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Hong Kong Hill Island stands tall and if it is connected to the mainland, undulating mountains and cliffs, stretching from the Victoria Shan in the west of the island to the Parker Hill in the east of the island, like a jade screen across the island. The Xiangjiang River is surrounded by clear water, and the coconut grove and bamboo trees are swaying...... The deep water bay where the iron anchor long rope cannot be explored to the end, the sea and the sky are connected and the deep and dark blue; The surging Repulse Bay of Jinsha and the blue sea has been a treasure of feng shui for fishing and pearl diving for generations. Thousands of sails docked in the harbor and rushing to the sea, how many silk porcelain, Guanxiang, pearl and jade were shipped out from here, and how much gold and silver, foreign goods, and foreign medicines were brought back, no one can tell.

Poppies and leaves have been seen, what a beautiful flower! He couldn't figure it out, it was this kind of flower that defeated the brilliant "Celestial Empire" that "cared for all directions" and took away Hong Kong, which had lived for generations.

On the British "Intrepid", on the side of the ship, there stood a gray-haired official, obsessively looking at Hong Kong Island, and in addition to a few relatives in horse coats, there was a circle of British soldiers with red hats, surrounding the Chinese official, half of them for protection, half for surveillance.

This Chinese official was none other than Ye Mingchen, the former governor of Liangguang and a scholar of Tirenge University, who had been in Guangzhou for a long time and had not been able to take a look at Hong Kong Island.

"It's a great place, but it's a pity that it's taken by the British." Ye Mingchen was silent for a long time, Hong Kong and Macau are different, they were cut out by treaty in the hands of the first emperor, the first time to cut the land, the first time to pay compensation, at that time Ye Mingchen had not yet arrived in Guangdong to take office, but he was already working in the Beijing Hanlin Academy, at that time he was still a hot-blooded young man in his early twenties, and his brain was hot and asked for a tough foreign state, so that he was fined, but since then he has been famous all over the world. The first emperor also greatly appreciated his writing, becoming a governor at the age of 38, a governor at the age of 43, and an official residence at the age of 46. More than 20 years have passed in a trance. I came to the place where I made my career again.

What made you the sleek and sophisticated person you are today?

A relative on the side was an old family member brought out by Ye Mingchen from Lishui's hometown, called Lan Zhong, who seemed to have gotten new news from somewhere, and he became resolute with a sad face. walked to Ye Mingchen's side, "Master, the captain of the foreigner said that he would take us to India." ”

"India? That's not a good place! Another retinue named Hu Fu on the side was taken aback, "Where the weather is extremely hot—just look at the Asan in the cabin!" ”

Lan Zhong ignored Hu Fu's words, and just stared at his master with his eyes, "Master, if you go to India, you really have no way to live." Lan Zhong saw that Ye Mingchen did not react, and gritted his teeth. Regardless of the position of master and servant, he walked side by side with Ye Mingchen, and pointed to the turbulent Ling Ding Yang outside the side of the ship, "My lord! ”

Hu Fu saw Lan Zhong's gesture, he was shocked, and was about to step forward to stop the two, Ye Mingchen waved his hand, asked Hu Fu not to move, turned his head to Lan Zhong and said, "Old Lan." I know what you mean, but now is not the time," Ye Mingchen turned around and was about to walk into the cabin, when the commander of the British Dreadnought who came over took off his hat and saluted Ye Mingchen. Ye Mingchen also took off his official hat and saluted back, "If the British want to take me to India, then the old man will go to India, go to India and then go to England, and the official will show to the Queen of England!" ”

Lan Zhong stayed in the local area, stupidly watching Ye Mingchen's departing figure. Hu Fu and a few relatives surrounded him and said, "Lao Lan, you are crazy, pointing to the sea, what do you want to ask the adults to do!"

"That is, if the adults have three long and two short, what should we do with the people

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"Don't talk about it!" Lan Zhong shouted loudly to shut up his entourage, Lan Zhong gritted his teeth, "Since my lord is going to England, of course we have to follow with all our might!" Hu Fu, how much money do we have? No matter how much, go to Hong Kong Island to buy rice and noodles! As you can see, adults don't eat foreigners' food! This is thousands of miles away from the UK, and you must not cut off food! ”

Hu Fu and the others didn't have time to continue scolding Lan Zhong, so they hurriedly scraped together the money on their bodies, and begged for an interpreter, and when the Intrepid docked on Hong Kong Island, they explained to the British to get off the ship to buy food.

The Qing court fancied that it relied on the governor of Guangdong, Bai Gui, and the general of Guangzhou, Mu Kedenne, to turn the tide, appointed Bai Gui as the temporary governor of Liangguang, and instructed "Bai Gui and others to contact the gentry and the people, arouse their public anger, make them hate the same enemy, expel the Yiyi from the inland river, and then reason with them." The general's acting governor and others must not lose too rigidity in handling this matter, and if Ye Mingchen's agitation becomes an incident, it must not be too soft, causing the ...... of the heart of the despised China." Messages like these flew to Canton one after another. Emperor Xianfeng didn't know that Bai Gui, Mukdenne and others had already bowed down to the orders of the British and French forces, and they were wishful thinking to give orders, which was extremely ridiculous. In the end, Emperor Xianfeng woke up, "Now Baigui and others can neither withdraw from the city, lead the troops to a decisive battle, but also do not think of motivating the gentry, cheering and begging, taking their own sleep, no measures, their fear and incompetence, and accidents", and can only show helpless emotions.

At the beginning of February of the eighth year of Xianfeng, Bai Gui, the acting governor of Liangguang, and Mukdenne, the general of Guangzhou, joined the so-called "Allied Army Security Committee" organized by the British as members. Luo Shilang, the former household department, played the imperial court a few months after the fall of Guangzhou, and initially depicted the "gang rape map" in Guangdong at that time. "Jiang Guolin, the temporary governor, is greedy and skillful, loses the treasury items, does not know the fear, and is like the first rat at both ends, every Monday every month, leading all officials to meet with the Yi people, and being bound by it"; "According to the inspector Cai Zhenwu, he flatters and panders to everyone...... He should be regarded as a big man, and he will crush the people with bullets"; "The Governor of the Agency, Bai Gui, has repeatedly issued notices to the businessmen and the people...... The public opinion did not tolerate Ye Mingchen, and ridiculed him for "not fighting, not making peace, not defending, not dying, not surrendering, not leaving, the ministers measured, and the ambitions of the Xinjiang ministers, which were not available in the past, and are rare today." In fact, it should be the above-mentioned traitors who should be whipped even more.

On the third day of the first month of February, the British and French troops who had conquered Guangzhou for several months finally left the city of Guangzhou, left the newly appointed governor of Liangguang, Huang Zonghan, and went north along the coastline. In the view of Ye Mingchen, who experienced the British blockade of the mouth of the Yangtze River and the blockade of Cao Yun during the Daoguang period, and forced the imperial court to submit, China's national situation has reached the time of danger again. (To be continued.) )

PS: Zuo Zongtang has suppressed bandits all his life, suppressed chaos, collected Xinjiang, opened up foreign affairs, made high achievements in a hundred battles, and had outstanding insights. Later, at the age of seventy, he joined the military aircraft and always dared to compete with courtiers. Zuo Zongtang is a native of Xiangyin, Hunan, Hunan people are hard-working, stubborn and straightforward, tenacious and unyielding, often called "Hunan mule" by people from other provinces, Zuo Zongtang is a typical representative of Hunan mule. Because of his stubbornness, the courtiers gave him the nickname Left Mule.