661 Soldiers besiege the Prime Minister's Yamen
The Prime Minister's Affairs Yamen is located in the east of the Forbidden City, close to the entrance of the Dengshi, which was originally the residence of the university scholar Sai Shang'a, and was expanded into the Prime Minister's Affairs Yamen in the second year of Tongzhi, which has always been led by Prince Gong.
The Qing Dynasty court power center was first in the upper study, and after Yongzheng, it was changed to the military aircraft department, and after the foreigners blew up the country, it was gradually transferred to the prime minister's affairs yamen.
Therefore, if these angry Son of Heaven pro-army want to seek justice, they can only come here, there is no emperor in the Forbidden City, and the queen mother of the two palaces hides in the deep palace and ignores the idle things on the street, and wants to ask for justice to find Yi?
At this time, Yi, Yixun and the eunuch Man Shun were sitting in the back hall drinking tea and chatting, and after hearing the threat of Man Shun's gunpowder, the two princes were wilted, and they let this group of children make trouble.
"Father-in-law Manshun, you have worked hard to serve Your Majesty's study tour...... But this king is very puzzled, how could Your Majesty think of asking for help from all countries? Could it be that you deceived me......" Admiral Jiumen, Prince Yi Xun asked in confusion.
Man Shun, who has traveled abroad and seen time, is now a different temperament, and most of them are not shy of Xiao Lotian when he taught Zaichun, so Man Shun has also learned a lot of new things from the West now.
"Lord Wang, you are wrong, it is really the tradition of Europa for countries to send troops to intervene, when the French Revolution, the French emperor was killed by the mob, and the European countries regretted it because they were a little late in sending troops, and the army stationed in the French palace at that time was still a Swiss mercenary......"
"That place in Europe is purely a group of countries of relatives who help each other and fight each other, just like the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, saying that relatives can climb relatives, saying that the enemy and who has fought with everyone......"
"The two princes are engaged in foreign affairs, this truth is actually known much more than me, a eunuch, Britain, France, the United States and Russia have signed a treaty with our Qing Dynasty, although it is a land cut and a loss of money, but the treaty is bound by both sides...... They signed a treaty, which naturally recognized the legitimacy of our Qing Dynasty......"
"That's right, what the prime minister said is this legitimacy, let's call it righteousness. Therefore, if anyone dares to rebel, as long as Your Majesty opens his mouth to ask for help from all countries, then they really have no excuse to shirk, and besides, wouldn't it be ...... if we don't pay back the money."
Man Shun followed the little emperor to study the world, this identity has been branded as the emperor, he is the descendant of Tongzhi, so the words reveal his loyalty to the little emperor.
Prince Gong, Prince Alcohol, you had the best moves, the little emperor, don't look at the young age, but the identity is recognized by all countries, not in Beijing in the past few years, you two had better not think crookedly.
Just when the three of them were drinking tea and silent, suddenly there was a noise on the south street, as if there were many people howling in the middle of the night.
A guard ran outside the door, he knelt on the ground and panted and said, "Lord Wang, it's not good, the new army officer who took over the guard, with the three hundred Heavenly Son pro-army, killed our Prime Minister's Yamen......"
"What?" The two princes knocked over the table, and even Man Shun turned white in fright.
"Man Shun! What's going on? This king has already allowed them to take the guards away, and he has also allowed them to travel through the capital late at night, why do you still kick your nose in the face?"
Man Shun hurriedly wiped his sweat, "There must be something wrong, is it that the nobles did not obey the holy decree and annoyed these soldiers?" I will take a look, I will go and see......" After speaking, he ran out.
This was caused by the fact that the entrance of the Prime Minister's Yamen had become a sea of torches, and the 308 bannermen blocked the gate and scolded: "Devil Six, get out of here! Why did you tamper with Your Majesty's holy decree? The Prime Minister's Beijing Health Order was a treasure used by His Majesty, so why should you abolish it!"
"Devil Six...... Get out of here...... Devil Six...... Get out of here!"
As soon as Man Shun looked up from the corner gate, he saw that this group of masters had beaten the soldiers at the door and couldn't find them, and those Eight Banners big-headed soldiers were all acquaintances in front of them, all of them were the second and third sons of the noble family, and they were all people who couldn't afford to offend.
"Ladies and gentlemen, poor and poor little ones, they are all mixed rice, and it has nothing to do with us...... " After speaking, the red tassel gun was thrown to the ground, who did he love.
People who fall into the group consciousness are irrational, especially a group of children with an average age of only eighteen, as long as they are given the name of making trouble, they can pierce the sky.
In the whole incident, the artillery battle of Nakata played a decisive role in fueling the flames, and he quickly shouted the very bluffing slogan of maintaining the dignity of the emperor from the very beginning of his actions to snatch his own soldiers.
"Although the emperor did not have a personal government, he was also recognized by the whole world as the emperor of the Qing Dynasty...... Now that we have all seen it, no one has listened to His Majesty's summoning of 300 guards, and no one has complied with a single health decree of the Beijing Division, so what is the dignity of His Majesty? Is there still a legal system in the Qing Dynasty......
"I can't even look at the Ryukyu Han people, and you group of Eight Banners who have been deeply favored for generations don't show your heads? No wonder you have lost battles again and again, it turns out that you yourself are a plate of loose sand!"
The discord sowed by the Tian artillery battle made this group of young people even more angry, how could a Ryukyu Han dare to despise the Manchus so much? But what people said could not be distinguished, and the living facts were in front of them, how do you explain it?
There must always be an outlet for anger, and after thinking about it, Prince Gong, who has the worst reputation, has become a scapegoat, who made you the most popular prince in Beijing, then you have to carry this black cauldron.
Man Shun rushed back to the hall and wiped the sweat on his head and asked the two princes, "The Jingshi Health Regulations are treasures that His Majesty and the Queen Mother have used, why do you dare to stop it? As for it? How much rice and grain can you give to those red armbands in a year? Five hundred taels of silver is enough, right? Is the imperial court really short of that little money?"
"Now the three hundred people outside are all descendants of the nobles, what do you say about the two princes? Do you beat or scold, or do you transfer ......troops?"
Listening to Man Shun's sarcasm, the two princes were embarrassed to drill the rat hole, "How did you get it, when did I abolish ......it?"
At this time, Prince Yiyun spoke, "Don't ask, it's the group of people in Shuntianfu who did it, I am in charge of the Nine Gates, I know the faces of those dirty officials too well, and I don't know anything about bullying a group of women...... Damn, are you greedy for these hundreds of taels of silver?"
Yi Xun is right, the red armbands selected by the new army of the entire Sijiu City are a total of four or five hundred, and the Beijing division at that time was not as large as Beijing in later generations, and hundreds of old ladies could already cover the whole city.
I don't send money every month, just give some white rice, it doesn't matter how much, this little money is actually blackened, and I am embarrassed to throw it to my grandmother's house.
"What should I do? The two princes have to give an explanation! If you continue to make trouble, the foreign adults in Dongjiaomin Lane will have to see the joke!"
This sentence can be regarded as the death hole of the imperial court, Prince Gong sighed, "I'll go to meet them, just do what I have to do......"
The gate of the yamen opened, and the noisy children outside saw the figures of the two princes, as well as the great eunuch Man Shun beside His Majesty.
"After you have made meritorious contributions to the country, what is there that you can't write an excerpt to me to express your feelings? Is it because you want to rebel in the middle of the night?"
The crowd was silent, and then the three treasures with red faces walked out and saluted the prince, "The prince taught me a lesson, but in the next day, I will leave the capital and cross the ocean to see Your Majesty, you have to let us give Your Majesty an explanation, right?"
"Could it be that let's say directly to Your Majesty that all your holy decrees from the previous year have been lost, and no one in Sijiu City listens to you? Lord, imperial power is not child's play, and there are no rules in the Qing Dynasty?"
"Yes, doesn't the Qing Dynasty even have some rules? Doesn't the emperor be able to call the shots of a few hundred taels of silver a year? Please give an explanation to His Majesty who is far away, is the emperor's decree still useful?"
Yi glanced at the three treasures fiercely with his eyes, "Your Majesty has not yet been in power, so it stands to reason that the holy decree is invalid...... But I know what you want to say, this king is very clear, I already know your situation, all the decrees made by His Majesty a year ago, this king guarantees that all will be restored, and he will definitely not disappoint His Majesty who is studying abroad, and tomorrow morning, the health regulations of the Beijing Division will come into effect again......"
"Thank you, Lord Wang!" the three classes of pro-soldiers collectively chanted and saluted.
"Scattered, scattered, all dispersed...... Under the urging of the two princes and the father-in-law of Manshun, the three hundred pro-army finally smiled and left the prime minister's yamen, and walked towards the Guangqu gate.
In the dark, the two princes did not speak with a blue face, there was a strong hatred in their hearts, Emperor Tongzhi was only eleven years old and had already been taught by Xiao Letian to control the power, and this yin was ruthless enough, if you don't agree, then you are disrespectful, and you can't say anything about such a trivial matter without giving face to the emperor.
But if you bow your head once, there will be a next time, as the Western proverb goes, the head of a camel in a sandstorm enters the tent, and the body will definitely come in a little while.
"Zai Chun's heart is already wild, I thought Xiao Lotian was just joking, how could he, a Han man, teach Zai Chun real things with his heart? But now it seems that Xiao Letian is really dry goods!"
"That is, if according to Xiao Letian's plan, let Jaechun establish relations with the crown princes of Western countries, and add Xiao Letian's new army as foreign aid, a strong monarch will rise, and we will not have a good time in the future!"
"Look, look again! He's still young, let's bear with it for now, but we still have to do the preparations......
That night, all the foreign ministers in Dongjiaomin Lane did not sleep, in the eyes of ordinary people, this was just a group of young people to plead to the imperial court, but in their hearts, this was a harbinger of the change of popular sentiment in the Qing Dynasty.
"In the spring of 1867, 300 young people in Beijing were full of nobles and put pressure on the imperial court in the name of supporting the emperor...... It was a successful attempt, and the opposition faction began to make its voice heard, and the old empire began to sprout new branches, and new forces appeared......"
"We have to keep in touch with the little emperor, maybe in ten years, there will be a very strong monarch and a very strong prime minister in East Asia, what will the combination of master and apprentice change the situation in Asia......?