Beijing, Forbidden City, inside the Imperial Study.

An enraged Daoguang Emperor was roaring at his ministers.

"What's going on?! Who's going to tell me what's going on! First, Taiwan was occupied by the group of rebellious ministers and thieves of the Heaven and Earth Society. Now in Guangxi, there is actually a cult called the God Worship Sect that has grown under the nose of the government and occupied Yong'an City in one day. Unexpectedly, he dared to build a country and claim the emperor! I'm so angry! I'm so angry! ”

Like an offended lion, he tossed all the pen, ink, paper, and inkstones on his desk to the ground. There was a loud noise. All the ministers in the study were so frightened that they fell to their knees, saying things like asking the emperor to calm his anger. The top flower feathers also trembled, and it was as if there was a bird zoo in the imperial study.

Only a Manchu official would have such a strange decoration...... Fill your head with bird feathers. It's just a whimper! I am a brilliant man, and the beauty of thousands of years of Chinese clothing has been replaced like this......

Emperor Daoguang sat on his throne with his ass on his shoulder, panting constantly. It felt like a bellows that was about to be torn, whirring and ringing. The man was so angry that he didn't like anything, and as soon as he raised his leg, he kicked a kneeling eunuch next to him and staggered, so frightened that the guy shouted for mercy.

At this time, the Minister of Military Aircraft finally spoke: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the Taiping Army thieves must be exterminated as soon as possible!" If it is allowed to become a climate, the harm will be much greater than that of those who occupy Taiwan. After all, the cult's demagogy of the ignorant people is much greater than the trick of the Heaven and Earth Society to restore their sight. ”

The secretary of the military department also reported: "The minister seconded the proposal!" Heaven and Earth will rebel against thieves and must be extinguished as soon as possible. The old minister thought that he could let the governor of Guangxi transfer troops from Guilin to Yong'an and exterminate the Taiping army. At the same time, let the Guangdong garrison dispatch and copy from the east. Such a flanking attack will inevitably make the Taiping army thieves hate! ”

I have to say that the suggestion of the military department is very pertinent. The military strength of Guangdong Province is extremely strong, whether it is the green battalion or the flag soldiers, they can be called the elite of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. More importantly, as the only region to be victorious in the Opium War with the British, it retained the last vestiges of the Qing government's dignity. Therefore, the strength of the Guangdong garrison was repeatedly exaggerated by the officials and ministers in the imperial court.

It's just that what this group of people don't know is that Guangdong has long been no longer surnamed "Aixin Jueluo......

When Daoguang heard it, this method was quite reliable. Finally, after a little relaxation, the evil aura on his face subsided a lot. Nodding at the Ministry of War: "What Aiqing said is extremely true. Do as you say. Immediately let Zhou Zhiqi, the governor of Guangxi, transfer 50,000 troops, and Lin Zexu, the governor of Guangdong, transfer 30,000 troops to attack the Taiping army from the east and west! It must be wiped out completely, and not a single one will be left! ”

"Wow!"

All the ministers gave strange and ugly answers. Even if the general policy and strategy are given, the next thing is not the emperor's responsibility, and the ministers below will naturally mobilize troops, horses, grain and grass......

That's what happened in the Forbidden City. On the other hand, Zhao Wushuang has returned to Guangdong with the Golden Snake Langjun and Li Yifan. Then immediately convened all the high-level leaders of the four aspects of the Dragon God Sect to gather in the Dragon God Palace for a meeting to have a heated discussion on the future of Guangdong.

But in fact, there is not much to discuss, because Zhao Wushuang has already had a plan in his heart. More than 100 years later, the modern state system has been very perfect in his opinion. He just needs to copy it all.

The only difference was that the huge organization that later led everything above all else in China was replaced by the Dragon God Sect. In fact, the relationship between religion and the state is very easy to solve, and it is not even necessary to copy the medieval model of Western Christianity. Just imitate the People's Republic of China in later generations.

After all, in a sense, Marxism is not much different from the religious ideology of the Dragon God Sect......

Even the existence of Zhao Wushuang is similar to that of a generation of Taizu. It's just that one is a real god and the other is a myth that has been artificial.

Soon after, Lin Zexu received a holy decree from Beijing.

He was ordered to transfer 30,000 garrisons in Guangdong, cooperate with the governor of Guangxi, and attack the Taiping army in Yong'an from the east and west.

As soon as Lin Zexu received the holy decree, he immediately went to the Dragon God Palace to ask to see Zhao Wushuang and reported the matter. He originally thought that Zhao Wushuang would be a little worried that the rhythm of Guangdong's independence would be disrupted, but he didn't expect that Zhao Wushuang would be very happy. Even the majestic voice had a hint of a smile in it: "Don't worry. We just need to do what the Manchu court says first. And we must not only do it, but also do it very well, and expand the front. It is best to be able to go back to Guangxi directly. ”

After listening to Zhao Wushuang's words, Lin Zexu was a little confused. What is the rationale for this? Although it is said that there is no need to help the Taiping Army, it shouldn't be like this, right? Didn't that help the Manchus destroy the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom? Although destroying the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is the last necessary path for the Dragon God Sect, it is not this time, right?

Zhao Wushuang saw Lin Zexu's question, and he didn't explain it—in fact, he could have mentioned it. However, in order to verify his authority, he just said lightly: "Just do what the deity says." Not only must they attack the Taiping army from the Cantonese side, but they must also block their route to break out from the direction of Changsha, Hunan. Of course, don't really hit either. This not only damaged our own strength, but also weakened the Taiping army, and allowed the Manchus to benefit in vain. What the deity wants is for the Taiping army to stay in Guangxi honestly. Don't run to East China, understand? ”

I see.

Lin Zexu seemed to understand the intention of the Great Dragon God a little.

As Lin Zexu, who was a Manchu feudal official before joining the Dragon God Sect, he was naturally very familiar with the map and situation of the whole of China. After Zhao Wushuang's words, he understood that Lord Ryujin was unwilling to let the Taiping army enter a rich and densely populated place, but let them stay in a relatively barren place. Not only can it keep disgusting the Manchu Qing, but it can't grow rapidly.

"Sure enough, it's the immortal of the heavenly court, it's my Chinese totem. Not only is he kind-hearted, but he doesn't want to be swordsmen in the prosperous places of the world. And it can kill two birds with one stone, so that the Taiping army cannot get rich land to grow rapidly. ”

Lin Zexu sighed at Zhao Wushuang's compassion, and sighed that he could achieve his own goals at the same time. Sure enough, it is a much higher realm than mortals!

He had indeed guessed Zao Wou-shuang's thoughts almost.

After all, Zao Woushuang is a modern man more than a hundred years later. And it's a young man who has independent thoughts and hasn't been treated like that. For the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, there have always been mixed reviews, some say that it is positive, and some say that it is negative. Some say that it was a great peasant uprising, while others say that it is a cult that does more harm than good and demagogues......

In the world and era of his previous life, if political factors were not taken into account, the historical scholars were almost on the verge of playing out their brains in order to argue about this issue. It is not uncommon for gray-haired professors to spray each other through the air.

In Zhao Wushuang's own opinion, he still thinks that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom will do more harm than good. Destructiveness is greater than constructiveness, and backwardness is greater than advanced.

The so-called advanced Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, in addition to the slogan of the flickering nature of the division of land in the early stage, is at most a series of very advanced policies after the Dingdu Tianjing (Nanjing), both at that time and decades later! For example, the advanced nature of the "New Chapter of Senior Administration" and "Legislative Decree" can definitely be said to be "catching up with Britain and surpassing the United States".

But in reality? Regardless of whether these advanced policies have been specifically implemented, let's just say that the source, in fact, is just Hong Renji's personal cultivation!

Hong Renji is indeed worthy of being a great reformer and intellectual. It can be said that his historical evaluation does not match his ideological realm. But it was also thanks to the fact that he fled to Hong Kong because of his failed missionary work, where he studied hard and had many adventures, and finally became a politician and intellectual with a global vision.

It's a pity that in the Manchu kingdom of this parallel world where Zhao Wushuang was born. Because of Hong Xiuquan's strength and "divine power", the worship of God did not encounter too many obstacles and difficulties. Therefore, Hong Renji had no chance to live in exile in Hong Kong for more than ten years, so he was just an ordinary high-ranking member of the Taiping Army......

The fate of man is so wonderful!

Maybe Hong Renji himself doesn't know that he is in another world. With his own efforts, he raised the evaluation and advanced nature of the so-called Taiping Heavenly Kingdom to at least one level!

Ignoring this, we can only say that the population of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has decreased dramatically. This is what Zao Wushuang has accepted countless times.

In the world of Zao Wushuang's previous life.

According to the number of households contained in the "Household Inventory" before and after the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Chinese modern and contemporary population historians believe that from 1851 to 1864, the Chinese population plummeted by 40%, and the absolute loss reached 160 million! Some scholars have compared the pre-war population data with the 1911 Xuantong census data, and believe that the Taiping War directly caused at least 54 million excess deaths in Jiangsu, Anhui, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, and Hubei provinces. If we take into account the population losses in Hunan, Guangxi, Fujian, Sichuan and other provinces, which were other battlefields of the Taiping War, then the population loss caused by the Taiping War to China was at least 100 million or more, and the direct cause of excess deaths reached 70 million.

This is a horrifyingly staggering set of figures. Cold numbers don't lie. The debate over whether the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was righteous or evil may be inconclusive, but the huge casualties are real—whether the Taiping army caused more casualties or the Qing army caused more casualties.

And Zhao Wushuang didn't want such casualties to appear!

So he planned to crucify the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom firmly in Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou and other relatively sparsely populated places. Moreover, the Manchu rule in these places was weak, and it would not break out into too large-scale wars and cause the people to live in misery. At the same time, it can indeed effectively curb the rapid growth of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom......

Late autumn of the twenty-third year of Daoguang. The governor of Guangxi transferred 50,000 troops, and the governor of Guangdong transferred 30,000 troops, and at the same time attacked the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom from both sides.

After deliberation, the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan and other high-level officials of the Tianping Heavenly Kingdom decided not to confront the army in Guangdong, but to turn around and directly confront the Guangxi garrison from Guilin. Because many of the high-ranking members of the God Worship Sect are actually Cantonese people, and they live there, and they know the wealth and strength of Guangdong's military forces. It is by no means comparable to the ordinary Qing army! The 30,000 Guangdong troops are likely to be more difficult than the 100,000 Guangxi troops!

So the Taiping army took the initiative to attack from Yong'an and went directly to the Guangxi army that had not yet reached Yong'an.

Poor Zhou Zhiqi's Guangxi garrison never imagined that the Taiping army would be so arrogant, not only did not refuse to defend the city or flee, but ambushed themselves in turn! The two sides fought fiercely in the highlands and valleys between Guilin and Yong'an......

In Hong Xiuquan's heart, he has already made a wishful calculation. First eat a part of the Guangxi garrison to show their "muscles" to the Manchu court, so that they know that their "son of God" is by no means easy to mess with; Then he led the troops to take advantage of Quanzhou and went straight to Changsha. Finally, head to the rich and prosperous East China, where you will occupy the chassis and establish a country!

Heaven on earth. Naturally, it must be built in the most prosperous and gorgeous place! Jiangnan and East China are such eligible places.

I have to say that parallel worlds would really be close to each other if they did not artificially interfere with the course of history. It's a pity that with Zhao Wushuang, Hong Xiuquan's wishful thinking was in vain.

He could never have imagined that the 30,000 Cantonese troops not only did not rejoice because they did not fight with them, but took the initiative to surround them from the southeast. went straight to Quanzhou, and even opened a front in the Quanzhou area, directly and neatly blocking the way for the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom to advance eastward!

In this way, unless he completely eats the 30,000 Guangdong troops, he can only change the strategic line.

The Heavenly King was naturally not an indecisive person, and once he found out that the original plan was not feasible. Although he was unhappy, he was not angry, and immediately adjusted his strategy and approached Guilin instead!

Due to the fanatical religious appeal of Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing, the Taiping army was united in fighting to the death. The 20,000 troops beat the 50,000 Guangxi troops to the point that their noses were blue and their faces were swollen, and they scattered as birds and beasts.

After easily pushing back Guilin, where the governor of Guangxi was located, he immediately recruited troops and horses in the city, recruited believers and troops, and looted all the property and food. It became an even larger army, and under the pursuit of the Guangdong army who had rushed to Guilin from Quanzhou (of course, Hong Xiuquan did not know that the Guangdong army was just a show), it marched westward towards Guizhou Province, where the terrain and ethnic composition were more complex, and the economy was more backward.

After completing the task of "driving pigs into the pen" assigned by Zhao Wushuang, the Guangdong Front retreated to the territory of Guangdong. Then he wrote to the imperial court to say that he had completed the task, and asked His Majesty the Emperor to send some reward or something......

(Today, the two chapters were sent together ~ continue to code words!) (To be continued.) )