Chapter 61: The Wind Rises (IV)

This sudden turbulent day in the capital is far from over.

Tan Sitong urgently dispatched the troops from the fourth battalion into the city, cooperated with the thousands of Green Camp soldiers from the Beijing Infantry Office, and the third squad of Shuntian Prefecture Office. In most of the day, he controlled the traffic everywhere in the capital. On the street, he saw the new army carrying foreign guns, the soldiers from the Beijing Infantry Office soldiers wearing Kan, and the Shuntian Prefecture Office soldiers wearing plainclothes walking around.

Everyone's expressions were a little confused, excited, and a feeling of uneasiness. While maintaining order, people of three different colors also gathered together to whisper. These private discussion topics are ultimately just one sentence.

"Does the Second Emperor really want to rebel?"

Needless to say, the new army, marry chickens and dogs. With Tan Sitong, the more powerful he has, the more opportunities everyone will have to eat and drink. Besides, everyone is a little bit different from Xu Yifan, who will inevitably go north at that time. Isn’t it a pity to start a war with this guy?

The green camp soldiers in the infantry yamen didn't care too much, they were almost dispersed. The green camp was treated with low salaries, and it was better to get foreign money than to directly manage civil servants. Although the big guys were soldiers, they were not much the same as beggars in the capital. Now there are 200 yuan a day to be the top ten yuan. The second emperor was best to lock the city for one month. Even if the money is a little cheaper now, it would be ten taels of silver per month! (As ten yuan a piece, it is almost equivalent to two-part money - Oscar press)

The yamen runners in Shuntian Prefecture were a little more forced. In a few people wearing voyeur clothes to maintain order, most of them dress up in their homes. The one who spread the most rumors was the one who disappeared in a while. They were all natives in the capital and had families. If the emperor really rebels and the capital was in chaos, it was important to take care of the family. Who cares about the emperor in the garden then the surname is!

The people in the capital were not afraid of the lockdown. Everyone stood at the door and watched the soldiers walking around. Li Hongzhang led his troops to Beijing at night, but no one saw it. This time it was broad daylight! Don’t miss it. All the merchants still opened the door, but they didn’t have much intention to do business. From the boss to the client, they all looked at the door. They held someone and muttered, inquired, and discussed.

Later, the soldiers were almost all the people in the capital who were in the capital. They asked in their words: "What are the Second Emperor doing now? Didn't you give you a rebellion? Is the garden sealed?... And everyone, if the order comes from above, everyone will get together and be destined to be together, and they will be merciful! We all understand this world, and naturally there will be someone to give it to you. This small shop must beg you not to burn it or rob it!"

It turned out that the bannermen and men in the teahouses and restaurants were filled with the streets and alleys. This day, there was no longer the prosperity of giving guidance to the country. In the past, the second emperor and Cao Cao couldn't stop scolding and wished they could perish with you. Now they were all honest, all shrank at home and shivered. The gate was on the gate, and the water tank was on the door. Every family burned incense.

The ancestors and ancestors bless us the children of the bannermen to pass this level safely. If we can live in peace, who will stay in the Sijiu City and who will be raised by the girl!

The guards who were usually scattered to the extreme in the Forbidden City were just rolled up and scattered. A lot of torn clothes were thrown out at the gate of the Forbidden City, but the eunuchs in the palace went to the gate and guarded the Forbidden City with wooden sticks.

No one deliberately went to trouble them with the three troops of Tan Sitong. The only thing that became proud was that the children of the Incense Cultivation Cultivation, who were pressed in the capital, had red head ropes on their braids and tied them with red belts with gossip patterns. The small incense burner at home was considered a jar, and went out to shout at Huaziwo: "Everyone, where do you want a hundred families? Let's find money! Our Incense Cultivation Cultivation has entered the city, and the world has changed people! Let's go to the Ermaozi's house!"

The fate of these incense disciples is very tragic. Tan Sitong's most severe order when he entered the city was not allowed to set up an altar in Beijing while it was a chaos! This chaos broke out and destroyed. All day long, these gangsters and beggars in the capital were deported to the Nanyuan Military Camp.

Seeing that Tan Sitong had no intention of harassing, some bannermen also plucked the courage to go out and see the scenery. As soon as they came out, the rumors spread more and more, and there were all kinds of things.

On this day, Beijing City was a bit like a hornet's nest. Only officers with their faces as nervous as their subordinates rode on horseback, passing orders and trying their best to restrain the team. In the end, no matter whether it was an official or a soldier or a full man, everyone was waiting for the final result.

There should be news in the garden now? If you scold Tan Sitong for rebelling and ask everyone to serve the king, it would be a big chaos in the world. It does not mean that Tan Sitong will definitely be able to rebel successfully, but the situation is out of control is a foregone conclusion! Let's run away.

If there was news from the garden, I recognized that Tan Sitong was really doing things according to the imperial edict - no one thought that Tan Sitong had really entered the city according to the imperial edict. Then everyone, I was killed again. I don’t know how many days the Qing Dynasty has. Anyway, everyone has passed by safely this day!

Seeing that Beijing City could not express its strange power this day, scholars with a little knowledge were all silenced at home and sighed: "It's useless! Now the emperor has become a pit, and anyone can come to shit... It's better for Xu Yifan to go north early! Look, I don't know what tricks are coming later!"

In Beijing, there are not many Qing patriots without loyalty and courage.

Wen Tingshi was one of them. The news of Tan Sitong's soldiers entering the city came, which made him so shocked that he was waiting for his director's script to perform for half an hour in the study chair. He felt that his eyes were getting dark!

...When did Tan Sitong, a scholar, have such a fierce method?

No matter how powerful or what kind of scheming is, they will disappear at this moment. In the face of Tan Sitong's decisive action, there is no effect at all!

Sitting in a deadlock for a long time, two lines of tears fell on Wen Tingshi's face: "Your Majesty, Wen is incompetent, and he actually puts you in such a dangerous situation! Tan Sitong, you ungrateful treacherous minister, a fellow traitor! How dare you do such a traitorous act?"

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly jumped up like crazy, with blue veins on his neck: "Get me a court suit! A gentleman will never be able to escape the crown... I want to tell someone surnamed Tan that everything is my Wenting-style manipulation! If something happens to me! I want to go to the garden to protect the Holy Lord, and I want Ling to step over Wen's body first for the emperor!"

The family was already scared by his crazy attitude to the door. Looking at Wen Tingshi for a while, they were about to rush out, and they all tried to hold him to death: "Sir, sir... This is an egg hitting the stone! We are still soft-shelled, and that end is an iron stone!"

Wen Tingshi's eyes were straight, and she ignored Hanlin's demeanor. She raised her foot and kicked his family desperately: "A bastard dog slave! Do you know what it means to be a poor person? What is the word "loyalty and righteousness"? I don't want you to die with me, I just want to touch Tan Sitong!"

In the midst of the turmoil, Wen Tingshi didn't know why she was so strong that she kicked her family all over the ground. She didn't bother to change into any court uniforms and rushed out straight.

There are people guarding every intersection outside the house. But they are all guarding people for trouble. If anyone wearing official uniforms travels, they politely advise them to go home. Based on the information they received from Yang Rui, Tan Sitong only focused on the contacts of princes and ministers and sealed them at home. Wenting's behavior is quite careful and hidden behind the scenes. Tan Sitong also has no need to offend him, an old senior of the imperial party, and did not specifically seal his house.

Such a half-old scholar who went out with his eyes straight, ignored the soldiers in the Lumen Sect just after a glance. Wen Tingshi's first idea was to find Tan Sitong to fight for his life. He didn't know where Tan Sitong was now, so he headed straight to Longzong Sect. Fortunately, the closer he got there, the more soldiers there were, and no one could pass. When he arrived at the street where there was still a street from Longzong Sect, he saw that the people at the intersection had become blocked. There was a wooden fence on the street, and the soldiers were in line with foreign guns in his hands. From time to time, horse officers came out from the direction of Longzong Sect and rushed to various places. The people left dozens of steps, and they all opened their mouths and rubbed their shoulders and watched the fun there. Wen Tingshi was blocked by these people and couldn't get through for a while. He heard the noise inside, and hurriedly looked inside.

There were also officials in the capital who were as thoughtful as him at the intersection of the street. There were not many high positions, and most of them were imperial parties. No one was wearing court uniforms, and they probably came over like him. These people were bustling with people, and they rushed towards the Longzong Sect. Many people shouted: "Tan Sitong, you live Cao Cao! Are you going to rebel? If you have the guts, just attack me here first!"

"You gather military power first and suppress the Yimin people in Zhili. When you first led the troops, the Yimin people in Zhili were tortured and dying. I knew you and Xu Yifan were the same party! Do you have the grace of the country in this world? Do you still have the face to live in this world? Let your subordinates shoot, shoot!"

"The Qing Dynasty has been deeply and kind for more than 200 years. How could it be shaken by your brothers? Our scholars, this blood is just for the sake of splashing at this time!"

Everyone was cursing, in the end of the Qing Dynasty, the bannermen did not stand out, and the princes and ministers did not stand out. Instead, these scholars with low positions fought head-on here...

If Xu Yifan was present, he might have smiled bitterly. It would be not necessarily true that the orthodox thought of the Qing Dynasty was really so deep into the bones of these people. It would be better to say that these people are fearing the coming new era, and fear that everything they have learned and accustomed to have been abandoned by the trend of the times.

The pace of history has always been heavy and slow. Xu Yifan's strength, especially military strength, has already overwhelmed the north and has more than enough. But he still has to work hard to create another wave of great tide. This wave of great tide shows that in the face of a major change that has not been seen in three thousand years, everything familiar to the past and everything that is easy to use is no longer suitable for the time being. In the face of new forces, everything will only be damaged more and more. They must be allowed to take this last step by themselves. Any effort to save it seems to be just a joke!

In order to make this change process no longer go through decades of chaos, decades of division and collapse, decades of national vitality declined to the bottom. In order to let the people of the world recognize the situation, give up the last hope for the Qing Dynasty. Let him become undisputed hope, instead of unifying the country through bloody battles after decades of battles. Once the war starts lightly, I don’t know how many forces will intervene in it. Maybe Japan, which was beaten by him, will have a chance to turn around!... He can only manipulate everything in the north so secretly... There is no choice.

But now the only one who was present was Wen Tingshi. He was in it, but he felt his blood boiling! When he wanted to join it, an officer had already ordered loudly at the fence. The soldiers wearing the twin-breasted kan immediately took action, one on the left and one on the right to take down the officials who tried to break through. Although he was very cautious in his actions, some people would twist their arms and some would loose their braids.

The officer was still shouting there: "My lords, why bother to make things difficult for Biaoxia? Lord Tan maintained order in the capital, and everyone was quietly waiting for the imperial court to issue an edict. We are all soldiers of the court, will we still rebel? Serve all the great masters, ask the houses, and send them home one by one, so as to avoid any gangsters who want to take advantage of the chaos to rob and hurt you!"

Most of these are Qingliu officials who shouted loudly and struggled hard. But scholars have made these soldiers, and those who are more tactful will be restrained and ready to go home. Those who are not tactful will struggle all over the ground, making it a mess. Some deadly hard-core people are still cheering everyone up in a speechless manner: "What's the matter when reading the books of sages? Be loyal and filial, only today! Fight with those two Cao Cao!"

The people were just watching the excitement. Seeing some officials in a mess, they clapped their hands and laughed. Wen Tingshi felt that blood was about to rush to their foreheads. They opened their mouths and wanted to shout: "I, Wen Tingshi, are here, I will take it together!"

Before he could shout a word, he was covered with one hand and pulled him into the alley next to him. Wen Tingshi wanted to struggle, but he was not as strong as that person. He was dragged away as he kicked and kicked. After entering the alley, the man let go of his hands and Wen Tingshi cursed: "Don't you dare to kill Wen in front of the world? Do you want to do something in this secluded place? Okay, come quickly!"

Then I heard the voice behind me saying viciously: "It's me Kang Nanhai! Daoxi, I'm so phlegm that I'm confused when I look at you!"

Wen Tingshi was stunned, and after a while he heard Kang Youwei's Mandarin with a Cantonese accent. When he looked back, he was indeed Kang Youwei, wearing a bulging coat and wearing his black and thin appearance, he looked like a flat-headed ordinary person.

Seeing Wen Tingshi calm down a little, Kang Youwei sneered and let go: "Fusheng did not send troops to Fengfu, Daoxi, do you want to get in on your own? Fusheng hasn't discovered our actions yet, sir, do you want to tell him all? If Fusheng sent troops to watch over, how will we do it in the future?"

Wen Tingshi was a smart man after all, and he reacted very quickly and woke up immediately: "So, Tan Sitong hasn't brought his troops into the garden to force the palace? Is the emperor safe?"

Kang Youwei sneered: "When you are crazy and head-on, looking for loyalty and filial piety, I ran around to see how Fusheng was doing. There were also heavy troops outside the garden, but no news of forcing the palace came out... Fusheng seemed to be just trying to control the people in the capital to deal with him, so that the overall situation was still in his palm, and he did not think about usurping the throne."

"It's not a traitor!" Wen Tingshi roared. At this time, his knot of Kang Youwei had long been thrown out of the sky, and he pulled Kang Youwei and said, "Since the emperor is safe, Nanhai, we will find a way to go to the garden and ask the Empress and the Emperor to issue an order to reprimand Tan Sitong! As long as there is a name, there are so many patriots in the capital and millions of nations. Tan Sitong has brought in all his ten thousand soldiers, and he can only tie them up! Now there is a name missing. Tan Sitong blocks Sino-foreign transportation, which is also for this! Nanhai, we can't miss this opportunity again!"

Kang Youwei sneered: "No wonder you could not fight Xu Yifan at the beginning, and now you can't fight Tan Fusheng, the apprentice who learned Xu Yifan's actions! Even if I am influenced by Fusheng, I am better than you! Thousands of foreign guns are placed in the capital, this is strength. A group of people with a lot of sand, even if there are millions, what can I do to him? Fusheng has been isolated from traffic. Even if everyone has the will, can we get together? Even the emperor and the old Buddha can only recognize the overall situation at this time... I see, the imperial edict that the court admitted to Fusheng's actions will soon be coming down... If you want to fight Resurrection, you can only grasp the strength and find a way to transfer him out of the capital!"

Wen Tingshi finally calmed down completely. At this time, he felt how weak he was. How vulnerable his plan was! He just looked at Kang Youwei with a cold face, turned to look towards the Summer Palace, and shook his head with a wry smile: "Emperor, Wen, misleading the country and the lord... Nanhai, Wen is already in chaos, I wonder what your plans are?"

Kang Youwei smiled coldly: "...Resurrection is just because his heart is not cruel enough... Daoxi, just wait and see! But then, don't erase my Kang Youwei's achievements again!"

Summer Palace, Leshou Hall.

Guangxu knelt straight in front of Cixi's couch, but Cixi turned over and couldn't look at him. Li Lianying stood beside Cixi's couch, looking like she was still scared, but she couldn't look at Guangxu.

The atmosphere in Leshou Hall was so dull that it was almost stagnant. Although every eunuch and palace maid stood in his own position, everyone's body was shaking slightly.

In the past, the eunuchs and palace maids were not allowed to make any sound outside, but at this time, the low talk outside could not be suppressed. Although I couldn't hear anything talking, these crying voices were clearly discussing the chaos that almost made the sky fall.

Tan Sitong led his troops into Beijing and blocked traffic. Although he submitted a memorial to apologize, no soldiers and soldiers entered the Summer Palace. However, for a while, the Summer Palace was really no different from the madman!

The eunuchs and palace maids ran around, some threw ropes on the beams to prepare to hang them, some tried to open the warehouse and rolled a few items before running away. The guards were so scared that they peed their pants, and their weapons and ceremonies piled up at the entrances of the garden like a hill. The ground was covered with abandoned guards' clothes, and at least half of them slipped away. Li Lianying ran around with a blunt face, looking for people everywhere, preparing cars, horses and sedan chairs, protecting the Lafayette out of the garden and leaving Beijing City.

After you settle down a little, check it out and there are five or six who have been hanged!

It was only after Yang Rui, the co-organizer of the Infantry Department, he brought several confidants under Tan Sitong, and several ministers who were temporarily arrested at the Zongli Department that he went to the garden to kowtow to the emperor and apologized for the emperor.

Even so, in the Summer Palace, there were long and short crying and sighing sounds coming from time to time. Everyone felt that their mind was not their own, they dared not think about anything, and they were unreliable.

Guangxu had been kneeling in front of Cixi for an hour or two. He was weak, and he had been kneeling for so long, and the excitement of joy and sorrow some time ago was now dark, and his face and body were rolling downwards without stopping sweat.

Li Lianying looked at Guangxu like that and felt that the heat was almost done. He snorted from his nose with a clear sense of ridicule and gently turned to Cixi and said, "Old Buddha, the emperor also knows that he is wrong. Isn't it that the two Cao Caos of Tan Sitong? It's time to let the emperor get up..."

Cixi suddenly turned over, her face was not evenly coated with uterine powder, and some old-fashioned spots were revealed. Her eyes were full of hatred and ridicule, and she said loudly, "I know you're wrong? I almost didn't let someone go into the garden and chop her head!"

She turned over and sat up, her long nails almost poked Guangxu's head, pointed at him and cursed: "...I want to get power from me, what kind of imperial party's subordinate party... When did I want this power? When did I bring this child to be the successor emperor, I didn't expect to bring a ungrateful wolf over! When did I look at your actions? I just didn't say it!"

Guangxu just lowered his head and said nothing, and the sweat on his face became even more urgent.

"...... Have you ever lived in peace since last year? Weng Tonghe drove away, and another Tan Sitong came, now it's Wenting style! I was so anxious that I promoted the Tan surname to him, wishing to give him all the soldiers. It was not to deal with Xu Yifan, but to take my old woman's life! I'll see, he is the emperor anyway, so let him go. If he is not for him, he will still be for the ancestors and ancestors! Xu Yifan has to be someone to stop him... To be honest, Tan Sitong is quite conscientious. I'll say here, he understands better than you! He didn't mess with you, trained soldiers and raised funds carefully. I don't tell who he was promoted, whose ministers... I just care about supporting the ministers who can do something...

You are fine! Tan Sitong didn't follow you to make a fool of himself, you have to make a Wenting style! I don't know how many waists I have turned around behind my back, and the princes and ministers, and the ginseng leader have all started to urge him. I have to take his position away. I have to listen to you and I have to trample my old woman under my feet! Now? A Tan Sitong is causing you to lead troops into the capital. What about your imperial party minister? What about your confidant? The Han people who have a surname that can be named King of Kings? They also have to recognize Old Man Wen as their father. I will only worry if you die!"

Cixi cursed every word that killed her heart, but Guangxu's face was as beautiful as earth. Unexpectedly, every move she made was in the hands of Cixi! Since Cixi knew why she didn't take any action in advance? Then she realized that he saw his father's power and tricks. Tan Sitong and the imperial party were having sex, and Cixi was so happy. Princes and ministers, banner ginseng leaders came to the door, causing a tide. She also used the balance method, restricting Tan Sitong's power while ensuring that he continued to do things. As long as there were disputes among the people below, the Empress Dowager Empress Dowager was still the last one?

Why did I get confused by the phlegm before and I can’t understand these things!

But if there is one, I have to bite the bullet and say, "...Dad, I know I'm wrong... I will study behind closed doors in the future and I will never dare to have any villain's thoughts... Yang Rui is still waiting, Dad, what are we going to issue a constitution? Should we detain them and then scold Tan Sitong, or what? No matter how wrong my son is, Tan Sitong is still forcing the palace! He is so ruthless! He can seal the garden today and kill the monarch tomorrow!"

Cixi laughed: "Go, go! I will kill Tan Sitong's head! He dares to lead troops into the capital, and you dare to force him, he is really willing to make a fool! Why did I choose a cowardly emperor? If I don't issue an order, I will posthumously recognize that he led troops into the capital as an imperial edict, and connects the princes and ministers who have been knocking on the palace, and choose a few orders to reprimand... My life is really going to be delivered to you!"

Guangxu looked up and wanted to speak, but Cixi was already slapped on the couch and shouting: "Get out! From now on, in Yulan Hall, Lianying, you send someone to watch him! This state affairs really cannot be handed over to him!"

Li Lianying glared at Guangxu and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, why don't you invite me? Just leave. Want to make the Lord Buddha angry or something wrong? I will send it to you at that time, so I will ask the emperor to use treasures... Where are you here? Serve to serve the emperor and return to Yulan Hall! The capital has been in chaos these days, look at the emperor, if something happens, I will strip you of skin!"

Guangxu's body shook, his face was pale, but now he was almost ashamed. He kowtowed blankly and slowly got up. There were already seven or eight eunuchs waiting outside the door. The emperor, who was like bean sprout, slowly left.

Cixi didn't even look at his back, but just remained silent.

Li Lianying whispered: "God of Lafayette, is this matter?"

Cixi smiled coldly, and her tone was indescribable: "... Although this emperor is not a good person, there is a saying that is right. If you can seal the garden today, you can kill the regency tomorrow... Whoever makes me unhappy will make me unhappy for the rest of my life... Xu Yifan hasn't gone north yet, who can make me unhappy?"

"...This Tan Sitong has soldiers..."

"Youbing is also a stupid scholar. If he is really Xu Yifan's party, he would have entered the garden today... He also wanted to do something, but he was forced to do this... He was forced to do not succeed. My heart cannot be kept alive!"

Cixi slowly murmured to herself, no one looked at it: "...I heard that except for those left by Liu Kunyi, the rest of the new army in Tan Sitong are all the incense sects?"

Li Lianying quickly answered: "Laofu, this is right..."

Cixi smiled: "That old man Xu Tong and some royal family members always talk about how powerful the incense sect is and how loyal it is to serve the country... Isn't this nonsense? It's not for the sake of the official and the money? In a few days, when the outside world eases a little, call these people into the garden... Tan Sitong, it's a pity. He dares not kill, not as cruel as Xu Yifan. Even if he stays around Beijing City and doesn't leave, can he still hold so many people behind his back to plot against him?"

She looked at Li Lianying just listening with a blank face, and waved her hand tiredly: "I'll send the order to comfort the Tan... No one can do this in the world, let's take care of it... Xu Yifan is really coming, I'll go to the foreign concession... Is there a new word called refuge? I don't believe that foreigners can't see it. My old lady is a treasure? I can't get anything from Xu Yifan, I can only get it from me, foreign devils are so stingy..."

The sky gradually darkened. Although the Prime Minister's Office had a sign hanging, the original room of the Military Affairs Office was still used. One day, the room was quiet and quiet. There was only the sound of the new soldiers standing guard and watching slowly walking.

Tan Sitong sat blankly on the kang, holding his hands on the kang table, motionless.

After a day, he was exhausted.

Entering Beijing to isolate China and foreign exchanges and shock the forces in the capital against him. It was not very difficult to do so. What these ministers are most accustomed to is to plot against others behind their backs. If they really are to be tough on them, there is no way. Of course, this is also due to fate. Because of Xu Yifan's threat, no one dares to take the lead in training and leading troops to work hard for the Qing Dynasty in the future. All the military power of Zhili is in the hands of him, a silly scholar.
To be continued...