Jingshi, the Forbidden City, inside the Qianqing Gate, the military aircraft is on duty. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

After reading the excerpt of Huang Entong, the governor of Liangguang, Mu Zhang'a frowned immediately, and Huang Entong described in more detail in the excerpt, from the controversy of the generals at the pre-war meeting, the soldiers inside and outside the city to fight each other, to the four-way attack, Zhaocun and Dongling victory is a strong color, and the battle of Sanliwei is vague, only said that it was a bitter battle, and the two sides suffered casualties.

It not only pointed out that the Guangxi Green Battalion was taken advantage of by the enemy and suffered heavy losses, but also said that the Taiping Army had good combat strength, was good at using the terrain to build fortifications, and had excellent firearms.

With intuition, Mu Zhang'a knew that this good news was heavy, and there were nearly 30,000 troops in the green battalions of the four provinces, and 10,000 peasant troops were encircled and suppressed.

After a little pondering, he got up and hurried to the Heart Cultivation Palace, Daoguang had some cold and brain fever during this time, the dragon was unwell, and he rarely asked about political affairs, but he was still quite concerned about the military situation in Guangxi, and he didn't dare not report it in time.

Daoguang is half-crooked on the kang and closes his eyes to recuperate, he is already skinny and skinny now he is even weaker, he is sixty-eight this year, he is already considered an advanced age, ordinary old people have three diseases and two pains, always love to think cranky, he is the king of a country, he is not exempt from vulgarity, he feels that his body is not as good as a year, and his energy is becoming more and more poor, these days, he is thinking more and more about his own afterlife.

Hearing that Mu Zhang'a was out asking to see him, he slowly sat up and said, "Let him in." ”

Entering the room, after the salute, Mu Zhang'a respectfully presented the excerpt and said: "Congratulations to the emperor, Guangxi victory." ”

After a slight look at the fold, Daoguang casually threw the fold on the desk, and said expressionlessly: "The green camp is really unbearable, the green camp of four provinces, more than 20,000 troops to encircle and suppress the thieves in one county, and fight like this, and they are actually embarrassed to report the victory." ”

Hearing this, Mu Zhang'a hurriedly kowtowed, and said boldly: "Your Majesty, the green battalions of the four provinces, although the troops are numerous, it is difficult to work together, Huang Entong lacks qualifications and prestige, and he has no power to arbitrarily control the opportunity...... And the Taiping rebel firearms are excellent, better than the green camp ........ ”

Daoguang glanced at him and said, "Didn't Huang Entong say that Yi Zhizhi added 1,200 new Western muskets to the Guangdong Green Camp?" ”

"Your Majesty." Mu Zhang'a kowtowed heavily, and said: "Yuanqi has strong financial resources, both a military factory and an ammunition bureau under his name, which can manufacture a large number of guns and ammunition, and colludes with Western businessmen, and can easily obtain a large number of firearms.

The slave secretly thought that the Taiping rebellion was just a mustard problem, not to worry, Yuan Qi was the real confidant, and the slave prayed to the emperor to get rid of this confidant as soon as possible. ”

Daoguang thinks about Yuan Qi the most these days, because Yuan Qi is directly related to Li Chu, Mu Zhang'a is right, Yuan Qi is indeed a huge hidden danger, but Yuan Qi's role in the imperial court is also immeasurable, not to mention that the expansion of the navy for the Qing Dynasty has won him great glory and wealth.

It is not said that Yuanqi undertook national bonds, issued banknotes, and borrowed huge amounts of silver for the imperial court indefinitely, but only said that the annual tax and silver paid by Yuanqi is already higher than the taxes paid by the richest Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and now the provinces are gradually implementing the Yuanqi model.

Sighing lightly, Daoguang said slowly: "Do you think the world is not chaotic enough, or do you want to force tens of thousands of gentry and businessmen in the southeast to rebel?" Yuanqi is indeed a hidden danger, but it is also the hope of the Qing Dynasty, you should know very well that the Qing Dynasty is now in a sensitive period of internal and external troubles, for Yuanqi, to make good use of it, not to eradicate it, now, the imperial court can not withstand the toss.

Yuanqi's tens of thousands of shareholders are all gentry and businessmen in the southeast, unless the persecution is too great, they will not be in trouble, but those who are worried, only easy to be content, since he has promised to enter Beijing to join the military aircraft in the new year, it is not a trouble. ”

After a pause, he said earnestly: "As the chief military aircraft, you have a broader mind, easy to be content, both civil and military, Western foreign affairs, coastal defense and border defense, are his strengths, his insight and vision, are very human, especially rare is young, now is the year of standing, with his assistance to the new monarch, the Qing Dynasty will be able to flourish, and compete with the West." ”

Listening to these words, Mu Zhang's heart was cold, Daoguang's meaning was very clear, to reuse Yi Zhi, it was obvious that the prince must also be the sixth elder brother Yixun who had a good relationship with Yi Zhi, in other words, the new monarch succeeded to the throne, his career should come to an end, Yi Zhizhi could not tolerate him, and the new monarch would inevitably not tolerate him, whether he could get out of the whole body, it was difficult to say.

He didn't dare to think about it, and hurriedly said: "The emperor's teachings, the slaves must remember them." ”

Groaning slightly, Daoguang unconsciously picked up Huang Entong's good news excerpt, and said after a long time: "Disasters are repeated, the party is rampant, Guangxi Taiping is rebellious, although it is a mustard plague, it must be eradicated as soon as possible, Guangxi Governor Zheng Zuchen, as a feudal territory, but he is slack, only knows how to whitewash, and is escorted to Beijing to ask for guilt."

Min Zhengfeng, the governor of Guangxi, was afraid of the stubbornness, arsonist and thief, delayed the military situation, was dismissed from his post and exiled to Xinjiang. Li Dianyuan, the deputy general of the Xunzhou Association, was slow to advance and suppress, and he was greedy for merit and reckless, and he was dismissed from his post and questioned. Liu Jizu, the prefect of Xunzhou, and the ..... of Guiping County, were dismissed as one. ”

Seeing Daoguang coming down from the governor of Guangxi, Mu Zhang'a also felt angry in his heart, but fortunately, Huang Entong was not mentioned, Daoguang paused slightly, and then said: "Zhou Tianjue is appointed as the governor of Guangxi, Xiang Rong is transferred to the governor of Guangxi, and Sai Shang'a is the Qincha, and the soldiers and horses of the five provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou, Hunan, Guangxi and Guangdong are controlled, and they must go to Guangxi, and they must complete their work in one battle." ”

Mu Zhang'a was secretly frightened when he heard this, although the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was called Wang Jian, but it was just a group of rabble besieged in a county, so much of a big move, is it a bit of a fuss, thinking so in his heart, he didn't dare to say more, and hurriedly got up to draft the decree.

Mu Zhang'a retreated, Daoguang pulled a soft pillow and leaned on the kang, Guangxi Taiping rebelled, he dared to call Wang Jianhao, he naturally couldn't tolerate it, but he didn't attach much importance to it, and the Minister of Military Aircraft, Saishan'a, controlled the troops of the five provinces to suppress it, and he wanted to quickly suppress it by thunderous means, and he didn't want to leave a mess for his son.

Moreover, he was actually worried that Yuan Qi was behind the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and Lin Zexu was originally the best candidate for Qincha, but Lin Zexu had a close relationship with Yi Zhi, so he was not at ease.

Let's say that Mu Zhang'a came out of the Heart Cultivation Palace, and he was pondering all the way, he didn't pay attention to the war in Guangxi, what he pondered was who Daoguang would appoint as the prince? The fourth elder brother and the sixth elder brother have completely different attitudes towards Yuan Qi towards Yi Zhicontentment, this matter is well known to everyone, since Daoguang attaches importance to Yuan Qi, uses Yuan Qi, and reuses Yi Zhi, it must be the sixth elder brother Yixun.

But what a big deal is the establishment of a prince, how can Daoguang easily reveal to him the candidate for the prince? The more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was wrong, because he was hostile to Yi Zhi, he was inevitably close to the fourth elder brother, and it was impossible for Daoguang not to recognize this.

Is Daoguang confused? Or did he just understand it wrong? Could it be that Daoguang is willing to set up four elder brothers? Thinking back carefully about the situation, Daoguang also said that Yuanqi is a hidden danger, it seems that for Yuanqi, Daoguang wants to make good use of it, and also wants to control Yuanqi to continue to expand, so that the sixth elder brother who supports Yuanqi may not be the ideal candidate for the prince.

Moreover, the meaning of Daoguang's words seemed to have the meaning of letting him and Yi Zhizhi release their previous suspicions and work together to assist Xinjun, and the more he thought about it, the more he realized that it made sense, and he couldn't help but sweep away his previous frustration.

With the Minister of Military Aircraft Sai Shang'a as the Qin Mission, the news of controlling the troops of the five provinces to suppress the Taiping Army reached Guangzhou, Yi Zhizhi was speechless for a long time, he really didn't expect that Daoguang attached so much importance to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and actually sent a Minister of Military Aircraft to control the troops of the five provinces to suppress it, it seems that this is right and wrong to force the Taiping Army to leave Guangxi.

After reading the information, Bao Shichen was also not optimistic, "It seems that the imperial court has learned the lesson of the last time when it was not in power, not only appointed the Qin Cha, but also a minister of military aircraft, and the Taiping Army is afraid that the trouble this time will be big." ”

"The tree moves the dead, and the dead move the living." Yi Zhizhi said: "If you can't annihilate it in one fell swoop and let the Taiping army escape from Guangxi, maybe you can open up a new situation." ”

Hearing this, Bao Shichen smiled, "Guangxi is the foundation of the Taiping Army, and after leaving Guangxi, the Taiping Army will become a thief, where else can they go to open up the situation?" ”

Yi Zhizhi groaned: "Seeking ascension in the morning and seeking harmony in the evening, it is difficult for the poor to survive recently." Open the door early to worship the king, and the discipline is happy for everyone big and small. ”

This is the nursery rhyme of Li Zicheng uprising at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Bao Shichen listened to the heart, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's holy treasury system does have the idea of equal wealth and poverty, and it is not necessarily a good thing to flow out of Guangxi, now the land is highly concentrated, the contradictions are sharp, and the disasters have been repeated over the years, the life of the common people is becoming more and more sad, and they will inevitably support the Taiping Army, maybe they can really create a new situation.

After a slight groan, he said, "The big shopkeeper is planning to ventilate the news?" ”

Yi Zhixiang did not fail to report the news, and also supported a batch of muskets, however, considering what the Taiping Army did in the future was extremely repulsive to traditional culture - burning Buddhist temples and Taoist temples and Confucianism and hundreds of classics, especially destroying the Confucian Temple, smashing Confucius's tablet, denouncing Confucian scriptures as demon books, and offending all the scholars in the world, he didn't want Bao Shichen to know that he secretly helped the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, after all, Yuanqi's shareholders were basically gentry and businessmen, and if this matter was spread, it would be a great blow to Yuanqi's reputation.

Immediately, he smiled and said: "Why do you need me to report the news, Saishan'a rushed to Guangxi from Beijing, not to mention a month, others have not yet arrived, I am afraid that the news has already reached Guiping, we will not mix this matter, just wait and see." ”

Bao Shichen said: "If the Taiping army invades Guangdong..... ”

Hearing this, Yi Zhizhi said nonchalantly: "If the Taiping Army enters Guangdong, it will be self-defeating, and I must be blamed." ”

Before Saishan'a rushed to Guangxi to organize people to launch a new round of encirclement and suppression of the Taiping army, something happened in the Beijing division - on the eleventh day of the lunar month, Xiao and the empress dowager were arrested.

The Empress Dowager Xiaohe has no blood relationship with Daoguang, Daoguang's biological mother is Empress Xiao Shurui, and the Empress Dowager Xiaohe is the queen who was promoted after Empress Xiaoshurui drove the crane to the west, after Jiaqing's death, she was promoted to the queen mother, she was only six years older than Daoguang.

Although it is not biological, but Xiaohe and the Empress Dowager have a great favor to Daoguang, when Jiaqing died suddenly, did not leave an edict of succession, it was Xiaohe Empress Dowager who ordered Daoguang to ascend the throne, ensuring the smooth and smooth handover of imperial power.

Daoguang was respectful to Xiaohe and the Empress Dowager, and his decades of service were also based on this reason, of course, this is also related to the national policy of the Qing Dynasty to govern the country with filial piety.

The queen mother was arrested, the whole country mourned, it was for the national mourning, during the national mourning, the government affairs were suspended, the whole country was mourned, the emperor was not in the court, all ceremonies, weddings and gatherings were not allowed, the official stopped for 100 days, the military and the people were in January, and the tickets were all with blue pens within 100 days, and the public cases were all with blue seals.

Yi Zhishu didn't care about the death of filial piety and the queen mother, after all, this matter has nothing to do with him, and besides, he himself is in the registration system, and the national mourning has no impact on him, he just feels that the impact of this national funeral on the people is too great, during this period, if someone is looking for fun, regardless of the officials, gentlemen and people, once it is reported, it is not a small trouble.

The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, which called Wang Jian, naturally did not need to guard the national mourning, but the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was not happy, and the minister Sai Shang'a had already arrived in Guiping, and the 8,000 elites reinforced by the four provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou, Hunan and Guangdong also arrived in advance, and surrounded them like iron buckets.

What's even more troublesome is that tens of thousands of people are trapped in a corner, logistical difficulties have occurred, food can still barely be supported, the most lacking is salt, and because of the siege, the Taiping army has been disheartened, and chaos has begun to appear, and it is getting worse day by day, some believers who have been strictly ordered to sell their property and burn down their houses have begun to regret it, some Tiandihui parties with a weak stance have secretly instigated rebellion, and some long-trapped Taiping army troops have begun to violate military orders, plunder villagers, and fight with each other for the spoils of war.

There is a large army besieged outside, and there is a steady stream of troops, and there is serious chaos inside, Hong Xiuquan is at a loss for this, living like a year, Yang Xiuqing is also worried about this, but Xiao Chaogui is a wit, and he went down to earth in time as an endorsement of the heavenly brother,

Teach the believers, "Keep the rules of heaven, obey the commandments, and make peace with brothers...... It is forbidden to enter the village to search for people's belongings, and it is not allowed to retreat from the battle in battle. If you have money, you must recognize it, and you can't divide me. It is even more necessary to work together, fight the country together, and run on the road to heaven, and suffer a little at the moment, and then have a high seal. ”

The front is all nonsense, the last sentence, work together, fight the country together, and then have a high seal, which is the finishing touch, which is equivalent to a promise to all believers, after laying down the country, give high-ranking officials Houlu, fight the world and sit on the country, and the morale of the Taiping Army was stimulated.