In Rehe Palace, a small courtyard was used as the temporary office of the Military and Political Affairs Office when Xianfeng first arrived in Chengde.
However, because Xianfeng was busy with political affairs, there were usually only two ministers who stayed behind.
However, today was different. With Su Shun as the leader, Prince Yi Zaiyuan, Prince Zheng Duanhua, Jing Shou, Mu Yin, Kuang Yuan, Du Han, and Jiao Youying were gathered together.
Su Shun, who had always been proud, sat at the head of the table and drank tea. He said slowly,"I think everyone must have heard the news. The Gong Prince defeated the allied army at the Eight Mile Bridge and his reputation has soared. He is now a man of his word in the capital and is very arrogant. He is even more outrageous than Dorgon. The people of the capital only know the Gong Prince and not the emperor. I have called you here today to discuss how to suppress the Gong Prince's prestige.”
"Sixth brother, isn't this matter simple? We can just invite the emperor back to the capital. No matter how wise and arrogant the Gong Prince is, he can't be compared to a king.”Prince Zheng Duan Hua said with a smile.
As soon as this idea was mentioned, everyone agreed, but only Su Shun had a hesitant expression.
"No, absolutely not. Of course I know this method is the simplest and most effective, but that day in the court, I publicly opposed and mocked the Gong Prince in front of all the officials. Now, not only is the capital safe, but it has even been turned around by him. If I go back now, wouldn't I be using facts to prove that my decision was wrong?”
"But, what else can we do? He was a prince and a meritorious minister. He could not possibly be dismissed by an imperial edict and continue to retire!”Mu Yin said.
Just as everyone was sighing and feeling helpless, Duhan burst out laughing.
"I say, Old Du, it's fine if you don't think of a way. Why are you still smiling?”Su Shun said angrily.
Du Han, who had always been thoughtful, smiled and said,"I say, Sixth Brother Su, you're usually quite astute, so why are you so muddle-headed now?”
Su Shun was very happy to see Du Han's confident expression. He put down the teacup in his hand and listened carefully.
After about ten minutes, Sushun excitedly slammed the table and said,""That's right, how could I have forgotten about the Emperor? As long as we let people spread the news, with His Majesty's suspicious personality, he would definitely send people back to the capital to inquire. At that time, the life and death of that Little Six would be in our hands.”
After saying that, everyone burst into laughter.
In fact, Xian Feng was even more suspicious than they thought. Just as they were discussing this method to get rid of the Gong Prince, Xian Feng was already suspicious of the Empress 'words.
Just as everyone was about to leave, a servant rushed in and cleared his throat before shouting,"Receive the imperial edict from the imperial guard, Imperial Prince Zheng!”
Duan Hua looked at everyone with a dumbfounded expression and saw that everyone had already knelt down. Duan Hua hurriedly knelt down and shouted,""Minister Duan Hua receives the decree!"
When the chamberlain handed the imperial edict to Duan Hua and was about to leave, Su Shun hurriedly rushed over and stuffed a banknote into the chamberlain's hand, saying,"May I ask who His Majesty is with now, Eunuch?”
The chamberlain stole a glance at the banknote and saw that it was worth 1,000 taels. He smiled and said,"Lord Su, these few days the emperor has been with the empress every day.”
"Then did the Empress say something to the Emperor?”
"This…" Seeing this, Su Shun naturally understood the meaning behind it and placed another banknote in the hands of the chamberlain without showing any emotion.
The chamberlain then continued,"Actually, it's nothing much. It's just that the Empress wants the Emperor to return to the capital."”
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gongwangfu
It had been three days since the treaty was signed. When the Eagle and Hair Empires had delivered the 500,000 taels of silver, Li Qing officially ordered Monk Gelinqin, Sheng Bao, and the others to let the alliance soldiers go.
Although there were no more allied forces in Zhangjiawan, Li Qing did not intend to let Monk Gelinqin and Shengbao return to the capital. Because of this, the three of them had many disputes.
However, they were all suppressed by Li Qing. As for the reason, it was that the Jiangnan camp had been breached, so they had to stay where they were to prevent Long Hair from going north. As for where they would eventually go? He still had to ask the Emperor who was far away in Rehe.
However, things were not as simple as Li Qing thought. Although the Emperor did not return, there was news that Xianfeng would send Prince Zheng Duanhua back to the capital to inspect and urge the signing of the contract as soon as possible.
As for the matter of signing the contract, Li Qing was not worried because what was done was done. There was nothing to say, but the inspection said that there were too many tricks in it. One had to know that Yue Fei died in the past because of a sentence,"”
For this, Li Qing had discussed with Wen Xiang many times. The only person he could truly trust now was Wen Xiang.
It was almost eight in the morning in Yin An Hall.
After Li Qing and the officials in the capital discussed and dealt with the political affairs. Just as Li Qing was about to ask Wen Xiang to stay behind to discuss the issues that needed to be taken note of.
The butler rushed in and said,"Prince Zheng has already arrived at the outskirts of the capital.”
After the butler left, Li Qing looked at Wen Xiang. "Bochuan, what should we do next? I'm not afraid of the others, but how can I explain the 8,000 people from the Beijing Aftercare Patrol Bureau? You have to know that 2,000 people are enough to patrol the roads in the capital.”
"Your Highness, there is no need to panic. If it was someone else, you would still be nervous, but the person who came is Duan Hua, so there is no need to worry.”Wen Xiang stroked his beard and said with a smile.
Li Qing looked at Wen Xiang's confident expression and his anxiety lessened by a little. However, he still thought of the worst possible scenario. In any case, he would not be captured without a fight. If it was not for his existence, who could guarantee that Yuanmingyuan would survive this time and the next time? One must know that the capital had been invaded by foreigners more than once.
If it really came to that, Li Qing would definitely fight a life and death battle with Xianfeng to avoid a bigger tragedy.
However, when Li Qing saw Prince Zheng, he understood what Wen Xiang meant.
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Ever since Li Qing founded the Beijing Aftermath Patrol Bureau, he had divided the 8,000 soldiers of Prince Gong's army into four batches to take turns in charge of the security, traffic, and hygiene of the streets and alleys of the capital.
Of course, Prince Gong's Army was not the official title of this army. It was just that since the formation of this army, every day when they ate, they would shout,"Eat Prince Gong's food and serve Prince Gong!”Over time, they called themselves the Gong Wang Army.
Now, after nearly a month of renovations, the capital could be said to have changed greatly compared to the past. Every street and alley was patrolled by Prince Gong's army wearing military uniforms, carrying guns on their backs, and holding wooden clubs.
The obvious mess and crowding in the past had almost disappeared.
Therefore, Li Qing took a carriage from Prince Gong's Mansion and arrived at Yongding Gate in less than an hour.
But when Li Qing went, he discovered that although the imperial envoy's backing was still there, Prince Zheng Duan Hua had long disappeared.
Seeing Wen Xiang snickering at the side, Li Qing did not know what he was talking about. When he asked Prince Zheng's attendants, he found out that Duan Hua had arrived in the capital an hour ago and brought a group of servants to the Eight Great Alley.
Li Qing was secretly delighted after hearing this. It seemed that he was really blessed by the heavens!
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