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Daoguang frowned and drank a small bowl of decoction, then rinsed his mouth with tea, and then took the towel and wiped the corners ......of his mouth, Cao Jinxi, the chief eunuch of the close staff, glanced at the folds stacked on the desk, bowed down and said: "The emperor's dragon body is not safe, and it is not appropriate to work too hard." ”

Daoguang waved his hand, "Let's go down." As he spoke, he got up and walked to the desk and sat down, picked up a pen and slowly wrote down on the paper -- Lichu, Annan, Yiwu, military system, and finance.

A minor illness gave Daoguang an unprecedented sense of urgency, he noticed that his body was getting weaker and weaker, and while he was sick in bed, he thought a lot, and the five articles he wrote down were all urgent for him to deal with at present.

Li Prince, although the princes are still young, but he is now in his sixties, and this body is not angry, so he has to take precautions.

Annan, the conquest of Annan, is related to his name before and after, and it is directly related to whether he can set up a monument of sainthood and virtue behind him, Yuanqi Tuanlian defeated Annan's 200,000 army in one fell swoop in Hongji, so that he saw the hope of embezzling Annan.

With the signing of the Treaty of Jiangning, the opening of four treaty ports, including Guangzhou, Xiamen, Ningbo, and Shanghai, and allowing the British to do business, reside, preach, open schools, factories, and banks freely in the treaty ports, the Qing Dynasty inevitably faced more and more Yiwu.

The military system, the preparation for the construction of the navy, and the inclusion of the Yuanqi regimental training into the division of the economic system, this has actually touched the reform of the military system of the Qing Dynasty, although this matter is tricky, but he does not want to leave it to his son to deal with, the reform of the military system touches the Eight Banners at all, and it is not something that the new monarch can easily touch.

Finance, this is the most urgent need for him to solve at present, but it is also the most tricky for him, now that the imperial court has borrowed 30 million taels of silver, he does not know how to clean up this mess, and he does not want to leave this mess to his son to deal with.

In addition to the Li Chu, the other four are closely related to Yi Zhifen, which is why he suddenly summoned Yi Zhishu into Beijing, and even Li Chu, he also wants to hear Yi Zhi's opinion, Yi Zhishu not only has a long-term vision, but also sees people and says things, often sees people unseen, sends people unseen, it is better to listen to it.

"Your Majesty." Cao Jinxi walked in lightly, bowed down to present a fold, and said: "Nanyang Admiral Yi Zhishu has arrived in Beijing and lived in the Huanghua Post ....... ”

Daoguang was quite relieved that this sea route was coming quickly, and ordered: "Let him hand over the sign tomorrow to meet you." ”

Huanghuayi, the head of the post station in the world, belongs to the military department, and the officials who go to Beijing to report on their work generally stay here -- according to the court law, officials can only live in the post station before they meet the saint in Beijing, even if they have a home in Beijing, they are not allowed to return.

However, the implementation of this dynasty law is not strict, but Yi Zhizhi is a regular and well-behaved person to live in the Huanghua Station, this time into Beijing, he does not know whether it is a blessing or a curse, naturally will not give people a handle, he is a local official rank is from a product, plus this season people live in the Huanghua Station There are not many officials, so it occupies a separate courtyard.

It didn't take long to settle down, Su Shun hurried over, Yi Zhishu sent someone to inform Su Shun as soon as he entered the city, so as to hear the news of the Jingshi from his mouth, to be honest, he was a little unsteady in his heart when he entered Beijing this time, mainly because it was too abrupt, however, he didn't think there would be too much risk, even if Daoguang crossed the river and demolished the bridge, now is not the time, to put it mildly, today's court is inseparable from Yuan Qi, and Yuan Qi is now inseparable from him as a big shopkeeper.

Su Shun was also surprised by Yi Zhi's sudden entry into Beijing, and as soon as he met, he asked directly: "What is the matter of Brother Zhifen's entry into Beijing this time?" ”

"Go to Beijing to report on work." Yi Zhicontent said and let him into the room.

Going to Beijing to report on work? Su Shun looked suspicious, and after entering the house and sitting down, he said: "It may be for Annan's matter, Jingshi hasn't heard anything recently, the emperor has been in poor health recently, and he has been recuperating for nearly a month, but I have heard that it has been very good." ”

Yi Zhishu picked up the cigar case and let it go, then took out one and lit it, Daoguang was sick? Recuperating for almost a month? It seems that the illness is not light, counting the days, it should be Daoguang who ordered him to summon him to Beijing when he was seriously ill, there must be a connection between the two, it should be for Annan, and Daoguang should be to urge Yuanqi to annex Annan as soon as possible.

But if it's just like this, if you just make an order, why bother to let him come to Beijing for a trip, this round trip will take a month at the earliest, wouldn't it delay things even more? It won't be so simple, but the Sacred Heart is unpredictable, and he can't figure it out for a while.

Early the next morning, Yi Zhizhi rushed to the Old Summer Palace by sedan chair, the Old Summer Palace is in the northwest suburbs of Beijing, composed of the Old Summer Palace, the Changchun Garden and the Wanchun Garden, also called the Three Gardens of the Old Summer Palace, it is one of the famous royal gardens, covers a vast area, the scenery is beautiful, it is said that there are more than 100 scenes, known as the "Garden of Ten Thousand Gardens", since the beginning of Yongzheng. Every generation of emperors would come here to govern in the middle of summer, so it is also called "summer palace".

Yi Zhishu This is the first time to come to the Old Summer Palace, and he is very excited, after all, this famous garden burned by the British and French forces is too famous, and he handed a sign outside the gate of the palace, and he was ready to take a look at the exterior of this famous garden, a little eunuch trotted over, bowed and said: "Lord Yi, please come with the little one, the emperor has already asked once." ”

Yi Zhixin quietly stuffed a silver ticket of one hundred taels into the past, and did not ask much, followed in a muffled voice, the little eunuch glanced at the silver ticket, and put it into his sleeve casually, without thanking or saying a word, and led the way straight in front, which made Yi Zhixiang wonder for a while, mother, is this too little or what? It's okay to give a smile!

The two of them entered the gate of the palace all the way, and when they passed through the Xianliang Gate, they saw Prince Rui Renshou, the minister of the guard, greeted him with a smile, and Yi Zhishu hurriedly bowed his hand, "Xiaguan Yi Zhixin has seen Prince Rui." ”

"Master Yi doesn't need to be polite." Renshou stretched out his hand with a smile and said, "This king leads Lord Yi in." ”

Entering the door is a large courtyard, through the courtyard is the bright hall, Renshou led him directly in, to the door of the Xinuan Pavilion only then stood still, Yi Zhishu glanced inside, saw Daoguang was looking at the folding, hurriedly bowed his head and entered the salute, until he knelt down on the white felt carpet, Daoguang said: "Sit." ”

"Thank you for your grace." Yi Zhisuff hurriedly thanked him, feeling both relaxed and puzzled, he was not the first time to face the saint, knowing that it was a rare honor to sit down, and being able to get this treatment also showed that Daoguang had no ill will towards him, but why did Daoguang treat him so politely?

Not allowing him to think too much, Daoguang asked lightly, "How much does Yuan Qi Tuanlian plan to expand his army in Annan?" ”

Hearing this, Yi Zhifen, who had just stood up, hurriedly knelt down again, forcibly held back the panic in his heart, and said calmly: "Back to the emperor, Yuanqi's regimental training is not to expand the army in Annan, Hongji Coal Mine covers a wide area, and there are many miners, and it is constantly increasing, in order to maintain the safety of the coal mine, a mine protection team has been formed." ”

Daoguang looked at him and said in a calm tone, "What is the size of the mine protection team?" ”

Yi Zhishu didn't dare to report more, nor did he dare to hesitate, and said without thinking: "One thousand." ”

Thousand? Daoguang glanced at him with some suspicion, and said lightly: "Sit down." ”

Yi Zhishu was secretly vigilant in his heart, and cautiously sat on half of his ass on the small pestle, he really didn't expect that Daoguang would ask about it as soon as he opened his mouth, but this tone didn't seem to be harsh, and he didn't mean to pursue it.

After a slight sigh, Daoguang asked again: "Qiying once went to the fold and suggested to conquer Annan, what do you think about this?" ”

After all, he planned to slowly increase the strength of Yuanqi's regimental training by conscripting Annan, and use Annan soldiers to sharpen and improve the combat power of Yuanqi's regimental training and accumulate actual combat experience, which is naturally impossible to say.

After a little hesitation, he spoke: "Your Majesty, the Annan soldiers are trained by the French, and they have been using Western-style military training methods over the years, and their firearms are not inferior to the West, and their combat power is not weak. ”

The Annan soldiers also adopted the Western-style method of military training? Daoguang was quite surprised, and said: "The Yuanqi regiment practiced Hongji's great victory and defeated Annan's 200,000 army in one fell swoop, I haven't seen any good news, but the rumors are not true? ”

"The 200,000-strong army is Annan's bluff." Yi Zhishu said calmly: "In fact, there are only 100,000 people, and the division of the economic system is only 50,000, but the victory of Hongji is true, more than 40,000 enemies have been annihilated, and most of them are not the division of the economic system, and they have not hurt the root of Annan." ”

After being silent for a long time, Daoguang said: "How long will it take to conquer Annan?" ”

"Although Yuanqi's regimental training is strong, its strength is limited, which is similar to the situation of Yingyi's invasion of our Qing Dynasty." Yi Zhizu said slowly: "Although the depth of Annan is not deep, but the Yuanqi regimental training does not dare to go deep alone, Weichen plans to first clean up the Annan Naval Division, and then go deep along the inland river, steadily advancing, and plans to use five to ten years to gradually encroach." ”

Five to ten years? Daoguang was speechless for a while, with his current physical condition, he didn't know if he would live to see the day of the annexation of Annan, and after a long time, he said: "The coastal sailor is not enough?" ”

"Today's Guangdong sailors may have the strength to fight with Annan." Yi Zhizhi said: "Before Weichen entered Beijing, he had transferred two regiments of 3,000 people from the Yuanqi regiment stationed in Guangzhou, and transferred twenty Western warships of the Guangdong Navy Division to reinforce Annan, intending to destroy the Annan Navy Division in one fell swoop. ”

"From the formation of the Yuanqi regiment to the dispatch of troops to Dinghai, it is only a year." Daoguang stared at him and said, "The newly built navy should also form a combat power ...... within a year. ”

Hearing this, Yi Zhishu had completely understood Daoguang's thoughts, and it was clear that Daoguang hoped to quickly annex Annan, it seemed that Daoguang understood his own physical condition very well, and he was afraid that he would not live for a few years, so he couldn't wait to annex Annan in his lifetime.

"Five years." Yi Zhizu said in a deep voice: "Please also ask the emperor to give Weichen five years, within five years, Weichen will definitely be able to sweep Ping'an Nan and include Annan in the entire Qing Dynasty!" ”

Hearing this, a smile appeared on Daoguang's face, "Okay, five years to set foot in the south of Ping'an, I will not hesitate to reward the marquis!" ”

The title of the Qing Dynasty - the prince and the prince, the Han Chen, since the founding of the Qing Dynasty, it is rare, and most of them are a few Han ministers who founded the country from the dragon, Qianlong can be said to be very few, Yi Zhizhi is now a first-class viscount, and the marquis is still separated by an earl, Daoguang's promise can be said to be a real reward.

Although Yi Zhishu said that this was not uncommon, he had to pretend to be happy and excited, got up and knelt down and said: "Weichen will live up to the emperor's high expectations, and he will definitely set foot in Ping'an Nan within five years!" ”

Daoguang nodded with satisfaction, and said kindly: "Flat, sit down." He knew very well that in the case of kneeling and playing, the monarch and the ministers were very concise, and he deliberately summoned Yi Zhizhi to Beijing to meet him, just to understand the other party's thoughts in depth and detail, and naturally he did not hesitate to treat him with generous courtesy.

After a little consideration, Daoguang spoke: "In the battle with Yingyi, the Eight Banners Green Battalion has been defeated repeatedly, but the Yuanqi regimental training is a succession, in your opinion, what are the disadvantages of the Eight Banners Green Battalion?" ”

Easy to listen to a lot, this topic is a bit big, although he is now the governor of Nanyang, but he doesn't actually govern the local green camp, why would Daoguang ask him? Besides, the drawbacks of the Eight Banners Green Camp, Daoguang will not see it thoroughly? Why bother asking him? Is it temptation? Or is there another intention?

After a slight groan, he tentatively said, "Tell the truth? ”

But no courtier had ever spoken to him like this, Daoguang couldn't help but smile, "Could it be that you still want to bully the king?" ”

"Wechen doesn't dare." Yi Zhisuff bowed slightly and said: "However, Weichen has the courage to speak out, and I hope that the emperor will forgive his sins first." ”

Well? Daoguang immediately restrained the smile on his face, did this kid really have unusual opinions? He immediately bowed his head slightly and said, "Although it is okay to be frank, I will forgive you for not sinning." ”

"In the opinion of Weichen, the Eight Banners Green Camp should be looked at separately." Yi Zhishu said calmly: "At the beginning of the founding of the country, the Eight Banners Iron Cavalry was invincible, invincible, invincible, and invincible, and it was a world-class strong army, but after the world was settled, the combat power of the Eight Banners declined sharply. What is the reason why the combat power of the invincible Eight Banners in the world has declined so quickly? Weichen secretly thought that the fundamental reason was to regret the war! ”

"Sorry for the war?" Daoguang was stunned, this was a completely unexpected answer.

Yi Zhizu nodded slowly, and said: "At the beginning of the founding of the country, the Eight Banners fought for many years, and the soldiers of the Eight Banners were all veterans of a hundred battles.

At the time of the battle against the Southern Ming Dynasty, the surrendered Han army was already the main force, and the Eight Banners were basically just plundering the formation and supervising the army, as a deterrent, not the main force, and the elite soldiers were fought, not trained! At the beginning, it was estimated that no one expected that in order to preserve the strength of the Eight Banners, the combat power of the Eight Banners would be destroyed. (To be continued.) )