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Thinking of this, Feng Yunshan suddenly remembered his previous plan, as early as when he was in Daozhou, he sent two fine workers to Lotus Leaf Pond in Xiangxiang County, lurking there to secretly kill Zeng Guofan, who was about to go home to guard filial piety! I don't know what happened, but there has been no news from those two fine works since they were dispatched. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Now that he has a lot of things, he forgot to ask about it, it's been so long, presumably the two meticulous works have not succeeded, and the two brothers are probably unlucky. In this way, it startles the snake. I have to send someone to investigate and make a decision again.

Also, the Holy King, who occupies two Guangzhous by himself, has to make his own ideas and come forward in person every time he talks about business with foreigners, what a sad thing is this?

Wu Chongyao was originally familiar with foreigner affairs and knew foreign languages, but he probably didn't dare to make any decisions because he had just taken refuge and felt that he had no weight, so he had to make his own decisions. Although he expressed his respect for himself, it also restrained the play of his ability.

The old brothers in the other holy armies are even more people who don't have this kind of people. Even Zuo Zongtang is not very clear about the affairs of foreigners, and he is unwilling to deal with foreigners, let alone others.

Through such a thing, Feng Yunshan suddenly discovered that he had a big problem: he was originally just an ordinary engineer, but his status was suddenly improved to manage tens of thousands of saint soldiers, and he had to straighten out all kinds of government affairs in such a large territory as Liangguang, and with his own ability, he couldn't do it at all.

There are still too few talents at hand, although there are many holy soldiers, but except for the old brothers in Guangxi, most of the others are the brothers of the Tiandihui in southern Hunan and Liangguang, both of whom are basically illiterate and have never studied, and they have no chance to exercise, so it is okay to fight, to manage the localities, and to straighten out civil affairs, they can't be counted on at all.

Feng Yunshan immediately realized that the matter of cultivating talents must be grasped immediately. However, the cultivation of talents cannot produce immediate results, and at present, we must vigorously introduce existing talents.

Whether it is to conduct an old-fashioned imperial examination, or to select talents like later generations, or to hire talents from abroad, it is all feasible.

Feng Yunshan looked down into the distance, and just saw that in the southeast sky, the sun was covered by a cloud of clouds, but more than ten golden rays of light scattered to the earth through the gaps in the clouds and mist, revealing a golden wonder.

Clouds can't stop the sun!

Recently, I have paid too much attention to dealing with foreigners, and I want to develop the industrial system as soon as possible, but I forgot that without talents, it is useless to just introduce machinery and equipment.

Just as Feng Yunshan was quietly thinking about the future development alone, Zuo Zongtang hurriedly ran in and shouted excitedly: "Holy King, the Wuchang City of the Qing Demon has been lost, and it was captured by the Taiping Army a few days ago!" ”

"Ahh Sure enough, it came! Feng Yunshan was not surprised at all when he heard the news, he already knew in his heart that these days, the Taiping army would occupy Wuchang City.

Although, because of its own appearance, the wheel of history has changed greatly, but for the Taiping Army and Wuchang City, the objective conditions are still similar, and the torrent of history will inevitably continue to develop in that direction.

Zuo Zongtang looked at Feng Yunshan with admiration. Although he prides himself on being Zhuge Liang today, the longer he follows the Holy King, the more he feels that the Holy King is unfathomable. Sometimes, little things can't be taken into account, but more often, the general trend of the world like this is seen with great precision!

A few days ago, when the Holy King persuaded Wu Chongyao to take refuge, he decided that Wuchang would inevitably be lost, but he didn't expect that it would come true after only a few days. Zuo Zongtang couldn't help but be convinced.

"Holy King, now that the Taiping army over there has captured Wuchang, according to your analysis a few days ago, it will inevitably go down the Yangtze River to the land of the two rivers. In this way, it was even more difficult for the Manchus to mobilize large-scale troops to deal with our Taiping Holy State. This is a great thing for our holy kingdom! Zuo Zongtang said happily.

"Ji Gao, don't underestimate the Manchu Qing. Although there is the Heavenly King Dongwang who is in front of them to help our holy army attract the forces of the Qing Demons, the Manchu Qing will not give up the land of Liangguang, and there must be other means. The city of Guangzhou is too important to the Manchu court, and it is necessary for the brothers of the holy army to seize the time to annihilate all the remaining Qing demon forces in Liangguang, and completely occupy Liangguang first. ”

"Holy King Takami! Holy King, I heard that after Yang Xiuqing, the king of the East, occupied Wuchang City, he organized and prepared to open a branch to take scholars. Zuo Zongtang said a little cautiously: "Zongtang suggested that my Taiping Holy Kingdom should also open a science and recruit scholars. ”

Feng Yunshan was stunned, he had just thought of this, and Zuo Zongtang actually made this suggestion in unison. smiled and said: "What Ji Gao said is very true! Ben Wang decided to organize a school to open a scholar, but not just for scholars. The number of recruits should be a little larger, as long as they are not the most heinous bullying landlords and Manchu banner people, they can participate! ”

Then, Feng Yunshan personally served as the chief examiner, and asked Zuo Zongtang and Xu Xiangguang, who had participated in the imperial examination, to be responsible for the specific preparations, as the deputy chief examiner, to prepare for a major examination.

The requirements cannot be like the Manchu imperial examination, which is simply based on the eight-strand article. At that moment, he ordered the two main examination questions of "The General Trend of the World" and "The Country is Strong and the People are Prosperous", and Zuo Zongtang was included in the examination questions.

After Zuo Zongtang left, Feng Yunshan thought about the issue of the Holy Army again.

Nowadays, the establishment of the holy army seems to be a little chaotic, and the holy soldiers of the first army commander are often divided into several places, and the ownership of the commander is a problem.

The point is that there are already a large number of foreign guns, and it is time to start a combat mode based on hot weapons.

The original combat method based on cold weapons such as shotguns, copper cannons, knives and spears has been relatively backward, and the corresponding Holy First Army ...... The ...... of the Holy Sixth Army, which has always been used in the military system of the former Taiping Army, is also not applicable.

But how to adapt and reorganize the army to be more suitable for today's times? Feng Yunshan couldn't help but ponder.

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When Feng Yunshan was thinking hard about the reorganization of the Holy Army, the person he was talking about appeared in his hometown of Xiangxiang County, Heyetangdu (equivalent to a township).

Medium build, about forty years old, broad shoulders and thick back, wearing a black gauze scarf, broad forehead, a few deep wrinkles on the forehead, a thin face, two long triangular eyes, sharp and cold eyes swept around, I don't know why, he always felt that someone was secretly peeking at him.

This person is exactly what Feng Yunshan is talking about, Zeng Guofan, the right attendant of the official residence and etiquette department!

Since Emperor Xianfeng ascended the throne, Zeng Guofan was first investigated for the fall of Mu Zhang'a, the backstage backer and master, and then because of the Shangshu "Respect for Chen Shengde Three Ends to Prevent Misconduct", Emperor Xianfeng was angry, and his official fortune was not smooth, and he has been depressed.

Three months ago, Zeng Guofan, who served as the chief examiner of the Jiangxi Township Examination, suddenly received the bad news of his mother's funeral, so he rushed back to his hometown.

Zeng Guofan made a detour, but was captured by the Liuyang Tiandi congregation who followed the uprising, fortunately, Zeng Guofan's loyal servant changed clothes with the master, and the loyal servant was beaten to death, and Zeng Guofan pretended to be a servant who was coerced all the way to follow the Tiandi Hui bandits, wandering around.

Finally, the Taiping army was defeated by the Qing army and withdrew from Changsha, and the Tiandi bandits in Liuyang also followed the Taiping army, fleeing in all directions, and Zeng Guofan found an opportunity and escaped.

He first came to Changsha City and found his friend Guo Songtao, Guo Songtao was shocked when he saw Zeng Guofan's tragic situation, and hurriedly sent someone to escort him, and sent a sharp dagger to his personal collection for his self-defense.

Zeng Guofan finally returned to his hometown, but the funeral of his mother Jiang had already been completed and had been buried in the ground.

Seeing the remnants of white paper still hanging under the eaves of the gatehouse, Zeng Guofan was saddened in his heart.

After meeting his old father, Zeng Guofan didn't care about washing the dust off his face, and first respectfully kowtowed three times in front of his mother's portrait.

Then, he didn't take off his clothes, he directly put on the filial piety clothes worn by his younger brother, wrapped in a white cloth, and his whole body was plain white, and he refused the company of all the brothers and nephews, and asked Ming that the grave of the old mother was at the ancestral grave in the back mountain, and walked straight towards the back mountain.

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