Although wires have been buried in commercial and residential buildings, the related electrical equipment, such as switches, light bulbs, lamp heads, etc., has not yet been mass-produced, and the lighting in residents' homes is still candles or oil lamps for the time being.

"Why is it so late!" Hearing the sound of the key opening the door, Qian Huiling put down the booklet in her hand and looked at the big wall clock by the wall, "It's half past eleven!" ”

Jiang Xilin closed the door and put the key on the table. He explained in a low voice, "It's not to make a few more money, I'm responsible for entertaining and accompanying foreign guests, and the daily subsidy can be two or three cents more." ”

"It's okay to accompany foreign guests, but there is one thing, you must remember not to drink any flower wine after you!" Qian Huiling gave her husband a vaccination.

"Hey! Hey! Hey! Jiangxi Lin leaned over with a face, "Taipei is the base of Chinese rejuvenation, how can there be a place to drink flower wine, if you want to drink, you can only go home to drink." ”

Smelling the smell of wine in Jiangxi Lin, Qian Huiling suddenly retched a little, "Go, go, go!" Stay away from me. ”

"You have?!" Jiang Xilin hurriedly retreated.

Qian Huiling was a little shy, "I had a check-up at Taipei Hospital in the afternoon, and Mr. Liu said that I was pregnant!" ”

Mr. Liu is Liu Huijun, she is Dang Yi's wife, and she was engaged in gynecology and pediatrics before the crossing.

"Great! Daojun bless, Daojun bless! Jiangxi Lin Daxi, "I'm going to take a shower!" ”

Although Jiangxi Lin has worshiped Catholicism since he was a child, after some brainwashing in Huafu Foreign Bank, he naturally worshiped the way of nature. Since he was a child, he didn't know where his parents and ancestors were, and when he encountered happy events, he used to thank the gods of the West, but now he thanked Daojun.

Zhang Zhongxing arrived in Fuzhou on 17 December.

Wang Yide, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, heard the details of Taiwan and knew that the Ming army was powerful and could not be resisted by Fujian and Zhejiang. He immediately wrote down the memo, together with Zhang Zhongxing's strategy for leveling the thief, as well as Zhang Zhongxing's "Records of Experiences in the Bandit Areas" and "World Geography", "The Fall of the Iron Curtain", and "The Manifesto of the Baath Party", which were transcribed along the way, and sent them to Beijing in an urgent 600 li.

"600 miles expedited, 800 miles expedited" is used to indicate the urgency of the situation.

In ancient times, the file transmission relied on the post station, generally every 20 miles there was a post station, once the public ~ text that needs to be transmitted is marked with the words "immediately fly", it must be transmitted at a speed of 300 miles per day according to the regulations. In case of emergency, the speed of transmission can reach 400 miles, 600 miles per day, and the fastest can reach 800 miles.

In the early morning of January 2, 2696 (1855 AD), there was a vast expanse of snow inside and outside Beijing.

It snowed heavily for three days in a row, and the capital was covered with three feet of snow, dripping into ice, and every house was closed, and the streets were sparsely populated. Under the eaves and by the corners of the walls were frozen corpses.

The soldiers patrolling the city drove four or five donkey carts down the street, and the bodies of the frozen and hungry refugees who had fallen in the snow were carried onto the donkey carts and dragged to the transformation field outside the city.

In the early years of Xianfeng's reign, due to the Taiping Rebellion, the household treasury was scarce, so the Qing court decided to set up a treasure banknote office and the official money bureau to issue a large number of banknotes ~ bills. However, instead of relieving the finances, the indiscriminate issuance of official banknotes has led to inflation and soaring prices, and officials and businessmen have seized the opportunity to collude, embezzle, embezzle, and refuse to accept and buy money, thus making huge profits and passing on the evil consequences of the failure of the currency reform to the people. At that time, "there were no less than millions of soldiers and civilians inside and outside the five cities, and the prices of the grain stores were strange, and the money and literature received by the small people every day could not be enough to feed them for a day."

In the West Warm Pavilion of the Heart Cultivation Palace, the red charcoal fire in the smoke cage is burning vigorously.

"Wow, the Cantonese bandits are rampant in the north and south of the river, heaven and earth will besiege Guangzhou, the Ming bandits are abusing eastern Zhejiang and harassing Taiwan, and Caoyun is about to be broken. On weekdays, I listen to you talk about the king's worries and humiliation, but now why are you dumb? ”

Xianfeng couldn't help but stand up, pointed at the ministers below the stairs and said angrily, "Shuntianfu just came to report, and there were four hundred people in the capital last night!" The city is full of food shortages, and you still have the face to ask me for peace? Are you all going to drink the Northwest Wind? ”

Fighting between the Qing army and the Taiping Northern Expeditionary Army in the Jinghai area of Tianjin had been going on for months. The only grain in the Tongzhou warehouse was sent to the camp of Seng Lingqin. The "Taiping" outside the Chaoyang Gate of Beijing is almost empty, and there is no way to provide relief to the victims.

"Your Majesty!" The ministers knelt on the ground together, "The ministers have the grace of the saints, and they have no place to be ashamed." ”

Xianfeng's biggest problem is that he is short-tempered and can't tolerate others to say half a wrong sentence. The ministers of civil and military affairs stared at the ground one by one, and did not dare to say a word.

Looking at the military ministers who were lying on the ground, Xianfeng shook his head helplessly, "The Jingshi is full of profiteers, and as an auxiliary minister of the imperial front, can't you come up with a good strategy?" ”

"The emperor is angry!" Mu Yin, Minister of Military Aircraft, hurriedly kowtowed, "Without food, no amount of strategy can hardly curb the rise in food prices." ”

"Fourth brother, my brother thinks that it is difficult to stop the boiling of the soup!" Prince Gong raised his eyebrows, "For today's top priority, let He Guiqing send out all the grain." Stipulating that all the grain should be sent to Beijing is the best way to draw salaries from the bottom of the kettle. ”

In the fourth year of Xianfeng, because of the influence of the Taiping Army, Jiangsu was in turmoil, and secondly, it was necessary to support the two large battalions in Jiangnan and Jiangbei, and it was difficult to mobilize grain into Beijing, and the entire city of Beijing was looking forward to Zhejiang grain entering Beijing.

Zhejiang collected more than 320,000 stones of brown rice and more than 27,000 stones of white rice, which were originally shipped in November, but they were abused by Ming bandits, and Huang Zonghan, the governor of Zhejiang, and other officials were killed, and the officialdom was in chaos, and the entry of grain into Beijing was also seriously blocked, and the grain entering Beijing was less than 30% of the prescribed amount.

"The minister seconded the proposal!" All the ministers fell on their faces.

It's one thing for Beijing to be short of rice, and it's another thing for black-hearted grain merchants to raise prices wildly. Looking at these princes and ministers in front of him, Xianfeng was very angry in his heart. He knew that all the profiteers in the capital had back~Jing, and the Black Queen~Tai was among these people who knelt on the ground.

All the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty can be killed! Thinking of this, Xianfeng was angry and coughed several times. The little eunuch beside him hurriedly sent a bowl of steaming ginseng tea.

After drinking ginseng tea, Xianfeng calmed down a lot, "That's it, that's it!" ”

He gently wiped the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief, "Six hundred miles are sent to He Guiqing urgently, and it is his first priority to bring the grain into Beijing and maintain the safety of eastern Zhejiang. ”

"The Emperor Shengming!"

As for the safety of eastern Zhejiang, Xianfeng sighed. He said in his heart that as long as He Guiqing can maintain the status quo and prevent the situation in eastern Zhejiang from continuing to collapse, it will be good luck!

Thinking of the rampant Ming bandits in Zhejiang and Fujian, the hatred in Xianfeng's heart!

Since he ascended the throne, he has encountered an unprecedented predicament. Outside, there are cigarette chips, after the war, the people are greedy and insatiable, and inside, there are Cantonese bandits who have swept most of China. He was conscientious and dismal in his business, and he used a group of capable generals to finally suppress the attack of Long Hair.

Now the monk Greenqin has tightly besieged the long-haired people who went north in the Jinghai area of Tianjin; The Jiangnan camp and the Jiangbei camp tightly besieged Jiangning City from the north and south directions; Zeng Guofan also won victories in Hukou and Jiujiang, successively defeated the bandit Shi Dakai, and was about to seize Jiujiang, and the soldiers pointed to Jinling City; In Lingnan, Ye Mingchen held the city of Guangzhou, and the Guangdong Tiandihui has already declined.

However, it was this Ming bandit who gathered in Zhoushan, tortured eastern Zhejiang, and seriously disrupted the flow of grain into Beijing, and now they have even harassed Taiwan and occupied half of Taiwan.

Looking at the twists and turns sent by Wang Yide, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, on the desk, Xianfeng gently rubbed the temples on both sides, and he was already suffering from headaches at a young age.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Taipei has lost tens of thousands of divisions, and Ding Yuejian and Deputy General Zeng Yuming have all lost their opponents, and the whole Taiwan is in danger. The pamphlet of the Ming bandits sent by Fujian 600 miles in an emergency, as well as the "Records of Experiences in the Bandit Area" written by Zhang Zhongxing, you have also read it, is there a strategy for Futai to destroy the Ming Dynasty? ”

"Fourth brother! The younger brother thought that this Ming bandit came from the West, and after pretending to be a subordinate of the king of Nanming Lu, he colluded with Xiyi, bought strong ships and cannons, entrenched in Zhoushan, harassed eastern Zhejiang, and now he is harassing Taiwan and spying on Fujian and Zhejiang, which is a big trouble in my Qing Dynasty! ”

Prince Gong Yixun took a step forward, "It can be seen from the pamphlets such as "World Geography" and "The Fall of the Iron Curtain" written by the Ming bandits that the Ming bandits are very familiar with the general trend of the world, and they are not comparable to ordinary parties. From the various behaviors of the Ming bandits that Zhang Zhongxing discovered, it can be seen that they are still following Zhu Sheng's strategy in the early Ming Dynasty, 'building a high wall, accumulating grain, and slowly becoming king'. ”

Xianfeng nodded slowly, "What does the sixth brother mean?" ”

"The younger brother thought that the Ming bandit ships were strong and the artillery was sharp, and it was difficult for ordinary divisions to compete with them, and they had to send strong troops to pacify Taiwan. Zhejiang, Guangdong, Jiangxi and Fujian provinces border, as long as He Guiqing pacified eastern Zhejiang, Guangdong Ye Mingchen exterminated the Hong soldiers, and Zeng Guofan defeated the long-haired Yue bandits. The choice of one or two strong armies of the three victorious divisions is enough to save Taiwan's crisis. ”

"Yes, Prince Gong is right! When the three victorious divisions converge in the southeast, Taiwan will be safe and sound! The ministers began to talk together.

"The minions think otherwise!" Su Shun, the former minister of the imperial palace and the squire of the Ministry of Works, knelt on the ground, "Since ancient times, those who have made good use of soldiers have not won and have lost first. Zhejiang, Guangdong, and Jiangxi have their own wars, and Fujian must also build a strong army to be safe! ”

Xinuan Pavilion fell silent all of a sudden, and Prince Gong's face turned red all of a sudden.

Xianfeng glanced at Yixun and picked up Zhang Zhongxing's recital from the bookcase, "So, Zhang Zhongxing asked himself to supervise the regimental training and establish a foreign gun team, you agree!" ”

Su Shun boldly expressed his opinion, "Fang Jin is a change that has not been encountered for thousands of years, and it is an indisputable fact that guns and cannons are better than broadswords and spears. The Ming bandits came from Xiyi and learned the art of war, and the ships were strong and the guns were sharp, and it was difficult for ordinary native guns and artillery to compete with them. For today's plan, the only way to do this is to train the regiment bravely, refine the Eight Banners and the Green Battalion, master the long skills to control the raze, and use the guns to deal with the guns. ”

What Su Shun said was all the content of Zhang Zhongxing's recital, and he thought it was true. Although Sushun is a clan, he has always had no good impression of the mediocre Manchus, and has always advocated vigorously promoting and reusing capable Han people.

The slave thought that although Zhang Zhongxing had offended Taiwan and was dismissed, he was quite popular in Fujian. It can be seen from his self-written "Records of Experiences in the Bandit Area" and the twists and turns of the previous performance that this person has courage, vision, and strategy, and can be of great use! ”

Seeing Su Shun talking eloquently in front of the palace, Yixun felt very aggrieved, and he just wanted to speak, when the voice of the little eunuch came from outside the hall, "Six hundred miles of emergency military situation!" ”