Chapter 725: Demons and monsters want to cause trouble
When the panicked Yonglang and Mian'en were released from the dark cowhide bags, their minds were in confusion. They thought Heshen had taken them after Qianlong's order. While they were stunned, the two
Ming and Shen's minions rummaged around in their arms and soon found a heavy kit.
The leader took the kit, walked to the table, took out the items, and looked at them carefully under the candlelight. They were two gilt waist medals, with dragon heads carved on top, and a swimming dragon with its head and tail on each side.
In the middle, it is written in both Manchu and Chinese characters; one of the waist badges is engraved with "Imperial Ci--Nine Gates Admiral Infantry Commander", and the other is engraved with "Imperial Ci--Eight Banners Protector Camp President Minister". In addition,
On the back of the two waist badges, there is a protruding word "Ling" engraved on the back. The surrounding depressions are filled with cinnabar, and the year, month and other words are also engraved on the lower left corner.
The shivering Prince Yi Yonglang hasn't figured out the whole thing yet. All he can think about is what crime he committed to end up like this. Could it be that his business with Beihai Town was discovered? But which prince is now?
The minister will not interfere with the business of Anping Port? Apart from other things, if you transport ginseng and mink skins to the capital, you can earn twice as much if you resell them.
Or maybe the matter of secretly sending people to contact Beihai Town a few days ago was exposed? Oops, this is something that will make you lose your head!
Although this man is the ninth iron-hatted king of the Qing Dynasty, facing the crumbling situation of the Qing Dynasty, he also has to consider his own family. The poor place of Gorkha is like a paradise on earth, despite the claims made by the court.
, in fact, few among the dignitaries of the day were willing to go.
Just when he was thinking wildly, Mian En next to him realized that something was wrong, and cold sweat broke out on the back of his neck. The faces of these men in armor did not look like Manchus or Mongols at all, and the soft voices they heard before
While chattering, Mian En noticed that their speech had a southern accent.
These people are not Ouchi guards!
You must know that he is the eldest son and second grandson of Qianlong. His father is the deceased eldest brother Yonghuang. More than ten years ago, his brother Miande was demoted, so he took the title of Prince Ding. The year before last, he was granted the title of Dingjun by the Jin Dynasty.
Prince. Because Qianlong felt guilty for his eldest brother who died young due to his rebuke, he actually regarded him as his eldest grandson. Moreover, after Mian'en attacked the prince himself, he has been the president and minister of the Eight Banners Guard Camp for more than ten years, responsible for
The important task of protecting the capital.
The emperor was still talking and laughing when he met the emperor yesterday morning. It was impossible for him to be taken down in the blink of an eye without any warning. Although Qianlong's words these days were somewhat inconsistent, and he was obviously old, but everything that happened just now
It was not in line with Qianlong's style of conduct at all. What's more, if he wanted to punish himself, there was no need to set up an ambush, a decree could knock him out of the world.
Thinking back to the way He Shen appeared at the palace gate just now, an answer that frightened Mian En emerged from the bottom of his heart. I didn't expect that you He Shen, the most favored white-faced traitor in the world, would actually betray you.
Your Majesty, you are liaising with Beihai Town to rebel!
He struggled to keep himself up, and slammed his shoulder into Yong Lang who was next to him. He kept whining in his mouth, trying to remind him. The problem was that Yong Lang could not understand. His body tilted when he was hit, and he fell on the ground.
On the ground, I lamented in my heart: "Eldest nephew, we are already like this, can we stop tossing it?"
At the same time, in the main room of the small courtyard, He Shen put down the strong tea in his hand, took two waist cards from a dead soldier leader, looked at them over and over for a while, and nodded with satisfaction. This is what he has always been thinking about.
With these two pieces of military talisman and the "Emperor's Treasure" jade seal, he could mobilize all the soldiers and horses to guard the capital and the Old Summer Palace.
However, if He Shen wants to implement his plan smoothly, these alone are not enough. Now that the sky is brightening outside, the Old Summer Palace has awakened from its slumber again, and what he has to do is to at least control Jiuzhou Qingyan until the palace gate falls today.
The lock must not let anyone in or out. The other half that is the key to his success this time depends on Liu Quan.
Time goes back more than an hour.
When Liu Quan, who was guarding Guajia Tun, saw the mute eunuch, his heart shrank suddenly and he paused for a few times, as if he was anxious to speak out. He took the badge and forged edict handed over by the other party and examined it carefully.
After reading it once, he opened the letter written by He Shen and read it twice from beginning to end. Then he said to the mute eunuch with a solemn expression: "Jinxiang, go back and tell the master that I know what to do. Also, your parents and brothers.
Both my nephew and I will follow, don’t worry!”
The mute eunuch looked grateful and knelt down to Liu Quan and kowtowed repeatedly. Liu Yin on the side saw this and hurriedly helped him up.
Liu Quan squeezed out a few tears, held the other person's hand and said: "Jinxiang, we are all a family, why do we need so many courtesy! The master has entrusted everything to you, you must protect him!"
After listening to Liu Quan's words, the mute eunuch said a few words of excitement, patted his heart hard, and then clasped his fists to say goodbye.
When the people left, the room became audible. Liu Yin couldn't help but said softly: "Dad, why don't you say master didn't even say hello in advance? If this matter gets out, it will be punished..."
"Fart! Shut your crow mouth!" Liu Quan glared at his son and said angrily: "It's all useless now! We can only go down one road! You go prepare the car and go back to Shihu Garden immediately."
Liu Yin responded, walked to the door, turned around and asked, "Are you really planning to take Sun Jinxiang's family with you?"
"What nonsense are you talking about!" Liu Quan waved his hand impatiently, signaling him to hurry up and prepare the car.
In He Shen's escape plan, the eunuch named Sun Jinxiang was a very key figure. At the beginning, He Shen spread secrets in the palace and bribed many eunuchs, maids, and guards. His original purpose was to gather information.
In order to please Qianlong. The reason why he favored Sun Jinxiang was not only that he was mute and could keep secrets, but also that he was a "skilled and brave eunuch" who often stood guard outside the palace at night.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! In the last years of Kangxi, the struggle for the throne was fierce, and the princes made friends with Kangxi's close guards and eunuchs to serve as their eyes and ears. After Yongzheng took possession of Dabao, the first thing he did was to clean up the palace.
In order to prevent changes in the elbow and armpits, he ordered the selection of eunuchs to practice martial arts and guard the palace. Since then, "skilled and brave eunuchs" appeared in the Qing palace. Since Qianlong's reign, there were 70 skilled and brave eunuchs in the Qing palace, who were responsible for guarding the Old Summer Palace and Jizhou Palace.
By the way, in another time and space in history, when the British and French allied forces burned the Old Summer Palace, all the princes, ministers and soldiers of the Eight Banners, including Xianfeng, ran away to the summer resort. In the end, only a few dozen people in the Old Summer Palace could fight to the death without retreating.
The famous skilled and brave eunuch, Manqing's face was really thrown into the grandma's house.
Sun Jinxiang was not born deaf and mute. A high fever damaged his brain nerves when he was three years old, which made him deaf and mute. Like other eunuchs, he was born in a poor family in Hejian and had four older brothers.
When he was seven years old, his father overheard someone saying that even though this child was mute, he might be able to make a living as a eunuch, so he gritted his teeth and borrowed money and took him to Beijing to purify himself.
When he first entered the palace, he was just a Sula waiter doing odd jobs. Over time, many people knew that he was mute and could keep secrets, so many eunuchs in the palace ordered him to run errands. In the 36th year of Qianlong's reign, the chief eunuch
Prince Zhuang of the Ministry of Internal Affairs was ordered to select eunuchs to learn martial arts. Sixteen-year-old Sun Jinxiang was selected because of his strong appearance. After that, he entered the Old Summer Palace and practiced rifle shooting, shotgun, and spear shooting with the instructors of Shanpu Camp every day.
, Yao Dao and Buku. After four or five years of this, only about ten of the more than one hundred eunuchs passed the examination. Fortunately, he was assigned to be on duty in the Old Summer Palace. Every night, he either patrolled around or stayed on duty outside the palace.
Although Sun Jinxiang's status is higher than that of ordinary eunuchs, he only gets one tael of silver and two and a half hu of rice more than people of the same level. Unlike the eunuchs in charge and eunuchs who deliver orders, he cannot earn extra money, and no one bribes him.
Furthermore, his family was already poor, and everyone expected to get food and drink from him, leading to a very miserable life.
The reason why He Shen wooed Sun Jinxiang in the first place was actually because he was close to Qianlong. He wanted to bribe all the eunuchs around Qianlong. In order to make friends, he asked Ma Bashi to buy Sun Jinxiang's "treasure" from the knifemaker for 300 taels of silver.
He redeemed it, returned it to him, and sent two hundred taels to his family.
You must know that the eunuch's biggest wish is to redeem the "treasure" from the knifemaker and put it in the coffin with him when he is old, otherwise the ancestors will not recognize him. If Sun Jinxiang relies on his own salary, he may not be able to save it in another thirty years.
He came out. From then on, he regarded He Shen as his reborn parent and was devoted to him. In his understanding, no matter how good the emperor was, he was not as good as Mr. He; it was the eunuch's life to work for Qianlong, and it was to repay his kindness by working for Mr. He.
When He Shen started planning his escape half a year ago, the first thing he thought of was the need to firmly control Sun Jinxiang, so he asked his men to bring Sun Jinxiang's family from their hometown in Hejian to the capital and live in his "Ten House" outside the Old Summer Palace.
Wat Garden".
It was an affiliated garden of the Old Summer Palace given to him by Emperor Qianlong ten years ago when he was promoted to co-organizer of the bachelor's degree. It used to be just a paddy field with few buildings. After Heshen's extensive renovation and construction, it became the most private garden in the capital.
Garden. Usually when He Shen is not on duty in the military aircraft cabin, he will stay here in case he is summoned at any time.
The dozen or so members of the Sun family are usually responsible for taking care of the flowers and plants in the garden, and they live a very comfortable life. The He Mansion does not say that they are servants to the outside world, only that they are relatives of the housekeeper Ma Bashi. For Sun Jinxiang, He Shen
This move made him feel that he had nothing to repay. Under the care of Heshen, he would go to the Shiko Garden to reunite with his family and enjoy family happiness every month in the name of going to the Armed Forces Academy to repair ordnance.
After only one meal after Sun Jinxiang left, Liu Quan left Guajiatun with more than 20 guards from the He Mansion and returned to Shihu Garden not far away. As soon as he entered the garden, he asked Liu Yin to take care of him.
Ma Bashi, Hushtu, Hu Liu, Fang Cun, Wang Ping and others called to the flower hall and asked people to go to the back house to invite the second aunt.
Two quarters of an hour later, except for the second aunt, a group of people who didn't know why were late. As soon as they entered the door, Khushtu yawned and said in a male voice: "Manager Liu, Uncle Liu, it's late at night.
What are you going to make a fuss about? Why can't we wait until the morning to talk about it?"
This person, whose surname is Liu, is from Dacheng County, and is also a purified eunuch. Now he is the housekeeper of the He Mansion. He is one mile away from Liu Quan, and is He Shen's right-hand man and loyal lackey.
To distinguish him from Liu Quan, the family called him "Nei Liu". When He Shen built the Jiale Hall, he sent this person to collude with the eunuchs in the palace, sneak into the Forbidden City secretly, and seize Ningshou Palace.
The architectural samples collected inside were brought out, and then the famous Nanmu Hall was built.
Don’t be surprised. There were a lot of eunuchs in the Qianlong era, but most of them worked as errands in the homes of princes and ministers. Even if some Manchu officials were not members of the clan, they still used them at home. The emperor used eunuchs because he was afraid of being cuckolded by others, and they were also afraid. The Ministry of Internal Affairs
There has been a lack of effective management of eunuchs outside the palace, which has led many eunuchs to work as slaves in private mansions. Historically, this situation was not clearly stipulated until Jiaqing came to power, and how many people should be used at each level.
Hearing the other party's complaint, Liu Quan put down the tureen in his hand and said sadly: "Something big has happened, otherwise it wouldn't disturb your sweet dreams."
Hey! Look at my bad temper. Hushtu's expression changed, and he thought he hadn't seen each other for a long time, so why was he speaking so strangely? He was about to have a fit, when Ma Baishan beside him suddenly asked: "Is there something going on in the Forbidden Garden?"
Liu Quan didn't say a word, but nodded with a solemn expression. Seeing his appearance, Hushtu felt a chill in his heart and lost all sleepiness. He hurriedly asked: "Where is our master?"
"I'm guarding the emperor, and I can't leave him for a while."
Khushtu asked: "Then why did you come back?"
Liu Quan was about to open his mouth to explain when he heard a woman's voice coming from outside the house. He and everyone present hurriedly stood up, greeted the beautiful woman who came in through the door, and said in unison: "Greetings to Second Grandma."
The person who came was the second wife of the He Mansion, the second aunt Chang, followed by Liu Yin and several maids and women. The eldest aunt obviously did not expect that there were so many people in the house and was startled. Waiting for the room to be opened
Everyone glanced around and found that they were all the confidants of the house. Then they got up, and then walked to the master's chair and sat down, asking: "Quan'er, what happened to make such a big fuss?"
Liu Quan motioned to the eldest aunt to ask the maid and the mother-in-law to step back. Although the eldest aunt was confused, she still obeyed. When there were no more outsiders in the courtyard, he took out He Shen's letter and gave it to the eldest aunt to wait.
People circulated it and told what happened in the palace at night. Everyone was shocked.
After reading the letter, Chang Ergu turned pale and almost fainted. Although she knew about He Shen's escape plan and had made a lot of preparations, she didn't expect that it would happen so suddenly. She bit her lip and forced herself to calm down.
, turned to look at Ma Baishan, who was sitting on the right, and said: "Guanshi Ma, you helped come up with this idea. What's the next step?"
Ma Bashi twirled his goatee and thought for a moment, then said: "Second Grandma, the situation has reached a point where we have to take action. Now that Master has made up his mind, we have no way out. The most important thing right now is to survive today's day.
Wait until the city gate is closed at night before launching it, so that you can cover the master's journey to Tongzhou to board the ship."
The second aunt Chang lamented: "What should I do with grandma? Her body and bones may not be able to withstand such a torment."
"Mou said he was guilty, and he had to do it even if he couldn't help it. Moreover, the eldest grandmother, the consort, the princess, and other aunts and grandmothers must leave the city in batches before the city gate closes in the afternoon. According to the previous decision, disguises must not be allowed outside.
I'm aware of it. You have to go back to the city now, and Hushtu, Hu Liu, and Fangcun will go back with you."
"That's all we have to do." Chang Ergu sighed and stood up, holding on to the armrest. Just as she was about to leave, Liu Quan suddenly said: "Second Grandma, don't think I'm nagging you. You must not make too much noise when you go back to pack your things."
, Take away what you can take away, and don’t let go of what you can’t take away. Once the news comes out, disaster will be right in front of you!”
"Of course I understand this. I'll leave everything to you outside." After that, the eldest second aunt stood up and gave a blessing ceremony to everyone in the room. He Shen once sternly told her that if you don't want to let go of this, you have to take that with you, as long as
The plan was successful and he reached Yunnan, taking control of the imperial copper mines and having everything he wanted!
"Second Grandma! You can't do this! This is what slaves should do." Liu Quan and others knelt on the ground with determination on their faces.
The second aunt Chang left and went back to make preparations, and everyone headed by Liu Quan, Khushtu and Ma Bayan had an urgent discussion for a while. Most of the details of the entire escape plan were drawn up by He Shen and Ma Bayan.
Among them, in addition to transferring property in advance, secretly buying a temporary residence in Tongzhou, and arranging the boat, the most important things are two things; controlling the guard camp and the infantry command yamen, and not allowing the princes and ministers in the city to leave the city to go to the Old Summer Palace.
Escort.
He Shen has already done the former with his minions, but if he wants to achieve the second point, he must put the capital into an early warning state and have all seventy-six gates inside and outside the city closed.
Speaking of city warnings in the Qing Dynasty, they were mainly implemented by firing signal cannons. In the capital city, city-wide early warning was carried out through the cannons installed on the White Tower of Qiongdao in Beihai and nine city gates. Each of them
This regulation was formulated by Longkoduo in the early years of Yongzheng and is still in use today.
One of them stipulates that in the event of an emergency, either the imperial guard or the infantry commander will send a gold medal with the words "Is ordered to fire artillery" to the Qiongdao White Tower, and the cannon can only be fired after being verified by the officer on duty.
At the same time, a yellow dragon flag is hung on the flagpole during the day and a lantern is hung on the flagpole at night.
As soon as the signal cannon on the White Tower is fired, all the nine signal cannons in the inner city will respond. At the same time, the four gates of the imperial city and the nine gates of the inner city will be closed under martial law, and bannermen everywhere will enter the general mobilization. If the emperor is in the Forbidden City, the firearms outside the city will
All the battalions and military guards must assemble outside the Fucheng Gate; if they are in the Old Summer Palace, the garden must be protected first. As for the princes, ministers, civil and military officials, without the emperor's handwriting, they can't even enter the garden, and they can't get out of the city gate.
However, this kind of thing has never happened since the day when the charter was started. Once something happens, the inner city will definitely be in chaos.