C3527 Bring me into the city

What? Let the common people carry the imperial carriage? The officials welcoming the emperor had exploded into an uproar. Since when was there such a rule? How could the emperor protect his safety? What if there was an assassin?

To put it more simply, how could he maintain his overbearing demeanor as an emperor?

But at this time, the people on the scene were all stirred up. Six years of exemption from taxes had caused these poor people to go crazy with excitement!

To be fair, due to the Yongzheng's amortization and reform, it did reduce the burden on the citizens of the late Qing Dynasty. After Yongzheng, the taxes that the citizens of the Qing Dynasty had to pay were mainly the following.

Tian Fu, mining tax, salt class, tea tax and various industrial and commercial tax, and finally add the conversion of corvette service!

For ordinary farmers, Tian Fu and the corvette worker were the biggest tax payers. In the prime of their lives, these taxes could take up to one third of the output of a well-off farmer. If there was no reduction during the famine, then these taxes could crush a small family.

What Tongzhi had just exempted were the most important things to the citizens, namely the Tian Fu and the betting fees. Since there were no mines in Songjiang Prefecture, the mining tax did not exist, and the salt lessons, tea tax, and industrial and commercial tax were all to be paid by the citizens, it had nothing to do with the citizens.

Six years of being exempted from Tian Fu and being bestowed with service was equivalent to earning two years worth of income. It would be a wonder if the citizens weren't crazy!

The few fishermen in the Dian Shan Lake heard the good news and were the first to jump up, "I will carry the palanquin for you, let's carry the His Majesty into the city!"

One man to lift his arm, ten thousand men to follow! The denizens of the Songjiang Prefecture rushed up from all directions and attacked the guards in a mess.

At this time, even if the officials of the Qing Dynasty wanted to object, they were unable to say anything. The entire riverbank of the Wu Songkou was filled with shouts of "Long live".

Ling Mutai, who had not walked very far, was shocked. "What are you doing? Is His Majesty going to risk his life? " With their rich experience in the battlefield, they knew how dangerous these chaotic situations were. The veterans didn't need to act immediately.

"We can't go against the flow of people, we can't clash with them …" All the snipers are taking the high ground, protecting the safety of long live! "

And that was the only way, Tongzhi's imperial carriage had already been lifted up by countless of hands, even Da Sixi, Xiao Sixi and the rest who were serving him were pushed to the side, their legs all swollen.

"Ouch …" Ouch … His Majesty, be careful, these commoners are crazy!

Tongzhi was playing with fire, he had ignited the fire in the hearts of the people, but it put himself in danger. At the moment, the people were already in close proximity to him, if there was an assassin close by, he would definitely be killed.

The snipers climbed the trees like monkeys, and the rooftops of the scattered buildings around the embankment were taken over by the snipers.

The Prussian high-powered binoculars searched the crowd for suspicious figures, and the crosshairs looped around the man's head and around the other man's neck.

, the Ministry of Internal Affairs's steward, brought along her servants and was forced into a mess by the commoners. Even the steward was crying like a kitten. Wu wu wu … His Majesty, please be careful … "Sob, sob, sob …"

Jiu Shuai anxiously slapped his thigh. "Make us put our clothes on … Where's the eagle? You will personally lead the team, and have all of my guards' undergarments go up, and squeeze in to protect the emperor! "

"What is he doing!?" What nonsense did the His Majesty learn from Europa? "Why is it so chaotic …"

Even if Tongzhi was gambling, he was gambling with his life! How could he not know the danger? Of course he knew, he could even feel that there were assassins in the crowd that wanted his life.

It's not like we've never met an assassination attempt. Fu Sang has met with it before, and we've met in Europe as well … The little Emperor's guts had been cultivated as well!

"I want to gamble my luck. I want to see if I have the luck of the Soaring Dragons!" If my life is so despicable that even this little bit of the Songjiang Prefecture's citizens can't stop me, then what kind of reform is there for the Great Qing to do? "

"I want to see whether or not I am the chosen one who can reverse the destiny of the country. If it was me, I would definitely not make a single mistake here!"

"If I could be assassinated in a small Songjiang Prefecture, this means that my fate is not that noble. I will also lose the heart to reform the Great Qing Dynasty!"

Emperor Tongzhi leaned on the imperial carriage and closed his eyes, looking at the sky, as if there was a Divine Buddha staring at him from the clouds!

"We will bet our lives on it!"

The so called imperial carriage was actually the general name of the emperor's carriage. According to the season, location, and the scale of the inventory, there would be different styles!

This time, the imperial carriage Ministry of Internal Affairs had brought over was a common open-air style within the large inner chambers of the Forbidden City. The emperor had passed through each palace using this kind of open-air sedan carried by thirty-six people, which could easily let the emperor see the scenery and also let the surrounding people admire the majesty of the emperor.

However, it was not the thirty-six people carrying the imperial carriage anymore. The eunuchs who carried the palanquin had long been squeezed into hiding, and there was now a group of people carrying the palanquin towards Shanghai City.

The Sunset Mountain Lake's fishermen were the closest to Tongzhi. They held onto the wooden bars with both of their hands and struggled to lift them up, but the number of hands around them was simply too many to count.

The agitated citizens only needed to see the little piece of wood revealed by the imperial carriage to lift it up, and in the end, at least 100 of them were holding onto the imperial carriage, and there were thousands of arms raised in the air, desperately trying to touch the emperor's good fortune.

This was a human wave that was as crowded as a shoal of fish from more than a thousand people. The imperial carriage was no longer carrying him forward, but was instead floating on top of the common people's heads!

The hearts of the people were as hot as charcoal. The citizens had to be thankful for the Emperor's kindness. Not to mention carrying the palanquin, even if there was an assassin trying to assassinate them, they would still dare to use their own bodies to block it!

Thousands of years of royal myths, thousands of years of royal thought! It made the people worship the Emperor like a god!

Even the tiniest bit of benefit that the emperor had given him could make the citizens break down in tears of gratitude. They could even repay it with their lives!

Outside of the crowd, all the reporters from other countries had gone crazy. They had to quickly record down such a rare scene. This was a very rare record!

"God! In ancient China, there was a kinship emperor who had never appeared before! This is the king of the Qing Empire who is influenced by European culture! "

"Only a ruler with a civil rights education knows how powerful the people are!"

"I am certain that there will definitely be an extremely bright future for the Great Qing, led by the Tongzhi Emperor! A civilized Emperor of Qing is truly a gift from God! "

No one bothered to answer the European large nose's nonsense. In any case, the entire crowd of people welcoming the guests all followed Tongzhi Emperor's imperial carriage and moved forward slowly. The officials who usually shouted five times or six times were chasing after them like dogs right now, so tired that their hairs were standing on end.

At this time, the Wu Songkou was just a riverbank and storehouse, they had to walk towards the south for more than ten miles before they could enter the bustling Bund. Emperor Tongzhi wanted to show off his power and prestige, and not bring a hundred thousand citizens to mess up Shanghai.

When he arrived at the eastern shore opposite of the Bund, the little Emperor suddenly opened his eyes and said softly, "No one tried to assassinate us? Is there really no one who wants to assassinate me? "

"Hahaha …" Hahaha … "If we land in a palanquin, I will cross the river by boat!"

After shouting three times in a row, the group of people surrounding Tongzhi finally stopped. The imperial carriage slowly descended, and the respectful citizens retreated a circle and knelt down.

Walking down the imperial carriage, Tongzhi saw that the simple and honest fisherman's arm was already drenched in blood. The little emperor glared at him: "What should we do? Could it be that there really is an assassin who dares to attack us? "

"Protect the emperor …" A group of eunuchs and officials tumbled in like meatballs as they were followed by the miserable cries of Ministry of Internal Affairs's.