Chapter 184: Conflict
Perhaps because he was accustomed to seeing the crowded streets of later generations, Guangxu liked to arrange a large square in front of almost all of Beijing's new large buildings. This is true of the Beijing Railway Station, the same is true of the Military Academy, and the same is true of the Beijing Normal University Hall.
Since the school was built in this wasteland and the students came, many people began to slowly gather in this place to open a small shop and start a business. There are more and more shops on both sides of the road, and the goods are becoming more and more abundant. In particular, the large square outside this gate has long been occupied by stalls to buy all kinds of food, especially those who sell breakfast, often open the tables and chairs before dawn and shout. Although the school has its own cafeteria, there are still many students who are willing to come out to eat. It seems that students' money is easy to make, and it is common in any era.
It's just that at this time, the square of the Beijing Normal University Hall was empty, and the flagmen who gathered and shouted for revenge made these businessmen hurry to move their own businesses, and they didn't dare to speak if the things they didn't have time to move were smashed, but they avoided them from afar.
These flag men were really arrogant, and they didn't talk to Ben, and a slap was slapped in the face of the porter who came to stop them. Then with a wave of the leader's hand, thousands of bannermen pushed down the iron gate and rushed in. The excited flag people beat people when they saw people, and they kept scolding the Han minions, which completely angered the students who still wanted to be reasonable. As soon as the young man's blood rushed to his head, he fought with the flag people. Just inside the gate, on the boulevard, the vengeful flag-bearers mingled with the students who had come to stop them.
Rong Lu followed, because the extremely low efficiency of the Qing Dynasty yamen made him have no time to stop him after learning about this. I could only rush over with some officials. But he was still late, and when he arrived, he found that the fight had already started on both sides. On the one hand, there are nobles in the court (although they have declined, they are still nobles in the court), and on the other hand, there are students who are given by the emperor to look back, and they can't please that side. And the sound of him shouting loudly hoping to stop on both sides was also so insignificant in the sound of killing the sky, and Rong Lu did not dare to let these officials from the banner people intervene. can only let the officials stop the crowd watching the excitement first. And the crowd only dared to stand on the road from a distance and watch, and did not dare to make a loud noise, for fear of accidentally angering the officials of the yamen and locking them up.
Just when Rong Lu was at a loss and was about to report back to the capital. The ministers of the military aircraft who came to calm the situation by the order of the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces arrived.
"Lord Rong, why don't you let the servants separate the crowd on both sides?" Li Hongzhang, who had just gotten out of the carriage, angrily reprimanded Rong Lu.
Rong Lu said aggrievedly: "Lord Zhongtang, if you are not willing to do your job, you really don't dare." I thought that I only needed to stop it, so the officials I brought were all banner people! β
Li Hongzhang immediately understood that if these banner men and officials were allowed to participate in it, they would only go to fight the students of the university hall together. Moreover, these officials are all armed with weapons, and if these people are involved, the casualties of the students will be great.
The immediate need is to separate the agitated crowds on both sides. Li Hongzhang didn't care much, and immediately commanded several palace guards to rush into the crowd. And shouted loudly: "The old man is the prime minister of the court." Everyone, stop. Everyone, stop-"
Wearing a yellow coat is a symbol of status and power, although it is only a guard, although there are only a few, but the yellow coat is a yellow coat. No one dared to really do anything to them. Li Hongzhang also squeezed into the crowd under the protection of these guards.
Because of the addition of the Inner Palace guards. Let the fierce crowd calm down a little. But an arrogant voice came out of the crowd: "Li Hongzhang, what are you, even if you are the first auxiliary military aircraft, you are also a dog of our Manchurians." As soon as these words came out, the people became even more excited, and they all began to push the guards in front of them, wanting to rush into the crowd that was still fighting.
Li Hongzhang, who heard this, was so angry that his face was deformed, this is a contempt for the laws of the imperial court. But he couldn't say anything. Since the Qing Dynasty, although there will be two ministers of Manchu and Han, it has always been that the Manchu ministers are greater than the Hanchens. He Li Hongzhang is the first Hanchen to stand above the Manchurians.
"This king is Prince Li. Who is talking nonsense just now, stand up! Prince Li, who was still standing on the periphery, hurriedly stepped forward and squeezed into the crowd, although he had always been dissatisfied with the emperor for putting Li Hongzhang ahead of him. But he also knew that this was not the time to talk about it.
With the arrival of the Priests, the situation can begin to be slowly controlled. Ultimately. All efforts were in vain. Although there were always people in the crowd shouting different voices, there were Manchurian military ministers who pressed the scene, and both sides stopped. Until the banner people shouted: Ye is beaten, even if he beats you Han slaves? A steel pipe flew out of the middle of the students and smashed on the head of a flag man, knocking him out on the spot.
"Killed, killed." "The Han minions are going to rebel." "Kill these dog minions."
With the banner people saying "rush--", the situation can no longer be controlled, and the impulsive crowd can no longer be controlled. The flag-men and students all rushed towards each other, and the guards who stopped in the middle of the crowd became the targets of both sides. The guards who could no longer stop could only protect Li Hongzhang and Shi Duo from the chaotic crowd, but they also paid a considerable price.
The guards didn't talk about it, Li Hongzhang's official hat alone was gone, his official uniform was also tattered, and there were still many footprints on his body. Shi Duo kept his official hat, but he covered his swollen cheeks and scolded: Who TMD even dares to beat this king.
The scene was completely chaotic, and the students found steel pipes and wooden sticks from nowhere, and broke the heads of the flag-bearers and bled blood. This situation made Rong Lu no longer able to restrain the bannermen, and the bannermen participated in the war.
If one side can achieve absolute superiority, it will end the battle very quickly, and it will also greatly reduce the number of casualties. However, although the flagmen are outnumbered, their physical fitness has long been hollowed out by the wine. Although there are few students, they are all strong and strong in the physical education class forced by the emperor. And because the venue can't accommodate thousands of people fighting at the same time, this has become a group fight that gradually adds fuel, and the end of the evenly matched group fight becomes far away, unless one side completely falls.
"It's over, it's over." Look at the situation that is out of control. Li Hongzhang sat on the ground. Regardless of the final outcome here, if this matter is not handled properly, it can completely stimulate the long-standing antagonism between the Manchus and Hans. At that time, this incident will really be the starting point for the disintegration of the Qing Dynasty. Li Hongzhang also regretted it at this time, if he had known that the situation was already so unbearable, he should have brought all the royal guard battalions. All he can hope for now is to have fewer deaths, and in the end, the only one he can count on is the emperor.
"Driving-" Guangxu rushed to the front first, and the four women also followed. They often follow Guangxu to play around, and they are no strangers to horseback riding. And more than a dozen guards had already put on the yellow vests they had prepared on their bodies. Like a half-moon to protect the way forward.
The hall of the Beijing Normal University was in front of it, and the noisy fighting and killing sounds became clearly recognizable. At this time, the six guards on the left and the right suddenly accelerated, squeezing out a passage from the crowd of onlookers, and Guangxu and his party rushed through the passage without slowing down.
Just turned around the crowd of onlookers, and what appeared in front of Guangxu was a tragic scene. Thousands of people shouted to kill the earth-shattering brawl, and Guangxu was shocked by the steel pipes and wooden sticks and the splashes of blood, he never thought that things had become so unbearable. Before the horse stopped, Guangxu swept the audience at a glance and saw that the helpless ministers of military aircraft were shouting weakly.
"All guns fired warning shots." Guangxu, who had not yet dismounted, gave an order. The guards immediately raised their guns in the air. Gunshots rang out.
......The crisp sound of the gunfire woke up the crowd who were fighting, and everyone stopped and looked at the place where the gunshots rang out. What happened?
That's just then. Kou Liancai also arrived. He came with a dragon robe at the behest of the Queen Mother. Kou Liancai saw the emperor with an angry face at a glance. He shouted loudly: "The emperor has arrivedβ"
The dragon robe was unfolded in Guangxu, Guangxu stretched out his hands and stretched them into his sleeves, and the majestic five-clawed golden dragon flew in the north wind. Kou Liancai took the dragon crown and put it on the emperor's head, and Guangxu did not buckle the front of the dragon robe, so he let the north wind blow it. The audience fell silent in an instant. Even when he was hurt, he stopped moaning. Only the dragon robe fluttered high in the wind, and the hunting sound was blown.
"Long live my emperor, long live, long live." After the officials knelt down and shouted three times, the onlookers also knelt down. The warring flag men and students looked at each other and knelt down.
Guangxu ignored the kneeling crowd, and just strode towards the school gate, the dragon robe fluttering behind him. Guangxu did not go straight in. Instead, he walked in diagonally.
The kneeling ministers of the military aircraft were all shocked when they saw the angry emperor walking towards them. Some people have begun to tremble involuntarily. There is such a big thing happening in the university hall, no matter how you explain it, this crime of improper handling cannot be escaped. Only Li Hongzhang knelt there steadily. But they were all wrong, the emperor didn't come for them.
As soon as he walked through the school gate, Guangxu leaned on the pillar beside him, turned his head to Kou Liancai who was following behind him and made a very exaggerated move, and said with excited words: "Kou Liancai, you haven't seen it late, the scene of thousands of people fighting in a group just now is a hot one." I only watched it for a short time and watched it with excitement, and you will know when they fight again in a while, that scene is estimated to be unwatchable in our Great Qing Kingdom except for this time. After speaking, he turned to the crowd and said, "Get up, get up." Go on, go on. β
After speaking, Guangxu leaned against the pillar and looked at the field with an interested expression. In fact, what Guangxu wanted to say was to let them "continue to fight", but they hit the mouth and swallowed it back. He can't say because he's the emperor. If he said "continue to fight" and the two sides really fought again, it would be a fight by order, and the consequences would have to be counted on him Guangxu. Guangxu didn't dare to say it, because he had really done something similar a few years ago, and he scolded Cixi for being a bloody dog. Since then, Guangxu has understood a truth, the emperor either doesn't say it, as long as Chrysostom opens, he must fall to the ground and smash a hole.
The banner students all stood up, although they all stared at each other viciously, but no one really dared to make a move. At this moment, the sound of horses' hooves was heard in the distance. The 1st Regiment of the 1st Division, stationed in the Fengtai Battalion, rushed over under the personal leadership of the division commander Duan Qirui after receiving the telegram from the General Staff Department. Guangxu did not mobilize the palace guards, and the large-scale transfer of the palace guards was too shocking to the imperial court, so Guangxu asked people to go to the General Staff to pass the order and directly transfer a regiment to come.
The first regiment came so quickly beyond Guangxu's expectations. This is the credit of Kou Liancai, when he sent a fast horse to inform the emperor. He also sent someone to inform the General Staff, and Wang Shizhen immediately ordered the Fengtai First Regiment to prepare for departure. Therefore, when Guangxu returned from the Great Wall, as soon as the people who went to the General Staff to deliver the order arrived, a telegram was delivered to Duan Qirui, who had been waiting for a long time, and the first regiment that had been prepared immediately started.
With a wave of Duan Qirui's hand, the troops behind rushed in and surrounded nearly 3,000 people in the field. All the guns were raised flat, and the sound of a bullet being loaded rang out.
With a snap, Duan Qirui, who was standing straight with his feet together and standing together, saluted a military salute in front of Guangxu: "Report." The 1st Regiment of the 1st Division of the Imperial Army of the Great Qing Dynasty was ordered to come, please instruct. β
Guangxu put down his hand after returning the salute: "Count the casualties, treat the wounded, separate the people on both sides, and shoot them on the spot if they resist." Guangxu's voice was not loud, but it could shake the scene the most. The wolf-like soldiers separated the two sides, and no one dared to resist in the slightest. Because they really dare to shoot. And the medical officers of the academy also came forward with medicine boxes on their backs.
"Banish all the flag men who come to make trouble out of the school gate." Guangxu's will caused the anger of the banner people.
"What is the reason why the emperor expels us first without distinguishing between right and wrong?" This sentence from the flag people caused the flag people to be indignant.
"Heh, it's reasonable for you to go to other people's places to make trouble and beat people." Guangxu's eyes glared at the boss: "Speak, stand up." β
No one came out. Guangxu pointed his hand forward, and a group of soldiers rushed in. Some of the flag men just tried to stand up when they were knocked to the ground by a burst of rifle butts. In the end, he obediently gave way and watched the people being arrested.
The banner man who was escorted out was still unruly: "Your Majesty." The Great Qing Dynasty is our Manchurian Qing Dynasty. This world is also our full world. This university hall is also a place full of people, and we can go wherever we want. The old and young masters said that this is not the reason. After speaking, he also made a decent gesture.
"Heh, you can go wherever you want. Isn't my palace also something you can go to if you want to? Guangxu glared at him: "Pull it down, fight." β
Before the banner man could understand, he was pulled down. The wail sounded, and slowly stopped. Killed? The flag-bearers were shocked.
"I'm not convinced." Another banner man stood up: "Why did the emperor shield those Han minions." Didn't the emperor see the banner man we were killed by those minions? The minions dare to kill the master, how is this different from rebellion? The emperor did not think about the crime and rebellion, but first punished the flag man. I'm not convinced. β
"You see the Bannerman who was killed." Guangxu pointed with his hand: "Have you seen the student who was killed by you?" β
"It's just a minion, and if you kill it, you will kill it. What's wrong with our master killing a few minions......"
"Stop. Kill a few minions, I love to hear this sentence. Come on, come on. Come and speak. Guangxu waited for the banner man to approach and asked, "You just said that the master killed a few minions and killed them, right?" In other words, the life of the slave is the master's, and the master can fight the slave if he wants to kill it, right? That's what you mean, right? β
"That's ...... nature"
Don't wait for the flag man to finish speaking. Guangxu took a gun and directly shot the flag man in the head. A crisp gunfire rang out, and the flag people watched the flag man fall upside down, and there was an uproar.
"Didn't you say that the master's slaves would fight if they wanted to kill them? Why, I asked for the life of a minion, and you all have an opinion? Guangxu touched his face, and the blood splashed on Guangxu's face became even more hideous: "Let me tell you, in my eyes, you are all slaves." What kind of thing are you, dare to call me master in front of me, don't let me say hello to you? All blasted out. β
The soldiers who received the order began to push the crowd, and the flagmen did not show weakness and pushed with the soldiers. Guangxu was furious and raised his hand high......
"Your Majesty, slow down." Li Hongzhang, who was kneeling on the side and had not spoken, hurriedly crawled over: "The emperor can't, please be merciful, take forgiveness as your mind, and put the country's society first-" After speaking, Li Hongzhang couldn't stop kowtowing. At this time, Sedoran also came forward to ask for mercy.
Some people took the lead, and some people followed suit, and the officials and officials present also stepped forward one after another, and Guangxu was kowtowing in front of him.
"I asked them to quit the campus and not retreat, they thought that there were too many people, so they dared to openly disobey my will, and dared to call me the master in front of me. In this way, what majesty will I have, and how will I rule the world? Guangxu said angrily: "Duan Qirui, your soldiers are still pushing with them, if they dare to openly resist the order, then they will be suppressed by me." β
As Guangxu ordered the suppression, the soldiers raised the butts of their guns and smashed them down.