Chapter 369: The Victorious Protector Loses the World

Because of Wei Tuma's disturbance, Yi Xin's edict in the name of the two palaces was delayed and never issued, but Yongqing's victory Bao reported to the imperial court again. Although Shengbao's first report was too ridiculous, this second report still made the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces, Yi Xin and the Manchu Dynasty Wenwu believe him a little, because it was very real. Shengbao took out the actual results this time, he recovered Yongqing County, and beheaded 700, and the capture of swords, guns and flags was not counted.

In order to prove his merits, Shengbao's recital brought out the prince of Yongqing Zhixian as a foil. Katsuho proudly introduced how he broke Acton's subordinates, and how Acton led his troops to flee in embarrassment, which fully explained that he finally found out who the enemy was. Later, he described how his subordinates recovered Yongqing after many days of bloody battles, recaptured Yongqing County from the brutal Gu'an army, and rescued Wangzhi County, which had fallen to the enemy. At the end of the recital, there is also the signature of the prince of the county just anyway. Everything is very successful, the evidence is also sufficient, the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces, Yi Xin and the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs are really starting to have some hope this time. In case Shengbao really works hard this time, the Acton headquarters left behind by the Gu'an Army is really good! So Yi Xin tore up the edict that had already been written half of the edict to reprimand Shengbao, and instead prepared to write an edict to reward Shengbao.

However, Jingli was not happy for two days, and on the third day of Shengbao's retribution, a letter was sent from Baodi to Beijing, and then the entire Qing Dynasty's Imperial History and Yanguan Group exploded. The officials were extremely angry, and regardless of whether the imperial court now had to rely on Shengbao, seventeen officials jointly played the impeachment of Shengbao. This time, the crime is not such a trivial matter as "turning defeat into victory, lying and risking merit", they impeached Shengbao for "attacking and killing friendly troops, killing good people and risking merit, causing harm to the people, and planting blame." The reason for all this is the letter, written by Wang Ziyu, the "tainted official" who had just testified to Shengbao, who had fled from Yongqing to Baodi. Wang Zhixian was also greatly wronged, so after fleeing to Baodi, he wrote a letter of affection to his friend who was a speech official in the court, begging him to help him transfer the court.

After Wang Zhixian's blood book was announced, the government and the opposition were really shocked, if what Wang Zhixian said was true, Shengbao would be too much of a bastard. According to Wang Zhixian, although the Gu'an army entered the territory of Yongqing and Wuqing, it only built field fortifications in the countryside and did not capture the county seats of the two places, so the two county towns of Yongqing and Wuqing were still in the hands of the imperial court. After Wen Yu rebelled, it was only that the main force of the Zhili Green Battalion was no longer hostile to the Gu'an Army, and the prefectures and counties in various places were not actually affected, and everyone was still loyal to the imperial court. In fact, the officials understand this meaning, the struggle between Su Shun, Guo Xing'a, the two palaces, and Yixin is a fight between the gods, and it has nothing to do with the local ghosts. After all, both sides are under the banner of the orthodoxy of the Qing Dynasty, and if everyone does not help each other, it would be good if they were both loyal ministers of the Qing Dynasty. The petty officials at the level of the prefecture and county are just watching the excitement, unless a certain party is in the city, otherwise they will always support both sides.

The Gu'an army invaded the territory of Yongqing, and of course Wang Zhixian of Yongqing did not have the ability to expel the Gu'an army in the territory, but the days in his county town were also peaceful, and the Gu'an army did not bother to pay attention to him at all, but the peaceful days were still disrupted by the arrival of Shengbao. When the Shengbao army first entered Yongqing, it was actually quite calm, and they stayed twenty or thirty miles away from the Gu'an army, without any action. At first, Wang Zhixian thought that it was just a friendly neighbor! But Shengbao is not as friendly as the Gu'an Army at all, they dare not make any moves in the direction of the Gu'an Army, and they dare to do anything to the people of Yongqing. Three days after the Shengbao army entered Yongqing, half of the villagers in Yongqing ran to the side of the Gu'an army, and many squires took the Gu'an army as the orthodox official army. As for the other half of the villagers who did not run to the side of the Gu'an Army, thirty percent ran in other directions, and the other seventy percent were killed by the Shengbao Department.

The Shengbao army almost turned the countryside of Yongqing into a no-man's land, and Wang Zhixian, who was the official of Yongqing's parents, naturally couldn't ignore it. Relying on the fact that they are all officials of the imperial court, Wang Zhixian went to seek victory with generous gifts, hoping that Shengbao could restrain his subordinates, stop harming the people again, and leave a way for Yongqing to live. Wang Zhixian thought that even if Shengbao refused, he would blast him out at most, but he wanted Shengbao to arrest him directly, and said that he was a thief and had a dirty courtier's festival. Then the Shengbao army ignored the Gu'an army on the opposite side, and the whole division entered the county seat of Yongqing, almost slaughtering Yongqing. Afterwards, Shengbao triumphantly made up a memora of his recovery of Yongqing, and asked Wang Zhixian to sign it.

After reading the content, Wang Zhixian almost died of anger, Shengbao's so-called recovery of Yongqing actually snatched Yongqing from Wang Zhixian. Moreover, Yongqing was very wronged, Wang Zhixian was interested in the imperial court, so he did not support Shengbao's military resources, and Yongqing did not fortify Shengbao at all. Shengbao's beheadings of 700 were all the officials under Wang Zhixian and the strong people in the city. The most unbearable thing for Wang Zhixian is that Shengbao slandered him for submitting to the Gu'an army, he is really a loyal minister, and it is easy for him to stick to the banner of the imperial court less than fifty miles away from Gu'an! Wang Zhixian is still waiting for the court's gift! How can you let Shengbao be beaten into a thief with a word. But the victory has soldiers! The knife is on the neck, and Wang Zhixian can't sign it if he wants to.

After having a twist and turn, Shengbao began to spend all day drinking and having fun in Yongqing City, leaving Wang Zhixian aside. Wang Zhixian was free, but he had nowhere to go, and his yamen was occupied by Shengbao. Yongqing City can't stay, the chaotic soldiers under the command of Sheng Bao are burning and looting all over the streets, Lord Wang is now a "traitor", and it is not cost-effective to be slaughtered by him for a moment of "righteous indignation".

Wang Zhixian, who temporarily went outside the city to make a living, met an old servant who escaped with his life in the yamen outside the city, and then Wang Zhixian knew about his family's situation. His eighty-year-old mother was kicked to death by the rebels, his three-year-old son was thrown into the well, and his wife and daughter were snatched away by the rebels. Wang Zhixian's teeth were about to be crushed, and he couldn't wait to find Shengbao immediately, but he also knew that he couldn't change anything except death. So this very wise scholar ran away without saying a word. made up again, and sneaked again, and finally let this hateful person escape to Baodi, turning all the grief and anger in his heart into a mottled blood book. Wang Zhixian asked himself if he was loyal to the imperial court, and a loyal minister like him was bullied like this, and he hoped that the imperial court would make decisions for him. As for the innocent people in Yongqing, their grievances can only be borrowed from Lord Wang's east wind.

Wang Zhixian was able to escape from Yongqing entirely because of Shengbao's carelessness. In Shengbao's eyes, Wang Zhixian was a sesame official on the edge of the occupied area, and he himself had already signed the fold of admitting the surrender of the enemy, so the imperial court would naturally dispose of him and not do it himself at all. He didn't expect Wang Zhixian to run at all, because the twist and turn had already been played, and Wang Zhixian was absconding in fear of crime at this time, and he would be even more convicted of his crime. How does Shengbao know, although Wang Zhixian is not very good, but he is also a two-list jinshi, and there are friends in Beijing who can talk.

The Queen Mother of the Two Palaces, Yi Xin and the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs have not yet digested this bloody book with a huge amount of information, and they are even more ruthless. Wang Zhixian entered Beijing, and a large number of officials accompanied him to gather outside the noon gate and began to cry and petition, demanding that the court severely punish Shengbao. It's going to be a big fuss now, not to mention the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, and even the peddlers and pawns in the capital know about this.

Yi Xin convened his cronies to discuss secretly all night, Wen Xiang, who could come up with some good ideas, was arrested by Guo Xing'a, Gui Liang and others squeaked and had no opinions, Bao Jun wanted to severely punish Shengbao, but unfortunately he couldn't come up with a follow-up plan. So because of the cowardice in the depths of Yi Xin's soul, Yi Xin made an extremely wrong decision - to support Shengbao. has been suppressed by Xianfeng for ten years, Yixin is no longer the high-spirited sixth elder brother of the year, he has become cautious and afraid of imperial power. In order to retain his hard-won imperial power, he must defeat Goxinga, and he must rely on those arrogant generals. So he didn't dare to deal with Shengbao, he was afraid of the situation once he lost Shengbao.

After Yi Xin made up his mind, he discussed it with the two palaces for a long time, and the court finally came to a conclusion, of course, which was Yi Xin's conclusion. The Military Aircraft Department issued an edict to refute the impeachment of 17 officials, and arrested Wang Zhixian. Wang Ziyu signed his name on Shengbao's recital, and now it is a backlash, and he has no evidence to prove what he said, so the court will naturally not accept his words. Shengbao had a large number of subordinates as witnesses, who could prove that Wang Zhixian surrendered to the enemy, so the imperial court believed in Shengbao. As for the tragic situation in Yongqing City, it was the result of the wanton harm to the people by the Gu'an army, which did all kinds of evil. The final conclusion of the imperial court was that Wang Zhixian was a traitor, and Wang Zhixian was falsely accusing Shengbao, who was a commander who had worked hard for the country.

The Criminal Department convicted Wang Zhixian of "treason to the enemy and framing meritorious heroes", and planned to confiscate the army in Urumqi. It's already a shame, Yixin and Lianggong of course agreed to this punishment, but Katsubo didn't agree. Shengbao called out to hit the sky, and put on three letters in a row, claiming to confront Wang Zhixian, but in fact, there was only one meaning, to ask the court to execute Wang Zhixian. The two palaces and Yi Xin are very angry at Shengbao's dominance, but the situation is stronger than people, and there is no other way to get to this point, so they can only change the sentence of Wang Zhixian to the decision.

When Wang Zhixian went on a red business trip, he cried from the prison to the entrance of the vegetable market, constantly shouting grievances all the way, and at the same time crying out for his family and the people of Yongqing. Many middle- and lower-level officials went to see off Wang Zhixian, and the people who watched the excitement along the way were not so elated. On the afternoon of Wang Zhixian's death, a new book was opened in the teahouse - "Hanzhi County Ten Thousand Words Declare People's Grievances, and Lord Wang's Blood Splashes Vegetable Market". The kind-hearted storyteller ignored Wang Zhixian's family and shaped Wang Zhixian into a martyr who asked for his life for the people. Not only did the people spontaneously mourn this good official who asked for the people's life, but even the flag people began to be angry at the court's favoritism in favor of Shengbao.

Yi Xin thought that he was just sacrificing a Wang Zhixian for the overall situation, but he didn't know how much of a stir he would cause by doing so. The day after Wang Zhixian died, Wu Qing changed his banner. Han Bingzhong of Wuqing Zhi County, after hearing that the neighbor prince was splashed with blood at the entrance of the vegetable market, immediately found someone to make the eight-star Japanese flag of the Gu'an Army and hung it high at the head of Wuqing. Because the Qing Dynasty does not have its own national flag, that is, there are several decorative dragon flags on the head of the city, so the change of banners in Hanzhi County is just to hang the eight-star and hold the Japanese flag. But Han Zhixian didn't just hang the flag, he also personally entered the Gu'an army camp and invited Bi Yuntao to lead his troops into the city to maintain the peace of Wuqing. When the Gu'an army entered the county seat of Wuqing, it found a feeling of the people's soldiers, not only the people cheered and greeted, but the squires also donated a large number of materials and labor.

Bi Yuntao, who was already very spiritual of a classical military general, instantly found the feeling of a Zhongxing military general. At the gate of the city, he affirmed the military discipline of the Gu'an Army, and made a promise to Wuqing's fathers and elders that if there were people who violated military discipline in the Gu'an Army, they would be beheaded with their relatives. Bi Yuntao's emotions are understandable, but the military methods of the Gu'an army are sometimes tight and sometimes loose, especially his infantry regiment, which has even done the slaughter of the city, and now that he is out to fight, the soldiers will inevitably have a little action. So although Bi Yuntao repeatedly emphasized military discipline, something happened the day after entering the city. A platoon commander from Gu'an Banner flirted with a little daughter-in-law who sold pears, the plot was not serious, but he touched two handfuls, but under the public, the nature was a bit bad.

Bi Yuntao was still full of Yue's army and Yang generals, so he was so angry that he immediately became angry, and the sentence "according to the death" took the platoon commander's life. The firing squad killed everyone, Bi Yuntao remembered to see who was the culprit, and after seeing the corpse, Bi Yuntao fell on the ground and began to cry. This platoon commander was his old subordinate in the deserted village era, and he was even a personal soldier for him, and the two ate and lived together for a while, and their relationship was not ordinarily deep. Bi Yuntao was also angry just now, and he didn't ask who it was, otherwise it would be too late to say anything now.

Bi Yuntao held the corpse and howled on the street for a while, reminiscing about the past eventful years of the two, and crying so much that many old people in the Gu'an Army cried. Han Zhixian and others from Wuqing hurriedly came over to persuade them, and at the same time praised Bi Yuntao's law enforcement. Although Bi Yuntao was distressed, he couldn't get up and down in the position of loving the people like a son, so he could only let the platoon commander's body circulate to the battalions, declaring his determination to strictly enforce the law regardless of relatives or relatives.

The people of Wuqing are happy, but there are many people who are not happy. The flag people of Gu'an nationality are not one or two people, they are a group of officers, and most of them are related to each other. Bi Yuntao killed the Gu'an banner man Liwei for such a trivial matter, how could they just forget it. Although there were no big names of the rank of Saishan, Fengsheng, and Mushun, there were more than a dozen Gu'an officers who sued Bi Yuntao in front of Guoxing'a, asking Guoxing'a to call the shots for the Gu'an bannermen. Guo Xing'a is nominally the master of the Gu'an Banner people, and the tribe's younger brother has been bullied, and Guo Xing'a, the chief, must come out and say a few words.