In view of the stubborn resistance of the Qing army in Jiangxi and the huge threat of the Qing army in Hubei, as well as the food crisis brought by Wu Chaoyue's hometown Wu Quanmei to the upper reaches of Nanjing, Yang Xiuqing finally made up his mind to change the strategy of the western front, no longer attacking Nanchang and giving up the offensive on the western front. Concentrate forces to clean up Qishan's Jiangbei camp and Xiangrong's Jiangnan camp. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

As in history, the first unlucky was the Jiangbei battalion, the first to be transferred back to the reinforcements of Qin Rigang led the main force of the Taiping Army's Western Front Naval Division, together with the Taiping Army's Wuhu main force to return to the city of Nanjing, put the Jiangnan battalion close at hand not to fight, but pointed the blade to the north of the Yangtze River, successive victories defeated the Qing army's many attacks, and then crossed the river at the mouth of the old river and defeated the Qing army on duty Yizheng stretched the headquarters, Yizheng County made the greedy life and fear of death and fled without a fight, and the Taiping army easily took the county seat. Qi Shan, the commander of the Jiangbei battalion, who was already seriously ill, was dying, and when he heard the defeat of Yizheng, he suddenly died violently in a hurry, and the Qing army in the Jiangbei camp, which had been in arrears for many days, was even more warless, and the Taiping army sailors took the opportunity to take Zhenjiang directly, and successfully rescued the Taiping army Wu Ruxiao, who had been surrounded by the Qing army for a long time, and then contained a large number of Qing troops in the two large battalions in Jiangnan and Jiangbei.

At the same time, the main force of the Taiping Army's Western Route Army led by Shi Dakai personally also took the Ningguo by land, and Xiang Rong, who was anxious, hurriedly sent Qin Ruhu and Deng Shaoliang to lead the army westward to block, but was entangled by Shi Dakai sent Zhang Suimou to lead the partial division, and Shi Dakai himself took the opportunity to lead the main force to continue eastward, and fought with the Qing army Zhang Guoliang at Moling Pass, and it was difficult to distinguish the victory or defeat for a while.

The change in the situation on the battlefield of Ningzhen is not about Wu Chaoyue's bird matter, nor is it about our monk Wangye's bird matter, I received a whistle-blowing letter from my old friend Guanwen, even if I knew that Guanwen could not be so kind for no reason, but the monk Greenqin, who hated Wu Chaoyue to the bone, still made a fold, impeached Wu Chaoyue without the permission of the Manchu court, privately brought foreigners into the interior, and hired foreigners as military instructors, and demanded severe punishment from the Manchu court.

There was an accident, the original monk and the prince impeached himself for carrying and hiring foreigners to go deep into the mainland, Wu Chaoyue could never know in advance, but what no one expected was that because it was rumored that Wu Chaoyue also brought foreigners to the Xinye battlefield in Henan, when the monk sent people to Xinye to verify and search for evidence, the timid Xinye County made Ni Zhengxun afraid that Wu Chaoyue would misunderstand that he had told the secret, and even sent someone to Hubei to send someone to Hubei to report to Wu Chaoyue, who was still inspecting the place in Xiangyang and presiding over the anti-twisting and suppression. At the same time, he also let Wu Chaoyue know about this matter.

After learning of this situation, after being stunned for a while, Wu Chaoyue was also somewhat worried, and hurriedly asked someone to bring the "Sino-US Wangxia Treaty" signed by Daoguang in the 24th year to study, but when he saw the sentence of Article 17 about the Americans 'not allowed to go to the countryside in the interior to wander at will', Wu Chaoyue patted his thigh and said with a smile: "No problem, it's just that you are not allowed to wander at will, and you don't say that you are not allowed to come to do things. ”

"Weiting, you are in a lawsuit with the imperial court this time." Zhao Liewen warned: "A lawsuit with the imperial court is originally a matter that cannot be explained, you took advantage of the loophole of the treaty, and did not ask the court for consent in advance, so reply to the imperial court, can the imperial court agree?" ”

"What can be done then?" Wu Chaoyue shrugged his shoulders and said: "The matter has been known to Seng Lingqin, and the evidence has also been obtained by him, when the court asks questions, I don't quibble, how to deal with it?" ”

Zhao Liewen thought about it carefully and found that the paper could no longer contain the fire, and there was no other way to deal with it except to exploit the loopholes in the treaty, so he nodded, and then suggested: "For the sake of prudence, it is best to say hello to the official station first, let him know about this matter, and help you round the field, just say that you hired these two foreigners to the front line to participate in the war with his consent in advance, which is more secure." ”

felt that Zhao Liewen's proposal was more secure, and felt that with his relationship with Guanwen, there must be no problem in asking Guanwen to help such a small favor, Wu Chaoyue of course agreed, and immediately asked Zhao Liewen to write a letter to Guanwen for himself, saying that Seng Lingqin was ready to use foreigners to go deep into the mainland to clean up his own situation, explaining that he hired foreigners for a reason, and the "Wangxia Treaty" signed between the Manchu court and the United States did not stipulate that Manchu officials were not allowed to hire foreigners to work in the mainland. It's just that the busy military affairs and the urgency of the war forgot to seek the consent of the Manchu court in advance, and he did not report to the official document in advance, and asked the official document to help round the field, and testified that he knew and allowed this matter in advance. And then......

Then, of course, it was the turn of the poor official system to be dumbfounded, the original plan in the official document was to let the monk and the prince come forward to be a villain, and wait for the Manchu court to order himself to investigate this matter, and then come forward to clean up Wu Chaoyue, rectify Wu Chaoyue while not bearing the notoriety, and ring the alarm bell of Wu Chaoyue, and let Wu Chaoyue be grateful to himself. But now that Wu Chaoyue actually knew about this matter, and begged him in advance to help collude confessions, of course, the wishful thinking of the official system was completely frustrated.

"What is this monk Grinqin eating? How could Wu Chaoyue know about such a thing in advance? ”

Complaining and looking for the "Wangxia Treaty" to take a closer look, I found that Article 17 really had loopholes to be exploited, and the old face of the official document was inevitably stretched longer -- it was easy to say that there was no loophole, but if there was a loophole, it would be a big trouble. If you don't help Wu Chaoyue take advantage of loopholes to make a false confession, you will definitely offend Wu Chaoyue; Help Wu Chaoyue to take advantage of the loophole to offend the monk Greenqin to the truth, and the task of beating Wu Chaoyue assigned by Emperor Xianfeng cannot be completed, and he is in a dilemma.

What's even more troublesome is that it is too late for the official document to stop and change another way to rectify Wu Chaoyue, and the excerpt of the monk Lingqin has already been sent to the capital, so that the official document to investigate and handle this matter The approval of the Military Aircraft Department and even the holy decree of Emperor Xianfeng may already be on the way to Hubei, and it is impossible for the official document to stay out of the matter. So there is no choice, the treacherous official document can only be the lesser of two evils, and it is better to decide whether to refuse Wu Chaoyue's request.

"Comfort Tingxian nephew, it's not that my uncle wants to deliberately kill you, it's that my uncle can't afford to offend the emperor and the court, the emperor hates foreigners to the bone, and the court is the most taboo about things related to foreigners. So, there is no way, I can only wronged you. ”

Lamenting, the official wrote a letter to Wu Chaoyue, and categorically rejected the request to make a false confession for Wu Chaoyue in a serious tone, saying that he could only report to the Manchu court truthfully, and ask the Manchu court and Emperor Xianfeng to decide how to deal with this matter. In addition, the official document also held Wu Chaoyue's letter requesting him to commit perjury, and was ready to use it as a handle to control Wu Chaoyue.

The ruthless refusal of the official text surprised Wu Chaoyue very much, and also made Wu Chaoyue smell a wisp of danger, and hurriedly found Zhao Liewen to discuss, Zhao Liewen, who was very talented in this regard, immediately felt that something was wrong, and warned Wu Chaoyue after a little calculation: "Comfort Ting, if you want to be in trouble, this matter is not big, with your friendship with the official station, he should help you." But not only did he refuse to help, but he didn't send back your letter, but it was a signed letter from you asking him to help make a false confession, what does this mean? ”

"The official text also wants to fix me!"

Wu Chaoyue immediately came to his senses, Zhao Liewen nodded with a gloomy face, and said: "There is ironclad evidence in hand, you can fix you as much as the official document wants, and you don't even have a way to fight back." ”

Wu Chaoyue gritted his teeth and said viciously: "Old immortal dog, Lao Tzu can be regarded as giving you face, you dare to be so yin to me, it seems that if you don't give you a little color, you will really treat the tiger as a sick cat!" ”

"Comfort Ting, did you shake out the matter of the official system of the station taking commissions in the tea trade?" Zhao Liewen suggested: "Or, secretly hand over the evidence to Luo Bingzhang?" ”

"That's our killer weapon, and we can't use it lightly until the critical moment." Wu Chaoyue shook his head and said with a sneer: "If you want to rectify the official text, I have a way." ”

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The two governors under him, Luo Bingzhang and Wu Chaoyue, are among the few capable ministers in the world, and our official system has always been very comfortable in the capital of Hubei Province, in addition to dutifully keeping an eye on these two capable Han people and not giving them a chance to rebel, there is basically no need to worry about political and military affairs.

No, I can't stand the repeated pleas of the concubine in the sixth room, and on this day, our official platform has done another great thing, treating the wrinkled yellow-faced woman as nothing, and holding a banquet in the governor's palace to celebrate the birthday of the concubine, and then it's not over, our official platform even sent invitations, so that the civil and military officials in the provincial capital came to congratulate his concubine!

Previously, even Wu Chaoyue and Luo Bingzhang did not dare to offend the official platform at will, and other officials in Hubei Province naturally did not dare to offend, and then they knew that the official document did not conform to the rules of the imperial court - according to the rules, they could only bow to the original partner of the official platform, but they also obediently came to the governor's yamen to kneel down and salute the favorite concubine of the official platform, and respectfully congratulated. The young and beautiful concubine was full of joy, hugging the official platform and kissing and kissing, and the official platform, who was nearly sixty years old, also laughed and was very proud.

"Knock knock!"

The happy laughter of the official platform was interrupted by the untimely drumming, and when he heard the sudden drum sound outside the governor's gate, of course, the civil and military officials present stopped patting their farts and looked out in surprise, and the beautiful concubine looked displeased, and our official platform was even more furious, and shouted several times in a shot: "Who is so bold as to dare to beat the drum in front of the governor's palace?" Grab it right away, and hit the 20th board first! ”

"Piercing!"

Before the words fell, Goshha on both sides had already agreed, and one Goshha rushed out directly to give the order without stopping, and our official platform also hugged the concubine to comfort, "Heart, it's okay, no matter what it is, the old man will not delay your birthday party today." ”

The beautiful concubine was happy and coquettish, but the drumming outside the gate did not stop, and the previous Goshha also ran back sweating profusely, and the official platform saw the strangeness, so he asked, "What's the matter?" Why are the drums still playing? Why didn't the drummer catch him and play the board? ”

"Lord Huitai, the little one didn't dare to pass the order." Goshha replied tremblingly: "The one who beats the drum is a foreigner, and the little one is afraid of causing trouble for you, so he will come back to report to you first, and if you confirm that you want to catch the foreigner and beat the foreigner, the little one will go to give the order." ”

Before Goshha's words were finished, the official platform had already pushed away the concubine and stood up, shouting: "What are foreigners doing here to beat drums? Tell him to go to the governor's yamen, and the affairs of foreigners will be in his charge! ”

"Lord Taiwan, Wu Futai is in Xiangyang, not in the city." Li Qinggu cautiously reminded.

"Yes, yes, he went to Xiangyang, and the old man forgot about it. Why is the comfort pavilion not here at this time, why haven't you come back after the bandits have been suppressed? It's troublesome, it's troublesome, yes, right, Li Zhentai, you are in charge of the criminal case, you go to deal with the foreigner, see why he came here to play the drum, if you can do it, you can do it for him immediately, and send him away as soon as possible. ”

Forcing the sad Li Qinggu to deal with the foreigners, while waiting in fear, the damn drum finally stopped, and after a while, Li Qinggu returned to the official platform with a more sad face, and said: "Lord of the Imperial Table, the foreigner who beat the drum outside the gate to complain is a priest, and the Frenchman is called Meng Zhensheng, and he is here to complain." ”

"Sue whom? Why didn't you do it for him on the spot? The official desk asked as quickly as a machine gun.

"Lord Huitai, there is no way to do it." Li Qinggu said with a sad face: "That foreigner is Zhang Linjun, the deputy general of the Green Battalion, who sued him for conniving at the soldiers to trample on the green seedlings of the sect, and also injured the monks who went to stop the seedlings. Zhang Linjun is the general of the Green Battalion, and the subordinate has no right to dispose of him. ”

The official platform was completely dumbfounded, because that Zhang Linjun happened to be his beloved prostitute who he personally promoted, and Zhang Linjun's boss Wuchang Mansion General Soldier Kingdom was in Tianjia Town at the moment, and his boss Du Xing'a was sitting in Xiangyang.

The beautiful concubine had already been frightened to tears, but Li Qinggu was still urging, and said: "Lord Zhangtai, this matter must be resolved as soon as possible, the foreigner spread the paper on the ground to show the public, and half of the street was full of people watching the excitement, and there was a lot of movement." In addition, the foreigner also asked his entourage to say on his behalf, saying that if you don't accept his petition for a day, and if you don't give justice to the people, he won't leave for a day, and he will come to you every day to complain. ”

There was no choice, the poor official platform could only send someone to invite the French missionary Meng Zhensheng in respectfully, and when he saw the foreigner with curly hair and high nose in front of him, the beautiful concubine was directly frightened and screamed, and the poor official platform was also trembling, and ran to Meng Zhensheng and nodded. Meng Zhensheng, who had already experienced this kind of scene, was skilled, only spoke in French and the official platform, and the official platform that he couldn't understand at all was sweating profusely, so he had to send someone to ask Wu Chaoyue's accomplice Huang Sheng for help.

are all Wu Chaoyue's accomplices, Huang Sheng and Meng Zhensheng are of course embarrassed, colluding with each other, forcing the official station to clean up his beloved man and compensate the people for their losses, the official station agreed against his will, and immediately took out the money to compensate the people, but Meng Zhensheng still refused to give up, and scolded Huang Sheng in French. Huang Sheng frowned when he heard this, and said to the official platform: "Lord Taiwan, it's troublesome, the request made by this priest is not easy to handle." ”

"What requirements?" The official desk asked worriedly.

"This priest asks your Excellency to allow the French to establish a consulate in Hankou to protect the rights and interests of the French in Hankow, Hubei."

Before Huang Sheng's words were finished, the face of the official platform was already as pale as paper, and he didn't care about his prestige, so he immediately screamed like a pig: "No! Tell him, no! This official does not have this power, and this matter must be approved by the imperial court! ”

Huang Sheng took the order, and made a comparison to Meng Zhensheng in English about the same as French, and Meng Zhensheng made another call, and Huang Sheng said to the official text: "Lord Zhengtai, this priest said that he also knows the rules of the Qing court, and you have no right to approve the establishment of a French consulate in Hankou, but you have the right to ask the court for approval, and he took this opportunity to formally request you, please go to this fold." ”

The official system almost fainted, and said in my heart, Lord Yang, you want to trap the old man to death, as far as the virtue of the emperor and the court is concerned, am I not looking for death when I go to this fold?

Before the matter was over, after Meng Zhensheng chattered to Huang Sheng again, Huang Sheng said to the official platform: "Lord Zhengtai, Father Meng Zhensheng said that if you need a petition, he can go back to Hankou immediately to contact the foreigners in Britain and France, and jointly submit a petition to you, so that you can give an explanation to the imperial court." He also said that the English side also wanted to establish a consulate in Hankow to protect their rights and interests in China. ”

The official system couldn't cry, so he could only think about it with a perfunctory promise, so he could only promote Meng Zhensheng, and at the end he had to thank Wu Chaoyue's accomplice and lackey Huang Sheng, and he was spoiled and complained all night.

The next morning, seven or eight blond-haired and blue-eyed foreigners really ran to the Governor's Mansion with a petition to demonstrate and petition, asking the official platform to ask the Manchu court to allow the establishment of a British and French consulate in Hankow, which once again attracted hundreds of onlookers, and the civil and military officials in the provincial capital were all turtles with shrunken heads. When the official platform that wanted to cry without tears sent someone to come forward to perfunctory, the leading Mai Dusi shouted in Chinese: "Don't come to this set, I've been in the Qing Kingdom for more than ten years, and we already know what kind of temper you Qing officials have." Unless we take it as a face-to-face fold, we will never end the petition, and we will come to petition every day! ”

"Quick, immediately send an official document to the comfort pavilion, urging him to come back quickly and deal with this matter! Tell him that as long as he can make the foreigners stop, everything can be discussed! ”

"Weiting, please come back quickly, the old man is really overwhelmed!" (To be continued.) )