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A few years ago, a new yamen was quietly opened at the mouth of the fish pond in Changsha City, close to the governor's yamen, with the five big characters of "Hunan Trial Bureau" written on the signboard. And Zeng Guofan, the former waiter of the Ministry of Rites, who was originally confined to his home and came back after receiving the order, took up an errand in this newly established yamen, and has been the assistant minister of regimental training with the main responsibility of securing the border and protecting the people for two months.

In this humble yamen, Zeng Guofan still remembers the day he entered Changsha, when he and Guo Songtao, Guobao, and Kang Fu came to the big nursery shop, Jiang Zhongyuan took a hundred Chu Yong to wait in the town and personally accompanied them into the city. When he came to the new shop, Zuo Zongtang brought a group of Changsha squires and former teachers and friends, such as Huang Mian, Sun Guanchen, Chen Jimu, Ding Shanqing, the head of Yuelu Academy, and Ding Fuchen, the head of Chengnan Academy, to greet him. When I came to the gate of the governor's office, I saw that the middle gate was wide open, and Zhang Liangji took the former Hubei Luo Huandian, the political envoy Pan Duo, the envoy Yue Xing'a, and a group of high-ranking officials such as Yandao and Liangdao were already waiting there.

That night, Zhang Liangji held a banquet in the governor's yamen to wash the dust of Zeng Guofan. Zhang Liangji's solemn and sincere greeting made Zeng Guofan deeply moved. For a few days, Zhang Liangji and Zeng Guofan had a secret talk. The two of them hated the lax governance of Hunan officials and the rampant bandits. Zeng Guofan believed that in troubled times, it was necessary to use heavy codes, and to strictly rectify the officialdom, especially to suppress bandits. Zhang Liangji fully agrees. Zhang Liangji also admired Zeng Guofan's strategy of "rather being strict than being lenient". Zeng Guofan also proposed to build a large regiment in the provincial capital, select the best of the township warriors who have been trained in each county, recruit them to the province, train them strictly, and use this regiment to protect the security of the provincial capital and suppress the banditry in various places.

Regarding all this, Zhang Liangji, who had just experienced the siege of Changsha and almost fell, also agreed. It's just that the matter is big, and he specially asked Zeng Guo's relatives to give the emperor a chapter. In the end, Zhang Liangji clasped Zeng Guofan's hands and said earnestly:

"In the future, everything related to the protection of the territory and the people of Hunan will be entrusted to Brother Ren, and it will all depend on the great talent. Hunan is Brother Ren Sangzi, Brother Ren's love for Hunan must not be under the bright base, do not have the idea of avoiding suspicion, although let go of your hands and feet, and use the art of mending the sky, so that the father of Sanxiang will be at peace early. ”

Zhang Liangji's words made Zeng Guofan's blood boil, and he hated to meet Zhang Liangji too late, and he was quite ashamed to refuse his invitation several times before.

The next day, Zeng Guofan presented a recital to the imperial court. Zeng Guofan wanted to build a large regiment in the provincial capital, naturally not just to defend the provincial capital and suppress the banditry. His main intention was to create a new army. His idea was: recruit a small number of people first, and train them rigorously, so that they can have the effect of one as ten; Then, with this group of people as the backbone, recruit ten times or twenty times as many people, and immediately become a strong force, and then pull out of the province to compete with the Taiping army.

The Manchus have always been very strict against the Han people, and the military power is firmly controlled by the imperial court, and they never worry about letting the Han people lead more troops, let alone allow anyone to build a "Qi family army" like Qi Jiguang in the Ming Dynasty. Perhaps it was because Zeng Guofan's recital was written vaguely, or perhaps because of the critical situation, the emperor knew that the Eight Banners Green Camp was not enough to rely on, or perhaps the emperor had never guessed Zeng Guofan's thoughts, or perhaps there was the best guarantee of King Gong, Su Shun and Tang Jian, so that Emperor Xianfeng particularly believed in Zeng Guofan, and he quickly approved it in person:

"Handle it carefully to prevent suppression."

Zeng Guofan received this holy decree and immediately transferred Luo Zenan and several of his high-ranking feet to Changsha. His thousand regiments, after being chosen, brought eight hundred. Zeng Guofan, on the other hand, imitated Qi Jiguang's way of training troops, and organized these regiments into two battalions, each with 360 people, Luo Zenan with one battalion, Wang Ju with one battalion, and 80 elite regiments from them to form a personal army team, led by Zeng Guobao.

Later, Zeng Guofan personally passed the assessment and comparison, and selected six people, including Peng Yucheng and Xiao Qingyan, from among the 80 pro-soldiers, and Kang Fu was responsible for training and serving as his personal bodyguard. These six people are all relatives or relatives of Zeng Guofan. And the reason why Zeng Guofan did this, his idea is very simple, the big and small leaders in this large group of Lian Yong must have a relationship of kinship, which is the bond that connects this Lian Yong into a strong whole, so that they can share the prosperity and withering, life and death. As one of these arrangements, he instructed Luo Zenan and Wang Ju to do their best to train bravery, and invited a few more committee members to handle daily cases.

As soon as they heard that the newly opened trial bureau was asked to be a member of the Yamen, many officials and gentlemen from Changsha immediately came to recommend them. Zeng Guofan originally wanted to find his own and was not recommended, but it was not easy to find a suitable person for a while, and secondly, he couldn't get in the way of doing things, so he selected more than ten people from those recommended people and entrusted Huang Tingzan, a classmate and friend of Yuelu Academy in the past, to be in charge of Huang Tingzan, the alternate governor of Jiangsu.

However, at this time, the situation did not give Zeng Guofan time to calmly train his troops, and almost just after the Spring Festival, the situation in Hunan became tense.

The nineteenth day of the first month is the opening day of the third year of Xianfeng, despite the tense situation in Hunan, but the twenty-first day of the lunar month is still sealed, and this year's auspicious day is the nineteenth day of the first month, according to the practice of officialdom, although there is a name of "the minister of the Qincha assistant regimental training", but Zeng Guofan still brought a congratulatory gift to meet the governor of Hunan Zhang Liangji, and in previous years to the "lower official" politeness is different, now Zhang Liangji is extremely important to Zeng Guofan.

Speaking of which, this kind of emphasis is also simple, since Hunan has been eroded by the "Cantonese bandits" all the way, and the local green battalion has been transferred along the way for Xiang Rong, this place in Hunan can rely on the regimental training from all over the country, and Zeng Guofan's more than 1,000 regiments are the main force of his battle

“…… First of all, He Zhigou, the leader of the Daozhou Heaven and Earth Society, made an incident at the beginning of the year, proclaimed himself the king of Punan, besieged the county seat, and killed the general Xu Delu and Wu Shichang. Then there was Liu Jihou in Hengshan Cao City who made another incident, and the Anhua Lantian Skewers Association announced an uprising again......"

When mentioning the current situation, Zhang Liangji was all worried.

"Your Excellency doesn't need to worry about this, He Zhigou, Liu Jihou and the String Society and other incense clubs are just a rabble, not enough to rely on, the national domain has sent a powerful general to pacify, I believe that in a few days, there will be news, but now what the national domain is worried about is another matter......"

Zeng Guofan's words paused slightly, took the opportunity to take a sip of tea, and then spoke.

"Nowadays, the place is erosive, in addition to He Zhigou, Liu Jihou and others, there are also the Red and Black Society in Youxian, the Half Money Club in Guiyang, and the Xianghui in Yongzhou, all of which are actively developing the congregation, brewing rebellion, and in the long run, although the government practices courage and bravery, but this place has just rebellious, and the officers and soldiers will have to fall into a state of exhaustion, which is what the national domain is worried about!"

This is really the most headache for Zeng Guofan, he who is familiar with history books can not know, compared to the elite of the imperial court, how can the ant thieves in the history books succeed, no wonder this place is just peaceful, he rebellious, in the long run, the elite of the court is naturally insufficient, and at that time, that is, when the ant thieves swept the world, such as Li Zicheng of the previous dynasty is exactly like this, suppressing and reverting, reversing and reversing, reversing and reversing, but in the end, the elite of the imperial court is less and less, and the thieves are more and more.

"Now, a new group of bandits have emerged in my Hunan area. There are three main types of bandits: one is the soldier Yong who escaped from Yuezhou, Wuchang, Hanyang and other cities, who has no money to go home and no camp to invest in, so they stay along the way and rob everywhere; One is that after the "Cantonese bandits" erode the places along the way, those homeless people, the weak became beggars, and the strong gathered all things; The other is the eldest husband who was captured by the officers and soldiers during the march and battle, and after using it, he did not go home, so he wandered around and caused nuisance everywhere. Most of these bandits are in the market, and they are extremely destructive......"

Zeng Guofan's words made Zhang Liangji nod his head in response.

"Then in Bohan's opinion, how should we deal with it?"

"My lord, do you remember the previous dynasty's suppression of Li Zhijian?"

With a slight jump in his eyebrows, Zhang Liangji put down the teacup in his hand and said.

"What should I do with Bohan?"

"Kill!"

After spitting out a word, Zeng Guofan said expressionlessly.

"The culmination of such a corrupt place shall be punished with death. Whether it is a bandit, a bandit, a king robber, a thief or any other troublemaker, catch one and kill another. Never tolerate mercy, troubled times should be used to re-enact, the lessons of the previous dynasty are both to suppress and appease, and finally the national situation collapsed, this suppression of banditry, the first and foremost ruthless, not only can not be benevolent, but to deal with it with thunderbolts......"

"Of course, Bohan has courage and knowledge, which is really a blessing for the people of Hunan Province!"

After some compliments, Zhang Liangji, who has long regarded Zeng Guofan as a dependent, will disagree there, he has been an official for decades, and he doesn't know that as far as the court is concerned, he never cares how many thieves he kills, the key is to stabilize the place and calm the rebellion, which is what the court values most, at least those grass people, just like mowing the grass, killing but killing will always produce another stubble, what does it matter if you kill it!