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Chapter 634 Blackmail

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    Yinchang still has some insight and courage. He is also known as the "first Manchu general". He has long served as the guard of the imperial palace and the chief of bodyguard of various presidents.

    During Yuan Shikai's time, he served as military attache and chief of staff. During Duan Qirui's tenure, he continued to serve as military attach¨¦ during President Xu Shichang's term. After the Republic of China, he was the only Manchu to be given such an important position.

    He once committed suicide when Zhang Xun was defeated in the restoration and had no way to advance and was in a very embarrassing situation: "Who would have thought, I can't please both sides." However, this did not affect his continued position as the captain of the bodyguard, which was considered an anomaly.

    Hu Sijing once praised him: "In ancient times, the function of the Ministry of War was to manage the money and food of the world's troops, and it was not driven by desire. Yinchang, the Minister of Army, returned from Haibang. He cut his hair and changed clothes into a suit. When he entered the court, he wore fake braids and became a minister.  As the commander-in-chief, all the officers and generals in the department will become Wu Bian, which will create a miracle unprecedented in the ages."

    His son Yin Tiege married Yuan Qizhen, the daughter of Yuan Shikai, so he was also a Beiyang veteran.

    It¡¯s just that Beiyang has gradually gone away. For the newly promoted generals of the Republic of China, Feng Yuxiang and others, the vastness of the world is not as great as their own power.  In order to obtain military pay and expand the army, even the emperor could not control it.

    The only army guarding the huge Forbidden City is the Yinchang Guards of 300 people. Basically, apart from patrolling, they can only guard a few palace gates.  Looking at the heavily armed guards and policemen from the garrison headquarters, he was heartbroken.  He was afraid that he would not be friendly today, so he said to Lu Zhonglin: "The country has given many preferential treatment to the royal family, and it has not been changed in twelve years. The "Preferential Treatment Regulations" are still there. Does the general want the country to renege on its promise?"

    Lu Zhonglin adhered to Feng Yuxiang's intention to express a progressive attitude and echo the people's call for dishonor. Of course, expelling the emperor was a good direction: no one would fight with him, and he could also get some benefits, so what's the point?  But not?  He said: "Puyi violated the "Preferential Treatment Regulations" signed with the National Government when he participated in Zhang Xun's restoration, so we don't recognize this emperor!"

    Yinchang is a die-hard royalist. How can he give in due to his responsibilities?  He asked angrily: "These major national affairs should be discussed with us by the central government and the cabinet. You are a general, how can you represent the government?!"

    Zhang Bi became impatient: "Stop talking nonsense, you are a slave of the Qing Dynasty, and you also want to block our progress? Tell the little emperor to get out of here, otherwise we will help you move, but by then, it will not be easy to talk.  !

    ¡°In addition, it has been 6 years since Zhang Xun¡¯s restoration, and you have also taken a lot of state money. It¡¯s time to withdraw now.  We understand that you once had a great family and a great business, so we will only give you a half discount of 12 million yuan!  "

    Calculated at four million taels per year, there is a lot in six years, but the silver coins cannot just go in and out. The salaries of so many concubines, maids, eunuchs, and guards in the entire palace are obtained from here. This money is a package  cost.  A group of people spend a lot of money on food, clothing, housing and transportation. If it weren't for the fact that there were many old people in the palace to support themselves, what would the four million taels per year alone be enough for!

    Yinchang knew best. He said loudly: "This money is needed to feed a lot of people, which is not enough. If not for this, Your Majesty would not have dismissed a large number of eunuchs a few months ago."

    This is true. On July 15th this year, Puyi dismissed 1,734 eunuchs, leaving only 15 elders guarding the important gates of the palace.  However, it turned out that there was not enough to use, and hundreds of people were recalled one after another.

    Zhang Bi let out a light chirp and snorted coldly: "The reason for firing those slaves is because you have gone too far. You are still crying to me about poverty. That fire burned so many national treasures, and it was just molten ruins."  There is a gold shop that bids for 500,000 yuan. At that time, the number of melted gold nuggets and gold flakes was more than 17,000 taels! There are so many treasures in this palace. We won¡¯t listen to you cry now. After the little emperor leaves,  Let¡¯s do the counting ourselves!¡±

    It is believed that the fire that broke out in the Jianfu Palace in the Forbidden City in June was set by the eunuchs themselves in order to eliminate evidence of voyeurism.  Because after the Qing Emperor abdicated, many eunuchs had no food and clothing, or saw the lack of defense in the palace, so they began to want to peek at the treasures.

    According to Puyi's later autobiography: "It was simply a catastrophe. It can be said that everyone who participated in the robbery was from top to bottom. In other words, everyone who had the opportunity to steal, no one did not steal, and  You can steal as boldly as you like. When I got married, theft had reached such an extent: just after the wedding, all the original treasures on the 'Queen's' phoenix crown were replaced with fakes.

    There are different ways of stealing. There are secret steals by picking locks, and blatant steals based on legal procedures.  Most eunuchs use the former method, while ministers and officials use legal methods such as mortgage or auction, lending for appreciation, and requesting rewards.  "

    The Royal Master Johnston once said that after the fire, the place where he lived wasMany new antique shops have opened on Mengmen Street.  Where did the antique come from?  I heard that some were opened by eunuchs, and some were opened by officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs or relatives of officials

    Because of the rampant theft, Puyi wanted to check the treasures in the palace. However, as soon as he entered Jianfu Palace, this beautiful royal treasure house was burned down to the ground that night.  Later, Puyi did not dare to investigate anymore because he was afraid that his life would be in danger if he continued to investigate!  Having so many eunuchs in the palace was really a source of trouble, so they were dismissed a few days later.

    To say that Puyi couldn¡¯t expose the blame is a mockery of the readers¡¯ intelligence. There are so many treasures in the Forbidden City, but there are still quite a few intact. Otherwise, there would be no two museums in the Forbidden City in Beijing and the Forbidden City in Taipei.  However, excluding cultural relics and gold jewelry, there is not much real gold and silver.  Especially silver dollars, the currency in circulation at that time, could be exchanged directly for treasure when needed

    What happened in the Forbidden City quickly became known to everyone.  The Imperial City was originally the focus of people's attention, but now a large number of armed military and police officers broke in, and they heard that they wanted to expel the emperor from the palace. Of course, it quickly became news.  So much so that Huang Xiansheng, who was responsible for maintaining public security after settling in Beijing not long ago, heard about it.

    Zhang Hanqing told Huang Xiansheng before he entered the city: The cultural relics in the Forbidden City are national treasures, and tragic things like the fire in June cannot happen again.  Cultural relics are no more regenerable than gold and silver. It is a blessing for our generation to leave a memorial for future generations.  Therefore, in addition to Zhongnanhai, where the Fengcian headquarters is located, there are also many armed police units stationed around the palace.

    In fact, when Lu Zhonglin, Zhang Bi and others were about to force their way into the Forbidden City, the garrison police were already preparing to dispatch and reported to Huang Xiansheng and the military police.

    There is a military police battalion nearby, and the person in charge of it is Li Debiao, a deputy commander of the People's Army Military Police Headquarters.

    Li Debiao¡¯s strict discipline is regarded as a model by the entire Fengjun army. Even Marshal Zhang dared to beat and scold him, but he was a blessing in disguise.  After being promoted several times, he has become the deputy commander of the regiment. He is very popular as a police officer in the army.  In the war-torn capital of Beijing, his gendarmerie dealt with many military and police violations. Of course, the vast majority were members of the National Army, as well as some stragglers from the direct line.

    Li Debiao, who has always enforced the law impartially, will not tolerate collective violations of military orders.  After the three parties counter-insurgents, they agreed on the location and scope of control of each party's military personnel, and stipulated that military personnel were not allowed to participate in government or social affairs. All dispatches of a company or above must be reported to the National Defense Commission for approval.  Now, Lu Zhonglin and others are openly violating military orders. This is a matter that his military police should take care of.

    He led a team of troops to approach the palace gate. Facing the overwhelming crowd, Li Debiao was not afraid of the small team of only a dozen people: the military police did not want to fight, they only wanted to correct mistakes, temporarily confine themselves to disobey the battlefield management personnel, and  Responsible for suppressing and restoring order behind enemy lines.

    It is rare for a large-scale military rebellion to occur. If it does happen, no matter how many military police there are, it will be useless.  He shouted at the other party: "Which army is on the other side? Let your officers speak out!"

    Lu Zhonglin looked at a group of black-clad soldiers arriving, all in black military uniforms, which were typical military law enforcement officers' attire, and he knew something was going to happen.  However, with the arrow on the string, he had no choice but to send someone to stop him and preemptively said: "The National Army Garrison Headquarters is carrying out military duties, and all idlers will get out of the way!"

    Indeed!  If they were in the army, they would definitely not be called "miscellaneous people."  You must know that all military police units in the Fengjun army are directly affiliated with the political departments at all levels, and the political department is an extremely critical department. In non-combat situations, even the chiefs at all levels dare not interfere with their work!

    Li Debiao, on the other hand, is under the command of the General Political Department, and is beyond the awareness of ordinary military officers.

    You must know that according to the People's Army Training and Regulations, the military police can arrest commanders at all levels. Of course, in most cases, the word "arrest" is not used, but "escort" to the higher-level headquarters for investigation.  At that time, the commander's security forces were not allowed to interfere, otherwise they would most likely be declared a "rebellion"!

    Therefore, when military police perform official duties, they must not be counted as "miscellaneous personnel."

    Li Debiao was not afraid of anyone except Marshal Zhang and Marshal Zhang, so how could he be easily intimidated by a group of Nationalist troops?  He said loudly: "We are the military police of the People's Army. Tell us your serial number and the name of your commander." He pointed at the soldiers of the National Army who wanted to stop him and said calmly: "According to the regulations, anyone who raises a gun at the military police shall be regarded as  Rebels can be shot on the spot!"

    The Nationalist Army didn¡¯t dare to move. We all heard that the Fengjun Army had strict military discipline. Good guy, even the military police were so arrogant.  We just come to the palace to make a fortune, not to die.  Even Lu Zhonglin was taken down by this small group of military policemen.

    He still has a natural respect for the Feng clan: the arrogant Wu Peifu lost his division and territory while talking and laughing. As a former close member, he knew the strength of Marshal Wu. His 3rd Division was the leader of the Beiyang Army.  I heard that the 27th Division of the Fengjun Army was unable to mobilize on the front line - there were five such divisions!

    Although Wu¡¯s defeat was due to their coup, it still cannot be underestimated when considering that the Feng Faction relied on a few divisions outside the customs to withstand Marshal Wu¡¯s attack. Calculating that they only deployed a quarter of their strength in the full attack.

    He said with a smile: "It turns out that we are brothers from the Fengjun Military Police. We are the National Army and we were ordered to do business here."

    ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Don¡¯t hit the smiling person, you can¡¯t afford to offend him, you can only soften up.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com)The leader of the foreign army, I heard that the 27th Division of the Fengjun Army was unable to move on the front line - there were five such divisions!

    Although Wu¡¯s defeat was due to their coup, it still cannot be underestimated when considering that the Feng Faction relied on a few divisions outside the customs to withstand Marshal Wu¡¯s attack. Calculating that they only deployed a quarter of their strength in the full attack.

    He said with a smile: "It turns out that we are brothers from the Fengjun Military Police. We are the National Army and we were ordered to do business here."

    ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Don¡¯t hit the smiling person, you can¡¯t afford to offend him, you can only soften up.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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