"Hooray, it's still cold, why don't you put on another piece of clothing?" Concubine Yi said softly beside Xianfeng, who was staring out the window. Before entering the palace, Concubine Yi's maiden name was Xingzhen, and she was born in the Yehenala clan. Up to now, Cixi gave birth to a son to Xianfeng, and her mother was named Concubine Yi because of her son. Because she is literate and can read and write, Concubine Yi often waits by Xianfeng's side and helps Xianfeng, who is not in good health, to read and write.

The Forbidden City is very cloudy, and although it is June, the chill has not dissipated. That's how it felt when Weezer was to the Forbidden City. Emperor Xianfeng, a permanent resident of the Forbidden City, did not wear summer clothes even in June. Even so, Concubine Yi still wanted to give Xianfeng another approval of clothes.

Xianfeng waved his hand and refused Cixi's service, and he said, "I remember saying in the recital that Wei Ze is a master? ”

Concubine Yi listened to some envy in Xianfeng's tone, and she hurriedly stopped Emperor Xianfeng's blind thoughts. "Hooray! Wei Ze is a big thief, and the higher his martial arts, the greater the disaster. ”

Banning smoking and defeating the British were things that Xianfeng's father Daoguang was haunted by before his death. Xianfeng has also been looking forward to being able to accomplish these two tasks in order to comfort Emperor Daoguang's spirit in the sky. But when Xianfeng hadn't done it yet, Wei Ze had already done what Xianfeng had dreamed of.

Wei Ze did not say a word about what he had done, not only in Liangguang, but also in the entire Yangtze River basin, and even in many places in Shandong and Hebei. The article boasted about the exploits of the Governor's Office and satirized what the Manchu Imperial Court, which occupied all of China, could not do, and the Governor's Office had been able to do it in less than a year after occupying Guangdong. If the Governor's Office were to be restored, China would be far more powerful than it is now. Of course, these bastard words have no influence among ordinary people, and most of the people are illiterate, so they can't actually understand these list texts. And in the literate class, these examples attract scolding. The scolding is naturally Wei Ze's self-control.

Of course, Xianfeng knew that he shouldn't envy Wei Ze, where was the reason why the Son of Heaven envied a rebel thief. It can be evaluated that the emperor is talking about "cultural governance and martial arts", Xianfeng is not a confused emperor, he really doesn't see anything commendable about himself in these two aspects.

However, Xianfeng was the emperor after all, and this envy soon turned into a feeling of self-denial, and Xianfeng soon became a little annoyed and angry. He sat up straight, looked at the piles of folds, and felt a little weak in his heart. At this time, there was only Yi Guifei in the study, and Xianfeng couldn't help but ask: "What do you think Wei Ze's plan to send troops to Jiangxi?" ”

Concubine Yi did not have the submissive appearance of an ordinary woman, Xianfeng asked her about military affairs, Concubine Yi frowned and thought for a moment, then replied: "Long live!" I don't think Wei Ze wanted to fight for the Cantonese bandits. Maybe they're just trying to bluff. ”

Compared with the various clouds and mountains and fog shrouded rhetoric put forward by those ministers, what Yi Guifei said was very easy for Xianfeng to feel bright. However, Xianfeng did not immediately comment on this, he asked, "Why do you think so?" ”

"If Wei Ze still regarded himself as a person from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, he would not leave. Even if he leaves, he will try his best to stay near the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. But Weezer didn't. Concubine Yi calmly explained herself. She thought that Wei Ze had no intention of turning back since he left the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Although it is still unclear why Wei Ze entered Jiangxi, it is not a good time to enter Jiangxi.

Huai Jun and Chu Yong received Xianfeng's order to prepare to flank Shi Dakai, who had become independent from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. If Wei Ze really fights, it is equivalent to helping the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Judging from the current situation, there is no point in Wei Ze's doing. Since Wei Ze couldn't really help the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and really sent troops, there was only one possibility left. Wei Ze is going to muddy the water even more, so that people from all walks of life can't figure out Wei Ze's plan, so that the war will last longer, and buy time for Wei Ze to accumulate strength in Guangdong.

"Hooray!" Concubine Yi said quite confidently, "Wei Ze will not save the defeat of the Yue bandits. Wei Ze won't even stay in Jiangxi for too long, if he stays for a long time, the Cantonese bandits beg Wei Ze to send troops to help, will Wei Ze send troops or not? If you don't send troops, you will be hated by the Cantonese bandits. Sending troops to help the Cantonese bandits, what are the benefits of Yu Weize? What Wei Ze wants is to let the Cantonese bandits and the imperial court officials and soldiers die together, and then pick up the benefits later......"

Concubine Yi has never been out of the palace since she entered the palace, let alone an official. However, this analysis is reasonable, starting from the simple mentality of Wei Ze, and the conclusion is that Wei Ze only wants to take advantage of the situation in Jiangxi, but has no intention of changing the situation in Jiangxi. This way of looking at the problem made even Xianfeng feel a little surprised. Xianfeng was not without such thoughts, but he had to pay attention to the interests on the battlefield. Therefore, Xianfeng was worried that Wei Ze would make a move in the key battle between the Qing army and the Taiping army, so that the Taiping army could gain a complete advantage in Jiangxi, and even help the Taiping army to conquer Zhejiang.

After some analysis by Concubine Yi, Xianfeng saw the possibility of a completely different situation. Wei Ze did not join the melee in Jiangxi as a participant, but as a spoiler, which had a completely different meaning. After Concubine Yi's words, Xianfeng even understood something more profound, if Wei Ze did not send troops now, the imperial court would feel that Wei Ze was stuffy and engaged in some tricks, and his vigilance against Wei Ze would not be reduced in the slightest. Therefore, Wei Ze sent troops to attack at this time, but it was "in line" with the thoughts of many people in the imperial court. In this way, Weeser can achieve the maximum effect with the least amount of effort. The more Xianfeng thought about it, the more it made sense, this kind of handling of things was indeed very consistent with Xianfeng's image of Wei Ze, who was "scheming and scheming".

"You go down first." Xianfeng said to Concubine Yi. Waiting for Yi Guifei to leave the study, Xianfeng carefully straightened out the ideas that Yi Guifei said a few times, and began to write the edict. He first ordered Jiang Zhongyuan of the Huai army to intensify the attack, so that the Taiping army in Huainan could not move and could not mobilize the army to Jiangxi. The second letter was addressed to Zuo Zongtang, in the holy decree, Xianfeng told Zuo Zongtang that Wei Ze was unlikely to cooperate with the Taiping army, and Zuo Zongtang only needed not to take the initiative to attack Wei Ze's Guangfu army and concentrate on defending against Shi Dakai's offensive. The third edict was addressed to Hu Linyi, and for the current governor of Hubei, Xianfeng ordered him to step up the siege of Jiujiang and open up the Yangtze River waterway.

Before writing these three edicts, Xianfeng also wanted to write another edict to Zeng Guofan. But after writing it, he temporarily dismissed this idea. Xianfeng didn't like Zeng Guofan, and the edict he wrote to Hu Linyi, Zeng Guofan was afraid that he would soon know about it. So Xianfeng decided to dry Zeng Guofan first.

After dealing with these, Xianfeng called the eunuch, "Reward Concubine Yi with five hundred taels of silver." ”

The eunuch naturally didn't dare to ask why Xianfeng did this, and the palace naturally had rules for dealing with such rewards, and there was an order from the emperor, and the eunuch went by order. Xianfeng didn't say anything in his mouth, but in his heart he decided that he would discuss more things with Concubine Yi in the future that made him undecided. Looking at military affairs from a more people's perspective is a very fresh feeling for Xianfeng.

This feeling of freshness is not only Xianfeng, but Zuo Zongtang also clearly feels it. In terms of the strategy of exterminating the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, if we do not consider the problem that the order cannot be carried out by Shun, Xianfeng's strategic level on paper cannot be considered bad. Zuo Zongtang agrees. However, as on this occasion, he was able to see through Wei Ze's strategic stance and attitude, and in response to such a stance, he took some feasible instructions, which Zuo Zongtang had never seen in Xianfeng's edict before.

Since he prides himself on "Today's Brightness", Zuo Zongtang does not have a real staff group. Zuo Zongtang alone considered Wei Ze's position mentioned in the edict. If the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is also regarded as a long-term opponent, Wei Ze naturally has no reason to provide too much assistance to the Taiping Army or Shi Dakai's troops at this critical moment. To put it more bluntly, Wei Ze certainly hoped that the Taiping army and Shi Dakai would fall into a bloody battle with the Qing army with heavy casualties. As for the outcome of the war, it was naturally a small victory after a bloody battle, after the Qing army paid a heavy price.

There is a hint of the edict, and "Jinliang" Zuo Zongtang can understand such a cold strategic calculation. Whether it's called a praying mantis catching cicadas and yellow finches in the back, or it's called driving tigers and wolves. Getting involved in such a battle too early is of no practical interest to Weese.

Even though the edict is very clear and convincing, Zuo Zongtang still can't fully believe it emotionally. What is needed is a brutal strategic perspective and a ruthless consideration of interests. It is necessary to "make full use" not only of friendly forces, but also of the enemy. And Wei Ze's use of the enemy is not the official model of self-respect, which really makes Zuo Zongtang, who was born in the official, feel very unaccustomed.

It took a while for this unaccustomed feeling to fade away. Because he figured out all the joints, Zuo Zongtang's whole person seemed a lot easier. In the war with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, there is naturally a camp in Jiangnan and Jiangbei, and Zuo Zongtang only needs to deal with Shi Dakai. At this time, Zuo Zongtang blocked Shi Dakai in Quzhou. Quzhou is located in the western part of Zhejiang, surrounded by mountains and rivers, and has historically been the marginal transportation hub and material distribution center of Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangxi and Anhui provinces, known as "the thoroughfare of the four provinces and the head of the five roads". Chu Yong, who commanded him by Zuo Zongtang, blocked Shi Dakai's headquarters in Quzhou.

If Shi Dakai can conquer Quzhou, he will naturally be able to enter Zhejiang. But if Shi Dakai was unable to conquer Quzhou, at this time, the Qing army was surrounding Quzhou. Although it moves slowly, it is also constantly moving. After another month, Shi Dakai will be completely surrounded, and at that time, this Wing King of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom will not be able to escape this catastrophe unless he can really have wings.

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