The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was a peasant uprising that shook the foundation of the Qing Dynasty. It directly changed the situation of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and shook the foundation of the Manchu people. There is no need to analyze its significance too much. The founding of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is already very different from other peasant uprisings.
The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom ran rampant in the south of the Yangtze River for thirteen years. At its peak, the Northern Expeditionary Army even reached the hinterland of Zhili and shocked China. Even the Western powers considered establishing diplomatic relations with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. This is a nightmare in the hearts of all Manchus. This is a short-lived dynasty that makes people fear just by mentioning its name.
Prince Gong was going crazy. Under his command, the conch and horns of the alarm were blown, and the alarm was immediately reported in the Forbidden City.
The response of Shuntian Mansion and the Nine Admirals was far less rapid than that of the secret guards of the Forbidden City. Prince Gong was now a very important nobleman among the Manchus. The entire empire's diplomacy relied on him. As the emperor's uncle, his life and death were related to The safety of the royal family.
The secret guardians in the Forbidden City were the first to take action. The ancestor actually went out in person with his guards. Prince Gong's Mansion and the Forbidden City were not far from each other. In front of these Qinggong masters who could walk through houses and jump across spines as if they were flat ground, all obstacles seemed like a smooth road. .
The ancestor's gray braid was beating in the wind, and he was surrounded by dozens of disciples and disciples. These people were flying on the roof like ghosts in mid-air, and the whole team was like a sharp knife piercing Prince Gong's palace.
Just as the team had just crossed the ice of Houhai, countless men in black suddenly appeared on both sides of the sharp knife, and the team quickly fell into an ambush.
"How dare the light of the firefly compete with the bright moon? How dare a little miscellaneous fish dare to be so presumptuous! Children..." The ancestor wanted to shout a few words to suppress the situation, but the other party didn't say anything, took out a pistol and bang bang bang. Round rapid fire.
"Shameless... you are a disgrace to warriors! It's such a disgrace, it's a disgrace to our ancestors..." The white-haired ancestor watched his four disciples being shot into pieces by foreign guns when they couldn't dodge, and he jumped in anger and cursed wildly.
The emergence of foreign guns has changed the world, especially the hearts of the world. What old-school martial arts people like our ancestors hate most are foreign guns, because these weapons have changed the soil on which they live. Foreign guns are the annihilation of Chinese martial arts. The culprit.
"Indiscriminate use of foreign guns, assassination of princes, the hatred of the country and the family are all before our eyes... The children will drive them all to death..." The ancestor gave an order, and the entire team split into two and counterattacked towards the encirclement.
These secret guards of the Forbidden City did not expect that they had now fallen into the trap of luring the tiger away from the mountain. These men in black pretended to attack Prince Gong's Mansion just to attract the attention of the court here and to bring out the ancestors and other people with special powers. And the Thieves Group is now Already lurking near Donghua Gate.
The Imperial Hospital and Imperial Pharmacy are located in the East Third Ward of the Forbidden City, on the east side of the Hall of Supreme Harmony and the Hall of Baohe. To the north is the Hall of Emperor Ji, where all the doctors in the palace gather, including famous doctors all over the world. All good medicines are gathered here.
The walls of the Forbidden City are about nine meters high. The height of three floors is difficult for ordinary people, but it is difficult for the green forest masters who come and go. It is even more difficult for Xiao Letian's classic silver bullet attack.
No matter how powerful the fortress is, it can be broken from the inside. At this time, the Qing Dynasty has long lost the vigor it had when it was founded. Hundreds of years of hard work have caused some traitors to appear within the imperial court and even among the Eight Banners disciples. Although they did not officially betray the imperial court, their greed could no longer stop the corruption of money. They actually dared to pry open a crack in the iron fence of the Forbidden City.
Under the east wall of the Forbidden City, six black shadows crossed the frozen Tongzi River like lightning. After they squatted under the wall and learned a few pigeon calls, two long ropes hung down from above.
The six people climbed up to the top of the city using their hands and feet, each one as agile as an ape. The eight soldiers on guard on the city wall stared nervously into the distance, fearing that the officers patrolling the city would appear at this juncture.
"Damn it, the eight of us are doing a head-on business. Each of us can't have less than three thousand taels of silver per person. Give us the money quickly..."
"Fuck, I can still trick you. This is a 10,000-tael silver note. Just treat it as a deposit. After we leave the city safely, someone will naturally send the remaining money to your house..."
"Damn it, what if you change your mind? What if you don't admit it later?" The Eight Banners athletes guarding the city widened their eyes angrily, holding the steel knife in their hands as if they were about to fall out in the next second.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk... What do you mean? You want to get the full amount now? There is no such rule on the road... If you dare, chop me. My head is right here. Can you give it a try? If you dare to chop, I will shout... …”
The soldiers guarding the city were so angry that their hands were shaking, "Okay, okay, if you are a bachelor, I will take a gamble. You go down to the city. Directly opposite is Dongsansuo..."
Six masked men in black quickly disappeared under the city wall and quickly approached Dongsanli. It was already half past one in the morning.
Dr. Wang, who was on duty at the Imperial Hospital tonight, was on pins and needles. Just in the evening, an unknown young eunuch sent a terrible message. His little grandson had fallen into the hands of thieves. If he wanted to survive, he had to cooperate honestly. Today Someone came to pick up an eight-treasure purple gold ingot at the party, and what they wanted was the most precious imitation craftsmanship.
The craftsmanship of this kind of purple gold ingot is too complex. The imperial formula of the Ming Dynasty is as cumbersome as Taishang Laojun's elixir refining. All Taoist temples on Wudang Mountain must select 108 kinds of precious herbs, gather the aura of heaven and earth, and use Taoist secret methods to refine them. Become. This secret medicine has miraculous effects on infantile convulsions and can detoxify hundreds of poisons. The most exaggerated rumor is that it can even detoxify arsenic.
Of course, Imperial Physician Wang does not agree with this rumor, but there is no doubt about the preciousness of this secret purple gold ingot. Emperors Kang, Yong, and Qianlong were ordered to concoct it, but because the failure rate was too high, only 36 of them are preserved in the imperial pharmacy so far. , and the imperial court has not opened the furnace since the Daoguang period.
There is no need to worry about whether his grandson's life is more important or the palace's secret medicine. The only troublesome thing is that Doctor Wang should come up with an excuse to escape the capital.
Just as he was sitting by the window drinking strong tea and staying up late, several figures swooped up on the roof of Dongsan House, tapping their toes against the tiles, and making sounds and shadows as nimble as civet cats. Entering the small courtyard, the dagger gently pried open the window lattice.
"Mr. Wang? Have you thought about it?" the visitor said coldly.
"Yes... yes, I have thought about it. I just ask you gentlemen not to leave me alone afterwards and protect our family from the capital."
"Don't worry, you can choose between Jiangnan and Guangdong and Guangxi. If I really can't, I'll send you to Naha, Ryukyu. The world is so big and you just rely on your medical skills to be a master wherever you go. Looking back, you will know how lucky you are this time... …Take us quickly to find medicine!”
With the traitor, everything would be easier to handle. The little eunuch guarding the Imperial Pharmacy had no idea that Dr. Wang had betrayed him. When he saw him going to the Imperial Pharmacy, he fawningly held a lantern for him. It only took about ten minutes, and he was well hidden. The eight-treasure purple gold ingot fell into the hands of Imperial Physician Wang.
Six men in black took the secret medicine and handed Doctor Wang a thousand taels of silver in banknotes. "Remember, you will retire in seven days. I believe you have many ways of pretending to be sick. We will contact you then." ." After saying that, he turned around and disappeared into the darkness.
Doctor Wang was sitting on his chair ashen. He really didn't know how he survived the night, but he knew that these people were able to burn down Prince Gong's palace and lure out the most mysterious guards in the Forbidden City in order to steal the medicine. Those with such skills are not ordinary thieves, and they are not someone they can provoke.
The entire ruling center of the Manchu Qing Dynasty still didn't know that their imperial pharmacy had been stolen. They never imagined that the enemy would carry out such a move with great fanfare, just for a small eight-treasure purple gold ingot.
The ice surface of Houhai has now become a martial arts arena for martial arts heroes. The light of swords and shadows are also mixed with the sound of hidden weapons breaking through the air and the sound of volleys of muskets. These so-called villains have no regard for the rules of the world, and use various insidious tricks like shooting, spreading poison, and throwing lime powder one after another.
The ancestors of the Forbidden City looked at the death and injury of their disciples and grandsons, and the anger in their hearts went straight to Tianling Gai. They roared and cursed in anger, but the form was stronger than the person. When a loud noise suddenly came from Prince Gong's Mansion, these few people The gangster who held them said coldly.
"How come our ancestors still have the heart to fight with us? Go and see if your master is dead. I don't believe that two hundred kilograms of gunpowder can't kill him..."
Saving the prince or chasing the gangsters is a difficult multiple-choice question. No matter how high his martial arts skills are, his ancestor is just a royal servant. Now at this time, he can only choose to save the prince. In the night wind, he can only watch the gangsters flying in all directions. Escape.
The Taiping Army that attacked Prince Gong's Mansion has now retreated. A rockery in the garden was blown to pieces. It seems that the amount of two hundred kilograms of gunpowder is still accurate. Such a large rockery is now in ruins.
Prince Gong Yi? stood at the door of the study, looking at the chaotic scene in front of him and trembling with anger. "It's treasonous, it's simply treasonous. I wrote to Zeng Guofan, how did he suppress the bandits? How did he escape so many remnants of the Kingdom of Heaven? Tell him , I would rather kill a thousand by mistake than let one go..."
The ancestor walked up to the prince and bowed to salute. Yi? grabbed his sleeve and pointed nervously at the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom battle flag on the wall, trembling and said, "Look, look what the city of Beijing has become. I will go to the palace to ask the Queen Mother for instructions. You have too little power in your hands. You have to recruit troops. It doesn’t matter if I die, you have to protect the Emperor!"
The ancestor's face turned purple and he didn't dare to say anything. He turned around and returned to the Forbidden City. Before dawn, the ancestor came to the door of a very ordinary small bungalow and opened the lock on the door with his own hands.
"Kirigakure kid! Come out. Your confinement period is over. From today on, you will be directly under my command. Use your ninja family's spying skills and serve the royal family well..."
The ancestor looked at the slightly pale Kirigakure brat, and then thought about his apprentice Sun Sanhu. This vicious woman actually killed her apprentice, and even said plausibly that she would not raise waste. As expected, she was a savage from the small country of Xia Bang, with no humanity at all. In the end, the ancestor subdued her with his own hands and locked her tightly in the eunuch's room.
But today, this woman had to be let go. Although she has a group of masters under her command, they are not good at spying on intelligence. If this Japanese female ninja can work with all her heart, the royal family's intelligence capabilities will be improved by at least 30%.
The Kirigakure kid stared at the palace walls with squinted eyes, feeling the pressure brought by the power of the Central Plains dynasty, and feeling the majesty she had never been exposed to before. She finally understood that even the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan still remained in the face of mainland civilization. They are like ants.
"Call me Sister Wu. Isn't this the name you gave me personally? From today on, I am Sister Wu. The kid Kirigakure is dead. As long as you give me enough power, I will return your loyalty! "
The sky was gradually getting brighter, and the entire Forty-Nine City was already in a state of shock. The news of Prince Gong's assassination in the cold winter flew across the entire capital as if it had wings, and was quickly spread to all parts of the empire.
The streets were full of the sound of galloping horses. The government officials from Shuntian Prefecture went out en masse and arrested a large group of people from the southeast, northwest, and God knows where they came from. However, Dongjiaomin Lane was where foreign adults lived, and the Qing government ultimately did not dare to harass it.
"Eight Treasures Purple Gold Ingot! Did you actually get it? God, with this I feel relieved. I am 100% sure that I can neutralize Lord Long's poison. Just please..."
