The Old Summer Palace, Pengdao Yaotai, the misty island in the middle of the lake is like a fairyland.

Xianfeng and his favorite concubine Lan Guiren were scattered on the covered bridge, followed by a large group of eunuchs and palace maids, holding bottles and jars in their hands, which were filled with wine, fruit and cakes, which were convenient for the masters to eat at any time.

At this time, the foreman eunuch came to report, and the minister Su Shun asked to see him.

Xianfeng was in a good mood, and yesterday Prince Gong Yixin took the initiative to admit his mistake to him, and asked Xianfeng to forgive Yixin for the sake of his brother. Xianfeng thought that he was now the emperor, and his sixth brother could no longer shake his throne, plus Daoguang asked Xianfeng and Yixin brothers to reconcile before his death, and to guard the Qing Dynasty together, Xianfeng had promised Daoguang to treat Yixin well, and now seeing that Yixin took the initiative to admit his mistakes, he immediately forgave him, and appointed Yixin as the head of the military aircraft department.

Seeing that Su Shun hurriedly asked to see him, Xianfeng directly allowed it. Xianfeng is still very satisfied with this loyal slave in his submerged mansion period, without Su Shun's help, it is difficult for Xianfeng to fight Yixin to win the throne.

After Su Shun made a big salute to the monarch, he immediately explained his intentions: "Please also ask the emperor to retract his order, and never let Prince Gong enter the military aircraft to prevent the resurgence of the Six Masters Party!" ”

Xianfeng waved his hand and said, "Those henchmen of the sixth brother have already been beaten to pieces by me, and they can't afford to make waves at all. Besides, the sixth brother relies on Fu Yang and others the most, and now Fu Yang has died in Ningguta, and the Six Masters Party no longer exists. ”

Su Shun persuaded: "Even if the Six Masters Party no longer exists, Prince Kegong is still young, and he can still cultivate party henchmen when he enters the military aircraft department, so he must be guarded against." ”

Xianfeng didn't care and said: "I have forgiven the sixth brother, and the sixth brother has promised me that he will not form a party again, and he will assist me wholeheartedly in the future, and I admire the talent of the sixth brother, with him to assist me, I can sit back and relax, so Aiqing doesn't have to worry." ”

Su Shun said unwillingly: "Even if Prince Gong is only eight years old, but after all, he is still young, the emperor just asked him to be a minister of military aircraft, but this minister of military aircraft foreman Wang is a little too heavy, and a stable person should be selected to serve as it." ”

Xianfeng said: "The brothers around me are either early deaths, or weak and sick, at present, only the sixth brother Jiankang is an adult, and he is the prince of Heshuo Gong who was ordered by the emperor, and the military aircraft department must have the prince's minister foreman, this is the ancestral training, so I can only let the sixth brother serve as the foreman of the military aircraft king." ”

Su Shun saw that Xianfeng didn't know what medicine he had taken wrong, so he had no doubt and defense against Yi Xin, making him the foreman of the Military Aircraft Department, although Su Shun was worried about it, there was no way to stop it.

However, thinking that there was another important matter when he came here today, he immediately stopped mentioning Yixin, and instead said: "Your Majesty, Lu Jianying, the governor of Liangjiang, reported that Chongming County ordered Li Weiguo to buy arms from foreigners privately, and recruited soldiers with the intention of rebellion, so please ask the emperor to take care of it." ”

Xianfeng was not surprised at all when he heard this, but said with a smile: "I already knew about this matter, Li Weiguo said that the southern flood bandits were in turmoil, and he was willing to contribute, so he donated 200,000 taels of silver and called on the gentry and merchants of Chongming County to donate a total of 2 million taels of silver, he knew that the foreigners had powerful firearms, so he bought 5,000 muskets, 20 cannons, and 3 million catties of ammunition from the British, and donated all these arms to the front-line soldiers. I didn't believe it at first, but I sent someone to ask the governor of Guangxi, and the governor of Guangxi said that this was indeed the case, and that this batch of arms had already been escorted to Guangxi by Li Weiguo, and it must have arrived in a few days. In addition, of the 4,000 people recruited by Li Weiguo, 1,000 of them were county soldiers from Chongming County, and the other 3,000 were disaster relief and security teams; after all, Chongming County had just been hit by the disaster, and more than 100,000 people were homeless and easily instigated by bandits to make trouble, and it was necessary to maintain order. ”

Xianfeng paused, and continued with a happy face: "I didn't expect Li Weiguo to be young, but he was dedicated to the sake of the imperial court, I still remember that his last time he was in Chongming County for disaster relief has not been rewarded yet, plus this merit, I am ready to give him a promotion, it just so happens that you are also there, help me with my staff, what kind of official is it good to give him." ”

Su Shun was stunned for a moment, he received a report from Lu Jianying a few days ago, knowing that Lu Jianying had suffered a big loss at the hands of Li Weiguo, and also learned that Li Weiguo and Liu Jianzhang had joined forces and wanted to avenge the revenge of the year, so Su Shun and Lu Jianying thought about how to kill Li Weiguo and eliminate the enemy. and pleased Xianfeng.

When he heard that Xianfeng was going to promote Li Weiguo, Su Shun was angry in his heart, but he knew that Li Weiguo was the son-in-law of his sworn enemy Fu Yang, and he couldn't wait to kill Li Weiguo, how could he help him get promoted?

Outrageous!

Su Shun naturally didn't dare to say these four words, but he was unwilling, so he persuaded: "Your Majesty, although Li Weiguo is loyal, but after all, he is too young, it is said that he is only fourteen years old now, and he has only served as a county magistrate in Chongming County for a year, and it still needs to be sharpened. ”

Xianfeng is not a fool, thinking that the credit of Li Weiguo's disaster relief in Chongming County last time was opposed by Su Shun, and this time it was Su Shun again, thinking that the contradiction between Su Shun and Li Weiguo is not small, although Xianfeng is unhappy in his heart, but as an emperor, he knows how to control and make trade-offs, and he reads that Su Shun is loyal to him, so he pretended not to know: "Yes, then wait a few more years and reward him together." ”

"The Emperor Shengming!" Su Shun hurriedly patted his ass, knowing that he had stopped Li Weiguo again, and he was slightly relieved in his heart, but the failure again and again made him feel more and more bad.

On March 2, 1852 (the second year of Xianfeng), Li Weiguo sent Zhang Xiaoliu to lead a thousand soldiers of the Li family army to escort the arms to Guangxi, and handed them over to the Qing army general Gan Bao, who was about to count the arms, but the camp was suddenly attacked by thousands of Taiping troops, and the five thousand Qing troops led by Gan Bao were vulnerable and immediately defeated.

Zhang Xiaoliu said to Gan Bao: "The Hong bandits are powerful, we should retreat quickly!" ”

Gan Bao said: "I came to receive this batch of arms on the order of the governor, and I must not fall into the hands of the bandits!" ”

Zhang Xiaoliu said: "General rest assured, this batch of munitions is a matter of great importance, before leaving, my family explained that in order to prevent robbery, there are explosives hidden in every car." ”

Gan Bao hurriedly said: "Since the arms can't be saved, they should be destroyed quickly, and they must not be used to support the enemy!" ”

Zhang Xiaoliu smiled secretly in his heart, just waiting for you to say this, and immediately ordered someone to blow up the vehicle transporting arms. However, there were no munitions in most of the vehicles, this was just a trick by Wu Yong to hide from the world and change the pillars, on the surface donated 5,000 muskets, 20 artillery pieces and 3 million catties of ammunition to the imperial court, but in fact there were only 800 muskets, 4 artillery pieces and 100,000 catties of ammunition, and the vehicles loaded with these munitions were not blown up, and when the Taiping army rushed in, Chen Wu took the lead in protecting this batch of munitions.

However, most of the arms except for Naganbao were blown up, and the Taiping army only got a small part, so that he could return to the army.

Gan Bao and Zhang Xiaoliu immediately broke through the siege, fled back to the provincial capital of Guilin, and reported to the governor of Guangxi. However, Gan Bao concealed the fact that the Taiping army had stolen some of the arms, and lied that all the arms had been blown up.

He Jing, the governor of Guangxi, was furious when he heard that the arms were robbed by the bandits, but fortunately, they were all blown up and there was no enemy, and he was also relieved, but he was also distressed when he thought that Li Weiguo had supported him with such a huge amount of arms and materials that were destroyed, but he still entertained Zhang Xiaoliu and others, wrote a reply to Li Weiguo to explain, and sent a gift to Zhang Xiaoliu to take it back, thanking him by the way.

Of course, under Zhang Xiaoliu's reminder, He Jing truthfully reported to the imperial court, saying that the arms were destroyed by the Taiping army.

Zhang Xiaoliu's goal was achieved and he wanted to return, but soon Du Pei, the commander of the Qing army who was responsible for encircling and suppressing the Yong'an Taiping Army, heard that the arms were destroyed and hurriedly returned to Guilin.

Fortunately, He Jing, the governor of Guangxi, was grateful to Li Weiguo for supporting the arms and was also responsible for the destruction of the arms, so he came forward to mediate, so in the end, Du Pei gave up annexing Zhang Xiaoliu's department, but he still ordered Zhang Xiaoliu to temporarily integrate into the Qing army's firearms battalion with 1,000 Li Jiajun to cooperate with the suppression of bandits.

Zhang Xiaoliu had no choice but to send someone to report to Li Weiguo.

After Li Weiguo learned of the situation, he also knew that Nadu Pei had 100,000 Qing troops in his hands, and he could not be offended, anyway, Li Jiajun still lacked actual combat experience, so he let Zhang Xiaoliu stay in Guilin, but told him to only accumulate actual combat experience, not to fight all his family foundation.

On the night of April 4, 1852 (the second year of Xianfeng), Chen Wu led 4,000 Taiping troops to suddenly attack the rear camp of the Qing army, because this Taiping army was equipped with 800 muskets and four 32-pounder cannons supported by Li Weiguo, which made the combat effectiveness surge, and it was a surprise attack from behind at night, which suddenly caused the Qing army to be in chaos and suffered heavy casualties.

At the same time, the Taiping army in Yong'an City had already received the signal and was ready to fight out of Yong'an City that night, and the Qing army should be defeated by the inside and outside.

The battle lasted for two hours, the commander of the Qing army, Du Pei, was killed, and the 100,000 Qing army was scattered.

Zhang Xiaoliu had long known that the Taiping army had broken through, so he led a thousand Li troops to withdraw to the provincial capital Guilin that night.

The Taiping army broke the Qing army and relieved the siege of Yong'an, and then the Taiping army went north to besiege the provincial capital Guilin.

He Jing, the governor of Guangxi, gathered tens of thousands of remnants of the Qing army to defend Guilin City, and Zhang Xiaoliu did not dare not help out, and led a thousand soldiers of the Li family army to help defend the city.

Fortunately, with the city wall as the backing, Li Jiajun held muskets and sharp weapons to shoot at the Taiping army from a long distance, causing huge casualties to the Taiping army.

The Taiping army fought hard under the city of Guilin for three days, learned that 50,000 Qing troops in Guangdong and Yunnan were reinforced, and were forced to abandon Guilin and continue to go north.

On May 20, the Taiping army jumped out of the encirclement of the Qing army, left Guangxi and entered Hunan Province, Liankedao Prefecture and Chenzhou, and for a time the momentum was huge, and the Qing court could no longer block the news of the Taiping army's rebellion, and the whole country was shocked.

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