Chapter 522: Towards Peace Talk (1)
In the past, the bannermen always had the highest voices. But after the revolution, the bannermen were all like eggplants made by frost. Not to mention bragging and spanking, they couldn't even raise their voices to talk to people. As for those bannermen who used to rely on tea to remove tents to drink tea, they could not enter the teahouse at all. Even if you were a Beile and Beizi from the Qing Dynasty, you had no money, you would never want to take out the airs of the bannermen! The world has indeed changed. The country of the bannermen has been destroyed, and the iron-core crops that have been more than two hundred years have also collapsed. Once the emperor and the ministers have passed.
Not all the bannermen are staying in the capital. After the price of the banner was stopped, some bannermen went to the outside of the pass, saying that they were going to go to Guandong. However, no one knew whether they were going to dig ginseng in the northeast or participating in the "Eight Banners outside the pass". Nowadays, everyone is only concerned about their own future and will not care about others. As for the future of this country, it is better to have the presidential palace and the big figures in the Army Department worry about the common people.
Originally, I thought that the Qing Dynasty had fallen and the people's lives would be better, but unexpectedly, the world would be even more chaotic when the Qing Dynasty fell. Compared with the chaotic southern provinces, the capital has been relatively calm in recent years. In addition to the fierce battle with the Southern Xinjiang inspection envoy last year, Beijing and Tianjin had a hard life shortage of cotton and cloth for a while, but it was still as peaceful as usual. The novel was just recently reported that the Northern Army lost Henan and Shanxi, and the guards did not plan to enter Beijing!"
"What?"
Zi Beile really didn't read today's newspaper, and was stunned when he heard it.
A person next to him coughed and followed the conversation, "I came from Jiangsu and heard that General Feng refused to send troops to reinforce Beijing. President Yuan left alone, and the conflict between Duan Feng began to emerge. Also, when President Yuan was there, they were both in Beijing and in the same place, holding tens of thousands of soldiers in their hands. But President Yuan was gone, and both the Third Division and the Fifth Division, which depended on Duan Feng, suffered losses. Now the generals have the final say in the world, but they are not all in charge of the soldiers in their hands, so how can they give them to others!"
Zi Beile was dissatisfied and said, "Hmph, that period Feng is just a servant. Even if President Yuan leaves, it is not their turn to fight for Beijing. I want me to say that there are so many people who are jealous of Beijing now, but who can win in the end? I said that Li Yizhi is still the one who is under his command. It is said that his soldiers are over 300,000, and he will fight wherever he points, but he is more powerful than President Yuan!"
Blinking, he remembered the news from a relative in the distance, and said uncertainly: "Besides, there are more people fighting in Beijing. I heard that the former dynasty Mr. Sheng went to Qingdao to see Xu Shichang. President Yuan left, and everyone wanted to jump out to compete for the Beijing city!"
"Zi Beile said the same thing! After this battle, tens of thousands of people were killed and injured in Beiyang, and tens of thousands of people were captured alive. Even President Yuan followed. The situation is so chaotic now, who is capable of not standing up and fighting for it!"
"It's hard to say, it's hard to say."
"Shh! Everyone, please keep your mouth low! Haven't you heard that the plainclothes team is searching for chaos in the city now! If you don't want to be arrested, just keep your mouth shut. Don't say anything you shouldn't say."
The teahouse is crowded with people, and the most concerned topic among the teahouses is the battle between the north and the south. However, now all kinds of news and rumors are flying everywhere, and the people are somewhat at a loss.
Just as the tea shops were discussing the war between the north and the south, a dark-stained wooden carriage slowly drove out of the embassy area. The leading was a team of British cavalry carrying carriages. The carriages were tattooed with British flags. There was a glance in the teahouse that belonged to the British Embassy in China. The convoys of the British Consulate frequently entered and exited in the past two days, which was easy to recognize.
Some knowledgeable tea shoppers recognized the carriage and whispered to each other.
"That's the carriage of the British Embassy?"
"That's right, it's the carriage of the British Embassy. I recognize this carriage. It's the carriage of the new minister. Look at the guards around it, it's impossible to make a mistake."
"Where is this car going? Ministry of Foreign Affairs? Or the Presidential Office?"
"Who knows, maybe I just came out and let it go!"
While talking, Dr. Tea suddenly rang the state affairs card in the teahouse. The iron sign with the four big words "Don't talk about state affairs" sounded. Except for a few bannermen who lowered their voices and refused to shut up, everyone picked up the teacup in front of them and drank it. As expected, not long after, a team of patrol officers came over with shouting slogans. The shopkeeper's face was filled with smiles and greeted him, and sent a small bag of silver dollars and some snacks. The captain weighed it for a while, then nodded with satisfaction, and explained a few words in a low voice but did not enter the teahouse. After shouting for safety, the team continued patrolling other streets.
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