Qing Dynasty Secret History

Chapter 81
It is said that Wen Zong was hesitant after receiving remonstrance from the six ministries and nine ministers, and suddenly the internal supervisor submitted a discount, which was issued by the deputy Dutong Shengbao military rank.Take it apart and take a look, it is also a remonstrance to stop Mulan from coming out. There are two soul-stirring words in it: "Don't be misled by one or two treacherous sycophants, and you will lose the hope of the subjects of the world."

I can't help but be sincerely moved, and gradually feel satisfied.It turns out that although this Shengbao is only a deputy governor, he is brave and promising. He has always been relied on by Emperor Wenzong. , get the kindness of the king, the trust of the special, the monks and the kings of Hui are still far behind, and the Han officials who are outside are even less self-sufficient.This time he was recalled from Henan to Beijing, ordered to join Beizi Mianxun to dispatch [-] Eighth Banner banned soldiers to Tongzhou to assist in the suppression.In Lu Dexin, he worked hard for a while and worshiped this fold.At that time, Emperor Wenzong drew up a decree with the order of the military plane, and said in his speech: "Because of the urgent military affairs, we need to use chariots and horses, so we have to recruit them one after another, which is annoying."I heard rumors from the outside world that there were people who were going to visit Mulan to hold the autumn festival, so that people were confused and spread it to each other.I am the lord of the world, when the situation is difficult, how can I take the time to reflect on it?If there is such a move, an edict must be issued and announced in advance, and there must be no public opinion to come and prevent the world from hearing about it.Your Chinese and foreign subjects should understand each other.All the chariots and horses used for military equipment will be handed over to various places by the king and ministers sent by the emperor, and they will be returned separately.This is it.

He also ordered the issuance of 20 yuan of domestic currency and silver to be rewarded to the patrolling soldiers and so on, and the hearts of the people were slightly determined.On the first day of August, the alarm came, saying that the foreign soldiers had traveled from Hexi to Zhangjiawan, only tens of miles away from Tongzhou.Wen Zong was startled and said, "Zaiyuan just went to Tongzhou, and Guiliang and Mu Yin were also there. What do you mean by foreigners entering the army without waiting for the meeting?"

It turned out that Zaiyuan, Prince Yi, and Mu Yin, Minister of Military Aircraft, were ordered to go to Tongzhou to discuss with Guiliang.When Prince Yi and Minister Mu arrived in Tongzhou, they wrote a note to pay Luo Jin with Yingqin and made an appointment for a meeting.

Er Luojin would use his tone to make a show, and if he didn't come, he sent counselor Bashali and brought dozens of foreigners into the city to discuss peace.On the second day of junior high school, Wang Yi and others met Pachari, repeated similes, and enlightened him. Pachari was extremely stubborn and insisted on following Tianjin's original proposal, and invited the French envoys to discuss with them.King Yi had no choice but to agree to hold a meeting at Dongyue Temple in Tongzhou the next day.As soon as tomorrow, the local officials will undertake the payment of accounts, and the interior of Dongyue Temple will be newly furnished, and the guards outside will be heavily guarded, and the atmosphere will be very clean.Minister Mu Yin and his entourage Hengqi arrived first, and at the time of Chen Pai, Prince Yi and Gui Zhongtang also arrived.As soon as King Yi arrived, he asked, "Have the British and French envoys arrived?"

Mu Yin and Heng Qi replied together: "Not yet."

Yi Wang said: "Look at what the British people mean, if you don't see it, you are willing to caress."

Before he could say a word, the door official flew in to report: "The envoy of the pod law has arrived."

Yi Wang and others hurried out to meet him.I saw the leading foreign soldiers, neat and uniform, like a formation of wild geese, and behind them were the British and French envoys, who were two green sedan chairs behind.The sedan chair was carried into the main hall and just rested, when it came out to see, the French ambassador was indeed Garo, and the British was still the counselor Pachari.After seeing the ceremony, King Yi ordered a banquet.The British and French envoys took the guest seat, Yi Wang Guixiang took the main seat, and Mu Yin and Heng Qi acted as interpreters.Talking about state affairs during the Zunzu period, the Dharma envoy Galo always obeyed his orders.After a few rounds of drinking and two sets of food offerings, Bashali stood up and said to King Yi: "For today's matter, we must meet the emperor in person to show our sincerity. But in our country, apart from kowtowing to God, we never There is no ceremony of kneeling. Can your king and minister promise us?"

Yi Wang silently did not answer.Bashali said again: "Mu Yi from afar, I have been visiting the Shang Kingdom for a long time, but the host and guest's courtesy must be respected, let's see you this time, please use your military appearance."

Mu Yin asked, "How many people are there?"

Bashali said: "It will be hindered if there is no observation. Each country has 2000 people in ties, and the rest of the brigade will stay in Tongzhou."

Mu Yin told Yi Wang, Yi Wang was silent after hearing this, but his face showed a very different meaning.Mu Yin whispered to the king and said: "Foreign rules, if you don't answer him, it will be regarded as acquiescing. The prince can't help but answer him."

King Yi said: "This matter needs to be decided by decree, and it is not convenient for this mansion to allow it."

Mu Yin told Bashali, but Bashali was displeased, paused for a while, then turned to Hengqi and said, "I'm tired and going to sleep, quickly bring the bedding."

Hengqi had no choice but to get up and assign servants to set up kang couches and bedding.Bashali saw that the shop was set up, stood up, and said to Yi Wang, "Forgive me for being presumptuous, I have to sleep to learn."

After finishing speaking, he tilted down immediately.Heng Qi and Mu Yin took turns arguing with him, Bashali just pretended to be asleep, and didn't answer in a word, Yi Wang and Gui Xiang looked at each other.It was Mu Yin who was more resourceful and thought of a way to ask Yi Wang and others to retreat for a while, leaving only Heng Qi to accompany him.

Unexpectedly, that night, in Tongzhou City, there were countless spies spying everywhere.When King Yi heard the news, he immediately sent Hengqi to the foreign camp for investigation.Immediately reported: "The British envoy Eluojin is wrapped up in armor, and the general situation is not very good."

For a while, the army explored and reported to the foreign battalion to applaud the whole team, which was likely to attack the city.Yi Wang said: "It's amazing! We have no defense here, and it will be bad if foreign soldiers come to kill us."

Then he wrote a secret letter, informing the monk's residence, and told him to come to the city quickly to discuss.

The monk king's camp is only three or five miles away from the city, and he arrived in an instant.Yi Wang went on to tell everything.The monk king said: "Don't worry about him, it's better to act first, let's arrest those Pashali and Kara, and let them go to Beijing, and then wait for them to come."

King Yi said: "Gala is a French envoy, and all his actions are considered submissive, so he can be exempted from arrest, as long as Pachari is captured."

The Monk King agreed, and immediately issued a military order: "All the British Counselor Bashari and his entourage were arrested, and Hugh called one away."

With this order, all the soldiers in the monk camp jumped up bravely, two serving one, and in a short while Pashali and dozens of his followers and masters were all tied up.A soldier with a blue crown and flower feather rushed to pay his respects, and shouted: "All the foreigners will be taken."

The monk king inspected them one by one, followed his orders and put them into the cage, and immediately released them.

At this time, Deputy Du Tong Shengbao was ordered to supervise the division, and Bei Zi Mianxun was mobilizing Beijing soldiers in the outer city of the capital, practicing day and night, but when the foreigners broke up, they immediately sent troops to conquer.On this day, a secret decree was sent to the court, which stated: According to Prince Yi Zaiyuan's statement, foreigners are rampant, and they insist on bringing a brigade to Tongtong. I intend to fight a decisive battle with them.The deputy commander-in-chief immediately trained elite soldiers and took them to the west of Tongzhou to station.This is it.

After reading the secret edict, Shengbao immediately raised his account, announced that all horses should step up, and issued a military order to set off immediately.The horse team is in front and the foot team is behind, carrying guns, bronze cannons, sabers and steel forks, rattan bows and arrows, and golden drums and banners, walking in sequence, densely layered, like a steel wall.Go out from Chaoyang Gate and walk to Yanyun Temple. It happens to be day and night, and the traditional order of Shengdu is to set up camp.On the next day, we arrived at Dingfuzhuang, where we flew to Dingfu to report: "The British and French allied forces have entered Tongzhou. The Seng and Rui armies failed to resist the battle. The foreigners drove north, and our army's horse troops broke up along the way."

Shengbao said angrily, "What kind of foreigner dares to be so rampant!"

Urge to go fast.The generals did not dare to dissuade them, so they had to be ordered to move forward.When we reached eight li, the horsemen reported again: "The foreign soldiers are divided into three routes from the Guojiafan area, and they advance side by side in the east, south and west. Now the west route is blocked by the monk prince, the east route is blocked by Rui Zhongtang, and the south route is just coming to us. "

Sheng Bao said: "The Seng and Rui armies are blocking two routes, so let's not worry about it."

The words are not finished. Seeing that the front troops shouted in unison, Shengbao was waiting to be questioned. The sound of guns shook the ground, smoke rose into the sky, bullets and cannons flew across the sky, and the whole army was clamoring, saying: "The foreign soldiers are here." Here! Foreign soldiers are coming!

"The team was in chaos. Shengbao was furious, and ordered: "Those who make noise will be cut!" "

While waving orders, they raised their guns and lined up to meet them.The Bianmen received orders in a hurry, before they could pretend to release the medicine, the enemy bullets flew through the air, dense like hail, and fierce like thunder.The middle one died, the author was injured, the ribs were holed and limbs were broken, and they looked at each other.

Shengbao was so angry that he was about to march forward and fight foreigners to the death, when two stray bullets flew towards him in succession, impartially, one hit his left cheek and the other hit his right shin. The pain pierced my heart, my eyes were dark, my world was spinning, and I fainted to the ground.The left and right desperately rescued him, put them on the horseback, and ran away with protection.A snake can't do without a head, and an army can't do without a commander.Every army on horseback, no matter how dare they fight, they flee with the sick commander-in-chief.The foreign soldiers really don't know how to be courteous, we all put his face on and avoided him, but he pressed on and showed off how good he was, the sound of guns and guns exploded all the way.Wherever we fled, they also chased them.The general of the Shengying camp fled into Dingfuzhuang. He was still panting, and the guns flew all over the place, saying that the foreign soldiers had arrived again.The soldiers of the Shengying camp ran in a hurry, their men were not as good as their armor, their horses were not as good as their saddles, and they were in an indescribable embarrassment.Fleeing to Chaoyangmen, there are more than 20 camps outside the city, with banners flying, and sharp halberds. It is the second army of monk and Rui.It turns out that Monk King and Ruixiang were also defeated by Guo Jiafan.The three armies who escaped gathered together, sympathized with each other, and when it came to foreign soldiers, they all changed color.

At this time, the capital was greatly shaken, and Prince Gong Yiyi led the civil and military forces of the entire dynasty to the Old Summer Palace to weep and ask Wen Zong to move to Da Nei and stick to the capital.Wen Zongdao: "wait and retreat yourself. I still have to worry about this matter."

Prince Gong said: "The soldiers of the country have suffered repeated losses, the foreign power is arrogant, the emperor does not return for a day, and the people's hearts are uncertain for a day. The longest plan, there is no failure to return to Beijing."

Wenzong pondered and did not answer.Suddenly a person knelt down and met his head and said: "The situation is dangerous, and the slaves have to play. Now that the capital is under attack, all the battalions have collapsed. Seeing that the Beijing soldiers are unreliable, the emperor will return to the palace. In case the foreigners break their rules, how can I ask?" Are Yixin and the others sure that they can win against the foreigners? The king is worried about the humiliation of his ministers, and the death of the king's humiliated ministers is not insane, and he will not bear to put his relatives in danger!"

When everyone looked at it, it was none other than Zaiyuan, Prince Zonglingyi of the clan's mansion who spoke.Wen Zong said to everyone: "What do you think?"

Eighty-nine people, including Minister Zheng Duanhua, Minister of the Imperial Family Sushun, Minister of Military Aircraft Mu Yin, Jing Shou, Kuang Yuan, Jiao Youying, Du Han, Minister Chen Fusi, and Minister Huang Zonghan, said in unison: "Yixin weeps and stays with the emperor, yes What is the intention? The ministers are ignorant, honesty is hard to guess. Zaiyuan’s words may not be all true, but patriotism and loyalty are beyond words. The emperor’s sage is sure to be able to discern.”

Wen Zong nodded and said, "It turns out that they wanted Zhenlai to be a lonely bet, but it was Zaiyuan who reminded Lian."

Then he said to Prince Gong: "You retreat, I have my own will."

When Prince Gong wanted to argue again, Wen Zong had already retreated into the palace.Prince Gong had no choice but to retreat outside and said to the crowd: "Brothers Zaiyuan and Duanhua control the government and work in collusion with traitors. If the three traitors are not eradicated, the affairs of the state will never be done!"

Everyone said: "The treacherous party's words are very ingenious, which makes it easy for the emperor to obey. I really don't know what kind of Gu skills he has."

After all, it's embarrassing.

Prince Gong and others returned to the capital, and together with Zhou Zupei, the Minister of Regimental Defense and University Scholar, discussed matters related to regimental defense, and they were in a hurry for a whole day.At lunch time the next day, the alarm came, saying that foreign soldiers were attacking the capital.Prince Gong was shocked, and went to the city to look around. He saw foreign soldiers coming in a whole group with flags raised.

The equipment is fine, the infantry is clean, the front is the cavalry, and the rear is the infantry.Prince Gong sighed: "It's strange that they have won many battles, look at his military appearance, he is really a master of temperance.

"The foreign soldiers rushed to the bottom of the city, raising their flags and clamoring, and surrounded the forbidden city three times. The city was shocked, and the civil and military officials all went to Prince Gong's residence to discuss the strategy of resistance. Prince Gong said: "The bandits are coming to the city, and the emperor is stationed in Haidian , I don't know if I was surprised?The Forbidden City was besieged and the news was cut off. Who would go to find out? "

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay.Prince Gong said: "It seems that this matter has to be assigned."

Suddenly it was reported that Zhu Yu had arrived, and Prince Gong led the civil and military officials to read it as usual. Don't panic, love this.

After receiving the decree, he asked the imperial envoy, "There was no news before the Holy Spirit went to Beishou?"

The imperial envoy said: "Don't say that the prince is here, we are there, and there is no news. Last night at three drums, Duanhua, Prince Zheng, and Shangshu Su, the clan, said that there was something urgent, please call the right. After the call, The emperor passed on the news of Yiqi, fortunately, the carriages and horses had already been prepared by themselves, and they rushed out to hunt, so they did not panic."

Prince Gong said: "Duanhua and Sushun, naturally they follow?"

The imperial envoy said: "Military ministers Mu Yin, Kuang Yuan, and Du Han are also accompanying them."

At this time, all the civil and military officials knew that Wen Zong was hunting Luanyang in the north, so they settled down a little.Suddenly it was reported that the people who moved in the city, because all the gates were closed, bribed the gatekeepers with heavy bribes, and opened and closed them privately, fearing that spies would get in.Prince Gong asked everyone what kind of strategy they had, Zhou Zupei said: "Since the doors are closed for the daytime, no vegetables, rice or noodles can be entered, and everything is jumping up and down. According to this situation, I'm afraid there will be internal changes."

Prince Gong said: "Temporarily open the Xizhi Gate for the delivery of food, okay?"

Everyone proclaimed goodness.Prince Gong then ordered to open the Xizhi Gate to allow anyone to come in and out.Before this day was engraved, another Zhu Yu issued: "Prince Gong Yixin stayed behind, still supervising monks, and the Second Rui Army stationed in Haidian, hereby."

King Gong didn't dare to be negligent, and immediately rushed to Haidian, defending it respectfully.The next day, I sent it to the court: Prince Gong's work is the Minister of Plenipotentiary.This is it.

The British found out that Prince Gong and Prime Minister Gui were stationed outside the city. Knowing that there was no owner in the city, they wrote to ask for Pachari, and declared that if they did not release them, they would immediately attack the city.The Chinese and military officials in Beijing have different opinions. Hengqi advocates release, out of anger of the Pacific people;Minister Wang and others couldn't make a decision.On the [-]th day, you sent an edict by Xingzai military plane, and everyone read it, and they were all surprised.I saw it said: According to Sheng Baozuo, the way to use soldiers is to use the long to beat the short.The foreigners are good at firearms. If our army can rush forward and meet with weapons, the enemy's guns are almost useless, and we will surely win ten victories.The soldiers of the Mongolian Beijing Banner can't fight and stab, but Chuan Chu is strong and brave, can lean forward and fight the bandits, and the foreigners will be severely punished.Please order Yuan Jiasan and Chuan Chuyongzhong to select a few capable people, send people to take care of them, and set off for Beijing today to relieve the crisis.Foreigners violated the rules and fought against Dagu Fortress to occupy Tianjin. The appeal failed, and now they have led troops to the west of Tongzhou, which is only a short distance from Beijing.Seng Gelinqin and other soldiers failed repeatedly, and the situation in the capital was extremely critical.Now all the braves in Sichuan and Chu in the foreign army camp are very capable.Zeng Guofan and Yuan Jiasan each selected two or three thousand elites from Sichuan and Chu, and immediately ordered Bao Chao and Zhang Desheng to lead them; Huang Dekui and Guerrilla Zhao Xiyi took charge of the leadership; Miao Lian from Anhui has always been called brave. The writer Weng Tongshu and Fu Zhenbang ordered Miao Peilin to select and train thousands of soldiers and assign appropriate personnel to take charge of the leadership. .Don't use excuses to delay, just sit back and watch the urgent needs of the monarchy.It is the most important thing to hope that the soldiers will gather together, sweep away the adversity quickly, and reward them together.This will be stepped up from six hundred miles, and each decree will know it.This is it.

Everyone said: "The higher-ups not only appointed Gong Di as the Minister of Plenipotentiary, but also called the Southern Army to fight against the foreigners, and they are in charge of the suppression. It seems that the higher-ups have not made a decision."

Zhou Zupei, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, said: "The Englishman sent a note that we are limited to return it to Bashali within three days. If we don't return it by the fifteenth day, we will attack the city with artillery."

Quanqing said, "How to deal with this?"

Zhou Zupei said: "Gong's mansion has been taken back, tell him to retreat to Tianjin, and then negotiate a peace."

Quan Qing asked, "Did the foreigner agree?"

Zhou Zupei said: "It's good to agree, but instead of refusing to agree, I added a few iron-plated footnotes. The foreigner said: "Talk about the two words, we can talk about it after Bashali is released." Mansion Gong asked him to retreat to Tongzhou , after the contract was renewed, Pachari was sent back, and the foreigners refused to agree. This matter seems to be very difficult to handle."

Everyone is talking, the alarm is flying, and the foreigners have moved the camp.Zhou Zupei hurriedly sent his servants to visit the city, and when he reported back, the foreign soldiers had already bypassed the Desheng gate. Looking at them, they were afraid they might spy on Haidian.Zhou Zupei was very anxious, and hurriedly acted on the edict, and the court officials read it together, only to find out that Wenzong Shengjia had arrived at Luoshan in Miyun.The edict of the upper edict is: The Minister of the King of Liujing wrote Yidao, the Prince of Yu, Guiliang, the University scholar, Zhou Zupei, the Minister of the Ministry of Family Affairs who co-organized the University, and Quanqing, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials: Yidao and Quan Qing were written in the Forbidden City, and Zhou Zupei’s works were still in the outer city. , Gui Liang wrote that the city is still outside.This is it.

There is another decree, and six people including Zhang Jing, Zeng Xiejun and others will go together.So the ministers who stayed in Beijing followed the order and went to work separately.

On September [-]th, foreigners claimed to attack Haidian.Prince Gong and Prime Minister Gui were both in the garden, so frightened that they were at a loss for what to do.Fortunately, the monk king moved from Chaoyang Gate to the north, and he was a little more courageous.

Prince Gong asked Prime Minister Gui, but Prime Minister Gui was at a loss as to what to do. He said in a low voice that he was serving the prince and waiting for the prince's order.Suddenly reported to Hengqi for a visit, and ordered to pass it in.Hengqi asked An, and replied: "Send the merchants in the city, prepare thousands of cattle and sheep to reward teachers in the British army camp, and ask for peace talks. The British general replied: "Peace and war are national affairs, not your businessmen. owned.

After all, if there is a peace negotiation, Prince Gong must come down in person, and we can discuss one or two things. 'Look at their momentum, they are very unfriendly, it is better to release Bashali and calm their anger. "

Prince Gong looked at Prime Minister Gui, but Prime Minister Gui was silent.King Gong said: "Let's talk about it in two days."

At this time, the wind was jittery, and there were several police officers a day.The only one who is the Minister of the King of Liujing sits calmly, not agitated or followed.It turns out that they all have a wonderful way to dissipate sorrow and boredom, which is the three words "suffer for a day", and a day is two and a half days.Unexpectedly, on the 22nd day, the evil god obeyed his orders, and the evil spirit was coming, and he couldn't bear it anymore.In the early morning of this day, three rows of gunshots were heard, and Prince Gong hurriedly sent guards to the monk camp to inquire.Immediate report: "The foreign soldiers moved from Chaoyang Gate and passed through Desheng Gate. They are likely to attack Haidian. Now the monk prince and Rui Zhongtang are busy mobilizing troops and horses to prepare for the enemy."

As he was speaking, he suddenly heard a loud noise from the corner of the West Temple, shaking the earth, shaking the mountains and shaking the mountains, and the people in the garden were all horrified.Then the sound of guns and guns continued, and the scene seemed like firecrackers to welcome the new year.Suddenly an inner prison rushed in in a hurry and reported: "It's not good. The Seng and Rui armies slipped away as soon as they heard the gunfire. The monk king and Rui Xiang couldn't help it. Now the foreign soldiers will It's time."

Prince Gong was shocked.If you want to know what happened next, let's listen to the breakdown below.

(End of this chapter)