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The palm-sized snowflakes in the sky kept falling, and the biting cold wind blew on the face like a knife.

To climb the city wall in such weather, to stand on the top of the city and face north is simply to find guilt. But at this time, Zhu Yifeng was standing there quietly, wearing a woolen coat and a fur hat, he was just standing there, looking at the north with his eyes. After a while, a thick layer of snow fell on the body.

And Zhang Liangji and Luo Bingzhang stood there one left and one right, as the left and right members of the army, the two of them are Zhu Yifeng's left and right hands, and they are also his right-hand men, maybe they are just old officials, but now whether it is Zhu Yifeng or the governor's mansion, they are inseparable from old bureaucrats like them.

"Shi Qing, Ru Zhai, you have all been to the capital, in your opinion, can the "Cantonese bandits" conquer the capital? ”

This is exactly what Zhu Yifeng is worried about, in the past few days, almost as soon as he learned the news that tens of thousands of "Cantonese bandits" were coming to the capital and Xianfeng Beijiao, he paid attention to the news in the north.

History has changed!

When history was about to enter 1854, a dramatic change occurred, and the Northern Expedition of the Taiping Army, which should have been defeated, had undergone a fundamental reversal because of the early dispatch of reinforcements - Zeng Lichang, who was supposed to be defeated by Shengbao in Linqing, went all the way north from Xiangyang, entered Nanyang and Kehenan, and then moved to Shanxi.

At this time, what is Zhu Yifeng most worried about?

It was the Taiping army that conquered the capital!

If the Taiping army conquers the capital, what kind of variables will it bring?

"The high walls of the capital city are solid, and there are hundreds of thousands of flag soldiers in the city, even after a bloody battle, it is difficult to get down from the minister's point of view!"

Luo Bingzhang's voice fell, and Zhang Liangji said casually on the side.

"Nanjing has also been taken by the Cantonese bandits!"

Because after incarcerating that Zhu Yifeng was Emperor Ming Jianwen, now Zhang Liangji and other important officials in the government all call Jiangning Nanjing, and Zhu Yifeng naturally did not refuse this familiar name, and the acceptance of this name, in the eyes of Zhang Liangji and others, this is simply hinting at his identity.

"Although Nanjing has the name of the world's strong city, but the city wall of Nanjing has not been repaired for decades, how can it be compared with the capital in 20 years of major repair, 10 years of minor repair, and moreover, this Beijing flag has hundreds of thousands of flag soldiers, that Guangdong bandits kill the flag soldiers, even if the flag soldiers are incompetent, in danger of their lives, in order to save their own lives and the lives of their families, they can only fight with their lives. You must know that when the city of Nanjing fell, the banner soldiers and even the women of the city all went to the city to tear up and kill the Cantonese bandits in order to save their lives, so that many of them died! Moreover, there are more than 1,000 cannons on the head of the capital, including thousands of catties of huge cannons. ”

Luo Bingzhang and Zhang Liangji have obvious differences on whether the capital can be defended, and in his opinion, the capital must be defended, because the nearly one million banner people in the capital want to save their lives in every possible way. As long as the capital can be defended, the governor's side does not need to think about the matter of descending to the Cantonese bandits every day for the time being.

"What if the Cantonese bandits dig the ground and blow up the city wall, just like they did in Nanjing?"

"There are more than 100,000 households in the 24 banners of the capital, and tens of thousands of households in the suburbs of Beijing, and nearly a million soldiers and civilians.

"But what if the city falls?"

Zhang Liangji asked rhetorically, and deliberately emphasized.

"Brother Ruzhai, I'm talking about what if!"

"What if...... It's impossible, as long as the Cantonese bandits don't stop slaughtering the banner people for a day, there will be no such event! ”

When the words fell, Luo Bingzhang bowed to the Metropolitan Governor again.

"Dadu Governor, this Jingzhou has not yet been down, Jingzhou is full of tens of thousands of banner people, although its ancestors are guilty of sins in China, but it has lived in China for hundreds of years, its customs have been no different from Chinese, when Emperor Hongwu also said in the Northern Expedition "such as Mongolia, Semu, although not the Chinese race, but between the same life between heaven and earth, there are people who can know etiquette and righteousness, and are willing to be subjects, and the people of Zhongxia are no different." "In this way, with the hearts of the people and the views of the ministers, I also ask the governor of the capital to order, if the Jingzhou garrison is willing to surrender, please also treat the banner people leniently, for the effect of the world!"

Luo Bingzhang's proposal made Zhu Yifeng's brows frown slightly, and the most fundamental reason why he has not ordered the capture of Jingzhou so far is because he has not yet thought about how to clean up the garrison flag army there.

Is it killing? Still is?

Of course, you can't put it, but if you kill it...... Kill those soldiers, naturally there is no pressure, after all, they are soldiers with silver!

But what about the old and infirm, women and children?

After all, among the 20,000 banner people in Jingzhou, there are more than 10,000 old and weak women and children! What about these people?

Kill or release?

It is precisely because he didn't think about how to deal with these people that Jingzhou has never sent people to capture them, but now Luo Bingzhang's words made Zhu Yifeng think of the 20,000 bannermen in Jingzhou, and also thought of the more than 1 million bannermen in China, how to deal with them in the future? This is an unavoidable question!

He was silent for a moment, then spoke.

"Those who are willing to be subjects are no different from those who are raised by the people of Zhongxia......"

The corners of Zhu Yifeng's lips lifted slightly, and he said coldly.

"Yes, but not here, not now!"

When the words fell, Zhu Yifeng didn't explain his thoughts, and looked at the north, now history has changed too much, if the Taiping army captures the capital. This is also a good thing, at least you don't have to think about the flag man anymore, it's better to have someone do it for you than to dirty your own hands. But on the other hand, he was worried about the chain reaction of the inversion after the Taiping army conquered the capital, which in fact would be catastrophic.

"In case the Taiping army conquers the capital, when the time comes, when the time comes, will the governors and governors of various places surrender to the Taiping army?"

In other words, the local government will recognize the rule of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, which is what Zhu Yifeng is worried about. As for the disposal of the banner man, it really wasn't something he needed to think about now.

"Cantonese bandits, destroy my famous religion, burn my scriptures, kill my Confucian students, all my famous people are eager to eat their bones, and how can they fall to the bandits!"

"If the capital falls, it may not fall, in the late Ming Dynasty, Li Zicheng also sent officials to Shandong and other places, and the gentry also kowtowed to welcome the officials! At this time, if the bandits are sent to seize the capital, if they order to appease the officials in various places and allow them to take their original positions, how can they not be demoted? ”

Differences of opinion are always inevitable, in this regard, Zhu Yifeng naturally does not feel different, if the opinions are completely unanimous, it is not even realistic, after all, everyone is guessing based on their own opinions.

"Shi Qing is talking about human nature, and Ruzhai is talking about people's hearts!"

Shaking his head and sighing, human nature is unwilling to accept the "court" of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom that violates human ethics and human nature, but people's hearts are profit-oriented, as for human nature, in front of Li, I am afraid it will take a back seat!

"And we're going to think, what are we going to do?"

With a slight twinkle in his eyes, Zhu Yifeng said coldly.

"Even if the Taiping army seizes the capital and the whole country surrenders, Zhu will never surrender to such a tyrant, what is the crime of my people, just out of the wolf's den, and into the tiger's mouth!"

Maybe Zhu Yifeng will not use "Cantonese bandits" to describe the Taiping Army, but he does not have a good impression of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, in the so-called "Heavenly Kingdom" program "Heavenly Dynasty Tianmu System", it is not as wonderful as many people imagine, not only will the "peasants" be listed as the most lowly people in the world, but when it comes to punishment, they will often "depose as peasants", but also directly stipulate the hereditary system of officials, and take "dethroned as peasants" as a punishment for officials, so as to hereditary "respect and dignity", in other words, officials and their descendants are officials, As for the peasants, their children and grandchildren are peasants.

They claimed that "all the fields are divided according to the population, regardless of men and women", and they seem to give the fields to the peasants, but their purpose in dividing the cultivated land equally among the people is not to let the people get enough food and then make a fortune. On the contrary, all but the most basic food needs of the people were to be collected from the people's farms. And this is not only the case with grain, but also with miscellaneous grains, cloth, chickens and dogs, money, and so on. The ultimate goal is to "return all things to the Lord" and claim that this is "the will of Allah for the peace." If such a person is allowed to take over the world, what will happen to the people of the world? ”

The words on his lips were righteous and awe-inspiring, but there was a voice in Zhu Yifeng's heart shouting there, this world is definitely not his Hong Xiuquan! It can't be! It shouldn't be!

"I will starve for thousands of miles, and the land of China will be red! For the livelihood of the world, our Han army must wave the banner of righteousness to save my people! ”

"The Governor of the Metropolis is wise!"

Listening to the righteous and righteous words of the Grand Duke, Zhang Liangji and Luo Bingzhang hurriedly bowed and greeted them.

"It is a blessing to the world that my people can be governors! China's luck! ”

This sycophant is a bit high, and the hat is a little big, but Zhu Yifeng is not the slightest humble, in fact, he is now more and more accustomed to other people's sycophants, and it is inevitable for the master to adapt to all this, and only adaptation will not be drifting.

"Ru Zhai, the last time you said that you would use troops in Guangdong, the time is not yet ripe, in your opinion, if you use troops in Guangdong now, how many more troops do you need to invest?"

"Five thousand is enough!"

As soon as he heard about the use of troops in Guangdong, Luo Bingzhang was excited in his heart, and he said in a loud voice.

"The current situation is chaotic, the capital is besieged, Chief Hu is still nowhere to be found, and the local officials are panicking, if our Han army is in Guangdong, it only needs to become a coercive situation, and then send people to lobby Ye Kunchen, of course, ......"

After a slight pause, Luo Bingzhang raised his head, looked at the Metropolitan Governor and said.

"If you want to get Guangdong, you have to go to Jingzhou! If the garrison flag is undecided, even if Ye Kunchen has the heart to surrender to me, and there is a stumbling block in Guangzhou, I am afraid that he will not dare to surrender me lightly! ”

As soon as Luo Bingzhang's words were finished, Zhang Liangji hurriedly echoed.

"Dadu Governor, what Ruzhai said is very true, and please ask Dadu Governor to be merciful for the livelihood of the people in the world!" (To be continued.) )