Yang Xiaoshan was bloody, and he almost pulled out his sword and was about to fight Zuo Zongtang, but he quickly came back to his senses, this Zuo Zongtang only revealed his old bottom after blocking the left and right, and he definitely didn't want to arrest himself.

So Yang Xiaoshan slowly sat down on his own.

Seeing him look so calmly, Zuo Zongtang couldn't help but praise: "It's not a loss to be the king of the east, just with your calmness, Zuo really didn't see the wrong person." ”

"How did you tell that I was Yang Xiaoshan?" Yang Xiaoshan said slowly.

"Not for me to see." Zuo Zongtang was not interrogating the prisoner, but chatting with a friend.

"Oh? Who is it? Yang Xiaoshan was a little curious, it stands to reason that his disguise is still very perfect, and ordinary people should not be able to see it.

"Cheng Xueqi, you defected from the heavens, and you used to work under Yang Xiuqing, and you know a lot of things. The Hunan army was able to penetrate Anhui so quickly, and he also made a lot of contributions. Zuo Zongtang touched his beard and replied.

"It turned out to be him!" Yang Xiaoshan recalled that there was indeed such a number one person in the East Hall in the past, and it seemed that he still underestimated this person, and he didn't expect him to reveal his true face.

"He found you reciting a poem on the city tower in Hangzhou and found your flaws." Zuo Zongtang was also happy, and explained the reason for the matter.

"It turned out to be here, but Yang was negligent, I thought it was seamless, but I didn't expect it to be discovered by someone with a heart." Yang Xiaoshan said with emotion, you can't underestimate the ancients, there are many smart people in these years.

"Why don't you ask where Cheng Xueqi is now?" Zuo Zongtang said with a smile.

"Do you still need to ask, since it is not Zeng Guofan who is coming to me now, then Cheng Xueqi must have fallen into your hands. If I'm not mistaken, I'm afraid that this Cheng Xueqi also found out about the situation that you met with me many years ago. Yang Xiaoshan seemed very relaxed, and in this short period of time, he also figured out the subtleties of Zuo Zongtang. (Chapter 151: Yang Xiaoshan once recruited Zuo Zongtang into the Taiping Army.) ）

"Hahaha, it's that easy to talk to smart people. People say that my Zuo has always been above the top, and the only thing I admire is you Yang Xiaoshan. "Zuo Zongtang was really guessed by Yang Xiaoshan, after Cheng Xueqi found out that Chang Shan was Yang Xiaoshan, he was still looking for anyone in the Qing court who had contact with Yang Xiaoshan. Yang Xiaoshan's identity is too special, he is the queen mother and Prince Gong's celebrity, and he sued him directly, in case he didn't succeed, he would be unlucky, so he also wanted to find a breakthrough, this breakthrough was really found by him, a person named Ji Gao once came to join the Taiping Army, it was Yang Xiaoshan who found it, but then left, Ji Gao is not Zuo Zongtang's word.

"Don't praise me, are you going to kill me now, after all, I'm the only one who knows that you once took refuge in the Taiping Army. Kill me, and no one will know the secret again. Yang Xiaoshan took the teacup on the table and took a sip of tea calmly.

"If you were just an ordinary person, Zuo would have died up a long time ago, but I appreciate you very much, you have done everything to make Zuo admire, and the entire Qing court has been played by you between applause, it is exciting to think about it. So Zuo wants to make a deal with you. Zuo Zongtang smiled slightly, and also picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea.

"Deal? Do you want money or people? Wouldn't you want to vote for my Taiping Heavenly Kingdom? Yang Xiaoshan said lightly.

"Taiping Heavenly Kingdom? You are a smart man, and now that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is full of qi, everyone knows it, and it is a matter of time before it is destroyed. Zuo Mou came to ask for money this time, and the tens of thousands of people in Shengbao and the financial support of your subordinate Hu Xueyan. Zuo Zongtang finally said the purpose of coming to Yang Xiaoshan.

Zeng Guofan sent Zuo Zongtang to Zhejiang without giving him a tael of silver and a soldier, but only gave him a hat as the governor of Zhejiang. It can be seen that Zeng Guofan does not like Zuo Zongtang, because he is proud of his talents, refuses to be subservient, and always wants to be his assistant at ease. It's the same with sending Li Hongzhang to Shanghai, Li Hongzhang is a thorough pragmatist, and efficiency comes first in everything he does, and Zeng Guofan doesn't like him, because he likes to do things at least to stand on the moral high ground, and he has to pretend to be a thing.

But Zuo Zongtang was not as lucky as Li Hongzhang, Li Hongzhang arrived in Shanghai, Shanghai was surrounded by the Taiping Army, and those rich people in Shanghai were willing to take out money to support him to run the Huai Army, and with the help of foreigners, foreign guns and foreign artillery could immediately arm the whole army.

And Zuo Zongtang is a lonely man in Zhejiang, he did not get the trust of the local gentry as a foreign governor, and finally gathered a team of thousands of people, foreign guns and cannons must not be able to afford it, and he often worries because the military salary is not enough. So he has never been able to develop and grow, and at this time, Li Xiucheng was in full swing, so he suffered a few defeats in Zhejiang, and the reprimand of the imperial court made him very stressed.

Cheng Xueqi checked himself in Zhejiang and let him accidentally find out, and then got the secret that Changshan is Yang Xiaoshan. So Zuo Zongtang found an opportunity, disposed of Cheng Xueqi, and threw the pot to the Taiping Army, in this era of war and chaos, a large number of people die every day, and it is normal for a small official like Cheng Xueqi to die.

Zuo Zongtang came this time to seize this opportunity to ask Yang Xiaoshan for money and develop and strengthen his Chu army. He has always been arrogant and unwilling to be left behind, and he is determined to make his Chu army as powerful as the Hunan army and the Huai army.

"I gave you people and money to fight the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, do you think I, Yang Xiaoshan, am such a traitor to seek glory?" Yang Xiaoshan shook his head and vetoed.

"Zuo knew that you would have this to say, Zuo's Chu army did not come this time to deal with your Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, this time I went north to Shaanxi, Gansu and Ping to rebel and return to the rebellion, the Hunan army wanted to suppress Changmao and refused to go, the Huai army could not leave Shanghai, only my Chu army took this job. This is also an opportunity for me Zuo to become famous in one battle, as long as you agree to lend me tens of thousands of Shengbao's tens of thousands of people, and let Hu Xueyan lend me military funds, I will definitely succeed in Shaanxi and Gansu this time. Zuo Zongtang's eyes lit up as he spoke, and it seemed that he attached great importance to this opportunity to go to Shaanxi, Gansu and Ping to rebel and return to the rebellion.

The catastrophe caused the death of more than 2.8 million Han people and more than 1.8 million Hui people, because the Hui people in Shaanxi saw that the Qing court was unstable, and they also rebelled, contrary to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's expulsion of the Tartars, their target was the Han people, and they wanted to kill all the Han people and establish a pure green religion regime.

Yang Xiaoshan looked at Zuo Zongtang, he knew the deeds of this celebrity, he was admired by later generations for quelling the rebellion and recovering Xinjiang, so Zuo Zongtang's reputation in later generations was much higher than that of Li Hongzhang.

"What good can I do if I give you both people and money?" Yang Xiaoshan asked rhetorically, how can he make wedding dresses for others, how can he get some money back, he can't do it in vain.