Zhao Liewen put on an appearance of going to death, but Hu Yihuang and Lai Hanying didn't dare to kill him, Zhao Liewen was just a lobbyist, a small person, killing him would have no room for turning around with Zeng Guofan.

Zeng Guofan's back to the Qing Dynasty, sitting firmly in Nanchang City, don't worry about safety, and if he rejects the olive branch extended by Zeng Guofan, it can only be a dead end, but the Taiping army and the Qing army have fought for a lifetime and surrendered to the Qing court, not to mention that they are difficult to accept in a short time, even the soldiers below are afraid that they will make trouble.

Zhao Liewen did not urge, his eyes looked at his nose, and his nose looked at his heart.

After all, the purpose of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom uprising is first to sit on the country, and then to be a master, and the anti-Qing Dynasty is just a reason, if the country can't sit still, then you can only retreat to the second, leave your life first, and then seek the status of a feudal official.

Although they really wanted to hide the change in their expressions in front of Zhao Liewen, but for such a big thing, the two of them are not scheming people, how can they hide it.

I don't know how long it took, Lai Hanying suddenly asked, "Mr. Disheng, do you have something to say?" ”

Zhao Liewen was secretly happy, Disheng was the number of Zeng Guofan, and Lai Hanying was not called a demon but an honorific title, which showed that this matter was basically done, and he smiled slightly: "Zeng Shuaiyun and the two of them led the old department, and they were incorporated into the Hunan army under Zeng Shuai's orders, but there is one point, they must shave their hair and change their clothes." ”

To surrender to the Qing Dynasty, you must tie braids, Lai Hanying and Hu Yihuang both understand that they have always tied braids before the anti-Qing Dynasty, and it is not a big deal to tie them again, but their subordinates are there

Zhao Liewen swept the expressions of the two of them, and said, "Zeng Shuai gave the two generals three days. Three days later, a banquet was held in Nanchang City, and Zhao had to report the good news to Zeng Shuai. Just stay no longer and take your leave! ”

Both of these people are actually clear. The so-called three days is to let them eliminate dissidents and kill the diehards who are unwilling to surrender, if they can't do it in three days, the consequence will be that Zeng Guofan's status in the eyes of the emperor will plummet.

Because of the strength of the Democratic Alliance, they did not doubt Zeng Guofan's sincerity, but their strength determined their position in the Hunan army.

Hu Yihuang and Lai Hanying exchanged glances, and they both saw a touch of ruthlessness in each other's eyes, and then both nodded. Lai Hanying asked in a ghostly manner: "Mr. Zhao is talented, what is the official position?" ”

Zhao Liewen said truthfully: "There is no official or position, Zhao is just a disciple of Zeng Shuai, helping to take care of the documents." ”

"Huh?" Both of them were a little stunned, in their opinion, Zhao Liewen was comparable to Zhang Yi's talent, and it was indeed a bit surprising that he had no official or position.

Hu Yihuang couldn't help but say: "Mr. Zhao, I heard that the Democratic Alliance is eager to seek talents, with Mr. Zhao's talent. Why didn't you go to the NLD? What is expected to be reused. ”

Zhao Liewen didn't know what Hu Yihuang secretly meant, but he just bowed his hand to the northeast: "The matter of eating the king, being loyal to the king, the emperor is working hard today." There was no loss of morality, and Wang Feng, the leader of the Democratic Alliance, deposed Li Li and belittled Zhu Cheng. It is a deviant person, and my two lakes gentry and this person swear not to stand together! ”

In the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions. Due to the prosperity of industry and commerce, the economy is strong. The gentry in Jiangnan have the need to improve their political status and independence, and the science of science imprisons human nature, destroys human morality, and preserves the principles of heaven, which is contrary to the voice of the gentry in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, so science does not have much market in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and when Wang Feng raised the banner of democracy and raised his arms and shouted, he instantly won the support of the gentry in Jiangnan.

The two lakes are different, the two lakes are the traditional agricultural areas of China, the ethnic composition is complex, the industry and commerce are backward, the clan power is strong, the gentry of the two lakes is to maintain the current feudal rule structure, just like the landlords in northern Jiangsu, and the science meets the needs of feudal rule, so the science has a deep foundation in the two lakes, the Qing Dynasty's science masters, such as Xu Tong, He Duanlin, the Xianglin brothers, Zeng Guofan, Zuo Zongtang and Hu Linyi, etc., are all from the two lakes.

In the eyes of physicists, Lixue is a cultural belief, a Tao, and a tool for oppressing and enslaving the people at the bottom.

Wang Feng has a resolute critical attitude towards science, which has not only become the culprit of China's backwardness, but also eliminated science education from textbooks, which is naturally hated by science scholars, so Zhao Liewen can speak the words of incompatibility.

This is not only a struggle between nations and political power, but also a struggle for a higher level of culture and ideas, a struggle for the Tao, the highest type of struggle in human history, a struggle for cultural ideas, and a struggle for the right to rule and speak at the highest level!

Hu Yihuang and Lai Hanying were rough people who did not understand the struggle at the cultural level, but when they heard that they would not stand on the other side, they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and they were afraid that the gentry of the two lakes would yearn for the tax reduction and exemption and the industrial and commercial policy of the Democratic Alliance.

Lai Hanying immediately stretched out his hand and said, "In that case, we will go into the city to meet Zeng Shuai in three days, Mr. Zhao, please." ”

"Please stay and take your leave!" Zhao Liewen arched his hand and walked away quickly

Lai Hanying and Hu Yihuang did not rush to do it, but planned to summon the leading generals at all levels in the army in the evening by setting up a banquet to eliminate the diehards who were unwilling to surrender, obviously, this will be a bloody night, and Zhao Liewen after returning to Nanchang, truthfully reported the process of persuasion, Zeng Guofan was overjoyed, and praised Zhao Liewen fiercely, and made preparations for possible accidents!

At the same time, thousands of kilometers to the southeast, the residence of the Borneo Lanfang Company, the Great Unified Mansion of East Wanlu was filled with a depressing atmosphere.

"Hey~~' Liu Asheng, the great ruler, sighed: "The Dutch found me and asked to cede all the land except for the boundary of the East Wanlu Hall, I fought on the basis of reason, but the documents and contracts could not be found somehow, the Dutch affirmed that if we could not come up with a basis, they would forcibly expel our personnel in the above regions, you all said let, what should we do?" ”

"Humph!" Luo Zhaonan, the deputy head of the second largest control system, snorted coldly: "It must have been stolen by the Dutch, the Dutch were the most treacherous, and when they fought against Dagang Company, they promised many benefits to our company, but after the Dagang Company was wiped out, they immediately turned their faces and didn't recognize people, I knew it was so, why bother in the first place!" ”

In the Dutch-Chinese War, which began two years earlier, the Lanfang Company played an inglorious role, and the Dutch East India Company agreed to preserve the independence of the Lanfang Company until the death of its leader, Liu Asheng, in exchange for coordinated support for the rest of the Chinese companies, especially the Dagang Company, which was the most powerful and resolute against the Dutch.

During the two consecutive years of war, the Chinese population of West Borneo was sharply reduced from 49,000 to 24,000, and the Chinese suffered heavy losses.

"The bird is hidden, the rabbit is dead and the dog is cooking, my Lanfang company is in a desperate situation, what face does he have to meet Da Bogong (Luo Fangbo, the founder of Lanfang Company)!" Another deputy leader named Que Liubo looked up to the sky and cried out.

Everyone in the hall is full of sorrow, since the establishment of the Lanfang company, it has been constantly fighting, fighting with the natives, fighting with the Dutch, fighting with fellow Chinese, it is no exaggeration to say that every inch of West Borneo is soaked in the blood of the Lanfang people, but the internal struggle for power and the strength of the Dutch make them about to lose these lands.

Liu Asheng looked at everyone in the hall one by one, and said with a heavy heart: "Everyone, we have indeed done a lot of wrong things, but the top priority is how to deal with the Dutch ultimatum, if you have any ideas, please mention it." ”

What else could I think of this? Lan Fang Company is lonely, and the result of not agreeing is a war with the Dutch, with flintlock pistols and earth cannons, can it beat the Dutch with naval fleets and advanced guns?

There was no squeak from the bottom, and in the face of the absolute power gap, it was useless to have any tricks.

"Since everyone has no opinions, then in the name of the Command Office, I will order our personnel to withdraw from the mines and farms as much as possible." Liu Asheng said with great difficulty.

"Brother and slow!" At this moment, a voice came from below.

The leader of the Lanfang Division is called the Great Commander in the official face and canonized by the Dutch East India Company, but within the company, he still uses the honorific title of Luo Fangbo, Taige.

Liu Asheng looked down, this was a tail brother named Zhang Decai, and the status of the tail brother was greater than that of the old lady and inferior to the deputy leader.

Liu Asheng stretched out his hand and signaled: "Decai, what do you have to say?" ”

Zhang Decai arched his hand and said, "Brother Tai, in fact, maybe we can ask the mainland for help." ”

Luo Zhaonan's face sank suddenly, and he said unhappily: "As early as the Qianlong period, my Lanfang company called the Qing Dynasty, but Qianlong refused to accept us on the grounds that we were abandoned by the Heavenly Empire, fortunately, we were in the name of trade with the Qing Dynasty, and falsely claimed to be a vassal country of the Qing Dynasty, and the Dutch did not dare to push too far and gained decades of stability, but with the defeat of the Qing-British War more than ten years ago, the Westerners saw the weakness of the Qing Dynasty, and they had no scruples about acting. ”

"That's not what I meant." Zhang Decai hurriedly said: "Brother Nan is afraid that he does not know anything about the shape of the Qing Dynasty, and now a new force has emerged on the mainland, known as the Chinese Democratic Alliance, which is invincible in the battle with the Qing army and foreigners, I heard that it has hit the city of Beijing, blew up the Yongding Gate of Beijing, and completely annihilated tens of thousands of expeditionary forces of the British East India Company, and extorted millions of ounces of gold from the Indian soil king as a ransom, which currently occupies three provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shandong, and the momentum far overshadows the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. ”

"Oh?" Everyone in the banquet was moved, and Liu Asheng stood up and said, "Is the news true?" Where did you know? ”

"Brother Tai, I learned from several Fujian sailors who traded with us, in fact, not only me, but many brothers knew the news of the China Democratic Alliance Army," Zhang Decai truthfully introduced the news about the Democratic Alliance Army from hearsay. (To be continued......)