The monk can swear by his noble bloodline, before the battle of Bali Bridge began, he was determined to fight to the death with the foreigners, determined to fight to the death even if he fought until the last soldier was left, and even paid his noble life, he would kill the foreigners and protect the safety of the Xianfeng Emperor and the people of the Eight Banners in Beijing!

In fact, the monk almost did this, when the cavalry brigade was defeated, the monk was still working hard, did not give up, and tried to command the right wing of Na Ma Shan to lead the army to the British and French alliance of the position of the joint attack, encircling Wei to save Zhao for the front army to take time for the whole army and then war, but unfortunately the horse was greedy for life and afraid of death, and the British cavalry took the lead in the charge, and the tactics of the monk and the prince failed to succeed. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

However, until this moment, the monk still didn't think about running away to save his life, and he was still determined to fight to the death with the British and French forces to the end, and he was determined to maintain the dignity of the king of Korbi even if he died on the battlefield!

In the end, it was the damned Wu Chaoyue Wu who caused the monk to flee in disgrace and flee for his life!

When the French infantry lined up in a dense horizontal line to attack the Qing army's position, seeing this terrifying picture in the telescope, the monk prince subconsciously remembered the days when he fought side by side with Wu Chaoyue, and remembered the desperate fierceness of the Wu army's soldiers who lined up to approach the enemy's position within 30 meters before shooting and shooting. When he was about to rush into the big tent of the Chinese army in the Fengtai camp, after being grabbed by the panicked soldiers in the camp, the monk touched his head and asked a sentence......

"Did the foreign devils catch up?"

The foreign devils did not catch up, and after taking the Bali Bridge to open the road to the capital, the British and French troops stopped to rest for a while, and also received countless military supplies and grass left by the monk and the prince, and did not chase to Fengtai to find trouble with the monk and the prince, but the banner of the monk and the prince was lost by his own soldiers on the way to escape, and the monk and the prince were furious, and he personally waved a knife to cut the flag officer.

It doesn't help to cut off the flag officer with his own hands, and he can't get back his face if he loses it, and in addition to the face problem, there is a bigger problem in front of the monk and the prince - how to explain to Emperor Xianfeng?

The monk who reads poetry and books is also very good at using his brain, knowing that he has lost too badly and is too humiliating, so he went directly to see the Xianfeng Emperor basically can't even keep his head, in order to save a little more hope for his life, the monk and the prince decisively ordered the soldiers to tie themselves with a yellow belt, put on a fifteen-pound wooden flail, and sat in the prisoner car into the city to knock on the Xianfeng Emperor, and knelt down in front of the noon gate dedicated to beheading, and implored the Xianfeng Emperor to cut himself directly with a knife, and apologized for his crime with death.

was expected by the clever monk and the prince, the emperor Xianfeng really didn't give an order to cut him down directly, but just sent him to the Yangxin Hall to speak, but when they met, the emperor Xianfeng rushed directly to the front of the monk and the prince, grabbed the monk and yelled, "Why are you like this?" What's wrong? Why did you come to see me like this?! ”

"Minions are incompetent." The monk and the prince had been brewing tears for a long time, and replied silently: "The slaves and foreigners fought at the Bali Bridge, although they fought hard for a long time, killed countless foreign soldiers and generals, but still failed to block the foreign guns and cannons of the foreign devils, the forward horse team was the first to rout, disrupting the infantry formation, the foreign devils took the opportunity to charge, and the slaves hacked to death more than 20 foreign devils with their own hands, but they were still ......, or ....... ”

"Or what?!" Emperor Xianfeng roared with red eyes.

"Still defeated." The monk and the prince wept and said: "Our army was defeated on all fronts, and the minions were forced to lead the remnants of the army back to Fengtai, and the foreign devils captured the Bali Bridge, which was only fifteen or sixteen ......miles away from the capital. ”

"Dog Minion ————!"

Emperor Xianfeng roared hysterically, kicked the monk who was still wearing a wooden flail and kicked a four-legged sky, the monk and the prince cried even more, and kept begging the Emperor Xianfeng to behead himself to show the public, Ling Chi was executed, the Emperor Xianfeng was not used to hearing this kind of cheap words, and kicked on the chest of the monk and the prince, and yelled wildly: "What's the use of you dying?" I want foreigners to die! I want foreigners to die!! ”

"Ring the bell! Wake up! ”

Emperor Xianfeng looked up to the sky and roared again, and his henchman eunuch An Dehai crawled to pass the decree, and was tripped by the threshold and a dog ate, Emperor Xianfeng was even more angry when he saw it, and simply used the monk as a punching bag, kicked and kicked at the monk and the prince, and roared angrily while beating, "Dog minion, haven't you been blowing that you are in charge of letting foreigners come and die?" How many foreigners are dead now? How many died? Didn't you say that Wu Chaoyue's foreigner tactics were nothing remarkable, and you could kill all Wu Chaoyue's fake foreign soldiers with only 3,000 cavalry? Why can't it be done now? Why can't it be done?! ”

Roaring wildly, Emperor Xianfeng suddenly began to regret that he had not listened to Ruilin's original suggestion and transferred Wu Chaoyue to Zhili as the governor, responsible for presiding over negotiations and military defense, otherwise, Emperor Xianfeng also believed that it would never be such a bad situation now.

The news outside the palace is much better than that of Emperor Xianfeng, in fact, before the monk prince pretended to enter the palace to ask for guilt, many civil and military officials in the capital already knew the news of the monk and the prince's defeat in front of the foreigners, so after being summoned into the palace by Jingyang Zhong, without waiting for the Xianfeng Emperor to go to the palace, the civil and military officials had already knelt down honestly, trembling and waiting for the thunderous anger of the Xianfeng Emperor.

Fortunately for these officials, Emperor Xianfeng has lost his temper enough on the monk prince, and when he was put on the Jinluan Palace by An Dehai, he couldn't even roar, so he could only ask in a hoarse voice: "All Aiqing, Monk Lingqin lost his teacher and humiliated the country, and the army was defeated in Tongzhou, and the foreign soldiers of Yingyi and Fayi are only a dozen miles away from the capital, and they may come to Beijing at any time. ”

Death-like tranquility, civil and military officials didn't even dare to take a breath of air, Emperor Xianfeng saw the anger again, and couldn't help but raise his voice and shouted: "Isn't there anyone who wants to share my worries?" ”

"Wait for death!"

The hundred officials kowtowed together, and then Peng Yunzhang, the foreman of the military plane, said cautiously: "Your Majesty, so far, there is no other way than to appease again." ”

"Although it is reasonable, will the foreigners accept my appeasement?"

Emperor Xianfeng asked again, Peng Yunzhang had nothing to say, so he could only kowtow and say: "The minister has no choice, he can only try it as much as possible." ”

When Emperor Xianfeng hesitated, the old county king of Mianyu Mianmian over there jumped out and said loudly: "Your Majesty, there are still more than 20,000 forbidden troops in the capital, and there are more than 16,000 elite soldiers in the Fengtai camp. The ministers swore to defend Beijing and defend the Qing Dynasty! ”

Emperor Xianfeng was a little moved, and asked thoughtfully: "But what if you still can't stop the foreigners?" ”

"It's ......." The old county king hesitated, and only replied after a while: "Then fight with the foreigners to the end, and return the foreign devils to the end!" ”

Emperor Xianfeng rolled his eyes, and said in his heart that you old man Mian has enjoyed enough blessings and is willing to die with foreigners, but I am only twenty-nine years old, and I am reluctant to die! I don't imagine Chongzhen hanging himself on the crooked-necked tree in the coal mountain!

Seeing that Emperor Xianfeng looked displeased, many people immediately guessed that his mind was not daring to fight with foreigners, and Bao Jun, the head of the Internal Affairs Office, also had an idea, kowtowed and said: "Master, the slave has a plan, and it may be possible to have the effect of both." ”

"Tell me about it."

Emperor Xianfeng asked weakly, but Baojun's answer made Emperor Xianfeng's eyes light up - Baojun kowtowed and replied: "The servant asks the emperor to go to the north to hunt Rehe or Shengjing and leave the capital temporarily." With important ministers staying in Beijing, presiding over the defense of the capital and the strategy of appeasement, in this way, regardless of whether the foreigners accept the appeasement or not, whether the foreign soldiers attack the capital, the emperor can ensure safety. ”

Before Baojun's words were finished, there was already an uproar in the Jinluan Palace, and countless courtiers asked angrily: "At this time, please ask the emperor to hunt in the north, what about the capital?" What should I do in the Qing Dynasty? The emperor is far away from the capital, and the capital is surrounded by foreign devils, how does the Sixth Military Aircraft Department manage the local provinces? How can the governors of the provinces get in touch with the emperor? How to deal with taxes, personnel, military affairs, and government affairs in the Qing Dynasty? It's ridiculous! ”

Baojun, who became the husband of the people, was silent, and he was not afraid, because Baojun had long seen that Emperor Xianfeng did not dare to stay in the capital and wait for death, even if he did not accept his invitation, he would not do anything to himself. The result was not as expected by Bao Jun, Emperor Xianfeng thought for a moment, nodded and said, "What Bao Aiqing said is exactly what I wanted. After the northern hunt, the defenders of the capital division did not have to worry about my safety, and could defend the city without distraction, forcing Yangyi to accept the appeasement as soon as possible. ”

"Your Majesty, what about the Qing Dynasty?" Countless civil and military officials asked in surprise.

"For the time being, I'll leave it to the local governor to govern for me." Emperor Xianfeng replied without thinking about it: "Besides, after I arrived at the palace, I still can't manage the place and take care of state affairs?" My Emperor Kangxi and Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty also often patrol the south and hunt in the north, and the Qing Dynasty is still safe and sound? ”

None of the people present who were still a little loyal to Emperor Xianfeng were not dumbfounded, and screamed in their hearts, "Oh my God? Your Majesty, do you still have the face to compare with Kangxi's Qianlong? When they were patrolling the south and hunting in the north, were the rivers and mountains of the Qing Dynasty so chaotic now? ”

No matter how much the civil and military officials objected to this bad idea, it was useless, Emperor Xianfeng, who was greedy for life and afraid of death, was never under the monk and the prince, waved his hand, and said on the spot: "It's decided!" I hunted the hot river in the north, and the prince of Huijun Mianyu was named Prince Hui, who was responsible for the defense of the capital, and the prince of Qinqin, Yicheng, and the prince of alcohol, supervised the country, and was appointed as the deputy and minister, and presided over the appeasement. ”

The hundred officials made noise again, and the two brothers Yi Cheng and Yi Xun, who were named to stay in the capital, were even more furious in their hearts, and muttered in their hearts together: "Fourth brother, you are ruthless enough, you ran to Rehe to escape by yourself, and let our brothers stay and slaughter the foreigners?" ”

After categorically rejecting the proposal of the direct officials to ask him to reconsider, Emperor Xianfeng glanced at the monk who was guarded by the guards next to the Jinluan Palace, hesitated for a moment, and still said: "Monk Greenqin lost his teacher and humiliated the country, and the crime should be beheaded. Pull out the three-eyed dazzle, take the title and dismiss the official, still stay in the original position to wear the crime and make meritorious service, and assist Prince Hui to guard the capital! ”

When the monk heard the great joy, he hurriedly kowtowed to Emperor Xianfeng and thanked him, and his mouth was grateful. Almost all of the civil and military officials present were unconvinced, and said in their hearts: "After such a big defeat, let the foreigners kill all the way from Dagukou to the city of Beijing, I can't imagine that the emperor is reluctant to kill this monk who can only brag and talk big all the time, it is really blindless." ”

It's useless to disobey, even if Emperor Xianfeng's bullshit holy decree is about to be greatly reduced, it still has legal effect at this moment, in the case that the thin arms can't twist the thighs, the fifth brother of the Emperor Xianfeng and the sixth brother Yiyun can only honestly kowtow to the decree, and take over the negotiation and this drudgery with trepidation. Then Emperor Xianfeng hurriedly decided the time to go north to hunt, and arranged for the accomplice who went to Rehe with him to kill the little white rabbit, and immediately issued an order to disperse the dynasty, and asked the relevant personnel to immediately go down to arrange and prepare to ......escape north, oh no, go north to hunt.

I have to explain by the way, when Yi Cheng and Yi Xun came out of the palace in despair, Su Shun, who was named by Emperor Xianfeng to accompany the North Hunt, suddenly chased them up, and called them up. ”

"About the negotiation of peace." Su Shun said with a serious expression: "There are two people in my family, one is named Huang Sheng and the other is Guo Songtao, who are the people sent by Wu Chaoyue, the acting governor of Huguang, to help me deal with foreign affairs. ”

After hurriedly introducing the identities of Huang Sheng and Guo Songtao, Su Shun said again: "Originally, I was going to send these two people to Prince Yi to help if the emperor asked Prince Yi to preside over the peace negotiation, but since the emperor named Prince Yi to accompany the Northern Hunt, and handed over the matter of peace to you two princes, then I will recommend it to you, if the two princes think they can use it, I will go back and let them visit your house, let them temporarily listen to your dispatch, and help you and the foreigners to negotiate peace." ”

Yi Cheng and Yi Xun were overjoyed when they heard this, and hurriedly thanked Su Shun and immediately asked for someone, which also somewhat reversed some of the bad impressions of Su Shun - it is not good enough for the flag man, but he is in charge. Su Shun shook his head and said: "The two princes don't have to be polite, they are all for the sake of the Jiangshan Sheji of the Qing Dynasty, I hope those two people can help you." ”

"Definitely going to help." Yi Xun hurriedly said: "Wu Weiting is proficient in foreign affairs, and the foreign affairs officials he sent will definitely be able to help us a lot." ”

Su Shun nodded, and said in his heart: "It would be nice if the little rabbit cub was in the capital, but unfortunately Huguang can't do without him now, otherwise, if you say anything, you have to ask the master to transfer him to be the governor of Zhili, so that the Qing Dynasty will have more hope." ”

After more than two days of hasty preparations, taking advantage of the fact that the British and French forces had not yet launched an attack on the capital, Emperor Xianfeng ignored the opposition and persuasion of many civil and military officials, and finally took the harem concubines and some civil and military officials out of the city and fled directly to Chengde under the protection of tens of thousands of forbidden troops.

Before leaving, the wise and martial Emperor Xianfeng did not forget about local affairs, and issued an edict to the provincial governors of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, allowing the governors of the provinces to be financially independent, and all expenses should be exempted from reimbursement, without having to ask the Manchu court for approval. Personnel are temporarily autonomous, and vacant officials can be appointed directly by the local governor, and there is no need to ask for approval. Military autonomy, local governors can recruit and form armies on their own according to local conditions, resist foreigners and suppress the Taiping army, and no longer need to ask the Manchu court for approval.

After the edict of Emperor Xianfeng was sent to all provinces across the country, let's not mention the reaction of the governors of other provinces, just talk about Wu Chaoyue's reaction here, after learning the content of the edict, we shed tears on the spot to the Manchu court and the little comprador Wu who was loyal to Emperor Xianfeng, and choked up: "Good emperor, good emperor!" This day finally made me wait. (To be continued.) )