Chapter 273: The Last Days of the Qing Court (17)
Qin Zheng said: "Now you have a chance to make meritorious contributions. Our army has surrounded Beijing City. As long as you order it and attack, you can immediately capture Beijing City. However, in that case, the people in Beijing City will be implicated by war, with heavy casualties, and the palaces, gardens, and temples in Beijing City will also be damaged. These are the precious wealth of the country. We can't bear any losses. If we can enter Beijing peacefully, the losses can be minimized. Therefore, we hope you can write a letter to Zhang Zhidong who is left in Beijing, so that he can leave the city and accept surrender, and protect the people and buildings in a city. It is of great benefit."
After hearing this, Guangxu realized what Qin Zheng said about making meritorious contributions. He simply wanted to borrow his emperor status to persuade the ministers of the Qing court to surrender. From Guangxu's heart, of course he was extremely reluctant. Isn't this clearly necessary to help the East China Government fight against the Qing court? Not only did he become the king of the country, but he also personally participated in the destruction of his own country. What would he have in the future to meet the ancestors of the Qing Dynasty!
However, it is still far away to see the ancestors of the Qing Dynasty, and his life and death are all in the thoughts of the East China Government. Although Qin Zheng said it very well just now and would not hurt himself, Guangxu understood that he should first comfort himself. However, if he did not agree to the request of the East China Government, the consequences would probably not be better. Thinking of this, Guangxu could only sigh secretly, nodded, and said, "It is necessary to have some small things, so why bother me, I will write a letter immediately."
Qin Zheng nodded and said, "Then don't hesitate, I have pens, ink and paper here, so just write here."
At this time, Guangxu was not allowed to refuse, so he had to come to Qin Zheng's desk. He saw that the desk had already been covered with letter paper, several brushes were inserted in the pen holder, and the inkstone was filled with ink. It seemed that Qin Zheng had prepared a lot.
Guangxu sat down on the chair, thought for a while, then took out a brush from the pen holder, dipped it in ink, and wrote it on the letter paper. Qin Zheng did not ask, but just sat on the sofa reading the newspaper.
It was only about 30 minutes later that Guangxu took the written letter and handed it to Qin Zheng, saying, "Mr. Qin, do you think this is OK?"
Qin Zheng took it and saw that his handwriting was quite neat and his wording was very appropriate. He was very satisfied and said, "It's great. I believe that Zhang Zhidong will make the right choice after reading this letter."
What should be said was finished and all the goals were achieved. So Qin Zheng asked Guangxu to go back to the prisoner camp and instructed Guangxu to study hard in the prisoner camp and first learn the ability to take care of himself.
After sending Guangxu away, it was not long before Zhou Ping pushed the door in. Qin Zheng smiled and said, "How is it? Have you finished talking to Lord Lafayette?"
Zhou Ping also smiled and said, "The talk is over, where are you here! How are you talking to Master Long Sui?"
Qin Zheng said: "Anyway, I have written my belief in Zhang Zhidong, but I don't think he is a little dissatisfied with other things, so I have discussed it with me. After all, I have been an emperor for more than 30 years, and this bend cannot be turned around at once. Let's slowly transform it! What about your situation!"
Zhou Ping said: "Laofu is much more pragmatic than the emperor. She will agree to whatever I say, but there is no doubt. Although it can be seen that it is inappropriate, at least it is completely obedient in its attitude."
Qin Zheng laughed and said, "So the Yehenara clan was able to be in power for more than 40 years, and Zai Tian could only be a puppet emperor, which is not unreasonable."
Zhou Ping said: "I saw this old lady was afraid of death. I didn't expect that people in their 70s would still be so afraid of death. It would be good to live one more day."
Qin Zheng said: "It is precisely because she has lived for a long time, seen more and enjoyed her for a lifetime that she cherishes her life even more and is reluctant to die."
Zhou Ping said: "Do you think our transformation of them works?"
Qin Zheng smiled and said, "Of course, it doesn't matter whether they are really transformed or not. As long as they agree with the result of the transformation. Simply put, if they want to end the transformation as soon as possible, they must act and think according to our thinking. Only in this way can they pass the assessment of transformation. Once they act and think, they have changed their habits of thinking, in fact, they have accepted the transformation and can accept our system and will no longer want to avoid it. Of course, this is a very long process. Zai Tian may be able to wait until that day, but Yehenara may not be so easy. After all, she is 74 years old. In the old time and space, she should have died of illness more than 20 days ago."
Zhou Ping said: "When I think about it now, I still feel a little unbelievable. It has been almost 10 years since we came to this era, and we are about to seize the power of the whole country and have achieved complete success."
Qin Zheng was also quite moved and said, "Yes! It has been 10 years in a flash. Although it has occupied Beijing now, it cannot be considered completely successful. After all, there are still vast areas in the south, but it is soon. At most, in just five years, we can truly unify the country and establish a new country. In this way, at least we can suffer less and become prosperous, strong and stable as soon as possible. It is not in vain for us to come to this era."
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At this time, Zhang Zhidong in Beijing was as big as a fight, and he felt quite exhausted and exhausted. Because the entire city of Beijing is almost in chaos, Zhang Zhidong could not control the situation.
The night before yesterday, Prince Yuan Su Shanqi, Prince Gong Puwei and other members of the royal family planned to flee Beijing, and Tieliang led his army overnight to invade Prince Qing's mansion and Prince Chun's mansion, not only killing more than 20 people from the two palaces, but also looting all the money and fine things from the two palaces.
It turned out that Shanqi, Pu Wei, Tie Liang and others knew very well that it was basically impossible to come back from Beijing this time. Moreover, if there is a re-establishment of the government in the south, there is no capital without enough troops. Tie Liang now has about 3,000 people under him, and some of the Imperial Guards and other troops rely on the royal family, with a total of 4,500 people. It is enough at present, but the funding gap is still not small.
Although Shanqi and Puwei are both princes, and there are also many other members, including Beile and Beizi, who are not short of money, but for individuals, money is naturally enough, but it is far from being used in the army and government. Secondly, when you escape Beijing this time, you can only carry some gold, silver, fine and soft items with you, and at most, you can only bring some antiques and utensils. Real estate, real estate, and land can only be given up completely, so the property that can be taken away is limited, and not to mention that these are their own personal property, so it is impossible to expect them to take them out for public use.
So Shanqi, Pu Wei and Tieliang discussed and started to think about it and set off their ideas to the residence of Prince Qing and Prince Chun. Because their group and Prince Qing were not in the first place, and they basically would not come back after leaving this time, so they were not afraid of completely offending others. Brother He now Prince Qing Yili and Prince Chun Zaifeng have become prisoners of the East China Government. There is no one in charge in both palaces, so what are you afraid of!
Moreover, although they were all princes, they were all in different ways. Prince Qing Yili was famous for being greedy for money in the Qing court. After the Gengzi Kingdom, Prince Qing became the foreman of the Military Affairs Office. He asked him to ask for favors. Naturally, there were endless people who walked around and would give Prince Qing a lot of money gifts. Prince Qing also had a good door and refused to accept anyone. Although Prince Qing's style of work was extremely bad in the royal family and many royal families couldn't stand it, they accumulated huge wealth, and it was not an exaggeration to say that he was rich in an enemy country.
Prince Chun is even more amazing. The previous generation Prince Chun Yihuan was Guangxu's biological father, Cixi's sister-in-law, and also served as the foreman of the Military Affairs Office. Prince Chun Zaifeng of this generation was Guangxu's younger brother. He entered military affairs at a young age. It can be said that in the past few decades, Prince Chun's line has been the hottest group in the royal family. With power, wealth will naturally roll in. Therefore, Prince Qing and Prince Chun's wealth are far higher than Shanqi and Puwei. If they stole their mansion, they can not only breathe a sigh of relief for themselves, but also gain a lot of wealth. Why not do it?
So Tieliang immediately commanded the army and attacked the two palaces respectively. Sure enough, the two palaces were in chaos at this time. Because both princes became prisoners of the East China Government, they could not be confused, so the army easily attacked the two palaces. Although the people in the two palaces would not be able to stand dead and resist was inevitable, they were the opponents of the army. Dozens of servants were killed, and the army robbed them in the two palaces. Although everyone usually couldn't see each other, they still had to be able to get through on the big side and were familiar with each other's mansions. After all, the general structure of Chinese houses is the same. Even if they don't know where the silver is hidden, they can still guess it, and they don't have to search randomly. Moreover, Bi Jin and his friends were both close to each other, so they did not do anything too rude to Prince Qing, Prince Chun's family and female family members.
However, although the two princes were not there, Zaifeng's younger brother Zaitao was still there, and Zaitao was the commander of the Imperial Guards and had some troops in his hand. When he heard that his brother's mansion had been stolen, he immediately raised his troops and rushed to rescue him. As a result, both sides fought in front of Prince Chun's mansion and started a fight.
Although Tieliang could not defeat the People's Army, his army had been trained on the battlefield after all, and Tieliang himself was good at fighting. In comparison, the imperial guards had basically never been on the battlefield. Zaitao was just a rich and powerful child and had no ability. Therefore, the imperial guards were soon defeated, and Zaitao had to take the defeated troops back.
Chapter completed!