Chapter 278: Chengde Comfort (Second Watch)

The Xiaoice period at the end of the Ming Dynasty basically ended in the year of Xianfeng's accession to the throne, but the weather will not warm up all at once, and the climate will warm up little by little. Therefore, in the early winter, Chengde has already fallen with snow, although the silver is enchanting and beautiful, but the dripping water will also become ice, and the nobles have to enjoy the snow in the warm pavilion.

Xianfeng has been coughing when he is enjoying the snow, and his eyes are a little drunk, and the queen, Concubine Yi, and Concubine Li can only be anxious in their eyes. After Xianfeng arrived in Chengde, he was drunk and dreamed of death almost every day, and his daily life was no different from chronic suicide. Originally, half a catty of alcohol, I had to drink a catty every day, and I could turn over four or five brands in one night, and I couldn't stand it like this, not to mention that Xianfeng was not a strong person. That is to say, the dragon body is talented, and it has changed to ordinary people, not to mention struggling to enjoy the snow, and it is difficult to stand up.

The twists and turns sent from other provinces are basically Su Shun's military aircraft department, and Zhu Pi is also ghostwritten by Yi Guifei. That is to say, Su Shun is deeply practical, and Concubine Yi is shrewd and capable, otherwise according to Xianfeng's current state, the center of the Qing Dynasty will be paralyzed. Xianfeng, who used to be a Ming Jun, doesn't care much about the government anymore, as if he has changed a person, and he only has wine and women in his eyes every day. When I really have a weak heart, I have to pull my wife and concubine to enjoy the snow together, and I don't look like a half-clear gentleman.

"What's the matter?" Xianfeng used the excuse to warm up his body, and he drank half a catty of wine, and suddenly saw his personal eunuch Liu Ruyi looking outside the warm pavilion.

"Long live the master of Qiqi, there is an important piece of music in the capital, Lord Du Handu asks to see you!" Liu Ruyi knelt outside the warm pavilion and replied.

"Senior brother is here, good, good, senior brother's poetry is the best, let him endow him with a good poem." Xianfeng frowned tightly when he heard Jingli's recital, and then as if he was lying to himself, he mentioned the poem.

Whether to talk about poetry and poetry or discuss excerpts, Liu Ruyi couldn't care about it, so he hurriedly agreed, and went to summon Du Han. Xianfeng began to pour himself a drink again, the queen persuaded a few words, and was educated by the emperor's husband a few words, and others did not dare to open up. Xianfeng drank another seven or eight cups before Du Han entered the warm pavilion.

"Chen Duhan greets the emperor!" Xianfeng's wine has hurt his body recently, and his thin body is a little out of shape, and Du Han feels worried when he looks at it.

"Senior brother! Come and drink and enjoy the snow together, I just talked about your poems! Xianfeng smiled at Du Han, but the smile was very reluctant.

"Your Majesty, Qimen Zeng Guofan and Taihu Hu Linyi sent a joint recital. The two of them are now supervising the division to suppress the bandits, and they are very anxious to hear that there has been a great change in Gyeonggi, so they ask the imperial court to send one of them to lead more than 10,000 elite soldiers to help! Du Han didn't have the heart to drink with Xianfeng, and he didn't care what Xianfeng said, and explained his intentions.

"Long live the lord, Zeng supervised and Hu Zhongcheng have been in the front line of the south of the Yangtze River for a long time, and the elite soldiers under his command are also experienced in a hundred battles, they must be useful soldiers, long live the lord can choose to transfer one person to help the Beijing division!" Concubine Yi listened to Du Han's recital and was greatly moved.

"Aren't they in a hurry? How to send people to help? I'm afraid that if the front line is not defeated again, they want to cheat a will from me, and when the court investigates them for their crimes in the future, they will use my will as an excuse! Xianfeng tilted his neck and drank a drink, without any excitement.

"Your Majesty, Zeng and Hu are both people who are in charge of the imperial court and are honest people for the country, so they definitely won't have this thought!" Du Han was also helpless, this time in the north hunt, Xianfeng was greatly stimulated, the whole person was depressed, and everything was thinking about the worst.

"No, when did you get this recital? How much time did it take to go from Qimen to the capital, and then to us. When my will to allow them to come to aid reaches Qimen, they will rush to Beijing with their whole army, I am afraid that my Forbidden City will be burned to the ground by foreign devils! Yi Xin and Sheng Bao played the fake news that the Old Summer Palace was burned down before, and Xianfeng was also stimulated a lot, and he now feels that as long as he is a writer, there is a possibility that it will be burned down by foreign devils.

"Alas!" Du Han also sighed, although Xianfeng was depressed, he was not confused, Zeng Guofan was too far away, and when he arrived in Beijing, the daylilies were really cold.

"What's the use of coming now, Monk Greenqin's record is much stronger than Zeng Guofan's, what a result! God bless me! Xianfeng was so strong that he cried in front of the courtiers, concubines and eunuchs and palace maids.

Everyone persuaded one after another, but Xianfeng couldn't hold it back, these things had been pressed in his heart for too long, and he needed to vent too much. For a while, I remembered that I abandoned my country and family, and I was ashamed of my ancestors and ancestors, and for a while, I remembered that I was ashamed of my soldiers and subjects when I escaped from the battle, and finally I remembered the Old Summer Palace that was burned down. Guilt and distress occupied Xianfeng's heart, and he was already emotionally agitated by the power of alcohol, and he cried to death when he thought of sad things.

"Hahaha, Daxi, Daxi!" Someone outside suddenly shouted, and the hearty laughter was even more continuous, startling all the palace people in a panic. When the emperor was sad, that bastard whose ancestors lacked virtue was messing around outside, it didn't matter if he lost his head, don't involve the palace people on duty!

"Who's presumptuous!" Xianfeng now has the heart to go out by himself and slaughter this bastard who disturbs him with his own hands.

"The slave waits for the master, long live the master, and say hello!" Before Xianfeng could be killed, Liu Ruyi cautiously led a group of military dignitaries over, obviously Liu Ruyi wanted to come in to report, but these overly excited ministers broke in. A group of ministers led by Duanhua and Zaiyuan were all beaming, and Su Shun was even more smiling, and as soon as he entered the door, he shouted congratulations to Xianfeng.

"What's going on?" Xianfeng was still a little annoyed, but after all, everyone who came was his confidant, so he didn't blame him. And these people are so happy, something big must have happened. Of course, if what these people want to say is about Zeng Guofan's reinforcement, Xianfeng is not welcome.

"Long live the Lord, I just received an urgent report from the sixth master from Beijing, the Gu'an Association led the staff leader Guo Xing'a to lead the troops into the Beijing Division, captured the British army commander Grant, and beheaded the French army commander Montauban, and the British and French sued for peace with my Qing Dynasty. The sixth master's report said that now that the treaty has been signed, the war is over, and the disaster is gone! Without waiting for Duanhua and Zaiyuan to speak, Su Shun shouted out Guoxing's exploits, of course, some places were replaced with words that Xianfeng likes to hear.

"What!" Xianfeng fluttered up from the soft collapse at once.

"Long live the lord, the peace agreement has been completed, and the British and French troops have begun to withdraw from the Beijing Division!" This time, it was Duanhua and the others who spoke.

"Really, don't lie to me, didn't you say that the Old Summer Palace was burned by foreign devils?" Xianfeng really couldn't believe it.

"Long live the Old Summer Palace, the Old Summer Palace has not been destroyed. As soon as the foreign devils arrived at the Old Summer Palace, Guo Xing'a arrived and killed more than 2,000 foreign devils in one breath to save the garden. Later, some rebels rushed into the garden to take advantage of the chaos and looted, and Guoxing Ah burned the residences of some eunuchs to isolate the rebels. Katsuho in Jingli didn't know why, so he mistakenly thought that the foreign devils burned down the Old Summer Palace. Su Shun hurriedly gave Guoxing a tribute.

In the past, Su Shun defended Guoxing'a, all of which looked at Guoxing's cheap father Huiyang's face, out of friendship for his old friend. This time the hype of Guoxing Ake is different, it is completely due to interests. Guoxing's department can now be described as the strongest army in the Qing Dynasty, and in the future, Guoxing'a will inevitably be a figure who can influence the situation, and Su Shun must envelop Guoxing'a under his command. Guoxing'a can come to this day, thanks to Su Shun's support, Guoxing'a will definitely repay Su Shun when he knows it in the future. Su Shun is kind to Guoxing, and he is a poor friend with Huiyang, and Guoxinga will definitely be his person in the future, since he is his future leader, Su Shun will of course have to play with his life.

"Good, good, great!" Xianfeng didn't feel uncomfortable with the wine in his stomach, and the whole person instantly became energetic, although he was still weak, but his spirit was very different.

After Xianfeng sat upright on the soft collapse, Duanhua and the others were busy chanting for a while, and then they carefully said Yixin's recital. However, as the content of the treaty became clear little by little, Xianfeng's original excitement became dim, and finally even his face sank.

"The sixth is incompetent, losing power and humiliating the country! Isn't Goxinga already sure to win? Why don't you completely expel the foreign devils, abolish the previous humiliating covenants, or open the port, or pay compensation, and the most hateful thing is that the foreign devil's minister still has to be stationed in Beijing. What is the difference between this and what his father-in-law Gui Liang talked about in Tianjin? "Xianfeng just heard about the big victory, and he was ready to drive away all the foreign devils in China, but he didn't want the content of the contract to be like this.

"Long live the lord, although Guo Xing'a defeated the main force of the foreign devils this time, but the foreign devils still have a large number of soldiers and horses in India and other places, if they don't make peace, they are afraid that the war will be delayed. There is a detailed explanation in the book of the sixth master, please long live the lord! Duanhua explained two sentences, seeing that Xianfeng was still indignant, afraid that he would not understand, so he could only show Yixin's recital to Xianfeng himself.

"Didn't we win? Why do you have to pay compensation! After watching Yi Xin's recital, Xianfeng also knew that what Yi Xin said made sense, he was too excited just now, and his thoughts were a little unrealistic. But since he has won, he has to cede the land and pay compensation, and Xianfeng's face is a little unbearable.

"The matter of the indemnity and the lease of the Kowloon Division, the sixth master said in the excerpt about the situation in Russia, and the purpose of giving these things to Britain and France is to win them over and help us fight against Russia." Zaiyuan shared the pressure of Duanhua.

"Russia? My Great Qing Dynasty went to war with Britain and France, what does it have to do with Russia? "Xianfeng is a little confused.

"Back to Long Live Lord, it is really hateful to talk about this Russia, when the Sixth Master and Guo Xinga negotiated peace with Britain and France, they learned that it turned out that Britain and France started a war with our Qing Dynasty, and eighty percent of it was instigated by Russia from behind. Russia itself pretended to be a good guy and sold it on both sides, but in fact it was only trying to provoke us into war with Britain and France, so that they could take advantage of the fire to loot. Before the peace talks were concluded, the Russian minister Ignatiev came to the door and threatened the Sixth Master, demanding that the Qing Dynasty recognize the "Treaty of Aihui" and the harsh provisions added to it, otherwise he would not only not continue to mediate, but would also declare war on the Qing Dynasty. Fortunately, Guo Xing'a was well aware of foreign affairs, discovered the flaws, and after discussing with the sixth master, he rented land to Britain and France for compensation, and pulled Britain and France to our side of the Qing Dynasty. Later, when negotiating with the Russians in Shuntianfu, Britain and France fully supported our Qing Dynasty, and the Russians could only return with a feather, although we lost millions of silver, but we held the fertile land of 5,000 miles in northern Xinjiang. "Su Shun must bring Goxinga with him when he proposes peace, and his role must be highlighted.

"Alas! It's not easy to worry about internal and external troubles, if there is no Jiangnan long hair to make trouble, why would I be so guilty of it! Xianfeng took Hong Xiuquan out to serve as a step for himself, and recognized the results of the Beijing peace talks.

Everyone sang praises to Xianfeng again, and Xianfeng also let Chengde celebrate the success of the peace talks, but when the ministers knelt down, he left Yi Guifei, Su Shun, Duanhua, Zaiyuan and Du Han.