The Russian army prepared for this Eastern Crusade for ten years, and after the Tsar gave the order, after layers of mobilization, it took only half a year to prepare all the preparations for war.The winter of 1882 came particularly early, especially in Siberia, which was already covered with snow and ice.In the capital of Manchukuo, a group of Eight Banners soldiers were besieging the gates of various cities to make trouble.After ten years of development, Vladivostok has been completely built into a Chinese town, surrounded by tall walls on all sides, a total of four city gates, each of which is closed and heavily guarded.Qiao Huaien had been the king of Manchukuo for almost three months, and according to his predetermined plan, as soon as he arrived in Manchukuo, he would reuse Ronglu to fight Prince Gong's power.Yesterday, he finally issued an order to completely dismantle the Eight Banners Army in various places.The 50,000 Eight Banner Army in the southern camp of the capital received the news and assembled early in the morning to make trouble in front of the city gate.The Protector Army deployed on the city wall with loaded guns and ammunition, although the chaos of the Eight Banners Army outside the city gate escalated, and the situation developed to an increasingly uncontrollable point.In the imperial city, a brigade of Huaxing troops had also been assembled, waiting for Qiao Huaien's order.Qiao Wynn was discussing with his cronies in the study, but he didn't expect to encounter such a thorny problem in the first reform."
Your Majesty, this must be Prince Gong's fault.He is the commander of the Eight Banners Army, and the Eight Banners Army must have something to do with him" Yuan Shikai sat in the hall and told Qiao Huaien with an angry face.Now that he has assumed the post of premier of the Upper Cabinet, the nominal administrative officials of Manchukuo must obey his orders.As soon as Jowynne became king, he began to drastically reorganize the bureaucracy.He first formed the Cabinet and the Ministry of Defense.Yuan Shikai is the prime minister of the cabinet, and Rong Lu is the minister of national defense.Cixi was named Empress Dowager and placed under house arrest in the West Palace of the Imperial City, where she was not allowed to enter and leave freely.Her mother, Yehlara Wanzhen, also entered the West Palace and was canonized as the Queen Mother.For three months, Joe Wynne was sulking.The ideal is very full, but the reality is cruel.Some of the reforms he carried out were all yang and yin, just like a child's house.The same is true of Yuan Shikai's Prime Minister's cabinet, the decree does not leave the imperial city, and no one below follows it at all.Many of the teenagers who had come from New China together were disheartened and clamoring to go back to New China.In the end, everyone learned from the pain and summed up the experience.The reason is that they do not have military power in their hands, and there is only one brigade of the Huaxing Army, which does not play any role at all.If we want to carry out reforms, we can only start with military power.Qiao Huaien set his eyes on the Eight Banners Army, and after a long conversation with Rong Lu all night, he finally formulated a decree and ordered the abolition of the Eight Banners Army in Manchuria.The Eight Banners Army is the only remaining support of the royal nobles, where can it be so easy to be eliminated by him.Give an order, and today the Eight Banners Army will gather in front of the city gate to make trouble."
Premier Yuan, you understand what you said.Now is not the time to be angry, we should think of a way to calm this commotion" Joe Wynne's brows furrowed, and he got up and paced with some impatience.There was silence in the study for a while, and suddenly Feng Guozhang broke the silence and said coldly, "They are bullying our young people to run the country, and there is no murderous aura on their bodies" Feng Guozhang is now nominally the Minister of Public Security of Manchukuo, but there is no policeman under him.The law and order in Manchukuo was still maintained by the original Criminal Department."
Wang Shizhen, what do you suggest" Qiao Huaien turned his gaze to an elegant young man in the hall, who had always regarded himself as a strategist among his classmates.Now he is an assistant to Yuan Shikai and holds the position of vice premier."
Your Majesty, Brother Guozhang is right.We were new to the city, and we didn't smell of blood, which was not enough to convince the public.At the beginning, the Kangxi Emperor of the Manchu nationality was sixteen years old, and at that time, Ao Bai monopolized the court, but was deceived by the Kangxi Emperor into the palace and arrested, and the rest of the party was wiped out.We can also follow the example of Emperor Kangxi and capture the thief before the king.If you don't kill a few people, this crisis won't be calmed" Wang Shizhen's tone was flat, but he was full of murder.Although he is a scholar, he is not weak."
Your Majesty, don't think about it, I agree with Brother Shizhen.We have the support of New China, if we are tied, when will we be able to complete the great cause of reform" Yuan Shikai's face was full of ferocity, and he had already held his breath in his heart as this empty prime minister these days.Prince Gong has been in charge of the court for many years, and if he doesn't die for a day, the people below won't be able to return to their hearts for a day."
Okay, you quickly make a will, let Prince Gong enter the Hajj to see him" Qiao Huaien thought carefully for a while, and secretly made a murderous intent.He was so angry here that he almost forgot that there was a huge empire standing behind him.If you are in a hurry, let alone the Eight Banners Army, even the National Protector Army, they will all be leveled.Yuan Shikai received the decree and quickly issued an order to the Praetorian Guards in the palace, asking them to pass the decree to Prince Gong, and let him come to the palace as soon as possible to admonish, otherwise he would be punished for the crime of resisting the decree.Now the head of the Praetorian Guard in the palace is Luo Zhenhao, who also serves as the deputy minister of defense.However, in order to reassure Rong Lu, he was only a nominal deputy minister, only commanding the Huaxing Army, and did not interfere in the national army.There was chaos in Prince Gong's mansion, and the situation outside the city was quickly sent to the mansion.Prince Gong knelt weakly in front of the ancestral tablet, his face was pale, and he didn't say anything all morning."
Lord Wang, eat something, it's noon now, you haven't eaten at all" The housekeeper asked cautiously behind him worriedly, he closed his eyes and didn't know what he was thinking, and suddenly asked, "Is there any news from the palace?"
"No, I heard that the palace has long been chaotic."
The king summoned his cronies to a meeting early in the morning, and there was no result yet," replied the butler nervously, and no news had been forthcoming."
Liu De, you have been in my house for a few years" Prince Gong took a deep breath, and a trace of despair appeared on his face inexplicably."
Master, don't think about it.We will definitely be able to survive this time, and the king will definitely find out that the Eight Banners Army outside the city was not instigated by the lord" Liu De saw Prince Gong's resolute expression, and his heart became nervous."
Forget it, the general trend has gone, even if it is found out, how can this king be the commander of the Eight Banners Army, no matter what, it is difficult to escape the blame.The king is in a hurry to reform, even if he knows the truth, he will still take this king's knife, if something happens to this king, you will take care of the whole house, and dismiss all the people.Send more silver taels, don't let them suffer" Prince Gong shook his head, and now the development of things has completely out of his control.The Eight Banners Army in the southern camp outside the city was already out of control at the time of the Ronglu coup.Although they were making trouble outside the city this time, they were obviously provoked by others and came at him."
Prince Gong, you can't have anything to do, you are a hero of our Manchukuo" The housekeeper listened to Prince Gong's words, and felt that the situation was serious for a while, and this was completely to explain the future to him" The door outside the mansion suddenly knocked violently, and it didn't take long for someone to come in and say, "Master, the big thing is not good, the Praetorian Guards in the palace are coming":