July of the seventh year of Emperor Kangxi's reign in the Qing Dynasty, Beijing.
This is the most prosperous capital of the Qing Dynasty and is now the most prosperous economic center in the north. Since the Qing Dynasty took over, it has been divided into two cities, the inner and outer cities. The inner city and the outer city are clearly separated. The inner city only allows bannermen and Baoyi people who are attached to the Eight Banners system, Sula slaves (domestic slaves of the banner people, not Baoyi people) and other people to live, while the outer city allows Han people to live there. . Han people are allowed to live there, not just Han people.
In fact, most of the industries in the outer city of Beijing also belonged to the Eight Banners dignitaries, the chief ministers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, or the Qing Emperor himself. The former residence of Cao Xueqin, who wrote "A Dream of Red Mansions" and supported many red scholars, was a "seventeen-and-a-half-room" property in Suanshikou outside Chongwenmen. This property is located in the outer city of Beijing and was purchased when the old Cao family became powerful.
In addition, the Cao family of Zhengbai Banner of the Ministry of Internal Affairs owned many shops and houses in the outer city of Beijing at that time. There were also farms outside Beijing, and there were pawnshops, land properties, and dyeing shops in the Zhangjiawan Pier area of Tongzhou. It could be said that they were full of slaves. , two sleeves of silver wind.
This wealthy old Cao family can only be regarded as one of the greedy people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. There is no one more arrogant than his family, but there are a lot of people who are shoulder to shoulder. As for the greedy people, There are so few wrapped people's families that they can't even be counted. And these wealthy families are nothing compared to the Eight Banners dignitaries and royal relatives above. When this group of people first came in, they were occupying land and houses, and each of them grabbed enough property for their children and grandchildren to squander for ten lifetimes. Now they control more than half of the top leaders in the world. If Wu Sangui's rebellion is not well managed, they will still be able to survive for generations... It couldn't be more exciting!
Nowadays, not only do most of the industries in the outer city of Beijing have the surname "Qi", but even outside Beijing and even the entire Shuntian Prefecture and neighboring Xuanhua, Zunhua, and Yongping, there are flag fields, flag villages, and bannermen masters everywhere. The land owned by the coatmen and even the lower-level Sura slaves.
Ordinary Han people in the outer cities of Beijing and the surrounding areas were almost reduced to tenants without property.
Although the Han people's property was taken away by bannermen, Baoyi, and Sula slaves, they still had to grit their teeth and live their lives. What else can be done? They can't defeat the rebellion, and they won't be willing to starve to death.
Fortunately, God has opened his eyes. Most of the most vicious Eight Banners old men among the Banner lords were short-lived. They died of various reasons within a few years of their good days...mostly due to smallpox. Many of those who died were killed by dog bites, and many of them went to fight with Li Dingguo and Zheng Chenggong and were killed. The descendants of this evil man have learned a lot. In addition to eating, drinking, whoring and gambling, they also engage in corruption and bribery, and poach the Qing Dynasty. They are basically good and reasonable people.
Under the leadership of these well-educated bannermen, the market in the outer city of Beijing has become prosperous, with all kinds of food, drink and entertainment, novelties from all over the world, female prostitutes in the eight alleys and husband-in-law... ....Give it all to the men, the banner men have plenty of money!
The entire outer city of Beijing is filled with a kind of decadent vitality.
It’s so decadent and desirable!
But today, for some reason, a group of unlearned "Flag Soldiers" suddenly broke into the outer city of Beijing. They were one man and two horses. Everyone was wearing dark linen coats and red tasseled hats, carrying one foot, two feet to one foot on their backs. The six-foot-long spear had its tip carefully wrapped in linen, making it look like it was very cherished. In addition to the luggage, there was also an khaki cloth-covered iron armor rolled into a package on the auxiliary horse. What surprised the Banner Han people who were wandering around or making a living in the outer city of Beijing was that this group of "Flag Soldiers" had a long-lost intimidating aura. They all looked livid and rode with their heads held high. On horseback, a neat team entered from Yongding Gate and moved forward along Zhengyangmenwai Street. The walk was not fast, but it gave people a great sense of oppression, as if a bunch of old people who had died from smallpox had crawled out of the coffin to teach their unscrupulous descendants how to be evil.
Zhengyangmenwai Street is a lively area, with shops lined up on both sides of the street. This group of "Flag Soldiers" entered the city again for lunch. The street outside Zhengyangmen was very lively. Waiters from various restaurants and teahouses were standing on the street shouting to welcome guests. The cooked food had just been prepared. The aroma of dim sum wafted along the street. The idle Eight Banners disciples gathered in small groups and were about to go to a restaurant to have a drink. Suddenly they saw their "dead dads" entering the city. They were all stunned... ...What day is it today, Qingming Festival?
More and more people were watching the excitement on the street. Watching the cavalry slowly passing by, a few of the Eight Banners disciples who had reacted had already asked loudly: "Gentlemen on horseback, where did you come from? Are you from outside the customs?" ?”
Everyone knows that the Eight Banners disciples in the pass, especially the Eight Banners disciples in Beijing, have learned well now. Except for the old ones, there are few who are as fierce as the group in front of them. But the Eight Banners outside the Pass seems quite fierce!
The leaders of this team of "Flag Soldiers" are two tall and good-looking men. One is older, about forty years old, with a beard, and it is Wu Guogui. The other one is much younger. He looks to be only seventeen or eighteen years old. Of course he is Wang Zhongxiao.
These two people left Yunnan in April and walked for three months before crossing the entire Qing Dynasty and arriving in Beijing, the capital of the Qing Dynasty.
Before entering the city, Liu Xuanchu, the military advisor sent by Wu Sangui, proposed to show the Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers in the city how powerful they were. They had to show the spirit of the Pingxi King's vassal army, so as not to be underestimated.
Now Wu Sangui has changed his strategy and wants to be a murderer for the Qing Dynasty, so Wu Guogui and the others have to behave a little more fiercely.
So Wu Guogui ordered his men and Wang Zhongxiao to tidy up, then put on their big guns, lead their auxiliary horses, carried their bows and arrows and waist knives, and entered the city as a team, so that the Eight Banners soldiers in Beijing could see the good men of Pingxi Fan.
At this time, when he heard someone asking about his family's origins, Wu Guogui clasped his fists on horseback and shouted with a loud voice: "Young and old gentlemen, please invite me. I am the second-class Baron Wu Guogui, the commander of the Pingxi Fan clan! I have been ordered by the king to come to the capital to attend the meeting. Go!"
Ah, he turned out to be Wu Sangui’s subordinate!
Wu Sangui's soldiers are really good!
The bannermen watching the excitement on the street couldn't help but take a breath. It turned out that Wu Sangui was really going to rebel! The world has been peaceful for so many years, and they still have such elites... This is not for rebellion, but what is it for?
On Zhengyangmen Street, everyone was silent for a while, just staring dumbfoundedly at the small cavalry passing by menacingly.
"Shikai," Wu Guogui felt that the atmosphere was not enough, so he said to Wang Zhongxiao beside him, "Come on, sing one!"
"嗻!"
Wang Zhongxiao responded, cleared his throat, and started singing!
He was a music lover in his previous life. Although he did not go further to become a literary and artistic worker, he still retained this hobby until he became ill due to overwork... This time he not only has good looks, but also has a good appearance. As for my voice, it's a pity that I still can't eat artistic food, so I can only sing some songs on the way to Beijing to relieve my boredom.
The song turned out to be so good that the song "Farewell" made everyone cry.
But now that he was back in Beijing, he couldn't sing "Farewell" anymore. He had to change his song, and he had already thought of a "Farewell Song of the Qing Dynasty", which became the sixth official national anthem of the Qing Dynasty. Queen of Heaven, there is an uprising in Wuchang!
On the way to Beijing, he often sang this "Farewell Song", and now he just sang it to suit the occasion. I wonder if the good fortune of Emperor Kangxi can be lost?
Wang Zhongxiao pondered for a while, and then shouted at the top of his lungs: "Gong Jin'ou, Chengtian Gui, the people are happy with the algae, and they are happy to be together. The Qing Dynasty was lucky. The empire is protected by the sky, the sky is high, The sea is roaring..."
Wang Zhongxiao had taught this "End Song of the Qing Dynasty" to his and Wu Guogui's subordinates on their way to Beijing. Now when he took the lead in singing, many men with loud voices started to sing along.
More than a hundred knights from the Pingxi Domain were singing and marching along Zhengyangmenwai Street in the outer city of Beijing... This scene could scare some people to tears!
