The drizzle rain is endless, the winter in Shanghai is cold and damp, as soon as it rains, the cold feeling is more obvious, such a winter night is very few people want to come out, the whole new city is deserted, a two-wheeled old-fashioned carriage slowly stopped outside the corner gate of Zhenhai Gongfu. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Huang Dianyuan opened his umbrella and jumped out of the car to glance around, and saw that the gate of the mansion was deserted as before, and the news of Yi Zhizhi's return to Shanghai had not yet spread, otherwise even on such a winter night, the street outside the door would be full of carriages and sedan chairs, and two lanterns greeted him, and when he arrived, he took a look at it, and said: "Mr. Huang, please-." ”

After entering the door, he walked all the way, and saw a huge mansion with black lights and cold and deserted, Huang Dianyuan couldn't help but have some doubts, did Yi Zhixiang really come back? After a long cup of tea, I came to a courtyard outside, and a woman with a lantern greeted me and said, "Mr. Huang, please come with the little girl." ”

This woman's name is Lin Meilian, proficient in the foreign languages of the Three Kingdoms, and she has been following Yi Zhifen for many years, and immediately smiled and said, "There is Miss Laurin." ”

Lin Meilian smiled lightly: "Mr. Huang doesn't have to be polite. ”

In the room, Yi Zhishu was scalding wine, and when he heard the movement, he raised his head, and as soon as Huang Dianyuan entered the door, he sniffled and said, "It's too hot." As he spoke, he hurriedly stepped forward and took the wine off the charcoal fire, and said with a painful face: "This is not soju, why should it be so hot." ”

Yi Zhizhi smiled, "The winter night is cold and damp, and it is comfortable to drink it hot." ”

"Winter in Shanghai is really uncomfortable, cold and sticky." Huang Dianyuan sat down casually and poured himself a glass of wine as he spoke, afraid of being hot, so he took a sip and praised: "Good wine." ”

Yi Zhishu moved a plate of peanuts and a plate of fennel beans over, "It's more comfortable to spend the winter in Guangdong." As he spoke, he also poured himself a glass, "Why did you come to Shanghai in a hurry?" ”

Huang Dianyuan glanced at him and said, "The big shopkeeper is really calm. ”

"What? Worried that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has robbed the world? Yi Zhizhi took a sip of wine, and then threw a few peanuts into his mouth, and his mouth was full of burnt aroma.

Huang Dianyuan looked at him straight and said, "What does the big shopkeeper mean, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom can't become a climate?" ”

"Sensei said that there is a Yuanqi, even if there is no Yuanqi, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom will not be able to become a climate." Yi Zhi said confidently: "You are also full of history books, for thousands of years, have you ever seen someone who has acted under the guise of religion and sat in the world?" ”

"The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's "Heavenly Dynasty Tianmu System" and the Holy Treasury System are all quite demagogic." Huang Dianyuan said with a solemn expression: "The Taiping Army has strong combat power and strict military discipline, which is better than Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong at the end of the Ming Dynasty....... ”

Yi Zhizhi shook his head disapprerovingly, "Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing may be comparable to Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, but today's Qing Dynasty is not the end of the Ming Dynasty. After a pause, he continued: "At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Chongzhen fought on two fronts, and the elites were in the northeast...... Although Xianfeng is young, he is more knowledgeable about current affairs than Chongzhen, ...... ”

"The big treasurer can also let the Qing court fight on two fronts." Huang Dianyuan said in a sullen voice: "The big shopkeeper raises troops at this time, and the Qing court will inevitably take care of one and lose the other." ”

Yi Zhizu glanced at him, took a sip of wine, and said slowly: "If Yuan Qi raises troops, what do you say will be the situation?" Translocation, if you were Xianfeng, how would you respond? ”

After thinking for a moment, Huang Dianyuan said: "What does the big shopkeeper mean, the imperial court will focus on dealing with Yuan Qi?" ”

Yi Zhizu shook his head slowly, and said: "The combat power of the Nanyang Navy is not comparable to the Eight Banners New Army and the Eight Banners stationed in Beijing, and the Manchu clan nobles are not all wine bags and rice bags, many people can clearly understand this, if Yuan Qi raises troops all the way to the north, the Qing court must be fortified layer by layer, and heavy troops are intercepted, if Yuan Qi relies on the fleet to smash Huanglong and attack Tianjin and Jingshi?" ”

Hearing this, Huang Dianyuan couldn't help but be stunned, there is the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, if Yuan Qi raises troops, in order to fight for the name of righteousness, he will definitely smash Huanglong and attack the Beijing Division, and after pondering for a while, he said: "The big shopkeeper is worried about the Qing court moving the capital to Shengjing?" ”

"The Manchus control more with less, and they have always been walking on thin ice, and Shengjing, as the accompanying capital, is strategically reserved for retreat." Yi Zhizu said slowly: "Once they retreat to the northeast, what will happen?" ”

And I really didn't think about this problem, and silently dried the wine in one gulp, and then said: "How can the Qing court give up this world that has been sitting for 200 years so easily?" ”

"That's hard to say." Yi Zhizu took the cigarette case and took out a cigarette and lit it on the charcoal fire, took a puff, and then said: "The imperial court moved the capital to Shengjing, Yuan Qi and the Taiping army will inevitably avoid a vicious fight for this world, and the endless vicious fight, after fighting the Taiping army, I also went back to clean up the Qing court, don't forget, Manchurian and Mongolian are one, Yuan Qi has a naval advantage, but there is no slightest advantage in the vast northwest, northeast, and Mongolia, how many years can the world be unified?" ”

Huang Dianyuan said softly: "It's not impossible to conquer slowly, how can this fight the world be achieved overnight?" ”

"After all these years, why is Brother Rong's vision still not broad enough?" Yi Zhisuff glanced at him, "The times are different, a hundred years ago or even fifty years ago, I dared to raise troops without hesitation, but not now, really not." With that, he got up and walked over to his desk, spread out a large map, and said, "Come and see." ”

Huang Dianyuan followed over and saw that it was a map that he had never seen before, and after looking at it carefully, he said, "This is a world map?" ”

"A simple map of Asia." Yi Zhishu said and pointed to the northwest: "This is Xinjiang, this is Tibet..." Then he pointed to the outer ocean of the South Ocean, "This is the Indian Ocean." ”

After a pause, he continued: "As early as the last century, Peter the Great of Tsarist Russia put forward a southward strategy -- that is, to go south to the Indian Ocean to obtain warm water ports, connect the three oceans militarily, and control the sea lanes. During his lifetime, he clearly expounded his ideas on world geopolitics and set the goal of world hegemony -- that in the future, Russia must be as close as possible to Constantinople and the Indian Ocean, and whoever rules there will be the real ruler of the world.

In order to realize this plan, Tsarist Russia has been working hard to move south for nearly 100 years, and this is the fundamental reason why Tsarist Russia has adopted a policy of encroachment on China's northwest; once a major war breaks out in our country, Tsarist Russia will take the opportunity to seize Xinjiang and even Tibet. ”

Nodding to India, he continued: "This is the colony of England, and over the years, England has continued to expand overseas, and it is not satisfied with occupying India, but continues to plan to advance to Tibet, and there are ...... His finger slid to the northeast, "In addition to the southward strategy, Tsarist Russia is also expanding to the northeast, with the same purpose of finding an outlet to the sea." ”

Hearing this, Huang Dianyuan already understood, and said tentatively: "Is the big shopkeeper worried that the Qing court will collude with Tsarist Russia and England, and it will be difficult to conquer or reunify?" ”

"The result of collusion is inevitably the betrayal of territory." Yi Zhizhi said in a deep voice: "Don't look at us as an empire of Nuoda, in terms of military strength and industrial strength, we are far inferior to England and Tsarist Russia, and we cannot compete with Britain and Russia militarily, once the territory is sold by the Qing court, it will be difficult to recover."

In addition, our industry started late, the current can be called the golden decade or golden twenty years of industrial development, every year is precious, miss these ten or twenty years, we miss an era, I am not willing to provoke a large-scale civil war at this juncture! I can't afford to see us miss out on this opportunity. ”

As he spoke, he slowly paced back to the brazier and sat down, took a sip of the wine glass, Huang Dianyuan came over and sat down, and said tentatively: "The big shopkeeper is planning to join forces with the imperial court to exterminate the Taiping army?" ”

Yi Zhifen shook his head, "That's only half right. ”

"Half?"

"Yes, it's half the story." Yi Zhizu said slowly: "Yuan Qi not only needs to vigorously develop industry, but also needs to rapidly expand its strength, once the imperial court easily exterminates the Taiping army, it will inevitably turn back to deal with Yuan Qi, I don't want a large-scale civil war to break out, but I also don't want to turn against the imperial court too early, temporarily join forces with the imperial court, and suppress the Taiping army within a certain range, so as not to cause too much damage."

My purpose is very clear, not only to let the Taiping army contain the imperial court and buy time for Yuanqi, but also not to let the Taiping army spread too wide and cause too many losses, in addition, with the help of war, large-scale organization of immigration, Nanyang and Northwest need a large number of immigrants. ”

It seems that the Taiping Army is unable to escape the fate of being a chess piece, Huang Dianyuan couldn't help but sigh secretly, with Yuan Qi such a powerful black hand, the Taiping Army can't accept his fate if he wants to, thinking that he has not been optimistic about the Taiping Army before, and the Taiping Army is difficult to become a climate, and now it seems that Yi Zhi's contented vision really doesn't know how many times stronger than him.

Then he thought that Yi Zhishu was so open and honest with him, he should have something to order, and even said tentatively: "The Taiping army still needs to be contacted?" ”

"That's nature." Yi Zhizhi said: "If you want to use the Taiping Army to contain the imperial court, and you can't let the Taiping Army sit big, this degree is not easy to grasp, you must balance both sides, and the Taiping Army also needs assistance when it is weak." ”

Huang Dianyuan nodded and said, "Don't worry, I will arrange this matter personally." ”

For Huang Dianyuan's ability, Yi Zhishu is naturally relieved, his people are inconvenient to have too much contact with the Taiping Army, especially secret transactions, or it is more convenient for heaven and earth to come forward, after taking a sip of wine, he said: "Hurry to Shanghai to see me, what's the matter?" ”

Huang Dianyuan smiled, "The Taiping army has moved to the three provinces, and the momentum is huge, many people's eyes are hot, and several leaders in Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, and Jiangxi are ready to move..... ”

"Guangdong-?" Yi Zhishu rolled his eyes, sat up straight in an instant, and the Heaven and Earth Society still wanted to start an incident in Yuanqi's territory?

"Don't get me wrong." Huang Dianyuan hurriedly said: "Many Tiandi Congregations in Guangxi and Hunan have followed the Taiping Army, and those in Guangdong want to take this opportunity to cross the border and occupy ..... territory. ”

Yi Zhishu nodded, and said in a deep voice: "You warn them, at the junction of the two provinces, I can ignore it, on the ground in Guangdong, even if it is a town, who dares to move, Yuanqi directly sent troops to suppress it, and the encirclement and suppression of Yue Province are not hesitating, you should know very well that the Yuanqi regiment training back then, and the current navy, many officers and soldiers are recruited from various prefectures and counties in Guangdong." ”

"I know." Huang Dianyuan hurriedly said: "I didn't make it clear ...... just now. ”

"Guangxi and Hunan, they love to toss them." Yi Zhishu slowly relaxed his body, "Fujian and Jiangxi had better not toss now, take a year off, and there will be a time for them to toss." ”

Huang Dianyuan said: "The big shopkeeper has other plans? ”

"It's still too early to say, let them calm down and watch the show with peace of mind first." Yi Zhishu changed his head as he spoke, and said: "You know the situation of the two provinces of Nanyang, in order to consolidate Nanyang, a large number of immigrants are needed, for Yuan Qi, Nanyang immigration is long-term, I hope that the Tiandihui and Qinglian Sects in Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Jiangxi and other gangs and sects will cooperate with Yuanqi for a long time." ”

"For them, this is also a profitable thing, the big shopkeeper can rest assured, every time I contact them, I will tell them repeatedly." Huang Dianyuan shook his head slightly as he spoke, and said with emotion: "Nanyang immigrants are really generous, and only the big shopkeeper has such courage. ”

Yi Zhixiang smiled, raised his glass and said, "It's done, I still have something." ”

Sending Huang Dianyuan out of the courtyard, looking at the corner of the lantern, Yi Zhifen looked sideways at Lin Meilian and said, "Is the real person here?" ”

Lin Meilian nodded and said, "It's early, and I'm waiting in Meixiangyuan." ”

"Come with me." Yi Zhishu said and took the umbrella and walked slowly, Lin Meilian walked side by side with him with a lantern, and said softly: "As soon as I come back, I will see people endlessly, and it will be more leisurely to send troops and horses." ”

"I'm busy after this time." Yi Zhizu said softly: "After the New Year, take them to Qiongzhou to relax, out of sight, out of ear, and not upset." ”

"Qiongzhou is truly beautiful...... However, it is a sin to go to sea by boat. Lin Meilian chuckled and paused, before she said, "The big shopkeeper can rest assured?" ”

Yi Zhizu chuckled and said: "In this world, no matter who leaves, the earth still rotates as it is, and there is nothing that cannot be let go." ”

Lin Meilian thought for a while before she said: "The big shopkeeper is now reinstated, and he still has the Minister of Nanyang and the ..... of the Admiral of Nanyang." ”

"I'm the big shopkeeper, isn't it also a hands-off shopkeeper?" Yi Zhicontent said with a smile: "Let them do it, and by the way, you can also experience talents." ”

The two of them laughed all the way to Meixiangyuan, Meixiangyuan can be said to be worthy of the name, full of wax plum fragrance, smell intoxicating, the two stepped on the steps of the main room, dressed as a gentleman dressed in Yizhen walked out quickly, see easy contentment, he bowed respectfully, and said: "I have seen the big shopkeeper." ”

Seeing that this cheap master was so respectful, Yi Zhizhi couldn't help but smile, stretched out his hand and raised it falsely, "Real people don't need to be polite. "Say and show it," a real person, please. ”

"The big treasurer, please-." Yi Zhenren hurriedly leaned sideways and stretched out his hand respectfully, for the Qinglian Sect of Liangguang, this cheap apprentice can be prosperous with a word, and can be destroyed with a word, he really doesn't dare to be disrespectful.