The Donghua Gate was opened just like that. No one could have imagined that one day this palace door would be pried open from the inside, and the palace prohibition system of more than 200 years would be torn to pieces by the emperor!
Even the political master Cixi couldn't understand his son at this moment. There was a certain temperament in Zai Chun that made them very strange, but also very scared!
"What's wrong...what's wrong? How did the child crawling out of my intestines become like this?"
"Xiao Letian... what kind of poison did you give my son? Tell me..."
Seeing Zai Chun swaggering out of the Donghua Gate and strutting towards the rising sun, Cixi not only had no joy but a newfound fear!
"What happened to Zai Chun? Hahaha..." Xiao Letian from Nanyang burst into laughter when he found out about this!
"Those elm-headed Manchus, don't waste time. What kind of education did Zai Chun receive? That is revolution, a great change that changes the world!"
"Why should I bring him to Europe to see the Franco-Prussian War? I want him to see with his own eyes how Napoleon III fell from power, and to see how devastating a revolution launched from the bottom of the people can be!"
"This kind of power is different from the past dynasty changes. This is a reshuffling and major reorganization starting from the whole people within society!"
"The revolution that Chinese scholars understand is nothing more than the theory of destiny, and it is nothing more than the emperor's old trick of taking turns to come to my house this year!"
"What did I take Zai Chun to see? It was a social reshuffle in which the entire nation was integrated, strangulation continued from all walks of life, and everyone was involved in it!"
"The best you Manchus can do is watch the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom sweep across the world and immediately go to war!"
"But the world has already changed to the point where men, women, old and young in the entire society, regardless of rich or poor class, regardless of nationality and race... all mix together and shout out their voices and demands!"
"Power is hidden among all the people! And I just took Zai Chun to see it with my own eyes... I didn't expect that he is really a middle school boy with a wild heart!"
A son is better than a father. Zai Chun's biological father is dead, so Xiao Letian, the master, has become half a father. In the past five years, Xiao Letian has gotten to know Zai Chun better than Cixi!
Taking Emperor Tongzhi out of the palace opened a window to his life, allowing him to see with his own eyes the great era that was changing rapidly outside!
He even wanted to show Zai Chun how Europeans are practicing revolution in this era! How did people start a national war?
Including how people fight for power and profit!
Look at Thiers, Trochu, Blanqui, Benjamin, Napoleon III and his wife, including their crown prince... Marshal MacMahon, and of course Bismarck!
Especially Thiers, in order to reach the peak of his power, he pretended to be a leader of the bourgeoisie for a while, and sympathized with the proletarians for a while!
In fact, he is still a royalist through and through at heart!
In order to reach the highest position, he was able to let his friends rob the Imperial Bank and finally kill them!
He can also sign a humiliating treaty in exchange for hundreds of thousands of French Empire veterans!
Such an all-rounder has used almost all the power he can borrow. He is a master of fighting for power!
Cruel and merciless!
Is Zai Chun’s trip to Europe really just about eating, drinking and having fun? Yes, he found a lot of ocean horses and did some ridiculous things, but he didn't stop thinking or learning!
It can be said that Xiao Letian gave Manchu Education a completely alien king, a little monster who did not play according to the routine at all!
After walking out of Donghua Gate, Zai Chun left a hundred imperial guards to guard Donghua Gate. He strode towards Dong'an Gate!
During the Qing Dynasty, the Forbidden City was not the only palace wall. There were actually four more walls besides the four gates of the Forbidden City. They were Tiananmen, Di'anmen, Dong'anmen, and Xi'anmen!
These four Gates of Peace are also connected by red walls. This is the real dividing line between the imperial city and the inner city!
Zai Chun walked across the moat and arrived at Beichizi and Nanchizi streets. The soldiers patrolling the streets and the eunuchs sweeping the floors were all frightened when they saw the emperor coming!
Just now, we heard the commotion inside the Donghua Gate. No one knew what was going on, but as soon as the gate opened, Emperor Tongzhi, dressed in military uniform, walked out!
Anyone who can work here is not a fool. Although they don’t know the emperor, they all knew the uniforms of the new imperial army yesterday!
Although the young man guarding these new Yulin troops was wearing a military uniform, his cuffs and collar were really bright yellow!
Who else could it be if he wasn’t the emperor? Kowtow quickly!
The defenders at Dong'an Gate have known about Xin'er for a long time. This is not a palace gate, and the guards are even weaker, with only more than fifty soldiers!
They didn't have a backstage like En Guang. When they saw the emperor, they were immediately frightened and their legs were weak. They kowtowed and opened the city gate as quickly as possible!
Zai Chun took a deep breath of fresh air. He was not breathing air, he was breathing freedom!
Outside Dong'an Gate, all kinds of markets are in front of you. Turn to the left and you will see Xila Hutong and Shaojiu Hutong. Turn to the right and you will see Caichang Hutong and Xiaotianshuijing!
The sour smell of soot from burning coal floats in the air, and there is also the faint aroma of food!
"Your Majesty, look... there is fried dough sticks at the entrance of the alley!"
"Let's go! Leave fifty brothers to guard Dong'an Gate. I'll treat the rest to some fried dough sticks and tofu nao!"
Xila Hutong actually follows the homophonic pronunciation of Xiwa Hutong from the Ming Dynasty!
In the Ming Dynasty, there were many trading shops selling candles and tinfoil. It was named Tin Wax Hutong because of the industry. However, after the Qing Dynasty, there were no traders here, and the alley became the territory of people with white flags. People who don’t know what to do It was called Xila Hutong.
According to the Qing Dynasty system, no business could be done in the inner city, but the bannermen in the inner city also had to eat and drink!
If you want to buy large items, you can wait until the Nancheng market opens, but you still have some oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and the like earlier, so you can’t go to Nancheng!
Therefore, when it comes to small businessmen and hawkers, the court is more or less open-minded!
The old couple who opened a breakfast shop in Xila Hutong have been working for a lifetime. They started frying fried dough sticks and ordering tofu puffs during the Daoguang period. All their lives, they have been in contact with the banner men in the alley, as well as the soldiers guarding the imperial city, including the secret guards in the palace. The little eunuch who slipped out.
Even though he was well-informed, he never thought that one day Long live the Lord would come here to eat his tofu!
A group of new Yulin soldiers escorted a young man over with a smile. Looking at the soldiers kneeling on the ground and kowtowing at Dong'an Gate in the distance, the old man understood immediately!
“Thousands and thousands…ten thousand…thousands…”
Zai Chun said with a smile, "Stop stumbling... If you keep it for a long time, the dough sticks will be fried!"
"Long live my Lord!" The old man almost scared his wife to death with his voice. This voice shocked the entire Xila Hutong!
