Xiao Yungui finally saw this Qian Jiang, which has a lot of legends, but Xiao Yungui was quite disappointed at first sight, because this person was even more arrogant than Zuo Zongtang. The West King Counselor introduced him into the tent, and when he saw Xiao Yungui, he neither saluted nor spoke, but just stood in the tent and looked at Xiao Yungui.

Seeing that Qian Jiang was rude, the West Hall Counselor was about to scold, Xiao Yungui waved his hand and ordered the Counselor to retreat, and he also looked at Qian Jiang curiously. This Qian Jiang looks very ugly, and can even be described as obscene, he is in his fifties, not tall, with a slightly hunched back, triangular eyes and a pointed chin, no matter how you look at it, it is unpleasant, and what is even more annoying is the tone and attitude of his speech.

Qian Jiang stroked the goatee on his chin, squinted his eyes and asked softly, "Your Excellency is Xiao Chaogui, the king of Taipingxi?" ”

Xiao Yungui began to feel unhappy in his heart, before he was a rich young master, everyone scolded him, after the crossing, he was the king of the West, everyone in the army respected him, only three people in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom dared to give him a look, the two bigwigs in Tianjing naturally needless to say, and the other was Hong Yun'er. What kind of thing is this Qianjiang? Zuo Zongtang, a celebrity in Hunan Province, still saluted politely when he saw him, which green onion is this obscene old man? Dare to talk to yourself like that?

Although he was unhappy in his heart, Xiao Yungui still pretended to be an approachable face, and said with a faint smile: "It's this king, Your Excellency is Mr. Qian Jiangqian?" Did you write "The Righteous Warriors of Guangdong" in Guangzhou? ”

As soon as he heard that the King of Taiping Xi also knew his deeds, Qian Jiang was even more complacent, raised his head and said with a smile: "It is in Xia, has the King of Xi also heard of the name of Xia?" ”

Xiao Yungui also laughed, at this moment he had already determined in his heart what kind of person Qian Jiang was, this person was born as a landlord, and he spent money to buy the title of prisoner, although he was somewhat famous. But because he was not born in the orthodox imperial examination, he has never been able to get the opportunity to enter the official career. In 1842, this gentleman participated in the anti-British struggle, participated in the drafting of the "Quanyue Righteous Soldiers and Righteous People", denounced the British invaders, and called on the society to prevent the British from entering the city of Guangzhou, so he was quite famous in the late Qing society, in Xiao Yungui's view, he did this with ulterior motives, Qianjiang wanted to take this opportunity to expand his reputation, and there has never been a shortage of people like Qianjiang in Chinese history who sell their reputation and do not do practical things.

The ensuing costs are enormous. Qian Jiang was dismissed from prison and sent to Xinjiang, and after a few years in Xinjiang, he returned to the Central Plains, this time he finally found an opportunity, and the rise of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom gave him the opportunity. Therefore, Qian Jiang decided to suppress the uprising as a springboard to enter the office, and he was able to enter the thunderous staff group by virtue of his previous reputation.

According to the original historical trajectory. He should be after joining the camp in Jiangbei. Immediately, he proposed to create the first centigold system, and set up a card for the merchants to set up a bureau to draw a penny, so that the merchants and the people suffered greatly and the food was not scarce. This law was later popularized by the Qing court, which not only saved the Qing Dynasty from the brink of financial exhaustion, but also continued to support the suppression of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and many subsequent anti-Qing uprisings or revolutions.

It's just that Xiao Yungui didn't understand what happened and made Qianjiang come to Shanghai. It just so happened that Xiao Yungui also planned to ask the Qing army about the situation on the other side to see if this golden strategy Qianjiang had been sacrificed.

At that moment, Xiao Yungui smiled and pointed to the chair next to him and said, "Mr. Qian, please sit down and talk, Xuanji, show Mr. Qian tea." ”

Qian Jiang is also welcome. Swing the hem of the kaftan and sit down. Xiao Yungui still asked with a smile: "Mr. Qian's deeds, this king greatly appreciated, but because of this, he was convicted and sent to Xinjiang by the Qing Demon Court. Could it be that he is really here to be a spy? ”

Qian Jiang had just picked up the tea offered by Li Xuanji, and when he heard this, his hands couldn't help but tremble, and the hot water splashed the hem of the robe, he was quite panicked, and the arrogance on his face was gone. Qian Jiang was shocked in his heart, he had only been a member of Lei Yiyun's staff for a short time, and he had resigned in less than 20 days, and he couldn't imagine that the king of the West in front of him was so well-informed, and he even knew the whereabouts and stays of his little staff, no wonder he could defeat the official army.

At that moment, Qian Jiang smiled calmly and said: "The king of the West is really powerful, and he has indeed served as a staff member in the official army Jiangbei Ying Lei Yixuan for more than 20 days, but he can't get used to the government bullying the people, so he hung up his crown and left." ”

Xiao Yungui smiled again, a small staff member talked about what to hang the crown and left, and then asked: "I heard that the government's wealth is eroded, Mr. Qian had a good strategy before entering the scene, which can be used for entering the body, this strategy can solve the urgent need of the demon as soon as it comes out, didn't Mr. sacrifice this strategy?" ”

Qian Jiang's complexion changed greatly, Xiao Yungui even knew about it, and said in a panic at the moment: "I am not angry that the government is poisoning the people, so I didn't offer this policy, and the policy of Li Jin was offered by someone else, and now Jiangbei Camp is already implementing this policy." ”

Xiao Yungui was slightly surprised, and asked softly, "Someone can still steal the limelight from Mr. Qian?" What a surprise. ”

Qian Jiang has always been dissatisfied with Rong Lu's preemptive advice, so he didn't think about it and said casually: "Isn't it? If it weren't for Rong Lu's kid ......" Speaking of this, Qian Jiang suddenly woke up, and he had always said that he was dissatisfied with the government, so he didn't offer advice, and now he showed his stuffing as soon as he said it, and he couldn't help sweating on his forehead at the moment.

Xiao Yungui smiled and said: "Mr. Qian doesn't have to panic, there is a way that good birds choose trees to perch, good ministers choose the lord and serve, my Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has just risen, and it is normal for Mr. to have the idea of helping the government. If Mr. does not want to serve this king, then he still has the Manchu Qing in his heart, and he is the enemy of this king and the kingdom of heaven, and this king will not show mercy to the enemy. Mr. Qian, you said that you are here to serve the king, right? ”

Qian Jiang was like sitting on pins and needles, Xiao Yungui forced himself into a dead end with a few simple words, and the words that he thought he had entered became useless in an instant, if he didn't express his position immediately, he was afraid that he would be dragged out and beheaded by the order of the King of the West to show the public.

Qian Jiang's arrogance finally subsided, he wiped the sweat from his forehead, hurriedly got up and bowed deeply: "I came here to serve the King of the West." ”

Xiao Yungui sneered and said, "That's easy to say, sir, please sit down and talk." ”

Qian Jiang didn't dare to sit down any longer, took out a manuscript from his arms and said: "His Royal Highness the King of the West Mingjian, before the Emperor's death, he has always been angry with the people of the official mansion, and my Han clothes have been reduced to Hu Nu for more than 100 years. I have been haunted by it. In fact, as early as when the soldiers of the Heavenly Kingdom went out of Hunan and Hubei, he wrote "Xingwang Ce" in the next, intending to enter the Kingdom of Heaven, and at this moment dedicated to the King of the West. ”

Xiao Yungui sighed, this "Xing Wang Ce" Xiao Yungui also saw it when he was writing his paper, many historians felt that Qian Jiang's dedication to Hong Xiuquan "Xing Wang Ce" was purely a novelist's words, Qian Jiang had never seen Hong Xiuquan at all, but in Xiao Yungui's opinion, "Xing Wang Ce" analyzed the current situation incisively, and the measures were correct, and it didn't look like any author could fabricate it. Later, Qian Jiang was killed by Lei Yiyi, which was also a name for rebellion. Therefore, some people far-fetched that Qian Jiang was the military advisor of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, so he was killed for the crime of treason.

The deeds of Qianjiang recorded in the history of the Qing Dynasty are also vague, and the crime of treason is a clear crime, but it is recorded in the history of the Qing Dynasty and some manuscripts that after Qianjiang offered the policy of making money, he did not know how to be jealous. and even inch in, domineering. Extravagant to eat. Playing with colleagues in the palm of his hand, treating officials as slaves, making him very angry, aggressive, without scruples, and fighting evil up and down. During the banquet one day. Qian Jiang and Lei Yicheng had a slight disagreement between the discussion, and they actually scolded, Lei Yicheng couldn't bear it, and finally killed him in anger under the instigation of the left and right. I don't know if Qian Jiang was killed in history because he offended people. Or is it really a rebellion.

Xiao Yungui took the manuscript and read it carefully, and it was really very similar to the "Xingwang Ce" that he had read in later generations, "At the beginning of King Fu Wei's first event, he changed his hair and changed his clothes, and wanted to change China's two-hundred-year-old Hulu system; Planning is ambitious, entrepreneurship is very, and it is clear whether to stop in Wuchang! Today's move, there is no retreat, only Changsha, defend or die, do not guard and die; Rather than sit and wait for death, who would like to die again. Don't take advantage of this time to drive north, in vain at present, slack off the army's morale, and it is useless to ......be honest, "It is indeed not much different from the historical materials that Xiao Yungui has seen, but when Qian Jiang wrote "Xingwang Ce" in the historical materials, it was after the Taiping army captured Wuchang under the leadership of the King of Heaven and the King of the East. Now that Xiao Yungui has arrived, history has changed, Changsha has been captured by Xiao Yungui, and the Taiping army has indeed only wandered around Changsha during that time.

In this manuscript, Qianjiang persuaded the Taiping army to march east to Jinling, and then to Kaifeng in the north, thinking that it was the momentum of the corner, and to enter the southeast, taking the land of Eastern Wu as the foundation.

"Consolidate the foundation of Jiangnan first, and set the hearts of the newly created people. Cultivate my politics, macro my scale, external and Zhurong, internal care of the people, then the west and Qinshu, the east and Henan and Guangdong, can be passed on. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! From the Han Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty, there have been many changes in the world! Divide and merge generations, the original is indefinite. Jin chaos in Hu, Song died in Yuan, all classes are arrogant, and earn the alliance in Zhongxia; However, although the types are different, the likes and dislikes are the same, and they will not return to the old department for decades. There has never been a destruction of the crown of righteousness, the abandonment of the hair and blood of parents, the righteousness is very banditry, the official, human and animal, how innocent is Middle-earth? It has been humiliated for a long time, and even so! The emperor has his own truth, who belongs to the fruit of providence? The great task is exciting, and you can not be reluctant! This paragraph speaks of the plan in Xiao Yungui's heart, first consolidating the foundation of the south of the Yangtze River and setting the hearts of the newly created people. Cultivating my political principles, macronizing my scale, externally and Zhurong, and caring for the people internally, then Qin and Shu in the west, and Henan and Guangdong in the east, can be passed on, isn't it what Xiao Yungui is doing now?

Looking down further, "The rise of Fu Cao Mao, to create difficulties, must first include the heart of the universe, and then have the power to turn the dry and the kun." Knowing the people is precious, and winning the people is prosperous; Knowing the virtuous is a treasure, and seeking the virtuous will govern. Such as the grandeur of the Han Gaozu, such as the Ming Taizu's night of diligence. Once heaven and man should be in harmony and move with the times, the opportunity will come, and it is indescribable. This is to persuade the Taiping Army to recruit talents, to persuade the King of Heaven to have the mind of Han Gaozu and the diligence of Ming Taizu, Xiao Yungui secretly speculated that this manuscript of Qianjiang seemed to be written after the capture of Changsha, maybe Qianjiang originally wanted to join the Taiping Army, but when he arrived in Changsha, he saw the style of the King of Heaven and the King of the East, and took this manuscript back.

Xiao Yungui asked, "Sir, this manuscript seems to have been written before." ”

Qian Jiang seems to be quite proud of this manuscript: "It is precisely when the Taiping went to Changsha last year that he wrote this manuscript in the next year, but at that time, he was looking at the Taiping atmosphere and had a lot of foreign religions, so he was undecided in the game and failed to contribute." However, since the king of the West raised the army out of Changsha, he marched all the way east, Kewuchang, Jinling, and Wuzhong, which coincided with what he said below, so he only contributed this manuscript at this time. ”

Xiao Yungui suddenly realized that this Qianjiang was originally prepared with both hands, and he had thought of countermeasures for both the Taiping and Manchu Qing dynasties, just to see which side to take refuge in, so it seems that the mystery of Qianjiang's killing in history has a reasonable explanation. Qian Jiang must have written "Xingwang Ce" first and prepared to go to Wuchang to present it to the Heavenly King, but when Wuchang saw that the style of the Taiping Army at that time was completely to clear the three schools of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, he did not dare to enter the offering, and instead went to Jiangbei Camp, but this manuscript was not discarded. After offering the policy of making money, Qian Jiang was killed because of his great self-sustaining merits, and after Lei Yizhen killed someone, he naturally had to find an excuse, and after checking Qianjiang's things, he found this "Xingwang Ce", which is an important evidence of Qianjiang's rebellion, and naturally Qianjiang was charged with rebellion. This manuscript has also been handed down, and it was mistaken for Qian Jiang's offer to Hong Xiuquan, but in fact, he had not seen Hong Xiuquan at all, but he had just saved this kind of plan before. (To be continued......)