Chapter 147: "Constitutional Treaty", "Shandong Military Privilege Treaty"
On August 18th, after a day of rest, the second battalion of the Liaodong Army finally launched a general attack on the capital at dawn. Suddenly, the sound of cannons roared and the shouts of killing the sky were shaking.
The artillery battalion fired the gap in the Chaoyangmen section, defeating the enemy in front of the infantry. With the support of powerful artillery, the second battalion rushed into the inner city with shouts.
The Jing camp in the city was so scared that it was full of urination. After losing the protection of the city wall, its vulnerable surname was revealed, and many soldiers in the Jing camp directly raised their hands to surrender.
Although the hot air balloon was not used, Zhao Yan's psychological offensive against the city was achieved. The soldiers of the Beijing camp knew that as long as the army directly surrendered when entering the city, there would be no life danger.
In this war, Zhao Yan stood at one end of morality and was a well-reputed military general. The soldiers in the Beijing camp in the city fought for some reason and for whom.
If it is said that he is fighting for the emperor, Zhao Yan is fighting the banner of Qing dynasty.
Although there were only a few thousand people in the second battalion, after rushing into the city, it was like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, sweeping across the inner city like a bamboo shoot. Zhao Yan kept receiving reports of war outside the city. The degree of resistance in the city was much greater than his, but it was extremely low.
"The Third Cavalry Battalion entered the city to carry out public security tasks." Zhao Yan received news that a gangster from the city took the opportunity to rob, and hurriedly ordered the General Staff.
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...The city was full of chaos and chaos, and the people hid at home and did not dare to go out. The same was true for those officials, with only some gangsters catching fish in the chaos.
However, as soon as these hooligans were seen by the Shandong army, their bad luck came. They were either caught or shot to the ground. Every soldier was very experienced in dealing with these people.
During the war in North Korea, they often encountered such situations.
However, they have to be responsible for the offensive mission, but they can't control the areas that have already cleared the enemy.
Soon, the Third Cavalry Battalion entered the inner city. They were divided into a team of more than a dozen people and patrolled the streets to maintain the security of the inner city.
Many of the gangsters who rushed into the private houses and robbed were surrounded by cavalry from the Third Cavalry Battalion, and then cleared them one by one.
Of course, no one dared to touch those high-end mansions, and the Second Infantry Battalion, which was responsible for the attack, did not pay attention to those mansions.
Most of those mansions were royal relatives and civil and military officials living there. The inner city was no better than the outer city. There were a lot of people in the inner city with huge hands and eyes.
However, these unparalleled figures were also worried in front of Zhao Yan's army, afraid that Zhao Yan would find an excuse to do them.
They naturally understood that this time, Zhao Yan entered Beijing under the banner of clearing the monarch, and a group of officials would inevitably step down, or even lose their heads.
The officials who had attacked Zhao Yan in the court were even more confused at this time. The Shandong army and the Beijing camp fought hard outside, which was even more frightened.
Zhao Yan had been waiting outside the city. The soldiers of the second battalion who entered the city were escorting a team of soldiers from the Beijing camp and leaving the city one after another. None of the soldiers of the Beijing camp were in spirit.
Zhao Yan looked at the soldiers and horses of the Beijing camp, and suddenly had an idea and asked Mao Yuanyi: "How many silver are there in the army?"
"There are 600,000 taels left for the silver used to purchase military supplies on the road." Mao Yuanyi replied. Zhao Yan nodded and said to Mao Yuanyi: "Pick up the silver and give two taels of silver to each of the soldiers in the Beijing camp."
"Why is this?" Mao Yuanyi asked inexplicably, "The Beijing camp's people are said to be 200,000. Although they have eaten some vacancy, there are at least tens of thousands. If each person has two taels of silver, it will be almost the same as the monthly expenditure of our Shandong army."
"It's okay, these silvers are definitely worth it." Zhao Yan said to Mao Yuanyi: "This time we will send the silver to them. Next time we come to the capital again, they will not resist and will even help us open the city gate."
"Lord is wise." After Zhao Yan said this, Mao Yuanyi immediately understood and asked Zhao Yan: "Are we sending some education committees to do ideological education for them?"
"This is necessary." Zhao Yan nodded and said.
… “What are these Shandong guys doing?”
"God knows."
"When will we go back?"
"God knows."
"Will General Jianwei really let us go back?"
"Ask your mother."
"Your mother knows it! You know it all day long."
The prisoner-of-war camp was noisy, and the soldiers of the Beijing camp entered the prisoner-of-war camp, looking at the outside world one by one, hoping to restore freedom as soon as possible.
Suddenly, a team of Shandong soldiers came outside. After pulling carriages into the prisoner-of-war camp, they opened the boxes one by one under the gaze of a group of silent Beijing soldiers.
I saw that there were white silver in the box.
Suddenly, a rumbling sound broke out around him. Every soldier in the Beijing camp looked at Baiyin in the car. At this time, a Shandong soldier stood on the car and shouted loudly: "Everything is quiet, listen to me."
The prisoners of the Beijing camp immediately became quiet, and the Shandong soldier said, "Everyone is from the court. This time the general came to the capital just to clear the emperor's side, so you don't have to panic. The general said that it is not easy for you to eat, so I especially asked us to reward you all, and each of them has two taels of silver."
"The general wants to give us silver. It's great. My family hasn't smelled meat in half a year."
"Damn, my family has been unable to get out of business for two months. The boy in my family is as hungry as a monkey. If he really needs to have two taels of silver, he won't have to worry about the next few months."
The generals of the Beijing camp were stunned. They were captured and still had money to take?
"Zhao Thief is really smart to buy people's hearts." A Qianhu said softly insulted.
"No matter whether he is smart or not, you officials will know that you should deduct our military pay. It is better for General Jianwei and give us silver." A soldier couldn't help but say.
"What did you say?" The Qianhu Qingqi rapped, stood up with his fists clenched, and glared at the soldier and asked.
"I...I...I...I just said what I want?" The soldier suddenly plucked up his courage, stood up with his fists, and glared at him.
"Your mother, you're itchy." The Qianhu suddenly kicked out and kicked the soldier to the ground.
"Ah!" The soldier screamed and struggled to get up, but was chased by the Qianhu and beaten.
"Ah...ah...! Everyone beat them! Kill these officials and kill them." The soldier was beaten so hard that he kept screaming, and suddenly shouted loudly.
The soldiers around him suddenly started to move, and soon several soldiers suddenly started attacking. They rushed up and fisted and fisted at Qianhu. Although the Qianhu was good at it, he was outnumbered. He was pressed to the ground with his two fists and his four hands.
The soldier rushed to climb up from the ground and joined the beating. He raised his foot and stomped on the thousand households, shouting as he stepped on them: "Everyone, come and fight the thousand households, come and fight the thousand households!"
After hearing this, the soldiers of the Beijing camp around rushed forward, squeezed the beatings away, and rushed to the thousand-household house to vent the anger accumulated by Pingyuli.
"Stop it, stop it all." An officer led a team of Shandong soldiers to pull out their knives and come to drive out the soldiers. When they drove away the crowd, the Qianhu family had been trampled to death with blood on their heads and faces.
After the officer asked clearly, he had to give up when the law did not punish the public. After sending the thousand households for treatment, he reported the incident to him.
"There are also such things. People need to strengthen their supervision and propose the military officers among the prisoners to be detained in different districts. They will be used to hold the trial meeting in a few days." Zhao Yan suddenly came up with another idea.
The silver was quickly distributed, but the prisoners of war camp strengthened the supervision, and the loud noise, gambling, fighting, and the education commission was also transferred to the prisoners of war camp.
These education commissions began to explain to the soldiers of the Beijing camp why the Shandong Army wanted to clear the monarchy and preached national justice, as well as the strict discipline of the Shandong Army after entering the city, etc.
The military officers in the Beijing camp were all identified and detained in a concentrated manner to avoid causing trouble in the prisoner-of-war camp.
Under the sugar-coated shells and influence education, the prisoners of war developed a strong favor for the Shandong army. At the same time, after repeated guarantees, they were completely relieved and could be free after the end of the clearance of the monarch.
The battle in the city went very smoothly. By noon, the Second Infantry Battalion had surrounded the imperial city, and about 70,000 to 80,000 troops from the Beijing camp retreated into the imperial city.
Since dawn, Chongzhen has been waiting for the war report in the Forbidden City. At noon, all the Beijing camps retreated into the imperial city. Chongzhen immediately collapsed on the dragon throne like a deflated ball.
Yang Sichang fought on the top of the imperial city with red eyes. His command for a morning had exhausted him, but the offensive of the Shandong Army was extremely fierce and he was no match in street battles.
On the street, as long as the Shandong Army's howitzers were blown up, the Beijing camp would inevitably be defeated. They also had artillery artillery, but most of them were extremely bulky.
At the same time, as the inner city continued to fall, their howitzers were thrown on the city wall.
Even if there are no howitzers, a roulette of guns will be released, and the soldiers in the Beijing camp will inevitably be defeated, or they will simply kneel down and surrender.
With such troops, Yang Sichang wanted to fight but could not fight, so he was forced into the imperial city by the Shandong army. The Shandong army seemed to slow down its offensive, but he just surrounded it and did not attack.
At noon, after Zhao Yan had basically maintained stable public order in the inner city, he brought his personal guards into the city.
This capital city is still like the last time he came. The streets are covered with dust and garbage everywhere. The environment is very poor. The only difference is that there are a lot of blood on the ground.
During the attack, the soldiers of the Second Battalion did not hold back. Whenever they encountered resistance, they would be destroyed with a destructive force. The Beijing Camp suffered great casualties. According to incomplete reports, at least three or four thousand people were annihilated by the Second Infantry Battalion.
After the battle, some bold people walked out of their homes, but the streets were still relatively deserted, and most people hid at home and dared not come out.
Anmin's notice has been posted everywhere in the inner city, and Zhao Yan also issued a forbidden curfew.
After Zhao Yan entered the inner city, he led his staff to step on a large mansion near the imperial city and set up the staff here.
"Lord, Wang Zheng sent someone to ask about the next instructions."
"Let him stand on time and the artillery battalion continues to bombard the city walls." Zhao Yan said, "Prepare for writing and ink and draft the "Constitutional Law of the Bingzi Year".
The core function of this law is to limit the absolute rights of the monarch and avoid the loss of national strength, territory and talents caused by the monarch's personal misjudgment. The monarch cannot act according to his personal will. Everything is a case. The Law of the Ming Dynasty shall be presided over by the Cabinet.
Article 1: The monarch has no right to dismiss the people at will, kill the officials and the people of the Ming Dynasty, and has no right to deprive the people of their property by their personal will. Everything is done according to the "Law of the Ming Dynasty".
Article 2: The monarch's annual expenditure is limited to 1 million taels of silver, and the rest is filled in the treasury. The treasury is under the supervision of the cabinet and is distributed and used by the cabinet. If the monarch needs to expand its expenditure, he can invest in industry and commerce freely, but he shall not adopt unfair competition methods.
Article 3: The administrative power is handed over to the cabinet, appointed by civil servants, and the national defense and military power is still ruled by the monarch, and military separation is carried out.
Article 4: In addition to controlling military power, the monarch is also responsible for receiving diplomatic envoys, presiding on education and conducting various ceremonies. He shall not exceed one step in administration.
Article 5: The eunuch system shall be abolished, and no excuse shall be used to recruit eunuchs into the palace unless the existing eunuchs in the palace are retained.
Article 6: It is said that to improve the "Da Ming Law", it must cover every area, and establish the Dali Temple in Duli to implement the separation of military, politics and law.
Article 7: This Law comes into force forever.”
"My lord, if the monarch does not deprive the military power, constitutionalization will be impossible." Mao Yuanyi hesitated after reading the "Constitutional Law of the Bingzi Year" orally described by Zhao Yan.
"The food should be eaten one bite at a time. Constitutional monarchy is a new idea. People in the world cannot accept it completely immediately. Military power is the core force of the monarch. As long as we don't touch him, not only the world, but the emperor will also accept it. The constitutional faction has the support of our Shandong army, and is not afraid of this. At the same time, our core goal is to strip the monarch's administrative power." Zhao Yan explained to Mao Yuanyi, and at the same time he also had some follow-up measures in his heart.
Chongzhen had the military power in hand, and he would definitely continue to spread in the future. At that time, Zhao Yan would have the excuse to completely strip his military power. At that time, when the world had an understanding of constitutional monarchy, Zhao Yan would be able to carry out a comprehensive constitutional monarchy.
After hearing this, Mao Yuanyi nodded clearly. Zhao Yan continued: "The Book of Shandong Military Privileges Contract, 1: Shandong General Zhao Yan has the right to declare war on the outside world. The monarch and the cabinet shall not object, obstruct, or destroy it secretly.
2: Shandong General Zhao Yan, based on fiscal revenue, expanded the Shandong Army without damaging production.
3: Shandong General Zhao Yan is in charge of the municipal and municipal departments of each province and has the right to impose import and export tax on maritime merchant ships.
4: Shandong General Zhao Yan was in charge of the World Salt Transportation Department, and half of his income was used as Shandong military expenditure and half of his income was used as imperial military expenditure.
4: Shandong General Zhao Yan has colonial autonomy, which is not hereditary.
I wrote another letter to the "Memorandum of Understanding of the Emperor and Ministers in the Bingzi Year". The change in Bingzi was caused by the abuse of the monarch's personal rights. However, this military admonition made the friendship between the monarch and the ministers, so this memorandum of Understanding was established to continue the friendship between the monarch and the ministers.
1: The court severely punished the prosecution and mastermind, and agreed to sign the Constitutional Law of the Bingzi Year and the Shandong Military Privileges Contract, and then Shandong withdrew its troops.
2: Under the premise of the first article, General Jianwei, Shandong General, Shandong Salt Transportation Commander, Prince Shaobao, and the young master vowed that the world would never spy on the magical artifacts and would always protect the wise monarch from generation to generation.
3: Both sides shall not undermine the Constitutional Constitutional Law of Bingzi Year and the Shandong Military Privileges Constitution. If the court unilaterally violates the Constitution and tears the Constitution, Article 2 will be invalid."
(To be continued)
Chapter completed!