Qing Dynasty Secret History

Chapter 107
Speaking of resoluteness and not conveying the meaning of the first fist, first asked Zhao Shuqiao: "Look at the boxers, are they righteous people or bandits?"

Zhao Shuqiao said: "Speaking of the same hatred and hatred, it is indeed a righteous citizen, but the order is to disband, and the courtiers have to follow the order."

Resolutely said: "You also know that he is a righteous citizen. Now that you know, you shouldn't be so difficult for others. The court is just a cover-up. You are so serious. You have misunderstood the meaning. Last year, you went south by order. Well, I was in Nanjing, and I saw Liu Kunyi’s talent reserve school, which was very foreign-looking, and I didn’t like it very much, so I told him to close it. When I became you, I’m afraid I’m going to ask for another order. If you say it’s cheap, do it. As long as the courtiers benefit the court, they may as well handle it with authority."

Zhao Shuqiao repeatedly said yes.

Fortitude followed Zhang Decheng and Cao Futian and said: "You help the Qing Dynasty to destroy the foreigners, and the imperial court knows you are loyal. The foreigners are so tyrannical, the sky is angry and the people complain, and they should be wiped out naturally. You have done a good job. Nie Jun is right with you, let me Send an order to tell him to retreat. Your loyalty, I will convey to the imperial court for you. As soon as my memorial is published, there will be a decree of grace in the morning and evening.

Zhang Cao was very grateful for the two songs, and kowtowed again and again: "Zhongtang Shengming, the sun really ran out of the house, and he took care of everything!"We rely entirely on Zhongtang cultivation. "

Resolute spoke a few words of comfort again, and retreated his fist.Fortitude immediately played, saying that the people of the regiment are loyal and brave, and have magical skills. If this fruit depends on destroying the barbarians, the barbarians will be unlucky.Shu Qiao and Nai Ying also got a recommendation booklet.

In a few days, the secret decree came, asking Gangyi to guide the Boxers into Beijing.The Boxers obeyed the decree, and the bees and ants gathered together, and they all rushed to Beijing.Between ten days, there are tens of thousands of people.In and out of the city, mandalas have been set up all over the place.Consecrated to Hongjun Patriarch, Guandi, Zhao Zilong, Erlang God, Zhou Cang, Ma Chao, Huang Zhong, Yuchi Jingde, Qin Shubao, Yang Jiye, Li Cunxiao, Chang Yuchun, Hu Dahai, Jiang Taigong, Old Mother Lishan, Jiutian Xuannv, Xi The Overlord of Chu, the Seven Brothers of Meishan, Ji Xiantang, Qi Xiangguo and others are holy.

Princes and nobles are vying to worship.University scholar Xu Tong, Shangshu Chongqi, etc., have especially strong beliefs.The sacred descents are all at night, so every evening, hundreds of Boxers come in groups, roaring in the Zhouqu, asking the people to burn incense, and the cigarettes cover the city, forming a black mist.At night, the whole city is miserable like ghosts.When the eldest brother came out, everyone in Heshi bowed down to the southeast.Anyone who wants to smile will be in danger of life.The boxers threatened to get one dragon and two tiger heads, one dragon refers to Dezong, because he imitated foreign countries.Two tigers, one refers to Yikuang, Prince Qing, and the other refers to Li Boxiang.Because King Qing was on a mission in front of the Prime Minister's Yamen, Li Boxiang had always had a notorious reputation.Xu Tong specially wrote a couplet and gave it to the senior brother. His words said: "There is no anecdote in the history of history, neither left nor evil."Attacking heresy and rectifying people's hearts, being filial and honest, only this sincerity remains;Relying on the power of the gods to colden the courage of the barbarians, farmers, businessmen and merchants can now dissipate their resentment.

The boxers are so rampant, and the ministers of various countries are all in danger.The Russian minister sent a note to the prime minister's office, claiming that other countries would use the chaos to harm China. Russia and China have been friendly for more than [-] years, so they had to tell the truth.The General Administration got the note, but dared not hear it.The Russian envoy wanted to have an audience, but the imperial court refused to allow it.

In May, the imperial edict sent Qixiu, Boyu, and Natong to the prime minister's office, and appointed Duan Wang Zaiyi as prime minister. A group of xenophobic people occupied the general office of foreign affairs.His diplomatic skills are naturally extremely sensitive, and the things he does are naturally outstanding and amazing.One day, Sugide Bin, secretary of the Japanese embassy, ​​went out of Yongding Gate and was killed by Dong Fuxiang's soldiers. His body was split into several pieces and thrown on the side of the road.The boxers set fire to the residences of the religious people in the You'anmen area.He also killed all the religious people, regardless of men, women, old or young.Then the church inside the Shunzhi Gate was burned, and the city gate was closed during the day, causing chaos in Beijing.Fortitude, Zaiyi, please use Tuanmin for cooperation and sparseness.The imperial decree ordered the two to lead, so the fist became more powerful.The shopping mall outside Zhengyangmen is the most prosperous place in the capital. Boxers set fire to more than [-] stores, exhausting the essence of hundreds of years.The fire extends the city gate, and it will not be extinguished for three days.Zaiyi advocated to the court to send troops to besiege the embassy and wipe out all the foreigners.The Empress Dowager called a meeting of the six divisions and nine ministers.

On this day, the Empress Dowager sat in the middle, and Dezong served beside her.After the decree was issued, all the ministers looked at each other and patrolled, and none dared to go first.The Empress Dowager said: "Zaiyi, Resolute, advocated the suppression of barbarians, what do you think?
"Xu Jingcheng, the servant of the Ministry of officials, said: "The empress dowager clearly learned that this matter must not be resolved.China and foreign countries have made treaties for decades, and there is no incident of civil-religious enmity every year, and it is always nothing more than compensation.If attacking and killing foreign envoys is a violation of public law, soldiers from all countries must be summoned to conspire against me.Where will those who advocate besieging the embassy put the souls of the clan society? "

Yuan Chang, Minister of Taichang Temple, said: "Fist bandits must not be trusted, and external quarrels must not be opened. Killing envoys is against public law.

If the empress dowager listened to the preposterous play, China would surely perish. "

Yuan Taichang's voice was originally very loud, but now he was angry, and his words were passionate, and his voice shook the hall.The Empress Dowager glared angrily, and said to the left and right: "Look at Yuan Chang's appearance, he is obviously looking for anger with me."

Yuan Chang met and said: "Why do I love foreigners? It is for the survival of the country. May the empress dowager learn from it!"

Zhang Tingjia, the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple, said: "The boxers are bewitching the crowd with their demonic words, and the holy king must punish them. I implore the empress dowager to issue an order to suppress them!"

The Tingjia language was mixed with Hokkien accents, the Queen Mother heard it, but she didn't understand it very well, so she ignored him.Chang Cui, the servant of the storehouse, stood behind Ting Jia, and said, "This is a righteous citizen. The slaves came from Tongzhou. There are no righteous people in Tongzhou, so it has long been lost."

Both Zai Yi and Zai Lian said that Chang Cui's words must not be lost in people's hearts.De Zongzhi was unable to bear it any longer, and said: "How can people's hearts be trusted? It's nothing more than disturbance. Literati and bureaucrats like to talk about military affairs. In the battle of North Korea, everyone in the court was the main battle. After all, they were completely defeated. Now the strength of all countries is ten times that of Japan. , If you start a quarrel, there will be no luck."

Zaiyi said: "Dong Fu is so fierce and good at fighting, and he has made great achievements in suppressing the return. Why do the barbarians suffer from injustice!"

De Zongdao: "Fuxiang is arrogant and difficult to control. All countries have sharp equipment, soldiers and horses are strong, and they are not comparable to Hui."

Since Dezong was claustrophobic, every time he saw his ministers, he only said two or three words as usual, and never talked about politics.Today, when he spoke solemnly, he also knew that starting a war would lead to the subjugation of the country.The waiter said that Zhu Zumou's shift was at the end, and he also strongly said that Fuxiang is a scoundrel and must not be used.The queen mother said sharply: "You said Dong Fuxiang's rascal is not available, who is available? Tell me!"

Zu Mou said: "If you must order a general, according to what I see, it is Yuan Shikai, the governor of Shandong. Boxers and bandits disrupt the people, and they must not be used."

Zaiyi scolded loudly, and the queen mother did not stop her.Dezong was silent, and all the courtiers were scattered.

Returning home resolutely, he asked someone to invite the big brother of the Boxer Regiment to come, and asked him how many days it would take to capture the embassies in Dongjiaominxiang?The elder brother said: "Foreigners don't need to solve the method, they can conquer it in a day. I'm afraid they use filth. The gods will not get close to the filth when they see it."

Resolutely said: "That's okay, I'll just ask Dong Fuxiang to help you." The senior brother said: "It will be all right with Dong Junmen's help."

So resolutely ordered the Boxers and the Wuwei Army to attack the embassy together. Everyone desperately fought for the first place, and the enemy shared the same hatred.

Resolutely sat on the tower to watch the battle, smiled to the left and right and said: "The embassy is broken, and the barbarians don't look down on them, and the world will be peaceful from now on."Zhao Shuqiao stood up and said: "Since Kang Youwei advocated chaos, the world has been disturbed, and the Zhongtang has risen to harass it. The emperor's illness has lost the hearts of the world. Fortunately, there are people in the successor. The merit of making a policy, the Zhongtang is the first."

Resolute and overjoyed.At this time, Yu Bu, who was holding a sword in the strange boxers, was muttering words.The group members in the front row chanted the mantra in unison: "The green dragon on the left, the white tiger on the right, the front heart of Yunliang Buddha, and the back heart of Xuanhuo God, please invite the Heavenly King General first, and then the Heisha God."

While reciting, he rushed straight to the embassy.Unexpectedly, the guards of the embassy, ​​who lined up guns and continued to chant, were shot and killed.The elder brother of the military supervisor, seeing that the regiment was killed, hurriedly turned to the southeast and knelt down, chanting the mantra silently.After finishing the recitation, he suddenly stood up and shouted loudly, and the surrounding crowd shouted in unison, and his voice moved the sky.Eldest brother burns incense and throws it into the air again, and invites all court saints, immortals and Buddhas of all heavens to perform ten thousand dharmas together, and shoot thousands of crossbows simultaneously.With such a combination of immortals and mortals, how can it be difficult to win in one fell swoop?Unexpectedly, these embassies are actually impregnable walls, and they can no longer be attacked.Press it for now.

But it is said that Yulu, the governor of Zhili, tacitly understands the will of Duangang, so he enshrines the uprising and the regiment.

It happened that there were four Taoists who went to Tianjin together, and passed through Duliu Town by boat. The boxers stopped them and wanted to kill them, and all four of them kowtowed and begged for their lives.The boxers led them to the altar to listen to Decheng's interrogation.Decheng was judged to be a high-ranking official, so he quickly released his shackles, extended his seat, and told them to convey to the governor, ask for a salary of 20 yuan, and take responsibility for destroying foreigners.The four agreed and immediately wrote to Yulu.Yulu called on Decheng, but Decheng ignored him.Yulu's official documents came like snowflakes.Decheng said angrily: "I'm not an official, how can the majesty of the governor be put on my face?"

When Yu Lu heard it, he thanked him quickly, and asked someone to prepare a sedan chair for eight people to meet him.Welcome to the yamen, open the middle door to access, and meet each other with the gift of the enemy's body.Set up a feast to welcome him.When the wine was half drunk, Decheng suddenly fell asleep, not answering.After a while, he leaned up and got up, with the iron cannon in his sleeve to manage the number of things.

Yulu asked him where did he get these things?Decheng said: "My soul went out and stole it from the enemy, and the enemy's guns were all destroyed."

Yulu listened and saluted deeply.

Decheng enters and exits the supervisor's office like a distinguished guest.Yu Lu was recommended by the previous chapter, saying that he is young and strong, and his ambition is upward.He also reported his military exploits many times for him, and he was rewarded with a top hat and a yellow mandarin jacket with flower feathers.

Cao Futian heard that Zhang Decheng was satisfied, so he also rushed to Tianjin.As soon as I arrived in Tianjin, I went up to the city tower and asked where the concession was?The natives told him that he was in the southeast, so he kowtowed to the southeast.After a while, he stood up and said, "The foreign building is on fire."

Sure enough, the smoke rose from the east, and everyone was terrified.In fact, the residential houses in Hedong happened to be burned.When Futian entered the city, the merchants knelt down to greet him.Futian asked them to stand up immediately, and said, "No need to kneel, no need to kneel."

Hearing the order from the boxing circle in the city, Hejun was ordered to hold Baizhai, and said: "No need, no need, I also drink wine and eat meat."

Hearing that many foreign goods stores were burned, he also said, "No need. Foreign goods have been imported into China for a long time. What is the crime of the merchants?"

As a result, the people of Jin believed more piously.The gods hanging in the Futian room are Guandi, Zhao Zilong, Erlangshen and Zhou Cang.

Another wooden sign is provided, which reads the Holy Master Yang.

At this time, various countries were alarmed by China, and they had sent troops to China to rescue them one after another.Futian said: "It doesn't matter, I'm here."

Then he ordered the whole team to go to the front enemy. The deacon in front of the horse was a large advocacy snail made by Yangtie.Futian wears big dark crystal glasses, holds a cigarette in his mouth, wears a long coat, a red belt around his waist, satin boots on his feet, a fast gun on his back, a pistol on his waist, and a stalk in his hand. Foot people, watch the battle as you go.

Walking to Majiakou, he suddenly said: "There are mines ahead, don't go forward, don't go forward.

He made a detour and returned. He also ordered the merchants to prepare thousands of cattail bags and thousands of hemp bags. Someone asked him what he was doing, and Fukuda said, "Ma Chun binds foreigners, and the cattail bags cover his head."

"Futian didn't dare to start a war with foreigners, but he boasted all day long. He lined up and went around the market. When he met the Wuwei army, he captured and killed him to avenge the battle of Luodai. It turned out that Nie Shicheng was ordered by the camera. Led the army to Luodai, saw [-] boxers demolishing Langfang railway tracks, ordered the ban to continue, and ordered to shoot. Many boxers died, hated Tucheng, cried to Yulu, and Yulu ordered his soldiers to return to the army Lutai. When Shi Cheng arrived in Tianjin, he met boxers on the road. The boxers ran straight to the head of the horse with a knife. Shi Cheng hid in the supervisor's office. Yulu relieved his cheeks so that he was fine. So when the boxers met the Wuwei army, Bound to kill. Ronglu was deeply concerned about the upheaval of Nie's army, and wrote a letter of condolences, saying, "Your army's uniform system is quite similar to that of Westerners, so it caused provocation.The people of the regiment are determined to serve the country, and they are willing to borrow a little. "

Shi Cheng replied generously: "The boxing bandits harm the people, and they will bring disaster to the country. A certain is the admiral of Zhili. There are bandits in the territory, and they cannot be suppressed. How about any job?"
If you are slaughtered by suppressing bandits, you will not dare to resign! "

All the subordinate soldiers sighed for him.

Shi Cheng said to his subordinates, "I have no place to die."

The general advised: "Let's avoid going to Baoding."

Shi Cheng sighed and said: "It was my duty to die on the battlefield, and I don't deserve a special name. It's a pity to use the elites I have trained hard over the past few years to mistakenly confess the violence and throw them into ashes. Now the country Since the provocation started, Tianjin was the first to bear the brunt. I was ordered by the court to guard the territory. I kept my eyes open. I must extend my duties and prevent foreign soldiers from stepping on this land. But try my best, how can I stop the Eight-Power Allied Forces? It's a certain death, but if I die like this, my eyeballs will never be closed."

So he led his troops and retreated to Yangcun to garrison to stop the foreign soldiers from coming.But in one day, the forward of the foreign soldiers has reached Yangcun.The Nie army fought desperately, and many foreign soldiers were injured.The foreign general knew that Nie Shicheng was a strong opponent, so he retreated in the face of difficulties, and retreated; Yulu counted this battle as a meritorious service of the boxers, and Bao Cao Futian was rewarded with a top-ranked top, a flower feather, and a yellow mandarin jacket, and Futian became more and more powerful. .At this time, the gentry and merchants in Jin County thought deeply about the corruption of the whole city after the war. They asked to see Yulu and tried their best to negotiate a peace.Yulu said: "It's useless to beg me. This matter is up to Senior Brother Cao. I'll transfer it to Senior Brother Cao for you."

All the gentry said: "It's all about your strength."

Yulu sent someone to invite Futian to come to the office to explain the meaning of gentry and businessmen.Futian said: "How did this happen? I was ordered by the Jade Emperor to lead the heavenly soldiers and generals to kill all foreigners. How dare I defy the fate?"

All the gentry and businessmen said pleadingly: "I hope that senior brother will see that the whole city is worthy of the soul, and raise your hands high!"

Futian said angrily: "Do you want me to listen to you instead of the Jade Emperor? It's the opposite!

Come here, tie up this bastard thing that doesn't know how important it is, and chop it up. "

Everyone kowtowed and begged, and Yulu also interceded for him.Futian said: "Let's see Yu Shuai's point, spare your dog's life for a while, go."

All the gentry said: "Since the eldest brother is not allowed to negotiate a peace, please beg for grace, how about not choosing a battlefield?"

Futian said: "Don't choose a battlefield, it can be done, as long as the concession belongs to me."

I was in a dilemma, and suddenly reported that Senior Brother Zhang had arrived, and Yu Lu hurried out to meet him.Upon entering, Zhang Decheng met with all the gentry and merchants and asked them what they did.Everyone begged again, and Decheng said: "It's very pitiful to listen to your words. This matter can always be discussed."

Fukuda insisted on refusing.Everyone said: "Brother, please be merciful, the lives of merchants and people are quite a lot.

" Futian said: "Whatever I do, the people who die are those in the doomsday."After I wiped out the foreigners, I will kill the unfilial and unrighteous people, and the doom will be over. "

As he spoke, he heard the sound of cannons.The army sent to the newspaper, and the brigade of foreign soldiers started a war with Nie Jun.

At this time, the sound of guns was booming, and the gunfire was hunting.Military scouts came in one after another, saying that the battle was extremely fierce.It turns out that because Nie Shicheng was constrained by Duan and Gang internally and forced by Yulu externally, he was poor and had nothing to do, so he had already had an ambition to die.Whenever a battle starts, he always falls into the battle himself.On May [-]th, following the belief that Dagu was lost, knowing that Jincheng would be difficult to hold on, he pulled out his team and moved to Zizhu Forest.The Japanese soldiers arrived first, followed by the Nie army, who killed him and was defeated, with many dead.The British, French, Russian, German and other coalition forces followed, and the soldiers fought hard as supervisors.The so-called one person desperately, ten thousand men are not worth it, and the number of foreign soldiers destroyed is tens of thousands.As the battle was in full swing, Jun Bian reported: "Master Junmen is not well, the old ladies, wives, and young ladies have all been kidnapped by Boxers."

When Shi Cheng heard the news, his heart was pierced by a knife, and he quickly divided his army to chase him.The first battalion of his subordinates, who were newly trained in the army, were many boxers. Seeing that Nie Jun was chasing the boxers anxiously, he shouted that Nie Jun had rebelled, and all the gang opened fire.Shi Cheng was in a fierce battle with the coalition forces, and had no time to attack the boxers.Galloping forward, he fought straight to Balitai. The general knew that he was desperate, and was busy holding on to the bridle to save him.Shi Cheng glared and said, "I'll kill whoever keeps me!"

As he spoke, he raised his knife to chop.The general said: "Since the army is willing to be loyal, we are all willing to follow."

Shi Chengdao: "You go back to other places quickly, and keep my elite for a while, so that they can be used by the country at other times."

The tribe finally couldn't bear to give up and shouted for a rush.Suddenly a grenade flew over, Shi Cheng was shot, his intestines ruptured and he died.The generals rushed back to snatch the corpse, the boxers saw it and rushed to snatch it.

It just so happened that the foreign soldiers caught up and fled one after another, so Zhongke had to be preserved.When the defeated soldiers entered the city, Yulu had to report a big shock. On the one hand, he killed Nie Shicheng and heard about it from the court;Brothers Cao and Zhang both said it doesn't matter, we have our own way.Yulu said: "The soldiers are coming to the city. There is a way. Please implement it quickly. I'm afraid it will be too late!"

Zhang Decheng said: "What are you afraid of? Now that God Master Haigan is doing the technique, a sand has already risen in Haikou, stretching for hundreds of miles. In the fairy boat outside the north gate, Huang Lian's biological mother Sanxiangu and Jiuxiangu are there, and the injured soldiers are dead. He was healed by the birth mother with fairy medicine. The houses in the east of the river have been burned because of hiding spies. Although there are many foreign soldiers, how can they come here?"

Yu Lu believed it was true.

Unexpectedly, it took only three days to defend the city, and the foreign soldiers and artillery attacked the city.Zhang Decheng and Cao Futian each fled out of the city with heavy capital.All the fighters took off their red clothes, tore off their spells, and held banners such as the obedient citizens of Japan, the obedient citizens of Great Britain, the obedient citizens of Great France, the obedient citizens of Great Russia, and the obedient citizens of Great Germany, vying to kneel down to receive foreign soldiers.Those red lights also took off their red clothes, and fled to the prostitution police to become whores.Huang Lian's biological mother and San Xiangu were bound and sent to the Dutong Yamen, where the case was completed.Jiuxiangu drowned to death.Zhang Decheng fled to Wangjiakou and asked for a confession from the salt merchant.The salt merchant sent a sedan chair with two people on one shoulder.Decheng said angrily: "I'm in Tianjin, and I'm greeted by an eight-seater sedan chair, but I still don't want to go there often! What are you, do you dare to be so blasphemous?"

The salt merchant had no choice, so he pretended to be the miraculous sedan chair of Guandi Temple to welcome him, welcomed him home, and invited him with a special feast.Decheng put on a show, said that the dishes were not clean, pushed the seats up, and cursed.The salt merchant couldn't stand it, and the villagers were very angry. They rushed in and captured Decheng. They all said that we should kill him with a knife, and see if he can avoid the sword.At this point, Decheng actually condescends, kowtows to the ground, and begs for mercy.The crowd didn't listen, and there was a flurry of knives, chopping it into meat sauce.After Cao Futian escaped in disguise, he never caused any trouble, and returned to Jinghai County privately in winter.Everyone shouted for capture and fled.Until the first month of the next year, he sneaked back to his hometown, was bound and sent to the official by his relatives, and suffered the crime of Ling Chi.The strangest thing is that his boundless spells have not worked so far.If you want to know what happened next, let's talk about it next time.

(End of this chapter)