"Husband, why do you want to lock the door!"

"Shhh, Sister Su is shy, we have to show her first!"

"Demonstration of what?"

"Of course it's a pop!"

"Don't ......"

Soon, there was a fierce popping sound in the office, and Su Sanniang, who was hiding behind the door of the next room, heard it clearly, and her face immediately turned red.

"Big bad!"

Su Sanniang scolded softly, and soon couldn't help but open the door curiously and secretly observed through the crack in the door.

……

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The news of the Battle of Songhu quickly spread throughout the country, the government and the opposition were shocked, and the whole people celebrated.

Once upon a time, the invasion of the great powers of various countries brought great harm to the Chinese people, forcibly occupying land, selling opium#, bullying men and women and various crimes went unpunished, and the Chinese people who were bullied by the foreign powers hated all the time, hoping that one day someone could drive the foreign powers away and avenge them.

Now someone has finally done it, this person is called Li Weiguo, the youngest feudal official of the Qing Empire, who has been in the limelight for the past nine years, and now he is a household name, especially among the common people of Liangjiang, Fujian, Zhejiang, and Liangguang who have been bullied the most by the great powers, and are directly praised as national heroes.

It's just that one family is happy and a few are sad.

In the Qinzheng Hall of the Old Summer Palace, Xianfeng looked at the two rivers in his hand, which were full of meritorious, which made Xianfeng's face pale.

"My Qing army can't even defeat thousands of British troops, and Li Weiguo actually killed more than 100,000 British and French troops, amazing! I really underestimated him! ”

Hearing Xianfeng's words, Su Shun's eyes rolled, and he immediately took the lead in applauding, calling Li Weiguo the pillar of the country and Zhongxing Nengchen. The other ministers were more than a ghost, and they immediately guessed Su Shun's intentions. The secret scream was wonderful, and the ministers who were with Su Shun quickly agreed.

Another group of ministers looked at Prince Gong Yixin and waited for his attitude.

Yi Xin smiled bitterly and shook her head, signaling everyone not to follow suit. Although Yi Xin also doubted in his heart that Li Weiguo would rebel like Wu Sangui if he did a big deal, even if he was implicated, it would happen in the future. If he doesn't help Li Weiguo now, once Li Weiguo is defeated by Su Shun, then he Yixin will definitely have no good fruit to eat.

For the time being, Li Weiguo is a threat to others, but it is a help to Yixin.

This is a political game, and it is not an exaggeration to compare it to walking a tightrope on a cliff or picking a chestnut in the fire.

Sure enough, Xianfeng saw that the ministers had invited Li Weiguo to praise his virtues, and his face suddenly became even more ugly.

"Let's talk about how I should reward Li Weiguo. After all, he had just won a big battle. ”

At this time, Yi Xin stood up and said: "The minister thinks that this is just a matter for Li Weiguo, as the governor of Liangjiang and a senior member of one party, it is his duty to resist the invasion of foreign enemies, and he does not need to be rewarded." ”

Xianfeng was stunned for a moment, looked at Yixin strangely, and said curiously: "Strange." Haven't you always persuaded everyone to reward Li Weiguo? Now that Li Weiguo has made a great contribution, why don't you let me reward him? Could it be that you have a conflict with each other? ”

Yi Xin's heart is dark. I secretly thought that I was not afraid that you would be suspicious, at this time, Li Weiguo had already made a high achievement, and it would be counterproductive to ask for a reward again.

Before Yi Xin could reply, Su Shun preemptively said: "Prince Gong means that he is afraid that the reward given to Li Weiguo by the emperor is too thin!" In fact, Prince Gong doesn't have to worry, the emperor will definitely not treat a great hero like Li Weiguo badly, such a great achievement. Even if he is crowned king, the emperor will not frown. ”

As soon as these words came out, the court was in an uproar.

Crowned king?

This is not a joke, you must know that since the rebellion of the three feudatories was quelled, the imperial court no longer named a king with a different surname.

Xianfeng's face suddenly turned purple. His eyes glared at Su Shun fiercely, and he wanted to spew out anger, eager to kick him away.

Su Shun lowered his head, he just didn't look at Xianfeng's expression, he knew Xianfeng's character too well, and laughed secretly in his heart, this time he must have provoked Xianfeng, and the unlucky one must be Li Weiguo, maybe this time Xianfeng will make up his mind to kill Li Weiguo.

Su Shun lowered his head and snickered in joy, Yi Xin, who was standing with him, suddenly screamed in his heart, and when he looked up, sure enough, Xianfeng was about to run away.

"Lord Su Shun's words are wrong! This dynasty is no longer crowned with a different surname, and Li Weiguo's merits are not enough to be crowned king, the minister thinks that Li Weiguo has just finished a big war, and the consumption of money and food must be huge, and the emperor only needs to reward Li Weiguo with some gold and silver property. ”

Xianfeng was already about to leave his anger, but fortunately, he was relieved to hear that Yi Xin did not force him to also make Li Weiguo king. After all, he was the emperor, and soon found that Su Shun was not at ease and deliberately stimulated him.

It's just that he knew that Su Shun was deliberately stimulating him, but Xianfeng's suspicious personality prompted him to immediately make up his mind to get rid of Li Weiguo.

I only heard Xianfeng snort coldly and said: "Prince Gong is right, this dynasty no longer has a different surname, and Li Weiguo is already the governor of Liangjiang at a young age, so it is really not suitable for him to be given a higher official position." ”

Xianfeng paused and continued: "However, Li Weiguo has just won a big victory and raised the prestige of our country, and not giving a reward is not enough to show that the imperial court values him. In this way, I see that he is very experienced as a governor in Liangjiang, and now that his term of office has expired, how about transferring him back to the capital and making him the governor of Zhili? ”

The Governor of Zhili is the highest of the nine governors of the Qing Empire, and his status is extremely respectful, and he will definitely die of happiness if he changes others.

However, when Yi Xin heard this, he suddenly sighed in his heart: Oh no, the emperor is going to attack Li Weiguo.

Without Li Weiguo's words, Yi Xinke would not have the strength to fight against Su Shun, so he hurriedly said: "The emperor can't, although Li Weiguo has made great achievements in Liangjiang, but Liangjiang is an important place for the imperial court, shouldering the heavy responsibility of resisting foreign powers and bandits, you can't easily change the chief official, be careful of Jiangnan mistakes." ”

Su Shun also guessed Xianfeng's intentions, Mingsheng and secretly descended, as long as Li Weiguo came to Zhili, it was a dragon and a tiger. Feeling that Xianfeng had murderous intentions towards Li Weiguo, Su Shun's heart blossomed, and he wished that Xianfeng would immediately kill Li Weiguo, and hurriedly said: "Prince Gong is serious." Although Li Weiguo is very important in Liangjiang, it is not impossible to do without him. As long as there is an incomparably wise emperor and a holy judge, he will definitely be able to find a better talent management than Li Weiguo. Besides, now that the Anglo-French alliance is heading north, there is a great intention to invade Gyeonggi, and Li Weiguo has just defeated the foreigners. Just let him come to assist Zeng Lingqin in defending Zhili, and protecting the emperor and the court is the top priority. As for the Hong bandits, aren't there still Zeng Guofan and Li Hongzhang, and they can deal with any of them if they are transferred to take over Liangjiang. ”

On the one hand, he gave the reason why Li Weiguo had to enter Beijing -- to fight against the British and French forces in the north. On the one hand, he also encouraged Xianfeng to assign Zeng Guofan or Li Hongzhang to take over Liangjiang and Li Weiguo's Shanghai army, which is a direct embodiment of cooperating with Xianfeng to completely overthrow Li Weiguo and prepare to kill him.

However, Yixin couldn't refute it, so she could only watch Xianfeng show that knife smile, and Su Shun's treacherous smile that immediately succeeded.

"Since all of you love the Qing are meaningless, let's draw up the purpose! I'm tired of retreating! ”

Xianfeng didn't give Yi Xin and the others a chance to speak at all, obviously he had already made up his mind and immediately retreated.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, Xianfeng happily went to find Concubine Lan. Look at your own son.

However, recently, Xianfeng heard some rumors about the close relationship between Lan Guifei and Li Weiguo, which made him a little suspicious.

Soon, Lan Guifei came to pick up the driver and dine with Xianfeng.

Xianfeng asked, "Lan'er, what do you think of Li Weiguo?" ”

Concubine Lan glanced at Xianfeng with shrewd eyes, and asked cautiously, "Why does the emperor ask this?" The concubine is a woman, but she doesn't have the eye to see people. ”

"Really?" Xianfeng was even more suspicious when he saw Lan Guifei say this, because he already had some information about the connection between Li Weiguo and Lan Guifei. So he said: "Li Weiguo has just won a big victory in Shanghai, and I am very happy. This is a sign of the revival of the Qing Dynasty, I just wanted to give Li Weiguo a king with a different surname in the court, but unfortunately Prince Gong objected, and in the end I had no choice but to transfer Li Weiguo as the governor of Zhili, and let him be the head of the nine governors. What does the concubine think?"

Concubine Lan Guifei hadn't gotten the news from the court in time, and she was very happy to see Xianfeng, so she didn't think much about it, so she smiled and said: "This is a good thing, the concubine congratulates the emperor on getting a prosperous minister." Since Master Li was able to win against the foreigners. Presumably, after he arrives as the governor of Zhili, he will definitely be able to repel the foreigners again, and the emperor and the capital will be safe. ”

Xianfeng tried to see through Concubine Lan's thoughts, but unfortunately the other party hid it too well and didn't show his feet at all.

After the meal, Su Shun asked to see him, and Xianfeng was trying to discuss with him how to remove Li Weiguo's big hidden danger, so he left.

As soon as Xianfeng left, Xiao Dezi told Concubine Lan about the things before and after in the court.

"What? Didn't the emperor propose to give Li Weiguo the title of king with a different surname? It's not good, the emperor is suspicious of this palace! ”

Concubine Lan Guifei paced back and forth, her brows furrowed, thinking about countermeasures, and soon she instructed Xiao Dezi: "You quickly send someone to inform Baiwang Villa and ask them not to come to see me in the near future." In addition, tell them to let Li Weiguo be careful, the water in Zhili is very deep, and if it is not high enough, it will drown, and if you can, you won't come. ”

Xiao Dezi didn't understand and asked, "Master, what do you mean?" ”

Lan Guifei said unhappily: "Don't know what you shouldn't know!" You just bring the original words to them, if this palace is not for Li Weiguo's filial piety on weekdays, it will not warn him. ”

Xiao Dezi immediately received the order, and quickly ordered someone to change his clothes and leave the Old Summer Palace, and went straight to Baiwang Villa.

It's just that as soon as that person came out of the Old Summer Palace, he was caught by the imperial guards in the Qinzheng Palace, and he was quickly recruited.

"Slut!"

Xianfeng was furious, and his woman's elbow turned out, which was really a great shame. If it weren't for the sake of the only prince, I'm afraid Xianfeng would have executed Concubine Lan immediately.

Even so, the angry Xianfeng still grounded Concubine Lan, and at the same time stepped up his discussion with Su Shun to deal with Li Weiguo.

Changsha Mansion, Hunan Military Governor's Office, Li Hongzhang came to meet Zeng Guofan.

"Teacher, now that the Shanghai army has won a big victory in the Battle of Songhu, I am afraid that even your Hunan army and my Huai army together are not its opponents!"

Glancing at Li Hongzhang, Zeng Guofan pondered for a while and said: "You are right, the 200,000 British and French coalition troops, if I change you, I will not have the slightest certainty of victory." But Li Weiguo did it, personally, the old man admires him, but if it is put in the court, I am afraid that Li Weiguo will be in great trouble! ”

Li Hongzhang suddenly said: "What does the teacher mean, the emperor is going to attack Li Weiguo?" ”

Zeng Guofan snorted coldly and said, "This is an obvious matter!" If Li Weiguo keeps a low profile, waits for the destruction of the Hong bandits, and takes the initiative to hand over the military power, he may still be able to live. But he's still too young. Young and vigorous, he doesn't know how to converge, this time he wiped out more than 100,000 British and French troops, and with the emperor's suspicious character, he will definitely not be able to tolerate him. ”

Li Hongzhang suddenly said worriedly: "Teacher, what should we do?" ”

Zeng Guofan closed his eyes and pondered. Li Hongzhang didn't dare to disturb, so he waited.

After a while, Zeng Guofan opened his eyes and said, "We are the same as Li Weiguo, and now in the eyes of the emperor, we are the same as the original three feudal kings. Now we are counting on us to exterminate the Hong bandits, but once the Hong bandits are exterminated, our fate will either be to release the military power with a glass of wine, or to shell the Qinggong Tower. “

Li Hongzhang also thought of it, but he wanted to be sure of Zeng Guofan's thoughts. "What about the teacher's choice?" ”

Zeng Guofan glanced at Li Hongzhang and said with a wry smile: "If the old man chooses the former, are you willing to follow?" ”

Li Hongzhang's expression was complicated, and he struggled for a while before he said: "Students listen to the teacher!" ”

Zeng Guofan nodded with satisfaction, and then sighed: "Do you know why Wu Sangui didn't start earlier when the three feudatories rebelled, and delayed it until Kangxi was full-fledged?" ”

Li Hongzhang thought for a while and replied: "The book says that Wu Sangui was deceived by Kangxi!" ”

Zeng Guofan snorted coldly and said, "It is better to believe in a book than to have no book." Most of the things on it were used by the imperial court to fool people. ”

Li Hongzhang asked curiously, "What does the teacher think?" ”

Zeng Guofan then said: "Wu Sangui has a son who was detained in the capital by Kangxi, even if he successfully rebelled and became the emperor, there would be no one to inherit his country." So he just wanted to be honest and be a stable and peaceful king later. But his subordinates are a huge interest group, and the emperor's reduction of the feudal domain does not have much impact on Wu Sangui, Wu Sangui is still the prince, but his subordinates are different, they will be demoted and dismissed, but if Wu Sangui becomes the emperor. Then his subordinates will pay homage to the marquis, so in the end, Wu Sangui was coerced by his subordinates and could only rebel. ”

Li Hongzhang thought for a while, nodded and said: "What the teacher said is very reasonable, Wu Sangui's subordinates are a complete interest group, and now the teacher's Xiangjun still has the student's Huaijun." Isn't it an interest group? ”

"The old man really didn't misunderstand you, you really have a lot of brains, the old man said an allusion, and you can understand our current situation!" Zeng Guofan was immediately amazed.

Li Hongzhang said with a wry smile: "In fact, before the students came, the staff under the tent had already revealed that kind of thought, they have always opposed the students fighting to the death with the Hong bandits, deliberately making the Hong bandits bigger, taking the opportunity to expand the strength of the Huai army, and the intention of resisting the imperial court is very clear. I think Li Weiguo also has the same mind, otherwise, with the combat effectiveness of the Shanghai army, it will be able to destroy more than 100,000 British and French troops, and it will definitely be easy to destroy the flood bandits. It's just that the students can't make up their minds, so they come to ask the teacher to give advice. ”

Zeng Guofan also smiled bitterly and said: "When you are kidnapped by an interest group, if you do the opposite, you will bring about your own destruction." ”

Li Weiguo immediately understood and said: "What does the teacher think is the difference between our current Hunan Army, Huai Army and Shanghai Army and Wu Sangui, Geng Jingzhong, and Shang Kexi back then?" ”

Zeng Guofan said with a smile: "If the Hunan Army, the Huai Army and the Shanghai Army unite, can a big thing be done?" ”

Li Hongzhang's eyes lit up, and he asked urgently: "What does the teacher mean to agree?" ”

Zeng Guofan sighed: "The current emperor is suspicious, I'm afraid it will be difficult to tolerate us, as long as he is alive, we will have to die!" ”

Li Hongzhang immediately understood what Zeng Guofan meant, and immediately said excitedly: "The student is going to contact Li Weiguo, but if you want him to cooperate with us, I'm afraid you will have to sacrifice Zuo Zongtang!" ”

Zeng Guofan waved his hand and said, "You don't have to sacrifice Zuo Zongtang, when that day comes, Li Weiguo will cooperate with us unconditionally." However, after killing Xianfeng, I am afraid that it will be our enemy, and when the time comes, the three kingdoms will be established and each will show its magical powers. ”

Li Hongzhang was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "Students will never be enemies of teachers!" ”

Zeng Guofan smiled and said: "It is difficult to say whether we will be enemies in the future, the key is still the interest groups we represent. Of course, there is another possibility, that is, Xianfeng is dead, Su Shun assists the young emperor to ascend the throne, and with the teacher-student relationship between us, maybe there is no need to rebel. ”

Li Hongzhang was stunned, it turned out that Zeng Guofan would only choose to rebel because he was forced to save his life, and he still didn't want to rebel deep in his heart.

So he laughed and said, "Who knows? Maybe the Anglo-French army entered the city of Beijing and killed the emperor, and then no one would want the lives of teachers and students anymore. ”

Zeng Guofan's eyes suddenly lit up, and he immediately glanced at Li Hongzhang meaningfully, and smiled at each other. (To be continued......)