In the spring of 1849, Zhu Jishi moved from Shanghai to Yingtianfu, because the palace of Yingtianwang was still under repair, the original Liangjiang Governor's Yamen became Zhu Jishi's temporary palace. At the same time, the Cabinet Office, the Generalissimo's Office, the University Scholars' Office, the Dali Temple (Supreme Court), the Constituent Assembly and other institutions were also moved to Yingtianfu. Although there are many yamen, Yingtianfu was originally the capital of the former Ming Dynasty, and during the reign of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, it was the yamen of the governor of Liangjiang and the yamen of Jiangning.

At the same time as Zhu Ming moved the capital, he was also gradually strengthening his control and surveillance over the Liangjiang region, and the Cao Gang's abnormal movements naturally could not escape the attention of Jinyiwei. In the imperial study of the palace, Zhu Jishi's eyes fell on the report that Wang Yunjiao had just sent, which contained the address of the secret headquarters of the Cao Gang and the personal information of Pan Yuanxiang, the leader of the Cao Gang.

As the great enemy of the Green Gang, the Red Gang is of course the most aware of the Green Gang, and the secret headquarters of the Green Gang has long been under the surveillance of Jinyiwei. However, surveillance is not the same as complete control, the rules of the Green Gang have always been strict, and the organization is relatively tight, so it is not easy to break into the core of the Green Gang. Therefore, Jin Yiwei only knew that there were visitors from the north who visited Pan Yuanxiang in Ludao, and the specific situation was unknown.

Zhu Jishi carefully read Jinyiwei's report, shook his head and smiled secretly, this Yang Xiuqing is really not a fuel-efficient lamp, when it comes to the means of rebellion and fighting the world, Yang Xiuqing can also be regarded as a first-class master in this era, if everyone has the same capital, Zhu Jishi is definitely not his opponent. But the problem is that the financial and material resources mastered by Zhu Datianzi are not comparable to Yang Xiuqing at all. There are even a few killer features that have not been used, such as picric acid explosives and nitroglycerin explosives. These two products. At present, it is produced in the Guangzhou branch of Jishixing Pharmaceutical Factory! Certainly not in the name of arms. The former is fuel. The latter is a heart medicine.

In the face of absolute strength, Yang Xiuqing's conspiracy and trickery will not play a big role, but it still can't be guarded against.

"Your Majesty, Yang Xiuqing has been in the rivers and lakes for a long time, and he should be able to distinguish the difference between a gang and a God worship cult."

Su Yuniang sat opposite Zhu Jishi, frowning, analyzing the situation for him. This woman herself is from a gangster. I can't know much about the rivers and lakes.

"All the old rivers and lakes know the Tao, the so-called safflower green leaf white lotus root, there are many safflower people, the green leaves are weak, the white lotus root is not afraid of death, and it is impossible to let the green leaves do the white lotus root thing. Yang Xiuqing asked people to win over Aoba, either to make trouble for us, or to let Aoba act as an internal response and help him take Xuzhou. ”

"The hundreds of thousands of people in the Cao Gang have lost their jobs, won't they take risks?" Zhu Jishi frowned.

Yu Niang shook her head: "If there is no reinforcement." Even if there is a rebellion, it is just a whirlwind and a whirlwind. After all, green leaves can't become white lotus roots. ”

"What is Xuzhou?" Zhu Jishi asked uncertainly.

Xuzhou is now Miao Peilin's lair, not Zhu Jishi's direct territory. But Miao Peilin's strength is not weak, although there is only one army number, but counting the Huaibei militia group, the total strength is called 300,000, in fact, there are no less than 100,000 people, as if it is a strong town. Moreover, Miao Peilin's use of troops is extremely steady, and he walks the fortress stream, and on the ground in Huaibei, there are fortresses of landlords and tyrants everywhere, and it is extremely difficult to take it.

"First, Xuzhou is an important town along the canal, and the Cao Gang has deep roots there; The soldiers of the Second Taiping Heavenly Kingdom reached Suiyang and Jining, which were only 5 days away from Xuzhou; Third, taking Xuzhou can cut off the land communication between Shandong and our two Huai, which is conducive to the pacification of Shandong by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and prevents Wang Shang's northern expedition to the Central Plains; Fourth, Xuzhou is not the territory directly under the king's jurisdiction after all, Miao Peilin is in trouble, and the king may not immediately rush to help. ”

Zhu Jishi nodded, noncommittal, and turned his head to look at Luo Zenan.

"Your Majesty, why don't you put a long line and catch a big fish......"

Luo Zenan thought for a moment, calculating the various possibilities of a decisive battle with the Taiping army in Xuzhou.

"That's right, it's time to put a long line and catch big fish...... But the big fish I caught is very cunning, and I am not 80% sure that I will probably not take the bait. ”

Zhu Jishi said leisurely: "Yu Niang, you go to Hangzhou and visit Pan Yuanxiang...... In the name of the chief helmsman of the Heaven and Earth Society. ”

The Heaven and Earth Society is Hongmen, and to this day, it is still a loose gang organization, and there is no real chief helmsman, but the congregation respects Zhu Jishi and calls him Zhu the chief helmsman. Zhu Jishi did not use the name of the king, but used the identity of the rivers and lakes to face Pan Yuanxiang, the leader of the Qing Gang, which can be said to have put his figure at a very low place. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a show of weakness to the Green Gang.

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and only after a moment did they hear Prime Minister Zuo Zongtang say: "Your Majesty, are you preparing to win over Pan Yuanxiang?" ”

"It's to be wooed, and the hundreds of thousands of people in the Green Gang should also have a way out, shouldn't they?"

"Your Majesty, how do you plan to arrange hundreds of thousands of Green Gang members?" Su Yuniang said.

"What else can be used? Land, of course! Not only for the Cao Gang, but also for the entire Ming Dynasty people who had no food and clothing, the imperial court should encourage them to go to Borneo and Manchuria to reclaim. Zhu Jishi looked at Zuo Zongtang, "The cabinet can set up a new Ministry of Reclamation to be responsible for this matter." ”

"But...... Manchuria is not in our hands. Zuo Zongtang frowned and reminded.

"Isn't it just a fight?" Zhu Jishi smiled and said. "Cui Apu and Sha Wuzai have just sent a letter over, saying that Prince Gong Yixin personally commanded an army of 100,000 people who had crossed the Yalu River and were heading for Pyongyang, and the North Korean envoys had gone to Ganghwa Island to ask for help."

Zuo Zongtang stared for a moment, and suddenly said: "Does the king want to kill three birds with one stone?" ”

Zhu Jishi smiled faintly: "Is it the three birds?" He counted with his fingers, "Yang Xiuqing is a bird, Miao Peilin is a bird, Cao Bang is a bird, Manchu Qing is a bird, and North Korea is also a bird...... At least kill five birds with one stone, right? ”

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Zhu Jishi compared Yang Xiuqing to a bird, thousands of miles away in the Old Summer Palace, Yang Xiuqing, the eastern king of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, was also planning his own grand hegemony.

These days, while Zhu Jishi is busy rectifying the Jiangnan territory, Yang Xiuqing's main energy is focused on two aspects. One is the Southern Expedition; The second is to implement the "Heavenly Dynasty Tianmu System" in Zhili and Beijing, which has been applauded by some Western scholars.

But it didn't go well.

I don't know if it's because Lin Zexu and Zeng Guofan found a way to deal with the Taiping army - set up camps, defend the city, and fight in a daze. Or is it because the vigor of the Taiping Army was consumed in the Northern Expedition. In short, this time the Taiping army's southern expedition seems to have encountered considerable difficulties. In Shandong, Lin Zexu insisted on Jinan, Zeng Guofan set up Mount Tai, and Kong Fanhao stubbornly defended Qufu, all of which were deep ditches and high bases. Although the strength of the 10 armies under the command of Zeng Tianyang and nearly 136,000 Taiping troops was not weak, they did not dare to storm the fortified city of Jinan, which had dangerous terrain, and only divided their troops to guard it. Then he moved to Mount Tai, and Zeng Guofan couldn't hold out. attacked Qufu again, and as a result, the Kong family mobilized the children of the clan to defend the city, which actually made Zeng Tianyang helpless for a while. And just when Zeng Tianyang was in a dilemma, Zhu Ming's sailors occupied the Changshan Islands, locked the mouth of Bohai Bay, and rebuilt Dongjiang Town, which not only threatened the Liaodong Peninsula, but also posed a threat to Zeng Tianyang's back road. As a last resort, Yang Xiuqing had no choice but to send troops from Beijing to guard Cangzhou, Binzhou, Dongying and other places to prevent Zhu Ming's army from landing.

At the same time, the implementation of the "Tianchao Tianmu System" in Zhili and Beijing also encountered a lot of trouble. Theoretically, the equal division of land and the integration of military, politics and religion seem to be able to concentrate financial, material, and human resources to the greatest extent and use them for war and construction. However, in the process of implementation, Yang Xiuqing encountered one of the most basic problems - the quality of the officials of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was too poor and the number was insufficient, and it was impossible to implement the "Heavenly Dynasty Tianmu System" and manage an administrative system that integrated military, politics and religion.

If it is said that Zhu Jishi's practice of "showing talents as officials and going to the countryside as officials" in some provinces of the Southern Dynasties has caused a large number of officials and heavy administrative costs, which has slowed down Zhu Ming's pace of unification. That Yang Xiuqing made the "Heavenly Dynasty Tianmu System" simply exploded a lot of officials! He managed and organized the common people as an army, and for every thirteen,000 or so troops, there were as many as 1,000 officials at all levels! The entire Zhili and Jingshi have millions of household registrations, and if they are organized into hundreds of armies, won't they need hundreds of thousands of officials? If the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom takes over the world, the number of officials will be tens of millions, right? Where can Yang Xiuqing find so many officials who believe in God (Yang God), don't want money or life, and work for the kingdom of heaven wholeheartedly? (To be continued......)