Flag!

A tricolor flag fluttered on the roof of the Dongzhimen Tower in the smoke of gunfire, and at the first moment, no one seemed to notice this flag, but it was only a second or two of effort, and the gunners on the battery, who had stopped shelling, saw the flag through the binoculars. Suddenly, there was a wave of cheers covering up the battery, and then the entire position, the city resounded with earth-shattering cheers.

"Fuck the Ninth Battalion!"

In this burst of cheers, reporters used their cameras to record this most important scene, and the Qing Dynasty's Yanjing fell in only half a day.

At this time, braving flying shrapnel and even bullets, he walked to George, who was under the city wall? Ernest? Morrison, the chief correspondent of The Times in China, took a few recent photographs, and after taking these photos, he waded up to the city wall with the attacking troops, and took pictures on the city wall, and then standing on the city wall, a point that he had just overlooked on the ground fell into his eyes.

On the ground, every corpse in a green military uniform, they fell with their heads facing forward, none of them fell with their heads facing backwards, they still maintained an offensive posture until they died, after noticing this detail, he hurriedly took a photo, and then noticed the corpses on the city wall, most of the corpses of the Qing soldiers on the city wall were turned back to the ground, but most of them were shot in the back or bayoneted, apparently killed while fleeing.

A few details will reveal some unknown information, at least all this in front of him, but it makes him believe in the fact that the country's army has been reborn, at least compared to the Guangfu army and the Qing army.

"Hooray!"

"Long live the Great Han!"

At this time, on the arrow tower of Dongzhi Gate, there was a wave of cheers that overshadowed the waves, and the troops who captured the arrow tower stood by the ruins of the front building, raising their arms high, waving the weapons in their hands and shouting long live.

"They do have a right to cheer!"

Suddenly, a voice sounded next to Morrison, it was McCormick, who was a reporter for the New York Times in the United States, and had also puffed up in the newspaper that "China's recovery will point the way for the recovery of the whole of Asia, and the dawn of a new era has appeared", in McCormick's eyes, whether the Chinese elect an emperor or a president through one person, one vote, will become an example for the whole of Asia for this country and this continent.

As he spoke, he pointed to the corpses on the walls before speaking.

"Today...... They destroyed a decaying empire! ”

When McCormick said this, the sun was setting and the capital was shrouded in gunsmoke, but it showed a different kind of beauty.

"This is the end of the empire!"

"It's also the beginning of a new empire, isn't it?"

When the glow of the sunset shone on the scorched walls and broken tiles of the outer city, propaganda bombs fired by mortars shot into the inner city from all directions, and white pieces of paper flew over the inner city like butterflies. Due to the gray-yellow explosion smoke and the evening breeze, some of them fluttered for a long time before falling to the ground.

The fierce battle for the outer city ended in the evening, and the battlefield that had been resounding for a long time suddenly fell silent. It was so silent that one imagined that the battle was over, and not a single shot could be heard for a long time.

The sky slowly darkened, the red sunset disappeared, and the night was about to cover the entire capital, which had been shrouded in gunsmoke, and Yanjing of these two dynasties was still shrouded in gunpowder smoke at this time.

"Slaves want to die!"

A few days ago, relying on the protection of King Qing and the other three military planes, he was afraid of messing up the army's heart, his life was saved, and he even came to his military plane in front of him, but now this outer city is broken, and naturally he came to admonish again.

"So far, even if he escapes into the legation, he is just a dead king under the fence, a minister who has surrendered to the enemy, and has not seen a king who surrendered to the enemy. Minion...... The slave invited the emperor to go to the city tower to fight with the officials and the people! ”

"Stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of no firewood."

Qingwang Yixuan said.

"The situation has collapsed to this point today, even if the emperor is martyred, it will be useless, and it will be useless to die in vain, it is better to temporarily hide in the legation, who knows what will happen in the future! Maybe in the future, the people of the world will think of the good of our Qing Dynasty again, and then the natural emperor will have the day when he will win the world again, not to mention, now that he has agreed to take refuge in the legation. ”

As he spoke, he took a deep breath and said.

"This is said to be fighting with the Russians in the Kanto, maybe when they finish the war, they will give us the Kanto region, no matter how bad it is, we can keep the land of our ancestors!"

"The backbone of this banner man has been lost to you!"

Rong Qing roared angrily and looked up at the emperor.

"Your Majesty, you know all about today's situation. Jiangshan Sheji is not guaranteed today, we buried the ancestors of the three hundred years of the world, the slaves only invite the emperor, to die for the country, to be a personal example, and to establish a watch for eternity. ”

Guangxu, who was stared at by Rong Qing like this, was only shocked by Rong Qing's words at this time, "Okay, you Rong Lao Si, you are here to bewitch the emperor again, last time everyone said that you were hysterical, I didn't kill you, this time...... If you want to die, you have to die! ”

There was a rebuke in front of the door of the Qinzheng Palace, Guangxu couldn't help but look up, only to see that the Queen Mother didn't know when she came, the Queen Mother's face was stiff, her color was blue, and there was no smile on her face, only an angry face.

"Please decree the emperor to kill this disobedient thief!"

With this face, Guangxu's desire to intercede for Rongqing was forced.

"Haha! Kill! Yehnara! ”

Rong Qing's eyes widened, staring at Cixi, and there would be no more Lafayette's grace in his mind.

"It's you, it's you who destroyed the Great Qing Kingdom, and the three hundred years of your ancestors are destroyed in the hands of your Yehenara clan!"

The anger on Cixi's face, who was scolded, became even more angry, and she stared at Rong Si through gritted teeth.

"Someone, drag him out for me!"

After Rongqing was dragged out, Cixi set her eyes on Guangxu again, forcing Guangxu to look at her.

"Please make an order from the emperor and kill Rongqing!"

"Ah......h

Guangxu, who was forced to look, grabbed the pen with trembling hands, the brush in his hand was heavy, and his eyes were full of tears, and he finally finished writing a Zhu edict. A tear fell, fortunately, it didn't fall on the red pen, so it didn't cause the handwriting to ripple. Li Lianying was on his side, she could see it clearly, and the boss in her heart couldn't bear it, so she hurriedly took a handkerchief and handed it to the emperor.

"Please wipe the sweat of the emperor."

Words and actions have ulterior motives. The words were addressed to the Empress Dowager Cixi, indicating that the water stains on Zhu Yu were sweat, and the hand towel was more than just wiping sweat, but mainly for the emperor to wipe his tears.

Wiping away his tears, the emperor turned around and held Zhu Yu in both hands, but the Empress Dowager Cixi did not answer, only said.

"Read it to me."

"Yes!" The voice trembled a little.

Li Lianying hurriedly picked up a cup of chrysanthemum tea mixed with honey.

"The emperor first drink saliva and moisten his throat."

As he spoke, he winked again and motioned to the Emperor not to make any more trembling sounds.

The emperor bowed slightly, took a sip of chrysanthemum tea, adjusted his breathing, and read slowly:

"The Minister of Military Aircraft is Rong Qing, who has been repeatedly participated in and has a bad reputation. It is said that when dealing with foreign affairs, each has selfish intentions. Whenever he is summoned, he plays arbitrarily, speaks of disorder, and admonishes the two palaces disrespectfully, which is really disrespectful! If they are not severely punished, how can they purge the masses? Rongqing is to practice the Dharma and show the precepts. Chin this! ”

"That's all!"

Empress Dowager Cixi said.

"You take it first, do you agree with it?"

After a cold snort, the four military ministers next to him, Prince Qing Yixuan, Wang Wenshao, Lu Chuanlin, and Qu Hongzhen, would say anything more, but they just hung their heads.

Seeing that they didn't speak, the Empress Dowager Cixi didn't ask any more, but just turned her head to look at Guangxu and said.

"Emperor, isn't your Zhu edict going to be handed over?"

"Yes...... Yes! ”

Guangxu's voice was extremely low, and with a pale and slender hand that seemed to be wrapped in bones, he picked up a piece of paper in front of him and stretched it out from the imperial case.

Lu Chuanlin hurriedly stood up, took Zhu Yu, and stood up to read it, looking quite at a loss. Qu Hongzhen couldn't help it, and reached out to pull Lu Chuanlin's clothes. This time, he reminded him and immediately handed over Zhu Yu to him. Someone went to deal with this problem, and he breathed a sigh of relief, wiped his sweat, and went back to his place.

At this time, Qu Hongzhen had finished reading Zhu Yu, so he knelt down and kowtowed.

"Play the queen mother, the minister has something to say."

The banner people can call themselves "slaves", but Qu Hongzhen, the Han people, can't even be called "slaves".

"What words!"

The Empress Dowager Cixi spoke quickly, and then stared at Qu Hongzhen and snorted coldly.

"For this Rong Laosi, who should suffer a thousand knives, it's not okay to intercede."

"The Empress Dowager Shengming,"

Qu Hongzhen praised it first, and then said.

"According to the crimes accused in Zhu Yu, Rongqing is not guilty of capital crimes, and the slaves have the courage to ask the queen mother and the emperor to retract their orders."

"The Queen Mother, this Rongqing, please the emperor, the queen mother martyrdom, if it is in normal times, it is a big disrespect, if it is now, it is also a brave loyalty, now, how many loyal ministers are there, and please ask the queen mother to chill the hearts of the world's ministers."

"Queen Mother, Rong Qing deserves to die, just for his words, Ling Chi is executed, and he deserves it. However, talents are rare, and the queen mother and the emperor are invited to be extraordinarily successful. Leave him with his life, and let him go up to the wall to atone for his sins. ”

Although he didn't have a good impression of that Rongqing, Yixuan didn't have a good impression of it, but now that the country is going to die, what else is there to say, thinking that Yixuan will intercede for Rongqing again, last time he was forced to intercede because the three of them were interceding, and he couldn't get over his face if he didn't intercede, but this time he pleaded from the bottom of his heart.

"You mean, let him go up to the city to defend the city?"

Empress Dowager Cixi sneered.

"In my opinion, it's better not to let him deal with thieves!"

"The instructions of the Queen Mother, the minions don't understand ......."

"Yixuan,"

The Empress Dowager Cixi reprimanded impatiently.

"You want to resist?"

Hearing this, Yixuan hurriedly met his head, but still said a word.

"The slave doesn't dare, please ask the Queen Mother and the Emperor to spare Rongqing!"

"Please the Queen Mother, the Emperor, spare the glory!"

Wang Wenshao, Lu Chuanlin, and Qu Hongzhen knelt down at the same time and begged for Rongqing.

"Please the Queen Mother, the Emperor, read the Rongqing Manmen for generations of loyalty, and I am loyal and unwilling, spare him from dying!"

As Yixuan pleaded again, Wang Wenshao, Lu Chuanlin, and Qu Hongzhen repeated.

"You...... You ......"

Pointing to the four military ministers kneeling on the ground, Cixi with anger on her face was speechless for a long time, she didn't expect even Yixuan to ...... Guangxu, who was also taken aback by this scene and trembled by the sound of gunfire that afternoon, raised his feet and ignored Li Lianying's gentle shaking of his head, and also walked off the dragon chair and knelt in front of the Queen Mother.

"Please kiss Dad, in the midst of the glory, spare him from dying!"

The five people who knelt on the ground were all scared out of a cold sweat, they knew what they would do if the Queen Mother was angry, Gengzi was about to break the city, and she wanted a few people's heads.

Cixi, whose face was blue and angry, stared at the five people kneeling on the ground, she first looked at Guangxu, this emperor can do this kind of thing, it is all because King Qing and the four of them gave him the courage to encourage him, and then look at King Qing, with King Qing's status today, and when his mother's family was poor, King Qing's friendship with each other, only to get to this point, the reason why he is like this, if Xu is really afraid of colding the hearts of people in the world, but this person's heart is not cold early?

Despite the fire in her heart, Cixi looked at these five people and finally sighed.

"That's it, let him go to Donghua Gate to guard the city!"

Cixi knew that in the future, she would have to rely on the ability of these four military ministers to help her mother pass the words under the fence, if it chilled their hearts...... Ay...... When the Queen Mother made this will and withdrew from the Qinzheng Palace, the four people kneeling on the ground were already scared of sweat and heavy clothes, and Guangxu was even more frightened to sit on his lap all the time, staring like death, unable to move for a long time.

Out of the Qinzheng Palace, listening to the sound of cannons from the outer city, the heart of the Empress Dowager Cixi immediately rose again.

Thinking about it, she knew she had to make a final decision.

"Lianying, you quietly go and prepare a set of clothes, just like the old woman of a small Han family wears."

"Yes!"

Li Lianying was taken aback, and thought to herself, I am afraid that this time I will have to change her makeup and take refuge, just like in the year of Gengzi.

Just as she was about to raise her doubts, the Empress Dowager Cixi spoke again.

"You can do it right away!"

"Yes!"

"Lianying," Cixi looked up at the already dark sky.

"We've got to go again!"

"Yes!"

Li Lianying's voice was as usual, but her expression was obviously nervous, she bent her waist even more, and her eyes rolled up from time to time, looking at the face of the Queen Mother.

"I'm not sure when I'll be able to come back this time."

Empress Dowager Cixi paused for a moment and said.

"Maybe, I won't be able to come back in this life."

She sighed as she spoke.

"And find some big carts, and transport as much of the houseware in the palace as you can, and you will have to send someone under the fence in the future, I'm afraid it won't work if you don't have any money in your hand!"

"No matter what, the emperor has to go with Lafayette."

This will be the same as last time, Li Lianying still hasn't forgotten the emperor.

"Of course. In addition......"

The Empress Dowager Cixi groaned that the emperor had to go with her.

"Look at the creation of each man!"

This means that if you meet and follow, you have to stay in the palace if you are not in front of the Empress Dowager Cixi. In the future, life and death, blessing and misfortune, each according to the destiny of heaven.

"Slave...... Minion Command! ”

With tears in his eyes, Rong Qing, who knelt on the ground, received the holy decree, this time it was the same as last time, and he still didn't kill him, but let him go to Donghua Gate to guard the city, and entered the customs from the Qing Dynasty.

"Hua Qing,"

Qu Hongzhen looked at Rong Qing, who stood up tremblingly, and handed over the holy decree to him.

"You're a smart man, why are you always confused!"

"Confused ......"

Rong Qing smiled bitterly, isn't it, he is just confused, the queen mother and the emperor didn't stay in Beijing last time, not to mention this time, forget it!

"This Great Qing Kingdom is really dead!"

"There will always be a time to die!"

"But no one has been martyred!"

"You have to save the royal face!"

"If you are martyred, you can save it!"

"You're still confused!"

"I'm confused, I know better than anyone else!"

As he spoke, Rong Qing set his eyes on Qu Hongzhen and stared at him.

"Zijiu, you know, why did I break off diplomatic relations and agree to let the emperor and queen mother hide from them, they want to mess with China!"

Qu Hongzhen just smiled bitterly, saying that he didn't understand his thoughts.

"I am a minister of the Qing Dynasty, but I am also a Chinese person!"

Seeing that Qu Hongzhen ignored him, Rong Qing just sighed bitterly.

"It's been hundreds of years, what's the difference between the banner people and the Han people, what's the matter...... You can't bring foreign troops into China! ”

Obviously, Qu Hongzhen didn't expect Rong Qing to say such a thing, he just looked at Rong Qing, and he didn't expect that Rong Qing, who was "loyal and righteous", would actually ...... "There is no martyred monarch, let me be a martyred minister!" ”

Seeing Qu Hongzhen's puzzlement, Rong Qing hugged his fists and bowed to Qu Hongzhen.

"Please Zijiu tell King Qing, Rong Siyu is disrespectful, please King Qing is not strange, if it is the next life, Rong Si will repay King Qing for mentioning some grace back then!"

As he spoke, he bowed deeply.

"Rong Si has thanked all his colleagues for saving their lives, I am afraid that this kindness will only be repaid in the next life!"

As he spoke, without waiting for Qu Hongzhen to speak, he turned around and walked quickly towards the outside of the camp, "Hua Qing,"

muttering the word Rongqing on his lips, Qu Hongzhen returned the salute to his back, estimating that this Rongqing was going to die for the country.

As soon as he got out of the palace, the sedan chair man even pressed down the sedan chair, but Rongqing ignored the sedan chair man, and in the place where the horses were circled outside the camp, he took a pen and wrote a short message.

"Leha, sir, I'm not going home, you go home and hand this letter to Madame, just say...... Say....... ”

As he spoke, Rong Qing suddenly burst into tears, and his voice became choked.

"This Rong family has been loyal to martyrs for generations, this country is going to die, and the loyal name of the Rong family depends on Mrs. to be loyal? Do you understand? ”

When the last word came out, Rong Qing immediately covered his face, covered his mouth, staggered and jumped on the horse, whipped the horse and ran towards Donghua Gate.

Leha, who saw something bad on the old man's face, saw the words in the letter clearly through the palace lamp.

"The Rong family has been loyal for generations, please burn it to the family! If the son does not obey, please Leha kill the son, if the woman does not obey, please Leha kill the woman! ”

"Sir!"

Leha, who knelt down, hurriedly knelt down, and kept kowtowing to the old man's back, knocking heavily on the bluestone slab every time, and after knocking a few times, he staggered in the direction of the house.

(Regarding the imperial system, speechless needs to be explained, this imperial system cannot be a traditional imperial system, the first is impossible, the second followers need to divide the power, and the third needs to limit power, as for the choice of the imperial system, there are also some considerations of the future overall situation of the novel, as for the path of the imperial system...... Well! I want to say it speechlessly, everyone will understand later.

Chen Moran is different from Sima, and there is also a trace of similarity between the two, Sima is constantly introspecting himself, but Chen Moran is fascinated, of course, there are occasional police provinces.

In the trailer of the little citizens, Speechless once said that "the little citizens have taken one road, and Man Jianghong will take another road", different times and different choices, but I didn't see the end, who can predict the future? In the small citizens, the speechless lazy avoided many questions directly, in Manjianghong, the speechless will not avoid many questions as much as possible, and in the end, in fact, everyone knows that the imperial system is not a problem, but behind the imperial system, and at the end of the novel, everyone may understand the choice of speechless today. Man Jianghong will only become more and more powerful. In short, I hope that everyone can continue to support Man Jianghong. The following is domestic and foreign affairs, it depends on how Chen Moran plays those nine balls! Woohoo! Ask for a commuter pass! Seek to read)

(To be continued)