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Chapter 700: Forcing the Palace

Yihuan finally left Yuan Jiasan's camp alone. Qian Jiang and Yuan Jiasan were not worried about the impact of letting him go back. After the Qing army outside the city, Li Hongzhang and Peng Yulin joined forces to clean up, and they had already replaced all the commanders with their own people. The Taiping Army had been deployed. If the King of the Western and Yuan Jiasan had not wanted to use Yihuan to make the Qing court issue an edict to abdicate and give up the country, Yuan Jiasan and others could have changed their flags and flags today, so they were not afraid that the Qing army in the city would counterattack.

The Qing army stationed outside the city were all king-supporting troops from Shanxi and Shanxi, Lianghuai and other places. Several generals from Shanxi also agreed to surrender to the Taiping Army. Except for a few people who were arrested, most of the others turned to Yuan Jiasan. The first-rank officials, the governor of the grain transportation, and the imperial envoys all led the troops to surrender. What else are they making trouble for? Besides, their soldiers and brave men are from Shanxi, and they don’t want to die here. They are looking forward to returning home alive. What does this change of dynasty and generation have to do with themselves? Since the Qing Dynasty has been exhausted, let’s change it.

Looking at Yihuan's back riding a horse away alone, Qian Jiang stood at the gate of the camp and said to Yuan Jiasan: "I see that it is unlikely that the Qing Dynasty will issue an edict on its own initiative. Those masters in Sijiu City are all masters who will not shed tears without seeing the coffin."

Yuan Jiasan smiled faintly and said, "Although the Qing Dynasty is dark and weak, if the Kingdom of Heaven wants to rule Xinjiang, Manchuria, Mongolia, Tibet and other places, it still needs the Qing Dynasty's edict as the basis for the law. Although these places may not necessarily surrender because of a Qing Dynasty edict, it is convenient for the Heavenly soldiers to enter these places in the future and the resistance they encounter will be slightly smaller."

Qian Jiang said, "If the Chinese people do anything, they should pay attention to the fact that one is famous for their troops. This is a habit developed by history, but if the Qing court really has an edict, I believe that it can dismantle the morale of the Qing army and the people who are still resisting in other places, and its role is still obvious.

Yuan Jiasan said again: "Besides, Prince Chun brought back my last memorial. In it, I also wrote about the benefits of abdicating the Qing Dynasty and giving up the country. Even if someone opposes it, the situation will become clearer when the troops outside our city change their flags tomorrow."

Qian Jiang also smiled and said, "Duke Yuan, you are such a disrespectful act of forcing the palace." Yuan Jiasan also smiled, took off the Qing court official hat on his head, took off the braided hair that had been removed at some point, and spread his hair and said, "The right and wrong, merits and demerits can be commented on by future generations. I am following the general trend of the heavenly way, and the world should be given to us Han people."

While he was speaking, a Taiping Army commander rushed over on horseback, openly looked around the Qing soldiers and sent a document to Qian Jiang. After Qian Jiang read it, he smiled at Yuan Jiasan and said, "Duke Yuan, my heavenly soldiers have conquered Zhengzhou. When you have a letter from Yuan in Xiangcheng, your hometown, Xiangcheng, will be settled without a fight. The land of Xu Shang has been owned by the Kingdom of Heaven."

Yuan Jiasan was from Xiangcheng, Henan. The Yuan family was a famous family in Xiangcheng. When Yuan Jiasan was in charge of the troops of the two Huai Rivers before, Xiangcheng was also his territory, so a letter could make him surrender. He heard that the disaster of the hometown had been recovered, and he was also happy and sighed: "Although I have been in Huai for many years, I haven't returned to my hometown for a long time, and I have been able to settle the world. So I resigned and returned to my hometown to go to Tiannian."

Qian Jiang said, "Duke Yuan, the world is settled. It is the time when you use people. You have the idea of ​​releasing your armor and returning to the field. I am afraid that the Western King will not let you go back."

After the two looked at each other and smiled, Yuan Jiasan suddenly looked solemn and said, "There are five things that have happened in the great affairs of the Kingdom of Heaven and the Qing court surrender. One of the biggest ones is that the Western King advances and proclaims emperor and continues the orthodox Han family. This is the top priority. The Western King can be at peace with the hearts of the upper and lower levels. I think that the upper country of China must not only have kings but no emperors. Wouldn't that be like a small country in foreign countries?"

Qian Jiang nodded and said, "This time the Zuo Prime Minister also came to discuss with us. It seems that once we enter Beijing City, we can submit a message to persuade us. The King of Xi always said that the time has not come, but now it seems that the melon is ripe and the process is natural. The King of Xi is still unable to refuse. What are the other four major things?"

Yuan Jiasan continued: "The next major event is to wait for the Western King to become emperor, establish the country's name, change the era system, and establish a new court to calm the hearts of the people in the world." Qian Jiang nodded and said: "Recently, the left prime minister has also come to the official document to discuss this matter. The Western King is still revising the "Dingguo Yi Zhi". Since Mr. Yuan also has good suggestions, he might as well give advice to the Western King later."

Yuan Jiasan said, "Dare you dare not obey orders?" He paused and continued, "The third major event is to continue to send troops to eliminate the remnants of various places, and advance to Xinjiang, Manchuria, Mongolia, and Tibet. If the Qing court surrender edict is issued, it will be more smooth. For example, Zeng Guofan, Hu Linyi and others in Xianghu Lake, who are trapped in a corner of the lonely city. These two people are also capable ministers in governing the country and are also useful people. If these places believe that if there is an edict, the Western King can also surrender them."

Qian Jiang nodded slightly and said, "That's true. Zeng Guofan and Hu Linyi are already dry bones in the tomb. Sooner or later, they can only surrender. If they are stubborn, the heavenly soldiers will be captured in one go."

Yuan Jiasan was slightly shocked and kindly reminded: "Although Hu Linyi and Zeng Guofan were trapped in the same place, they were good at using troops and were able to help the children of Xianghu. If they attacked for a strong force, they would be afraid that the damage would be too great. The Western King should not underestimate the enemy. Attacking the city is the best, and attacking the heart is the best."

Qian Jiang laughed and said, "You are the same as the King of the West. I'm just venting the air, Mr. Yuan continued."

Yuan Jiasan said: "The fourth major event is to send troops to suppress bandits in various places, stabilize local peace and stability as soon as possible, develop industrial and commercial industries, and improve people's livelihood. After this military disaster, there were many bandits in various places, some under the banner of anti-Qing, some under the banner of anti-Qing, and some under the banner of returning bandits in the Shanxi and Shaanxi. They were doing a single independent country under the banner of anti-Qing, and they had to spend a lot of effort to suppress and apply them. In short, all regions should be assured as soon as possible, and the best strategy is to restore national strength."

Qian Jiang pondered for a moment and said, "What Mr. Yuan said is that there are indeed many powerful and powerful bandits in various places. All regions should establish a system of rural soldiers as soon as possible so that the local area can be pacified. As for the rebellion of Hui bandits in Shanxi and Xinjiang, the Yi King has led the Yi Palace army to fight north. I believe that the Yi King can only pacify it."

Yuan Jiasan nodded and said, "Yuan also asked about the name of Shi Dakai, the wing king. This man was very calm when he heard that he was very calm. He left the northwest border and was also a wonderful chess move. It not only allowed the only person who might be threatening the throne of the Western King to stay away from the center, but also allowed the northwest border to have a person who could stand alone in charge, but also made some old ministers in the Kingdom of Heaven have nothing to say. The Western King took a wonderful chess move."

Following Yuan Jiasan, he said again: "The last major event is the war with Britain, France and Russia. Although the three barbarian countries are unlikely to destroy China, it is not common sense to always disturb the coastal defense and northern borders. The benefits of the Rakshasa ships are slightly inferior. Although Britain and France have the benefits of warships, they will still come ashore in the end. The Western King should still let them go ashore, then concentrate their troops to annihilate their main force of the land, and then use the power of great victory to negotiate with the three countries and sign a contract, so that they can get it once and for all."

Qian Jiang smiled and said, "The King of the West is planning so. The soldiers of the Three Kingdoms will go on an expedition again. I believe there is still half a year left. We can still be calm. What Mr. Yuan saw is rich and farewell, and we will give more advice to the King of the West later." The two talked about the major event of returning to the camp to prepare for changing the flag the next day.

But Yi Huan returned to the capital and came to see the Queen Mother of the West without stopping. When he arrived in front of the Queen Mother of the West, he fell to the ground, cried with a sad face and shouted in pain: "The three traitors, Yuan Jiasan, Li Hongzhang, and Peng Yulin, have colluded with Changmao and are ready to do that rebellious act."

But Xingzhen didn't seem surprised. She just let out a faint sound behind the screen, and then sighed: "The building is about to collapse, everyone is trying to find a way out." Yihuan said gritting his teeth: "Empress Dowager, you must not let these traitors be so carefree. I beg to send troops from the city and go straight to Yuan Jia's three camps to capture these traitors!"

Xingzhen sighed and said, "Seventh Master, don't talk about the brave men sent in the city who have the courage to leave the city, even if they dare to leave the city, can they defeat the elite soldiers of the two Huai River brought by Yuan Jiasan and others outside the city? Perhaps the long-haired soldiers and horses are already eyeing each other, waiting for us to send troops to die."

Yihuan was speechless for a moment. He knew that things could not be done, but what else could he say besides saying these words?

Xingzhen turned out from behind the screen, holding the last memorial that Yuan Jiasan had reported and a stack of paper. Xingzhen handed the stack of paper to Yihuan and said, "Look, these are all good things done by various royal families, princes, civil and military officials after the release of the Changmao manifesto in the past two days."

Yihuan took it and couldn't help but feel cold sweat. He saw that there were secret reports from secret spies from Shang Yu's spare parts, saying that Prince XX was about to flee from Beijing with makeup and bribe the soldiers of the Nine Gate. The minister XX secretly wrote a letter to the outside city of Mao Yunyun, and there were no less than a hundred people who reported secretly here.

After seeing this, Yihuan said in a daze: "Empress Dowager, these people... I will lead troops to all of these people..." He couldn't continue to say this.

Xingzhen looked at Yuan Jiasan's memorial again and smiled bitterly: "Yuan Jiasan's memorial is a move to force confession. Let us abdicate and let the country aside to protect the royal family and the people of the world from the suffering of massacre." As he said this, Xingzhen murmured to himself in a low voice: "In history, was the Qing Dynasty forced to die by Yuan Shikai, his descendant of Yuan's family. Does history still have its unpredictable inertia? In this life, the Qing Dynasty's country was still destroyed by the hands of Yuan's surname?"

Yihuan was so stupid that she couldn't listen to what Xingzhen said. After a while, Yihuan said, "Empress Dowager, since this is the case, what should I do?" Xingzhen sighed and said, "Seventh Master, for the sake of the safety of the royal family and the welfare of the whole world, I will be wronged to go and discuss the abdication with Taiping..."

It was already dusk when Yihuan left the palace, and there were still many crows hovering over the Forbidden City. These crows were previously regarded as sacred birds by the Qing Dynasty, but at this moment, the crows were singing like a death bell, indicating that the Qing Dynasty was about to be completely destroyed.

The next day, the Qing army at several gates west of the capital and west were all led by Yuan Jiasan and others to release clothes, change flags and flags, and openly posed the flag of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. At this point, a series of famous royal gardens such as the Three Mountains and Five Gardens outside the city of Beijing returned to the hand of peace intact. This day happened to be the Guyu solar term. This mutiny was known in history as the "Guyu Shock Change". This mutiny accelerated the demise of the Qing Dynasty... (To be continued, please search for Piaotian, novels are better and faster!
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