The Eight Banners New Army not only relies on Yuan Qi for ammunition, but also on Yuan Qi for muskets, only half of the 30,000 New Army is equipped with new muskets, and this time the 30,000 New Army went south to encircle and suppress the bandits, and must rely on Yuan Qi. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

After a slight sigh, he pondered and said: "The Nanyang Navy conquered the Nanyang, and the imperial court was able to build two provinces .....of Luzon and Java in the Nanyang, which is the merit of opening up the territory and expanding the territory. ”

Xianfeng nodded slightly, and turned out the merits of the conquest of the South Seas, and it was logical to reward Yi Zhixin and the navy, and the imperial court should indeed be rewarded for the conquest of the South Seas, otherwise it would be easy to attract criticism.

Moreover, the relationship with Yuanqi should also be eased by taking this opportunity, just a few bandits and rebellions can erode the three provinces, and the green battalions of the eight banners of several provinces will not be able to form an army, and a group of rabble will still be difficult to exterminate, if Yuanqi is in chaos, what will be the result? He really didn't dare to think about it.

This time, Yuan Qi was able to provide enough ammunition for the Eight Banners New Army, Yi Zhizhi led his troops to help recover Wuchang, and galloped to rescue Monk Greenqin in the starry night to avoid the Eight Banners New Army being completely annihilated, which is enough to show that in the position of exterminating the bandits, Yuan Qi and the imperial court are the same, and there is no trouble for Yuan Qi, so it can only be slowed down, and how to think about it after exterminating the bandits.

After a slight sigh, Xianfeng said: "Passing on the decree, Yi Zhizhi will submit the list of meritorious service for the conquest of Nanyang and the encirclement and suppression of bandits as soon as possible, and the court will reward the meritorious service." ”

Xianfeng's meaning is obviously to be rewarded, Mu Zhang'a can't help but beat a little drum in his heart, Yi Zhizhi is already a first-class marquis, and then he will be crowned a duke, but since the founding of the Qing Dynasty, the Han people who have been crowned dukes can be counted with their fingers, he hesitated and said: "There have always been few Han people who have been crowned dukes......." ”

"Rare, not nothing." Xianfeng glanced at him dissatisfied, and said, "In terms of merit, who can be as contented as Yi?" Sun Shiyi was safe in the south, and he was awarded the first-class Mouyong Gong, Yue Zhongqi conquered the northwest, Pingqinghai, and was awarded the third-class prestige duke, although Nanyang only built two provinces, but it was the land of several provinces in the interior, is it not enough to seal the duke? ”

Mu Zhang'a was worried that the navy would make contributions in the future, and there would be no seal or reward, and Xianfeng, who saw it, said so, and did not dare to rap again, but kowtowed: "The emperor is sage." ”

He decided to be the Duke of Yi Zhicontent, not only because of Yi Zhi's military exploits, but also because Xianfeng planned to use this to ease the relationship with Yuan Qi, not only to appease Yuan Qi, but also to hope that Yuan Qi could provide sufficient guns and ammunition for the Eight Banners New Army, and also hoped that Yuan Qi could provide a huge interest-free loan for the imperial court to cover the huge military expenses needed to pacify the Taiping Army.

Two days later, Qi Shan, Zeng Guofan, and Jiang Zhongyuan's excerpts arrived in Beijing together, Mu Zhang'a frowned, Qi Shan's excerpts have their own emphasis, but there is one thing that all three of them mentioned - Yi Zhizhi made it clear that the navy would withdraw from Hubei! The reason is high-sounding, worrying that Spain and the Netherlands will send troops to the South Seas.

Mu Zhang'a naturally didn't believe it, he knew very well that Yi Zhixiang was dissatisfied with the imperial court - Chen Hongming was not actually appointed as the governor of Hubei, and he was dissatisfied with the imperial court's preparation for the construction of the Yangtze River Naval Division with the children of the Eight Banners as the mainstay!

After a little hesitation, he got up and picked up three folds and came to Lin Zexu's desk, and said, "This is the fold sent by the Hubei Governor for eight hundred miles, Lord Lin will take a look and enter the palace together later." ”

After reading the three excerpts, Lin Zexu was also speechless for a long time, Yi Zhizhi said this on two different occasions, obviously not just talking, Xianfeng has just changed his attitude towards Yuanqi, at this juncture, Yi Zhizhi is here to do this, what does this make Xianfeng think? How to think?

Seeing that Lin Zexu was silent, Mu Zhang'a said softly: "The edict urging Yi Guocheng to report the list of Xugong Baoju for the conquest of Nanyang and the encirclement and suppression of bandits has been sent to Wuchang, will it make him change his attitude?" ”

"It's hard to say." Lin Zexu shook his head slightly, "He didn't even report the list of meritorious service, so he shouldn't care too much." ”

Mu Zhang Ardeng was speechless, easy to know that it is not a trivial matter, without a naval fleet to defend the Yangtze River, the Taiping Army naval division can cross the Yangtze River, come and go freely, this undoubtedly increases the difficulty of encircling and suppressing the Taiping Army, and more importantly, the main force of the encirclement and suppression of the Taiping Army, more than 20,000 guns and ammunition attacks of the Eight Banners New Army completely rely on Yuan Qi.

"There is no suspicion in employing people, and there is no need to suspect people." Lin Zexu muttered vaguely, Mu Zhang'a frowned slightly, he naturally understood that this was referring to Chen Hongming, the Hubei Governor and the Yangtze River Sailor, and immediately defended, "The imperial court also has difficulties, isn't it ......" ”

Lin Zexu glanced at him and said without scruples: "Chen Hongming is a major admiral of the navy, he is the governor of Hubei, Yi Zhishu will definitely vigorously support the liquidation of the bandits in Hubei, let alone the Yangtze River Naval Division, if it is prepared by the navy, it will be difficult for the navy to encircle .......and suppress the bandits." ”

Seeing the ministers of military aircraft, the military aircraft Zhang Jingjing looked over, and Mu Zhang'a hurriedly said: "It's not early, let's hurry into the palace." ”

When the two of them left the duty room, Mu Zhang'a slowed down and said softly: "Who is this Zuo Zongtang, and why does Yi Guocheng attach so much importance to him?" ”

"This person is a native of Hunan, once served as the head of the Lujiang Academy in Hunan, and was disappointed in the scientific expedition, so he turned to study geography and the art of war, and was familiar with the historical and geographical works of the Northwest and the Western Regions, and has an opinion on the Northwest that is difficult for ordinary people to reach, and is very famous in Hunan." Lin Zexu said slowly: "In addition, this person has a deep appreciation and respect for Tao Shu, Tao Shu is critically ill, so he entrusted his only son to Gu and married him as a family. ”

The reason why Mu Zhang'a is so concerned about Zuo Zongtang is because his proud protégé Zeng Guofan is also involved, he has to be cautious, listening to these words, he can't help but nod, as a person, Tao Shu can be so appreciated and respected, it must be extraordinary, and it is no wonder that Yi Zhishu is so valued by him.

The two handed over the sign, and were soon called in, and entered the Xinuan Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace, and after seeing the salute, Mu Zhang'a bowed down and presented the fold and said: "Hubei Governor and Soldier Zeng Guofan are in an urgent situation for eight hundred miles." ”

Now there is no good news in Hubei, Xianfeng's heart sank, and he hurriedly took the excerpt and took a closer look, Qi Shan bluntly said that the navy was going to withdraw the army, and implored the Yangtze River Naval Division to be prepared by the Navy.

After reading the excerpts of Jiang Zhongyuan and Zeng Guofan, his face became more and more ugly, what does it mean to be content? Are you really planning to withdraw your troops without following orders? Is there still a court in his eyes? Is there an emperor like him?

Forcibly suppressing the anger in his heart, Xianfeng glanced at Lin Zexu, and said in a flat tone: "If you don't follow the order, you dare to withdraw your troops without permission?" ”

Mu Zhang'a knew that the more flat the master's tone, the more angry he was in his heart, how could he touch this moldy head, so he immediately bowed his head and said silently, but Lin Zexu said: "Back to the emperor, Yi Zhixiang has always been bold, and he has sent ......troops several times without authorization. ”

Hearing this, Xianfeng's heart sank, and he glanced at Mu Zhang'a, he remembered that Mu Zhang'a had said that Yuan Qi had sent troops to Annam without authorization, conquered the Japanese Kingdom in the east, and conquered Nanyang in the south, and they all mobilized troops and horses first and then asked for orders, to say that they were bold, the Manchu Dynasty was civil and military, I am afraid that no one is more courageous than Yi Zhizhi!

He had to force himself to calm down, if Yi Zhixiang withdrew his troops from Hubei without following the order, it would be a great blow to the prestige of him, the new monarch who had just ascended the throne, and it would also be extremely unfavorable to encircle and suppress the Taiping army, so he had to take care of the overall situation, take care of the overall situation!

"Your Majesty." Lin Zexu said in a deep voice: "Hong Yangzhi's counter-current and poisoning one place will have a great impact on the prestige of the imperial court, a huge damage to local agricultural production and the commercial economy, and the harm to local officials, gentry, businessmen and ordinary people is also unimaginable, and there is a tendency to spread.

Wechen secretly thought that there was a priority in the matter, and the top priority was to make every effort to encircle and suppress the rebellion of Hong Yang, and Wechen dared to plead and appoint Chen Hongming as the governor of Hubei and the ...... of the commander of the Yangtze River Naval Division. ”

If Chen Hongming takes over as the governor of Hubei and the commander of the Yangtze River Naval Division, with Yuanqi's strong financial resources and huge influence, Hubei and the Yangtze River will be controlled by Yuanqi, which is tantamount to driving wolves at the front door and welcoming tigers at the back door, Xianfeng was a little hesitant, glanced at Mu Zhang'a, and said, "What does Mu Qing think?" ”

"Your Majesty." Mu Zhang'a hurriedly said: "The slave secretly thought that if he wanted to exterminate Hong Yang's rebellion as soon as possible, he should take Yi Zhi's contentment as the ....... ”

Is it easy to be content? Xianfeng couldn't help but feel that this idea was good, if Chen Hongming was appointed as the governor of Hubei and the commander of the Yangtze River Navy Division at this time, even he himself would have a taste of being coerced, not to mention what those officials in Hubei thought and thought, but if it was easy to be content, it would be very different.

Yi Zhizhi can fight well, with him as a messenger, whether it is Yuan Qi or the Nanyang Navy, they will inevitably try their best to recruit and suppress the Taiping Army, which is indeed the only way to quickly exterminate the Taiping Army, and there is no need for the court to worry about guns, ammunition, food and salaries.

Before, he didn't think about letting Yi Zhicontent be the Qincha, but one was worried that Yi Zhicontent would collude with Hong Yang, and the other was worried that Yi Zhizu would take the opportunity to sit big, but now there is no need to worry, in terms of encircling and suppressing the Taiping Army, Yi Zhicontent and the imperial court's position is the same, and now that there are 30,000 new troops of the Eight Banners in Hubei, there is no need to worry about Yi Zhizu taking the opportunity to sit big.

However, Yi Zhixiang will not accept this mess, he really has no bottom in his heart, this guy is bold and unscrupulous, dares to send troops without authorization, and dares to withdraw troops without authorization, if he does not obey the order, he will not be able to step down.

He was thinking about himself, but Lin Zexu said: "Your Majesty, Weichen does not approve of using Yi Zhixin as the Qin to encircle and suppress Hong Yang's rebellion, Jiang Zhongyuan and Zeng Guofan made it clear in the excerpt, and Wei Chen also agreed with Yi Zhi's statement, taking the opportunity of encircling and suppressing Hong Yang's rebellion, training troops in actual combat, training generals, and innovating the military system ...... ”

"I don't want to." Xianfeng interrupted him and said: "Huguang is a major grain-producing province, how can it be in war for many years? What's more, the financial resources of the imperial court were not enough to support a long-term large-scale war. With a slight sigh, he continued: "Now that the lake is wide and erosive, and Hong Yang's rebel is not small, can Lin Qing write to ask Yi Zhishu what his requirements are?" ”

This is also the truth, Lin Zexu sighed secretly, bowed down and said, "Weichen obeys the order." ”

Seeing Xianfeng so cautious, Mu Zhang'a couldn't help but secretly praise, after all, Xianfeng was only twenty years old, and it was rare for him to be so cautious and serious when he first ascended to the great treasure, and he groaned slightly, and then he opened his mouth and said tentatively: "Yuan Qi is expanding his troops in the northwest, is it necessary for the imperial court to restrict it?" ”

Northwest? Xianfeng has never paid much attention to the northwest at all, but when the navy was stationed in Ili, he paid a little attention to it, and after thinking for a while, he said: "Are the navy soldiers and horses stationed in Ili?" ”

"Back to the emperor." Mu Zhang'a said: "The general army of Ili Town has been abolished, and the defense of Ili is now taken over by a brigade of soldiers and horses led by Feng Renxuan. ”

Yili is far away, thousands of miles away, Xianfeng doesn't care too much, he also knows that Yi Zhishu was content to divide troops into Yili, is to expand outward, want to implement border reform, at the moment, he can't take care of the northwest at all, and he is not worried that the northwest soldiers and horses will pose a threat to the interior, when even said: "Reclamation and garrisoning the border is really a good way to secure the border, facilitate the people, have enough food, and foot soldiers, and Tsarist Russia is eyeing the northwest, why should the imperial court restrict it?" ”

"Your Majesty." Mu Zhang'a said slowly: "However, the northwest has always been not peaceful, and Yuan Qi has expanded his army so rapidly in Yili, but he also has to take precautions...... ”

Xianfeng interrupted him and said, "Who is Zuo Zongtang?" ”

"Zuo Zongtang is a ...... in Hunan." Lin Zexu said and introduced Zuo Zongtang's situation.

After listening to Zuo Zongtang's situation, Xianfeng glanced at the two of them and said: "Not only can Tao Shu appreciate the weapon, but also enjoy a good reputation in Huxiang Shilin, and I think it is also extraordinary." ”

"The Emperor Mingjian." Mu Zhang'a bowed down and said: "The border political reform is the national policy set by the first emperor, and the slaves secretly think that they might as well try it out in Yili, and the general army of Yili Town has been abolished, so it is better to build a government in Ili and actually grant Zuo Zongtang as the prefect of Yili." ”

"No." Lin Zexu hurriedly said: "Yili built a mansion, the prefect should also be granted to Feng Renxuan, Zuo Zongtang can be granted separately, the twenty-four Datun districts in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, there are not many more mansions, and now it is mainly to encircle and suppress the rebellion of Hong Yang." ”

Xianfeng nodded, now the encirclement and suppression of the Taiping Army still rely on Yuan Qi, at this juncture, it is not disgusting and easy to be satisfied, even if it is to encircle Zuo Zongtang and divide Yuan Qi's forces in the northwest, it is not appropriate to do it so obviously, it is still Lin Zexu thoughtful, and he muttered a little before he said: "The political reform of the northwest frontier is to be prepared to be presented." ”