Chapter 139, Heavenly Uprising, Eagle Army Invasion

After separating from the three of them, the two inquired about the news all the way and learned about the recent events in the Qing Dynasty. This major event was the Taiping Rebellion.

At this time, it was the sixth year of Xianfeng, and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was in trouble.

A few years ago, Hong Xiuquan rebelled in Guangxi, although it was blocked by the Qing army and landlords, and he rushed to the west and suffered great losses. But these days, there are countless people who can't eat enough, as long as the leader does not die, it is very easy for the team to develop.

After a period of fighting, the leaders of the uprising gained combat experience, and then the army marched north to capture Yong'an. In the second year, he broke through from Yong'an and continued to go north, becoming more and more brave in battles, winning successive battles, capturing Jinling, and changing Jinling to Tianjing as the capital.

The two walked under the rule of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and got more and more news. Among them, what interests Jiang Mingyue the most is "The Heavenly Dynasty Tianmu System".

Jiang Mingyue sighed after reading it: "This system is too advanced! If we can really achieve an equal distribution of land, it will be great." ”

"It's not that big. Li Shucheng said, "In history, when the founding of the country like the Tang Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, the population decreased by half, and the land was unevenly divided. It will not be until the later period when the population becomes more and more that this land equalization will play a big role, but it will not be long. You see how quickly the population is increasing! Land is always limited, and it won't be a long time before there is no land to plant. So equalization of land is not going to solve the problem once and for all, unless the population doesn't increase anymore, but is it possible?"

"This is also a step forward, first to solve the problem of land, and then to solve the problem of population. Jiang Mingyue said.

"But they are now in the land of four wars, surrounded by the Qing army, and often fighting, but they are not in a position to implement this system. You see that this has been promulgated for a few years, and how many of them have been implemented within the scope of their control?" Li Shucheng said, "And people's selfish desires and selfish desires cannot be curbed by an order, and the people below will definitely go crooked when they implement it, and they have a little bit of power and a little bit to do with it, who doesn't want to pull more on their own family? It is difficult to fight the country, it is even more difficult to defend the country, and the most important thing is to look at the above, if they do not have the ability to govern, their Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is also the tail of the rabbit." ”

After going around Jinling, Li Shucheng said: "Virtue is not worthy! Look, it's only been a few years, and they have all enjoyed it, the palace has been built to a big one, there are more wives and concubines than one, and the clothes and food are more luxurious than the other. Even if there is a Shi Dakai who is not in the same stream, but the more he is like this, the more he is suspicious and excluded, and it is useless. Now, although they have won great victories one after another and suffered heavy losses in the Qing army, as long as there is an internal change, they will soon perish. ”

Sure enough, not long after the two went south to Guangdong, news came. First, Wei Guanghui, the king of the north, killed Yang Xiuqing, the king of the east, and tens of thousands of Yang Xiuqing's subordinates uprooted the first line of the east king. Wing King Shi Dakai rushed back and couldn't stop it, reprimanded Wei Guanghui, became a thorn in Wei Guanghui's eye, and could only escape from Tianjing, but his family members were killed by Wei Guanghui.

Then Shi Dakai fled back to Anhui to raise troops to Jingjing, Hong Xiuquan saw that the army and civilians supported Shi Dakai, so he killed Wei Guanghui.

Xiao Chaogui, the king of the west, and Feng Yunshan, the king of the south, died in battle before they captured Tianjing, and Yang Xiuqing, the king of the east, and Wei Guanghui, the king of the north, also died. Moreover, this Wing King is very good at fighting, and he has a good relationship with Qin Rigang, the king of Yan, this time the killing of Wei Guanghui can be seen from the support of the military and the people, how can the Wing King win the hearts of the people, how can he not make Hong Xiuquan suspicious?

The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was in turmoil, and the vitality was greatly damaged, and the Qing army took the opportunity to counterattack, rebuild the Jiangbei and Jiangnan camps, and besiege Tianjing again.

When they got the news of the chaos in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the two had already tasted fresh lychees and entered the city of Guangzhou.

Soon after entering the city, there was a panic in the city, and the news that a warship of the Eagle Kingdom had entered the inland river and headed for Guangzhou was flying all over the sky, but the officials in the city were not prepared at all, and the troops outside the city were still lazy.

Li Shucheng quietly went to the yamen of the governor of Liangguang to eavesdrop on the news, but saw Ye Mingchen, the governor of Liangguang, eating snacks and drinking tea in the side hall, humming a few small songs from time to time.

"This person has come to the door, not only did he not prepare, but he also ordered not to fight back!" After coming back, Li Shucheng sighed, "Such an official, such a court, it is strange that people can't make an inch." ”

"Yes!" Jiang Mingyue said, "Be ruthless and fight hard, even if you lose, people see your bloody nature that you are not afraid of death, for fear of fighting you again, they will not easily open their mouths." Although the Qing court was backward, after all, the two sides were too far apart, even if tens of thousands of people were transported, in addition to showing off their might near the coast, foreigners might not be able to come back after entering the interior. This is like a lamb, who do people bully if they don't bully you!" Jiang Mingyue is telling the truth, even if you come with 100,200,000 troops, you will be dumbfounded when you attack the inland, the territory is too big, and there are not enough people at all.

Within a few days, the batteries along the river outside the city were captured by the Eagle Army one after another, and the Eagle Country fleet drove directly to the river outside the city of Guangzhou to shell the city of Guangzhou.

"Huh, the siege of the city?" Hearing the sound of artillery, Li Shucheng said, "It is said that if the forts along the river do not resist, they should have come over a long time ago, but I didn't expect it to drag on for so long." ”

Jiang Mingyue said with a smile: "This side has ordered no shelling, but they don't know! ”

"It can be seen that they are actually weak-minded!" Li Shucheng said, "After this trial, it was found that the Qing Dynasty officials were afraid of death and did not dare to beat them, so they dared to boldly drive in to show off their might." At night, I went to their ship to get some weapons, and other people's houses came in, and the people had nothing in their hands, so they could only let them burn and loot. ”

Late at night, Li Shucheng came to the outside of the city to take a look, not only the Eagle Country fleet, but also a warship from the United States. "This is trying to rob while the fire is on!" Li Shucheng said to himself, "Then let's start with you first." ”

At Li Shucheng's speed, the officers and soldiers on duty on the deck of the Mi warship didn't see anyone, and they were knocked unconscious one by one. Then Li Shucheng entered the cabin, opened and cleaned up one room after another, until the last captain's bedroom. If according to Li Shucheng's thoughts, none of these people can survive, but thinking about the Qing court's style, killing these rice soldiers will not only be no good, but will also bring big trouble to the people, so I can only give up if I think about it.

After entering the bedroom, Li Shucheng put away his weapon first, and then kicked the bed to wake the other party up.

The other party woke up and was stunned for a moment, seeing that Li Shucheng was not a soldier under him, he hurriedly reached out to the pillow and took out a gun, worthy of being an officer, with good quality. But this time it was hollow.

"Are you looking for this?" Li Shucheng raised the short gun in his hand and said in English.

"Guards, guards!" the officer shouted ignoring Li Shucheng.

"Don't shout, they're all unconscious now, and on the entire warship, only you and I are awake. Li Shucheng said, "It's useless for you to cut your throat." ”

The other party shouted a few times, but didn't hear a response, knowing that Li Shucheng was not lying, he stopped shouting and asked, "Who are you?"

"I can't tell you who I am, and I don't want to know who you are. Li Shucheng said, "I just need to know that you are here to pick up the bargain." ”

"We're here to protect our merchants. The officer said.

"Well, it's okay to deceive others with this excuse, but it's a little worse than fooling me. Li Shucheng said, "If it weren't for the unstable domestic political situation in your country and the fierce contradictions between the south and the north, I'm afraid you would have fought with the Eagle Kingdom." ”

"Do you know what is going on in our country?" asked the officer, surprised.

"Yes. Li Shucheng said with a smile, "I also know that more than 40 years ago, the Eagle Army and the Eagle colony Canada fought with your country, and even took down the capital of your country, and burned it down. It's only been so many years, and you've forgotten about hatred. Li Shucheng also knew that war would soon break out between the north and the south. But why say this? Neither is a good person, and it would be better if both sides could play out their brains!

"It's not that we forgot about hatred, we just ...... It's just ......" that the officer wanted to defend his country, but he couldn't find a suitable reason for the moment.

"It's just that your strength is not strong now, and you don't dare to shake your face with the Eagle Country, right?" Li Shucheng said with a smile, "But you are also fools, why do you have to wave the flag and shout behind the Eagle Country? Even if the Eagle Country wins, you are just picking up some bones to eat, and the Eagle Country will take the big head." Isn't it just to make money, this Qing Dynasty has people who want to make money, as long as you find the right person and let some benefits come out, the internal affairs of the Great Qing Kingdom will be solved by him. Like the Eagle Country, you force the Qing Kingdom to open more treaty ports, but no one believes what is the use of you buying your things?"

"Forget it, I'm telling you this, I'm talking to the cow. Li Shucheng said, "I confiscated the guns on your ship, moved two cannons, and took all the shells." Of course, it won't be taken for nothing, we pay for it. Look, how much money should I give you?"

The things have been taken away, and the lives of a boatload of people are still in the hands of others, what can I do? But how can I get the capital back, otherwise he will not be able to make a difference, so he can only say the number hard, and then Li Shucheng fainted him, leaving the silver and leaving.

Paying for it is just an introduction, as long as he gets the money, he will find a way to start this business in the future, so that the Qing court may be able to buy weapons to arm itself. And if you don't give money, then you will really rob it, and the cowardly Qing court will have to bleed again. And the money lost by the Qing court was not pulled out of the people's teeth.