C210 besieged Gong Wang Mansion (1/2)
In the late Qing Dynasty, the Beijing relied on coal to keep themselves warm during the winter. Because of this, the air quality in the capital city was not that good. Every morning when he faced the light of dawn and looked at the sky, it was always a piece of grey.
The weather was cold and the air quality was poor, so those who had some conditions were willing to stay in the hot quilt for a while longer. The people walking back and forth on the streets were all people who had to get up to make a living, and there were also idler s who had gotten used to walking.
The men of the Eight Banners were walking on the streets early in the morning. Some of them were carrying cages while others were playing crickets through the winter. As long as they met, they would definitely say hello to each other in a long voice. It didn't matter if he was sincere or not, he had to force a few tables of food and drinks out no matter what. He didn't care if the food was redeemed or not. In any case, he had to be polite.
But today, when a few bored men walked onto the street, they discovered that there was a group of different people on the street. From their clothes, it seemed like they were raising child s who had rushed to the capital to take the exam.
”Aiyo, Yellow Lord, I've never heard of any tavern opening at this hour. This group of people don't sleep under the hot covers, they don't study, and they even went to the streets to drink northwest wind s?”
”Master Liu is right. In half a month's time, the exam will start. If you don't keep reading books, you'll be walking around the streets, and you'll have the habit of fighting. I've never seen any scholar be so fierce.”
”Aiyo!” This is bad, where do you think these scattered scholars are headed? ”The aftersea, they all rushed to the seaside …”
”Grandma, isn't that Prince Gong's Mansion over there?”
That's right, under the shocked gazes of this group of eight flag idler s, countless raising child s started to gather in front of the front door of Duke Gong Palace. Right after the eight o'clock needle passed, over a hundred raising child s had already gathered at the entrance of the Duke Palace.
This was a group of silent but furious people. Their emotions had already reached the critical point of breaking out. During these three or four days, the Western Academy members of the Beijing went around provoking people everywhere, openly clashing with the s who had demonstrated their skills on various occasions. From the war of words to the combination of fists and kicks, from the internal strife between scholars to the social idle people and so on.
Yes, some scholars who did not even have the status of High Scholars, and some Elementary Scholars and Scholars were actually bewitched by Western learning and dared to stand in front of the Master High Scholar, berating them for their wrongdoings.
This was intolerable, the Master High Scholar s were about to erupt. The grievances in their hearts could not be vented, there was no point burning Xiao Letian's home anymore, they would not dare to go to the Imperial City to force the palace, after all, learning how to be a scoundrel was the best way to vent their grievances.
Since last night, these scholars had secretly formed a formation. They had had enough. In the face of such blatant provocation, it was impossible for them to just passively take a beating, so they took the initiative to attack first.
As more and more people gathered, the gatekeeper of the palace had already reported the news to the prince. At this time, he didn't even realize that today's conflict was going to become the start of a great revolution that would shake the world, and was still using his old eyes to look at it.
”Have the Shuntian Palace and the minister of nine city gates send people to expel him. Send a message to the old man later, have him disperse these High Scholars …” What was this? Did they really think that the imperial government was a human face? The imperial city had allowed the imperial court to force their way in. Had they gotten addicted to this? ”You look like you're bullying me!”
Prince Kung Yi Yu made a few complaints, changed into his training clothes and ran to the back garden to play Manchu wrestling with the guards.
With the orders from the prince, the guards of the mansion didn't hold back anymore. They pushed open the side door and twenty burly men walked out. A line of people lined up in front of the door, saying, ”Disperse, disperse!” Aren't you afraid of the law!? What is this place? This is Duke Gong Palace, what are you trying to do by gathering a crowd? ”
As they spoke, a raising child with a southern accent stepped forward and cupped his hands in salute, ”I am Fan Min Xing of the raising child of Zhejiang Province. I hope to meet with His Highness once, we are not here to cause trouble, we just want to ask His Highness a few questions, please do me a favor …”
”See Your Highness? Is the prince someone you can meet whenever you want to? If a raising child like him did not hurry to prepare for the exam, why would he meet with the Prince? ”Come, come. Your highness has no time to see you …”
”Heh heh, you still want to meet the prince? Fuck, in the Imperial City, you even dare to hit the prince. ”He's even rushing up here for a beating …”
The guards of the manor all ate the food given by the prince, so they had to stick their heads out for their master. If it weren't for the prince's magnanimity, they would have already attacked him.
This group of guards were fine even if they did not mention the matter of coercing the palace, but when they mentioned the crazy act of coercing the palace that day, the fanaticism in the raising child s' hearts surged.
At this time, another raising child walked out from the crowd and said angrily, ”What are you saying? The letter on the bus is supposed to be a scholar's duty. Why did the prince send his troops to disperse when we suggested to the imperial court? Today, I want to ask Your Highness, why did Head Office push this Industrial Zones forward? Furthermore, with Xiao Letian being so outrageous, why did the imperial government not send troops to wipe him out? ”
The little raising child spoke with a accent unique to Sichuan. His tone of voice was as though he had eaten a catty of red pepper, not leaving a single shred of face behind. The few guards at the front had their hands on their waists as they stared and scolded, ”Aiyo? Who didn't fasten their belt tight enough to let you out and dare to question the prince? ”If you have the guts, leave behind your name …”
”Luo Tongwen, raising child of Sichuan is here. Do you think I'm afraid of you …?” Fellow students, students of the same year, students of the world, listen to me, this is a threat of revenge, not only do you not dare to meet me but you also want to hit me? So what if I tell you my name! ”
The crowd immediately exploded. ”Since we're here, we aren't afraid of revenge, who wouldn't dare to announce their names … I am raising child Li, I am raising child Anhui, I am raising child Shaanxi … ” The sounds of people registering could be heard.
Right now, there were less than two hundred raising child s gathered in front of the Duke Palaces. There were still countless people watching from afar, and the black mass of heads made several tens of guards feel pressured.