Daoguang's edict seems unreasonable, but Zaiquan, Mu Zhang'a and other four people are not the best people, and they all come back to their minds, the fourth elder brother and the sixth elder brother are not equal, the two have completely different attitudes towards Yuanqi, and Yuanqi is very important to the imperial court, and whether the big shopkeeper of Yuanqi is content to enter Beijing is directly related to the attitude of the imperial court towards Yuanqi, and of course it directly determines the candidate for the prince of the Qing Dynasty. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

If Yi Zhixin enters Beijing and joins the military plane, and establishes Yixin as the prince, it can not only make Yi Zhixin feel at ease, but also make the monarch and ministers combine and complement each other, and work together to create a prosperous world.

If Yi Zhishu does not enter Beijing, at least it is said that he is separated from the imperial court, and at worst, he has a heart of disobedience, so he should naturally stand up to Yuan Qi's fourth elder brother Yixu.

The four of them were quite emotional in their hearts, no one thought that Yi Zhicontent's attitude could directly affect the storage position of the Qing Dynasty, but I am afraid that Yi Zhixiang himself would never have imagined it, from this point of view, Daoguang's attention to Yuan Qi is also extreme.

Daoguang half lay on the kang, as if he was not at ease, he looked at Mu Zhang'a with a seal on the three edicts, and after Mu Zhang'a presented them one by one, he laboriously handed the three edicts to the three Mu Zhang'a, Zaiquan, and Pan Shien, Mu Zhang'a glanced at it, the edict in his hand is the inheritance of the six elder brothers, thinking about it, what is in Pan Shien's hands is the inheritance of the four elder brothers, and Zaiquan should be the most complete edict, it seems that Daoguang is really sober.

After doing all this, Daoguang seemed to be a lot more relaxed, slowly closed his eyes, Mu Zhang'a and the four of them didn't dare to come out, and quietly knelt in front of the kang and waited, the four of them knew in their hearts that Daoguang didn't call kneeling, obviously there was something to explain.

Sure enough, after resting for a while, Daoguang opened his eyes and said slowly: "Xuan Yixi, Yixuan will see you." ”

Waiting for Yi Yi Yi Xun quickly came in and knelt down, Daoguang said slowly: "Yuan Qicai is powerful, but the shareholders are all over the southeast, and there are hundreds of thousands of staff and workers under his name.

For Yuan Qi, it is necessary to be good at appeasing and encompassing him, unless he is openly chaotic, it is not appropriate to eradicate it, and the imperial court must also continue to implement the reform of the military system and train the new army in case of accidents. ”

Daoguang's edict is specifically aimed at Yi Zhi's contentment not to enter Beijing, the fourth elder brother Yi Su inherited the unification, he was worried about Yi Xu's succession, and couldn't wait to eradicate Yuan Qi, before summoning the two brothers, he analyzed Yuan Qi's situation in great detail, but he was especially uneasy, and told again in front of a group of important ministers, with this edict, even if Yi Su succeeded to the throne, he would not move to eradicate Yuan Qi in the short term.

Hearing this, Yi Su was overjoyed in his heart, and hurriedly took the lead in kowtowing and said, "Erchen and others obey the order." Yixin also kowtowed.

Zaiquan, Pan Shien, Lin Zexu and others were originally worried that Yi Zhixin would not enter Beijing, and Yi Su's succession would target Yi Zhizhi and force Yuan Qi to rebel, and they all breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this edict, and this omission was finally made up, it seems that Daoguang was very thoughtful, and he hurriedly kowtowed and said in unison: "Weichen and others obey the order." ”

After a pause, Daoguang spoke again: "Guangxi will be in turmoil, all because of disasters, the people are not living, Huguang is the granary of the Qing Dynasty, Jiangsu and Zhejiang are the most important places of wealth, and they have suffered disasters year after year. ”

This is the last government affairs handled by Daoguang in the 30 years of reign, he hopes to stabilize Jiangnan, win the hearts of the people in Jiangnan, serve for a few days, his continuous high fever does not go away, fall into a coma, the condition deteriorates rapidly, Daoguang 30 years of the first month of the eighteenth, Daoguang after all failed to wait for the news of Guangzhou, with infinite regret to go west.

In accordance with the edict of Daoguang, the news was strictly sealed inside and outside the Old Summer Palace, and the secret was not mourned, and it was not until the first day of the first month of February, when the Guangzhou general Yixiang and the Guangdong governor Ye Mingchen jointly signed the excerpt arrived in Beijing, and then officially announced the world, and the fourth son of the emperor Yixu inherited the unification, and the year name was Xianfeng.

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Yi Zhishu put down the letter, got up without saying a word and walked to the window and lit a cigarette, Bao Shichen was surprised, and quickly glanced at the letter, the letter was written by Lin Zexu, and the original account of Daoguang's deathbed and Daoguang's edict.

After a slight sigh, Bao Shichen spoke: "Shouldn't the big shopkeeper regret losing the opportunity to enter the prime minister?" ”

Yi Zhizu sighed lightly, and shook his head slowly, he felt a little guilty in his heart, and felt that he was a little wrong Daoguang, if what Lin Zexu said was true, Daoguang still sincerely hoped that he would enter Beijing and join the military plane, because he was suspicious, and he missed an opportunity to influence or even change the Qing Dynasty in vain.

After a long silence, he called out: "Meilian." ”

Lin Meilian hurriedly walked in and said, "What do you have to say from the big shopkeeper?" ”

"Go to the general number and tell Kong Jian'an." Yi Zhisuff pondered and said: "The first emperor dragon drove the guests, with all the size semicolons of Yuanqi, and hung white flags and white lanterns, and all the large and small factories under Yuanqi's name also handled it accordingly." ”

Lin Meilian, who was waiting, retreated, and Yi Zhizhi said: "Yi Su set the year name Xianfeng, do you know what Xianfeng means?" ”

Bao Shichen said slowly: "Salty is universal, abundant, rich, salty, and abundant, which means that the world is rich in food and clothing." ”

The world is full of food and clothing? Emperor Xianfeng's wish was only afraid that it was going to come to naught, Yi nodded contentedly, smoked silently by the window, Bao Shichen glanced at him, and said slowly: "Let's not say whether what Lin Xiang said is true, just look at the fourth son of the emperor who inherits the unification in the end, which shows that the first emperor was wary of the big shopkeeper and Yuan Qi." ”

Yi Zhizhi nodded approvingly, Daoguang's wariness of Yuan Qi is not new, it has already existed, in the face of a merchant group with strong financial resources and military strength, anyone will be vigilant, this is a completely normal reaction, Daoguang can do this, it is already quite good.

"Since the fourth son of the emperor inherits the unification, it is impossible for the imperial court and Yuan Qi to restore the relationship as before." Bao Shichen pondered and said: "Today is only twenty, not only in the prime of life, but also in the flesh and blood, and will not act like the first emperor looking forward and thoughtful.

Even if what Lin Xiang said is true, the first emperor did have an edict, and he was good at appeasing and entrapping Yuanqi, but his ultimate goal was just to buy time and let the imperial court recover its vitality, and sooner or later he would deal with Yuanqi. ”

After a pause, he continued: "As the saying goes, once the Son of Heaven is a courtier, the Son of Heaven is young, and all the auxiliary ministers are old, it is estimated that there will be a lot of movement in the Beijing Division, Pan Xiang is already dying, and he will inevitably ask for retirement, whether Lin Xiang can stay in the Beijing Division, it is not known, the Taiping Army seems to be at the end of the road at the moment, and may not be able to attract the attention of the imperial court."

Now that the team has been integrated, the throne has been consolidated, and the Taiping army has been exterminated, it is very likely that Yuan Qi will be targeted. ”

"Sir has a point." Yi Zhi nodded and said: "This period of time is indeed rare, let's make a good deployment, but although the Taiping army is in a predicament at the moment, it is not easy for the imperial army to be wiped out." ”

Seeing that he was still full of confidence in the Taiping Army, Bao Shichen couldn't help but smile, "Could it be that the big shopkeeper is secretly funding the Taiping Army?" ”

"I'd like to fund it." Yi Zhizhi said: "However, at present, there are many checkpoints on land and water in Guangdong, and the inspection is very strong, even if you want to subsidize it, you can't fund it." ”

Bao Shichen glanced at him and said faintly: "Guangxi and Annam border. ”

"From Annan to Guangxi, the road is difficult, and besides, the imperial court is already suspicious, and it will inevitably take precautions." Yi Zhizhi said with a smile, "It's not so much that I have confidence in the Taiping Army, but that I don't have confidence in the Green Battalion, sir, although rest assured, the Taiping Army cannot be exterminated in the Bauhinia Mountains, and it is expected that there will be good news in more than a month." ”

Xiang Rong, who took over as the governor of Guangxi, attacked again and again with the active cooperation of the green battalions of the four provinces, and gradually became familiar with Yang Xiuqing's combat style.

Seeing Xiang Rong's successive battles, he had the posture of annihilating the Taiping army, and the Qing army generals who were forcibly suppressed by Cezanne held their heads and raised their heads, and the Mongolian capital Ba Qingde, who came to Guangxi with Cezanne A, did not want to compete with Rong for all his merits, and began to blindly restrain him.

Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing seized the opportunity to lead the team to transfer again, transferred to Siwang, Pingnan County, Xiang Rong led the troops to chase hard in the back, chased to Guancun, although it was still early, but Xiang Rong saw that the clouds were gathering, and there was a fear of heavy rain, so he immediately ordered to set up camp.

Yang Xiuqing also knew that hand-to-hand combat was the weakness of the Qing army, seeing such a good opportunity, how could he miss it, and when the rain stopped for a while, he led his troops to launch a counter-charge, a tragic hand-to-hand combat, annihilating more than 4,000 enemies, almost annihilating Xiang Rong's department, Xiang Rong escaped with only a few hundred people under the desperate rescue of a group of personal soldiers, and all the baggage and ordnance were captured by the Taiping army.

After this battle, the Taiping army rushed out of the barren Bauhinia Mountains, smashed the Qing army's siege and blockade, cut off the aid, and annihilated the strategy on the spot, and the momentum was greatly boosted, the armed forces and the people who came to join the association increased day by day, but in just half a month, the congregation increased to 80,000, the Taiping army reached 30,000 troops, and had a large number of firearms - from the capture of the first battle of Guancun.

The strength of the Taiping Army has increased greatly, and Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing have also doubled their confidence and their ambitions have swelled, and they are not satisfied with being in the countryside, but aiming at Yong'an Prefecture.

The most important thing is that Luo Jian has fought Yong'an before, is familiar with the terrain of Yong'an and the situation of the defenders, and there are still some old departments in Yong'an.

At this time, the Qing army fell into civil strife, the battle of Guancun, Xiang Rong was almost wiped out, and he was almost killed, and his stomach of resentment was sprinkled on the Ulantai Department who was close at hand but could not be saved, and he began to passively avoid the war, and turned to revenge against Ba Qingde and Ulantai, and a large number of staff and generals were involved in this civil strife, and sat back and watched the Taiping army grow rapidly.

The Taiping army went north by land and water, and Luo Xuan got in touch with the old department, and the inside and outside should be combined, defeating the defender Aljing'a, easily occupying the Yong'an barrier water sinus, and forcing Yong'an. Immediately, Wei Changhui led the main force of the Taiping Army to soon arrive to support Luo Xuan's strong attack on Yong'an.

Yong'an defenders are less than 1,000 people, in the face of tens of thousands of Taiping army siege, even a day did not hold on to the city was broken, on the eighth day of the first month of March, the Taiping army captured Yong'an, Zhizhou Wujiang, deputy general Al Jinga committed suicide by throwing himself into the water.

On March 15, Hong Xiuquan issued an edict in Yong'an - Yang Xiuqing was named the king of the east, Xiao Chaogui was the king of the west, ranking first, Feng Yunshan was the king of the south, Wei Changhui was the king of the north, ranking the second class, Shi Dakai was the king of wings, ranking the third class, and the king of the west and below were all controlled by the king of the east. All meritorious soldiers were promoted one by one and received official positions of varying sizes.

At the same time, the celestial calendar was officially promulgated, the Qing Dynasty was abolished, and the "Taiping Rite System" was promulgated, which stipulated a set of strict hierarchy of respect and humility and cumbersome etiquette system.

Cezanne also realized the seriousness of the problem at this time, and tried his best to coordinate a group of front-line generals, urging more than 20,000 Qing troops to chase to Yong'an and surround Yong'an City.

When the news reached Guangzhou, Yi Zhishu whispered, "Yong'an system." Bao Shichen didn't hear clearly, glanced at him, pursed his lips, and said with a disdainful face: "Yong'an is just a state city, and now it is still besieged by the imperial army, so I can't wait to start dividing the kings, if you really want to fight the world, how many kings do you have to seal?" ”

As he spoke, he shook the information in his hand and said, "He also promulgated the 'Taiping Etiquette System', stipulating the hierarchy of respect and inferiority and the etiquette system, which is an impatient addiction to the emperor." ”

Yi Zhixiang smiled, he was really said by Bao Shichen, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was indeed indiscriminately sealed, and it is said that seven or eight thousand kings were sealed before and after, but it was all in the late period, in the early and middle periods, there were still not many kings of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, as for Hong Xiuquan couldn't wait to think about the emperor's addiction, it was not wronged.

It's just to take down a small state city, and it is still surrounded by a large army, and there is a danger of being wiped out at any time, so it is just a matter of sealing the king, and it can be said that it is to boost the morale of the army, what is the matter with promulgating the 'Taiping Rite System'?

After a slight hesitation, he said: "Yong'an is the first city laid by the Taiping army, and it has finally made progress, dividing the kings, promulgating the celestial calendar, abolishing the year, and promulgating the ritual system...... This can be regarded as the formal establishment of political power, so that the imperial court has to go all out to encircle and suppress, which is a good thing for us. ”