"Dear Mr. Ambassador, Your Excellency the Manager"

"By chance, the Ministry of Staff quickly came into contact with Yonglin and gave him that crucial letter. On the surface, it was a rune. The Ministry of Staff had previously explained that in order to get to Yonglin, the adoptive mother he cared about most,

After the imperial concubine recovers, she must burn the runes in person, so he can see the letter as soon as possible."

"There are two results after seeing that letter"

"The first is the good side. According to our previous guesses, Yonglin started to have a romantic relationship when he was fifteen because he lost the battle for the rightful throne early. It is said that his will is very weak. In addition, we have already captured the outer city.

, will strengthen this point in him"

"What's more, we don't want to kill all the soldiers and civilians in the inner city, but we still leave a way for the Manchus to escape. With a multi-pronged approach, we are still very sure."

"If Yonglin is really willing to surrender, then he must first pass the level of Agui who is determined and vows to live and die with the city. At the moment, it seems that Agui has completely controlled the inner city, even the Forbidden City."

"With the virtue of the Manchu people, Agui would not dare to do this without the authorization of Emperor Qianlong, because there are a large number of eunuchs in the Forbidden City, and they will not obey a foreign official, even when the army is approaching the city."
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"Emperor Qianlong must have left a secret edict for Agui. When he left, he asked his chief eunuch to stay too. Obviously, in addition to Agui, the eunuch in charge Li Yu was also the one who accepted the secret edict."

"Otherwise, Agui alone would not be able to gain control of the entire inner city, including the Forbidden City."

"If Yonglin really wants to surrender to us, he can only rely on the Xishan Ruijian Battalion stationed in Jingshan and responsible for the defense of the Forbidden City. This battalion is selected from the elites of the Eight Banners of Manchuria and Mongolia, including a thousand

Horse armour, a thousand infantry, a thousand musketeers"

"The vests and infantry are both known as Bajala among the Eight Banners soldiers in Manchuria. They are very brave, and they are all tested and considered completely loyal. The musketeers are selected from the Han army flags, but they are also from hereditary titles.

, a family deeply married to the Manchu royal family"

"Of course, today, the combat effectiveness of the Eight Banners of Manchuria is no longer what it used to be. Many of them are chieftain soldiers from Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Qinghai, and Gansu, and they were just carried into the Eight Banners of Manchuria."

"The commander of Rui Jianying is called Fei Yanggu, but he is Agui's nephew. They control the gates of the Forbidden City. Although the new nine-door admiral is Yonglin's brother-in-law, Buyanda Lai, if Fei Yanggu does not allow it,

Even Yonglin can’t come in and out freely”

"Of course, Agui would not do this openly. Yonglin can still come and go freely, but firstly, he does not have good prestige among the elder brothers, and secondly, Fei Yanggu controls the Forbidden City, and the nine admirals

He is nominally his brother-in-law, but Agui can agree to let him serve as the admiral of the Nine Sects, obviously feeling that this person is also under control."

"Buyanda Lai once served as Agui's general. This is probably an important reason why Agui agreed to serve as the admiral of the Nine Gates."

"Nowadays, except for the City God's Temple, the entire inner city is still a little lively. The rest of the city is like a pool of stagnant water. However, Agui's orders still pass unimpeded, which shows that the residents of Hecheng trust him."

"So, the staff judged that even if Yonglin wanted to surrender, it would be extremely difficult. Almost no one would listen to him. He was just a puppet used by Agui and other Manchurian officials."

"Let's talk about the plan to burn everything together"

"One of the reasons why the staff judged that Agui has completely controlled the inner city is this plan, which is also related to a person."

"This man's name is Hou Wu, and he is the foreman of the third class of Yamen under Yin Yamen in Fengtian Prefecture. According to him, he is also a secret agent of our country. He had previously disclosed some of our situation to the other party because he accepted bribes from the Qing court, but it has nothing to do with it.

It’s critical. Our country’s troops are probably pressing down on the border right now, and the entire city of Beijing is about to be captured before our eyes.”

"He was obviously panicked, so he decided to surrender. According to his statement, he had participated in this plan to die together. The meeting was chaired by Agui, and all officers above the rank of staff officer in the inner city participated."

"Not only that, all the main civil servants and Li Zheng from the Eight Banners Lifang also participated."

"As you know, the entire inner city is arranged like this. The Aixinjueluo family lives in the imperial city, and the eight Manchurian banners live scattered around it. The distribution of the residences of each banner is exactly the same as in Shengjing."

"After the Qing people took control of Beijing, they set up military camps in the center of each banner, allowing the children of the Eight Banners to practice there from time to time. According to the Ministry of Staff, there are about 30,000 households of Manchurian bannermen in the inner city, with about 8,000 school-age children.

People are just ten times more dependent on the subordinate slaves."

"Since the elites in the banner have long been integrated into the regular army, if street fighting begins in the inner city in the future, these people will be the main force."

"In addition to these 80,000 bannermen and slaves, there were also 30,000 Han youths recruited from the outer city. After the incident at the Qingzhuang camp in the outer city, Agui did not kill these people en masse, but let them

The brave and brave raise the flag, and ordinary people become slaves."

"For ordinary people, it is extremely difficult to become a bannerman. Not only that, it is also impossible to become a coated slave, because most of the coated slaves manage mansions, guards, estates, and trades for the bannermen. Compared with ordinary slaves,

It’s much higher, and many people actually live a better life than the Han people from upper-middle-class families.”

"Right now, these 30,000 people have sneaked into the three camps in the east, north and west of the city. It is probably impossible to continue to use the methods of the outer city to make them rebel. For ordinary people, they obviously don't have that many

Foresight only sees immediate benefits”

"Agui's plan is that if the defense of the city fails, all the troops will retreat to each village to defend, and finally retreat to the imperial city, and then to the Forbidden City. According to his plan, this war can last for a month. At this time, the Forbidden City

It is already filled with firewood and oil, and it is impossible to save it after it is set on fire."

"At the same time, the Manchus, old, weak, women and children in the inner city also retreated to the Forbidden City early in the morning. They will be buried in the sea of ​​fire together."

"Ambassador, General Manager, there is no way of knowing whether Hou Wu is really a secret agent of our country, and there are obvious loopholes in this plan. Since both stones are destroyed, how can Hou Wu have the opportunity to participate? Moreover, the person who knows about such a big plan is obviously

The less the better, how come there are so many people participating?"

"We are not afraid of causing chaos in the city. Although the Manchu people are determined, when it comes to life and death, not everyone will be willing to die in the sea of ​​fire, especially when there are so many slaves in disguise."

"If it were me, I might as well take up arms and fight until the last moment"

"Therefore, if this Hou Wu is real, then he must have rebelled and was controlled by Agui. In other words, he is becoming a double agent and is preparing to use this plan to scare us, because

They obviously know the symbolic significance of this city. If the Forbidden City with its numerous palaces disappears, it will be no different from an ordinary city."

"The more careful we are, the longer they will delay. When Emperor Qianlong left, he probably gave them an order to stick to it for at least half a year. He left in early autumn, and it is exactly half a year now."

"If they succeed in scaring us, it won't be a problem to persist for another six months, and then their goal will be accomplished."
Chapter completed!