Both empress dowagers issued edicts forbidding Zai Chun from going to Nanheng Street to express condolences. Now even if Emperor Tongzhi acted arbitrarily, he would have to think about it!
It would be nonsense for ancient people to say that they were not superstitious. Zai Chunli grew up in such a cultural circle, so of course he was a theist, and the nightmare that happened after five o'clock made him even more frightened!
Especially what Marshal Zeng said in his dream made Zai Chun very unhappy. He didn't expect that the dream would be such an unlucky prophecy. Didn't it make it clear that the Qing Dynasty was about to perish?
Let me share power with the Han elites? How to divide? Make me an emperor? How can I just give it up at will after putting in so much effort to be in charge?
When Cixi saw the hesitant look in the little emperor's eyes, she quickly struck while the iron was hot: "Your Majesty! It's not that we are unreasonable, it's just that the timing is unlucky!"
"The queen will be carried into the palace tomorrow. Today is the day to give the Alut family a golden seal, a golden book, and a golden festival. The ceremony team is ready and will set off in the morning!"
"Tell me, as an emperor at this juncture, how can you leave the Forbidden City? Listen to your mother-in-law and stay well in the palace. We are not ungrateful people and will not let go of the Zeng family!"
What could be said now, Bao Jun sighed and kowtowed and left. He wanted to see Zeng Guofan off in person, and by the way, deliver the decree to the Japs in Prince Gong's Mansion!
When he walked out of the Yangxin Gate, he happened to see the phoenix sedan chair of Queen Mother Dong being carried to the north, walking very fast! Unable to dodge, Baojun knelt down on the roadside to pay his respects to the Queen Mother!
The sound of stamping came from the sedan, and the skilled eunuch put the sedan down steadily. The maid waiting on the side opened the curtain to reveal Ci'an's eager eyes.
"Master Baojun, no courtesy, please get up! Where is the Long Live Lord? Have you persuaded me to stop?"
"Thank you, Queen Mother..." Bao Yun kowtowed and stood up. "When I returned to the Queen Mother, I have already persuaded Your Majesty! I will take a detour to Prince Gong's Mansion to convey the order. If the Queen Mother has any other instructions, please take them out with me!" "
"Okay! Tell Yi Xin that we are all a family, and we must help each other at this juncture! When he goes to express his condolences to the commander-in-chief, he must comfort people's hearts!"
"Our court will not treat meritorious ministers badly, so let him tell the Hunan Army generals clearly! You must also apologize to the Zeng family after you meet them, and don't let them feel cold!"
"Hey..." Baojun took the order and hurried out of the palace.
It was daylight at this moment, and the entire capital already knew the news of Zeng Guofan's death. Although everyone was mentally prepared, when they really faced the reality, they were still panicked!
Over the years, there have been waves of rumors from both the government and the public that the Hunan Army Group is going to rebel. How to divide and disintegrate the 500,000 Hunan Army is the most troublesome thing for the court!
But once this military group is formed, it is difficult to dismantle it. It is a network of relationships created by the blood and fire on the battlefield, life and death, and entangled interests!
Later, there was a rebellion by Agubai in the northwest, forcing the court to use Zuo Jigao's 100,000 troops, which made the abolition even more difficult!
One thing is recognized by everyone. In his last years, Zeng Guofan has been suppressing the ambitions of his subordinates. With the commander-in-chief, everyone can feel more at ease. Now that the commander-in-chief is gone, who will come with so many monkeys under the Wuzhi Mountain? Town!
Along the way Baojun was riding, he could see people whispering everywhere. People's weird expressions made the atmosphere very tense. Even hundreds of thousands of red letters of Double Happiness posted across the city couldn't suppress this frustration!
At this moment, in Prince Gong's palace, father and son Yi Xin and Zai Cheng, their eyes were as red as Lord Rabbit, and they were gnashing their teeth!
"This old murderer! He wants to ruin my king's important affairs even before he dies! If you know that he is already of such virtue, you should just kill him that day!"
"I should have taken action! I should have taken action...Why did I let him fool me!"
Crackling, porcelain cups and vases were smashed to pieces!
Zai Chun was so angry that tears fell down, "Gah... what a great opportunity that was! I went back and asked someone to check, and Zai Chun brought 800 people that day, and there was no back-up plan at all!"
"As long as we, more than a hundred dead soldiers, charge up desperately, we will definitely kill him! In the end, our efforts were in vain, and the secret camp's details were exposed in vain..."
"Amma! My son has figured it out and can't make the same mistake again! Zeng Guofan is finished. The whole government and the public have been distracted by his funeral and Zai Chun's marriage..."
"Let's do it! Let's do it directly! Let's mutiny directly while Zai Chun and Arut are under the covers tomorrow!"
"It's just a matter of death! Besides, we won't necessarily lose!"
"You...are you thinking nonsense? You served as the head of the capital so many camps for free?" Yi Xin scolded.
"No, no, no... what Mr. Belle said may not be impossible!" Suddenly Prince Qing's voice came from the door, and Yikuang quietly walked in with Frenchmen Xie Dovan and Orato.
Yi Xin was shocked, "When did you come?"
Zai Cheng smiled and said, "Amma, my son invited me here. My son is not willing to give in... My son has not been willing to give in these days! Spread out the map..."
"Zai Chun got married, had his head shaved and returned to the West, so the fifth uncle and the Englishman Gordon can't stay any longer. They will come to the city no matter what, for happy events on one side and mourning on the other..."
"The news from the palace is that last night Zai Chun issued an order to allow Gordon and Uncle Wu to go to the city to attend the wedding, but the prerequisite is that they bring all the officers above the battalion level of the Xishan Battalion, including the battalion level!"
"Zaichun is going to put all the officers under house arrest and turn Xishan Camp into a mess!"
"Okay... we will do what he wants! Let these polished commanders enter the city!"
"Does he think we really have no backup plan? Haha... He has forgotten what kind of organization our Eight Banners is!"
Prince Qing Yikuang finally said, "Eight Banners and Eight Banners. The Eight Banners left by our ancestors are the eight armies. They serve the people in peacetime and serve as the army in war!"
"There are slaves in the Dongzhimen garrison who have been favored by my family. If they really want to take action, I will find a way to open the Dongzhimen!"
"In the capital, there are no less than three thousand servants in Prince Guanggong's Palace, Prince Chun's Palace, and Prince Qing's Palace! Isn't this a source of troops for a battle?"
"We are all family-born slaves for generations. Once we risk our lives, they will have to fight with us!"
"Zai Chun's rebellious behavior has already accumulated enough public resentment within the Eight Banners. Once we rebel, other royal family members will also follow suit!"
"There are only more than 6,000 Yulin New Army troops in the capital. The remaining more than 10,000 people are on both sides of the Qinghe River. The rest are all in the old camp in Shunyi. How many can be mobilized in a hurry?"
"Once we take action, we will set fire to the whole city, and then spread rumors that Zai Chun will take advantage of the chaos to massacre the Eight Banners and turn all the banner slaves into factory slaves!"
"It's when people are in panic, there must be someone who will join us!"
"We tried our best to burn down half of the capital, but also to cause chaos in the whole city... We were just not ruthless enough in the past. Today we will set fire to the Forbidden City, break everything and start over!"
"The capital is in chaos... When the time comes, brother, you will go straight to the Xishan Camp. As soon as you show up, even if there are no senior officers in the Xishan Camp, the people below will have to listen to you!"
