"Hey~~" Thinking of the predicament of the court, the three brothers all showed a trace of melancholy, and Yixun sighed again: "Today's court, from the cabinet to the governor's county, there are few sincere errands, but there are countless people who fill their private pockets. ”

Yi Xun also shook his head and said: "In the end, it has been Chengping for too long, the people's hearts are scattered, and the military affairs are wasted, otherwise how can bandits wreak havoc in the south for four years?" And the bandits have not been settled, and there is a greater threat of short hair, the imperial brother, the younger brother heard that the short hair is the use of Western methods to train the army, the firepower is fierce, can I also hire foreigners to help train the army? ”

"Hmm~~" Xianfeng nodded and said: "The sixth and seventh are right, the Qing Dynasty is indeed in need of change, and the country passed down by the ancestors cannot be destroyed in my hands, but I have one good thing in the Qing Dynasty, that is, the brothers are concentric, and its benefits are gold, not to mention that the court is not without loyal people, such as Sushun, Duanhua, Jingshou, etc., can be used.

In addition, since the bandits went north last year, the martial law in Beijing has been in force for a long time, and the people have been quite inconvenient, and now they have won a complete victory. ”

"Wow!" A eunuch flashed out from the side, made a thousand, and just exited the door, at this time, another eunuch walked to the door in small steps, and called inward: "Your Majesty, the commander of the infantry army has an urgent military request to see the prince." ”

"Huh?" The three brothers looked at each other and felt very strange. The full name of the commander of the infantry army is the commander of the five battalions of the Nine Gate Infantry Army, that is, the famous commander of the Nine Gates. Responsible for the guarding and access control of the nine gates in the Beijing Division, and night patrols, firefighting, compiling and protecting armor, bans, arrests, prison breaks, etc. In fact, he is the commander of the royal forbidden army, and he needs to execute thousands of bandits today, and it is when he needs to maintain order that he needs to come to face the saint?

Xianfeng was puzzled, and stretched out his hand slightly: "Xuan!" ”

"Wow!" The eunuch was ordered to leave.

After a while, Zaiquan hurriedly came quickly, his face full of anxiety and uneasiness, but he still followed the rules and snapped twice. Slapped the sleeves alternately with both palms, and straightened the collar, and then knelt down to salute: "Slave Zaiquan, please the emperor Da'an!" ”

Xianfeng waved his hand: "Get up!" ”

"Emperor Xie!" Zaiquan thanked him and got up, and arched his hand to Yixun and Yixun: "Are Prince Gong and Prince Xian okay?" ”

Yixun smiled slightly: "The Hongfu of the prince of Dingding, my brothers eat fragrantly, sleep deeply, I don't know what happened to the prince of Ding's palace to face the saint?" ”

Zaiquan's face was immediately covered with a layer of anxiety, and he said to Xianfeng urgently: "Your Majesty, the slave received an urgent report from the Fengtai battalion. There is a short-haired group that is going north quickly, about tens of thousands of people, currently stationed in five miles outside the Yongding Gate, and the slaves have come to ask for a letter cannon! ”

In the tenth year of Shunzhi, the Qing court set up five letter cannons in Baita Mountain. Set up a gold medal for firing guns, which is stored in the inner court in case of emergency. The royal front or the yamen sent someone to Baita Mountain with the gold medal, and the cannon was verified by the letter cannon officer on duty. As soon as I heard the sound of the White Tower cannon, the nine letter cannons in it should respond. If the report is not in time, the cannon will be fired in one place, and the cannon will be fired elsewhere in response, and the officers and men stationed in Beijing will gather to wait for the order when they hear about the letter and cannon.

The kings, ministers, guards, officers and soldiers on duty in the Forbidden City, as well as the gates, piles, fences, fire squads and officers and soldiers on duty in the city, shall guard their own squads and shall not leave without permission!

The officers and soldiers who are not on duty also immediately put on armor and carry out their weapons, the ministers and guards of the guard department gather outside the Donghua Gate or the Xihua Gate according to the left and right wings, the officers and soldiers of the Internal Affairs Office gather outside the Shenwu Gate, the forward battalion, the guard barracks, the two yellow flags gather in Di'anmen, the two white flags gather in Dong'anmen, the two red flags gather in Xi'an Gate, and the two blue flags gather **, the commander of the escort army and other officers go to the noon gate to listen, the officers and soldiers of the Eight Banners Xiao Cavalry Battalion each go to the flood land where their banners live, and the officers and soldiers of the Metropolitan and Deputy Commanders also go to the noon gate to listen, and the officers and soldiers of the infantry battalion go to the city to guard, and the officers and soldiers of the patrol battalion guard the bridge outside the city. The outer firearms battalion marched to Fuchengmen, and the Jianrui battalion marched to Xizhimen to prepare for dispatch.

This is an emergency response system, until life and death, must not be taken lightly, the Qing Dynasty has never let go of a letter cannon since the founding of the country.

Suddenly, the faces of the three Xianfeng brothers changed drastically, and Yi Xun asked anxiously: "The bandits have just been destroyed, why did the short hair come out again?" Still stationed troops outside the capital? Where did he come from, and why didn't he see the urgent documents from the provinces along the way? ”

Zaiquan couldn't answer this, he also wondered, how could there be short hair for no reason, when he received the emergency report from the Fengtai battalion, he didn't believe it, and deliberately ran to Yongding Gate to see it, sure enough, tens of thousands of horses, short hair, wearing Western-style military uniforms, not short hair that has a tendency to overshadow bandits in the limelight in the south, who else can there be?

Yixun took over and said: "There is no letter in Tianjin, which shows that Shorthair did not come by sea, but went north along the old road of the bandits, but the monk and the prince Hui were ordered to suppress the bandits, how could they not intercept the shorthair, is it a mistake?" ”

No one could have thought that the Seng Greenqin Department and the Shengbao Department were wrapped in dumplings, and the Democratic Alliance army marched fast, and did not give the city along the way a chance to report the news, Yi Xun arched his hand to Xianfeng: "Brother Huang, and no matter where the short hair comes from, the prince will be old and serious, and he will not lie, the capital is suddenly attacked by foreign enemies, or the people are panicked, and the younger brother asks the imperial brother to take out the gold medal and put the letter cannon to clean up the order." ”

Xianfeng turned his head and said: "Come on, take the gold medal of the cannon and come out!" ”

"Wow!" A eunuch Shi Li left, and immediately after, another eunuch called outside: "Your Majesty, the Minister of the Guards and the Deputy Capital of the White Banner ask to see you." ”

To tell the truth, Xianfeng doesn't have a good impression of Fuxing, he has to be promoted to the rank of knight after losing the battle, he feels that he has been tricked, as an emperor, this taste is very uncomfortable, but he can't get Fuxing's handle, so he can only swallow this sulk.

The emperor does not mean that he can do it, at least he must be charged!

Xianfeng's face was full of disgust, and he waved his hand: "I don't see you, I don't see you, there is a short-haired person who comes to the door, how can I have time to see him?" Let him go to Dong'anmen to listen to the errand! ”

"Wait!" Yi Xun stopped and said: "Brother Huang, Fuxing should know that you hate him, and he usually won't enter the palace to disturb you, so there must be something important, it's better for you to see him, at least there is no loss." ”

"Hmm~~" Xianfeng thought about it and nodded reluctantly: "Pass him in!" ”

"Wow!" The eunuch also bowed and withdrew.

The minister of the inner guard is the emperor's security officer, can walk freely in the forbidden palace, Fuxing is waiting outside the palace, as soon as he heard the edict of Xianfeng, he immediately came in, and knelt down respectfully to greet him: "Slave Fuxing please the emperor Da'an, long live the emperor, long live long live!" ”

Xianfeng didn't bother with him, and asked directly: "Fuxing, what's the matter with me?" ”

Li Dingguo only brought Wang Feng's letter to Fuxing, but there is a question here, that is, how did he know that the Democratic Alliance army was going to exchange prisoners with the court? According to common sense, the first person to know should be the Admiral of Jiumen, not him, if he boldly reports, maybe he will be dug up and his relationship with Wang Feng, and then he will be guilty of bullying the king, and it is possible to be beheaded by a raider!

After pondering all the way, Fuxing had already thought of the wording, and immediately replied: "Back to the emperor, the housekeeper of the servant mansion went out of the city this morning to run errands, and was stopped by a short-haired force of tens of thousands of people, and asked him to send a message to the court!"

They claimed to be the first and second divisions of the short-haired Second Army, led by their bandit leader Wang Feng, and annihilated nearly 50,000 troops of the monk and the Shengda under the city of Linqing, and captured more than 4,000 monks and princes, Hui Wangye, Shengda and the following bannermen, and wanted to exchange bandit leaders Lin Fengxiang and Li Kaifang and below with the court, the slaves got the news, were shocked, did not dare to delay, and entered the palace to report to the emperor!

In an instant, including Zaiquan, Xianfeng, Yixun and Yixun all changed their complexions, and nearly 50,000 people were annihilated, including bannermen and Mongolian cavalry, which was not a thunderbolt on a sunny day!

Xianfeng's eyes were even darker, and he almost fainted on the spot, losing 50,000 in a battle, which was unprecedented in the Qing Dynasty since Taizu raised his army!

"Brother Huang, Brother Huang!" Yi Xun and Yi Xun hurriedly supported from the left and right!

Xianfeng shook his head, the whole person was like a serious illness, extremely sluggish, and said in a weak voice: "I'm fine, you let go." ”

The brothers looked at each other, carefully let go of their hands, Xianfeng's body shook, but he still stood straight on the ground.

Zaiquan stretched out his hand and asked: "Lord Fu, the monk and the prince have led the army for more than ten years, and the art of war belongs to the top in my Qing Dynasty, even if it is not the enemy, it should be okay to retreat, how can it be wiped out by shorthair?" Can you confirm that Shorthair's statement is true? Have you ever seen the monk and the prince of Hui, and the soldiers below them? If you disturb the emperor with false statements, can you afford it? ”

Fuxing knelt on the ground and didn't get up yet, and suddenly cried: "Your Majesty, the servant is honest and honest, and he will never dare to tell such a big lie. ”

Xianfeng raised his hand: "Shorthair is just outside the city, it shouldn't be a lie, Fuxing, you get up first." ”

"Emperor Xie!" Fuxing thanked him and stood up.

At this time, the eunuch presented the gold medal for firing artillery, and Xianfeng handed it to Zaiquan and said: "Zaiquan, you go to Chongwenmen to fire the cannon quickly!" ”

Although Zaiquan is a sixty-year-old man, but a generation lower than Xianfeng, Aixinjue Luo's entry into the Central Plains, the descendants were not named according to the generation, the Kangxi period only adopted the Han people according to the method of naming according to the generation, in the early years of Kangxi, several princes had been named after the three words of inheritance, protection and long, Kangxi 20 years before the fixed children for the Yinzi, grandchildren with Hong, great-grandchildren with Yong, Qianlong and according to a poem he made, set the descendants with Yong, Mian, Yi, Zai, Daoguang and increase Pu, Yu, Heng, Qi, Xianfeng is the time of youth, temporarily undecided.

Therefore, Zaiquan is Xianfeng's nephew in terms of generation, and Xianfeng calls him by his name.

"Wow!" Zaiquan respectfully accepted the gold medal and retreated. (To be continued......)

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