Chapter Eighty-Nine: Currying Favor with Beijing (Seeking Collection)

In early March, Beijing issued a decree that Liu Rong was dismissed as governor of Shaanxi. In addition, Zhao Changling was transferred to take over as governor of Shaanxi.

Zhao Changling is a well-known official, whose name is Yishan, and he is a native of Lijin County, Shandong. When he was a teenager, he was studious and quite literate. Daoguang ten years (1830) in the people, Daoguang twelve years in the jinshi, to participate in the palace examination was selected as a scholar, stay in the Hanlin Academy of Changguan, after three years of the Hanlin Academy review, promoted to the left deputy capital of the Imperial History. He was good at managing money, and during his tenure as a salt transportation envoy, he governed salt merchants and strictly investigated smuggling, tax evasion, and paid equal attention to grace and power, which was quite effective, and greatly increased the national tax in the last years of Daoguang. However, because of this, he did not stay in the position of salt envoy for too long.

In the early years of Xianfeng's succession, he was transferred to Guangdong as an envoy, and then traveled back and forth in Fujian, Sichuan, and Zhili provinces.

I was able to get on the throne this time, and I don't know whose way I got through. Liu Xian and Li Ying have not yet had the ability to climb the relationship to Beijing. And Zhang Shoudai in Chengdu, Liu Xian's letter should still be on the road.

But it is conceivable that with such a governor who has no deep military background in Shaanxi, Duolonga can monopolize the military power of Shaanxi.

The spring of the third year of Tongzhi.

Because of the evacuation of Lan Chaozhu and Liang Chengfu, there was no foreign danger Duolong'a hurriedly sent troops to relieve the siege of Qianzhou Mansion, and in March, when Liu and Li were hugging each other in Hanzhong, Duolong'a had already concentrated his forces and began to attack Fengxiang.

The Gan-Shaanxi Rebellion, in addition to Shaanxi, also Gansu. And to send troops to Gansu, Fengxiang is the node of the north and south roads, and it must be overcome.

The leader of the True God Cult in Fengxiang Mansion is Cui Wei. Born in poverty, unlike many rebel leaders elsewhere who were from the True God Sect eunuch clan, his position as the head of one side was completely fought on the battlefield.

This man has a strong temperament and has practiced good boxing skills since he was a child. The young man and the local wealthy family drove between Shaanxi and Gansu. Be honest and bold, bear hardships and stand hard work, unite the masses, deal with things fairly, and be brave enough to surpass others. On weekdays, in the township, he respects the elders and loves the young, helps the needy, and pushes himself and others, which is deeply trusted and respected by the local people, including the Han people.

The True God Cult broke out in Weinan, and the Fengxiang Qing army wanted to preemptively eliminate the local True God Cult. As a result, the contradiction was intensified, and the already imminent danger exploded.

The local True God Cult gathering place is commonly known as the Thirty-six Fang, and the True God Sect leader family is too obvious because it is in the eye of the storm, and it is listed as the primary target by the Fengxiang government, and it has suffered heavy losses, and it can no longer play the important task of leading more than 100,000 people. The Qing army plus more than 20,000 people in the regiment training forced over, and at the critical moment Cui Wei stepped forward and led the True God Cultists to form a horse team, and swept the Fengxiang Qing Army and the local regiment trained tens of thousands of people, Pomei County and Fufeng two places, and surrounded Fengxiang Fucheng, the entire Fengxiang Eight Counties, except for the Fucheng and the remaining five county seats, the rest is the place where the True God Cult is rampant.

It's just that Cui Wei is no better than those religious maniacs from the eunuch family of the True God Sect, and the riot army in Fengxiang is under his restraint and kills the Han people lightly.

Since Dolonga entered Shaanxi, the rebel army of the True God Cult has been defeated repeatedly and suffered heavy losses. Now the defeated armies from all walks of life are pouring into Fengxiang, wanting to keep this barrier in Gansu. The focus of the army is in the two county towns of Fufeng and Meixian.

Sandwiched between these two places, it is not only the only way for Duolonga to march into Fengxiang, but also the necessary waterway for the military needs of the army.

At this time, Duolonga is fighting in the two counties.

Liu Xian and Li Ying know that in Shaanxi, Duolonga is likely to become a new thigh embraced by the alliance between the two. It is also clear that even if Liu Rong leaves the position of governor of Shaanxi, the excerpt of the impeachment of the two of them must have been sent to Beijing.

If we want Beijing to completely turn a blind eye to the impeachment of the governor of a province, in addition to Li Ying's secret intention of 'balancing the Hunan army', the two of them must also take some practical actions to please Beijing.

So, apart from money, food, and military supplies, what else makes the two queen mothers and the six princes in Beijing happier than vigorously supporting the Duolong army?

On March 12, a team of more than 500 oxen and carriages that stretched for seven or eight miles left Nanzheng. Go to the city and pass through Yangxian County to support Duolonga.

The team was loaded with 1,500 stone of grain, 20 200-pound mountain-splitting cannons, and 500 barrels of crude granular gunpowder.

Liu Xian, who is too good, is not reluctant to give, but does not dare to give. Just like the Han Yuan type 1 and type 2 iron cannons in his hands. If you give it out, you can get into endless trouble. And if you hide it in the palm of your hand and just look at the appearance, all the current Manchu civil and military attachés are counted together, and few people can think of it to see which is better or worse.

At the same time, Liu Xian sent his own coolie battalion that had expanded many times to Foyeping, which was the source of the Huangshui River, and transported it by water, carried by small boats, and carried dozens of stone weights in a boat, whether it was grain or others, it was easy to walk back and forth between Foyeping and Chenggu County.

And less than 20 miles away from Foyeping, Houjizi, that is the birthplace of the Heihe, a tributary of the Wei River. Liu Xian focuses on Buddha Ping, and his intentions are self-evident. A full 2,000 captives were dragged to Foyeping to build houses and warehouses, and to build a road connecting Foyeping and Houyizi.

Flat-bottomed boats are like shuttles, going back and forth between Foyeping and Chenggu, transporting strings of grain and rice to Foyeping......

To satisfy the bigwigs in Beijing, it is absolutely impossible to have a single convoy. Liu Xian and Li Ying have to pay more.

Fortunately, Hanzhong's family background is rich, and the two of them have a lot of materials and money in their hands, which can be easily supported.

Zhang Shoudai's letter was delivered to Liu Xian during the period, and Master Zhang, who had integrity in the letter, naturally did not pity Liu Xian for his harsh reprimand. But the reason for the reprimand was by no means that Liu Xian deliberately indulged more than 300,000 Taiping troops into Sichuan, Zhang Shoudai didn't think that Liu Xian's small shoulders could carry such a heavy burden. The reason why the Taiping Army calmly entered Sichuan was because Liu Rong made a mistake. He just thought that Liu Xian was cowardly and was afraid that fighting hard would lead him to heavy losses, but Liu Xian's army could not stop the Taiping army from entering Sichuan, but it was a precondition that whether the war was or not.

He reprimanded Liu Xian's 'heart' of caring for himself and forgetting the righteousness of the world.

Zhang Shoudai, who was far away in Chengdu, did not know Liu Xian's strength at that time.

After the reprimands in the letter passed, it was Zhang Shoudai's words of comfort and relief. As a high-ranking official with a strong family background and network, Zhang Shoudai's vision is still very good. The letter directly pointed out to Liu Xian that the imperial court would definitely balance the Hunan army.

The Hunan army is too strong!

From Sichuan to Liangjiang, the essence of China is all under the Hunan military system. Hundreds of thousands of strong soldiers, Zeng Guofan destroyed the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and then raised troops to the north, and it was effortless to take Beijing.

I'm a Qing Dynasty, but I'm a banner man's Qing Dynasty. When did the Han Chinese be allowed to hold so much power? Zhou Peigong was idle in his hometown and Shengjing for 20 years.

Liu Xian and Liu Rong were entangled, and Cheng Dù was even happy to see it in the imperial court. It's just that Liu Xian was involved in hundreds of thousands of Taiping troops entering Sichuan, and other important matters that caused chaos in the southwest, there will be no heavy punishment, but light punishment is inevitable. Zhang Shoudai asked Liu Xian to feel at ease, serve the country, and build Qixun again to make up for his previous mistakes.

Liu Xian skipped the first half of the letter, left the second half of the letter, and only looked into the middle paragraph.

Thoughtfully! If you have it!