"The prince's words really elevated me," Jia Frame Zhengse said, "I am just the queen mother's promotion, and the prince cares for me, so I can enter the military plane, how dare I say that I am in charge of the military plane?" Even Yan Gong is also an old-timer, I would never dare to be the prince, this military aircraft department, naturally the king of the council is in charge, and we are all arranged by the prince," Li Tangjie also nodded hurriedly on the side. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"Master is modest," Prince Gong retreated a few times, seeing that Jia Zhen's mind seemed to have been decided, Li Tangjie was a moral gentleman, so he also assigned things, Li Tangjie led the least errands, and Jia Zhen's errand was the most leisurely and decent, Jia Zhen sneered slightly in his heart, but his face was not revealed at all, and he gladly responded, everyone was lively, harmoniously laughed, sat slightly for a while, and dispersed.

Two days later, Zeng Guofan's excerpt came up, saying that Jiangnan was pacified, and asked for the abolition of the Hunan army, and the military aircraft department did not dare to slack off, and discussed with Prince Gong and others, so the agreed results were reported to the empress dowager.

"Huh? Or disarmament? When the Queen Mother heard the announcement from the Military Aircraft Department, she couldn't help but raise her eyebrows and asked.

"Yes," because this day is a matter of the Ministry of War, so Chen Fuen also participated in the discussion of this matter in the Yangxin Palace," Zeng Guofan said on the excerpt, one is a soldier who is tired of asceticism; the second is to contaminate the habits of officialdom; third, the shortage is serious; Fourth, there are things that happen from time to time, so that some officers and soldiers who return to the people are not as good as long hair; Fifth, the soldiers take the military camp as a passing house, go anywhere, and serve elsewhere; Sixth, in order to repeat the mistake of the defeat of the Green Battalion of the Eight Banners and the failure to save each other. The six drawbacks that Zeng Guofan said, in Weichen's opinion, do exist. ”

After conquering Jinling, the Hunan army became more "the end of the strong crossbow" and lost its original vigorous combat effectiveness. When Zeng Guofan commanded the Hunan army to invade the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, he was extremely brutal to the inhabitants of the Heavenly Kingdom. Long before he left the province to stubbornly resist the Taiping army, he wanted to "catch and wash the peasants" who had risen, and he said and did so. After fighting out of the province, its ferocity and brutality intensified. When Li Yuandu was fighting in Jiangxi. The subordinates are brave enough to kill, kidnap and burn prostitution, and they have all four. Zeng Guofan instructed Li Yuandu to say: "The people of all subjects are not tired of chaos, and they are like returning home from rebellion", and he hoped that "there is no confusion about hurting the good people." I am afraid of damaging the yin owl and cutting the grass. The big picture may turn around." During the defense of Wuhu, Zeng Guoquan killed all the seven or eight thousand Taiping troops who surrendered in the Linghu fortresses, and afterwards, Zeng Guoquan himself was also frightened. Zeng Guofan wrote to Zeng Guoquan and said: "I have already led troops. If you think you want to kill thieves, why should you regret killing more people? This thief poisoned the Southern Period, although Zhou Kong was born, there was no reason to plan and not to be destroyed. Even if you plan to destroy it, there is no reason to regret killing more."

"Yes, besides, the slave thinks that Zeng Guo is a very popular minister, holding the southeast, and he himself is exhausted. If you sit on pins and needles, in order to protect the heroes, the queen mother should also disperse the Hunan army, and dismiss Zuo Zongtang's department, Li Hongzhang, Jiang Zhongyuan and other departments. Bao Jun said.

After Zeng Guofan was reused by the imperial court, he said many times: "A poor man, one of the six Cao, and two positions, if he is not satisfied, he will not be allowed by the ghosts and gods to look forward to it again." Greatly gracious. The official is not disrespectful; The hall is enshrined for three generations, and the son is in the shadow of the six products, which is not dishonorable. If you don't speak up at this time. When can I make suggestions, since then, Yu Yi should be loyal to the country, and must not take care of the private interests of his family. ”

In addition, this is also related to Zeng Guofan's large amount of money on the bigwigs in the court, which has a great relationship, and Baojun received 10,000 taels of silver tickets from Zeng Guofan. This will help a sentence, and it will not hurt.

"That's true," the Queen Mother nodded, looking around at everyone behind the curtain, "That's what everyone means?" Wenshan? Jia Ge Lao? ”

"Wechen has other ideas." Jia Frame said, Wen Xiang next to Jia Frame glanced at Jia Frame in surprise, but he didn't say much, and still lowered his head.

"Oh, what do you mean?" The Queen Mother asked.

"Now there is the camp of the monk Wang Jianrui in the north, and the Hunan army of Zeng Guofan in the south is the most courageous, if it is directly dismantled, if there is a rebellion against Hong Yang in the future, wouldn't it be at a loss?" Jia Frame said, Prince Gong nodded silently, "Although the Hunan army is now uneven, but after all, it is battle-hardened, for example, the musket battalion of the Huai Army and the Hunan Army is the best in the sea, and the firearms battalion of the Huai Army has beaten the foreigners. ”

"The old man of the pavilion has become a country," the queen mother approved, "what about in your opinion?" ”

"It's better to deal with the disarmament that Zeng Guofan played, but only to dismantle the old, weak, sick and disabled troops, and the elite of the Hunan army still need to be loyal to the country, which can not only calm Jiangnan, but also save a lot of money and food for the household department," Jia Jian said slowly, "There is gold and silver looted by Hong Xiuquan in Jiangning City, but Zeng Guofan has always said that he has never seen it, and he has always owed military salaries, which seems to be very inappropriate." ”

"Don't you have any money yet? The King of Parliament? ”

"Back to the Queen Mother, the taxes of Liangguang were brought over, and the foreigners' warships were just paid, and the taxes and silver of the Ningbo Mansion were all purchased from the foreigners' guns on the spot, the two rivers had just been pacified, and they were too busy to take care of themselves, Zeng Guofan also kept saying that the taxes of the two rivers would be used for the reconstruction of various places, which was self-sufficient, and it was not enough, how could there be enough money to pay the salaries of the Huai army," Prince Gong was a little helpless, "The gold of the provinces was collected, and it was sent out again before it was warmed, and the floods of the Yellow River in the old years, the people of Shandong, and the drought in Shanxi were all to be released like flowing silver, The treasury was empty in a blink of an eye, but fortunately, there was a lot of commerce and trade in Tianjin and Shanghai, and a lot of silver was collected for export, and the officials in Beijing were now able to rely on the taxes of Tianjin alone, and Shanghai had already asked Li Hongzhang to send two million taels of silver to Jiangning on the spot. ”

"Hey, I don't know how expensive firewood, rice, oil, and salt are at home," the Queen Mother sighed, "When I was in the harem, I thought that the dynasty was rich all over the world, how could I have no money?" It must be that the people who are on an errand below are not satisfied, and now that the curtain is lowered, I know that this family is not so easy to do, the king of politics, it is really difficult for you. ”

"The queen mother praises falsely, and the slave doesn't dare to be it."

"You can afford it, after Shen Zhaolin is gone, will you get this Tongzhi Tongbao?"

"It's already been obtained, and half of the money in Beijing is paid in silver dollars, but it seems that the officials are quite dissatisfied and think that it is still more silver."

"This is not a joke, the household department wants to give a charter, and in the future, it will naturally be used to use silver dollars to issue money, not for anything else, the interest of this money must always be in their own hands," although the queen mother does not understand finance, but also knows the hegemony of the dollar in the future, "This quality cannot be worse, how it should be." ”

"Yes."

However, it seems that it cannot be indiscriminate. The tragic ending of the treasure banknotes of the Ming Dynasty is known to the Queen Mother, but now it is not paper money, and this worry is not needed. Back then, Su Shun rectified the household department, but now he has left a good stall, "The Ministry of Internal Affairs should make silver dollars for the inner palace next year, and the king of the government should start from the palace and the emperor." And also. There are some excerpts in the imperial history outside saying that the navy spends money and no one lives in the sea frontier, which is really a waste, and I can't listen to this! The Queen Mother was a little angry, "The matter of building a navy cannot be discussed, even if it is smashed and sold iron, it must be built!" These officials were demoted together, and the rules were set in the future, if anyone criticized the navy again, no matter who it was. Demotion at the same time! ”

"Huh."

"Let's see, what is Jia Ge's idea??" Seeing that everyone was silent, the Queen Mother began to roll call, "Wenxiang, what do you mean?" ”

"Jia Ge Lao's words are reasonable, the slave has no opinion, just to protect the loyal ministers, Zeng Guofan should not lead the army anymore, or stay in Jiangning anymore!"

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"Isn't this a slashing of the domain!" Zeng Guoquan shouted angrily, thousands of miles away. What do the military planes mean, within a few days, the two brothers in Jiangning City will know, "Big brother, you are really." Zeng Guoquan complained to Zeng Guofan, "The DPRK and China have already rejected your dismissal of the Hunan army before, why is it that after only a few months, you are going to be on the fold again, even if you want to disarm, you should speak to the DPRK and China." How can you rush to talk about this stubble! ”

"Lao Jiu, you still don't understand," Zeng Guofan shook his head, "There is no rebellion in all parts of Jiangnan, we have so many troops, whoever sits in the position of the military aircraft department, no one can rest assured, this time I asked people to enter Beijing to open up the joints, and a few people from the military aircraft department didn't even let our people enter the door, what does this mean?" Everyone is taboo about us, why are we taboo, it's nothing more than that we have soldiers in our hands, you're right, this is cutting the domain, but your eldest brother I don't want to be Wu Sangui, you have to remember this for me! Zeng Guofan raised his voice, and his words were full of warnings. Zeng Guoquan was stunned, and hurriedly waved his hand, "Big brother, where did you go, I just think so, we worked hard to calm down the rebellion, and without saying a word, we were cut off from military power, I was really unwilling, and I didn't mean anything else!" ”

"Don't worry, Lao Jiu, even if Prince Gong is not reluctant, the Queen Mother will be willing, the old man has handed over the military power, the Queen Mother, she is not a person who kills chickens and takes eggs, what we gain will be far greater than what we lose," Zeng Guofan comforted Zeng Guoquan, "You look, whether you withdraw or not, it will not hurt if I do this!" ”

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Wen Xiang said clearly, the Queen Mother naturally heard clearly, although the history of Zeng Guofan can be called a perfect person, but history has changed, and people's hearts are the most changeable, sitting in this position, not suspicious will naturally become suspicious, so Wen Xiang's words, naturally correct words, "This palace treats Zeng Guofan with sincerity, and it is expected that Zeng Guofan is naturally loyal to the country, this matter is not busy, let's talk about disarmament first, so it seems that the Hunan army will follow the meaning of Jia Ge Lao, and issue an order to let Zeng Guofan plan to dismantle the old, weak, sick and disabled deployment, There is no specific number of people, just a sentence, the elite is not allowed to be withdrawn together, this is the meaning of this palace, let Zeng Guofan hand over the list of disarmament! ”

"Huh," Prince Gong responded, "Then please ask the Empress Dowager's decree, how to deal with this Li Hongzhang, Zuo Zongtang, Jiang Zhongyuan, and Hu Linyi?" ”

"Hu Linyi is the most careful, his body has not been good these days, I am afraid that if he is disarmed, he will have to worry about it again, and he will damage his body, but it is not beautiful, Hu Linyi's department is suspended, what else ......" The Queen Mother pondered for a moment, "Zuo Zongtang was on the fold a few days ago, what did you say?" ”

"Play, the subordinate department does not belong to the same as the Hunan army, but the order of the court is to move, and the court will do what it says." Wen Xiang said. "Zuo Zongtang's excerpt also said that the green camp should be abolished."

The Green Battalion was the economic army of the Qing Dynasty, with more than 600,000 soldiers. The green battalion is in charge of the military department, the food and salary are allocated by the household department, and there is a system of mutual checks and balances between the governors, fu, mention, and towns who lead the troops, and the battalion system of "all soldiers are native, and all will be promoted", the Qing government can firmly control the military power of the green battalion, but the green battalion system at this time is corrupt and full of ills. As far as the condition of the soldiers is concerned, the battalion is full of old, weak, tired, and opium-smoking soldiers; False names and vacancies have become a common phenomenon, and in addition, the drills of sporadic soldiers in Tangxun are also false stories. The Green Battalion was unable to suppress the peasant uprising, much less to compete with the modernly equipped and well-trained Western armies. Now Zuo Zongtang's excerpt is not new, but after all, he is the first governor to speak out. In the excerpt, he said, "(The Green Battalion) should be the fourth of the dead: the old and the weak and tired soldiers. Soldiers who smoke foreign smoke, soldiers who occupy the army in vain, and sporadic soldiers in Tangxun. ”

In normal years, "the annual salary of each camp of Qilu is half of the annual income," after the outbreak of the Taiping Rebellion. In provinces where there is a war, in addition to the peacetime salary, the green battalion also needs to increase the wartime salary several times. According to Zuo Zongtang's calculations, in the battle against the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the Green Battalion soldiers went out of the province and used 1,000 soldiers. With more than 30 people in charge of the belt, more than 7,000 taels of silver are needed per month, which is more than 1,300 taels more than 1,300 taels compared with the Hunan army with abundant food and salary at the same time. "In 1853, there were only 227,000 taels of silver to be disbursed. The Taiping army also occupied several provinces in the south of the Yangtze River, which cut off the important financial resources of the ministry treasury, and the Yongying generals arbitrarily withheld the funds during this period, so the deficit of the ministry treasury can be imagined. As a result, in many provinces, the food and wages of the green camp cannot be spent.

Hearing Wen Xiang say it in such detail, the Queen Mother couldn't help but have a big headache. "The green camp should be withdrawn, Zuo Zongtang said it thoroughly, now we want to save money, raising these wastes will inevitably be wasted in Thailand, since it was Zuo Zongtang who proposed it, then let him do it, Zuo Zongtang said loudly, let his Chu army withdraw a little people first, Li Hongzhang and other departments will all abolish the old and weak. They all put them on the list. "The Queen Mother ordered this, and talked about the preservation of the heroes." Wenshan's words are also reasonable, let's make an order first, after the elites of various ministries are disarmed, they will enter Beijing to compete. Take it, who is the first army in the world! ”

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"The first army in the world!" Zeng Guoquan was overjoyed, with an expression of ambition on his face, "Big brother! Zeng Guoquan shouted at Zeng Guofan, "Originally, you thought of withdrawing all those best brothers, but now I'm afraid you can't!" If Wu Yundi or Li Hongzhang and those boys take away this first army. I'm not willing to do it in this life! ”

"You," Zeng Guofan seemed to know the opinion of the court on him, and a big stone in his heart was half bare, seeing that Zeng Guoquan cared so much about this matter, he shook his head, "Then when I make the list, you can start training." ”

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"The first army in the world!" Wu Yundi's subordinate cavalry hurriedly surrounded Wu Yundi, "Lord Dutong, is this true?" ”

"Nature is true." Wu Yundi smiled and looked at the excited subordinates in front of him quietly, "What's the matter?" Is this sign loud? ”

"Recruit, those people in the south, they thought they had killed a few mud legs, and they thought they were invincible in the world, haha, laughing to death, it's really a hillbilly who has never seen the market!" Jin Bao sneered, waved his hand and said to everyone, "Don't lose the face of the Eight Banners, the first army in the world, hehe, it must be ours!" ”

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"The first army in the world? Is it a name? Li Hongzhang slowly asked the person who reported the news, and he still felt a long machine gun in his hand, and the inscription on it seemed to indicate that it was American.

"At present, it is not clear about anything else, but listening to the news from the military plane, ranking the armies, the first army in the world is naturally to be rewarded, and all the generals must be promoted, but the specific reward is not yet known."

"If it's a name, it's just a name, I don't care about these false names," Li Hongzhang put down the gun in his hand and asked someone to take it out, "If there are these benefits," Li Hongzhang stroked his beard and smiled, "Naturally, I want to fight!" ”

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"The Admiral has arrived!" In the dark room, the medicinal fragrance choked people, and when he heard the entourage's warning, Hu Linyi, who was in a half-sleep, hurriedly woke up, and saw Wang Jinxiu come in and salute in a proper manner, and owed a debt, "Lord Admiral, don't be polite, you are a baron, if it weren't for the old man's illness, you should get up to greet him, please forgive the old man for being rude." ”

"Why should you be polite, you have to be downcast," Wang Jinxiu had a triangular scar on his forehead, which was left over from the offensive and defensive battles in Suzhou, "I don't know what happened when my lord summoned the next official today?" ”

"There is news from Beijing, the Queen Mother wants to review all the armies in the world and take out the title of the first army in the world," Hu Linyi's face was as pale as gold, and he coughed several times before he said slowly, "My Hubei disciples, I showed great bravery in the Battle of Wuchang, and I don't want to take the first position, but I also want to show that my Hubei disciples do not lose anyone, starting today," Hu Linyi took out a booklet, "All the regimental exercises in Hubei are handed over to you for disposal, including my command!" Be sure to win the best place in the review! ”

"Huh!"

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"Hahahaha, Zeng Guofan's house, I always thought that my Huai army was so good, but now I have to take a good look," Zuo Zongtang laughed in Hangzhou Guozhuang's line, he was the most unwilling to admit defeat and bow his head, "That Zeng Laojiu bragged about how heroic he was all day long, I will lose his face when the time comes, and see if he still has any face to boast in front of me!" Pass the order, from now on, practice every two days, let the people of the world see my Chu army, in this Jiangnan, I have also seen blood! ”

On July 3, the Military Aircraft Department issued a decree, "All departments, battalions, and regiments will be eliminated from the old and weak...... Careful training, scheduled for the second year of Tongzhi review exercise, the winner of the title of the world's first army. (To be continued.) )

PS: What about commuter passes?