However, the sunshine that broke through the clouds and shone into the capital not only failed to drive away the chill in the city, but instead made the city even more gloomy and cold.
The once bustling city turned into a hell on earth after one night.
There were corpses everywhere in the city, and the wails and screams of the injured could be heard one after another.
The scene of slaughter that can make a child stop crying continues in the sunshine.
The main force for purging Manchuria from the Upper Three Banners was completely changed from the Han army and Mongolia to the Lower Five Banners.
If we say that the initial move to lower Five Banners in Manchuria was instigated by the Han army, or because they believed the rumor that the emperor was a Han who wanted to slaughter the clan, then they joined the purge of Three Banners in Manchuria.
But now, those in the Shangsanqi residential area are going door-to-door to search for and kill the Xiawuqi Manqi. Their eyes and actions are telling the world that they are willing to kill people.
Pure revenge.
Among them, the most brutal ones were the two blue flags.
All in all, this is the third time the Eight Banners has had internal strife.
The first internal strife was when the Two White Banners, led by Dorgon, purged Hauge's Zhenglan Banner;
The second internal strife was the purge of the Two White Flags after Shunzhi ascended the throne.
The result of these two internal conflicts among the Eight Banners was that a large number of famous generals and elite soldiers during the Taizong period died from internal strife. This directly made it difficult for the Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners to undertake the task of conquering the Southern Ming Dynasty during the Shunzhi period. They had to rely on the Eight Banners of the Han Army and the Green Camp, thus creating a good foundation for the Kangxi period.
The "San Francisco Rebellion" laid the foundation for disaster.
Two internal strife also caused continuous changes in the distinction between the upper and lower Eight Banners.
At the same time as the flag names are constantly changing, the abolition, addition, and subtraction of the flags are also ongoing, and the political blow is even more shocking.
The Shunzhi Dynasty continued to suppress the Two Blue Banners (formerly the Two White Banners) for many years, forcing many people from the Two Blue Banners to have no choice but to take risks in the southwest in order to rebel against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty.
The last time the Eight Banners were raised to oppose the Qing Dynasty and support the Ming Dynasty was the Liu Aita uprising during the reign of Emperor Taizu.
In addition to settling old historical scores, the Manchus under the Five Flags were killing people with resentment and disobedience.
We are all under the Eight Banners, and our ancestors have all made great contributions to the founding of the Qing Dynasty. Why do you go to the Three Banners to eat meat, while we under the Five Banners can only chew bones?
Don’t worry about scarcity, but worry about inequality!
Almost all the people from the Lower Five Banners who participated in the purge of the Upper Three Banners had a common thought, that is, without the Upper Three Banners, they would become the Upper Three Banners!
After the Chief Military Minister Yu Minzhong and others read the edict of Qianlong's abdication at the Meridian Gate, except for a few of the "completely victorious" clan who went home, others still gathered in the imperial city.
The slogan of killing Qianlong and protecting the Qing Dynasty was no longer shouted, but instead there was a heated discussion about who should be the new emperor.
All the clans who came to the palace believed that they had contributed a lot in this operation to rectify the source, so they all wanted to recommend a new emperor candidate who represented their own interests.
In addition, the division of court positions and who is Qianlong's rebel and who is not must be clearly understood.
After the carnival, profit distribution has become the most practical need.
There were arguments in the palace and arguments outside the palace, but no one realized that the situation in the city was already very critical.
The first ones to notice that something was wrong were the clan members who were simply "protecting the Qing Dynasty". There were some with yellow belts and some with red belts.
For these people, as long as that Han bastard is deposed, they really don't care who becomes the emperor.
True selflessness.
Gushan Beizi Hongjing is this kind of person. His Ama is the third son of the Holy Patriarch and Prince Yinzhi of Shuocheng.
After Yongzheng ascended the throne, Yinzhi changed his name to Yunzhi, and on the grounds that Yunzhi and the deposed prince had always been on good terms, he sent Yunzhi to Malanyu in Zunhua to guard Kangxi's mausoleum.
Yunzhi complained privately. When Yongzheng found out, Yunzhi seized his title and imprisoned him in Yong'an Pavilion in Jingshan until he died of illness. Prince Cheng's title was not downgraded and inherited, but directly expelled.
In this way, Yunzhi's descendants must not be close to the Yongzheng clan, so it is ridiculous to know that Qianlong is a Han bastard, but Hongjing still led the family's guards and came out to call on the clan bannermen to follow him.
He broke into the palace.
For no other reason than to seek justice for Amma, who was imprisoned to death!
After listening to Qianlong's abdication edict at the Meridian Gate, Hongjing did not discuss the candidate for the new emperor with other clan members, but silently squeezed out of the crowd and took his family back.
He is old and does not want to get involved in those intrigues.
Moreover, there is a strange thing about the Qing Dynasty, that is, the more fierce the competition, the final fruits often fall on the side that does not fight.
It probably means balance.
Hongjing's Amma is the third son of the Holy Patriarch, so he can also compete for the throne if we talk about the preface.
But their group has been away from the court for many years and has no real powerful people, so jumping out to fight will do no good except making people annoying. It is better to go back and listen to the people.
Maybe something good will happen.
No, it doesn’t matter, anyway, Amma’s anger is gone.
When we arrived at the entrance of the alley, we were shocked by what we saw.
There were corpses everywhere, men and women, old and young. The alley was a mess as far as the eye could see. There were hundreds of dead bodies.
Those who were seriously injured but not dead were twitching in a pool of blood. When they saw the people from the banner appearing in the distance, they wanted to crawl over and ask for help, but they couldn't move their hands and feet. They could only wait in pain for death to come.
Every courtyard door in the alley was closed tightly, and without exception, all doors were smashed open.
Even Baylor Mansion is like this.
Hong Jing trembled as he walked to his mansion. In addition to the open door, what he saw was the corpses of more than a dozen relatives hanging on the door.
"who!"
A group of Manchus with blue flags were about to leave carrying the gold and silver they had collected from Hong Jing's house when they spotted Hong Jing and his entourage appearing outside the door.
"I am Gushan Beizi Hongjing, who are you!"
The tragic situation at home made Hongjing extremely angry, especially when he saw that the gang of blue-flag disciples were carrying his two granddaughters.
"Beizi?"
The leading disciple with a blue flag looked behind Hongjing and found that there were only a dozen or so people in Hongjing. He suddenly shouted: "Kill them!"
After hearing this, a group of robbers threw down their treasures and women, and rushed towards the gate with various weapons.
"Master, leave quickly!"
The coat slave of Hongjing's family dragged his master with all his strength and ran out, but before they could run out of the alley, the entrance to the alley in front was blocked by a group of people with white scarves tied on their arms.
He is a member of the Han Army’s Zhenghuang Banner!
Hongjing and his party, who were blocked in front and pursued by soldiers, were quickly cut down in a pool of blood. After the bannermen gave them wounds one by one, they squatted down and groped for their belongings.
Not even a copper coin will be spared
Show the Prince's Mansion.
Yiletu, the Minister of War, led a group of Zhengbai Banner guardsmen and looked at the green soldiers of the capital holding firecrackers in front of the palace gate in astonishment.
The smell of blood that filled the air, and the unkind looks from the green camp soldiers in the capital, made Iletu realize that the matter was serious. He did not dare to let the guards forcefully drive away these green camp soldiers, so he shouted: "I am the Ministry of War.
Shangshu Yiletu, please evacuate from the palace immediately!"
"Minister of the Ministry of War?"
The gatekeeper, General Song Guozhong, looked at the military officer and the hundreds of Eight Banners guards behind him, and suddenly raised his right hand.
"Without Lord Jia Jia's order, it won't work even if the King of Heaven comes!"
Hearing this, a group of Green Camp soldiers immediately raised their firecrackers and pointed them at the Minister of War and the guards.