Xianfeng frowned, turned his head to look at Prince Gong Yi, who replaced Lin Kui and was the new minister of the military aircraft foreman, and Du Han, who succeeded Shao Can and served as the squire of the Ministry of Industry and the military aircraft walker, and let the two speak. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Prince Gong Yi has not held any position since he was crowned prince in the first year of Xianfeng. This time, the long-haired thief army approached Zhili, Xianfeng was worried that the Minister of Military Aircraft was not dedicated enough, and the original Qi Liaozao was too old, so he appointed his half-brother Prince Gong Wang Yi as the leader of the Minister of Military Aircraft to assist him in encircling and suppressing the rebels.

Originally, Xianfeng has always been resentful of Yixun's struggle for the throne with him, and he hates others when he talks about Yixun's literary and martial arts are above Yixun, but now, when the country is in danger, he can't care so much, his own brother, is always more dedicated than outsiders.

Yi couldn't guess Xianfeng's thoughts, so he hurriedly understood and said: "Your Majesty, my brother thinks that this Qinglin is just like what Lord Qi said, it can be regarded as making up for his merits, but even so, he has to be rewarded a little, but he has just been appointed governor for a short time, so he can not be promoted to his official position for the time being, and he can be given a flower feather." But Zeng Guofan couldn't treat it so easily. Just like Lord Wen said, this great victory killed a lot of enemies, he was the first in merit, and he should be rewarded for his merit, so that other soldiers can redouble their efforts and work together to kill thieves. ”

His words hit Xianfeng's heart. Xianfeng couldn't help asking: "Sixth, then tell me, how to reward this Zeng Aiqing?" ”

Yi smiled: Brother Huang, I haven't said it yet, you Aiqing has used it, it seems that this time this Zeng Guofan has won your favor. It just so happens that this Zeng Guofan has a good relationship with his master Jia Zhen, and he is a talent, so help him.

"Your Majesty, some time ago, Luo Bingzhang, the governor of Munan, was removed from his post and investigated because of the loss of Changsha and was imprisoned in the prison of the Criminal Department. Didn't the vacancy of the governor of Munan come out? It just so happened that now most of Munan is occupied, and this position is inspired, just so that Zeng Guofan and others can lead his subordinates to recover Munan. With a roll of his eyes, he came up with a brilliant reason.

"Not bad! A great idea for the old six! That's it. Passed the decree, although Qinglin, the governor of Mubei, had the responsibility of losing his soil, he had meritorious service in guarding Wuchang, and he was rewarded for his one-eyed dazzle. Zeng Guofan, the governor of Munan and the assistant minister of the regimental training, trained himself to be brave, protected the land and the country, guarded Wuchang, defeated the thieves, recovered the lost land, and made great military achievements, and moved him to the governor of Munan and the assistant minister of the regimental training of Huguang and Guangzhou, supervised the military affairs of the two provinces of Munan and Mubei, and rewarded 10,000 taels of silver. Xianfeng made the final decision.

"Emperor Shengming, thank the emperor!" The crowd shouted in unison.

Three days later, Xianfeng summoned Su Shun to ask about borrowing foreign money to buy foreign warships and foreign guns and other weapons, and Su Shun replied: "Back to the emperor, there is news from the Shanghi Taoist that the foreigners have brought the news back to the Western Ocean, and in six or seven months at most, they will bring in warships and foreign guns and cannons." But ......" At this, Su Shun paused.

"Well, but what? Tell me straight! Xianfeng was slightly angry.

"The emperor is angry, what the servant wants to say is that foreign guns and foreign cannons are much more sophisticated than my shotgun guns in the Qing Dynasty, easy to damage, and need to be repaired regularly by special craftsmen, so it is necessary to recruit a group of craftsmen who understand Western weapons."

"What's the problem? By the way, I am going to transfer you to the Ministry of Industry as a left squire, and also a guard for the Imperial Front, so that you can always serve on my left and right, and just in time, I will also go to the Ministry of Industry to train a batch of craftsmen to come out, and take a good look at this batch of foreign guns for me. Say, what else is there that makes you babble? Xianfeng said with a smile.

"Thank you, Lord Ronne! The slave is deeply favored by the emperor, and it is difficult to repay ten thousand deaths! Su Shun thanked him.

"The emperor is wise! That's the case, the foreigners proposed that from next month, they would take over Shanghi Customs, and they Yingyi people would collect tariffs, and the tariffs obtained would also be obtained by Yingyi. Su Shun said what he felt ashamed of, and the face of the Qing Dynasty was only naked and trampled by foreigners.

Xianfeng angrily slapped the case: "Bastard! These foreigners, it's so urgent? Are you willing to wait even half a year? Moreover, I only promised the customs duties as collateral, and did not say that the customs would also be managed by them! This is absolutely not a no-go! Where is my face? ”

Also, what a proud person Xianfeng is! How can the Yingyi foreigners openly collect taxes in their own territory, not to mention, if the foreigners collect customs duties, but they don't borrow money, and the warships and firearms don't come, isn't that a bad thing?

Su Shun saw that Xianfeng was angry, and hurriedly knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "The emperor is angry!" The slave immediately wrote a letter to Yang Wending, the governor of Jiangsu, and Wu Jianzhang, a Taoist of Shanghi, to negotiate with the foreigners again, but they only used the tariff at the end of each year as collateral to borrow silver taels, and the customs was still in the hands of Shanghi Dao. ”

"Well, go ahead!" Xianfeng's good mood was lost by Su Shunquan.

Five days later, the ministers of military aircraft and Su Shun were urgently called to the palace.

Su Shun followed the ministers, led by Shen Lanyu, the chief eunuch in front of the emperor, and as soon as he entered the gate of the Yang Xin Palace, he heard the sound of porcelain falling to the ground.

"Bastards, you useless shit! My country and the foundation of the Qing Dynasty will be buried by this group of waste! A roar came from the front hall, and it was Xianfeng's voice, accompanied by the panting of the table.

Everyone glanced at each other and smiled bitterly: It seems that there is some bad news that makes the emperor lose his temper!

looked at Shen Lanyu, but ignored it and led everyone into the hall.

I saw Xianfeng leaning on the wooden pillar, panting constantly. The ground was in a mess, and it seemed that there were a lot of rare porcelain vases smashed.

Seeing the ministers coming in, Xianfeng sneered: "All come in." I'm showing you how these pieces of waste are guarding my territory! After speaking, he threw five or six copies of the recital in his hand.

The ministers of military aircraft, Yi, Wen Qing, Qi Liaozao, Peng Yunzhang, Mu Yin, Du Han, and the imperial guard Su Shun and others, did not dare to move. Under the emperor's fury, no one wanted to cause disaster.

"Sixth, you are the minister of the military aircraft foreman, you come to see these excerpts." Xianfeng spoke.

Prince Gong was helpless, so he could only pick up the fold, and at a glance, he was stunned and his face turned pale.

The first report was sent by Yiliang, the governor of Liangjiang, from Changzhou, claiming that the long-haired thief chief Hu Yixuan led tens of thousands of thieves to besiege Luzhou, and Jiang Zhongyuan, the governor of Anman, swore to fight to the death, but finally because of the small number of soldiers and outnumbered thieves, the city of Luzhou was captured by the thieves. Jiang Zhongyuan committed suicide by throwing himself into a well, and Hu Yuanwei, the prefect of Luzhou, surrendered to thieves. Yiliang, the governor of Liangjiang, participated in the Shaanxi and Gansu governor, Shu Xing'a, was greedy for life and feared death, and deliberately refused to rescue, resulting in the fall of Luzhou City and Jiang Zhongyuan's defeat and death.

Yes!? Even Luzhou fell, and the fierce general Jiang Zhongyuan was also killed! No wonder the emperor was furious!

Yi is also full of anger, if this continues, how many big cities will there be in the Qing Dynasty to lose, and how many soldiers and loyal ministers can die? No, this Hu Yuanwei has to be beheaded all over the house, and this Shaanxi and Gansu Governor Shu Xing'a must be impeached fiercely.

Thinking of this, Yi handed the first book to the bachelor Qi Liaozao beside him and let him look at it.

Then, Yi turned to the second book.

This is an urgent report from Fu Tingchen, the chief soldier of Yichang Town. Four or five days ago, Jingzhou City was breached by tens of thousands of Cantonese thieves, Jingzhou General Taiyong and the 4,000 banner soldiers in the city were all killed, tens of thousands of Manchu and Mongolian bannermen in Jingzhou City were captured, thousands of Manchu young women were taken away by thieves, and only more than 5,000 old, weak, sick and disabled children were driven to Xiangyang Mansion by the thieves.

Moreover, most of the state capitals in Mubei, including Jingmen Prefecture, Anlu Prefecture, Yichang Prefecture and Shinan Prefecture, as well as the newly recovered Hanchuan and Xiaogan provinces, were occupied by Cantonese thieves!

The entire Jingzhou section of the Yangtze River was completely occupied by the Cantonese thief sailors. The water transportation in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River was completely paralyzed, and the products of the land of Sichuan and Shu in the future would have to be transported by land.

Seeing this, Yi was dumbfounded! This is really a house leak that happened to rain overnight, which made the snow worse. It's no wonder that the fourth brother wants to drop things, change himself, and it is possible to flip the table and kill people.

However, this is also the country of the Qing Dynasty, and I also have my share. We can't go on like this, otherwise, we will really lose our country!