When Li Yongji received the news that the minister was stationed in Suzhou, it was already the end of July, and when the time was calculated, the difference between the battle of Suzhou and the battle of Suzhou was only one month, and with the level of communication and transportation of the Manchu Qing Dynasty at this time, it only took one month for Beijing to receive the news, make a decision, and send a messenger to announce the decree, and the response can be said to be very fast.

In fact, more than half a month ago, the imperial court received the news of the Battle of Suzhou and the twists and turns of related reports, but the minister who was able to send the minister to announce the decree so quickly, in addition to making decisions quickly, was mainly because the envoy who came to announce the decree was by merchant ship by water, that is, starting from Tianjin Port, directly to Shanghai, and then from Shanghai to Suzhou.

The reason why this road was chosen is because recently Shandong and northern Jiangsu are not very peaceful, there is a lot of trouble everywhere, Qincha goes with great fanfare, it is difficult to arrive in a short period of time, and the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions are important tax places for the imperial court, and the military situation has always been like fire, and it is necessary to master it as much as possible, so it is necessary to let Qincha take the sea route. After all, in this period, although the transportation has not been cut off, shipping is no longer a rarity. In the absence of a blockade by Anglo-French forces, it was easier to take the sea route by boat, or at least it was faster and safer than taking the land route.

Since the Qin mission came, Li Yongji didn't want to turn his face with the Qing court immediately, so he could only put down the matter in Wuxi first, return to Suzhou quickly, and accept the Qin mission's decree.

The minister of the decree is called Weng Tongyi, it is said that he is a frequent acquaintance, and he is still a champion, and he doesn't put on a show very much, even if he sees that Li Yongji is still young, he is still a pleasant face.

There is nothing to say about the process of announcing the decree, although Li Yongji basically can't understand the things in the holy decree, but after the ceremony, Weng Tongji also personally explained to Li Yongji in the vernacular, which made Li Yongji know that he really became the governor of Jiangnan.

In the midst of congratulations, Li Yongji looked indifferent, it was not that he was pretending to be calm, but he really didn't think it was a surprise.

Today's Li Yongji, with the improvement of his strength, especially after correctly recognizing his own strength, his vision has changed, and he feels that in the current situation, it is good to have the position of commander, and there is no problem if he does not, anyway, he does not rely on an official position to maintain his rule.

However, he didn't know that although Li Yongji himself looked down on the position of admiral, others did not see it that way.

Before this, everyone thought that the imperial court would give Li Yongji a heavy reward, but they never expected that Li Yongji would be made a governor, and he was also a powerful governor of Jiangnan.

Although the admiral is a military position, no matter how he says it, he is also a first-class official, similar to the commander of a large military region, and is the location of the opening of the government and the establishment of the government, and a thirteen-year-old admiral can only be described as appalling.

Judging from age alone, Li Yongji is definitely going to be recorded in history now, at least he is the youngest admiral in the history of the Qing Dynasty, and he is also the youngest member of the Han people who is from the first rank, and in terms of promotion speed, he is definitely the fastest promoted Han in history.

Normally, this kind of super promotion is absolutely impossible, and the reason why Li Yongji was able to be directly promoted from a nine-rank foreign commissioner to a first-rank admiral is quite tortuous and accidental.

For the Qing court, the Battle of Suzhou, or the Great Victory of Suzhou, was a rare victory in recent times, especially when the Jiangnan camp was broken and the entire Jiangnan region was facing a heavy threat.

However, because of the distance and the lack of advanced communication facilities such as telegraphs, Beijing's knowledge of the war ahead can only be reported by local officials.

In other words, what local heavyweights write on the folds will become the main reference for Beijing's decision-makers.

At this time, Xue Huan's recital, especially the secret recital, as the minister of the Imperial Mission, was very effective. Although Xue Huan was in Shanghai at the time and had not personally experienced the Battle of Suzhou, it didn't matter, Xue Huan was a literati and had been playing with pens all his life.

With Li Yongji's statement as the basis, Xue Huan himself added an impassioned touch, and wrote his own credit in it, so that a piece of music containing suffering and fighting passion came out.

In Xue Huan's recital, the first half is basically describing the danger at that time, what thieves and 200,000 troops attacked in three ways, what Guangxi Governor Zhang Yuliang saw that he was invincible, and he was not able to set fire to the victims, resulting in heavy casualties among the people in the area of Suzhou Changmen, and after discovering that he had caused a catastrophe, he led the defenders of Suzhou to flee without a fight overnight, and then some rebels took advantage of the chaos to kill the governor Xu Youren and other brave ministers, and took advantage of the situation to seize the city......

In short, there were large soldiers pressing the border outside, and there were rebels fighting inside, and the situation in Suzhou at that time was said to be dangerous, and the responsibility for setting fire to Suzhou was also pushed to Zhang Yuliang, so that Xu Youren, the governor who really gave the order, was picked out and regarded as a positive example.

After talking about the danger, the next step is to turn the pen, describing how Li Yongji decisively led the guest army stationed outside the city to take the initiative to attack under the extremely dangerous situation at that time, how to rush straight to the enemy position, and how to fight bravely.

During the period, Li Yongji described the majesty and majesty, what was in the enemy formation, did not avoid the arrows, anyway, all the adjectives to describe the fierce general were added to him, it was simply Xiang Yu's resurrection; also wrote the soldiers of the Jingwu Army as extremely brave, what bravely fought for the first, fought loudly, with one as ten, like a mad tiger, and what shocked the world to cry ghosts and gods, the thieves regarded them as two wars, and did not dare to shake their edge, etc.

According to Xue Huan's writing, Li Yongji is Xiang Yu in the Battle of Julu, the Jingwu Army is the Xiang Jiajun who is fighting against the water, and Li Xiucheng is Zhang Han, and the troops he leads are the seemingly powerful Qin army. Xue Huan attributed the victory mainly to the courage and good fighting of the Jingwu army, and also praised the power of foreign guns and cannons. It is enough to say that the elite army is brave and good at fighting, and especially to say foreign guns and cannons, which is naturally to highlight the importance of foreign affairs, after all, an important function of Xue Huan at this time is to supervise foreign affairs, and he is a hardcore Westernist faction, belonging to the bureaucrats who can open their eyes to the world in the early days, and naturally hopes that the emperor will continue to support him in setting up foreign affairs.

After writing this, he spent time to impeach He Guiqing and Zhang Yuliang, in which He Guiqing was written as a mediocre, incompetent and greedy person, and even said that He Guiqing wanted to share the credit between himself and Li Yongji. said that Li Yongji's troops were obviously rescued soldiers invited by Xue Huan himself, but as a result, He Guiqing wanted to take credit for himself as soon as he saw that Li Yongji had won, which was naturally very shameless, and Li Yongji's righteousness was naturally a stern refusal.

As for Zhang Yuliang, he wrote him as a cowardly, stupid and incompetent person, focusing on his big crimes such as setting fire to the city, killing the enemy and risking his merits, and escaping from the battle. However, he didn't say anything like sending someone to snatch the command of the Jingwu Army before, because Xue Huan thought that it was reasonable to say that Zhang Yuliang had done nothing wrong at that time, he was a commander after all, and it was natural for him to accept the command of the guest army, and it was not beautiful to write this, after all, if he wrote this, he had to write about Li Yongji's angry feint attack on Suzhou.

To put it simply, in Xue Huan's recital, there are three themes, first reporting the danger, then praising himself, and finally impeaching the complaint, which can be said to be interlocking and closely linked, at first glance it seems to be describing the facts, but in fact it contains full of malice, that is to say, the last part of the complaint is the point.

This is a typical literati-style black hand, it is to kill people with a pen, that is, to put He Guiqing, who is still the governor of Liangjiang, and Zhang Yuliang, who is still the governor of Guangxi, to death, especially He Guiqing, only He Guiqing is completely unlucky, the position of the governor of Liangjiang can be vacated, and Xue Huan has the opportunity to take over the position of the governor of Liangjiang.

Being able to praise Li Yongji and Jingwujun like this shows that Xue Huan has regarded Li Yongji as his own person, and automatically regards Jingwujun as his backing for power and profit in the future, based on this understanding, even if Li Yongji actually did a lot of excessive things, he didn't think it was strange, but he found N more excuses for Li Yongji, thinking that it was the innocence of a young man, and he would just think about it more in the future, but he didn't realize that Li Yongji was anti-hearted, and he didn't put the government in his eyes at all.

In fact, let alone him, it was replaced by someone else, and it was hard to imagine that a thirteen-year-old child could actually think of rebellion at this time.

This is empiricism or selective ignorance, after all, discerning people know that today's Jiangnan region is inseparable from the Jingwu Army, and the Jingwu Army is Li Yongji's private army.

The Jingwu army already has the strength to divide one side in fact, and no one can restrain it at all, but fortunately, Li Yongji's age covers up this qiē very well, so that Xue Huan automatically thinks that the other party is brave and loyal, so he tries his best to entrap it, and feels that he can control this qiē.

In any case, Xue Huan's recital went straight to Tianting in an expedited way of eight hundred miles, and was seen by the central ministers of the Qing court and Emperor Xianfeng, which naturally made the courtiers and Emperor Xianfeng very excited.

Soon, Emperor Xianfeng gave instructions to He Guiqing, the requirement was to immediately issue an order to dismiss and investigate, and immediately arrest and enter Beijing, the position of the former governor of Liangjiang was temporarily replaced by Xue Huan, and Zhang Yuliang was immediately dismissed, but he was allowed to make meritorious contributions, and the soldiers and horses of the headquarters were controlled by the Hangzhou general Ruichang. The reason for the differential treatment is mainly due to the fact that Zhang Yuliang still has a team of soldiers and horses, and in order to prevent the other party from jumping over the wall in a hurry, he did not arrest him and enter Beijing, but only dismissed him from his post and stayed in office. In addition, the position of Jiangnan Admiral was given to Li Yongji, the general office of the Jingwu Army.

There is basically no objection to the disposal of He Guiqing and Zhang Yuliang, and Xue Huan's promotion is also expected by everyone, after all, it is a temporary appointment, not a formal appointment. However, let Li Yongji be the governor of Jiangnan, which makes everyone accept it. After all, this is a jump from the ninth product to the first product, this jump is a bit too fast, even if it is a martial arts, everyone is a little unacceptable, not to mention, the other party is still a child less than fourteen years old, let alone agree.

What these ministers said was right, even Xianfeng himself felt that it was a bit child's play to let a child under the age of fourteen be the admiral, but after thinking about it, according to Xue Huanmi's statement, at this time, there was only a strong army in the Jiangnan region, and the Jingwu Army was Li Yongji's private soldier, and others could not command it.

Xue Huan said in the secret compromise that although the official position of the admiral is great, it must also be controlled by the governor and the governor of Liangjiang, once he becomes the governor of Jiangnan, he has the responsibility to maintain the entire ground in the south of the Yangtze River.

Of course, the most important thing is that the admiral wants to open a government and build a government, which means that he usually does not go to the barracks, which is a bit similar to civilian officials, so that Li Yongji will not be able to go to the barracks of the Jingwu Army all day long, and the specific command of the officers and soldiers of the Jingwu will be handed over to his subordinates, or the imperial court will directly install people.

In other words, after giving Li Yongji a commander, the official position was up, but he had no relevant experience before, and the imperial court would inevitably send a few counselors or adjutant generals to help him with military affairs.

In this way, the imperial court can justifiably send people over to mix sand, because this sand is not devolved to the specific troops of the Jingwu Army, but only to help Li Yongji with military affairs in the capacity of assistant commander, it looks less eye-catching. This will not reduce the combat effectiveness of the elite army and make the other party unhappy, but it will also allow the imperial court to grasp this team more closely.

In addition, this is also the meaning of seeing the world as a favor, there is a thousand dollars to buy horse bones, telling everyone that as long as they work hard to fight long hair, as long as they make great contributions, the court will not hesitate to reward, even if it is a nine-year-old thirteen-year-old child, you can also be a direct commander, which is definitely a big stimulus for others.

At this time, Emperor Xianfeng was still very young, he did not go through the defeat of the Second Opium War, and he was not forced to escape from the Forbidden City to avoid disaster, and the young man's spirit had not been fully suppressed, so he was still a little bold, and he did not ignore the government in order to escape like history, on the contrary, he was very concerned about the affairs of the government.

In the handling of political affairs, Emperor Xianfeng looks like he is widely accepting advice on the surface, but in fact it is easy to listen to and believe partially, as long as he trusts you, he can say whatever he wants, if he doesn't believe you, he can't say anything. At this time, Xue Huan was able to get a large amount of silver from the customs to the imperial court every year because of the good handling of foreign affairs, which was deeply trusted by Emperor Xianfeng, and he was on the front line, and the rescue army of the Jingwu Army was also moved by him, so his words, Emperor Xianfeng was more willing to accept it.

It is precisely because of the belief in Xue Huan and the fact that the victory in Suzhou is too exciting, and then comparing the achievements of other troops, it shows the incompetence of others. After thinking about it, Emperor Xianfeng, who was anxious, decided to believe Xue Huan once, and really gave Li Yongji, who was only thirteen years old, the status of the commander of Jiangnan, and beat others in this way. For this reason, in addition to constantly talking about the significance of the victory in the Battle of Suzhou, he actually came up with the example of Ganluo being twelve years old to refute the courtiers, and what he said when he was in danger, and he also came up with excuses such as how to face the world without rewarding great achievements.

The imperial power of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was still quite stable and centralized during the Xianfeng period, not to mention it locally, at least the central ministers were basically incapable of disobeying the emperor's will.

In addition to Li Yongji, Jingwujun's subordinates also rewarded them lavishly, for example, Wang Sanwu and Zhang Wei were given the position of deputy generals, and Zhou Da, Lin Chunsheng, Jiang Hai and others were also given the position of generals.

From the perspective of the imperial court, this kind of reward can be a favor, and they all think that after accepting these official positions, the people of the Jingwu Army will definitely be grateful and create glory again. In other words, Xianfeng gave Li Yongji the position of admiral, not because he correctly recognized the power of the Jingwu army, but purely to set an example for the people of the world, and the essence was to reflect the emperor's grace.

At the same time as the lavish reward, Weng Tongyi also brought a large number of civil and military officials, all of whom were appointed by the imperial court.

Its Chinese officers are basically local officials who are to be sent to Suzhou and Wuxi to serve in Suzhou, and this is fine, but the two military attaches are both high-ranking officers transferred from other provinces, and their official rank is the chief soldier of Zheng Erpin, and the post is the general assistant of military affairs in Jiangsu Town.

According to Weng Tongyi's explanation, these two people were specially sent by the imperial court to help Li Yongji open the government as soon as possible, and to familiarize himself with the position of admiral and the Qing military system. That is to say, in the future, these two people will not directly lead the Jingwu Army, but just give Li Yongji advice, a bit like a military advisor or master, nothing more than a higher grade and official position, but such talents are more experienced and easier to do things, after all, the military camp is different from the locality, and the people who come to help still have to go through the army.

Although the words are said well, everyone knows at a glance that this is the imperial court to mix sand into the elite army, but in the context of the big reward, this noise is insignificant, not to mention that these two people are quite obedient, there is no flying and trekking style, plus Li Yongji has specially explained, so for the time being, they get along harmoniously.

Anyway, a thirteen-year-old admiral with real power, no matter how he became it, this in itself is very legendary, no matter where it is placed, it is a hot topic, and because of this, Li Yongji became famous all of a sudden, and he can no longer be as obscure as in the past.

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