The chaos in Yudetang lasted for a full hour. The imperial doctor diagnosed His Majesty that it was wind-cold that entered the body, combined with rapid fire attacking the heart, and excessive lung fire, causing the cough and wheezing.
He used acupuncture and decoction, and finally, at Ermao's reminder, he went to the foreign goods warehouse and got a few bottles of loquat dew from Nanyang. After drinking several large gulps, Emperor Tongzhi's cough was relieved a little.
After everyone calmed down, Zai Chun, who was lying on the hospital bed, turned so red that his face turned red.
"I'm angry, I'm angry...how come this court has become a broken house full of holes...cough cough cough..." Zai Chun's uncomfortable tears flowed out.
Several important ministers couldn't bear it anymore and shed a few tears. It was really frustrating. I thought Li Tuo's formation of suspicious soldiers would be effective, but I never expected that the spies were so pervasive that they had already leaked the information. Sent over.
From this point of view, apart from head-on confrontation, there is no other way to defend the Yongding River defense line!
"Fu Qing..." Zai Chun said, leaning on the bed.
"I'm here..." Fu Qing quickly knelt down and waited to hear the little emperor's instructions.
"It's important to fight the war. If the trains are not enough, we can get military supplies first. There is a shortage of food in the capital... I give you permission to search the granary of the capital!"
"When is it? When it's time for military control, let's use military control!"
"Ah? Your Majesty... The grain merchants in this capital have a strong background, some of whom are from the Chinese ethnic group, and more from our own people..." There was no way to go on.
The situation in the capital is so obvious. On the surface, the commercial activities in the capital are controlled by the Han people. The imperial court has rules that do not allow the children of the Eight Banners to engage in business.
But how could these Eight Banners dignitaries give up the opportunity to realize their rights? By taking shares, they have controlled almost all the profitable industries in the capital.
In the grain trade, it seems that Shanxi people are the majority, but they all have masters behind them. In fact, the grain trade has the shadow of the royal family and nobles behind it.
Now Emperor Tongzhi wants the military to take control of these people's granaries. Isn't this just taking food from the hands of the royal nobles?
Zai Chun waved his hand, "I can't care so much anymore...at worst, I'll pay them ten times as much!"
"That's it!" Zai Chun said categorically, "Then there's the gold exchange. The court doesn't have much gold now, so it must be exchanged from the private sector..."
"The imperial law is that gold and silver should be exchanged one to ten, and ten taels of silver should be exchanged for one tael of gold... We need to prepare special people to exchange, and we need to exchange all the gold from the people!"
"We must encourage the people to save the imperial court, and we must explain to them the principle that big rivers and small rivers will not dry up if they have water... The people who are the first to redeem will be registered and rewarded by the imperial court!"
"Those die-hards who refuse to exchange life and death must also be severely punished! The imperial court is gone, can their little family be saved?"
"The third thing, I thought about it... let Hunchun and the others prepare! Let Hunchun figure out how many soldiers should be left to guard the outside of the pass, and then how many soldiers can be mobilized to join King Qin..."
"Stop trying to persuade me. What don't I understand? I really have no choice... After Hunchun's troops arrive, we will mobilize the cavalry of the Eight Banners of Mongolia!"
"I am trustworthy in Hunchun. I will use Hunchun's soldiers to contain the Mongolian soldiers of the Eight Banners. I am afraid that my sixth uncle's hands are too long, and I am afraid that the Mongolian soldiers outside my mouth will not be reliable either!"
"Fourth point, why hasn't Commander Zuo from Baoding taken over yet? We need to hurry up and take over Commander Zuo, so that this goalkeeper can shake up the place and suppress the evil spirit..."
"How is Li Hongzhang's situation in Handan? Can he go north to contain it? If not, let him block the rebels' passage to the south..."
"The imperial court can be regarded as worthy of Li Hongzhang. The preparations for the Great Qing Navy are all in his hands. If he doesn't serve at this time, does he still have a conscience?"
Zai Chun's voice gradually became weaker. He was very tired and sleepy. His eyelids seemed to be weighed down by a heavy weight, always wanting to stick together.
However, several important ministers were still stretching their necks waiting to hear the next order. At this time, someone pushed in the door from outside Yude Hall and said, "Your Majesty is already so tired. Why don't you gentlemen let Your Majesty rest?"
"The imperial court uses all of you to share your Majesty's worries!"
Several people looked back and were so frightened that they quickly knelt down and kowtowed. It turned out that the person who walked in was the Queen of the Qing Dynasty, Arut!
"Greetings to the queen..." Several people hurriedly greeted him.
Arut put his fingers to his lips to make a silent gesture, and then pointed at Emperor Tongzhi on the sickbed. Only then did people realize that the little emperor had fallen asleep due to exhaustion.
King Dun quickly said, "We have been reckless, we have been reckless... Queen, please help yourself. I will leave now and go on errands!" After saying this, he left with a few people.
When Yi Pei had just walked out of the door a few steps, Arut suddenly stopped everyone, "Sir, please stay..."
At this time, Li Tuo discovered that the queen's face was already full of tears, and the queen actually curtsied to these courtiers.
This frightened several people and they quickly knelt down and kowtowed, "You are a servant of Zhesha. The Queen is a little Zhesha..."
"Several adults... The court is in a difficult situation right now, and His Majesty's body and bones can hardly hold it anymore... I ask all of you to do your best in this matter of state!"
"We are in the same boat. My husband and I will never forget the hard work of these adults!"
"I wait... I will die for you!" Several people made a clang and hit their foreheads on the ground. Li Tuo hit them hard enough that they bled.
After sending several adults away, Arut sat down next to the man. Only then did she realize that her husband was much thinner than when she got married.
His cheekbones were prominent, his eye circles were dark, and you could see veins when you touched his hands!
Zai Chun slept so soundly. This was a dark and sweet dream after extreme fatigue. In the dream, Zai Chun seemed to have seen the ghost house in the Forbidden City again. The former Ming ghost eunuch with withered hands and feet was chasing after him with a smile. Looking at him.
"Your Majesty is here...hehehe... Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty is waiting for you to play with us... Your Majesty is here..."
"Hahaha...Eternal emperors are all the same...even if they die, they all play together...Hahaha..."
"It's good to be an emperor... Don't you like being an emperor?"
"This is what it means to be an emperor... let's play together..."
While grinning ferociously, the two eyeballs in the former Ming ghost eunuch's eye sockets fell out, leaving two large ghostly holes. Two venomous snakes poked their heads out of the holes, spitting out their cores and baring their fangs.
"Ah... go away... go away... I won't go... I won't go..."
In his sleep, Emperor Tongzhi tried his best to escape and struggled desperately, but there was no door to the ghost house hidden in the Forbidden City. Zai Chun knew the general location where he was, but he just couldn't escape.
He could hear outside the high courtyard wall that the important officials of the court were calling him and looking for him, but he couldn't be found!
Fu Qing and others were calling His Majesty's name. They were looking for where the little emperor was hiding. Zai Chun desperately shouted for help in this ghost house, "I am right here, right here..."
But the ghostly courtyard wall blocked his call!
"Quickly... call the imperial doctor quickly... Your Majesty has a fever... call the imperial doctor quickly..." Arut exclaimed.
