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Feng Yunshan thought about it, in August last year, he happened to lead the holy army from Yongzhou Mansion to capture Guilin. Unexpectedly, only a year has passed now, and most of the state capitals in Liangguang and Fujianxi have been occupied by themselves, and the situation in the entire south has been very different.

Now he is also a strong party, comparable to half of the country's lords. If calculated according to the size of the territory, it is already comparable to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom forces in history.

Feng Yunshan stopped thinking and turned his head to look at Zuo Zongtang, Guo Songtao, Wang Minyun, Cheng Hengsheng and Liu Shengbang who were following behind him.

Now that there is a shortage of talents, it is time to hold another large-scale imperial examination.

After Guo Songtao, Wang Minyun and Cheng Hengsheng surrendered, Feng Yunshan asked Guo Songtao to serve as the deputy minister of foreign affairs of the Shengwang Palace, and assisted Wu Chongyao and Wu Ruxiao in handling trade matters with foreigners.

In fact, according to the understanding of Guo Songtao in later generations, Feng Yunshan really wanted him to be the minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but he was a newly surrendered person, and he had not made an inch, and it was still elusive whether he would surrender or not, so he arranged for him to have such a position, but the specific affairs were not handed over to him.

However, Guo Songtao is really not an idle person. Several times, he begged his friend Zuo Zongtang to mention it to the Holy King and asked to do some specific things.

So, Feng Yunshan summoned a few of them, and by the way, placed them.

"Bochen, this king just asked you to rest and take care of your body, but he has a heavy task to entrust to you!" Of course, Feng Yunshan would not say that he was just leaving it aside, "Today's world is a world that is changing with each passing day and developing rapidly. Exchanges and business exchanges between countries are becoming more and more frequent, so there are so many foreigners stationed in China, and in the same way, China also needs officials to be stationed in Western countries. ”

When Guo Songtao heard this, he asked in disbelief: "Holy King, do you want to send Songtao to the West?" Similar to a foreign minister? ”

"Not bad! The king intends to appoint you as ambassador to Europe, with full authority for the affairs of the Holy Kingdom to the Western countries. Don't underestimate this location, it's very important! This is a major event related to whether my Chinese Han nationality can be strong! Feng Yunshan began to flicker, but, in fact, for future generations, it is true that ambassadors abroad are very important, not to mention that he is a plenipotentiary minister to the entire Western countries.

Moreover, Guo Songtao in history has served as a minister to the United Kingdom and France.

"That being the case, of course Songtao is willing. In fact, Song Tao has long had this intention, wanting to see what the world of foreigners looks like. Guo Songtao happily agreed.

"Bochen, after you arrive in Europe, you can first establish garrisons in Britain, France, Prussia, and Tsarist Russia, with Prussia and Britain as the center. Pay special attention to the politics, military, commerce, industry, education, scientific and technological inventions, people's livelihood, etc., pay attention to gathering information, make friends with the upper class of the other side, and in addition, make more investigations of their schools, museums, libraries, newspapers, factories, farms, etc., and if they can be relocated to Guangzhou, do not be stingy with gold and silver. ”

"In addition, for some scientific and technological inventions, if you can hold them in your hands, don't care about the means! At the same time, it is also necessary to lead some students to study scientific and technological knowledge to help the future development of the holy country. ”

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After Feng Yunshan finished explaining Guo Songtao, he said to Cheng Hengsheng: "Mr. Cheng, this king has arranged for you to be the director of the Engineering Department of the Ministry of Public Works under the palace, and temporarily preside over the construction of roads and bridges in the Holy Kingdom, how about it?" ”

Cheng Hengsheng was overjoyed, he was a small Zhengqipin Zhixian County, and he could be the head of the palace, and according to the level of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, he was already a Zhengliupin, so he was naturally willing, and knelt down and thanked: "Obey the Holy King's Divine Decree!" ”

As for Wang Minyun, Feng Yunshan had already decided to keep him by his side, as a staff member and think tank, so he was directly appointed as the palace manager.

Therefore, among the three of them, it is Wang Minyun's position that is the most mysterious, he has no grade, but he can influence the Holy King.

After Feng Yunshan waited for Guo Songtao, Wang Minyun and Cheng Hengsheng to leave, they left Zuo Zongtang behind.

Now, it has been slowly determined that the general staff of the captive army will be handed over to Zuo Zongtang, and Lu Shunde, another deputy chief of general staff, is also from a naval division, Feng Yunshan is ready to form a naval division and let him lead it. However, this will only need to be done after the mass production of the steel plant and the commissioning of the Cheung Chau shipyard.

"Ji Gao, what I said last time about supporting the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, now it's time to send sailors at sea to fight at sea for a long-distance sea battle!" Feng Yunshan Road.

"Yes! Please, Holy King, give the order! Zuo Zongtang should go down.

"The arrangements for the dispatch of troops for this operation will be issued by the General Staff Headquarters in a regular battle document, which will be signed by this king and will take effect after being sealed." Feng Yunshan wanted to be freed from daily military operations, first, he didn't have much military talent, just relying on the vision of future generations, it was okay to make a small fight, if the big army fought, it would be a mess, or let these professionals in the General Staff handle it, and he only needed to review and issue orders.

Actually, it's not that Feng Yunshan is lazy, it's that he really has too many affairs. At the same time, it is also to learn from the later generations of Taizu and Chang Kaishen and others, just care about the big strategic layout, as for the specific battles, they have their own generals to do it.

It seems that the people in the General Staff are indeed well prepared, and Feng Yunshan has not long been arranged, and half a day later, Zuo Zongtang took the battle order document for sending troops to Tianjin in the north and asked Feng Yunshan to give instructions.

"Well, send Luo Xuan to lead more than 8,000 sailors of the 5th Division A, and Liang Peiyou to lead 5,000 sailors of the 5th Division, a total of 13,000 sailors, to capture Ryukyu! At the same time, he ordered 4,500 men of the B13th Brigade stationed in Chisai to follow the sailors on board and prepare to take over Ryukyu and Jeju Island. Jiang Tianyi of Chenzhou was ordered to lead 10,000 men of the 7th Division to move to the west of the city to garrison and strengthen the forces in Jingdezhen and Guangxinfu. ”

"Well, that's good!" Feng Yunshan continued to look down, but he didn't see the construction of ports and forts on Jeju Island, so he couldn't help frowning and said: "Ji Gao, after directly conquering Ryukyu and Jeju and other places, recruit craftsmen from Ryukyu and Jeju on the spot, build ports and forts on Jeju Island, and send the captives to garrison them. ”

"There are also civilian ships to transport soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army to Tianjin, and it is necessary to mobilize more large Hongdan or Tong'an Suo boats, because the wind and waves at sea are not as strong as the inland rivers." Feng Yunshan continued to remind.

Zuo Zongtang replied: "Holy King, these subordinates will think of it. There is only one problem, food shortage. The food of the sailors and the soldiers stationed on Jeju Island had been prepared, but once the Taiping army of the Northern Expedition was received, tens of thousands of people, and it was inevitable that it would be difficult to carry food in a hurry to retreat by then, but here there was a shortage of 30,000 stone of grain. Unless a batch is shipped in advance and stored on Jeju Island. ”

"Launch early over there and occupy Jeju Island as soon as possible." After Feng Yunshan finished speaking, he finalized this battle plan, signed his name on the battle book, and took out the Great Seal of the Holy King on his waist and carefully stamped it.

Zuo Zongtang just wanted to leave, but suddenly remembered something again, and lowered his voice and said: "Holy King, Zuo has a sentence, I don't know if I should say it or not?" ”

Feng Yunshan saw that he had never been so squirming, and couldn't help but smile and said, "Ji Gao, when did you become a woman!" If you have something to say, this king will not blame! ”

"Holy King, if something like that happens to Luo Feide, will Luo Xuan blame the Holy King? Now he led the naval division to attack the north and hung alone. And Liang Peiyou is also good friends with him and obeys him. Whether he has a heart or not, the Holy King should be a little wary. He can be transferred back to Guangzhou, treated with good students, and sent another water supervisor to the north. Zuo Zongtang hesitated, but still boldly expressed his opinion.

Feng Yunshan was silent.

He knew that Zuo Zongtang was telling the truth.

I haven't thought about it like this! Luo Feide's matter was really unexpected, an accident, and there were some cracks between himself and Luo Xuan, who should have been close.

Although he immediately wrote a letter to him to explain and comfort him after that incident, Luo Xuan did not reply.

As a result, there are now rumors outside that they are starting to watch out for him.

But if Luo Outline is transferred back, it will confirm this rumor, which is a kind of damage to his reputation and his centripetal force. But if he doesn't transfer back, if as Zuo Zongtang said, not to mention that all the sailors are betting on Luo Xuan's head alone, at least most of them are controlled by him, and he can't afford the damage of this rebellion.

Feng Yunshan is in a dilemma.

Thinking about it this way, even Lu Shunde, who has a close relationship with Luo Xuan, can't delegate the sailors. This will not work!

Feng Yunshan suddenly made a decision. Starting from the overall situation, you must choose to believe in the Luo outline! Moreover, with his understanding of Luo Outline, as well as referring to historical performance, Luo Outline is not the kind of person who rebels.

So, Feng Yunshan said resolutely: "Ji Gao is too worried! This king believes that Brother Outline is not that kind of person! Luo Feide is guilty, even if the king personally executes Luo Feide, the outline brothers may be sad and complain about the king, but they will not betray the king. What's more, Luo Feide did commit suicide, and the outline brotherhood will understand. Therefore, the sailor is fully responsible for him, and this king can rest assured! ”

Zuo Zongtang didn't know what to say, but in his heart, he was impressed by the Holy King's undoubted employment, trust, and atmosphere.

At the beginning of September, the main forces of the 5th and 5th Divisions of the Chinese Capture Army, under the leadership of Luo Xuan and Liang Peiyou, set out from Quanzhou and Xiamen to attack Ryukyu in accordance with the battle plan of the General Staff Headquarters issued by the Holy King. (To be continued.) )