The Forbidden City, Beijing

Zaiyuan, Ruihua, Sushun, and Mu Yin handled the twists and turns submitted from various places at the military aircraft office.

Su Shun picked up the Shaanxi governor's recital and said: "In September, more than 100,000 people from Changmao suddenly left Sichuan and entered Shaanxi, and were defeated by the official army after besieging Xi'an for eight days......

Zaigaki heard that Long Hair is going to fight the capital! Hurriedly left their seats and snatched the fold to watch, and after a while, Mu Yin and Ruihua also watched it one after another, looking at each other and frightened!

Ruihua cried: "In the more than two hundred years since the Qing Dynasty was established, there has never been an enemy approaching the capital!" Could it be that God is really going to kill me! Beijing Green Camp Eight Banners has been sparse for a long time, may it not be a long-haired opponent? ”

Su Shun said to the eunuch on duty: "Go and see, why hasn't the emperor come here yet?" ", and persuaded Ruihua, "Big brother, look at what you look like!" Long hair is still wandering around Shaanxi! At that time, Li Chuang's momentum was so big, and it took more than ten years to hit Beijing...... The Mongolian Eight Banners can also draw out tens of thousands of iron horses, and they will definitely be able to block the long hair in Shanxi. ”

Mu Yin sighed: "The emperor has been pampering the Lan nobles in the past few days, it seems that he will prepare a generous gift when he goes back!" However, this Lan nobleman is a descendant of the Yehenara clan, and if she harbors evil intentions, I am afraid that the prophecy of the year will ......."

"This was more than 200 years ago, and the emperor won't take it seriously! Besides, in the past few days, Lan Guiren has frequently participated in political affairs, and he has not seen the emperor blame. "Zaiyuan is also leading the errand of the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and he knows the trend better.

Old Summer Palace

Xianfeng caressed Lan Guiren's face lovingly, only to see her pink rose-scented tight-fitting robe sleeve top, covered with an emerald green smoke yarn loose flower skirt, tied into a big bow with gold silk soft smoke around her waist, her sideburns hanging low and obliquely inserted into the jasper and phoenix hairpin, showing a slender body, and the demon was glamorous and seductive.

"It's time for the emperor to deal with state affairs, and the concubines will send the emperor off." Lan Guiren got up from Xianfeng's arms and said.

The beauty blew like an orchid, her teeth were white and her lips were red, her eyes were cut water, and Xianfeng's soul was unwilling: "It's enough to have you by your side, you are playing a song for me to listen to." ”

Seeing that Xianfeng was infatuated with women, Lan Guiren persuaded: "Now is an eventful time, please be diligent in political affairs, don't indulge in women, otherwise the concubines will ...... It's better to be dead. ”

"Don't cry, baby, I'll go." Xianfeng pitied the woman the most and cried, not to mention his beloved, "You wait for me here, and I will come when I go." ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, what's the matter with rushing to find me?" Xianfeng asked as soon as he arrived at the military aircraft.

Su Shun presented the folds, and saw that the more Xianfeng looked at his face, the more gloomy his face became, and he didn't dare to slack off, "Your Majesty, now that the capital has sufficient troops, and there are only tens of thousands of long hairs, there is no need to worry, the slave suggested that the monk Grinqin who sent troops to suppress the tenant farmers of the left wing of Horqin resisted rent, this person was in charge of the firearms battalion in the ninth year of Daoguang, and he returned triumphantly several times to suppress the bandits. ”

Xianfeng also remembered that Daoguang said before his death, Monk Greenqin is available! Huang Ama can't be wrong! Thinking of this, Xianfeng immediately sent an order: "Order the monk Greenqin to return to Beijing as soon as possible, and command the Jianrui Battalion, the Outer Firearms Battalion, the Two-Wing Forward Battalion, the Eight Banners Guard Battalion, the Fifth Patrol Battalion and the officers and soldiers of Chahar, and the strong brigades of the Mongol kings of Zhelimu, Zhuo Suotu, and Zhaowuda are stationed in the Fengtai battalion, such as Changmao...... Within 200 miles from the capital, immediately send troops to conscript, otherwise not a single soldier is allowed. ”

"Shorthair has just occupied Suzhou, and Longhair is going to attack Beijing again! If you have the heart to suppress the thief, you can't go back to heaven! "Xianfeng doubted his ability to govern the country, and became decadent, thinking that he would not take advantage of the fact that the thieves had not destroyed the Qing Dynasty, and I would have fun in time, if I worked hard like Chongzhen, the last emperor of the former Ming Dynasty, wouldn't it be worthwhile?

Su Shun comforted: "Long and short hair is rampant for a while, and it will be unpopular for a long time, as long as the emperor works hard, the Qing Dynasty will definitely be able to turn the crisis into safety." ”

"Turning the tide of danger? The Green Battalion has been defeated repeatedly, and the Eight Banners are even more vigorous, how can the Qing Dynasty turn the crisis into safety? Shorthair has captured Suzhou, and Shanghai is about to be lost! Next, Zhejiang ......" Xianfeng shook his head and said no more.

Mu Yin stepped forward to ask for instructions, "Your Majesty, the short-haired part flowed into Jiangxi, and the governor of Jiangxi, Zhang Fu, fled without a fight, and the short-haired occupied Jingdezhen without much effort. ”

Xianfeng said angrily: "Seeing the wrong and not knowing the form of government, it's ridiculous!" Zhang Fu damn it! Who do you say will take over as governor of Jiangxi? We must find someone who can fight, and we must not let Jiangxi fall into the hands of shorthair again. ”

Su Shun thought for a while, and said happily: "The emperor Hubei has made Jiang Zhongyuan loyal to the country, and he has won a great victory in Lingyidu, killed the pseudo-southern king Feng Yunshan, and commanded three thousand Chu brave and brave, and asked the emperor to transfer Jiang Zhongyuan to the governor of Jiangxi." ”

Xianfeng thought for a moment and said, "Jiang Zhongyuan! I know that he said, Sai Shang'a also recommended him back then, Xiang Rong is ignorant! If you used Jiang Zhongyuan earlier, how could the situation come to this! Message: Shengjiang Zhongyuan is the governor of Jiangxi, and he will take office on the same day, hoping that he can annihilate all the enemies who will attack in the future. ”

Ruihua had to take out a copy of the recital as if he was doing a trick, and presented it respectfully, Xianfeng glanced at it, and said: "Say Cao Cao Cao will arrive, Ha Lu Ha...... Prince Zheng, read it out to everyone, and see what Jiang Zhongyuan said? ”

Ruihua just saw the twists and turns, and he didn't panic, and read in a frustrated voice: "The minister and the thief fought in Jingzhou, and they had the upper hand several times, and the thief repeatedly used the water division to relieve the siege, and the minister often thought that if the official army wanted to seize the important town in Jiangdong, it must first fight for the Yangtze River; If you want to fight for the Yangtze River, you must first defeat the thief army and sailors; If you want to defeat the thief army and sailors, you must build warships to prepare for attack and defense, and the ministers risked their lives to admonish them, asking the imperial court to order Hunan, Fujian, and Hubei to build 200 warships in the same style as Guangdong's tugboats, and Guangdong to purchase 500 300-kilogram cannons, 800 500-kilogram cannons, 1,000 cannons to equip the warships, and 300 cannons to equip the army, so that the recovery of Jiangdong is just around the corner. ”

Mu Yin exclaimed: "So it costs 10 million taels of silver!" This...... Isn't this price too great, 10 million taels can only build a water division, which can feed 200,000 green camps! ”

"If you can really recover Nanjing and Suzhou, 10 million taels of flowers are worth it, and the minister agrees with Jiang Zhongyuan's proposal!" Su Shun considered the gains and losses, and agreed without hesitation.

Xianfeng looked at Su Shun and remembered that he suggested that he cut the banner man at the beginning, but it was not yet the time when the mountains and rivers were exhausted, so he refused, and now there is no way to retreat, alas! ...... "Su Shun, you go down and think carefully about where to squeeze out these 10 million taels, and think about handing me a fold." ”

"Obey the order", in fact, the excerpt Su Shun has already been written, and he has always carried it with him, Su Shun is not stupid, if he hands this up at this time, he can be drowned by the flag man spitting on it!

Hubei

Jiang Zhongyuan received the holy decree to let him take over as the governor of Jiangxi, and did not dare to slack off, on the one hand, after informing Zhang Liangji, the governor of Hubei, he led 3,000 Chu Yong from the front line Jingzhou, diverted to Wuchang, collected ships and wanted to enter Jiangxi by water, and on the other hand, he wrote to Zeng Guofan and asked him to send troops to meet and go to Jiangxi to fight short-haired together.

Luo Zenan, Guo Songtao, Zhu Sunyi, Li Xubin, Wang Ju and others think that the reason why they came to Changsha from Xiangxiang with Zeng Guofan was not to take refuge in Zeng Guofan, but to take refuge in Zhang Liangji, the governor of Hunan.

Zeng Guofan looked at them helplessly, and persuaded bitterly: "Now is the time for me to wait for a good man to make a contribution, why do you need to find another way?" The so-called cooperation is two benefits and two evils, we have finally created some foundations, so you can bear to let it disappear? ”

Luo Zenan didn't buy it, and retorted sentence by sentence, "What was the purpose of our founding Lian Yong?" It's not about playing long and short hair! Disheng, you are good at training, you can have no distractions! What we're good at is fighting! You asked us to hang out with you all day long, what is this called! ”

Guo Songtao is a romantic, with a strong sense of mission, although he has the deepest friendship with Zeng Guofan, but he wants to gallop to the killing field and make contributions, if he unfortunately dies on the battlefield, his soul returns to his hometown, and he is also very poetic, "Disheng, you don't have to persuade anymore, we are also looking for you together, and we don't want to make trouble with you." ”

Li Xubin still admires Zeng Guofan's scholar for his powerlessness, and he rolls around with a group of rough men just with his enthusiasm, so his rhetoric is more euphemistic: "We will only take away 1,000 people, and leave the rest to you, which will not delay your dream of training and strengthening the army." ”

Wang Zhu stubbornly said: "My battalion will also be taken away, and the governor has promised me: I can garrison Changsha, and he will provide food and salary." ”

Zeng Guofan originally appreciated Wang Zhu very much, and has been ready to reuse him, but the former king Zhu returned to Xiangxiang to recruit bravery, very public, in and out of the gongs and drums, the villagers looked sideways, and took the initiative to recruit 500 brave men to more than 3,000 people, is already very dissatisfied, now I see that he has close contacts with Hunan Governor Luo Bingzhang, and gradually revealed that he is an army of his own, no longer obey his own command! It was unbearable or unbearable, and said angrily: "If you only lead one battalion, and the other battalions are appointed by me, you will break the cauldron and sink the boat, in order to do one fell swoop; If you refuse to obey my covenant, then you will form an army of your own, and in the future I will not have anything to do with you, and I will recruit several battalions of brave men to take the place of my feet. ”

Wang Qi said angrily: "What do you mean by Zeng Disheng!" Are we all going to obey your commands? Don't forget that you begged us to come to Changsha with you! I, Wang Zhu, am not your subordinate. ”

Li Xubin grabbed Wang Zhu, who was about to say more, and persuaded: "Stop Pushan!" Lord Zeng is the minister of regimental training appointed by the imperial court! How can you speak to him like that! ”

Wang Ju showdowned: "I just can't get used to seeing him Disheng!" I don't know how to do military affairs and think very highly of myself, I will cut off a hundred with him today, you don't have to persuade me, all the 3,000 people I recruited will be taken away! Leave. ”