The queen and the eldest princess seemed to live in the Summer Palace with peace of mind, and with Xiao Tiantian's happy laughter, the queen mother of the two palaces seemed to be happy. Even Cixi began to get close to Li Tian, amused from time to time. This made all the Manchu ministers stunned. What happened between the emperor and the queen mother? What's more, on the first day of the new school on September 1, the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces also changed into casual clothes and took Li Tian to the school to sign up for school.

The Beijing No. 3 Primary School in Xidan is mainly responsible for the primary school of all children in the southwest area of the imperial city west of the Forbidden City and south of the city wall. In this regard, in order to avoid unnecessary commercial kidnapping, Li Ming strictly divides the school district according to the road. The ministers did not know why the emperor repeatedly emphasized this issue and asked it to be included in the law, and although the ministers did not think that such a ridiculous thing that violated basic morality could happen, the ministers carried out the emperor's will.

But also because of this will, the children of the ministers who lived in the imperial city could not become classmates with the prince, the most obvious is that Li Hongzhang's family lives in the north of the Forbidden City, and is divided into the fourth primary school in Ping'an Li according to the school district. As a result, some ministers began to seek a residence in the southeast of the city, hoping that their own children of the same age as the prince could be in the same class as the prince at least in the same school, and began to plan for the long term. As a result, the price of land in the Southwest Imperial City rose.

Regarding the abnormal rise in land prices in the Southwest Imperial City, Li Ming didn't care. Starting from Li Tian, the princes and princesses had to change their names and surnames to study in ordinary schools, hoping that they would get out of the confined living environment of the palace and truly experience all aspects of this society.

As for the security issues that the queen mothers had been worried about, Li Ming laughed at them, not only the three children. There are basically no major security problems in the four primary schools and two middle schools in the imperial city. First of all, the people living in the imperial city were either high-ranking officials or dignitaries, and the children of these people also attended these four primary schools. First of all, they will strengthen the security here. The most immediate measure was the unanimous agreement of the Ministers to establish a police headquarters in the area across the road from the primary school. At the same time, the police are directly responsible for security, following the example of university halls. At the same time, emergency units such as hospitals and fire departments are also set up around the school to ensure the safety of students. These units are facing the main entrance of the school, and no vehicles are allowed to pass to ensure that there will be no unnecessary car accidents due to emergency dispatches...... Not only elementary schools, but also middle schools around the country are coping with it. In short, from the emperor to the ministers, they have all taken into account everything that can be considered in each school. Just like Li Hongzhang's joke: "The reason why I want to do this is because no one knows which school the future prime minister will study in now." ”

The queen mothers are still a little worried, worried that the children who grew up in the people will be unscrupulous in the future and lose the royal atmosphere. But it is also worrying to be older than the hands of women in the deep palace, and it is easy to raise children into feminine characters. It is the first time that the emperor has entered an ordinary folk primary school. But after comparing the personalities of the founding emperors of each dynasty and the last emperor, the Queen Mother finally gave in.

It must be the first time that the imperial heir has gone out of the palace to study, and the Empress Dowager Cihui will not be relieved if she does not take a look at it herself. So, Cixi also planned to come and have a look. When the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces did not use her privileges to line up honestly for the first time, she signed up for Xiao Tiantian, when the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces saw Xiao Tiantian fill in Li Tiantian's name on the school register, and when the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces looked at the school and allocated seats according to height, she was still not at ease, so she had to wait until the first day of school after lunch in the school, so she took Xiao Tiantian's hand and happily returned to Yingtai.

However, beneath the seemingly calm surface, various undercurrents are surging in a surging manner. The forces of the Manchus and the Han were infiltrating each other and pulling each other together. The Han people are powerful. He has also mastered the inside and outside of the court. Even if local officials had their hearts set on the Manchus, they had to consider what they might face if a new dynasty was eventually established. Therefore, officials who are far away are more on the sidelines. Dong Fuxiang's precedent has been well documented by the result of standing on the wrong team.

However, when any dynasty falls, there are always those who are determined to move forward. Often, after the new dynasty is stabilized, it will not stop the propaganda of these people, and it is also hoped that when the moment comes, the dynasty of oneself will come. can leave yourself one more chance to turn around. The information and intelligence collected by the National Security Agency (NSA) from various magistrates is rapidly being collected and being collected at the Prime Minister's Office, and the information is being analysed and categorized by the various ministries. In order to distinguish the like-minded ones who are interested in the new dynasty, the watchers, and the rebels. It also discusses how to reward those who are in the same direction, how to win over the watchers, and how to eliminate the rebels with minimal influence. The armed forces are always the most basic element of national stability, and the General Staff Headquarters, the Military Headquarters, and the Commands of the Three Armed Services are conducting the same analysis of generals at all levels.

Prince Shiduo is doing the same thing. However, he did not have the huge staff system and intelligence system of the Han people, and his ability was really limited, so he could only barely maintain his operation, which was extremely difficult. At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the power of the Han people was already revealed. For more than 200 years, the Manchu Qing Dynasty suppressed the Han people, and barely maintained a slight advantage by virtue of only relying on the name of righteousness. But after more than ten years of changes in the court situation, the Han people have occupied an absolute dominant position both politically and militarily, and now the emperor's identity has suddenly changed, and the Manchu power has collapsed sharply, which makes Shiduo and others feel powerless. Fortunately, they are also Manchurians, and they have the belief of sticking to the society of the country, so that they did not collapse under the huge pressure of the Han people.

It's just that this calm is quickly shattered. The Manchurians, who have not yet correctly recognized their actual status, are still putting up the score of the master. It's okay to swing in peacetime, but you're pulling arms, so you can't keep a low profile?

This was an arms supply from the Japanese, and although Japan was garrisoned by China, Britain, the United States, and Germany, there were still many Japanese who tried to restore the imperial road. They believe that China is the main culprit for Japan's current situation, so they have always been active in disrupting China's internal affairs. Starting from the earliest espionage organizations such as Leshantang, they supported the local government forces in China, supported the revolutionary party, and supported all ambitious people, but after the defeat in the naval battle off Arthur, the situation in Japan took a turn for the worse, and China's landing in Japan and the Gengzi National Rebellion completely reduced Japan to a colony, and the achievements of the Meiji Restoration were completely wiped out. But even so, there are still people in the Yamato nation who want to revive the glory of Yamato. At this time, the change of status of the Chinese emperor made them see an opportunity, so they used their meager economy to get a batch of guns and handed them to Shidor, hoping that Shiduo could completely disrupt the political situation in China. Let China focus entirely on its own domestic efforts and abandon surveillance of Japan. Although the main island of Japan was occupied by Britain and the United States, the Japanese elite were keenly aware of it. China is using its economy to guide Japan's total light industrialization. Once China tries to do so, the Japanese army will not be able to defend its country independently without the support of heavy industry. Thus becoming a vassal state of some of the world's great powers. Therefore, disrupting China and re-industrializing with the help of foreigners is the only direction that these last Japanese elites strive for. But they chose the wrong people.

The Manchus were too arrogant, and the arrogance of more than 200 years made most Manchus forget that this was no longer the situation in the early Qing Dynasty. Pulling the arms used to suppress the Han people, they had to blatantly pass through the Fuxing Gate at noon. I thought that if I put out my master's score and make a few words of intimidation, I could make the central guard brigade guarding the city gate give way. However, the soldiers of the Central Guard Brigade guarding the city gate still strictly carried out their duties, and the implementation of the strict city gate inspection system was thanks to one person - Prince Su Aixin Jueluo? Shanqi, after the First Sino-Japanese War, especially after the Qing-Russian War, reorganized the local training army and defense army green battalion into the police. At the beginning of Shanqi's tenure, he drastically rectified officials and strictly prohibited corruption and bribery. In less than a year, after deducting the expenditure, the taxes collected by the nine gates of the capital were as high as more than 60 taels, and Shanqi himself did not leave a tael and handed over the full amount to the national treasury. In the past, foreigners did not pay taxes when they brought goods into Beijing, but he changed to pay taxes as a whole; In the past, the entry of businessmen into the customs was covered by the economic person to pay the tax, and the tax was taken from it. Instead, he changed to officials directly inspecting goods and collecting taxes, minus the link of intermediate exploitation. He vigorously and resolutely formulated a large number of strict systems, which became the first relatively complete police system in Chinese history. Although the gate tax has now been abolished, the duty of the gate to inspect incoming and outgoing goods has not been lost. Only due to political needs. The nine gates of the capital were taken over by the Central Guard Brigade. Shanqi, who is the Minister of Public Security under the Ministry of War, is still the highest police officer in the country, but he does not have the right to manage the nine gates of the capital. And the police in the city are no longer equipped with firearms and other weapons. From then on, the city defense force of the entire capital was completely controlled by Li Ming. From ordinary people to high-ranking officials. All people entering and leaving need to be checked, unless you have an exemption pass issued by the emperor.

The World Priest does not have the right to issue exemption passes. The General Staff Headquarters, the Ministry of War, and even the Prime Minister's Decree could not really be exempted from inspection, but could only be inspected by the Imperial Military Police stationed there, and only the emperor had the right to be truly and completely exempted from inspection. Thus began the conflict at Fuxingmen, when a soldier of the Central Guard Brigade was shot at during a forced inspection, and one soldier was killed on the spot. However, the soldiers' excellent military literacy allowed the soldiers who were suddenly attacked to quickly counterattack, and the dense firepower inside and outside the city gates, above and below the city walls, quickly eliminated the rebels in one fell swoop, so fast that the people who were waiting to enter the city could not react. Then the tightly packed vehicles were turned on in broad daylight, and the guns still wrapped in oiled paper were exposed to the sun.

When the gunshots rang out at the Fuxing Gate, the first feeling of Shanqi, who was waiting in a courtyard inside the Fuxing Gate to receive the arms, was that something was wrong. When he scolded the group of self-righteous fools and rushed to the Fuxing Gate, the Fuxing Gate had already resumed normal traffic. Fuxingmen is not under his control, so the truth will not be reported to him, and under the uncertainty of the situation, Shanqi decided to go back to the small courtyard just now and start secretly recruiting people to make the necessary preparations.

The news of the Fuxingmen riot soon spread to Zhonghai, but Shi Duo, who was in the lobby of the Criminal Department, was thinking deeply. In today's situation, there will inevitably be a fierce conflict between the Manchus and Hans, and at present, it is only because there is no clear news that Li Ming is in Jiangnan, so both the Manchus and the Han are exercising restraint, and the sudden Fuxingmen riots have completely broken this situation. However, at this time, the Manchurians were not fully ready, so Shiduo fell into a life-and-death decision, to launch or not to launch?

The Han group headed by Li Hongzhang did not say whether they were ready or not, and after the Yimo Palace Change, Li Ming was setting out to completely control the power inside and outside the capital. After more than ten years of arrangement, the capital has already prepared enough strength. After learning of the Fuxingmen riots, the Han clique signed the order at the same time in a few simple sentences, the prime minister, the chief of staff, and the secretary of the military department signed the order at the same time.

Shi Duo in the lobby of the Criminal Department hesitated for a long time, and finally made up his mind to act in advance, but before he could pick up the phone on the table, the wolf-like guards rushed in and controlled him, and at the same time there were other Manchu ministers who were controlled. The Central Guard Brigade was in action, and they carried out a planned raid on the places and assembly points of the Chu rebels that had been identified for a long time, and the forces that Shi Duo had been carefully preparing for months were completely wiped out in one afternoon. Except for the small courtyard where Shanqi is.

Shanqi was one of the few enlightened elites among the Manchus, and he showed his shrewdness and ability at the beginning of his tenure as Minister of Public Security. The same is true of these. He was the only one among the Manchus who began to gather strength first, but the Manchus' strength was too weak. In order to avoid exposing the strength of the Manchurians in advance, these forces of restoration are usually scattered. Now it's time to assemble suddenly. There are too few people to assemble in a short period of time. But Shanqi is also the most decisive and prepared, and there are enough firearms in the small yard. As soon as the Central Guard Brigade appeared, Shanqi ordered a counterattack. But Shanqi's subordinates are not soldiers, and neither marksmanship nor tactics can be compared with formal soldiers. The company commander in charge of capturing Shanqi did not storm the small courtyard, he knew very well that his mission was to capture Shanqi rather than kill him, and his first tactical choice after being counterattacked was to surround him. So he was ready to flee, and Shanqi found that he had been firmly surrounded, and he could only return in vain if he was forced left and right.

If Shanqi did not return to the small courtyard but went directly out of the Fuxing Gate, or if he left the city immediately after the first batch of personnel were assembled, he still had the right to go out of the city as the Minister of Public Security. But he hesitated. He was only prepared militarily but not ideologically, and he thought that the Han people would not come so quickly. Shi Duo was also not mentally prepared, so he did not give the order to launch it in the first place of the incident, thus giving the Central Guard Brigade time to strike at the last force of the Manchurians.

If Shi Duo could be decisively mobilized, the conflict between the Manchus and Hans would not have been able to be settled so quickly. Then those who are still waiting to see the situation may think that the Manchus still have something to do, and thus join the Manchu side. If Shanqi succeeds in escaping again, then with Shanqi's huge influence in the Ministry of Public Security and his status as a prince, he can at least pull up a force that can dare to confront Li Ming. In this way, Li Ming must allocate a part of his strength to the vigilance of the country. In that case, Li Ming will not be able to take over the country smoothly, and perhaps subsequent actions will be postponed or suspended.

History is like that, a thought, an idea can change history, but it is only possible. Just like the decision made by the Han Chinese group to purge them. It was just a thought, and I was shocked that the Manchurians dared to transport arms in broad daylight. Is this arrogance or self-confidence? Wang Shizhen, chief of staff, who has detailed information, thinks that he is arrogant, and Li Hongzhang, who knows Manchurian, thinks that he is self-righteous. Only Ouyang Zhenhua, the secretary of the Ministry of War, said faintly on the side: "The lion fights the rabbit, and you should go all out." In fact, this is just a relatively simple military comment on military operations. As Ouyang Zhenhua explained afterwards: I just want to mention that if the two chief officials don't move, they will be thundered, but they seem to be thinking a little too much.

Thereupon. Against the backdrop of the decisiveness of the Han people, the last hesitation of the Manchus buried the last defense force of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Although it is a small pitiful force for the huge military and political power of the Han people.

The riots in the capital lasted only one afternoon, and by the time it was nightfall, the people who should have eaten and the people who should have gone shopping had all returned to their normal state, except for the small courtyard that was still locked down in the Fuxing Gate. This made the people in the capital think that it was just a drill or the capture of fugitives or something. To tell the truth, the people of the capital have long been accustomed to such sudden military actions.

But the Summer Palace, far in the northwest, doesn't know what happened in the capital because of the blockade, and since Qi Yide cleaned up the guards in the palace, it is difficult for the queen mother of the two palaces in the garden to take the initiative to get any more news.

So much so that although Cixi, who was stable on the surface, was already flustered in her heart, and the last loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty, Prince Li, who had not been able to ask for peace every day, had not appeared for three days, and Prince Su Shanqi had no news. What's going on?

Cihui pushed the door in, and said with a panicked expression: "Sister, Li Hongzhang is here." ”

"What's the panic, the sky of the Qing Dynasty won't collapse for a while. Sit down peacefully. After speaking, Cixi said lightly. The expression is like a portrait of the queen mother in power. But when Li Hongzhang stepped over the threshold, Cixi suddenly stood up in panic, pointed at Li Hongzhang but couldn't speak.

"Minister Li Hongzhang visited the two queen mothers, and the queen mother is auspicious." Li Hongzhang saluted regardless of himself.

Cixi sat down in the chair, and the empress dowager of the two palaces did not speak for a long time, because Li Hongzhang wore Hanfu to perform Han salute to the empress dowager, and he also broke his braids and coiled them on his head, wearing a crown that was once unique to the Han people. All this has been said very clearly, the Qing Dynasty is over.

"How much time is there left in the Qing Dynasty?" After a long time, Cixi finally spoke.

"September 12th."

Cixi suddenly laughed: "Yi Weinian's mourning family should be ruthless and kill him, otherwise my Qing Dynasty will come here." The mourning family always thought that it was their own nephew, their only nephew, and they would leave him a life if they could. Unexpectedly, he is the biggest liar in the world. deceived the mourning family, deceived the entire Qing Dynasty's Jiangshan Sheji-hahahaha-"

"Empress Dowager Qi, the Manchurians have only been able to maintain the world since Kangqian, and the Qing Dynasty was already in danger when the foreigners opened the country with sharp ships and cannons. If it weren't for the emperor's bloody battle against Tianzhuangtai, the Manchu court would have had to cede land and pay compensation. Once this happens, the people of the world will inevitably be dissatisfied with the imperial court, and the Qing Dynasty will not have much more time. With the Empress Dowager in power, the authority of the Empress Dowager naturally had to ensure the continuation of the Manchu court, and once the Empress Dowager died, the Manchu Qing Dynasty would perish. This is the general trend, and it is beyond human control. In the final analysis, it is still Manchurian who loses his country without fighting, but he can't blame others. ”

Whoop - Cixi angrily swept the tea bowl on the table to the ground: "The mourning family doesn't need you to be pitiful." I thought you were a loyal minister of my Qing Dynasty, and the mourning family was reused for you, but I didn't think that the mourning family was also blind. That's it, the mourning family asked, are Shiduo and Shanqi still alive? ”

"Shanqi's intention to rebel has been discovered, and now he is trapped in a courtyard inside the Fuxing Gate with the last 200 people by my Central Guard Brigade. The emperor ordered him to spare his life temporarily, so he besieged but did not attack. The remaining 2,800 or so people were all surrendered, including Prince Li Shiduo, who is now in prison to be disposed of when the emperor returns to Beijing. The Queen Mother has come to this point, and she also asks the Queen Mother to learn clearly. ”

"It's over, the Qing Dynasty has no chance." After speaking, Cixi cried bitterly.

"Li Hongzhang." Cihui slowly stood up: "I want to see the children again, okay?" ”

"Back to the Queen Mother. The emperor's will let the queen mother of the two palaces rest assured in the Summer Palace. ”

"Get out. Get out—" Cixi suddenly cried out hysterically.

Seeing this, Li Hongzhang had to retreat, but before leaving, he quietly took out an envelope from his sleeve and put it on the table next to him.

Li Hongzhang left, and the door was closed. The gloomy hall is the last place of the Qing Dynasty, and the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces has become the last of the Qing Dynasty. I had long been worried about Guangxu's death, and I had worked hard because the two queen mothers couldn't help but cry after learning the results. It's just that what they are crying about is not the fall of the Qing Dynasty, Cihui is crying because the children and grandchildren who have been filial piety for so many years have finally left their last disguises, and Cixi is crying that the Qing Dynasty has only one loyal minister in the end.

After a long time, Cixi opened the envelope left by Li Hongzhang, a thought flashed in her mind, and then Cihui watched in horror as Cixi spat out a mouthful of blood and fell to the ground, and the blood flowing from Cixi's mouth had already stained the robe in front of her. Cihui screamed at the imperial doctor in fright, but he didn't notice that the envelope left by Li Hongzhang when he left had been opened, and a map was hanging in Cixi's hand...... (To be continued......)