Section 19 Beijing IX

Cixi disposed of Concubine Zhen, returned to the Leshou Palace where she lived, and sent an order to invite the emperor.

Guangxu soon came, and whispered to Cixi to say goodbye. The Emperor of Sorrow did not know that the woman he loved the most had been killed in a well half an hour earlier.

Cixi told Guangxu that the foreigners had already entered the city, and we had to go out to avoid it. After speaking, he instructed Li Lianying to change the emperor's clothes.

Guangxu glanced at the kang. A bag was spread out on the kang, and inside was a full set of peasant women's services: Han women's trousers, shoes, socks, leggings, copper hairpins and handkerchiefs for pan heads. Of course, Guangxu didn't know what to do, these things were prepared in advance by Li Lianying, who had a heart, and asked his sister who lived in Xianyukou outside the front door. Judging the situation, this eunuch in the deep palace can see it more clearly than anyone else.

Li Lianying handed Guangxu a burden, no longer paying attention to the emperor, but began to change clothes for Cixi. Soon, Li Lianying made up her master as an elderly woman of Han nationality: argali-style Han people-in-law hairstyle, dark blue half-new cloth gown, light blue old pants, black leggings, white cloth socks, and black cloth shoes.

Emperor Guangxu was soon dressed up, dressed up as a young man running a business with Han Min: a blue collarless gown, fat black pants, and a small straw hat with a round neck. Li Lianying noticed that the emperor wearing this dress was trembling slightly, not knowing whether Lu Dao was afraid or angry.

Cixi will never leave Guangxu behind. That would mean a complete loss of her power. On this hurried and bloody morning, Cixi's mood was not chaotic.

Three mule carts had been parked outside the gate of Zhenshun, surrounded by blue cloth. Just before Cixi was about to get into the car, Prince Qing Yixuan and Rong Lu finally arrived, both of them with oil and sweat on their heads.

Before Cixi could speak, a cannon shot from the southeast blocked Cixi's words.

"Queen Mother, the Shenji Battalion and the Wuwei Zhongjun have gathered outside the Shenwu Gate, led by Nayantu, and some of the people of the Tiger God Battalion__" Rong Lu gasped and said, "The slaves were busy all night, and finally there was no mistake." ”

"Hmm, okay." Cixi nodded. After all, Rong Lu did not live up to himself. This is reassuring to her. His gaze turned to Prince Qing, "King Qing, you have to cherish it." If the money is lost, it can be recovered, and it is good for people to live. ”

Yixuan trembled and knelt down to thank him. "The slave is willing to accompany the Queen Mother."

Cixi nodded. Something happened the night before yesterday. It was the first time Cixi had seen Yixuan. For more than a day, I feel that Yixuan has aged a lot.

"Zhonghua, the country is in danger. I also want you to stay in Jingshi, and when Li Hongzhang arrives, count the days, he should also arrive__" Cixi said with difficulty.

"Wechen smeared his liver and brain to repay the grace of God." Rong Lu kowtowed.

"Thank you. Inform the kings that everyone who can go should go. Cixi sighed, "You are doing things safely, and there is no one else to share my worries with." ”

Cixi was helped by Li Lianying to get into the mule cart, and the mule cart started and headed towards Shenwumen.

As for how to negotiate with foreigners, Cixi did not explain a word.

After entering the city, the coalition forces approached the center of Beijing from the east and south. The fiercer resistance came from the east, while the American troops who attacked from the front were relatively smooth, and they were the first foreign troops to see the palace.

On the morning of the 15th, just as Cixi boarded the mule cart and was about to leave the palace, the US troops occupied Zhengyangmen. There is also a majestic city gate in front - Daqing Gate. The Ming Dynasty called Daming Gate, because of the relationship of the name, Daqing Gate is the national gate in the minds of the people of the capital, its location is between Zhengyang Gate and Tiananmen Square, and now it can no longer be seen.

No one resisted. A captain of the US army calmly drew a white circle on the gate of Daqing Gate, which was aimed at the artillery, and after two volleys, the gate was blasted open. The swarming American troops were surprised to find that there was a majestic city gate not far to the north. It was Tiananmen Square, the second gate of the imperial city of the Qing Empire. The U.S. troops rushing toward Tiananmen Square were shot upon by the defenders on the tower of Tiananmen Square, killing several U.S. troops, including Captain Rayleigh, the commander of the U.S. company, who rushed to the front in search of the palace's countless treasures.

U.S. troops were held back under Tiananmen Square. The Qing army guarding seemed to be desperately fighting for the emperor and empress dowager behind them, and the resistance was fierce. It wasn't until the British and Japanese troops came up to reinforce and set up artillery to bombard the tower, and then the Japanese army organized death squads to set up ladders to climb the city, and finally the Japanese soldiers who climbed the tower found that there were no living resistors on the tower.

The U.S. infantry blasted open the gates of the city and poured in. To their dismay, there was a tall city gate, the Noon Gate.

The more greedy Russians also arrived, and everyone was in a hurry to enter the palace first. There was a dispute between Tiananmen Square and Wumen Gate, and both wanted to be the first to enter the palace. Punch and kick, it's almost a weapon. But at this time, the herald from Pegasus sent an order from the coalition headquarters to prohibit the attack on the imperial palace of the Qing Kingdom!

The rationale of the coalition command was, first, that attacking the palace would anger the Qing people. Second, the coalition forbade a single country to occupy the palace alone. Therefore, all military operations against the palace were suspended.

At this time, Cixi's "Luan Driving" out of the north gate of the palace, Shenwu Gate. Fortitude, Zhao Shuqiao was already outside the door, Cixi didn't care about saying more, and immediately ordered to set off and "march" towards Deshengmen.

The Jingshi had fallen, and the sound of artillery south of the palace reached Cixi's ears from time to time. She is now eager to fly out of Beijing. He didn't even ask what the octogenarian minister Wang Wenshao had done.

But at this time, thousands of names and regiments flocked to them, and their target seemed to be Cixi's "Luan Driver". The frightened Fortitude immediately ordered the escort officers and men to open fire on the Boxers, and the two sides scuffled together, and the Boxers, who had few foreign guns, were killed and wounded under the heavy fire of the officers and soldiers.

If the fragmented and ridiculous resistance of the officers and troops can be regarded as a defensive battle in Beijing, the Boxers were basically not seen in this defensive battle full of tragedy. According to statistics, there are more than 800 altars in the city, and each altar has 100 people. Then, there should be more than 80,000 Boxers. No one can say why the Boxers who were desperate to attack Dongjiaomin Lane and Xishiku Church did not appear at the scene of the city defense. Why did they appear under the Shenwu Sect "on time" when Cixi just left the palace, which is a huge mystery. The only thing that is certain is. These "Boxer Divine Groups," which were once pinned on infinite hopes by the mainstream of the Qing court, have now become out-and-out enemies of the Qing court. I don't know if Lu Daoji remembered that he went to Zhuozhou to "inspect" the Boxers a few months ago, and it was he who stopped Zhao Shuqiao's recital, and Zhao Shuqiao's original intention to play back the Boxers was absolutely reliable.

Now, Zhao Shuqiao was on the sidelines, witnessing a large number of people falling to the ground in the dense rain of bullets, and witnessing their blood staining the north gate of the palace red. These used to be the most honest farmers. Instigated by a stupid myth. The saddest scene of China's imminent entry into the new century was staged, when they were slaughtered by their own court without mercy, even if they killed pigs and sheep.

Zhao Shuqiao kept his eyes closed. I didn't dare to see this tragic scene. Suddenly, he was awakened by the sudden screams around him. An even more dangerous situation has emerged. A large number of coalition troops approached the Shenwu Gate from the east and west!

It was the Japanese and the French who rushed over. They outflanked the palace from the north gate. If they had come earlier, Cixi and Guangxu would have been blocked in the palace, and it was very likely that they would have been taken prisoner by the coalition forces. If that happens, China's history will be rewritten.

The three parties scuffle together. The coalition seemed to hate the Boxers even more, and instead of caring about the three mule carts, they targeted the larger Boxers. Cixi and her ministers took advantage of the chaos and fled, while the Boxers, who numbered more than 3,000 people, were squeezed under the imperial city wall and had nowhere to escape, and were all killed within an hour under the fire of the artillery and rifles of the French and Japanese invading forces, and no one was spared.

The Shenji Battalion and other troops escorted suffered a lot of losses, and many of them took the opportunity to escape. When they left the "battlefield", Gang Yi found that the team was a lot shorter.

The officers and soldiers who escorted Cixi's mule cart did not expect that there was another calamity waiting for them.

The team arrived at Desheng Gate, which is the north gate of the capital. Cixi's mule cart had just left the city gate when the procession was suddenly hit by fire from both sides of the street, and Gang Yi, who was riding on his horse, was the first to be shot and fell off his horse. The Shenji Battalion, the Tiger God Battalion, and the Wuwei Zhongjun troops, who had already been beaten by the coalition forces to the point that they had no intention of fighting, were in chaos and fled in all directions, even ignoring the military aircraft minister Gangyi, who fell in the middle of the road and called for help. Some of them squeezed out of the city along the gates, while the other fled back into the city, disappearing into countless alleys. They are the children of the capital, and they don't have to worry about getting lost, let alone being homeless. As long as they take off their coats and throw their weapons away, they are civilians in the capital.

The fortitude that was shot in the abdomen was trampled to death by the rebels.

Nayantu, known as "that king", is actually not a military general, this Mongolian prince has long lost the courage of his ancestors, and it is only reluctant to be entrusted by Rong Lu to escort the Chinese army. His position was in the front team, and he escaped by luck, and he was frightened and ran out of several miles with the flying mule cart, and saw that no one was chasing him, so he and Zhao Shuqiao gave Cixi and Guangxu a greeting. Cixi, who was so frightened that her face was colorless, asked, "The foreign soldiers didn't chase after them, did they?" ”

"Nope. To the Empress Dowager Hongfu. It's safe for now. Zhao Shuqiao replied, "Gangyi didn't follow, what should I do?" ”

"Let's go first!" Cixi said viciously, "Go in the direction of Xuanhua." ”

The mule cart continued to start, and it was not until that night that Nayantu counted the escorts, and the total number of men was less than five hundred! The two accidents of Shenwu Gate and Desheng Gate wiped out most of Rong Lu's prepared team!

It was the troops of the Mengshan Army that had entered the capital that attacked Cixi's convoy under the Desheng Gate, an incomplete five companies.

Long Qian was accidentally wounded in the battle that attacked Zhuangwangfu on the night of the 13th. That night, as soon as it was dark, the two sides launched together, and it was quite smooth, but when the matter was about to end, Long Qian, who led the team to attack Zhuang Wangfu, was grazed in the back of the head by a stray bullet. It's a fluke, if the bullet fired by someone who doesn't know who is slightly off the ground by one centimeter, the Mengshan army will lose their backbone.

The reason why Long Qian was personally in charge of the Zhuang Wangfu was because it was one of the most important "general altars" of the Boxers in Beijing, and it is said that many Boxers lived in the palace. As soon as the battle began, Long Qian found that it was not like that at all. The Boxer Rebellion is long gone, and most of the Zhuang Wangfu has fled in advance, and even the gold and silver have basically been taken away. Presumably, Prince Zhuang Zaixun was worried that foreigners would enter Beijing to settle accounts with him, so he made preparations in advance.

Capsized in the gutter. Seeing that Long Qian was injured, Hu Zongyu was shocked, and commanded his subordinates to protect Long Qian to the death, and hurriedly bandaged Long Qian. Not only him, but also the platoon leaders and even the soldiers below knew that they absolutely could not do without a commander. Especially at this juncture. Attacking the palace is tantamount to cutting off the cooperation between the Mengshan army and the imperial court! When bandits could be recruited, now they have definitely become the sworn enemies of the imperial court. What to do under this small force that has formed a cohesive force, without Long Qian, no one can answer.

Long Qian's injury caused Xue Xiaocai, the commander of the second platoon of the Sixth Company, to "go crazy" and cut off the head of the captured Prince Zhuang with a knife. Long Qian didn't have time to stop it, Xue Xiaocai actually remembered his words firmly, and made a move after accusing.

Before starting the action, Long Qian made a mobilization speech. It's an old tradition. deliberately talked about Yixuan's shameless greed and Zaixun's mediocrity and misrepresentation, Xue Xiaocai saw that Long Qian was injured and his back was bleeding, and he was furious. actually killed King Zhuang.

Long Qian quickly calmed down. Kill and kill. seems to be a bastard like Jae-hoon, even if he doesn't do it himself, foreigners can't let him go.

The wound was covered. But there are some fears. This is the most dangerous situation for him to join Mengshan. Although he must follow in every battle, he will lead by example.

"It's okay, it's just a little bit of skin." Facing Hu Zongyu's inquiry, Long Qian said nonchalantly. He felt the back of his head tingle, not painful, and a little dizzy.

The harvest of Zhuang Wangfu is not big, and Qingwangfu is not small. The gold, silver and jewelry were loaded into a cart and successfully transported back to the "home", the car was not enough, fortunately, there were ready-made ones in the two palaces, and the soldiers of the Mengshan Army were all from crops, so they were good at this. After spending a long time and moving into the yard, he didn't have time to put it in the pre-dug cellar, so he turned around with the car and went to Dongsi to pick up Ning Shijun and Jiang Yun who went there, and it happened that he was seriously short of transportation.

The timing was really good, the northern half of Beijing is quiet, the doors are closed, and not even a dog can be seen on the street.

The officers and men of the Mengshan Army were extremely excited. Although they didn't have time to count, they were extremely excited to move back the whole box of gold and silver. In addition to the fifth and sixth companies of the second battalion and the guard company that entered the city in advance, the third company of the first battalion (company commander Gu Xiaolin) and the eleventh company of the fourth battalion (company commander Xu Gongzhi) brought into the city were the most reliable subordinates.

Long Qian's injuries were re-examined, and there was no major problem. When I got home, there was no more bloodshed. Long Qian simply ordered to shave off all of his already long hair!

He said to Ning Shijun, "Originally, I was worried about how to meet the Manchu Tartars, but now I finally have an excuse." Let's just say that hand-to-hand combat is always braided by others. That pig's tail is really disgusting to watch. ”

"Commander, what next? Now, I'm afraid there is no turning back. Ning Shijun was also frightened about robbing the palace and killing King Zhuang, the more he thought about it, the more afraid he became.

"That's what I'm planning. In the future, we will recruit troops and buy horses, set up factories and build industries, what kind of money does not cost? Listen to me. ”

"Then what else is there to consider dealing with the Tartars? Let's take advantage of the chaos and get out of the city. I guess you've asked Lushan and them to wait outside the city, right? ”

"Shi Jun, you still can't take a long-term view. Don't think that the devils will conquer the capital, and the Manchu will be over. It's not that simple! I feel that the foreign devils are by no means trying to overthrow the Manchus, but to have a court that is willing to be their slaves. Therefore, the Manchu Qing Dynasty couldn't breathe for a while. Moreover, without the Manchu court, no one can command the whole country at the moment, and if there is an independence of the provinces, it will not be a good thing for China. Therefore, the court's dealings still have to be fought. Jiang Yun, you consult with Lao Tian and send your people to listen to the news of the devil's siege of the city, be accurate! But it must be safe, and now there is not a trace of error! ”

Jiang Yun and Tian's book list is out.

"Commander, let's do this big case, we can't hide it__" Ning Shijun carefully recalled last night's actions, thinking about what else was missing.

"If it were a normal case, this case would be easy to solve. Even if the court is as stupid as a pig, they can touch us along the vine. But now, it's hard to say. Now at this moment, who can still care about solving the case? Not to mention the theft of the palace, it is the palace, and it is too late. As for the future, when they find the main master, the main master will no longer be able to move. Ha Lu Ha. The harvest was bigger than expected, which made Long Qian feel very good.

"Don't feel guilty. Shi Jun, you want to completely lose the literati popularity in your bones. Whether it is King Zhuang or King Qing, where did they get all the gold and silver? How much of the silver stored in the 'Four Great Heng' money houses belongs to ordinary people? Let's just kill the rich and help the poor! Moreover, you will know the usefulness of this money in the future. ”

Cheng Erhu said in a loud voice, "Follow, follow the commander, it's a pleasure!" Now we don't have to worry about military salaries anymore. ”

"Ha Luha, you stupid two tigers!" Long Qian patted Erhu's back vigorously.

"Commander. I have an idea," Ning Shijun saw that only Wang Mingyuan and Cheng Erhu were there, and said in a low voice, "Look at this, Beijing can't hold it." The emperor and Cixi will definitely escape, let's not do it, we don't stop, it's better __" He waved his right hand and made a head-cutting motion.

Just now, Long Qian also accused him of being a literati, and in a blink of an eye, he threw out an amazing idea.

"Kill the Emperor?" Wang Mingyuan was taken aback. "Then I know which way they go__"

"No need to ask. It is out of the door of victory. Or go to Chengde, or flee to Shanxi. Why did I ask Jiang Yun to find a house in this area? Long Qian said with a smile.

"It turns out that the commander has already made a plan!" The three were taken aback.

"No, Guangxu and Cixi are still valuable. No, let me think about it__ though. Mingyuan. You and the second tiger have to survey the terrain. Half a day, we may have to fight a battle here, or in the form of an ambush. We can occupy the houses on both sides of the street near the city gate. Don't hit near where we live. I noticed that the people in the neighborhood had fled. Or shut up, we don't have to go into people's yards, just climb on the roof, if someone sees it, just scare it, now it's a mess, where do the people know who we are? Who are we dealing with? This is a pre-plan and does not necessarily work. But be prepared. ”

"Commander, what else do you have to do, just tell us, my heart is too itchy." Ning Shijun has a kind of excitement in the great era of history, this excitement has not been before, or it is not strong, he defeated Seymour in Xigu, and the holy decree came in Hanjia Tower, all of which have been there, but it is far worse than now.

"Hehe, you let me think about it, think about it__" Long Qian kicked the three out of the room and shouted again, "Catch the company commanders and platoon commanders, and really control the troops!" ”

Wang Mingyuan and Cheng Erhu returned to the courtyard where they were and checked that everything was normal, Jiang Cunxian, Hu Zongyu and Gu Xiaolin, who lived in later, were all very excited, they were all troubled by piles of silver!

"Look at your virtues! The soldiers below are all looking at us. Wang Mingyuan lowered his voice, "The commander is doing big things!" This silver will be of great use. Don't get dizzy and don't know what your last name is! Hurry up and hide the silver! Everyone should bring their own company, and no problems will arise! Make it clear to the brothers below that the silver belongs to our Mengshan Army, everyone has a share, don't see the silver and you won't know who you are! ”

"Yes," the three company commanders agreed.

Jiang Cun said first, "Are you ready to retreat?" ”

"Everything is waiting for the commander's orders!" Wang Mingyuan himself is also itchy.

An hour later, Long Qian sent someone to call Wang Mingyuan and Cheng Erhu to the side where he lived, and several people held a meeting again, and this time there was more Jiang Yun in the meeting.

"I'll tell you about my plans," Long Qian sipped his tea slowly, "Jiang Yun has already discovered that the coalition forces have opened the Guangqu Gate, and the time for the coalition forces to enter the inner city and the imperial city will not be later than tomorrow. Therefore, I will give you the full account of this operation. ”

Several people pricked up their ears.

"We put down our bodies and begged Yuan Shikai to recruit peace with the victorious army, not for my Long Qian's personal promotion and fortune. If you want to do this, with my ability, it will probably not be difficult to get a prefect or something in a few years, and it will be easier to make a fortune. However, I am not willing to do that. You have also seen, how bad is our country? The slogan of saving the country and the people shouted by the Mengshan Army was not a coaxing game. Therefore, we must accept Yuan Shikai's recruitment, so that we have a reason to enter Beijing and Tianjin openly. We fought a bloody battle against foreign devils in Xigu in order to gain the attention of the imperial court and leave the prestige of our Mengshan army in the imperial court. Everyone has done this too, and they have done a very good job. The reason why Ye Yanbing led people to send those foreign uncles away had two purposes, one was to hold the credit in his own hands, and the other was to alleviate the losses of our country. You don't understand this yet, but you will understand it in the future. The third step is to enter Beijing to rob! And we did, and we had a lot of gold and silver in our hands. Fourth, it is to save Cixi and Guangxu__"

Speaking of this, several people couldn't help but make a noise.

"I thought about it several times, it's better to kill the old witch than to keep her, this is politics. I've always told you about politics, but few of you really understand it. At this moment, Cixi and Guangxu will definitely escape, and they dare not stay in the city. If you want to escape from Beijing, you must take the road of Deshengmen! What if we showed up and saved them when they were cornered? Hehe, it's hard to think about being underdeveloped. Cixi is a scourge of the country. Guangxu is even more of a wreck! Otherwise, how can state affairs be done like this? Death is too good for him! But it's better to keep them now than to kill them. For what? Because there is no one to take their place! As soon as Cixi and Guangxu die, the world will be in chaos! It is the innocent people who suffer, and the cheap ones are the careerists who have soldiers in their hands, especially the great powers. ”

A few people thought, don't we also have soldiers? Even foreigners are not opponents, who are they afraid of?

Long Qian seemed to see their thoughts, "Don't think that these few of us are all over the world!" Far from it! Fighting a war is not a simple rush to kill, and without a solid organizational and economic foundation, it is doomed to failure. Now we don't have any foundation, no. The Manchus were also needed to maintain their rule. We want to use Cixi to develop our Mengshan army! this section. I thought about it and felt compelled to do it. Wait until our strength is ten times stronger, a hundred times stronger than now, let them all fucking fuck off! It's in our hands. We need to build a new country. When the time comes. Not to mention tens of thousands of foreign devils, even if it is ten times more, it will also be an end of annihilation. No. We still have to go out of the country, and all the land we lost will be recovered! ”

"It's done, Commander, we'll do what you say!"

"First, we must control the soldiers in our hands now. Let everyone swear a poisonous oath one by one! Don't divulge what we're doing today! Including you guys! I've already written the oath. Long Qian took out a piece of paper and shook it, the current people, the idea of respecting ghosts and gods is very serious, and they dare not make poisonous oaths such as ten thousand arrows piercing their hearts and dying without a place to bury, "Second, it is the next battle, I want to fight another ambush in this Desheng Gate to break up Cixi's guards, and kill as many as I can!" But don't hurt Cixi and Guangxu! Rest assured, the goal is obvious, the Empress Dowager is used to being pampered, and she can't ride a horse, let alone walk. They must take a car or a sedan chair, everyone should not shoot at the car sedan chair, it is better to wait for the sedan chair to enter the city gate before firing, in short, listen to my orders. However, it will be good for us to kill a few more horsemen. It's up to you. Tonight, the troops secretly entered the position, Mingyuan Shijun took the fifth company, the sixth company and the guard company on the east side of the road, and I took the rest of the people to the west of the road, climbed over the wall and went to the upper house, and occupied the commanding heights. If someone asks, they will say that they are on business at the behest of Lord Ronglu. I guess no one dared to ask. We wear military uniforms, not civilian clothes. Even if someone finds out, let the dogs guess who did it. ”

"Okay!"

"In the end, it's up to you. I will take Xu Gongzhi and Gu Xiaolin's company to chase after the emperor, and the rest, a few of you are in charge, Shi Jun is the leader, Mingyuan and Jiang Yun are the deputies, you don't go to escort, the task is to protect this batch of gold and silver, and then gradually evacuate when conditions permit. It is too dangerous to keep the silver in both courtyards, and when the situation calms down, buy a few more places. Didn't Jiang Yun say that the Boxers killed two or three cents of stupid dicks in the past few months, and there were always tens of thousands of people, and many people were wiped out. There are many empty houses. Let Jiang Yun do this matter. It's better to spread out a little. The reason why you stay in Beijing is to emphasize discipline, which is the guarantee for your survival. The second is to work hard to adapt to the living habits here, the most important thing is to learn Beijing dialect. If you can't learn Beijing dialect well, don't go out. In short, be careful, learn another way of life. ”

Ning Shijun and several others were immersed in extreme emotions.

"Okay, after doing this, I will contact Lushan and them, no accident, we will protect Cixi Guangxu all the way to their resting place, it is estimated that it is Xi'an. When we meet again, our Mengshan Army will raise their eyebrows. ”

"Then, Commander, what about Battalion Commander Ye?" Jiang Yun asked.

"They're going to follow me. This time, I can't have your name. There won't be your name on the merit book of the imperial court, Ha Luha, do you want to make sense? ”

"Hehe, it's not following the court, what's wrong with it?" Wang Mingyuan said with a smile.

"yes, yes. After I leave, Beijing is a world of foreigners, and you must have a few more eyes. Lao Tian will stay with you, Xiao Ding, follow me, and ask them to contact Yan Bing. Ambush warfare," Long Qian became serious, "only shoot, not charge." No brother should fall into the hands of the officers and soldiers! Do you understand? ”

"Yes!" Several officers replied with a straight face. (To be continued......)

PS: One section is super long, it was originally the content of two sections, and it was not easy to divide, so I sent it together.

The question of the weight of silver raised by book friends is indeed an oversight, and I am not very sensitive to quantity. However, King Qing's greed and the plundering of the "Four Great Hengs" by the coalition forces are historical facts.