On the fifteenth day of the first month of the fourth year of Xianfeng, Xianfeng promulgated the "Amnesty Edict for Guilty Ones" to the world, saying: The establishment of government and rejuvenation must be in the promotion of sincerity; Forget yourself and help others, and do not worry about reforming. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info I don't know the hardships of the crops, and I don't care about the hard work of the conquest. To Ze is inquisitive, but it doesn't make sense, and the matter is both stalked, and people are suspicious. Taming the chaotic steps, changing the capital, thieves and ministers take advantage of the provocation and rebellious. Ten thousand products are out of order, the nine temples are shocked, the upper is tired of the ancestors, and the lower is negative to the steaming. …… Will be far-sighted, and a new order will be issued. I am happy in the morning and in the evening, but the province is not .........

After the edict was issued, Xianfeng seemed to have been drained of his soul, and the whole person was a few years older, he locked himself in the imperial study alone, and locked up for a whole day before he walked out casually, but the sadness and grief in his eyes could not be hidden from others, but not from himself.

Think about it, he may be the most cowardly emperor since the Qing Dynasty entered the customs. So far, the lost territory is no longer a state or a government, nor a province or a few provinces, but a large area, almost half of the south, all lost. Captured by thieves.

The rich Jiangnan has been beaten by long-haired thieves! There is only a little land left in southern Jiangsu and northern Zhejiang, and I don't know when it can still belong to the Qing Dynasty, even if it belongs to the Qing Dynasty now, the taxes cannot be transported to Beijing, and they have to be secretly transferred through merchants. This is undoubtedly a great sadness.

The lands of Liangguang, Munan, Chixi and Fujian have been almost all occupied by Cantonese thieves. Now, the long-haired thieves have begun to march towards Anman, Mubei and Liaodong again, and have already obtained one or two state capitals to settle down, and if the Qing Dynasty does not carry out an effective counterattack, it will really be driven out of the customs and the country will be wiped out.

Thinking of this, Xianfeng felt that his heart was in pain. He seemed to feel that the emperors of the Qing Dynasty were laughing at him underground, and the ministers in the court were also superficially respectful, but he didn't know how much to laugh at his incompetence.

Once again, he was drunk. In a hazy state of drunkenness, he seemed to see himself wearing golden armor, riding a tall Mongolian war horse, galloping on the battlefield, rushing all the way to the past, invincible in the world.

Of course, in fact, it was several palace maids and eunuchs who were kicked by him and their noses were bruised and swollen, and even a new little eunuch who hugged him was hacked to death by him as a long-haired thief.

After waking up the next day, Xianfeng looked at Queen Zhenxian in front of him, and then remembered that the future queen was here for a long time, and his heart was silent.

In the morning, Xianfeng quickly dispersed the early dynasty, and Xianfeng was already numb to the three things of crying poor, begging for money, and asking for help every day in the early dynasty.

He summoned several ministers of military aircraft and several ministers and cronies to the Palace of Cultivating the Heart and asked about the matter of the last discussion.

It's time to make up your mind for a change!

"Zhong Aiqing, I have called you here today to announce a major event." Xianfeng had never been so serious with a serious face: "The state affairs have been eroded so far, and it will not be possible without complete reform." I have decided to get rid of old habits and take up new political and military affairs! Is there anything to say? ”

"Your Majesty, the first thing to do in the new political and military affairs is to sweep away the situation of no money and no military pay in the Qing Dynasty. There is only one way, you have to have money first! Sun Ruizhen, the head of the household, spoke first.

Xianfeng glanced at him, knowing that what he said was also the truth, but this was an inexplicable matter, didn't he know that he had to be rich? What I want to know is how to have money.

Seeing that Xianfeng was not very happy, Bai Ye, the secretary of the ministry, hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, in accordance with the proposal of Lord Su a while ago, the Ministry of Officials has tried to 'donate' the fictitious officials with no real power for two months, as well as the 'donation of Ling', a cadre of squires and hundreds of officials are very enthusiastic, and a total of 1.3 million taels of silver have been donated, and the servants have already let people carry out the final statistical accounting, and the silver taels will be handed over to the treasury of the Ministry in a few days. ”

"Great goodness to this! Bai Aiqing did a great job! I've got a reward! Xianfeng was overjoyed and blurted out, but after thinking about it again, he had nothing to reward, so he couldn't help but stagnate, and said: "How did the civil and military officials donate?" ”

The official Shangshu Bai Ye hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, the families of the officials are also poor, and the donations are not too much. However, the hundred officials shared the worries of the imperial court, but they still donated generously, gritted their teeth and donated a total of 340,000 taels, which has been put into the treasury of the household department. ”

Seeing Xianfeng turning his head to look at him, Sun Ruizhen, the secretary of the household department, hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, it has indeed entered the account of the household department. However, this is only 340,000 taels, a drop in the bucket. Moreover, the emperor, Rong Weichen reported that these 340,000 taels were donated by the two places in Shandong alone, and nearly 200,000 taels were donated in other places, and there were 320,000 taels in other places. ”

"What!? Hum! As soon as Xianfeng heard this data, he immediately realized that many of the officials in Jingshi, including these people kneeling below, were not sympathetic to themselves and were reluctant to donate silver to contribute to the country, and immediately became furious: "I and the imperial court will give you a good life every month, but I didn't expect that the national disaster is at the head, but no one is willing to serve the country, bear the national disaster, and share my worries!" What's the use of waiting for officials? ”

After speaking, he slammed the red pen in his hand out, and with a snap, the ink splashed everywhere, and the ministers kneeling in front of him were also dirty.

Seeing that Xianfeng was angry, the university scholar Qi Liaozao hurriedly said: "The old minister doesn't know about this yet, and the old minister is willing to take out his family funds and donate 10,000 taels of silver!" ”

Seeing Qi Liaozao taking the lead, the rest of the ministers also expressed their attitudes: "Weichen is also willing to serve the past, and is willing to sell the mansion and donate three thousand taels." ”

"The slave also sold his house and favorite calligraphy and paintings, and donated two thousand taels of silver to the court."

“…….”

Xianfeng saw that everyone was enthusiastically behaving in front of his house, so he turned his anger into joy, and signaled Sun Ruizhen, the head of the household department, and Shen Lanyu, the eunuch in charge of the imperial front, to write down everyone's promises and appease everyone: "This is the way that the ministers of the humerus of the Qing Dynasty and me should have!" Rest assured, the imperial court will make good use of these silver taels, as long as the long-haired thieves and Cantonese thieves are exterminated, and the Qing Dynasty is strong again, I will reward you well. ”

The secretary of the military department, Ah Ling'a, was worried about borrowing money to buy weapons, and remembered that Wei Yuanhong, the Han Shangshu who had been dismissed by Xianfeng for an excuse due to the recent military affairs, was anxious and reported loudly: "Your Majesty, a few days ago, Su Shun didn't play a lot of ways to accumulate wealth, except for donations and donations, I don't know what happened. The servants were pleased to hear that the emperor wanted to innovate in military affairs, and the servants thought that the first thing to do in military innovation was to innovate weapons, and to purchase some Western firearms appropriately. ”

Hearing this, Xianfeng smiled and said, "Ah Ling, don't worry, I have already thought of it!" Su Shun, it is up to you to listen to the people about my latest plan. ”

"Wow! The emperor is wise! Su Shun stood up calmly, his plan finally made Xianfeng pay more attention to him, and now, he is also included in the ranks of important ministers in the court, thinking about it, he can't help but feel a little fluttering.

However, now is not the time to be proud, Su Shun felt a pang in his heart, and said slowly: "A few days ago, the emperor sent a slave on an errand, and the slave specially sent a reliable person around him to Songjiang Mansion to find Wu Jianzhang, a Taoist of Su Songtai, who was in Shanghi, and passed on the emperor's secret decree to him, so that he could contact the Yingyi foreigners. ”

Speaking of this, Su Shun stopped and smiled tacitly with Xianfeng, making everyone in their eyes red: this bullshit Su Shun somehow got the emperor's favor and climbed up quietly!

For a while, everyone was secretly wary of it.