Emperor Xianfeng at the beginning also felt that Guangzhou's Baigui and others negotiated with the foreigners well, at least the foreigners have no trace of going north at present, and they can sleep peacefully in the palace of Yangxin, except for the order to ask Baigui to organize a regimental exercise to expel the British and French forces, this matter was called poor by Baigui and could not be implemented, other matters Xianfeng is still quite satisfied, more than once said to the queen, "This Baigui is rare to be a cadre in the banner people, the world knows that foreigners are difficult to provoke, he finally appeased the foreigners in Guangzhou City very well, listen to the excerpt, The poison in the place is not very much, which shows that his ability is still all. ”

Although Xingzhen has not been in contact with a few officials, according to the experience of later generations, she knows a lot about the routines of officials who deceive and conceal them, who knows what the actual situation is? Emperor Xianfeng was enthusiastic about turning Bai Gui's acting governor of Liangguang into a regular governor, Xingzhen rolled her eyes, and said with a smile, "Why should the emperor be in a hurry, the concubine thinks that Bai Gui's acting governor is still just like this for the time being." ”

"Oh?" The emperor put down the red pen, looked up at Xingzhen, who was sitting opposite, and said, "What does the queen mean?" ”

"There have been rumors in Beijing these days," Xingzhen carefully thought of the wording, "mainly the news brought by a few merchants from the south, and those poor and sour talents are particularly powerful, saying that Baigui is in Guangzhou," Xingzhen glanced at the emperor, "It is Zhang Bangchang and Liu Yu who are doing things in Guangzhou"

This can be regarded as a punishment of the heart, on March 7, 1127 AD, the Jin State canonized the original Northern Song Dynasty Dazai Zhang Bangchang as the emperor, the country name "Great Chu", the capital of Jinling, and the Jin State with the Yellow River as the boundary, known as "Pseudo Chu" in history. July 1130 A.D. The Jin Dynasty canonized the Song Dynasty as the emperor, the former prefect of Jinan, Liu Yu, the country name "Daqi", the capital of Beijing Daimyofu, the jurisdiction of Henan and Shaanxi south of the Yellow River, known as "Pseudo-Qi" in history. Both of these men are typical puppet regimes established after foreign invasions.

At this time, the emperor obviously ignored the fact that the Jin Kingdom and the current Qing Dynasty were both from the Jurchen clan, and slapped the table heavily, and the little eunuchs in the clothes on the side of the shock hurriedly lowered their heads, and shrank their bodies into the corner, wishing that the emperor would not find him.

"Is that true?" Xianfeng asked sharply.

"It's not clear, don't be angry, your majesty. That Guo Songtao went to Guangzhou in Su Shun's own way. He is in Foshan right now, and the excerpt of the greeting should also arrive in the past few days, and everyone will hear it, why don't the emperor wait a few days to see what Guo Songtao said? ”

"Hmm." The emperor's temper came quickly. Go fast, too. "I have already asked the monk to go to Tianjin to set up defenses first, so if the British and French forces go north, we must not be at a loss."

Today's Great Qing Kingdom is the time to sway from side to side. On the one hand, they try to imagine that foreign invaders have a conscience and can generously let the Chinese go; On the other hand, they stubbornly maintain the posture of the Celestial Empire, and foreigners are furious at the slightest provocation, thinking that they have lost the dignity of the central country, and they must strike at it regardless of the cost, but after a slight setback, they immediately softened, and they are fantasizing about the mediation of international friends, or the reparations for land cession, this policy direction that sways from side to side and has unclear goals, resulting from Emperor Daoguang to Emperor Guangxu, the Opium War, the Sino-French War, the Sino-Japanese War, and the Eight-Nation Coalition War, all of which are the same. Now it is a posture of fighting to the death with a hard back, but if it is slightly frustrated, it is decadent to the end, and then make such an incompetent appearance of cutting land and paying compensation, the Qing Dynasty has been criticized the most in all dynasties, and it is because of this that it has lost power and humiliated the country, and ceded land and paid compensation.

Thinking of the original governor, Emperor Xianfeng became depressed again, "Outside also talking about Ye Mingchen's glorious deeds, saying that he is the governor of Liuno!" I have always relied on him in the end, but I didn't expect that many things are coming now, and it is so unbearable. ”

After the start of the Second Opium War, Ye Mingchen was very calm on the one hand. When the three British warships crossed Humen and captured the Liede and other forts in the eastern suburbs of Guangzhou, Ye Mingchen was reading the Wuxiang test. When he heard the news, he smiled and said, "It will be all right, and the sun will be empty." The next day, the British army captured the forts in Fenghuanggang and other places in Henan on the other side of the provincial capital, Ye Mingchen remained silent after hearing the news, continued to read the horse and arrow competition of the Wuxiang test, and asserted that there was nothing to do on the 15th. Ye Mingchen's composure first comes from his witchcraft activities. It turned out that he built a "Changchun Immortal Pavilion" in the governor's yamen, which worshiped Lu Dongbin and Li Taibai, and all the military aircraft depended on the Zhan language. After fifteen days, nothing happened, and it was told by the two great immortals.

However, on the other hand, Ye Mingchen still made active preparations for the battle. In addition to issuing a notice offering a reward for killing the enemy, he also ordered the regiment to train more than 20,000 people. The militia groups in various places responded positively, "inside and outside the city, each list is long-term, and they are about to kill outsiders and share the same hatred of the enemy." The Guangdong sailors also attacked.

From this point of view, Ye Mingchen was named "Governor of the Six Nos", which is really wronged. Ye Mingchen's troops at that time were very limited, because most of the troops in the south were transferred to the front line to suppress the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and the British army took advantage of the weakness to enter, and the use of militia regiments was a last resort. Under limited conditions, Ye Mingchen fought, but he was invincible. At the same time, his refusal to make peace is understandable; If you make peace, it is tantamount to surrender. Therefore he did not make peace, did not fall, and did not flee. There doesn't seem to be any more way than that. It's just that it is extremely ignorant to help the beggars and seek immortals. Ye Mingchen has a lot of helplessness, but it is not the helplessness of the empire. When it comes to dealing with foreign aggression, it is difficult for both the main war and the main peace officials to find a balance between the ruler and the foreign invader. The internal and external situation of the Xianfeng Dynasty was more severe, and the attitude of the supreme ruler was more erratic.

"Ye Mingchen is confused, he really deserves to be punished," Xingzhen first made her point of view, of course she should be punished, if everyone usually doesn't practice political affairs, they will only help the beggars and ask for hexagrams, and when they reach wartime, they will only die to report to the king, these so-called clean officials are a little bit stronger than those dog officials. "But the British are rude, even if Ye Mingchen has a big crime, it will not be the turn of the British to plunder Ye Mingchen to deal with it, Ye Mingchen is an official of the Celestial Empire, a dignified governor, how can he be exiled in Fanbang and bullied by outsiders?"

"What the queen said is reasonable, I haven't spoken yet, it's not the turn of the British to chew my tongue," although Emperor Xianfeng was extremely angry with Ye Mingchen in his heart, but Xingzhen's words tickled his own flesh, and when the words of "Heavenly Empire" came down, the emperor Long Yan was quite happy, "I must tell the people in the south to negotiate with the foreigners, Ye Mingchen will definitely come back." ”

"Your Majesty." Xingzhen complimented a few words, the emperor recovered his good mood, and Xingzhen gossiped for a while in the palace of nourishing the heart, and then prepared for lunch.

Recently, because of the invasion of the British army, the emperor ordered a reduction in meals, so the most expensive lunch is just a stewed snow chicken soup with prince ginseng, and the others are home-cooked dishes, but Xingzhen tasted the "braised north and south" stewed with winter bamboo shoots from the south of the Yangtze River and mushrooms outside the mouth, the winter bamboo shoots are refreshing and tender, the mushrooms are fresh and fragrant, and the two vegetarian foods actually burned out a meat-like taste, Xingzhen couldn't help but eat, and used a whole bowl of rice before stopping the chopsticks, Xianfeng's body has not been very happy recently, but seeing Xingzhen's excellent appetite, she was also infected, It took half a bowl of soup before putting it down, and smiled at Xingzhen, "Seeing the extremely fragrant fragrance that the queen uses here, I also have a great appetite." ”

"The emperor makes fun of the concubine," Xingzhen was a little shy, "Isn't this a change of way to laugh at the concubine too much." ”

"Where, the Empress will accompany me more in the future," the Emperor shook his head, "I see that you accompany me to eat, and I can eat a few more bites." "The weather has changed dramatically in spring, the emperor lost his recuperation in winter, contracted the wind cold, lingered on the sickbed for more than ten days, and only recently improved slightly, the emperor coughed, Yang Qingxi hurriedly put on a coat for the emperor, Xingzhen asked with concern if he wanted to Xuan Taiyi, the emperor waved his hand, and said with a smile: "Where is it so delicate, it is not in the way, but it is just because of the rain," Xingzhen was not at ease, and asked Yang Qingxi to quickly raise the fire cage.

The fire cage was lit, the originally somewhat cold Dongnuan Pavilion began to warm up, the emperor was full of food, coupled with the illness and fatigue, the eyelids couldn't stop fighting, Xingzhen laid a soft quilt for the emperor, the emperor sat on the kang and leaned on the backrest to take a nap, Xingzhen sorted out the fold for a while, wrote the things that had just been discussed with the emperor with a red pen on the fold, and then called the little eunuch in batches to send it to the inner recital, the little eunuch held the fold, and lightly withdrew from the Dongnuan Pavilion, Xingzhen was a little free, took a sip of tea, and was about to take advantage of the emperor to nap, I went out for a walk, just stood up, didn't think that at this time, the little eunuch held a newly arrived excerpt in front of Xingzhen, Xingzhen took the fold carelessly, opened it, her eyes were condensed, and she stood on the ground for a long time without speaking, Yang Qingxi saw that the queen's face was a little turbulent, and hurriedly stepped forward to greet, "Niangniang?" ”

Xingzhen came back to her senses, put down the fold in her hand, and suddenly felt that the fire cage in the room was a little too hot, she was sweating hot, and the fat powder on her face was a little blurred, Xingzhen slowly walked to the other side, and slowly woke up the emperor, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty," Xianfeng suddenly woke up, opened his eyes and looked at Xingzhen without focus, and after a while, he said slowly: "What's wrong?" Empress. ”

"Guo Songtao's excerpt is here," Xingzhen handed the excerpt to the emperor, "Bai Gui, Mukdenne and the Englishman Pashali set up a coalition security committee in Guangzhou, and the two of them served as members of it. ”

Xu is not yet sober, the emperor was not angry, but his mood was a little low, and when he heard such bad news, he just snorted coldly, "Hmph, it's really better than a crab, this slave is committed to foreigners, it's not as good as Ye Mingchen!" (To be continued......)

PS: Short story: Zuo Zongtang is strategic, Chongbu Zhuge Wuhou, and he is called "Lao Liang". There are generals under his command, and he admires it, but he does not dare to compare with Zhuge Zhi, knowing that Liu Ji at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty and Zhuge Zhiya also, he called himself "Lao Ji". When I saw Ji Liang between the two, I felt cute, hahaha.