In the distance, the sky gradually rose to the white of the fish's belly, but the whole sky was a little foggy, and it looked like it was going to snow.

The weather was as heavy as the mood of the people in the capital, and the gunshots last night made the entire capital not be able to sleep well all night.

On the street, a group of people gathered to discuss where to go to buy some New Year's goods today.

At this time, this scene is very similar to some old aunts and grandfathers in later generations, in order to purchase some cheap vegetables, they can even run all over the city.

But now, the people here are more forced to be helpless, because the price of goods in the entire capital is frighteningly high, and the money that could have bought two catties of rice is now not even half a catty, and it is often out of stock, and the life of the people in the capital is even more miserable.

A group of patrol soldiers walked past the group, and the soldier who led the group probed the crowd and continued to patrol the predetermined line with his troops.

"Alas, several, have you noticed that these soldiers don't seem to be the same as a few days ago." A thin man said to a few people next to him after the patrol had left.

"It seems to be a little different." The other nodded in agreement.

When the previous leading soldier looked at them, the hearts of these people had even risen to their throats, under normal circumstances, soldiers would never go to see you for no reason, once they noticed you, then you would definitely be unlucky.

Just a few days ago, some of them were bumped into by a patrol group of soldiers because three or two people were standing on the side of the road to discuss where the price was cheaper, and if they hadn't given each other some money, I am afraid it would be difficult to see these people now.

"They seem to be the same unit from two months ago, with short hair, they are the same unit from two months ago." One of the men wondered at first, then confirmed.

Because throughout the Qing Dynasty, except for the short-haired army two months ago, the rest of the troops were all long-haired.

In the Qing Dynasty, it was a big crime to cut off the head without braids, so this army was also very impressive.

Of course, in addition to this accident, what is more important is because the capital under the control of this army is the happiest moment for the people to live, because at that time prices are always very stable, although there is no relief activity, but the people at least do not starve to death, which is like now, the same money can only buy a quarter of the things, thinking about it is a pain in the flesh.

However, although the people in the capital found out that this army had suddenly returned, and there were a lot of gunshots in the capital last night.

But these ordinary people at the bottom of society don't know what this means, and they don't know about some of the battles above.

In front of the Chengtian Gate, Wang Sirui led thousands of soldiers to stand here, and his heart was very open.

The palace with the highest power in China has now been controlled by them, and even, many soldiers below have an idea, that is, to support Wang Sirui to take the throne.

Under Wang Sirui's hands, they experienced what it means to be a soldier, what is dignity, what is happy, and what is a man.

These feelings had never been experienced before, and they were not something that the rotten Qing court could bring to them.

At a quarter past nine, a huge convoy faintly appeared outside the Chengtian Gate, and the convoy was closely guarded by thousands of soldiers, as if to prevent someone from sneaking up on the important people in the convoy.

When he saw this huge convoy, Wang Sirui smiled, this time he smiled from the bottom of his heart, and he smiled very happily.

When the convoy drove to the front of Chengtian Gate, it slowly stopped, and the big men in the carriage were invited to get off the carriage one after another.

And the one at the forefront is undoubtedly the most dazzling prince of the entire Qing Dynasty, ****** Yixuan.

After seeing Wang Sirui, the expression on ****** Yixiao's face was very rich, as if he couldn't believe that all this would be true.

"Lord Wang, I didn't expect us to meet again." The smile on Wang Sirui's face was very bright, and this time it was not against his heart.

"Hmph......" Yixuan snorted coldly at Wang Sirui, and turned his head to the side.

For Wang Sirui, Yixuan still felt a little guilty in his heart before, but now Wang Sirui has made such a good show, so that Yixiao's guilt for Wang Sirui dissipates in an instant.

Although Yixuan had doubted whether Wang Sirui was really dead, now that he looks at it, it all seems to be meaningless.

This time, Wang Sirui took out tens of thousands of troops to occupy the capital, and as far as the number of troops seen in Yixuan is concerned, Wang Sirui has at least 30,000 troops in his hands.

This is no longer a situation that they can control, even if they transfer troops from all over the country to the capital to come to King Qin, at least they must be able to ensure that the news can be transmitted smoothly.

"What? My king didn't die, are you very disappointed, lord? Wang Sirui ignored Yixuan's attitude, but continued to ask, giving people a feeling of unforgiveness.

"You rebel and thief, this whole day, sooner or later you will be punished by the nine clans." Yixuan said in a very atmospheric manner.

'Smack......'

Wang Sirui slapped Yili with a heavy hand, and the force was so great that even two or three teeth in Yilu's mouth were knocked out, and his mouth was full of blood.

The other ministers on the side were also shocked when they saw this scene, but they didn't dare to be angry.

What about the identity of the iron hat prince? Now the controller of the capital is Wang Sirui, rebellion, this is a big crime of the Nine Clans, as the so-called lice are too much to itch, and it is not too much to kill you a prince.

"That's right, I was thinking about the opposite from the beginning, what can you do with me?" Wang Sirui revealed his true intentions, and at this moment, he no longer needed to hide his purpose.

"Don't you look at all of you, what kind of virtues do you have? As soon as the foreigners come, you only know how to run away, negotiate with the foreigners to curry favor with the foreigners, and then pass on the price you paid to curry favor with the foreigners to the common people.

I finally came, defeated the foreigners, and forced the foreigners to take the initiative to negotiate with us, but you are good, just give the heroes who defeated the war to the foreigners as a greeting gift, how about it? It's cool to be slapped in the face by a foreigner, right?

With your cowardice, do you still want to continue to dominate the world of our Han people? Wang Sirui said angrily.

This time, he was really angry, he had seen shameless, but he had never seen such shamelessness, and what was even more shameless was that Wang Sirui did not die but became a sinner, and these people who can only mislead the country have a sanctimonious posture, and they feel that the country will not work without Lao Tzu.

"Okay, since you are all loyal ministers of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, then let's go and meet your queen mother and emperor together!" Wang Sirui quickly came back to his senses, venting, it only takes a moment to be enough, and there are more important things to do next, and besides, waste limited time to vent with these people, Wang Sirui does not have such a large exhaust volume.

All the officials in the capital, except for a few who fled, were basically wiped out last night.

As for those who escaped, Wang Sirui didn't care at all, because Wang Sirui had already arrested their families, and there were ways to get those people out.

And the ministers who were arrested were in decline, and one by one they were listlessly escorted into the palace by the soldiers as if they had died of their relatives.

However, the moment he entered the palace, Wang Sirui suddenly found that there seemed to be one less person among these ministers.

Wang Sirui suddenly stretched out his hand to stop the team, and asked Ma Sanru, who was in charge of the escort, "Why didn't you see Li Zhongtang?" ”

"Commander, Li Zhongtang has been ill since he returned from the palace yesterday, it seems that time is running out, and now he needs to be supported by someone to get out of bed, and the Li Mansion is already preparing for the future." Ma Sanru reported.

As the most important Hanchen of the Qing Dynasty, Li Hongzhang naturally couldn't escape, and it was Ma Sanru who personally led the team to arrest Li Hongzhang.

But when he arrived at Li Hongzhang's house, he was dumbfounded, and the Li family was depressed one by one, and even found several maids sewing shrouds overnight in a room, and also found a lot of funeral supplies such as paper ingots.

However, this scene still did not dispel Ma Sanru's suspicions, so Ma Sanru took a military doctor to Li Hongzhang's bedroom.

Ma Sanru had seen Li Hongzhang, so when he entered the room, he confirmed that it was Li Hongzhang himself who was lying on the bed.

The whole room was filled with the unpleasant smell of traditional Chinese medicine, and even mixed with the stench of feces and urine, and some people were even in tears, which made people feel sad when they heard it.

Although the role of military doctors is only used to simply treat some gunshot wounds and help soldiers treat headaches and brain fevers or something, after all, who can become a military doctor, who has not studied medical skills for a few years?

Although a serious illness cannot be cured, it can also feel whether a person is sick or not.

And after some pulse, the military doctor shook his head and told Ma Sanru that Li Hongzhang's time was running out, and he was afraid that he would not be able to survive this year.

So, after leaving a company to garrison the Li Mansion, Ma Sanru rushed to other locations with the rest of the troops.

As for whether Li Hongzhang is seriously ill, Ma Sanru doesn't care much.

On the contrary, after Wang Sirui heard the news, a solemn expression appeared on his face.

Although later generations did not have a good evaluation of Li Hongzhang, he was even always named a traitor. But in fact, the existence of Li Hongzhang, whether for the Qing Dynasty as a country, or for the Han people of the Qing Dynasty, is more beneficial than disadvantageous.

Li Hongzhang is a bridge of communication with the imperial court, and many things about Hanmin in the world, Li Hongzhang will consider them comprehensively, and then go around with the imperial court, at least, he can't let Hanmin suffer too many losses.

Of course, this is in some big policies, the details of some things, and Li Hongzhang still has no heart to care.

Then, Wang Sirui waved his hand and signaled to move on. But in his heart, he has already made a plan, and he will go to the Li Mansion to have a look later, no matter what, Li Hongzhang is indeed an elder worthy of respect. (To be continued.) )