Chapter 71 Section 71

Sure enough, as soon as Li Hongzhang was transferred back to Beiyang, the people in Tianjin rushed to tell each other, and they were all very happy.The so-called "Wei Zuizi" likes to boast. Some people said: "Li Zhongtang has negotiated with foreigners in Beijing. First, the war will be stopped for three weeks, starting from June 20th." This news spread quickly, so there was a second news that Li Hongzhang would take over the seal on June 20.However, the Xingyuan, the governor of Zhili, was destroyed by shells, and there was no yamen for the seal, so there is a saying that people talk about: "Foreigners prepared a mansion for Li Zhongtang in Zizhulin, and the furnishings are very beautiful." In order to "prove" Foreigners respected Li Hongzhang, and said that when he entered Beijing, ministers from various countries led a brigade to greet him outside Chongwenmen.There are many similar news, and some people really believe that those who want to escape will not flee, and many who have fled outside the city have returned to their old residences.

Song Qing was ordered in a hurry. Once he arrived, he had to clean up the interior and resist the enemy in the east of the city, so he didn't have time to make a comprehensive plan for the entire defense of Tianjin.There are seventy or eighty battalions outside the city, but the inside of the city is completely empty. The coalition forces didn't know what was going on inside the city. They didn't know the truth until they caught the Boxers who escaped from the city and interrogated them carefully.So the Japanese soldiers first decided to occupy the city of Tianjin.And there were indeed some traitors among the religious people who sneaked into the city, and at the time of the 17th and 4th watch of June, they went up to the city quietly. , climbed up the city with ropes, planted foreign flags all over the place, shot indiscriminately, and shouted wildly: "The foreign soldiers are coming, the foreign soldiers are coming!"

It is rare for the people in Tianjin to have such a day without the threat of the Boxer Rebellion and the infinite hope brought by Li Hongzhang's return to office. !Running out in a hurry, the city was in chaos, among the boiling voices, the sentence that was easier to hear was: "North Gate, North Gate!" Refugees fled to the north gate, and the traitors who "eat the teaching" led the coalition forces into the city from the south gate and occupied the Drum Tower in the center of the city. A lot of shots were fired at the north gate.More people died, and more people fled. If someone fell to the ground, the people behind him would immediately trample over him. There is a pile of "human garbage".

When the news of Tianjin's fall reached Beijing, a problem immediately arose, who was going to hear about the Empress Dowager Cixi? Obviously, the person who should face Tianjin's fall is the one who should be responsible for Tianjin's fall.No one is willing to take this responsibility, and they are even more afraid of being scolded by the Empress Dowager Cixi first when the matter is reported to the face, so it has become a stalemate of mutual evasion. First of all, King Qing said that the Prime Minister's Office only deals with foreign affairs, and now that the imperial court is at odds with other countries, the Prime Minister's Office has nothing to do except to ask for information.But inquiring about information, regardless of reporting information, the military aircraft department has always been in charge of the military and state affairs, and now there is a military affairs department, and it has nothing to do with the prime minister's office.

As for the Military Aircraft Department, Li Wang Xiang doesn't care about things; Wang Wenshao wants to manage but doesn't dare; although fortitude is brave enough to do things, he has no interest in such self-inflicted misfortunes; No matter, it seems that only Rong Lu can take care of this matter. However, he made it very clear: "I don't care! I can't take a shit bowl on my head." He said: "Tianjin's defense is weak, and the Boxers are not strong enough. I don't know how many times I have said it? Yu Shoushan doesn't work. I also said that it is better to transfer him early. Unexpectedly, King Duan disagreed, saying that it is not easy to change generals before the battle. Moreover, the deployment of troops to defend Tianjin is the "Military Affairs Department". Under the decree, now Tianjin is lost, not to mention who is responsible, at least the Military Affairs Department should go to the Empress Dowager and the Emperor to play back. Our Military Aircraft Department has no control!"

"Here," Zhao Shuqiao asked: "The military aircraft meets the empress dowager and the emperor every day, and the two palaces have to ask about the situation in Tianjin. Please ask Zhongtang, how should I play it at that time?" "According to the facts!" Rong Lu said quickly: "You just said that Tianjin's defense is under the control of the Military Affairs Department. Please ask the Queen Mother and the Emperor to ask Duan Wang!" Of course, these words will reach Zaiyi's ears.After much deliberation, I couldn't hide or escape, so I had to bite the bullet and go to see the Empress Dowager Cixi.

"Tianjin has fallen!" Surprisingly, when the Empress Dowager Cixi heard that Tianjin had fallen, she did not show any panic or surprise, but asked calmly, "How did it fall?" "Song Qing..." "Don't mention Song Qing," the Empress Dowager Cixi interrupted him, "I've only been in Tianjin for a few days. Isn't there a Boxer Regiment in Tianjin? Didn't you listen to your advice on the tenth day of the sixth lunar month and give a reward of 100,000 silver to the people of the regiment? You were the one who planned to deliver the edict of silver and forced me to nod my head in agreement, so you read that edict to me instead!"

At this moment, Zaiyi realized that Empress Dowager Cixi was getting angry, and said in a whisper: "The servant can't remember clearly." "Huh! You can't remember, but I do!" The Empress Dowager Cixi sneered, and recited the edict issued on the tenth day of June: "'Bong Yi's decree: This time, there are Yihe Tuan people in the northern province, with one heart and one mind, to protect the country and expel foreigners. I am very happy for what I did not expect. I will issue one hundred thousand taels of internal money and hand it over to Yulu to distribute to the members of the group as a reward!' Not bad, right?"

"yes!" "Then let me ask you, how did Tianjin fall after only a few days? The Boxers failed to expel the foreigners, but the foreigners did! What's going on?" After asking around in this way, I just picked up what Zaiyi originally wanted to say: "Back to Lafayette, it is only because there are black gangs caught in the middle of the real gangsters, and they behaved mischievously, so that they offended the sky and caused such a big mess. Now the black gang is Let the real boxers be cleared and driven away, and from now on, you can definitely use magic to make foreigners suffer in secret. Lafayette Wan'an, the capital must not matter!"

The Empress Dowager Cixi was so angry that she couldn't express her anger anymore. "Well, if you say it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter! Anyway, as soon as the foreign soldiers are going to enter Beijing, I'll tie you up first and put you on the tower to block the foreign soldiers' cannons!" The Empress Dowager Cixi waved her hand and said, "Go down and wait." .” Zaiyi doesn't know what will happen next?I was very uneasy, the weather was in the 20th of June, my back was sweating and my heart was getting hotter, so I could only wait patiently, and sent guards to inquire about what the Empress Dowager Cixi was doing, and who was summoned?

Rong Lu was summoned.Zai Yi became even more irritable!Until the middle of the day, Sura came to inform again: "Lafayette is waiting to meet you." This time when they met, Empress Dowager Cixi was not as calm as before, before Zaiyi kowtowed, she patted the imperial case and asked sharply: "Do you know what is the crime of bullying?" Zaiyi was shocked, and hurriedly met and replied: "The servant has the guts of a leopard, and he dare not deceive Lafayette!" "You don't dare! Don't you usually think of yourself as a hero? Is there a hero in the world who denies it? Let me ask you, where did this note come from when all countries signed a note interfering in the internal affairs of our Great Qing Dynasty?" Hearing these words, Zaiyi seemed to be struck down by Jiao Lei, causing stars to burst out in front of his eyes, his head was buzzing, and he couldn't say anything! "Didn't you tell Lian Wenchong to forge it?" Zaiyi ordered Lian Wenchong to forge the fake note requesting Empress Dowager Cixi to return to power, but he could not admit it. "The note was sent by Lian Wenchong to the slave, how did the slave know it was a fake note?" "Didn't you keep Lian Wenchong out?" The Empress Dowager Cixi sneered and said, "Hmph, probably you also know that fire cannot be contained in paper, and it will be revealed sooner or later, so you got Lian Wenchong out of the capital. Let's put the blame on him!" "Slaves would never dare to deceive Lafayette like this!" Zaiyi replied, "And Ronglu also played Lafayette in this way." "Rong Lu misunderstood people's words, and later told me clearly. I still didn't believe his words, thinking he was speaking for foreigners, just because you sent me a note like this. Who knew it was fake!" Empress Dowager Cixi couldn't help it Excited: "You don't know the seriousness like this, you are arrogant and foolish, and you are a debtor to the country, which is also chilling. For the past few days, you have hidden evil intentions, overturned and cunning, and I know that foreigners really invaded Beijing. Look, I The first one will want your head! It's a beast, and a man lives up to his name." He scolded his "dog name" again!Zaiyi really wished to capture and kill the person who was named "Yi" by the clan's family back then.And just when he had nothing to vent his anger, the Empress Dowager Cixi and the emperor had already got up and left their seats. Zai Yi had to kneel down.As soon as he exited, he found Li Lianying in the corridor. He knew that his unlucky appearance of being scolded like a bloody sprinkler fell into the eyes of the eunuch.He couldn't help but get hot on his face, and said awkwardly: "It's too fast to cover your ears." "My lord," Li Lianying didn't answer his words, but said to herself, "Please hurry back to your residence! The Boxers are making trouble." Zai Yi was shocked!It's not surprising that the Boxers made trouble, so why did you ask yourself to go back home as soon as possible? Could it be that the Boxers were such a jerk that they dared to harass me?Thinking of this, he felt very uneasy, he didn't even bother to say anything, and hurriedly left the palace and returned to the residence. It wasn't until I got back that I found out that a painful and puzzling incident had happened. The Boxers killed the vice capital, Qingheng's family, and finally even Qingheng himself!And he died terribly, he was beaten to the brink of death, and Fang Shi was killed with a knife. Qingheng is Zaiyi's confidant, and now he is in charge of the general office of the Hushen Camp's Camp Affairs Office, and is the de facto head of the Hushen Camp.Hushenying and the Boxers are like a family, their own people kill their own people, so why do they come here? "This is a good thing done by the black group!" said the senior brother who lived in Duanwang's mansion, "The real group is all tired by the black group, so that the gods shunned, and the spells didn't work." Zai Yi gasped.The so-called "black group" is an excuse for causing trouble and being interrogated by the deep palace.What is the difference between black and white?I don't want the senior brother to use this as an excuse, and really think there is a black group.This must be guarded against! "Okay!" Zai Yi gritted his teeth and said, "Since there is a black group, let's catch the black group! This is lawless, don't you want to rebel?" So he immediately invited Zhuang Wang and Zai Lan to discuss.The two people had different opinions. King Zhuang felt that the Boxers were not controlled, which had become a hidden danger and should be dealt with as soon as possible.And Zai Lan believes that the Boxers are still useful, and must be controlled by means. At the same time, he must also be concerned that in order not to attack Xishiku, the Boxers are like a beast that is enraged by extreme hunger. If it is not handled well, it will easily trigger unexpected changes . "Here," Zai Yi gasped, "Could it be all right?" "That can't be done!" Zhuang Wang resolutely said: "If we don't do it, the prestige will be ruined, and there will be endless troubles!" "Yes! If they can kill Qingheng today, they can kill you and me tomorrow." Zaiyi said again: "Besides, the higher-ups will definitely ask. Lafayette doesn't trust the group anymore. Knowing this, he said One sentence: "Okay! You said how loyal and brave the Boxer Regiment is. Now Xishiku can't take it down, but instead killed your battalion general office! I think it's coming to kill you soon!" At that time, what did you call me? Play back." "Of course we have to do something." Zai Lan said: "But you must not send troops to the place where the accident happened to search and arrest people. Otherwise, more people will die!" Encountered a problem!It is necessary to do what is right, but I am afraid of causing even bigger troubles if I want to do it.Zaiyi thought about it, but felt so useless, he slapped himself fiercely in anger, "I knew the Boxers were such a bunch of inhuman beasts," he said masochistically, "That grandson, Wang Badan, was willing to provoke him." he!" "Second brother, don't complain." Zai Lan said: "There is only one way, but you have to explain it to the senior brother in charge of the altar first, quietly arrest a few people to perform surgery, and issue an imperial edict to cover up this mess past." "Alas!" Zai Yi sighed, "You just figure it out! My heart is very disturbed." After finishing speaking, she slumped on the chair and said to herself, "What evil did you do? It's just a good day, come and sit down." This big wax!" Seeing this scene, King Zhuang and Zai Lan withdrew together.Go back to the main altar - it's located in Zhuang Wang's mansion, and find the big brother to go to EQ. "Eldest brother," Zai Lan said, "This matter is really wrong! There is a saying that loved ones are hurt, enemies are quick, and they are so useless. Now that the superiors are furious, they must find a way to prevaricate!" "Qingheng should have been killed a long time ago! Do you two know that he is a traitor?" "Traitor?" Zai Lan was surprised: "How come?" "He usually withholds military pay and oppresses the brothers in the regiment everywhere. He wants weapons but no weapons, and reinforcements but no reinforcements. He is completely like a dude who eats inside and outside!" "Eldest brother, that's not what you said." Zhuang Wang said solemnly: "If Qingheng really did this kind of behavior, the imperial court has its own royal law, and it is right to punish the crime by questioning. Now that the boxer's reason has become unreasonable, this matter is not right. Do it, the morale of the army is slackened, and before foreigners enter Beijing, we will collapse first!" Eldest brother pondered before answering, which meant that he was a little scrupulous, Zai Lan took the opportunity to say: "Eldest brother, let's talk on our own, it's better for us to handle this matter by ourselves. Otherwise, the superior will definitely send Rong Zhonghua to investigate, his tricks There are many, but we must guard against it.” When mentioning Rong Lu, the elder brother was a little scared, so he asked: "How can I do it?" "Anyway, it's the black gang that did it. Let's catch a few black gangs to rectify the Fa, won't it be over?" Zai Lan continued, "Of course, who is the black gang has to be appraised by the big brother's eyes." The meaning is beyond the words, it is not difficult to understand, let the senior brother arrest a few people, as the murderers who killed Qingheng, and show the Fa to the public as an explanation.Of course the big brother at this level understands, but there is also an exchange condition. "The big boy and the second boy in Xishiku have been trapped in their ghost church. It's been a long time, and they haven't starved to death yet! This matter," the senior brother said in a calm and firm tone: "There must be Confess!" "What is confession?" Zai Lan asked bluntly. "Of course someone dug a tunnel and smuggled food to the ghost church. I have counted this person. However, it is inconvenient to do it." "Oh!" Zai Lan asked anxiously, "Who is it?" "Of course they are rich and powerful!" Zai Lan thought about it carefully for a while, and suddenly remembered a person, and suddenly felt refreshed. "Eldest senior brother," he asked, "You mean Li Shan, Minister of the Household Department and Minister in charge of the House of Internal Affairs?" Eldest brother was pretending and talking nonsense.When Zai Lan proposed Lishan, he also knew that this person was rich and famous, but he was very favored in front of the Empress Dowager Cixi. If he moved his hand, it might not end well.Seeing that Zai Lan has a lot of intentions to stir up trouble now, he is happy to set him on fire so that he can take advantage of the fire and rob him. Thinking of stopping, he immediately replied: "Ministers of the imperial court must be polite to him. He must be convinced." "Not bad." Zai Lan quickly asked, "How can I convince him?" "We need to search! Only when the real stolen evidence is found. As for whether his charges can be forgiven, it is up to God to judge." "Of course." Zai Lan said; "Since the big brother is going to Lishan to dig a tunnel to sneak into the Xishiku Church, of course we have to go to his house to search."