Chapter 106: King of Alcohol
Prince Gong? glanced at Jing Tao, and secretly sneered in his heart, "The minister thinks that it is very suitable for Yi Xun to go, Yi Xun is also familiar with military books, as long as he undergoes some training, he will be of great use in the future." ”
See you? Agreed, a flash of unwillingness flashed in Jing Tao's eyes, but thinking of the relationship between the King of Alcohol County and the Empress Dowager of Xigong, he swallowed the words that came to his mouth again. Now it's not the Xianfeng Dynasty, and he's not a hot Eight Minister, if he doesn't still have a little effect, I'm afraid he is still a criminal minister, and he can't do anything to make enemies everywhere.
"In this case, it is proposed to appoint Wang Yiyun of Alcohol County as the minister of the Qincha, and concurrently serve as the governor of Huguang, responsible for suppressing all the wars of the bandits."
As for Zeng Guofan, he was swept to the end, not only lost his position as governor of Huguang, but also his position as the commander of the Hunan army. However, the court was extrajudicial and allowed him to stay in the army and continue to fight against the bandits.
As for the Hunan army, which was divided into two parts, Zeng Guoquan's troops were organized by the imperial court as the Hubei New Army, and cooperated with the local green battalions in Hubei to re-expand the armament war.
Wang Yiyun of the alcohol county is extremely happy to release the governor, although the capital is good, but there are too many gods, the queen mother of the two palaces hangs the curtain to listen to the government, the royal brother Yi? The power is monstrous, and his arms and legs are still thinner than these gods. What's more, the current governor of Huguang is much heavier than the peacetime. The governor had to capture all the wars of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the entire Qing Dynasty, and all the currently combatable armies of the Qing Dynasty had to be captured by himself.
Yi Xun didn't have any thoughts of disobedience, for the prince of the Manchu Dynasty, what he wanted most after the hopeless throne was a real regent with real power like Dolgon. And taking charge of the army is an extremely crucial step for him.
Yi Xun received the will, and even the Shenji Battalion did not take a light car to Hubei.
Half a month later, the king of Wujun arrived in Wuchang, and the first thing the young Manchu prince did when he arrived in Wuchang was to go to the Hunan army camp stationed outside the city.
For the arrival of the minister of Qincha and the governor of Huguang, the Hunan army attached great importance to it. Zeng Guoquan is now guilty of sin, and has been removed from all positions like his brother Zeng Guofan. However, Zeng Guoquan is a fierce general after all, and his prestige in the army is extremely high, so even if he does not have any position, the Hunan army of more than 40,000 people is the only one who looks ahead.
The car of the king of alcohol entered the camp of the Hunan army, Zeng Guoquan and all the other generals came to greet him, and Zeng Guoquan, who was wearing civilian clothes, stood at the forefront of the greeting.
Prince Alcohol frowned, a hint of displeasure on his face. The will of the imperial court should have been sent to the Hunan army before, and Zeng Guoquan should have been placed under house arrest to wait for processing, but now he still appeared in the forefront of the Hunan army generals, isn't this a child's play with the imperial court's edict?
"The criminal minister Zeng Guoquan participates in the prince!" Zeng Guoquan knelt on his knees and saluted. He is no longer a general, so naturally he cannot replace the kneeling salute with a military salute.
When Prince Alcohol saw Zeng Guoquan who was throwing himself to the ground, his face looked much better.
"Zeng Guoquan, you step aside! The edict of the imperial court cannot be regarded as child's play, and this king will naturally go back to see you later. King Alcohol spoke calmly.
Zeng Guoquan's face changed, but he didn't expect the King of Alcohol to let him leave directly. Didn't you say that King Alcohol and Prince Gong were of the same faction? His brother has transported countless belongings to the capital over the years, but Prince Alcohol is so cold to him.
"Lord Wang, the criminal minister ......" Zeng Guoquan raised his head.
"Your situation is clear to the king, and you will talk about it later!" Prince Alcohol waved his hand, a look of impatience on his face.
Zeng Guoquan's heart sank, and he felt that the situation was very different from what he expected. But he secretly regretted it in his heart, if he had known that this was the case, he would not dare to ignore the imperial decree to greet him.
Zeng Guoquan retreated in embarrassment, and the other Hunan generals showed worried looks on their faces.
Prince Alcohol was secretly proud in his heart, the Hunan army was an army trained by local regiments, although it was brave and good at fighting, but after all, it was not a regular army of the imperial court. King Alcohol still has some contempt in his heart. However, this contempt will not be easily manifested by him. After all, the green battalion army of the banner people is indeed rotten and unbearable, and the Qing Dynasty still needs these Han barbarians.
Accompanied by the generals of the Hunan army, the king of the county inspected the current Hunan army. The camp of the Hunan army is extremely clean, and most of the soldiers have taken a bath and changed their clothes, and it looks like the army looks good, and it is obvious that the Hunan army has made a lot of preparations before the king of alcohol county comes.
The king of alcohol is quite satisfied, although he is a Han Chinese, but he is indeed a capable army. The king of alcohol had the idea of holding this army firmly in his hands. However, this kind of thing cannot be done overnight, and the first step is to expel its current leader, leaving the entire army leaderless.
Later, the king of alcohol county saw Zeng Guoquan and comforted Zeng Guoquan, which made Zeng Guoquan, who was originally a little apprehensive, feel at ease, but when he learned that the king of alcohol county transferred him out of the Hunan army, Zeng Guoquan's face changed.
"Lord Wang, the Hunan Army was established by me and my brother, no one knows the Hunan Army better than us, now the enemy is current, Lord Wang, isn't it good for the minister to leave the Hunan Army?" Zeng Guoquan said with the dissatisfaction in his heart.
"What is the Hunan army, now they are the Hubei New Army, this king, as the governor of Huguang, is the commander of this army, and he has to give an account to the imperial court. What's more, the transfer of you from the Hunan army is also to protect you, and now the entire Hubei Green Battalion Army is gathering towards Wuhan, and this king wants to remove it, this task is extremely arduous, and only if you go to this king, you can rest assured. King Alcohol said. He believed that Zeng Guoquan would not dare to refuse him, otherwise he would have countless ways to deal with him after losing all his positions.
Zeng Guoquan's face was cloudy, he was not stupid, he saw that the king of alcohol was not easy to get along with from the first meeting, but he didn't expect the other party to kick himself out of the Hunan army so eagerly.
"Lord, the guilty minister begged to stay in the army to serve the prince, and the minister was willing to repay the prince's great kindness." Zeng Guoquan knelt on the ground and said loudly. In order to stay, he didn't even want face.
A sneer appeared on the face of the King of Alcohol, and he said firmly: "This king has already made a decision, it is better for Lord Zeng to go to Hankou as soon as possible." With that, he strode away with his retinue.
Zeng Guoquan was paralyzed on the ground, his face was full of ashes, he regretted it in his heart, if he knew the consequences of today, even if he was in danger of being wiped out by the Taiping army at that time, he would have to go south to join his brother.
As Zeng Guoquan was sent to Hankou to participate in the reorganization of the green battalion, the command of the Hunan army in Hubei fell into the hands of the king of Yujun.
However, King Chunjun did not cross the river to attack the Taiping army with a hot head, but stationed troops in Wuhan, frantically searching the gold, silver, property, and food materials throughout Hubei.
At the same time, in the Mongolian steppes, a cavalry force of tens of thousands of people moved south like a tide. This is the Mongol cavalry led by the Mongol cavalry Prince of Darhan, Sotnam Pensuk. Historically, the Mongol cavalry was once the strongest cavalry in the world. But after the Yuan Dynasty, the Mongol cavalry declined, and after the Qing Dynasty, it was even worse every year. If it were not for the famous general Monk Grinqin, the Mongol cavalry in modern times would have been completely forgotten.