Changzhou battlefield.

After Tianjing's 7,000 reinforcements arrived in Danyang, Shi Dakai finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The battlefield of the three cities is once again in balance.

However, after Wang Youling led an army of 10,000 into the Danyang battlefield, this balance was once again broken.

The scales of failure once again slid towards Shi Dakai.

And what is even more terrifying is that Su Yu and Tian Yugong's more than 8,000 allied troops, four gunboats, and one wounded battleship (captured by the Qing court and robbed by taking advantage of the chaos) have already reached the mouth of the Yangtze River.

Once this powerful force reaches the Changzhou battlefield, that ...... The Taiping Army's battle situation was directly collapsed.

However, at the mouth of the Yangtze River, Su's fleet was intercepted by British warships.

In this battle, the coalition navy was really miserable, and out of the 27 warships, no more than four were intact in the end, and all of them went to Hong Kong.

Therefore, at this time, the British naval power at the mouth of the Yangtze River in Shanghai was also directly weakened.

Of course, this is only temporary.

At this time, the navy of the British Empire was overwhelming, covering the sky and the sun, and the slightest hair was pulled down, which was thicker than the thigh of the Qing court.

The consuls of the British Empire in Shanghai, Mak Huatuo and Wei Tuma, came to Su Lu's warship.

There is no doubt that Su Yu will not meet with them, but just let Bashali talk to him.

"Please return the three hundred French prisoners unconditionally, and return four gunboats and one warship." Mai Huatuo went straight to the point.

Basha said: "The captives of the French, why don't Gro come to talk, but you to talk?" ”

Mai Huatuo said: "Minister Gro, there are more important things. ”

"Is he going to return to Paris as quickly as possible to apologize to the Emperor of France?" ”

The defeat in this war is destined to cause an uproar throughout Europe.

The French minister, Gro and Count Ergin, could not even stay in China, but had to return to London and Paris at once, doing everything in their power to preserve their position, and inciting the government and the opposition to prepare for a larger war against the Qing court.

"Consul, Mr. Wittoma, I will return to London at once. ”

Hearing this, Wei Tuma's face changed slightly: "What are you going to do?" Return to London to preach your peace course? If you dare to preach a peaceful course in London at this time, you will anger everyone. ”

The Shanghai Consul, Mak Warato, said: "Sir Basha, this is definitely not the time to fall into the ground. ”

For this defeat, for the British Empire, for the whole of Europe, it will cause an extremely violent shock.

The scale of this battle is small, and it is not even bullshit compared to the Crimean War.

But in the eyes of the entire European powers, how weak was the Qing court? How backward and rotten?

Losing to the Qing court was completely humiliating and unacceptable.

What's more, Britain and France are the most powerful countries in the world today, and when this war spreads to Europe, Prussia next door, and even the Tsarist Russian Empire further afield, won't they completely underestimate me?

Mai Huatuo said: "The people of the Qing court are pedantic, and they think that if they win this battle, everything will be fine. But for Britain and France, it was necessary to prepare a war of annihilation in order to save face. At this time, anyone who prevents this military retaliation will be torn to shreds, Sir Basha, I don't think you should try to drag Prince Albert into the water, let alone try to sell your peace line at this time. ”

"Yes, no one can stop the next war. But...... Are the vanquished responsible? Are you even responsible? ”

"We can't stop the next so-called war of destruction against the Qing court, but we can find a way to prevent Count Ergin from commanding the next war, and we can even take the opportunity to liquidate him and liquidate many people, right?"

Suddenly, McVaitus and Wittoma fell silent.

There is no doubt that this is possible.

After such a big defeat, as long as the royal family is willing to push it, Count Ergin and General He Bo will all step down.

Ba Ha Li said directly: "Three hundred French prisoners can be returned to you." But four gunboats, and one large battleship, are to be owned by us, and you can assume that there is no such thing. ”

"In exchange, we will not push for the reckoning of Count Elgin, and many of your people."

The Shanghai consul Mai Huatuo and Wei Tuma looked at each other, this condition was not too much, as if the warships were sunk.

McVaitus said: "But there is one thing, these warships must not appear in front of the British Imperial Navy. ”

Wittoma was silent for a while and said, "Basha, Su Yu participated in this war, and he also opened fire on my British Empire, won't this anger the Congress?" I would like to ask what role he will play in the devastating war that the Empire will wag against the Qing court. ”

Ba Xiali was silent for a while and said, "Su Yu has been assassinated." ”

"What?" Wittoma exclaimed, "Who is the murderer?" At least on the surface, who is the murderer? ”

Ba Xia said: "The son of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty. ”

So there are some things that don't have to be said thoroughly.

Wittoma said, "Oh my God! ”

"If you want me to keep you from attacking you in London, you still need to pay for one more thing." ”

McWarton said, "Enough is enough, Sir Basha. ”

Ba Xiali said: "I hope that you, in your capacity as the consul of Shanghai, will write to Hong Renji of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and I have prepared the specific relevant content for you." ”

With that, Bashali handed the letter over.

The letter highly praised Hong Renji's open-mindedness, criticized Hong Xiuquan's corruption and ridiculousness, and said that the British Empire was willing to support a wise leader like Hong Renji, and when necessary, the British Empire was willing to use military means to help the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom create a new situation.

After reading it, Mai Huatuo handed it to Wei Tuma.

It's so vicious!

Borrowing a knife to kill someone, has it come to this point?

I'm a dignified Shanghai consul, do I use a knife to kill chickens?

Mai Huatuo said coldly: "Sir Bashali, what do you think of me? Do you utilize the tools? ”

Bashali said slowly, "I'm going back to London soon." ”

You've already said that.

However, it is still very threatening.

This war is lost, and many people are responsible, so who are responsible?

Prince Albert had great authority in the foreign affairs of the Empire.

"Okay." Mai Huatuo said: "I will write this letter by hand. ”

For him, the consul of Shanghai, Hong Renji of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is a fart.

Wittoma sneered, "Sir Basha, I hope you will remember that you are an official of the British Empire, not a deployment of Su Yu. ”

Ba Xia said: "You should say this to Li Tai, to Hurd, not to me." ”

For Ba Xiali, the biggest task now is to support Su Yu to the center and take charge of the imperial court.

In this way, he will be the only way to go between the two countries.

What a huge benefit will this be in the future?

Whether it is political or economic, it is enough for him to change the fate of the entire family.

At this point, the negotiations are over.

…………………………………………

Next.

The British battleships were released, and Su's fleet entered the mouth of the Yangtze River.

And Bashali returned to London by ship to carry out his important diplomatic mission.

For the next Su Yu to turn the tide, enter the center, and make final preparations.

And the combined forces of Su Yu and Tian Yugong were murderous and killed towards the Changzhou battlefield.

However, it is no longer needed.

Wang Youling, the governor of Zhejiang, led an army of 10,000 and joined the Danyang War, and the situation was reversed.

Shi Dakai's side is falling behind more and more.

However, this downwind is slow.

Shi Dakai was angry, and scolded several generals.

And at the military meeting, he severely reprimanded these people, hoping that these people would be ashamed and courageous, and save the situation in the next war.

The entire Changzhou War has been going on for more than 20 days.

The armies of both sides are exhausted to the extreme.

The coalition forces of the seven southern provinces are okay, after all, they have a strong city to rely on, and there is a strong fleet support on the canal.

But for the Taiping army, it was extremely uncomfortable.

Moreover, if Suzhou is attacked, then the enthusiasm of the Taiping army will be very high, because it is very rich inside and can loot on a large scale.

But Changzhou, Danyang and Wuxi, they have already plundered, and there is no property in them.

Even, Shi Dakai himself regretted fighting this battle.

Before, he was trapped in Tianjing, and he felt useless, but once he fought, he had military power and could increase his prestige.

But for some reason, how did these battles become so difficult to fight?

Before the Jiangnan camp, it was so easy to fight.

Since the establishment of the so-called alliance of seven southern provinces, for some reason, even the armies of Zhejiang and Jiangsu have become stronger.

Now, Shi Dakai didn't dare to hope that he could win the battle of Danyang.

just waited for Li Xiucheng to win the battle of Wuxi and trigger the military collapse of the other party.

After reprimanding these important generals today, I hope that tomorrow's big battle will be more competitive and better.

Outcome......

The next day's battle was far beyond Shi Dakai's expectations.

It's good that he doesn't blame these generals with a rod, this rod is responsible. In the past, it was only gradually falling into the downwind, but today it is falling into the downwind quickly.

At this time, Su Luo's Yangtze River Fleet actually left the most vulnerable Wuxi battlefield and came directly to the most favorable Danyang battlefield.

All the naval guns bombarded Shi Dakai's army indiscriminately.

Suddenly...... This became the last straw that crushed Shi Dakai's army.

The battle collapsed directly!

Shi Dakaibu began to flee.

Shi Dakai ordered to kill several generals in a row, but he couldn't stop the retreat.

Finally, in the three battlefields.

On the battlefield of Danyang, the Taiping army was defeated.

Then, Wang Youling led 10,000 people to guard Danyang City.

Wang Shiqing and Feng Zicai led more than 10,000 people to kill directly from Danyang City and kill Chen Yucheng's back.

Jiujiang's Yangtze River Fleet and Xu Youren's Red Single Fleet also followed to Changzhou.

The originally balanced battle situation collapsed in an instant.

A few hours later! The Taiping army in Changzhou collapsed, and Chen Yucheng ordered the entire army to retreat.

The Battle of Changzhou is over.

At this time, the original Jiangnan battalion army led by Feng Zicai could no longer support it, but the new army led by Wang Shiqing still did not stay and continued to fight in Wuxi.

Su dragged the Yangtze River fleet, and Xu Youren's red single fleet also followed to Wuxi again.

Li Xiucheng is almost crazy here.

Since Su Yu's fleet withdrew, Zhang Guoliang, the Qing garrison, saw that he would not be able to hold Wuxi.

Li Xiucheng felt that as long as he used his strength again, he might be able to break Wuxi City.

However, when he heard that Shi Da was defeated on the Danyang battlefield, Li Xiucheng knew that even if he captured Wuxi, it would be meaningless.

Although he was extremely unwilling, he made a quick decision and led his army to retreat and return to Tianjing.

At this point, the Battle of Changzhou ended.

The Taiping army was defeated.

In the previous stalemate of nearly a month, in just one day, more than 100,000 Taiping troops collapsed.

Although Su Yu did not command this war, he was deeply touched by this day.

Whether it's a war, a country, or a struggle.

Almost all collapses are not long-lasting, but instantaneous.

………………………………

When Su Yao was still more than 200 miles away from Zhenjiang, he encountered a patrol ship of the coalition army.

The officer on the patrol boat was overjoyed and immediately reported to Su Yao.

"Is the big handsome there? Is the handsome here? ”

"The Battle of Changzhou is over!"

"The coalition forces of the seven southern provinces have won a complete victory!"

"General Wang Shiqing and our Yangtze River fleet are killing Zhenjiang at full speed!"

Hearing this news, Su Yu was overjoyed, originally thinking that he still needed to be present to completely win the battle of Changzhou, but it turned out that he was not needed at all.

Wang Shiqing, Xu Youren, Wang Youling, Zuo Zongtang and others directly got it.

Su Yu directly ordered him and Tian Yugong's coalition army to advance at full speed and attack Zhenjiang!

Tianjing's side is already fast.

As soon as he received the news of the defeat in Changzhou, he immediately ordered to send troops to support Zhenjiang.

But...... It's still late.

First of all, the Yangtze River fleet from Jiujiang arrived, and Wang Shiqing's new army arrived and began to attack Zhenjiang.

Immediately afterwards, the combined forces of Su Yu and Tian Yugong arrived.

Under the bombardment of these two armies and such a powerful fleet, Zhenjiang could not bear it at all.

After eleven hours of resistance, the defenders fled.

The Soviet Union occupied Zhenjiang.

At this point, all the cities of the Taiping army on the south bank of the Yangtze River were completely lost, and only one Tianjing remained.

…………………………

Tianjing, Hong Xiuquan received one defeat after another.

It was hit like never before.

The last defeat was the fall of Zhenjiang.

It almost made him faint.

Then, his gaze at Hong Renji became extremely complicated.

Why? Why?

I didn't need to fight this battle, huh? Why do you want to provoke Su Yu?

And at this time, Hong Renda rushed over to complain.

"Heavenly King, Heavenly King!"

"Look at it, look at it!"

"This is a secret letter written by Yingyi's Shanghai consul Mai Huatuo to Hong Renji, which was intercepted by us."

"There are a few foreigners who sneaked to Ganwangfu and were discovered by us."

Hong Xiuquan took it and looked at it, of course he couldn't understand the English on it.

However, there are still people in Tenkyo who know English, and there are even many foreigners.

What's even more outrageous is that there are still foreign soldiers in the Taiping Army, and there are quite a few of them.

"Call Luo Xiaoquan!" Hong Xiuquan Road.

Luo Xiaoquan, an American and missionary, had been on the side of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom for several years and had been knighted.

"Translate this letter to me." Hong Xiuquan Road.

Luo Xiaoquan trembled slightly, and took out the belief that the Shanghai consul Mai Huatuo wrote to Hong Renji.

Suddenly, Hong Xiuquan's face turned green.

Yes, yes!

I didn't believe it before, you Hong Renji was really rebelled by foreigners in Hong Kong, and you really want to collude with foreigners to take away my country.

Is your conscience feeding the dog? I am so important to you, but you want to join forces with foreigners to harm me?

"Is this letter genuine?" Hong Xiuquan asked.

Luo Xiaoquan nodded bitterly, Mai Huatuo is in a high position and has little contact with him, but there are still occasional correspondence exchanges.

Hong Xiuquan directly threw the letter on Hong Renji's face and said, "Look at it, see for yourself." ”

Hong Renji took the letter and read it several times with trembling.

He didn't know the British consul in Shanghai at all, so he didn't know why the other party would write such a letter.

As for someone borrowing a knife to kill someone? He would never have dared to think about it.

In his opinion, the position of the British consul in Shanghai is so high, who else can take advantage of it?

Where do you need a knife to kill chickens?!

After a long while, Hong Renji knelt down and said, "Heavenly King, the minister is wronged, and the minister doesn't know, why did this Mai Huatuo write this letter to me?" ”

Hong Xiuquan said angrily: "Remove Hong Renji's Lord of the Godson and remove all positions." ”

…………………………………………

Lin Shaozhang once again negotiated with Hong Renli.

It had to be negotiated, otherwise the entire Yangtze River would be blocked by Su Yu.

Lin Shaozhang said: "You go and tell Lord Su Yu to return Zhenjiang to us." ”

Hong Ren said: "Don't think about it. ”

Lin Shaozhang said: "We still have hundreds of thousands of troops, and you can't hold Zhenjiang." ”

If you really want to fight, you really can't hold it.

Hong Ren left and said: "Don't you want Anqing?" Isn't your army going to support Anqing? ”

"The right of way of the Yangtze River waterway, don't you want it?"

"The foreigners lost this battle, we have captured several warships, if you blockade Tianjing all day long, what will you do?"

"If you do something wrong, you will be punished."

"We are willing to open up the right to the Yangtze River and lift the blockade." And I am willing to return to you the materials and food that have been seized before. ”

Lin Shaozhang was slightly stunned, so many materials, are you willing to return them?

"What about the conditions?" Lin Shaozhang asked.

Hong Ren left: "Hand over the war criminals, Hong Renji." ”

Lin Shaozhang said: "Hand over the god, we will lose face." ”

Hong Renli was speechless and said: "Prime Minister Lin, Su Yu has done his best to be benevolent to the Kingdom of Heaven, and this condition has been broadened to the extreme. ”

Of course, Lin Shaozhang knew, and after Hong Renji was finished, he would be able to take charge of the government affairs of the Kingdom of Heaven again.

For Su Yu, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom cannot be destroyed now, and there is no need to destroy it.

Now to destroy the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, who will be rewarded for this great merit?

Lin Shaozhang said: "I'll report." ”

……………………………………

Tianjing, the Mansion of the Heavenly King.

"Su Yu said that as long as Hong Renji is handed over, they are willing to lift the blockade and open the Yangtze River waterway." Lin Shaozhang said.

Hong Xiuquan said angrily: "What about the people we sent to buy warships? Don't we still have several shipyards? ”

Lin Shaozhang said: "Heavenly King, the water master is not like others, it is difficult to recover without a year or two." ”

Hong Xiuquan said: "If Hong Renji publicly surrenders to Su Yu, how can I save face?" ”

Lin Shaozhang said: "No. ”

Hong Xiuquan closed his eyes and said for a while: "It's important to save Anqing, promise him." ”

At this point, Tianjing compromised and handed over Hong Renji.

………………

A few days later!

Hong Renji was escorted to Su Yu.

Su Yu said angrily: "Hong Renji, what are you doing beating me?" What do you do with me? ”

"Both sides have negotiated, no war will be started within two years, with Wuxi as the boundary, why break the contract?"

Hong Renji said: "Lord Su Yu, you are just a group training in Jiangxi, Changzhou is not yours, and Suzhou is not yours." ”

Su Yu said: "I am the leader of the Seven Southern Provinces Alliance, and I personally promised to protect Changzhou." And at that time, Wuxi was the boundary, I talked to you, and Governor Xu Youren obeyed my will. ”

"Why bother with this kind of result now?"

"More than 100,000 people on both sides have been fighting for more than a month, you have suffered tens of thousands of casualties, and our side has also suffered more than 10,000 casualties."

Su Yu waved his hand.

Dealing with the enemy, Su Yu is cold and cunning.

But he didn't regard the Taiping Army as an enemy, and he could only be angry with Hong Renji in front of him.

Can't tell the difference between friend and foe? Don't you see that I, Su Yao, are friendly to you?

In the future, when there is no place for Heaven in this world, only I can tolerate you and accept you.

You beat me in turn, and Zeng Guofan went to fight Anqing cheaply, what do you think?

Hong Renji suddenly said: "Su Yu, in my opinion, you are more dangerous than Zeng Guofan. Zeng Guofan's Hunan army is a visible enemy, you are an invisible enemy, you are secretly eroding us and annexing us. ”

"Su Yu, you asked me from the Heavenly King with great fanfare, I don't know what your intentions are. But you want me to surrender to you, you want me to be open allegiance to you, and you want to attack the prestige of the kingdom of heaven, but you don't want to. ”

"I, Hong Renji, can't surrender to you."

"Don't waste your time."

Su Yu suddenly stopped being angry, and sighed softly: "Hong Renji, you really think too much." ”

"There are many brothers and sisters in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom on my side, and I brought you here just to give them an explanation!"

"The current Dehua County Commander Li Mengshan used to be a member of your Taiping Army, and I will hand you over to him for trial!"

Hong Renji's face changed, as if he had been humiliated by an incomparably huge humiliation.

I am the king of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, you ...... You handed me over to a county magistrate for trial?

I'm a genius, and you didn't even say a word to surrender?

…………………………

Li Mengshan, a rare landlord family in the Taiping Army, his father is Xiucai, and he is also a private school teacher.

At that time, Lin Qirong left Jiujiang, and many young Taiping soldiers stayed, and Li Mengshan was one of them.

Later, he was discharged from the army with a disabled right leg due to the war.

After that, he continued to enter the ranks of the new army education officers, stood out in the study and examination, and was awarded the title of Dehua County Commander.

And this county order really has the canonization of the imperial court.

At that time, the Taiping army was going to capture Suzhou, which was in danger and needed Su Yu to send troops to rescue, Su Yu proposed to let Shen Baozhen act as the governor of Jiangxi, and Li Si served as the prefect of Jiujiang, and the court agreed to many official positions one by one.

Next!

Dehua County ordered Li Mengshan to conduct an open trial of Hong Renji.

More than a few thousand people came to watch, all of them were family members of former Taiping Army soldiers, or sisters of the women's battalion.

Hong Renji was shocked to find that instead of being close to him, this group of people gritted their teeth.

After three days of hearing.

The Dehua County Order sentenced Hong Renji to death by hanging, and reported it to the envoy and the governor's yamen.

Acting Jiangxi Governor Shen Baozhen colluded.

Then, Hong Renji was hanged in public.

When the news reached Tianjing, it caused a huge shock.

At this time, Chen Yucheng and Li Xiucheng were leading their troops north to support Anqing, and both of them received a handwritten letter from Hong Renli.

There are only four simple words on it: do it yourself.

This is no longer a simple warning, but also a bitter exhortation.

Su Yu's love is true, but his patience is limited, you may not be a genius who can be indulged again and again.

Don't really play yourself to death, Hong Renji is a role model.

……………………………………

On the side of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, it is only an attachment.

The struggle between the imperial court and Su Yao's side is the key.

Just as the imperial court was worried about, the assassination of Su Yu instantly caused a huge storm of public opinion.

detonated the entire capital.

In this world, there are no secrets.

The whole capital is boiling, and the murderer is the son of Dexinga.

Moreover, it was Boyan, the son of the monk king, who brought it into the new army.

What's even more outrageous is that this person and Weng Tongshu's son had planned the murder of Su Yu's entire family before.

"Handsome Su Yu, it's really Yue Fei who is still wronged!"

"Just after winning the battle, you sent someone to assassinate you, it's too despicable."

"It's said that unloading the mill kills donkeys, which is too urgent."

"You don't know, this is completely Su Yu's bitter trick."

There are all kinds of public opinion, all kinds of rumors.

Su Yu will conduct a public opinion war, and the court will also follow suit.

But everybody pities the hero, and everybody believes in conspiracy theories even more.

The more appalling it is, the more willing it is to believe it.

Therefore, now the people of the capital are more willing to believe that Su Yu was really assassinated, and it was instructed by the imperial court.

The suspense now is, will the court punish the son of the murderer Dexing'a?

……………………

Inside the Royal Palace.

The emperor and his confidants discussed again and again.

Do you want to hand over the son of Dexing'a, the murderer of Su Yu.

"You can't hand it over, and you have to act as if there is no such thing at all."

"I just want to bite the bullet, Su Yao is a bitter meat trick."

"Su Yu fights public opinion over there, and we also fight public opinion."

Duanhua, Zaiyuan and others said: "We are the imperial court, we have a louder voice and more strength." ”

Du Han suddenly said: "Your Majesty, don't fight this public opinion war, if you fight this public opinion war, you will fall into Su Yu's trap." ”

"After all, he was assassinated, and in this regard, we have always been passive, and we cannot win this public opinion."

"The most important thing is that the emperor's words in the court have been released."

"The emperor is the Son of Heaven, and anything he says is a golden mouth."

"Once you say it, you can't get it back. Then this person who was criticized by the emperor must also react. ”

"We've been desperately trying to retain a shred of decency and don't want to tear our faces completely. Now that it's torn, what ...... There was no turning back when he opened the bow, so he simply hit Su Yu to the end. ”

"The battle between the imperial court and the foreigners, after all, has been won, and we are now taking the initiative unprecedentedly."

Everyone immediately understood that Du Han was right.

Su Yu was assassinated, whether it was done by the imperial court, there is no point in arguing for this public opinion.

Throughout the ages, any minister who was reprimanded by the emperor for a few words must immediately resign to express his high status.

Those who do not resign will be considered soft bones, useless things.

Now the emperor is not just reprimanding Su Yao, but directly locating the rebels, the traitors, and the innocent.

Although this is a great loss of points, it will greatly tarnish the reputation of the emperor.

But...... Now that this card is played, it is necessary to use it to the extreme.

In the face of the emperor's humiliating criticism, how can you Su Yu accept it?

Du Han said: "So, simply spread what the emperor said in the court!" ”

"Anyway, if you can't hold it down, how can it spread, so just spread it."

"Forcing Su Yu to a Jedi."

Suddenly, several important ministers quieted down and looked at the emperor quietly.

This...... It could be fatal.

The emperor himself said that you, Su Yao, are a rebel minister, a traitor, and innocent of death.

Then there are only two ways to force Su Yu to go.

Or, like all loyal subjects, prove their innocence.

Or, fight back.

Kuang Yuan said: "Then, will Su Yu rebel directly?" ”

"This is almost in the name of rebellion, handed to Su Yu."

"At this time, Su Yu rebelled, and he was able to win the sympathy of all the people, and even the sympathy of many officials in the seven southern provinces."

The boss who had just defeated the foreigners and made a great contribution, was assassinated.

The court not only did not hand over the murderer, but said that you were a bitter trick, and the emperor himself said that you were a traitor and a rebel.

Could it be that he could only be unjustly killed like Prince Yue at that time?

Du Han said: "I bet that Su Yao will not dare to rebel, and he can't rebel." ”

Su Shun was silent for a while and said: "At this time, in the eyes of the world, the imperial court is quite unreasonable, so ...... Just do it to the end. ”

A few people looked at the emperor again, and they still wanted him to make up his mind.

What if, Su Yu rebelled?

Du Han said: "We have won this war, and then we can deny the Tianjin Treaty, and the foreigners' industry in Jiujiang is illegal." In the past, the imperial court did not clean up the industries of the Jiujiang foreigners because they did not want to cause war. But now they have won the war, and it is justified to clean up the foreign industry in Jiujiang. ”

The emperor was silent for a long time and said, "That's it, let's do it." ”

…………………………

Next!

An even more explosive news came out.

instantly made everyone lose their voices, and even the murder of Su Yu was completely covered up.

At the court, the emperor personally said that Su Yu was a rebel, a thief, and innocent.

Everybody's heart trembles, this ...... Is this true?

Isn't Su Yu a hero?

Isn't Su Yu the emperor's most trusted favorite minister?

This...... That's too unjust, isn't it?

Is the imperial court so cool?

Suddenly, all eyes were on Su Yu.

………………

This passage swept from north to south, like a storm, sweeping south!

In the end, it reached Su Yu's ears.

It reached the ears of several governors of the seven southern provinces.

In a flash!

Almost all the important ministers and governors were at a loss.

This...... It's a complete tear in the face.

Tian Yugong, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, Wang Youling, the governor of Zhejiang, and Xu Youren, the governor of Jiangsu, had just returned to Zhidi, and rushed back to Jiujiang as fast as possible to meet with Su Yu.

At this time, countless people in Jiujiang were completely enraged.

"It's the other way around, it's the other way around!"

"Dashuai, this court, turn it back!"

The generals from the Taiping Army spoke out one after another.

Even, the officials who originally came from the new army couldn't help but shout.

Anti?!

Impossible. How is it reversed?

Xu Youren, the governor of Jiangsu, said: "Play the imperial court, write the blood, and force the emperor to retract his wild words." ”

Wang Youling said: "Yes, the blood book." ”

Tian Yu, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, said fairly: "I am willing to go to Beijing, go on a hunger strike outside the palace, and force the emperor to change his mind." ”

"Isn't it chilling to treat heroes like this and treat heroes like this?"

Wang Shiqing entered, knelt down and said: "Dashuai, Shiqing is willing to enter Beijing to face the saint, hit him to death in the court, and force the emperor to speak." ”

That's the attitude of all the big guys.

They were extremely indignant, and Wang Shiqing was even willing to use his life to seek justice for Su Yu.

Tian Yugong was willing to go on a hunger strike, and other officials were also willing to resign from their official positions and advance and retreat with Su Yao.

However, not a single one wanted to rebel.

As an important minister of the court, as the governor of the world, the so-called scholar, the word rebellion is too heavy.

The imperial court's move hurt seven punches, injuring 800 enemies and injuring 1,000 themselves.

Xu Youren suddenly said: "It's useless, the court can't wait for us to resign." At this point, it is impossible to keep the Seven Provinces Alliance without bloodshed. ”

Su Yu couldn't help but glance at him.

After a long while, Su Yu said to a few governors: "Brothers, I implore you, be silent!" ”

"Continue to stay where you are and remain absolutely silent."

"We must keep the alliance of the seven southern provinces."

"I'm going to write a recital!"

Then, Su Yu left quietly.

A few days later, Su Yu's recital was rushed to the capital with 600 miles.

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Above the court.

Li Qi entered the palace on behalf of Su Lu and Su entered the palace and handed the emperor a recital.

Su Yu resigned from the post of Jiangxi regimental training.

Su Yu resigned from all his fame and tried to solve the yuan in Shuntianfu Township.

Resigned from Wuju Township, Shuntianfu to try to solve the Yuan.

Su Yu handed over all the emperor's words and all the emperor's holy decrees to him.

Su Yu resigned from all titles.

He didn't have any excuse, only one sentence.

Once upon a time, Su Yu will never be again!

The Manchu Dynasty civil and military, watching Li Qi on behalf of Su Yu put the meritorious birth documents on the ground one by one.

Put the emperor's holy decree to Su Yu, all the text-giving articles, and put them on the ground one by one.

Then, Su Quan resigned from all titles.

Sukh resigned from all titles.

This means that from now on, Su Yu and the emperor broke off.

As long as the emperor reigned, he did not hold any official position.

If there is anything in the court in the future, don't find his head.

He pleaded not guilty, nor did he defend himself.

It's just an open, complete break.

"My lord is benevolent to the court, but in the future, if there is anything, don't find my lord again."

Then, Li Qi turned to leave.

"Humph!" The Emperor snorted coldly.

Li Qi said: "Your Majesty, don't you allow the grass people to leave alive this time?" ”

The emperor didn't speak, and Wang Chenggui said coldly: "Come on, fork out this rude person for me and throw it out." ”

Several guards stepped forward, held Li Qi, and threw them out of the palace directly.

Su Yu's statement made the emperor very proud, so Li Qi was able to appear in the court.

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Inside the Sanxi Hall.

The emperor said coldly: "Su Yu is really ridiculous playing with this hand, who does he think he is?" What is the use of selling a name? ”

Du Han said: "Sure enough, as we guessed, Su Yu didn't dare to oppose it, and he couldn't do it either." ”

Mianyu said: "Next, I'm afraid that there will be countless people who will cry out for Su Yu." ”

Du Han said coldly: "What's the use? If it was useful for all the people to shout injustice, Yue Fei would not have died tragically back then. ”

These words made everyone's eyes look at Du Han.

What do you mean by this, is this comparing the emperor to Zhao Gou?

But that's the truth, at that time, countless people shouted for Yue Fei in their hearts, but what was the use?

Yue Fei has not been in the name of rebellion for 20 years, and it was not until the Southern Song Dynasty court changed from the main peace to the main war that Song Xiaozong rehabilitated Yue Fei and restored all his reputation.

It's just that the emperor ruined his reputation and pulled Su Yu down, which was completely uncost-effective in the hearts of many ministers.

But who let the emperor keep his mouth open and did not control his mouth?

Since it has been said, since the price has been paid, of course, it must be carried out to the end.

Du Han said: "It's a pity, Tian Yugong, Wang Youling, and Xu Youren didn't threaten the emperor with a concert, let alone resign to force each other, otherwise we would have been able to remove these people together." ”

Su Shun said: "Su Yu's move is also to keep the official positions of these people. ”

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Su Yu openly broke with the emperor.

resigned from all titles, even Jiangxi regimental training, and all fame.

It still caused a huge shock in the world.

Countless people complained about him.

The imperial court is too cold, and the emperor is too cold.

Treat a hero like this?

Not only civilians, but also many scholars, officials felt indignant.

But......

That's all.

Do you want these officials and these scholars to speak up for Su Yu, lose their official hats, and lose their fame?

Impossible.

But what I didn't expect was that there were really officials who played a chapter and complained about Su Yu.

Blaming the imperial court, you shouldn't treat a hero like this, it's not the Ming Jun's actions.

Even, these people are not Su Liu's comrades at all, and they are really full of righteous indignation.

After that, the imperial court directly dismissed these dozen bold officials and exiled Ningguta.

Suddenly, the court was silent.

The emperor was never again condemned for Su Yu.

Next, the emperor sent Gui Liang to Shanghai to negotiate and spy on the attitude of the foreigners.

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Shanghai Consul Mai Huatuo's attitude changed dramatically in an instant, and he was very tough and arrogant when he negotiated the team.

At this time, his attitude towards Gui Liang softened.

Gui Liang said that the treaties that were negotiated before did not count, and that they should be renegotiated.

Mai Huatuo said: "I'm just afraid that it doesn't count, London will send a new minister next, and then Lord Gui and the new minister will negotiate." ”

Gui Liang said: "Lord Mai, I heard that your country is also divided into two factions. I heard that this time we launched a war against the Qing Dynasty, and your parliament voted to win narrowly for the main belligerent? ”

Mai Huatuo was stunned and said, "How does Lord Gui know? The number of votes against the war was only about 20 or so fewer than that of the main war faction. ”

Gui Liang said reservedly: "I naturally have my channels. ”

Then, Gui Liang said: "The emperor is benevolent, and he will never be unforgiving, and there are many things we can still talk about in the previous Tianjin Treaty." ”

Mai Huatuo was stunned, you won the war, and you are still willing to back down?

So, he asked, "What is there to talk about?" ”

Gui Liang said: "Tianjin, Jiujiang must not be used as a treaty port, the envoys of several countries entered Beijing, the Aihui Treaty, these must be overthrown, and the rest can be discussed." ”

Mai Huatuo was surprised, the scale of compromise in the Qing court was so large?

Obviously the war was won, the most important tariffs, and the legalization of the opium trade, were all willing to compromise?

Even a dozen or so treaty port cities are still willing to accept it?

This is Emperor Xianfeng, and he must accept foreigners when he sees them.

After winning the war, it is even more necessary to show the mind of the Celestial Empire, value peace, and remove the key articles, these treaties that lose power and humiliate the country can still be signed and recognized.

In short, it is necessary to avoid war.

Mai Huatuo was delighted: "Your emperor is really wise and wise, I will immediately send a message to London, and ask them to send a new minister to negotiate." ”

Gui Liang said: "We, the Qing Dynasty and your country, are willing to value peace. ”

Shanghai Consul Mai Huatuo said: "Of course, harmony is precious, and harmony is precious. ”

Gui Liang was overjoyed and returned to Beijing to resume his life.

After he left, Shanghai Consul Mai Huatuo's face suddenly turned cold.

Ridiculous Qing people, there will be no more negotiations.

You don't know anything about the majesty of the British Empire, and there were many parliamentarians who opposed the war before, and now no one can oppose it.

For the glory of the British Empire, it is destined to wage a devastating war.

It is useless to have any conditions, because there is nothing to do with interests, only for the majesty of the empire.

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After resigning from all positions, after all titles.

Su Yu once again publicly announced that he had officially resigned as the leader of the Seven Southern Provinces Alliance.

Because this is not an official position, but an honor.

The whole South, once again, was in an uproar.

Then, he came to Wuchang and met with Zeng Guofan again.

"Lord Zeng, I want to ask you to be the leader of the Southern Seven Provinces Alliance next, how about it?"

Zeng Guofan fell into deep thought and began to weigh the pros and cons.

Because of the existence of Su Yu, the authority of the alliance of the seven southern provinces is very high.

As the leader of this alliance, of course, he will have a great political reputation.

However, once you become the leader of this alliance, you also need to top the thunder for the south.

Before Su Yu was the leader of this alliance, he spread his wings and helped the governors of the seven southern provinces to block wave after wave of attacks.

Xu Youren, Tian Yugong, Wang Youling, Shen Baozhen and others were all saved by Su Yu.

If it weren't for Su Liu's help in blocking the attack of the imperial court, these people would have stepped down a long time ago.

If Zeng Guofan is the leader of this alliance, he will also have to thunder for the governors of these brother provinces.

What's more, the imperial court will obviously take action against the Jiujiang Economic Zone next, and even meet each other in arms.

Once he became the leader of this alliance, he had the responsibility to protect Jiujiang and block the soldiers of the imperial court.

Weigh the pros and cons again and again.

Zeng Guofan bowed and said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Su, Zeng is a shallow scholar and has insufficient qualifications to serve as the leader of the alliance." ”

He refused.

He was unwilling to stand up to thunder, and he was never willing to work against the court for Jiujiang.

Su Yu said: "I know." ”

After all, it's not all the way.

Then Su Yu said: "Zeng Gong is unwilling, of course Su can't be strong, and I understand it very well." But what I said before, Zeng Gong should have some experience, no one is absolutely allowed to let the Southern Seven Provinces Alliance be dismantled. ”

Next, the imperial court may canonize Zeng Gong as the governor of Liangjiang. This is a good thing, Su will definitely not obstruct it. ”

"But please remember one sentence, don't dismantle the alliance of the seven southern provinces."

Then, Su Yu left!

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A few days later, the imperial court's envoy, Prince Hui Mianyu, appeared in Wuchang.

"Disheng, Su Yu can't be the leader of the Southern Seven Provinces Alliance, so the position of the leader of this alliance belongs to you."

This is the imperial court testing Zeng Guofan's ability to take over as the leader of the alliance.

Once he accepted the position of leader of the alliance, it meant that he would continue to fight against the imperial court on behalf of the seven southern provinces.

Zeng Guofan said: "Su Yu did come to me and asked me to take the position of the leader of this alliance. ”

Mianyu's face changed slightly, Zeng Guofan's army was nearly 100,000, which was much more than Su Yu.

Once he takes over as the leader of the alliance, it will be difficult.

Mianyu smiled: "Can you take it?" ”

Zeng Guofan said: "I didn't answer." ”

He didn't say if he wanted to take it in the future.

For the imperial court, as long as no one takes over the position of the leader of the Seven Provinces Alliance, then the Seven Provinces Alliance will exist in name only.

There's no one to lead, and it's a fart.

Mianyu said with a smile: "The position of the governor of Liangjiang is very important, and it has been vacant for a long time. Zeng Disheng is highly respected, you are the only one. ”

Zeng Guofan said: "I am shallow in virtue and dare not occupy such a high position, so I recommend Xu Youren to be the governor of Liangjiang." ”

Prince Hui Mianyu's face was solemn, and he took out the holy decree and said: "Fengtian carries the emperor's edict and canonizes Zeng Guofan, the governor of Hubei, as the governor of Liangjiang and the minister of trade with Wukou, and the title of secretary of the military department, Qin this!" ”

The imperial court was very decisive this time, and directly used the holy decree to force Zeng Guofan to stand in line.

It is said that at this time, Zeng Guofan should resign and give up.

However, he knelt down directly and kowtowed: "Minister, thank you, long live, long live, long live!" ”

Mianyu said: "Where is Peng Yulin? ”

Zeng Guofan was stunned and happy.

Half an hour later, Peng Yulin arrived, because he was in Wuchang.

"The emperor has an order, and Peng Yulin takes it!"

Peng Yulin knelt down.

"Fengtian carries the emperor's edict and canonizes Peng Yulin as the governor of Hubei, and the rank of squire of the leading army, Qin this!"

Peng Yulin kowtowed: "Minister's order, thank you." Long live my emperor, long live, long live! ”

At this point, the Hunan army was prosperous.

One governor of two rivers and three governors.

Moreover, Zeng Guofan, the governor of Liangjiang, was obtained by stepping on Su Yu's shoulders.

The imperial court was to keep him from standing on the side of Su Liu, so he was given the important position of governor of Liangjiang.

So before Su Yu kept saying, you can take this Governor of Liangjiang, and I am also willing to be an adult.

But in the matter of dismantling the covenant of the seven provinces, if you dare to push it, then don't blame me for being ruthless.

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Jiujiang!

"I'll do it!" Xu Youren said: "This new alliance leader of the seven provinces, I'll do it!" ”

Wang Youling said: "I'm here, I haven't read, I'm not even a showman, I'm a reckless man, I'll do it." ”

Tian Yu, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, said fairly: "I'm here, I'm the governor, and my official position is higher, and I'll be the leader of this alliance." ”

Whoever is the leader of this alliance will be the thunderbolt.

Next, what Su Yu is inconvenient to do, it will be done by the new alliance leader.

Even if it is a direct confrontation with the imperial court.

It could even be a battle against each other.

If Su Yu wants to enter the center in the future, he must occupy the moral high ground.

Therefore, this matter of confronting the imperial court cannot be done by him.

Otherwise, he will really be a rebel and a thief in the emperor's mouth.

He retreated cleanly, which was the final preparation for entering the main center.

Xu Youren insisted again: "I'm still coming, I must come." Originally, Lord Tian Yugong was indeed the most suitable, you are the governor, and we are the governor, but your Fujian is too far away from Jiujiang, and my Jiangsu is right in the middle of the Yangtze River. ”

"So don't fight, I'll be the leader of this alliance."

"All the bad guys, I'll do it!"

"I was going to die in Suzhou, and I earned one more day of life."

Then, Xu Youren, the governor of Jiangsu, said: "Master Su, just tell me how long it will last." ”

Su Yu said: "Three to four months." ”

"So short?" Xu Youren took a long breath and said, "I thought it would take a year or two to support it." ”

"Okay, leave it to me!"

"I just think I'm a dead person, and I can do anything extreme."

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In the study, Su Yu and Xu Youren had a secret conversation.

Xu Youren said: "He, how long can he live?" How long can the imperial court exist? ”

Su Yu took out a piece of paper, wrote a few words on it, and handed it to Xu Youren.

After Xu Youren read it, he quickly burned the paper.

After a long while, Xu Youren trembled and said: "Lord Su Yu, my son is gone, and I have no hope in this life, and the only thing I think about is the name behind me." ”

"Su: If one day, I openly confront the imperial court and my reputation is ruined, can you help me save my reputation after death?"

Su Yu was silent for a while, and said, "Lord Xu, you won't be ruined. ”

"In the near future, I hope you can enter the center, and we will work together to support the community and prosper Huaxia."

Then, Su Yu bowed deeply to Xu Youren.

Xu Youren bowed back and said: "I, Xu Youren, may become a rebel minister in the mouth of the court, but I am worthy of the conscience of heaven and earth, and worthy of hundreds of millions of people!" ”

"Leave the rest to me!"

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A few days later!

Shanghai, Yu Garden, Sansui Hall.

Several governors, governors were in place.

And a number of newspaper reporters from the Western powers were invited.

British, American, French and other Western consuls in Shanghai were invited.

Imperial court officials such as the prefect of Matsue were also invited.

Xu Youren, governor of Jiangsu, officially announced that from now on, he will assume the post of leader of the alliance of the seven southern provinces.

He will do his best to protect the Yangtze River and protect the people of the seven southern provinces.

It also sent diplomatic notes to the United States, Britain, Russia, France, and other countries.

Followed by!

Xu Youren, the new leader of the alliance, announced that because piracy is becoming more and more rampant, from now on, the alliance fleet of the seven southern provinces will completely block the entire Yangtze River waterway.

Any armed fleet that is not part of the seven southern provinces is not allowed to enter the Yangtze River waterway.

Those who disobeyed, all sunk.

Xu Youren stressed that no armed force is an exception.

The Qing court officials present were completely discolored.

"Lord Xu Youren, what if the imperial court dismisses you as governor of Jiangsu?" A foreign reporter asked.

Xu Youren said: "Whether I am the governor of Jiangsu or not, my position as the leader of the Southern Seven Provinces Alliance will not change. ”

"As long as I am in the position of alliance leader, this decision will not change!"

As soon as this statement came out.

Suddenly it was like a thunderbolt from the sky.

Everyone was horrified, this ...... What does that mean?

Is this going to be an armed confrontation?

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And at the same time!

The news of the defeat at Dagukou reached London and Paris.

There was silence at first.

And then, all over Europe, in a complete uproar!

Between the government and the opposition, there was a complete shock.

Countless people criticized the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces.

I don't know how many newspapers are publishing the news of this defeat.

Everyone couldn't believe that in the face of the decaying and backward Qing State, they had suffered such a crushing defeat.

Countless people shouted and shouted to the generals who participated in the war.

Think they brought great shame to the British Empire, to the French Empire.

But there is one voice, unprecedentedly unanimous!

Revenge, revenge, revenge!

Gather more troops, more fleets, and wage a devastating war against the Qing court.

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