Chapter 61: The Wind Rises (4)
This sudden turbulent day in the capital is far from over.
Tan Sitong hurriedly dispatched four battalions of soldiers into the city, cooperated with thousands of green battalion soldiers of the Yamen of the Beijing Infantry Army, as well as the third class of the Shuntianfu Yamen, and controlled the traffic in all parts of the capital in half a day.
Everyone's expressions were a little confused, a little excited, and a feeling of unsteadiness. While maintaining order, the people in three different suits also gathered together and muttered by the way. These topics of private discussion boil down to one sentence.
"Is the second emperor really going to rebel?"
Needless to say, the new army marries a chicken with a chicken, and a dog with a dog. Following Tan Sitong, the more power he has, the more opportunities the big guys have to eat and drink spicy food. Besides, everyone is a little worried about Xu Yifan, who will inevitably go north at that time. Fighting with this guy, isn't that because he thinks his life is long?
The green battalion soldiers of the infantry army yamen didn't care too much, they were all about to fall apart. The green camp was originally poorly paid, and the foreign salary was not as strong as that of the Shuntian government officials who were directly in charge of civil affairs. Although the big guy is a soldier, it is not much different from the capital called Hanako. Now there are two hundred and ten dollars a day. It is best for the second emperor to lock down the city for a month. Even if the money is a little cheaper now, it is ten taels of silver a month! (When ten coins a piece, almost equivalent to two pennies - Oscar press) The officials of Shuntianfu are reluctant, and there are only a few who wear uniforms to maintain order, and most of them are dressed in homely clothes. They were also the ones who spread the most gossip, and after a while, one of them disappeared. They are all natives of the capital, and they have families. In case the second emperor really rebels, the capital is in chaos, and it is important to take care of the family, who cares what the emperor's surname is in the garden at that time!
The people of the capital were not too afraid of this blockade, and everyone stood at the door, watching these soldiers walking around. At the beginning, Li Hongzhang led his troops into Beijing at night, and everyone didn't see it much. This time it's daylight! Don't miss it. The businesses are still open, but they don't have much to do business. From the boss to the guys, they all stood at the door with their hands in their hands. Pull a person and mutter, inquire, and discuss.
Later, the soldiers and the people of the capital were almost all in a mess. In and out of the words, he asked: "What are the second emperors doing now?" I didn't give you an order to rebel, did I? Is the garden sealed? ………… And everyone, in case the above comes to order, everyone is destined to get together, and be merciful! We all understand the way of the world, and naturally there will be people who will send it when the time comes, this small shop, but please don't burn it and rob it! ”
It turned out to be full of streets and alleys, and the flag-men in the teahouses and wine shops. On this day, there is no longer the heroic spirit of directing the country. Usually the second emperor, the second Cao Ying couldn't stop scolding, and he couldn't wait to die with you. Now they are all honest, and they are all huddled at home and trembling. The gate was closed, and the water tank was in the doorway. Incense is burned at home.
The ancestors and the ancestors bless, bless our banner children to pass this pass safely, if they can live in peace, who will still stay in Sijiu City, who is raised by the girl!
The guards at the gates of the Forbidden City, who were usually scattered to the extreme, simply dispersed at this time. A lot of torn clothes were lost at the gate of the Forbidden City, but the eunuchs in the palace went to the gate and guarded the Forbidden City Gate with wooden sticks.
Tan Si's three-way soldiers and horses are in the same tune, but no one deliberately bothered them. The only thing that got proud was the children of the Xiangjiao who were pressed in the capital, and at this time they all tied red ropes on their braids and tied red belts with gossip patterns. The small incense burner at home was held out and the altar was raised, and he went out and shouted at the flower nest: "Everyone, where do you want a hundred meals?" Go, find the wealth to go! Our new army of Xiangjiao has entered the city, and this world has changed people! Copy Ermaozi's house! ”
The fate of these Xiangjiao disciples was very tragic, and Tan Sitong gave the most severe order when he entered the city. It's just not allowed to let Yanjing City take advantage of the chaos to set up an altar! This bit of chaos has been spinning up and down, and all day long, these gangsters in the capital have called Hanako to deport to the Nanyuan military camp.
Seeing that Tan Sitong had no intention of disturbing, some flag men also had the courage to go out to see the style. As soon as they came out, the gossip spread more and more, and there was everything.
On this day, Yanjing City was a bit like a hornet's nest, only the officers with faces as nervous as their subordinates rode around, passing orders one by one, trying their best to restrain the team. In the end, whether it is an official or a soldier, it is full of Han. Everyone is waiting for the final result.
Inside the garden, it's time for news now, right? If you reprimand Tan Sitong for rebellion, you must be diligent to the king. I didn't say it, the world was in chaos. It doesn't mean that Tan Sitong will definitely succeed in the rebellion, but it is certain that the situation will get out of control! Let's run away.
If there is news in the garden, and Tan Sitong is really acting in accordance with the edict - no one thinks that Tan Sitong really entered the city under the edict. Then congratulations, everyone, you have your life again. I don't know how many days there are in the Qing Dynasty, anyway, the big guy's day passed safely!
Seeing that Yanjing City couldn't say anything strange this day, the readers who had a little insight sighed at home: "It's useless!" Now that the Son of Heaven Yanjing has become a pit, anyone can come over and............ It's better for Xu Yifan to go north early! Look, I don't know what tricks will come out of the back! ”
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Yanjing City, it is not a Qing Dynasty warrior who has no loyalty.
Wen Tingshi was one of them, and the news that Tan Si and the soldiers had entered the city made him stunned and waited for his director's script to be staged, so that he couldn't relax for half an hour in the study chair. I just felt a burst of blackness in front of me!
………… Tan Sitong is a scholar, when did he have such a drastic method?
What scheming, what subtle scheming, all disappeared at this moment. In the face of Tan Sitong's resolute action, it can't be used at all!
After sitting stiff for a long time, two lines of tears fell on Wen Tingshi's face: "Your Majesty, Wen is incompetent, and he put you in such a dangerous situation!" Tan Sitong, you ungrateful annihilator, the same way of the traitor! How dare you do such a rebellious thing? ”
Before he finished muttering to himself, he suddenly jumped up like crazy, and the bruises on his neck were exposed: "Get me the court clothes!" A gentleman dies without a crown............ I'm going to tell the surname Tan that everything is my Wenting-style trick! Something is coming at me! I'm going to the garden to protect the holy driver, and I want to replace the emperor, so I will step on the corpse of Wen Laozi first! ”
The family members had been frightened by his madness to the door, and after watching Wen Tingshi shout for a while, they were about to rush out, and grabbed him desperately one by one: "My lord, my lord............ It's an egg hitting a stone, wow! We're still soft-shelled, and the other end is iron and stone! ”
Wen Ting's eyes were straight, and he didn't care about any Hanlin bearing. Raising his foot, he kicked at the family who was desperately pulling him: "Bastard dog minion! Do you know what it means to be in need? What do you mean by loyalty? I don't want you to die with me, I just want to bump with Tan Si! ”
In the frenzy, Wen Tingshi didn't know why his strength was so great, and he kicked his family all over the ground. I didn't care about what court clothes to change, so I rushed out straight and straight.
On the street outside the house, at every street entrance, there are people guarding it. But it's all about preventing people from making trouble. If there are people wearing official uniforms traveling, they are also politely persuaded to go home. According to the information he got from Yang Rui, Tan Sitong only focused on the princes and ministers in tandem and sealed them at home. Wen Ting's style is quite cautious and hidden behind the scenes. Tan Sitong doesn't need to offend him, an old veteran of the imperial party, and there is no way to seal his house.
Such a half-old scholar who went out with straight eyes didn't pay attention to the road gate soldier just after a glance. Wen Tingshi's first thought was to go to Tan Sitong and fight for his life. He didn't know where Tan Sitong was now, so he went straight to the Long Sect. At first, it was fine, but the closer you got there, the more soldiers were at the street entrance, and no one was allowed to pass. When I arrived at the Longzong Gate, there was still one street away, and I saw that the people at the intersection had been blocked into pimples. A wooden fence was erected at the corner of the street, and the soldiers formed a queue, with foreign guns in their hands. From time to time, an officer on horseback came out from the direction of Longzong Gate and hurried to all directions. The people walked away dozens of steps, all opened their mouths and rubbed their shoulders to watch the excitement there, Wen Tingshi was blocked by these people, and they couldn't pass for a while, and when they heard the noise inside, they were busy and looked inside.
There are also Beijing officials who have the same thoughts as him at the corner of the street, and there are not many high positions, and most of them are also emperors. No one was wearing court clothes, and it was estimated that they all came over like him. These people were bustling, rushing in the direction of the Long Sect, and many people raised their arms and shouted: "Tan Sitong, you live Cao Yan!" Are you going to rebel? If there's a kind, shoot me here first! ”
"You gather the military power in the front, and suppress the righteous people in the back. When I first picked up troops, Zhili Yimin destroyed you to the point of dying, I knew that you and Xu Yifan were the same party! If you do such a great rebellion, do you who have received the grace of the country in this world still have the face to live in this world? Let your men shoot, shoot! ”
"The Great Qing Dynasty has been deeply benevolent and Houze for more than 200 years, how can you two brothers shake it? My life, this blood is to be spilled at this time! ”
Everyone is scolding, the end of the Qing Dynasty. The banner people themselves do not come out, and the princes and ministers do not come out. It's these lowly scholars who are here to bump in............ If Xu Yifan was present, he might smile bitterly. It is not clear that the orthodox ideology of the Manchu Qing Dynasty really penetrated so deeply into the marrow of these people. It is not so much the fear of the new era that these people are coming, the fear that everything they have learned and everything they are accustomed to has been abandoned by the tide of the times.
The pace of history has always been heavy and slow. Xu Yifan's strength, especially military strength, has more than enough to overwhelm the north. But he still has to work hard to create another wave of tide. This wave of tide shows that in the face of great changes unseen in 3,000 years, everything that was familiar in the past and everything that was used handily is no longer appropriate. In the face of the new forces, everything will only get worse and worse. They must be left to take this last step on their own, and any attempt to save it will seem like a joke!
In order to make this process of change no longer like in his history, it will have to go through decades of chaos, decades of division and collapse, and decades of national vitality to the bottom. In order for the people of the world to recognize the situation, give up the last hope for the Manchus. Let him become the undisputed hope of the public, instead of unifying the whole country through bloody battles, after decades of fighting - once the war is light, I don't know how many intentional forces will intervene in it, maybe the crippled Yue Ben who was beaten by him will also have a chance to turn over! ………… He can only play with everything in the north in such a secret............ No other way.
But now it is only Wen Tingshi who is present, and he is in it, and he just feels his blood boiling! Just as he was about to join them, an officer was already giving a loud order at the fence gate. The soldiers wearing the placket suddenly made their moves, one on the left and one on the right, and took down the officers who tried to break through. Although the attack is very measured, it is inevitable that some people twist their arms and some people loosen their braids.
The officer was still shouting, "My lords, why bother to make it difficult for the subordinates? Lord Tan maintained order in the capital, and the big guys waited quietly for the imperial court to issue an edict. We are all soldiers of the imperial court, will we still rebel? Serve the adults well, ask the house, send them home one by one, look at it, lest there be gangsters who want to take advantage of the chaos to rob and hurt the adults! ”
Most of these Qingliu officials shouted and scolded one by one, and they also struggled. But the scholars have been able to get these GIs, and those who are a little more knowledgeable will let them restrain them and prepare to go home. Those who don't know how to do it struggle all over the ground and make a mess. Some die-hards are still silently cheering up the big guys: "What is the matter with reading the books of sages?" Loyalty and filial piety, only today! Fight with those two Cao! ”
The people just watched the excitement, and when they saw some officials embarrassed, they clapped their hands and laughed. Wen Tingshi only felt that the blood was about to rush to his head, and when he opened his mouth, he wanted to shout: "I, Wen Tingshi, am here, if you want to take it, even I will take it together!" ”
Before he could utter a word, he was covered with a hand and dragged him into the alley next to him. Wen Tingshi wanted to struggle, but he couldn't strengthen that person's strength, and he was dragged away by kicking hands and feet. When he entered the alley, the man let go of his hand, and Wen Tingshi scolded: "Don't you dare to kill Wen in front of the world?" Want to get your hands dirty in this secluded place? Well, come on! ”
I heard the voice behind me say viciously: "It's me Kang Nanhai!" Daoxi, I look at you and you're phlegm! ”
Wen Tingshi was stunned for a while, and it took a while to hear Kang Youwei's official dialect with a Cantonese accent. Looking back, it was really Kang Youwei, wearing a bulging jacket, and then putting on his black and thin appearance, how could he look like a flat-headed commoner.
Seeing that Wen Tingshi calmed down a little, Kang Youwei sneered and let go of his hand: "Fusheng didn't send troops to seal the mansion, Daoxi, do you want to make it up yourself?" The resurrection hasn't discovered what we've done yet, so you want to tell him everything, my lord? If we are watched by the Resurrection Army, what will we do next? ”
Wen Tingshi is a smart person after all, and he reacted very quickly, and he came to his senses at once: "So, Tan Sitong hasn't led troops into the garden to force the palace yet?" Is the emperor okay? ”
Kang Youwei sneered: "When you are going crazy and looking for loyalty and filial piety, I will run around to see how the resurrection is doing." There were also heavy troops outside the garden to close the road, but there was no news of forcing the palace............ It seems that Fusheng just wants to control the people who deal with him in the capital, so that the overall situation is still in his hands, and he doesn't think about plotting to usurp the throne. ”
"It's not a big rebellion!" Wen Tingshi roared in a low voice, at this time, he had already thrown Kang Youwei's little knot out of the clouds, and pulled Kang Youwei and said: "Since the emperor is well, the South China Sea, let's find a way to go to the garden, and ask Lafayette and the emperor to make an order to reprimand Tan Sitong!" As long as the name is there, there are so many people with lofty ideals in the capital, and there are millions of nations, Tan Si and these 10,000 soldiers have been brought in, and they can only be tied! Now there is a lack of a name, Tan Sitong blockades Chinese and foreign transportation, and it is also for this reason! Nanhai, we can't miss this opportunity again! ”
Kang Youwei sneered: "No wonder you couldn't fight Xu Yifan at the beginning, and now you can't fight Tan Fusheng, the apprentice who learned Xu Yifan's actions!" Even I'm around the resurrection, and I'm better than you! Thousands of foreign guns are placed in the capital, this is the strength. A plate of scattered sand, even if there are millions, what can be helped? Resurrection has been cut off from traffic, even if everyone has a heart, can they get together? Even the emperor and Lafayette can only recognize the overall situation at this time............ I see that the edict of the imperial court recognizing the act of resurrection is about to come down............ If you want to fight and come back to life, you can only grasp the strength, and then find a way to transfer him out of the capital! ”
Wen Tingshi finally calmed down completely, and at this time, he felt how weak he really was. How fragile his plan is! He just looked at Kang Youwei, whose face was gloomy, then turned his head to look in the direction of the Summer Palace, and shook his head with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, Wen has mistaken the country and the king............ South China Sea, Wen is in chaos, I don't know what your plan is? ”
Kang Youwei smiled coldly: "............ Resurrection is that the heart is not ruthless enough............ Dawhi, just wait and see! It's just that when the time comes, you don't want to erase my Kang Youwei's merits! ”
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Summer Palace, Le Shou Tang.
Guangxu knelt straight in front of Cixi's couch, but Cixi turned over and turned in, not looking at him. Li Lianying stood next to Cixi's couch, and she also looked like she was still palpitating, but she didn't look at Guangxu.
The atmosphere inside Rakujudo was so dreary that it was almost stagnant. Although each eunuch and palace maid stood in their position with their heads bowed, everyone's body was trembling slightly.
Normally, outside the Le Shou Hall, the eunuchs and palace maids were not allowed to make the slightest noise, but at this time. The whispering voices outside couldn't be suppressed, as if they floated in bursts. Although I couldn't hear what was being discussed, these crying voices clearly showed that they were discussing the turmoil that almost caused the sky to fall today.
Tan Sitong led troops into Beijing and blocked traffic. Although he was on the fold of pleading, not a single soldier entered the Summer Palace. But for a while, the Summer Palace was no different from a madhouse!
The eunuchs and palace maids ran around, and some threw ropes on the beams to prepare to hang. There are a few things that try to open the library and run away. The guards were also so frightened that they peed their pants, and the weapons and honor guards were piled up like hills at several gates of the garden. The ground was littered with discarded guardian clothes, at least half of which had slipped away. Li Lianying hurriedly ran around with a white face, looking for people everywhere, preparing a carriage and a sedan chair, escorting Lafayette out of the garden and leaving Yanjing City.
After settling down a little, check it out, and there are five or six of them who have already been hanged!
It was only when Yang Rui, the co-organizer of the Bujun Yamen, took Tan Sitong a few henchmen, plus a few ministers who were temporarily caught in the Prime Minister's Yamen, went into the garden to Lafayette and kowtow to the emperor to ask for guilt, which calmed down.
Rao is like this, in the Summer Palace, there are still long and short crying and sighing voices from time to time. Let everyone feel that their minds are not their own, they dare not think about anything, and they can't rely on anything.
Guangxu knelt in front of Cixi, and it had been a full hour or two. His body was already weak, kneeling for so long, coupled with the excitement of joy and sorrow some time ago, now his eyes were blackened, and his face and body were rolling down with sweat.
Li Lianying looked at Guangxu like that, felt that the heat was almost over, let out a cold snort from her nose with a mocking meaning, and gently leaned towards Cixi and said: "Lafayette, the emperor also knows that he is wrong, and it is not Tan Sitong who is wrong?" It's time for the emperor to get up............"
Cixi turned over violently, and the palace powder on her face was not evenly washed, revealing a little old age spot. His eyes were full of hatred and ridicule, and he said loudly in a sharp voice: "Do you know it's wrong? I almost didn't let anyone into the garden and cut off my head! ”
She turned over and sat up, her long nails almost poked Guangxu's head, and pointed at him and scolded: "............ You want to take power from me, what kind of imperial party after the party............ When am I going to have this right! When I took this child to come over to succeed the emperor, I didn't expect to bring a white-eyed wolf over! When did I not look at your move? I just don't say it! ”
Guangxu just hung his head and said nothing, and the sweat on his face fell even more urgently.
“………… From last year to now, have you ever been alive? Weng Tongyi drove away, and there was another Tan Sitong, and now it is Wenting style again! When I was crazy, I promoted the surname Tan at once, and I couldn't wait for any soldiers to give him. It's not to deal with Xu Yifan, it's to kill my old woman! I'll see, anyway, he's the emperor, so I'll let him be. Not against him, but at the ancestors and ancestors! Xu Yifan has to have someone to stop him............ Tan Sitong said honestly, he still has a conscience, I'm here to say a word, he understands better than you! I didn't follow you around, and I focused on training and raising salaries. I don't know who he was promoted or whose minister............ I just care about supporting the minister who can do something............ You're good! Tan Sitong didn't follow you to fool around, you have to conjure up a Wenting style! I don't know how much waist to turn behind my back, the princes and ministers, and the banner people and ginseng leaders are all puffed up, and they have to take his position. You have to listen to these tens of thousands of soldiers, and you have to trample my old woman under your feet! What now? Trouble with a Tan Sitong leading troops into Beijing, what about your imperial minister? What about your henchmen? What about the Han people with a different surname who can also be crowned kings? I also want to recognize the old man as a father, I'm bah! I'm sorry when you're dead! ”
Cixi scolded every sentence, but Guangxu's face was as white as earth. I didn't expect that my every move was all in the hands of Cixi! Since Cixi knew, why didn't she act earlier? After thinking about it, he understood that he saw his father's power tricks. Tan Sitong had a quarrel with the imperial party, and Cixi was a joy to see. The princes and ministers, the banner people and the leaders came to the door and rolled up a tide. She also happened to use a balancing measure, while limiting Tan Sitong's power while ensuring that he continued to do things. As long as there are disputes among the people below, it is not her Queen Mother Lafayette who is in charge in the end?
Why did I get lost in my mind before, and I couldn't understand this!
But if you have it, you have to bite the bullet and say, "...... Dear father, the son knows that he is wrong............ In the future, I will study behind closed doors, and I will not dare to have any villain thoughts............ Yang Rui is still waiting, dear father, what charter should we take? Do you detain them, and then reprimand Tan Sitong, or what? No matter how wrong Erchen is, Tan Sitong is still forcing the palace! Great rebellion! If you can seal the garden today, you can kill the king tomorrow! ”
Cixi laughed: "You go, you go!" ordered Tan Sitong's head to be cut off! He dares to lead troops into Beijing, if you dare to force him, he is really heartfelt! How did I choose a wreck to be the emperor! has not yet issued an order, posthumously admits that he led troops into Beijing to act in accordance with the edict, and connects the princes and ministers who knock on the que, and picks a few orders to reprimand......... My life is really going to be delivered to you! ”
Guangxu raised his head and wanted to speak, but Cixi had already patted the couch and shouted: "Get out!" In the future, he will be in Yulan Hall, Lianying, you send someone to watch him! This state affair really can't be handed over to him! ”
Li Lianying glared at Guangxu, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, don't you want to ask for peace?" Let's go, do you want to make Galeries Lafayette angry or what? When the time comes, the slave will send it to you, so please ask the emperor to use the treasure............ Come on, serve the emperor and return to Yulan Hall! These things are chaotic in the capital, watch the emperor closely, something happens, I'll pick your skin! ”
Guangxu's body was shocked, and his face was originally pale, but now it was almost dead. He kowtowed dumbly, slowly got up, and there were already seven or eight eunuchs waiting outside the door. The emperor who was surrounded by bean sprouts slowly left.
Cixi didn't look at his back, just remained silent.
Li Lianying said in a low voice: "Lafayette, is this the matter?" ”
Cixi smiled coldly, and her tone was indescribable: "............ Although this emperor is not a weapon, there is a good saying. If you can seal the garden today, you will be able to kill the king tomorrow............ Whoever makes me unhappy, I will make people unhappy for the rest of their lives............ Xu Yifan hasn't gone north yet, who can turn the sky upside down? ”
“………… This Tan Si also has soldiers............"
"Youbing is also a nerd scholar, if he is really Xu Yifan's party, he will enter the garden today............ I also wanted to do something, but I was forced to do this............ It's not possible to be forced, my heart can't keep hanging! ”
Cixi slowly whispered to herself, but no one looked at her: "............ I heard that Tan Sitong is now in the new army, except for those left by Liu Kunyi, the others are all incense sects? ”
Li Lianying hurriedly replied: "Lafayette, that's right............
Cixi smiled: "Xu Tong, that old man, and some children of the clan, always talk about how powerful the incense sect is and how loyal they are to the country............ Isn't that nonsense? Not for the officials, for the money? In a few days, when it is a little calmer outside, call these people into the garden............ Tan Sitong, it's a pity. Don't dare to be a killer, not as ruthless as Xu Yifan. Even if he stays around Yanjing City and doesn't leave, can he still stand so many people counting him behind his back? ”
She looked at Li Lianying and just listened with a blank face, and waved her hand tiredly: "The will has been made, appease the surname Tan...... In this world, no one can make it good, let's take care of the present............ Xu Yifan is really coming, I'll go to the foreign concession...... What's a new word for refuge? I don't believe that foreigners can't see it, my old woman is a baby? What can't I get from Xu Yifan, I can only get it from me, the foreign devil is fine............"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ the sky gradually darkened, and although the prime minister's yamen hung up a sign, it still used the original room of the military aircraft department. After a day of disturbance, the room was quiet. Only the sound of the soldiers of the New Army standing guard walking slowly.
Tan Sitong sat on the kang in a daze, his hands on the kang table, motionless.
At the end of the day, he was exhausted.
He entered Beijing to cut off Chinese and foreign communications, and deterred the forces that opposed him in Beijing. It's not that hard to do. The most accustomed thing for these ministers is to calculate people behind their backs. If it's really them, there's no way to do it. Of course, this is also due to fate, because of Xu Yifan's threat, no one dares to take the lead in training and leading the troops to work for the Qing Dynasty in the future. The reason why all the military power of Zhili is in the hands of him, a stupid scholar.
In the last days of the Qing Dynasty, only conspiracy remained, only stale remained, and only intrigue for power and profit remained. Xu Yifan had already understood all this, so he dared to fly and have no scruples. Myself............ I finally got it out.
However, he is not Xu Yifan.
He resolutely went north to try to turn the tide. is afraid that once Xu Yifan moves his army north, the whole world will fall apart. The artifact has no owner, why should everyone be convinced that you Xu Yifan is the true son of heaven? Don't be decades of civil unrest then! The history books are full of evidence. Maintaining the authority of the central government and then reforming it is not another way!
This is a great change unseen in 3,000 years, and the Chinese civilization is far superior to the surrounding civilizations, even if it is a foreign invasion. No matter how turbulent it is, Chinese civilization can be relieved. But now the powers that are already in the front are pressing, and once there is another turbulent civil war, I don't know how many years of delay will be there!
Tan Sitong never doubted the greatness of this civilization, and after getting along with Xu Yifan for a few years, he also knew how proud Xu Yifan was of this civilization. Even after decades, hundreds of years of turmoil. There will always be people with lofty ideals, and then embark on the road of survival and extinction.
But if he can avoid the bloodshed of the next few decades, and the future will be a bloody chase for a longer time, he will not hesitate to do so! Xu Yifan has strong troops, but he is still lingering in Jiangzuo, presumably for this reason.
When he arrived in Zhili, Liu Kunyi's death gave him another responsibility. We can't let the Northland fall into the sea of blood of the Xiangjiao uprising!
It is precisely because of this that he has come to this point, leading troops into the city, which is equivalent to forcing the palace.
This road is so difficult............ Brother Chuanqing, how did you persist until now?
Thinking of the depths, Tan Sitong was stupid.
There was a sound of soft footsteps outside the door, and a little lantern light came through. I heard Yang Rui's voice: "Resurrection, why are you sitting here in the dark?" ”
Tan Sitong let out of his thoughts with a sigh. Yang Rui stood at the door, waved his hand and asked Ma Bensura to light the lights in the house, and waited for them to retreat. Only then did he smile and said: "As you expected, the imperial court issued an order to comfort us and others, posthumously recognized that we were ordered to enter Beijing, and connected with the leading figures who wanted to knock on the que, such as Zailan and others, to lock and take ............."
Tan Sitong smiled faintly, and there was no joy on his face. beckoned to Yang Rui: "Shu Qiao, the house is stuffy, let's go out for a walk." ”
Yang Rui's face moved, and he watched Tan Sitong slowly get up and walk out of the house, and he followed.
Outside the house, the moon stars are scarce, and the bucket handle points north.
"The bucket handle points to the north, and the world is winter............ But soon the handle will turn to the east, and then the whole world will be spring............"
Tan Sitong looked at the stars in the sky and muttered to himself. Yang Rui smiled and said, "Hello Yixing!" This decree must be sent to all yamen in the capital as soon as possible, and it must also be posted on the streets. Order must be restored to normal as soon as possible, and if we act like this, we must pay close attention to military training...... A matter of brains, resurrection! ”
Tan Sitong turned his head and looked at Yang Rui: "Shu Qiao, we are going to die." ”
Yang Rui was stunned.
“………… To do such a great rebellion, but none of us dare to kill, we can't kill. It can't really force the palace...... There's also a little bit of bookish vibe. How many people think of us dying? They will definitely use all methods, even if I die today, and Brother Chuanqing will come to the city tomorrow, they will not care............ Moreover, Brother Chuanqing also wants me to die! ”
Yang Rui couldn't say a word.
“………… I am dead to prove that this road is really dead. There are people in the world who have a heart, and the last choice will be Brother Chuanqing............ Shu Qiao, you also have experience in Western arithmetic, do you make a list of what equations, calculate how many days we can live? ”
Yang Rui looked at Tan Sitong blankly, and suddenly wanted to say something. Tan Sitong raised his hand to stop him: "...... Your way, needless to say. Brother Chuanqing and I have our own insistences, he is right, and I am not wrong. Why be so pessimistic? As long as it is in one day, we must always keep the peace of the north, and once it is really there, Brother Chuanqing should also arrive! I have faith in him, there will be a king in 500 years, and the words of the saint will be wrong? Brother Shuqiao, think about it, we two hot-blooded scholars can leave a mark in the history books, what is the loss in this life? ”
Yang Rui was silent for a long time, and finally just smiled faintly: "Okay, it's not a big deal to die with you............ You're going to be one line lower than me, and this opponent is not so easy to find. ”
The two looked at each other and laughed. In the laughter, Tan Sitong looked deeply to the south.
"Brother Chuanqing, you can't be too late then!"
(To be continued)