With a slight sound, Zeng Guofan pushed away the two "holy decrees" in front of him.

This is the "ancient book" that Kong Fanhao wants to ask him to see, but he recognizes the handwriting on the "ancient book", which is his best friend Luo Zenan when he was studying in the countryside of Hunan, and now the Ming military division, the Marquis of Shuangfeng - Zhu Jishi, the king, does not have to bow down to everything, but relies on the cabinet administration, so there are not many edicts issued, except for the edicts to the army, which are written by him himself. The rest of the edicts were dictated by him, and then drafted by Luo Zenan and others, and then signed by Zhu Jishi. Therefore, these two holy decrees to appease Zeng Guofan and Kong Fanhao are all from Luo Zenan's pen. It's just that there is Zhu Jishi's signature and the seal of the Ming King at the end.

The content of the holy decree is, of course, given to Zeng Guofan and Kong Fanhao as officials. King Zhu Da's style of giving people official titles has always been not small, and Zeng Kong and the two are all he can use, of course, high-ranking officials have to do it. The official to Zeng Guofan was the governor and admiral of Henan, the Marquis of Yiyong; The official to Kong Fanhao was the governor and admiral of Shandong, Yan Shenggong.

In addition to conferring knighthoods on the two people, there is also a persuasive passage written in the vernacular in the holy decree:

“…… Although Gu Wang was born overseas and has not read many books of sages, he has always admired Confucius and Zengzi. Since the beginning of the army at sea, he has also been treating the courtesy doctors well, such as Zuo Jigao, Ye Kunchen, Chang Kaiping (referring to Chang Dachun), Luo Luoshan, and Liu Xiaxian (Liu Rong), all of whom are the humerus ministers of the lonely king. Nowadays, the Ming Dynasty implements the world with the scholars, and the national policies are all based on middle schools and Western learning. In just two years, there have been three points of the world. On the other hand, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was exhausted. The south of the Yangtze River has long been unwilling to listen to the orders of the Qing court. A few days ago, the elite Eight Banners of the Manchu Qing Dynasty were defeated in Huaxian County. Monk Grinqin escaped with his life. Ignoring the hundreds of millions of people in the three provinces of Zhilu, Henan and Henan, they used water to replace the army and dig the Yellow River to protect themselves. How can such a country, such a general, not die?

Now the land of Gyeonggi has long become an isolated island, and millions of Taiping troops have already arrived in the city, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty is only in the future. And what the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is doing is not in line with my Chinese Taoism. Mr. Disheng and Mr. Bohai are both saints. When we know the truth that the monarch is light, the people are important, and the society is secondary. Now that the Manchu Qing Dynasty lost virtue and died in the world, it is inevitable that the two princes should think of the common people in the world and the Taoism of China. We must not bury the soldiers of Shandong and Henan north of the Yellow River because they were foolish and loyal to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, so that hundreds of millions of people in Henan and Shandong will fall into the hands of the God-worshipping cult, and Confucius and Zeng Tzu will cry bitterly in Jiuyuan. If the two of you have the heart to preserve the learning of Confucius, and the heart to save hundreds of millions of people in Henan and Shandong from hanging upside down, I am willing to fight side by side with the two gentlemen. Defend the Holy Religion to save China. ”

Zeng Guofan sighed and looked up at the two opposite. One is Yan Shenggong Kong Fanhao, wearing a flower feather; The other is a red-robed black yarn, in his fifties, a dignified Shandong man, who is Liu Shuyu, the political envoy of Huaibei in the Ming Dynasty.

"Brother Disheng can be remembered by hundreds of millions of people in Henan and Shandong? Can you think of the way of Confucius and Mencius? Zeng Guofan hadn't spoken yet, but Liu Shuyu opened his mouth first. As soon as he opened his mouth, he gave two high hats, which is the way of hundreds of millions of people and the way of Confucius and Mencius.

Zeng Guofan's face sank when he heard this, and he said: "The world is peaceful, and I don't know who used the help of the British to stir up the situation?" The religion of worshipping God is originally a plague of scabies, but I don't know who helped the gun instructors to make it a monstrous disaster? ”

Liu Shuyu stared at Zeng Guofan for a long time: "Could it be that Brother Di has the intention of supporting the army to the world?" ”

Zeng Guofan smiled faintly: "How can I have that ability, it's just ...... There are still King Gong in Shengjing, tens of thousands of elite soldiers in Kaifeng and King Hui, and there are more than 10,000 elites in the city of Jinan. If Shandong is now attached, I'm afraid it will be cheaper than the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, right? ”

Liu Shuyue laughed: "I don't know when Brother Disheng is going to be the governor of Henan and the Marquis of Yiyong?" ”

"This depends on the general trend of the north, and protecting Shandong and protecting the name of the religion is always the first." Zeng Guofan smiled, glanced at Kong Fanhao, and Yan Shenggong hurriedly said, "Yes, yes...... When the Ming Dynasty soldiers went north, the Qufu Kong clan would inevitably return to obedience. ”

Liu Shuyue looked at Zeng Guofan again, Zeng Guofan stroked his long hair and said: "My Hunan army came north to protect the name of the religion, but unfortunately the Taiping army is strong, Zeng is weak, and he can only protect a pure land in Shandong first. ”

Liu Shuyue nodded with satisfaction: "In that case, can you invite Zeng Gongzi to study at Jishi Academy?" ”

Zeng Guofan smiled: "Zeng Mou has this intention. ”

Zeng Gongzi naturally refers to Zeng Jize, the son of Zeng Guofan, who is only 10 years old this year and currently lives in the Shanghai Concession with Zeng Shulin, the father of Zeng Guofan. Liu Shuyue invited Zeng Jize to study at Jishi Academy, but for a person like Zeng Guofan, a proton may not have much of a role, and whether it is clear or not depends on the evolution of the general trend of the world. However, for his former top boss Lin Zexu, the general trend no longer allows him to hesitate.

……

In Shanghai's Liangjiang Governor's Office, there was a gloomy and misty atmosphere at this time. This official office is located in the original Shanghai Ocean Affairs Yamen, and on the flagpole outside the gate, Lin Zexu's handsome flag has faded and floats weakly with the bleak autumn wind. The Liangjiang Training Army, which came into being in the troubled times at the turn of the Ming and Qing dynasties and was controlled by powerful Manchu ministers, seems to be unable to reproduce the glory and glory of the Hunan and Huai groups in history. With the news of the defeat of the Manchu Eight Banners New Army in Huaxian County, the situation in the entire Jiangnan changed overnight!

The sky of the Manchus has fallen!

Lin Zexu, who was already old and sick, sat in the dimly lit signing room, looking a little sluggish. Although this old man was not very compatible with the Qing Dynasty for a while, he was not Li Hongzhang or Zuo Zongtang after all. His life is a life of devotion to the Qing Dynasty, and what he did, no matter what the result was, was to maintain the Qing Dynasty is the rule, which I am afraid there is nothing to doubt.

"Muon, no...... All the money bank ticket numbers in Jiangnan have been squeezed out, and the interest rate on the market has risen by more than 20 times overnight! ”

Wei Yuan came in breathlessly from outside, it seemed that he had come all the way from the Yuanmen, in the past two days, Lin Zexu's number one assistant had almost broken the threshold of the ticket numbers of various money banks in Shanghai in order to raise military salaries and military expenses, and even went to the foreigner banks in the concession more than once, excluding of course, HSBC, which may be the largest in the whole of Asia.

But the result is chilling, the Chinese money bank ticket number is being run on every one - this time the collapse of the money house began from the Lixin money house, this money house has not been open for a long time, but its owner Zhou Lichun is the comprador of HSBC Bank, with this relationship, the Lixin money bank rose rapidly, and in just two years, it became the largest money bank ticket number on the Shanghai beach, becoming the first ticket number of the South Gang. But no one thought that such a large-scale and well-funded money bank would close its doors overnight. The reason was that it was because it ate too much Daqing treasure banknotes and caused poor turnover, and after HSBC tightened the monetary base, there was an interbank loan of 300,000 silver dollars that could not be repaid, so it was declared bankrupt.

"Mu Weng, we were really cheated by that bastard of Qiying this time, do you know that there are a full 10 million taels of treasure money in the treasury of Lixin Money! 10 million! According to the manager of Lixin Qianzhuang, Qiying promised Zhou Lichun a foreign affairs assistant minister and Tianjin Customs Road, and Zhou Lichun exchanged 4 million taels of silver in Qianzhuang for 10 million treasure notes in Qiying's hand. As soon as the silver was transported away, the news of the defeat of Huaxian County arrived, and HSBC immediately tightened the bank, and as a result, Lixin Bank collapsed, and it also involved more than 30 ticket numbers that had capital exchanges with Lixin Bank...... What's even more troublesome is that there are rumors on the market, saying that there are still twelve money banks like Lixin Bank, so that Qiying has been pitted! Qiying swept away a total of 52 million taels of silver from Jiangnan, and these twelve money banks will soon go bankrupt, and all the depositors will lose their money, so ......" (to be continued......