Towards the end of August, the already strange and inexplicable wind direction in Beijing suddenly swept wildly, and the spectators who stayed out of the situation were dizzy and unable to distinguish things.

It was still the scorching sun, and a group of broken flag people were gathering under the root of the imperial city, fighting for red faces, and some humanitarians: "The third elder brother has won!" ”

The news they received was that Prince Kang Chong'an, Ma Qi and others suspended their responsibilities for discussing politics because of their slow treatment of the emperor, and reflected at home. The emperor believed that the Council of Ministers and the Co-Organizer of the Prime Minister's Office were set up side by side, resulting in poor government affairs, and for the Prime Minister's Office, he appointed Prince Yunyu, Prince Zhuang Yunlu, Prince Xian Yanhuang and Wang Fupeng of Heping County as the new prime ministers, and Wu Xiang, the newly promoted chamberlain of the Ministry of Rites, and Haiwang, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and others as co-ministers.

In this change, the fourth prince Hongli was imprisoned pending trial because of his "imprudent behavior". It is said that the Emperor Taishang made up a poisoning case when he was seriously ill last month and framed the new monarch.

Others sneered: "Where did you hear the news of Yeluzi, it's the fourth elder brother who has turned the tables!" ”

According to their knowledge, Pingjun Wang Fupeng, Prince Xian Yanhuang and Zhuang Prince Yunlu and others suspended their responsibilities for discussing politics because they were slow to treat the emperor, and reflected at home. The new monarch was overly grieved and unwell, and the state affairs were taken by Prince Xi and the four princes. The powers and responsibilities of the Council of Ministers of the Regent and the Co-Organizer of the Prime Minister's Office were transferred back to the Military Aircraft Division.

"The third elder brother sits firmly on the dragon chair, how can he turn over his plate!? Isn't this a rebellion? ”

"Those princes have already rebelled once in Chengde, why can't the fourth elder brother draw a scoop according to the gourd, and do it again?"

The quarrel was so engrossed that the gang didn't even notice the arrival of a large group of soldiers and horses, and only when they were surrounded did they fall silent one by one.

"Are you banner people or Han Chinese?"

"Is it a full flag or a Han flag?"

"Which flag!?"

The general shouted and asked, these banner men had flexible brains, and the answer to their mouths was swallowed back into their stomachs and rubbed again.

"We, we are the ones with the red flag, the red flag!"

The two sides of the news conflicted, but there was a detail that was quite interesting, Prince Yun Yu was in charge of both sides, and he had just received a number of red flag-inlaid leaders.

The current situation is the third elder brother, the Guangxu Emperor Hongshi is a party, the fourth elder brother Hongli, the original prince is a party, the two parties seem to be doing it head-on, and they also pull a group of clan relatives and important ministers, this is no longer a dispute between the Manchu and Han Dynasty, it is simply a struggle for imperial power.

These bannermen didn't know where the soldiers came from, and they rode the wall desperately, and they really found a thick wall.

"Slippery head! Lao Tzu still wants to enter the red flag! ”

The generals muttered, and finally did not embarrass them again, and the people of the broken flag were panicked like dogs of a defeated family, each went back to his own home, and each looked for his mother, this Beijing city was already cold and windy, and he no longer dared to wander outside.

On August 18, for the small people, it didn't feel too chaotic, just soldiers wearing various colors of coats went back and forth. With the Forbidden City as the center, the color of blood is gradually spreading.

On Chengnan Avenue, a group of people and horses escorted a carriage in a hurry. In the carriage, Hongli asked worriedly: "Ru Xi ...... them?"

Fu Qing on the other side nodded and said: "Even if we don't protect her, there is still the Fourteenth Master, she is the key figure in the peace between the north and the south." ”

Hongli sighed: "We should listen to her, we are more kind to women than a woman." ”

Fu Qing smiled bitterly: "Who knows the emperor...... The third elder brother, he is so ruthless. ”

Fu Qing was beside Liu Tongxun, and he interjected: "The prince has great benevolence in his heart, and he will have great blessings!" ”

Hongshi's determination to implement the "Manchurian New Deal" was very great, and the radical clan relatives and important ministers such as Fu Peng and Yan Huang all sided with Hongshi, and even the neutrals such as Yunlu were also inclined to the New Deal, and were ready to fight to the death with the Nanban in a posture of breaking the cauldron and sinking the boat. Despite Yoon-woo's best efforts, the Council of Ministers and the Prime Minister's Office failed to maintain the situation, and fell apart within a few days.

Xu Yuanmeng, Cai Shiyuan, Fu Qing, Liu Tongxun and others were determined to support Hongli, and with the prospect of the north-south peace conference guaranteed by Ru Xi, Prince Kang Chong'an and other clan relatives also learned from the pain and nodded in acquiescence. Zhang Tingyu, Jiang Tingxi and other Han ministers also turned a blind eye and allowed them to act on the convenience of the ministry. …,

Thinking that the court situation couldn't withstand the toss, and the Manchurians couldn't fight too bloody, Xu Yuanmeng and others planned a whole set of plans. The core is to imprison Hiroshi and step down with dignity in the name of "retiring from illness". As the regent and supervisor, Hongli ascended the throne after stabilizing the situation.

Unexpectedly, Hongshi's faction had already saved the determination to clean up the opposition to the New Deal, and there was no conspiracy, so he was stunned and slashed over. It wasn't for Yunyu's prior warning, Hongli's head had already fallen.

Fu Peng mastered the left-behind men and horses of the Xishan camp and the guard camp of the commander of the Nine Gates, and Yan Huang went straight to the Fengtai camp, and suppressed the commanders of the various departments who sympathized with Hongli with the righteousness of the monarch and the fate of the Manchus. The military power is in hand, and when Hongli's faction is still working under the court and the Forbidden City, Hongshi's army has already entered the city, ready to wipe them out.

With extreme anger and endless fear, Hongli was escorted by Fu Qing, Liu Tongxun and others, and hurriedly left the city of Beijing and rushed towards Tianjin. The general army of Tanggu and the prefect of Tianjin were both drawn up by Yongzheng Jian, and they should be reliable.

Hongli's carriage ran ahead, and another carriage galloped south in the rear direction more than ten miles away, and dozens of cavalry chased after the carriage, stretching their bows and arrows, and constantly playing the strings.

There was a scream in the carriage, Li Lianying covered her ass with one hand, blood kept flowing from her robe, but her body didn't flash at all.

Ru Xi said with tears in her eyes: "Little Lizi, it's hard for you to be so loyal, in the future, there will be the wealth of our sisters, and you will be indispensable!" ”

Li Lianying's body shook again, and the flesh of her face was twisted, thinking that she had been hit by another arrow, he groaned: "The slave has served the master all his life, and the slave doesn't care about any wealth ......"

Ru An held up her big belly, so she kept crying, and Ru said happily and hatefully: "If you can't escape this difficulty today, it's all because of that Hongli!" Lord Yong...... Long live Lord, you gave birth to a son, how did you give birth to a big determination with a pig's brain, and put a delicate brain with a tofu heart!? ”

Ru An sobbed: "Isn't my sister chattering, long live the lord is determined to add pig brains?" ”

Ru Xi sighed tangledly: "Wrong, Long live Lord is determined and exquisite, but unfortunately there are few people who are not pig brains and tofu hearts!" Long live the defeat of the Lord is defeated because he has no eyesight, and he can't see the thoughts of the people clearly! ”

Li Lianying screamed in pain, and also interjected, "The master also said before, the master who sits on the dragon chair has not very good eyesight." ”

The sound of horses' hooves faded away, and for some reason, the pursuers stopped. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and Ru Xi also had more room to ponder the overall situation: "Yes, as long as you sit on the dragon chair, you have to keep an eye on your ass first, look at Hongshi is in a hurry, he is not demolishing the bridge when he crosses the river, he is burning the bridge!" I don't know what the chaos in Beijing has become. ”

In the city of Beijing, it doesn't look chaotic, that is, there are fewer people on the streets and alleys, and there are more soldiers, but in countless houses, people's heads roll to the ground, and blood and water gather in a stall.

"I'm Tu Lichen, I'm a second-grade minister, and the emperor can't kill me without the approval of Dali Temple! You guys are overkill! ”

In a mansion, the old minister, who was pressed by a group of soldiers, did not know the situation, and roared angrily.

The leader with crooked eyebrows and squinted eyes said impatiently: "Let's do things for the emperor, didn't we say that the king wants the minister to die, and the minister has to die, what are you still making noise?" Turichen...... My crotch is deep, hurry up! We still have several more to do! This old man really doesn't have much oil and water at home, and he doesn't raise a pleasing girl. ”

Tu Lichen shouted: "I am from the Yellow Flag, I am Manchurian!" ”

The leader sighed, and said with a smile: "I know that you are a noble master, but you don't follow our emperor, but you have to stand on the side of the fourth elder brother, which is unbearable......"

The long shouting came to an abrupt end, and the leader looked at Tu Lichen's family, who were already shivering on the ground, and said happily: "Ladies and gentlemen, you should also go on the road together!" ”

The soldier frowned and said, "You didn't say that you want to cut down your family, right?" ..., the leader pouted: "I didn't say that I couldn't cut it, so I collected thousands of taels of silver, there was no valuable goods, and the land couldn't be taken away, bad luck!" Chop it! Wash away this bad luck and protect the luck of the next family. ”

On August 18, the city of Beijing ushered in a bloody day, and many ministers who had jumped out to question it at the enthronement ceremony of Hongshi escaped that day, but they did not escape this day. Although Hanchen expanded his scope, Manchen did not escape.

Tu Lichen, an old minister of the Kangxi and Yongzheng dynasties, was a rare bachelor among the Manchus, proficient in Russian affairs, and had signed many boundary demarcation agreements with the Russians, but the whole family suffered because of the inscription to see the emperor. As for the leading bachelor Xunzhu, not only was he killed, but all the clansmen in Beijing also suffered.

Hongshi, Fu Peng and others didn't think about such a big killing, but it was difficult for them to mobilize the formal state apparatus to act, and at the same time, they didn't believe that the Manchu and Han officials headed by Yun Yu and Zhang Tingyu, who still maintained the basic operation of the Qing Dynasty's state affairs, did not dare to trust the Xishan Battalion, the Fengtai Battalion and the Bujun Battalion Escort Battalion, for fear that they would release water and use the coated servants under their hands.

Evil tactics add evil slaves, and the destructive power soars tenfold.

The coat of the internal affairs office and the coat of the palace are all slaves who are skilled in kowtowing and fighting thousands on weekdays. Putting on their coats, handing them out lists, and allowing them to do whatever they want, these minions are extremely vicious. Kill it all the way. Killing the people on the list becomes the household on the killing list, and then it becomes the house raider. There were three or four hundred officials who died that day, and if you count your families, I am afraid that there are more than seven or eight thousand.

On 18 August, when they learned that Hongli, Ru Xi and others had run away, the "Hongshi Group" knew that it was Yunyu who had done it, but it was not easy to hold them accountable, so they became angry and hurriedly promoted the "Manchurian New Deal."

The first thing in the new deal was to expand the flag, and Hongshi, Fupeng and others also discovered that without the cooperation of the Han people, even the city of Beijing could not be played. But if you want to use Han people, you have to choose someone who can be trusted, such as Wu Xiang.

But the banner of the "Manchurian New Deal" is to talk about the distinction between Manchu and Han, how to solve this contradiction?

It's easy to do, expand the flag, and include the Han people in the Han army flag, isn't it over?

The Han army banner people who supported Hongshi were not happy, they were originally a slave who was one level lower than themselves, why should they be on an equal footing with themselves?

As a result, the policy of expanding the flag changed, and the available Han people were assigned to the Han army to serve as coats. Originally, since Manchuria entered the customs, there were so-called "banner followers" among the Han people, and it was good to set these flag followers as the economic system and expand them. 【1】

Of course, most of the Han people are unwilling, and it is still a good thing for the extremely poor and poor households to be clothed in the noble room, but if the well-off and well-off households are in a similar situation, or even worse, as a coat, who can figure it out?

But for Hongshi Group, what do Han people think, is it necessary to care? Why? Ask the knife to go!

Beginning on 19 August, the apparent tranquility of the capital was also shattered. Starting from the periphery of the Imperial City, the Baoyi soldiers cleaned up the Han people street by street, and even more people rushed out of Beijing to go to Gyeonggi County to sort out the local government and implement this policy.

For several days in a row, the city was full of shouts, people were running one after another, and blood was all over the road.

If there is resistance, you are not afraid, just put on the knife, but some resistance cannot be solved with a knife. What should Wu Xiang do, such an active and useful Han person? Without them, the Han people in Beijing City would not be able to sort it out, let alone Gyeonggi County, and as for the entire north, even Hongshi, who had a brain full of blood, would not dare to think about it.

Originally, it was also simple, anyway, there are few people like this, so they directly carry the flag.

Carrying and carrying, even Fu Peng Yanhuang is not full, a few dozen or so are acceptable, hundreds and thousands, so isn't it messy?

"Let's ...... Set up another flag, with the green flag as the number. There are green camps, and there can also be green people. ”

Wu Xiang, who has been carried into the yellow flag, offered advice, which impressed Hongshi Junchen and his ministers, and the matter of smearing the paste really had to rely on the Han people.

So at the end of August of the tenth year of Yongzheng, the iron system of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty changed and became the Nine Banners...... There are more positive green flags. ..., the available Han people were incorporated into this banner, and seventy percent of the hardcore crops of the Han army banner were given money and grain, and the rich households in the capital and Gyeonggi were scattered like birds and beasts, while the cold and unemployed Han people came in a surge, and the gates of the newly established Zhenglu Banner Command Yamen were collapsed several times.

Because of his name, Yunlu was worried about the source of money and food for this banner, and Hongshi said: "I have moved all the money from the treasury with the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and there are still 38 million taels." ”

Fu Peng frowned and said: "But there are many of them to prepare for the war in the northwest, Jingxiang and Jiangnan. ”

Hongshi's face showed determination: "Can those places still be saved?" If the land is gone, why spend money? ”

Yun Lu, Fu Peng, Yan Huang and others looked at Wu Xiang, who knew how to practice, the latter shrank his head to his chest, not daring to speak, and the three of them looked at each other again, and they all had a sense of uneasiness that even their bottoms were on the gambling table.

In the Prince's Mansion, the head of the Internal Affairs Office, Hai Wang, said with tears in his eyes: "Fourteenth Master, it's ridiculous!" If it continues like this, the family will be ruined, and the hearts of the people will all be scattered! The villain didn't dare to let the Internal Affairs Office have trouble with the emperor, so he walked with the emperor hard, but ...... But if you keep doing it, the villain is afraid of being stabbed to death in bed at night, and he doesn't know who did it! ”

Yun Yu said with a haggard face: "I am all the way with you, what else can I do?" If I hadn't stopped me, I'm afraid the emperor would have killed even Prince Kang and others...... I can only do so much, to protect our full blood and not let the turmoil spread to the top. ”

Haiwang almost cried: "But yesterday Ma Qi came to me, trying to do something, and the villain didn't dare to answer." Everyone from the dragon can't sit still! ”

Yun Yu smiled and smiled tangledly: "They also know that what they did before was too ridiculous...... But without this, I can't get out of my background, and I can't protect so many people. Speaking of which, it is also God's mercy and misfortune. ”

Haiwang sighed: "The fourteenth master was going to agree to sit there, how can there be today?" ”

Yun Yu sneered and said silently, but said in his heart, how can my ten years of high walls be in vain? Now in this situation, that person is covered with nail mats! Whoever sits is unlucky! To sit firmly on that place, it is not up to the north to decide, not to the Manchurians themselves. It depends on whether Ru Xi can help Hongli catch the line in the south, and the holy Taoist master in the south is willing to stretch out his hand.

Zhang Mansion, Zhang Tingyu sighed: "It's weird, these strange things, this emperor can really do it!" ”

Jiang Tingxi said: "Children holding national weapons are not enough to describe ......"

Zhang Tingyu shook his head: "Who made him the emperor?" ”

Jiang Tingxi said with anticipation: "It's almost ...... It's almost ......"

Zhang Tingyu closed his eyes and pretended not to hear: "We, courtiers, must observe the big festival!" The righteousness of the monarch and the minister must not be lost. ”

Jiang Tingxi said secretly, yes, who sits on the dragon chair are you loyal to......

In Huangpu Wuya Palace, Li Shi greeted Siniang: "Check the guards and pro-army, let's go to the north." ”

Siniang glared: "What are you doing!?" Why do you need the official to come in person? ”

Li Xian smiled: "Jiangning dedicated the city, Hangzhou dedicated the city, Jiangnan has been flattened, I, the emperor, have to go around and appease the hearts of the people in Jiangnan." ”

Siniang didn't think too much, she felt that Li Shi's smile was quite weird, she subconsciously looked around, for fear that outsiders were present, this absurd emperor often did some dirty things that made people embarrassed and embarrassed, such as on the "dragon chair" in the government hall......

[1: The people who follow the banner are not counted in the Eight Banners, but they are also Han people who are under the jurisdiction of the Eight Banners. Huangzhuang and Wanggong Manor all rely on these people to cultivate and pay grain, and in essence, they are Manchurian serfs. Under the leadership of the Three Banners of the Internal Affairs Office of Liaodong alone, there are hundreds of thousands of people. These people not only included those who became serfs in Liaodong, but also those who were surrendered by the Han people in the customs after entering the customs. For generations, they were bound by the royal family and the Manchu aristocracy. Yongzheng once gave grace to allow the "old man", that is, the children of the leader of the banner man "Zhuangtou", who was a slave before entering the customs, to participate in the scientific examination. 】

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