When Qingfeng and Yikuang returned to the Qianqing Palace anxiously, it was already nightfall, and the civil and military ministers who were waiting for news in the Qianqing Palace had somehow been sent home by the Queen Mother.

Qingfeng and the two trembled and said the conditions offered by the King of the West, and planned to persuade them again, but they didn't want the Queen Mother to open her mouth and sighed lightly and said: "Well, the national disaster is at the head, the general trend has gone, and no matter how strong the people who have lost the country are, it is wishful thinking to ask for any conditions, I just hope that Taiping can keep his promise and let the big guys save their lives." Then the Queen Mother said to Yi Xun and Zaiquan: "Qingfeng and Yi Kuang are in charge of the titles of the Admiral of the Nine Gates and the Infantry Governor Yamen, Zaiquan is the title of the Minister of the Guard, the Seventh Master, you lead the Shangyu Reserve Office and the Internal Affairs Office, since the Taiping has issued conditions and promised to protect us, then prepare to surrender according to this condition, and prepare for it tonight, these conditions are only afraid that some clans will not like it, and it will be difficult to guarantee that there will be no complications when the time comes, after you are ready, you will contact Taiping tonight, and hand over a few city gates in the outer city first, Let the Taiping army enter the city, even if someone wants to oppose it at that time, it will be helpless. ”

After Qingfeng and Yi Kuang glanced at each other, they gasped and thought secretly: Originally, I thought that the two of them were anxious to save their lives and surrender, but I didn't expect that the Queen Mother and her old man were even more afraid of death, and even this surrender had to be calculated by others, so it seemed that this matter would definitely be done.

Yiyun and Zaiquan bowed down to receive the order, Zaiquan said that he also wore the same pants with Qingfeng, but Yiyun's attitude made Qingfeng a little confused. After leaving the Qianqing Palace, Qingfeng thought that Yi Xun was taking on the errand of the internal affairs office and Shang Yu's spare office. The Ministry of Internal Affairs is in charge of important people and things such as royal property, palace eunuchs, palace maids, and clan documents, and Shangyu's reserve office is the eyes and ears of the royal secret agent. If something goes wrong at the time of the settlement, I am afraid that the king of Nasi will blame. So Qingfeng still stepped forward and whispered: "Seventh Master, if this internal affairs office and Shangyu Reserve can be handed over smoothly, it will also be a great achievement for Taiping, and the king of the West has personally promised that as long as it is a clan that has made great contributions, not only can he save his life and avoid crime, but also protect his family and property, we can do this errand together." ”

Yiyun glanced at Qingfeng and the others with disdain, and said coldly: "There are no eggs under the nest." After the long hair enters the city, the king wants to fight and kill the king, as long as the king protects the queen mother and the emperor, the side will not be counted! Lord Qing, the Queen Mother has already made a will, and this king will do it with his heart, and I don't bother you to remind you! With that, he left alone.

Yi Kuang spat thick phlegm at Yi Xun's back, snorted and said: "This old seven is the same as the devil six, he doesn't know how to lift. Prince, let's ignore him, let's go out of the city to contact the king of the west first, the credit for persuading the queen mother to surrender is shared between the three of us, and don't count Yiyun. After Taiping entered the city, he was afraid that the first one would raid his home, and when the time came, would he still be able to do this? ”

Qingfeng snorted, but said, "That's it." The king and Zaiquan sat in the city and summoned the banner masters, commanders, commanders, general soldiers and palace guards to lead the bannermen. Announce to them the will of the Queen Mother and arrange the dedication of the city. You go out of the city with the will of the Queen Mother to contact the King of the West, as long as you make a good arrangement, after we open the city gate, the Taiping army can enter the city of Beijing, and then the overall situation will be decided. ”

Yi Kuang nodded and said: "Okay, the little brother will go out of the city, but the prince needs to be careful, the conditions offered by Taiping are quite harsh for others, and you can't leak the news, otherwise the chaos will arise, and it will be difficult to clean up." ”

After Qingfeng and Zaiquan smiled treacherously, Qingfeng said: "Doesn't this king know the severity?" Naturally, he said to others according to the eight articles mentioned by the Queen Mother earlier. After the three of them agreed, they each gathered their subordinates to go on separate errands.

At the end of the day, the lights were lit at the gates of each city outside Beijing, the city gates were opened, the Qing army defending the city lit torches and lined up at the city gate, and the Taiping army outside the city also lit torches, and the Taiping army entered Beijing separately according to the plan agreed in advance, occupying the city walls and city gates, and the Qing army in the city lined up separately to go out of the city according to the agreement, and temporarily settled outside the city to wait for the final disposal.

Many Qing troops are relieved that they don't have to fight, in recent days they have seen countless long hairs digging fortifications outside the city, preparing artillery, those cannons are many and big, rumors say that after the foreigners were defeated by long hair, all the cannons were captured by long hair, these cannons are the magic weapons of the foreigners, and a cannon can be eroded for more than ten miles. Under the false rumors, the morale of the Qing army was even more depressed, and later the long-haired Northern Expedition came to the text, saying that the five ethnic groups were prosperous and republican, and the Taiping army would not kill all the people, so that the ordinary soldiers of the Qing army saw the hope of life more, and finally it was reported that the imperial court sent several princes out of the city to discuss the abdication of the country, which made the Qing army's mind of fighting to the death completely annihilated, and everyone only wanted to surrender and live.

Yes, when the Shangguan gave an order to let everyone lay down their arms and open the city to surrender, no one objected, the court surrendered, what did they do desperately? End the war early, so that you can go home and enjoy the blessings. The thoughts of ordinary generals of the Qing army are the same as those of Qingfeng and others, they only want to surrender and sacrifice the city in exchange for the preservation of their wealth and property, and some ambitious people think that even after the change of dynasty, this new court needs someone to manage the soldiers and horses, and they are not afraid of not having an official if they have good skills.

But there are also a very small number of diehards who refuse to surrender, but after Qingfeng and others showed the will of the Queen Mother, they also despaired, some of them were killed on the spot, and some of them died by suicide to show their loyalty......

More than 200 years ago, Wu Sangui, the second minister of the Ming Dynasty, opened the Shanhai Pass to let the Qing army enter the customs, but now it is several Qing princes who opened the city of Beijing to release the Taiping into Beijing, in this time and space, the time of the fall of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was advanced by several decades, so there was no Tongzhi Zhongxing after that, and perhaps there was no suffering of the defeat of the First Sino-Japanese War and the tragedy of the Eight-Nation Coalition Army entering Beijing.

On April 25, 1860, on the sixth day of the third month of the Gengshen year, several princes of the Qing court opened the gate of Beijing and led the Qing army in the city to surrender to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom army outside the city, which was the last early morning of the Qing court in the early morning of the day, the Manchu Empress Dowager and the Tongzhi Emperor issued an edict to abdicate and give way, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty was declared extinct, since the establishment of the Qing Dynasty in 1636, the country was established for 224 years.

The next day, under the escort of a large army of military horses and honor guards, the king of the west led the senior generals of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in the north to enter the city of Beijing from the Yongding Gate, and then accepted the Zen throne ceremony of the Qing Emperor at the Temple of Heaven, under the leadership of the Empress Dowager of the West, the little emperor Tongzhi handed over the jade seal of the Qing Dynasty emperor and other things to the West King of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and then the King of the West entered the Forbidden City from the Zhengyang Gate.

In the Forbidden City, Xiao Yungui, the king of the West, walked on the avenue of the royal court with a group of civil and military generals of the Taiping Army, Xiao Yungui smiled and said to his subordinates: "Two hundred years ago, we Han people lost this Forbidden City country, and now we have finally taken it back." ”

Qian Jiang, Yuan Jiasan and others naturally sang the praises of virtue, followed by Qian Jiang and Yuan Jiasan, Li Hongzhang and others made a look at each other, and bowed down together on the jade steps outside the Qianqing Palace, Qian Jiang and others said in unison: "His Royal Highness the King of the West, rule the kingdom of heaven, revive the Han Dynasty, return to the mandate of heaven, be ordered by the sky, win the country today, when the name of the Yuan is changed, and be crowned the emperor by the heavens, the ministers respectfully invite His Royal Highness the King of the West to enter the emperor's throne, and the people should be ordered by the mandate of heaven and the people!" ”

After such a long sentence, everyone actually read it in unison, and the rest of the Manchu civil and military officials who followed were not prepared in advance, but they were startled and panicked, but the generals who saw the Taiping all knelt and knelt down, but they didn't recite this passage together, and they were all indiscriminately followed by humming.

Qingfeng and others, who knelt on the ground, secretly scolded themselves for being dizzy, after the king of Taiping Xi entered the capital, the first thing was of course to ascend the throne and claim the emperor, but this emperor also had to be persuaded to enter, but it was a pity that he didn't have time to communicate with these officials in Taiping beforehand, but he didn't expect them to persuade them to enter together at this time, and let go of a dragon credit.

Xiao Yungui didn't expect that after entering the Forbidden City, he spoke loudly for the first time, and the response given by everyone was persuasion, but thinking that they should have been preparing for a long time, he looked back at the large group of people kneeling in front of him, and the pride in his heart that he was in charge of the world and the earth was under my feet, and he didn't pay attention to those hypocritical remarks and three concessions, and said loudly at the moment: "Okay!" Good! Good! Since I, Xiao Chaogui, have been ordered by heaven and the people, I will take over this heavy burden, respond to the mandate of heaven, and appease the people of Li, from today on, this king will enter the emperor's throne and change the name of the country to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom of China! ”

Everyone was slightly stunned, thinking about persuasion, the founding emperors of all dynasties, except for special figures such as Zhao Kuangyin in yellow robes, most of them still had to resign and give in to show their modest virtues, but they didn't expect the king of the West to agree like this, according to the number of etiquette, since the superior promised to take the position, he should add the imperial robe and help the dragon chair, but now there is neither a dragon chair nor an imperial robe, but it makes the officials panic for a while.

The old Manchu ministers kneeling below all hid their mouths and laughed secretly, and secretly scolded in their hearts that this king of the West was really a vulgar and ignorant villager, how could he enter the emperor's throne like this? It's like child's play, so much so that everyone sees the joke, it really doesn't look like a prince wearing a dragon robe. And this country name is also quite tasteless, how can there be such a long country name? Moreover, the country name, Jianyuan, etc. should also be discussed by the ministers of the Ministry of Rites.

Qian Jiang and Yuan Jiasan were stunned for a while, and then they were a little secretly anxious, Qian Jiang kindly stepped forward and whispered: "Your Highness, according to the number of etiquette, you should make three resignations and three concessions, and then wait for the subordinates to prepare the emperor's honor guard and other things, and then perform the enthronement ceremony." ”

After Xiao Yungui heard this, he smiled and then said aloud to a group of civil and military officials kneeling below: "I had no emperor before the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, although the founding of the country for ten years, but only the throne, now this king is in the world, it is a logical thing to enter the emperor's throne, I Xiao Yungui hereby swear, this emperor is the king, and we will let our country stand tall in the Far East, and make our country the world's first power again, and the domestic military and people can enjoy the stable days of the country's prosperity and people's strength!" Don't want the king to be a false courtesy, this king only needs a new dynasty and a new atmosphere, and in the future, we will talk less about useless false courtesy, and we should pay attention to handling practical things. The enthronement ceremony will be held at a different time, but from now on, this king will begin to fulfill the duties of an emperor! (To be continued......)