The next day, the city of Hangzhou was covered with notices, declaring the eighteen deadly sins of the Qing Dynasty, introducing the enlightened policies of the Chinese people, and then announcing that it respected the wishes of the people of Zhejiang and led the entire Zhejiang province to join the Chinese people.

The eighteen crimes are: losing power and humiliating the country, oppressing the people, Manchu privileges, official corruption...

Huang Zonghan led Zhejiang to join the Chinese in this way, which caused a huge sensation. This was a province surrendering to the Chinese.

This would cause huge harm to the foundation of Manchu rule.

It is said that Emperor Xianfeng broke a Tang Sancai ornament after hearing the news, and quickly ordered Ruichang, the Hangzhou general who was besieging Lin Fengxiang, to lead his troops south.

However, Ruichang went south and was unable to attack Zhejiang, so he could only attack the guards in the north of the Yangtze River.

Yuan Wei's Jiangbei column gradually matured after several consecutive battles.

Yuan Wei's commanding ability is also improving.

He divided the salt zone between Jiangbei and the Qing army into a buffer zone and used this as the main battlefield. This way it would not affect the normal life of the people in Jiangbei.

The terrain of the salt area is flat, but rivers crisscross it, and the escorts use boats as the main means of transfer.

Although the river here is not wide enough to block the long-range attacks of the Qing army, the long-range attacks of the escort army are obviously further away.

The boats only need to be able to withstand the direct impact of the Qing army's cavalry.

Moreover, there are small gunboats in the escort fleet, and the artillery on them can also attack the shore. This mini inland river gunboat weighing dozens of tons, manufactured by the Shanghai shipyard, has high output and fast production speed. It is equipped with a 50-meter

A small-horsepower steam engine is easy to operate and has very high practical value in inland river operations, especially in small rivers.

The Jiangbei column got the better of the troops near the water first and equipped dozens of ships first.

By luring the enemy deep, Yuan Wei successfully annihilated a Qing army cavalry of thousands of people and captured a large number of war horse resources that were in short supply for the escort army.

There has always been a shortage of cavalry in the escort army, and most of the small number of war horses were purchased from Fusang. Dong Liang opened up several relatively flat islands in Zhoushan to raise war horses, but these were a drop in the bucket.

The most important sources of war horses in East Asia are the Mongolian Plateau and Central Asia.

In short, in the current Jiangbei area, the escort army lacks the confidence to attack, but the problem of defense is not big.

Yang Xiuqing also received the news. In less than a year, the Chinese have become the ones the Taiping Army needs to look up to.

This further stimulated Yang Xiuqing to move to the northwest. It was no longer possible to fight with the escorts who were good at boats in the southeast. The Hunan Army in the west was also very strong. The only option was to move northwest to occupy Jingxiang, enter Guanzhong, Hanzhong, and then occupy Sichuan and Shu.

Only in this way can the foundation of the Taiping Army be formed.

But there are still different voices in Tianjing City. Especially the North King Wei Changhui dances the most happily. Yang Xiuqing feels that it is necessary to let the top leaders of the Taiping Army unify their thoughts first.

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On the third day, Lin Yue led the 11th and 12th detachments of the Chinese people assembled in Zhoushan and took a troop ship across the Qiantang River and rushed to the outside of Hangzhou.

Except for the two thousand people who stayed in Hangzhou, other teams were stationed in various counties and strategic locations in brigades.

Huang Zonghan also happily handed over his military power.

To everyone's surprise, Dong Liang still asked Huang Zonghan to be the governor-general of the Chinese province of Zhejiang.

In Fuzhou City, Dong Liang heard the news that Shang Yun was pregnant as soon as he returned to the capital.

He put down everything he was doing and even postponed joint meetings with the cabinet and headquarters.

This moved Shang Yun so much that he didn't even pay attention to the fact that Dong Liang replaced a beautiful woman as the director of the attendant room.

The couple were chatting in the bedroom. Dong Liang told his experience during this period and told Shang Yun to pay attention to his health.

But Shang Yun said understandingly: "A Liang, you go and do your business. I asked my senior brother to check the pulse. The fetal position is very stable. At night, I will listen to the fetal heartbeat for you. You can really hear it with a stethoscope."

It’s the child’s heartbeat.”

Shang Yun was kind and never caused trouble to Dong Liang.

"Well, in the evening, I will help you check it out..." Dong Liang kissed Shang Yun on the cheek.

"A-Liang, I can't do strenuous exercise in the past few months. The director of the attendant's office next to you is really good. I took a look and found that the hip bones are very wide and his appearance is also top-notch. Why don't you accept it and help our Dong family spread branches?"

leaf."

Dong Liang suddenly felt embarrassed, not knowing whether Shang Yun was telling the truth or irony.

"Ahem... Ayun, look what you said, he is the number one scholar in the Taiping Army. He is indeed capable, so I placed him in the attendant's room. This can be regarded as buying a horse bone for a thousand gold, we Chinese are so short of talents.

, Guan Yan has only been working for a few months, and I have to release him. This Mr. Fu will be released soon. And she is a widow..."

Shang Yun thought to himself, don't you just like older widows? Commander Zhuo seems to be older.

Of course, she would not say this to Dong Liang.

The education she has always received is that women must be generous, so that men will not be able to live without you, and only then can they be loyal to you.

"It's okay, A Liang. Our family is very small. You have to work harder in the future, otherwise our children will not even have a helper when they grow up."

There is nothing wrong with what Shang Yun said. In many rural areas, people are willing to have more children because there are often conflicts between people with different surnames in the village, and whichever family has more boys will have a great advantage.

"This Mr. Fu can't do it. She is a talented person and should be kept to contribute to the cause of our Chinese nation." Dong Liang said righteously.

Fu Shanxiang still doesn’t know that he is being arranged by the head of state’s wife.

At this time, she was getting familiar with the headquarters of the Attendant's Office. This was her first time in Fuzhou City since she became the director of the Attendant's Office.

When the warship carrying Dong Liang entered the Minjiang River, she could already feel the prosperity here. In the waterways on the river, merchant ships could be seen passing by from time to time.

When they see a warship approaching, these merchant ships will automatically give way.

When the warship arrived at the Mawei Shipyard, Fu Shanxiang was shocked again by the forest-like chimneys and the huge docks on the riverside.

This is what Dong Liang calls industrialization.

These factories not only continuously produce things that are useful to people, but also promote the development of society in a faster way.

The director of the attendant's office has his own large office. This office was originally a whole room. There are bookshelves, a desk, a bookcase, and a small bed behind a row of tall filing cabinets. If you work too late,

You can lie down and rest in the office.

Fu Shanxiang was visiting his room when a knock on the door sounded like "dong dong dong...".

She quickly walked over and opened the door.

What came into view was a woman wearing a black slim-fitting dress. The woman was about the same age as herself, and she was beautiful, but her dress was very simple, even looking a bit neutral, but the temperament she exuded made people feel close to her.

"Hello, I am Yang Yingying from the Secretariat."

Yang Yingying came here specifically to see the new director of the Attendance Office. I heard that she was a young widow and the number one female scholar in the Taiping Army.

No matter how rich the number one scholar is, there have been very few female champions since ancient times.

"Oh, are you Minister Yang? I have admired you for a long time. I often hear the head of state mention you and say that you are the female Zhuge of the Chinese people." Fu Shanxiang's words were very nice.

"That's what A Liang is like. Sometimes he doesn't hold back his words."

Yang Yingying's words revealed her close relationship with Dong Liang.

Fu Shanxiang knew that Minister Yang was the head of state's sister-in-law and also a widow. He had joined the Guards very early and had been responsible for the work around the head of state. He also served as the deputy chief of the academic department.

"Sister Yingying, I have just started working in the attendant's office. I may have many problems to trouble you in the future. Please give me your advice." Fu Shanxiang said modestly.

"Mr. Fu is the number one scholar. He is knowledgeable and a rare talent. I can't talk about giving advice. We are both women, so we can communicate more in the future. If you need anything here, you can tell me."

There was no need to wait until later. Yang Yingying immediately started communicating with Fu Shanxiang. The two started talking about the future plans of the Chinese people from the Four Books and Five Classics.

Yang Yingying came here to test Fu Shanxiang today.

She can basically be sure that Fu Shanxiang is sincerely loyal to the Chinese.

…

After returning to Fuzhou, Dong Liang's work could resume normally. He didn't know what happened between several women, at least around him, these people focused all their energy on work.

With Yang Yingying's guidance, Fu Shanxiang's work has made rapid progress. The secretariat has also shared many tasks.

Dong Liang did not bring a secretary with him when he was outside, so the director of the attendant office had to take on the role of secretary at the same time.

Dong Liang first asked the cabinet to hold a meeting to deal with the issue of the two new administrative offices in Zhejiang and Jiaozhou. Jiaozhou was relatively simple, with most officials dispatched from the central government, and some reliable people would be selected from local members of the Renaissance Association.

The problem in Zhejiang is much more complicated, because Zhejiang surrendered voluntarily, and you can't fire all the Manchu and Qing officials who took refuge with the Chinese.

Zhou Tenghu proposed a method, that is, resettlement in another place. In order to integrate these Manchu officials into the Chinese as soon as possible, he planned to first conduct centralized training for Zhejiang officials, and also conduct a screening. Next, he would

They were settled separately in several other Chinese provinces.

This is a way. The current size of the Chinese is enough to dilute the Manchu officials in a province.

The next step is to hold a meeting with the headquarters to discuss the construction of militia and local garrison in the two new provinces.

The most important thing is the next war against Jiangxi.

The Taiping Army is still fighting with the Hunan Army in Jiujiang, and it is a good time for the escort army to move north to occupy Jiangxi.

It just so happened that the surrender of Zhejiang also had a huge impact on Jiangxi to the west. The Chinese should strike while the iron is hot at this time.

Dong Liang's ambitions have expanded, and he wants to let Zhao Liewen launch a campaign in Hunan at the same time.
Chapter completed!