When Qingfeng, Yi Kuang, Wen Xiang, Li Tangjie and others left the Taiping army camp, they were still in a dream, saying that they were coming to negotiate, but the Taiping army had no intention of negotiating at all, and the words of the king of the West were like an ultimatum.

After Li Tangjie walked out of the Xiwang tent, he muttered indignantly: "A group of chaotic ministers and thieves, occasionally arrogant, will not be able to ......live forever" Before the words were finished, Qingfeng snorted, pointed to the Taiping army in the Nanyuan camp and said: "People have arrogant capital!" ”

At this moment, under the guidance of Qingfeng, everyone noticed that in the entire Nanyuan camp, a group of Taiping troops were being drawn out in the whole team, with a solemn appearance and excellent firearms. Those Taiping soldiers are all strong people, and what is even more rare is that they all have a strong murderous aura on their bodies, and they look like veterans of a hundred battles.

Artillery of all kinds did not shy away from them, and right under their noses, one by one they put on mules and horses, and pulled them out of the camp. At the same time, there is a steady stream of new soldiers and horses of the Taiping Army coming to the east of the camp, and there are countless carriages and ox carts transporting various materials such as food and clothing.

After Li Tangjie saw it, his heart became very sad, he was a firm main battle faction, but after seeing such an elite Taiping army and firearms, he also felt a drum in his heart. Qingfeng said with a smile: "These long hairs, their wings are full, last year with 40,000 people in the land of Jintang, they broke more than 20,000 British, French and foreign people, and it is said that there are tens of thousands of foreign prisoners alone. Ladies and gentlemen, you can see clearly, there are still many foreigners in this camp who are helping them work. ”

Li Tangjie followed Qingfeng's guidance. Sure enough, I saw many foreigners wearing Chinese costumes helping the Taiping army to transport supplies, grain and grass, and it seemed that the Taiping army really defeated the British and French foreign soldiers. I wanted to go to the more than 20,000 foreign soldiers, but they were extremely brave, and Monk Greenqin and others led more than 100,000 soldiers and horses were not opponents of foreign soldiers. And now the remaining Eight Banners old soldiers in the capital will be the opponents of the Taiping Army that defeated the foreign soldiers?

Li Tangjie, who obviously felt that he was lacking in confidence, was not scolding, but just muttered: "I'm really unwilling, why did a group of chaotic people from remote places in Guangxi force me to such a point?" ”

Qingfeng snorted and said with a smile: "Master Li, after all, this Qing Dynasty is still full of people, and we are not so distressed, why are you in a hurry?" Let's go, go back quickly, this king's addiction to cigarettes is offended, and I have to go back to take two puffs before returning to the two palaces. "Let's go. Li Tangjie was left alone, his face flushed and he fell behind.

The group returned to the capital safely under the escort of the Taiping soldiers, and the Taiping cavalry that escorted them even went straight to the south of the city gate, and then walked around the city with great might, and the Qing troops in the city all died down, and none of them dared to show their heads or fire a shot or an arrow. Seeing such a scene, Li Tangjie smiled bitterly and muttered to himself: "It seems that the victory and defeat have been decided." Soldiers have no heart to fight, and the Qing Dynasty is dead! ”

After returning to the capital, a few people changed their clothes and went to the palace to resume their lives, and Qingfeng and others also took the time to smoke two big cigarettes to enjoy themselves. After returning to the palace. In the Qianqing Palace, several people met the Empress Dowager Xi and a group of civil and military courtiers who were still waiting for news.

After listening to the replies of Qingfeng and others, all the ministers were in an uproar, and they scolded the long-haired puppet king of the West for having no king and no father, chaotic ministers and thieves, and so on. At the end, when Xingzhen asked what to do, they quieted down one by one.

Within the royal family of the Qing court. The slightly backbone such as Prince Gong, Su Shun and others have died, and the old and dignified Mianyu and others have rebelled out of the court. Qingtian heavy minister Monk Greenqin was given death, and even the slightly hard-boned Prince Yiyun was silent at this time, only Qingfeng, Yikuang, Zaiquan and other cowardly people were there, seeing that everyone did not speak, Qingfeng and others began to advocate the theory of surrender again.

I only heard Yi Kuang say loudly: "Queen Mother, all the ministers, now that most of the country has gone, fortunately it can be peaceful, but it is difficult to last." Now the Taiping army has besieged the capital on a large scale, the Taiping army outside the city has 50,000 people, plus the rebel troops of Yuan Jia's third department, there are no less than 100,000 people besieging the city, and the former soldiers of our army have no will to fight, only rely on the city wall to protect, but the capital is now short of money and food, the price of rice and gold, the heart of the army, the heart of the people are not in me, it is really difficult to keep for a long time. If you can integrate the Manchu and Han dynasties and abdicate to make way for the country, it seems that you might as well do it in harmony. If it breaks up because of stubbornness, everyone will be burdened by my family. ”

As soon as these words came out, many people in the hall had already cried loudly, but Hanchen Yushi Liang Taisu and others stood up to accuse Yi Kuang of being corrupt and misleading the country, offending the ancestors and ancestors. Qingfeng, Yikuang and others immediately ridiculed each other, asking rhetorically if there was a better way for these Han imperial histories?

For a while, they quarreled again, and what was surprising was that most of the Hanchen actually scolded the Manchus who wanted to surrender for betraying their ancestors, so that people couldn't figure it out, who was whose ancestor?

"That's enough!" After the Empress Dowager of the West screamed, the hall gradually quieted down, Xingzhen Feng had tears in her eyes, hugged the little emperor Zaichun who was stunned and cried and said: "The matter has come to this, and it is useless to quarrel again, the palace is grateful for the hard livelihood of the Manchurians in the world in the future, and the first emperor only left this bit of blood and bones, and I don't want to cut off the life of the Manchurians and the first emperor because of stubbornness, and the palace decided to agree to Taiping's request!" ”

As soon as this remark came out, everyone seemed to be relieved, the people of the country are such a good face, even if the dynasty is changed, they have to show a loyal and unyielding appearance, at this moment the queen mother has spoken, and the big stone in her heart has fallen. The hall was followed by a voice of sorrow, and some Hanchen knelt on the ground and kowtowed, begging the Queen Mother to take back her life. It's a pity that if you want these people to go to the battlefield with knives and guns, maybe it's a different situation.

At that moment, the Empress Dowager of the West issued an order, ordering Qingfeng and Yi Kuang to go to the Taiping Army camp again to discuss the surrender, and asked the Taiping Army to give preferential treatment to the Qing family, no longer kill Manchus, and so on, and put forward a total of eight conditions. After Qingfeng and the two got the will, they immediately left the palace and rushed to the Taiping Army camp non-stop.

After reading the eight surrender requirements brought by the two, the king of the west said with a smile: "Preferential treatment of the Qing room and good treatment of the Manchurians, these two are just the main purpose, how to give preferential treatment?" How to be kind? In the king's opinion, after the abdication of the Qing court, the title of a marquis can be confined, and the rest of the concubines and eunuchs in the palace can't afford to raise so much, so it can only be said that they paid some travel expenses to send them home. Treat the Manchurians well, this king can only be said to give national treatment, whether it is farming or other livelihoods in the future, it also depends on their own efforts, the Manchus should also support themselves, and the country under the rule of this king does not raise idlers. Those Eight Banner soldiers can select some elite people to join the army, and the rest of the old, weak, sick and disabled opium smokers will all be sent to become civilians, not soldiers. ”

Qingfeng and the two glanced at each other, and said hesitantly: "His Royal Highness the King of the West, how do we arrange it for the people of the clan?" ”

King Xi looked at the two of them, a sinister smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he said: "When the former Ming Dynasty perished, you Manchu people wantonly plundered a lot of former Ming clans, this king originally wanted to do this, but I thought that you took the initiative to surrender this time, so be it, like you, the clan that has contributed to the surrender can be crowned an earl, and the original property in the family can also be retained, but the rest of the clans, this king will be punished according to the law, and the guilty will naturally not let go, and the innocent will also donate floating wealth to pay for it!" ”

When Qingfeng and the others heard this, a cold sweat broke out on their foreheads, and they hesitated and didn't dare to agree, and the king of the west sneered: "This king is in charge of the kingdom of heaven, and he has meritorious service as a reward, and he has been punished. This king did not harm their lives, but the confiscation of property was already lenient! But you don't have to be embarrassed, tell these clan ministers, if they can take the initiative to serve the kingdom of heaven and serve the country in the future, this king will still reward them, and if they make great contributions, they can consider returning the confiscated property! ”

After hearing this, the two breathed a sigh of relief, and after thinking twice, they agreed to the disposition plan of King Xi. Then the king of the west said: "Since the clan is dealt with in this way, then in the third and fourth articles, the preservation of the clan's civil and military wealth and property must be changed, and the rest of the civil and military ministers are also treated in the same way, and the king with a good official reputation can be appointed again, and if there is corruption and persecution of the people, as long as someone makes a complaint, it will be dealt with according to the law." ”

Even the clan had to be cleaned, and the hundred officials naturally couldn't escape, and Qingfeng didn't dare to raise any objections, so he followed the king of the west and said: "The fifth and sixth articles are about the question of the Manchu people's going and staying, this is also easy to do, and the Manchus from all over the country will be resettled on the spot. ”

Qingfeng and the two of them risked the reputation of burying the Qing family to force the palace, but also for self-preservation, now the king of the West has promised the position of earl, but also to protect the property of the two people, the two have been satisfied, not to mention how to deal with the world's people, the world has changed greatly, even the royal family is difficult to protect, the rest of the small people will ask for more blessings, and the two have nothing to say at the moment.

Seeing the last two, King Xi said: "Your little emperor and queen mother also put forward that they want to keep the royal land, property, and palace utensils, hoping to continue to live in the Forbidden City, which is impossible. Since this king promised to enshrine Chun as the marquis, then according to the official system of the kingdom of heaven, the marquis naturally has a marquis's share, what do you want so much land to do? Continue to live in the Forbidden City, where will the king live? These two are also not allowed! ”

At that time, when the Queen Mother proposed these two items, Qingfeng and the others also felt that it was whimsical, how could there be a change of dynasty, and the emperor of the previous dynasty still occupied the palace and the land? Naturally, they all want to exchange it for their lives, and the two of them didn't mention anything at the moment, and they agreed with each other, thinking about how to go back and persuade the Queen Mother, and so on, and they must not be burdened by their family...... (To be continued......)