Prince Su Shanqi, Prince Gong Puwei, Beile Zaixun, Pulun, Yulang, Duke Zhenguo Zaize and others fled Beijing with a group of royal ministers of the Qing Dynasty and other personnel. They first arrived in Taiyuan, met with the Shanxi Governor Wu Huai, and then temporarily rested in Taiyuan.

After the New Year, a series of burglaries between male and female swallows occurred in Beijing, and then a silver dollar run and price gouging occurred in Shanghai. Because Qingdao wanted to fully support Shanghai's economic war, the plan to march to the northwest was temporarily stopped. This also won Shanqi, Pu Wei and others a lot of time to calmly prepare for rest and recuperation in Taiyuan.

Originally, Taiyuan was an important stop in Cixi's plan to escape west, so she also did a lot of preparations here, not storing a lot of money, materials, arms, and an army was also stationed. As a result, Cixi was useless at all, so she let Shanqi, Pu Wei and others pick up a feces.

Originally, Shanqi, Pu Wei and others left in a hurry when they evacuated from Beijing. Although they looted several palaces and grabbed some gold and silver supplies before the evacuation, there were not much food and food supplies. The troops accompanying them were mainly more than 3,000 defeated troops under Tieliang, and the servants of the powerful and powerful clans of various royal families, as well as some troops who were accommodated during the retreat. Therefore, the Taiyuan army naturally had great use of materials.

After discussing with Shanqi, Pu Wei decided to mobilize Taiyuan's bannermen to escape with the royal family team, so that their own team and population can be expanded, as well as the source of military expansion. In the view of the two of them, the bannermen are still more reliable than the Han people, and they will settle south in the future, so these bannermen are the basis for their own rule.

In order to encourage Taiyuan's bannermen to go with the royal family, the royal family team also spread rumors, saying that the People's Army would kill all the bannermen wherever they went. Of course, if there were Han people who were willing to escape with the royal family team, it was of course welcome. After all, the more people they followed, the better.

Secondly, collect as much gold, silver, grain and food as possible. The more, the better. After all, this time, the escape south was thousands of miles away, and the consumption was huge. Therefore, the more gold, silver and food, the more the food, the better. Once again, collect horses, donkeys, mules and other livestock, as well as vehicles, gold, silver supplies, food, and personnel, all need to be transported by chariots and horses. This not only speeds up the team's movement, but also reduces consumption.

Of course, gold, silver, grain, food, horses, donkeys, and vehicles are not only drawn from the treasury of the states, but also forcibly collected by the people. Anyway, the royal family will not stay in Taiyuan for too long, so there is no need to consider the people's hearts.

Another focus of rest and rest is military force. The garrison in Taiyuan is organized according to the new army, with complete weapons and equipment, and daily training is also very good. The quality of the army is not bad. Tieliang, who is responsible for military affairs, is also very satisfied with this army, because in the troubled times, the army is one of the most important capitals. If you get a full-scale army of the association, you can naturally greatly enhance the strength of the royal team. When you go to Xi'an next stop, or go south, the royal team will also have enough confidence.

Of course, Tieliang and Liangbi also knew that this army was not led by themselves, and it took time to build trust. Therefore, the hope of the royal team could not be completely entrusted to this army. So Tieliang supplemented his troops and formed an alliance, and named it the First Association, with Tieliang himself as the commander; and this agreement in Taiyuan was called the Second Association, and Liangbi was the commander. In this way, there were two formal armies of the royal team, which not only greatly increased its strength, but also could restrain each other.

In addition, Tieliang organized three teams. First, he drew young and strong people from the servants of the fleeing royal family and formed a Wuwei Army, with a total of 1,200 people, led by Pulun, responsible for defending the safety of the royal family and their families; second, he organized a cavalry army, with a total of 800 people, responsible for reconnaissance, path exploration, and newspaper reporting for future marches. In addition, he organized a auxiliary army with a number of about 3,000 people, which is actually a miscellaneous army, responsible for the management and transportation of materials, as well as the families of middle and lower-level officers and accompanying personnel.

In addition, 8 57mm light artillery were found in Taiyuan. Tieliang organized this batch of artillery into the First Association and established an artillery unit with a number of about 200 people.

The royal family team stayed in Taiyuan for nearly three months, and received a total of more than 1.6 million taels of silver, more than 5,000 taels of gold, about 3,000 tons of various grains, more than 6,000 horses, donkeys, mules and other livestock, and more than 3,000 vehicles of various vehicles.

When leaving Taiyuan, the team had expanded to more than 25,000 people, with about 16,000 troops, more than 2,000 families of the royal family and the families of middle and lower-class officers and the bannermen accompanying them, and about 7,000 Han people.

Since the scale of the royal team expanded 5 or 6 times at this time, of course, we could no longer act like when we just fled Beijing. Moreover, the number of accompanying troops increased greatly, the weapons and equipment were complete, and there was enough self-protection ability. Therefore, after consultation, Pu Wei, Shanqi, Tieliang and Liangbi decided to divide the entire team into three parts, with the Second Association as the front, and were dispatched lightly. Not only was it responsible for the way, but it also cleaned up the camp locations for the continuous team; the First Association, the Wuwei Army, the royal family and the family members were in the middle, and carried all gold and silver, and half of the food and food; the families of the auxiliary army and the middle and lower-level officers and the accompanying personnel were in the back, and the other half of the food and food. The cavalry was scattered into 80 people, distributed on the left and right of each team, as well as front and back, covering the progress of the team, and reporting back and forth the situation of each department.

In this way, the entire team's movements were more flexible and safer. Therefore, after leaving Taiyuan, the team traveled westward. Although they were attacked by several bandits and robbers, they were all resolved by the accompanying army and there was no loss. After more than 20 days of marching, the team finally arrived in Xi'an and met with Cen Chunxuan, the governor of Gansu and Shaanxi.

After everyone met, they cried loudly, and then Cen Chunxuan invited everyone into Xi'an to rest.

After entering the city, the royal family received a telegram from Songshou, the governor of Zhejiang and Fujian, asking local governors to make Pu Ye the emperor. The royal family team was naturally indignant because in their opinion, they were the continuation of the Qing court, so they established a new monarch and were also elected from their own group of people. Why should they make Pu Ye the emperor? Moreover, the performance of Zai Yi, Zai Lan and others during the Kangzi Rebellion also made this group of people look down upon. Pu Ye's eldest prince had long been deposed, so naturally they would not recognize Pu Ye as the emperor.

So Shanqi, Pu Wei, Zaixun, Pu Lun, Yulang, Zai Ze, Tieliang, Liangbi and others decided to generate electricity immediately, accusing Pu Yueji and Songshou of being reckless, and demanding that the governors and governors in various places refuse to make Pu Jun the emperor.

However, this resolution was stopped by the British ambassador Juerdian, who accompanied him. Juerdian believed that the governors and governors from all over the country would not easily accept Feng Pu Jun as the emperor. Therefore, the royal family should not rush to speak out at this time, but wait and see the development of the situation before making a decision. In fact, Zhuerdian does not understand the situation in the south now, nor does he know the attitude of the British domestically at this time. What if the domestic wind direction changes, it will take time to communicate with the domestic and understand the situation in the south before making a decision. Instead, the royal family team cannot immediately express their opinions and deny that Feng Pu Jun as the emperor.

Of course, the royal family did not dare to underestimate Juerdian's attitude. After all, they all knew that even if they had peace to the south, they needed British support to gain a foothold. Naturally, they could not easily deny Juerdian's opinion. Moreover, what Juerdian said was not unreasonable, so they might as well wait and see for a while.

Zhu Erdian immediately communicated frequently with the country, Nanjing, Qingdao, Shanghai and other places, and soon understood the situation in the south. Pu Jun's plan to become emperor was not Britain's plan, and the economic war in Shanghai, led by Nanjing Consul Powell, was completely lost. Fortunately, the governors and governors from all over the south were not defeated by Pu Jun, and no one paid attention to the telegram sent by Songshou. Therefore, both Zhu Erdian and the royal family were relieved. What they were most worried about was that the governors and governors from all over the country supported Feng Pu Jun as the emperor. In that case, no matter what the royal family team said, it would be useless. At the same time, Zhu Erdian did not have to worry about his position being replaced by Powell.

Although he did not receive the support of the governors and governors from all over the country, Pu Jun actually officially became emperor, and he also exposed the support of Japan behind him. Zhu Erdian immediately realized that the opportunity had come, so he sent a telegram to the country. On the one hand, he severely attacked Powell for dereliction of duty. Such a major incident was not noticed at all, which made Britain very passive now. Because Fujian also belongs to the south, the forces supported by Japan have officially become emperor. Although they did not receive the support of the governors and governors from all over the country, Japan can slowly put pressure on it; the forces supported by Britain were still in Xi'an, and it was obviously behind, and the reason for all this was undoubtedly Powell.

On the other hand, Zhu Erdian suggested that the country should immediately support people in the royal family and elect to be emperor, so that in this way, they could compete with Pu Jun, who was supported by Japan, and at the same time persuaded the governors and governors from all over the country to ask them not to recognize Pu Jun's throne.

A few days later, the UK responded to Juerdian, agreed to Juerdian's suggestion, immediately determine the candidates in the royal family, support the emperor, and go south as soon as possible. After all, only in the south can the new emperor play a greater role and have a real place to use it. In addition, it was also told that in China, Powell had already asked him to return to China, but he was actually dismissed. The position of the Nanjing consul was represented by political parties and managed by Juerdian. After Juerdian arrived in the south, he would be fully responsible for China's diplomatic work.
Chapter completed!