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Although Cixi could not abandon the national policy of worshipping the Manchus and suppressing the Han, she also had to face the reality that the overall political policy of the Han people was much higher than that of the Manchus, and the Han people were increasingly playing a powerful political role.

Subsequently, according to the establishment of Zeng Guofan and others, a group of Han officials were appointed as local dignitaries, Zuo Zongtang was the governor of Zhejiang, Zheng Yuanshan was the governor of Henan, Zhang Yao was the political envoy of Henan, and Li Xuyi was the governor of Anhui;

Yan Shusen is the governor of Hubei, Shen Baozhen is the governor of Jiangxi, Li Hongzhang is the governor of Jiangsu, Liu Changyou is the governor of Guangxi, Mao Hongbin is the governor of Hunan, Jiang Zhongyi is the governor of Guizhou, Liu Rong, Li Heng, Jiang Yifeng, Han Chao are the political envoys and so on.

The edict was issued, and the government and the opposition were in an uproar for a while, and at the same time, the administrative power of so many war zones was handed over to the Han bureaucrats, and the empress dowager of the two palaces was too risky!

For a time, the imperial court repeatedly received Shang, most of whom were Manchu relatives and nobles, and they reminded Cixi to pay attention to preventing Zeng Guofan's power from being too heavy and difficult to control, and to build a system to cut his army and reduce his power.

Cixi entrusted the task of saving the nearly collapsed Qing rule to Han officials led by Zeng Guofan, which was both a reluctant and risky move.

Therefore, in the evaluation of officials, she had to pay attention to this issue. In the assessment, when giving additional rewards to officials who died due to the suppression of the Taiping Army, she paid great attention to rewarding Han officials.

Those who received commendations and awards were not only Manchu officials such as Jiangsu Governor Gil Hang'a, Jiangning General Xianghou, and Xi'an General Zarafen, but also Han officials Zhang Guodong, Jiangnan Governor, Li Xubin, Zhejiang's political envoy, and Hubei Governor Hu Linyi.

These measures have played a positive role in changing the status quo of vegetarian meals for officials, reducing the aging of officials, and improving administrative efficiency.

There are two things that show how ruthless her heart is!

Weng Tongshu, the son of the third generation of emperor Weng Xincun, escaped from Shouzhou with his life, but the day after he arrived in Beijing, he was handed over to the Criminal Department for punishment.

As soon as this deployment was decided, he received a report from Xue Huan, the governor of Jiangsu, that Hangzhou had fallen.

This famous city in the southeast has been besieged for a long time, and more than 30,000 people died of starvation due to lack of food in the city. Governor Wang Youling originally asked Li Yuandu of the Hunan army to be the commander and recruited 8,000 people in Hunan to rescue, but from Jiangxi to eastern Zhejiang, in the place of Longyou, he was blocked by the Taiping army.

When Shaoxing and Ningbo were lost, the shape became more and more critical, and they struggled to hold on until the end of November. The only support army, Admiral Zhang Yuliang, who had built miraculous achievements, fought under the city of Hangzhou and died in battle, so the army's morale became more and more discouraged.

Finally, at the end of November, Li Xiucheng used a ladder to go up to the city, breaking a gap, and the officers and troops were immediately dispersed, and the commander Rao Tingxuan died in a street battle.

Due to the precedent of He Guiqing, the governor of Liangjiang, Zhejiang's civil and military officials did not dare to steal their lives, and the governor Wang Youling hanged himself in the warm pavilion of the lobby.

In order to avoid humiliation, there are countless people who hang themselves and jump into the well!

At this time, the city built on the edge of the West Lake had not yet fallen, and most of the banner soldiers stationed in the garrison had been killed or wounded, and the general Ruichang was angry and sick.

Li Xiucheng entered the city and sent people to persuade him to surrender, but Ruichang refused, gathered the Eight Banners Generals, swore to repay the imperial court, and every family prepared gunpowder.

Including Guan Fu, the deputy governor of the capital, and Hethena, the governor of Jiangsu, more than 4,000 men, women, and children died.

As soon as this news arrived in the capital, it shook the government and the opposition!

In addition, Prince Gong asked the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces to issue a decree to exempt the three provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Anhui from money and grain next year. In just over two months, the measures of the imperial court seem to be clear rewards and punishments, and both grace and power are used.

Therefore, the fall of Hangzhou, 600,000 lives were destroyed, and the government and the opposition brought a new atmosphere of self-motivation.

Although there are only two isolated cities left in the whole province of Zhejiang, Huzhou and Quzhou, Zeng Guofan believes that Zuo Zongtang, the new governor of Zhejiang, who "has no half an acre and worries about the world", can drive Li Xiucheng out of Hangzhou.

In such an atmosphere, it is quite unfavorable for the Weng family. For Weng Tongshu's being taken and handed over to the Criminal Department, Weng Xincun, who had just recovered, was anxious and sick, and Weng Tongxi's filial piety was famous, so he naturally had to run for his brother with all his might.

But the father and son of the Weng family are all concerned about virtue and encouragement, and they are pretentious in their integrity, and when they encounter this kind of family difficulty, it is the time to test their self-cultivation, so not only can they not turn to those relationships, but also they must express a calm attitude towards their relatives and friends.

Like Weng Tongshu himself, he didn't want to argue much about this, and resigned himself to fate. This is called Weng Tonggong, which is particularly difficult!

Zeng Guofan's impeachment of Weng Tongshu is tricky at a glance! He lost Anhui twice, and as a governor, he could not be martyred, so there was no room for this crime to be moved.

Weng Tongyi inquired up and down, and finally found fellow villager Zhu Xueqin here.

Weng Tongyi said worriedly: "Although the magistrate is responsible for guarding the land, the scholar and the soldier are different from the military attaché!" ”

"It's in no hurry!" Zhu Xueqin said this, and refused to say any more. The generals of the Hunan army, nineteen are scholars, and they all have this view, so they don't have to fight to the death.

After a while, Zhu Xueqin said in a deep voice: "It's a bad time, the court is encouraging loyalty, but I encountered this crime!" As soon as he heard this, Weng Tongshu was so anxious that his hands and feet were cold, and the life of his third brother Weng Tongshu could not be saved.

"No matter what, I have to think of a way out for him." The brotherhood is deep, and at this juncture of life and death, Weng Tongyi has lost the graceful and elegant Fengshen that he usually has.

Zhu Xueqin said calmly: "You have to calm down first." To be honest, the conviction of the meeting will be handled in accordance with the law, and the beheading will be certain. However, if there is a grace from above."

So he revealed a news, the emperor went to school, but also to send a master, this important matter, Prince Gong and the empress dowager of the two palaces have discussed several times, the Empress Dowager Ci'an in accordance with the will of the first emperor, quite a proposition, to use the old and long-lasting, square character of the minister to teach.

Three people have been decided, except for Wu Ren, who has heard about it for a long time, the other two are Qi Wangzao and Weng Xincun. In this way, the above will naturally look at the master's affection, and grace will pardon Weng Tongshu's capital crime.

Weng Tongyi heard this clearly, and he was also happy and worried, happy that the eldest brother had a way to live, and worried that the old father was old and sick, and when the master had to go straight every day, he was tired and tired, and he was afraid of getting sick.

Sure enough, soon there was an edict issued by Ming, and the Tongzhi Emperor was scheduled to enter the school on February 12 of the first year of Tongzhi, and specially opened the Hongde Hall as a study, and sent Qi Wangzao, Weng Xincun, Wuren, and Li Hongzao as masters.