Chapter 722: The Fourth Brother and the Fourth Master

Hiroshi was in power for less than 100 days, and the government decree did not leave Gyeonggi, and there was no military achievement. Qing Renji concluded that in the battle of Liuliqiao, if the king of Durhan in Horqin could do his best, and the people in the city of Beijing could work together, but the "Qinwang army" in the early tens of thousands was not an invincible enemy. As long as the battle of Liuliqiao is won, the "Guangxu New Deal" will have its future, and history will be very different.

It's a pity that the reason why there was the Battle of Liuli Bridge, instead of the Battle of Bali Bridge, came with the "Qinwang Army" instead of the Anglo-Chinese Army, because Hongshi, Hongli, Manchu, and Han people still wanted to stick to the façade and did not want to fight on the main road in the south, but fought outside the Guangning Gate in the west. From this point of view, it is simply a fantasy to expect the king of Durhan to do his best and to be full of people.

Therefore, another group of Manchus saw it more deeply, believing that Hongshi should solve Hongli as soon as possible, completely eliminate Manchu dissidents, disintegrate the original court government, and replace it with a harsher and more thorough "Nine Banners Governance", so as to avoid the Battle of Liuli Bridge. At that time, not only will the defenders of Tanggu not have any dissenting intentions and can block the mouth of Dagu, but the Emperor of Shengdao will no longer turn his attention to the north due to the chaos in Jiangnan and other places, and the historical trend will be completely different.

If the former is a fantasy, the latter is simply a fool's dream, the blood stains on the dragon chair have not been cleaned up, the day after Hongshi's suicide, Hongli ascended the throne as the emperor, the year name Qianlong, and the city of Beijing was jubilant.

Because the Guangxu year name has not crossed the year, Hongli ordered to erase the Manchu and Han documents related to Guangxu, as if this history does not exist at all, he is from the Taishang Emperor Yongzheng to take the throne, the Manchu and Han courtiers are not happy to obey, it can be seen how unpopular Hongshi is.

The times have changed, after a hundred years of vicissitudes, when the Manchurians renew themselves, they reorganized this history, but when it came to the death of Hongshi, they all invariably wrote Hongshi's suicide with a fire gun as a sword to kill himself, in their eyes, Hongshi wanted to revitalize the world with the ancient Manchurian system, and must respect Manchu cavalry shooting, how could he commit suicide with a fire gun?

Hongshi's aftermath will not rise again after a hundred years or even longer, in October of the tenth year of Yongzheng, with Qianlong's accession to the throne, Beiqi Beijing is full of joy, who is Hongshi, who is Guangxu, up to the prince of the Manchu clan, the Manchu and Han ministers, down to the small people of the Qi and Han dynasties, have been deliberately forgotten, and the days have to go on......

Of course, for Xiaomin, this joy is simple, but for Hongli and the Manchu and Han princes and ministers, this joy is carried with thick tears.

"The name of the year is ...... Qianlong, meaning universal grace, all things flourish, I ......"

Hongli sat on the dragon chair, changed his name to me, and suddenly felt that the whole world was different, as if he was the pivot of heaven and earth, the link of the universe, and his own sneezing would affect the whole world.

When he was consciously placed in the throne, when he said the year name, the faint eyes of "Uncle Emperor" rolled in his mind again, and the aftertaste of Li Shi slapping him on the shoulder dominated his mind, like a heavy pressure that penetrated his whole body, not only shattering the inhuman feeling that had just surged, but also making him breathless. A strong sour feeling hit his face, and his words choked up.

"I beg the emperor to issue an edict to make the "Anglo-Qing Peace Agreement" public......

The new Minister of Military Aircraft, Liu Tongxun, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, kowtowed, also with a crying voice.

Yun and Chong'an had black faces, Zhang Tingyu and Jiang Tingxi had white faces, but they didn't make a sound. Hongshi's choice is a retro gamble, which is the road to quick death, and Hongli's choice is to endure humiliation and steal life, and there is still a way to live, and this agreement does not seem to have lost much except for the loss of face, and most of the Manchurians have felt fortunate, and no one has raised any objections to this agreement.

..., it's useless to have objections, the "Qinwang Army" still occupies the Guangning Gate, and if the Qianlong Emperor does not fulfill the contract, the city of Beiyi will no longer be of the Qing Dynasty.

"The Hanlin Academy quickly drafted the edict ......"

Thinking that he had become a nephew emperor and lived in the shadow of his uncle all day long, two lines of tears slipped down from the corners of his eyes, and Hongli cried.

Not to mention the death of the lord's humiliation of the ministers, the first article of the "Anglo-Qing Peace Agreement" puts the Qing Dynasty under the British, and is no longer the lord of the world.

"The covenant of Song Liao has reappeared, and I should have a hundred years of peace in the Qing Dynasty! And the times are sophisticated, and my Qing Dynasty is full of Mongolia, and there is no worry about the destruction of the country in the past Liaojin. Nanban is like the Song Dynasty, although it is prosperous at this time, the sages said that the prosperity will decline, and the destruction is just around the corner. Therefore, as long as I am in the Qing Dynasty, the righteousness is here, the Taoism is here, I am lying on my stomach and tasting courage, I am dormant in humiliation, and there will be a time to rise again! ”

A loud voice said righteously, and everyone in the hall hurriedly echoed it, but they all snorted in their hearts, not for this, this position is too right, no one has an opinion, but everyone's opinion on the person who spoke is too big.

This person is the new Minister of Military Aircraft, Zuodu Yushi, Wu Xiang.

Didn't this guy betray Zhang Tingyu and other Hanchen factions before, and joined the Guangxu Emperor Hongshi, became the co-minister of the General Administration Office, and was also raised the flag? How did he become the Minister of Military Aircraft of the Qianlong Dynasty again?

This is the reason why the princes and important ministers of the palace scolded him, the Liuli Bridge was defeated, the tree did not fall, the new political faction dispersed, and Wu Xiang did not know where to go. When Hongli entered the city, everyone went to pick up Hongli, but this guy appeared next to Ru Xi, and the next thing was logical.

The new monarch ascended the throne and appointed Prince Kang Chong'an, Prince Zhuang Yunlu and other Manchu clan relatives as ministers of general affairs, only handling ceremonial affairs, and the power of military affairs was still collected to the military aircraft.

Originally, the planned Minister of Military Aircraft had Prince Yun, who had been appointed as the Minister of General Affairs, and also the Jingzhou General Cha Bina and the old ministers of the Kangxi Dynasty, who had been raided because of the "correct position" in the previous incident, and Yin Tebu, who was lucky enough not to die, was uprooted, plus the loyal Fu Min and Zhang Tingyu, Jiang Tingxi, Cai Shiyuan, and Liu Tongxun, which was originally a pattern of eight military aircraft, and now there is one more Wu Xiang and has become the Ninth Army

Although he despises this person extremely in his heart, it is only because of this person that the work of cleaning up the Hongshi faction is extremely smooth, and this person is now the representative of Ruxi, so everyone can only agree.

Hongli didn't think about it so much, he felt that this was very right, after the alliance of the Yuanyuan, the north and the south enjoyed a hundred years of peace, and the "Uncle Emperor" also personally promised himself a peaceful prince, it seems that his position must be able to sit firmly.

When his mood eased up, Qianlong felt that the future was bright.

Yun saw that Hongli calmed down, and sighed in his heart, what kind of lying salary tastes gall...... The name of the Qianlong Dynasty sounds more like "Fengheng Yuda".

Discussing the implementation of the North-South Agreement, disposing of the old party of Hongshi, and cleaning up the broken hearts of the Qing Dynasty, this stall business was in full swing, and the governance and national policy of the Qianlong Dynasty was also brewing.

But there are still people who care about Yongzheng, in the Yinghua Palace, they vaguely heard the ritual music of the enthronement ceremony, and Yongzheng and Li Wei were originally crying with joy. When Ru Xi Hongli and others secretly sent drinking water before, they told the situation of the changes through the eunuchs. Now that there is a new monarch, Yongzheng subconsciously thinks that Hongli should be able to treat himself as the real emperor, anyway, he is paralyzed and can't hinder his emperor's authority.

After waiting for most of the day, I waited for a large group of people to come as I wished, all of them were dressed as guards, and their breath was fierce, Yongzheng said with a smile: "Hongli still has filial piety, I will live back in the Old Summer Palace, and the Palace of Heart Cultivation will be given to him." Military affairs are also up to him, I help him choose people, this knowledge of people, is the basic skill of the emperor, he is still young......"...,

The rest of the words couldn't go on, Li Wei looked straight at the person who came, his face was pale and uncertain, and his hand was still taken to his waist. "Ru Xi? Good! It's not in vain, Ru Anke is good, is he born? Whether it's a man or a woman, I will tell Hongli to treat ...... well."

Yongzheng turned his head, and vaguely saw that the leading guard was slim, and he was actually dressed as a woman, and he thought it was Ru Xi, and he nagged to himself.

But he still didn't finish speaking, and when he got closer, he saw that this was a woman much younger than Ru Xi, with picturesque eyebrows and a sassy and heroic spirit.

Li Wei roared and was about to pounce, but the other guards rushed up and pressed him to the ground. The woman stared at Yongzheng, looked at it for a long time like watching a rare bird, and said with a slight smile: "You are Yongzheng, why did you become a bad old man?" ”

Yongzheng's pupils constricted, and he suddenly felt a danger worse than death approaching, and he asked in a trembling voice, "Who are you and what are you doing here?" ”

"They are the ...... of the Southern Barbarians"

Li Wei shouted while struggling, but unfortunately he was old and malnourished, and he was no longer the hero of the past. Just now he could see at a glance that the temperament of these guards was very different, and they were definitely not the people of the Qing Dynasty.

One of the leaders of the guards who pressed him sneered: "What Nanban!? This is a great disrespect! Your Qianlong Emperor has to call our official family Uncle Emperor! ”

Uncle Emperor......

Yongzheng's eyes were confused, and he felt that the whole person was about to ascend to immortal again, and the woman's crisp voice floated faintly, "Originally, I came with the intention of killing you, you owe too much blood debt, and I will only avenge my family." It can be seen that you are like this, killing you is to help you get free, or to let you continue to live, full of remorse, and live with a lifetime of chagrin, is the greatest torture for you. ”

The woman looked at Li Wei again: "You are the most brutal dog, but I will also spare your life, let you and your master together, watch your country shatter, and continue to live in despair!" ”

As soon as the words fell, a short gun in his hand hit Li Wei's knee with a bang, and Li Wei howled miserably like a pig.

The woman said coldly: "You remember, my surname is Lu, and my name is Lu Siniang......"

Lu? When did I have a grudge against someone surnamed Lu? Wait, Lv ......

Yongzheng finally remembered that he was for a person surnamed Lu back then, and set off the "Great Righteous Movement of Monarchs and Ministers", and Li Wei followed his will and killed in Jiangnan.

Lu Liuliang's descendants? Yongzheng shouted in his heart, what's going on? Why can a citizen break into the Forbidden City and come specifically to deal with him!?

The woman was Siniang, seeing that Yongzheng was full of confusion, Siniang said again: "What do you want to know, someone will explain it for you." That person has been friends with you for more than 10 years and would love to meet you. ”

Junchen was changed, dressed up, carried on a stretcher, and walked out of Shenwumen unimpeded. This Forbidden City, which is both a palace and a prison, has no Yongzheng.

In the Yinghua Palace, the leader of the guards said: "Niang Niang is benevolent, Fengchi admires ......"

Siniang smiled bitterly: "If you want to scold, just scold the woman for being soft-hearted, Gan Fengchi, but before scolding, he still quickly helped me deal with the beginning and tail." ”

Gan Fengchi said with a smile: "The official family has already expected it, and has instructed Fengchi to make preparations. Find two death row inmates with similar shapes and cut off their heads. Siniang pouted: "I was thinking about the official family, so I didn't do it, but the official family got a cheap ......."

The origin of this matter is very deep, originally Siniang had no chance to enter the Forbidden City.

When Ruxi negotiated with Li Xi, he mentioned a headache for the new Qianlong Dynasty, that is, the existence of Emperor Yongzheng. Whether it is Hongshi or Hongli, whether it is a Manchu clan or a Han minister, they all feel that this Yong, whose vitality is like a small strong, is like a hot potato, and he doesn't know what to do. …,

Ru Xi no longer had half a thought about Yongzheng at this time, but regarded it as a commodity, and felt that it was given to Li Shi, so that Li Shi could kill him quickly, and Qianlong Xinchao announced that he was sick and died, so both parties were happy. At a glance, he saw through Ru Xi's intention to kill the legacy with his own hands, but Li Xi did not refuse, so that the Qianlong Dynasty could settle down and the "Yingqing Peace Agreement" could be implemented, which was also his true wish. At this time, there were frequent chaos in the new and restored places, and the contradictions between the people's hearts and the economy and other aspects of the old land were about to boil, so he had to turn south and specialize in internal affairs.

Dealing with Yongzheng is not only to help Ru Xi and Qianlong, but for Li Shi, completely eliminating this old opponent for more than ten years can be regarded as ending a grievance.

But at this time, the situation is different, the mood is also different, Li Xi has no killing intent towards Yongzheng, a paralyzed emperor, what's the point of killing, wouldn't it be better to let him live and suffer? I just want to meet and chat.

At this time, Siniang stood up and said that the reason why her surname was Lu was because she had made a wish to kill Yongzheng to avenge the hundreds of clansmen of the Lu family. Li Xianxin said, this is good, anyway, both sides are selfish, Siniang's wishes are given priority, so he promised Siniang to take the black cat into the Forbidden City, Yongzheng is dead or alive, and Siniang is the master.

The result was as Li Si expected, it was really to the point that Siniang, like him, had no murderous intent.

The scene was quickly set up, and the death row prisoners were beheaded on the spot, and half of the white walls were sprayed with blood. Looking at the white wall, Siniang gritted her teeth and said: "How can you not let Na Ru Xi be proud, this matter has to be clear!" ”

This matter is a secret agreement between the two sides, just like Li Shi's request to flee to Anhui after the fall of Nanchang City, and Tian Wenjing, who is also preparing to gather troops to resist and resist to put on a rebellious hat and kill this person, cannot be breathed. But Siniang felt very unhappy, the enmity of the Lu family, regardless of the substance and name, had to be avenged.

She folded a branch into a pen, dipped it in human blood, and wrote a few big characters on the white wall: "Lu Siniang killed Yongzheng here", scarlet and wild grass, shocking.

The legend of Li Shi's previous life is imprinted in this time and space, and his legend is fundamentally different from this legend. But there is a fact that is no longer a legend, the body of "Yongzheng" is indeed a head carved from wood on the headless corpse, and then buried alone in the Tailing Tomb west of Beijing.

In the big tent outside the Guangning Gate, Li Xi held his arms and looked at the city of Beiyi Jingcheng heavily,

"Why don't you go into the city?"

"It's okay to step on it."

Xiao Sheng and Fan Jin were talking on the side, their hearts full of regret.

Li Shi shook his head: "It's still coming, why rush for a while?" ”

The two raised their eyebrows, indeed, what is there to be anxious about......

Two stretchers were carried over, one of the big men, Li Shi recognized it at a glance, and the other bad old man with white braids and salivating at the corners of his mouth sucked Li Shi's whole mind.

The bad old man's mouth was squirming, and he felt something different, and when he turned his head to look, he was also stunned, there was no reason, he recognized Li Shi like this.

In an instant, time and space seemed to change, and it seemed to return to the Baihualou in Guangzhou more than ten years ago, when the two of them were the closest to each other. Li Shi is still the fourth brother of the youth, and Yongzheng is still the fourth master of cold noodles.

The fourth brother and the fourth master, the old enemies, stirred up the enemies of the north and the south in their personal grievances, the enmity between the Manchus and the Hans, and the distinction between Huayi and Huayi, became a vortex, pushing history step by step to today.

Li Xian smiled at Yongzheng: "Fourth master, do you feel good?" ”

In an extremely short moment, Yongzheng was scorched by the flames of anger, remorse, and unwillingness, and his whole body was burning, and he seemed to have the strength to jump up, hold his hands together, and strangle Li Shi in front of him.

But the faint smile on Li Xian's face, like the majestic Yinghua in the south, is deep and vast, unattainable, unfathomable, and the fire is extinguished, replaced by endless helplessness.

Thinking of his own actions to his father, the actions of his two sons to himself, the division of the Manchurian people in the "Hundred Days Restoration", and in the end, there was only one Li Wei beside him, and it was endless inferiority complex that chased after the helpless surge.

Li Xi ——! I'm going to eat you! Eat your ......"

Li Wei struggled and roared on the side, probably because he ate too much, and his mouth was a word for eating.

"Shut up!"

Yongzheng struggled to maintain his imperial dignity, but except for turning his head and spitting, there were no more actions to express his emotions.

"I ...... I...... I want to live ......"

Then he looked at Li Shi, and his face was indifferent.

"I want to live and see what the ending will be between you and Daqing."

Li Xian smiled, this was also his wish.

"Live well, and see how God does justice."

[End of this volume]