In the study, Ye Zhao read word by word the letter from lawyer Hall transferred from Guangzhou, and his heart gradually sank to the bottom, lawyer Hall said in the letter that Britain, France, Russia and other countries have begun negotiations in Paris to end the war, and Russia's efforts to expand the Black Sea have been severely frustrated.

There is also a British newspaper with almost the entire news of the Crimean War, the Crimean War, which set a lot of precedents, the telegraph was used in wars, trains were used to transport supplies and reinforcements, trench warfare began to appear in Europe, the world's first female nurse, known as the "Goddess of Lanterns", the founder of modern nursing, Nightingale, made the conditions in field hospitals really improved.

For the first time, military reporters participated in the war and were able to report the war situation to the newspaper in their hometown, and they began to record the war situation with photographs.

This war has caused the European military circles to gradually explore the concept of modern warfare, and it has also played a great role in promoting the technology of rifles and artillery.

But Ye Zhao was not worried about the stronger influence of Western civilization, but he knew that the war ended early so that Britain and France could immediately turn around against China.

When I read this letter, I thought that the "Paris Peace Treaty" had been signed, and even the British and French fleets had sailed to the Far East overwhelmingly, in fact, from the secret letter I wrote to Bao Ling was politely rejected by Bao Ling, I could feel that the war between Britain and France was inevitable, originally, I hoped that the artillery battalion could use British and French ships to surprise attack the Russian Far East port city of Petropavlovsk, but was politely rejected by Bao Ling, it seems that the cooperation between China, Britain and France to fight against Russia has come to naught.

The Second Opium War, from the perspective of emotional factors, naturally did not want it to happen, but from another point of view, if there was no tragic lesson of the Second Opium War, the awakening of the Chinese people would be even more far away. However, he wanted to use the Second Opium War to speed up and make China's transformation more radical, just like the government-run enterprises in the Westernization Movement, and it was impossible to make China change in substance.

It's just that if the war between China, Britain and France really breaks out, will there be a tragedy of burning the Old Summer Palace?

There is no problem with the ammunition of the artillery battalion and the regimental training, and Lawyer Hall can be said to be a very powerful figure, and the "copper hat" is still being transported outside the customs in a steady stream, but there are no restrictions.

It's just that the new army has the upper hand in a fight with the Rakshasa armed forces who are half army and half civilian, and have backward weapons, but what about Britain and France? I'm afraid it's not that simple. Especially now that he leads the new army and Britain and France, he must be divided into superior and inferior pinching, and if he is defeated, his own family will be ruined, and it is impossible to say that he has started all over again. What if you win? The people of the country continue to be arrogant, the hardliners are starting to sing praises, and any change will be spurned. And the weak China is like the later republics being demonized, but now China, how can there be demonized capital, when Britain and France are a dangerous barbarian opponent rather than a corrupt empire that can make money, I am afraid that they will launch a larger-scale war, and they will re-examine you and curb your development, and there is a comeback of Northern Russia, and the current Qing Dynasty has no ability to fight back.

But do you just follow the military pass and let history repeat itself?

Ten days later, a message came from the sentinels around Temple Street that they found that the Rakshasa fleet was heading south and the destination was unknown.

Ye Zhao finally couldn't sit still, Muravyov must be going north to force Zhigu, threatening Jingshi, vainly trying to negotiate a peace treaty with Yanjing and steal the greatest benefits.

The Russian fleet dared to go south, and the message that heralded the peace of Paris had reached Petropavlovsk, at least Britain, France and Russia had ended the state of war.

In the study, Ye Zhao wrote an excerpt with his pen, saying that it was reported that the Crimean Battle was over, Britain and France would find an excuse to start a war with our Qing Dynasty, and the Rakshasa people's strength in the Far East was no longer enough to threaten the Eight Banners outside the Guanwai.

Now the great disaster is the comeback of Britain and France, please ask the emperor to send an edict to send the third battalion of the artillery to Guangzhou to reject Britain and France.

After Ye Zhao's fold was handed over, it was like a stone sinking into the sea, and the prince wrote a letter, and seemed to feel that Ai'er was alarmist, obviously although Ye Zhao was fighting in northern Xinjiang, but after all, he was young and soft-spoken, and few ministers in Beijing believed his statement, only Ye Mingchen, the governor of Zhili, then went to the road and seconded Ye Zhao's words.

At this time, what could Ye Zhao do but sigh? The only consolation was that the Rakshasa fleet stopped at Zhigu and asked for peace talks with the Great Qing Kingdom, but no one paid attention to it. If you want to talk about the bombardment, the Rakshasa ships are really not enough.

Xianfeng's edict arrived at Aihui, but it was to ask Ye Zhao to lead the people outside the gate to bravely go north to defeat the enemy and raise the prestige of the Qing Dynasty in a foreign land.

Ye Zhao wanted to vomit blood at that time.

…… At the beginning of December 1855, the British and French fleets assembled at the mouth of the Pearl River, knocked over a Qing patrol boat, and shelled fishermen.

The residents of Guangzhou were furious, and immediately launched a vigorous revenge campaign, the 13 banks of Xiguan and the Yangyi commercial houses were burned to ashes, a British mail ship bound for Hong Kong from Guangzhou was hijacked, and all the crew members were killed.

In mid-December, 6,000 British and French troops bombarded Guangzhou and landed to attack the city. Ye Zhao, the opponent, is really honest, and it is said that he personally led the troops to resist the enemy, and he was seriously injured and did not go down to the city.

Bai Gui, the governor of Guangdong, surrendered and continued to hold his original post under the supervision of the "Allied Forces Committee" headed by Pa Xia Li, while Fu Liang was taken prisoner and sent to India.

Gui Liang, the governor of Liangguang, the old man of the six princes, fled to Guilin Mansion in Guangxi.

And Ye Zhao received an edict almost three changes, the capital just received a report that the British and French fleets appeared at the mouth of the Pearl River, Xianfeng ordered Ye Zhao to lead each brave gallop to aid Guangzhou, but the next day, when Ye Zhao and Lan Yu handed over the defense of the city of Poseidon Mountain, the capital came another 600 miles to expedit, Guangzhou fell, and the battalions of the artillery and outside the customs bravely went down to Guangzhou to recover southern Xinjiang.

Thinking that when the British and French gunboats first appeared at the mouth of the Pearl River, the officials and men in Guangzhou did not take it seriously, and they may have pressed it for a few days before reporting to the imperial court, and the 600 li rush of the fall of Guangzhou was probably the capital that arrived at the front and back of the previous one.

When Ye Zhao was resigning from Lan Yu when he received the order, hearing that Guangzhou City had finally fallen, Ye Zhao sighed in his heart, and then heard that Xianfeng wanted to lead his troops to Guangzhou to fight the British and French to the death, and felt even more heavy.

In the area of Poseidon Mountain City, the various departments of the Divine Artillery Battalion were being pulled out one by one, and the Russian slave girls in the concentration camp were sent to a farm in Prince Zheng's Mansion in southern Jilin, where there were thousands of acres of fertile land, but they had not been well cared for and were almost in a barren state, just enough for these Russian slave girls to serve as laborers.

The city lord's mansion of Poseidon Mountain City, built by the Rakshasas, is extremely simple, a bare two-story wooden building.

In the so-called living room on the first floor, even the stone piers were used as seats, but after Ye Zhao occupied the Seagod Mountain City, he naturally replaced them all with comfortable wooden chairs, and they were also covered with plush upholstery.

Sitting at a long wooden table, with a glass of wine in each of Lan Yu's hands, Lan Yuzheng sighed: "The national fortune is difficult, the national fortune is difficult!" ”

For Lan Yu, Ye Zhao is really a little confused, he didn't mention Bu Shunda's matter, as if there was no such thing as power, but Bu Shunda went back, if he didn't cry to him and complain, it would be impossible.

But now is not the time to figure him out, even if he hates himself in his heart, it is up to him.

I only hope that he can guard the gate of northern Xinjiang.

Raising his wine glass, Ye Zhao said, "Third brother, this Seagod Mountain will be handed over to you!" "How important is the strategic location of this stone city in the north of Heilongjiang, I want to save Lanyu.

Lan Yu nodded slightly, raised his glass and clinked glasses with Ye Zhao, and said, "I also wish the little prince a victory and success in Guangzhou." ”

Ye Zhao felt bitter in his heart, and silently drank the wine in the cup.

…… On the way of the army to Guannai, six hundred miles were rushed, and almost all of them were bad news.

It may be that the British and French broke Guangzhou, the Taiping army attacked on all fronts, Shi Da broke through the Hunan army's water camp, trapped Xichang, burned more than 100 Hunan army warships, and Zeng Guofan, the soldier of the military department, jumped into the water and was rescued, and now he is trapped in Nanchang, surrounded by the Taiping army.

There was also a camp in the south of the Yangtze River that was attacked by the Taiping army and was in danger.

When Ye Zhaobu camped in Shanhaiguan, another bad news came from Pegasus, when Britain and France broke Guangzhou, the Fair Party thieves rose up in Guangxi, and now Lianke several cities, captured Guilin Mansion, founded the Chinese Heavenly Kingdom, pushed the thief head Ye Zhao Ye Wenwu as the king of heaven, the female thief rebelled against Su Hongniang as the generalissimo of the soldiers and horses and the prime minister of the General Yuan, and Lu Yueting, a famous gentleman in western Guangdong, was the vice minister of the General Yuan, declaring that he wanted to "sweep away the world and restore China"

Ye Zhao saw this urgent report and squirted out a sip of tea on the spot, and had thought that Su Hongniang's dormant must be nothing more than a sound, but he didn't expect it to be so earth-shattering.

In one fell swoop, almost half of Guangxi was captured, and it can even be said that it had occupied the entire territory of Guangxi, but no, almost all the important state capitals were taken into its pocket.

King? Ye Wenwu?

Ye Zhao has a big head, and the font size he got for himself is too vulgar, right? Civil and military? Knowing that he is not good at writing and martial arts, isn't this ironic?

can imagine that when she chose this word for herself, Su Hongniang's little girl smiled evilly and was ready to see her own joke.

My heart was hot, and I was annoyed, and I didn't know if she wanted to complain to her or scold her if she was in front of her now.

Jujube red horse man stood up, the silver gun was cold, immediately a classical beauty who fell into the city and the country, pink delicacy lightly described, eyebrows picturesque, a fiery red long skirt, the red embroidered shoes in the stirrups were faintly exposed under the stacked skirts, charming and hot, glamorous and beautiful, it was the beauty of the picturesque, the fierce horse like a cloud.

This kind of scene has already been deeply rooted in Ye Zhao's heart, but I really want to see the demeanor of the matchmaker in the thousands of troops.

But slow? Elect me as the king? This little girl is extremely smart, she won't just mess around for fun, if she used her name to explain it by creating a sense of mystery before, after all, those guns and ammunition can be said to be provided by a mysterious person behind the scenes, which can boost morale and create an illusion of overwhelming support for her subordinates, so as to strengthen the hearts of her subordinates.

But now that he has moved his name out to be the king of heaven, it's not just to create a sense of mystery, hum, he's preparing to force himself to rebel one day, right? When she thinks the time has come, she will reveal her bottom in detail, and she can only obediently go to a camp with her.

Ye Zhao didn't feel a little funny, indeed, the matchmaker didn't know who she was, she didn't know what she was thinking about every day, if she didn't want to "turn against each other" in the end, she could only force herself to take a boat with her.

But even if this Ye Zhao is said to be his own Ye Zhao, I am afraid that few people in the capital will believe it, is he crazy? Funding the anti-army to dig their own corners? But it's hard to say when you think about it, the matchmaker didn't shout "expel the Tartars", so she "colluded with her" to rebel against the usurper and want to be the emperor, so it can be regarded as a reasonable reason.

No, you have to see her as soon as possible and tell her not to come nonsense, otherwise she will mess up her own affairs, but think about it, at least for three or five years, if she can't see herself, she shouldn't reveal her own bottom, if she doesn't arrange it properly, she will be wiped out. How could she not know that there is something to do with this?

Ye Zhao gradually thought of her name again, Prime Minister of the United Yuan? What is this Governing Yuan? Think of it as a structure equivalent to a political axe, it must be incomprehensible, but it's also commendable.

His books are just fur, and he was taken by the little girl to deceive people. If you want to say that her provisional regime really has any spirit of cooking, then I don't believe it. However, it is stronger than the political structure of the Great Qing Kingdom, right?

This urgent report made Ye Zhao toss and turn, and he almost stayed up until dawn with his eyes open, the development of this situation was really beyond his expectations, the wind was surging, what should he do?

…… Early the next morning, Ye Zhao's ministry had just been opened, and Xianfeng's edict arrived, but it was to ask Ye Zhao to lead everyone to march at night and quickly defend the Beijing division.

It seems that the great changes in the southern provinces really frightened Xianfeng, but no, the southeast half of the wall, almost all of them were lost, either occupied by the Yi people, or fallen by the anti-thieves, now how can he have the heart to order Ye Zhao to lead his troops to recover Guangzhou?

But what Ye Zhao didn't expect was that when the army arrived in Miyun, northeast of the capital, set up camp and settled down, and Ye Zhao was about to enter the city to meet Xianfeng, another edict arrived.

The edict said that the discussion with the Rakshasa people had been completed, and Ye Zhaobu was asked to quickly pull out the camp and go to Jiangnan to help the Jiangnan camp.

Along with the edict, there was also the "Yanjing Peace Treaty" signed with the Rakshasa people sent by 600 miles in an emergency, Ye Zhao didn't look at it, thinking that the peace treaty was full of words of self-deception from the Heavenly Empire, but the peace treaty came with a territory map, Ye Zhao hurriedly opened it to see, but he was relieved, at least the south of Poseidon Mountain is Chinese territory, and the area around Temple Street is managed in coordination with the Rakshasas, as for Vladivostok or something, the Rakshasa people have not mentioned it.

It seems that he has worked hard in vain in the past half a year, and the Rakshasa people have not opened their mouths, but then again, the area around Poseidon Mountain has been named a land of lords, and no matter how confused the Qing officials are, they will not cut it out, not to mention that it is the six princes who are in charge of negotiations.

As for those vague and common places with the Rakshasas, we can only talk about it later, and the Rakshasas think about the same thing, but I am afraid that from now on, the Rakshasa people will quickly migrate to this "common land", and I am afraid that Temple Street will not be long before it will be built into a port city where the Rakshasas occupy most of them.

In the future, if you want to recover this area of land, it will be even more difficult. Not to mention, maybe a few years later, the Rakshasa people are almost ready, and the defeat of the Crimea has eased up, and they will create trouble in the northern Xinjiang, and after the battle of the Crimea, its military science and technology will definitely be reformed and developed by leaps and bounds.

But it's useless to think about it now, you can only take one step at a time.

Ye Zhao set his sights on the second edict again, and rushed to Jiangnan to help the Jiangnan camp? That is, don't you call yourself into Beijing? Why did he suddenly not see himself, although the holy will is unpredictable, but the army has already arrived outside the capital, but he does not let himself, the commander, enter the city to inquire about military affairs, but it is too abnormal?

He was pacing in the tent, frowning and thinking. The soldiers outside hurriedly came to report: "My lord, the third-class guard of Prince Zheng's Mansion Dorolon asks to see you!" ”

Ye Zhao hurriedly said: "Spread quickly!" "If you think it's a letter from the prince, you will be able to solve your own confusion.

Dorolon was a middle-aged man in his thirties, dressed in a green robe and casual clothes, with shiny braids and an extremely calm bearing.

After entering the camp of the Chinese army, Dorolon greeted him with a thousand greetings, Ye Zhao asked, "How is Prince Fujin safe?" ”

Dorolon smiled, "The masters are all good. ”

Ye Zhao was slightly relieved at this time, Xianfeng's edict was very unusual, so that he couldn't think about it without thinking about it.

Dorolon took off his hat again, took out a black wax pill from his hair, and handed it to Ye Zhao with both hands.

Seeing that it was a secret letter, Ye Zhao knew that something was wrong, so he took it and crushed it, and there was a small note inside, "Emperor Daxing died, the sixth man controlled the government, and the secret was not mourned", which was the handwriting of the prince.

Ye Zhao didn't come back to his senses for a long time, Xianfeng died? It's been years coming! However, thinking about the fact that Xianfeng was already weaker in this world, and suddenly encountered the destruction of the city of Guangzhou, the shocking change in Guangxi, and the successive victories of the Taiping Army.

Xianfeng died, so the Qing Emperor is the son of Concubine Yi, who is waiting to be fed, this is the only prince.

The sixth prince must be one of the ministers who Xianfeng confessed before his death, even if Xianfeng died violently and did not leave the last life of the minister, he naturally became the head of all the powerful officials in the capital. Maybe I'll take the opportunity to make myself a regent of the Parliamentary King.

Who told his adversaries in the past life to be fledged in this life? On the contrary, he won the trust of Xianfeng, and heard that the infantry commander Feng Sheng's forehead was also very close to him, and this infantry commander Yamen had the responsibility of "issuing a ban to clean up the hub", commanding more than 30,000 elite soldiers of the Eight Banners Infantry and the Green Battalion, which was almost equivalent to the Beijing Public Security Bureau, the armed police and the garrison troops in later generations.

With the support of Fengsheng, now the six princes are only afraid that they will be windy and rainy, and it is really impossible to fake the posthumous order to get the name of a regent for themselves.

Xianfeng, it's not the right time to die, these six princes don't look at themselves horizontally, he controls the government, have you ever used it? I am afraid that I will not be able to cope with the seizure of power by him all day long. The second edict was clearly transmitted by the six princes and the party under the pretense of Xianfeng's name.

Ye Zhao turned around and slowly sat back on the chair, picked up the teacup and took a sip, the tea was cold, and he didn't realize it.

Jingli, now it's a mess, seeing that Xianfeng issued an edict before, asking the Divine Artillery Battalion to defend the Beijing Division, it is conceivable that many ministers, including Xianfeng himself, have little hope for the recovery of the southeastern territory.

Some people may be thinking about how to divide the river and govern it, and even some Manchurian magnates are afraid that they are already preparing to run away from the border.

Ye Zhao's eyes lit up, and he took advantage of the chaos to lead the battalions of the divine artillery and the Liao army to enter Yanjing City?

Then he shook his head, not to mention whether he could defeat the forbidden army of the Gongwei Jing Division, what was the name of this killing into Yanjing City? It can only be a plot to usurp the dynasty, it makes no sense to shout what Qingjun side is, everyone is like a mirror in their hearts, and now their subordinates are afraid that they are not psychologically prepared, and they are suddenly going to attack Yanjing City, but it is too scary, and their prestige is afraid that it is not enough for them to follow them up the knife mountain and under the oil pot.

What's more, even if he occupies the Jingshi now, what good will it do to him? is young, and he has no virtue, but he has gained some popularity by resisting Russia, but if he wants to do this, he will lose it all in a blink of an eye, who will be convinced by the local officials? Without a word, in the blink of an eye, they all organized people to enter King Jingqin, even if Ye Mingchen was afraid that he would immediately classify himself as a chaotic minister and thief.

But is it just to let the six princes regency? That's absolutely impossible, maybe he won't move himself now, but in a few years, when he is full-fledged, I'm afraid he will try his best to weaken himself. This person, Xianfeng can't even look at his title, let alone anything else.

Some people seem to be born opponents.

I need allies in the capital, and I need allies who have the ability to compete with the six princes. It seems to be a dangerous moment, but it is actually a great opportunity for you.

Rong'er her sister? Ye Zhao smiled bitterly, he originally had some relationship with Lan Guiren, just to be able to use it in the future, but now that he looks, Xianfeng died too early, and Concubine Yi hasn't even got the name of a noble concubine. Who will listen to her?

However, she said that she was the biological mother of the little emperor, and I don't know if the sixth prince would discuss the name of the Empress Dowager of Concubine Jin Yi with the ministers, thinking that in order to appease her, after a while, most of them will be promoted to the empress dowager.

However, seeing that the emperor is young and ignorant, and the dictatorship of the six princes is a foregone conclusion, don't say that the Queen Mother of the West, I am afraid that the Queen Mother of the East will not have a taste in her heart, how can I use it?

Ye Zhao frowned and thought, and gradually had a plan, this woman who has influenced China for nearly half a century, this woman who she hated in her previous life, in this life, it seems that she is trying her best to support her to come to power.

This is really a kind of irony, but for the sake of future development, I can only temporarily "embarrass and annihilate" with her, or is it that sentence, what are you afraid of being misunderstood when you embark on this road? Besides, Lan Guiren in this life, maybe what will happen in the end, even if she wants to bring disaster to the country, she will never have that opportunity.

Supporting the Empress Dowager of the East and West to listen to the government in order to compete with the six princes and the party is the best choice for him now.

And how to help the queen mother of the east and west palaces to the stage is to think carefully. There are also their own subordinates, at this time, they want them to be of one heart and one mind with themselves, without the armed support of this army under Yanjing City, nothing can be done.

The sixth prince wanted to lead his troops to Jiangnan, and it was also a time of great change, and he was afraid of his own force.

Think about the elite soldiers stationed in Miyun today, the three battalions of Zhenwei, Zhenwu, Zhenhe and Shen Artillery, the second battalion of the Zuojiang and Youjiang small artillery teams, the musket battalion equipped with captured Rakshasa firearms, plus the long sword soldiers, rattan soldiers, pikemen, and archers, there are always five or six thousand people. This battle-hardened team is swinging like this under Yanjing City, if you want to say that the six princes are not afraid, then who will believe it?

(To be continued)