Qing Dynasty Secret History

Chapter 108
It is said that Tianjin has fallen, and the coalition forces have not advanced because the Beijing-Tianjin Railway has been broken.The shocking news spread to Beijing, and the empress dowager summoned the six academicians and nine ministers to re-discuss the plan of peace and war.After all the ministers finished gathering, the Empress Dowager said: "The emperor wants peace, and does not want to start a war with the barbarians. If you have any opinions, you can talk to the emperor."

De Zong said: "Our country is so weak that the soldiers trained with food and salaries are still unable to fight a battle. How can we rely on a few rioters to win by chance?"

Zaiyi said: "The righteous people are loyal and angry to defend the country. Don't take this opportunity to use him to avenge the country's humiliation. Instead, treat him as a rioter and kill him with the law. If people lose their hearts, they will not be able to serve the country."

De Zongdao: "The rioters are mobs. The soldiers of all countries are fine and powerful. How can they stop them? How can people's lives be regarded as a trifling matter?"

The Empress Dowager was afraid that Zaiyi would argue poorly, so she looked at the Minister of Household Affairs Lishan and said, "What do you think?"

This Lishan went from being a member to being a minister. He was a minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for several years, eroding internal funds and becoming rich by tens of millions.Ask him now, he was originally asked to help Zaiyi, but unexpectedly he didn't understand the meaning, and replied: "Although Boxer has nothing wrong with it, his spells are not very effective."

Zai Yi said angrily: "It's all about using his heart, why bother to ask whether it is verified or not? Li Shan must have had an affair with the barbarians, so he dared to argue strongly in the court. Please ask the Empress Dowager to send Li Shan to drive back the barbarians, the barbarians will definitely agree.

Li Shan said: "The first one who advocates war is Prince Duan, and Prince Duan should go."What the slave advocates is peace talks, and he has never been trained in Western affairs, so he is not competent. "

Zaiyi said: "Lishan is a traitor, please ask the empress dowager to pay the punishment immediately!"

The queen mother said: "It was just a discussion. Since you disagree, let's talk about it in a day."

He ordered Natong and Xu Jingcheng to go to Yangcun and said that the enemy soldiers should not enter Beijing.He ordered Lishan to go to the embassies of various countries with Xu Yongyi, Minister of the Ministry of War, and Lianyuan, a cabinet scholar, to tell him not to send troops. Foreign soldiers entering Beijing will break diplomatic relations.

Na and Xu, not long after leaving Beijing, they met Boxer, Na Tong fled back, Jing Cheng almost died.The next day the imperial meeting was held again, and Zai Yi urged the embassy to besieged and killed all the envoys.The queen mother is ready to play, and she wants to issue an edict, but Lianyuan can't do it. If the envoys don't protect them, the foreign soldiers will enter the city in the future, and all chickens and dogs will be exhausted.Zai Yi said angrily: "Lian Yuan just came back from the embassy, ​​and he has a second heart, and the crime should be punished."

The queen mother was furious, and immediately ordered to beheaded, and left and right tried to save her.University scholar Wang Wenshao said: "Since the First Sino-Japanese War, China has run out of money and military bills. Now it has started quarrels with other countries. It is obvious that the people are strong and weak. How can we deal with the aftermath?
May the Empress Dowager think twice! "

The queen mother was furious, slapped the table and cursed: "I am familiar with what you said, are you a lobbyist for the barbarians?"

Dezong held onto Xu Jingcheng's hand and wept, saying: "It's not a pity for one person to die, what is the world like?"

Jing Cheng held onto the emperor's clothes and wept.

The Queen Mother scolded angrily: "Xu Jingcheng is rude!"

After the court dismissed, because of Lishan's residence, Zaiyi approached the Xishiku Church, and the boxers besieged the embassy church.Seeing that his family was wealthy, Boxer looted it all.Then Lishan was brought into Duanwang's mansion, Zaiyi called Fuzhao Prison, and then asked for an order to kill him, and asked someone to kill Lianyuan too.It turned out that there were special reasons for the deaths of these two people. Lishan broke the windows in the harsh winter of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and Dezong thought it was cold, so he pasted the paper.The queen mother was furious, first scolded Dezong, and then summoned Lishan to criticize his cheeks, which was unpredictable.Li Lianying, who was so thick at Lishan, shouted, "Get out of Lishan!"

Standing on the mountain and awakening, because he fell on his back to the ground and turned over several times and came out, the Queen Mother always missed him in her heart.And because he went to a prostitute with Zaiyi, and the prostitute was better with Lishan, Zaiyi therefore avenged his private revenge.Lianyuan was secretly impeached by Chongqi for his evil teacher Chongqi, so both of them were unavoidable.Yuan Chang, the Minister of Taichang Temple, went to the two schools and strongly said that the bandits should be suppressed, and the envoys should not be killed.The queen mother ignored it.So sighed: "The current situation is like this, China can't do it!"

Xu Jingcheng said: "Let's go to the meeting again, the Empress Dowager is wise, or she will be able to repent, it's unknown."

Yuan Chang said: "This can only be done by destiny!
"So the two jointly titled a book, and said in their speech:
Stealing from the chaos caused by the boxers, after more than a month, Shenjing was shaken, and the whole world responded, and the soldiers were in trouble, affecting the whole world.It is an unprecedented miracle, and it will lead to an unprecedented disaster.

In the past, the bandits in the Chengfeng period lived for more than ten years, and the remaining Sichuan-Shaanxi sect bandits in the Jiaqing period fell to four provinces and stole possessions for three or four years.As for the strategy of the examination, it can be seen that at that time, to revitalize the teachers and revitalize the brigade, and to exhaust the Central Plains, it was only to overcome it.Looking at it so far, the first few are all diseases of the hands and feet, not like Boxers are diseases of the heart.

Gai Fa Nian taught bandit rebellion, from the imperial court down to Lu Yan, no one knew that he was a bandit.

Today's boxing bandits, some of them are high-ranking officials, mistakenly regard them as righteous people, and refuse to label them as bandits;So far, ignorance is not only hated by all countries, but also laughed at by all countries.At the beginning of the Zhaquan chaos, it was not because of the sharpness of the guns, the training of the battle formation, from the four words of "helping the Qing and destroying the foreign", calling out the unsuccessful people, and mobs causing troubles.If you get a pastoral order and general who is capable, it will be more than enough to level it out.Yuxian, the former governor of Shandong, raised his carbuncle first; Yulu, the governor of Zhili, greeted him later, gave him war equipment, and attached the tiger with wings. "

How can I explain the four words "helping the Qing Dynasty and destroying the oceans"? It is said that the country has been in existence for more than two hundred years, and it has been deeply thoughtful and deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Those who eat the hair and practice the soil, thinking about the effectiveness and running to answer the virtues contained in it, this is okay.

If it is said that the country is troubled, the current situation is difficult, and the people in the grass and wild have great strength, can help the danger and make them safe, and they say that they should be supported first, and their hearts should not be questioned, and their officials can be punished!Although the ministers and others are unworthy, they also know that the foreigners' caves in the interior are really not for the benefit of China.However, it is necessary to clarify internal affairs, be prudent in diplomatic relations, take action in view of quarrels, choose what is easy for each country, shake the authority, and accumulate anger with snow.

Assuming that when the foreign invaders invade, there are those who are able to work hard and be loyal, and in order to destroy this imperial food, the ministers, no matter how powerful they are, will not dare to refuse their spirit!At present, the court is talking about trust and peace with other countries, and suddenly created the theory of destroying foreign countries.And the destroyed foreign refers to the foreigners in China.Including foreigners from all countries in the five continents, if only the foreigners in China are exterminated, it is not necessary to prevent them from continuing.If all the countries of the five continents are sought, then the number of foreigners is ten times that of the Chinese?Whether it can do its best or not does not wait for a wise man to know.

Unexpectedly, Yuxian and Yulu, who are officials in the frontier, do not know this well.Yulu also recruited the leader of the Boxer Bandit and treated him like a guest of honor.Village rogues gather thousands of people, and with the three-character name sticker of "Boxer", they can enter the government office and stand against the governor in court. Isn't it also despising the court and embarrassing the people of the world?The Boxers Zhang Decheng, Cao Futian, Han Yili, Wen Bazhi, Wang Decheng, etc. in Jinghai County all arbitrarily judged the country songs, despised short officials, and gathered gangsters to cause trouble.That is, people in the capital do not know it.The governor openly entered the court to report and test the words, in order to be recruited, to deceive the emperor, nothing more than that!Yulu also said that on the 22th night of the fifth lunar month, the foreigners asked for the Taku Fort to garrison troops.Admiral Luo Rongguang, but Jian refused.At the moment of the stalemate, the foreigners actually fired first to attack. The admiral resisted with all his strength and damaged two ships moored by the foreigners. On the 28nd, the foreign soldiers in Zizhulin split up to fight, and our army intercepted them everywhere.The Boxers joined forces to fight and burned many foreign houses in the concession.The minister asked the people who came to Beijing for refuge from Tianjin, and he said that sinking foreign ships and burning foreign houses was nothing.And our army and boxers were killed by foreign soldiers, no less than tens of thousands of people, with one voice, it is definitely not a rumor.It is even said that on the [-]th, when the foreigners attacked the Dagu Fort, it was Yulu who ordered the boxers to attack the Zizhu Forest, provoking first.This statement may be the result of all grievances, which cannot be fully believed.And the false report of the military situation is exactly the same as the admiral Dong Fu, who pretended to be a foreigner in the embassy and burned them all.The sample of Dong Fu is a bandit in Gansu.How should one restrain one's body and love one's self, and pay generous favors!He is a traitor than a bandit, and acts like a bandit.His madness and rebellion not only failed the grace of God, but also frightened the wolf's ambition, or caused other troubles.It is unbelievable that Yu Lu has served concurrently as Qi, which is not comparable to Dong Fuxiang's military personnel, but he is so condescending!They all hope to meet the misconceptions of the officials in the court, mistakenly for the holy will of my empress dowager and the emperor, and then act against each other without any scruples.Xu Tong, a bachelor, is confused by nature and has no sense of interests.The scholar co-organized by the Minister of Military Aircraft is resolute, more stubborn than a traitor.The Minister of Military Aircraft, Minister of Rites, Qixiu, has seen the fallacies and is foolish for his own use.Zhao Shuqiao, Minister of Military Affairs and Criminal Affairs, is cunning and ingratiating.When the boxers entered the capital, Yang Meng summoned the ministers and workers below the princes and princes to inquire about the strategy of suppressing and appeasement. The ministers and others said that they should not rely on the people to defend against the enemy, and they should not lightly start quarrels with other countries for no reason.

Xu Tong, Gang Yi, etc. dared to come forward to the empress dowager and the emperor, and denounced them as counterintuitive.The husband made a hundred thousand swords sharpen, and he was able to control the enemy. If the ministers and others have blood, why don't they want to gather with other clans and annihilate them?
Otherwise, if you mistake yourself for the wrong country, the fear of rebellion does not lie with the ministers and others.

In May, Gangyi and Zhao Shuqiao went to Zhuozhou to disband the Boxers.The bandit ordered him to kneel down and make many false accusations.Zhao Shuqiao knew that he was lying, and said that he followed others, so he sighed and hated it.In the end, he believed in magic with fortitude and did not dare to innovate. He only produced hundreds of papers, blurred the matter, and returned to his life with the dismissal of the business scriptures.Now that it has been disbanded, why are the gangsters as hairy as hair, and they are so unbearable?Will the imperial court blame me for playing arbitrarily?Tianjin has been trapped recently, and the foreign soldiers are constantly pressing in. There was no boxer who could stop the advance with magic.I am afraid that within ten months, they will go straight to the capital.In case the Nine Temples are shocked and the Zhaomin people are devastated, what will happen then?The ministers and others imagined it, and filled it with grief.And Xu Tong, Gang Yi, etc., in the midst of chatting and laughing, Yan Ran was complacent, and if they still used the boxing bandits as a long-term support, they were bewildered by the fists in the court, as if drunk.They are close to Tianhuang and responsible, respect to teachers and protect the secretaries, most of them respect boxers, and they are gods.Even the prince's mansion has a boxing arena.The boxers are stupid, and they are more foolish than Xu Tong, fortitude, etc.; Xu Tong, fortitude, etc. are stupid, and they are even more foolish for princes.It is Xu Tong, Gang Yi and others who are really the hub of the disaster!If it weren't for the empress dowager and the emperor, the ministers of the Boxers would be the first to protect them, to rectify their crimes, and to uphold the laws of the country, lest the courtiers be confused by the Boxers!The hope of foreign ministers came one after another.Not just Yuxian and Yulu!The 300-year-old clan of the country will serve as absurd ministers, believe in boxers, and put all their eggs in one basket. Why should they pay tribute to the spirit of the ancestors in heaven?The ministers and others foolishly say that today, there is no room for time, and there is no way to stop the foreign soldiers unless it is painful to suppress the boxers; it is not enough to suppress the boxers unless the minister who protects the boxers.When the boxers first started, how dare they resist the order, insult the government, and destroy official property?How dare you burn and rob with weapons and kill civilians?Since Xu Tong, Gang Yi, etc. were called righteous people, the power of boxers and bandits has increased, the confusion of foolish people has increased, and the gathering of scoundrels has become more numerous.Let Yuxian be able to do honor in the last year, and the bandit will never spread to Zhili; let Yulu take serious precautions this spring, and the bandit will not break into the capital; let Xu Tong, Gangyi, etc. not be called righteous people, the bandit I dare not wantonly burn, plunder, kill and poke the misery.If the original culprit is blamed, the crime will be returned.Please order Xu Tong, Gangjiu, Qixiu, Zhao Shuqiao, Yulu, Yuxian, and Dong Fuxiang to be punished first with strict codes, and the rest who protect the Boxers and are similar to Xu Tong, Fortitude and other absurdities will be punished. If you are guilty of crimes, you should not assist your relatives to destroy them.The various countries suddenly realized that the bandits and provocations in the past were all absurd and the actions of the ministers were not the original intention of the country.Then Zhu Chen and others thanked Xu Tong and the fortitude ministers.Although the ministers and others are dead, they should enter the ground with a smile on their faces.No one has a runny nose, and he chases after him in great pain and panic.

After this book was published, Zaiyi, Gang Yi and others hated Xu and Yuan even more.

At this time, the Empress Dowager had already decided to take the lead in the battle, and issued an edict to praise the boxers as "righteous people" and distributed 10 taels of internal money.There is also an altar in Zaiyi's mansion, where he worships in the morning and evening.In the capital city, there was chaos like hemp, boxers burned everywhere, the flames covered the sky, day and night.The coachman is a small worker, he abandons his job and follows it.

The rogues near the city are going to the capital one after another.Counting 10 people, running rampant in the city.Su's displeasure is all referred to as the teaching people, and the whole family is killed.Killing people with knives and spears, their limbs being torn apart, even babies who have not yet reached the moon are not spared.Beijing officials fled with their relatives one after another.The road is blocked, and people who go to hide in remote villages are often robbed. More than a hundred thousand people died in this battle.It is really a catastrophe unprecedented in the ages.The Empress Dowager set up an altar in the palace, summoned the big brothers of the Boxer Regiment, and expressed her condolences.Seeing that the Queen Mother is like this, the scholar-bureaucrats all flattered and flattered the Queen Mother, and they all regarded the Boxer as a rare commodity.Zeng Lian, the prefect, edited Wang Longwen, and offered three special strategies. Begging Zaiyi to act on his behalf, attack Dongjiaomin Lane, and kill all the envoys. This is the best strategy; How is it different from Title Biyu?Zaiyi got the book and said with great joy: "This is the public opinion.

Xu Daokun, the censor, said: "Patriarch Hong Jun has ordered the five dragons to guard Dagu, and all the barbarians will be wiped out." "

The censor Chen Jia said: "If you get Guan Zhuang Miao's silk script from Yunyun, you will say that barbarians will destroy themselves."

The editor Xiao Rongjue said: "Yi and Di have had no emperor and father for more than two thousand years. Heaven will wipe out the righteous people with false hands. Time must not be lost."

Zeng Lian, Wang Longwen, Peng Qingli, and Yu Shi Liu Jiamo wrote letters one after another: "Where the righteous people come, there will be no crime in autumn. It is advisable to order house-to-house searches and killings to eliminate the source of chaos."Doctor Zuo Shaozuo, please kill the corpses of Guo Songtao and Ding Richang to thank the world.The principal, Wan Bingjian, said that Zeng Guofan had killed 16 people in the Tianjin religious case. Please discuss his sympathy.The servant Changlin, who was previously attached to Dezong, was reprimanded by the queen mother and abandoned at home for a long time. In the end, please lead the righteous people to be the enemy.

The Empress Dowager, appreciating her pious heart, even abandoned her flaws and hired him.

At that time, there were more than a hundred people who wrote about gods and monsters?The Prince's Mansion, the Baisi Office, and the boxers all have altars, which are called "protection".The imperial court issued an edict ordering the provinces to burn the churches and kill the parishioners.When Jiang Chen received this order, they were all panic-stricken. They sent telegrams to Guangdong to ask Li Boxiang, because Li Boxiang was the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi at this time.Bo Xiang resolutely replied: "This is a random order, and Guangdong will not obey the edict."

So the provincial officials decided to plan a policy to protect the southeast.

Liu Kunyi, governor of Jiang, signed an agreement with the consuls of various countries in Shanghai to jointly protect the southeast half.While playing the imperial court electronically, he strongly said that the rioters should not be used, sorcery should not be trusted, and military provocations should not be opened.Li Hongzhang, Governor of Guangdong, Liu Kunyi, Governor of Jiang, Zhang Zhidong, Governor of Hubei, Kui Jun, Governor of Sichuan, Xu Yingkui, Governor of Fujian, General Shanlian of Fuzhou, Li Bingheng, who inspected the Yangtze River, Lu Chuanlin, Governor of Su, Wang Zhichun, Governor of Anhui, and Yu Yin, Governor of Hubei Lin, Yu Liansan from Xiangfu, and Deshou from Yuefu, a total of twelve people.At the same time, Yuan Gong, the governor of Shandong, also wrote a very admonishing chapter.

How can this kind of medicine of immortality be given to people whose intestines and stomachs have died?The Empress Dowager ordered Zaixun and Fortitude to be President of the Boxers, treating the Boxers as the same as the officers and soldiers, but the boxers did not dare to ask Zaixun and Fortitude.Thirteen members of Dutong Qingheng's family were killed by boxers.Zai Yisu is close to Qing Heng, so he can't protect him.Hu Xunfen, the servant, Huang Siyong, the bachelor, and Tong Yongdao, Shen Nenghu, all like to talk about foreign affairs, and are embarrassed by the boxers.Fortunately, Xunfen escaped quickly and never suffered.Shen Nenghu bought his life with a bribe.Huang Siyong was sent to the prison of the Ministry of punishment.Edited Du Benchong, reviewed Hong Ruyuan, and Yang Fu, who was in charge, were all accused by boxers as religious people, and were injured and died several times.The Queen Mother also ordered the envoys of various countries to discuss the matter in the Prime Minister's Yamen, and the German envoy Klind went first.Zaiyi asked the soldiers of the Tiger God Camp to lie in ambush on the road, and when they were caught off guard, they all attacked and killed Kelinde.Xu Tong and Chong Qi were overjoyed when they heard the report, and raised their foreheads with their hands and said: "If the barbarian chiefs are killed, China will be strong!"

Accompanied by Hebao Dong Fuxiang to attack the embassy in Dongjiaomin Lane.The Empress Dowager summoned them and asked how many days it would take to conquer them?Fuxiang said: "Depending on the Queen Mother's blessing, we will be able to break through in five days."

The Queen Mother said: "If you kill all the foreigners, I will reward you greatly."

Fuxiang Xie En went out to the court, and led [-] military guards to attack the embassy.

The rumble of cannons continued day and night.There are tens of thousands of boxers wearing Yubu, ascending to the house, and their voices move the world.However, the walls of the embassy were all made by Semend, and they could not be broken again. Thousands of soldiers died in the armed forces.So the Wuwei army mixed with the boxers and looted wantonly.Beizi Pulun, University Tusun Jianai and Xu Tong, Shangshu Chen Xuefen, Gexue Yigu, Vice Capital Censor Zeng Guangluan, and Taichang Qing Chen Bangrui were all robbed and escaped with their own lives.Xu Tong and Yi Gu were all in favor of Boxer, and they were not spared either.Pu Lun and others told Rong Lu that Rong Lu could not be restrained.Residential houses and shops were burned and looted.Shangshu Qixiu also said: "If the envoy is not removed, it will be a future trouble. Wutai monk Puji has [-] magic soldiers. Please call him to wipe out the Niyi."

Zeng Lian and Wang Longwen asked to use the method of flooding the city to flood the embassy with water from the Yuquan Mountain, and the foreigners would surely be drowned.He also played the protection of the demon monk Pufa, Yu Manzi, and Zhou Han, who are called "three sages".

Censor Jiang Shifen, please kill Li Hongzhang, Zhang Zhidong, and Liu Kunyi.Zaiyi also discussed meritorious service for the boxing party, and dozens of people were awarded military positions.All kinds of chaotic politics are hard to describe.

Every time King Duan Zaiyi came out, he followed hundreds of horsemen, planning to go in and out of the Daqing Gate, scolding the ministers, and no one dared to compare.Zaiyi ordered the military plane Zhang Jinglian Wenchong to draw up an edict to declare war, which was issued at home and abroad. The speech said: "I have been in the dynasty for more than two hundred years, and I am deeply benevolent and generous."Those who come to China from afar, their ancestors and ancestors, will not be treated with tenderness.During the reign of Daoguang and Xianfeng, he bowed down to allow them to trade with each other, and begged to preach in our country.The imperial court used its persuasion to do good, and reluctantly agreed to the request.At the beginning, it was also within my scope. For 30 years, relying on the benevolence of our country and insisting on following it, it is beneficial to wanton.Bullying my country, invading my land, ravaging my people, extorting my property.If the imperial court accommodates them a little, they will bear their arrogance, and they will do everything day by day.The small ones oppress the common people, and the big ones insult the sacred.The child of our country is full of hatred and anger, and everyone is willing to get it. This is also the origin of the courageous burning of churches and massacre of believers.The imperial court still does not open Cuan as the former protector, for fear of hurting the ears of our people.

Therefore, another decree was issued to ban, defend the embassy, ​​and give compassion to the people.Therefore, the day before yesterday there were Boxers who taught the people, and they were all my son's orders.It was originally for folk religion to explain old suspicions, and the court was soft and obedient to people far away, to the point of exhaustion.

But they didn't know how to be grateful and threatened instead.Yesterday, there was a public note from Du Shili, ordering me to withdraw from the Dagukou Fort and return it to his custody.In the way of making friends with neighbors on weekdays, I have never been rude to him.He claims to be a country of enlightenment, but he is rampant in disrespect, relying solely on the strength of soldiers and weapons, and breaking himself up!
I have been in the imperial court for 30 years, and treat the people like my descendants, and the people also carry me like the emperor of heaven.Kuang Cisheng rejuvenates the universe, surrounded by kindness and virtue, ancestral support, godly gratitude, everyone's loyalty and indignation, which has never existed in the past.I now shed tears to tell the ancestors, and generously swear to my master and disciples, rather than just trying to survive, I will shame the ages, which one will be the one to attack and fight.He summoned ministers and workers, big and small, to inquire about the same.In provinces such as Kinki and Shandong, there were no fewer than 10 volunteers who gathered unexpectedly on the same day.As for the five-foot boy, he can also fight to defend the country.He still cheats, but I rely on the law of heaven.He relies on strength, and I rely on people's hearts.No matter whether the country is loyal to the armor, the etiquette and justice are dry, everyone dares to die.That is to say, the land covers more than [-] provinces, and the population is as many as [-] trillion. How can it be difficult to suppress the fierce flames and expand the power of the country?There are those who share the same hatred and fight against the enemy, and charge forward, or donate money out of righteousness to help the setting.The imperial court did not hesitate to break the rules and reward Zhongxun!Gou Qi was born from the outside, retreated before the battle, willingly rebelled, and turned into a traitor. He will be punished immediately and there will be no mercy!

Erpu, ministers and concubines, each with a heart of loyalty and righteousness, vented the anger of gods and men together, and I have some hope.

I don't know whether after the edict is issued, whether it can be used for one serving and eight, let's listen to the next chapter to break it down.

(End of this chapter)