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Ren Er is home!

After this promise, Hu Linyi and Zuo Zongtang found that the guards guarding outside the courtyard had been withdrawn, leaving only a few servants, in other words, they had now gone from prisoners to guests.

became a guest of the Grand Governor.

When they tried to get out of the courtyard for the first time, they found that they were not just talking, not only was there no guard outside the courtyard, but when they went out, no one followed them, and they could leave at any time if they wanted.

It was only at this time that they believed Zhu Yifeng's previous words.

However, they obviously don't know Zhu Yifeng, or they don't know Zhang Sen, maybe there is no guard outside the courtyard, and even when the two of them go out, no one follows, but in fact, from the moment they left the courtyard, there were spies lurking to monitor the two, just like at this time, although the two of them have been walking on the streets of Wuchang for nearly an hour, they are always followed by two spies who seem to be wandering around like them, but because this spy is replaced by "passers-by" on the side of the road from time to time, so that the two of them have never found anyone following them.

"Ji Gao, you Wuchang seems to be getting more and more lively day by day!"

Walking on the streets of Wuchang, Hu Linyi smiled at Zuo Zongtang beside him.

"That's true, although Zhu Yifeng started from the grass, but he also has a pure heart, when he captured Wuchang, the whole city of Wuchang was red, and he immediately set up a porridge shed to seize the city, and did work relief, living Wuchang, Hankou, Hanyang people more than 100,000, because of this, this person ......"

Originally, Zuo Zongtang wanted to say that he was "a big trouble for the court", but when the words came to his mouth, he had a wry smile, since that day he grabbed a white name, his words were seared in his heart, so that not only could he not clear his words out of his mind, but even the thoughts in his heart had already been shaken,

If it was said that he had been in prison before, and most of the things outside the prison were unknown, then now after being released from prison, Zuo Zongtang suddenly found that the former "ten evil people" in his eyes were far from being as "unforgivable" as he imagined, and even although he was a "thief", he did what the government did not do at the beginning, such as this righteous act of helping the people in the three places, which was something that the government had never done at the beginning.

There are hundreds of thousands of living people, and they have won the hearts of the people of Hubei, which is the big difference between the "righteous army" and the "Cantonese bandits".

"Quite ambitious!"

"Before the Cantonese bandits entered the city, they said that they had nothing to disturb the people, and they would be called the people, but a few days later, they would take the people in the city captive, and after they entered the city, they first set up a people's will with a notice to calm the people, and then set up a porridge shed and work for relief, so that Wuchang was decided, and it can be seen that its plan is far beyond the Cantonese bandits!"

Compared with Zuo Zongtang's exclamation, Hu Linyi's words were full of appreciation.

"After all, the first thing that is in charge of the people is to rule the people! Although it has not been seen to be undisturbed with the people today, it is not easy to do so at this time. ”

"That's true, but the Cantonese bandits burned Confucian temples, destroyed poetry and books, and believed in cults, but Zhu Dadu Governor used foreigners to learn foreign arts and spread foreign religions.

Although Zuo Zongtang's hostility to the righteous army has completely faded away, with the understanding of Wuchang, new doubts have arisen, such as the "Wenshan Yishu" that Wuchang is now building, although it is Yishu, what he teaches is Western, and even the professors are "foreign monks". For him, who was born in a scholarly family, Zuo Zongtang, who was influenced by Confucianism since he was a child and studied Cheng Zhu Lixue, was naturally a little difficult to accept.

"It is made for the purpose of attacking the razor, for the purpose of destroying the money, and for the master's long skills to control the razing."

Just when Zuo Zongtang objected, Hu Linyi came up with such a sentence, which was a quote from Wei Yuan's "Original Narrative" in the book "Atlas of the Sea Kingdom". Because both of them have received Lin Zexu's guidance, and they have also received the book, they naturally know something about it.

"Yi Zhi's long skill three: one battleship, two firearms, three methods of raising soldiers and training. Today's righteous army is strong, Zhu Du's support, not only the foreign ships in the river, the firearms in the hands of the soldiers, and then it is the method of raising and training soldiers. ”

Because of the experience of being defeated, Hu Linyi was more able to accept all this in Wuchang.

"The Yi people it uses today are nothing more than to learn the skills of Yi people, as for the foreign religion, but only occasionally, Ji Gao, through the Yue bandits, it does not burn the Confucian Temple, nor destroys poetry and books, let alone believes in cults, so, it is really rare!"

Inadvertently, Hu Linyi didn't even notice that he involuntarily stood on Zhu Yifeng's side, on the side of the rebels, instead of standing on the side of the imperial court as in the past.

"Furthermore, if Zhu Du had not learned the battleships, firearms, and methods of raising and training soldiers, how could he be as strong as today's righteous army?"

As if to corroborate his words, there was a neat footstep in the distance, that is, the sound of military boots stepping on the bluestone slab, only seemed very clear on this street, only to see a group of soldiers coming from far and near, this group of soldiers was wearing a straight Western-style military uniform, carrying a rifled gun on their shoulders, and wearing bronze spike leather shoes on their feet.

These soldiers are pleasing to the eye and look imposing!

It's a pity that these energetic and majestic soldiers are not greeted by the emperor of the Qing Dynasty in our Forbidden City.

Looking at these soldiers, it is inevitable that some people muttered like this in their hearts, after all, everyone has a big forest. And in the eyes of Hu Linyi and Zuo Zongtang, these "gendarmes" who patrolled the streets wearing "gendarmerie" on their chests made it difficult for their hearts to calm down for a while.

The reason why it is difficult to calm down is very simple, unlike the old days when the government servants were used to maintain the street, since the Wuchang City was captured by the Han army, these rebels took on the task of maintaining the stability of the street. The focus of their efforts is not only on the Chinese who are doing evil, but also on the soldiers and soldiers who are scattered among the people.

It is precisely because of this that this armed patrol will appear on the streets of Wuchang, which is something new to the people in the city. They used to see China's green battalion soldiers and regimental bravery, so can it also be called an army? In addition to a short coat with the word "brave" printed on the front chest and back, the difference from Xia Li Khan is that each person has a red top on his head, and the number one shirt looks even more littered and tattered, and it is gone.

But those patrols are completely different, they are all wearing magnificent military uniforms, carrying bright foreign guns, and walking on the street with neat steps, which makes people look more energetic, and there is no procrastination and resentment.

However, what occasionally makes some readers shake their heads and sigh is that it is a pity that these energetic and majestic soldiers are not greeted by the emperor of the Qing Dynasty in our Forbidden City. Not only did they not listen to their greetings, but they were even determined to overthrow the Manchu Dynasty, which would make Zuo Zongtang and Hu Linyi look at these soldiers, and they also secretly sigh in their hearts, as if they are sighing for the imperial court.

Just as the two of them sighed at the strength of the rebel army, the military police who were patrolling there walked straight towards the two of them. In the surprise of the two, they stopped the two, and saw the leader of them look at the two for a moment, and then asked.

"You're from out of town?"

"It's from out of town! I don't know why this military master stopped in the lower place? ”

As soon as he spoke, the Hunan accent in his mouth revealed that the two were outsiders, but the leading gendarme continued to ask.

"Have those two ever applied for temporary residence permits?"

"What? Temporary Residence Permit? ”

Hu Linyi's eyes widened and he looked at each other in surprise, what is a temporary residence permit?

"Naturally, I haven't handled it, what's the matter, do you still need a temporary residence permit if you live in Wuchang?"

Zuo Zongtang asked with a little unhappiness, and was suddenly stopped by these soldiers, which really made him feel quite unhappy.

"Naturally, you don't need to, but if you two stay here for a long time......"

The gendarme stared at the braids on the back of the two of them and said with a serious expression.

"But I need to cut the pig's tail at the back of my head!"

What the?

What a pig tail!

"Pig tail, what are you talking about!"

Zuo Zongtang's heart suddenly swelled with anger, but his anger had no meaning,

"Yes, that's right, it's this pig's tail that the Manchu Qing Dynasty tied for you, since you are Han, why do you want to keep it!"

The gendarmerie sergeant didn't even pay attention to the man's anger and said bluntly.

"My Han Righteous Army raised troops, since it was to liberate my compatriots from Manchu slavery, if you live in Wuchang for a long time, please cut off this braid yourself within half a month, I really don't understand you, what is there to be nostalgic for a pig's tail, ancestors, the ancestors of our Han family were killed in order not to keep this pig's tail, and thousands of people were killed, and as a result, when you came here, what kind of ancestral system did it become, it was really a group of people who forgot their ancestors......"

There was no trace of politeness in the words of the military police, only said that although Zuo Zongtang was annoyed, he was speechless, in fact, he was annoyed by the word "pig's tail", if the other party said "braids", he would not be so angry, and now after being robbed by him like this, he only felt that his face was red and white, and then he noticed that most of the pedestrians on the street had cut off their braids. It's rare to have braids like him.

"I never thought that this, this Han army and the Taiping army are also a little similar, this braid ......"

Saying this, Zuo Zongtang's heart was full of the words of the previous gendarme, he naturally knew that what the other party said was true, when the Qing army entered the customs, wasn't it "keep your hair without your head, keep your head without braids?" ”。

Now that the Han army has seized Hubei, naturally it will not keep this braid anymore, just like the Cantonese bandits ask the people to grow their hair, and now this braid is cut or not? (To be continued.) )