This is really a bit of a match-up.
Luo Yaoguo thought: "I used a piece of cloth from Xiangyin to stimulate Zuo Zongtang, and even invited him to serve in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom!
And Zuo Zongtang was even more decisive. He did not answer directly, but asked me the importance of the tripod. Is it okay to ask? What does this mean? Did I, Luo Yaoguo, want to aspire to the top, and you, Zuo Zongtang, came to join us? But this "ding" ", is this something I can ask now? Obviously not!"
Luo Yaoguo knew his own family affairs. He had not yet established his own foothold, and the team had just begun to build, far from the time when he could carry out the story of Hongwu. Wei Yuanzhang gained peace from the capture of Jiqing Road, the sealing of Jiangnan in the Song Dynasty, and other places. Zhang, when Han Lin'er sank to the river, his forces no longer used the dragon and phoenix era names, but switched to the Wu King chronology. This was after eleven years of painstaking efforts and campaigns from all directions.
Where has Luo Yaoguo arrived now? It is too early to talk about "aiming for the throne" now. And can Zuo Zongtang become an official in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom now? It seems not possible.
Zuo Zongtang's warlord career has also just started. He does not have a foothold in a state or a government. Although his subordinates have some group training, they are not close friends. At best, Zuo Zongtang leads everyone to beg for food in this troubled world. That’s all. To put it bluntly, he is a stand-up beggar, not a rewarder. If one day there is no food, the team will have to disperse.
Only by occupying a state and a prefecture, and having its own source of wages and soldiers, can we change from "begging for food" to "rewarding for food". Only then can we be considered to be on the stage in troubled times. If you are a lackey of the Qing Dynasty or a founding hero of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, you will have the capital.
As for Zuo Zongtang, Luo Zenan and others, if they can change from "beggars" to "rewarders", it would not be bad to first separate several state capitals in Hunan and become semi-independent little lords. Once they become "little lords" "Lord", he would no longer be the loyal lackey of the Qing Dynasty as he originally was.
If the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom can offer a suitable price, they can change jobs, or simply become loyal ministers and serve as two masters. They can be officials of the Qing Dynasty and ministers of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
After thinking about this, Luo Yaoguo smiled and asked Zuo Zongtang: "Is Mr. Ji Gao willing to establish a place for the Xianghu gentry Baoshu Mansion? How about Changde and Lizhou? How about Chenzhou and the land on the west bank of the Xiangjiang River in Changsha? Ji Gao If you, sir, are interested in doing this, we, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, are also willing to lend a helping hand."
Zuo Zongtang paused for a while, then shook his head and said with a smile: "Changsha, the capital of the province, cannot be handed over to the Taiping Army." Although Zuo Zongtang did not agree to anything, he already called him "Taiping Army" instead of "Taiping Army". "Grown hair".
The meaning goes without saying!
Luo Yaoguo's face darkened and he said, "Mr. Ji Gao, Changsha is mine!"
Zuo Zongtang smiled and said: "Not necessarily! There are still Tianxin Pavilion, Tiefo Temple, Chao Zongmen and Yingchun Gate to guard... Moreover, Xianfeng is unwilling to abandon the meeting of a province, Sai Shang'a dare not abandon it, Zongtang and Hunan Shilin is not willing to abandon him lightly.
If the battle in Changsha is still going on, Xianfeng and Saishang'a will definitely order Qing soldiers from all walks of life to gather in Changsha, and Qing soldiers from all walks of life will arrive in Changsha, Changde, Lizhou, Chenzhou, Baoqing, and even Yuezhou Prefecture in the north. It will be empty. Only when these places are empty will we have the opportunity to take them.
If all the Qing armies gathered in Changsha were severely damaged or even destroyed... then Hunan will become a land shared by both you and me. And His Highness the Angel can first occupy Yuezhou in the north, and then move across the Yangtze River to the east, Wuchang, Jiujiang, Anqing, Taiping, and Jiangning are all rich and prosperous places that can be taken! Hongwu's ambition may be fulfilled!"
When Zuo Zongtang said these words, his eyes were fixed on Luo Yaoguo, as if he had seen through the ambition hidden in his heart!
Although Luo Yaoguo is not as old a fox as Zuo Zongtang, he can still understand what this "Jin Liang" means by chewing on his words.
Luo Yaoguo thought to himself: "Well, Zuo Zongtang... you first used the importance of the cauldron and the ambition of Hongwu to lure me, but in fact, you wanted to use the main force of our Taiping Army to severely damage the main force of Qingyao, and also wanted to use the main force of Taiping Army to severely damage the main force of Qingyao. The main force of the army was sent out of Hunan to seize the wealth of the Qing Dynasty in Jiangnan.
land, thus leaving most of the state capitals in Hunan to be occupied by the Hunan gentry regiment... What a borrowed knife to kill people, what a way to divert disaster to the east, good calculation, and it is exactly what I want! "
Luo Yaoguo retracted his thoughts and asked calmly, "But Mr. Ji Gao just burned my 100,000 shi of grain! What to do with the two to three hundred thousand Hunanese in Changsha City? I hope Mr. Ji Gao can give me some advice!"
Zuo Zongtang smiled: "That's what I'm saying... Angel, can you still care about the food of those two to three hundred thousand people? If they want to eat, they still have to pay for it themselves, right?"
Luo Yaoguo's face darkened: "But you have burned down the rice warehouse, and they can't buy rice even if they have money!"
"It doesn't matter," Zuo Zongtang said with a smile, "Money can make the world go round! As long as the people in the city are willing to pay a high price, the food will be shipped to Chao Zongmen for sale."
"Ah?" Luo Yaoguo was startled.
He thought: "You do know how to do business... You first set fire to the rice warehouse, the largest rice market in Changsha, and then smuggled rice grains to make money from Changsha people! Doesn't your conscience hurt?"
Okay...I'll also do some good deeds and only charge you twice the usual rice price. How about that?
Zuo Zongtang smiled and said: "Don't worry, angel, I have asked my family to transport the food from Xiangyin, and it will arrive at Chaozongmen Wharf the day after tomorrow! Don't make a big show of it and say that the Taiping Army risked their lives. If you snatch it out and sell it at three times the value, treat it as a good deed and become a good person!
Zuo Zongtang went on to say: "It's not that I'm greedy, but it costs money to recruit and maintain troops! Angel, your troops came too fast. I really didn't get much money to raise troops from Changsha City, so I can only spend this money." It’s a bad idea. Divide the fields and land, don’t be polite, just go ahead and do it, you will definitely let those people know a little bit of the pain!”
In addition, the properties of the gentry of Hunan Province are scattered outside the city of Changsha. There are gentry's manors in Huilongtang, Shimapu, Muyun City, Langli City, Baijiashan City, Lukou, Zhuzhou and other places. If you go and copy it, you should be able to get some free money, and it would be a good idea to do it again!
Luo Yaoguo thought: "If they know the pain, they will fully support you Zuo Zongtang in organizing team training! And with money and food, I can defeat Xiang Rong, He Chun, Bao Qibao and the others in Changsha. They collapsed, If Cheng Yaotou still wants Hunan, he can only tolerate you occupying the state capital and becoming "Zuo Siqi" and "Zuo Liangbi"!
You are not "Jin Liang", you are simply "Jin Bei"!
Luo Yaoguo then thought: "But I am not at a loss for this. I defeated Xiang Rong, He Chun, and Bao Qibao. Zuo Zongtang, Luo Zenan and other Hunan army bosses went to the west bank of the Xiangjiang River to grab territory." Zuo Siqi ,," Luo Liangbi said. Then Feng Yunshan and Wang Yan can gain a firm foothold in southern Hunan and Hunan and Jiangxi. Wang Yan's side is all my people, and many of the grassroots in Feng Yunshan's Chenzhou, Guiyang and Yongzhou are my people. people.
Moreover, as long as southern Hunan and the border between Hunan and Jiangxi are in hand, it will not be so easy for the Hunan army to leave the three Hunan areas in the future. Even if they can leave, they will go to Hubei to sing a show against Jian Chaogui, and it is unlikely to attack Nanjing and Shanghai. It poses a threat. However, it seems that your contribution in this transaction, Zuo Zongtang, is a bit small, and the benefits are actually quite large!"
Raise millions of troops to sweep away Yanyun.........the story of Hongwu! What does Mr. Zuo think?
It seems that if Zuo Zongtang and I reach this deal, it will be a win-win situation. This should be a deal in which only Xianfeng is injured.
Thinking of this, Luo Yaoguo lowered his voice and said coldly: "Now our Taiping Army has 100,000 capable soldiers, and there are still millions of people in Hunan who want to rebel. Our Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is ready to take over all the land in Hunan first, and then move north After leaving Dongting, returning to the east of the Yangtze River, sweeping across the south of the Yangtze River, Zuo Zongtang shook his head: "No, no, this is today, and the end of the Yuan Dynasty is the end of the Yuan Dynasty. If His Majesty the Angel wants to do Hongwu's deeds, he must go east as soon as possible, and absolutely not When we stop at Jiangning, we must make a concerted effort to explore both East and West Wu, preferably Lianjia and Hu.
The Hang, Shao, and Ning prefectures were taken together!
Only in this way can we fulfill the ambition of Hongwu and become the foundation of the emperor! As for Hunan... Zongtang is willing to guard it for the Ming Dynasty.
Chapter completed!