Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 17
That night, Guan Xuqing was reading a book in the Hall of Mental Cultivation.The eunuch Wang Shang hurried in and said out of breath: "Emperor... Your Majesty, the acrobatic troupe you found was not allowed by the guards at the Xihua Gate because of the wrong number of people. We also need to check the troupe's props and make a noise at the door." Woke up. He said he was going to talk to the queen mother."

"Presumptuous, do they dare to rape the people I find?" Guan Xuqing threw down the book and rushed out.

The Forbidden City is extraordinarily quiet at night, and the bright moonlight fills the entire palace.

A group of people at the gate of Xihuamen were arguing about something.

"The emperor said that there are only 100 people in the acrobatic troupe. Why did you come with 180 people? And what are these cars? We need to check!" A guard leader in charge of guarding shouted.

"My lord, we came here at the emperor's will. The Ministry of Internal Affairs informed us that there are 180 people, not 100 people. You must have made a mistake. These cars are props for performances, and they were messed up when you checked them. , something is missing, so we can’t perform. The emperor doesn’t want to chop off our heads?” A young man who looked only about 20 years old said that he took out a few taels of silver from his pocket and handed it to the guard.

"That's all? How about sending beggars away? There are so many people here, just watch." The man said greedily.

"Which one is so bold as to stand in the way of the performance team I invited?" Guan Xuqing shouted from a distance.

"Slave pays respects to the emperor." All the guards knelt down collectively.

"Xiao Min pays respects to the emperor." When the other people saw that it was the emperor, they also knelt down one after another.

"Hmph! Brave slave. How dare you openly ask for bribes, what crime should you deserve!" Guan Xuqing scolded.

"Your servant is convicted, please forgive me, Your Majesty." The boss hurriedly begged for mercy.

"The next time I see it, I will definitely tell the Queen Mother that I will kill you." Guan Xuqing said angrily.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, thank you, Your Majesty." The leader hastily kowtowed to thank him.

"Wang Shang, take the performance team to rest." Guan Xuqing ordered.

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A group of people pushed five carts and entered the palace in an orderly manner!After Guan Xuqing watched them go far away, he turned to the guard and said, "I will not punish you for today's matter. If you make mistakes again, I will definitely pluck your skin."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Everyone shouted in unison.

Guan Xuqing answered the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and Wang Shang brought a person in, the young man who had just talked to the guard leader at Xihua Gate.

"Zhang Yu, the company commander of the Youth Battalion, kowtowed to the emperor." The young man fell to his knees.

"Get up." Guan Xuqing looked excited.Looking at Zhang Yu, he wanted to see the money that was still out in the past few years.Finally saw the results.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Zhang Yu stood up and said.

"Wang Shang, you go out. No one is allowed to come in without my order."

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Guan Xuqing took a careful look at this young man named Zhang Yu.I saw him with a square face, big eyes, and a strong physique.At first glance, he looks like a trainer.

Put your hands vertically by your sides.

"Your name is Zhang Yu?" Guan Xuqing asked.

"Yes, he was adopted by General Dong Liang in the first year of Guangxu. He was later promoted to become the commander of the company." Zhang Yu replied.

"Do you know why you came to the palace this time?" Guan Xuqing continued to ask.

"General Dong asked us to enter the palace to assist the emperor to complete his great cause. Everything is under the emperor's command." Zhang Yu replied.

Guan Xuqing stood up, crossed his hands behind his back, and paced back and forth.He murmured: "In today's world, there are many bandits, and our Qing Dynasty has reached the point where life and death are at stake. In the north, Tsarist Russia is pressing every step of the way, tying up a large area of ​​Mongolia. The war in Xinjiang in the west continues to drag down a large number of troops and military salaries of the imperial court. In the south, France is invading Vietnam step by step, and has already approached our provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou. In the northeast, it is continuously increasing its troops in North Korea. It is trying to attack the birthplace of the Qing Dynasty through North Korea. On the southeast coast, there are gunboats from Britain, France, Germany, Italy, the United States, etc. Traveling back and forth, you can land at any point at any time. But the court is now in the power of traitors, and I have the ambition to save the country and the people, but it is difficult to implement it like a shackle. Alas”

"Your Majesty, General Dong taught us since we were young that we are just soldiers. The emperor raised us for seven years to obey orders. We will do whatever the emperor tells us to do. We have never read books since we were young, and we don't understand state affairs. "Zhang Yu said.

Halo, after talking to him for a long time, it turned out that he was playing the piano to the cow.These people have been brainwashed by Dong Liang.He only knows how to obey orders, and ignores everything else.I believe that if they are asked to assassinate the emperor now, they will go immediately.

"Okay, tomorrow morning, you will punish the rebels for me." Guan Xuqing said.

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The Forbidden City in the early morning was the same as usual, and the ministers entered the palace one after another for the morning court.

After paying his respects, Guan Xuqing followed Cixi into the Hall of Supreme Harmony, preparing for the morning court.

The civil and military ministers stood in two rows, after Cixi and Guan Xuqing sat down.Emperor Shiweng took a step forward with Jesus and said, "Queen Mother, the court is early today. I have something to say."

Cixi looked at him suspiciously, then at Guan Xuqing.This Guangxu teacher usually doesn't say a word in court.Have something to say today?Could it be about Guangxu?

"Master Weng, please tell me." Cixi said.

"The emperor is talented and intelligent. He has learned all over the past and the present in a few years. After that, he should take the world as his teacher, and the old minister requests to resign from the position of emperor's teacher." Weng Tongsu said.

"Master Weng is too modest, and the emperor is still young. You need to continue to teach, so that you can manage the country in the future. Become a generation of enlightened masters." Cixi replied.

"Queen Dowager, Your Majesty is very much in the style of your ancestors. There is a generation of masters, and the ministers can't teach them anymore. Why don't you let the Queen Mother return to the Emperor. The Emperor will definitely make my Qing Dynasty stronger." Weng Tongsu said to Guan Xuqing Blinked.

As soon as the words fell, the court exploded.The emperor is only ten years old, how can he be in charge?This Weng Tongsu is crazy!Does he not want to live anymore?How can the Qing Dynasty teach a hairy child?
Next, your sentence and my sentence are in a mess.And Cixi looked at Guan Xuqing and then at Weng Tongsu.He replied: "I don't want to participate in political affairs, but the emperor is young. I have to do so. Since Master Weng said that the emperor can already govern personally, then tell me, or I will return to politics with the emperor?"

"Queen, you can't. The emperor is young, and the Qing Dynasty cannot do without you." Rong Lu was the first to jump out.

"Empress Dowager, I feel that something is wrong. The emperor is too young to be a leader." Prince Lu also said quickly.

Cixi looked at Prince Chun and said, "Prince Chun, what do you think?"

"Queen Dowager, I think the emperor still needs the support of the Queen Mother. He can't take charge of the government right now." Prince Jin was covered in cold sweat, secretly cursing Weng Tongsu in his heart.Isn't this trapping oneself in injustice?

"Why not?" Guan Xuqing stood up and said.

"Cixi, you raped the court and poisoned the Queen Mother to death. What is the crime of forming a party for personal gain?" Guan Xuqing said righteously.

"You, your majesty, you spout blood." Cixi looked at Guan Xuqing in horror.

Perhaps she never thought that the emperor, who had been silent for the past few years, would suddenly explode.

"Come on, pass on the Imperial Physician" Guan Xuqing shouted.

But no one went to call the imperial doctor.

"Xiao Lizi, pass on the order. Close the nine gates and let Cologne call in a hundred Imperial Forest Army." Ci Xi panicked and continued, "Rong Lu, go and protect the four gates of the palace with the inner and outer firearm battalions, vanguard battalions, and infantry battalions. .”

"Zha" Li Lianying and Rong Lu replied at the same time.

"Bang bang" after two loud bangs.Rong Lu and Li Lianying fell into a pool of blood as soon as they walked out of the palace gate.

The ministers in the hall were terrified, and they found objects to cover up.

"Hahaha, Cixi, it's already this time, why don't you plead guilty? To tell you the truth, the master who captured the king entered Beijing last night. Three thousand guard warriors who are proficient in marksmanship are ambushed in the palace. Huang Kao had expected you You have such wolfish ambitions. Wang Shang, bring out the secret edict you found in the bedroom of the Eastern Empress Dowager." Guan Xuqing said loudly.

Wang Shang handed over a forgery written by Weng Tongsu.

"Master Weng, please read it in front of all the ministers." Guan Xuqing handed it to Weng Tongsu.

Weng Tongsu cleared his throat and said, "Empress, after a hundred years, Concubine Yi will help her mother because her son is precious, so she has to be respected as Queen Mother together. However, she is definitely not a stable person. , coquettish and lawless, you can call the courtiers to declare this decree, and immediately grant death to prevent future troubles. Imperial pen on July 11th, [-]th year of Xianfeng."

"It's fake, it's fake. If it's real, I'd burn it a long time ago." Cixi yelled frantically.

"Empress Dowager East takes out the secret edict, and you kill her. I want to avenge the Empress Dowager today. Come and take Cixi down." Guan Xuqing shouted.

Suddenly more than 50 people sprang out from around the palace, all of them were boys in black clothes about eighteen or nineteen years old.Never seen it before, don't know where it came from.

"Who dares to touch the Queen Mother? Do you want to rebel?" Gui Xiang shouted immediately.

Guixiang is Cixi's younger brother, 14 years younger than Cixi.He has a big temper, but he has no skills.Relying on his sister's relationship, he also became the commander of the infantry.

As soon as Gui Xiang yelled, nearly [-] imperial guards rushed towards the Hall of Supreme Harmony, but halfway through the rush, they heard the constant gunshots of bang, bang, bang.

The hall has become a mess.Fifty young men in black with guns and live ammunition in the hall have a clear division of labor, escorting the guards, guarding the officials, detaining Cixi, and detaining Guixiang.It looks like a well-trained team.

Gongqin Dynasty Prince Chun looked at it, and thought in his heart: Lao Qi really has a way, such a big event can be counted as complete, and I don't know where he got such a terrifying team.It seems that he wants to be too emperor.

Guan Xuqing was also extremely nervous, the battle outside the palace was over.Of course, the Imperial Forest Army's cold weapons were not easily solved by their opponents.

"Zhang Yu kowtowed to the emperor, and all the rebels outside the palace have been killed." Zhang Yu knelt down and said.

"Alright, where is Prince Chun?" Guan Xuqing asked.

"Chen Zai" Prince Jin didn't know the son in front of him.

"Rong Lu conspired with Cixi and was shot dead. You immediately replace Rong Lu as the admiral of the Nine Gates and close the Nine Gates. Together with Wu Guang's Department of the Tianjin General Army, we will jointly defend the capital." Guan Xuqing arranged.

"Cha." Prince Chun looked at his son, of course he hoped that he could make his own decisions.

During the Xianfeng period, Prince Chun was the admiral of the Nine Gates, and most of the current ten battalions are his former troops.If he goes to take up the post, even if there is no letter of appointment from Cixi, it will still work.

Under the careful planning of Guan Xuqing, in 1881 AD, the seventh year of Guangxu.Guan Xuqing succeeded in eradicating Cixi, and Cixi was given to commit suicide.Li Lianying was shot dead on the spot, and Rong Lu and other henchmen were wiped out.

(End of this chapter)