The tenth day of August in the fourth year of Xianfeng, Wuhu County, Anhui Province. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

At this time, it was already the third watch in the middle of the night, and a young man in his twenties with his head wrapped in a yellow cloth and wearing a yellow dragon robe and royal clothes was reading a letter carefully in the Wuhu County Yali, with a dead wind lamp and a cup of warm tea at hand. This young man has thick eyebrows and big eyes, the bridge of his nose is high, although he is young, but the corners of his eyes reveal a dignified majesty, scolding Fang Xuan's momentum, he silently read the letter in his hand, this is the secret letter written by the East King Military Division and the nine thousand years old in Tianjing City, he sat on the Taishi chair of Huanghuali wood, closed his eyes and thought about it carefully, and thought of what the spies from Jiujiang came to tell a few days ago: "The Qing Demon has been practicing water masters in Poyang Lake, and it is roughly estimated that there are 4,000 water masters!" After making up his mind, he picked up his pen and wrote down a line of words, reminding himself that he was going to do this tomorrow, and after finishing today's military affairs, the young man stretched his waist, stood up and raised his legs and walked out of the signing room. ”

This person is none other than Wing King Shi Dakai, "No need to be polite, you patrol by yourself, I'll take a walk and move your muscles." Shi Dakai didn't have the slightest, waved his hand, and paced around the yard by himself. The pro-soldiers did not dare to disobey the order and still patrolled.

In August, although Beijing is still a hot summer, but the Yangtze River is near, the night is already a little cool, the leaves of the osmanthus tree in the yard faintly have dew, Shi Dakai looked up at the half round of bright moon on the head, and a trace of floating clouds, and couldn't help but get a god.

Winged King, this is the title given to him by the Heavenly King when Yong'an was divided, the Winged One. Feathered Heavenly Empire, this is also the expectation of the King of Heaven and the King of the East to himself, the Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals are invincible in the south of the sky, but in Hubei, since the Battle of Wuchang, although the Kingdom of Heaven has captured Tianjing, but the fortune of this Kingdom of Heaven is really not good.

The Battle of Wuchang damaged the King of the West, and 40,000 troops died in the fire. This is the elite brought out by Jintian! After that, although it was smooth sailing and successively captured Anqing, Jiujiang, Wuhu, and then Tianjing, the Qing demons in Tianjing burned half of Tianjing City, and also built two large camps outside the city, one south and one north, to clamp Tianjing, which was just that, it is expected that the Qing demons in the camp did not dare to bark their teeth towards Tianjing, but the two of the Northern Expedition, Li Kaifang and Lin Fengxiang. But the whole army was wiped out in Henan, and no one fled back! The two men and horses of the Western Expedition were deadlocked for a while under the city of Anqing, and the soldiers went to Jiangxi and Anhui in two ways, but the results were not good, and Hu Yihuang was blocked in the city of Luzhou and it was difficult to advance half a step. At the end of last year, he quietly collected the flag and went to check outside the Luzhou Mansion in the starry night. But I had to helplessly find that this Luzhou Mansion was like a turtle shell, and no matter how sharp my teeth were, I couldn't bite it. Until hearing the news of the failure of the Northern Expedition, the two battalions in the south and north of the Qing Demon River thought that the counterattack was promising, and began to move, and the Dongwang military division gave an order, ordering the two armies of the Western Expedition to return to Tianjing to support, but they ordered themselves to be stationed in Wuhu. Now I have to lead the troops to try my skills", why is this difficult, now that the sailors have practiced a little, even if Anqing can't be attacked, watch me go upstream, and take the land of Jiangxi and Anhui Yangtze River! It just so happened that he broke his wrist with that Zeng Guofan.

Shi Da had already made up his mind, so he stopped pacing. Entered the bedroom, ready to rest, and looked at a few imperial poems sent down by the king, among which there was a sentence "each practice to be a mother for a long time". Shi Dakai suddenly thought, I heard that the fire attack plan of the Wuchang War was the idea of the concubine of the Qing Demon Emperor, it seems that it was also the father of this woman who transported 150,000 taels of silver in Luzhou Mansion, if this woman is really full of tricks, could it really be the reincarnation of Satan's wife to hinder the prosperity of my heavenly kingdom? Shi Dakai scoffed, how could he believe this kind of nonsense, it's just that some ignorant soldiers in the underground are arrogant, and the heavenly father and brother are here, and they are afraid of Satan's wife and a woman.

On August 11, Shi Dakai from Wuhu County led the water and land armies to launch simultaneously, the shouts shook the sky, on the 15th, Kechizhou Mansion, the Taiping Army spent a Mid-Autumn Festival in Chizhou Mansion, and continued to go south on the 16th, at this time Zeng Guofan, who was training water division in Poyang Lake, had already received the news, the whole army was on alert, and the water and land armies sent troops to Jiujiang, sitting at the mouth of the lake, and waiting for the battle.

On 17 August, a light boat came from the direction of Huangzhou. The scouts of the Hunan Army's naval division battalion in Poyang Lake hurriedly sent two small boats to intercept them.

"Stop! The barracks are important, no trespassing! ”

A man in his forties standing on the light boat remained silent, waved his hand and asked the companion on the side to send the name post, the scout took the name post, opened it and took a look, it read: "Brother Disheng is on top, Brother Lin Yi is headed", and there is a fold of white paper, a bright red seal on it, the scout knew that an important person was coming, and hurriedly saluted, "Adult, wait a minute, the small one will go to pass on the handsome." ”

The middle-aged man nodded and signaled that it was okay, a small boat turned around and went to the camp of the Hunan Army Navy to spread the news, and the other stayed behind, which was to accompany the visitors, and it also had the meaning of surveillance.

After half a sound, the gate of the sailor standing high on the shore of Poyang Lake was opened, and three cannons rang out, and a group of people came out of it, and a person stood on the shore and shouted loudly towards the flat boat coming from Huangzhou: "Runzhi, since you have arrived, why don't you go ashore?" Do you want to let your brother go into the water? ”

The middle-aged man hurriedly asked his relatives to dock with him, and when he got ashore, although he was wearing civilian clothes, he also hurriedly saluted: "Hu Linyi, the lowly political envoy of Hubei, is handsome!" ”

It turned out that this person was Hu Linyi.

Zeng Guofan helped Hu Linyi, held Hu Linyi's hand, and laughed, "Runzhi, Runzhi, I'm looking forward to you, come and come, you and I will enter the account together." ”

Hu Linyi saw that the gate was wide open, and the soldiers on both sides were mighty, and Zeng Guofan was about to pull himself into the barracks together, so he hurriedly broke free and said that he didn't dare to go with Zeng Guofan, "How dare you go with the marshal, the marshal first, the marshal first." ”

"Brother, brother, when I saw that it was your greeting, I knew that it was not the master who came to fight the autumn wind, but the charcoal in the snow! With such kindness, how can I not be courteous? You're welcome, you and I will go into camp together! After Zeng Guofan finished speaking, he clasped Hu Linyi's hand tightly, and without saying anything, the two entered the military tent together.

Hu Linyi was grateful, Zeng Guofan not only promoted himself, let himself jump from Guidong to Wuchang in one fell swoop to be the Hubei envoy, and immediately transferred to Hubei as the political envoy, and gave himself such dignity, and when he sat down in the main tent, Zeng Guofan introduced the generals in the tent one by one, Hu Linyi couldn't help but stand up, bowed his hand, and said to his own intentions: "The humble post came to bring 30,000 stone of grain and grass this time, which is the labor fund of the Hubei military and civilians to the marshal." Zeng Guofan was overjoyed, "good, good" "Humble post in Huangzhou trained 3,000 sailors, 5,000 regimental training, the marshal spread the Huguang, said that the rebellion and the westward march, the humble post led the regimental training to help the marshal, and now the regimental training has been in Jiujiang! ”

"Good!" Zeng Guofan stroked his palms and laughed, and nodded again and again, "Runzhi, Runzhi, you have sent a big gift to your brother, okay, last year, we blocked the rebellion in Jishui County, and now our army is in full swing, and we just happened to train the sailor again, just to see the quality of this rebel who dares to come west!" Zeng Guofan thought for a while, "Runzhi, your department is in Jiujiang, it just so happens that Jiujiang is empty, we can become a corner, echoing from east to west across the mouth of Poyang Lake, if it is a rebellion, it will inevitably make him in a dilemma." ”

"Yes, Marshal." The people in the tent will answer yes with a bang.

"I expect that Shi Dakai will not let Anqing go aside, fortunately there is Wang Jinxiu in Anqing, the old man does not have to bother to support Anqing, and he will take care of his own Jiangxi, but it is inevitable to delay some time, let's wait for work in Hukou and Shi Dakai to fight each other!"

Anqing hangs lonely on the riverside, the majestic city stands in front of Shi Dakai's eyes, as far as the eye can see, the land and water armies of the Taiping army will surround Anqing City, and it is really a bird that can't fly out.

Shi Dakai nodded to the herald, the herald waved the big red order flag a few times, layer by layer of orders, the artillery battalion of the Taiping army roared in turn, a burst of smoke under Anqing City, the feather arrow battalion also took turns to go into battle, towards the head of Anqing City, the whizzing arrow rain did not enter the smoke caused by the artillery, and I don't know if there was anything to shoot, after a while, the river wind blew the smoke away, and only some white spots were exposed on the wall of Anqing City, Shi Dakai was slightly unhappy, with a wave of his right hand, an order, and the siege began.

Since the battle of Wuchang of the Taiping Army, in addition to going down the river to break through Anqing for the first time, it has never stepped into the gate of Anqing. Upstairs rained down feather arrows, the Taiping army was shot to the ground one after another, the heavenly soldiers who were not damaged will continue to rush forward on the ladder, the cannon sound that sounded in connection with the two or three times did not care, one after another the ladder was erected, but there were one after another ladders were put down, it was the time when the city wall was in full swing, a gong sounded in the city of Anqing, and a big flag with red characters on the city was erected at the head of the city, and there was a big "king" word written on it, and there was a small character on the side, which was written "Minister of Qincha, Governor of Anhui" The words.

The Qing army at the head of the city cheered, and became more and more desperate to get up, and the Taiping army under the city saw the word "king" in the big fight, and the momentum couldn't help but be taken, and the offensive slowed down.

On the sailor ship of the Taiping Army, one of Shi Dakai's personal guards looked at the flag that was suddenly erected, and turned around and said: "King Yi, it is Wang Jinxiu, the governor of Anhui who is the Qing demon, who personally came out to supervise the war, and I am afraid that today's war will ......."

"That's it," Shi Dakai knew that Wang Jinxiu killed the head of the King of the West with a knife under Wuchang City, which gave a deep shadow to the hearts of many generals and soldiers, he waved his hand, "Mingjin retreats," how can Shi Dakai not hate, there are only three of the five kings of Shouyi left, and one is folded in the hand of the person in front of him, and he can't wait to slash this demon, but now the army's heart has declined, and no matter how bold he is, it will be fruitless. And in the coming day, I will settle the account with you. Shi Dakai made up his mind and ordered: "Go directly to Jiangxi by land and water, there is no need to waste time on the edge of the Yangtze River." ”

On August 18, Shi Da, the winged king of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, attacked Anqing to no avail, and marched westward against the current, connecting the two counties of Wangjiang and Pengze, with great momentum and Jiangxi shaking.

Emperor Xianfeng received Jiang Zhongyuan's report and threw it aside angrily, "Hate no one in Anhui!" I can't stop Shi Dakai, although Wang Jinxiu is old in military affairs, he only let Shi Dakai stay under Anqing City for a day, and now I can only look forward to Zeng Guofan giving me some good news! ”

Since Qi Junyu returned to his hometown due to illness, although Prince Gong is only walking on the military plane, he has become the actual foreman of the military aircraft minister, but now he is still outside the plug and has not yet returned, Peng Yunzhang is respected in the military aircraft, Peng Yunzhang thought for a while, relieved Emperor Xianfeng and said: "The emperor must not worry, Jiang Zhongyuan is guarding the Luzhou Mansion, and he has to beware of the twisting thieves on the front line of the Huai River, and it is very likely that he will have a decisive battle with the monk and the king in the future, and he is really not a doppelganger; Wang Jinxiu is used to fighting, Anqing is not lost, Jiangling is just around the corner, this is also his leading troops to become old, and he is just guarding against big folds. ”

"Okay, just order all parts of the country to stick to it, and draw up another decree to see it, don't stay Lu Jianying and Xiang Rong in Jiangnan and Jiangbei to eat dry rice, the purpose of asking them to build a big camp was to contain the rebellion, but now that the rebellion has gone west for the second time, what are they doing, be harsh, so as not to be used to being benevolent, and they won't kill people!"

"Oh, your majesty, Zeng Guofan's regimental training in Jiangxi is extremely good, last year also blocked the rebellion in Jishui County, and now in Poyang Lake Water Division, it must be worry-free, Hubei political envoy Hu Linyi has also sent troops to Jiangxi to support Zeng Guofan, please relax the emperor, this battle will be a big victory."

"These are not enough, the regimental exercises in various places have not been practiced well, only these few are enough, Jiang Zhongyuan, Hu Linyi, Zeng Guofan, Li Hongzhang. There are a few in Henan, which is good, but unfortunately the number of people is too small, and they can't take care of the east but not the west. Emperor Xianfeng walked around in the palace of nourishing the heart irritably, the little eunuch presented a hot towel to wipe his face, and Emperor Xianfeng picked it up and was about to wipe his face, but he was dizzy and sat down on the kang. The little eunuch on the side hurriedly stepped forward to support him, and the ministers of military aircraft, Peng Yunzhang, Ruilin, Du Han, and Mu Yin, also hurriedly knelt down, "Don't be angry, the Holy Communion is healthy." ”

The emperor wiped his sweat and felt better, and drank ginseng tea again to ease his nerves. "It's okay for me, it's just that I didn't sleep well last night, and the discussion of the Military Aircraft Department, those ministers are still usable, and I will not hesitate to reward them."

The ministers of military aircraft look at you look at me, and finally Du Han strengthened his courage, leaned over and said: "Hunan's Zuo Zongtang is good......

The voice did not fall. I only heard the emperor snort coldly, "This person was originally diligent, and I also gave him the position of Langzhong in the military department in the old years, but unfortunately it was very useless, Fan Xie, the chief soldier of Yongzhou Town, Hunan, went to Beijing to play, saying that Hunan Zuo Luo and his ilk were embarrassed, rampant, and insulted the officials of the imperial court, and I was about to ask him for guilt, how could I give him the right to military and political again!" ”

in Hubei. There is Hu Linyi in charge of government affairs; In Jiangxi, there was Zeng Guofan who fought against the Taiping army; In Hunan, there is Zuo Zongtang, the chief staff of Hunan Governor Luo Bingzhang, sitting in the formation. The three Hunan heroes echoed each other, supported each other, and formed a full momentum, constituting a favorable situation for the Hunan army to conquer the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. However, at the same time that Hu Linyi won a series of victories on the battlefield in Anhui, Zuo Zongtang, who was arrogant and pretentious, was involved in a surging political tide. Almost killed.

Zuo Zongtang is talented, sharp, unscrupulous, and excited. It can be "indulging in stride, and the weather is wonderful". After grasping the power of Hunan, he became even more arrogant, and even did not pay attention to Zeng Guofan, and even scolded Zeng Guofan every day. Zeng Guofan also has a grudge against Zuo Zongtang, and the two have always been quite disagreeable. Zuo Zongtang never liked Zeng Guofan's personality, so that people often scolded him. It is said that after Zuo Zongtang knew that Zeng Guofan washed the feet of his concubine every night, he gave him a couplet: "Dairu washes the feet of Mrs. Dairu", which is nothing more than trying to mock and ridicule him. The anxious Zuo Zongtang is not only so arrogant to Zeng Guofan, but also arrogant and disrespectful to Hu Linyi, a world friend.

Fan Xie once served as the chief soldier in Yongzhou, and this person had a very bad official reputation, and his main bad deeds were corruption and arrogance. His situation was reflected in the ears of Zuo Zongtang, who was in charge of the military affairs of a province in the province. Master Zuo has always been a straight man who is not fake, and when he heard this, he was furious and immediately suggested to Luo Bingzhang, the governor of Hunan, that Fan Xie be impeached. Luo Bingzhang immediately went to the impeachment of Fan Xie.

However, Fan Xie was a person with a background, and his official relationship with the governor of Huguang was extraordinary. Before Luo Bingzhang joined him, the official document had already folded to ensure that he was the governor of Hunan.

Zuo Zongtang knew that Fan Xie was an official person, but not only did he not turn rigidity into softness, but instead insulted Fan Xie even more.

In April of the fourth year of Xianfeng, Fan Xie went to the province to ask for training, and Luo Bingzhang asked him to go directly to the Zuo Mansion to wait for treatment. After Fan Xie arrived at Zuo's mansion, he saw that Zuo Zongtang just saluted and did not kneel down to ask for peace, Zuo Zongtang scolded him sharply and said: "When the military attache sees me, he has to ask for peace, how dare you be so lazy?" Please! Fan Xie replied: "How to please An is naturally constrained by the system of the imperial court, although my official position is light, I am also a second-class official of the imperial court, how can I kneel to a master!" Zuo was refuted, couldn't help but be annoyed and angry, and scolded: "Bastard, get out!" Fan Xie then used this as evidence to sue Zuo Zongtang to the emperor, saying that he was a "bad scene".

After Emperor Xianfeng recited, Long Yan was furious, and attached great importance to the word "bad curtain threatened", and his good impression of Zuo Zongtang disappeared, so he immediately ordered to investigate the matter, and sent the original performance to Hubei for trial, and instructed: "If Zuo Zongtang has illegal affairs, he can correct the law on the spot." "The case fell into the hands of the official document, and the official document was extraordinarily proud, how could there be any reason to let it go? Zuo Zongtang is usually flamboyant, jealous and hateful, offended many villains, and the officialdom has a lot of opinions about him, and the official document took the opportunity to collect these complaints and sort them out into bad deeds and report them to the imperial court, and finally contributed to Zuo Zongtang's capital crime.

Zuo Zongtang's life is on the verge of death!

When Hu Linyi heard this, he was anxious. Ji Gao, Ji Gao, how many times have I told you to stop being rash and scolding, and now I have poked out such a big man, what should you and I do? What about Hunan? The country can't live without Hunan for a day, and Hunan can't live without you for a day!

didn't have time to think about it, Hu Linyi wrote a letter to Guan Wen, begging Brother Guan Wen to raise his noble hand, Zuo Zongtang's rude things to be more tolerant, and so on. At that time, this case was not trivial, and the officials of the two lakes were silent and did not dare to express their stance rashly, and only Hu Linyi went to the soup for his friend. Although Hu Linyi and Guanwen had a good relationship at this time, and the two were commensurate with each other as brothers, and the fight was hot, but when they encountered substantive problems, the two still faced each other. In this matter, Guan Wen was resolute and did not back down, and after reading the letter, he sneered: "Hmph, can you come back to life with your Runzhi's words?" Zuo Zongtang is arrogant, and if he doesn't take my official in his eyes, he will never give up on this matter! Hu Linyi knew that he couldn't ask for it, and he didn't want to fight with the official text, so he looked for an exit from elsewhere, even if he mediated to the end, he had to rescue Zuo Zongtang. Soon, he came up with four methods, which were foolproof and fully guaranteed Zuo Zongtang's life.

Emperor Shangao is far away, and if he wants to sort out this matter, he must first go to the capital to take care of it and change the emperor's attitude towards Zuo Zongtang. Hu Linyi thought of Guo Songtao and Wang Minyun in Beijing, so he wrote to them overnight, instructing them to intercede with Su Shun, the emperor's most favored minister, and Pan Zuying, a trial bachelor, to rescue Zuo Zongtang.

Sushun collects talents from all over the world, and most of the "sons of Sumen" are Hunanese, and Hunan celebrities Guo Songtao and Wang Minyun are two of them. Guo Songtao was born in a landlord family in Xiangyin County, Hunan. Before entering Beijing, he once raised food for the Hunan army, purchased weapons, and was tired of running; After entering Beijing, he became the confidant of Sushun and Emperor Xianfeng, and gave advice to Emperor Xianfeng one after another. Wang Minyun, the word Renqiu, and the word Renfu. A native of Xiangtan, Hunan. Rich and knowledgeable, he was a famous literary scholar in the late Qing Dynasty, although he did not have a prominent official position, but he often haunted the big bureaucrats in the capital, and his speech was very weighty, and he won the appreciation of all officials, especially the trust of Su Shun, and the two were brothers of the opposite sex despite the disparity in status and age, which shows that the relationship between the two is extraordinary. Guo and Wang were able to gain a foothold by the emperor's side, which undoubtedly connected the direct contact between the Hunan department and the highest authorities.

"You kneel down," Emperor Xianfeng was still indignant, this official document was made by himself since Chang Dachun was reappointed as the governor of Sichuan, and it was naturally biased, "You kneel down, I have already called Zuo Zongtang's illegal affairs to Hubei to investigate, and it must soon be revealed." ”

"Wow."

On this day, after Wang Minyun received Hu Linyi's letter, he hurriedly rushed to Sushun's mansion to plot with Sushun. Su Shun knew Emperor Xianfeng's edict at this time, to severely punish Zuo Zongtang, and he had the intention to save Zuo Gong, but he couldn't make up his mind for a while.

Wang Minyun saw the clue and said tentatively: "Zuo Zongtang is very talented and upright, so he has offended many people. But he was an extremely important figure in the Hunan army. There was great support for the Hunan army in Hubei and Jiangxi. If the favor is given to the Hunan army, the Hunan family will be grateful! ”

Su Shun's heart was seen through by Wang Minyun, the power of the Hunan army is growing day by day, Su Shun is not as sincere and fearful as most of the Manchu magnates, "thinking about the heroes, to collect things", he wants to win over this force that can cover half the sky, and further consolidate his power.

"Zuo Zongtang is loyal to him. is really a talent who can carry my Qing Dynasty, if he has an accident, God will not tolerate it! I don't want to rescue him, but this case is very important, and if I am not careful, I will lose all my efforts and affect many people. With your strength and mine. It's hard to come back to life! ”

"But," Su Shun glanced at Wang Minyun, took another sip of tea, and continued, "I can try to intercede in front of the emperor, but my words can only work if someone sponsors me."

Wang Minyun hurriedly said: "Enxiang doesn't need to filter too much. The sponsor, I've already taken care of it! ”

"Oh, who is it?" Su Shun was very surprised.

"It's Pan Zuying, a scholar today!" Wang Minyun replied loudly. Pan Zuying was a very famous Tanhua at that time, and he was a great talent of the Hanlin Academy, and the emperor liked the articles he wrote very much. instigated him to write a song to sparsely sponsor, and Emperor Xianfeng was more acceptable.

It's night, Pan.

At that time, Guo Songtao paid a generous visit to Pan Zuying and said to him very earnestly: "Zuo Zongtang is the person who stands on the pillar of the sky in Hunan, and he is also a big man relied on by the Hunan army. has always been outspoken and fast-talking, and he will not be false and wronged, but he didn't expect that he was now framed and plotted, and rescuing him was what everyone expected. Mr. is more talented than immortals, deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and is especially cherished by today's saints. I also asked Mr. to take the trouble to sponsor Zuo Gong, and Zuo Gong's life was a haircut. It's all in your hands, sir. If Zuo Gong is not there, Hunan will no longer be able to hold it, and the long hair will be overturned, and the situation in the southeast will also change because of him. Daqing rivers and mountains are in danger! ”

Pan Zuying was deeply touched by Guo Songtao's heartfelt words, he was a person who knew the general situation, and hurriedly replied: "Brother Guo is too polite, Brother Guo understands righteousness, and Pan admires it very much." I have heard about Zuo Gong's affairs, and I wanted to help for a long time! Now that he has won the trust of Brother Guo and sponsored Zuo Gong, Pan is duty-bound! Immediately took the paper and took the pen, splashed the ink, and sprinkled it to the emperor and said: "Luo Bingzhang has a good plan, and Zuo Zongtang is really planning to win, and the world will see it." And for a long time in my Shengming Cave Jian also. …… It is a country that cannot live without Hunan for a day, and Hunan cannot be without a sect for a day. Zongtang is a man, negative and upright, and jealous and hateful. Hunan is an unscrupulous member, thinking of slander, for a long time. The governor of Huguang was confused by the floating rumors, and there was inevitably a place to criticize the roots. As soon as the sect is registered, it is insignificant to go and stay. And Chu Nan has a lot to do with it, so he has to cherish this talent for the country. ”

Pan Zuyin went up three times, and the case quickly improved. Almost at the same time, officials from Hunan and Beijing flew in one after another. Luo Bingzhang folded his grievances; Zeng Guofan stated that Zuo Gong was "just bright and hard-working, and Xiaochang was ...... soldiers"; Hu Linyi also clarified the facts for Zuo Zongtang at this time, strongly recommended Zuo Zongtang, and confessed for his friend, which was Hu Linyi's second way to rescue Zuo Gong.

After Xianfeng recited, he was very moved. Sure enough, after watching the recital one day, Xianfeng said to the queen beside him: "Zuo Zongtang is really capable, if there are many things today, this kind of talent should be given a chance." Xingzhen had long known about Zuo Zongtang, and she had the heart to pull it up, so she said with a smile: "The concubine also heard that Zuo Gong praised the military strategy in the curtain of Luo Bingzhang, the governor of Hunan, and achieved remarkable results, and supported the Hunan army to fight in the north and south with the power of a province. The saint is wise, such a rare talent, he should cherish it. Xianfeng thought so, nodded and said: "I think that the official statement may be untrue, so let's send the imperial history to investigate." Xingzhen smiled and nodded, and glanced at Xiao Anzi who was waiting on the side, Xiao Anzi understood and went out quietly.

After a while, Ruyi came in and said, "Lord Sushun asks to see." ”

Xingzhen stood up, shook the veil and saluted, "The concubine went back to see if the eldest brother was awake, and the concubine retired." ”

"Well, you go, tell the imperial dining room to put dinner in a frank place, and let's have dinner in front of those koi."

"Yes, do you want to announce the arrival of those sisters?"

The emperor thought for a while, "Just call Concubine Li, the noble Tsubaki, there are many people and it is hot." ”

"Yes."

Xingzhen walked out of the Qinzheng Palace, and saw Su Shun waiting in front of the stage, Su Shun bowed his head and saluted to say goodbye, Xingzhen did not dare to take this enemy in the Xianfeng Dynasty lightly, and hurriedly chuckled: "No need to be polite, Lord Su Shun hurry up and go in, the emperor is waiting for you." ”

Xingzhen walked to Tantan and looked at the carp - this place was closer to the palace gate, picked a clump of golden cinnamon to amuse the jumping koi, while watching the little eunuchs set up the table for dinner, after half an hour, Xiao Anzi came out from behind a few camphor trees in the south, smiled and made a thousand, Xingzhen said: "The matter has spread?" ”

"Back to Niangniang's words, it spread out, and I happened to see Guo Songtao next to the sedan chair man waiting outside, I beckoned him over and said what the emperor said in the Palace of Raising Hearts."

"Very good," I'm sorry, I robbed you of your idea again, Sushun. Xingzhen showed a smug smile.

Su Shun said about Zuo Zongtang, and Wen Zong said: The queen has already said about this matter, and she will go to investigate it before the imperial history. Su Shun was speechless. ”

——"The History of the National Dynasty"