Early in the morning on the second day, Liu Hai arrived in front of the Forbidden City with his guards.
In the current Forbidden City, the original guards had been driven away by Liu Hai's people long ago, and now the only ones standing guard are soldiers under Liu Hai's command.
When these soldiers saw Liu Hai coming, they immediately saluted him.
Liu Hai just nodded, then rode his horse and proudly entered the Forbidden City.
This was the first time Liu Haizhen entered the Forbidden City in this era, and he looked around curiously.
This time I was really disappointed. This time the capital was not as magnificent as I thought, and many places were already a bit dilapidated.
Bangs once again led people forward. The further they went, the fewer the broken places became. In the end, it was already magnificent.
As Liu Hai walked, he was still wondering, this is also the Forbidden City, why are the front and back different?
However, he arrived in front of the military aircraft very quickly.
When he arrived, four people were already standing at the door of the Military Aircraft Department, including three of his staff and Li Hongzhang.
After Liu Hai got here, he dismounted, and four people quickly stepped forward to salute Liu Hai.
Liu Hai stood there waiting for them to finish their salutes, and then he said carelessly: "They are all members of our family, why are there so many gifts? Come on, let's go in and talk."
After finishing speaking, Liu Hai led the way into the military aircraft office.
Liu Hai's three aides didn't care much. As soon as Liu Hai entered, they followed him respectfully.
Only Li Hongzhang felt a little uncomfortable. After all, he was Liu Hai's senior. He didn't expect this junior to be so arrogant. Let's see what will happen to him in the future.
Li Hongzhang was angry in his heart, but on his face he didn't want to follow the others into the military aircraft office.
After Liu Hai entered the Military Aircraft Department, he stood directly in the center of the Military Aircraft Department, then looked at the four people standing next to him and said: "Now that I have just entered Beijing, the world is a little chaotic. The next task of our Military Aircraft Department is to calm down as soon as possible
situation, and then let the new king ascend the throne."
After Liu Hai said this, he looked at Li Hongzhang standing below and said, "Master Li, you are an old man in the Military Aircraft Department. You should pay more attention to the things they don't understand."
Li Hongzhang came out quickly and said: "Don't worry, sir, I will do my best to assist the other adults in controlling the court situation."
Liu Hai nodded, and then continued: "A country cannot live without a king for a day! Now that the Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu have died, we should hold a ceremony early to let the new king ascend the throne."
After Liu Hai finished speaking, Zhao Jiahua and several other newly recruited military ministers also nodded repeatedly.
But Li Hongzhang, standing below, felt that things were hasty. After all, although the Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu were said to have died, their bodies have not been found. Is it a bit hasty to let the new emperor ascend the throne?
Originally, Li Hongzhang wanted to come out to exhort him, but as soon as he moved his steps, he was suddenly startled. Is there any secret that he didn't know about? Could it be that Cixi and Guangxu were not dead yet?
Li Hongzhang said that he was about to take a step forward, but he immediately stopped.
Liu Hai sat on it and saw that no one else refuted, so he said: "It will be a good day in three days, let the new king ascend the throne."
Zhao Jiahua stood at the bottom and was a little puzzled. Liu Hai kept talking to himself about the new king to ascend the throne, but who this new king was, their master had not yet explained, so he quickly asked: "Commander, I don't know who the new king is."
Who is it?"
When Liu Hai heard this, he suddenly realized. He patted his head repeatedly and said, "I was a little confused. I forgot to explain this matter to you."
"I have decided on the candidate for the emperor. He is Pu Jun, the second son of Prince Rui. What do you think?"
Zhao Jiahua and others looked at each other with incomprehensible expressions in their eyes.
They are not surprised that everyone in the royal family is the emperor's younger brother. Only Prince Rui's son is the emperor's younger brother. They feel a little strange.
Speaking of which, Prince Rui's son is related by blood to the Empress Dowager Cixi. Considering the relationship between their commander-in-chief and the Empress Dowager Cixi, how could they choose his descendant as the emperor?
However, although these people felt strange, no one stood up to speak, because they had followed Liu Hai for so many years and knew that he had made a decision and would never allow others to object.
The staff below can only check and correct omissions based on his decision.
Liu Hai saw that they had nothing to say, so he continued to order: "Okay, I'll leave this matter to you. I don't know much about the etiquette and rules involved."
After Liu Hai said these words, he turned around and left the military aircraft.
He came today just to show his face and explain to these people that he was still the head of the Military Aircraft Department. As for handling these chores, he would only leave them to a few of them and he would not participate.
After Liu Hai left, Zhao Jiahua and others finally felt a little more relaxed and took their seats.
Zhao Jiahua considered himself to be Liu Hai's staff. Now besides Liu Hai, he had the most say in the military aircraft department, so he spoke first, "The commanders have made it very clear. What will happen next when the new king ascends the throne?" Leave the matter to us."
Li Hongzhang also continued: "This matter is easy to handle. There are a set of rules for the new emperor to ascend the throne. When the time comes, just let those in the Ministry of Rites handle it according to the rules."
Pan Weibin also nodded, but he asked another question: "What is the reign name of the new emperor?"
Li Hongzhang nodded after hearing this, and then said: "This matter cannot be delayed, and in a few years, we will have to tell Mr. Liu about such a big matter, so I think we should pick up a few first and then send them to Mr. Liu." , let him make a final review.”
Zhao Jiahua nodded, and then said: "Then let's come up with a few names as backup."
Finally, after their discussion, they finally agreed on several era names, "Xingqing", "Kangshun" and "Detong".
Then there is the matter of dealing with the new emperor's enthronement. Since the matter is urgent, everyone feels that many complicated procedures can be eliminated, but there are only a few that must be followed.
One is to send the minister of military aircraft to the Prince's Mansion in Rui County in person, explain the situation to the prince according to etiquette, and present the new emperor's clothes at the same time.
Another one is the heaven-sacrifice ceremony during the enthronement ceremony, which requires careful preparation.
The last one was held in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, where the imperial dynasty held the ceremony of handing over the jade seal.
However, this last ceremony made it difficult for everyone, because when Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu left the capital, I had already taken all the jade seals with me, which made it impossible for them to give the jade seals to the new emperor in the end.
Zhao Jiahua was still clever, so he thought that since there were no jade seals now, he would select a few from the various jade seals collected in the previous palace as evidence.
Regarding matters in the palace, no one at the scene was more familiar with it than Li Hongzhang.
Li Hongzhang thought for a while and then said: "I'm afraid the recent jade seals are no longer useful, but Emperor Qianlong had 25 seals back then. These seals are hidden in the harem. If you look for them, you may be able to find them."
"That's it, we'll use Emperor Qianlong's jade seal." Zhao Jiahua made the decision on the spot.
Then he turned to Li Hongzhang and said, "Sir, we are not familiar with the rules in the palace, and we are afraid that there will be any oversights when we enter the harem. Why don't we let you go into the harem, invite this seal out, and put it in the palace?"
We have military aircraft at the center so that we can wait for that day and present it to the new emperor."
Li Hongzhang nodded, and then turned to the military aircraft department and showed his hands to everyone.
After Li Hongzhang left, he didn't say much. Hu Youxing spoke up, "I think we have to be careful about this old guy, otherwise I'm afraid we'll have to count the money after being sold."
Pan Weibin was a little confused after hearing this, "How do you say this? I think Li Daren is quite harmonious, and he is doing his best for our commander."
Zhao Jiahua shook his head and said: "Old Hu is right, we have to be really careful about this Mr. Li. Do you think, if something happens to your daughter because of our commander, you can still do your best?"
After Hu Youxing listened, he nodded and thought that Zhao Jiahua was still smart. He would know the key if he did it himself.
Soon Li Hongzhang led several eunuchs and entered the military aircraft office with more than a dozen wooden boxes.
Seeing this, several other people hurriedly opened the boxes one by one, took out all the precious seals, and then observed them carefully.
After reading it, these people were all amazed. Sure enough, the Qianlong Dynasty was different from now. At that time, the national power was at its peak. This seal was also very exquisitely made, and the materials used were really exquisite.
Next, these people began to divide their work. Zhao Jiahua was mainly responsible for the etiquette department and asked them to prepare the etiquette for boarding the plane.
Li Hongzhang was responsible for going to Prince Rui's Mansion. One was to report to the new emperor about the enthronement ceremony, and the other was to present the dragon robe.
As for the other two people, they are stationed at the military aircraft station and can be deployed at any time.
Not to mention that in the capital city, the new emperor was busy making preparations for his enthronement. Besides, outside the capital city, there was a group of people making a difficult trek more than 200 miles away.
All of these people are wearing silk and satin, which makes them look like they are not ordinary people, but now these good clothes have been worn out.
This group of people was none other than a group of princes and ministers headed by the Empress Dowager Cixi, including Emperor Guangxu, as well as the maids and eunuchs under their command.
This group of people managed to escape after the bombing. Although they escaped with their lives, they almost lost all their belongings.
Now the Empress Dowager Cixi is so hungry that her front and back are so hungry. How has she ever suffered such a sin in her life? This old empress who has been in charge of the Qing Dynasty for nearly half a century has now scolded her bangs like crazy.
I thought that as long as I had another chance to make a comeback, I would make this traitor look good.
However, no matter how much she cursed in her heart, she really could not withstand the attack of hunger, so she had no choice. Empress Dowager Cixi took these travelers to rest temporarily in small earth temples, and then sent eunuchs to search for some food.
Otherwise, Empress Dowager Cixi would really be unable to move forward.