The Taiping army entered the capital on the same day, the king of the west entered the Forbidden City, and the bloody killings that accompanied the change of dynasty in the past, the Taiping army entered the city of Beijing very smoothly, the whole capital did not have a major turmoil, some ruffians originally wanted to take advantage of the troubled waters to fish, but were soon suppressed by the Taiping army, the whole capital appeared to be in order, and there was no chaos.

Early the next morning, the Taiping army took control of the inner city where the nobles of the Eight Banners originally lived, and since the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, the inner city of Beijing City was divided into eight areas, which were provided for the nobles of the Eight Banners to live in, and since then, the inner city has been controlled by the Eight Banners soldiers, but at this time, the soldiers and horses of the Han people regained control of this place.

The nobles of the Eight Banners were panicked, originally thinking that the Taiping army would take advantage of the chaos to raid their home, but soon they found that the Taiping army had actually begun to protect this place, and some ruffians and hooligans who still wanted to take advantage of the chaos to make a fortune were suppressed by the Taiping army. For a while, the nobles of the Eight Banners breathed a long sigh of relief.

Most of the tens of thousands of Eight Banner soldiers in the city were disarmed and then sent home, these people's Su zhì was really too poor, more delicate than the American soldiers known as the young master soldiers in later generations, and many of them smoked opium and could not meet the requirements of being soldiers, so they were all sent home. Many people are very glad that they escaped with their lives, especially the Eight Banners, they thought that they could not escape death, and it was not that there was no such thing as killing and surrendering in history, but fortunately, the Taiping Army faithfully fulfilled their promise and did not kill anyone.

Qian Jiang immediately took over Shang Yu's backup office, and most of the full-man guards and spies were sent home and replaced by people from the Qianjiang Intelligence Department. The intelligence network and relationship network of Shangyu's reserve office have been inherited. At the same time, a large number of palace guards were also sent home, and in their place were the personal guards of the Western King of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom stationed in the Forbidden City.

Besides. There are still a large number of green battalions waiting to be reorganized, including the Qing army that surrendered with Yuan Jiasan and others, and after eliminating the unqualified ones, less than thirty percent remained, and these people were supplemented into the various divisions of the Taiping army. Most of the Shanxi soldiers wanted to go home, so many were sent home after paying the fare, and a group of local green battalion soldiers in the capital were left behind to serve as township soldiers or police forces. Maintain local security.

After waiting for a few days, as more and more Taiping troops moved north, the number of Taiping troops in the capital area reached 80,000. Lin Fengxiang's Taiping Army also had two divisions of troops reaching the outskirts of Beijing. The people in the city did not know these changes, but they felt that there were more and more Taiping soldiers wearing new military uniforms coming and going on the streets.

On the third day when the King of the West entered the capital, the queen mother, the emperor and other palace people in the palace moved out of the Forbidden City, and Yiyun escorted them out of the Forbidden City. At the same time, Yi Xun could only take away the many portraits of the emperors of the Manchu Dynasty in the palace. Except for the concubines' belongings, all other belongings were kept.

The Queen Mother and the little emperor were arranged in the original mansion of Prince Gong, and then the Taiping army sent a large number of soldiers and horses to guard here day and night. Many old and young Manchu remnants came here to kneel and cry, but no matter what, as long as they didn't plan to go in, the Taiping army guarding them would not care. It is worth mentioning. After the capital changed hands, very few Manchu people were martyred. On the contrary, there are a bit of Han people, but it is only a few hundred people, which is different from the tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians who were martyred when the Song and Ming dynasties died.

In this way, in the tragicomedy of crying and crying, seven days have passed, and the lives of the Manchu nobles do not seem to have changed much, and they still drink tea and walk the dog every day, fight cocks and watch plays, but they are just a little less generous as an uncle, but on the whole they are still relatively satisfied. Some of the old and young people go to Prince Gong's mansion every day to cry and mourn, and then walk to the overpass to drink tea and listen to the play, every day is like this, life is still as comfortable as before, many people even forget that the capital is already the world of the Taiping Army.

But they don't know what the king of the west is doing in the past few days, but they know that the officials inside and outside the capital have been replaced, and there are more police patrols and village soldiers of the Taiping army everywhere, and the regular army of the Taiping army guards the main roads and city gates, but the hooligans and ruffians in the capital have no way to live. Still, some shrewd people smelled something unusual, like the terrible calm before the storm.

On the seventh day, the whole capital began martial law without warning, and the Taiping soldiers who had already felt the terrain quickly erected barricades at various street entrances and alley entrances to impose martial law, and those who wanted to go out were stopped very rudely and ordered them to go home.

Facts have proved that in the face of the powerful violence of the state, the opposition of the people is so insignificant, and soon the whole capital is quiet, not at night, but so quiet in the daytime.

Then tens of thousands of Taiping troops outside the city marched into the inner city in batches, and then each unit was responsible for an area, and then subdivided into each battalion and company to be responsible for an alley, and then the Taiping army began to go door to door.

Qingfeng got up early in the morning, these days he is busy dealing with the affairs of the internal affairs office, the palace maids and eunuchs have almost gone home, and those who stay are unwilling to leave the Forbidden City, so he handed over these people to the officials of the Taiping Army Palace Affairs Office to manage, and then the genealogy of the Manchu clan, the sect and other materials were also handed over, and of course, the original Manchu royal control of a qiē field property, finances have been sorted out and handed over one by one.

Today he was fine, but he thought that he would go into the palace to report to the king of the west, even if it was to ask for a prize, maybe he could get some rewards, after all, it was not easy to do the errand of the Nuoda Internal Affairs Office properly in just a few days, and the emperor of the new dynasty should also give some rewards.

But before the others went out, the housekeeper outside came in and reported in a panic: "Master, there is a large group of soldiers outside the door, where is the door." Qingfeng rolled up his horseshoe sleeves, and after the king of the West entered Beijing, he did not forcibly ask the Manchu civil and military officials to change their clothes, so Qingfeng was still wearing the court clothes of the previous dynasty, but Qingfeng wanted to change his clothes. It's a pity that no one pays attention to him for the time being.

Hearing this, Qingfeng frowned and said, "What kind of soldiers and horses?" Sue them, I am the earl of the prince of the West, not a cat or a dog. Let them get out of the way quickly. When the housekeeper was about to leave, Qingfeng said again: "Alas, speak politely, if it really doesn't work, give them some silver and send them away." ”

After a few moments, the butler returned with a mournful face, followed by more than a dozen Taiping soldiers, the first of whom appeared to be an officer. Qingfeng secretly suppressed the anger in his heart. still stepped forward with a smile and said: "The military masters have worked hard, I am the Zhaoxin Earl of the Western Prince, but the earl of your heavenly kingdom." What is there to say. ”

The officer at the head snorted, opened a booklet and looked at it, "Yes, the king of the west has personally conferred the title of earl to you, and he came here today to convey three things. Qingfeng breathed a sigh of relief. I secretly thought that this king of the West was really. How can you be so rude in sending someone to pass the word? But he still said with a smile on his face: "Your envoy, please wait for the little old man to put on the incense case to receive the order." ”

The officer waved his hand and said, "Don't bother, this is an edict from the King of the West to all the Manchurians, and there will be the next one after we report to your family." Qingfeng was disappointed for a while, it turned out that it was not his will alone, but he still smiled and said, "Your envoy, please speak." ”

The officer said aloud: "Of these three major events, the first is to cut braids and change clothes!" The edict of the king of the west ordered the military and civilians in the capital and all parts of the country, especially the Manchurians, to complete the braiding and change of clothes within three days. That is, let you cut your braids and change your outfits to Han costumes. If you haven't finished cutting the braids and changing clothes on the street three days later, once you get it, you will be dealt with according to the rebels! ”

Qingfeng gasped when he heard this, after the Taiping army entered Beijing in the past few days, the king of the west has not ordered to cut the braids, and Qingfeng also said that it was the king of the west who was lenient or had many affairs to forget, it seems that the king of the west has been secretly planning. After taking the engraving prints handed over by the Taiping soldiers, he saw that the Han costumes printed on it were lifelike, and Qingfeng secretly thought that the king of the West had been preparing for this matter in the past few days. But thinking that he wanted to shave his hair and change clothes in order to achieve the new atmosphere of the new dynasty, he agreed with a smile.

The officer then said loudly: "The second thing, in order to allow the Manchu people of each family to better integrate into the republic and common prosperity of the five ethnic groups, within three days, the Manchu people of each family will change their Han surnames as one, and after three days of changing the Han surname, there will be officials from the household registration department of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in the capital to check one by one, re-register and make a register, and then issue a Beijing resident card, remember to carry this card on the street in the future, and those who do not have a certificate will also be treated as thieves!" ”

Qingfeng's face twitched, okay, King Xi's trick is even more ruthless than their Manchu ancestors back then, not only do they have to cut their braids to change their clothes, but even their ancestors' surnames have to be changed, but the officer's subsequent words made Qingfeng happy again, and the officer said: "In view of Zhao Xinbo, you have made great contributions before, and the errand of the Internal Affairs Office has been done well, King Xi specially gave your family to change their surname to Xiao, which is the surname of the country!" ”

Qingfeng is overjoyed, and it doesn't matter what the ancestral surname, the surname of the new dynasty, the king of the west, this is a great honor, and now kneel on the ground and bow to the north to thank the king of the west.

But following the officer's words, Qingfeng's face was ugly, "The third thing, the people everywhere have stolen and occupied the Han family for more than 200 years, and the floating wealth obtained is all ill-gotten gains, and now the property of each family has been checked clearly with the Beijing government, the internal affairs government and the Zongren Mansion, and each family is specially ordered to hand over the rich property, real estate, and land within the time limit, and the real estate of each family is given a five-foot square place to live in according to the head, and the rest of the real estate is confiscated by the government, and the land property is calculated as 30 mu per person, and the excess land property is confiscated and confiscated, and the personal property shall not exceed five taels per person!" ”

Qingfeng almost fainted when he heard this, the king of the west is a desperate plan, it is really ruthless, it turns out that a few days ago the king of the west they have been holding back, it turned out that the soldiers and horses have not been deployed for, and then the property, property, and real estate of the Manchu nobles in the capital have not been counted clearly, at this time a qiē is in their hands, and this is the beginning of the difficulty.

Qingfeng hurriedly said loudly: "Master Jun, the king of the West personally promised not to move my family's land and real estate at that time. ”

The officer sighed, looked at the book and said, "Zhao Xinbo, your family here in the West King does have a separate handwriting. Qingfeng turned from worry to joy when he heard this, but then he couldn't laugh anymore, and only heard the officer read: "His Royal Highness the King of the West personally noted that Zhao Xinbo, at that time, this king promised you to keep the family property, and named you Zhao Xinbo, enjoy the treatment of the Earl of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, this king will keep your family property, but it cannot exceed the treatment enjoyed by the Earl of my Heavenly Kingdom, so the few properties where your family lives and the land property you own have greatly exceeded the system, and the excess system is not a trivial matter, so more than the earl's treatment, the qiē field property, real estate and floating wealth must be handed over to the national treasury, If you have merit in the future, you will be rewarded again......" The words behind Qingfeng were depressed and didn't listen, and there was a thought in his mind, "Retribution is coming, King Xi, this is the ...... after the autumn" (to be continued......)