Zaifeng, the regent of the Qing Empire, did not wait for the answer he expected, but what he waited for was a round of more violent shellings than the other rounds. The bombardment almost destroyed the entire city wall from Dongbianmen to Dongzhimen, more than 30,000.

The soldiers of the Northeast Revolutionary Army rushed into the outer city before 9 a.m., and fierce artillery fire covered the front and continued to attack the inner city.

The first town of the Beiyang Army, which was temporarily commanded by Tieliang, was severely damaged in the Dongbianmen area. It was even more disastrous before the Northeast Army attacked, and even the troops dominated by the people could not continue to hold on.

The soldiers of the sixth town of the Beiyang Army were also defeated. The two towns returned to the inner city had less than 4,000 soldiers. As the artillery fire of the Northeast Army continued to extend to Chongwenmen, the soldiers fled one after another, and could no longer stop such a strong attack.

momentum.

The Qing army had already repeated the incidents of escape and dispersion, so that the Second Infantry Division of the Northeast Army easily crossed the Chongwen Gate and entered the inner city.

The street fighting initially expected did not break out violently. Although the Qing army had obstacles everywhere, after a round of bullets was fired, they would flee in a panic, throw away their guns, and take off their military uniforms and flee.

Enter the alley.

The most intense resistance was the Imperial Guards. They had retreated without retreating and were defending their utmost outside the Forbidden City, and ultimately failed to block the strong attack of the Third Infantry Division.

A bloody blow in the Forbidden City.

Regent Zaifeng, Emperor Xuantong and Empress Dowager Longyu were not sure whereabouts, and Liangbi was also missing. The eunuchs wanted to ignite the palace, but the soldiers of the Northeast Army were responsible for putting out the fire.

Before 7 pm, the Northeast Army had already controlled the entire capital before 4 pm. During a large-scale search of the city, all bank ticket numbers were temporarily supervised. No one or two silver coins were allowed to be transferred out of the capital.

After confirming that the Northeast Army had controlled the capital, Song Biao officially signed the "Martial Law Order" and the "Manchu Property Investigation and Punishment Order", in the name of the Northeast Revolutionary Army, and seized all the property of the Qing Dynasty princes and nobles and nobles to assist in the transfer of these properties.

All money shops, bill numbers, and pawnshops are detained on the spot for death.

In this tense atmosphere, Song Biao did not go to Beijing in person, and the Northeast Revolutionary Army continued to establish a national headquarters of the Chinese Revolutionary Army in Tongzhou.

July 30, 1910.

The Qing Dynasty ended.

That night, at the General Command of the Northeast Revolutionary Army in Tongzhou, everyone began to collectively persuade Song Biao to officially proclaim himself emperor. Since he wanted to proclaim himself emperor, it was necessary to be quick. He forced all provinces to admit it. If all provinces do not admit it, then continue to lead their troops to attack south.

The provinces on the north and on both sides of the Yangtze River were fired first, and the opportunity to clear away dissidents.

The revolution was victorious, and everyone had paid so much. The first thing was of course to defend the fruits of victory belonging to the Northeast Army and the Restoration Association.

Another heavy rainstorm came at night.

The thunder clouds rolled, as if there was a power of lament and mourning.

Since the Qing Dynasty entered the pass, Tongzhou has been a major area where people enclosed land. The kings and heroes enclose many paintings and gardens here, and naturally there are many gardens. Even the canal transportation yamen has a Beiyuan here, the first in the Beiyang Army.

The town was also stationed here in the early days, and later moved to the Chaoyangmen area.

The command center of the Northeast Revolutionary Army was in this Beiyuan. It was raining heavily outside and thunder roared. Song Biao smoked in the corridor of the temporary commander-in-chief's office. The rain rushed in and dipped the cigarettes in.

He simply threw the cigarette out of the pool in front, patted the raindrops on his shoulder, and walked back to the flower hall.

This is the waterfront pavilion of Beiyuan Garden, surrounded by water on three sides, and only the east side is connected to the right path. The two-story high pavilion looks even more hazy and exquisite in the rain.

Song Biao works here and lives here temporarily.

Song Biao listened carefully to the collective admonition of his subordinates. He was not a person who would hesitate. He also knew that speed of becoming emperor was the most important thing at present. Information had been sent from the south, and Sun Yat-sen had rushed back from the United States.

In China, it is expected to arrive in Hong Kong in a few days. Huang Xing presided over the Guangzhou Revolutionary Government in Guangdong and Guangxi. The restoration associations, Tongmenghui, rural gentry, and military staff in other places are all competing for control of the revolutionary government.

In the coming week, more complex variables will appear in China.

The Qing Dynasty was destroyed, but this was just a more chaotic beginning.

There was also a circle of people waiting in the office. Jiang Fangzhen, Zhang Yahu, Zhao Tingzhu, Jiang Yanxing and Shu Fangde, who was rushing over, were all advising Song Biao to seize the time to proclaim himself emperor. No matter what, either call himself emperor quickly and eliminate dissidents, or

I can only suffer for a long time with the Tongmenghui.

Song Biao returned to the flower hall, and Zhang Yahu couldn't wait to stand up again and asked Song Biao: "Master, what are you waiting for? Now is the best opportunity! If others don't agree, we will fight all the way.

, just kick them out."

Shu Fangde also said: "Master, be sure to seize the time. It is the best choice to become emperor quickly. If the Tongmenghui is connected and jointly implementing the republic system, we will be at a disadvantage and want to compete for the nominal high point.

It's hard to deal with."

Song Biao nodded slightly. He actually agreed. He just considered the specific time and had already considered it clearly outside. When he returned to his desk, he said to you: "July 31st is a very strange day.

, It only takes one once every four years. Therefore, tomorrow is definitely not a good choice. Since you want to be emperor, you should not be too hasty, but you don’t need to prepare too much. You can give power generation orders to the provinces and the Restoration Association on August 1,

In newspapers and publish the establishment of the Chinese Empire, and publish eight principles. First, adhere to the constitutional monarchy, first establish a temporary constitution, convene a parliament, and elect the Prime Minister of the Cabinet; second, adhere to inheriting all the territory and territorial rights of the Qing Dynasty; third, adhere to the rule of law

, value the law and love the people, violate the law in the world and have the same crime as the common people; Fourth, adhere to the re-discussion of the new contract with foreign countries and pursue peaceful and reciprocal diplomatic relations; Fifth, adhere to the principle of openness and freedom of capital; Sixth, adhere to the policy of light taxation, all over the country

Closing the Lijin miscellaneous tax, banning the D tax, and exempting grain tax in disaster areas for one year; Seventh, establish a public examination system for administrative officials, recruit administrative officials according to the public examination, hire them according to the law, and review them regularly to eliminate corruption and bribery. It is strictly prohibited to private officials from

The two are taught to receive each other; eighth, restore the Chinese nation, and cut braids from all over the country. Remove all the clothes and ceremonies, restore the Han rituals and Han robes."

After hearing this, Shu Fangde and others cheered, and Zhang Yahu and Zhao Tingzhu were already impatient. They immediately stepped forward and knelt down to meet the emperor, shouting, "Long live the emperor."

Song Biao wanted to be the emperor, but he didn't care about these complicated details. He asked everyone to get up first and said, "It is to be the emperor. These details and etiquette will be reviewed again later. When we meet, we can just call us the chief seat and wait until we can settle down.

Let’s talk about the dragon throne.”

Jiang Fangzhen smiled and said, "The chief officer doesn't have to worry about these things. As long as you start ascending the throne and becoming emperor, let us do other things. I'm afraid there is no reason to settle the score with the Tongmenghui. Now, as long as they oppose it, our provinces can clear it one by one after they are eliminated.

Fight over and eliminate all the different armies of each province to ensure that there is only one army and one voice in the country.”

Song Biao agreed: "It's this idea. The army is too chaotic and there will be problems sooner or later."

The matter of becoming an emperor is simple, but it is difficult to do. Fortunately, the liberation meeting has been prepared for a long time, and Zhang Binglin is in charge of the rituals of the throne. Although he has never been to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and has never worked in the Ministry of Rites, he has examined the evidence points.

He is still very capable.

Song Biao has seen his plan and it doesn't feel that it's very suitable for his taste.

Song Biao's own idea was to hold a ceremony in the Forbidden City, and set up several different sets of dragon robes, which were called dragon robes in the past, but now they are renamed emperor robes. One set of Eastern style, another set of Western style, and the Eastern style is the foundation of the Ming Dynasty dragon robes.

Just modify it. How to modify it is still unknown. Song Biao has not really prepared it before.

He himself estimated that although he had been forced to rush forward in the near future, others would directly send troops to attack him. When he attacked the provinces, he could basically agree. His work on pride was almost ready, and he had truly officially ascended the throne.

The emperor is afraid he will wait until next year.

By the way, there must be a lot of work to prepare. It will take several months to pack up just by making Beijing City like this. Even if other detailed work is very effective, it will take time.

The matter of becoming an emperor is just a matter of hard work. It is easy to go up. The key is how to deal with those who do not agree. Now the overall situation has been decided. The subsequent one is to draw a large-scale patrol troops from Kanto to form a regular army and the main force.

The troops fought together.

The new army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang is basically not a problem, and other provinces are still easy to say. The biggest problem now is Guangdong, Guangxi, Hubei and Sichuan. Another problem is that Zaifeng and Emperor Xuantong are still missing.

Catch it, you must catch it.

On August 1, Zaifeng, Longyu and Xuantong were still not caught, and the large-scale searches inside and outside the city of Beijing were not caught. The Secret Service Bureau arrested the eunuchs and palace maids and tortured them one by one, and finally found out.

Zaifeng and others left the Forbidden City on July 27, and their whereabouts were unknown.

Song Biao thought that on the morning of the 30th, Zaifeng asked for help with the British Minister Juerdian, so he would probably ask Shu Fangde to negotiate with Juerdian at the British Embassy.

Whether Zaifeng and Emperor Xuantong could be arrested, Song Biao still officially announced the establishment of the Chinese Empire in this day, and announced the eight principles to establish the Chinese Revolutionary Army at the same time, requiring the reorganization of the revolutionary army, and to follow our support.

Prosper, the situation of those who go against me will perish.

Look, we have already begun to snatch the fruits of the victory of the revolution. We didn’t slept in the Northeast for five years, but now we have the strength to command the heroes in the world.

The Northeast Revolutionary Army and the Northeast Patrol Army quickly reorganized into the First Army and the Tenth Army of the Chinese Revolutionary Army. The First Army had six infantry divisions, three cavalry divisions, three artillery brigades, three cavalry brigades, and two baggage brigades,

The 10th Army directly reorganized three infantry divisions, two cavalry brigades, two artillery brigades, one baggage brigade and one railway brigade.

Seeing that Song Biao was holding such a powerful force, the other heroes could only stare at him, either bowing down or waiting to be destroyed.

The Beiyang Army ran happily all the way and fled to Anyang to seek Yuan Shikai's comeback. Of course, Yuan Shikai wanted to come back. He knew something was wrong when he saw this situation. He immediately asked Duan Qirui to announce the uprising and took the opportunity to use his troops to occupy Henan and Shandong.

The province sits and observes the changes in the situation.

As soon as they announced the uprising, the problem became troublesome. Cai E just led the First Cavalry Division to Anyang, the second town of the Beiyang Army, the remnants of the third town, the fourth town and the fifth town announced the uprising because there was only the second town.

In Anyang, Cai E sent troops to surround Anyang.

Yuan Shikai personally sent a power to Song Biao. The first telegram was to hope that Song Biao would show mercy and leave a way out for the Beiyang army. The second telegram was to congratulate Song Biao on proclaiming emperor and calling Song Biao the emperor.

At this time, Yuan Shikai was not really eager to come back. He continued to hide behind Duan Qirui to control the Beiyang Army's remaining three towns and half of its troops. At this time, the Beiyang Army had no previous strength. The baggage was discarded, allowing Song Biao to

I picked up the equipment of two artillery brigades for nothing.

August 1910 was destined to be the most chaotic year in Chinese history. There were still some provinces in various places that did not announce an uprising, nor did they have a unified and recognized new government. Song Biao's self-built Chinese Empire in Tongzhou temporarily controlled the three eastern provinces.

Although the rest of the provinces announced an uprising, they did not recognize him as the emperor and the Chinese Empire. Everyone established the revolutionary military governments in each province. The revolutionary military governments were intertwined, the Tongmenghui and the Restoration Society.

, Local gentry and old bureaucrats compete for power.

The characteristic of the Restoration Association is that it is distributed across the country, so it naturally expands rapidly at this time, and local forces are mixed with fish and dragons to join. Song Biao, who is eager to consolidate the new empire, can only let it go, but he understands that he must learn from the two people.

One is Yuan Shikai and the other is Sun Yixian.

The Navy's Cheng Biguang revolted and has not recognized the new government for a long time.

The Tongmenghui occupied Wuchang, Guangdong and Guangxi, Fujian, the old forces of the Qing Dynasty controlled Sichuan, Guizhou, Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia and other regions. The Beiyang Army controlled Henan and Shandong. All forces were entangled. On the surface, they all recognized that Song Biao was the master of all parties.

But he has been reluctant to publicly acknowledge the arrival of the New Empire era.

The British Embassy in China really admitted that it had taken in the Regent Zaifeng. However, it did not admit that it had taken in Empress Longyu and Emperor Xuantong, and at the same time demanded that Zaifeng be provided with political asylum, and the two sides were also arguing about this.

Among all kinds of entanglements, August has not been so called the central government, and it is in chaos.
To be continued...