C518 Hysteresis is complicated (1/2)
The army that protected the Emperor was known as the imperial guards by most citizens. In fact, the composition of the guards of the Qing Dynasty royal family was still very complicated.
The army closest to the Emperor was obviously the Knife guard. Warriors who could stand outside the Emperor's bedroom while carrying weapons, there was no need to ask about their loyalty and martial arts. Many of them were noble sons and daughters.
If the emperor was going to travel, he had to go hunt or something like that. At this time, other than the personal army, the guards had to mobilize the frontlines. The soldiers that formed the frontlines were all chosen from the Eight Flags Soldier.
Other than the personal army and the vanguard camp, there was also a garrison camp. This was the army guarded on top of the walls of the imperial palace, and the ones patrolling on the walls of the Forbidden City were them. However, in Xian Feng's years, garrison camp's job had been replaced by the newly established Camping, and his former glory was gradually lost.
In addition to the above, there were also the Legionnaire Battalion and the Firearm Battalion that guarded the Royal Family. Wait a minute, but their strength is much weaker than above.
These Battalion Head formed what the citizens called the imperial guards. In addition to the imperial guards, the imperial guards were also the infantry commander of the yamen, who protected the so-called Beijing. They were in charge of the tall outer wall systems of the Beijing.
The reason why the emperor had brought out such a cumbersome guard force was because he was afraid that there would be an official or unworthy descendant who would bring bribed soldiers to cause a mutiny and cause more yamen runners. This was the guarantee of the emperor's safety.
To put it more bluntly, the emperor's safety was obtained by his subordinates fighting openly and secretly. It was definitely not because their subordinates were powerful in martial arts or had advanced in weapons.
The truth was that the Qing Dynasty's royal family's arrangement was very right, with the clear, there had never been a stop to the bloodshed. In the previous years, many powerful officials fought openly and secretly in order to obtain power from Duo Li Geng, and Kang Xi had turned the world upside down just to kill.
The thing that left the deepest impression was that Kang Xi's Nine Dragons Seizing the Realm in his last year, these promising sons had spent a lot of time and effort to find a way to control the armed forces that protected the capital. If not for the fact that there were many Battalion Head and their powers were scattered throughout the country, the princes would not have been able to stew these Battalion Head together.
Even the one who was the last in power of the Yongzheng could not do without the help of his uncle, Lonko. Think about it, since the city's garrison commander supports you, will your political enemies still be able to escape?
Putting aside the palace changes from over a hundred years ago, even if it was the Sin-uni coup d'état from six years ago, it would still be considered as a thick book if the blood and gore within the palace were to be taken down.
The current chaos in the Forbidden City was exactly the same as it was in history. It wasn't for nothing that Ci Xi had a direct descendent family called Ci An, and furthermore, he was the Eastern Palace's empress dowager. His prestige was already higher than Ci Xi's.
If it wasn't for the fact that Xian Feng's secret decree had been exposed, and the fact that Hidden Fog Kid was behind this incident, Ci Xi really wouldn't dare to argue with this big sister.
But it was different now, with Xiao Letian's meddling, the differences between the various factions in the Manchuria became even bigger. Putting aside the others, the old faction and the new faction in the higher ups of the Qing Dynasty had already reached a point where they could not tolerate each other anymore.
Ci Xi was too good at taking positions in the chaos. When he saw that Ci An was a little tolerant of new sects, Ci Xi would naturally throw out an olive branch to the strong and conservative factions. The power of a generation of the Demon Empress would secretly expand, and her speed would be even faster than it was in real history.
At that time, Ci Xi already had a small portion of authority, so naturally, she would not let go of this opportunity. Therefore, this time, the palace change Camping was Ci Xi's greatest reliance.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs's supervisor was a fence-sitter, it seemed like she didn't have enough strength to go home and pretend to be sick, and the Vice Supervisor had also become Ci Xi's direct disciple. As a result, half of the people in the Forbidden City had declared their allegiance to Ci Xi.
Their loyalty to the was very reliable, and at the most critical moment, they would naturally stand by Ci An's side. The Old Ancestor was also a conservative man, and he understood that the Eastern Palace was larger than the Western Palace, so naturally, these mysterious eagle claws descendants of the Golden-purple City had to follow the Old Ancestor's footsteps.
This time, the battle royale had reached a stalemate. Ci Xi won with more people, while Ci An won with elite soldiers. On the other hand, even though the's of the Personal Aide Battalion did not care about whether their martial arts were strong or not, their identities were shockingly high, and all of them were from Eight Flags.
At the end of the battle, it was a bit postmodern. Both sides actually knew each other, and they were very familiar with each other's backgrounds.
”Scar Three, you dare to touch me? Try me …” ”This lord's blade was bestowed by the grand ancestor. This lord cultivates the thirteen blades of the Ghost sect …”
”Bullshit Liu...” You still dare to look at me? Look at me for a second... A wicked thing like a hooker who never pays money! ”
”I'm just looking at you. What's wrong …” ”You overpass style, you touch me and I'll give it a try …”
”If you want to try, then try. Watch your sabre …”