Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 316 For Whom the Bell Tolls (2)
The Winter Palace, the highest symbol of imperial power!
First built from 1754 to 1762, it is the greatest monument of Russian Baroque architectural art in the middle of the 18th century.The Winter Palace faces the Neva River, with a slightly protruding center, three arched iron gates, and a group of Atlas giants at the entrance.There are two rows of colonnades around the palace, which is magnificent.The palace is inlaid with marble, malachite, azurite, porphyry, and jasper; it is decorated with gold and copper; it is decorated with sculptures, murals, and embroidered curtains of various textures; it is colorful and magnificent.

On Palace Square stands the world-famous Alexander Stone Column.This stone pillar was built from 1830 to 1839 to commemorate the great achievement of Alexander I leading the Russian army to defeat Napoleon's army in 1812.The stone pillar is 47.5 meters high, 4 meters in diameter, and weighs 600 tons. It is carved from a whole piece of granite and stands on the cornerstone by its own weight without any support. On its top is an angel holding a cross. holding a snake, which is a symbol of victory over the enemy.At this time, facing the overthrow of the huge empire, it is simply a great irony for this stone pillar to stand there!

Tang Yulin and Liao Zhong led the troops all the way, and joined Liao Kai's men and horses near the bronze statue of Peter the Great's knights, and continued to the direction of the Winter Palace.

But when they felt this place, the three of them couldn't help being taken aback!
The Winter Palace Square was filled with black troops. Looking at the number, it turned out to be the Mongolian cavalry under Zhang Yu's command. Tang Yulin was furious, and went straight to the commander of the cavalry, Li Mu Zhuoma, with a large German mirror: "You are Is it the establishment of the Central Army?" Tang Yulin asked aggressively as soon as he came up.

Li Muzhuo had also just wiped out the remnants of the guards stationed in the Winter Palace, and was planning to ask the emperor for instructions on the next action plan, but he did not expect that the Eastern Expeditionary Army also came over in great strength at this time.He leaned over and saw a general of five ranks and three roughs asking himself angrily. Knowing that the other party wanted to take the lead, he immediately snorted and said lightly: "This place is already under the control of the Central Army. Let us handle the matter, you go back to the station to rest first."

Listening to Li Muzhuo's tone, it seemed that the superior was issuing orders to the subordinates. Tang Yulin was so angry that he felt an unknown fire coming from nowhere, and he opened his mouth and shouted: "Fart you! Today is the king of heaven and I am here, and I will take over. The Winter Palace. If you are sensible, take your people away quickly, or else" Tang Yulin shook the big mirror in his hand, the meaning is very clear, otherwise Lao Tzu's pistol will not recognize people.

Li Muzhuo led troops to fight on the grassland for many years, and his temper was like a fire. Hearing this, his two leopard eyes widened immediately, and he pointed his carbine at Tang Yulin's chest with both hands: "I am galloping on the grassland! After more than 20 years, I have tamed all kinds of horses, let alone you!"

At this time, the Mongolian cavalry saw that their leader was being pointed at with a gun, and roared and surrounded them one after another, aiming their carbine and machine guns at Tang Yulin and the officers and soldiers of the Eastern Expedition Army on the opposite side.The Eastern Expeditionary Army did not show weakness, and they all showed their guys, with their black muzzles pointed at the opponent's chest.The atmosphere at the scene was extremely tense!

"Don't do anything!" A voice shouted not far away, and then they saw the dust rising on the Neva River Avenue and the sound of horses' hoofs. Many people could clearly see that the two fast horses sitting in front of them were Zhang Zuolin. And Zhang Yu!
Zhang Zuolin came to the Winter Palace Square, and as soon as he got off his horse, he slapped Tang Yulin's face heavily and scolded: "Tang Yulin, do you know where the **** Scar is now? You at such a critical time Mom actually wants to start an internal strife, I will collapse first and then you will talk!" Zhang Zuolin made a gesture and pulled out a gun from his waist, but was stopped by Zhang Yu who rushed up from behind.

Zhang Yu held Zhang Zuolin's arm tightly, sweating profusely in anxiety, and said, "Marshal Zhang, Mr. Tang also wants to take down the Winter Palace as soon as possible. Besides, my people are also at fault. Please calm down first."

Under Zhang Yu's bitter persuasion, Zhang Zuolin gave up, glared at Tang Yulin, and looked around Liao Zhong, Liao Kai, and the officers and soldiers of the Eastern Expedition Army: "Why are you still holding guns? If you don’t have any skills on the battlefield, you will point a gun at your brother, don’t forget, everyone is Chinese!” Zhang Zuolin said this half because he said this Half of the Eastern Expeditionary Army was directed at Zhang Yu's Central Army.

Zhang Yu couldn't hear it, he just laughed it off, turned around and said to Li Muzhuo with a serious face: "The Eastern Expedition Army is our own brothers, now that the big event is over, you dare to make trouble under the emperor's nose." If something like this happens, you will be punished later! Why don’t you get all the gunmen up.”

Li Mu Zhuochi froze for a moment, then Xin Xin put away the gun.The storm subsided like this.

"The Emperor is here!"

Zhang Zuolin and Zhang Yu glanced at each other, their faces changed, and they said to themselves that luckily they came in time, otherwise the square would be covered with Chinese blood before they occupied the Winter Palace.If the emperor knew about this matter, it would not be a joke.

With a sound of "wow", tens of thousands of Chinese soldiers in the square fell to their knees together, shouting long live: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

"Get up." At this time, Guan Xuqing's face did not have the joy of victory, but a serious look on his face. He walked to the Alexander Stone Column that symbolized the glorious history, looked up for a long time, and suddenly sighed deeply. Looked very lonely.

At this time, Guan Xuqing suddenly felt a strange feeling of sorrow for the death of a rabbit. If one day, he also faced such an embarrassing situation, he didn't know how he would feel.He raised his head to look at this gorgeous Winter Palace, and before he knew it, snow had already fallen in the sky.

In a large palace in the Winter Palace, there were only two people.Nicholas II, who used to be invincible in the past, was kneeling in front of a person, saying in pain: "God was bought by the Chinese."

In front of him is Rasputin, the most honorable monk in the history of the empire.In the minds of the entire royal family and even the people, the status of this mysterious monk even surpassed that of Tsar Nicholas II.Regarding this mysterious figure, I have to mention here that Rasputin has three remarkable characteristics: he likes to tell outspoken lies; he drinks heavily; he is exuberant.But most legendary is his mystical power.

Anya, a close friend of the queen, once had an accident while riding a train. The train derailed and she was seriously injured in the accident.Anya's injuries were so severe that her doctors couldn't do anything about it.When Anya was in a coma, the mysterious monk Rasputin grabbed Anya's hand and kept calling her name.A few minutes later, Anya miraculously woke up and felt that her physical condition had recovered a lot.Since then, Rasputin has become an incarnation of God in the hearts of Russians.Anya told the story of Rasputin to the queen, and the queen told the czar, who became very interested in this mysterious monk.

Another time, when the tsar's son Alekya was young, he suddenly had bleeding from his nostrils, which caused the royal family to be very frightened. Alekya was the only male heir to the Russian royal family, and his disease was of great importance to the Russian royal family.When Alecia bled profusely for the first time, what no one expected was that as soon as Rasputin entered the prince's bedroom, Alecia's bleeding stopped immediately.Immediately, the mysterious power of Rasputin was admired and admired by the royal family and the whole people.

"The last thing I want to ask is what is the decree of God?" Nicholas asked almost pleadingly.

Rasputin sighed, shook his head, didn't say a word, but put his hand on Nicholas' shoulder.

Guan Xuqing led a large group of senior Chinese military officials into the Winter Palace in high spirits, while Nicholas and his military officials were waiting respectfully.Guan Xuqing carefully looked at the lonely Nicholas, and said lightly to the ministers behind him: "You guys avoid it first, I have something to say to Nicholas."

When everyone retreated, Zhang Zuolin whispered to his subordinate Zhang Kai, "You take my guard group and lay in ambush around the palace. You must protect the safety of the emperor."

"Yes."

At the same time, Nicholas also asked his officials and the mysterious monk Rasputin to leave the palace.

There are only two people left in a golden hall in Nuoda, the monarchs of two great empires, and two kings who are enough to look down on the world, but at this time one is the winner and the other is almost a prisoner.

"Nicolas, this is the first time we met, but no one expected it to be in this way." Guan Xuqing said casually while looking at the luxurious palace.

Nicholas bit his lips tightly, "You won, you must be very happy now."

"No, you're wrong. Not only am I not happy, but I feel very sad, and I feel sad for you." Guan Xuqing finally set his sights on Nicholas.

"Hmph, anyway, you are the winner of the war, and everything you say is right now." Nicholas said angrily.

"Nicolas, don't you think you are pathetic? You are an extremely selfish person, relying on the prosperous foundation created by your ancestors Peter the Great and Alexander the Great, and your ambition has expanded to an amazing degree. To realize your personal ambitions and selfish desires, you brazenly launched a war of aggression against China at the cost of the blood of the people of the two countries. If the winner of this war is Russia, your achievements will undoubtedly surpass any king in history. Your reputation and prestige will also surpass that of any monarch in the world today, and this is what you want, right?" Guan Xuqing's voice was calm, but his gaze gradually showed sharpness.

Nicholas looked at Guan Xuqing very strangely at first. He never thought that the person who knew him best in the world was his enemy. He suddenly laughed out loud, and the laughter was full of incomparable desolation: "You are right, But aren't you also a person with inflated ambitions, don't you want to be an emperor through the ages?"

"Yes, I am a person with great ambitions, but I am fundamentally different from you. My ambition is closely tied to my country and my nation. But you have long been abandoned by your people I was even abandoned by God." Guan Xuqing had come to Nicholas at this time, stared into his eyes, and then said: "Do you know how many people died in this war between Russia and Russia? I I tell you that there are 60 people, in front of these 60 lives, who has the right to say that they are the side of justice, so no one is the winner in this war, and no one is entitled to enjoy the glory of victory!"

"Are you just trying to insult me ​​by talking so much here?" Nicholas became angry from embarrassment.

Guan Xuqing frowned and looked at Nicholas, and said word by word: "You didn't understand what I said at all, you are not worthy to be the monarch of a country." After finishing speaking, he strode towards the depths of the palace.

Guan Xuqing's words kept echoing in Nicholas' ears, his expression kept changing, and he muttered to himself: "I'm not worthy to be a monarch, I'm not worthy to be a monarch"

At this time, I don’t know where there was a long bell. According to the past, this is the time for the devout believers in St. Petersburg to pray. Even when St. Petersburg and even the entire empire are about to end, I don’t know who is still doing it as usual. The big bell rang, and the sound echoed and reverberated in the Winter Palace above St. Petersburg, in the land that had been glorious for two centuries.

(End of this chapter)