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Prince Yi Zaiyuan and Prince Zheng Duanhua were both Sushun, and the three of them met Xianfeng together.

"Your Majesty, the minions have learned of an urgent military situation and have come to report it." Prince Yi Zaiyuan spoke first.

"What's so urgent?" Xianfeng was still immersed in the excavation of Shengjing's ancestral grave, and there was a tremor for no reason.

"Your Majesty, Su Shun knows this matter best, so I still ask him to talk about it." Zaigaki reports. He was pulled by Prince Zheng Duanhua, but Prince Zheng Duanhua was pulled by his younger brother Su Shun, and the causes were all provoked by Su Shun, and it was best for him to explain.

"Your Majesty, the servants sent spies in the south to report that it was the river leading to the open sea in Shanghi, Ningbo City and other places, and a large number of sea ships appeared more than ten days ago. But after careful investigation, it disappeared again! Su Shun played respectfully: "The slave thought that the Cantonese thief suddenly attacked. ”

Su Shun said, and reported: "The servant implores to summon a copy of the "Complete Map of the Emperor's Unification of the Land" for explanation. ”

Xianfeng saw Su Shun's solemn face, so he asked the eunuch to take a map of the Qing Dynasty and hang it in front of the palace.

Su Shun pointed to the map and said: "Your Majesty, please see, the Cantonese thieves are divided into several routes, and the East Road will attack along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal from here; In the middle of the road, he went north from the captured Wuchang Mansion and sent troops to Henan; And the west road, and besiege the city of Qingfu! The minion analyzed that the reason why the Yue thieves were like this, and attacked from these places at the same time, had sinister intentions! ”

Xianfeng was a little displeased: "What does Aiqing want to say, just say it!" The Cantonese thieves attacked my country, of course, with sinister intentions. ”

"Your Majesty, this Cantonese thief is not just as simple as attacking in these three ways. The minion thought of the disappearance of a large number of sea ships that the spies had discovered, and immediately understood! Su Shun said excitedly: "These three troops must be the suspicious soldiers of the Cantonese thieves, on the one hand, they attack our Qing Dynasty by the way, and on the other hand, they are used to attract the main force of the Qing Dynasty's troops." And the Cantonese thieves took the opportunity to send a large number of thieves to attack from the sea! ”

Su Shun pointed to Dagukou, more than 100 miles east of Tianjin Fucheng, and said, "The most likely is here!" Cantonese thieves land from here! ”

Xianfeng was shocked: "This, how is this good!" ”

He remembered that at the end of last year, the long-haired Northern Expedition thieves attacked Jinghai, Tianjin Prefecture, and were about to be exterminated by Shengbao and Seng Lingqin, but he didn't expect to be suddenly captured by a large number of warships, and directly landed to transport the long-haired thieves to Liaodong, and couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat!

It's very likely!

Judging from what Su Shun said, the Yue thief must be having such an abacus!

"Yuting Aiqing, you first found out about this matter, how do you think the Qing Dynasty should deal with it now?" Xianfeng ran out of ideas, looked at Su Shun, hoping that he would come up with an idea, and asked expectantly.

Su Shun said in embarrassment: "Your Majesty, now, we can only quickly remedy it, send more troops to Dagukou, hoping to intercept the Cantonese thieves in time, and use artillery to keep them out of Dagukou." ”

"Your Majesty, there is a sentence for another slave, I have to say it!" Su Shun seemed to have made up his mind, and blurted out: "Now that the imperial court has transferred the important ministers of the Han people from all over the country, it is clear that they no longer trust the Han Chen, and the slaves think that the gains and losses of this move outweigh the losses, and even endanger the Qing Dynasty!" ”

Xianfeng was a little displeased, this Sushun, who do you think you are, believe it or not, it's my business! However, seeing that he is also worried about the Qing Dynasty, let's listen to what he has to say for the time being. He nodded and let him continue.

"Your Majesty, the servants also know very well that my Qing Dynasty is the Qing Dynasty of the Manchurian Banner. For a long time, although since the Holy Ancestor, it has been declared that the 'Manchu and Han families' have always been afraid and wary of the Han people, and this is true for the Han people, and the same is true for the Han officials! I didn't dare to give these Han officials too much power, and let my Manchu officials supervise the Han officials, for fear that these Han people would one day unite and seize the world of my Qing Dynasty. ”

When Su Shun said this, Xianfeng's face was already very bad, and Prince Zheng Duanhua even pulled Su Shun's back shirt again and again, reminding him not to say it again.

But Su Shun ignored it, knelt on the ground and kowtowed violently, crying out: "Your Majesty, in today's world, the Han people have a population of hundreds of millions, and they have completely accepted the rule of my Qing Dynasty, and the court does not need to openly guard against it!" The minions believed that even if they wanted to take precautions, they should be secretly and not openly declare their vigilance against Hanchen. Otherwise, it is very likely that these Han officials will be pushed to the opposite side of the imperial court, and perhaps, they will be even more thrown into the Cantonese thieves. ”

Su Shunjiang's forehead had been broken, and the blood was bleeding, but he didn't seem to realize it, and cried: "Your Majesty, now most of my Manchu Eight Banners disciples have become gentlemen who only know how to stand eagles and walk birds all day long, and lie in the women's pile to enjoy themselves, and have lost the bloody nature of the ancestors who rode on the battlefield and fought bloodily. Relying only on the banner people, you can't exterminate the growing Cantonese thieves! Your Majesty, the Qing Dynasty is dominated by Han Chinese, and the imperial court can only defeat the Cantonese thieves by letting go of the Han officials and Han people. Ask the emperor to appease the Han officials, so that the Manchu, Mongolian and Han will always keep the Qing Dynasty stable for 10,000 years. ”

Su Shun's blood admonition made Xianfeng very moved.

Xianfeng is not a person who can't listen to persuasion, Su Shun's words hit the nail on the head, although it is ugly, but outspoken, Xianfeng listened, very touched!

Yes, in fact, his own Qing Dynasty, whether he admits it or not, is the majority of the Han people. Although we must beware of the Han Chinese, Su Shun is right, and it can't be too obvious.

Now if the Cantonese thieves really attack from the sea, they still need the green battalion soldiers of Zhili to resist together, and it is time to buy the hearts of the people.

So, Xianfeng came over, helped Su Shun with his own hands, and said: "Yuting, loyal and iron-clad, should be my humerus minister!" "At present, he was crowned as the commander of Su Shundu, and concurrently served as the minister of the guard, responsible for the command of his personal guards.

However, for the Hanchen who has been transferred, Xianfeng will never change his mind, otherwise, how can the face of the Son of Heaven remain?

Xianfeng asked again about the problem that the Cantonese thieves were about to attack Dagukou by sea.

"Your Majesty, since the war with Yingyi more than ten years ago, the fortifications and defense forces have been greatly strengthened. On the north and south banks of Dagukou, the former governor of Zhili, Nerjing, sent people to build a new fort, repaired and strengthened the old fort, and cast 8 copper cannons of more than 8,000 catties, 10 copper cannons of 5,000 catties and 7,000 catties, and dozens of other cannons. What is hateful is that at the end of last year, the long-haired thieves attacked Dagukou, and in addition to picking up the long-haired thieves who were besieged in Jinghai and other places, they also destroyed several of these copper cannons, pushed them into the river, and transported several of them. Su Shun gritted his teeth.

Xianfeng was also dumbfounded, hateful thief soldiers, this is not a long-haired thief, it must be this group of Cantonese thieves, I didn't expect it to grow to such a point now!

"This gang of thieves must now want to repeat their old tricks and land and attack from Dagukou. Presumably, this time it is menacing, and it is very likely to come straight to Beijing. Su Shun's words frightened Xianfeng and Prince Yi Zaiyuan and Prince Zheng Duanhua.

Dagukou is the mouth of the Zhigu River, once the Dagu mouth is captured, the ships of the thieves can go up the river, only more than 100 miles to reach the city of Tianjin, the capital of Gyeonggi, Dagukou is the gateway of Tianjin, and Tianjin is the gateway of Beijing. Once the Cantonese thieves captured Dagukou by boat from the sea, Tianjin City would be just around the corner, and then, from Tianjin to Beijing, it would be a thoroughfare, and there was no danger to rely on.

Xianfeng naturally knew that it was powerful, and he was even more in a hurry, and asked in a trembling voice: "How come?" Isn't it possible that thieves have thousands of ships and can transport tens of thousands of thieves? ”

Su Shun said: "Your Majesty, the Cantonese thief bought some Western warships from the foreigners, and the big ones are nearly 10,000 stones. Last year, I wanted to order some warships from foreigners, but unfortunately the foreigners themselves had an accident, and the imperial court had no silver taels, so it was over. Otherwise, the imperial court would also be able to build an offshore naval division, and it would not be so passive to the enemy. ”

Xianfeng secretly regretted that he didn't build a water division earlier. Moreover, why didn't he think earlier that the thieves could land from the sea and Dagu Pass for the first time, and there must be a second time, so they should have taken precautions earlier.

"What now?"

Su Shun said: "Your Majesty, the first line of defense is the Dagukou Fort, which must be defended!" After the long hair destroyed the fort, the governor of Zhili, Gui Lianggui, had already sent someone to repair the fort, but it was only a cannon of more than 5,000 catties, and there was not so much copper to cast for a while, and there was a shortage. The remaining 2,000 to 3,000 catties of cannons, there are nearly 40 pieces, 400 to 1,600 catties of small and medium-sized artillery, there are 90 guns, and the fort has a total of more than 1,600 defenders, stationed in shifts. ”

Su Shun also came prepared, first introduced the situation at Dagukou, and then talked about countermeasures: "Now I can only quickly adjust the monk and the prince to lead the Mongolian cavalry to rush to Tianjin Dagukou to defend it; Quickly allocated 200 large and small artillery pieces to Dagukou. At the same time, Gui Liang, the governor of Zhili, was ordered to dispatch the green battalion soldiers from the six towns of Zhili to gather in the area of the Zhigu River to prevent Cantonese thieves from breaking through the Dagu Pass and going north along the Zhigu River to Tianjin and Jingshi Mountain. ”

Xianfeng nodded, his heart was already in turmoil.

After Su Shun and the other three left, Xianfeng immediately ordered someone to send an order, and named the monk Greenqin as the minister of the Qincha, fully responsible for the defense of the Jingshi area, and led the troops to rush to Dagukou to help. He also ordered Gui Liang, the governor of Zhili, to personally lead his troops to the Dagukou Fort to assist Seng Lingqin and prevent the attack of the thieves by sea.

This is not at ease, Xianfeng ordered the imperial guard Zhu Leheng to lead more than 100 first, second and third class guards and Lan Ling guards to Tianjin Fucheng and Dagukou to assist Seng Lingqin and Guiliang to resist the thieves.