The prefect of Yuezhou looked at the Han army under the city with a dead heart, and he received two official documents one after another today, one was Xu Guangjin, the minister of the Qin Mission, asking him to defend Yuezhou. One was sent to Rong, and he was also asked to stay in Yuezhou, and reinforcements would arrive soon. He was ready to be burned, and his family was sent out of the city.

The demolition team excavated a tunnel at the West Gate and placed the explosives in a closed box, which had been tested to increase the power of the explosives. Seeing that the first and second armies of the siege were ready, the demolition personnel drilled into the tunnel and lit the lead, and after a while, with a "boom", the western wall was blasted - cracks appeared in the city wall that allowed three people to stand side by side. Without an order, the army went to the crack and occupied Yuezhou.

Yuezhou has been an important place for soldiers since ancient times, and the Qing court hoarded a large amount of food, military salaries, and ordnance here to supply the Qing army under the city of Changsha. Someone reported that there were 30 artillery pieces left behind by Wu Sangui's headquarters buried under the government office, Li Yunzhong dug them out and tried them, except for two that were broken, the rest could be used, and Li Yunzhong gave them to the blasting battalion to use.

Under Jiao Liang's orders, the Third Army and a large number of Tiandihui personnel, even coaxed and frightened all the boatmen on both sides of the Yangtze River to Yuezhou, a total of more than 80,000 people, Hubei Governor Gong Yu built hidden piles in various diving areas of the waterway, which lasted three months, Li Yunzhong ordered these sailors to pull out the hidden piles, for the ship to run, and it only took one day and one night to clear a channel.

The army only stayed in Yuezhou for two days, on February 8, the whole army was ordered to march to Wuchang by boat, because the food was enough to eat, Jiao Liang ordered the third army to burn all the buildings along the way, and took in the displaced people, and rushed to the outside of Wuchang in only three days, only to see the Han army was mighty, and a total of thousands of large and small ships stayed on the river outside Wuchang City.

Beijing

Xianfeng looked at the twists and turns of Yuezhou being captured by the Han army, exhausted, in the past few months, he dismissed the thieves one by one, but the bad news was still sent one by one, Yuezhou was lost, Wuchang was in danger, and there was no danger between the two places. Wuchang was captured again, and the southeastern provinces, the Central Plains, and Sichuan were all within the scope of the anti-army's attack.

"It is proposed that Xu Guangjin be dismissed and retained, Qi Shan will be the minister of the Qincha, to prevent the blockade of Henan, to prevent the Han army from going north to the Central Plains, and Lu Jianying, the governor of Liangjiang, will be the minister of the Qincha, who will be responsible for the military affairs of the three provinces of Jiangsu, Anhui and Jiangxi to block the Han army." Xianfeng unprecedentedly sealed two ministers in a row.

"Your Majesty, the cabinet scholar Su Shun asks to see you." A little eunuch said to Xianfeng.

"Biography"

Su Shun walked into the upper study and bowed to the emperor: "Weichen see the emperor." ”

"Excuse me"

Listening to Xianfeng's listless voice, Su Shun guessed that the news of another war defeat in the south came, and asked, "Your Majesty, is the war in the south not going well?" ”

Xianfeng wanted to find someone to talk to, and said: "The front-line battles have been lost one after another, Yuezhou has been lost, the prefect has been martyred, and now I'm afraid Wuchang will also ...... This big thief has successively conquered Yong'an, Daozhou, Guiyang, Changsha, Xiangyin, and Yuezhou, and the prosperity of the soldiers is unprecedented. ”

Su Shun hurriedly comforted: "The emperor is angry, the reason why the big Han thieves are invincible is because the officials and soldiers are blocking the Taiping army, and the Han thieves are good at using the Taiping army, which makes the Li thief bigger. ”

Xianfeng took out Xiang Rong's salary excerpt and said: "The imperial court has allocated 30 million taels for the suppression of thieves, and now that the treasury is empty, how can Xiang Rong's department work hard to suppress thieves?" If the thieves attack Jiangnan, then the treasury will ...... in the future"

Su Shun would have thought that the treasury would be empty, and he had already thought of a countermeasure: "The imperial court can issue paper money and reward meritorious soldiers on the front line, and mint a lot of money as military salaries." ”

Xianfeng was overjoyed, in the past, he asked the minister that the treasury was empty, what should be done, the gang said that they would increase taxes and taxes, and they would like to take the opportunity to make a fortune, and the emperor of the Qing Dynasty had already had an ancestral teaching: in order to prevent the Manchu Qing Dynasty from following in the footsteps of the Ming Dynasty, children and grandchildren were not allowed to add taxes on the heads of the people. Now I am very happy to hear a practical and useful suggestion, and I feel relieved from the bottom of my heart, this Qing Dynasty is not my only worry!

Su Shun saw that Xianfeng's face was flushed, and his heart was excited, and he said: "Your Majesty, the minister still has a strategy, which can save a lot of silver every year." ”

Xianfeng thought that Su Shun wanted to talk about the expenses in the palace, and he was a little unhappy in his heart, the first emperor who could save it had already been saved, and he had just ascended the throne, and he did not increase the expenses, and said: "What strategy, let's hear it." ”

Su Shun knelt on the ground again and said: "When we Manchurians entered the customs, there were only hundreds of thousands of people, at that time, in order to stabilize people's hearts, from the prince to the ordinary banner people, each person had to send some silver as an offering, at the beginning there were only one million, and now it costs tens of millions of taels of silver every year, if you save this batch of expenses, then ......" Seeing Xianfeng waving his hand, Su Shun stopped.

Xianfeng left his seat, helped him up in front of Su Shun, and said: "This matter is very important, the foundation of our Qing Dynasty is the banner people, wouldn't this be to drink to quench your thirst." ”

Su Shun said: "When the previous dynasty fell to the country, the clan was full of wealth, and Emperor Chongzhen had no choice but to impose taxes, and was finally forced to die in the coal mountain by Li Zicheng. Which of those clans in the Ming Dynasty can run! They were all slaughtered, and their possessions were all gone. It's the same with my Qing Dynasty, the country is dead, and they can't even save their families. ”

Su Shun saw that Xianfeng was still silent, and said harder: "At the beginning of the founding of the Qing Dynasty, any banner man could go into battle to kill the enemy, but now there are too many bastards in the banner, and they are confused, not only do they only know how to ask the court for money, but they also refuse to contribute to the country." ”

Xianfeng let out a long breath and said: "It's not that time yet, but you don't leak this matter, in case the banner people panic, and when the imperial court really can't come up with the money, you are in charge of this matter, and you must be implemented with thunder." ”

Su Shun saw that Xianfeng agreed, and was very encouraged, took out a letter from his bosom and handed it to Xianfeng: "This is a letter from Zeng Guofan, the servant of the ministry, to the minister, and after the minister read it, he thought it was very reasonable. Please take a look at the emperor. ”

Xianfeng took the letter with great interest, and said while reading it: "It's that Zeng Guofan, who moved seven times in ten years and was promoted to ten levels in a row, is he Mu Zhang'a's protégé?" I have prepared for his dismissal. ”

Xianfeng saw that the content of the letter was very reasonable, and couldn't help but read it: "The thief is the main one, and the officers and soldiers are often guests, so the thieves have time and the officers and soldiers are busy, and the thieves are always in ambush to wait for the officers and soldiers, and the officers and soldiers are always in the thief's plan, and the art of war says 'plan and then fight, and make good use of the soldiers to control people and not be controlled by others', this reason thieves know but the officers and soldiers do not know, so the officers and soldiers have been defeated repeatedly, if the people want to build more pillboxes, the officers and soldiers are stationed in dangerous places, step by step, gradually approaching, the thieves do not want to be surrounded by the officers and soldiers, they will inevitably come out to fight a decisive battle with the officers and soldiers, and the officers and soldiers can be anti-guest and defeat the thieves. ”

Xianfeng exclaimed after reading it, "Okay, well written." If Li Xingyuan, Sai Shang'a, and Xu Guangjin do this, why is the situation like this! ”

Su Shun said: "The minister also found that every victory of the official army depends on the strength of the training, and the eight banners of the green camp are not enough, and the minister implores the emperor to allow the officials and gentry to organize group exercises." ”

Xianfeng shook his head and said: "Most of the leaders of the regimental training and township warriors are Han Chinese, and the first emperor often dismissed them when he was there, because he was afraid that these people would be connected together and plot against him." ”

Su Shun saw that Xianfeng disagreed, and said stubbornly: "This time is different from the past, anti-thieves are rampant, and the officials and soldiers can't suppress it, if this continues, the Qing Dynasty will also lose the country!" ”

Xianfeng saw that he was sarcastic, and said angrily: "Bold, you are cursing the Qing Dynasty!" Cursed I am the king of the dead country! ”

Su Shun was not afraid, and replied directly: "What the minister said comes from the bottom of his heart, please think twice about it, and allow Xingxing to set up a group to practice to suppress the anti-thieves." ”

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