While the Wehrmacht was developing in Liangguang and Hunan, the Qing Dynasty in the north was in chaos, and the Qing Dynasty's rule had come to an end, in addition to the pressure of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, but also the pressure from foreign invaders, the Qing government and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom had been at war, and the British and French were ready to move. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Although this peasant army was fighting with the Wehrmacht and the Qing Army at the same time, their pressure was not very great, and the fighting with the Wehrmacht was intermittent, and after the Wehrmacht captured Hunan, the two armies were almost always in a state of armistice, and the Qing Army had to face the aggression of the foreign powers in addition to facing the peasant army, and the current Qing government was also deeply powerless in the face of such a situation.

Due to the deterioration of the situation, the health of Emperor Xianfeng of the Qing Dynasty is not as good as day by day, the ministers in the difficult moment of the Qing Dynasty, but they are fighting for power, Xianfeng is very helpless to see all this, Xianfeng decided to set up a prince, for their own interests The ministers are arguing fiercely: "Your Majesty, now your dragon body is Antai, it is really early to set up a prince now, and the ministers think that they will discuss it after a while, and wait for the princes to grow up." ”

Not only the ministers compete for power with each other, but the battle in the harem is also a cloud, the concubines and beauties in the harem, and the ministers outside collude with each other, all for power, it is really intrigue to the extreme, Emperor Xianfeng, who stands at the peak of power, is looking at all this coldly, for everything that is happening now, Emperor Xianfeng's heart is very clear, in the face of the current erosion of the empire, Emperor Xianfeng is also deeply helpless about all this, he does not know when he dies, How can this eroded situation be sustained?

Compared with the Qing Dynasty, the situation of the peasant army is also very worrying, the leadership of the Taiping army has lost its original ambition, they have been corrupted by the luxurious life, the Taiping army that has been glorious for a long time is in danger of extinction at any time, and the contradictions between the leaders of the various departments within the peasant army are also more and more conflicting, like a pile of dry wood, as long as there is a little spark, it can form a raging fire, once this fire is ignited, it is enough to destroy the entire peasant military regime.

After the founding of the peasant army, its leader Hong Xiuquan took over as the emperor of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, he divided many kings, now the kings have a heart of self-reliance, Hong Xiuquan's command of the armies is not as strict as the original, Yang Xiuqing has always had the idea of overthrowing Hong Xiuquan's self-reliance, just quietly waiting for the opportunity, after Hong Xiuquan arrived in Nanjing, people were gradually corrupted, became greedy for pleasure, and his subordinates guarded: "Qiyu Heavenly King, now all kings have a rebellious heart, and the ambition of Yang Xiuqing, the king of the East, is now more and more out of control." Hong Xiuquan was also helpless about this.

Yang Xiuqing became more and more arrogant, and also extremely unhappy Hong Xiuquan, so in 1856 Hong Xiuquan finally couldn't bear Yang Xiuqing's arrogance, and gave Yang Xiuqing a dead hand, in this incident, none of Yang Xiuqing's family survived, all were killed, the decline of the Taiping Army began here, from here, the kings were secretly fighting for power, fighting each other, the young leader of the Taiping Army, the winged king Shi Dakai had no choice but to leave the Taiping Army in the power struggle, marched to the southwest, and a lone army left the empire, It also caused his military strength to drop a lot, so that the Taiping army was further destroyed.

Looking back, the strength of the national defense forces led by the Xingmin Party in the south has not decreased but increased, and the strength of the current national defense forces is enough to sweep away the Taiping army and the Qing army, and in terms of overall strength, the national defense forces surpass all the powerful factions in the country, and they deserve to be the strongest army in China, but the territory of the national defense forces is too small, which also hinders the development of the national defense forces, and also makes it impossible for the national defense forces to launch a large-scale decisive battle.

At the end of 1859, Zhang Yuanzheng convened a year-end meeting of all the generals and heads of administrative departments in various regions in Guangzhou to formulate a development plan for the new year.

Zhang Yuanzheng stood on the rostrum and delivered an enthusiastic speech: "Comrades, in the past few years, our national defense force has become more and more powerful, our people have lived a good life, there is no oppression on their heads, in the past, only the children of rich families can go to school, now we implement full-name education, so that more people can learn, knowledge is the foundation of development, in the future, we will only become stronger and stronger." ”

He took a sip of the water on the table, and then said: "You may not know that the situation of the Taiping army and the Qing army in our north is getting worse and worse, and the era that belongs to us has come, but we can't relax here, the revolution has not yet succeeded, and comrades still need to work hard." ”

After Zhang Yuanzheng finished speaking, the personnel of various departments began to report on this year's work, Yang Huaifang stood up and walked to the podium to start reporting work: "Everyone, this year's development situation is very good, our granary is full of granaries, our granaries are not even enough, if there is no major disaster in the next few years, our grain is sufficient, this year we have built a few new factories, our industrial situation, even more than some European powers, Several of the new roads we have built this year will be completed around March next year, and our research team has developed our first gasoline car, which has not yet been developed even by foreigners, and as for when it will start production, we have to wait for our next plan, and then we have reported on several aspects......

Then Lin Gongshu reported on the work of education: "At present, our education is making great strides, primary schools have basically spread to the townships, in all our jurisdictions, we have established a total of 36 universities, more than 100 vocational and technical colleges, as for junior and senior high schools, that is countless, in terms of education, we have always insisted on cultivating practical talents, pay close attention to students' ideological education, cultivate students' enthusiasm for learning, although we have invested a lot of money in education, But now we have to admire the strategic vision of the future of the handsome, now with a large number of graduates to the society, our development situation, and a big step forward, the factory has a group of more technical talents, the efficiency of the factory has improved, the original investment, now we have reaped a greater return. “

Listening to this year's work report, Zhang Yuanzheng's heart warmed, and he felt that the persistence of these years was worth it, "Comrades, I am as happy as everyone else that we have been able to achieve today's achievements, but we should not forget that most of the country is not in our hands at present, which shows that we are not strong enough, and we cannot say that we have achieved success, and we must continue to strive for the great goal of making the Chinese nation strong and prosperous." ”