The south gate of Sijiu City, Yongding Gate, was wide open, and the gate guards watched in amazement as the soldiers wearing the number of guards lined up. Everyone was carrying black and shiny foreign guns, and when they watched people look here on the road, there were small officers on horseback who followed them on horseback and scolded a few words of village dialect with a Hunan accent.

The end of the Qing Dynasty is really a sure thing, just to say that at the feet of the Son of Heaven, in the past few years, there have been several rounds of soldiers! At the beginning, it was Li Hongzhang who brought these foreign troops into Yanjing, and this time it was the second emperor Tan Sitong who brought a large team of soldiers and horses into the city again!

Tan Sitong did not sit in a sedan chair, but rode a horse. He was surrounded by officers of the Forces nouvelles. These officers all looked excited, but they just followed Tan Sitong closely. Yang Rui was also by his side, and his face was as pale as a dead mother.

This is bringing troops into the city, but it's going to lose your head! Tan Sitong heard the news from him that the princes and the eight banners and the ministers were going to make trouble, and without delay, he ordered the four battalions of the Chinese army, 16,700 people, fully armed, and rushed into the city with him! An officer hesitated slightly, and was immediately pressed down by Tan Sitong's order and beaten with a military stick. And the order, whoever has any more objections, military law!

Those who serve as soldiers are all soldiers, and the generals turn to the grass and follow the wind, and the officials have orders, and they just do it. For many years, the defense camp of the Qing Dynasty only recognized the chief and did not recognize the imperial court. As soon as Liu Kun left, their fate was already tied to Tan Si. I am afraid that Tan Sitong is not strong enough to protect their interests. Now that Tan Sitong is out, there is not much psychological burden on them to accompany them - now that they are in Zhili, are there any soldiers who can overpower them? Xu Yifan is like that, and now he is like Fangzhong, and they are strong with the second emperor, and they may not have greater benefits.

Yang Rui turned around in his heart: "Resurrection, do you want to rebel, do you really want to echo your brother Xu Yifan?" ”

Tan Sitong was riding on a horse, but his expression was quiet. When he decided to go on according to his ideal wishes. He already considered himself dead. There is nothing important except death, what is there to be afraid of people's jealousy, afraid of people's plots, afraid of people scolding him for rebellion? He knew what he was doing, and he was trying to move forward in despair, trying to turn the tide! Let this Great Qing Center not collapse by itself, and make the last effort! As for what the future holds, it doesn't matter.

Xu Yifan can act with his strength, and so can he.

Hearing the news from Yang Rui, he keenly noticed that something was wrong. We must not let these princes, these representatives of the Eight Banners, and the ministers who have lost power make trouble! Behind these people are most of the bureaucratic system that has been strongly suppressed by him, and all the banner people in the entire Yanjing City! Once the tide rises, the balance he has worked so hard to maintain will break. When he was fully committed to fighting fires in the capital, how much energy did he have to train the new army and digest those children of the Xiangjiao? In the process of picking troops this time, he has already seen with his own eyes how reckless the northern land is, once he is not careful, this incense sect will have the potential to burn the prairies!

Liu Kun wanted to suppress the incense sect, but he died. He changed his method and wanted to digest the incense sect, but in the meantime, he knew how difficult it was to walk on thin ice!

Even if he can't save the last days of the Qing Dynasty, he must not let the north be buried in the hands of the Xiangjiao! As soon as the center is in chaos, he will step down, no one will be able to control the new army anymore, and the incense sect will rise! Just for this, what is it to have a surname for yourself?

There is no need to explain these words to others, and there is no expectation that others will understand you. Even with their own fellow travelers. The lonely son has never ended well, and he has long been smiling and waiting for his final fate............ The army rumbled into the city, and the people of the capital did not get up too early. The flag man is even late. Along the way, there are not many pedestrians on the street. They all looked at everything in front of them in amazement. A flag man with a bird cage was turning from the other side of the street step by step, ready to sit in the teahouse, and when he saw the scene in front of him, he wiped his eyes. After a closer look, he immediately lost the bird cage in his hand. ran back with a roll, and at the same time tore out a broken gong-like voice: "The second emperor has rebelled!" ”

The shouts tore through the dull and quiet morning air of the capital and spread far away. More people pushed open the doors and windows and looked out into the middle of the street.

Tan Sitong smiled faintly on his horse, and ordered loudly: "Order all battalions to leave a shed at every street entrance." To prevent some people from inciting trouble, and some bandits take advantage of the chaos to rob and spread rumors, and they will be taken on the spot! No matter what the status! Grab it, gather it and send it to the Nanyuan barracks! ”

"Wow!" The officers shouted their orders, and Pegasus went to the battalions to give orders.

Tan Sitong turned his head to look at Yang Rui again: "Shu Qiao, I will transfer a team of people to follow you, and Pegasus will go to the infantry army to lead the yamen." You are now the head of the Yamen General Office of the Infantry Army! Shuncheonfu is under your control............ The green battalion soldiers who led the yamen in the infantry army (before the fall of the infantry army, the yamen was always a green battalion system. Not only is the only green battalion soldier in the capital of the Qing Dynasty, when the green battalion was replaced by the defense battalion one after another, completely lost its effectiveness, and only became a book number, it was still the only green battalion soldier in the Qing Dynasty who could still be sent to some use, which was more special - Oscar press), and the three classes of Shuntian Mansion, all at your disposal. One person has an extra 200 dollars a day, and he is paid from the army's salary, and he tells them that he is ordered to cooperate with the new army and maintain law and order in Yanjing City! In any case, Yanjing City can't be messed up! ”

Yang Rui replied yes, and then said with a wry smile: "Resurrection, do you have to be like this?" ”

Tan Sitong pursed his lips tightly and squeezed out a few words from between his teeth: "I can't let the center mess up!" Now I can't step down either! ”

Yang Rui clapped his hands: "Then accompany you to the Dharma field in the future!" Where do I go to find you? ”

Tan Si smiled and patted him on the shoulder: "Yamen, Prime Minister of Longzongmen............ Our old camp is right there. I will first go and set up the camp, and then go to see the princes and ministers, and ask for the guilt, which I have already sent in the front, and by this time the garden should have almost received it............ Shu Qiao, I can't say that we have to take a fight! ”

Yang Rui smiled: "What did you learn from Xu Yifan?" Seeing that Tan Sitong only had a wry smile on his face, he laughed and gave up his hand, turned around and flew away. Tan Sitong looked south: "Brother Chuanqing, Brother Chuanqing, I didn't expect that I, a scholar, could be like this?" Maybe all my efforts are in vain, and if I fall, the people of the North will depend on you to save them! ”

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Summer Palace, Yulan Hall.

The royal children of the Qing family have always gotten up very early. Guangxu is naturally no exception, it is still dark, he is already sitting in the imperial study, watching the official work sent by the prime minister's yamen one by one.

It seems that each copy is listed by Tan Sitong, and most of them have already done things but make up the posthumous procedures. Some of the elders have a bunch of names of people to be protected, and names of people to be reprimanded, waiting for him to use the treasure. However, these people have either already arrived at their positions to take charge of official business, or they have already gone to the temporary dispatch yamen.

The more I looked at Guangxu, the more bored I felt in my heart, but I had nowhere to tell. He also didn't have the interest to push down all these official documents, he had already done too much of these actions. So I just sat there in a daze. For a while, I thought about the strategy that Wen Tingshi reported to him, and for a while, I thought about Tan Sitong's current situation. Sometimes I don't consciously think, Xu Yifan is now in Jiangning City, is he already calling himself me, eating is called Chuanshan, and going to his wife is called Linxing?

Thinking of his sister-in-law Xiuning again, such a smart flag personality of Bing Xue has now run to Jiangning to fill Xu Yifan's inner house. His younger brother Pu Yang, who was completely unthinkable before, has now become Xu Yifan's Goshha leader............ Why should he, the emperor, be ten times harder and a hundred times bitter than his ancestors and ancestors?

The sky gradually turned from dark to bright, and he didn't know how long he had been sitting there like a clay sculpture. In the end, he slowly stood up, walked to the middle of the room, and knelt down facing north: "The ancestors and ancestors have spirits in the sky, and they are blessed by all hopes............ The strategy of protecting the Wenting style can be achieved, and the protection of the sons and ministers can prosper the Qing Dynasty! If the lifeblood of the Qing Dynasty is endless, even if the sons are crushed, what is the pity? ”

Here he was praying silently, and when he was sincere in his heart, he heard a loud sound outside. The noise was getting louder and louder, and even the eunuchs could hear the voices of the eunuchs who were anxious and didn't know what they were talking about. Guangxu's eyebrows moved, and his anger came up a little, he was actually mean to the eunuch. At this time, it was the time when I was full of anger and had nowhere to spill, so I wanted to get up and ask someone to grab a few people and beat them up quietly.

At this moment, there was a sharp sound of footsteps at the door, and I don't know who dared to be so bold and went straight into the imperial study!

Guangxu turned around angrily, and saw that a six-grade deputy chief eunuch who served him had already cried and rolled down on the hand, and when he met again and again, his voice changed tone: "Your Majesty, my Emperor............ Two............ Tan Si turned against him! He brought his soldiers into the city, and all roads were sealed off............ We were on an errand in the garden, and the guards went out on vacation, and they stopped them at Dashilar! This one who killed a thousand knives first went to the Longzong Sect to arrest other military ministers, and then stewed our prince in a pot............ Then this bad death is going to the garden to force the palace, wow! ”

The news was like lightning, slashing at Guangxu's head, making him twist his head and kneel there in a daze. For a moment, Guangxu couldn't think of anything, and even forgot whether he was still alive!

The eunuch had already touched his head to a blood-red color, and he still stretched out the voice of the male duck and cried there: "Your Majesty, the villains are protecting the sky!" If the guy dares to enter the garden, the villains will fight him! ”

I don't know how long it took Guangxu to react, stood up tremblingly, and asked silently: "............ Where are Tan and Tan Sitong's soldiers? Ministers...... Where are the ministers? Wen Daoxi............ What about the Wenting style? He trembled and walked towards the outside of the study, the eunuch was still kowtowing and wailing there, Guangxu didn't know where he got such a big force, he kicked the eunuch away, and the eunuch slammed his head on the door post, and he rolled his eyes and fainted without snorting.

Guangxu walked out regardless of it, and saw that outside the Yulan Hall, whether on the corridor or in the courtyard, the eunuchs and palace maids were running around as if the sky had fallen, like an ant's nest being flooded. It's either crying or screaming, and no one knows what they're doing. Guangxu raised a hand, he didn't know what to say, a thousand words were held in his chest, but in the end, it was a burst of tears, and it slid down his cheeks.

What kind of immorality did I have as an emperor to deserve such evil!

Just when everything was in a panic, it was as if the sky was falling. A eunuch ran in with a yellow box and ran in like crazy: "Tan Sitong's guilty fold, Tan Sitong's guilty fold!" Lafayette has a copy here, and the emperor has a copy here! The emperor is safe, Tan Sitong does not dare to rebel! ”

Guangxu jumped down the steps and grabbed the yellow box with his hand. I opened it in a hurry, and took out the silk excerpt to unfold it. On top of the folds, the ink is dripping, and the notes are slightly scribbled, presumably Tan Sitong made it hastily today.

“………… The minister is afraid that the sin deserves death! The edict of law change has been issued, which is an opportunity for the survival of our dynasty to intermittently change the old and make the new. There is no room for error. I have been pilgrimage to the Holy Saint for more than 200 years, and the Queen Mother and the Holy Monarch have resolutely reformed the system. Huang Tong Bai Suo of the national dynasty all danced and bowed, wishing the emperor to be clear and immortal.

In response to these changes unseen in 3,000 years, how can there be no overkill. In addition to the hidden worries and all the strategies, how can you not go straight? The ministers were deeply gracious, and they did not dare to be afraid of slander. Xiangzan national affairs, but also life and death.

Zhili Ben is reckless everywhere, and the millions of children of the national family in the capital are not allowed to lose the foundation of the country. The ministers heard that some frustrated people bewitched the prince and wanted to do something to knock on the que. The princes and ministers are also worried about state affairs, how can they expect that this generation will be in danger? If once the tide rises and people's hearts fluctuate, how can the capital be shocked once the chaos arises? I'm afraid that this generation will be coerced, and there will be things that I can't bear to say to the Queen Mother!

The only way to control this hidden danger is to take the lead and transfer troops into the guard. Calm people's hearts. Once the people of the Jingshi are calm, the ministers should send the division back to the camp. Self-binding knocks at the bottom of the stairs. The head of the mud is to ask the Queen Mother and the Holy Monarch to behead the ministers to thank the world. All kinds of guilt, only the minister. Waiting for the thunder with bated breath, the ministers were overwhelmed with trepidation..............."

Guangxu shook his hands and finished reading, first took a long breath, and then reacted, remembering his frightened and embarrassed appearance just now, and immediately threw down the fold angrily: "The second live Cao Ying!" Since you have the courage to do something that has no purpose to transfer troops into Beijing, you can simply kill me! What does it look like when you get on the fold? ”

He looked around, and the eunuchs and palace maids all quieted down one after another, bowing their heads and waiting for his orders. Guangxu wanted to find someone to scold and kill a few minions, but he felt that he was so weak that he couldn't do anything, so he could only stomp his feet: "What are you doing here?" Find clothes for me to change, and I will go to see the Queen Mother Lafayette! Galeries Lafayette doesn't know what it looks like to be frightened! ”

The place chosen for this gathering of the ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ princes and ministers is the house of the current prime minister, the Yamen co-organizer minister, and the auxiliary prince Zailan. There is no other reason, Zailan is now a figure on the stage, and he knows that Tan Si has the roots of the same party in the Prime Minister's Yamen. It's great to have such a person to let the big guys ventilate and get in touch with the general manager.

Originally, Wen Tingshi didn't want to buy this Zai Fifth Master, but this Zai Fifth Master, who is less than forty this year, is very enthusiastic. He is the grandson of Emperor Daoguang. When Tongzhi died early, Cixi chose the children of the clan as the successor of Tongzhi to inherit this bloodline. He and his brother Zai Yi danced the hardest, secretly pushing others desperately - many people said that in fact, Zai Wuye wanted to call Cixi his father the most and be the emperor.

Cixi finally picked Guangxu, how could Cixi not look at Zailan's small actions. So he has survived until now, and the lord on his body is only an auxiliary prince who has entered eight points.

Zailan has not dealt with Guangxu since then, relying on his youth to be active, and he is a bit stupid and bold. In the clan, there is also a reputation for daring to do things and dare to speak. In recent years, the battle between Cixi and Guangxu has been almost white-hot. Tan Sitong was pushed out as a talent rewarded by the imperial party, and the old generation of clans withered one after another, Cixi remembered this fifth master, who was launched to enter the military plane in one step, and then the co-organizer of the new prime minister's yamen. It is used to balance the forces with Tan Sitong.

Since Zai Wuye is a figure who doesn't even pay attention to Emperor Yanjing, Tan Si is in charge of these two emperors, and all the power is in his hands, how can he be convinced! Now the other co-organizers among the prime minister's yamen ministers are still old-fashioned, and they know that Tan Sitong is in the limelight now, so they pretend to be deaf and dumb and don't speak out first. Zai Wuye has been restless since he was restless, and he wanted to find an opportunity to pick up the hair of the second emperor!

There was a sudden undercurrent surging in the capital, rumors were divided, and the prince, the banner man, and the frustrated minister were secretly linked. When he heard the news, how could he not come over! He is now in the center and well-informed. Not very old, not a big smoker, can get up early, energetic, as soon as you get in, you are the most powerful person who jumps up and down, this tandem, even more faintly the head of everyone!

Early this morning, he was guarding in his house, tea, water, melons, fruits, and cigarettes were properly prepared for the Indian soil. Just waiting for these princes and ministers to come. He doesn't smoke a lot, but people are addicted, he doesn't sleep at night, and he doesn't wake up in the morning. It is said that the foreigners gathered at ten o'clock in the hour, and after the trouble was finished in the garden, it was just time to set up a banquet for everyone to have a lively time, and when they turned around, they divided their heads to pick up the people they could influence—especially the millions of flag people in the capital, and they doubled the uproar. made Tan Sitong have to step down!

As a result, it was past ten o'clock, and not a single figure was still looking. Zailan was so anxious that he was going around in the courtyard, and his family members were sent out one by one to play cards in each person's house. In the cold weather, he turned fast in the yard, with a layer of white sweat on his forehead, and after walking a few steps, he was talking to himself: "Twilight, twilight!" When our ancestors entered the customs, our Eight Banners disciples were called Living Dragons! We have to cheer up, we have to do it! These masters, the ancestors have forgotten to be clean! ”

He shook his head there, and his family and servants did not dare to approach. When I was walking around, I heard waves in the courtyard outside, and a shout rang out: "The second emperor is reversed, the second emperor is reversed!" ”

Zae-lan stood still, wondering there. I saw a few family members sent out running in from the door of the moon cave, with snot and tears on their faces: "Master, the second emperor is reversed!" The Hunan soldiers have been brought into the city! Not long after we went out, we couldn't pass the street, and there were soldiers carrying foreign guns, shouting all over the street that the road was closed! There are hundreds of people, and they are coming to us! Some people say that the garden was also sealed, and the emperor was killed by Tan Sitong, and Lafayette ran away in a small sedan chair............ The second emperor still wants to take the old man! ”

Zai Lan was stunned, and immediately snorted: "Ridiculous, Tan Sitong is so bold?" Yanjing City is still the world of our Qing Dynasty! I'll see! He immediately walked out, and several family members tried to grab him, but kicked him away in disgust. He didn't believe that Tan Sitong dared to do this. This kind of nerd scholar, if you really want to rebel, it is better to do it under Xu Yifan, and come to Yanjing City to do this? Millions of banner people, one person can drown him with a mouthful of spit!

Zai Wuye is in front of Tan Sitong, he is so majestic and powerful, has Zai Wuye softened his waist? Millions of banner people, even if one out of ten has learned half of the five masters, this Yanjing City is impregnable, and it will always be the world of the Aixin Jueluo family!

Zai Lan rushed outside with confidence, and when he walked all the way, he saw people crying all the way in his house. His family is thin, and he has long been separated. It has been a matter of the past few years that there are messengers, and the family members are recommended by other big houses. It's not as well-behaved as several generations of Lifu, and if it's a little alarmed, you can see that you don't have the slightest love for the master. The men were scurrying around, packing up their bags and preparing to slip through the back door, and the women sat on the ground and patted their legs and cried: "...... It took a golden hammer to recommend it, hoping that the official would be big and the benefits would be more............ I didn't see any benefits, now I am going to be boiled by the Hunan soldiers of the second emperor, kill a thousand knives, why do you want to offend the second emperor............"

Zai Lan scolded two sentences at the beginning, and then he didn't bother to scold. It's just a spin of thoughts in my heart, and when I understand why these guys are spreading rumors, I will go back and deal with these bastards one by one! Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if Tan Si comes over with him, Zai Wuye will definitely die at the door with his waist straight, let you see what the real Eight Banners disciples are!

He strode to the door, the door had long been sold out, and none of the majestic men could see it. Looking back, there are only one or two old family members who follow him as a child. Zai Lan snorted from his nose and lowered the door by himself, and the two family members came up and struggled to open the door. Before the goalkeeper opened, Zailan swept his braids at the back of his head, and he was about to face outward.

As far as the eye could see, I saw that more than 200 soldiers were walking towards the black press, and a few small officers on horseback rushed in front, and the men and horses all exhaled a long white breath. The footsteps were heavy and scattered. The soldiers in front had already taken off their foreign guns, and each foreign gun was loaded with a spear head knife, shining in the winter sun. The cold light of these hundreds of spearhead knives has been seeping into Zailan's heart!

What kind of ambition to cheer up, what kind of Eight Banners disciples, at this moment, Zai Lan was thrown out of the clouds. The first reaction was whether I was going to pee out!

Immediately, the officer saw the gate of Zailan Mansion open, and shouted here: "The door administration will bring a message to Lord Zailan Zai." There are villains in the capital who form a party to make a consummation, and Lord Tan is under martial law! Our team will close the road on the left to protect the adults and cut off pedestrians! If someone leaves the house without permission, he is afraid that the brothers will go off with foreign guns! These words are clearly brought to Zai-sama! ”

The family members who followed Zailan saw that Zailan's waist was stiff or not, and then he quickly came down, and replied loudly and clearly: "Chick!" Let's close the door, and I'll give it to you, Master Jun! ”

As he spoke, he quickly retracted, and several family members were busy getting off the door, and when they looked back, Zailan's face was already like ashes, and they just muttered: "It's not just the second emperor, it's also the second Cao............ Hunan barbarian, Hunan barbarian...... There are no soldiers, how can they bump into him! ”

On this day, this scene in Zailan Mansion was staged everywhere in the big mansions of Yanjing City. The reaction of the parties is mostly the same as Zailan. There are also those who react violently and rush with a righteous attitude. But just take it neatly. More people were crying in the hall for the ancestral tablet.

"The ancestors and the ancestors are above, look at the Qing Dynasty that you left behind. What do you look like for Xu Yifan and Tan Sitong? Why didn't the heavens take them? ”

Tan Si and this scholar, since they sat in this position, their way of acting is completely different, which shocked the world!

(To be continued)