No one thought -- including the ambitious Guan Zhuofan -- that there would be a big mess in the territory of Zhili and the land of.

A salt lord named Zhang Liu, a native of Cangzhou, suddenly rose up on the twenty-eighth day of the year, with the salt people as the main force, wrapped thousands of people, from Cangzhou all the way to the north, through Bazhou, arrived in Gu'an, and approached the land of Gyeonggi.

Everyone has just woken up from the two big cases, and on the one hand, they are staring at the freshly baked cardinal mansion and slamming their own little ideas; On the one hand, they are preparing for the New Year - where could you have expected this?!

The Yamen of the Governor of Zhili was sealed early in the morning, and now he was in a hurry, Liu Changyou urgently looked at the matter, and Feiqi mobilized the green camps of various towns to intercept it. But things were hasty, the towns were mixed up, the soldiers did not know the generals, the generals did not know the soldiers, one defeat in Cangzhou, and then defeat in Bazhou, watching the chaotic people drive north, after Baoding, straight to Gu'an,.

To explain, the green battalion of Zhili has not yet been reorganized by the Xuan army. Guan Zhuofan's original plan, among the provinces, the reorganization of the Zhili Green Battalion should be put last.

Wu Jianying, the right commander of the Fengtai battalion, was ordered to dispatch, marched all the way, and intercepted the rebellious people under the city of Gu'an. The rebellious people were defeated in a battle, turned around and fled south, and on the north bank of the Daqing River, they were intercepted by Jiang Debu of the Xuan army from the west of the Tianjin base camp.

There are still more than 2,000 rebels who fled to the Daqing River, and many of them have the intention to surrender, but the second generals Wu and Jiang received a secret order from Guan Zhuofan: they are not allowed to surrender. As a result, Wu and Jiang attacked from the north and south, and 2,000 people were slaughtered. The blood of the Daqing River is dyed red and stagnant. Zhang Liu was seriously injured and captured, sent to Beijing, and Ling Chi was executed.

This big mess. Rise and extinguish. The beginning and the end that can be left behind. It's "as long as a piece of cloth".

As mentioned earlier, Yinghan sent a telegram to Guan Zhuofan, saying that he had rectified the salt affairs in Anhui, which caused Li Shizhong's jealousy - this was Yinghan's bragging; But Zhang Liu's rebellion was real, and it was caused by Liu Changyou's rectification of the Changlu salt method.

Changlu is a town in Cangzhou, where the former Ming Dynasty set up the "Capital Salt Envoy Division", and the former was named "Changlu". Oversee the salt affairs of the whole territory of Zhili. In the Qing Dynasty, the salt transshipment envoy moved to Tianjin, but the name of "Changlu" remained unchanged.

Changlu Salt Farm is distributed in the coast of the Bohai Sea in Zhili, from Huanghua in the south to Shanhaiguan in the north, stretching for hundreds of miles, with more than 2 million acres of salt fields, which is one of the largest salt farms in China.

Salt is the key to the national economy and people's livelihood, and salt affairs are disadvantages. What is the best way to say it? Liu Changyou is a solid person who thinks that the chaos has been settled. It's time to start rectifying the salt law. He thought he was cautious and didn't overdo it, how could he have thought that he had poked out such a big basket?

This year, no one can have a good time, including the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces in the Forbidden City.

After receiving the first rebellion and the defeat of all the remaining thieves, the two women finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Alas, it's still a loss to him!"

The Queen Mother and the Queen Mother listened to the "talk" of the Queen Mother, and couldn't help but gently press her heart, breathe a sigh of relief, and said with a smile on her face.

Who this "he" is self-evident.

Cixi frowned: "This is not good!" ”

Ci'an was stunned: "What's not going to work?" ”

Cixi nodded and said, "Sister, look, those people in Zhili's green camp don't know what to eat!" Zhang Liu is not a really great thief, he has been defeated again and again, and he can't stop people alive or dead! The Xuan army is a field army, does it have to use this cattle slaughtering knife to kill any chicken? China is so big, even if the Xuan army has three heads and six arms, can it be busy? ”

Ci'an thought for a moment and said, "You're right. However, the Green Camp also played well, and the Green Camp in Shandong was good-I remember, what was that...... Huang What Mountain's 'lesson plan', isn't it Shandong Green Camp itself? ”

"It's the 'Huangyashan Lesson Plan' -- Shandong's Green Camp has been reorganized, but the Green Camp in Zhili has not yet been reorganized."

"Ahh No wonder, that's going to have to hurry! ”

"Hurry up", of course, is to "hurry up and adapt the green camp of Zhili".

"I asked him about this, and he said that according to the original draft charter, the green camp of Zhili was put into the last adaptation."

Ci'an was stunned again: "Why is that? ”

"To say that 'Gyeonggi is a major land, you must be cautious' -- in fact, it is just a taboo."

"Alas, this man...... Really! With our sisters, what is there for him to avoid? Can't we trust him? ”

"Exactly! You have to say a few words about him, and ask him to do the adaptation of the Zhili Green Camp first! Otherwise, if there are any more moths, you won't be able to sleep well! ”

"Yes. But don't take your words too seriously. ”

Cixi smiled slightly and said, "Sister, don't worry, he can withstand it." ”

Then he pondered for a while and said, "What should we do with Liu Changyou?" ”

If you provoke chaos first, and there is no way to deal with it later, you must be punished.

This is stumped for Ci'an.

After a while, Ci'an suddenly said thoughtlessly: "This battle seems to be ...... Killing a lot of people? ”

Cixi was slightly stunned, and then glanced at Ci'an in surprise: Yo, don't say it, this sister looks stupid, this sentence sounds headless - but it is to the point at once!

Cixi nodded solemnly and said, "There are no children to die!" This is not like the Huangya Mountain lesson plan - that is that people refuse to surrender, this time, we will not surrender! I know what he means: Kill these salt dogs! He and the people below him are iron-hearted and want to straighten out the salt business! ”

Ci'an showed an unbearable look on his face, and after a while, he sighed softly and said in a low voice: "Alas, it's really not easy to do something. ”

Cixi looked calm and said: "This is called 'thunderbolt method, bodhisattva heart'!" If there are more people who die this time, there will be no need for people to die in the future -- all the time you count it, there are still fewer people who die. ”

This big basket is poked out of the rectification of salt affairs, and the rectification of salt affairs is the established charter of the imperial court, so it will definitely not be good to punish Liu Changyou again.

Ci'an shook his head and said, "I can't think of what to do. ”

Cixi also shook her head and said, "I can't say it either—let's discuss it with him first." ”

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The queen mother of the two palaces felt embarrassed, but for Guan Zhuofan, it was a heaven-sent opportunity that could not be sought.

Guan Zhuofan wanted to move Liu Changyou from the position of governor of Zhili early on.

Liu Changyou is honest, honest and self-controlled, and has a good personal relationship with Guan Zhuofan. However, he was conservative and had very limited interest in foreign affairs. Guan Zhuofan's idea of implementing foreign affairs has changed from focusing exclusively on the coast and avoiding the capital to "changing his mind". Zhili is at the feet of the Son of Heaven, whether the "change of mind" can succeed, the cooperation of the governor of Zhili is very crucial, in this sense, Liu Changyou is not the best candidate for the governor of Zhili.

This is one of them.

Second, and more importantly: Guan Zhuofan asked Liu Changyou to make room for someone.

Who? Zeng Guofan.

*(To be continued......)