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A burnt smell!

Even after a few spring rains, the air still smells of burning, the smell of the city being burned, and even the rain and snow can't wash it away. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

At this time, the capital was almost completely in ruins, the inner city and the outer city were mostly burned, a month ago, before the bandits fled, they not only killed half of the city's soldiers and civilians, but also burned the city, the fire burned for six days and six nights. Although the capital was almost burned to the ground, for the banner people who survived, they breathed a sigh of relief and finally saved their lives.

At this time, the white flags were removed from the inside and outside of the Forbidden City, and the yellow gauze palace lamps were replaced with one color.

And for Yixun, who has been on the throne for a whole month, he did not feel happy because of the removal of the palace lamp, the white flag has been flashing in front of his eyes, it seems to be the white flag of the Great Qing Kingdom. From the day he first ascended the throne, he faced too many problems, putting aside the bandits and thieves in the south, after the catastrophe, not only were the houses burned down, but even more than half of the people were killed. Jingqi must be relieved, otherwise people's hearts will be unstable. The chaos in the south must be pacified, otherwise the world will not be protected, what can be guaranteed?

The capital is preserved, and the Great Qing Kingdom seems to be preserved, but the imminent problem has forced Yi Xun to sleep at night, and he even understands why no one is competing with him for the throne of the emperor, because everyone knows that this dragon chair is difficult to sit on. Although this dragon chair was once his dream, at this time, sitting on this dragon chair worrying about the situation of his family and country, his heart was full of helplessness.

was busy for a whole day, and Peng Yunzhang, who was exhausted, slept until the next afternoon, and got up and felt sore. He wore a lake silk jacket, and after eating some snacks, he sat by the window in the study, and took out a book from the shelf, and had just read two chapters, when he heard the parrot under the eaves shout:

"There's a guest coming, Middle Hall! There's a guest coming, Mr. Zhongtang! ”

"This bird is really empathetic."

A word suddenly came from outside, and then people had already come in, only to see Yixun smile and say to the stunned Peng Yunzhang:

"It's rare to have half a day of leisure. I'm here to trouble you. ”

As soon as he saw that the emperor suddenly came to his house, Peng Yunzhang was already so panicked that he kowtowed to the ground and said:

"Please emperor, forgive the old minister for the crime of dereliction of honor! The old minister has been in two dynasties, and he has been doing it for 18 years with the first emperor, and there has never been such a case - how can the emperor come to visit the old minister! It's a bad deal! ”

Said a stack of orders.

"Quick, dig out the snow water stored in the jar last year and give the emperor sencha!"

"Yukisui Sencha, good!"

Yixun smiled and nodded.

"Just fry in this outhouse, when the water is about to boil, I will soak it for you myself—sit, sit!"

Yixun asked Peng Yunzhang to sit down first.

"When I come to your house today, I am a guest, don't be a courtesy. Sitting and talking about tea, are you happy? ”

Although the emperor said so, Peng Yunzhang dared to sit down, but he only sat on half of his ass. As soon as they sat down, the two ministers had not finished their polite conversations, and they heard the servants shouting outside.

"Xiangye, the water is ringing!"

The copper kettle is fiercely hot, and the water boils very fast,

I saw a small servant come in with a few delicate jasper cups and tea cans on a plate, and Peng Yunzhang hurriedly took them in person and held them in front of the emperor.

Lifting the teacan, Yi Xun pinched a pinch of tea leaves, looked at it, and said:

"This Biluochun is not the best. Ming'er will reward you with a pack of palace tribute tea, you can eat and see. ”

Picking tea in one hand, he put a little medicine into each cup as if he were grabbing a little medicine, and a servant came in with a freshly boiled pot. Yi Xun rolled up the cuff and held the pot in his hand, pouring water into the cups, while observing the color of the water in each cup very carefully, mixing the water little by little. Then he sat down and smiled:

"When eating tea, dew is the first, snow is second, rain is second, and the lighter the water, the better the color and taste. You're snowing this year, and it's the best time to do it. This snow water is not wine, the older it is, the better. ”

Peng Yunzhang looked at the tea, and hurriedly said:

"Where can Lao Chen save these, it's just that eating tea can refresh and quench his thirst. It's just the same water and tea, Lao Chen has never smelled such a fragrance! ”

In fact, how could Peng Yunzhang not understand these truths, the reason why he said this was completely to pat the emperor's ass, Yixun was naturally very clear about this, and he didn't break it, and when he saw that he was about to end it, he hurriedly said.

"Old Xiangguo, wait a minute, this tea is only easy to use at half temperature. Taste it little by little. As for quenching thirst, plain water also makes. ”

Waving his hand to stop, Yixun looked at Peng Yunzhang and smiled.

"Lao Xiangguo, I came to you today, first, to visit Lao Xiangguo, and second, there are some things I want to discuss with Lao Xiangguo!"

Staring at Peng Yunzhang, Yi Xun's heart was full of gratitude to him, if he hadn't ordered Su Shun to lead the Rehe Protector to aid the capital, not only would the capital not be protected, but I am afraid that even he would have died at the hands of bandits.

Naturally, the world of the Qing Dynasty must not be protected.

Listening to the word discussion, Peng Yunzhang hurriedly got up and said.

"The old minister is terrified!"

"Today, you and I are the two of you, the monarch and the minister, I am here to seek advice from the old minister."

Yixun's brow furrowed.

"Today's situation, the old Xiangguo also knows, the south is rampant, several provinces in the south of the Yangtze River are erosive, Wuchang Han rebels and goes to Guangdong, such as Ye Mingchen and others do not know how to repay, and descend to Han rebellion. Looking at the imperial court, the new one has been hit hard, the capital is in danger of falling into the hands of the enemy, and the situation of our Great Qing Kingdom can be said to be critical......"

At this time, Yi Xun didn't have any cover-up, in fact, the ruins and ruins outside the mansion couldn't be hidden, and what he needed now was to be able to be a monarch and a minister.

"If I don't do anything about it, I'm afraid that the country that this ancestor has fought hard will be lost in my hands, and I am afraid that when the time comes, I will only ...... The inner library is burned into splendid ash, and the heavenly street is full of public bones! ”

In the past few days, these two sentences in the "Qin Women's Yin" will always appear in his mind, and even occasionally he will stand on the sky and Anmen to look at the burned capital, and look at the remnants of the ruins of the banner people.

"Kill all the demons in the world and avenge the Han people!"

In Yixun's nightmare, Lin Fengxiang's words when he was beheaded always woke him up.

If the Qing Dynasty is over, it is not necessarily the bones of the public secretary who have stepped on the street this day, but the bones of the banner people are certain, after this catastrophe, there is no one left in the two bannermen of the Beijing camp, and hundreds of thousands of the Beijing camp will either die in the chaos or die in the fire. After waking up from the nightmare, he knew that no matter what, he had to keep the world of the Great Qing Kingdom.

"The Emperor Shengming!"

What can a courtier say?

The emperor wants to make every effort to govern, then the courtiers can only continue to pat on the back, although he is the foreman of the military minister, but Peng Yunzhang knows what to say, what not to say, if it is put aside, he does not need to have such scruples, but now it is not possible, even the emperor has also said "such as Ye Mingchen and the like", which does not know how to repay, it is the Han officials who abandon the king's grace, as for the Guangdong garrison...... Well, it was also the Eight Banners of the Han Army that gave up the city.

When the capital was besieged, it was Su Shun and Shengbao who saved the capital, not Hanchen! As Hanchen, although he is the foreman of the military aircraft, Peng Yunzhang still rationally chose to protect himself.

"Old Xiangguo, the word Shengming, as far as I am concerned. When I ascended the throne, I swore that "the monarch and the minister will rule the world together", and as for "the Manchu and Han people rule the world together" is the fundamental ...... of my Qing Dynasty's rule of the world."

The fundamental reason why Yixun once again emphasized that "the Manchus and the Han rule the world together" is because after this catastrophe, the Manchus in the court did not trust the Hanchens, and it can be said that Ye Mingchen's surrender to the enemy and the surrender of the Guangzhou garrison intensified the fear in the hearts of the Manchus in the court, and the Han army flag of the banner bearers was unreliable, let alone the Hanchen?

Although he knew that Manchen's worries were not unreasonable, Yixun also understood that if he left Hanchen, the Qing Dynasty would not be able to keep it, and now if he wants to keep the world of the Qing Dynasty, he has to reuse Hanchen, and in this regard, he and Peng Yunzhang have something in common, and the reason why he came here is also to seek Peng Yunzhang's opinion.

"And today's situation in the world, you can't calm it unless you use Hanchen, I want to use Zeng Guofan as the governor of Liangjiang, I don't know what the old minister wants?"

Yixun's suggestion only made Peng Yunzhang suddenly feel surprised, and he looked at the emperor and couldn't speak for a long time.

"I want the whole world to see, as long as he is loyal to the court, the court will not treat him badly, although Zeng Guofan defeated Hunan, but Hunan Province surrendered to thieves, but he never surrendered to thieves, he was in Jiangxi, although he was a guest army, but he made many military exploits for the court, if such loyal and brave ministers are not rewarded, will it not chill the hearts of the people of the world?"

This is a thousand dollars to buy bones, as the emperor's Yixun hopes to use Zeng Guofan to send a signal to Hanchen - he will reuse Hanchen!

"Emperor Shengming, if you want to come to Zeng Guofan, you will definitely swear to serve the court to the death!"

Although he knew that this was a power trick for the monarch, Peng Yunzhang's heart couldn't help but feel excited, and said that the emperor's courage was indeed far beyond that of the previous emperor, and there was a precedent of Zeng Guofan, and how could the Hanchen in this world not be used by the imperial court. More importantly, this move will stabilize the hearts of Hanchen in the world, which is the most important thing. But he couldn't say that, because he was Hanchen!

"Reuse Hanchen to level the world!"

Yixun held a cup in one hand, got up and paced, looked at the spring garden outside the window and said.

"If you want to protect my Qing Dynasty, this alone will not work, Lao Xiangguo, at this time, Jiangning bandits, Wuchang Han rebels are my Qing Dynasty henchmen. Zeng Guofan once said that the trend of Han rebellion is all based on the sharpness of Western firearms, even if Han rebellion can be used in Western firearms, then I can naturally use it in the Qing Dynasty! ”

In the past month, as the emperor, Yi Xun has thought about too many things, and there is only one core of his thoughts, that is, to keep the world of the Great Qing Kingdom, and to reuse Hanchen and foreign weapons, which is the choice he made after thinking and meditating.

"The emperor Shengming, even if the thief is rebellious and the foreign gun, the court can naturally use it, but the foreigner has always helped the thief, how can he help the court?" (To be continued.) )