After the two negotiated the relevant terms, they returned to the capital to report on the situation.
Huai Haijun's original demands were not many, and Liu Rong and the others had already made it clear where the bottom line of the negotiations was.
Therefore, the talks were almost completed in one afternoon. The most important thing is that the Qing government did not want to dwell on this issue anymore, so that Huai Haijun would always have the opportunity to linger in the capital.
It's just that this request, which was slimmed down through negotiations, was still heavy after it came into Xianfeng's hands.
Xianfeng consulted with others for two days but failed to make a final decision.
It wasn't until a piece of news came to the palace that Xianfeng made up his mind and issued an imperial edict to Huai Haijun according to Huai Haijun's memorial. At the same time, a military order arrived - ordering Huai Haijun who was going north to go south immediately after receiving the order without delay.
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Dong Shuheng, the grandson, emptied the Peach Garden!
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Dong Shuheng led the main force of the army to wander outside Beijing for several days, marching around the city while waiting for the imperial edict. The Qing troops huddled on the city walls, daring not to move.
Occasionally, curious soldiers would peek outside through the lookout opening of the female wall.
From a distance, we can see the neat military appearance of the Huai Navy and the long artillery team pulled by pack horses in the distance.
I checked my eyes, it's not like we can offend people.
After passing the Old Summer Palace several times, Dong Shuheng resisted the urge to rush in.
This is already the third time I have passed through the Old Summer Palace.
From the outside, it is estimated that this garden covers an area of four to five thousand acres, which is much larger than the Forbidden City.
But from the outside, you can only see the pagoda inside and the roofs of some taller buildings. The buildings inside are blocked by walls and trees, but you can't see them.
This time Dong Shuheng's team was very close to the wall of the Old Summer Palace. Some of the guards guarding the Old Summer Palace were holding bows and arrows, and some were holding muskets. They watched the Huai navy warily from the wall.
I don’t know if it was because the weather was too cold, my hands were frozen, or for some other reason. A Qing soldier didn’t hold the bow firmly and let the arrow fly out.
This arrow managed to hit the open space 10 meters away from the Huaihai Navy infantry array.
Dong Shuheng, who had been looking for opportunities, was now happy and quickly ordered the soldiers to move. This time he finally caught the Qing army's handle.
The wall of the Old Summer Palace is only about 2.8 meters high. How can it block the Huaihai Navy?
The Qing army officers on the wall were so frightened that they wanted to kill the soldier who was shooting the arrow on the spot.
The Huaihai navy quickly launched a combat formation against the wall. The black muzzle of the gun was aimed at the garden. During this period, the Qing army guarding the garden did not fire a single shot.
Everyone knows that Master Shengbao, the most capable figure in the Qing Dynasty, was defeated miserably at the hands of Huai Haijun.
These Huai Haijun are the gods of death, whoever provokes them will die. If there are so many cannons, this garden will probably be scrapped. Therefore, the defenders inside will never dare to fight against the Huai Haijun. Win or lose, they will die.
, Needless to say, if you lose, if you win, the garden will be destroyed, and you will die.
With a creak, the fat manager in the garden walked out from the south gate with a group of people holding a white flag.
Dong Shuheng swore at the fat manager. The manager was a dead pig who was not afraid of being scalded by boiling water and would not hit back or retaliate. Of course, Dong Shuheng only did it as an officer of the Huai Navy.
Finally, Dong Shuheng made a request, which was to go into the garden and have a look.
How dare the Fat Controller agree to this request? Although there is no master living in the garden now, this garden is considered a forbidden area. If the court finds out and lets outsiders in, he will lose his head.
At this time, there was no way the Fat Controller could disagree. If he didn't agree, he would be beaten. Dong Shuheng gave a wink, and soldiers immediately came forward to surround the Fat Controller and the others. Then the Huai Navy soldiers rushed in through the opened city gate.
Although the imperial guards tried to resist, with only a few people and strengthened bows, arrows and spears, how could they stop the Huaihai navy.
The entire battle process is simply negligible and lackluster, so I won’t go into details here.
It is only said that when Dong Shuheng led his troops into the garden, he immediately dispersed the soldiers to control the various buildings in the garden, as well as the palace maids and eunuchs who maintained the various courtyards, to prevent anyone from taking advantage of the chaos to destroy or steal property.
Dong Shuheng led a team of guards into the main hall, Zhengda Guangming Hall. However, Dong Shuheng and the people around him did not recognize this place.
Dong Shuheng thought how could he visit a scenic spot without a tour guide? So he asked some eunuchs to be found.
After dealing with several eunuchs who were unwilling to lead the way and explain, finally one eunuch was willing to lead the way.
This eunuch was quite unique. He was young, spoke fluently in a Beijing accent, and had a rare clear articulation. This surprised Dong Shuheng, thinking he had met a time traveler again!
The eunuch's name was Gao Xing, and he was also from an official family. It was probably because his father had committed a crime and was punished, and he was implicated as a child and entered the palace. That's why he had been able to read and write since he was a child, and could express himself so clearly.
The place where Dong Shuheng and the others stayed was called the Zhengda Guangming Hall, which was the main hall of the Old Summer Palace. It was where the emperor held birthday congratulations every year, the New Zhengqu Banquet for relatives, a small banquet for courtiers, a Zhongyuan Banquet, a dragon dance viewing, the Hanzhan Examination, and the Dismissal Examination.
and the place for re-examination.
The group walked east again and passed through the main hall to the Qinzheng Qinxian Hall, which is the front room of the West Nuan Pavilion of the Yangxin Hall. This is located to the east of the Zhengda Guangming Hall. It is where the emperor works in the summer. There are 5 halls. North
There is a throne with a window in the south and a wooden door in the east. It is connected to the bright room of Yangxin Hall and is where the emperor summons ministers.
Walking north, we came to a lakeside, which is Qianhu. The Old Summer Palace is famous for its water features. There are many man-made landscapes on this lakeside. Some of them are very similar to those in Jiangnan gardens.
Located on the north bank of Qianhu Lake across the lake from the Zhengda Guangming Hall is the Jiuzhou Qingyan Hall. It consists of three south-facing main halls. The first hall is the Yuanmingyuan Hall, the middle is the Fengsan Selfless Hall, and the northernmost is the Jiuzhou Qingyan Hall; the central axis
In the east is "Heaven and Earth, Family Spring", which is the birthplace of Daoguang; in the west is "Le'anhe", which is Qianlong's palace.
Going further forward is the Moon Kaiyun Pavilion, formerly known as the Peony Pavilion. It is located in the southeast corner of Houhu Lake. The building materials are mainly nanmu, and the roof of the hall is covered with two-color glazed tiles. After Qianlong came to the throne, it was renamed "The Moon Kaiyun". It looks so
There was so much nanmu that Dong Shuheng was so greedy that his mouth watered. It was worth his money.
Walking westward, you will arrive at a broad and open area close to the west bank of Houhu. It is a fish-raising area specially set up in the Yuanmingyuan, imitating the scene of Hangzhou's "Huagang Fish Viewing". It has buildings built around it and a large pool dug in the middle.
When we got here, we had finished visiting the main building area of the entire garden. There were other temples, Taoist temples, pavilions, and cloisters. Dong Shuheng was not interested in checking them out one by one.
What impressed him most was that most of the garden landscaping in the Yuanmingyuan was based on water, which is interesting because of water. Many of them directly drew on the interest of the famous waterscapes in the south of the Yangtze River.
The back lake of Yuanmingyuan is surrounded by nine small islands, which are symbols of the national territory "Yu Gong" and "Nine States".
This is rare in northern gardens. After all, there is less water in the north, and most gardens are based on mountains and forests, with majestic themes as the main theme.
Dong Shuheng also saw a European-style palace-style building area, collectively called "Western-style Buildings".
The "Western Building" was built during the Qianlong period. It was designed by several French, Italian, and Bohemian missionaries who preached in China, and was carefully constructed by Chinese craftsmen.
These buildings were in the Baroque style popular in Europe at that time, built with stone and full of carved decorations on the outside.
There are several large fountains in front of the palace, surrounded by rows of large trees, neatly trimmed hedges, and geometric patterns composed of flowers.
Taking into account China's national conditions, the fountain tower of the Western-style building was made in the shape of a Chinese pagoda, and images of birds and animals were used instead of Western nude carvings. Some Chinese patterns were also used on some stone carvings.
This is the first time in Chinese history that Chinese and Western architecture and garden culture have been so intensively combined.
After watching the scene, I felt satisfied. But Dong Shuheng felt that something was missing.
The garden was very quiet at this time. The soldiers cleaned up and controlled all the eunuchs and maids in the garden. No soldier dared to touch any plant or tree in the garden. This was what Dong Shuheng had explained in advance.
Dong Shuheng looked at the happy man next to him and asked with some embarrassment: "Well, little father-in-law, where is the treasure house of this garden?"
After hearing this, the young father-in-law was so frightened that he fell to the ground. He originally thought that this military commander was very gentle and elegant, so he just wanted to open his eyes by appreciating the scenery in the garden.
After all, he is still a martial artist. What martial artist can enter such a splendid place and not be greedy? But if he leads these people to rob all the valuable things in the garden, then he will definitely have no way to survive?
Thinking of this, Gao Xing fell to the ground frustrated and unwilling to move. If you want to kill, just kill him. He saw that this group of people killed everyone with one shot. It was much better than being beaten to death by the palace.
"Don't be afraid, little father-in-law. We are just taking a look. I didn't say I wanted to take it. Besides, if you are afraid of being retaliated by others, then just come with me. I guess there is no one left in your family." Dong Shuheng advised.
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This garden is so big that if you search it a little bit, you don’t know how long it will take! Moreover, he is also worried that his soldiers will be careless and damage the things here!
After hearing Dong Shuheng say that he would take him away, his eyes suddenly lit up with joy. If he could leave the palace, who would want to suffer in this palace, and his life might be lost at any time.
"Are you really willing to take me away, but it's not safe for me outside, and they will come to catch me." Gao Xing asked worriedly.
"Haha, don't worry about this, the court will have nothing to do with it once it reaches Huai Haijun's territory."
"But I don't know anything, and I will starve to death outside."
"Let's do this. When you go outside, you can be my personal secretary, and you will be responsible for serving me. This will be the head office."
"Then you have to keep your word."
"Of course, okay, get up and lead the way."
The little father-in-law was so happy that he staggered up. Then he ran to Dong Shuheng, knelt down and kowtowed: "I bow to my master!"
"Okay, get up quickly. You are not allowed to call me master anymore. You can call me whatever they want to call me from now on." Dong Shuheng was most disgusted with such titles as master and slave.
"Yes, Master." He climbed up happily and excitedly. After recognizing his master, he had a backbone. From then on, he would have someone to protect him. All the slaves in the palace had to find a master for themselves. A slave without a master
His status in the palace is the lowest.
"Master, the treasures you are talking about are actually the calligraphy and paintings of famous people, secret mansion books, bells and tripods, gold and silver jewelry collected in the garden. These things are all in the treasure hall, and some are scattered in various palaces."
"Okay, okay, let's go to the treasure hall first." Dong Shuheng just visited the place and just looked around from the outside. He didn't go inside the building very much, and he didn't see the treasure hall.