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The night of February 6, 1847. Within the yamen of the governor of Liangguang, Governor Xu Guangjin was convening an emergency meeting attended by the feudal officials of Guangdong. Including the Guangzhou general Mu Teen, who rushed back from Kowloon, the Guangdong naval commander Lai Enjue who came from Humen, the new Guangdong land governor Xianglin, and the Guangdong governor Ye Mingchen, all gathered together to discuss the Sanyuanli civil uprising that had just risen.

"The matter of the Guangdong sailors has not yet settled, Lantau Island has not been recovered, why is there a disturbance in Sanyuanli again? How's that for good? ”

Although his official position was not as high as that of Xu Guangjin, the governor of Guangdong, he controlled the Eight Banners and the Green Battalion in Guangdong, and he was the real military power. It is also the Manchu that the emperor Lao Tzu believes, so he still has to take care of the war. At present, Lantau Island is occupied by the Ji Shi Army, there are police along the coast of Guangdong, and the coast guard has not yet dealt with it, and there is a civil uprising outside the city of Guangzhou, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is an internal and external attack.

"Kunchen, tell me, how did this matter get into trouble? Do the people in Sanyuan want to oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore their sight? ”

Kunchen is the name of Ye Mingchen, the governor of Guangdong, who is very famous in history because he was captured by the British in the Second Opium War. And in the current Manchu officialdom, he is also a dazzling star. At the age of eighteen, he was promoted to the rank of twenty-eight-year-old Zhongjinshi, and it took him twelve years to climb to the position of the governor of Guangdong, the feudal official. If nothing else, he will become the governor, and then enter Beijing to join the military and become a college student. It was only a matter of time before he became the leader of the new generation of Hanchen. But now this Sanyuan Li people are in turmoil. It's not a good thing for Ye Mingchen's career.

"It's not about restoring sight. It seems to be a tax resistance ......"

Ye Mingchen sighed in his heart, he was promoted from the political envoy of Guangdong to the governor, and he knew very well how heavy the burden of the people of Guangdong was at present.

Xu Guangjin frowned, "It can't be a simple anti-tax and anti-donation, it must have been instigated by Zhu Rebellion and thieves!" It must be severely suppressed by heavy troops! ”

"What about the local militia training in Sanyuanli? Why didn't they stop the civil uprising and let it get bigger? Mutern stomped his foot.

Ye Mingchen said with a dark face: "The popular rebellion was instigated by the gentry in Sanyuanli!" Led by the inferior gentry Lu Peifang, Lu Siyuan and his son, Wei Shaoguang, the leader of the Sanyuan Li Pingying Regiment in the 21st year of Daoguang, also participated. ”

Mu Ten was stunned, he really didn't expect that the Sanyuanli civil rebellion was instigated by the gentry. As soon as Ye Mingchen said it, he thought that Zhu Jishi was a descendant of the former Ming Dynasty, and the status of this Han scholar in the Ming Dynasty was much higher than that of the Qing Dynasty - there were no banner people in the Ming Dynasty!

Xianglin, the governor of Guangdong Land Route, said in a deep voice: "A bad gentleman who has made a name for himself, as soon as he ascends to the heights, there will be thousands of people who will follow, which is really not a blessing of the country!" ”

Mutern nodded, that's right!

Xu Guangjin also shook his head and said in a low voice: "I knew that I would have given someone to this surnamed Lu......

"Do you have to be an official in the imperial examination, so that you are loyal to the Qing Dynasty?" Mu Teen stabbed Xu Guangjin coldly. He is a Manchurian. I didn't look at the sour Confucianism of the Han people, but now there is a Zhu Jishi who is promoting what "middle school-oriented" is all day long. He felt that Han Ru was even more unreliable. However, it was still a bit too much to say this, Xu Guangjin and Ye Mingchen's faces suddenly became a little ugly, and the scene became embarrassing. When Admiral Xianglin saw it, he hurriedly changed the topic and said, "How do you write this excerpt for the Long Live Lord?" ”

Xu Guangjin and Ye Mingchen glanced at each other and said in unison: "It's better for Zhu to be in trouble." ”

This is more or less the case.

"Is it anti-Qing and restoring sight?" Xianglin chased again.

"Of course, it's against the Qing Dynasty and the restoration of sight!" Mutern said in a deep voice, "How about writing?" Could it be that the tax in Guangdong is too harsh, and the government forces the people to rebel? ”

And that's true! But you can't report it to the top.

"Would you like to ask for some tax relief?" Xu Guangjin said tentatively.

"Zhu Wei's rebellion has nothing to do with tax reduction, right?" Mutern hurriedly objected. Now Guangdong's harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes are not used to support his 6,000 Eight Banners New Army? If he is exempted, his Eight Banners soldiers will drink the northwest wind?

"Let's discuss how to kill it." Ye Mingchen said, "My Fubiao has 4,000 people, which is quite elite and ready to fight at any time." ”

Now it is already a light year, and most of the green battalions of the Manchu Qing Dynasty have decayed, but the superintendents, standards, promotion and military standards that directly belong to the governor, governor, admiral and Manchurian generals still have the power to fight, and the town marks of the towns on land and water can also be barely pulled out to slip away.

"I also have 4,000 people, equipped with some foreign guns, which can be used." Xu Guangjin also said. His superintendent is the foundation left by Qiying, who had bought foreign guns from the French earlier, and also gave them to his own superintendent. Before the establishment of the Eight Banners New Army, the governor of Liangguang was definitely the most capable army in Guangzhou.

Mu Teen glanced at Xianglin and said, "Xiangjunmen, you are a veteran general with an old soldier, it is better for you to arrange to encircle and suppress the bandits in Sanyuanli." ”

Xianglin nodded and said, "Okay, I'll fight in Sanyuanli, and my bid is coming from Huizhou." There are 12,000 people in the tripartite army! There is nothing to worry about in the chaos in Sanyuanli. However, the rebels on Lantau Island cannot be ignored and must be exterminated as soon as possible, otherwise this Lantau Island is likely to be turned into a large stronghold for troops to attack Guangdong! ”

Things are indeed as Xianglin expected, Zhu Jishi is building a base on Lantau Island, and will station heavy troops there in the future - although he now has Lanfang as a base camp, Lanfang is too far away from Chinese mainland, and direct troops from Lanfang must be backed by a strong maritime liliang. Otherwise, it would be necessary to establish a counteroffensive base along the coast of the mainland, and the location and size of Lantau Island met the criteria for becoming a counteroffensive base.

Xu Guangjin wrinkled his eyebrows and looked at Mu Teen and said, "Mu Junmen, how is the Guangdong sailor combing?" Can I play? ”

"We have to let Lai Junmen fight!" Mutern said in a deep voice, "No matter whether you can take Lantau or not, you can't let Zhu Yi's soldiers and horses attack from the sea!" ”

……

At this moment, in the mansion of Deep Water Bay, Hong Kong, Zhu Jishi frowned, stood in front of a map of Guangzhou provided by the Guangdong Fuxing Hall of Daming Mountain, and spit out a few words at his military advisor Zuo Zongtang for a while, "What should I do?" ”

Zuo Zongtang shook the folding fan and said with a smile: "Of course, the green camp is useless, and the Eight Banners are okay." ”

Zhu Jishi nodded, was silent and said, "How about conquering Guangzhou City?" ”

The secret envoys sent by Zheng Hong and Lu Siyuan have already arrived in Hong Kong, and the people they have instigated around Sanyuanli are about 10,000 people. Because Lin Zexu had extensively trained around Guangzhou before the Opium War, these people were more trained and had cold weapons. Guangdong Fuxing Hall smuggled a lot of foreign guns and grenades to Sanyuanli, forming a foreign gun team of about 500 people, which really had the strength to fight.

In the Nanguan area of Guangzhou, there are still a large number of brothers from Guangyitang and the Little Knife Society who are active. In addition, there are many Hongmen Mountain Halls near Guangzhou, all of which have established contact with Daming Mountain, as long as Zhu Jishi is willing to give some money, they are willing to rebel together! The Chi Shi Army on Lantau has also increased to about 3,000, and there are about 600 people available at the Ap Lei Chau Military Academy.

Therefore, taking Guangzhou is not completely hopeless.

"No," Zuo Zongtang hurriedly shook his head, "Ming Gong, we are not busy taking Guangzhou now, but we are going to separate the Manchurian Han!" If Guangzhou is taken in a hurry, Daoguang Lao'er is likely to change his course and make Lin Muweng the minister of the Qin Mission, and Guangzhi will be the enemy of me. ”

He thought for a moment, and then said, "Other...... If I'm right, Lai's sailor will soon come to Lantau Island! ”

"Lord Ryan wants to fight Lantau Island?" Zhu Jishi shook his head and said, "It is reported that the governor of Liangguang, the governor of Guangdong, and the military standard of the general of Guangzhou are all near Guangzhou...... What does Lord Ryne use to hit Lantau Island? ”

"His own superintendent!" Zuo Zongtang said with a smile: "The superintendent of the Guangdong Navy Division has five battalions, and has jurisdiction over the Navy Battalion, the Sihui Battalion, and the Xinhui Battalion. (To be continued......)