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Prince Li Shiduo , Ronglu , Gangyi, Wang Wenshao , Qixiu, Zhao Shuqiao are all here.
Ronglu knelt down with tears and said, "China goes to war with other countries, and it is not up to me to provoke them, but it is taken by all countries. But besieging the embassy is absolutely not feasible. If it is advocated by King Duan and others, then the ancestral temple and the country are actually dangerous. Even if killing a few foreign envoys is not enough to show their national prestige, it is useless and useless."
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Cixi said, "If you stick to this opinion, it is best to persuade foreigners to leave the capital quickly to avoid being besieged. I can no longer suppress Boxer . If you have no other good ideas, you can withdraw immediately, and there is no need to say more here."
Ronglu had to kowtow and withdraw.
Qi Xiu took out the planned declaration of war from the boot and submitted it to the imperial examination.
Cixi looked at it, nodded and said, "Very good, that's what I mean." She asked the military ministers what their opinions were.
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Everyone advocated breaking with various countries.
Zaiyi and Yili came out soon and ordered the Zongli Yamen to reply to the ministers of various countries: If you have any questions, you have to send a book, and the two kings cannot go.
It was time to summon all the ministers normally. Cixi entered the palace for a while and then went to the Qinzheng Hall to summon all the princes and ministers, including Gong, Chun, Duan, Beile Zailian, Zaiying, Zailan, Beileqing, Zhuang, Su, Ministers of various military affairs, the six Manchu and Han ministers, the Nine Ministers, the Ministers of the Interior, and the Chief of the Banners.
Guangxu arrived first, and when Cixi's sedan chair arrived, he knelt in.
Li Lianying is waiting beside him.
The Grand Secretary of the Conference Xu Tong also participated, and he had just escaped from Dongjiaomin Lane . Cixi congratulated him on his safety.
Guangxu's face turned gray and he was trembling when he took his seat.
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Cixi said sternly: "The foreigners bullied too much this time, and I can no longer tolerate it. Before, I always suppressed the Boxer Rebellion and did not want to provoke it. Until I saw the diplomatic mission to the Zongli Yamen's note that I dared to return to power, I realized that this matter could not be resolved peacefully. The emperor himself admitted that he could not take charge of the power, and they still had to intervene. The French consul in Tianjin asked for the Dagu Fort, which was already very rude. This note by the ministers of various countries humiliated me, the sovereignty of the Qing Dynasty, which was particularly paradoxical.
"This dynasty has been more than 200 years, and is deeply kind and kind. Everyone is my innocent child, and is regarded as one, and there is no distinction between the north and the south. Since I came to power, I have been cautious in adhering to the constitution and dared not to abolish the depravity. The lightness of rent and tax has not been found in all dynasties. Occasionally, there will be partial disasters, and the treasury will be issued to provide relief immediately. Previously, the rebellion (Taiping Army) was launched to rebel, and the court gave instructions to overcome the disaster and regained the peace. Today, when the subjects of our country work together to serve the country, we will strive to kill the enemy and stop foreign aggression forever. If the whole country is united, how difficult is it to defeat the barbarians?
"The court usually takes the heart of being gentle and distant people, and does not work with deep education. They misunderstand, thinking that they are cowardly and bullied. Today, they should wake them up. The government is still lenient, and the emperor of Kangxi promises foreigners to preach freely. This is too kind and the source of later worries. The barbarians do not know the teachings of saints and are often rude when encountering things. As for other subtle matters, they are enough to corrupt our country's customs.
"Rely on their own military strength and are unscrupulous. But today, all Chinese people have worked hard, and tens of millions of people have risen to defend the country. I always feel that in the tenth year of Xianfeng, the British and French coalition forces had gone too easily. At that time, if there is a powerful army, intercepting and killing it, it will turn defeat into victory. But to this day, our revenge has arrived! "After saying that, he asked the emperor what he meant.
Guangxu hesitated for a long time before saying, "Please listen to Ronglu's words, do not attack the embassy, and send the ministers of various countries to Tianjin safely. This is a major event, and I dare not make a decision, so I still ask the Empress Dowager to take charge. ”
Zhao Shuqiao asked Ming to issue an edict to eliminate all the mainland foreigners to prevent them from leaking domestic affairs as foreign spies.
Cixi ordered the Minister of Military Affairs to consider the memorial.
After Zhao Shuqiao retreated, Lishan , Xu Jingcheng , Yuan Chang made suggestions in turn, saying that a country declares war on all countries will inevitably lead to failure, and may cause a disaster of division. Civil strife will take the opportunity to happen, and the consequences will be unimaginable.
Yuan Chang said: "I worked in the Zongli Yamen for two years. I saw that foreigners were peaceful and etiquette. If I don't believe it, I would like to ask the Empress Dowager to return to power. According to my foolish opinions, envoys from all countries will not interfere in China's internal affairs."
Zai Yi was furious when she heard this, scolded Yuan Chang as a traitor and asked Cixi: "Will the Empress Dowager believe the words of this traitor?" Cixi blamed him for his rude words and ordered Yuan Chang to withdraw.
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No one dares to make any suggestions anymore.
Cixi immediately ordered military aircraft to announce the war edict and send it to various provinces. Zaixun and Zailan were appointed as Ministers of the Tuanlian to prepare to worship the Taimiao. The order clearly informed the envoys of various countries that if they wish to leave the capital tonight, Ronglu would send troops to escort them to Tianjin.
After everyone retreated, Cixi summoned Zai Yi and Zai Lan alone.
Zailan heard from Cixi that when he was watching the Boxer Rebellion practice, he suddenly saw Jade Emperor coming, saying that he rewarded the loyalty and courage of the boxing people.
Cixi said that When the Emperor of War was in the country, Jade Emperor also came. Similarly, with the protection of gods, it is not difficult to destroy foreigners.
Before he could finish (between 1:00 and 3:00 pm), he entered the palace resolutely and saw Yi Li in the Military Office looking panicked. When he asked him what was wrong, he found out that a Manchu soldier named Enhai reported to him that two foreigners were passing by in a sedan chair and were shot and killed by him.
It turns out that Zai Yi and Qixiu have issued a notice, ordering all soldiers to kill immediately if they encounter foreigners. One of the two foreigners killed this time was the German minister, Enhai reported to Yi Li, hoping to receive a special reward.
Zai Yi was overjoyed when he heard the news.
Yi Li was frowning and discussed with gangyi , wanting to report the matter to the Empress Dowager.
Gangyi said that killing one or two foreign devils is a big deal. In a few days, all embassies of various countries will be wiped out. Now killing an envoy, what's the point?
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Yi Li's opinion is different, and he repeatedly stated that killing foreign ministers is of serious nature, and this matter is very important. The foreigners killed in the past were just missionary. The envoys killed today will inevitably anger all countries. This can be seen from the tenth year of Xianfeng's detention of British peace envoys.
Then the military plane entered and saw him. Prince Li Shiduo reported the matter to the Empress Dowager Wen, saying that it was the result of the foreigners' own fault. He first shot someone with a gun before Enhai shot and fired back.
Cixi was shocked when she heard this and urgently summoned Ronglu to come in to see her.
then issued an emergency edict saying that foreign soldiers gathered in jingu , and the Chinese and foreign provocations had become a result. The court had fallen into the dual dilemma of boxing citizens and foreign soldiers. It required the governors and governors of all provinces to plan comprehensively, contact each other, help the capital, and save the crisis together. The imperial edict sent to various places with telegrams and 600 miles of respectively.
Cixi took out hundreds of thousands of taels of private money and rewarded the Boxer Regiments from the three armies and the Beijing and Tianjin, and ordered them to attack the Dongjiaominxiang Embassy in Beijing and the Zizhulin Concession in Tianjin, and they must kill all the foreigners in China.
On that day, the Qing army and the Boxer Regiments began to siege the embassies of various countries in Beijing.
Yuan Chang once again submitted a memorial saying that the traitor should not be indulged in the traitor and the envoys should not be killed, but there was no result.
Later, Yuan Chang and Xu Jingcheng jointly wrote the third memorial "Please punish the culprit to curb the source of chaos and save the dangerous situation", and asked for the decree to severely punish the ministers who caused chaos and save the dangerous situation in order to curb the source of chaos and save the dangerous situation. Before the memorial could be reported, Zai Yi and others had already taken action and ordered Zhao Shuqiao, the Minister of Justice, to imprison him.
Jing Shan, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites, was writing a diary at home. His family told him that the gun was flying on his head, but he was deaf and didn't hear it. The eldest son Enzhu said that Gan army was besieging the embassy. The servant Liu Shun took seven days off to go home, and many officials and civilians fled from the capital one after another.
Ronglu had been preparing to escort ministers from various countries to Tianjin before. He had 2,000 Manchu soldiers under his command, all of which had been arranged properly, but Cixi refused to stop the Gansu army from besieging the embassy, saying that the envoys from various countries would leave the capital with Ronglu as they wished, so they could listen to their wishes. If they stayed in the capital and did not go, they would be pursuing their own death, not to say that they did not inform them in advance.
On the morning of June 21, the two palaces moved from Xiyuan to Forbidden City , from Xiyuan Gate to Xihua Gate, there are boxers guarding the holy carriage along the way.
Cixi rewarded 2,000 taels of silver and personally praised Zhuang Wang Zaixun for his loyalty and courage. He also said to Duan Zaiyi: "The fate of foreigners should be gone, like a fish in a cauldron. For forty years, I have endured humiliation and slept with dirt, slept with firewood and tasted gall, and tried to seek revenge. For example, King Yue Goujian , I have never forgotten it for a day. I am not lenient to foreigners. In the past, I asked the wife of the minister to visit the Xiyuan? But how did they treat me? Now the whole country is united and they share the same hatred of the enemy, and they will definitely defeat foreigners!"
On June 21, Cixi issued a "declaration of war" against various countries in the name of Emperor Guangxu (the book was from the hands of Lian Wenchong of the military machine chapters of Jing ): "I have been in power for more than 200 years, and I have been in the deep Be kind and kind, all those who come to China from afar, the ancestors and ancestors will never wait to be gentle. During the Xianfeng period of Daoguang, they were willing to trade with each other. They also beg to preach in our country. The court also advised others to do good and encouraged them to ask for help. At the beginning, it also relied on our country's kindness and insisted on following the rules, and then they became more and more arrogant, bullying our country, invading our land, ravaging our people, and extorting our property. The court a little accommodating, and they were betrayed their evil spirits. They went to all kinds of things day by day, and they bullied civilians in small numbers, and insulted the sacred people. Our country was innocent, with hatred and anger, and everyone wanted to be willing to get it.
"This is the origin of the slaughter of churches and the massacre of religious people. The court still does not provoke, as the previous protectors may hurt our people. Therefore, he issued another order to declare bans, defend the embassy, and provide additional support to the people. Therefore, the previous saying was that there was a decree of boxing and teaching the people that were all my innocent children. It was originally a disgusting explanation for the past, and the court was gentle and distant people, and it was over. But they were not grateful and threatened them. Yesterday, Du Shilan opened his comments and ordered me to withdraw from the Dagukou Fort and take care of him, otherwise he would attack him with his strength. The dangerous words are intimidating, aiming to rush the capital and help.
"I have never been rude to him in my daily life. He claims to be a country of education, but he is rude and relies on his strength in his arms and weapons. Is this the way of breaking up? I have been in power for thirty years, treating the people like descendants, and the people also treat me like the Emperor of Heaven. What's more, the merciful sages to revive the universe, and the marrow is so ruthless that I have lost my soul. The ancestors rely on their support, the gods are loyal and angry, and they are not in the past. I cry and tell the temple to the temple, generously swearing to the master and disciple, and instead of living a life of slaughtering, it's better to be a big shot, a male and female.
" Summoned all the ministers and workers in the past few days and asked for advice. In the provinces such as Jincai and Shandong, there were no less than hundreds of thousands of soldiers gathered without expectation. As for the five-foot boy, he can also hold a sword to defend the country. He is still deceiving and conspiring, I rely on the principles of heaven, he relies on the strength of others, and I rely on the hearts of others. No matter whether our country is loyal, trustworthy, or righteous, everyone dares to die. Even if the land is wide, there are more than 20 provinces and the people are as high as more than 400. Why is it difficult to cut off the evil flames and the power of the State! If the court is willing to reward loyalty and honor, he will be united in the enemy, or donate money with righteousness and help the money. If he is born from outside, he retreats in the face of trouble, and is willing to rebel, he will become a traitor, and he will immediately punish him strictly and will never be lenient. All the heavenly ministers and the common people have loyalty and righteousness, and they all vent the anger of gods and men. I have high hopes. "
On the same day as the declaration of war was issued, Cixi issued an edict to recruit the Boxer Regiment: "Now that China and foreign countries have started a war. In the local area of Tianjin, Zhili, the Boxer Regiment and the official army won the war, and the industry issued an edict to commend it. These righteous people are all in their place. If the governors and governors can recruit groups and fight against foreign aggression, they will be able to achieve their ability. How to do it quickly? It is especially important for all provinces along the coast and rivers to handle it urgently. This will be informed by Liubaili. "
issued an edict to commend the people of the group on the same day: "Yu Lu's memorial: Foreigners started a provocation, suddenly started arriving, and won one-off in succession days. I am very happy to read the memorial. Our China reconciled with other countries for a long time, but because of the mutual hatred of the people, it broke up and relied on its strong armor and sharp soldiers to attack our Dagukou Fort.He also fought in the Zizhulin branch, and Yulu responded everywhere. After our righteous people tried their best to help each other, they fought with guns and cannons with flesh and blood. On the 21st, 22nd, and 23rd, they defeated two ships of bad soldiers and killed many enemies. They united as one, and the people's hearts were firm and the people's spirit was also prosperous. All the Boxer Regiment people who helped fight did not use the country's troops or the country's salary. Even the young boys took the sword to defend the country. This is all thanks to the ancestors' insights and the sacred protection, so that the people of the group can unite and have such courage and righteousness. I will first pass the imperial edict to commend me, and I will do my best to make a contribution after the matter is settled. You must work together to resist insults and be loyal to you, and never slacken. I have high hopes. ”
On June 22, the Qing court issued 20,000 japonica rice with the people of the Tuan, and set up some rice in various places in the capital to make more Boxers pour into Beijing.
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