"On what terms?"

Guo Ye replied: "Please allow the prince to allow the lowly to select soldiers in the army to form a firearms battalion!" ”

Monk Greenqin's heart was shocked, and he looked at Guo Ye solemnly, when she was training the Qing army in Dagukou Fort, she also put forward a similar condition, that is, to drive out all the silverfish that smoke opium, and today he once put forward such a condition!

Monk Lingqin nodded slowly and replied, "I am so satisfied with you!" However, if your firearms battalion is not able to defeat one against two in future drills, this king will personally pluck your head! ”

The report of the battle was quickly delivered to the imperial court.

Late at night, Emperor Xianfeng was about to rest, and the chief eunuch Lu Xi hurriedly came to the door and shouted: "Long live the lord, long live the lord?" ”

Xianfeng frowned, it's so late, and you're still here to disturb him, what's the matter with this old Luxi!

"What's the matter?"

"Long live Lord, Lord Chen Fuen, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and Lord Wenxiang, a university scholar, have an urgent matter to ask for an audience!"

Xianfeng was shocked, a military secretary and a university scholar came together, it seems that there is really an emergency, it can't be that the long hair in the south has made some big noise!

"Call them in!"

Immediately, Chen Fuen and Wen Xiang walked in one after the other, and the two of them were full of spring breeze, which is rare, in the past few years, the court has been unlucky news, every time the two of them meet late at night, there must be nothing good!

Today happens to be two people on duty, it is already very late, two people are just about to rest, I didn't expect Tianjin to come to the official letter, six hundred miles urgent, and it is good news! The two of them immediately understood that there was a situation in Dagukou, and the good news from the prince of Horqin, Monk Greenqin, who was sitting there, must have won the battle with the foreigners!

The two of them couldn't take a break, put on their court clothes, and ran into the palace to ask for an audience!

"Your Majesty, great joy, great joy! The good news of the Tianjin monk king! ”

Xianfeng suddenly lifted his spirits when he heard this, good news, this is what he is looking forward to day and night!

"Tell me what's going on!"

Chen Fuen hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, the Prince of Horqin, Monk Greenqin, reported that at noon the day before yesterday, the British and French fleets raided the Dagukou Fort, dispatched 30 large and small warships to bombard Dagukou, and Shi Rongchun, the governor of Zhili, led the army to fight hard, and finally sank five enemy ships, captured one enemy flagship, and captured countless guns and ammunition for the rest of the guns. Great victory, this is a great victory! ”

Sink five enemy warships, even the opponent's flagship was captured, and the enemy chief was killed! This is the first victory against foreigners since the Opium War! It's definitely a great victory, a rare victory for more than ten years!

Xianfeng laughed and exclaimed, "Yes, this is a great victory, a great victory!" This group of foreign devils always come to bully us, and this time they finally have a bad breath! That's great! Prince Korqin is worthy of being my pillar minister! Shi Rongchun is also worthy of a generation of famous generals! Reward, the soldiers in front of the bloody battle, only to have today's victory, I will definitely not hesitate to give generous gifts! ”

After Xianfeng finished speaking, he suddenly found that he was a little cold and asked, "What's wrong?" Two Aiqing, shouldn't such a big victory be rewarded? ”

Wen Xiang on the side said in a low voice: "Long live!" Such a great victory, naturally to reward the army, but, there is one more thing, Your Majesty does not know, although the Dagukou is a great victory, but Zhili Admiral Shi Rongchun, personally risked the arrow, the army to supervise the battle, unfortunately for the enemy ship shell hit the martyrdom, the deputy general Long Ruyuan also for the foreigner stray bullet hit the martyrdom, the monk king asked for the mercy of the deceased, in order to show the majesty and virtue of the court......"

Xianfeng was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect that although he had won a great victory, the two commanders of Dagukou were also martyred, and Emperor Xianfeng was suddenly silent.

Wen Xiang continued: "Long live, this is the excerpt of the monk king, please long live the royal ......"

Xianfeng took the fold, carefully reviewed it, and sighed: "Shi Yintang not only risked the arrows and stones, regardless of his life, but also selected good talents for the imperial court in the army, this Guo Ye, but a great character, the monk king has always been arrogant, and he has no spare eyes, this time he is also greatly admired, it seems that this person is somewhat talented." ”

Chen Fuen replied: "Long live, Shi Rongchun died for the country, Guo Ye made great contributions, as well as Long Ruyuan, He Zhengqing and others, everyone's merits, the monks and kings are all listed clearly, we need to make a charter for this matter, especially Lord Shi Rongchun's death for the country, this reward ......."

Xianfeng nodded and replied: "Yes, we can't let the soldiers chill their hearts, you two can discuss this matter first, and then make a decision tomorrow morning, and the Ministry of Etiquette will decide on it." ”

"Wow!"

Chen Fuen hurriedly agreed, and then said: "Long live, in addition, the monk king also has another fold, he is now the dispute between Britain and France and the imperial court, he put forward suggestions, that the imperial court should take advantage of this Dagukou victory, to the two countries again to ask for peace, different from last year, this time but we won, occupy the initiative, last year, our Guangzhou city was occupied by them, Shanghai is also a large number of warships, trying to coerce the imperial court by force. But now in Dagukou, there are still two or three hundred captives of foreigners, and their flagship is still in the water of Dagukou, our Qing Dynasty is the upper country, and its majesty is inviolable! As long as Britain and France are willing to make concessions, then peace is the best policy. Now that the imperial court is constantly worried, the long hair and the twist bandits have been repeatedly suppressed, and disasters have been repeated in various places, it is advisable to make every effort to settle the interior, and wait for the peace of the Jianghuai henchman, which is the time to fight with Fanbang......"

Emperor Xianfeng wanted to pass the fold, looked at it carefully, and felt a little unhappy in his heart, since he could win the foreigners, then he would clean it up! Why are you holding back like this? The last Opium War really made the Celestial Empire lose face, lose power and humiliate the country, it is really frustrating. However, the words of the outside must be the first to settle inside, but it still touched Xianfeng's heart, the current long hair has been in trouble for almost ten years, it is really a big trouble, and countless money and food are spent on it every year, and now the long hair still occupies Jiangsu, Anhui and the area, the stone thief in the Sichuan area, the trouble is also fierce, the war continues, the treasury is empty, at this time, it is really not suitable to fight with foreigners.

Xianfeng replied lightly: "Okay, this matter will be discussed in the court tomorrow morning, what the monk king said also has a certain truth, see if the princes in the court have any other meanings." ”

Nothing else, the two adults withdrew from the palace.

Chen Fuen said in a low voice: "Lord Wen, what does the emperor mean today, he doesn't seem so excited?" ”

Wen Xiang replied lightly: "Lord Chen, it is obvious that the emperor thinks that the monk is a little cowardly, and he promotes peace by war, why are we being bullied by others, when we can bully others, why don't we get angry fiercely?" ”

Hiss......

Chen Fuen took a breath of cold air......