On the morning of March 5, Ming Dynasty still did not receive a call back from the Beijing coup group. But on the contrary, Ming Dynasty's own intelligence lines in Beijing began to work one by one. Overnight, several spies were sent from Beijing.
The secret cables have all confirmed that a coup has taken place in Beijing, and it seems that the coup is still very successful. Moreover, these spies belong to different intelligence networks.
Therefore, although direct telegrams from Mu Hu and Prince Gong have not yet been received, the atmosphere at the top of Nanjing is completely different. Whether it is Zhu Yourong himself, the cabinet, the royal family, or the headquarters, they are almost all immersed in "the victory of the war and the recapture of the old capital."
"Amidst the joy, everyone thought that Beijing had succeeded now. Even Xiang Xiaoqiang and Shi Shigege, although they were uneasy about not receiving contact from the coup group so far, they did not doubt that the coup was successful. What would be the next step?
Even after entering Beijing, I am still more happy than worried.
Although the Palace Secretariat of the Ming Empire has an inconspicuous name - "Secretariat", it is an organization that oversees the internal affairs of the palace. It is equivalent to the Internal Affairs Office of the Qing Dynasty. Its predecessor was the famous Supervisor of Ceremonies. In the 19th century
After the Ming Dynasty Restoration in the middle period, the eunuch system was abolished
During the Du period, the Secretary Supervisor was abolished and renamed the "Secretary Supervisor" as it was called in ancient times. The number and power of the Secretary Supervisor were greatly reduced. However, the Secretary Supervisor still had the problem of excessive power. After entering the 20th century, the Secretary Supervisor was further simplified and became the current Secretary Supervisor.
Department. The current chief secretary of the Secretariat is Wei Zijin.
Now, the entire Secretariat is busy. March 18th is Zhu Yourong's birthday, and Zhu Yourong expressed that he hopes to spend his 23rd birthday in the Forbidden City in Beijing. It is already the 5th, and counting today, there are only
13 days. Although everyone knows that the Ming army will be stationed in Beijing in these two days, Her Majesty the Queen's northern tour is a big event after all. Even if we start preparing now, 13 days will be stressful enough.
In the study room of the Secretariat, there is a large map of Beijing spread on the desk. Several female officials are studying it around the map, chatting and laughing. Wei Zijin is sitting in an armchair covered with otter skin, warming himself in a brazier.
Drink hot tea and listen to their discussion.
"The troops entering the city go through Deshengmen," a female officer pointed at the map and said, "The homophonic pronunciation of 'victory' can show that our king's army marched north to the Central Plains and annihilated the Qing Dynasty's unparalleled martial arts."
"That's not right," another female officer shook her head and said, "the troops only go to Deshengmen when they go out to fight, in order to get a good chance of victory. We are the king's division. Now that we have returned to the old capital, we can be regarded as the victorious division. We should start from
Enter the city through Anding Gate."
Another female officer agreed. She pointed at the map and said:
"Yes, you should still take the Anding Gate. In ancient times, the king's army would always take the Anding Gate when returning to the court after going on an expedition. Besides, after entering the city from the Anding Gate, you should first take the inner street of the Anding Gate, and then go straight south, all the way to the palace
Jing Street, go directly to Chang'an Street. Then walk west along Chang'an Street, that's
Ancestral Temple, Tian'anmen, Nanhai, then go north to Xuanwumen Street, go all the way north, take Xishiku Street, Deshengmen Street, and finally exit the city from Deshengmen. In this way, go around the city of Beijing, and finally
It just so happens that you can get out of the city by taking advantage of the fortune of 'Deshengmen'. There is nothing better than this."
Wei Zijin listened to their chattering arguments, holding a hot bowl, narrowed his eyes, and smiled.
...finally won. In the past year, the entire Ming Empire was very busy, but the palace secretariat itself was very leisurely. But it will not be the case in the next year. After the war, the Ming Empire will resume leisure.
Happiness, and the palace secretariat will be very busy. The royal wedding alone will be very busy.
There must have been several events. In addition to marrying the princess to Xiaoqiang and the queen, the Zhu and Zheng families also had several young ladies who were about to get married or leave the government. During the war, many important weddings were suppressed. Now, after the war is over
In the first year of your life, there will definitely be a lot of happy events. And these are all indispensable for the palace secretariat to take care of.
What's more, there is also his own happiness... Wei Zijin believes in Xiang Xiaoqiang's "credibility" and knows that once good things happen to him and His Majesty, good things will happen to him and Wu Yanbin.
Not to mention that within the Ming Empire, a big debate has begun to brew - whether to move the capital to Beijing.
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Xiang Xiaoqiang of Xuzhou constantly deployed the troops around Beijing, moving the units with serious losses to the rear, and then moved the troops with neat military appearance, strict military discipline, complete vehicles and sufficient fuel to the front. In this way, as long as an order is given, the first unit will be moved to the front.
The front-line People's Guard can move outside Beijing within a few hours.
At the same time, more new leaflets were also sent into the Eight Banners Army's positions with propaganda bombs. This latest batch of new leaflets were printed by the front line overnight. The content was that the Beijing Imperial Guards had overthrown Emperor Guangwu and were preparing to welcome the Ming Dynasty.
The army has entered the city. You brothers of the Eight Banners Division should not stand in the middle.
During this night, leaflets from the Ming army and telegrams from Mu Hu were continuously transmitted to the Eight Banners Army around Beijing. After the two were confirmed, the commanders of the Eight Banners Army no longer doubted. Now the Eight Banners on all fronts
On the military positions, discipline has generally relaxed. Soldiers picked up leaflets and no one took care of them. From officers to soldiers, everyone knew that the government was about to change, and they didn't want to
They went to war. However, there were different opinions about Guangwu's whereabouts. Muhu's statement was that "the emperor ran away, let them garrison on the spot", while the Ming army's leaflet said that "Guangwu was overthrown, let them garrison."
Surrender quickly." This was mainly due to the fact that Nanjing had not received a response from the Beijing coup group and the information was not smooth. However, the effect on the Eight Banners Army was almost the same.
In Nanjing, Shi Shige Ge kept contacting the Beijing coup group. Prince Gong had no radio station, so he could only contact Mu Hu. But every telegram came to nothing. Now, Shi Shi Gege could only guess, Mu Hu’s station
Something happened to the radio station dedicated to contacting Nanjing. It was either destroyed, or it was not turned on at all, and it was still stuffed in a hiding place. Now I was so busy that I forgot about it for a moment.
But if you think about it carefully, this is far-fetched. Mu Hu is not a fool. He should know that after the coup is successful, the most important thing is to contact Nanjing and obtain the support of the Ming army. Otherwise, if he only controls Beijing, it will be easy for Guangwu to counterattack
of.
Unless... Guangwu has been killed by him, so he is so confident.
Information about the coup was flown back from Beijing one by one. It was all sent back by Ming's own intelligence network. The situation in Beijing and the details of the coup were pieced together bit by bit in the office of the Fourteenth Gege.
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It was not until eleven o'clock in the afternoon that the first key piece of information came back.
The accompanying officials on the Guangwu special train were not released until this morning and returned home one after another. However, like other officials, they were locked up at home and not allowed to go out. Among them was an official whose steward was developed by the Ming Dynasty.
Spy. This official
When I got home, I yelled that the Qing Dynasty was over, the emperor had run away, and the dynasty was about to change. I quickly buried all the valuable treasures at home and prepared all the deposit receipts. As soon as the martial law was lifted, I immediately went to the bank to withdraw cash, and then went to
Silver buildings rush to buy real money...
So, in the morning, the housekeeper took the opportunity to go out to buy food and contacted an upline in the intelligence network. When his upline returned home, he took out the radio and sent the information back to Nanjing.
After reading the information, Shi Shigege immediately became angry, slapped the table and started drinking:
"Damn Mu Hu! Guang Wu ran away at dusk yesterday, and you haven't told us yet! He has been going wherever he wants for such a long time!"
Her "immediate boss", who had a stomachache, stood aside and said cautiously:
"Your Highness Princess...what should we do now? In my opinion, we should inform the cabinet and take diplomatic action as soon as possible..."
"Diplomatic action?" Fourteen Gege turned around with fire in his eyes, "Do you know which country he went to?"
With a stomachache, he smiled and counted on his fingers:
"Do you even need to ask? It's obviously the Soviet Union. You see, he is flying by plane. Even if the flight is calculated as more than two thousand kilometers, he can only fly to the Soviet Union, Japan, Myanmar, Indochina, and the Philippines at most.
.Japan will definitely not. Both sides are now enemy countries. Myanmar is
British, Indochina belongs to France, and the Philippines belongs to the United States. It is unlikely that Britain, France, and the United States will take him in. There is only one place for him to go, and that is the Soviet Union. During the Northern Expedition, the country in the world spoke to the Northern Qing Dynasty.
There are only a few, and the biggest among them is the Soviet Union."
Fourteen Gege's anger has subsided a little, and now he is a little calmer, nodding and saying:
"It makes sense. And we should also note that we also signed a secret treaty with the Soviet Union, promising to hand over southern Xinjiang to it... If the Soviet Union has Guangwu in its hands, it will have higher legitimacy to absorb the land in the northwest in the future.
sex."
"Hey, welcome, Your Highness."
But Fourteenth Princess was still furious. In the entire Qing Empire, she hated Guangwu the most. Guangwu killed all her family members. During the Northern Expedition, Fourteenth Princess often dreamed that she had captured Guangwu alive.
Then he stabbed his stomach with a dagger with his own hands. And now? Guangwu ran away. If true
If he ran to the Soviet Union and the Soviet government planned to protect him, then with the security level of the Soviet Union, Ming would never be able to touch Guangwu. For the rest of his life, he could only look at Guangwu as an "old friend of the Soviet people."
, a popular spicy drinker in Moscow, died a few decades later.
"Mu Hu..." Shi Shi gritted his teeth and said sadly, "Just for this one thing, you are dead."
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At two o'clock in the afternoon, Mu Hu held a "Press Conference from All Countries" in Beijing. Unlike Nanjing, Beijing has very few foreign journalists. They are just permanent reporters in embassies and consulates of various countries. Moreover, the recent war is approaching Beijing, and most of them
The country's diplomatic staff have all been evacuated. Now, Mu Hu's "International Press Conference" has invited all the remaining dozens of foreign journalists.