The Qing Dynasty is about to end

Chapter 32 Yi Xin, you go and exorcise the demons! (Please give me a monthly ticket, please read this! I am begging you!)
Thinking of the haunted Forbidden City, Prince Gong no longer cared about his princely demeanor. He picked up his robe and ran past An Dehai towards the Qianqing Gate like a flash - he had to protect the emperor!
We can’t let the emperor be harmed by demons and monsters. The current emperor Yizhu has no children. If he is harmed by demons and monsters, who will be given the throne of the Qing Dynasty?
Of course, gods and ghosts are not to be trusted. It is also possible that the emperor has been worried and depressed lately, and has gone a little crazy. We cannot let a madman be in charge of the ancestral foundation of the Qing Dynasty!

Yizhu was the fourth son of the family. His three older brothers were all dead and left no offspring. Although there was a fifth son, Yixuan, he was adopted by Emperor Daoguang a long time ago and inherited the incense of Daoguang's younger brother Miankai. Therefore, after Emperor Xianfeng, the sixth son, Yixuan, is now the heir!
It’s so urgent!

An anxious Yi Xin trotted into the Qianqing Gate and rushed to the gate of the Qianqing Palace. He then peeked inside and saw a skinny, lame man wearing a dark blue robe and a hat limping back and forth in the hall, muttering in a low voice while gritting his teeth: "Deceiving the emperor. Hechun and Jiang Zhongyuan deserve to die! Saishang'a and Xiang Rong deserve to be beheaded! How can there be so many treacherous ministers in our Qing Dynasty?"

When Yi Xin heard this, he started to wonder, what's going on? Sai Shang'a, Xiang Rong, He Chun, Jiang Zhongyuan are all going to be killed? Why? Just because you deceived the emperor? Not really? Who doesn't lie to the emperor these days? If you told the truth, you would have been dismissed and exiled. No, you're not that serious normally!
This seriousness, why does it sound so much like the Chongzhen Emperor of the former Ming Dynasty? Could it be
Just as Yi Xin was thinking this, a eunuch guarding the gate of the Qianqing Palace suddenly shouted, "Prince Gong respectfully requests an audience with the Emperor!"

Hearing the eunuch's shout, Yi Xin quickly retracted his head and glared at the eunuch guarding the door fiercely - What are you shouting for? Can't you see that I'm peeping at you, Sixth Master? What if the emperor finds out?
And Xianfeng inside also limped to the back of the imperial desk and sat down - he was afraid that the ministers would see his lame leg.

When ancient emperors chose their successors, they not only had to consider the prince's moral character and ability, but also his physical condition. It would be best to choose an heir with healthy limbs, a healthy body, and sharp eyes and ears.

A prince with physical defects is generally considered unfit to be emperor.

Xianfeng broke both legs when he fell off a horse when he was a child, and he never recovered, so he is still a cripple. Although he is still a crippled emperor, he still has a low self-esteem and is reluctant to let the ministers see his crippled legs.

Therefore, when Xianfeng attended court, he always "arrived early and left late" - he arrived before the ministers, and let the ministers leave first after the court session. He would wait until "no one was there" and then slowly walk away with the help of eunuchs.

It was the same when he summoned ministers to the Qianqing Palace. He had to sit down first before letting them in. Even if the ministers who were going to see him knew that he was lame, he would try his best to cover it up.
Xianfeng had just sat down and was about to have Yi Xin summoned when the eunuch guarding the door outside shouted again: "The Grand Secretary of the Ti-Ren Pavilion, the Prince's Grand Tutor, and the Military Affairs Office's Deputy Minister Qi Junzao; the Left Vice-Chief Censor, and the Military Affairs Office's Deputy Minister Peng Yunzhang; the Fifth Rank Beijing Hall Candidate, and the Military Affairs Office's Deputy Minister Mu Yin, respectfully invite the Emperor to consult with you."

"Xuan!"

Xianfeng shouted.

Then, the annoying Yi Xin, the two military ministers Qi Junzao and Peng Yunzhang, and Mu Yin who was "learning to walk" came in one after another, stood in a row, and knelt before Xianfeng.

"Your servant Yi Xin respectfully wishes His Majesty the best of health."

"Your servant Mu Yin respectfully greets His Majesty."

Yi Xin was a prince of the Bordered White Banner, that is, a prince with a captaincy. He had a noble status and was the emperor's chief servant. Of course, he was qualified to call himself a servant in front of Emperor Xianfeng.

Mu Yin was a member of the Plain White Banner, while the Plain Yellow Banner, Bordered Yellow Banner and Plain White Banner were directly under the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, and were called the Upper Three Banners. All the assistant commanders under these three banners belonged to the emperor, so the princes and nobles who were in the eighth rank were not affiliated with the Upper Three Banners. The bannermen and bondservants of the Upper Three Banners were all slaves of the emperor of the Qing Dynasty. So Mu Yin could also call himself a slave in front of Emperor Xianfeng!

Both servants greeted them in Manchu, which was also the rule.

"Your Highness, I, Qi Junzao, respectfully wish you the best of health."

"Your Highness, I, Peng Yunzhang, respectfully wish you the best of health."

Then, two Han military officials came to pay their respects to the emperor. Of course, the Han people had no right to call themselves slaves in front of Emperor Xianfeng. In theory, not only the Han people could not call themselves slaves in front of the Manchu emperor, but even the bannermen and baoyi who were subordinate to the various princes and nobles could not call themselves the emperor's slaves - those princes and nobles were their masters!
When the two Han military officials paid their respects, they used Chinese.

"Sixth Brother, Qi Junzao, please stand up." Xianfeng said, "An Dehai, bring a stool for Qi Junzao."

Upon hearing this, Prince Gong and Qi Junzao first thanked the emperor and then stood up.

And An Dehai brought a small round stool for Qi Junzao - it was a gift from the emperor!
Qi Junzao is an old and virtuous minister. The emperor can show mercy and allow him to sit upright. As for Prince Gong Yixin, he has good legs and feet. Just stand upright!
The other two military planes could only kneel.

With a few "pa pa pa" sounds, Emperor Xianfeng grabbed several memorials on the imperial desk and threw them down, followed by a loud curse: "Look, look, these are the memorials from Sai Shang'a, Xiang Rong, He Chun, and Jiang Zhongyuan. Look, what a mess this is! How could my Qing Dynasty employ such insects? No wonder the long-haired bandits are increasing in number!
"I have always known that these people are deceiving me and hiding their defeats, but I have always been tolerant of them, hoping that they can inspire their conscience and do things honestly. But I didn't expect that they would even go further to deceive me. Do they think that I am young and ignorant and can let them deceive me? It's really hateful! What do you think, should these insects be killed?"

Yi Xin, Qi Junzao, Peng Yunzhang, and Mu Yin did not know what was going on, so they followed Emperor Xianfeng's instructions and each of them picked up a memorial and opened it to read.

After watching for a while, the four of them were dumbfounded.

"How can there be a demon falling from the sky? How is this possible?"

"Why are there still Tongtian Jiaozhu and Niu Mowang? Didn't they say that the long-haired thieves used foreign religions to deceive people? Why did they change to "Investiture of the Gods" and "Journey to the West"? "

"He rode a flying car and descended on purple lightning, and there were thousands of people witnessing him? Is this true?"

"I also picked up a magic weapon as physical evidence, and there is also Hong Daquan as a witness. Is this true or false?"

Hearing the people below talking like this, Xianfeng was furious. "What time has it come? Why are you still protecting these treacherous villains? Are you all their accomplices? Lao Liu, what do you think?"

Yi Xin was stunned, thinking: If I say that Sai Shang'a, Xiang Rong, He Chun, and Jiang Zhongyuan are deceiving the emperor, won't you be furious and send them all to Xinjiang? If they were gone from the Guangxi front, the long-haired bandits might have swept across Guangdong and Guangxi.

"Your Majesty, Sai Shang'a's memorial is very convincing. He also said that there are witnesses and physical evidence, and that they are already on the way to Beijing. How about we wait until the witnesses and physical evidence arrive?"

Xianfeng snorted, "Sixth Brother, do you really believe that there are demons behind the long-haired thieves?"

"I feel that this matter cannot be disbelieved, nor can it be completely believed. I still have to believe it."

Xianfeng did not wait for Yi Xin to finish his words and interrupted him, saying: "Okay! Since you are skeptical, I will order you to take charge of this matter! If the Taiping rebels really have the help of demons, you go and slay the demons!"

"But, but I can't do that!" Yi Xin knew, of course, that it was this good elder brother who was trying to trick him, so he quickly pushed the task away.

But Xianfeng had finally caught an opportunity to embarrass Prince Gong, so how could he let it go?

"Sixth Brother, don't push it. I think this job belongs to you!" Xianfeng said, "Although Sai Shang'a's memorial mentioned Tongtian Jiaozhu and Niu Mowang, the Taiping rebels were rioting with foreign religions, and Niu Mowang might be a Western devil. It looks like the Bull Demon King! This Western devil who killed a Westerner belongs to Westernization, right? Now you are the one who knows the most about Westernization in Beijing. If you don't take care of this matter, who will?

Qi Junzao, Peng Yunzhang, Mu Yin, please speak up!"

"Your Majesty is wise. Dealing with Western monsters is indeed a Westernization! Your Majesty, please don't refuse."

"Your Majesty, except for you, no one else in the court has read the foreign Bible, and no one knows how to kill Western monsters."

"Your Majesty, this matter is none other than yours. For the sake of the Qing Dynasty and the people of the world, you should accept this mission!"

Prince Gong Yixin was now being framed. Who made him so fond of studying Western affairs? This foreign monster, of course, belongs to Western affairs.
(End of this chapter)