Chapter 264: National Martyrdom
Cixi smoked two cigarette bubbles, and sure enough, the symptoms of liver depression and pain disappeared, and her mood improved greatly, and the people around her were all relieved, and they were grateful to Li Lianying for her kindness. The pen, fun, and pavilion www.biquge.info if there is no recipe offered by the chief manager, and I don't know how many people will be killed by the old queen mother.
As soon as he was in a good mood and had a great appetite, he immediately ordered the preparation of the feast. The food materials have been prepared, and when Zhao Guanhou set off from Jinmen, he brought a large amount of food, and entrusted Jensen to make a lot of cold precious ingredients, so it was not difficult to prepare a large table. The accompanying cooks began to fiddle with the ingredients for stir-frying and cooking, and as for the first-grade pot of the princes and ministers, the meals of the soldiers were handled by the local authorities themselves.
Zhao Guanhou personally went into battle, and Yuqing and others were busy in the kitchen. Yang Cuiyu is a good cook, there is no difficulty in preparing this pot, Jiang Fengzhi is clumsy, and she doesn't know how to get it, so she has to rely on her strength to go to the big pot to help.
The right army's silver is two, one does not disturb the people, the other does not send donations, open the door to do business and pay cash, the people in the countryside naturally support, drive dozens of fat pigs into the city, a pot of materials and soldiers' meals, do not have to work. Zhao Guanhou said while preparing the raw materials for the first pot:
"This angry shark fin, the sea cucumber that would rather bend, the old and virtuous chicken, the duck with excessive nine colors, and the elbow that resists arrest, the soup of the heart like water. I don't think it's very delicious, but at this time, when they see this, they are closer than they see their father. Just Cen San's kind of person, if he wants to eat this, it's all a pipe dream. ”
Yuqing looked outside, they were busy in the small kitchen, because there were female dependents, others didn't dare to come and see, Yuqing dared to speak, "Guanhou, Lafayette is very good to us, although it has not been canonized, but from Uncle Li downwards, they all call me ten masters, treat me as a princess, are we ...... Almost over? ”
"I know, Lafayette is good to us, but if those traitors don't go clean, will this country be peaceful? Therefore, I am also for the good of the Buddha, if you think about it, just like King Duan, if he lives, there may be some turmoil in the future. Besides, apart from him, it is good to get rid of the eldest brother, except for the eldest brother, the emperor's position can be stable, and we do this, which is the behavior of loyal ministers. ”
Yuqing couldn't refute what he said, so she had to say: "Everything is up to you." But your Dharma spirit is not effective, if you are found out, it will be a sin of raiding the house. ”
"Rest assured, I personally dispensed this medicine and it is guaranteed to be reliable. Besides, if you look at what kind of situation this is, even if Lafayette wants to investigate, he doesn't have the time. Rest assured, nothing will be found. ”
Yang Cuiyu smiled and pulled ten grids, "Ten grids, what Guanhou said is, Brother Duanwang, you must get rid of it." If they don't get rid of it, we won't be able to live in peace sooner or later, and these three brothers can't tolerate people. When the turmoil passes, they will definitely slander, and at that time, it may be impossible to say who will lose or win. Strike while the iron is hot, and it will never matter. ”
Yuqing also knows that they are Han people, and their perspective is different from their own, so it is difficult to unify their opinions. However, it was difficult for him to speak alone, and it was difficult for one person to defeat a hundred people, so he had to sigh and say: "Then everything is up to you, I must be an accomplice with you, and I am always right, so I am sorry for my ancestors." ”
Zhao Guanhou gently hugged her from behind and kissed her on the cheek, "Duan Wang is a chaotic minister and thief, everyone will be punished, you forget, he brought people into the palace and almost killed the king and usurped the throne." If I hadn't arrived with my troops, I don't know what the end would have been, and I would have rushed this one, and he should have been executed. He relied on being the biological father of the eldest brother, so he did whatever he wanted, and he should receive some retribution. ”
Yuqing had no choice but to nod her head, "Everything is up to you...... Don't touch it, you're got oil on your hands, and it's staining my clothes. ”
While the two were talking and laughing, there was a cough outside the door, but it was the chief butler of the Duanwang Mansion who said outside the door: "The prince has something to say, when will you get a pot?" ”
"It's a big prince, and you're still arguing?" Although Yuqing had an opinion in her heart about the matter of plotting against King Duan, at this time, she had to defend her own people, and she sarcastically said lukewarmly. Wang Lanting, the chief manager, didn't dare to put it against Shigege, so he had to pay a smile, "Shigege, don't be embarrassed by the small one, the small one is also an errand runner." The prince is an old man who is strong and hungry fast. Along the way, the water and rice did not touch the lips, which is really sad. ”
"Okay, then give him this pot, this is just right."
Zhao Guanhou said as he took the pot down, opened the lid and looked inside, making sure that it was raw and cooked. Inadvertently, his left hand armor touched the soup, and then quickly pulled it out, "I'm sorry, I didn't pay attention." After all, it's not your own fingers, it's not that neat. I can't ask for this pot, I'll change it for you, you wait a while. ”
Wang Lanting hurriedly said: "You don't have to change it, this pot is very good, and when you go out, you don't have to pay so much attention to it." He took the pot and hurriedly brought it to King Duan. Yuqing looked at the armor set, "That's it?" ”
"Don't worry, this is a powerful drug, a little is enough. Let's go on to make other pots, just don't take it seriously. Today, the pots of all the princes and ministers are all from us, see who he wants to sue, and who he will sue. After about half an hour, Wang Lanting came back with an embarrassed face, took two gold leaves from his body and handed them over, "I'm really sorry, the prince didn't eat enough...... Can you do it a little more? Also, can you find some wine? ”
Yipin pot, Qihan full feast, the soldiers' cauldron dishes also floated with oil, and fat meat can be seen in the bowl. From top to bottom, everyone was happy, and everyone at this moment temporarily ignored the fact that they were fleeing. As far as the Empress Dowager Cixi is concerned, since the coalition forces have occupied the capital, it can be regarded as having achieved the goal, and what will be done in the future is nothing more than negotiations. As soon as Zhang Shaoquan arrives and the appointment is completed, the world can be determined, and he can still return to the palace to enjoy happiness.
But what she didn't know was that the coalition forces did not stop because they occupied the capital, and the coalition forces in the name of searching and killing the Flying Tiger Regiment began to use external force. Iron hooves crushed mountains and rivers, battle flags obscured the sky, villages and cities burned with raging fires, and countless innocent people stained the earth red with blood under the butcher's knife.
More and more people are fleeing, and some of them are beginning to consider fleeing to the south, which requires a lot of money and enough access. For those who have neither money nor access, there is only one holy place in their hearts: Shandong.
It was the place where the foreigners in the five northern provinces had explicitly promised not to station troops, because it had been clear there a long time ago that none of the members of the Flying Tiger Regiment existed.
The officers and soldiers can no longer be counted on, and even the ignorant people understand that the officers and soldiers have changed from paper tigers to paper rats, and even the role of scaring people has been lost. Even the generals of the green forest have dared to take advantage of the fire to rob, attack the officers and soldiers, and rob the equipment. As long as someone can speak one or two words of foreign language, or a voice that sounds very similar to foreign language, it can make officers and men flee in despair.
In Hebei, Henan, Shanxi and other places, some powerful local tyrants and squires in the countryside chose to form villages to protect themselves. In the name of regimental training, he organized armed forces to defend his homeland, and at the same time did some things to kill people and steal goods, and annex land and property.
Compared with them, the heroes of the green forest and the **** of the rivers and lakes are more professional, and these forces that dare not walk in the sun on weekdays take the opportunity to rise, or merge the young and strong people in the chaos to expand their strength, or take advantage of the fire to rob and make a windfall. More people chose to cooperate with the foreigners, acting as a guide, or cooperating with the inside and outside to break through the city.
Overseas, the students sent by the Jin Guoguan looked at the newspaper reports and felt the discriminatory or contemptuous eyes of the people around them, and most of them had the same thought in their hearts: the country is finished. The emperor can be the king of the dead country, but I should not be the citizen of the dead country.
Under the moonlight, by the sea, they raised their right fists and issued their own vows sonorously, "Although the three households of Chu can die in Qin, there is no one in China." Save the people from fire and water, cut the building to fall, save my children and grandchildren, or avoid slaves to other people......"
In Huizhou, Guangdong, near a small unnamed wharf near the coast, several boats were docked, and one after another big men jumped off the boats, and then carried wooden boxes ashore. When you open the wooden box, you will see the rifle and ammunition inside. Taking advantage of the fact that the Jin State was attacked by foreigners, the national strength was declining, the army was heading north, and the south was empty, a rebellion that cost huge financial resources and was dominated by gang members and heroes kicked off.
In Huguang, another road called the Self-Reliance Army, with the slogan of "Vientiane haze cannot be opened, red sheep rob the sun and fortune, and stand up to the sky and the earth are strange men, and they want to turn the world around", set up eight halls inside and outside, with the main and deputy leaders, and Kang Zuyi and Liang Rengong, who were in exile, raised food and wages for the grain platform, and Qin Lishan and others were the brains to raise troops in Hankou. Raise the banner of rescuing Emperor Tianyou and establishing a new self-reliant country. Gathering a crowd known as 100,000, Hunan and Hubei heroes have joined forces, and set up a congress in Songjiang, a strange combination of gangs and dishes stitched together, and was born.
In the capital, the people didn't have much feeling about the change of dynasties, and the poison of the Flying Tiger Regiment and the Wuwei Rear Army also made them feel that it was nothing if the foreigners came, at least it wouldn't make the situation worse. But as it turned out, they were still wrong.
Whether it was the Tiele soldiers for the purpose of plundering, or the Prussian soldiers under the banner of revenge, or the troops who did not talk about any reason, there was no difference to the common people. After the Flying Tiger Regiment and the rear army looted the capital, it was completely sacked by the coalition forces.
The ticket number of the four Hengs, in the raging fire, was divided into a scorched earth, and the old owner sat in the main house, motionless like a mountain, along with his hard-working ancestral business, turned into ashes together.
Dong Jun looked at the fire calmly, his hands were clenched into fists tightly, his teeth biting his lips, and blood flowed down the corners of his mouth. What he was most glad about was not that hundreds of thousands of taels of silver were buried in the ground and that foreigners could not find them, nor did they leave their backs in Warby Bank in advance, but that his daughters were finally sent away.
After these foreign soldiers entered the capital, they began to ask for women and used them as military discipline. Since there is no institution such as the Dutong Yamen, foreigners are all chosen by themselves, whether they are relying on the door to sell their servants, or they are in their dreams, they are not immune.
The Qingyin small class in the Bada Hutong can no longer uphold the rules of the past, whether it is a Qingqi or a red Qi, they have to deal with many rude foreign soldiers. Many women were so tormented that they found an opportunity to commit suicide. On the contrary, because the Fengyi class moved to Shandong as a whole, it avoided this catastrophe.
In addition to these fat powder people, the young lady of the mansion and even the daughter of the official eunuch, or the children of the nobles, were also stripped of the silk cheongsam by those calloused and clumsy hands, and the jade body was trampled on.
Xu Tong, who previously supported the Flying Tigers and advocated a decisive battle with foreigners, hanged himself on the day the city was broken. His son nominally promised to go to the national disaster with his father, but after kicking his father's stepping chair down, he changed into a green coat and hat, and wanted to escape, but as soon as he got out of the alley, he was captured by the Fusang army and imprisoned in Fusang Prison, where he met another acquaintance, his father's disciple, Shangshu Qixiu of the Ministry of Rites.
Cheng En Gong Chongqi's wife, on the day of the breaking of the city, dug two big pits in the house, men and women in the family, jumped into the pit left and right, and the servants filled the soil, except for a young son, all of them died. Soon after the news reached the royal car, Chongqi, who could not bear the blow, committed suicide by hanging the beam.
But perhaps these dead people are more liberated and purified than the living, at least they don't have to suffer many sins, their homes are occupied, and their relatives are destroyed.
In the capital, people are killed every day in the name of the Flying Tiger Regiment, and the armed parishioners guide the foreign soldiers to rob, massacre, and intermittently silver. What was once the best place has now been reduced to a ghost town, and even in some areas of the outer city, foxes can be seen during the day.
Although the mansions of the two kings of Duanzhuang and Zhuang were destroyed, even the palace of King Li, which had no quarrel with the world, was not spared.
Of Fenglu's seven daughters, five fled to Shandong, and the other two married in Beijing, and before they had time to leave, after the foreign soldiers entered the city, they all fell into the military discipline camp and were not spared. And the noble ladies and good women who suffered at the same time are innumerable.
In the palace, the inner palace was not invaded by the armies of various countries because it was defended by the Fuso army, but the palace maids who occasionally left the palace never came back. These excited foreign soldiers thought that they could make a fortune by breaking into the treasury of the empire. But after the search, I found that the harvest was worse than the expected gain.
The legendary mountains of gold and silver, precious artifacts, are all not seen. Some of them were given to the Emperor of Jin as gifts from their own country, and these things should definitely exist, but they can't be found. The angry foreign soldiers transferred the frustration brought by this disappointment to looting and destruction. The gilding on the Taiping jar of the three major halls has been scraped off with a knife, and anything that may be related to the treasure will definitely not be spared.
The commander of the coalition forces, Wadsey, moved into Cixi's original dormitory, the Xiyuan Yiluan Palace. This world marshal, who has reached a high level in the Spring and Autumn Period, has gained a new love in the Kingdom of Jin, and falls in love with a lady named Sai Jinhua. And Sai Jinhua also tried her best to persuade Wadsey to reduce the damage through her influence.
But in any case, when a beast breaks into an undefended room, it is impossible to expect it to be undamaged. Death and wailing happen every day, and every citizen has a deep understanding of what it means to be a dead citizen.
Several soldiers burst into a house, looted its belongings, and then assaulted the house's hostess. After the male protagonist resisted weakly, he was hit by an unknown number of blows, and in the end, all he could do was hum Tieler's national anthem. He learned this in the foreign orchestra organized by Hurd, and when the soldiers heard the singing, they stood up and lined up in a row, and when the national anthem was played, they continued their previous work. And the man can only quit his house and let the foreigners wreak havoc.
When he came to the street, he watched the soldiers rudely kick open the doors of one room after another, and the mournful screams of women sounded him, and he knelt on the ground weakly, looking up to the sky and shouting: "Dajin Kingdom, it's over!" (To be continued.) )