Chapter 29: Chinese New Year's Eve Palace Changes

The third year of Xia Zhaowu and the second half of the seventh year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty passed very peacefully.

It was as if there was no battle for the cattle village in the first half of the year.

Trade between the two sides has also developed, just in Yangzhou.

Within half a year, the Xia Dynasty imported more than 2 million stone of grain to the Qing court. More than two million stones are still stored in Huai'an at the moment. There are a large number of granaries here, which are all warehouses used to transfer and reserve grain on the canal of the Ming Dynasty, and they cannot be transported to Beijing for a while.

But even so, there are so many food reserves. The food crisis in the Qing court was greatly alleviated.

After the crisis eased, the Qing court was even able to reduce some local tax arrears. For a time, the ground also calmed down, pardoned the people who resisted the tax and acquitted them, and ordered the ground officials to live well, and gave orders to reclaim the wasteland.

And Azig also seems to know the crisis of the Qing court, and he wants to cooperate with King Zheng tacitly and help each other in the same boat, and even says one thing in the middle of the Eight Classics, that is, the matter of Emperor Shunzhi's personal government. Azig let go of his mouth and let Shunzhi be in power in a year or two, and now he can practice politics, and all the twists and turns of the court must be seen by Shunzhi.

For a time, there was great harmony in the city of Beijing.

The matter of negotiating peace with the south also made the Manchus in Beijing breathe a sigh of relief, after all, the Manchurians have shed enough blood, North Korea, Liaodong several battles, although the Xia army suffered a lot of losses, but the Qing army also suffered a lot of losses, including the Eight Banners.

In this way, the time smoothly advanced to the seventh year of Shunzhi.

It seems that in order to meet the hard-won peacetime, Azig proposed to make a big move.

Immediately the queen mother approved, everything was simple, but on the first day of the first month, each family entered the palace to worship the new year.

It's just that no one knows that on the first day of the Lunar New Year, a major event happened that affected the situation in the whole of China.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, it snowed in Beijing.

The snowflakes turned the whole world white. The Yanjing snow scene is very impressive even in later generations, think about the entire Forbidden City's red walls and golden tiles are wrapped in a layer of plain white, and the strong color contrast is what a beautiful visual enjoyment.

It's just that in the British Palace, no one takes a second look at this snow.

After all, compared to the snow in Liaodong, the heavy snow in Yanjing is a little worse.

Azig was dressed in a drape, already wearing triple armor, and when he walked lightly and jumped twice, he felt the jingling of his whole body.

Lao Qin came in from outside, also in armor, and said, "Amma, everything is ready." ”

Azig said: "I didn't expect the Queen Mother to be cautious, and the previous preparations were all in vain. According to Azig's original plan, he was going to infiltrate the palace and let Lao Qin lead people to meet outside and outside. I just never thought of it. The Queen Mother deposed all celebrations.

It's not a big deal, how will Azig do it

His own people were sent into the Forbidden City.

Moreover, before Lao Qin, he made a lot of preparations, such as placing the elites under the command of Azig, and some elites of the two white flags were quietly placed in the Prince of Ying's Mansion and Prince Rui's Mansion. Among the prince's mansions in Jingshi, only Prince Ying's Mansion and Prince Rui's Mansion are the most special. Because their two palaces were in the midst of the imperial city.

The city of Beijing can be divided into the outer city, the inner city, the imperial city, and the palace city.

Because Beijing was conquered by Azig and Dolgon, Dolgon placed his mansion in the imperial city, very close to the Forbidden City.

How close, it can be said that from the Prince of Ying's mansion, it is directly facing the Donghua Gate of the civil official dynasty. It's only one or two miles, and the predecessor of Prince Ying's Mansion is Guanglu Temple in the Ming Dynasty.

Guanglu Temple is in charge of the royal feast, although it can't be a kitchen, but it is also determined to take care of this, think about it, how close such a yamen is to the Forbidden City.

Therefore, when Prince Ying's Mansion and Prince Rui's Mansion were full of armor, although the number was only a few thousand, it was enough to resist Qiankun. There is only one gate that can stop them, that is, Donghua Gate, and now the guards of Donghua Gate have also been bought by Lao Qin.

With so many people hiding in the two palaces, it is natural that they must not show their feet.

So now, it's ready to be sent.

Azig gave the order and came out first.

Thousands of soldiers followed Azig as he walked through the snow.

Almost as soon as Azig and the others went out, they were discovered by the people on the Donghua Gate. Before they could make a move, a few guards rebelled and seized the Donghua Gate.

The Donghua Gate squeaked open.

Azig unsheathed his long knife and said, "Go out and kill Shunzhi Xiao'er." ”

"Kill." Thousands of soldiers shouted loudly, and the sound immediately alarmed the entire city of Beijing.

In this way, the rebellion of the British king, which is known as the prelude to the destruction of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, kicked off.

The first person who was alarmed by the sound of shouting and killing was Shunzhi of the Qianqing Palace, and before Shunzhi could ask what was going on, there were guards who stumbled in and said, "Emperor, the king of England is reversed." At this moment, he had already rushed into Wenyuan Pavilion. ”

Shunzhi was taken aback, and under his long sleeves, his hands couldn't help but tremble, and said, "Who is keeping vigil today?" ”

"It's Suppilon." Left and right. 、

Curb Pilon is born with a yellow flag, and it is a pair of yellow flags with red roots, which is considered a slave of Shunzhi, and Shunzhi is naturally trustworthy, but when he heard that the King of England had entered the imperial city, he was extremely worried in his heart, and immediately said: "Where is Curb Billon." ”

"Master, Lord Kupilon, has gone to resist the rebels."

Shunzhi wrapped himself in clothes, asked people to close the Qianqing door, and had already closed the door of the harem, and ordered the eunuchs and guards to light lanterns and strictly guard them.

The structure of the Forbidden City is a front and back sleep, and between the harem and the front court, the customs are tightly guarded, and it is a defense line that can be relied on. It's just that

There are not many guards in the harem, and even if all the available people are assembled, there are only a few hundred, but they don't know how to resist the British king's army.

For a while, Shunzhi scolded again and again: "Azig deserves to die, Dorgon deserves to die, and Duoduo deserves to die." ”

Like a headless fly, it goes back and forth.

But I heard the sound of footsteps, and the guard guarding the Qianqing Gate said, "Lord Kupilon is here." ”

Shunji said, "Let him in." He immediately added, "Let him in alone." ”

In a matter of moments, Suppilon came in with blood.

He walked in the palace, and he didn't bring much armor, and the incident happened suddenly, but he passed with temporary armor, and fought with the British king's department, and saw that it was not an opponent, so he had to retreat.

"How's it going?" Shunji immediately asked.

Ji Bilong said: "The minions are incompetent, the British king's rebellious army has at least about 3,000 people, and the minions are the opponents, so they have to set fire to the palaces around Wenyuan Pavilion to block the rebellious army." ”

As soon as Shunzhi raised his head, he saw the southeast direction, the fire was soaring, and the fire was raging, and he didn't know how many palaces had spread. The commotion is getting louder and louder.

"Can you burn the old thief to death?" The Forbidden City set fire, Shunzhi was also very distressed, especially Wenyuan Pavilion, which was a library handed down from the Ming Dynasty, and I don't know how many rare books there were, and this fire was burned. I don't know how sorry it is.

But Shunji knows.

This is not the time to talk about this.

Kubilong turned his mind for a moment, and only then did he know that the old thief Shunzhi was talking about was Azig. He immediately said: "The minister is incompetent, so he can only block it." Please also ask Your Majesty to prepare early. ”

Shunzhi said: "Is it for me to move?" ”

"Absolutely not." A voice came from behind.

Shunzhi suddenly relaxed, turned around and said, "Eniang, why are you here." ”

It was the Queen Mother.

The queen mother, who was called Xiaozhuang by later generations, was dressed in military uniform, and actually held a bow and arrow in her hand, and said: "Emperor, my emperor of Manchuria is different from the Han people, and you must prove your courage, and now Azig is only a few thousand, and there are thousands of palace guards, and there are thousands of young and strong, with the defense of the palace wall, can't you stop Azig for a while?" ”

"In less than half an hour, the various departments will be killed, and Azig will be beheaded."

"But you left the Qianqing Palace, but you don't know if you can come back."

When Shunzhi heard the queen mother say this, he gasped in his heart, and all kinds of thoughts in his heart were like snow, which made his heart more and more cold. He had several understandings of the Queen Mother's words, but each understanding made him feel extremely cold.

Shunzhi slowly clenched his fists, gritted his teeth and said, "Someone came to wear armor for me." ”

Shunzhi decided that he must defend the Qianqing Palace.