Dongzhi Gate.

Tang Zhuying, the man with the red flag of the Han army, took over the post of the leader of the left city gate of this gate for a month.

The left city gate collar is the fourth rank of the military attaché, and the deputy guard of the coat, the deputy Xiao cavalry of the coat, and the coat of the collar are the same military officials, and the nine gates of the inner city and the seven gates of the outer city are opened and closed in the morning and dusk, and the entry and exit are inspected.

This personnel transfer did not attract anyone's attention, and even the inside of the Yamen, the commander of the infantry army, seemed to be undisturbed.

Because although Dongzhimen also has tax customs, but there is very little oil and water, it is completely inferior to Chongwen Gate, which is known as the first tax customs in Beijing, and it is not as good as the first three gates and the other two gates Xuanwu and Zhengyang.

Therefore, most of the subordinate officials of this city gate are under the five banners and the eight banners of the Han army, in addition to opening the city gate regularly on weekdays, the most work is to patrol the night and put out fires.

Tang Zhuying himself has no background, but his great-grandfather has a stroke in the history of the Ming Dynasty, which is the Ming Miyun general Tang Tong, who first descended to Li Zicheng and then descended to Dolgon.

In the "Biography of Erchen" compiled by the National History Museum, Tang Tong is listed as Part B.

The Tang family originally had the title of Captain of the Cavalry, and Tang Zhuying's grandfather and father both attacked this title, but when Tang Zhuying came here, the emperor specially issued an edict saying: "Tang Tong was originally the chief military officer of the former Ming Dynasty, and he couldn't contribute, but he surrendered to the thieves." Although he joined the dynasty, he did not have merit, so his title was no longer hereditary. ”

With the "horn", Tang Zhuying not only couldn't attack the title handed down by his ancestors, but also faced the same situation as other families of the founding Han army heroes - the whole family went out and got out.

Then, he also made up for Bai Tang'a, also went to Jinchuan with the army, also experienced the defeat of Muguomu, and also followed Jia Dongge to collaborate with the enemy and betray the country...

More than a month ago, due to the recommendation of Bo Qing, the deputy general of Dingxi Zuo, he returned to Beijing with military merits and was transferred to the commander of the left city gate of Dongzhimen.

At the same time, he served as a member of the executive committee of the Han Eight Banners of the Beijing Branch of the Communist Advancement Association, responsible for liaising with the two red flags of the Han Army.

Under its development, 17 people, including brothers, nephews, brothers-in-law and cousins, have joined the Gongjin Association, so that they can better serve the Qing Dynasty in this big family, so as to realize their personal ideals and ambitions.

Because he is the leader of the Zuocheng Gate, he is nominally the leader of the Dongzhimen, so when Lord Jia Jia was ordered to transfer the infantry to lead the Yamen, and convened a meeting of the main officers of the Nine Gates and Eight Banners and the Green Battalion of the Beijing Division, Tang Zhu should have the honor to meet Lord Jia Jia.

But at this meeting, Lord Jia Jia did not speak to Tang Zhuying alone, everything was official.

During the meeting, it was instructed that the members of the Eight Banners of the Jingshi Division would carry out the hidden mission for a long time unless they were awakened by their superiors.

Tang Zhuying originally thought that his latent career might last for several years, but he didn't expect that after two days, he would be awakened.

It was Director Liu of the Liaison Office who woke him up personally.

After that, taking advantage of his power, Tang Zhuying began to secretly release people in the city.

There are the children of the Eight Banners of Manchuria, the children of the Eight Banners of the Han Army, the children of the Green Battalion, and other unstaffed personnel.

What are these people doing in the city, the superiors did not tell Tang Zhuying, and Tang Zhuying also adhered to the principle of the meeting and never asked.

And although these people entered the city through the Dongzhi Gate, they all had formal procedures, and most of them were children of the Eight Banners, so even if something happened, he would not be involved as the leader of the Left City Gate.

But people are curious, especially now that there is an undercurrent surging in Beijing, whether it is the Eight Banners of Manmeng or the Eight Banners of the Han Army, everyone feels the uneasiness in the air.

All kinds of rumors have spread, the most shocking of which is undoubtedly that the emperor called the only person in the know, the queen mother, in order to cover up his Han identity.

After this rumor began to spread, gradually someone remembered the death of Queen Nala.

The poor queen was imprisoned by the emperor in the name of evil, and then died in the palace for unknown reasons.

There were officials, palace people and eunuchs who had toured south with the emperor, and it was natural to tell the story of Queen Nala's broken hair.

Broken hair, called soul, cut braids, the emperor is Han...

One coincidence is a coincidence, and ten, a hundred coincidences are not.

Some people say that the emperor asked He Shen, who was in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, to secretly build a golden tower, not to store the hair of the queen mother, but to use this tower to suppress the soul of the queen mother.

Even more terrifying rumors appeared.

Some people say that the emperor has already transferred troops to Beijing, and when the queen mother moves the spirit to Changchun Garden, all the clans who came to send the spirit will be wiped out.

Some people also said that they once saw the emperor go up the coal mountain at night and bow three times and bow to the old locust tree that has died.

When two teenagers from Zhenghuangqi went to the imperial city to play, they saw a man wearing yellow clothes but no braids looking at the Forbidden City stupidly.

When the two young men saw that the man was dressed strangely, they asked him what he was looking at.

The man pointed to Miyagi and told the boys, "This is my home, I've been away for a long time, and now I want to go home." ”

After the man said this, the two teenagers felt dizzy, and then fell unconscious.

All kinds of bizarre rumors emerged one after another, some timid banner people felt that the city was no longer safe, they tried to live in the outer city temporarily, but the infantry battalion guarding the city said that it was ordered by Lord Jia Jia, saying that the flag people were not allowed to leave the city during the queen mother's state funeral.

Yesterday, there were many incidents of braids being cut all over the city.

Some were forcibly cut on the road, and some were rushed directly into the house and braided.

Those who cut people's braids also said that they were acting on orders, but whether it was the infantry army commander yamen or the military aircraft department, or the six departments, the eight banners all said that the emperor had no will to cut braids.

However, one fact is that the emperor did cut his braids.

Yuan Shoutong, the minister of military aircraft and the Han official, thought that someone was trying to make a living under the pretext of the queen mother's national funeral, so he wanted to ask the emperor to decree martial law in the city, so that demons, villains, and villains with ulterior intentions could not move.

However, several other military aircraft ministers of the Military Aircraft Department did not agree to do so, and they agreed that various rumors have arisen recently, and if the city is closed at this time, it will not only help to ban the rumors, but will exacerbate the panic, and even cause uncontrollable consequences.

What are the consequences of this?

The ministers of military aircraft actually knew it, but no one dared to say it.

In order to prevent accidents, Fulong Anzu asked the emperor to advance the Empress Dowager's collection by two days, and all the ceremonies of the Empress Dowager's state funeral were held in Changchun Garden, so that the infantry commander Yamen could free up his hands to clean up the inner city.

Qianlong didn't agree, but just asked Fu Longan to do his job and take care of the guards.

It seemed that the emperor was waiting for something.

..........

In the night, several dark shadows gathered in the alley not far from Prince Zhuang's mansion, and the cart behind them was full of fire oil.

There are also people who appear around Prince Xian, Prince Jian's Mansion, Prince Yi's Mansion and many other princely palaces.

Outside the imperial city, there are also people lurking in the dark.

There was no bell at midnight, but slogans were heard.

Two yellow flags, two white flags, two red flags, two blue flags...

At the same time, people were setting fires all over the city, accompanied by "The emperor has an order to kill the clan!" Cry out.

Someone on the periphery of the imperial city smashed the oil canister on the palace wall, but the fire was accompanied by "Kill Qianlong, protect the Qing Dynasty!" The roar.

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