The four of them argued until the second half of the night, and still did not distinguish who was right and who was wrong, Zeng Guofan and Li Hongzhang were steady, and they must not act in a hurry, once these things are all brought out, the court must be in chaos! As for Guo Ye, he still looks light-hearted, he just says his opinion, as for whether you agree or disagree, it's your business, although Zuo Zongtang feels that Guo Ye's words are also a little harsh, and some arguments are also difficult to accept, however, Zuo Zongtang still stands on Guo Ye's side and fully supports Guo Ye. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

After all, with Zuo Zongtang's domineering spirit, that is a temper that does big things, changing the world, changing the colors of mountains and rivers, is his greatest wish, otherwise how would he say that he is Wang Zuozhicai, and now he has met Guo Ye, who is even more radical than him, and the two of them are Wang Ba looking at mung beans and meeting their eyes.

No matter how they discuss, there will be no obvious result for a while, but a few days later, the city of Beijing has been turned upside down.

In the entire court, no one thought that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom would be suppressed so quickly!

I didn't expect it, I really didn't think of it!

In the early morning of the day, all the ministers stood in two shifts to discuss state affairs.

At the beginning, the eunuch on duty hurriedly ran into the Qianqing Palace!

"Qi the emperor, Qi the two queen mothers, the king of the government, the prince of Yasukuni Guo Ye 700 miles to expedite the good news!"

Seven hundred miles to expedite the report, use seven hundred miles to expedit, that must be an absolute victory will be like this!

Yixin's heart was lifted, and he shouted: "People, hand over the good news immediately!" ”

The messenger quickly broke in from the outside, knelt on the ground, and said urgently: "Weichen was ordered by the general of Jingguo to report the victory to the emperor, the queen mother and the king of parliament, and the prince of Jingguo led the main force of the Lu army to defeat Shi Dakai's 100,000 long-haired main force, and surrounded Huainan with the army, after more than ten days, he personally went to Huainan City to negotiate with Shi Cheng, so that Shi Wei led the people to surrender and submit, and the war in the south is about to end!" ”

"What? It's true? ”

Yixin's face changed greatly, his face was full of incredulity, from the Tianjing Incident, the vitality of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was greatly damaged, to the capture of Tianjing, it took the Hunan army seven years, and how many failures did it take to achieve success; This time, Shi Dakai occupied almost all the areas of the original Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, plus one Sichuan, but it was extinguished in just one year, I have to say that Guo Ye is an unborn genius!

The eunuch hurriedly took the chapter from the messenger's hand and handed it over, Yixin glanced at it hastily, and hurriedly handed it to the two palaces, it was too shocking, it was too shocking, Guo Ye sent troops, it was only more than three months, and in less than four months, he fought all the way from Zhili to Anhui, and finally forced Changmao to raise the flag and surrender, which is too powerful!

The whole court is like a boiling pot, even Guo Ye's political enemies are celebrating each other at this time, long hair, from more than ten years ago to the present, the most fierce time, the soldiers have advanced to the area of Baoding Tianjin, and captured most of China! Finally, it was finally all extinguished, and Shi Dakai, the last leader of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, surrendered, so from now on, there will be no more war in the south!

"Good, good!"

Ci'an shouted repeatedly, his face was red with excitement, the emperor had a unique vision, and promoted Guo Ye at the most difficult time, now it seems that it is definitely a wise move! Without him, not only would he have been ravaged by foreigners, but the second rise of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom would definitely sweep the whole country, this Shi Dakai is too powerful!

"It's just that the entire Taiping Army surrendered, and the conditions that Guo Ye agreed to were too generous, right? The two queen mothers, princes, and ministers thought that these conditions could never be agreed! Just to settle all the Taiping troops to surrender, we will have to use at least two million or more silver, and, starting from Shi Da, almost all the civil and military generals of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom below will be pardoned, if they are rebelling? Isn't that a waste of all your efforts? ”

After reading the recital, Li Hongzao, the crown prince, hesitated for a moment, and bowed down to play.

"It's okay, Lord Li, you have to understand that two million taels of silver seems like a lot, but think about it, if the war continues, how much silver will the imperial court invest? The Lu army, the Hunan army, the Huai army, and the Chu army, together, have a strength of more than 100,000 troops, plus a part of the green battalion troops, more than 150,000 people, just the salary of the soldiers, in a month, it will cost hundreds of thousands of taels, nearly a million taels, in addition, we also have to add the weapons and ammunition consumed, the consumption of grain and grass, in a month, it will be close to two million! If it lasts for half a year or even a year, the imperial court will consume tens of millions of taels of silver! Which is more cost-effective, wouldn't it be obvious at a glance? ”

Wen Xiang on the side replied with a bright face.

"However, what about the forgiveness of the sins of all the traitors, even if it is forgiven for those ordinary soldiers, those civil and military generals, especially the first rebel Shi Dakai, no matter what, the crime of rebellion, the sin is not forgiven! This Shi Rebellion has the highest prestige in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, if you don't kill him, one day you will rebel again, I don't know how many innocent lives will be put into it......"

Li Hongzao argued.

"Master Li!"

Wen Xiang said dissatisfied, "You have to be clear, if the war can't end, how many people will die? Moreover, it is clearly written on the fold that the elite of the Taiping Army will be directly incorporated into the Lu Army, as a part of the Lu Army, how much effort can it take to control this part with Guo Ye's ability? Moreover, Shi Cheng still wants the beginning of the sun, he cannot return to China without being recruited, and he is far overseas, how can Shi Cheng remotely control his disbanded subordinates? You're just worried! ”

Wen Xiang is very dissatisfied, and finally has this ending, now what the Qing Dynasty needs most is to recuperate, recuperate! Instead of continuing to fight, drive out the Taiping army! You must know that all the Taiping troops are strong laborers, and if they are killed, who will cultivate the fields, and who will raise the lonely and old? This is simply self-defeating!

"Okay, don't fight!"

Cixi said lightly: "Since Guo Ye has been appointed as the governor of the war, then we must give him trust, with his ability, he must have already taken all kinds of adverse consequences into account, and he has Zeng Guofan, Zuo Zongtang and others around him, each of them is a great talent, if there is a problem, it has long been eliminated invisibly, the next question, how do we deal with the aftermath, as long as the aftermath is handled properly, the Great Qing Kingdom will usher in an unprecedented opportunity for Zhongxing, and it must not be wasted like this!" ”

Yixin nodded and said: "The queen mother clearly sees that the minister also considers the aftermath, according to Guo Ye and Zeng Guofan's request, we must solve the problem of the aftermath first!" ”

(To be continued.) )