The gunfire of the fierce battle in the Forbidden City spread throughout the city of Beijing, and the people dodged in panic. Why did the peaceful life suddenly start fighting again, could it be that foreign devils came into the capital?

The people don't know why, and many ministers who just go out don't know why. The combination of gunfire from the Forbidden City and the will to call for a great rise meant that there had been a fundamental change in the imperial court. They are all people who often walk around in the officialdom, and there is still some political consciousness at this point. So not only did he not stop, but he quickened his pace and rushed towards the Forbidden City, and did not stop until he was stopped by the soldiers.

**At the corner of an alley a few hundred meters ago, Dong Fuxiang stared at the palace gate in front of him with vicious eyes, and the sweat that came out in a hurry actually rose in the cold winter.

Half an hour has passed since the battle, and Dong Fuxiang has launched four charges against **, all of which ended in failure without exception. Now that the Forbidden City has been completely surrounded, the situation is basically settled. But to be truly decided, they need to rush through the defenses of the Forbidden City and control the emperor in their hands. The soldiers under his command are no problem, they are all brothers who have been with him for many years. For this war, enough silver was used to feed them, and there was no problem in serving their lives. But the problem is that they have not been able to enter the Forbidden City for a long time.

** On the city tower and in the city gate, the machine guns set up splashed out bullets like water as if they didn't want money. In this open area, the charging soldiers were all killed in the attack before they could get close to fifty meters.

According to the news before the war, there were only more than 600 people in the entire Forbidden City, including the royal guards and the royal guard battalion, and after being separated into the four gates and the city walls, and all parts of the palace, the maximum number of people who could guard the city gate was only seventy or eighty. I thought it would be unless an army suddenly appeared from the palace. Otherwise, he will rely on these dozens of people to attack him unstoppably. From the gate tower, it seemed that there were only so many guards, but they dragged him here for half an hour without any progress. Looking like a ** building with few people but a well-defended building, Dong Fuxiang's eyes were about to burst into flames.

If you can't catch the emperor as soon as possible and let him escape from some secret passage, the situation will completely collapse. Think about the emperor's scheming methods, not to mention the hundreds of thousands of real elite divisions in the northeast and Jiangnan...... Dong Fuxiang was frightened.

"Report-" The sound of messy footsteps behind him sounded, and Gan Jun, who had a crooked hat, ran forward with an anxious face: "My lord." Prince Li has spoken. The Empress Dowager Xi had already driven from the Summer Palace to the Forbidden City, and it would take half an hour at most. The prince asked when he would be able to control the situation in the Forbidden City. ”

Half an hour! Dong Fuxiang's face darkened. Thinking that the Forbidden City did not have enough resistance force, he boasted in front of the prince: he only needed half an hour to control the Forbidden City. But now I haven't even touched the city gate building.

Look at his own soldiers, they shoot before they can aim, and they don't know where the bullets have hit. On the other hand, the emperor's guards in the Forbidden City, they all crawled out of the pile of corpses on the edge of the Liao River, which was a real gun biting meat. If you can't take it anymore and delay the queen mother's major event, it is estimated that Shiduo will also take her own life. Thinking of this, Dong Fuxiang was angry and said fiercely: "Go and drag the cannon up to Lao Tzu." ”

The cannonball exploded on the gate tower. The guards guarding the gate immediately gave up the defense and retreated to the inner city. Unexpectedly, the royal guards were brave and brave, but they lost the courage on the side of the Liao River, and fled as soon as the cannon rang out. Dong Fuxiang was overjoyed when he saw that the defenders had retreated, and ordered to chase the city.

After noon, there is the Taihe Palace, and nearly 3,000 students and the emperor are concentrated in the big square in the middle. Once the fierce battle begins at noon, no one can guarantee that no stray bullets will enter the crowd.

"Report-" Huang Huaming, the commander of the first company of the Royal Praetorian Guard, rushed to Guangxu: "** lost." The lowly has ordered the re-establishment of the defensive line at the noon gate. Please ask the emperor to take all the students to retreat into the apse for safety, and the lowly will guard the noon gate until the last soldier. Let the emperor make a decision early. ”

After saying that, he turned around and rushed through the crowd and arranged a defensive line in front of the noon gate. From afar, I heard him shouting: "Where is Camp Commander Yang?" Where is Camp Commander Yang? Why was it ordered to abandon **? Why? ”

"There is no why. You just need to execute the command. Yang Dongzi stood right behind him.

Huang Huaming turned around: "It's just a 37mm shell." Even if he hits hundreds of shots, we can hold it. Why did the rebels only fire one shot and then you gave the order to abandon the defense? The more Huang Huaming spoke, the more excited he became: "Are you afraid of death when you also live a good life?" Isn't it? surnamed Yang, if you are afraid of death, hand over your command, and I will fight. ”

Yang Dongzi looked at the excited Huang Huaming and said calmly: "Now I order you to give up the noon gate and retreat across the Jinshui Bridge." ”

Huang Huaming instinctively wanted to salute and accept the order, but he quickly reacted: "I refuse." Battalion commander, it's the rebels outside, and you don't see the emperor inside! ”

"I command you, carry out my orders at once!" Yang Dongzi's serious expression was not joking.

"Surnamed Yang, you're crazy." Huang Huaming's face changed suddenly. He took a few steps back and looked at Yang Dongzi. Huang Huaming took out a pistol and pointed it at Yang Dongzi with his backhand: "Could it be that you have taken refuge in the rebellion outside?" Yes and no? ”

The pistol in Huang Huaming's hand is the "Eagle" series of pistols made by imitating Guangxu's favorite one in his previous life - the Desert Eagle. The 7.92mm bullet, which can hold ten rounds, can directly smash the head at this distance, and its strong lethality makes it loved by the troops as soon as it is manufactured. However, the cost that could not be reduced made it impossible to produce mass production of troops. Therefore, Guangxu only issued this kind of pistol to senior military managers. However, the officers were only given silver guns. This pistol, which is fully gilded and shines like gold in the sun, can only be worn by officers of the Royal Guard. Because, on both sides of the handle of the golden eagle, there is a lifelike "dragon" pattern.

This gun, Guangxu also has one. In front of the Jinshui Bridge, Guangxu looked at Gan Jun, who was still cautiously looking at the noon gate, and said, "It is my will to abandon the noon gate." ”

Huang Minghua didn't know why: "Your Majesty, no." ”

For a while, the soldiers in front of the noon gate looked forward and waited: "The rebels are coming." "But I don't know if I should stop it.

"Company Commander Huang, carry out the order." Before Guangxu's words fell, Huang Huaming knelt on the ground and shouted to ask the emperor to think twice. Guangxu said angrily: "Tell me." What is the vocation of a soldier? ”

"It is the duty of a soldier to obey orders." After speaking, Huang Huaming kowtowed three heads and stood up. Commanding the orderly retreat of the soldiers.

What the? The guards abandoned the noon gate again? Dong Fuxiang, who was still confused after listening to the soldier's report, came to the noon gate, and saw that it was really an empty noon gate, and his heart was suddenly overjoyed: "Quick, rush in." ”

"My lord, will there be an ambush?" A soldier cautioned Dong Fuxiang.

Dong Fuxiang nodded, abnormal is a demon. He thought too much. When all the Gan troops rushed into the noon gate, they did not see a single ambush. In front of the Taihe Palace, the three thousand students had already lined up on both sides and vacated the front of the hall. On the high platform is the emperor standing, surrounded by a circle of guards, and there are also layers of soldiers of the Praetorian Guard Company outside. As the other three defenders also retreated, the guards around the emperor became thicker and thicker. Everyone held their guns equally, although they were puzzled by the emperor's abandonment of the palace wall, but they were equally determined in their eyes.

Dong Fuxiang watched the guards of the inner palace join the thicker and thicker defense circle in an orderly manner, and recalled that his soldiers were still so chaotic. Dong Fuxiang did not come forward to pay homage. He just ordered his subordinates to inform Prince Li that the Forbidden City had been controlled and the emperor had been controlled.

Yang Dongzi stood beside the emperor and said: "Your Majesty, the Gan army has just arrived, and the formation is chaotic. At this time, a counterattack will definitely break the enemy in one fell swoop. Please give the Emperor's order. ”

"What about breaking the enemy? After defeating the enemy, you escorted me out of the capital, either to the northeast or to Jiangning, and then ordered to suppress the rebellion and attack Beijing. Start a civil war. You all think so. No one noticed that Guangxu's voice was getting louder and louder: "But have you ever thought that in this way, the world will also be centrifugal." If I occupy Beijing and regain power, I will not be able to gather the strength of the world, but will use troops to pacify the provinces. If these governors have the support of foreigners who want to divide China and are ambitious. How long will the civil war last? In this way, how can the Qing Dynasty, which was in turmoil with civil war, defend itself against the enemy. Why do I keep emphasizing the need to be united? It's because Daqing is weak and can't withstand such internal friction. Therefore, I can compromise and seek perfection, just to save more foundation for my China. Between the words, Guangxu couldn't help but burst into tears.

"Your Majesty-" The student who heard the emperor's righteous words knelt on the ground.

"Get up. I thought that the Queen Mother Lafayette would be here soon. ”

Inside the Summer Palace

I still don't understand why the soldiers of the Xishan battalion rushed into the Summer Palace, but when she saw the ministers asking Cixi to train the government, she understood that the Hou Party led by Cixi was going to mutiny.

"Do you know why your son went to Bada Hutong? It's because you refuse to let go. Tongzhi can't fight you, the mother, and he gave up on himself with a fire in his heart. Where did he die of smallpox, and Tongzhi was angry with your mother-" Cihui, who scolded Cixi, could only scold. There was nothing she could do about anything else.

Tongzhi's death was originally a pain in Cixi's heart, but now it is mentioned again, but it is still painful. I didn't expect Cihui to arrange his son like this, and Cixi, who had never had the idea of abolishing the emperor, began to waver. She wants to take revenge on her sister, and she wants her to taste the same pain as herself.

After placing Cihui under house arrest, Cixi, escorted by the Xishan camp, went straight to the Forbidden City along a pre-agreed route. Along the way, the guards were heavily guarded, and every intersection was guarded by officers and soldiers with loaded guns and ammunition. The messengers who rushed back and forth reported the situation in various parts of the capital to Cixi.

The Queen Mother was overjoyed, and Dong Fuxiang lived up to her expectations. Now that he has controlled the Forbidden City, the emperor is also trapped in front of the Taihe Palace. Hundreds of civil and military officials have gathered in front of the noon gate to ask the Queen Mother to discipline the government. Shi Duo, who received the news, put down his heart hanging in the air and immediately reported to the Queen Mother that he knew.

After Cixi asked in detail, she was puzzled, the left-behind officers and soldiers of the Beijing Normal University Hall and the General Staff Headquarters did not dispatch, why didn't they rescue their emperor? But what's the conspiracy? How did she know that Guangxu had no conspiracy at all, and what Guangxu put forward was an upright conspiracy.

In front of the noon gate, the officials who had been waiting for a long time saw the queen mother's car and knelt down to say goodbye. Xu Tong didn't care about etiquette, and stumbled up to meet him. This bachelor, who regards Western studies as a beast, is the new deal that he does not want to see Guangxu. Now that she has finally waited for the Queen Mother, who is correcting the dynasty and turning the tide, how can she not let him burst into tears.

"Everything is okay in the capital." Cixi got out of the car, looked at the old faces in front of her, and was relieved: "What about the emperor?" Where is it now? ”

"Back to the Queen Mother's words of Lafayette." Xu Tong replied: "Everything is normal in the capital, and the emperor is in front of the Taihe Palace." ”

With Li Lianying's support, Cixi slowly walked into the noon gate and slowly walked across the Buckingham Bridge. This flying dragon and phoenix painting is still so familiar, and every grass and tree is still unchanged. At this moment, Cixi's face was as calm as water, but her heart was already turbulent.

For more than a year, she never took the initiative to ask the government. watched the drama and visited the garden all day long, and listened patiently to the trivial things of the court ladies. But how could his mind have left here, the officials of all sizes in the court are all promoted by themselves, and the political strategy of the court is all decided by themselves. Even the emperor in front of him is also on the throne with his own hands. Shouldn't this world and this court listen to themselves?

is the emperor in front of her, who has single-handedly supported the throne, completely ignoring her own nurturing grace for more than ten years, and taking advantage of the military power of the imperial city on the occasion of the great victory over Japan, forcing herself to return to power. That's it, then return to the emperor and see what situation you can make. The king of a country should act steadily, thinking that experiencing war can make the emperor grow more. But the young and rough emperor still acts so well, how can a huge country think of a single out. Now that hundreds of officials are centrifuged, they have to come out to clean up this messy country, otherwise the ancestors' country and society will not be destroyed in the hands of the emperor.

Looking at the muzzle of the gun, Cixi resolutely walked forward. Walking into the path where the royal guards parted, behind her were the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty. It's time for the emperor to see what the people in the world want.

Under the steps of the main hall, Cixi looked up at the still unyielding emperor on the platform: "Your Majesty, the mourning family has asked the soldiers to put down their guns. Why did the emperor still let the guards point guns at the mourning family and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty? Could it be that the emperor wants to wash the Taihe Palace in blood. ”

The officials who were walking under the strict muzzle of the gun were originally discouraged, but when they saw the Queen Mother's silent expression, their morale suddenly increased greatly: "The Queen Mother is mighty." The emperor is not yet restrained. ”

"Hahaha-" Guangxu smiled, "My generals told me that these stragglers can annihilate them with a single charge. Does it matter if they are holding guns or not? Guangxu waved his hand: "Get off the gun." ”

With a "bang", the guards in the hall neatly put down their guns, and the guns stood on the left side of their straight bodies, silently but empty-eyed, looking at the hundred officials in front of them. Because in their eyes, there is only one emperor. As long as the emperor gives an order, there is no one they dare not shoot, even the queen mother. Guangxu is very satisfied with the immediate effect, and the brainwashing education brought by him over the years has paid off.

"Your Majesty, the mourning family has made a big call today. Today, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are all in the palace, and the emperor also listens to what the officials say. If you listen to it at the same time, you will listen to it in the dark, and it should be even more so when you are the emperor. Hundreds of officials followed the mourning family to the palace to discuss how this court should go in the future. With that, Cixi stepped up the steps.

In the main hall, the dragon chair is high above. Sitting on it, you can look down on all the ministers, just as on the top of the mountains, looking down on the world. In order to be able to sit here, for thousands of years there has been no chaos in killing, brothers against each other, father and son become enemies abound. Now, it's for this position again. Cixi, who was unwilling to leave the court, couldn't wait to launch a coup d'état after uniting with the Manchu ministers. For the feeling of holding the world in hand, for the pleasure of talking and laughing. But how many people sitting on it can understand that when you hold the power of the world, you should take care of the food and consumption of the people of the world.

"No need, let's talk about it here. The emperor is above, and the thick earth is below. Let the students also see and understand, and let everyone in the world know what is being discussed in the court every day. Go move two chairs. ”

Cixi snorted heavily, but did not object. Cixi wanted to see what else Guangxu could do. Cixi, who had just walked up the steps, saw Guangxu come forward and say a word in Cixi's ear, and she was shocked.

"You can't be Wu Zetian, even if the whole world is decided by you, you can only stay behind the curtain forever. And even if I am a puppet, I can stand out from the others. You'll always be behind me. ”