Chapter 403 Kill Qianlong and protect the Qing Dynasty
Dongzhimen.
Tang Zhuying, a member of the Han army with a red flag, has been taking over the post of gate leader on the left side of this gate for about a month.
The left city gate leader is a fourth-grade military attache, and he is a military officer with the rank of military attaché, Bao Yi, deputy guard army officer, Bao Yi, deputy knight commander, and Bao Yi assistant collar. They are in charge of the nine gates of the inner city of the capital and the seven gates of the outer city that open and close at dawn and dusk.
Check for discrepancies.
This personnel transfer did not attract anyone's attention, even the infantry commander's office seemed calm.
Because although Dongzhimen also has a tax gate, it has very little oil and water. It is not as good as Chongwen Gate, which is known as the first tax gate in the capital, and it is not as good as the other two gates of Xuanwu and Zhengyang among the first three gates.
Therefore, most of the official posts at this city gate were from the Five Banners and the Eight Banners of the Han Army. In addition to opening the city gate regularly on weekdays, the most important job was to patrol the night and put out fires.
Tang Zhuying himself had no background, but his great-grandfather made a mark in the history of the Ming Dynasty. He was Tang Tong, the commander-in-chief of Ming Miyun who surrendered first to Li Zicheng and then to Dorgon.
In the "Biography of Erchen" compiled by the National History Museum, Tang Tong is listed in Part B.
The Tang family originally had the title of Captain of Cavalry, and Tang Zhuying's grandfather and father both inherited this title. But when Tang Zhuying came here, the emperor specifically issued an order saying: "Tang Tong was originally the chief military officer of the former Ming Dynasty. He was unable to contribute, so he was demoted to the downstream."
Thief. Although he later surrendered to the dynasty, he did not achieve any merit, so his title is no longer hereditary."
With a bang, Tang Zhuying not only lost the title passed down from his ancestors, but also faced the same situation as other families who founded the Han army.
Then, he also added Baitang'a, also went to Jinchuan with the army, also experienced the defeat of Muguomu, and also followed Jia Dongge to collaborate with the enemy and betray the country.
More than a month ago, he was transferred to the left city gate of Dongzhimen because of the recommendation of Bo Qing'e, the deputy general of the left side of Dingxi, to return military merit to the capital.
At the same time, he served as the executive committee member of the Eight Han Banners of the Beijing Branch of the Joint Advancement Association and was responsible for liaising with the two red banners of the Han Army.
Under its development, 17 people including brothers, nephews, brothers-in-law and cousins have joined the association so that they can better serve the Qing Dynasty in this big family and realize their personal ideals and ambitions.
Because he was the leader of the Zuocheng Gate and the nominal leader of the Dongzhi Gate, Tang Zhuying had the honor to meet Master Jia Jia when he was ordered to appoint the infantry commander to the Yamen and convene a meeting of the main officers of the Nine Gates and Eight Banners and the Green Camp of the Capital.
But in this meeting, Mr. Jia Jia did not speak to Tang Zhuying alone. Everything was business-related.
It was instructed in the meeting that members of the Eight Banners in the Capital will perform latent missions for a long time unless their superiors wake them up.
Tang Zhuying originally thought that his latent career might last for several years, but he did not expect that he would be awakened after two days.
It was Director Liu of the Liaison Office who woke him up personally.
After that, Tang Zhuying took advantage of his power and began to secretly release people throughout the city.
There are children of the Eight Banners of Manchu and Mongolia, children of the Eight Banners of the Han Army, children of the Green Camp, and other unorganized personnel.
The superiors did not tell Tang Zhuying what these people were doing in Mancheng, and Tang Zhuying also adhered to the principle of meeting and never interfered.
Moreover, although these people entered the city through Dongzhi Gate, they followed formal procedures, and most of them were disciples of the Eight Banners, so even if something happened, it would not involve him, the leader of the Left City Gate.
But everyone is curious, especially now that there is an undercurrent surging in Beijing. Whether it is the Eight Banners of the Manchu and Mongolian Army or the Eight Banners of the Han Army, everyone feels the uneasiness in the air.
Various rumors circulated, and the most shocking one was undoubtedly that the emperor, in order to conceal his Han identity, had the Queen Mother, the only person who knew about it, call the ghost of him.
After this rumor began to spread, some people gradually remembered the death of Queen Nala.
The poor queen was imprisoned by the emperor on the pretext of being possessed by evil spirits, and then died in the palace for no apparent reason.
Officials and eunuchs who accompanied the emperor on his southern tour naturally told the story about Queen Nala's hair loss.
Cut your hair, call your soul, and cut your braids. The emperor is Han.
One coincidence is a coincidence, but ten or a hundred coincidences are no longer coincidences.
Some people say that the emperor asked He Shen, the military minister in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, to secretly build a golden tower. The purpose was not to store the Queen Mother's hair, but to use the tower to suppress the Queen Mother's soul.
More terrifying rumors emerged.
Some people say that the emperor has already mobilized troops to Beijing, waiting for the empress dowager to move to Lingchangchun Garden to kill all the clan members who came to pay their respects.
Others said they saw the emperor going to Meishan at night and bowing three times and kowtowing to the dead old locust tree.
When two teenagers in Zhenghuang Banner went to play in the Imperial City, they saw a man in yellow clothes without braids looking at the Forbidden City.
The two young men saw this man's strange clothes and asked him what he was looking at.
But the man pointed at Miyagi and told the teenagers: "This is my home. I have been away for a long time, and now I want to go home."
After the man said these words, the two young men felt dizzy, and then fell to the ground unconscious.
All kinds of weird rumors emerged one after another. Some timid bannermen felt that Mancheng was no longer safe. They tried to live temporarily in the outer city. However, the infantry camp guarding Mancheng said that they had received some order from Lord Jia Jia and said that the Queen Mother was in mourning.
During this period, bannermen were not allowed to leave the city.
Yesterday, there were many incidents of people getting their pigtails cut all over the city.
Some had their pigtails forcibly cut off on the street, and some had their pigtails rushed directly into their homes and had their pigtails cut off.
Those who cut people's pigtails claimed that they were acting on orders, but whether it was the Infantry Commander's Office, the Military Aircraft Department, or the Six Ministries and Eight Banners Commander's Office, they all said that the emperor had never ordered them to cut their pigtails.
However, the fact is that the emperor did cut off his braids.
Yuan Shoudong, the military minister and Han official, believed that someone was taking advantage of the Queen Mother's mourning to cause trouble, so he wanted to ask the emperor to impose martial law in the city, so that monsters, villains, and villains with ulterior motives could not move around.
However, several other military ministers in the Military Aircraft Department disagreed with this. They all believed that various rumors had been circulating recently. If the city was closed at this time, it would not only help to suppress the rumors, but would intensify panic and even cause uncontrollable consequences.
What are the consequences of this?
The military and aircraft ministers actually knew it well, but no one dared to say it.
In order to prevent accidents, Fulong'an asked the emperor to advance the Empress Dowager's funeral by two days. At that time, all ceremonies for the Empress Dowager's national funeral would be held in Changchun Garden, so that the infantry commander's Yamen could be free to reorganize the inner city.
Qianlong did not agree, but asked Fulongan to do his job well and take good care of the bodyguards.
It seems that the emperor is waiting for something
Under the cover of night, several dark figures gathered in an alley not far from Prince Zhuang's Mansion. The cart behind them was filled with kerosene.
There were also people who appeared around the palaces of Prince Xian, Prince Jian, Prince Yi, and many other princes and counties.
On the outskirts of the imperial city, there are also people hiding in the darkness.
No bells rang at midnight, but slogans were heard.
Two yellow flags, two white flags, two red flags, two blue flags
People were setting fires all over the city at the same time, accompanied by shouts of "The emperor has decreed to kill the clan!"
Someone outside the imperial city smashed a fire oil can on the palace wall, and the fire was accompanied by shouts of "Kill Qianlong, protect the Qing Dynasty!"