'Tongzhi Marriage Incident' Later history books used these four words to represent this chaotic and bloody political turmoil! It seems like these four words are simple and simple, but all those who have personally experienced this storm are frightened and terrified all day long!
Zaichun's eldest uncle, Baochu, the biological brother of Queen Alut, was a witness to the entire coup. Due to his special status, when the capital was in chaos that night, King Yu Benge gave his family to Protected!
Perhaps as a favor and to please the queen, King Yu specially recruited the civil servant Baochu to temporarily help him. In fact, he didn't have to do anything except ride a horse and follow the large team around!
There is no danger at all. In the end, there will definitely be a few big write-ups in the credit book!
Baochu saw with his own eyes the murderous Beiyuan Jingshan, and the troops marched in all directions one after another!
He heard with his own ears the cries of killing in Prince Gong's Mansion, and the sound of cannons almost shattered the walls of Prince Gong's Mansion!
When the thugs were driven away in the northern suburbs, the layers of corpses were piled up to form a huge pyramid. This Baochu held a small tree and vomited for a quarter of an hour!
By the time he returned to the capital from Deshengmen, he passed by the endless fire field and flew away. The coast of the reed pond had long been burned to a white ground, and sporadic flames could still be seen beating until the evening!
The scene in the capital has turned into a hell, especially the fleeing people pouring out of the city gates. Anyone who has any chance of survival in the countryside is unwilling to turn back and run to the capital!
The chaotic flow of people collided with Baochu's war horses, and finally squeezed into the city, where they saw groups of people whose homes had been ransacked and locked up!
Men and women draped in silk and satin were tied up with iron chains and straw ropes, and walked in a string like animals to their respective places of detention!
These are all the domestic slaves who followed the three princes to eat melons and fish. Usually the ones who show off their power are the bosses in the capital, but today they have become prisoners one by one!
The ignorant children cried loudly, which made the soldiers upset and gave them a whip! The spoiled young master fell to the ground, and there was nothing he could do to save him!
Baochu was dumbfounded. He never thought that ransacking homes would bring out so many people. How many people would this affect? Ten thousand? Twenty thousand or thirty or forty thousand?
Don't underestimate the wealth and prosperity of the royal palaces and noble families during the Ming Dynasty. The prince was already at the top of the pyramid after the emperor. The master-slave structure was just a layer of stairs!
The prince has a useful servant, and this servant is also a master outside the prince's palace. They also have a scary house to serve, and the servant has servants!
The prince's servant is a fourth-grade official, so the prince's servant is a seventh-grade official. Of course, there are servants below these seventh-grade servants!
Just pull it down layer by layer, pull up the radish and bring out the mud. The entire slave system with Prince Gong Yixin as the tip of the pyramid adds up to more than 40,000 to 50,000 people!
These people are actually Yixin's slaves, and all men and women are the prince's wealth!
Today, Zai Chun had to pull out the roots of this huge pyramid layer by layer, including Prince Chun's Palace. The two princes were involved in a population of at least 70,000 people!
For such a huge population, even if only a small half needs to be imprisoned, more than 30,000 people would have to be imprisoned!
And these more than 30,000 people live in disorder in the capital, both in the north city and the south city. This creates a frightening scene... That is, almost all the larger streets and wealthier alleys in the entire capital are full of people. There are people whose homes have been confiscated!
All the people in the capital were in a state of panic, and people were panicking. They didn’t know how many people would be implicated in this big case!
The more fear spreads, the more people have to flee the capital. But the more people flee, the more stringent the city gate inspections become. As a result, the atmosphere of panic becomes more and more intense!
Baochu was riding on horseback. He looked at the panic-stricken capital and felt distressed. He didn't know what to say. King Yu, who was not far away, saw the expression on Uncle Guo's face and hurriedly rode closer. "Uncle Guo!" You seem to be in a bad mood? Why don't you go home and take a rest? Don't worry, you will naturally be the first to take credit for quelling the chaos in the capital!"
Baochu smiled bitterly and held his hands in thanks, "Thank you, Your Majesty, I love you so much! I actually feel sorry for these people. The northern suburbs suffered such a huge fire disaster, and then suffered a military disaster, and then there were so many refugees..."
"What should we do if the people are desperate? Prince Yu, you are the chief of police in the capital. You must find a way to open a porridge shed to help the victims!"
King Yu's face turned bitter when he heard this, "Oh, Uncle Guo, you are making things difficult for me! My police station has just opened, and I don't even know where the Yamen Gate is!"
"First, there is no government office, second, there is no ledger, and third, there is no cash... How can I, Xiao Wang, have the money to help the victims!"
"Besides..." King Yu suddenly whispered, "Uncle! This is the capital, under the emperor's feet. What if we help the victims privately without asking for permission? What if we get people to buy a book of ginseng to win over the people?"
"You know, the people in this world can only be grateful to Long Live Lord! If this kindness is taken away by others..."
Baochu had a really good tutor. Like his father Chongqi, he was a bit dull in reading sages and sages. He was a typical alternative among the Eight Banners!
Of course he could understand what King Yu said. If he privately helped the victims under the eyes of the emperor, he would indeed be suspected of competing with the emperor to win the hearts of the people. However, the sense of responsibility for the family, country and world in the sages' books did not allow him to sit idly by!
"Hey... Your Majesty, what you said makes sense to a certain extent, but you must follow the emergency! Last night, Xiao Letian saved thousands of lives by setting up a Peace Hotel. We Manchus can't be inferior to these Japanese devils, right?"
King Yu looked so embarrassed. He thought to himself: How can I compare with Xiao Letian? He is the emperor's master and the head of state of the Chinese nation. He has a large army that the entire Qing Dynasty cannot afford to offend!
Even if he broke the laws of the Qing Dynasty, no one would dare to catch him and punish him. Why, you gave this example, weren't you deliberately looking for trouble?
King Yu suppressed the unhappiness in his heart and said, "Hey... I can't really do anything about the affairs of the Chinese people... Otherwise, uncle Guo, please go to the palace and ask for a decree!"
"With the honor of the queen, you must be sure to speak your mind! Once you have a decree, don't worry, I will definitely cooperate with you!"
Baochu acted as if he didn't hear the sarcasm in his words. Instead, he thanked him and said, "Yes! Thank you, Your Majesty, for reminding me. I will go into the palace now!"
King Yu Benge looked at Baochu who was riding straight towards the Forbidden City, shook his head helplessly and sneered, "Haha... what a big fool!"
