Seeing that Xiao Yungui was furious, he made a lot of nonsense in his mouth, and even Jiang Zhongyuan didn't pay attention to it, Hong Yun'er said slowly: "Now is the troubled times, the troubled times are already full of betrayal and unfaithfulness, as the commander of the army, you must not be rash, you must still be soft when you should be soft, even if our troops can compete with the Tianjing side at the moment, we can't be the first bird." If the Qing court thinks that our threat is greater than that of Tianjing, and first wants to exterminate us, then we will be miserable. ”

Xiao Yungui sat down sullenly, supported his chin with one hand and thought about it, Hong Yun'er walked up to him, poured him a cup of coffee and said: "At present, I only know that Jiang Zhongyuan led troops to the rescue, and the Jiangbei camp has not received the news yet, if Fujian and Guangdong still have Qing army reinforcements arrive, no matter how strong our soldiers and horses in the West Hall are, it will be difficult to defeat them with two fists." ”

Xiao Yungui frowned and said, "Then what should I do?" ”

Hong Yun'er smiled slightly, leaned over and sat on the armrest of the sofa, leaned lightly beside Xiao Yungui and said: "I think we might as well learn from Han Gaozu and Ming Taizu, the story of the overlord of Western Chu and the king of Han must also be clear to you, in order to avoid the overlord of Chu, the king of Han would rather hide in Shuzhong, and even burned the plank road." Ming Taizu was not the strongest among the many righteous armies, but he built high walls, accumulated grain, and slowly became king, so that the spearhead of the Mongolian iron cavalry was not directly aimed at him, and when the time came, Ming Taizu sent troops to the Northern Expedition, and the world was determined in one fell swoop. This shows that we must be dormant in the early stage, and we would rather endure the anger of the moment and prepare for the future to spread our wings and fly high. ”

Xiao Yungui suddenly said for a moment: "We have let Nanjing out, isn't this enough?" ”

Hong Yun'er said slowly: "Nanjing let it out, in exchange for only the fact that Tianjing did not make things difficult for our West Palace, but after all, the West Palace has soldiers in hand, and if I am the King of Heaven and the King of the East, I will also want to use the hands of the Qing army to weaken the West Palace." With Yang Xiuqing's wrist. He will definitely do it. ”

Xiao Yungui snorted heavily: "Then what else should I do?" ”

Hong Yun'er gritted her silver teeth and said: "The two of us have to go back to Tianjing, and tell the Heavenly King and the Eastern King Chen in person, in exchange for Tianjing sending troops to contain the Qing army in other places, if the Qing army from other places swarm to southern Jiangsu, we must lose the battle." ”

Xiao Yungui said angrily: "I won't go back to Tianjing, Lao Tzu finally left those two gods, I won't go back and beg them." ”

Hong Yun'er frowned and said: "You still don't understand after I said it for a long time, even if you know that after going back to persuade you, Tianjing will still refuse to send troops, and we have to go back." We went back as a gesture, so that the other princes and generals of Tianjing, the soldiers and the common people could see clearly what they had gained from the desperate war outside the West Palace, opening up the territory and expanding the territory of the Kingdom of Heaven. Only the child who can scream has milk to eat, and this dumb loss we can't swallow it because of our will! ”

Xiao Yungui understood a little. Touching his chin, he said, "I kind of understand." Since they want to borrow a knife to kill people, then we will make a disaster, Zuihou forced them to send troops, it is best to say that Tianjing launched a northern expedition to attract the attention of the Qing army. Then he said with some worry: "What if the two of us go back and they detain us?" ”

Hong Yun'er pursed her lips and said, "This is indeed a difficult problem. We had to go to the periphery of Suzhou to discuss a foolproof plan with Mr. Zuo. ”

As he spoke, another military report arrived, this time it was the news sent by Bai Zetang Tong Qiangsheng from Zhenjiang, Xiao Yungui hurriedly looked at the letter. His brows furrowed even deeper, and after reading it, he handed the letter to Hong Yun'er and sighed: "The Qing army in Jiangbei has moved, and more than 8,000 people from the Hechun Department set off from Yangzhou this morning and came to Taizhou. ”

Hong Yun'er took the letter and read it, Xiao Yungui walked around with his hands in his hands, and said irritably: "Li Xiucheng's soldiers and horses are estimated to have also arrived in Wuxi, I thought that the soldiers and horses of the Jiangbei battalion should cross to the south to help, I can let Li Xiucheng's soldiers and horses rush to Shanghai, and I will definitely be able to swallow He Chuntong Guangdong Sailor in one bite." But I didn't expect that a table of wine was set up, but two groups of guests came, which was difficult to do. ”

Hong Yun'er frowned and said, "What are you going to do?" It's impossible not to face it today. ”

Xiao Yungui groaned: "Now we have more than 7,000 soldiers and horses on the periphery of Shanghai, plus more than 6,000 people in the Qingpu New Army, and the 8,000 people who fought against Hechun and the Guangdong Navy Division should not fall at the lower peak, I plan to send Li Xiucheng south to Hangzhou, and fight with Lin Fengxiang, Li Kaifang, Jiang Zhongyuan, and Xiang Rong." Then draw some troops from Zhenjiang, Wuxi and other places to end the battle of Suzhou as soon as possible, so that we can draw more troops to deal with the Qing army. ”

Hong Yun'er nodded and said: "That's true, but Suzhou has a fierce general Zhang Guoliang and Jiangsu Governor Xu Naizhao personally guarded, the original Qing army in the city more than 8,000 people, Zhang Guoliang brought in 4,000 veterans, plus Xu Naizhao recruited in the city, how can there be more than 20,000 troops in the city, and there are only more than 36,000 soldiers and horses attacking Suzhou, which still can't form an absolute advantage." ”

Xiao Yungui touched his chin and said: "In recent days, there have been a lot of foreign guns and foreign cannons purchased in Shanghai, I plan to buy more, Wilbur contacted a few British and American businessmen, and they have a few Brunfield Navy six-pounder cannons in their hands, this kind of cannon is direct fire (the cannon body is in a horizontal state), and the shells hit the ground at a distance of about 300 yards." If the firing angle is increased, the firing range can reach 3,000 to 4,000 yards, and although the hit rate at such a distance is extremely low, only one shot of six or eight rounds hits the target, but I think these guns are more than enough to bombard the city wall of Suzhou. As long as you buy more shells, Lao Tzu doesn't believe that you can't open the city wall of Suzhou! ”

Hong Yun'er stuck out her tongue and smiled: "This Wilbur really has a way, and the navy's heavy artillery can also be obtained, I don't know which country's warship the artillery was dismantled?" ”

Xiao Yungui smiled faintly and said: "Those cruisers of the great powers have dozens of artillery pieces on them, and some armed merchant ships also have this kind of artillery equipment, as long as they have money, even if they dig three feet into the ground, they will find it and sell it to us." ”

Hong Yun'er pursed her lips and said with a smile: "The ministers of several countries have not come to see us yet, but the merchants of various countries have started to do business with me first. ”

Xiao Yungui smiled and said: "This is called raw rice cooked and matured, and you can't admit it if you want to." The Qing army in Shanghai City did not have much cash and silver transactions, and the loans guaranteed by customs duties were not reliable, so these merchants still preferred to do cash and silver transactions with us. ”

Hong Yun'er frowned when she heard this and said: "Speaking of this cash silver transaction, these foreigners actually don't have a good heart, most of the countries such as Britain, the United States and France implement the gold standard monetary system. Supplemented by a portion of the silver standard currency. Most of the silver we trade with is official silver, which is made by foreigners, and then they sell it to Spain or the newly rising Mexico, which re-mints silver coins and then use these silver coins to buy goods in our country. Although there are many types of silver that flowed into China after the middle of the Qing Dynasty, mainly silver dollars, the main ones were American silver, that is, the Benyang in the early period and the Yingyang in the later period. The so-called Benyang, that is, the Spanish silver dollar. It is a silver round minted by Spain in Mexico, also known as the Buddha's head silver dollar, with the head of the king of Spain cast on it. It was the first foreign silver dollar to circulate widely in China. At first, it was used in the coastal areas of Fujian and Guangdong, also known as "Fanyin" or "lace silver", with a fineness of 902.78‰. The minting ceased after Mexico's independence in 1821. It has caused the price of foreign countries to rise wildly in China. ”

"In the nineteenth year of Jiaqing, Su Leng, the left waiter of the household department at that time, said in the compromise. In recent years. In fact, some Yi merchants bribed even foreign merchants, and smuggled silver taels from the mainland in the name of protecting the return of Yi soldiers, which amounted to hundreds of thousands of taels every year. And the foreign low tide silver two, to make foreign money, also known as cakes. Also known as lace, each weighs seven cents and three cents. At the beginning, it was brought into the interior, and the color was easy to change the pattern silver, and the coastal fools. Private teaching and receiving, gradually becoming popular. In successive years, Liangguang, Chuhan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Fujian provinces have traveled freely. Yi Shang thought that strange goods could live and raise prices, except for not making up the color, each transfer was calculated as silver seven or eight cents. As for private trading, it is easy to use, and it is easy to calculate, so the transaction is half foreign money, and the mainland silver is two, which is difficult to transship, and there are too many foreign silver, so that the time is short. In Yi, the merchants have smuggled the silver and silver from the mainland out of the sea, and the low-tide foreign money has been transported in, entrenched at will, and deceived the merchants, not only has the prohibition of interference, but also benefits the Chinese people's livelihood, and is being encroached upon day by day. Merchants are often greedy for foreign money, and when goods are turned into last resorts, the surplus of customs tax is gradually shortened. If it is not strictly prohibited as soon as possible, it has a lot to do with the national curriculum and people's livelihood. After Hong Yun'er talked about a long period of old past, Xiao Yungui asked puzzledly, "What does this mean?" ”

Hong Yun'er sighed lightly and said, "The great powers have not only invaded us militarily, but they have also invaded us economically. In the nineteenth year of Jiaqing, the market price of Benyang in Guangdong was 723 wen per yuan for copper coins, and in Zhejiang, Jiangsu and other provinces, it could be worth 800 tens of wen. By 1850, it was about 1,300 to 1,400 copper coins that were exchanged for one dollar. Benyang has actually completely deviated from its actual value, and it is even more expensive than silver taels. The great powers obtained silver through opium trafficking, causing a shortage of silver in the country, and after the depreciation of copper prices, they invisibly made a large profit in the process of currency exchange. ”

Xiao Yungui understood a little, but he spread his hands helplessly and said, "But what can we do now?" ”

Hong Yun'er was stunned for a moment before saying: "We can't do anything at the moment, but we have a large amount of gold reserves left by Wu Sangui, and in order to smoothly carry out currency reform after we unify the country in the future, this gold cannot be used as a last resort." Historically, China changed to a silver and copper coin system in 1436 and abolished the silver standard in 1935. ”

Xiao Yungui muttered: "I understand this, I won't use that gold unless it is absolutely necessary, but if it really burns my eyebrows, I will also use it, I don't want to be like Wu Sangui, defeated and killed, but there is still such a large amount of treasure that has not been used." ”

Hong Yun'er smiled and said: "Your words are really like the sentence of later generations, the greatest sorrow of people is that people die, but the money is not spent." ”

While the two were talking and laughing, another messenger from Hangzhou's Lin Fengxiang Department arrived, Xiao Yungui frowned and said, "Don't be bad news anymore." As a result, he was hit by his crow's mouth, and his face turned blue when he looked at the letter, and he was speechless for a while.

Hong Yun'er took the letter and looked at it, and exclaimed: "More than 10,000 Fujian Qing troops led by Fujian Governor Li Tingyu have arrived in Ningbo?!" (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please go to read. )