On March 16, 1852, it was already spring in Beijing. The buds spit out by the willow trees on the side of the road have turned into small willow leaves, and the days that have been sunny for a while have been sunny for a while, and the temperature has risen very quickly, so that many people have changed out of winter clothes, and some of them are afraid of heat and even put on thin summer clothes. However, all of a sudden, a heavy snowfall made the city of Beijing snowy, as if it had returned to the cold winter of the ninth month overnight.

At noon, heavy snow continued to fall from the sky, but the Forbidden City's Heart Nourishing Hall was as warm as spring. The warm kang of the earth dragon and the heavy brocade enclosure make it impossible for the cold air from the outside world to penetrate at all. The eunuchs and palace maids in the Heart Hall were all silent, and they didn't dare to say anything. In the huge hall, only the "Titika" sound of the gold-inlaid treasure small self-striking bell and the golden bell chirping in the golden silk nanmu filament cage should be harmonious.

These minions all know that Long Live Lord has been in a bad mood recently, and after the next morning dynasty, Emperor Xianfeng looked at the goose feathers and snow outside the big glass window, and his gloomy face was half loud and he didn't speak. The eunuch who served the meal looked at the clock, and then at the emperor, the time for eating had passed, and the emperor still had no intention of eating. After entering the palace for so long, the eunuch naturally knew that he shouldn't speak at this time, but it was not a way to just stand up like this. I was about to order someone to quietly serve the imperial food first. But I heard Xianfeng speak: "Bring a bowl of porridge!" ”

His Majesty the Emperor only needs a bowl of porridge, and it is impossible to serve only one bowl of porridge, and the emperor's imperial meal has a prescribed quantity, and Hugh said that one person, even ten people, cannot eat it all. The eunuch ordered the meal to be served with relief, and all kinds of dishes were brought up one after another, just like the dowry. The first thing you enter is the "Kancai", which you only look at and don't eat, although the ones that follow are all kinds of edible meals. Even for these edible meals, the emperor did not move a single chopstick. However, in order to reflect the supremacy of imperial power, these dishes that are destined to be wasted will be prepared and served every time to make up the number.

It is not the emperor who eats first, and the eunuch who tries the food first checks the test drug card in each meal and does not change color, and then tastes it himself. After the tasting was over, the emperor could start eating. Xianfeng didn't care about the food that filled the table, he pointed to the porridge bowl and said, "Bring it here!" ”

There are big rules in the palace, and the little eunuch who serves him doesn't know if he should bring the porridge immediately. The status of eunuchs in the Manchu Dynasty was extremely low, and the emperor's execution of eunuchs because he was unhappy was as simple as pinching an ant to death, without giving any reason, just an understatement of "drag it down and kill it". secretly looked at the old eunuch who was in charge of the emperor's meal, but saw that the old eunuch did not move like a wood carved clay sculpture. The little eunuch didn't dare to let the emperor wait, so he could only take the bowl of porridge that was boiled just right and put it in front of Emperor Xianfeng with some trepidation.

Xianfeng snorted and drank a few sips, and then casually took a few mouthfuls of the exquisite pickles into his mouth. I probably thought it was not bad, and drank another sip of porridge, but saw that the eunuch had already removed the pickles that he had eaten three bites. This is also the rule in the palace, you can only eat a dish for a maximum of three bites. Xianfeng's appetite was very bad at this time, so he casually found two dishes that looked pleasing to the eye, and each sandwiched a chopstick to eat them. He got up and left the table.

Starting from Yongzheng, the offices of the Manchu emperors were all located in the Xinuan Pavilion of the Yangxin Palace. At this time, the Xinuan Pavilion house was already burning, Xianfeng sat down on the warm cushion of the chair in front of the desk, and saw that a stack of recitals had been placed on the desk, and the content of these recitals was related to the "Shangdi Sect" anti-thieves in Guangxi.

As a young emperor, Xianfeng did not expect that he would encounter a rebellion as soon as he ascended the throne. Of course, he didn't know that the Manchu court's intelligence gathering ability was extremely rubbish, and even the name of "God worship" could be mistaken. Through these movements, Xianfeng knows that more than half a year has passed, and there have been several "great news" for the extermination of rebels in Guangxi. From Jintian Village to Sanliwei, from Bauhinia Mountain to Xinwei, the rebels and several official armies always fled after defeating the official army. More than five months ago, the rebels conquered Yong'an City, and on the map, they even had the possibility of attacking Guilin with their army.

Nearly 10 million taels of silver have been used up in Guangxi's crackdown on bandits for more than half a year, and this is no longer a pressure that an empty treasury can bear. At this time, the suppression of bandits in Guangxi was not only not completed, but also had the appearance of a distant future. This could not be exasperated by the young emperor.

Cezanne had already gone to the front line to supervise the battle under Xianfeng's strict orders, but many recitals from Guangxi show that at this time, Guangxi entered the rainy season, and the rain was continuous, and it was impossible to fight.

The siege of Yong'an was not as resounding as expected, but fell into a more stalemate situation. Emperor Xianfeng understood that Cezanne had disappointed him again this time. But in the current situation, if Cézanne is not reused, there is no one to use. The Qing army's warlike troops were basically in the north, and Shengbao and Seng Lingqin were responsible for guarding the Beijing division. The Ganshan Green Battalion can also fight, but it has to guard against the northwest. The Qing army in the south and all its efforts were mobilized to Guangxi, and the only one who could solve the battle could rely on Cezanne and others.

As an emperor, he naturally has to follow the ancestral system. Most of Xianfeng's head was shaved bare, only a strand of head the size of a copper coin was left on the back of his head, which was braided into a braid the thickness of a rat's tail, Xianfeng viciously threw the long rat tail on his head to the back of his head, and began to read the letters about the Taiping Army with hatred.

After reading something for a while, Xianfeng suddenly got up, he first walked back and forth angrily for a while, and then suddenly stopped at the table and looked at it again with a letter. Seeing the emperor's anger, the palace maids and eunuchs who were waiting lowered their heads, looked at the oblique front, and held their breath and did not dare to make a sound.

What made Xianfeng so angry was a letter from Colondo, the imperial guard who was accompanying the minister Cezana, detailing the appearance of an army with Han Chinese hair among the rebels in Guangxi. This army is not only fierce in battle, but there are also people from the capital among them. In addition to Cologdo's letter, the other two guards also wrote letters, and the content was exactly the same as that of Cologdo.

At the mention of braids, as soon as Han family buns were mentioned, Xianfeng was as angry as someone burning the balls in his crotch with fire. Throughout the Manchu era, the emperor never had real self-confidence. Yidi's background made the Manchu emperor's defense of the Han people extremely strong, and he regarded himself as Yidi, so he naturally had a kind of unconfidence in the Han people. The less confident they were, the more the Manchus had to maintain their Yidi status. This rat tail on the head is undoubtedly the most important thing.

"These people are so daring!" Xianfeng finally scolded angrily. However, Xianfeng obviously thought wrongly, everyone rebelled openly, where would they take the rules of the Manchu Qing Dynasty seriously.

After scolding, Xianfeng's anger was slightly evacuated, and he looked at the letters from the three imperial guards again. The letter also made it clear that the Taiping army did not mention its head, but only clothed it, and the bundle of troops was quite different in the Taiping army. Even the imperial guards were not sure if the army was a member of the Taiping Army.

Xianfeng immediately began to write an edict, asking the local officials in Guangxi to carefully find out where the gang of thieves was. Since the battle of Yong'an was a war of attrition, Xianfeng also knew that there was no way to force Cezanne and others to win in the short term, so he strictly ordered Xu Guangjin to step up the extermination of the 18th division of the Ling in Guangdong, and after the victory, he quickly reorganized his troops and horses to participate in the encirclement and suppression of the rebels in Guangxi.

However, Xianfeng also underestimated Cezanne, and after the weather cleared on March 17, Cezanne once again launched an attack on Yong'an. Despite the ineffective mobilization, unable to control the generals, and unable to come up with a way to conquer Yong'an, Cezanne still exhausted his brain cells and ordered artillery bombardment of the Taiping army's positions, trying to use artillery superiority to solve the Taiping army. At least it was a heavy blow to the morale of the Taiping army.

Beginning on the 17th, the southern battalion of the Qing army bombarded the position of Luoweng Village of the Taiping Army in the south of the city, and Xiang Rong in the north of the city transported the first cannon to the high ground in the north of the city and fired fiercely at Yong'an City. On the same day, seven or eight shells hit Yong'an City.

Weese's camp was not shelled, but the rumbling of artillery outside the city made Weese's men nervous.

"The Qing army can't delay everyone reading when they fight artillery!" Wei Ze shouted as if he were an old pedant. This more than half a month of closed training made Wei Ze feel very happy. It is difficult to eliminate gambling in each ** team, one of the reasons is that soldiers have a lot of leisure time, and it is inevitable that there will be moths when they sit like this.

On rainy days, both the Qing army and the Taiping army were on a truce. In such a good opportunity, Wei Ze was reorganized on the one hand, and on the other hand, he was conducting cultural and military training for his subordinates.

Ten Arabic numerals, corresponding simplified Chinese characters, front and back, left and right, up and down, heaven, earth and people, hands, feet, heads, chest, arms, legs, waist and hips, casualties, nursing, etc., which are very related to daily life and military training, are given priority to teaching. If it is not possible to provide a comprehensive and detailed education to these soldiers, then start with the words that are closely related to everyone.

The basic knowledge of mathematics such as ten hundred thousand yuan must also be added to it, and it is not necessary for everyone to learn and understand it immediately, but first forcibly instill knowledge into the minds of the soldiers.

However, the ninety-nine multiplication table is easier than Wei Ze imagined, and the queue and number reporting training make it easy for everyone to understand addition and multiplication. From one to one to ninety-nine eighty-one, more than half a month of hard work, at least half of the brothers can be catchy.

Training is not only cultural knowledge, but also basic military training. This is a common view in the 21st century. The daily training of the Weeser unit includes squats, push-ups, pull-ups, sit-ups, running, straw sandals, leggings, and assassination. Most of these are compulsory courses in middle schools in the 21st century, and those that can become compulsory courses in the 21st century are naturally extremely scientific.

It's not just the fighters who have to train, Weeser takes the officers and the fighters to train together. After more than half a month of boring and terrifying culture and military training, as soon as they heard the sound of artillery outside, Wei Ze's subordinates immediately became excited.

He also forced his subordinates to complete the morning training, but a guard came to inform Wei Ze and asked him to go to the Dongwang Mansion to attend a military meeting.

When they arrived at the East Palace, there were more than 30 people sitting in the hall, except for the four kings of the south, east, west, and northwest, the rest was a group of prime ministers, military commanders, division commanders, and brigade commanders. Wei Ze had the lowest status among these people, but he managed to squeeze into the ranks of the middle-level cadres in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

Such a fierce artillery fire of the Qing army really surprised the leadership of the Taiping Army, and the purpose of gathering so many people was naturally to discuss. These days, Wei Ze often went to Nanwang Feng Yunshan for meetings, and it was the first time to participate in such a meeting.

Feng Yun, the king of the south, is a big man who worships God, and when Xiao Chaogui, the king of the west, was "possessed by Brother Jesus", he said to Hong Xiuquan that Feng Yunshan has "three stars", and Yang Xiuqing, the king of the east, has "two stars". Even so, Yang Xiuqing is the first person in the Taiping Heavenly Government, and Feng Yunshan, the king of the South, is only a general under Yang Xiuqing, and he has to obey Yang Xiuqing's dispatch in the overall operation.

Sitting on the main seat, Yang Xiuqing asked, "Brothers, the Qing Demon suddenly shelled, what do you think they mean?" ”

The kings naturally had higher-level meetings, so the other four kings were silent. The army commanders, division commanders, and brigade commanders saw Yang Xiuqing's gaze sweeping over them, and no one spoke immediately. Everyone naturally had their own thoughts about the unexpected action of the Qing Demon, but no one dared to guarantee that they knew why the Qing Demon suddenly did this.

As far as Wei Ze's thoughts were concerned, he felt that the artillery bombardment of the Qing army was nothing remarkable. Compared with the firecrackers of the Spring Festival in the 21st century, 5*5, 6*6, 8*8, and even 1o*1o fireworks, the feeling of this shelling is not painful or itchy. There were no flowering shells, hundreds of shells were fired, and the impact was limited. As long as the defensive positions can be arranged, the Qing army will only consume ammunition in vain.

It is impossible for the commander of the Qing army not to know this, and if he insists on doing this despite knowing it, the result will only be the way of dealing with his superiors in the officialdom. Thinking of this, Wei Ze naturally had no intention of speaking. The key now is not what the Qing army is prepared to do, but what the Taiping army is prepared to do. Shrinking in the city and being passively beaten, no matter how wasteful the Qing army is, just by besieging it, it can finally solve the Taiping army. But such strategic matters are not within the scope of Weeser's involvement.

With this in mind, Weeser did not say a word until after the end of the military meeting. But no one specifically designated Wei Zeyan, after all, among all the people present, Wei Ze has the youngest qualifications and the youngest. He doesn't speak, and no one really cares.

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