men and few women among overseas Chinese, and most of them are young and middle-aged, overseas Chinese sent these palace maids to Tianjin, naturally they are ready to give them wives and concubines, and most of the palace maids have been conditioned in the palace, so it is reasonable for overseas Chinese to want these palace maids to arrive, of course, overseas Chinese take these palace maids away, obviously not to put the court in their eyes, but at this time, don't care about these details, complete the handover of Beijing safely and steadily, and let the court return to Beijing as soon as possible is the most important thing。

Li Hongzhang said: "Lord, these are all trivial matters, not enough to talk about, the top priority is to let the queen mother and the emperor return to Beijing as soon as possible, one is to restore stability in the Qing Dynasty, and the other is to do our duty as courtiers, and the rest of the things do not have to be counted, I don't know what the prince thinks." ”

When Prince Qing heard this, he nodded again and again: "Yes, yes, yes, Shaoquan can still take care of the overall situation." ”

Li Hongzhang said again: "This time, the prince accompanied the overseas Chinese to Xi'an to meet the queen mother and the emperor, this burden is not light, so I hope that the prince will do it himself, and he should not be careless." ”

Prince Qing was stunned, he had always thought that it was a beautiful thing to accompany overseas Chinese to Xi'an this time, but seeing Li Hongzhang's solemn expression, it didn't look like he was saying kind words, and he couldn't help but feel a sudden in his heart, could it be that his calculation was wrong, this trip was not so easy to do, so he hurriedly arched his hand to Li Hongzhang and said, "I want to hear about it." ”

Li Hongzhang said: " Overseas Chinese have lived overseas for a long time, the customs have been nearly Yihua, do not know my Chinese etiquette, this trip to Xi'an, it is inevitable that there will be some etiquette, but I should have the temperament of the Heavenly Empire, humble and simple, do not have to be confined to the subtleties, not to mention that the overseas Chinese since the annexation, has made great contributions to my Qing Dynasty, so if it is an overseas Chinese but there are no courtesies, I hope that the prince can adjust from it, show the generosity of the court, meritorious ministers, overseas returnees, so that overseas Chinese appreciate the kindness of the Qing Dynasty, and do not cause misunderstanding. ”

Although Prince Qing has no talent, he is also an old oilman who has been rolling in officialdom for decades, of course, he can understand the meaning behind Li Hongzhang's high-sounding words, to put it bluntly, don't mess with overseas Chinese, everything must follow the will of overseas Chinese.

Li Hongzhang and Prince Qing are both understanding people, and have dealt with overseas Chinese, knowing that although this group of people is playing the banner of returning to China, they do not take the Qing court in their eyes at all, so they will not be too polite to the imperial court, in case they collide with the queen mother and the emperor between words and actions, they must let the queen mother and the emperor be more patient; although the queen mother understands the general trend, but after all, she is a woman, and it is inevitable that there will be times when she will act willfully, and the result is such a big mess, and the emperor is even more impatient and unable to hold his breath. But now it's time for them to be willful. Moreover, those ministers in Xi'an may not understand these truths, if they really regard them as overseas remnants who have returned to China, and put up the spectrum of the Heavenly Empire, wouldn't it be troublesome?

And all these things naturally have to be handled by the ministers who accompany overseas Chinese to Xi'an, so Li Hongzhang said that the burden of his trip to Xi'an is not light, but it is not a lie. So Prince Qing arched his hand to Li Hongzhang and said, "Thank you Shaoquan for teaching me." ”

Li Hongzhang said: "In fact, with the wisdom of the prince, he naturally understands the power, and I don't need to talk too much, but the prince's trip is very important and cannot be underestimated, so I have to say a few words, and I hope the prince will forgive me." ”

Prince Qing hurriedly said: "There, there, thanks to Shaoquan for reminding me." After a pause, Prince Qing said again: "It's better to do this, let Bo Xing or Youqiao accompany me to Xi'an, in case there is anything, I have someone to discuss." ”

In fact, this proposal is in the hands of Li Hongzhang, because Li Jingfang and Zhang Peilun both have good friendships with overseas Chinese, and they are generally familiar with the style of overseas Chinese, so one of them followed Prince Qing to Xi'an, and there is also one more person who can communicate with overseas Chinese, and he can also remind Prince Qing when he encounters something. It's just that Li Hongzhang is inconvenient to take the initiative to bring this matter forward, and even if Prince Qing makes this request to Li Hongzhang, Li Hongzhang also pushes the boat down the river and asks Li Jingfang to go to Xi'an with Prince Qing.

The next day, Li Hongzhang and Qin Zheng met, and the People's Army handed over the palace and Zhengyangmen to the Beiyang New Army led by Duan Qirui to garrison and manage it, but the two sides still agreed that the People's Army would still be responsible for the security and order of Beijing, and the Qing army would also respect the rules set by overseas Chinese. However, without the consent of the Chunjun, the People's Army was no longer allowed to enter and exit through the Zhengyang Gate or enter the palace. Duan Qirui also repeatedly promised that he would strictly restrain the Beiyang New Army and prevent them from violating the rules set by overseas Chinese.

Li Hongzhang immediately sent a telegram to the Qing court, reporting to the court that he had taken over the imperial city. Soon received a reply from the imperial court, commending Li Hongzhang and asking Prince Qing and overseas Chinese to set off from Beijing immediately and rush to Xi'an.

Qin Zheng and his entourage set off to leave Beijing on September 6, which happened to be the time when the traverser came to this era for a year, and recalling the development process experienced by the traversal group this year, Qin Zheng couldn't help but feel a lot of feelings, no matter what, this era has changed the development process of history because of the arrival of the traverser, Gengzi has become a more reasonable solution, and the [Xinchou Treaty] that lost power and humiliated the country has not been signed, which is a great achievement.

Because he was protected by the People's Army, Prince Qing did not bring more troops, but only brought more than 100 escorts with him.

After leaving the city of Beijing, the group first took a train to Baoding Mansion, which is the southern border of the Beijing area controlled by the People's Army.

After a day's march, they arrived at Zhengding Mansion, where local officials had been notified and warmly greeted the People's Army. By this time, after the Gengzi Revolution, order had been restored in most of the places affected by the Boxer Rebellion, some local officials had re-managed local affairs, and the Qing court had appointed a new group of local officials, so at least from a formal point of view, most of the places had also resumed the rule of the Qing court, and the People's Army could also be received by local authorities along the way, which was much better than when Prince Qing came to Beijing.

However, the People's Army still maintained the usual style of not disturbing the people, so it refused the invitation of the local officials of Zhengding Prefecture to receive it, and camped and rested outside the city, and even took Prince Qing to live in the barracks with the soldiers, but Prince Qing did not complain when he arrived, and strictly forbade his own guards to complain.

Although the local officials of Zhengding Prefecture were surprised, they were also a little happy, because if the previous practice was followed, the cost of receiving the People's Army and his party was not a small amount, after all, the local government had just stabilized after a great turmoil, and there was not much ability to handle the reception. However, the local officials of Zhengding Mansion also told Qin Zheng and Prince Qing that during this period of time, the area around the junction of Hebei, Shanxi, and Henan was not peaceful, there were many bandits, and the actions were extremely rampant, not only robbing big and wealthy families, but even officers and soldiers, and county towns dared to fight, and Xingtai County, Guangzong County, Julu County and other places have sent urgent documents, so they also asked Qin Zheng and Prince Qing and their entourage to be extra cautious and vigilant.

However, Prince Qing has the protection of the People's Army, and he is foolproof, so he is still afraid of bandits? Therefore, he does not care.