The number of these treasures cannot be counted for the time being, so they can only be dragged back to the palace and stored together with the treasures and belongings seized from the national headquarters, and then it is not too late to count them slowly. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

In addition, each embassy also took the initiative to hand over a different number of firearms, totaling more than 1,200 guns, with an average of more than 100 guns in each embassy, and two embassies even had more than 200 guns in their collections. And there are also a variety of types, including military guns assembled by the troops of various countries, as well as other models of rifles, carbines, double-barreled shotguns, revolvers, and even front-loading old-fashioned flintlock pistols, and about 15,000 rounds of various bullets, which is completely a hodgepodge.

Although embassies do not prohibit guns, there will not be so many guns, but during the Boxer Rebellion, foreigners and Chinese who have dealings with foreigners were indiscriminately killed, so a large number of businessmen from various countries, Even some Chinese fled into the embassy to hide, they brought in a large number of weapons in the embassy, and later countries sent a small number of soldiers into Beijing to protect the embassy, with the result that a large number of guns were kept in each embassy, and after the Qing court declared war on various countries, it sent troops to attack the embassy, and the embassy relied on these weapons to resist for nearly 60 days, until the eight-nation coalition army invaded Beijing. According to an interview in the New York Sun on January 2, 1901, a couple named AF Chamot shot and killed about 700 Chinese soldiers and civilians with re-guns during the siege of the embassy, among them, the record set by Mrs. was to kill 17 people in one day, and her husband set a record of 54 people in one day!

Naturally, the traverser doesn't like these guns, but it's good to use them for collection, and many of them are classics in the history of firearms.

Holding a revolver, he gestured a few times and said: "Using such a weapon can withstand the attack of the Qing army and defend the embassy, the Qing army is too useless." ”

Zhu Yaping said: "I still don't understand, even if the combat effectiveness of the Qing army is not good, it is always okay to bombard it, now the Qing court should have modern artillery, and there is no need for soldiers to go up and fight hard, why can't they capture the embassy." ”

Qin Zheng said with a smile: "Who said that the Qing court did not use artillery bombardment, of course it was bombed, but unfortunately it still failed to capture the embassy." ”

He was stunned for a moment and said, "No, I see that the building of the embassy is an ordinary brick and wood structure, how can it not be opened with a cannon?"

Qin Zheng said: "There is such a thing recorded in the historical materials, you will know why you can't open the embassy with cannons, after the Qing army stormed the embassy for more than ten days, Duan Wang Zaiyi in the name of the edict to transfer Zhang Huaizhi, the commander of the armed defense of the Chinese army, to bombard the embassy with the latest German Krupp heavy artillery purchased by the Qing court, so Zhang Huaizhi immediately set up a cannon at the head of Beijing, aimed at the embassy area, as long as three or five cannons are put down, then the embassies will become a pile of ashes with corpses. But Zhang Huaizhi thought that as long as the artillery was fired, the consequences would be difficult to contain. Therefore, in order not to take responsibility for himself, Zhang Huaizhi changed the order to delay the issuance and went to his immediate boss, Rong Lu, who was then the Minister of Military Aircraft, the Secretary of the Ministry of Officials, and the Chief Commander of the Fifth Army of the Wuwei Army, and asked him to officially give him an order to fire artillery, and then opened fire on the embassy. But Rong Lu talked about Silas, but he refused to write him this black and white letter, and the two of them went around like this, one did not write such an order anyway, and the other did not have this paper order and begged to die in Rongfu and did not leave. In the end, Rong Lu pestered him, but he said one sentence in a hesitant manner: 'As soon as the sound of horizontal and vertical cannons sounds, the inside (in the palace) can be heard' -- this is an immortal famous sentence of this Rong Zhongtang in modern Chinese history, and Zhang Huaizhi realized it after hearing it. So he hurried back to the city, saying that the artillery position was inaccurate and needed to be re-ascertained, so he directed the target to the open space behind the embassy area. Then all the artillery fired in unison, and the bombardment continued for a day and a night, until the command ordered a halt to the attack. Although the embassy was full of false alarm, there were few casualties, and the palace was very relieved to hear the sound of cannons. ”

After listening to Qin Zheng's story, Zhu Yaping and *** also looked at each other, not knowing whether to cry or laugh. After a long while, Zhu Yaping said: "No matter what, since we have come to this era, we must not let this kind of thing happen again." ”

Qin Zheng nodded and said, "Of course, otherwise what would we be doing when we traveled to this era?"

After collecting the treasures, belongings, and guns that the embassies of various countries voluntarily handed over, the next step was to inspect the embassies of various countries. At the risk of diplomatic conflict, the command insisted on inspecting the legations, first, to force all countries to honestly hand over the treasures and property plundered in China on their own initiative, and not to take chances and hide some of them; and second, to further demonstrate the hard-line attitude of the Crossing Group, as long as the negotiations are not successful, then no rules can restrain the Crossing Group.

However, after all, the search of the embassy is a matter that does not violate the world, and the traverser must not only search, but also minimize the adverse impact, and there can be no situation where the department does not clean up, and the scale must be very accurate. Therefore, before the search, Qin Zheng formulated three rules for the KPA soldiers who searched the embassy: first, they must not damage the embassy's items, second, they must return their vows after the search, and third, they must not disturb the women in the embassy. And the troops entering the embassy to search must be personally led by the traverser.

It was also required that only one person be left in the ordinary room to cooperate with the KPA inspection, while in the large room two or three people could be left behind, while the rest of the personnel were all in the hall of the embassy, waiting for the inspection to be completed. The embassies did not interfere with it, and Bi Jingdu had already handed over the looted treasures and weapons, so he did not care about letting the People's Army inspect them.

KPA troops entered the embassy one by one to conduct inspections, and the process was very peaceful, and the KPA soldiers entered every room, and although they were very careful, they behaved in a very civilized manner, causing no damage to the embassy and no disputes.

The time for inspecting the embassy is not long, less than an hour, and the results of the inspection are good, each embassy basically did not hide any smuggling, and handed over all the looted things, of course, it is impossible for the People's Army to inspect the embassy inch by inch, if you want to inspect it like that, I am afraid that one day will not be enough, so as long as it is passable on the whole surface, some embassies have not checked it in a little ambush, and it is inevitable, but it will not be much, compared to the treasures rescued, it is definitely only a small number.

The civilized performance of the People's Army also made the embassies feel a little surprised, and they thought that they would turn the embassy upside down, and even dig three feet into the ground, but as a result, there was no damage to the embassy, so the ministers of various countries also unanimously believed that the People's Army behaved very restrained in the process of inspecting the embassy, which was indeed very different from the Qing court and the Boxer Rebellion.

The press corps was divided into three groups, and they entered the embassy with the three units to conduct follow-up visits. And took a lot of photos, and after the inspection, Lin Mu also instructed Wen Xiaohua to write a report on the People's Army's civilized inspection of the embassies of various countries.

After the inspection of the embassy, the treasures and property handed over by the embassies were also taken away, and at this time, someone hurried to report to Qin Zheng that a church not only did not hand over the looted treasures and property, but also resisted the KPA entry inspection by force, wounding two soldiers.

It turned out that when Qin Zheng and others led a team to inspect the embassy, the People's Army also inspected churches in Beijing. There were more than 100 churches in Beijing at its peak, but during the Boxer Rebellion, most of the churches were destroyed by the Boxers, and less than 20 were preserved. For example, in the largest church in Beijing, Bishop Fan Guoliang (French, Pierre Marie Alphonse Favier) handed over a large number of treasures and relics that he had paid a lot of money for.

Fan Guoliang has lived in China for nearly 40 years, can speak authentic Beijing Chinese, received by the emperors of the Tongzhi and Guangxu dynasties, and was awarded the second rank of the crown, which is the same level as the governor. As early as May 1900, Fan Guoliang wrote to the French minister Bi Sheng, calling on all countries to be vigilant against the development of the Boxer Rebellion and to send troops to Beijing to protect the safety of the church.

After the traverser captured Tianjin, it also aroused Fan Guoliang's vigilance, Bi Jing Tianjin was too close to Beijing, so Fan Guoliang was very concerned about the dynamics of this group of overseas Chinese, and actively collected the information of the traverser, after Beijing was captured by the People's Army, Fan Guoliang also realized that he must not work against the overseas Chinese, otherwise he would be asking for hardship, so he not only handed over all the treasures he had gotten, but also mobilized other church members to hand over the treasures he had gotten, only in this way could he save his life, and restrain the congregation, not to hinder the People's Army from inspecting the church。

However, not all foreign monks had such a wise eye as Fan Guoliang, and some missionaries were reluctant to loot the treasures, but only handed over a small part and hid most of the valuable treasures; some missionaries instigated the congregation, mainly the Chinese congregation, to deliberately set up obstacles for the People's Army. In another church, the bishop misjudged the situation and rushed to direct the congregation of the church to resist the People's Army by force.