In the early morning of February 28, 1917, Beijing, the Forbidden City.

“…… Long live the lord, long live the lord has news, long live the lord is in the Six Nations Hotel in Dongjiaomin Lane! A eunuch from the Forbidden City hurriedly rushed into the Heart Cultivation Palace, and before the person arrived, he had already loudly reported the latest news received by the male duck.

There were a few exhalations in the main hall, and several young Manchu princes Beile jumped up first, exhaling while saying things like the blessing of the ancestors and ancestors.

"Is the news true? Are these bandits lying to us? ”

Emperor Guangxu's little wife, Concubine Jin, frowned and muttered. This fat concubine has not been able to eat or sleep well for more than a month, and the whole person has lost a lot, but it is much more interesting to look at.

"No, no." As soon as Prince Zaifeng heard Concubine Jin's words, the smiling face that had just been revealed disappeared, and he hurriedly stood up and said to the two concubines: "I'll go to the Liuguo Hotel and welcome the emperor back to the palace, the emperor will be fine, he will be fine." As he spoke, he ran out, completely forgetting the number of courtesies and ministers.

"Lord Wang, let's hurry up and hang up the phone to the Japanese Legation and ask them to send troops to escort the Six Nations Hotel!" Baylor Zaizhen, who had just arrived in Beijing, hurriedly reminded him at this time. By the way, his father, Prince Qing Yikuang, had already been hung up at the end of last month, but because the little emperor was "on patrol", no one could issue an edict to let him attack the knighthood, so it was still Baylor's identity at the moment.

"Yes, yes, yes! Let the Japanese send troops to protect ...... The Chinese army can't enter Dongjiaomin Lane, it is the world of foreign devils, as long as the Japanese send troops to protect, the emperor will be safe. ”

"I don't think the emperor will go back to the Forbidden City, just live in the Japanese concession in Tianjin!"

"There are Japanese escorts there, no matter how safe they are, even the Red Brigade will not dare to spread wild on the territory of the Japanese!"

"Why go to Tianjin, just go to Dalian, there is the border of the Kanto Prefecture controlled by the Japanese, and the Eastern Army is in town, so it is the real peace of mind."

A few princes and Baylor who came from Tianjin and Guanwai all wanted Emperor Xuantong to leave Beijing and take refuge with the Japanese.

Prince Alcohol stopped, turned around and glanced coldly at these princes, and said lightly: "Why go to the Japanese Concession, just go to Japan, it's also the safest there!" ”

Several princes and Baylor stayed on the spot, in fact, their minds were all about using the power of Japan to dream of restoration again. However, Prince Alcohol obviously doesn't have such thoughts, this prince is cowardly and afraid of things to the extreme, and he is full of the bear-like appearance of the dead prince! The old and young outside Beijing don't think much of him, but it's not easy to confront him face to face.

Prince Alcohol thought for a moment, and then ordered: "It's better to hang up the phone to the State Council and tell Duan Qirui about this." ”

"Alas, he already knew! Isn't Chang Ruiqing, who escorted gold, his person? I don't know who reminded me of that.

Prince Alcohol suddenly roared: "He knows and knows, let's report and report!" It's a matter of attitude! He gritted his teeth and said coldly: "The Qing Dynasty is over, and there will be no return!" In the future, only Beiyang can protect us, those Japanese...... Not well-intentioned! ”

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Beijing, Fuxue Hutong, Duan Qirui Mansion.

Now is the darkest time before dawn, Premier Duan Qirui did not go to bed with his little wife in his arms, but stayed in his study, waiting for the telegram from Zaozhuang, Xu Shuzheng was also here, holding a yellow telegram in his hand, looking at it carefully over and over again.

After a while, I saw him put the telegram on the table, sighed lightly, and smiled at Duan Qirui: "Old Zhi, it seems that we have misunderstood Yaoru, and he has no connection with the Red Brigade at all...... This red brigade is a bandit in Yimeng Mountain! I don't know how they came up with the name Redism......"

Duan Qirui yawned, and a pair of bloodshot eyes narrowed: "20,000 guns!" Now he has received two hundred and fifty thousand taels of gold for his military expenses...... This time, it's like a tiger with wings! We can't take it lightly, otherwise Shandong may become a world of red bandits! ”

Xu Shuzheng's eyes rolled, and he smiled coldly: "Old Zhi, my subordinates feel that it is also a good thing that gold falls into the hands of red bandits!" ”

"A good thing?" Duan Qirui was stunned, his eyes widened, and he just looked at Xu Shuzheng. Xu Shuzheng smiled slightly, and said eloquently: "Aren't we and Feng Hejian making trouble right now in order to conquer the southwest?" He doesn't want our people to use the conquest of the southwest to expand their territory and threaten his power...... We can't think of any benefits to win him over for a while, and isn't the red bandit in Yimeng Mountain a great favor? ”

Duan Qirui hesitated slightly: "You mean to appoint Li Xiushan (Li Chun) as the overseer of Jiangsu and the supervision of the suppression of bandits in the four provinces, and let his sixth division go north to Shandong to suppress bandits?" In that case, Jiangnan will be the world of our 4th and 10th divisions! ”

"If Feng Hejian is willing, the 15th and 16th Divisions (the foundation of the Manchu Janissary Guard, Feng Guozhang's personal division) can also go to Shandong to suppress bandits. With 250,000 taels of gold, Feng Hejian shouldn't stop us from attacking the southwest, right? ”

"That's Feng Huafu's personal soldier, if he also goes to Shandong, his waist as the president will not be hard! It's just ......" Duan Qirui paused for a moment and asked rhetorically, "Aren't you afraid that Feng Hejian will grow stronger after getting that gold?" ”

A hint of mockery slipped across the corners of Xu Shuzheng's mouth: "Feng Hejian has a weak temperament, and he has no responsibility, even if he gets gold, he is just a rich man!" As long as he is willing to support you in unifying China, Beiyang will be united! What is the reason for the heroes of the Southwest? The first person in the future Republic of China is still the only one. ”

Duan Qirui was excited when he heard this, and he got up from his chair and walked a few steps: "Tomorrow morning, I will go to Jurentang to see Feng Huafu and propose to him to transfer Li Xiushan to be in charge of suppressing bandits in the four provinces!" He stood still and said in a deep voice: "The condition is to ask him to agree to remove Tan Yanhong's Hunan overseers and Fu Qingjie to take over." ”

Xu Shuzheng also stood up, slapped his palm, and just wanted to say a few words of compliment, when there was a sudden sound of eager footsteps outside the study, and then Wu Guangxin walked in from outside.

"Zhiquan, I just received a call from the palace, and they also received a report from Shixu that Prince Alcohol has personally gone to the Six Nations Hotel to pick up Emperor Xuantong."

"Oh, got it." Duan Qirui replied casually. Chang Ruiqing's telegram to him had already reported the payment of the ransom and the news of Emperor Xuantong at the Six Nations Hotel in Beijing, and now it was only natural for Prince Alcohol to pick up his son.

"But ......" Wu Guangxin paused, and a look of surprise slipped across his face: "Now Emperor Xuantong has been found by the British first!" ”

"So what?" Xu Shuzheng glanced at Wu Guangxin and said with a smile: "The British will never tie up the little emperor and ask the palace for money, right?" ”

"Of course not, but the Japanese soldiers in Dongjiaomin Lane surrounded the Six Nations Hotel, and they claimed to have been appointed by the Qing family to protect Emperor Xuantong!"

"These Japanese people are really troublesome." Duan Qirui muttered, and asked casually: "What happened to the British?" Who asked them to protect Pu Yi? ”

Wu Guangxin smiled bitterly, raised his hand and pointed at Duan Qirui: "The British said that you sent someone to hang up the phone to the British Legation and entrusted them to send troops to escort Emperor Xuantong back to the palace!" ”

"What?" Duan Qirui frowned, turned his head to look at Xu Shuzheng: "Another Zheng, you sent someone to do this?" Xu Shuzheng shook his head blankly: "No, haven't I been in front of you all the time?" ”

Duan Qirui shook his head and said to himself, "Who did this?" ”

Of course, this matter is just a small episode, whether it is Japanese or British, or Duan Qirui, there is no detailed investigation afterwards. On the morning of February 28, 1917, Emperor Puyi of Xuantong was personally escorted back to the Forbidden City by the British Minister Zhu Erdian......

The kidnapping of Emperor Xuantong has finally come to an end, and our Changda warlord has also got his first pot of gold in this era!

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