November 25, 1848.

On the third day of the death of Xiao Chaogui, the king of the West. Zhu Jishi, the king of the Ming Dynasty, finally met Lin Zexu, the governor of Liangjiang and the minister of the Qing Dynasty, and the military affairs of the four provinces (Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, and Hubei) under the order of controlling the military affairs of the four provinces (Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, and Hubei) at the Far East Hotel in Shanghai.

Lin Zexu's 50,000 training troops had already marched north, most of which had crossed the Yangtze River. He came to Shanghai on behalf of Emperor Daoguang, who did not know whether Lu Dao was still alive, to form an alliance with Zhu Jishi. The so-called alliance is actually a meeting, and there is no covenant or anything. Because Lin Zexu was not the Emperor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and did not have the authorization of Emperor Daoguang, it was impossible for him to represent the alliance between the Manchu Qing Dynasty and Zhu Ming. If it was true, Zhu Jishi would not have come - Zhu Datianzi wanted to oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, how could he ally with the Manchu Dynasty? Therefore, today's "meeting" did not make a big splash, did not invite representatives of the great powers, and did not allow reporters to interview, but the principle of keeping a low profile and keeping a low profile was implemented.

The place where the two sides met was in the banquet hall of the Far Eastern Hotel, and the bigwigs of the Ming and Qing dynasties were seated. Lin Zexu and Zhu Jishi sat facing each other, both looking at each other carefully. In Zhu Jishi's eyes, Lin Zexu, who is famous all over the world, is a thin old man, although he is only in his sixties, he does not look much younger than the 80-year-old Pan Shien. Since it was a formal meeting, Lin Zexu now had a neat collar, a peacock feather with his eyes and a big hat inlaid with red glass beads, all of which were available, but he was very generous.

In Lin Zexu's eyes, Zhu Jishi's dress made him even more emotional, wearing a crown of black yarn wings and a bright yellow dragon robe. Surrounded by a group of red-robed and black-robed Ming civil officials, he sat there. It's like coming from a dream - Lin Zexu is from Fujian. Of course, I know the words and phrases of "the red flag is fluttering, the heroes are doing their best, the overseas son of heaven, and the Ming Dynasty is coming back". In his opinion back then, this was just a fool's dream, the Qing Dynasty was replaced by saints and saints, and it was by no means comparable to previous dynasties, and the heroes of the Han family wanted to do things like Hongwu. What's the difference between the crazy dream...... But now it's a dream come true!

He was still full of emotion like this, and Zhu Jishi had already spoken.

"Mu Weng, this time when you go north, you will be stationed in Shandong, and if you can protect the hometown of the saint, you will live up to your reputation." Zhu Jishi's tone was calm and calm, but what he said was also a good word, "The military salary and logistics, the lonely king will raise it on his behalf." It must be taken from Shandong. The land is barren, and the peasants are poor. If you are too pressed, you are afraid of rebirth and change. ”

"The old man has already made a decision about going north, and it is righteous for King Qin to save him, so Xu does not dare to disobey." Lin Zexu is worthy of being a great Confucian in the matter, and he will not blush at all when he opens his mouth to talk nonsense. The training army under his command is the strongest in the Hunan army, and the battle of Baisha Town was easily defeated by the Taiping army, and now the Taiping army's strength is in full swing, how dare he touch Yang Xiuqing's main force?

Zhu ...... Your Majesty, the old man heard that the foreign guns and cannons used by the Taiping Army and the art of war drills were all provided by you? Lin Zexu turned the conversation, stroked his beard, and said expressionlessly, "Aren't you afraid of raising tigers?" Now China has suffered from 3,000 years of no external trouble. On the one hand, there is a great chaos inside, and the three kingdoms compete for power...... How do you clean up the mess? The old man also heard that the emperor of the Qing Dynasty had sent Bai Siwen to Russia for help, this Russian country has been peeping at my China for a long time, and finally China is in great trouble, if you take advantage of the weakness, how will you deal with it? ”

Lin Zexu is a staunch anti-Russian or Russophobia, after he returned to the Central Plains from Xinjiang, he preached the theory of the Russian threat everywhere, and when he was recuperating in Fuzhou in his later years, he also said: "After all, it is a Chinese patient, and it is a Russian patient!" I am old, and you should see it. ”

"Mu Weng, how strong Russia is, the Lone King knows better than you, and naturally knows how to deal with it." Zhu Jishi laughed, "If there is no revival of the Ming Dynasty today, with the weakness of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, it will not be able to stop the strong Russian army in any way, this Mu Weng knows this better than King Lone, right?" ”

"If the country has no internal troubles and is single-minded externally, it may not be impossible to resist." Lin Zexu shook his head and didn't say any more. I am afraid that what will happen is that the Manchu Qing Dynasty took the initiative to lead Russian soldiers into the country, and the Russian soldiers may not dare to attack Beijing and invade the interior, but the Northeast, Outer Mongolia, and Xinjiang will inevitably be controlled by Russia, and Zhu Ming only has half of the Southern Dynasties, and he can't reach the Northeast, Outer Mongolia, and Xinjiang at all, so what can Russia do? Thinking of this, Lin Zexu just sighed slightly, pondered for a moment, and suddenly turned the conversation to the British Minister Ali Guo.

"I heard that the British minister Ali Guo went north to Tianjin?"

"But there is such a thing, now it is the Three Kingdoms, and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is also one country." Zhu Jishi was very calm, not impressed at all, and seemed to be in his chest.

"Well, have you heard of the "Heavenly Dynasty Tianmu System"?" Lin Zexu asked and changed the subject, "I don't know what you think of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's system of equal division of land?" ”

Zhu Jishi was slightly stunned when he heard this: "It's probably unlikely to be realized, right?" ”

"The Heavenly Dynasty Tianmu System" was very famous in later generations, of course Zhu Jishi had heard of it, and in this time and space, due to Yang Xiuqing's experiments in Henan, the Manchu Qing also knew that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom intended to divide the land equally.

Lin Zexu showed a worried look: "In the old man's opinion, this "Heavenly Dynasty Tianmu System" is not easy to deal with! There are many Chinese people and few fields, and the wealthy gentry and large families like to buy land houses extensively, so that the small people of Shengdou have no land to stand on. In the troubled times of the past dynasties, it often originated from the concentration of land and the inequality between the rich and the poor. Hong Yang's use of cults to fool people's minds is by no means a long-term strategy...... The day will come when the fallacy will be exposed, and the morale of the military will plummet. However, the "Heavenly Dynasty Tianmu System" is directly to the origin, if it is promoted and implemented in Lubei, Henan, Zhili, it will be difficult to shake the foundation of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. ”

"Promote the implementation of ...... It's not easy, is it? Zhu Jishi said uncertainly. How could he not know the situation of China's land contradictions? This is the topic that was nagged in history and politics classes in later generations. But he didn't think about implementing land reform on the land of Daming, and the reason is very simple, now Zhu Ming's basic plate is the propertied class! Whether it is the upper-class party members, the merchant bourgeoisie, the gentry and landlords, they all have land and property, and the rich and poor are not what they like to listen to - and Zhu Jishi is now engaged in a bourgeois revolution, and one of the basic principles is to protect private property! It is not in the interests of the bourgeoisie to take the property of the rich and confiscate it for the poor, right?

"The matter of equalizing the land is actually not so difficult." The worried expression on Lin Zexu's face became a little heavier, "When the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, didn't it still stake the land?" I don't know how many Han people lost their family business, but didn't the Manchu Dynasty last for 200 years? In the old man's view, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is similar to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, both of which fight the country by force, and as long as the force is still there, this "Heavenly Dynasty Tianmu System" can be implemented. As for the big landlords in the north, they would not have really supported the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and instead of currying favor with them, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom would have given the gentry's land to the poor peasants to buy people's hearts. ”

Zhu Jishi was stunned - Lin Zexu's analysis seems to be very reasonable, the Manchu Qing Dynasty did not lack land enclosures, all the land and property of the Han people outside the Guanxi were confiscated, and countless flag fields and Huangzhuang were encircled around Gyeonggi, and flag lands were also encircled in places where there were eight banners stationed in various places. The result? And no one dared to rebel.

In history, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's "Heavenly Dynasty Tianmu System" did not succeed, but it does not mean that this time and space "Heavenly Dynasty Tianmu System" will not be completed! The anti-Qing Dynasty and the restoration of the Ming Dynasty in history have been even more powerful, and now there is not half of the country? Now that the Manchu Qing Dynasty's armed forces have been defeated, Lin Zexu's training army can hold most of Shandong and burn high incense, and it is simply wishful thinking to get a big battalion to surround Beijing City! The north of the Yellow River is likely to become a consolidated base of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and when the time comes, Yang Xiuqing will not be able to rectify it as he wants?

"It seems that this Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is really getting bigger." Zhu Jishi said this, but he was still thinking in his heart: "Fortunately, there is still a dead hole in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom - one country and two masters!" The vicious fight between Hong Yang is inevitable, as long as there is another 'Tianjing Incident', there will be no share of them in the world. ”

Just as he was thinking about it, Lin Zexu began to speak again.

"In addition to the "Heavenly Dynasty Tianmu System", the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom also has a sharp weapon, that is, the worship of God, what does Your Majesty plan to use to break this worship of God?" (To be continued......)