What? Let the common people carry the royal chariot? The officials who were welcoming him were in a state of panic. When had there been no such rules? How could the emperor's safety be protected? What to do if there is an assassin?
To put it simply, how can the emperor maintain his pomp?
But at this time, all the people at the scene were already in a state of excitement. The six-year tax exemption made these poor people crazy with excitement!
To be fair, due to Yongzheng's reform of the shareholding ratio, the people of the Qing Dynasty in the later period of Yongzheng did reduce a lot of burdens. After Yongzheng, the taxes that the people of the Qing Dynasty had to pay mainly included the following.
Land tax, mining tax, salt tax, tea tax and various industrial and commercial miscellaneous taxes, and finally the corvee tax converted into corvee!
For ordinary people who farm, land tax and corvee tax are the bulk of all taxes. In good years, these taxes can basically account for one-third of the output of a well-off farmer. If there is no reduction in taxes during famine years, These taxes can probably crush a small family.
What Emperor Tongzhi had just exempted was the most closely related land tax and corvee for ordinary people. There are no mines in Songjiang Prefecture, so the mining tax does not exist, and the salt tax, tea tax and industrial and commercial miscellaneous taxes are all business. What the city dwellers have to pay has nothing to do with the common people.
Six years of exemption from land and corvee taxes is equivalent to two years of income earned in vain. It would be strange if the people are not crazy!
The fishermen in Dianshan Lake were the first to jump up when they heard the good news. "I will carry the sedan for Long Live. Let's carry Long Live into the city!"
When one person raises his hand, thousands of people follow suit! The people of Songjiang Prefecture who came from all directions rushed forward in a dark and overwhelming manner, overwhelming the guard team.
At this time, the Manchu and Qing officials were speechless even if they wanted to object. The entire Wusongkou embankment was filled with roars of long live the people, and the crowd was so crowded that even Prince Chun and his guards could not rush through.
Suzuki, who had just walked not far, was so frightened that he said, "What are you doing? Your Majesty, are you risking your life?" They are experienced in the battlefield and know how dangerous this kind of chaotic scene is, so the veterans don't have to take action immediately.
"You can't go against the flow of people, there can't be any conflicts...snipers all seize the commanding heights to protect the safety of Banzai!"
That's all. Emperor Tongzhi's chariot has been lifted up by countless hands. Even Da Sixi, Xiao Sixi and others who were waiting on the side were pushed aside, and their feet were swollen from being stepped on.
"Ouch... Ouch, yo... Long Live Lord, be careful, these people are crazy!"
Emperor Tongzhi was playing with fire. He ignited the fire in the hearts of the people but also put himself in the most dangerous position. At this moment, the people were in closest contact with him. It would be okay if there was an assassin who was close to him with a knife.
The snipers climbed up the big trees with their hands and feet like the monkeys. The rooftops of the scattered buildings around the river embankment were also occupied by these snipers.
The high-powered telescope produced in Prussia searched the crowd for any suspicious characters, and the crosshair was placed on this person's head and another person's neck.
Manager Lian Xing of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the servants in the palace were staggered by the people. The manager cried like a cat, "Long live my lord... wu wu wu... Long live my lord, please be careful... wu wu wu..."
Ninth Commander Zeng Guoquan slapped his thigh anxiously, "Let our plainclothes go up... where is the eagle? You personally lead the team and ask all the plainclothes who are guarding me to go up and squeeze in to protect the emperor!"
"What are you doing! What kind of mess did you learn from Europa? Why is it so messy..."
Emperor Tongzhi was gambling heavily, he was gambling on his anger and his life! Could he not know the danger? Of course he knew, he could even feel that there must be an assassin in the crowd who wanted his life.
It’s not like I haven’t encountered assassination before, Fuso has encountered it, and Europe has also encountered it... The little emperor’s courage has also been developed!
"I just want to bet on my luck. I just want to see if I have the luck of a dragon! If my life is so bad that even the people of Songjiang Prefecture can't control it, then what else can I do? Qing’s reforms?”
"I want to see if I am the right one who can reverse the fate of the country. If I am, I will definitely not make a single mistake here!"
"If I am assassinated by assassins even in the small Songjiang Prefecture, it means that my destiny is not that noble, and I have given up on reforming the Qing Dynasty!"
Emperor Tongzhi was half-leaning on the chariot, staring at the sky with his eyes slightly closed, as if there were gods and Buddhas in the clouds looking at him!
"I'll bet my life on it!"
The so-called royal chariot is actually the general name for the emperor's carriage, and there are different styles according to the season, location, and inventory scale!
The imperial carriage brought by the Ministry of Internal Affairs this time was an open-air sedan that was common in the Forbidden City. The emperor relied on this kind of open-air sedan when walking between palaces. It was carried by thirty-six people. It did not block the line of sight and allowed the emperor to easily see the scenery. It can make the surrounding people admire the emperor's grace.
But now there are no longer thirty-six people carrying the imperial chariot. The eunuch carrying the sedan has long been crowded and no one knows where he is hiding. Now it is just a crowded group of people carrying the sedan towards Shanghai City.
The fishermen of Dianshan Lake were closest to Emperor Tongzhi. They held the wooden pole with both hands and tried their best to lift it up. There were countless hands around them.
The excited people stretched out their hands to lift the imperial chariot whenever they saw a little bit of exposed wood. In the end, there were at least a hundred people holding the imperial chariot with their hands, and there were thousands of arms around them raising their hands in vain, thinking desperately. Catch the emperor's blessings.
This was a human wave of more than a thousand people crowded together like a school of fish. The royal chariot was no longer carried forward, but floated forward on the heads of the people!
People's hearts are like hot coals. The emperor has shown kindness to the people and they have to be grateful. Let alone carrying the sedan chair. Even if there is an assassin, these people would dare to use their bodies to block it!
Thousands of years of imperial power myths, thousands of years of kingly thinking! Let the people worship the emperor like a king, father or god!
A little benefit from the emperor's charity can make the people burst into tears of gratitude, and even risk their lives to repay it!
The reporters from various countries outside the crowd also went crazy. They quickly recorded such a rare scene with their cameras. This is a very rare historical record!
"God! An emperor who has never been close to the people has appeared in ancient China! This is the emperor of the Qing Empire who was influenced by European culture!"
"Only rulers who have been educated in civil rights ideas know how powerful the people are!"
"I can be sure that the Qing Dynasty led by Emperor Tongzhi must have a very bright future! A civilized Qing emperor is really a gift from God!"
The big European nose was talking nonsense, and no one was too lazy to pay attention to it. Anyway, the entire crowd was slowly moving forward with Emperor Tongzhi's chariot. Those officials who usually yelled and shouted were chasing after him like dogs. I was so tired that my white hair was sweating.
At this time, Wusongkou was still full of river embankments and warehouses. You had to walk more than ten miles south to enter the bustling Bund. Emperor Tongzhi wanted this prestige, not to bring hundreds of thousands of people to disrupt the city of Shanghai.
When he arrived at the east bank opposite the Bund, the little emperor suddenly opened his eyes and whispered, "No one wants to assassinate me? Is it true that no one wants to assassinate me?"
"Hahaha... Hahaha... After getting off the sedan chair, I want to cross the river by boat!"
After shouting three times in a row, the crowd surrounding Emperor Tongzhi stopped. The royal chariot slowly fell down, and the obedient people retreated in a circle and all knelt down.
When he got off the imperial chariot, Emperor Tongzhi suddenly saw that the arm of the honest Dianshan Lake fisherman was soaked with blood. The little emperor's eyes widened: "How to do it? Is there really an assassin who dares to kill me?"
"Protect the Emperor..." Accompanied by the screams of Director Lian Xing of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, a group of eunuchs and officials stumbled in like meatballs.
