Sitting in the Fugui Pavilion of Lishan, with a red charcoal fire burning at his feet, Zhu Fugui frowned and listened to Yang Liu's report on the situation of the boxing chaos in Tianjin.

Since ancient times, the people in North China have been fierce and have always had a tradition of practicing martial arts.

In recent decades, with the further tightening of the Qing court's control ability, there have been more and more various boxing clubs and guidomen across the country.

Yihequan itself is a martial arts practice in North China, and the folk group is composed of a Taoist sect.

Similarly, there are organizations such as Plum Blossom Boxing and the Big Knife Club.

Even more ancient is the old friend of the Ming Dynasty, the White Lotus Sect, the Mother of Maitreya, the Buddha.

But even so, the appearance of the boxing chaos 30 years ahead of schedule still greatly exceeded Zhu Fugui's expectations.

In later generations, many people thought that Yihequan was synonymous with ignorance, for example, there was once an ancient divine book called "Li Fugui", which wrote about the stubborn old-fashioned school represented by boxers, and tried his best to ridicule and ridicule.

Of course, this view cannot be said to be completely unreasonable, but once we look at the problem in isolation from the times and background, we can only see the surface of things.

The Boxers are definitely not an irrational group under the anti-intellectual education of the 21st century, cutting 5G cables, accusing masks of having antennas and viruses in vaccines.

They are essentially a nation that has reached its lowest point and has exhausted all means under the existing system without seeing any hope, the last cry of despair and the last burning of self-salvation.

It can be said that if a nation or a country cannot even organize a Boxer Fist at the time of life and death, then this country and this nation will inevitably be bloodless, hopeless, and impossible to be reborn from the ashes.

There is a term in biology that Zhu Fugui feels is very appropriate to use to describe it, and that is immune to storm.

In the face of a surging foreign virus, the first few barriers were helpless, so the immune system spontaneously decided to give it a go.

So there is: "God helps the fist, the Boxers, just because the devil is in the Central Plains, persuade the religion, and be confident in the sky." ”

There are also: "Tear down the railroads, pull out the poles, urgently destroy the big ships, the big France, the heart is cold, and the British, American, Russian and German are all gone." ”

One thing to say, it can be seen from the ballad of the Boxer Rebellion that the Boxer Boxer did not open his eyes to the world.

They didn't even milk the law, and put "Greater France" first, and listed it separately to show their importance.

Of course, in this time and space, there must be no "Greater France".

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This boxing chaos is the same as in history, and the boxing chaos started from the teaching plan, and it is a good thing done by foreign devils!

Speaking of which, the early outbreak of the boxing chaos actually has a lot to do with the Ming Dynasty.

Historically, with the opening of concessions in China by the Western powers and the acquisition of missionary power, the church became the vanguard of the colonizers, and there were sharp conflicts with the local people.

From the 60s of the 19th century to the end of the 19th century, there were more than 800 large and small teaching cases across the country, covering all parts of the country.

According to the widely circulated theory, many green-skinned hooligans saw the wind and joined the church of Westerners, became parishioners, and in turn oppressed the Chinese.

For example, in the book "Li Fugui", Li Fugui became a traitor for the first time, took refuge in the church, and relied on the trust of the priest to find the right and left.

Many "scholars" in later generations also pointed out that the ignorant fools are unreasonable, which is the cause of the conflict with the church, and the foreign priests and nuns are all virtuous, compassionate and compassionate.

They built hospitals, schools, orphans, and charity.

So far, the history of many hospitals and schools in China can be mentioned back to the church period, and their founders are portrayed as super great saints who selflessly contributed to the Chinese people.

But knowing that since the Middle Ages and in later generations, these guys have all kinds of ugliness, Zhu Fugui has always been unhesitant to speculate on the preacher of Yahweh with the most vicious ideas.

Because of the Ming Dynasty's unequivocal anti-Yashua image and the attack on God's filial son, the Ming Dynasty is undoubtedly a complete beast of prey in Christendom.

Even when Prussia, an ally of the Ming Dynasty, interacted with the Ming Dynasty, he only talked about Caesar, not God.

You can't talk about it, you have to flip the table when you talk about it.

Fortunately, the Prussians have always cooperated happily with the native chickens, and have ample experience in communicating with pagans.

Coupled with Bismarck's pragmatic style, Daming's communication with them was quite pleasant.

In short, Protestants, Catholics, and Orthodox Christians all regard the Ming as enemies.

When the Ming Dynasty basically controlled the Jiangnan region with the help of Zuo and Li, a large number of missionaries went to Tianjin, Hebei and other places.

And now, although Devil Six was removed from the post of Prime Minister Yamen by Xingzhen, the 30-year-old Xingzhen is not 50-year-old Xingzhen after all, without that wrist and control, Devil Six still retains the basic plate of Tianjin.

When the foreigners arrived at the territory of Devil Six, it was naturally like a fish in water, and they hit it off.

Although the Qing court issued several decrees to petition, Guizi Liu still built more than a dozen cathedrals in Tianjin, and allowed priests to hire foreign soldiers into the churches in their personal names as guardians.

In this way, he relied on foreign soldiers to gain self-respect, and at the same time, he also achieved his political idea of inviting foreign soldiers to defend Tianjin in order to be violent.

It can be said that it was the emergence of the Ming Dynasty that made Tianjin colonized earlier and deeper than in history.

And this is where the boxing chaos began.

After reading several documents, and listening to Yang Liu add some details, Zhu Fugui slammed the information on the ground, and his face was already blue.

The Catholic Church, the bones of the baby, the pit of ten thousand babies!

A few bayonet-like words made Zhu Fugui unable to hold back his anger any longer.

The Tianjin lesson plan, a very inconspicuous narrative in the history books, and an inconsequential episode under the Western discourse system in later generations, happened so really in front of Zhu Fugui.

If it was before, Zhu Fugui might also believe those Spring and Autumn pen and ink statements, believing that it was a foolish people chasing after the wind and slandering the foreign adults with noble conduct.

However, those mass graves and nameless graves under the church schools in North America are there, and they haven't been filled in yet!

Zhu Fugui knew that these beast-faced beasts would definitely do it, and he would definitely have a reason to do so!

Because the simplest five words: "pagans are not human".

"Devil Six can't be trusted, Xingzhen can't be trusted, I just want to know now where my steel battleship is!"

Zhu Fugui stood up, turned his head to Ito Hirobumi behind him and said, "Write a memorial to me for the dead baby, and then write a scolding ghost animal for me, the more dirty words, the better, within two months, I want my general to carry the head of the murderer to worship the dead children!" ”

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Liu Jie, the magistrate of Tianjin, can't sleep at night these days, and his heart is haggard.

With the erosion of the south, the exclusion of Han officials by the northern banner people became more and more serious, and almost every month you could hear about Han officials who were dismissed without reason.

Fortunately, Liu Jie, the magistrate of Tianjin, has no power and power, and is a tragic role of the magistrate attached to Guo, and no one wants to take him down, but it is inevitable that he will be angry.

And this time, he was in a big trouble.

Last fall, the bodies of thirty or forty dead babies were found near the Church of Mercy and Mercy, a medical center run by the French Catholic Church.

The French consul in Tianjin, Feng Daye, the Catholic priest Father Amoei and others successively said that this was the stillborn baby induced by the doctors of the Church of Mercy for the pregnant woman during the delivery.

He also said that their bodies were kept for the purpose of scientific research.

However, the people of Tianjin apparently do not agree with this statement.

Even Liu Jie, the magistrate of Tianjin, does not agree with such a statement.

As the magistrate of Tianjin, Liu Jie obviously feels that in the past two years, he has accepted more cases of lost children.

Moreover, the mortality rate of sending children to the church's hospital for treatment, or to the church's nursery school, seems to be a bit high.

And just half a month ago, the Tianjin Mintuan Plum Blossom Boxing Club caught Wu Lanzhen, a poisonous woman who abducted children, on the spot.

The secret medicine she used was apparently made by a foreigner.

Attacking the children undoubtedly touched the Chinese scales, and the citizens of Tianjin immediately took action to ask the church for an explanation.

But there are six devils outside the church, a small group of apologetic mercenaries inside, and even diplomats from Britain and France and other countries, where can the defenseless ordinary people contend with?

Therefore, a militia like Plum Blossom Boxing has become the backbone of everyone.

In the past few days, they have smashed foreign shops, burned foreign cars, and destroyed things and killed people when they saw the "ABC" signboard.

The whole city of Tianjin was in chaos, and many shops hung out the "Sun and Moon Flag" overnight.

For example, a store called "Citigroup" posted a notice overnight: "Although our store is called 'foreign company', neighbors and old customers can testify that the items sold by this store are all smuggled 'clear goods', and the quality is far better than that of foreign companies!" ”

Liu Jie, as the magistrate, was also dumbfounded.

Of course, he knew that there were many people who privately sold Ming goods in Tianjin, but he really didn't know that most of these so-called "foreign companies" were selling Ming goods.

But it's no wonder.

His concubine buys rouge gouache, doesn't she only recognize the "big treasure brand"?

Originally, the goods were sold in foreign boxes.

Now that they are troubled by this foreign fist, everyone simply picks up the foreign skin and sells it directly.

Half of the city is full of smuggling goods, so that he, the magistrate, doesn't know whether to take care of it or not.

But soon, Liu Jie found that compared to his next errand, the seizure of the goods was really a trivial matter.

Because of his own special mother, he was actually sent to suppress the boxers!

Zhixian Fuguo has been pouring blood mold for eight lifetimes.

Liu Jie is still attached to a first-class city like Tianjin, and he can't drink the soup wheel, and he is the first to die, which is really a mouthful of old blood.

But there is no way, it is said that Devil Six has fled to Chengde, and there are few people in Tianjin who can do things.

Hard-headed, Liu Jie ordered a group of officials to prepare to go to the yamen of the prime minister of all countries to listen to the announcement.

Walking on the road, there are strong fists with long spears and short knives everywhere, and it seems that they are also gathering towards the prime minister's yamen.

Fortunately, Liu Jie doesn't say what kind of Qingtian lord he is, he is not greedy or occupied, and he can be regarded as a good official with a good reputation.

The boxers he met along the way gave him three points of thin noodles, politely saluted, and did not come to disturb him, as if he didn't see it.

Liu Jie came to the door of the Prime Minister's Yamen with trepidation, but saw a sea of people gathered with strong fists.

There were also many women dressed in white, crying and scattering paper money, the scene was unbearable.

In addition, there are several monks and Taoists, holding wooden fish and dust, I don't know if they are overtaking the undead or cursing the foreigners.

The officials are all old oilers, and when they saw this battle, they ran away for the most part.

Liu Jie relied on an official uniform, and only a few loyal and brave family members were left by his side.

"It's Master Liu!"

I don't know who shouted, and more than a dozen women in white immediately knelt down in front of Liu Jie.

Liu Jie looked at several of them and thought about them carefully, they were some of the women who had come to the yamen to complain before.

"Lord Liu, please be the master of the people's women, do you remember the people's women? The child of the woman has been found, look, look! ”

Looking at the rotten toddler in the woman's arms, Liu Jie's eyes were slightly red and he held back tears:

"Ladies and gentlemen, this official is the magistrate of Tianjin, and the affairs of Tianjin are the affairs of this official, you are waiting here, and this official will definitely seek justice for you!"

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In the Yamen, the French consul in Tianjin, Feng Daye, and the Catholic priest Father Amoyi were arguing with the Minister of Commerce and Commerce, or negotiating.

"You, the Chinese government, must compensate our churches and merchants for their losses, stop slandering our devout people, and bring those rioters to justice!"

Ah Moyi did not have the slightest consciousness of being a suspect, but arrogantly pointed at his noble nose and scolded, "You must know that it is a great honor for His Majesty the Pope to recognize you as the only legitimate government of China, don't be ignorant of the good and the bad!" Otherwise, His Majesty the Pope will immediately declare that the Ming Kingdom is the legitimate government of China! ”

What is legal or not, Hou Chong doesn't care too much.

When his Eight Banners ancestor entered the customs, it was not legal, let alone the law of the Pope that he had never heard of.

But foreigners are amazing, and they are the door gods that I finally invited in the Qing Dynasty, so I can't easily offend.

Chonghou said with a smile: "Your Excellency Father, you have also seen how many thugs have gathered outside the yamen now, if we rush to suppress it, it will inevitably further provoke the people to revolt, why don't you explain in detail the abduction of the child, and hand over the Chinese parishioners involved, which can be regarded as allowing the lower officials to give an explanation to the people?" ”

Chonghou, as a banner man and a member of the three grades, called a priest an official, and just asked the church to hand over the Chinese involved, to put it bluntly, he launched a top bag, and his posture is not low, and his requirements are not weak.

But that's it, in exchange for Ah Moyi's cold snort.

"Mr. Officer, you must know that these people are God's people, and how can they be guilty of doing things under God's guidance? And this is not only my opinion, but also the opinion of the consuls of France, England, Russia, Austria, Prussia, and Spain. ”

Feng Daye's arrogance was no worse than that of Amoyi, he raised Erlang's legs, took a puff of his cigar, highlighted the smoke ring, and said: "That's right, I have discussed with my colleagues in various civilized countries before I came here, I think that the death of the plum blossom fist and the compensation of 1.2 million taels of silver should be able to calm down this incident, otherwise the incident of 1860 will happen again in Beijing." ”

Chonghou's forehead was sweating, and he was hesitant for a while, and he didn't know what to say.

It took a long time before he said: "No, you don't take care of this matter, it's okay to execute the boxer, and you can lose money...... I really don't have any money in the Qing National Treasury Committee! ”

With the support of poverty, it is rare for me to have the backbone of the Qing Dynasty officials.

But who knew that Feng Daye had been grinding with a vulgar Qing man for a long time, and he had long been impatient, so he completely ignored diplomatic etiquette and pulled out his gun on the spot.

As soon as he pulled out his gun, the accompanying apologetic mercenaries also pulled out their foreign guns, sneering at Chonghou

The sublime backbone was immediately extinguished, and the head rat scurried under the table, and then ran into the backyard under the escort of the servants, slipped through the back door, and even escaped from Tianjin City in one breath and went directly to Langfang.

This Beijing's legs and feet are so sharp!

Feng Daye looked at the funny appearance of this pig's tail, couldn't help laughing, patted the priest on the shoulder and said: "Mr. priest, this is the case for these cunning and rude infidels, you can rest assured, in the Far East, the British have always been on our side." ”

With that, the two left the yamen and happened to meet Liu Jie and his family.

Liu Jie hurriedly said to Feng Daye and the others: "Everyone, have you discussed the compensation with Lord Chongda?" If there is a document, can you let the official read it, so that the people can be reassured earlier? ”

The traitor translator on the side sneered and translated Liu Jie's daydreaming words to his master, and Feng Daye sneered even more when he heard it.

It's been a few years since he came to Tianjin, and he has already figured out what the county magistrate of Tianjin is.

Such a person is not qualified to speak to himself.

"Get out of the way, pig!"

A red-headed Ah San stepped forward unceremoniously and shoved, and Liu Jie's family was already full of anger, and he was immediately pulled together with the foreign soldiers.

Bang!

Suddenly, the pistol in Feng Daye's hand came out of green smoke, and a family member covered his chest and fell down.

"Vertical son dare!"

Liu Jie's eyes were cracked, and he took out his waist knife for self-defense and stepped forward to cut down a Ah San.

At this time, the people surrounding saw that an official had come forward, and immediately stepped forward.

"It doesn't rain, the ground is dry, it's all churches that cover the sky! Burn the yellow table, make cigarettes, and invite the gods and goddesses in each cave! Everyone! ”

"Burn down Maozilou and destroy the Jesus Church! Kill the Western ghosts, and then make trouble with the Qing Dynasty! ”

"Kill all the heads of foreigners, China will be safe!"

For a while, all kinds of slogans flew together, sticking rune paper, and the fist Zhuang who drank the divine water was the main force, attacking the foreign spear team.

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An hour later, Liu Jie was covered in blood and was carried back to the county office by the surviving fist.

Miserable, miserable!

Thousands of people beat those hundreds of foreign devils, but they are not opponents at all!

The foreigners retreated into the prime minister's yamen, leaning on the courtyard wall to repel round after round of strong charges.

The smoke cleared, and the already scrawny men fell to the ground in pieces.

What's even more distressing is that the great lord who everyone is looking forward to has not appeared at all!

"Lord Liu, let's all obey you, what to do next, let's listen to you!"

After seeing the combat effectiveness of the fists, Liu Jie actually didn't have much hope for them.

But since he dared to swing a knife at foreigners, this Shandong man had no intention of surviving.

So he nodded vigorously and began to think.

"Lord Zeng's soldiers and horses are in Zhoukou, and we will be able to go north in a few days, why don't we wait for Lord Zeng to administer justice to us?"

At this time, a strong fist was unanimously agreed by everyone.

After all, this matter is about foreign religion.

Zeng Guofan, who claimed to be a saint who defended the famous religion (Confucianism), resolutely suppressed the worship of God, and presumably also opposed foreign religions.

However, although Liu Jie is a man, he has seen Zeng Guofan and knows a little about Zeng Guofan's personality.

"This matter ......"

He wanted to say that Zeng Guofan was unreliable at all, but looking at everyone's expectant eyes, he couldn't bear to tell the truth.

Bang Bang!

At this time, a box of fat powder was touched from the table to the floor by someone.

The trademark of "Daming Craft - Dabaopai Nectar Dew" caught Liu Jie's eyes.