In the Dongnuan Pavilion of Qianqing Palace, everyone was in a hurry, rubbing their chests and beating their backs, and finally saved Xianfeng. After taking a breath, Xianfeng leaned on the embroidered yellow pillow and gasped, and served ginseng tea left and right, and he took a few sips before he gasped and condensed.

At this time, the imperial doctor on duty arrived and asked Xianfeng for pulse, and the imperial doctor said: "The emperor's fainting is a rush of anger, and Weichen prescribes a dose of medicine to the emperor for a little recuperation, but please calm your heart and nourish your anger in the future, and don't be angry." ”

Xianfeng still couldn't help but be angry: "Ning Xin nourishes his qi, can I raise it?" One by one, the mediocre ministers, the empty consumption of military salaries and soldiers, but the thieves are getting more and more fierce, this will be good, and Changsha will be lost! Then he saw that everyone was silent, so he could only take a deep breath and say to the imperial doctor, the palace maids, and the eunuchs: "You go down first, you don't have to enter without being summoned." ”

When the imperial doctor and the others withdrew from the warm pavilion, Xianfeng's face was full of anger, and he threw down Shicai's share of the performance, looked at Qi Liaozao and Kuilin and asked coldly: "What do you say about this joint performance of Luo Huandian and Bao Qibao?" Didn't Sai Shang'a, Xiang Rong, and Xu Guangjin say that they had already set up an army in Hengzhou to block it? How could Changsha be lost? I can't bear to look at the unsightly words in it, you can talk about it carefully. ”

Qi Liaozao and Kui Lin glanced at each other, Kui Lin only entered the military aircraft in May, and he didn't dare to answer first with Qi Liaozao in front, not to mention that Xianfeng was angry now, he didn't dare to touch this moldy head, if he didn't play it properly, he was afraid that the board would hit his head, and Kui Lin just shrank slightly, intending to let Qi Liaozao answer first.

Qi Liaozao's old face was full of tiredness, today it is his turn to be on duty with Kui Lin in the military aircraft department, since the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom rebellion, the military aircraft department has been on duty in shifts, Sai Shang'a, who is the chief military aircraft minister, has already left Beijing to Guangxi to suppress the long-haired thief, and everyone in the military aircraft department has acquiesced to the oldest and most senior Qi Liaozao as the chief military aircraft minister.

I saw him clasp his hands together, kneeling tremblingly, and the old voice said in a trembling voice: "Back to the emperor, it was the long-haired thief who attacked Changsha and the subordinate of the pseudo-king of the West. On August 26, the puppet king of the West broke through from Chenzhou and left from Chenzhou, Lianke Yongxing, Anren, Youxian, Chaling, Liling and other places, colluded with local Tiandihui bandits, gathered tens of thousands of horses and horses to attack Changsha quickly. Although Changsha City has been repaired by Luo Huandian, Luo Bingzhang and others, the city defense has not yet been repaired, and Luo Huandian has not been able to recruit the township Yongcheng army for a long time. The long-haired thief quickly covered Changsha, the defenders of the city were not prepared, the thieves occupied the high ground south of the city and bombarded it with artillery fire, and the generals in the city resisted desperately, but the thieves were huge, so they did not retreat. In this battle, Xi'an Town General Fucheng, Deputy General Yin Peili, Yuanzhou Association Deputy General Zhu Han died on the battlefield, more than 2,000 Shaanxi soldiers, Changsha Green Battalion soldiers, Liuyang Township Yong more than 3,000 people were sacrificed by the country, Governor Luo Bingzhang, the political envoy Weng Tongjue stayed in the city to burn grain and grass and live and die with the city, now life and death are unknown, the assistant minister Luo Huandian, Admiral Bao Qibao led the remnants of the army to withdraw from the city, and blocked the dangerous terrain outside the city, Xu Tu re-entered to restore the provincial capital ......"

Xianfeng patiently listened to Qi Liaozao's repetition, this Luo Raodian and Bao Qibao's recital is quite exaggerated in the thief's exculpation, and the words used in the compromises are quite mysterious, such as occupying the high ground in the south of the city to bombard the section, the Taiping army did occupy the south of the city Tianxin Pavilion to bombard the city, but in this recital only said that the high ground in the south of the city, and did not mention whether it was in the city or outside the city, so there are two contexts. In later generations, Zeng Guofan was defeated by the Taiping Army, and he also played this kind of word game when he played the fold, and he originally said that the repeated defeats were changed to repeated defeats after being pointed out by Zuo Zongtang, and the artistic conception changed dramatically. …,

Sure enough, after listening to this, Xianfeng's tense face eased slightly, but he still refused to forgive, and snorted heavily: "The dignified provincial government has fallen into the hands of thieves, how should I explain to the people of the world?" What do they say, Sai Shang'a, Xu Guangjin, and Cheng Zhicai? ”

Qi Liaozao trembled and took out a few copies of the recital from the horse's hoof sleeve and presented it: "The three of them are here, the emperor is furious, and the old minister does not dare to pay respect." ”

Xianfeng looked at the fold in disgust and didn't take it, frowned and said: "Let's pick it up, these pleas are nothing more than exonerating themselves, I'm tired of seeing it." ”

At the moment, Qi Liaozao roughly said the twists and turns of Sai Shang A, Xu Guangjin, and Cheng Zhicai, and Sai Shang A said that before the fall of Changsha, he had already warned Changsha, but he and Xiang Rong and other brigades that would besiege the long-haired thieves in Hengzhou could not chase after the long-haired ones who broke through, and they did not dare to withdraw from the siege, but they had already divided the Hebei Town General Wang Jialin and Chuxiong Association Deputy General Deng Shaoliang to lead 3,000 troops to pursue. Xu Guangjin said that he was still cleaning up the mess in Guangxi, the remnants of the long-haired thieves were basically cleared, and the orthodox soldiers went north to attack Chenzhou, but the whip was beyond reach. Cheng Caicai was dismissed from the post of governor of Huguang and was waiting for Xu Guangjin to come and take over, but because of the rampant thieves, he had already arrived in Yuezhou to transfer Hubei troops to prepare to go south to block the defense, and the reinforcements who rushed to Changsha only arrived in Xiangyin and heard that Changsha had fallen.

After Qi Liaozao finished speaking, Xianfeng slowly closed his eyes, knocked on his head with his fist, and said bitterly: "Sure enough, they all have a ladder over the wall." ”

Qi Liaozao couldn't help but say: "Your Majesty, what the three adults said is also the truth, this time the long-haired thief is indeed bold in using troops, thousands of men and horses dare to attack a provincial office, just a fluke, as long as the imperial court calmly mobilizes a large army to surround and annihilate it, it will be able to recover Changsha." ”

Xianfeng suddenly opened his eyes and scolded angrily: "You are confused! What does it mean to be lucky? The loss of the teacher, the loss of the Hunan provincial capital, and the shaking of the world, can the four characters be fooled by luck? What do people in the world still think of me? ”

Qi Liaozao and Kui Lin were startled, and hurriedly kowtowed, Xianfeng got up and put on his boots, walked a few steps back and forth, and then stood up and said angrily: "Leave Sai Shang'a dismissed on the spot and return it to the capital, and let the military department and the criminal department be reconsidered!" Xu Guangjin was demoted to three levels to stay in office, deprived of his eyes, fined him for three years, and told him that if he made another mistake, Saishana would be his role model! Cheng Yucai was dismissed from his post and asked, and he was sent to Beijing to be handed over to the Criminal Department for reconsideration! ”

Qi Liaozao and Kui Lin glanced at each other, Qi Liaozao straightened up slightly and knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, is this, this too harsh, since ancient times, the Holy Monarch has been lenient with people, this, this ......" Speaking of this, he didn't know how to phrase it.

Xianfeng was furious, and suddenly slapped a few dwarfs and said: "Qi Liaozao!" You dare to speak out in front of me, do you still have a trace of the opinion of the monarch and the minister? What are you guilty of roaring and bowing like this?! ”

Qi Liaozao stood up with tears in his eyes and cried: "Your Majesty, since ancient times, those who have the same desire will win, and you must not be harsh on ......the law."

Xianfeng suddenly interrupted him and shouted: "I punished a few minions, and you obstructed a lot, do you really dare not kill people?" ”

Qi Liaozao was already confused, but he couldn't stop kowtowing, Kui Lin saw that the momentum was not right, and hurriedly played: "Your Majesty, what Qi Zhongtang said is from the bottom of his heart, at this moment, it is still necessary to stimulate the morale of the army, and it is not possible to impose severe punishments. ”

Xianfeng slowly sat back on the couch, and after a moment of silence, he shook his head weakly and said, "Probably, tomorrow's military aircraft department will hand over a few twists and turns to the court for discussion." ”

Qi Liaozao trembled and wiped the sweat on his forehead, and said slowly: "Your Majesty, the old minister still has something to say." ”…,

Xianfeng waved his hand to signal him to continue, Qi Liaozao said calmly: "The emperor is ordered by the sky, the virtue in the world, and the influence of all the people in the chest, now the thieves are rampant, poisoning dozens of states and counties in the two provinces, and coercing ants to gather the people to do evil, but the land of Guangxi is remote, and the emperor has not been able to taste the emperor's holy virtues. ”

Speaking of this, Kui Lin was taken aback, what happened to Qi Liaozao, he dared to let the emperor make an edict against himself? Doesn't that make the emperor admit his mistakes?

Xianfeng was really furious when he heard this, stood up and pointed at Qi Liaozao but didn't know what to say about him for a while, Qi Liaozao was not afraid, but said with tears in his eyes: "The kings of all dynasties have issued such edicts, and Emperor Shizu, Emperor Gaozong, and Emperor Renzong have also issued this edict. At this time, if the emperor can issue this edict, it can make the subjects of the world feel the emperor's holy virtue and clean up people's hearts for their own use, which is also a move to convince people with virtue. The old minister is already old, and he doesn't know how long he will be able to serve the emperor, but at this time, he is heartfelt, and there is no disrespect. ”

Xianfeng also sighed a little, stretched out his hand to help Qi Liaozao up, and said slowly: "Okay, I will issue an edict against myself, and this edict will be drafted by you Qi Liaozao." ”

I saw Qi Liaozao kneeling down and kowtowing again, and said with tears in his eyes: "The old minister must do his best to prepare an edict and submit it to the emperor, so that the emperor's kindness will spread the world." ”

Kui Lin couldn't help but shudder, after all, this edict is different from ordinary edicts, it has been drafted, the emperor rewards you, something happened, only you ask, the most difficult edict to grasp, Qi Liaozao actually took the initiative to admonish, and took this matter, which shows that he is loyal to the king but has no selfish intentions, and he can't help but admire Qi Liaozao even more.

Then Xianfeng asked about the pension for the fallen officers and soldiers in this battle, Qi Liaozao and Kui Lin also thought about it, and planned to reward the fallen soldiers with a heavy pension to boost the morale of the army. ”

Qi Liaozao and Kui Lin glanced at each other, secretly thinking that even if Luo Bingzhang and Weng Tongjue were still alive, when they knew Xianfeng's will, they would only have to commit suicide.

Zuihou Kuilin said that tomorrow there will be the orphans of the Wula Guerjia clan into the palace to thank the matter, at the beginning of the year is the white flag Wula Guerjia clan Changrui, longevity two brothers died in the battle of Longliao Ling, the father of the two brothers Tasha was also killed in the battle to pacify the bandits, father and brother and son were killed in the king is to show a loyal martyr, Changrui, longevity two sons are in the shade, recently has passed the period of 100 days of filial piety, the court reward arrived, according to the routine Changrui longevity son to enter the palace to thank the Holy Grace.

Xianfeng pondered for a moment and said: "Tomorrow, the two orphans will be introduced into the palace, and I will personally comfort them, the Wula Guerjia clan is a loyal martyr, and it is necessary to comfort them well and set an example for the generals of the world." ”