Chapter 156: Zeng Guoquan's Rapid Retreat (1)

On August 1, 1864, Zeng Guofan arrived in Jinling by boat from Anqing.

Zeng Guoquan saw it, and immediately whispered: There is no owner in the southeast half of the wall, and my brother cares?

Zeng Guofan said: You spit out wild words, which is extremely absurd! Who's going to pick it up?

Zeng Guoquan smiled and said: After capturing the thief leader Li Xiucheng, I bravely cut his arms and strands, and blood gushed out; The loyal chief did not feel a trace of pain; Reprimanded: Each for his own master, why bother. He also said: If there is vitality, I am willing to surrender the old department, attach my subordinates, kill demons at the front, and support the Han family's court.

Zeng Guofan said: Brother has no brains? How can you be bewitched by others, so lightly! Where are Hui Fu and Xiao Cen?

Shaoqing, Zhao Liewen, Ouyang Zhaoxiong to.

Zeng Guofan's anger did not subside, and he euphemistically revealed Zeng Guoquan's words.

Zhao Liewen said: The loyal chief rebelled, just to get out of his ears! The Three Kingdoms were destroyed, and Jiang Wei reversed the country, and the achievements fell short, and the general trend was determined.

Ouyang Zhaoxiong said: Jinling Chengke, it has been a great success, and it is gratifying. Gu so good at the latter, how about Yu Guo? How is Yu Min? How is Yu at home? How's it going? The plan is ripe, and the plan has been predetermined.

Zeng Guofan said: The two brothers Huifu and Xiaocen have a well-founded complaint and are reasonable, and Brother Yuan must not have this idea of destroying the family again. There are three most important things at the moment, first, is there a large amount of gold and silver in Jinling City? 2. Is it confirmed that Hong Reyi's corpse is his real body? 3. Did the pseudo-young king really set himself on fire and found the corpse?

Zeng Guoquan said: Many ways to identify it, it is indeed the body of Hong Rebellion; The pseudo-young king did not see anyone alive or dead, nor did he see a corpse; The gold and silver of the rebel treasury are like mountains, but wait for the elder brother's order.

Zeng Guofan sighed and said: If I have two palaces, I will cure the crime of bullying the king. Brother Huifu has been talking with the loyal chief for a long time, but can he get anything?

Zhao Liewen said: Qi Yu Di Shuai, the death of the loyal chieftain is nothing more than a plan to prolong his life, and Di Shuai will know when he asks for information.

Zeng Guofan went to Xiucheng's detention place, watched his tragic situation, felt pity, and said: Abandon the younger brother and a martial artist, and still look at Haihan.

Xiucheng's heart was warm, and he said sadly: The prisoner, the meat of the sword, why should the middle hall need Haihan!

Zeng Guofan said: Creation makes people, and I are incompatible; However, each has its own master, and has to do it. I am a reasonable person, I don't want to be embarrassed with you, between ten days, your heavenly kingdom is destroyed, that is, life and death, this ice and fire of the two worlds, more than ten years, over and over again, you have no regrets?

Xiuchengdao: In the past fifteen years, the gains and losses of the Kingdom of Heaven, the achievements and demerits of the Celestial Empire, I will list and describe them for future generations to see. In the middle hall, if you have the heart to drive away the tartar, I have no regrets in this life!

Zeng Guofan said: Life and life, the dog and the white clouds, that's all, I wait for you to offer.

Xiuchengdao: Zhongtang is deeply meaningful, benevolent and moral, Li will never forget; This life has been mistaken, and it will be reported in the next life.

Out of the prison cell, Zeng Guofan said: What does Huifu mean?

Zhao Liewen: It has been more than ten days since he was captured, everyone can see it, and after being interrogated by Zhongtang, no one will suspect it, and this thief is very cunning, and it is not appropriate to enter the capital. After the confession is recorded, the Fa will be corrected on the spot.

Zeng Guofan said: The law of the country is difficult and cannot be excused; Li is a loyal and righteous person, and he has been misguided for a long time! There is no need to be late, behead the public, and bury his body.

On August 5, the edict of the two palaces finally arrived in Jinling.

Zeng Guoquan said: According to Jinling, Emperor Wenzongxian promised that those who can recover Jinling can be crowned the king of the county. The two houses also broke their promises.

Zeng Guofan said: As expected, I passed on my secret order to issue the silver of the rebellion against the holy treasury, and first compensated the officers and soldiers who were killed, and if there was a surplus, it could be used as a salary and distributed to the army. The fish can not die or break, I will be sparse, and the song will be detailed.

On the same day, Zeng Guofan said: Li Xiucheng was captured, the soldiers of each battalion, and the soldiers and civilians attached to the city were known to everyone, and the spectators were blocked. On the 25th, the minister went to Jinling, and sent a personal message, ordering him to write a confession, as many as tens of thousands of words, describing the beginning and end of the rebellion, and describing the war of the loyal chieftain, which was very detailed. He also strongly advised the officers and men not to kill people in the two provinces, fearing that the thieves in Guangdong would become more lonely and the rebels would become more and more solid, and the military would still have no day. His words are quite acceptable.

In the past few days, the civil and military affairs have all asked Li Xiucheng to send them to Beijing, that is, foreigners such as Gordon and other people who come to congratulate them, and they will also be loyal and disobedient to Beijing.

The ministers steal the holy Chaotianwei and destroy this clown, except for Hong Xiuquan, who has a false name, the rest do not need to be taken prisoner; Li Xiucheng knew that he was unforgivable, and he either died without food on the way, or fled by taking the road, or was robbed by the remaining thieves, all of which were hidden dangers.

Asking Li Xiucheng about the power of the trick was quite popular with the people. After the city was broken, they fled to the countryside, and the villagers hid in pity. After Xiao Fu Sisheng captured Li Shun, the villagers actually arrested Wang Sanqing, killed him and threw him into the water. Li Xiucheng was imprisoned, and the next day he captured the puppet pine king Chen Defeng to the camp, and when he saw Li Shun, he knelt down to ask for peace.

When the ministers heard about these two ends, they hated the hearts of the people and the party members were still strong, so they immediately decided to correct the law on the spot, and then implemented it on the sixth day of the first month.

The two brothers of the pseudo-heavenly king, although according to Li Xiucheng's confession, were tyrannical and authoritarian among the thieves, and they were drunk and infatuated, claiming that the heavenly father was endless, and there was no confession to record. Because he was very ill, he was executed on the fourth day of the first month.

He also issued an edict: After Hong Xiuquan's body was found, the corpse was filed, and the head was still passed on to the place where it was killed, and it was hated by the people. Chin this.

The minister carefully observed the body of Hong Rebellion, the whole body was wrapped in embroidered dragon yellow satin, the feet were also tied with dragon satin, the head was bald and hairless, the beard was still there, it was white, the flesh of the left and right arms was still not taken off, it was a corpse, and it was burned with fire; The bones were mixed with gunpowder shells and bombarded into the sky.

There are pseudo-palace maids, who are women surnamed Huang in Daozhou, that is, those who bury the corpse by hand. According to the confession, Hong Xiuquan did not see his ministers for many years before his death, and on April 27, due to the urgent attack of the official army, he took poison and died, and he did not mourn secretly. The group of thieves in the city, the officers and soldiers outside the city, the propaganda has been all over the place, and it was announced more than ten days later.

All the pseudo-jade seals are on the two sides, the gold seal is on the other side, and the ministers are sent to the military aircraft department, and the Fang Strategy Museum has some considerations.

Over the years, it has been rumored at home and abroad that the wealth of the traitor, the gold and silver are like the sea, and the old nest is restored, and there is no wealth at all. At present, the preparations are very urgent, and the money is very huge, such as compensating the victims, repairing the city walls, and garrisoning the camp, all of which are the main end of the aftermath. The rest of the hundred threads are prosperous, left and right, and while they are happy, they are more anxious.

The Empress Dowager Cixi took over and said angrily: Jinling has no money, and the Zeng brothers deceived the monarch and said nothing.

Prince Gong said: Without further ado, quickly send a secret message to the official, Monk Greenqin, Fuming'a, Li Zhaoshou, etc.

Empress Dowager Ci'an said: It is absolutely impossible to take a lead and move the overall situation! Although Jinling is restrained, the remnants are not exhausted, the wealth is scattered, and the Zeng family acts.

The Empress Dowager Cixi said: First hurt people's fur, and then kill them! Killing people must be punished, killing chickens is a terrible monkey, this matter should not be delayed, and an edict should be issued quickly: reverse the capture of gold and silver, the court does not have to benefit its own, and now it is said that there is no thief treasury in the city, and it is a real situation. However, the minister should still be careful about how to plan for the aftermath of the emptiness, the lack of military salaries, and the fact that there are still many things that should be done to deal with the aftermath.