The martial law of the Beijing division was strict, and the five cities were sent to guard bravely, and the peace agreement could not be reached, it is said that the foreigners had sent troops from Tianjin to the north, and the forward had approached Tongzhou, and the officials and gentry and people in the city were rumors, and they were shocked every day.

Zhou Zupei and others felt that Mingyuan was located in the west of Beijing, and the situation was critical, so they planned to ask the emperor to take advantage of public opinion to move to Xing Da Nei, and first pushed Prince Gong to see him, how could Prince Gong dare to pick this head, saying that the emperor was partial to the end of the faith and the Su, even if he didn't go, he might not be able to get permission. Zhou Zupei and others saw that Prince Gong was unwilling to go, so they simply joined the title and sparse, and the wording was extremely sincere, but after submitting it, it was like a stone sinking into the sea, and seeing that they were about to be left in the middle again, they joined the title again and pleaded.

Seeing the excerpts on the ministers, and then looking at the secret folds on Monk Greenqin yesterday afternoon, Xianfeng finally remembered Han Xiufeng and ordered the big head to pass Han Xiufeng into the meeting.

I haven't seen him for more than ten days, the emperor is haggard again, Han Xiufeng respectfully invited Sheng An, and couldn't help but remind: "Your Majesty, the more this time, the more you have to take care of the dragon body!" ”

"I'm very good, let's take a look at these excerpts first." Han Xiufeng is not a pedantic person like Jia Zhen, Zhou Zupei and Weng Xincun, Xianfeng has no scruples, and while motioning for the big head to take the fold to Han Xiufeng, he actually drank wine again.

The hall is not only full of alcohol, but also mixed with the smell of smoke, although he has heard the big head say it earlier, but Han Xiufeng still can't believe that the emperor, who was ambitious and hardworking half a year ago, not only borrowed alcohol all day long to kill his sorrows and even became addicted to smoking, not to mention how bad it was in his heart.

"Hurry up, I'm busy," Xianfeng urged impatiently.

Han Xiufeng relieved himself and hurriedly said, "The minister obeys the order, and the minister will look at it." ”

I don't know if I don't know it, and I am surprised when I see it, this is actually a few diametrically opposed excerpts.

Zhou Zupei, Weng Xincun and even Wen Xiang jointly asked the emperor to return to the Forbidden City to calm people's hearts. The monk Lingqin was not sure whether he could resist the Anglo-Buddhist alliance that was approaching Tongzhou, and asked the emperor to patrol Mulan.

"Your Majesty, the minister has finished reading it." Seeing that the emperor was silent, Han Xiufeng calmed down, and continued: "The ancients said, a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall, not to mention you, the emperor, the minister thought that he should make plans as soon as possible. ”

"It's such a big deal, I have to think about it again." Xianfeng put down his wine glass and said listlessly: "But as Aiqing said, you might as well make some preparations first." ”

"Your Majesty."

"You just went to the mouth to do an errand, familiar with the situation on this road, Bao Jun is diligent and deeply heartfelt, you go to discuss with Bao Jun first, you should be prepared, act cheaply, and handle it properly."

"Obey."

……

There are several ministers in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Han Xiufeng didn't expect that the emperor would finally choose Baojun instead of Wenfeng, but it was difficult to say so, so he could only hurry to find Baojun.

As soon as he left, the emperor summoned all the princes, scholars and military ministers to see them, and let them see the secret folds on the monk Lingqin, but he did not expect that one stone stirred up a thousand waves, not only most of the princes and ministers, including Prince Gong, tried their best to dissuade him, but he saw that Bao Jun, the minister in charge of the internal affairs department, actually ordered the Shuntianfu and the infantry army commander Yamen to send out to search for chariots and horses. The next day, I heard that the emperor Zhu Bi ordered the ministers of the inner court and the officials on duty to enter the court and stand by, and the appearance of the patrol became more and more realistic, and even the six departments and Jiuqing Kedao jointly admonished after hearing the news.

Such a big movement soon spread to the harem.

Ren Yu'er held the copied music and read it carefully: "On the 24th of this month, I ordered the ministers of the inner court and the officials of the music hall to read the Zhu pen, and there was a temporary blessing for Mulan." Under the rumors of the ministers, they were really shocked. Stealing only the Jingshi is the fundamental important place, the Zongmiao Society is where the hundreds of officials and the people are, once the emperor is lucky, the people's hearts will be shaken, and the Jingshi will not be able to guard.

And the officers and soldiers of the Eight Banners Green Battalion, their parents and wives, and their graves are all in the capital, can they be guaranteed that they have no separation hearts? In case the six dragons are driven by clouds, and the soldiers' hearts collapse, at this time, they can't enter, they can't return, how can the emperor deal with this? Now the foreigners are obedient and demand hundreds of ends, but in fact, there are only more than 20,000 Western soldiers, and it is clear that they cannot disturb our territory.

If the public opinion is moved, the general trend will be dispersed, and the foreigners will set up a person to dominate China under the pretext of reassuring the people. If the Khitan standing stone Jingtang, the Jin people's establishment Zhang Bangchang, then more than 200 years of ancestors to create the world, once handed over to others, what is the meaning of the first emperor's entrustment? Why does the emperor ...... the spirit of the saints in heaven?"

Concubine Yi had read the book, so she sat under the queen, listening and explaining what it meant, Ren Yuer read very slowly and tacitly, in order to let the queen understand, she read an excerpt for nearly half an hour.

"So shouldn't the emperor go out of Beijing to patrol at this juncture?" The queen asked solemnly.

Ren Yu'er didn't dare to discuss the government in vain, so she put down the copied notes and was silent.

Concubine Yi said in a low voice: "There is some truth in the words of the ministers, how can you go out of Beijing to patrol at this time, if you really go out of Beijing, wouldn't you abandon the country and the mountains and the society." ”

"But if you don't leave, can you resist the foreigners and hold the capital?"

"There are so many soldiers stationed in Tongzhou, there is still a few chances of winning if you don't go, if you really go at this juncture, why face the soldiers, why let the soldiers use their lives!"

The queen has always had no opinions, so she couldn't help asking: "Yu'er, do you know what the emperor said?" ”

"Yu Niangniang, the emperor just issued an edict, and Yu'er also copied it."

Without waiting for the queen to speak, Concubine Yi said without thinking: "Read!" ”

Ren Yu'er hurriedly opened the palace door and read: "Recently, due to the urgency of military affairs, it is necessary to use carriages and horses, and they have been recruited, so I can't help but have troubles. I heard that there was a floating discussion outside, and there were people who would patrol Mulan to hold an autumn festival, so that people were confused and spread to each other. I am the lord of the world, when this time is difficult, how can I take the time to look at the province? If there is such a move, it will also make clear the decree and declare it in advance, and there will be no one who will take advantage of the public opinion and not let the world know about it. Chinese and foreign subjects should be forgiven. All military equipment and chariots and horses, and the ministers of the Qin faction sent to the kings and ministers to send them to various places, that is, they should be returned separately, and they should not be detained and waited, so as to settle the people's hearts and minds. ”

"Sister Lan'er, has the emperor taken back his fate?" The queen asked eagerly.

Concubine Yi thought to herself that what was this to take back her fate, this was obviously a helpless move to see that the minister of civil and military affairs did not approve of the hunting patrol, but she couldn't say that the emperor was not, so she could only say insincerely: "Sister, the emperor didn't plan to go out to hunt at this juncture, and the trouble was all to blame for the monk Grinqin who didn't know the general situation." ”

"That's good, I'm relieved."

"Yu'er, what's going on outside?" Concubine Yi thought about it and couldn't help but ask.

"Yu'er didn't dare to say it."

"There's no outsider here, but it's okay."

Ren Yu'er had no choice but to bite the bullet and say: "Yu Niangniang, there is a mess outside, and the people are afraid that they will be blocked by foreigners in the city and can't get out, so they have dragged their families and fled with their mouths." Several ministers of the patrol king and the five city procuratorates couldn't persuade them, so they simply closed the city gates. ”

The queen muttered: "It's okay to close it, otherwise everyone will run out, is this capital still like a capital?" ”

"Niangniang doesn't know, it's easy to close the city gate, but the rice, flour, grain, oil and coal and other necessities outside can't enter, what do the people in the city eat and drink? Seeing the soaring prices, Zhou Zupei and other adults had no choice but to open a city gate, anyway, they were all running at this time, and I heard that some people who were blocked back even took the risk of climbing over the wall to get out of the city. ”

"What about Tongzhou?"

"Lack of food and salary, coupled with the fact that there are many defeated troops collected from the forts on the south bank of Haikou in Tianjin, the morale of the soldiers is not high." Ren Yu'er thought about it for a while, and then said cautiously: "Yu'er also heard a news from Tianjin before she came. ”

"What's the news?"

"Shi Zanqing, the prefect of Tianjin, was robbed from the yamen by foreigners, and he swore to die and fought with hunger strike in the foreigners' military camp. He was a well-known Qing official, and the people of Tianjin ran to reason with the foreigners, and they didn't know if they could come out alive. Ren Yu'er put away the palace door copy, and continued: "There is another news that I don't know if it's true or not, anyway, it's unbelievable." ”

"How is it unbelievable?" Concubine Yi asked subconsciously.

"Some people who ran back from Tianjin said that some of the routed troops who had withdrawn from the forts on the south bank could not defeat the foreigners, and they plundered everywhere and harmed the localities. The people wanted to go to the yamen to file a complaint, but the yamen was occupied by the foreigners, and even Shi Zanqing, the prefect of Tianjin, was taken away by the foreigners, and went to sue the foreigners! ”

"What do foreigners say?" The queen couldn't help but ask.

"The foreigners not only accepted their forms, but also sent troops to suppress the bandits, and those illiterate people thought that the foreigners were 'Bao Qingtian', not only grateful to Dade, but also coveted the little profits given by the foreigners to do things for the foreigners."

"What are you doing?"

"Lead the way for foreigners, help foreigners transfer baggage, and even help foreigners find out our news."

"What do the people know, they all blame those Qiu Ba, it's really a disaster for the country and the people!"

"What Niangniang said is very true, but I can't figure out whether this news is true or false for a while."

Concubine Yi really didn't want to talk about this topic anymore, so she suddenly asked, "Yu'er, what is your brother-in-law busy with?" ”

"Yu Niangniang, he didn't tell me, and I didn't dare to ask."

"It's a shame that you still hold the token of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to run errands for the imperial court, and you don't even dare to ask about this." Concubine Yi snorted coldly, then frowned and said, "You don't know, this palace knows some." The matter of bewitching the emperor to go out of Beijing to patrol the hunt was caused by Monk Greenqin, and the commander of the infantry army led the Yamen and Shuntianfu to search for carriages everywhere, but it was your righteous brother and Baojun who did it. It can be said that the people in the city are panicking, and your righteous brother is indispensable! ”

"Niang Niang Mingjian, my fourth brother is just a third-grade Fengchen Yuanqing, Lord Baojun is the head of the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and he doesn't dare to order the infantry army to lead the Yamen and Shuntian Mansion to do this errand with a few guts from my fourth brother."

"I don't think it's that simple!"

"Niangniang, my fourth brother is wronged, I don't know what he's busy with, even if he is really involved in this matter, he is acting according to orders, and he can't help himself."

"I have become Fengchen Yuanqing, why can't I help myself? If he really understands the general situation and is sensible, why is there no his name on the excerpt that prevented the emperor from patrolling just now? ”

"Niangniang doesn't know, although my fourth brother has made a three-grade Jingtang, but after all, he is a donor. Although the emperor later gave him a background, he was still looked down upon by those adults who entered the imperial examination. ”

"Don't explain, what kind of person is your brother-in-law, this palace is like a mirror in his heart." The more Concubine Yi thought about it, the more angry she became, and said coldly: "Don't be upset, he is no different from the big man who is on an errand beside the emperor, and he seems to be loyal to the emperor, but in fact, he is not as knowledgeable and sensible as a woman!" ”