After Zeng Guofan explained the plan, the civil and military elites present, the Zeng brothers were about to leave. At this time, he walked out of the back room and said to everyone, "Ladies and gentlemen, leave slowly, I have a very important matter for you to decide. ”

Everyone didn't know this newly recruited guard, and when they heard the words, they all turned their eyes to Zeng Guofan.

Lao Zeng briefly introduced Kang Fu to everyone, saying that he was the leader of his guards. His four guards would not be mentioned on this occasion. Then he turned to Kangfu, "Price man, if you have any business, tell the adults directly." ”

The price person is the word for Kangfu, and the relationship between the two is also a friend. Although Kang Fu has always called Lao Zeng an adult, Lao Zeng has always treated him as a friend, so he has always used the word "Brother" for him.

"I think you're missing the most critical link in your arrangement. Conford said bluntly.

"What's that?" Tazib asked urgently.

"Zeng-sama's safety. Kang Fu said in a deep voice. "Do you want to see this morning's events again, can you expect to be as lucky as this morning?"

Kangfu is still scared for a while. What if the younger brother fired three darts at the same time? What if the assassin was more skilled than the younger brother? Moreover, there were even more powerful firearms! In any case, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Everyone present was shocked into a cold sweat. No matter how well it is said, without Master Zeng in the middle of the scheduling, it is in vain. That's really the most important thing.

Zuo Zongtang, who is also both civil and military, and whose talent is similar to that of Lord Zeng, bowed his hand to Kang Fu: "Thank you, little brother, for the good reminder! Since you raised this question, you must have already made a decision." Tell me how to do it?"

Looking at Lao Zeng's encouraging gaze, Kang Fu said his plan.

His basic idea was to set up a special escort unit, which would be on duty at twelve hours a day, whether at the station or on the road. These people must be absolutely reliable, highly skilled in martial arts, and familiar with all kinds of hot and cold weapons. The number of people is one hundred and twenty.

After a little discussion, everyone agreed to this proposal. and unanimously recommended Kangfu to be the captain of this guard. As for the selection of members of the guard, Kang Fu was also in charge, and he was randomly selected from the forces to which everyone here belonged.

This incident also reminded Zeng Guofan that these subordinates today are also indispensable. Therefore, without discussion, he ordered them to also build up their own guards, with a fixed number of sixty men.

As soon as the matter here was over, Lao Zeng hurried home, said goodbye to the old mother who was still bedridden, but had already improved, and returned to the north longitude. People are still on the way, and his heart has long been worried about the personnel change at the highest level of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. That's why he didn't stay with his family in Hunan, even after a few years of death.

Although Emperor Daoguang was also the same as the previous Manchu Emperor, he had many children, but the four princes and the six princes became the climate. His most important eldest son died early, the second prince and the third prince died young, and the fourth prince became the replacement of the eldest son. Therefore, Daoguang's expectations and love for him are self-evident.

The fifth prince is ugly, vulgar by nature, not liked by his father, and was passed out, so he is not in the crown prince's field of vision. Therefore, it is the sixth prince who poses a potential threat to the position of the crown prince of the fourth prince. However, these six princes are extremely smart, studious and keen, and their eloquence is convenient, which is very pleasing to their father.

The royal education is of course top-notch. An extremely interesting phenomenon is that the emperor's father attaches great importance to the education of Han culture, and has set up a special institution called Shangshufang, which only accepts the prince as a student. The future emperor will definitely come out of here.

There are not only educational institutions dedicated to training emperors, but also a set of responsibility systems for contracting to people. That is, to choose a special teacher for each prince, and this teacher is also the mentor of the students.

The relationship between this teacher and student can be called ironclad, because once successful, the student is the emperor and the teacher is the emperor. Being the emperor's teacher is both a glorious medal of success and a sought-after symbol of power.

The fourth prince, the Manchu Qing Dynasty used to call the prince Brother, his name was Yisu, and the teacher in charge was Du Zhitian. The name of the six princes is Yixun, and the teacher has changed several times, and one of the most influential is Zhuo Bingtian.

These two teachers fought a long-term battle for their students to inherit the throne. In terms of official position, Du Zhitian is far lower than Zhuo Bingtian. The former is the highest chief teacher in the study, which is roughly equivalent to the director of the academic affairs office, and the rank is from the second grade. And Zhuo Bingtian has been a university scholar for a long time, and the rank of each department is a product or a product.

Although the rank is low, Du Zhitian has his own advantages. The first is that he can concentrate on his work, and teaching people is his main business anyway; the second is that he is more experienced, and the family tradition is old; and the third is especially important, he has a like-minded old friend: Zeng Guofan.

Regarding the strategy of competing for the reserve, the two secretly discussed it together. The two agreed that if they relied on their ability, the four princes had no chance of victory. At most, one is higher than ordinary people, and the other is talented and intelligent, both civil and military.

The strategy formulated by the two is to use some of the most basic elements as weapons, hide ingenuity in clumsiness, and use people's hearts to win by surprise. As a result, in the patient waiting of Du Zhitian, a well-known loyal and old-fashioned man, the opportunity finally appeared and was fully utilized.

One day, the four princes went to the study to ask for leave, and there was no one around the right time, only Du Zhitian stuck to his post there. The four princes bowed to him and said that they would take a day off. Mr. Du asked him what was the matter? The fourth son of the emperor replied that he was ordered by his father to go to Nanwan to hunt.

Lao Du, who was waiting for the right time like a cheetah, immediately keenly sensed that the time had come! Lao Du gave him a face-to-face lecture and whispered to him: "The fourth elder brother is in the paddock, but sit and watch others shoot at a gallop, and you must not fire a single shot! ”

The fourth prince didn't understand, and asked honestly: "If you say that, how can you get killed?"

Lao Du further instructed this stupid student: "When the fate is over, the fourth elder brother must be like this, and he will definitely be able to invite the holy family." This is a time of life and needs to be remembered. ”

The fourth prince seems to understand whether he understands or not, but his advantage is that he respects the teacher and never disobeys the teacher's requirements, so he agrees to go, and is ready to do exactly what the teacher says.

Walking to the paddock, all the princes, including the six elder brothers, were all elated, competing to be the first, and he sat alone, and the servants also followed the requirements of the four princes and stood with their hands tied.

The princes each came and asked, "Today's school hunt, why didn't the fourth elder brother take action?" The four princes only said that they were slightly ill, so they didn't dare to chase away. That's it.

After hunting for a day, each returned to the palace to return to his life. All the princes have gained, and the six princes have hunted more beasts than others. When he entered the newspaper, he still showed a smug look. It's just that the four princes are empty-handed and have nothing.

Emperor Daoguang saw that the potential prince was so uncompetitive, not only did he not have a superior appearance, but he did not even reach the average level, and he couldn't help but say angrily: "You also went hunting all day, why didn't you get anything?"

The expected panic and shame were not seen, and the fourth prince said calmly: "Although the sons are inferior in martial arts, if they hunt for a day, they will not be able to do anything." It's just because the sons miss the spring when the spring is harmonious, and the birds and beasts are pregnant, so they can't bear to hurt their lives and cause dry heavenly harmony. And the sons are not willing to bow their horses for one day and compete with their brothers. ”

When Emperor Daoguang heard this, he turned his anger into joy, and muttered secretly, "I can't see that the fourth elder brother is so generous, and I will be the second king in the future, so I can rest assured." ”

There is not much to say at the moment, and those who have been hunted and won are rewarded as usual, and they are all rewarded. Although there was no punishment for the four princes, there was no reward, and they were still empty-handed. It's just that the heart of the prince has been extremely biased towards the four princes.

Then another incident happened, Emperor Daoguang wanted to further investigate the hearts and abilities of the two, so he summoned the fourth elder brother and the sixth elder brother together to listen to their answers to the question, as a basis to determine who the final crown prince belonged to.

In fact, Emperor Daoguang has always admired the outstanding abilities of the six princes, and looks forward to his ability to revive the Manchu Empire in a hundred years. But he was worried that the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which he had worked hard all his life, would be lost by his son, so he was unwilling to take risks, and tended to be steady. In fact, this is also the common psychology of all the elderly.

This fact is also the basis for the strategy formulated by the two opposing emperors. Whether it is forging ahead or being honest and keeping to it, there is no certainty, depending on the emperor's mood is more inclined to that direction. Or rather, to estimate, where the emperor is more likely to lean.

After receiving the summons, the two consulted their respective teachers. Zhuo Bingtian gave advice to the sixth elder brother and said that if the emperor has any inquiries, he should know everything and say everything.

In fact, this is also a dignified trick, that is, to use one's own strengths to overcome the enemy's shortcomings. If the troops are exchanged normally, the sixth elder brother who is both civil and military should be invincible.

On the other hand, they continue to implement their established policies. Du Zhitian said to the fourth elder brother, "If the elder brother is in charge of the current affairs, his wisdom and knowledge will definitely be inferior to the sixth elder brother." There is only one move to win. If the emperor claims to be old and sick and claims that he will not be able to continue to be the emperor soon, you don't need to say anything else, just fall to the ground, cry bitterly, and express your filial son's reluctance to his father. ”

The two princes really did what they planned, and the result was as expected. The sixth child continued to be praised by his father for his ability, and the fourth child touched his father with benevolence and filial piety, which greatly pleased his father.

From this, the storage location is finalized. Later historical sources revealed that this determination of the storage location was written down by Emperor Daoguang after this inquiry and placed in a special secret box for preservation, just as was the tradition of the previous emperors of the Manchu Dynasty.

Of course, this can show the fighting spirit and courage of the planners behind it, and it also shows that the later shrewd and capable Prince Gong has not yet mastered the skillful political struggle skills at this time.

Now Zeng Guofan is urgently rushing back to the north because he has received a message from Du Zhitian that Emperor Daoguang's recent illness has deteriorated.

Although he knew in his heart that his plan should have succeeded, and it should be the emperor's intention for the fourth elder brother to inherit the unification, but the royal affairs have always been complicated and secretive, and we should be vigilant against unforeseen circumstances. So he urged him to do his best to return to the northern meridian.

When he arrived in Manchu Kyoto, Zeng Guofan didn't care about resting, and immediately went to the Upper Academy to meet Du Zhitian. It was close to noon, and both of them had stayed up all night, and they had not rested in the morning.

When Lao Du saw that Lao Zeng had finally rushed back, he breathed a sigh of relief and told him about his current situation.

This morning, the emperor summoned the Zongren Mansion Zong Decree Zaiquan, the former ministers Zaiyuan, Duanhua, and Seng Greenqin, the ministers of military aircraft Mu Zhang'a, Sai Shang'a, He Rulin, Chen Enfu, Ji Zhichang, and the Minister of the Interior Wen Qing to the Old Summer Palace, which is the place where the emperor recuperates, in the Shende Hall.

"It is estimated that the mystery of the prince will soon be revealed. Du Zhitian said after introducing the situation.

At this time, in the Old Summer Palace, Emperor Daoguang had already ordered the ministers who had arrived to go behind the plaque of the Zhengda Guangming Hall and take out the secret box that had been hidden there.

Concubine Jing was also present. This Jing Guifei is the biological mother of the six princes and the adoptive mother of the four princes, although she has paid great love to both of them, but at this critical moment, she still wants to make a final effort to make her own son the emperor. So she secretly instructed the ministers to delay the process of opening the secret box.

Concubine Jing here wants to delay until the emperor dies before making an article, how can the old emperor tolerate it?

Seeing that it couldn't be delayed, some of the younger ministers had no choice but to go and get the secret box, open it in public, and take out the emperor's vermilion imperial pen to make a decision. Sure enough, the successor to the throne was the fourth prince.

Surprisingly, there is not just one name on the royal decree. The sixth prince, Yixun, was also on it, and was named Prince Gong! This has never happened in the Manchu Dynasty.

Everyone didn't have time to ask anything, because at this time, Emperor Daoguang had already entered a dying state, struggling to give orders to everyone: "The ministers of the king have been serving for many years, so why wait for me." After that, he must always pay attention to the national economy and people's livelihood, and he is not in charge. ”

The ministers can only obey orders. Emperor Daoguang, who was plagued by internal and external disturbances and experienced a lifetime of hard work, breathed for a long time, postponed until the middle of the day, and left in amazement.

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