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"Everyone has their own ambitions, and it is not enough to be reluctant." Lin Haifeng took the tea sent by the servant, opened the lid, took a sip, and turned his face to look at Hao Lisu, whose face was indeed a little gray and slightly sickly. He knew that Hao Lisu was suffering from a heart disease. "However, we and Lord Hao still have one thing in common after all, that is, we both hope that the people can live and work in peace and contentment."

He saw Hao Lisu lower his head slightly, and smiled slightly, "Lord Hao's official reputation in Suzhou is still good, and he is a rare clean official." ”

"Alas, the war itself is the greatest misfortune of the people!" Hao Lisu sighed and shook his head slightly.

"Of course, no one likes war," Lin Haifeng put down the cup in his hand, "including myself." Therefore, we must unite people of insight from all sides to end the war and restore peace to the common people. ”

"The country was originally very peaceful, but it's a pity that it's ......" Hao Lisu glanced at the young prince and didn't say any more. He is a little strange, the Taiping Army is from Liangguang, why is this prince an authentic Beijing film? It seems that this character is not ordinary.

"Really, is it really peaceful?" Lin Haifeng was still so kind, and he didn't have any angry expression at all, and asked.

"Of course, if there were no Westerners prying eyes, there would also be opium." Hao Lisu was a little discouraged. After a pause, he looked up at the other party and said with some sincerity, "From the bottom of my heart, this official can't say that he doesn't admire your ability. Jiangsu will soon become your bag, and maybe Zhejiang. However, the Qing Dynasty has a vast territory and is still strong, and the war will continue for a long, long time. In any case, this is not a good thing. The two sides will only bring harm to the country, why can't you turn the war with the court into a jade silk? Everyone has good things to discuss, with your help, can't the Qing Dynasty raise its eyebrows overseas and revive the glory of the past? ”

"You're right, even I have this thought." Lin Haifeng looked at Hao Lisu, who was puzzled, and smiled, "I'm just afraid that Xianfeng won't." ”

"Yes!" Hao Lisu said very resolutely, "Today's saint is a Ming monarch, as long as your prince is willing, the official in front of the saint will guarantee it." ”

"Haha......" Lin Haifeng laughed, looked at Gu Xuejiang, who was also confused by the second monk he said, and then looked at Hao Lisu, "Lord Hao understood wrong, right?" What I mean is for Xianfeng to announce his abdication, take the initiative to return to the land where their ancestors lived, and be a good law-abiding citizen. Give us back the great rivers and mountains of China. ”

"This ......," Hao Lisu shook his head, "how is this possible." ”

"Yes, since it is impossible, then there will be war." Lin Haifeng said, shaking the two wide sleeves of his royal robe, "Look at the clothes that our ancestors studied, loose and free, if it is dancing and writing and filling in poetry, it seems to be at ease." From this alone, it can be seen that the ancestors of our Han people have never liked war. However, we have never been afraid of war. He raised his hand and pointed out the door, "Lord Hao saw the Red Army of the Celestial Empire, right?" ”

"Look...... I saw it," Hao Lisu's voice was a little uncomfortable, "You follow the example of foreigners, and you really look farther than the officials and soldiers." ”

"Lord Hao is wrong again, this is not an imitation of foreigners." Lin Haifeng shook his head, "The weapons in the hands of our Red Army soldiers are all self-produced weapons of my Celestial Empire, and they are not at all compatible with foreign guns. Now that I've said that, I'll say a few more words. In your hearts, you must be counting on the Manchu Qing Dynasty to do something, and you will never forget the so-called prosperous Kangqian era. I said something unpleasant, whether it was Kangxi or Qianlong, it was nothing more than catching up with a good era. In their kind of environment, as long as they are not stupid, no one will make a 'prosperous world'. Let's think about it carefully, what does this 'prosperous age' really bring us? ”

"The treasury is full and powerful, how can it be said that it is not a 'prosperous age'?"

"The country is strong? How powerful is it? Seeing Hao Lisu's somewhat disapproving look, Lin Haifeng smiled faintly, "That's just that the Western powers haven't really developed yet." It's not an exaggeration to describe Yelang's arrogance and sitting in the well and watching the sky. Let me give you the simplest example. As early as the Ming Dynasty, I in China had what you now call the 'flowering bomb', the Ming army's artillery was strong, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty knew best, wasn't Nurhachi buried under the artillery fire of the Ming army? From then to now, more than 200 years have passed, what did the Manchu army have? To put it bluntly, the Manchus were afraid that these excellent skills would spread in the hands of our Han people and threaten their interests of ruling and enslaving our Han nation for a long time, so they adopted this ugly act of destroying the Great Wall because of choking. Isn't it a joke to talk about a strong country without a truly strong army? Just imagine, with the wisdom of the heroic soldiers of my Celestial Empire, to help them, will they accept it? Can they rest assured? ”

"The Qing Dynasty still attaches great importance to the Han people, and Zeng Guofan in Hunan has been reused by the imperial court and has begun to train a new army." Hao Lisu's words are a little lacking in confidence. He knew that Zeng Guofan was training the Hunan army, but after all, he didn't know whether Zeng Guofan, the so-called "Hunan army", was a showmanship.

"Hehe, yes, Zeng Guofan wants to form a Hunan army. What does this mean? Does it show the importance of the Han people in the eyes of the Manchus? I don't think it maybe, the Eight Banners military system has been rotten from the roots, and it is less than a battle, Xianfeng just has such a plan for the time being out of helplessness. Even if it succeeds, what can it do? A slave is always a slave, just a few more bones from the master's reward. Lin Haifeng smiled, "However, I have very bad news to tell you, Lord Hao, Zeng Guofan has long become the turtle in the urn set up by our Heavenly Army in Zhuzhou, if it is fast, I am afraid that he has already reunited with Zuo Zongtang and others in the prisoner of war camp of our Heavenly Army." ”

Lin Haifeng ignored Hao Lisu's eyes that seemed to be a little suspicious, took out his cigarette purse, took out a cigarette paper, and continued, "Actually, Lord Hao already has some understanding of the strength of the Heavenly Army. To tell you the truth, the Celestial Army didn't pay attention to anything like the Manchu and Han Eight Banners, the Mongolian horse team, or any messy local group training. If we want to do it, we can call Xianfeng out of Beijing within a year. He raised his hand with pride, then held up the freshly rolled paper cigarette in his hand, and asked with a smile, "Does Lord Hao smoke?" ”

"Smoke occasionally." Hao Lisu agreed, remembering his cigarette pouch and pot.

"Hehe, then Lord Hao will try this." Lin Haifeng handed him the rolled paper cigarette, rolled another one casually, and took out a match.

When Hao Lisu took the paper cigarette handed by Lin Haifeng, he habitually put it to his nose and lowered his sleeve to sniff. It's really fragrant, it's something I've never felt before, in addition to the smell of tobacco itself, there is also a strong mellow aroma of wine.

"This is a cigarette baked in Zhenjiang, it smells good, right?" Lin Haifeng said, struck a match, and sent it to Hao Lisu.

It was a fresh, peculiar cigarette, and that little wooden stick that was scratching away. Hao Lisu put the smoke on the fire a little unnaturally.

"How's it going, how does it feel?" Lin Haifeng then lit himself, took a puff of cigarette, and looked at Hao Lisu with a smile.

"Good!" More than that, Hao Lisu felt that he was already drunk.

"If you have the opportunity, Lord Hao can go to Tianjing, Zhenjiang and other places to see, there are many new things, and the people can only experience the meaning of being a real person in the Heavenly Empire. Of course, it will be the same in Suzhou soon. Lin Haifeng put the small matchbox in his hand in front of Hao Lisu, "This is just a small thing, but for the Manchu Dynasty, it is something unimaginable." ”

Hao Lisu picked up the match, fiddled with it carefully for a while, and glanced at this friendly prince from the corner of his eye several times. He was right, all new things were unthinkable for the Qing Dynasty.

"Thousands of years of splendid culture, if it weren't for us, maybe it would have been ruined by this Manchu Qing Dynasty. Hehe, the Qing Empire, in the eyes of others, is just a piece of fat that can be slaughtered. Lin Haifeng seemed to be talking to himself. Suddenly, he turned his head to Hao Lisu and asked, "I won't talk about the situation in the capital, Lord Hao knows it in his heart, just talk about Hangzhou, there is a city within a city in Hangzhou, yes, it is the so-called flag camp." I think, Lord Hao is no stranger to there, right? ”

Hao Lisu nodded. Of course, he knew very well that on the 14th day of the fifth lunar month in the third year of Shunzhi (1645), the banner of the Qing Dynasty was finally planted at the head of Hangzhou. According to Shunzhi's "Nagi Hair Order", all subjects who submitted to the Qing Dynasty would have their hair shaved off the front half of their hair, but a long braid was dragged out of the back of their head. In response to this order, there were also fierce rebellions and behaviors in various parts of Hangzhou, "Hangzhou people went to the Henghe Bridge to die, hundreds of people were killed every day, and the river was overwhelmed."

As a result, the Qing army announced that it would enclose the garrison and "suppress it with ammunition". From June of the fifth year of Shunzhi (1648), the Qing army began to establish a flag camp in the west of Hangzhou on the east bank of the West Lake. The banner camp has a city wall, which is one zhang and nine feet high, and is about nine miles around, covering an area of 1,430 acres. When enclosing land and building a city, the Qing army forced the people to relocate, so that the people "helped the old and the young, carried the burden, or sowed and moved to other places". The beautiful scenery of the West Lake, which is proud of the people of Hangzhou, is cut off from Hangzhou because of the construction of the Qiying camp city. From then on, Hangzhou people must pass through the flag camp to swim in the lake, and most of them can only go out from Yongjinmen. The city gate was closed at night, and the Jinwu was strictly forbidden, and the people were not allowed to enter or leave. And the officers and soldiers of the Eight Banners, led by General Hangzhou and entrenched in the flag camp, traveled all four miles as the occupiers. The garrison generals were presumptuous, or seized the people's property, or lent money at heavy interest, or forcibly married the people's women, and acted recklessly, which became a great harm to Hangzhou.

"How does Lord Hao feel when you see this?" Lin Haifeng asked seemingly casually.

"This ......" Hao Lisu blushed and sighed.

"It's very simple, it's nothing more than to show how noble they are," Gu Xuejiang said indignantly, "and we are all lowly people." This is no different from the Mongolian Golden Horde of the year of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty. Even for this, I can't tolerate it. ”

"We have never insulted any other people, nor have we ever considered ourselves noble. However, facts have taught us that it is not possible to make a nation perfect and noble. Lin Haifeng looked at Gu Xuejiang and then at Hao Lisu, "In just two hundred years, I have forgotten my ancestors, and abandoned all the things that are really worthy of praise and inheritance of a nation, but I just cling to those strange theories that harm others and myself." You don't know self-esteem and self-love, and it's no wonder that others look down on you. Alas, this is perhaps a difficult and long road that requires the joint efforts of all those who are willing to sacrifice their lives for the good of their nation. Master Hao, you said yes, right? ”

Hao Lisu was listening carefully and thinking. It wasn't until the fire head of the cigarette tail burned his fingers that he violently stirred, "Yes...... It's like this......"

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