3. Thousands of miles of wind and sand (5)
A person dressed in black with a bib on his head, unable to see clearly in the night, Nalan Fu personally took this person up the small building, his eyes showed a terrifying anger, the person who came seemed to be aware of Nalan Fu's anger, but he was silent, just followed behind, Nalan Fu went to the building, and said: "Queen Mother, Shi brought it." Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info”
The person who came just bowed, and there was no big courtesy, Nalan Fu looked at the anger and shouted in a low voice, "Before the Queen Mother drove, why don't you kneel!" ”
The Queen Mother sat on the throne, listened to Nalan Fu's attack, did not say a word, just looked at the person in front of her, who was extremely noble before, one of the six founding kings of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and the winged king of the world, Shi Dakai.
The person who came heard Nalan Fu have a seizure, stood for a moment, smiled bitterly, slowly knelt down, kowtowed, and did not say a word.
"All right, Naranford, you go down first," said the Queen Mother, "don't let the British see it." ”
The Queen Mother let Shi Dakai get up, although she had never seen Shi Dakai, but she also knew that the former Shi Dakai was heroic and heroic, invincible in the south of the Yangtze River, and was a first-class heroic boy in the Taiping Army, but now the middle-aged man with gray hair and a sad face in front of him does not seem to be very similar to the rumors.
"As soon as I entered the rivers and lakes to urge people to grow old, I never thought that the Wing King was already old," the Queen Mother said with a smile, "It's just that although I look old, I don't know the ambitions of the past, and I don't know how much is left under the passing of time?" ”
Shi Dakai replied stiffly, "Shi was captured from the Dadu River, and all his ambitions are gone, and from that day on, my heart has been dead, if it weren't for the lives of my brothers, and the thoughts of this young king, I would have wiped my neck and accompanied the king and his old man to heaven." ”
Gao Xinkui laughed silently, and the Queen Mother glanced at Gao Xinkui, "Lie," the Queen Mother pierced Shi Dakai's words, "If you want to die, you can die in the past, why do you want to keep your life until today?" Characters like you. I will never be troubled by my children's private affairs, what you are planning, don't think that I don't know, do you want to follow Jiang Wei's deception. In the land of Bashu, do you want to do the great cause of heaven again? ”
Shi Dakai fell to the ground silently, but his body trembled slightly, "No one is a fool, I put it in Myanmar in the past." is to leave you with a life, just by virtue of what the Taiping Army did in Jiangnan, if you stay in the country, it is a dead word, no one can save you, your loyal king, is loyal, for Hong Xiuquan to fight on the battlefield, but in the eyes of the imperial court, it is an out-and-out rebel rebellion. ”
"The Queen Mother is here. and secretly asked someone to pass on the decree and let Shi come here, wouldn't it be just to talk about these old sesame seeds and rotten grains? Shi Dakai sneered slightly, not wanting to refute, so he asked directly.
"I'm just reminding you that we are all understanding people, and we don't need to engage in such nonsense," the Queen Mother said, "If you invade the capital, the end I will never be better than you." Now that you are still alive, it is because of the kindness of this palace, and I still think that you brave warriors can play some role, so I put you in India. Giving money, guns, ammunition, and shipping from Burma all the way to India has kept you going, understand? ”
Shi Dakai finally leaned down, and his words revealed the meaning of softness. "Yes, what the Queen Mother means, Shi, Chen Yucheng, and Li Xiucheng understand."
"It's good to understand, get up," the Queen Mother was very satisfied, "Now you have made a lot of trouble in India, and the British are also very jealous, this can establish a country, you have a thought, you must be able to stay here with peace of mind, although this place is hot, but it must be very imaginary with the weather in your hometown in Guangxi, and the soldiers can live here with peace of mind." ”
"Homesickness may be forgotten, but this India is not easy to live in," Shi Dakai stood up and said with a wry smile, "The queen mother's meaning, let us be here as a Chinese barrier to stop the British from advancing westward, but India has been operated by the British for more than a hundred years, how can this side of the couch allow my Taiping army to sleep soundly?" The British Governor of India has ordered that the princes from all over the country should send troops to exterminate us, the Ganges waterway is longitudinal, and it is difficult for the army to progress, but we have always been difficult to build a base for the past ten years, and the people brought out by China have been decreasing, although the local natives are docile, they are difficult to train, and they have no loyalty, so they are really coping, so I specially asked the Queen Mother to show the way. ”
The Queen Mother silently said that India is the most important overseas colony of the British, and the British call India the most brilliant pearl on the queen's head, and the British will never allow any losses here, even if China becomes the hegemon of the East and can sit on an equal footing with the British, the British will never easily give up India.
Shi Dakai killed it for nothing, it's a pity, it's easy to kill people, but it's rare to be a famous general, when I had an idea, I released Shi Dakai and others, I don't know if I will calculate the accounts in history in the future, whether it will be a profit or a loss.
"No matter how powerful the British are," the Empress Dowager Cixi shook her head, "it won't hinder you, Burma has declined, and now you don't dare to face China, with you can stop the British attack, the Burmese king will turn a blind eye, as long as India really can't hold on, you go straight to the deep mountains and old forests of Burma, there is no need to hold on to one place, I didn't expect you to be able to rule with the British in India, the British, in this era, are basically invincible, no one can resist." ”
The Queen Mother asked Gao Xinkui to take out a map of India, and asked Shi Dakai to point out where they are now guarding, the Queen Mother pondered for a while, and said to Gao Xinkui, "The emperor of India, how is it now?" ”
"Already dead in Burma." Gao Xinkui said, "Around the end of Daoguang, the Indian Emperor Bahadur? The sofa started an uprising aimed at revolting against British rule, and the army was defeated, but fortunately he ran fast and fled to Burma with the queen and the two of them, and was taken in by the king of Burma, but the rest of the royal family stayed in India, "There is no need to continue with Gao Xinkui, the Empress Dowager Cixi also knows that there will be no good results," the crown prince and several imperial grandsons were killed, and the head was sent to Yangon, the last emperor could not stand the stimulation and died within a few years. The title of Emperor of India naturally fell to the Queen of England. The emperor was also a poet, 'Everything that loves is gone, like a beautiful garden taken away by autumn, and I have only the splendor of my memory.' ’”
Sure enough, the Queen Mother was amazed, "Poor man, but there is no way, in the troubled times, others can still live, the royal family, it is impossible." (To be continued.) )