Chapter 779: The King Kills the King (1)
"Third master, although the railway matter is urgent, but it is not as urgent as the affairs in Jiangnan, there are already signs of chaos on the side of the Taiping Army, I don't know how the third master will deal with it?"
Repair a railway from Beijing to Inner and Inner Mongolia, the future is not yet known, what kind of problems will be encountered, although this matter is urgent, but the power of Yunnan is so great, if it can, the railway can be repaired, if there is a problem, you can only turn to the shipyard of the five countries in the future.
These things are all internal things of the Yang family, there are fewer people to recruit more people, and there are more people to cut a batch, technology does not become technology, equipment does not become equipment, and there will be a day when it will be completed.
But the affairs of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom can't wait, now the chaos of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is a critical time, it is a critical time for where to go, after this village there is no such shop, if Yang Meng starts early, he must arrange a way to start early, if he doesn't care about it, he must also have corresponding arrangements.
The matter of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is a big matter, Xu Ziwei also has to read the information over there, he feels that the time is almost now, and seeing that Yang Meng has not mentioned the matter of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom these days, he also reminded him.
"Hmmm! I'm also thinking about the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom these days, Chief Counter, do you think you should let Hong Yangwei die together? Or let the current six kings of the Taiping army kill each other? ”
The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom can't even be connected to the pot, this matter was settled by Yang Meng, but he is still a little undecided about how to deal with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, according to the information in his hands now, there are three people available in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, in addition to Shi Xianggong, there are also the newly promoted loyal king Li Xiucheng and the British king Chen Yucheng, and now Yang Meng has doubts about the whereabouts of these two people. So he didn't give an order to Qin Ziqi in Jiangnan for a long time.
During this time, Yang Meng also had more things, and after a little thought, he dragged this matter down.
"Didn't the third master still leave a team of people on Hong Kong Island? How about the five kings killing the winged king Toucheng? ”
Yang Meng stayed on Hong Kong Island with Chan Lee. It can be regarded as a backhand for expanding the war, but now it seems that it is better to use it better, because of the relationship between the United States and Germany, the expanded war will be fought in the north, and Chen Li will provoke a dispute, but it will be easy for the British and French forces to find an excuse to take the opportunity to start a war in the south.
A two-front war is extremely unfavorable to Yang Meng. In that way, Britain and France would have a lot of room to maneuver, if they threw the mercenaries of Tsarist Russia into the area of Beijing and Tianjin. However, if the British and French forces started a war in the south of the Yangtze River, Yang Meng would lose his strategic advantage.
There was a big hole in dealing with the Oros in the north and the Anglo-French forces in the south. A little careless. will be overturned by Britain and France.
However, the strategic depth of the Beijing-Tianjin area is not large, which is suitable for large-scale concentrated killing, Yang Meng's men and horses can easily limit the Anglo-French alliance and the Tsarist Russian mercenaries to a fixed area, and Yang Meng knows the terrain around Beijing and Tianjin very well, which is beneficial for him to arrange the battle situation.
In addition to the advantage of land, the geography of Bohai Bay was also conducive to Yang Meng to strangle the British and French navies, as long as he laid mines near Haikou as before, he could trap the entire fleet in Bohai Bay. When it came to the southern seas, there were simply no such favorable geographical conditions. As soon as Xu Ziwei mentioned Lin Li's stubble, Yang Meng also had the idea of transferring Lin Li from Hong Kong Island.
"Speaking of this Lin Li, I have thought a lot about it, according to the information we have now, the possibility of British and French landing in Jiangnan is extremely small, and leaving Lin Li on Hong Kong Island is an unstable factor.
The five kings killed each other, although it is good! But, Chief, have you forgotten to be obedient? What if the scene of Sushun is staged in Tianjing City?
Now Wei Changhui of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is Su Shun and the like, the villain's ambition, once Wei Changhui is killed, Chen Li is afraid that he will not be able to control him!
And this Chen and Li were all promoted by Yang Xiuqing, if you want Hong Yang and Wei to kill each other, we still have to let Wei Changhui have some advantages, Chen Chengying is a key person, he teamed up with Wei Changhui, which is enough to mess up Tianjing.
After Wei Chen partnered with him, this Hong Xiuquan, Yang Xiuqing, Li Xiucheng, and Chen Yucheng together are still Hong Yang! Wei Chen will not let Chen Li go lightly, let them go first, that is, give up Chen Li, the five kings kill each other, in fact, it is still a situation where the three kings of Hong Yang and Wei kill each other, without Shi Xianggong in charge, Tianjing is a chaotic situation!
The five kings kill each other, the difficulty of implementation is too great, it is not advisable! ”
Lin Li of Hong Kong Island, although Yang Meng controlled it, but after a long time, these two people are easy to think about it, and keeping them on Hong Kong Island used to be a clever trick, but now it is a hidden danger.
As for what Xu Ziwei said about the killing of the five kings, it sounds good, but the difficulty of implementation is too great, and it is not easy to arrange Chen Li to appear on the stage, so it is better to come directly to the three kings to kill each other.
"Hmmm! The killing of the five kings is a bit taken for granted, but the three kings kill each other, and keeping Chen Li is a disaster after all, Chen Yu becomes a fierce general, which is dispensable! But Li Xiucheng is a talent, his eloquence is comparable to Feng Yunshan back then, he is no worse than Yang Xiuqing in the strategy of governing the country, and the combination of Chen and Li is a bureau of the six kings of the first righteousness, woe!
Although Li Xiucheng has been with Shi Dakai for a period of time, but now Li Xiucheng has been promoted by Yang Xiuqing, and his influence in the Taiping Army is not lower than Shi Dakai.
If the third master sets up a bureau where the three kings of Hong Yang and Wei kill each other, then there will be a Shi Chen and Li three kings to kill each other!
As for Lin Li, it's not bad to allocate it to Shi Dakai, this Lin Li is a fierce general, Shi Dakai is not good at attacking fortifications, and this Lin Li is like a tiger with wings! ”
In the matter of Lin Li, Xu Ziwei and Yang Meng reached a consensus, but in Tianjing's arrangement, Xu Ziwei also rejected Yang Meng's statement.
"Hmmm! Yes, maybe that's why I'm hesitant? Li Xiucheng and Chen Yucheng are talents, and it is difficult to find a combination like Shilin Li and Chen Li, and this fish and bear's paw cannot be both, so use the combination of Shilin Li to abolish Hong Yangwei and Chen Li in Tianjing? ”
It's a pity to abolish Chen Li, Chen Yucheng is nothing, but Li Xiucheng, who is self-taught, is definitely a genius who is not inferior to Yang Xiuqing, there are not many such geniuses, and there are a few more in troubled times, so he died like this, it's a pity!
"Third master, although the world is like chess, there is also a saying that the world is impermanent, since you are optimistic about Chen Li, why don't you let Qin Ziqi give it a try? Maybe it can be done? ”
Seeing that Yang Meng was a little lost, Xu Ziwei also thought about the ability of the Chen and Li combination. Today's Yang family is lacking such a person who can take charge of himself, maybe he can also give it a try.
"No need! What we have is that slowly cultivating may not be without a combination like Chen Li. Now that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is finalized, for the sake of Chen Li, tens of thousands of more people will die if one is not careful, such a deal is not worth it! Leave it to fate! ”
When it came time to make a decision, Yang Meng was very decisive, Shi Dakai had thought about giving up, let alone Chen and Li. Tens of thousands of people or hundreds of thousands of people can always cultivate a few talents, and now Chen Li is worth in Yang Meng's heart. It's not enough for tens of thousands of people, so I have to give up!
"Let Chen Chengying provoke the relationship between Hong and Yang, provoke Hong Xiuquan to kill Yang Xiuqing, and Wei Chen jointly kill Yang Xiuqing and then kill Hong Xiuquan. At the critical moment, let Shi Dakai return to Tianjing to kill Wei Chen? ”
"Hmmm! Generally good. So come it! I can't go out of Beijing in the near future, you can discuss this matter with Qin Ziqi more!
When the matter of Tianjing is over, it is time for us to put the right thing with Britain and France, it is not yet known who will live or die, after finishing this paragraph, go get a few female dependents of the flag people! ”
"Why should the third master be pessimistic, the great Qing Dynasty is all upside down, and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in the south of the Yangtze River is just a plaything in the palm of his hand. Anglo-French overseas barbarians! ”
"Humph! Overseas barbarians? Once the war starts, you'll know how powerful this barbarian is! In this battle, there is no heart to exchange life for life. Hard to win! ”
Yang Meng is not pessimistic, Britain, France and Russia, the two strongest powers plus today's first power in Asia, have no desire to fight for their lives, and want to win the war, it is impossible, as long as Britain and France deal with it properly, the battle of Beijing and Tianjin, even if the 500,000 troops are all new troops, they have to fight hard, the siege is easy to annihilate and difficult to annihilate, Xu Ziwei is a little too contemptuous of the combination of Britain, France and Russia.
Yang Meng set the policy of fiddling with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in Beijing, but now the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is facing a great dilemma.
The first dilemma of the Kingdom of Heaven is the supply of food, the encirclement of Anhui, Jiangxi, Jiangsu and Zhejiang is getting smaller and smaller, after a long-term confrontation, the heavenly soldiers have no heart to fight again, as the outer barrier of the Kingdom of Heaven, Anhui, Jiangxi, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, there are more and more deserters recently.
Yang Xiuqing originally wanted to break through the siege of Anqing with the power of the four kings of Heshi Dakai, Wei Changhui, Li Xiucheng, and Chen Yucheng, but Feng Guifen of Jiangsu and Zhejiang broke Yang Xiuqing's layout as soon as he moved.
Jiangsu and Zhejiang are too close to Tianjing, Feng Guifen's soldiers and horses will threaten the safety of Tianjing, for the safety of Tianjing, Yang Xiuqing cares a lot, even if the soldiers in Tianjing City are strong and strong, he still recalled Chen Li as soon as possible to fight against Feng Guifen of Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
The combination of Feng Guifen and Rao Tingxuan is much more powerful than the Zeng Zuo combination of Anhui and Jiangxi, and Chen and Li Heli are not Feng Guifen's opponents, for no other reason, Feng Guifen, who is not good at military strategy, is very important to the generals of the new army, and as Lin Laohu's old subordinates, Rao Tingxuan is also obedient to Lin Laohu's disciples, with the tactics of the new army, even if Chen Li has a lot of men and horses, foreign guns, but he can't take advantage of Feng Guifen here.
Feng Guifen, did not sweep the leaves in the autumn wind in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, which is also related to Yang Meng's suppression, Feng Guifen and Zeng Zuo are already small, and a militia group is a little weak to guard against Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces.
It's not that Yang Meng doesn't reuse Feng Guifen, but for Feng Guifen, Yang Meng can't interfere like the left mule, so that he can defend more than enough and make progress enough, it is enough, in case he is given more troops, this Feng Guifen's attack on Tianjing, wouldn't it be a failure?
Yang Meng's land offensive in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui and Jiangxi had a great impact on the Taiping army, and the reason was simpler, that is, it originated from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the so-called sacred treasury system.
The Taiping army in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui and Jiangxi occupied the area, not without the division of the land, but the field was divided, but the existence of this holy treasury system greatly offset the enthusiasm of the people for farming, the grain was more and less, and the people only had grain and rations left in their hands.
This is no different from being a tenant for a landlord! Getting more food means making more effort, and giving more effort means eating more, but the per capita ration is stipulated in heaven, and since it is the same for more and less fighting, why should the people bother themselves?
More than 600,000 people in Tianjing City, one pound of grain per person a day, is 600,000 catties of grain, 600,000 catties of grain, 600,000 catties of grain, and 12,000 taels of silver in terms of the price of grain in the south of the Yangtze River.
However, who else can sell grain to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in these years and months, except for the Yang family's business that dares to do this, who else dares to do it? Yang Meng's grain price to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is ten times and twenty times the sky-high price, even if you count the robbery and collection, and then restrict the rations in Tianjing City, this is every three or five times, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom will give the Yang family's business name, send hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, there is no way to eat people, right?
The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is the Kingdom of Heaven for the King of Heaven, and it is also the Kingdom of Heaven for the officials of the Kingdom of Heaven, but for the people and ordinary soldiers of the Kingdom of Heaven, it is a hell where they cannot survive but cannot die.
In addition to working hard and partying, I can't eat a pound of food a day, and the King Kong of Zhangba is also drifting when he walks! Every time the king's birthday, a large-scale draft is organized in Tianjing City, and the selected ones are distributed to the kings, and those who are not selected are distributed to the officials.
The ladies in Tianjing City are not all the ladies of the people who follow the heavens all the way, the women of the same age are all working every day, exposed to the wind and sun, even if such a woman is born beautiful, she can't withstand the washing and grinding of the world! Even if it is like this, it has long been chosen, and the remaining ones are either too old or too young, and no one who is too old can talk about it, and if there is no suitable one, they can only start with the small ones.
These things, if you can mix food and clothing, the people can also settle, this woman is not treated by the people, but she is not well fed and clothed, but she also has to work for those who are officials and send them to their families, and the people are clear about the good and bad of this thing.
The people and horses of the princes' mansions are full of oil, and the people on the streets are walking and drifting, losing people's hearts! (To be continued......)