Chapter 106: Twisting Army (18)

"Comrade is the real name in your system?" Zuo Zongtang never thought that there would be such a thing in this world. Under the scorching sun in August, Zuo Zongtang's face was shiny, perhaps because he had eaten meat in the past few days and recovered some oil and water. Or maybe Zuo Zongtang started sweating because he was too surprised?

Zuo Zongtang didn't care about this, in fact, he had no feeling for his external appearance at all now. Monarchs, ministers, fathers, sons, fathers, sons, this is the teaching of the sages. The Three Principles and the Five Constants are some of the so-called supplements that follow. This is the basic order of this era. With Hei Chenggang's admiration for Wei Ze, Zuo Zongtang was very suspicious that Wei Ze would let Hei Chenggang die, and Hei Chenggang would not hesitate to carry out Wei Ze's orders. But he could never have imagined that the Liberation Army would use "comrade" as the real title.

"Comrade" is a stricter thing than worshipping the handle. It was a personal relationship, and the comrade was Wei Ze, who agreed that other people and Wei Ze had the same philosophy and the same pursuit. This is tantamount to taking out the imperial power and sharing it with others. If Wei Ze just calls himself a lonely widow, long live himself. Even if he made a big mistake and issued an edict, it was just the emperor's personal problem.

Once there are so many comrades, if Wei Ze "loses his way", the direct guide is that there are still many people who "adhere to the right path", then there will be a very legitimate reason to abolish Wei Ze. Wei Ze doesn't look like a stupid person, but this kind of approach is even worse than a stupid person.

Hei Chenggang obviously misunderstood what Zuo Zongtang meant, and he smiled and said, "Mr. Zuo, if you join us, you are also our comrade. I like this name very much, everyone is the same, no one can bully people. ”

Is this bullying? This is a question of whether the court itself can be safe! Zuo Zongtang shouted inside. He thought that Wei Ze was the new emperor, but he didn't expect that this person was just a fanatic. This kind of political arrangement, where the political organization has the appearance of the imperial court, this is complete nonsense. And Wei Ze's approach can only be described in one sentence: "It is not like a human king"!

Zuo Zongtang was very disappointed, and even the subsequent visit became uninteresting. In his eyes, this seemingly prosperous situation has become a sourceless water and a rootless tree, which can collapse with just one impact. The Manchu Qing Dynasty was defeated by such a fanatic, and Zuo Zongtang felt incredible when he thought about it.

Of course, at this time, the Manchu court did not feel incredible, and the Manchu court did not have the strength to feel incredible. The wave of destruction hit one after another, and each wave could lead to the complete destruction of the Manchu court, and the political alliance formed by the empress dowager of the two palaces and Prince Gong, nicknamed "Devil Six", could only struggle to survive at this time.

Originally, the strongest enemy of the Manchu Qing was the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and after the Tianjing Change, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was consumed and divided. This gave the Manchus a chance to breathe, and after several years of fighting, they were about to settle the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. But at this moment, Wei Ze, the former rebel general of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom who had been cowering in Lingnan, suddenly came out of Lingnan and killed, and the situation in the whole world changed greatly. Weize occupied the fertile areas south of the Huai River. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom ran to the northwest.

The opponents of the Manchu court were greatly downgraded, and the Twist Army, which had not been a matter at all in front of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, swelled up violently and wreaked havoc in Hebei, Henan, Shandong and other places. It was such an armed force, which could only be called bandits, and now it had become an armed force that could destroy the Manchus. These changes left the Manchus speechless.

In fact, there was no so-called shock or shame on the part of the Manchus. The real problem is that the Manchus knew the names of the more important personnel in the Taiping Army and the Liberation Army before. The twisted army that suddenly popped out was uncertain, coming and going like the wind, and they were all fresh faces. All kinds of news are "XXX enemy troops have appeared in a certain place", or there are many twisted bandits in a certain place. As for what happened, how many enemies there were, and who the enemies were, the Manchu court was blinded.

The court couldn't come up with a strategy, and the courtiers argued endlessly at this time. However, the Guangfu Army's "Letter to Manchu Qing Officials" was once only stored south of the Huai River, or mainly south of the Yangtze River. At this time, such instruments also began to appear in Beijing. The content of the document was to repeatedly inform the Han officials that if their families were in the Guangfu military-controlled district, they could return to their hometowns. The Liberation Army did not pursue their defection to the Manchus. If these people still can't recognize the shape and resist stubbornly, then they will have to bear the final result by themselves.

The south of the Huai River is the key place of origin of officials, and the so-called Manchu Dynasty Jinshi Bantongcheng refers to the development of the Tongcheng School and the research level of the Tongcheng School in the Bagu Literature. And the areas covered by the Tongcheng School basically fell into the hands of the Guangfu Army. The Manchu Qing had been reduced to a level of survival under the attack of the Twist Army, and before such an annihilation, those who just wanted to become officials naturally chose their own interests and those of their own families.

Many officials began to disappear from their official positions in Beijing, Zhili, Henan, Shandong, Shanxi and other places. Leaving a document saying that they were gone is quite righteous enough, and many people don't even have the courage to do so, so they just hang up the official seal, slap their butts and leave. Of course, there are even worse ones, the people are gone, and the official seal is also taken away.

Although these people may have kept the official seal as a memorial, or to pass it on to their descendants as antiques. But the official seal is not a seal that can be carved with a piece of radish. Official documents need to be sealed, and if you want to change the official seal after taking it away, you need a whole set of procedures, and if you don't change it, the original system will be over. Does it work to carve a chapter with a piece of radish? Isn't that a joke!

More importantly, the loss of a large number of officials directly led to serious problems in the operation of the original system. It's not that suddenly there are a few fewer people, it's that all of a sudden there are a few hundred fewer people. Although the Manchu Dynasty had huge redundant officials, redundant officials were not fools. When the Manchu Qing Dynasty was majestic on all sides, everyone could not be officials. When the Manchu Qing Dynasty is about to finish, who will come out to bury the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Of course, there are also people who have died of addiction, but these people are really afraid of using them in the Manchu court. What the Manchus needed at this time were people who could save them, not people who wanted to be officials and wanted to go crazy.

"What should I do?" This question was placed before the Manchu court.

In the end, the result of the discussion was unexpectedly serious, "Recruit Zeng Guofan into Beijing!" ”

Although Zeng Guofan was deeply feared by Emperor Xianfeng, this person had a good watch after all. Almost solved the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, rectified Vortex Yang, and eliminated Vortex Yang's Twist Army. It also effectively managed Xuyang, so that the Hunan army no longer asked for food from the imperial court. Such people must be used at this time. R1058