After the last visit to Li Xiucheng, the Ming envoy to Tianjing quickly boarded a Ming warship in Xiaguan and left this place with an uncertain future. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The docks in Shimonoseki were very busy even at this time, because the supply of military supplies for war was the best business, and most of them were Ming merchants.

Xiaguan is the most important base of the Ming Dynasty on the Yangtze River, which was originally opened up by the Ming army, and the wharf was built by the Ming Dynasty, so since the Ming Dynasty successfully rescued Tianjing City, the city is the territory of the Taiping Army, and the outside of the city has been managed by the Ming Dynasty, and even the Ming Navy drew this place on the map of the Ming military base. When the Daming Yangtze River Fleet cruised, it stopped here not once or twice.

The minister, who was dressed in a literati robe and wore a black gauze hat on his head, couldn't help but sigh, the country is selling everything to save people's lives, but these businessmen are actually thinking about making a fortune, it is really more important to profit than righteousness, don't they know that the materials they send have to be filled with human lives in the end, and don't they have a little conscience to make this kind of bloody money.

With full regret, Huang Zunxian, a diplomat from Jiaying Prefecture in Guangdong, left Tianjing, he had no nostalgia for this place, he did not like the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom as a country, he just fulfilled his duties.

Before leaving, he didn't tell Li Xiucheng the reason for his withdrawal, only said that he was ordered to evacuate, Li Xiucheng asked if he was worried about danger, and promised to do his best to protect him, the Qing demon can't help the kingdom of heaven, please rest assured. In the end, Li Xiucheng was very low-key at this meeting, obviously he himself knew that the situation in Heaven was not good.

Huang Zunxian did not tell Li Xiucheng that the Ming Dynasty was about to use troops against the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, which was not in line with international practice, but international practice did not work here in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and the Foreign Affairs Department told him that once the facts were exposed, Li Xiucheng was afraid that he would kill him, Huang Zunxian was not afraid of death, and the diplomat had to take risks when necessary, even if he paid with his life, he could not let the country be humiliated, so he did not approve of the decision of the Foreign Affairs Department, could he not be polite for the personal safety of the minister? Back then, Su Wu shepherded sheep on the North Seaside, and did not fall into the majesty of the Han envoy at the most difficult moment, but Huang Zunxian wanted to make the country rude to foreign countries for his personal safety, and he was deeply ashamed.

But he still didn't tell the truth, he had to obey the order, and at the same time he also suspected that this was the meaning of the army, and the army wanted to sneak attack and fight without declaring it, so he didn't let the foreign affairs department startle the snake.

Huang Zunxian really underestimated the strength of the group of people in control of the army, this group of young Zhuang sent to Europe to study for five years, and talked about the procedure of declaring war more than anyone else, they felt that the procedure of declaring war first and fighting a war was very chivalrous, so that you were ready I am fighting you, which is a sign of self-confidence.

It was only during the Spring and Autumn Period in China that this set of etiquette was very taught, such as the famous "Book of the Absolute Qin", whether to break the alliance relationship before fighting.

That kind of sneak attack style of attacking without telling the story is the plundering habit of the grassland people, and it is not angry in the small family.

Wen Yuan, they have long been eager to tell the Taiping Army that Lao Tzu is going to fight you, and then lead the army to push over, I heard that the Ministry of War plans to go on a northern expedition, and they are all fighting for the Red Ear in the Ministry of War, and they all want to lead the troops to the battle, and they are about to duel, and they are arguing with each other and asking for the emperor to comment, as if the emperor can meet anyone's requirements.

But the emperor clearly refused to see them, and the emperor said that there was a military department to preside over the military affairs, and there was a Shangshu order to decide, and the emperor did not listen to the military affairs before the time of the national war.

Is it really ignorable, of course it can't be, Chen Zhiting and the military department have already reported the plan to the emperor in its original form, and all the plans have been signed and sealed by Zhu Jinglun, which is also a common practice of the nations, without the order of the Queen of England, the British army cannot take action in terms of procedure, the prime minister said that it doesn't matter at all, it's just that the British royal family gave up these powers, and they never refute the decisions of the prime minister and the government.

Therefore, real power or virtual power is not necessarily procedural or legal provisions, the most fundamental thing is that people use it, and some national constitutions are written magnificently, but they still can't restrain the arbitrariness of the rulers, and they are not satisfied with changing the constitution as if they were playing. Therefore, the same governing process may be virtual power in the UK, but it may be real power in the Ming Dynasty.

The reason why I didn't see those officers was because I didn't want to leave them with a man who could intervene with the emperor and throw aside the decisions of the civilian government at any time, so that there was no difference with the Japanese War Department.

So even if it is Zhu Jinglun who makes the decision, it must be implemented through the Ministry of War in the end.

The plan of the General Staff Headquarters is that if the operational objective is only set in Zhejiang, there is no need for general mobilization at all, and the troops of one province of the Fujian Military Region are enough to deal with it, and Fujian is a province with a large population, and the military region has a standing establishment of 80,000 people, which is as much as that of Guangdong, and the reserve force has 100,000 in Guangdong, and Fujian is slightly less, but there are also 70,000 troops, and when mobilized, it is a 150,000-strong army, which is enough to capture Zhejiang.

In terms of military affairs, Zhejiang was relatively easy to attack, because the Taiping Army's defense focus was always on the Yangtze River, so Zhejiang was relatively empty. In addition, because the main force of the Hunan army and the main force of the Taiping army were mainly concentrated along the river, Huizhou Mansion, Ningguo Mansion and Guangdezhou in southern Anhui were basically not valued by both sides, and it was relatively easy for the Ming army to attack here from Jiangxi.

Therefore, this war must be in charge of the general soldiers of the Fujian Military Region, the old black dog is the chief soldier of the Guangdong Military Region of the first major military region, and the chief soldier of the Fujian Military Region of the second largest military region is Deng Shicai.

The black dog has long set himself in the position of a loyal dog, and he is already a high-ranking official, so he should have the consciousness of retiring after success, this is what Fang Shan told him, and warned him that there are too many powerful people in history who cannot die well, and I hope he will be cautious. The black dog is very satisfied with his status, so he has been very low-key all these years, and has no other bad habits except that he likes to marry a young wife and have children. A gang leader who can quit even being addicted to opium is a strange thing if he doesn't have super self-control.

However, Deng Shicai did not fight, which was a little surprising, some did not conform to his temperament of the young Zhuang faction, of course, it may also be that he was very sure that if he wanted to go on the Northern Expedition, the Fujian Military Region would be indispensable, so there was no need to fight at all.

In short, this first battle was carried out by Deng Shicai under the leadership of the Standing and Reserve 150,000 troops of the Fujian Military Region, and the standing troops of the Jiangxi Military Region where Chen Jishi was located should be prepared to assemble the army on the border of Jiangxi and Anhui, ready to capture southern Anhui at any time, and the rest of the military regions were not allowed to carry out any action.

The main reason why the armies of Liangguang and Guangxi were not allowed to prepare for war, and even the standing troops were not allowed to prepare for war, was that they were worried that the young Zhuang faction, who were eager for war, would not be able to control their emotions and take the initiative to provoke trouble on the Hunan border, which would eventually turn the war into a big melee with the Taiping army and the Hunan army.

The Fujian Military Region moved quickly, almost after completing the assembly, it invaded the territory of Zhejiang as soon as possible, and the Taiping army was unaware of it before, and when they noticed it, the Ming army had already approached the city.

At this time, Li Xiucheng also transferred the elite troops of the Taiping Army, which was originally not much in Zhejiang, to the vicinity of Tianjing, and the main force of his descendants was even more victorious, and it was bound to block the Hunan army from the range of Tianjing, and Tianjing could no longer withstand a siege battle.

The fighting style of the Hunan army was tenacious, Li Xiucheng launched many attacks, but they were all repelled by the Hunan army, and the Hunan army approached the victory pass step by step, and the main force of the Taiping army gathered in Tianjing little by little, and other places were really very empty.

Therefore, the Ming army was overwhelmed, basically did not encounter any decent resistance, and soon occupied the three southern Zhejiang prefectures, Wenzhou, Chuzhou and Taizhou, and at the same time 20,000 men quickly strengthened the defense of the Ming concession of Ningbo and Shanghai with the cooperation of the navy, fearing that the Taiping army would attack Ningbo and Shanghai in anger.

At the same time, Chen Jishi sent 30,000 troops into Huizhou, through the merchant forces in Jiangxi have long infiltrated Huizhou, has been launched, the local princes who are close to the Jiangxi businessmen, and they are all pampered and accustomed to rich and noble people, where are willing to play with the Ming army, through the merchants from the matchmaking, the Ming army to ensure the safety of their lives and property, Huizhou Mansion also easily won.

However, it will take a lot of effort to fight Ningguofu, because it is necessary to pass through Huizhou by land, Huizhou produces tea, and the famous Huangshan is also a famous tea producing area, but at this time it is the time to compete with the Hunan army for time, if the Ming army does not fight these places first, and when the Hunan army is defeated, it will have to fight another battle with the Hunan army.

At this time, Li Xiucheng, who was preparing for a decisive battle with the Hunan army, suddenly went crazy, and scolded the Ming for treachery, but the whip was out of reach, at this time, a large number of Ming merchants were killed, and the happy businessmen who were making war fortunes in the Xiaguan area were suddenly arrested and imprisoned in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and other places, including the Ming merchants in Shanghai County, and the Ming merchants in the Suhu area were many, Li Xiucheng's troops in these places were weak, but it was easy to catch a few merchants, and soon more than 2,000 Ming merchants were arrested.

However, after a fire, Li Xiucheng quickly calmed down, he took a breath of patience and patiently wrote a letter to Zhu Jinglun, acknowledging for the first time the kindness of the Ming Dynasty to rescue Tianjing, saying that without the rescue of the Ming Dynasty, the Kingdom of Heaven would have been destroyed.

Then reviewed the harmony between the Ming Dynasty and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom over the years, which can be called a model of diplomatic relations, and now the Ming Dynasty is attacking for no reason, there must be a reason, Li Xiucheng said that if there is any misunderstanding, please tell the Ming Dynasty that the Kingdom of Heaven must have changed, and there will be no encouragement.

can make pampered and pampered, and the nine-thousand-year-old Li Xiucheng, who has been pampered for so many years, has put his posture so low, which proves that the situation in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is indeed very bad.

Zhu Jinglun replied to the letter, expressing regret in the letter, he told Li Xiucheng that it was not that the Ming Dynasty wanted to be treacherous, but that the situation dictated, in order to avoid the misery of Zhejiang, the Ming army planned to enter this area, just hoping to keep one side safe, and clearly stated that he was very worried about the current situation in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and advised Li Xiucheng not to take risks easily when he was really unable to do anything, and the Ming Dynasty was waiting for the arrival of King Zhong at any time.

In the end, he mentioned the Ming businessman who was arrested by the Taiping Army, and told Li Xiucheng that the two countries would not help the overall situation by killing a few businessmen, but might cut off their own way, that is, they advised and threatened, and I don't know if Li Xiucheng could listen to it.

As a result, Li Xiuguo released some merchants, but they were all merchants who could send war materials to the Taiping army at this unfavorable time, and those unrelated merchants continued to be locked up, but they did not kill them, and were raised in prison.

Li Xiucheng wrote a letter to Zhu Jinglun, and Zeng Guofan soon wrote a letter to Zhu Jinglun, Li Xiucheng's letter was to hope for reconciliation, and Zeng Guofan's letter was to discuss cooperation.

Zeng Guofan discussed with Zhu Jinglun that since the Ming Dynasty had sent troops, the two sides should agree on rules and regulations to avoid misunderstandings. Zeng Guofan expressed his willingness to accept the Ming Dynasty's capture of Zhejiang, while the Qing Dynasty recovered Anhui and Suzhou.

This time, Zhu Jinglun did not reply to Zeng Guofan, but sent a telegram, telling Zeng Guofan that if the two countries wanted to sign a convention, they should send an envoy to come, so the Qing envoy soon came.

An old acquaintance who Zhu Jinglun hasn't seen for a long time, should have died a long time ago but hasn't died yet, Bai Gui is here!