33. Thunder and rain (4)
"When Zeng Guoquan's wife left Wuhu, the cargo ship was loaded with more than 20 boxes, large and small, which shows that Hong Xiuquan's treasury has all fallen into the hands of the Zeng brothers." Deling continued to break the news.
"Is this the news you found out?"
"Yes."
"What's the solution?" The Queen Mother clapped her hands and was helpless, "Since the money came out, the cost of the Jiangnan Army has eased slightly, but the Jiangnan army is also half hungry and half full, you don't see, so many excerpts in the Military Aircraft Department are impeached by the Hunan Army, the Huai Army, the Left Army, the Chu Army, and the place. ”
"Alas!" King Gong sighed heavily, stood up, took two steps, stopped on his feet, and said with a look of chagrin, "I really don't know what to do? If the treasury is abundant, forget it, but it is so poor that there is no way to deal with the chaos and peace, how can we explain to the top and bottom? ”
Everyone present sympathized with King Gong's troubles, but they couldn't help but feel that they were asking for their own troubles about his almost naïve intentions. It's no wonder that he is. With Xuanzong's beloved son, he was the same mother of the first emperor, although there were suspicions during this period, and the Qing Council thought that he was the aggrieved party.
A coup d'état last year was a coup d'état that was not degenerate for the sake of social development, and it had the merit of turning things around. In the past year, he has respected the elderly, respected the virtuous, strictly disciplined, and trusted Zeng Guofan, which is better than Su Shunlai. Just because of this courage, internal and external cooperation, each doing his best, and reaping great achievements, this is the opportunity and strength of King Gong's people.
However, no matter how talented the talent is, the experience is not strong, it is not about age, but about status and experience. His status did not have access to the officials of the last rank of Weilu, and his knowledge was limited to the customs and customs of Gyeonggi. Therefore, his vision came to a huge mistake.
Except for King Gong, everyone present felt that Li Tangjie referred to Zeng Guoquan as a "man of fame", which was a very subtle and good statement. Because, it is inconvenient to say that what he learned was the feudal town of the five dynasties, and he won the battle only to occupy the city, and the city was only to seal the official treasury, and then he used his hometown to return to his hometown and ask for land. Hunan people in Beijing know that as early as the ninth year of Xianfeng, Zeng Guoquan built a mansion in his hometown, with a gate in front and a stage inside. This ridiculous joke, King Gong should know. Li Hongzhang learned from Zeng Guofan's face, betrayed Zeng Guoquan's friendship, conquered Jiangbei, did not move, and let the "old nine" achieve the merit of recovering Jinling alone, so that he could do whatever he wanted, this was only two or three months ago, and King Gong should know more. However, the records on the "History of the Song Dynasty" and the "Spring and Autumn Period of the Ten Kingdoms" thought that the Zeng Kingdom Quanke Jinling would be like Cao Bin went down to the south of the Yangtze River and received Jinling, bowed to the army to guard the palace gate, strictly affirmed military discipline, and did not commit any crimes in the autumn, and then handed over the remains of the two masters of the Southern Tang Dynasty, from gold, silver, jewelry to antiques, calligraphy and paintings, all of which were bundled to the north, and all the points were handed over to the inner government. Isn't that naïve?
These thoughts are naturally inconvenient to say, so there is only persuasion. It's only difficult to phrase it, saying that it is a hundred battles and a difficult battle, and saying that it is an immortal name, which can be used as a forgiveness, but there is Zeng Guoquan's brother, put together, in contrast, it seems that Zeng Laojiu's can't be played Therefore, all the consolation has become boundless gossip, and he is tired of talking, and he has said goodbye.
Only Bao Jun stayed, and changed places to spend a long time with King Gong. It was a study made like a thatched hut deep in the shade of bamboo. Take off each other's traces, the head of the short clothes, under the service of a group of wise and lovely girls, chatting at will, from the palace to the market, whatever comes to mind, no need to revise words, and no scruples.
On this day, it was more serious, and the topic was still on King Gong's troubles, the treasury was insufficient, and Zeng Guofan asked for money to deal with the aftermath.
Bao Jun is more experienced than King Gong, "What are you doing with his words?" Zeng Disheng said that the pseudo-'Wangfu' was penniless, and he just made a statement for his old brother to cover his ears and steal the bell! Bao Jun said in the position of the head of the household: "Do you think he will really come to me to ask for money?" No! Zeng Disheng's science is not the science of Ugong Feng. He is a man with a lot of money and a huge economy, and after fighting for so many years, he wants soldiers and salaries, and he doesn't think of it himself! Now that he is doing the aftermath, he should have relied on the local government, but he has to ask the court to allocate funds before he can do it? Think about it, isn't that true? ”
King Gong smiled: "What you said, why didn't you say it in front of so many people just now?" ”
"Why am I saying this? What's in it for me? Bao Jun also said: "The official of the household department is really difficult to be, and he is not considerate inside and out, and he is really suffering." ”
King Gong listened to his tone with a complaint, and couldn't help but play with his words again. The yamen who is in charge of money, the outsiders do not succeed, and they have their own complaints, which can be imagined, and it seems that the internal officials are not considerate, what is going on? (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for the recommendation ticket, your support is my biggest motivation. )