Li Zhen ran with Cixi on his back, even if Cixi was as light as a swallow, he would feel tired when he hung on his body for a long time. Li Zhen sat on the ground with his buttocks, kept kneading his two sore and swollen thighs, and shook his sore arms from time to time. He waited for his heartbeat to calm down before he spoke: "Holy shit, these Russians have finally retreated. If you don't pay attention, I'm afraid you'll die today. ”

After a pause, Li Zhen asked again: "Shihai, why did you and Smith come to Beijing with soldiers?" ”

Huang Shihai said respectfully: "Marshal, after Huang Qiang returned to Jiangbei with his wife, son and miss, Zheng Zaoru, Huan Xiaowolf, Lu Shaochuan and others discussed the situation in Beijing and agreed that it was dangerous for Dashuai to stay in Beijing, so I led the team and took a regiment under Smith to the north. Unexpectedly, as soon as Smith and I arrived outside Beijing with the soldiers, we met the marshal. ”

Smith stood next to him and interjected and asked, "Dashuai, Huang Qiang said that you were in good condition when he left Beijing, why are you so embarrassed now?" ”

Li Zhen sighed and told the matter of the little emperor's accession to the throne and Yixin's rebellion, without missing a single thing.

After finishing speaking, Li Zhen sighed again: "I didn't expect Yixin to suddenly rebel, this is really unexpected." Now that Yixin has controlled Beijing City with the help of foreign devils, we will definitely not be able to kill it back. If I knew that Yixin was a wolf's ambition, I should have banned Yixin when the emperor ascended the throne, and there would be no today. ”

Ci'an continued: "Master Li, the matter has come to this point, and it is useless to regret it. We have to think about what happened after we were kicked out of Beijing, so what should we do next? ”

Cixi interjected: "According to the palace, the order is sent to the world, and the officials of the world are called on to be diligent and exterminated." Cixi regained her former shrewdness, and the expression on her face became serious, revealing a hint of majesty. She hugged Jae-chun and looked at Jae-chun, who had fallen asleep, with a smile of wisdom on her face.

She secretly made up her mind in her heart that she must get back what belonged to Jae-chun.

Li Zhen shook his head and said: "Yixin takes Beijing, and it is almost impossible for us to kill it back." ”

"Why?" Cixi immediately asked.

Li Zhen explained: "The biggest difficulty is that the Russians want to see the situation of Yixin usurping the throne, as long as the imperial court is divided, the Russians can intervene in a grand manner. After we send troops to attack Yixin, the Russian army will continue to move south, constantly entering China from the north. Even if the Russians can't defeat us, and Yixin may pull in the armies of Britain, France and other countries in order to save his life. At that point, the situation is out of control and not in our favor. ”

Ci'an frowned, looked at Li Zhen expectantly, and said: "Lord Li, when the first emperor was alive, he praised Lord Li many times as the nemesis of foreigners and the mainstay of the imperial court. Even if Yixin colluded with the foreign armies of Russia, Britain, France and other countries, as long as Master Li waved his army north, he would definitely kill them without leaving a single piece of armor. ”

Li Zhen stood up, shook his head and said, "Queen Mother, the minister is not invincible. ”

"Admiral Li, the mourning family believes in you." Cixi said.

Li Zhen didn't dare to admit it, and explained: "Two queen mothers, do you know the current situation? Yixin occupies the city of Beijing, and will definitely be the emperor next. He will definitely be able to divide one side in collusion with the Russians, and he will be one of our great enemies. Hong Xiuquan was in Nanjing, and he had been hit hard before, but he was not stiff when he died, and he still had the strength to resist. Shi Dakai entered Sichuan, fierce and powerful, and he was about to take root in Sichuan. There are still countless foreigners in the south, and the situation is unfavorable! ”

"If we gather the officials of the world to lead the army to attack Beijing, the provinces will definitely be in chaos, and we will affect the whole body, give the bandits a chance, and give the foreigners a chance. Foreigners and I have enmity, they are involved, they will definitely help Yixin, whether we can block the attack of so many foreigners, is still a problem! ”

Li Zhen is now taking Cixi, Ci'an and Han Laiyu out of Beijing, so he is naturally reluctant to go back.

And, he's also stating a fact.

With less than 10,000 troops under his command to attack Beijing, or to gather troops from various provinces, it is absolutely difficult to deal with the allies of various countries. Once the armies of Britain, France, the United States, and other countries are united, such consequences are not something that Li Zhen can bear.

Cixi listened to Li Zhen's words, and her face turned pale, frightened by Li Zhen's words. She is good at power, but it is still difficult to figure out the real big things.

Cixi asked, "Admiral Li, what do you think?" ”

Li Zhen said with a serious expression: "For today's plan, we will immediately go south, go to the Jiangbei camp and station, and then attack Hong Xiuquan with all our might." Solve Hong Xiuquan first, take a foothold, and then strengthen your strength as soon as possible, connect a piece of the south, and not let the southern provinces also be co-opted. ”

After a pause, Li Zhen continued: "If you think about it carefully, when the Russian army appeared outside Beijing, it must have been Yixin who persuaded officials in Shandong, Zhili and other places to allow the Russian army to enter Beijing. We must now organize a powerful force as soon as possible, not only to be able to resist Yixin, but also to be able to block the coalition forces of various countries, and to gradually sweep away the rebellion such as bandits, so as to build a strong empire for the emperor. ”

In fact, Li Zhen wanted to say that he was going to Guangdong, but after thinking about it, he forgot it.

In this way, Cixi's suspicions can also be dispelled.

If they didn't go to Li Zhen's confidant, Cixi and the others would not have strongly resisted.

Han Laiyu listened to Li Zhen's words, his eyes narrowed, and a fine light flashed in his eyes. He has been with Xianfeng for several years, and even with Emperor Daoguang for a period of time, and his vision is not comparable to the two women Cixi and Ci'an, and it is much more mature. After listening to Li Zhen's words, Han Laiyu did not feel Li Zhen's loyalty, but felt strong ambition.

swept the world, but the emperor is still young!

At that time, wasn't Li Zhen another Cao Cao? Han Laiyu had something in his heart, but he didn't say it, because he was not loyal to Xianfeng, or he was not loyal to the Manchus, but just a eunuch who wanted to live a better life.

Cixi listened to Li Zhen's words, and also nodded in agreement: "Nanjing is the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, and the pattern is invincible, so we will temporarily let Yixin jump for a while, first go to Jiangbei camp, and then temporarily succumb to Nanjing." ”

Cixi did not refute Li Zhen's proposal.

Ci'an wanted to speak, but was stopped by Cixi with her eyes. Cixi is very clear about the current situation, and she knows better that the person she relies on is Li Zhen, so she tries to cooperate with Li Zhen.

Seeing that Cixi and Ci'an did not object, Li Zhen unified his opinion and led his troops south.

……

Yixin returned to Beijing City with the escort and went directly to the Forbidden City.

He sat in the Qianqing palace and began to issue orders one after another, and at the same time ordered the soldiers to summon Sushun, Duhan, Jingshou, Zaiyuan, Duanhua and other auxiliary ministers to the palace overnight to meet each other. At about three o'clock in the morning, the seven auxiliary ministers of Sushun, Zaiyuan, Duanhua, Jingshou, Kuangyuan, Muyin, and Duhan all gathered in the Qianqing Palace.

Fan Ji, a henchman under Yixin's command, looked at the seven auxiliary ministers and said, "I am too young to preside over state affairs. Moreover, he was coerced out of Beijing by the traitor Li Zhen, and he didn't know whether he was alive or dead. As the saying goes, the country cannot be without a monarch for a day, the six princes are wise and fair, have the world in mind, and are the six sons of the Daoguang Lord, and the inheritance of the emperor is justifiable. I convened you overnight to discuss the succession of the prince. If you have any thoughts, please let them know as soon as possible. ”

"Rebellious, dog thief!!"

Su Shun raised his head and stared at Yi Xin, his eyes flashing with rage, and he scolded: "Sixth Prince, what do you mean that you are young enough to deal with state affairs?" What does it mean that Li Zhen left with the emperor? It is clear that it was you who rebelled and forced the emperor and the queen mother of the two palaces to flee Beijing. You rebel and thief, you deserve to die, everyone will be punished! ”

Yi Xin laughed and asked, "Su Zhongtang, do you mean to kill me?" ”

"I naturally want to kill you, if I had killed you earlier, there would be no rebellion like you."

Su Shun has a strong temperament and retorts loudly.

Yixin smiled coldly, and said in a cold tone: "This king really doesn't like to be threatened, since someone wants to kill me, then I have to kill him first, so as not to be in danger for this king." Come on, drag Su Shun out and behead him. ”

After saying that, Yi Xin suddenly had an extremely happy feeling.

Grasp the power of the world, this is life!

Two soldiers walked in and put Su Shun's shoulders on the outside. Su Shun is a strong person, and he scolded: "Yixin Xiao'er, you are proud now, but you won't be proud for long." Li Zhen protected the emperor and left, and one day he would come back. When the time comes, you will definitely die,......, your death will be worse than mine......"

"Drag it off!"

Yixin listened to Su Shun's scolding, and his face was ugly.

He lost patience and asked, "What about you?" If you want to die, say it, this king will fulfill him. ”

"Plop!!"

Jing Shou took the lead in kneeling down and said: "Minister Jing Shou pays a visit to my emperor, long live the emperor, long live long live." "Jing Shou married the sister of Yi Xin's mother, and he is Yi Xin's brother-in-law, and the two have a great relationship. Now that Yixin has control of Beijing City, Jingshou is naturally the first to support Yixin's accession to the throne.

Immediately afterwards, the remaining six auxiliary ministers, such as Zaiyuan, Duanhua, and Mu Yin, also knelt down when they saw the wind making the rudder. These people are all old foxes, and they will never die like Su Shun. Among the kneeling people, Du Han was apprehensive. His father, Du Shoutian, was Xianfeng's teacher and had helped Xianfeng ascend to the throne, and now he feared reprisals.

Yixin said: "Don't worry, Lord Du, don't care about the previous things, write them off!" ”

At the moment, he has changed his name.

After Du Han, Zaiyuan and the others heard this, they all breathed a sigh of relief.

Yixin's gaze swept over Zaigaki and the others, and continued: "It's as simple as that, let's go back to each other!" Tomorrow morning, we will discuss the matter of ascending the throne, and I hope you will consider it well. ”

Zaiyuan, Du Han and others retreated and left quickly.

Yi Xin also went to rest, looking forward to tomorrow.

Now, he has taken control of the city of Beijing, and with the help of the Russian army, he is not worried about the situation in the city, but only focuses on controlling the residences of some important officials. Yixin rested in the palace for a night, and the next morning he wore the dragon robe that had been prepared, brought the court beads, and sat upright on the dragon chair of the Qianqing Palace.

ps； the third shift, call it a day;