Chapter 50: The Strategy of the East King (2)
I don't know if it's a psychological reason, when the Tianjing City appeared in Wei Ze's field of vision, Wei Ze felt that the Tianjing City he saw this time was much more angry than the last time he saw it.
At this time, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom had captured Tianjing City for more than a year, and the Qing army's Jiangnan Jiangbei camp had also besieged Tianjing City for more than a year. On the river, you can see the fortress built on the strategic place outside Tianjing City, as well as the soldiers of the Taiping Army in the fortress. Seeing Wei Ze's fleet, the soldiers waved to the fleet. It seems that after more than a year of fighting, everyone has become accustomed to such days.
As soon as the flotilla reached the shore, there were already people ready to receive food. The transportation of grain in Tianjing City was not originally managed by Wei Ze, and Wei Ze was too lazy to interfere. What's more, Wei Ze, as a prince, needs to wear the costume of a prince. For Wei Ze, there is nothing more satisfying than the crisp generalissimo's military uniform, and the costume-like clothes of the Taiping Heavenly Emperor are too uncomfortable for Wei Ze.
But uncomfortable and uncomfortable, Weser would never fail to pay attention to such things. Someone ran up from under the boat and brought three sets of clothes, "King Qi, my subordinates have already reported to the king of the east, and these three sets of clothes are the robes that the king of the east gave to the three prime ministers. ”
The princes and prime ministers of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom wore yellow dragon robes, and the style was a sleeveless and narrow sleeved round robe. From the king of heaven to the commander of the yellow jacket are embroidered with dragons, and in the middle of the front a group of embroidered titles are in it. The three prime ministers originally had relatively simple such clothes, but these clothes had long been worn out during their Northern Expedition.
Wei Ze didn't dare to give the prime minister a court dress himself, so he sent someone to apply for court clothes from Yang Xiuqing in advance. The three prime ministers all changed into brand-new court clothes and put on hats.
The crown system of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, there are festive events and major events, and the helmet is worn, called the horn hat. The horned hats of the kings and kings are also called golden crowns. The official horn hat is also called the hat of the court. The golden crown is made of paper bones, carved dragon and phoenix, pasted with gold bo, and the crown is embroidered in front of the crown. The hat is also made of paper bone and gold, and the title is listed in the forehead, and its embroidery is also evenly divided.
Whether it is Wei Ze or the three prime ministers, they have not participated in the formulation of these specific clothing systems, these guys are all given by the East King, and they wear them honestly.
When Wei Ze was crowned King of Qi, he only wore it once, and then threw it in his palace in Luzhou. This time he met Yang Xiuqing, and Wei Ze put on this dress again. And in front of Wees, the guards raised a large banner. It is different from the square banner of the four kings of the east, west, north and south, it is a triangular yellow silk flag, eight feet long and wide, with red characters and water-red edges, and the book "Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Qi Wang Wei".
Just this flag was displayed, which made the attention of the entire dock focus on Wei Ze and his party. Wei Ze himself is not very famous, but the words on this dress and the crown on his head are really different, and he hears someone asking from time to time, "Is that Wei Ze, the King of Qi?" ”
However, Lin Fengxiang and others were very famous generals in the Taiping Army, and people on both sides of the road greeted the three from time to time. Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Wei Ze and the four of them arrived at the city gate.
The general guarding the city at the gate of the city seemed to have received an order a long time ago, and symbolically checked the documents of Wei Ze and others, and the general guarding the city immediately sent people to open the way in front, and Wei Ze and the others rode horses and advanced towards the East Palace. The group arrived privately in front of the East Prince's Mansion, and immediately someone took them into the East Prince's Mansion. When I entered the main hall, I saw Yang Xiuqing sitting behind the dragon case.
Wei Ze and the others hurriedly knelt down, because the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was not allowed to kowtow, so they all knelt straight and straight. Shi Weize hadn't seen Yang Xiuqing, the king of the East, for half a year, and when he was looking at Yang Xiuqing, Li Kaifang, who was listening to it, suddenly cried, "King of the East! The subordinate is back! ”
Yang Xiuqing also seemed to be very excited, not long after the capture of Tianjing City, Li Kaifang and others went north alone. Looking at Wei Ze and the others condescendingly for a while, Yang Xiuqing finally said, "Get up!" ”
The four of them stood up, and Yang Xiuqing gave them a seat.
Wei Ze didn't like this style of work, but he couldn't escape it. Fortunately, Yang Xiuqing's main meeting was with the three prime ministers of the Northern Expedition. Wei Ze is not the main target, so Wei Ze can also think of other things in his heart.
Is it distracted, everyone can see that Wei Ze is thinking about how to collect food, how to recruit soldiers, and how to attack the Jiangbei camp of the Qing army. Wei Ze suddenly heard Yang Xiuqing shouting, "Wei Ze, what are you thinking?" ”
raised his head, but saw that everyone in the Dongwang Mansion was looking at him, and Yang Xiuqing's bright eyes were even sharper. Even if he was watched by everyone like this, Wei Ze didn't feel uneasy, he replied calmly: "King Dong, what his subordinates are thinking about is how to collect grain and send grain to Tianjing. There is also how to attack the Jiangbei camp of the Qing army. A few days after his subordinates came back from the north, many Luzhou affairs could not be dealt with. ”
There are really not many people who dare to talk to Yang Xiuqing like this in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and it is obvious that the officials and generals of the Dongwang Mansion around them are a little surprised. But Wei Ze looked at Yang Xiuqing calmly, there was no feeling of stage fright at all, if Yang Xiuqing asked about the specific content at this time, Wei Ze could immediately say something.
After staring at Wei Ze for a moment, Yang Xiuqing suddenly laughed, "Brother Wei, you are still childish!" ”
As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere eased a lot. Yang Xiuqing smiled a little helplessly, but ordered Wei Ze and the others to go into the inner hall to speak. There are not so many civil and military forces, and the main characters of the conversation are still these five people, but the atmosphere is much more relaxed.
After Yang Xiuqing sat down this time, he first praised Wei Ze, "Anhui's delivery of grain to Tianjing is very timely, and Brother Wei has made a lot of contributions. However, when harvesting grain this time, can Brother Wei collect more grain than last year? ”
"As far as my subordinates have seen, the amount of grain collected will definitely not be less than last year." Wei Ze immediately replied, "However, the king of the east, his subordinates feel that if they really want to ensure that there is no shortage of food, it is not enough to rely on Anhui alone." Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Huguang have always been rich in grain. As the saying goes, the lake is abundant and the world is full. Compared with Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Huguang, Anhui is really a poor place. ”
This seems to be the same as complaining, but in fact, it is Wei Ze who is stating the strategic form to Yang Xiuqing. After hearing this, Yang Xiuqing stared at Wei Ze for a moment, and his face gradually became solemn, "Brother Wei, then do you think you should fight Huguang or Jiangsu and Zhejiang first?" ”
"Then it depends on the King of the East, whether you are going to go on a northern expedition." Wei Ze is most worried about this, if Yang Xiuqing wants to go on a northern expedition, Wei Ze has no way at all.
"What if I don't go on a northern expedition?" Yang Xiuqing replied.
"King Dong, if our army does not go on a northern expedition for the time being, then the situation will be very good!" Wei Ze saw that there was a good chance to sell his strategy, so he hurriedly took out the map and sent it to Yang Xiuqing's table.
Guarding the river must guard the Huai! It is the trick of the Southern Dynasties, and when the north and the south can confront each other, the Huai River is the focus of contention between the two sides. At this point, Wei Ze knew very well that the real decision in the three major battles was not Liaoshen or Pingjin, but the Huaihai Campaign with Xuzhou as the center. By the time the PLA's troops crossed the Huai River and advanced straight to the Yangtze River, the defeat of the Kuomintang was already assured.
Wei Ze didn't dare to quote scriptures, he could only say that he had heard a scholar who tried to seek an official talk about this problem. In this matter, in order to prove that he actually doesn't know how to do it and his cultural knowledge is relatively weak, Wei Ze also made up a nonsense. said that at that time, he thought that those scholars would only brag, so Wei Ze drove the scholars away. Now I look again, but I can't find the man.
This was originally a nonsense made up to avoid suspicion, but I didn't expect this topic to greatly touch Yang Xiuqing. He first asked what the characteristics of this scholar were, and whether he could still find it. After getting a negative answer, Yang Xiuqing sighed, "Brother Wei, I know that you are a talent, if you meet such a person in the future, don't care if he has real skills, first envelop them." ”
"Oh! Obey the will of the King of the East! Weese replied.
Yang Xiuqing was still unsatisfied with this, and he continued: "If the king of heaven asks you to smash Confucius's tablet and burn books. Do not listen, for the Father has come down to rebuke the King of Heaven, so don't make mistakes. ”
Hearing Yang Xiuqing say seriously that Heavenly Father was coming, Wei Ze almost wanted to laugh. Immediately hearing that the "Heavenly Father" should "blame" the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan for this matter, Wei Ze's smile flew out of the clouds. If Yang Xiuqing didn't tell nonsense, it means that Yang Xiuqing can beat Hong Xiuquan in the name of Heavenly Father.
Smashing Confucius's tablet, Wei Ze didn't think there was any problem. Confucius is indeed worthy of respect as a sage, but there is basically nothing good about holding the tablet of Confucius high. Smashing the Confucius tablet is actually a blow to the Confucian stick. Wei Ze still remembered that Yang Xiuqing told himself that when Xiao Chaogui, the king of the West, was still alive, Yang Xiuqing and Xiao Chaogui sang a double reed, and the very witty Xiao Chaogui, the king of the West, while keeping Hong Xiu's face, weakened the act of burning books and completely cracking down on Confucian forces to the minimum.
Looking at it now, Yang Xiuqing's ability is probably above Xiao Chaogui, the king of the West, but Yang Xiuqing is much worse than Xiao Chaogui in terms of sleek wrists. At least Xiao Chaogui is the "Heavenly Brother Jesus", and when he started the "Heavenly Brother Advent", he was afraid that he would not directly order someone to press Hong Xiuquan down, and then apply a stick to Hong Xiuquan's buttocks.
Hong Xiuquan's request to burn books is definitely wrong, but in Wei Ze's view, Hong Xiuquan's mistake does not mean that there is no problem with Yang Xiuqing's way of dealing with it. It's just that this kind of thing is not something that Wei Ze can intervene in at all, Wei Ze just replied: "Follow the will of the East King." ”
And after Weeser said that, he waited for a while. To his surprise, the three prime ministers did not immediately follow Wei Ze to make peace. Since the three of them were so ignorant, Wei Ze didn't wait any longer, and he began to continue to elaborate on his strategy. "King Dong, his subordinates feel that north of the Yangtze River, it is better to break the Jiangbei camp of the Qing Demon. As long as the Jiangbei camp of the Qing demon is broken, our army will be able to push east along the Huai River and push down the seaside. That would cut off the connection between the north and south of the Qing Demon. ”
Speaking of this, Wei Ze looked at Yang Xiuqing seriously, "King Dong, if we want the Qing Demon to come and take the initiative to fight with us, this is the easiest way to get the Qing Demon out!" ”
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