Just as the royal family members of the Qing court were negotiating plans to escape from Beijing, Qin Zheng and Zhou Ping had already arrived in Tianjin from Qingdao on a naval warship.

Tianjin had already arranged accommodation and office rooms for the two of them. After Tianjin settled down, Liu Qinglin, commander of the 11th Field Army, and Gao Hongliang, mayor of Tianjin, came to report to Qin Zheng. At this time, the two armies of the People's Army had approached the front of Beijing City, less than 10 kilometers away from Beijing City, and were stationed separately at the exits of the gates in the southeast of Beijing City, and could launch an attack on Beijing City at any time. However, the northwest gates of Beijing City were still accessible.

In addition, according to the report of the Beijing office, the order in Beijing is now beginning to be in chaos, and someone has fled from Beijing. Last night, Prince Qing’s Mansion and Prince Chun’s Mansion were robbed by the army and caused casualties. At 6 a.m. today, an army of about 34,000 people left Beijing and headed west, and accompanied the army with a large amount of baggage and family members, obviously powerful officials who fled Beijing collectively.

After hearing the report, Qin Zheng frowned and immediately ordered his staff to inquire about the 5th Field Army responsible for capturing Xuanhua Prefecture, cutting off the passage between Beijing and Shanxi, and also preventing Shanxi from reinforcing the reinforcement mission, where is it now? He also asked the 5th Field Army to arrive at Xuanhua Prefecture as soon as possible, complete the encirclement of Beijing, and block the route of fleeing from Beijing.

Then Qin Zheng asked again: "Have the prisoners been sent to Tianjin?"

Gao Hongliang said: "I arrived yesterday and have been placed." He said that, and handed the list file information to Qin Zheng.

Qin Zheng took the information and opened it casually. The first page was Aisin Gioro Zai Tian, ​​and recorded his age, height, weight, etc., as well as photos and editors. The information was quite complete. The name on the second page was Yehenara* Xingzhen, but looking at the photo was Cixi, Qin Zheng was also a little surprised. Although he had a lot of research on modern Chinese history in the old time and space, he only knew that Cixi was Yehenara and her nickname was Lan'er, but he really didn't know what Cixi's boudoir name was, and said, "Is this Cixi's name?"

Gao Hongliang said: "I have also asked Sifang, and they said that this was indeed the name Cixi reported herself, and it was the first time I knew it."

Qin Zheng smiled, closed the information, and said, "Okay, I'll take a look at them slowly tonight. How are their physical and mental states?"

Gao Hongliang said: "According to the information sent by Sifang, there is no serious injury, but it will take several days to recuperate. As for mental state, it is definitely impossible for him to get there after becoming a prisoner."

Qin Zheng clicked and smiled and said, "This is the same, let's do it. Let's arrange it tomorrow morning. Comrade Zhou Ping and I will meet Zai Tian and Yehenara Xingzhen."

Gao Hongliang said: "Okay, I'll inform them first."

So at around 8 a.m. the next morning, the staff from the captive camp brought Guangxu and Cixi to Qin Zheng and Zhou Ping's offices.

Guangxu pushed open the office door and saw Qin Zheng standing up from behind the desk, walking around the desk, and laughing and saying, "Mr. Zai Tian, ​​we haven't met for several years."

Guangxu was stunned for a moment, and his heart was filled with mixed feelings. When he met Qin Zheng, when the Gengzi Kingdom was still in the west to hunt Xi'an, Qin Zheng was still known as an overseas Chinese to go to Xi'an to meet Cixi and Guangxu. He was summoned by Cixi and Guangxu. Later, Guangxu summoned Qin Zheng 2 or 3 times alone. Since then, Guangxu has never seen Qin Zheng again, and of course, he has never met other people in the East China Government. As it has been almost the past 10 years, of course, Guangxu and Qin Zheng are both adults. The appearance has not changed much in the past 10 years. It was just that Guangxu has matured a little, while Qin Zheng has become older.

However, although Guangxu was forced to do so, he was still the emperor of Wancheng. When he saw Qin Zheng, he summoned him at the famous discussion. Although Qin Zheng tried his best to be neither humble nor arrogant when he met, there was still a distinction between superiors and inferiors. When Qin Zheng met Guangxu, he had to call him the emperor or long live. Guangxu was called Qin Zheng as a minister, and the meaning of honor was very obvious. But now the two can be regarded as a complete change of position. Guangxu changed from a high-ranking emperor to a prisoner under the rank, and Qin Zheng's name for Guangxu also became "Mr. Zai Tian".

Although Guangxu has not had direct contact with people from the East China Government in recent years, he still knows a lot about the matter of the East China Government. He knows that Qin Zheng’s official position in the East China Government is the Speaker of the Senate House. Guangxu has a certain understanding of the government agencies of modern countries and knows what position this is. In addition, Qin Zheng is usually respected as a "political commissar" in the East China Government. Guangxu also knows that this is a military position of the East China Government, which is roughly equivalent to a military supervisor and a military officer. However, it is really hard to say that Guangxu calls Qin Zheng by these two positions. After all, Guangxu is still unable to let go of his status as an emperor, even if he has become a prisoner. Therefore, Guangxu hesitated for a moment before saying: "Qin...Mr. Qin."

Qin Zheng didn't think it was strange when he heard this, and said, "Please sit down and talk."

The two sat on the sofa in Qin Zheng's office. Guangxu was a little restrained and habitually straightened his waist and sat upright. Qin Zheng leaned on the back of the sofa, making him much more relaxed. He looked like a new employee reported his work to his leader.

Qin Zheng said: "Mr. Zai Tian, ​​can you still get used to this period?"

Guangxu smiled bitterly and said, "What else can I say to the captured people? I can only take it as I go."

Qin Zheng nodded and said, "It's good that you can think this way. The conditions for the prisoner camp are indeed much worse than when you were the emperor in the palace. But in terms of heart, compared with others, the conditions are quite good. Although you are the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, you are just an ordinary prisoner here, no different from others! It's just that we consider that you have to accept your current identity change immediately. After all, a person's decades of habits is not easy to change so quickly, so we give you some special care, so that you can change it as soon as possible, adapt to a new identity and a new life. After all, these special care will not last too long."

Guangxu looked down, Qin Zheng's words were of course very harsh, but now he is indeed not the emperor, so what can he do? He can only swallow his anger and hesitate for a while before Guangxu said: "Mr. Qin, there is one thing that I can never understand. I hope you can give me some advice."

Qin Zheng nodded and said, "Oh! What's the problem? I dare not give me any advice, but I can also do my best to express my knowledge and give me my opinions and opinions. It may be of some reference for you."

Guangxu pondered for a while before saying, "Mr. Qin, the people were originally the old people of the dynasty, not the people of our Qing Dynasty. Moreover, when we returned from overseas, the court was in crisis. It was the people who returned to resist the Eight-Nation Alliance and recovered the capital, so that the court could not be said to be very generous. However, the court was not bad to the people. If we enthrone a province in Shandong to the people, we could set up officials and set up officials on our own, which looked like a foreign town. This honor was only when the Qing Dynasty entered the pass. I thought that such a generous title was worthy of the people's merits. If we support the people's talents with all our hearts, it would not be difficult to expel the forces of various countries and revive the Qing Dynasty. The people could also be favoured for hundreds of generations, and be famous in history and become a model for later generations."

After a pause, Guangxu said again: "Although the Qing Dynasty was in power at that time, my power was lost, with the power of the people, it is not difficult to clear the king, correct the court, eliminate evil, support the true king, uphold the righteous spirit, establish new laws, and then the king and his ministers work together to govern, breed and develop industries, so that our Qing Dynasty can enrich the country and strengthen the army, and look down on the countries, but why did the people rebel against our Qing Dynasty and destroy it quickly! Moreover, after the people became powerful, they did not restore the old system of the first dynasty, which shows that it was not for the loyalty of the first dynasty. Now the general trend of the Qing Dynasty has been gone and cannot be restored, but this doubt has always been in my heart, and I can't figure it out. I also ask Mr. Qin to explain it to me."

After saying this, Guangxu also breathed a long sigh. He asked Yang Rui these words when he was captured. At that time, Yang Rui did not answer him, but instead scolded him, saying that the territory of the East China Government was conquered by himself, not rewarded by the Qing court. Later, Guangxu recalled that these words were not wrong. Whether it was Tianjin, Shandong, Shanghai, and Northeast China Government were conquered by the East China Government. However, some were taken back by the East China Government from foreigners, and sometimes they were robbed by the Qing court. Therefore, today I asked Qin Zheng again, but some changes were made, but the general meaning was the same.

Qin Zheng said: "I understand your thoughts and can also answer them for you."

Guangxu was still a little nervous, afraid that Qin Zheng would get angry, saying that he could not let go of the emperor's airs, but when he heard Qin Zheng say that he could answer him, he couldn't help but feel excited. No matter what, this question has troubled him for several years, and now he can finally know the answer. Although it is impossible to turn the situation around, he can still resolve his own heart.

Qin Zheng said: "Mr. Zai Tian, ​​first of all, I want to make it clear that our East China government has no malice towards you personally. Although during your time as an emperor, the Qing court made no achievements both internally and externally, and further lost power and humiliated the country. The situation became worse and worse, further deepening China's suffering, but in terms of heart, all the consequences should not be held by you, because although you are the emperor, you are just a puppet emperor and have no real power. The Yehenara clan is the one who really controls the political situation, and these responsibilities should be borne by her. On the contrary, we still have a lot of sympathy for your situation, and this emperor may not be very comfortable."
Chapter completed!