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Chapter 323 Qing Dynasty: I am torn apart!
Sticky Branch, this famous secret service agency, its full name should actually be called Shangyu Reserve Branch.

It already existed as early as when Yongzheng was still Prince Yong.

In some movies and storytelling of later generations, the sticky rod was nicknamed "Blood Droplet", which essentially hinted at the conspiracy theory that Yongzheng was ruthless and regicide to usurp the throne.

However, "blood droplets" do have historical basis.

In the third year of Yongzheng's reign, Yongzheng gave Li Fu, the governor of Guangxi, a secret order asking him to find a poison.This poison is made by mixing snake venom and the sap of a poisonous tree. Just one drop can cause a person's whole body to fester and die, so it is also called "blood droplet".

The members of the sticky stick department were all the retainers and servants of Prince Yong's Palace at the beginning, and its meaning was just as its name suggests. They specialized in sticking cicadas that chirped around the palace in summer to prevent the cicadas from disturbing the rest of the palace's nobles.

But soon, these people discovered the unexpected gains brought by "sticking to the pole". "Sticking to the pole" turned out to be a good cover. As they climbed up and down, they discovered the secrets of many of Yinzhen's political opponents. privacy.

This discovery was also very rewarding for Yinzhen. During the tense period when the nine sons were competing for the throne, being able to grasp the information about their opponents in advance allowed Yinzhen to take the initiative in many cases.

Until Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, Niangan Department was naturally retained and merged into the Ministry of Internal Affairs, under the direct jurisdiction of the emperor.

The leader of the Niangan Department, the "Niangan Guards", is still a close confidant of the palace before Yongzheng.The rest of the subordinate members who "stick to the pole and worship the Tang Dynasty" are served by the servants of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Although these people's positions are not high, they are powerful because they follow Yongzheng every day, and their words can be heard by heaven, directly affecting Yongzheng's judgment and decisions.

The Yonghe Temple in later generations is said to be the headquarters of Nianganchu.

Sticking sticks appeared in the Yongzheng Dynasty, just like the Jinyiwei in the previous Ming Dynasty, and continued until the Jiaqing Dynasty.After the childish Tianli Sect uprising, more than two hundred people broke into the palace, and then it was finally abolished.

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Yongzheng withdrew his troops very decisively, breaking out of camp almost overnight.

The Ming army said they wanted to pursue him, but they did not set off until the next morning, mainly because marching in the middle of the night was inherently dangerous.And it was still a pursuit battle. If they were ambushed, even professional soldiers like the Ming Army would be in trouble.

The Manchu and Qing troops fled and retreated from Ningling to Qixian County.

Here I received Tian Wenjing's emergency transportation of military supplies from Kaifeng. Before the Qing army could take a breath, a military report from Beijing was delivered to Yongzheng.

This Beijing military report was originally going to be sent to Kaifeng. I heard that the emperor was not in Kaifeng and had already led the army south to return to Germany, so I just followed the route all the way.

The person who delivered the military report turned out to be Yongzheng's Niangan bodyguard who stayed in Beijing to supervise the officials.

After Yong Zheng took the military newspaper and read it, his expression finally changed drastically, and he looked at it twice to confirm that he had read it correctly.

Beijing is gone?

How can this be?

Yongzheng personally conducted the expedition and led 15 northwest frontier troops south to Henan, waiting for an opportunity to fight the Ming army for a decisive battle.Jueluo Manbao led [-] Zhili Eight Banners south to Shandong, relying on the mountains of northern Shandong to contain them, and blocked the canal with iron cables and hidden hooks.

Although the Shandong Ming Army has more troops than Zhijueluo Manbao, it is not easy to fight.

Moreover, the entire Shandong Province has not yet recovered from corruption. There are abandoned farmlands and starvation everywhere.

In the counties captured by the Fifth Army, small-scale plagues have even broken out because the corpses of refugees were not disposed of in time.

Fortunately, this is just a regular plague caused by the accumulation of corpses, pollution and germs.

The Ming army had allicin in hand, and at least they had the epidemic under control.

But these were just arrangements for the frontline war. Yongzheng never expected that a fire would break out in Beijing's backyard while he was personally on the frontline.

The person who set the fire was the old man named Yinsu who had been under house arrest for almost two years.

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Yongzheng was so confident and sat firmly on the throne for two more years that he completely ignored his brothers who were under house arrest.

Especially the eighth prince Yinhu who was forcibly placed under house arrest. Although Yinhu in the 61st year of Kangxi had basically lost hope for the throne, this did not mean that the power behind Yinhu was gone.Historically, Yongzheng even worried about this and even compromised with it after he succeeded to the throne.Yinsu was granted the title of Prime Minister and Political King, the same status as Prince Yi Yinxiang.

The operation was not performed until the back was stabilized, but in this timeline, Emperor Zhu of the South made too much trouble and made Kangxi angry to death.

All these factors led to Yongzheng's misjudgment. Not only did he fail to compromise with Yinhu, but he also adopted tough measures to uproot the forces behind Yinhu.

This is not a problem in troubled times. In troubled times, we need to use heavy codes, and in prosperous times, we need to be lenient.

But in troubled times, it is necessary to rely on four words to build a strong army and strong horses.

Yongzheng obviously did not fit these four words, and the South was defeated again and again.Until this year, the entire south was basically lost, and even the younger brother of Luobuzangdanjin in Qinghai dared to rebel against the Qing Dynasty.

The high-ranking aristocrats of the Manchu Qing Dynasty had already criticized Yongzheng a lot, and Yongzheng's character also had huge flaws. Kangxi once commented on him as "emotional".

This has also been confirmed in history. During Yongzheng's reign, he was not only strict with himself, but also strict with others.Under him, even the old ministers of Qiandi could not earn a living.

Even Jiang Tingxi, whose brother embezzled 200 million taels, is indeed very talented.From running a business to water management, he is proficient in everything, and he is also good at painting.He first became an official because Kangxi liked Jiang Tingxi's painting skills.

Those Manchu princes and Eight Banners nobles were more or less suppressed by Yongzheng in various ways, some due to lack of ability, and some purely political suppression.

As one of the "Eight Wise Kings" who had participated in the fight for the title of the nine sons in the past, Yinsu's defeat was not due to his ability, but to the death of Kangxi himself.

This actually stems from Kangxi's aversion to the prince seizing the throne. Even though Yinhu had outstanding abilities, Kangxi was very displeased with him.

The reason why Yinzhen and Yinzhen could enter the "finals" of winning the direct descendants was purely because they both understood clearly, and both sides adopted the strategy of fighting instead of fighting.

Yinhu had been keeping a low profile for two years. This time, he took advantage of Yongzheng's personal expedition to the south and launched it brazenly.

In a short period of time, a large number of princes and princes who were demoted by Yongzheng and were extremely dissatisfied with Yongzheng were gathered together.

The elite Eight Banners soldiers in Beijing were all taken to Henan and Shandong provinces. Yinhu was well prepared and took control of the entire Beijing city with almost no effort.

Things have changed in Beijing!
Yinhu, who captured Beijing, did not proclaim himself emperor directly. Instead, he first ransacked the homes of all the Han nobles. After receiving the money and food, he immediately began to recruit troops on a large scale.

There were many distinguished Han people whose homes were confiscated, including Zhu Zhilian, Marquis of Yanen, Shi Shifan, Marquis of Jinghai, Zheng Anfu, Duke of Haicheng, etc.

Of these three, the first is a descendant of Lao Zhu and is legally a distant relative of Emperor Zhu, the second is Shi Langyaozi, and the third is Zheng Keshuang's eldest son.

None of them ended well.

After Yinhu came to power, he first placed the cabinet bachelors under house arrest, and then dismissed a large number of Yongzheng officials in one fell swoop.And they used the vacant official positions to win over and tie them to the same front with those Manchu princes and Eight Banners nobles.

In just a few days, the city of Beijing was turned into a monolith.

Immediately, Yinzhu suddenly announced that he would establish Aixinjueluo Hongli as emperor, and declared that his father Yongzheng was immoral, so he abandoned his imperial title and changed his position to the Supreme Emperor.

The new emperor's reign was designated as "Xuantong", which means to declare orthodoxy.

Yinzhu was appointed as the regent and minister by the new emperor, and he immediately issued an order in the name of the new emperor to mobilize troops to the Monan tribes, the Eight Banners outside the Pass, and the Suolun tribe to join King Guan Qin.

The Qing Dynasty is cracked!
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Qi County.

"Yinhu, Yinzhen, these two rebellious officials and traitors!" Yongzheng did not care about the royal family's face and cursed in front of the civil and military officials accompanying him.

Fortunately for Yinzi, it can be said that Yinyu was simply angered, because although Yinyu was out of trouble, he had actually become Yinyu's younger brother.

Jiang Tingxi said: "Your Majesty, the top priority is to find a way to return to Beijing immediately, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous."

It is indeed unimaginable that Yongzheng's imperial title has been abolished, and almost all the forces remaining in Beijing have been disintegrated. The sticky stick guard who reported the news still escaped by chance.

(End of this chapter)