Chapter 32: Long Live the Change

Yuan Shikai's expression changed greatly: "What?!" ”

"This morning, I found out that something was not quite right, and I went to check, and I couldn't find Guangxu in the Forbidden City at all! Not only him, Liangbi, Zaifeng, but also Zaitao and Zhao Erxun, who came back from the Northeast, are gone! ”

Yuan Shikai never thought that such a thing would happen at this time! He knew exactly what the departure of these people meant. Although Guangxu issued an edict to abdicate, the Manchus would definitely not be willing to end like this.

In the past, they were kept because Yuan Shikai needed stability in the north and didn't want these guys to make trouble. But they're going to make trouble.

Now that he is almost successful, the more he is afraid of being held back by other factors. He knew that the Russians supported the Manchus, and Emperor Guangxu still had a little prestige in China now, what they could do Lao Yuan couldn't imagine!

Lei Zhenchun said: "They left last night, and the Russians sent them out of the city. I ran to the north. ”

Old Yuan was furious: "What about Zhang Xun? Didn't he let him guard the north gate? ”

Lei Zhenchun Nuonuo said: "Zhang Xun, and the three thousand soldiers under him are also gone. ”

Yuan Shikai kicked Lei Zhenchun to the ground: "What are you eating!" You didn't even know about such a big thing in advance! Rubbish! ”

Lei Zhenchun was indeed derelict in his duties this time, he had a very good relationship with Zhang Xun, he never thought that Zhang Xun would actually put him together, and he didn't dare to get up when he crawled on the ground.

Duan Qirui stepped forward and said, "Big brother, why don't I take someone to chase me now?" ”

Yuan Shikai thought for a while: "It's too late, go find Sa Daoyi, and arrange for me to see Sa Daoyi immediately!" ”

Yuan Shikai is right, he will definitely not be able to catch up.

Guangxu's gang had been planning for a long time, and when Yuan Shikai's energy was involved in the south and the negotiation table, they had already begun to flee with the help of the Russians.

When Lao Yuan received the news, Guangxu and the others had already left Beijing for nearly twenty hours, and they were running all the way north when they left the capital. After two days and two nights, they arrived at the naturalized area. The combat strength of the Beiyang Army was attracted to Jinzhou and the southern battlefield, and the rest were basically in Beijing to ensure the stability of the capital.

The entire Guihua and Suiyuan combined were garrisoned by only a thousand troops.

These soldiers are still troops of the former Qing Dynasty, but they have changed their banners. Their equipment and combat capabilities could not be compared with Zhang Xun's pigtail army at all. When the team officer of Suiyuan saw that Zhang Xun had killed three thousand men and horses, he had no intention of stopping him, threw the telegram from Yuan Shikai into the trash can, and immediately ran to Guangxu with his troops to kowtow to say goodbye.

When Guangxu crossed the Suiyuan military camp, he knew that Yuan Shikai had no way to stop them, and this escape was a success!

Guangxu, who was riding on a tall horse, could no longer hide his excitement, and his tone began to tremble: "Ladies and gentlemen." We're out! We're out! ”

The prince also realized that they had succeeded, and there was silence at first, and then a team of thousands of people erupted into a tsunami-like shout! One by one, they danced and celebrated.

Zaitao's face was flushed, and he reined in his horse's head and ran over to Guangxu: "Long live!" Before that, there was no Yuan Shikai any troops, and the Zhebu Zun Danba head people had already made preparations to meet Banzai in Kulun, and the ministers thought that Banzai should now put on a dragon robe and sit on the Luan Drive, in order to show the prestige of my Qing Dynasty! ”

Zaitao's words can be regarded as saying that Guangxu's heart is in the heart. Prestige? It seems that it has been many years since I left Guangxu. He was imprisoned by Cixi since the failure of the reform, and although he wore a dragon robe for so many years, his life was similar to that of a prisoner.

Later developments made the Qing Dynasty cease to exist, and it was not until that time that Guangxu moved out of Yingtai with the support of Zaifeng and Liangbi and others. But what kind of emperor is an emperor who only has a palace?

OK. God is not ruthless to the Qing Dynasty, and gave them a chance. At a time when everyone was almost disappointed, the Russians found them. Lao Maozi promised to support the restoration of the Manchus and the establishment of an independent state in Mongolia by the Manchus.

Of course, Guangxu will not refuse to cooperate with the Russians, and he still has ideals that have not been realized. He still has a revenge to play, and he also wants the Qing Dynasty to return to the glorious path under his leadership, even if these can be abandoned. Guangxu didn't want his life to end up in the slightly larger cage of the Forbidden City after he came out of that small cage in Yingtai!

The Russians helped him contact the Jebtsundamba Tou, who was still loyal to the Qing Dynasty in Mongolia, and the head man expressed his loyalty to Guangxu, and all they had to do was to get out of Beijing and go to Kulen, where everything was ready, just waiting for him, the emperor.

After breaking through the naturalization and Suiyuan areas, Yuan Shikai was beyond his reach! Guangxu knew that he could really put on the dragon robe now, but he still hesitated: "This, it seems a little early, right?" ”

Zaifeng was standing next to Guangxu, his expression was obviously very excited, and he looked even more anxious than Zaitao: "Long live, the minister thinks it's the right time now!" There are no pursuers in the rear, and the Mongolian athletes led by the head of Jebzundampa are waiting to pay homage to the demeanor of Banzai, and the ministers respectfully ask Banzai to change their clothes! ”

He said that he knelt beside him, and Zhang Xun, who was in charge of escorting him all the way, also turned over and dismounted: "Please long live the change of clothes!" ”

Everyone knelt down in front of the broken carriage that Guangxu was riding, and they all thought that when Guangxu put on the dragon robe again, it would mean the rebirth of the phoenix for the Qing Dynasty that had already stepped into the tomb.

Then, when the soldiers under Zhang Xun saw that Master Zhang had knelt down to ask the emperor to change his clothes, they also knelt down, and then the family members of the Qing Dynasty who followed behind, thousands of people knelt down on this grassland.

Guangxu's face was with a slight smile: "Okay!" Good! Since the Zhongqing family thinks it's okay, then I'll go and change my clothes now. ”

He went inside the carriage to change his clothes, and the people outside were busy. Zaitao and Zhang Xun arranged the troops according to the etiquette of the Qing Dynasty, while Zhao Erxun and Zaifeng were busy sorting out. Not to mention, they are very well prepared, from robes and horse coats to ceremonial flags, there are a lot of them.

Zhao Dong stood next to him and watched all this coldly, as if he was watching a farce, with a cold sneer on the corner of his mouth. Zhao Erxun handed him a set of clothes worn by dignitaries and nobles in the Manchu Dynasty from the side: "Dongzi, put on the clothes." And that long braid for me to tie on my head, you see what kind of body your hair has become! ”

Zhao Dong threw the suit of clothes and the braid on the ground: "I don't wear it." ”

Zhao Erxun was furious: "You bastard! Do you wear it? I'm telling you, if you dare not wear it, Lao Tzu will kill you today! ”

Zhao Dong was also extremely angry in his heart! He has been hesitating where he is going, and he is still thinking that he should find a job quickly, Zhao Erxun is old, and he has suffered this ordeal again, so he wants to let Zhao Erxun spend his old age in peace.

The night before yesterday, Zhao Erxun said that he would take the family out of Beijing, and Zhao Dong thought that Zhao Erxun didn't want to touch the scene in Beijing. Let's go, he didn't say anything, who knew that his father had done such a big thing!

"If you kill me, I won't wear it!"

Zhao Erxun picked up a stick from the side and hit Zhao Dong: "You don't wear it!" Lao Tzu has taught you loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness since you were a child! Looks like you've forgotten about it for a few years outside, hasn't it? I'll teach you again today! You can't wear it! Wear it or not! ”

He hit harder than the other, and none of the three wives next to him dared to come up and pull it. Zhao Dong didn't hide, just stood motionless with his teeth gritted and upright.

Zaitao next to him hurriedly ran over when he saw it, and snatched Zhao Erxun's stick: "Old Zhao, what are you doing?" What are you doing with kids?! ”

Zhao Erxun beat a few sticks and panted tiredly: "I'll kill this unfilial son!" Loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness have forgotten, what is the use of me keeping him! ”

Zhao Dong stood there without moving, nor did he say a word.

Zaitao hugged Zhao Erxun: "If you don't wear it, don't wear it!" Did a bunch of classmates cut their braids when they were in a foreign country? It's okay, the emperor is wise! Won't say anything! ”

Zhao Erxun didn't fight anymore. pointed his finger at Zhao Dong: "I don't care about others, you are my son of Zhao Erxun, do you want you to grow so big?" weishenmeCan you study in the UK? That's the Emperor's grace! ”

Zhao Dong didn't know anything, and Zhao Erxun had to teach him another lesson. Zaitao dragged him out of here: "Let's go, Lao Zhao, don't take the child's affairs too seriously, there are a lot of things waiting for you to do, you have to teach him a lesson and then say yes?" ”

Guangxu had already changed his clothes at this time. Zaitao and they are also well arranged. When Guangxu walked out of the carriage, he saw that the team in front of him was really like that, which suddenly made him feel high-spirited.

didn't wait for Guangxu to say anything. This group of people knelt on the ground again, and Zaitao, Zaifeng and others took the lead in shouting: "Long live my emperor!" Long live our emperor! ”

Gusts of wind swept across the grassland, but Guangxu had a feeling of being in spring, and waved his hand: "Zhongqing is flat!" ”

Beijing.

The news of what happened inside the Forbidden City had spread, and there was a lot of discussion outside, Lao Yuan was sitting in his official residence, looking at Yang Xiaolin and Sun Wen opposite, his face was very ugly.

When Yuan Shikai found Sa Daoyi, the British immediately said that if the Beiyang Army had the intention of recovering Mongolia, the British were willing to provide all help to Yuan Shikai, asking for money for money and guns for guns.

But the only thing that Mr. Sadaoyi was unwilling to do was to force the Russians to take their hands away from Mongolia by diplomatic efforts at this time! Britain now needed Russia, not only in the northeast military campaign, but also in Europe to contain the German forces, in order to reduce the pressure on Britain and France.

So at this time, they will definitely not make enemies with the Russians because of the affairs of China. The only thing Britain can do is to help the Beiyang Army, if you Yuan Shikai have the guts, you can fight by yourself, I can support you, and they are happy to support Yuan Shikai, the Russians' cake is too big, the British are a little red-eyed, and they don't want Lao Maozi to swallow it so smoothly.

Minister Viet Resar had already issued a statement, and although they had not yet admitted that the affairs in Mongolia had anything to do with Russia, the blind could see it. The minister said that Mongolia shares a border with Russia, and that the Russian army is on high alert for a possible war there, and that the Russian army will not hesitate to intervene if the war threatens the safety of Russian citizens.

Viet Resar also publicly announced that the Tsar had mobilized 50,000 Russian troops to assemble on the border, ready to deal with any sudden situation.

Yuan Shikai really didn't expect the British to adopt this attitude, he didn't want to see Mongolia become independent like this, Yuan Shikai hoped to be able to resolve this dispute through diplomatic channels, and he didn't dare to fight a war with the Russians, he was not sure, at least not now.

But now that there is a lot of clamor outside, he must immediately make his attitude clear!

At this time, he remembered to call Yang Xiaolin and Sun Wen to discuss, to see if the three of them could reach a unified opinion, at least on the Mongolian issue, they could speak with one voice.

"Two, Guangxu is almost in Kulun, there is accurate news that can be confirmed, he is ready to re-ascend the throne and restore on January 26, there are still ten days to go, I think we must react at this time."

Lao Yuan's eyes swept over Yang Xiaolin and Sun Wen: "How is it?" What is your attitude? ”

Yang Xiaolin raised his eyes and looked at him: "Gong Yuan, weishenme, you didn't notify us when you received the first news?" If you had let me know a day earlier, things wouldn't have turned out this way! Our forces in Jinzhou have reached 250,000 troops, and if we had acted at the first opportunity, the army would have reached Kulen by now. ”

Yuan Shikai's beard curled: "Do you think I am you?" Anything is trying to be solved by force?! After I received the news, I went to negotiate with the ministers of various countries, and I didn't sleep well at all for these two nights! (To be continued......)