The British and French allied forces burned the Old Summer Palace, which caused huge damage to this royal garden, but it was not to the point of being unusable. The real decline of the Old Summer Palace was actually a long process.
There are records from people in the Republic of China. After the founding of the Republic of China, there were still many dilapidated houses in the Old Summer Palace, and the surrounding people still took earthen bricks from here to build houses.
The British and French allied forces mainly burned down the main halls, and many of the side halls, including the verandas where eunuchs and maids lived, were preserved. Especially during the years when the Qing Dynasty was still there, there were soldiers in charge here, and thieves and bandits did not dare to attack here. of.
Why was Yixuan imprisoned here? This shows that there were still many places that were habitable at that time and were not completely deserted.
Prince Yi of Dun chose this place as a perfect place to station troops. The soldiers could just live in these dilapidated rooms without setting up camps. No matter how dilapidated they were, they were much better than tents.
Moreover, the terrain here is complex and he is very good at defense. Yi Pei's elite soldiers are carefully selected. In this civil war, he was careful not to let his forces carry out the most dangerous tasks.
He couldn't bear to let his direct descendants die, so fighting this kind of defensive battle was of course the best thing.
Of course, he chose this place as his capital base because of his own feelings! I remember that when he was a teenager, it was here that he was driven out by Amma in the Old Summer Palace and adopted into Prince Dun's palace!
Seeing that his brothers were still playing and studying here, he, under the leadership of the eunuch, took a limited number of toys and personal clothes, got on a sedan and left here, and went to the strange Prince Dun's Mansion!
What a memory this is, my mood at that time is simply indescribable!
The sky was getting slightly dark, and there was a sound of horse hoofbeats from the southeast of the Old Summer Palace. About three hundred cavalrymen arrived here surrounded by Emperor Guangxu Yixin.
There were still two miles away from the palace gate. These cavalrymen jumped off their horses, and Li Tuo and Taoist Duobao walked out from the opposite side!
"Greetings to Prince Gong!" The two of them knelt down and bowed their heads in a very humble manner.
Yi Xin stared at Li Tuo for a long time and finally sighed, "Hey... it's my responsibility! It's my responsibility! I couldn't see that you are so talented!"
"When I was at the military aircraft office, I saw you every day... but I actually buried you. I want to apologize to you!"
Li Tuo lowered his head when he heard this, "Your Majesty is too high-minded, and I really don't dare to take it... I just happened to pay some attention to the wind and thunder opportunity. I don't have any great abilities, so I don't deserve the prince's praise!"
Yi Xin turned over and dismounted and said carelessly, "What kind of job do you want to do when you come to me? The household department or the official department? I think these two departments are most suitable for you... Just ask, as long as you want it, I will give it to you." you!"
"Of course the prince's handiwork is big, but what can the little ones do? Why don't these nobles from the Qing Dynasty support them? The fifth prince can hold up the little ones wherever their fingernails are big!"
"With these low life, I really don't dare to compare with the important officials in the court... I am just a petty official, just a petty official!"
Yi Xin listened to him talk about the prince, and knew that this person was not easy to recruit, so he sneered, "If you keep saying that you are young, you may not be young!"
"People who say they are big every day are not that big! Tell me, what are the terms of Fifth Brother?"
Li Tuo stood up with a smile, "Our prince said that we will meet in the inner study behind the Qinzheng Qinxian Palace. Each side will bring ten people...the rest of the people will retreat two miles away..."
"Your Majesty, your troops will stay on the screen wall of the Grand Palace Gate, and our troops will retreat behind the Wutong Academy. For these two square meters, we only need ten people from each side... okay?"
Zai Tu said from the side, "How do I know if you have an ambush?"
"Brother, can you bring ten guards in to check in advance? If it's safe, then please invite Prince Gong into the palace. Is that okay?"
Yi Xin nodded, and Zai Tu led ten master guards and trotted into the palace gate!
Changchun Immortal Pavilion, Kyushu Qingyan, natural paintings, the depths of the cave... I searched all places within a two-mile radius, and sure enough there was no ambush.
After hearing the safety news, Yixin even scolded Zaitu in a theatrical manner, "Can't you still trust your uncle, the Fifth Emperor? He's so petty..." After saying that, Yixin walked towards Qinzheng and his relatives.
The Qinzheng Qinxian Hall in the Old Summer Palace was not just one or two palaces, it was a group of courtyards. The foreign soldiers burned less than a third of it, and many areas were protected.
The inner study is one of them, and many of the furnishings here have not even changed much!
As soon as Yi Xin entered the courtyard, he saw fifth brother Yi Pei sitting blankly on the imperial chair in the inner study, looking at the bonsai in the courtyard in a daze. He was in a daze because his eyes were empty.
Yi Xin found that there was no one around Fifth Brother, let alone ten guards. The guards were all outside the courtyard. He also dismissed his men and walked over alone.
"Fifth brother...you are fine..."
Yi Pei was stunned for a moment, as if he had just seen Yi Xin. He suddenly raised his head and was startled: "Ah! Lao Liu...you? Why is your hair so gray?"
When the brothers met, there was no big military matter or intrigue. Just such a simple sentence made both brothers' eyes turn red.
"Fifth brother... we are all old... we are all old... the cold wind in Xiling is blowing... can your hair not turn gray?"
"Sit... Lao Liu, you sit down... I'll pour you some tea... By the way, I'll take a sip first, I'll take a sip first..." After saying that, Master Wu reached out to hold the cup and poured tea for Lao Liu. Test for poison.
Yi Xin saw that Fifth Brother's hair had turned gray and there were spots on the back of his hands. He was aging like a human being. The soft part in his heart was touched and tears burst into his eyes.
"I'll do it myself...Brother, don't worry about me...The younger brother should pour the tea!"
After saying that, he grabbed the teapot and poured two cups of tea. He raised his neck and drank his own cup. Yi Pei looked at his sixth brother holding the teacup in his hand as if he were drinking strong liquor. He raised his neck and drank one cup.
The two of them looked at the tea cup and saw it was empty. They all laughed, and tears of laughter flowed out.
"Hahaha... Ouch... Hahahaha... When did we become like this? Become like what is written in the history books..."
"You have to be extremely careful with a cup of tea... I was born into an emperor's family! What a fart..."
"Yes! Fifth brother is right. It's a shame to be born in an emperor's family... Think about it when we were young, Emperor Ama took us to study, and the brothers were all worried about falling behind even a little bit. They all had to be very nervous. If you are smart, you have to win the favor of your father!"
"It's just you... you have a pure nature, you don't fight or grab, and you never show yourself off..."
Yi Pei waved his hand, "That's what I call stupid! In fact, I am really stupid... Do you know what I was in a daze just now? Do you know why I want to meet you here?"
"Because it was here... Huang Ama summoned me... I knelt beside the bonsai outside..."
"Huang Ama gave me the decree to adopt me out... and kicked me out... Right here... Wuwuwu... Huang Ama!"
"You... are so cruel... why did you adopt me? Woohoo..."
I am fifty years old, but I am crying like a child!
