Originally, Bao Shichen still had a high opinion of Hong Huoxiu, and after seeing this detailed information, he couldn't help but be disappointed, and couldn't wait to say that the king was still forgivable, after all, there were pros and cons, so impatient to accept concubines, and the number was so large, it can only show that this person has no ambitions, is greedy for women, and is eager for pleasure.

However, Yi Zhizhi, who listened to it, said Zhu Sheng's nine-character strategy - 'Build a high wall, accumulate grain, and slowly become the king.' Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info' His heart moved, this big shopkeeper should not follow this line of thought, right? Aren't Annam and Luzon big granaries?

This thought flashed through him, and he didn't think much of it, but instead asked, "Is this Christianity abstinence?" ”

"Nonsense." Yi Zhishu said categorically: "Christian clergy are not allowed to marry, but there is no requirement for believers, there is no abstinence, there is only a requirement for believers to clean themselves, Hong Huoxiu asked men and women to separate camps, it should be to firmly control the Taiping army ......." ”

Bao Shichen nodded slightly, this is possible, the husband and wife are in the same battalion, which is indeed conducive to better control the Taiping Army, this Hong Huoxiu also seems to have some means, and he groaned slightly, before he said: "This military advisor of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has great authority, and it seems to follow the prime minister system of the Han and Tang Dynasties, but it should not be underestimated." ”

Yi Zhizhi was content but it was clear that Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing finally turned against each other, he didn't want to talk about this topic, and said instead: "Although it is difficult to achieve great things in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, it has chosen a good place and the right time.

If it is difficult for the imperial court to extinguish it in a short period of time, it will inevitably form a climate, which is very likely to cause disaster to the surrounding provinces and stir up the ...... of the world. ”

Bao Shichen glanced at him and said very abruptly: "The big shopkeeper has thought that the imperial court is very likely to appoint you as a messenger to go to Guangxi to suppress the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom." ”

Yi Zhizhi smiled contentedly, "One, I am now in the registration system, even if the emperor decrees, I will try my best to pass the buck, and secondly, now that all the forces of the Nanyang Navy, including new recruits, are all scattered to Nanyang, and there are no generals or soldiers at hand, how can I exterminate the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom?" ”

Bao Shichen glanced at him and said, "Isn't there a regiment still stationed in Guangzhou?" ”

"Sir reminds me." Yi Zhisuff said with a smile: "Now the imperial court is afraid that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom may not be in its eyes, I have to quickly provoke a war in Annan, and transfer this regiment to Annan, and the defense of Guangzhou will be handed over to the regimental training of several counties in Shunde and the factory protection teams of various factories." ”

Before the words fell, Lin Meilian came in briskly and reported: "The big shopkeeper, Huang Zhengtai came to visit." ”

Huang Entong is here? Yi Zhishu glanced at Bao Shichen and said, "It seems that our master of Taiwan should also have received an urgent report from Guangxi..... So saying, he said, "Let him come in." ”

"Walk through the small door?" Lin Meilian asked.

Yi Zhizhi said: "I am now at home, and there is no need to pay attention to those rules." ”

After Lin Meilian left, Bao Shichen said: "Lord Zhengtai came this time, just to ask for silver and firearms, and the big shopkeeper has to think about it." ”

Huang Entong did receive the Guangxi Governor Zheng Zuchen with an urgent 800 miles of Feizhang sent urgently, Guangxi has such a big mess, he as the governor of Liangguang, it is difficult to escape the blame, his heart is naturally anxious and angry, he knows very well, the imperial court is very likely to order him, the governor of Liangguang, to go to Guangxi to pay off, as the saying goes, the soldiers and horses have not moved, the grain and grass first, this year's drought in Liangguang is not small, and the arrears are cleared, and the treasury does not have much silver at all, he naturally thought of Yuanqi.

Entering the courtyard, the three of them politely entered the house with a slight greeting, and as soon as they sat down, Huang Entong smiled bitterly and said: "Immigrating to Nanyang, the conditions offered by Brother Guocheng are too generous, and now the victims from all over the world have gathered in Guangzhou, and the officials below are all complaining about ..... bitterness." ”

Yi Zhizhi listened to the secret amusement, as the imperial court announced the establishment of Luzon and Java provinces, and encouraged the people to immigrate to Nanyang, Yuan Qi also spared no effort to publicize and agitate, in addition to the vigorous propaganda of various newspapers, in various places where the victims gathered, the soup kitchen points were arranged for people to actively publicize and agitate.

In addition to providing sufficient rations and cloth for one year, free agricultural tools, free distribution of fields, and exemption from taxes for three years, in addition to providing sufficient rations and cloth for one year, and exempting new wasteland from taxes for five years...... In addition to other preferential policies, he also promised that if he was unwilling to settle down in Nanyang, he would return to his hometown free of charge next year. At the same time, he also used Yuan Qi's branch in various places to do his best to organize and escort the victims who were willing to immigrate to Nanyang to Guangzhou, Xiamen, Ningbo, and Shanghai.

As a result, many victims stranded in Guangzhou and Shanghai have enthusiastically signed up to go to Nanyang, the news spread, and the victims from all directions have flocked to the Yuanqi branch in various places, not to mention whether Nanyang will be, at least go to Nanyang to ensure that they will not starve to death, and after this disaster year, they can still be sent home if they want to go home, where to find this kind of good thing?

Guangzhou and Shanghai are the places with the highest concentration of disaster victims, and a large number of disaster victims will naturally cause great pressure on officials in the two places.

After a slight sigh, Yi Zhizhi said: "Nanyang immigrants and Northwest immigrants are the real border of imperial court immigrants and the general strategy of consolidating the frontier, so many immigrants have poured into Guangzhou, which has indeed brought a lot of trouble to the place, but what has been brought to Yuan Qi is a direct loss of money, and the cost of an immigrant is less than ten silver dollars, which can be said to be worse for Yuan Qi." ”

Hearing him say this, Huang Entong was depressed, you took the initiative to immigrate to Nanyang, and now you are complaining again, and when you think about it, he reacts, the other party should have heard about the affairs of Guangxi and guessed his intention, which is blocking his mouth.

Thinking of this, he was lazy to go around in circles, and simply said directly: "Guangxi thieves are everywhere, the party is in chaos, the local government has completely lost control, Guangxi Zheng Futai is in an emergency, the party is in chaos, defeating thousands .......of officers and soldiers who encircle and suppress it, all the way to attack the city and pull out the village, and go straight to Guilin. ”

took out a cigarette and lit it, Yi Zhizhi then spoke: "What is the situation of Yuan Qi this year, Brother Qijiang also knows, Yuan Qi can't come up with the silver, the military situation is urgent, Citigroup's loans have been received one after another, or Brother Qijiang will embezzle ...... first?" ”

Citigroup's loan, that is the disaster relief money raised by the imperial court, Yuan Qi dares to give, Huang Entong has no courage to embezzle, this year's disaster is not as good as before, if something happens, he can't eat and walk, can't make it, sighed, he said: "Yuan Qi also has a lot of semicolons in Guangxi, in public and private, brother Guocheng shouldn't stand idly by?" ”

Yuanqi does have a semicolon in Guangxi, all prefectures and counties have it, but there has never been a way to fight Yuanqi's idea, to say worried, Yi Zhi's only worry is the Taiping Army, however, long before the Taiping Army uprising, he has been properly arranged by the branches of various prefectures and counties in Guangxi, and the transfer of hidden cash banknotes, Guangxi is not chaotic, and the impact on Yuanqi is not very great.

Naturally, he wouldn't say this explicitly, and said: "It's not that Yuan Qi is sitting on the sidelines, he really can't draw out the silver." ”

Seeing that he was determined that he couldn't get the money, Huang Entong had no choice but to retreat and said, "Can you support a batch of firearms?" ”

Yi Zhisuff nodded without thinking, and said: "Yuan Qi can't make muskets in large quantities now, there are many Western arms dealers in Macao and Hong Kong, and I asked people to purchase a batch of ......." ”

Huang Entong hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Brother Guocheng Gaoyi, I must remember it in my heart." ”

"Brother Qijiang, don't be busy thanking." Yi Zhizu waved his hand and said: "The Western arms dealers in Macao and Hong Kong are aimed at maritime merchants, so the general inventory will not be much, I will let people buy as much as possible, it is estimated that there will be hundreds of branches when the sky is broken, the specific number, I will reply to Brother Qijiang in a few days." ”

Hundreds of muskets, in Huang Entong's opinion, is already a lot, immediately hurriedly thanked him, and chatted for a while before leaving satisfied.

Jingshi, Forbidden City, Qianqing Palace, Xinuan Pavilion.

Daoguang, who was anxious by a series of natural disasters, was angry after reading the excerpt of Zheng Zuchen, the governor of Guangxi, and threw the excerpt directly in front of Mu Zhang'a, who was kneeling below, and reprimanded angrily: "The place is not quiet, thieves are everywhere, and the party will be in chaos. Hasn't Guangxi been very peaceful in recent years? Why did the situation suddenly deteriorate to this point? ”

Mu Zhang'a had long expected a thunderous fury, and he also knew that Daoguang had been in a bad mood recently, so he kowtowed again and again: "The place is not quiet, the party will cause chaos, the local officials whitewash the peace to invite the holy grace, and the slaves are used as military aircraft, and if they fail to oversee this, they deserve death!" ”

Daoguang looked at him with a gloomy face, and said in a deep voice: "Zheng Zuchen, the governor of Guangxi, was it recommended by you?" ”

Mu Zhang'a just stopped, and when he heard this, he hurriedly kowtowed and said: "The slave was negligent and made a mistake in the recommendation, so I implore the emperor to condemn him." ”

"What's the matter with the impeachment of Yi Zhi's contentment and connivance with Yuanqi for smuggling Western firearms?" Daoguang's words were low, faintly suppressing his anger, and it was not easy to appease Yi Zhicontent, and now there is another Zheng Zuchen, openly impeaching Yi Zhichen, and it is also a big crime of smuggling Western firearms, how can he not be angry!

Mu Zhang'a kowtowed again and again in horror and said: "The emperor has clearly investigated, this matter is definitely not instigated by a slave, Zheng Zuchen, as the governor of Guangxi, deceived his superiors and subordinates, whitewashed the peace, and the situation in Guangxi has been corrupted to this point, he will not escape the blame, and he will inevitably be dismissed from his post and questioned, how can he kill himself in order to frame Yi Zhizhi." ”

Hearing this, Daoguang's face softened slightly, this is not unreasonable, Zheng Zuchen is in the feudal territory, and he will definitely not use his career and name to frame Yi Zhi, it seems that he is suspicious, and he pondered for a long time before he said coldly: "How profitable is it to sell Western firearms?" How could Yuan Qi look down on this little profit? ”

"Your Majesty." Mu Zhang'a looked like he wanted to speak and stopped.

Daoguang said in a deep voice: "Say! ”

"Back to the emperor." Mu Zhang'a said in a sullen voice: "The slave secretly thinks that Yuan Qi is not selling firearms for profit. After a pause, he continued: "Guangxi erosion, the imperial court will inevitably send troops to suppress, Guangxi Hui Party has a large number of Western firearms, the local green camp will inevitably be difficult to expropriate, the two Guangxi erosion, southeast erosion, Yuan Qi Fang has a chance." ”

After being silent for a long time, Daoguang said in a deep voice: "Ordered Huang Entong, the governor of Guangxi and Guangzhou, to go to Guangxi to conquer and suppress, and Zheng Zuchen, the governor of Guangxi, was dismissed and retained to assist in the expedition, and in addition, he ordered Zhang Bilu, the governor of Guizhou, and Xiang Rong, the governor of Hunan, to rush to the aid of Guangxi, and work together with Huang Entong and Zheng Zuchen to eliminate all the thieves in Guangxi. ”

"The minions obey." Mu Zhang'a raised his body as he spoke, hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Your Majesty, can Huang Entong strictly investigate the lawbreakers who sell and sell firearms in Liangguang, so as to prevent the Guangxi Hui Party from receiving a steady stream of firearms support." ”

After a slight groan, Daoguang said, "Allowed." ”

Guangxi Governor Zheng Zuchen impeached Yi Zhicontent for conniving at Yuanqi's smuggling of Western firearms soon spread in Beijing, and the Guangxi Hui Party was rampant, capturing the city, and entering the provincial capital Guilin also spread at the same time, however, the officials of the Beijing Division were not interested in Guangxi's Hui Party rebellion, after all, the Qing Dynasty had hardly broken the Hui Party rebellion over the years, and it was not uncommon to capture two or three cities.

But the impeachment of Yi Zhizhi is different, Guangxi Governor Zheng Zu is in the feudal territory, a little inquiry, I know that it is Mu Zhang'a and his family, is it possible that Mu Zhang'a wants to take advantage of Guangxi's bandits to launch a new round of crackdown on Yi Zhicontent?

The last time Su Shun impeached Yi Zhi, Mu Zhang'a took the opportunity to add fuel to the fire, causing a huge political dispute over Yi Baoyi, which has not stopped for a few months, is it going to make a comeback? What is the situation in Guangxi? Did Yuan Qi sell firearms to Guangxi? Why sell firearms to Guangxi?

Soon, Daoguang issued an order to mobilize the green camps of Guangdong, Guizhou, and Hunan provinces to aid Guangxi, and the edict to strictly investigate the smuggling of firearms also spread, which inevitably caused many speculations among the officials of the Beijing division.

Guangzhou, Lei Garden.

After reading the emergency report, Yi Zhizhi knew that Zheng Zuchen, the governor of Guangxi, actually impeached him at the same time as Feizhang was in a hurry, and couldn't help but laugh secretly, and handed the emergency report to Bao Shichen casually, and then he asked: "Guangxi Governor Zheng Zuchen is Mu Zhang'a's person?" ”

For Zheng Zuchen, Bao Shichen really didn't know much, he didn't dare to answer rashly, looked down at the newspaper, Yi Zhizhi lit a cigarette, slowly paced to the window, Daoguang ordered a strict investigation of firearms trafficking, he was really not worried about this matter, after all, that matter was handled by Heaven and Earth, it is estimated that except for Huang Dianyuan, no one knows what is going on.

However, Daoguang issued an order to transfer the green battalions of Guangdong, Guizhou, and Hunan provinces to Guangxi for requisition, which made him a little worried, and he didn't know if the Taiping Army could withstand this test, after all, the Taiping Army was still too tender at this time.