He Shen fled with his family and supported followers.
Although the incident happened in a hurry, he is still very proud of the progress so far. Of course, the entire escape plan will not be successful as long as he does not reach Anping Port. His first goal now is to go to Zhangjiawan, Tongzhou.
His family, Lin's family, and close associates were all there, just waiting for him to arrive before sailing.
In addition, Ma Baishan has already set off with several guards. He will go to Kunming and send a message to He Lin so that he can prepare in advance.
He Shen concluded that even if the princes and ministers in the capital noticed something was wrong, they would never dare to send troops out of the city tonight out of fear of Zhao Xin and the Beihai Navy.
The troops of the Jianrui Camp took Qianlong, who was still half alive, back to the Forbidden City. It would be at least tomorrow morning when the court confirmed that the Beihai Navy's entry was just a farce directed by him. By then, he was already sitting
The ship has arrived in Tianjin.
The fact was just as he expected. Even though Yongxuan, Wang Jie and Qinggui broke the rules and jointly issued an order to mobilize troops, the "Outer Third Battalion" who received the order did not dare to assemble troops immediately because of the palm print.
Prince Ding is not here, neither is He Shen, and there is no command arrow from the nine admirals. None of them dare to make the decision. Although the Military Aircraft Department has great power in the eyes of outsiders, in fact everyone knows everything in their hearts.
It's just the emperor's mouthpiece.
Shortly after the messenger set off, Yongxuan, who was worried, contacted Prince Li Yongen and Prince Rui Chunying and asked them to lead five hundred knights to the Old Summer Palace to escort him. When the two princes learned about the situation of the "Outer Three Camps", they decided to
The soldiers marched in danger and led their men to break into the Old Summer Palace with torches. After a lot of confusion, they finally found Qianlong in a coma in the Dongnuan Pavilion of Qingyan Palace in Kyushu, as well as the eunuch in charge who was tied into rice dumplings.
The anxious Yongen called the imperial doctor on duty to diagnose Qianlong. After acupuncture and medicine, Qianlong finally woke up. However, because he missed the best time for treatment, the eighty-three-year-old was already speechless.
, and soon fell into coma. To put it bluntly, it means that the language center of the brain was damaged, resulting in aphasia. Just when Yong En and Chunying were hesitant to report the truth to Qianlong, their men came to report and found Yi
The prince and prince Ding were found together; also discovered with them was Hu Shijie, the eunuch who delivered the order.
When the four princes Heshuo met, the two princes who had been tied up for a day and night gave a rough account of their experiences. Prince Li and Prince Rui broke out in cold sweat. When Prince Yi and Prince Ding learned that cannons had been fired in the city,
General mobilization was also shocked.
Yong Lang took a big gulp of water and said with lingering fear: "Thank you for coming, otherwise our uncle and nephew would die of thirst. He Shen, that bastard, won't even give you a drink of water!"
After complaining and drinking enough water, Prince Ding Mian'en, who had regained his composure, said, "I'm thinking that He Shen may have caused the entry of the pirates from the North Sea."
Prince Li Yongen comforted him: "Don't worry! The Ministry of War has sent people to Miyun. Whether it is true or not, there will be news tomorrow morning."
Mian En said bitterly: "We must catch He Shen, I must kill him alive!"
Prince Rui Chunying said: "The most important thing now is that you two rush to gather the soldiers and horses from the third battalion to escort the holy cavalry back to Luan. This garden is not a place to stay for a long time."
Yong Lang was surprised and said: "Isn't there a command arrow? Why do you need the two of us to go?"
Chunying said sadly: "Forget it, the arrow can't be found. If it weren't for this, why would we have broken into the palace. We will have to apologize when the holy body is restored."
Mian En said angrily: "Don't say it, He Shen must have done this too! I'll go now!"
The two princes in charge appeared, and the commanders of the third outer battalion no longer had any scruples. They beat drums and fired cannons to notify the camp leaders to assemble. In an instant, countless torches lit up around the Old Summer Palace in the night, making it look like day.
Nearly 30,000 soldiers and horses were divided into more than 20 teams. It only took more than half an hour to surround the Old Summer Palace from all directions.
Late at night, Qianlong's imperial edict, who was escorted by heavy troops, finally returned to the Forbidden City. At this time, troops gathered inside and outside the capital. Counting the mobilized banner men in the city, the total number of troops inside and outside the city was nearly 70,000.
Although the emperor was back, he was unable to manage matters. People from the imperial hospital were called into the palace overnight. After diagnosis and pulse examination, they also prescribed prescriptions. They only said that he needed to rest for three to five days and not be irritated anymore. As for when he could speak.
Speaking, no one dares to guarantee it.
Yongxuan knew very well that the imperial hospital's prescriptions were always inconsistent with their names and were among the "Top Ten Ridiculousnesses in the Capital". After repeated questioning, several frightened imperial doctors could only kowtow, with blood oozing from their foreheads.
.He was finally convinced that Qianlong's health was probably in danger, and it seemed that he had to make preparations early.
It was at this moment that Yijun Wang Yongxuan had countless thoughts rolling through his heart, like a raging fire, which made him unable to stop. However, perhaps because of his disability in his feet and his lack of popularity, he always felt a little inferior, so just now
The rising ambition soon died down.
Although the current situation is favorable to him, he himself also covets the throne of the emperor. However, the Northern Navy is like a sharp sword hanging over his head, and the days he can stay in the Forbidden City are counted by the day. Yongxuan asked himself if Kangxi and Yongzheng could not save him.
Even though Kuang Lan has lost his ability, he doesn't want to sit in that position and be tortured every day, and eventually become a subjugated king.
"Forget it! Since Old Fifteen is willing to take the blame, let him take the blame! With Emperor Ama gone, the Qing Dynasty...sigh!" Yongxuan sighed deeply as he walked out of the Qianqing Gate.
He sighed, then looked up at the dark night sky.
"Um?"
At this moment, the time was approaching, and there were countless stars in the sky. A star with bright red light quickly caught Yongxuan's attention. However, he was surprised to find that the star was supposed to move from bottom to top.
When the stars reach the middle position of the heart, they turn downward as if they have reached the top of a parabola.
"Yinghuo Shouxin! Heaven!" Yongxuan's heart suddenly thumped, and he felt palpitations. The starlight in the sky was like countless sharp swords, pressing down toward the Forbidden City and the Qianqing Palace. Yongxuan squatted on the ground in fear,
Holding my head and not daring to look any further.
You must know that in ancient Chinese astrology, the middle star of Antares represents the emperor and the court; and Mars staying retrograde on Antares is the most sinister sign, indicating that the emperor is going to end his game and the world will change hands.
"Historical Records" says that the heart is the bright hall and the Yinghuo Temple. And the "Ganshi Star Sutra" records: "When (fire) meets the heart star, the clothes will be made of plain linen, south of it, and north of it, both will die.
"In addition, it also foreshadows the saying that "ministers seek change and seek their masters."
The key point is that the above explanations all correspond to what happened in the capital yesterday and the current crumbling status quo of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. How can Yongxuan not be afraid?
Well, if Qianlong happened to be present, he would definitely kick this silly son's ass. Nonsense Yinghuo Shouxin! The Frenchman Chiang Youren once introduced Copernicus's "Heliocentric Theory" to Qianlong, and specifically talked about "Yinghuo Shouxin"
This is the truth, and Qianlong deeply believed it after hearing it.
Speaking of the "Yinghuo Shou Xin" that most feared the ancient Chinese emperors, the reason is actually very simple. Because the earth is closer to the sun than Mars, its revolution speed is faster. When the fast-rotating earth surpasses the outer circle of Mars, from
Observing the trajectory of Mars from the ground is like going retrograde; as the distance between the two increases to a certain position, Mars' trajectory will return to "normal".
Of course, the phenomenon of Mars retrograde will occur regularly, and the situation of "guarding the heart" will only occur when the trajectory of Mars is exactly at the fifth heart of Qinglong Qisu.
But it is a pity that the Jesuit priest Chiang Youren, who traveled thousands of miles to China, was proficient in astronomy, geography, and architecture, and designed the world-famous "Yuanmingyuan Flood Method", passed away twenty years ago.
, and the next generation of the Manchu royal family no longer had any interest in learning those "barbarian arts".
"My lord, what's wrong with you? I'll call you the imperial doctor."
When the eunuch who was accompanying him holding a lantern saw this, he was startled and asked hurriedly. The Ouchi guard who was on duty not far away saw that something was wrong and came over with a lantern.
"No, no need. I'm fine, help me up." Yongxuan stood up slowly with the help of the eunuch, leaning on the white marble railing, breathing heavily. The guards who came over saw his face turned pale and hurriedly ran to check on him.
Fang brought him a cup of hot tea and a cushion. After Yongxuan sat on the floor, drank hot water and rested for a while, she finally felt relieved.
"My king is fine." Yongxuan looked sullen and was about to take a step forward, then stopped, took out two cash-on-demand bills from his sleeves, handed them to the guard and the eunuch respectively, and said in a deep voice: "Just now
You can’t tell anyone about it, otherwise you should be careful!”
"I don't dare!"
Yongxuan, who returned to the military aircraft, did not dare to tell anyone about the celestial phenomenon he had just seen. After urgent discussions with several iron hat kings who were guarding the room outside Longzong Gate, they unanimously decided that before Prince Jia returned to Beijing,
In terms of military matters, Prince Ding Mian'en and Ministers of Military Aircraft Wang Jie and Qing Gui were in charge. In terms of government affairs, Prince Yongxuan of Yi County and Prince Li Mian'en were in charge. In order to prevent an incident, everyone decided to take advantage of the city-wide curfew and put Prince Ding in charge.
Mian'en and Prince Yi Yonglang each led a thousand soldiers and horses, raided He's Mansion overnight, arrested their accomplices, and tortured them severely.
Following Qianlong back to the Forbidden City, there was also the urgent memorial sent by Shengjing General Shu Liang, which was the source of the trouble. However, everyone that night was focused on Qianlong's condition and the arrest of Heshen Yudang.
Notice its existence.
The city of Beijing was destined to be restless that night, and Dong Xinchen and his companions who were trapped in the city were even more anxious. Since the city gate closed in the afternoon, the two of them learned that they could not leave the city, so they had no choice but to return to Prince Yi's Mansion. Later, because of
The street is clean and you can't even get out of the gate.
The first reaction of Dong Xinchen and his companions was that Qianlong was dead, but there was another thing. What was the gunfire outside Chongwen Gate? The companions from the Intelligence Bureau were familiar with various standard weapons of the Northern Navy.
From the sound of the gunfire, I could tell that it was a standard revolver of the North Korean Navy.
Could it be that his own people launched the attack outside the city? Impossible! Dong Xinchen knew very well that his superiors had provided several batches of arms to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, so it was normal for the Manchu Qing Dynasty to have standard revolvers. As for the people in Prince Yi's palace who said that the Northern Navy attacked Miyun, then
This is even more unfathomable; for such a big event as the North Korean Navy entering the country, the Intelligence Bureau would have notified it in advance anyway.
What he didn't know was that the Northern Navy Intelligence Bureau, thousands of miles away, was also alarmed by the strange situation in the capital, and telegrams from four intelligence stations came in like snow.
The first one to send a telegram was the "Fan Gutang" located in Liulichang outside Xuanwu Gate, followed by the wine shop located at Qingfeng Gate outside Dongbian Gate. You must know that the fire set off by Heshen's men almost destroyed the entire Flower Market Street.
All burned to a white ground; when the fire was at its strongest, half the sky was dyed red and black smoke billowed.
If it was just a fire, it wouldn't be a big deal. The key was that cannons were fired in the city and a martial law was imposed. Rumors spread in the outer city. Every household panicked and rushed to buy rice and noodles. They all said that the Northern Navy was coming.
Director Wang Changsheng received a report from his subordinates and felt that something was strange. Who is spreading rumors? What is the purpose?
At night, a telegram came from the drug store in Haidian, saying that soldiers and horses from the third battalion outside the Qing court were dispatched in large numbers. The lights in the Old Summer Palace were brightly lit and could be seen from miles away.
At this time, Wang Changsheng felt that something was wrong with the situation. Now that the Eastern Front Force of the Northern Navy was about to launch an operation against the entire Liaodong, Zhao Xin also came to the front line to take charge. In case something changed, he immediately sent a telegram to the Eastern Front Command.
Zhao Xin was also confused after seeing the telegram. He had heard that the Qing government had a system of "firing cannons to gather generals", but he didn't know exactly what happened. The problem was that he didn't plan to enter the customs yet.
What is this for? He asked his staff to find the report of the forward reconnaissance team in the past week and read it again. There was nothing unusual!
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! After thinking for a while, he quickly gave up; the information was not smooth, and no amount of random thinking was in vain. He telegraphed Wang Changsheng overnight to tell him what was new in the capital.
Please report the situation to him as soon as possible.
Two days passed like this, and on the afternoon of the third day, the Intelligence Bureau sent a long telegram of 8,000 words, which included information that Li Qiucheng had heard from the palace and information he had learned from Ruan Yuan's mouth.
At this point, Zhao Xin finally understood what had happened in the capital these days.
Good guy! This is a major event that has never happened since the founding of the Qing Dynasty. The Qing court has been turned upside down.
Zhao Xin read the contents of the telegram twice, still feeling unbelievable, thinking that He Zhongtang was quite capable, yet he could do something like this! He was just thinking about it, Deng Fei had returned from the front line inspection, and as soon as he entered the room, he took a look
Seeing Zhao Xin thinking hard, he joked: "Haha, who are you trying to trick here?"
"How are the troops prepared?"
"Even the first-level mobilization meeting has been held, and the morale is high. The most asked question by the soldiers below is when they will enter the customs."
Zhao Xin pointed to the telegram on the table and said, "Look at this first."
"What happened?" Deng Fei asked casually, walked over and picked up the telegram. Unexpectedly, as soon as he read the first few lines, he couldn't help but said "Holy shit". After he read all the contents above
After finishing, he couldn't help but sigh: "It's unbelievable that a die-hard dog-legger has turned into a traitor! By the way, what did you say when you went to see him years ago? Were you stimulated?"
"I didn't say anything. I just asked him to hand over the land deed, otherwise..." Zhao Xin suddenly covered his forehead, and the expression on his face was clearly "Oh, buy it!"
Deng Fei couldn't help but laugh and said: "Let me just say, there is no one else but you who can make He Shen's soul severely damaged."
"Okay, maybe probably."
Zhao Xin had already thought a lot when Deng Fei was reading the telegram, so he asked: "Old Deng, if you were He Shen, where would you go?"
Deng Fei touched the stubble on his chin, thought for a moment and said, "I can't say. Hey, will he go to Yungui to join He Lin?"
"How to get there?" Zhao Xin walked to the map hanging on the wall, pointed at the capital and Kunming, and continued to ask: "The two places are five or six thousand miles apart. With a big family, whether you take the Yangtze River to Sichuan
, or take the sea route to Guangxi, it is impossible not to reveal his whereabouts. Do you believe it or not? The Qing government must have sent six hundred miles to the governors of various places to pursue and intercept him. "
Deng Fei said: "Then what do you mean?"
Zhao Xin said firmly: "I don't think He Shen will let his family take such a big risk, otherwise there is no need for him to take everyone away. Unless He Lin can lead his army to Nanning Prefecture, Guangxi, or go north to conquer Xuzhou,
After taking over Luzhou and Chongqing Prefecture, it is still reasonable to go to the Yangtze River in this way. The problem is that if you do this, you are already rebelling. He is not that stupid."
"You mean..." Deng Fei stood up and walked to the map and looked up and down for a long time. Suddenly his eyes lit up and he asked: "Anping Port?"
"Yes! This is the fastest route for him to escape from the Manchu and Qing raids." Zhao Xin pointed to the northern section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal on the map and said: "Get on the boat from Zhangjiawan, go out of Tongzhou into Tianjin Prefecture, and walk at the mouth of the Sancha River
On the main stream of the Haihe River, go to Zhigu Pier to change boats and go out to sea. Hefu's steward Ma Bashi and Wang Ping have been to Anping Port many times, so they should be familiar with this route."
Deng Fei looked at the map and said after a moment: "How to deal with him? He has coveted so much people's wealth, and we must not let him take him away!"
Zhao Xindao: "He Shen dared to do this. He must have planned it for more than a day or two. The cunning rabbit still has three holes. In terms of his ability to scheming people, you and I together are no match for him."
"Haha, you are so skilled at driving tigers and devouring wolves now. Qianlong also had to hold his nose and swallow the bitter pill. Why are you so self-effacing?" After Deng Fei finished teasing, he asked curiously: "What's the matter, you are still planning to go to Anping Port.
Will you meet him?"
"I don't have the time to ask the Intelligence Bureau to come forward."
Just the day after the two men's conversation, the North Korean Navy's summer offensive finally kicked off.
On July 11, 1794, it rained heavily. At six o'clock in the evening, Pan Xiucheng's troops stationed at Bultukumen dispatched two regiments, crossed the wicker wall, and launched an attack on Kaiyuan City. The Qing army was caught off guard.
The defender did not expect that the Northern Navy would attack the city in the rain, and was so frightened that he lost his mind.
The Qing army's garrison in Kaiyuan only had 1,500 people, which was already double the original number. Faced with the overwhelming cannonballs falling on the city wall, the manchuzuo leader who served as the guard looked ashen. Although the North
The navy adopted a strategy of surrounding three buildings and one, leaving the south side open. However, due to heavy rain, the water in the Yehe River surged, and there was no way to escape. At nine o'clock in the evening, the Kaiyuan County Magistrate sent people out of the city to head north to the navy.
surrender.
That night, two battalions of the North Navy took advantage of the light rain and, under the leadership of the reconnaissance team, headed west along the north bank of the Yehe River and headed straight for Julanghe City on the right bank of the Juliu River. Early the next morning
, another regiment took a large assault boat that had been prepared long ago, followed the Yehe River to the west, and then turned into the Juliu River to the south. Their goal was Tieling on the south bank of the Liao River.
That is to say, on the same day, the Beihai Navy in Shandong mobilized three regiments of troops. Under the command of Sheng Haizhou, they also launched an attack on Huangxian, Zhaoyuan, and Laiyang. The defenders from various places all surrendered. Kong Shaoan
After two years of hard work in Jiaodong, it not only punished rape and eliminated evil, but also divided the fields. It won the hearts of the people. When the people along the way learned about the arrival of the Northern Navy, they all set out incense tables and ate pots of pulp.
When urgent memorials from Shandong were flying towards the capital like snowflakes, at noon on July 12, 1794, a Cantonese-style motor-sailboat from Beihai Town sailed into Anping Port and parked at the military berth.
Xu Dayong, the intelligence chief of Beihai Town who had been registered in the Manchu and Qing courts, was wearing a straight military uniform, a large-brimmed military hat, and the rank of lieutenant colonel, and walked off the springboard with several of his subordinates.
After exchanging salutes with the head of the local intelligence bureau who came to greet him, he asked: "How is the situation?"
The person in charge said: "They arrived three days ago. There were so many people that they reserved the two largest courtyards of the guest house, and many people lived on the boat. The meals were all ordered at the counter, and the waiter could only give them to
Delivered to the entrance of the hospital. Everyone on the boat bought and cooked their own food, and some even went to a brothel run by Koreans, which was very noisy. The female family members basically didn't show up much, but the one who led a few men around every day
.”
"Where has he been?"
The person in charge said: "The market, the warehouse, and the ship. I spend the most time in the warehouse."
"When they registered, did they say how many days they would stay?"
"I didn't say anything. There was an older butler-looking man who said they had to wait for someone."
"Haha, it seems they are waiting for me." Xu Da said to the men he brought without looking back: "Let's go! Let's go meet the 'Lord of the Central Hall'."