Cheng Cai didn't have the time to think about whether Luo Bingzhang had deceived the emperor, because Wuchang Mansion, where he was responsible, was about to be in danger! He had just seen Luo Bingzhang's joke, but he didn't expect that he would be like Luo Bingzhang after a while. Got it!
Thinking of this, Cheng Cai quickly asked Luo Bingzhang: "Ru Zhai, is Hubei Admiral Shuangfu in Changsha City?"
"The two admirals are in Changsha City," Luo Bingzhang immediately understood what Cheng Zhijun meant, and said with a slight frown, "Qingchu, do you want to transfer all the green battalion soldiers from Shuangjunmen back to guard Wuchang?"
"Exactly!" Cheng Zicai nodded and said sincerely, "Ruzhai, now that the army has been defeated in Hunan, Changsha can't hold it at all... Why don't we abandon Changsha and go to Wuchang together, and concentrate on the two lakes? The powerful forces defend Wuchang! As long as Wuchang can be defended, we can contain Changmao within the borders of Xianghu.
Dear Cheng Cai, you want to harm me!
How old a fox is Luo Bingzhang? He immediately understood what Cheng Dazhijun was thinking - to draw all the soldiers from Changsha to defend Wuchang, so that Wuchang might have a chance to be defended, but Luo Bingzhang was in misfortune. Not only did he lose his duty The city and even the soldiers are gone! Why don't you turn around and ask someone named Cheng to take the blame?
"Cheng Zhijun," Luo Bingzhang's tone suddenly became serious, "I am the governor of Hunan. I am a minister who is entrusted with the territory and protects the territory. I should live and die with Changsha! And the Hubei soldiers in Changsha City can be taken away by Zhijun. .But our soldiers in Hunan want to defend the land of Hunan, and there is absolutely no reason to ignore the land and elders in our hometown and go to defend Wuchang.
Cheng Cai didn't say anything more to Luo Bingzhang. Now, apart from Luo Bingzhang's Fu Biao, the Hunan soldiers in Changsha City were also trained by Zuo Zongtang and Luo Zenan. Cheng Cai couldn't command them at all.
"Ke Zhai," Cheng Zicai raised his hand to Shengbao again, "Are your demon-fuming camp and Ganshan Green camp soldiers also staying in Changsha?" Shengbao has become a spirit now and knows not to follow Cheng Cai into the pit of Wuchang easily. .
Changsha looks dangerous, but in fact the two sides are already "doing business" and will not take any serious action. Moreover, the emperor must have been mentally prepared for the fall of Changsha and will not go into details. If Zuo Zongtang can reach an agreement with Luo Yaoguo An agreement allows Luo Bingzhang to defend for another ten days and a half. Xianfeng may feel that the Changsha armies have already worked very hard.
On the contrary, Wuchang City is very dangerous!
Because Wuchang is a must-win for the Taiping Army and a must-defend for the Qing court. If Shengbao were to rush in, Xianfeng would definitely let him and Wuchang coexist and die... Oh, it's not a coexistence or death, it can only be a coexistence.
Thinking of this, he also said with a serious face: "Cheng Zhijun, Shengbao came to Hunan to suppress the bandits under the emperor's order. Now that the bandits in Hunan have not been eliminated, how can Shengbao leave Hunan and go to Hubei without permission?"
Cheng Cai was also speechless. The thieves in Hunan have not been wiped out, but the army in Hunan is about to be wiped out... Are you going to suppress the thieves? They are almost wiped out by the thieves! This Shengbao looks quite smart, why is Lizi such a thief? Fool?
When Cheng Cai was feeling sorry for Shengbao's IQ, Hubei Admiral Shuangfu and Imperial Envoy Sushun walked in together.
Shuangfu had just heard that his boss Cheng Cai had led hundreds of people from the west bank of the Xiangjiang River to find a few boats to cross the river to Changsha, and he knew something was wrong! There were two to three thousand people under the supervision of the Governor of Huguang, and now there are only a few left Hundreds of people? And wasn't Cheng Cai stationed in Xiangtan and under the control of the imperial envoy Saishang'a (actually the assistant minister Seng Gelinqin)?
Why did he come to Changsha? Could it be that Xiangtan was defeated?
If Xiangtan loses, then Changsha cannot stay any longer and must leave quickly!
Sushun's expression was uglier than Shuangfu's, whose face was full of smoke, because the correspondence between him and Seng Gelinqin had been interrupted for two days!
Since Seng Gelinqin led his troops to Shaoyang, he and Seng Gelinqin have exchanged letters every day. The last letter was sent by Seng Gelinqin after he entered Hengshan County four days ago. If Seng Gelinqin was defeated , then Hunan is indeed out of the question, and the next step is to plan a plan to "pacify the three vassals".
But he can't go to Wuchang now, but has to go to Changde... The Qing Dynasty needs Zeng Guofan!
Zuo Zongtang stood on the side, looking at the adults in the room, and thought: "Now there is no Hunan in the Qing Dynasty! It seems that I have to contact that Luo Angel as soon as possible..."
Orange Island Head.
Luo Yaoguo was holding Su Sanniang's hand. The two of them were standing side by side on a high ground, looking at the Xiangjiang River going north, with a serious and thoughtful look on their face. This place... he used to play with his classmates when he was in college. Yes, that was more than a hundred years later!
At that time, I was a young boy who was my classmate, and was in my prime!
I didn’t expect that when I come back to Juzizhoutou, things have changed and people have changed!
I recall that back then, this place still had beautiful scenery and throngs of tourists. But now, when I come back, it is just a deserted state. Only the vast land and the roaring Xiang River remain unchanged. I don’t know who is in charge of the ups and downs of this world?
Just as Luo Yaoguo was sighing, he suddenly heard a female voice like a silver bell coming from behind him: "Your Highness, Mr. Zuo is here!"
He hurriedly looked back and saw that Wang Xier was wearing a little red robe and a little red hat, leading a short fat man in civilian clothes who had arrived behind him. The short fat man in civilian clothes was none other than Zuo Zongtang, who had had a long conversation with Luo Yaoguo before. .
Luo Yaoguo turned around, clasped his fists towards Zuo Zongtang, and said with a smile: "Mr. Ji Gao, you are fine!"
Zuo Zongtang laughed and returned the gift: "Thanks to your blessing, Zongtang's business in Xianghu has also improved greatly!"
Then he nodded to Su Sanniang again, and Su Sanniang nodded in return, without saying anything, she just stood beside Luo Yaoguo with a low eyebrow.
Zuo Zongtang asked Luo Yaoguo with a smile: "I heard that Angel and Lady Su are about to tie the knot. Isn't it a double happiness this time?"
Luo Yaoguo clasped his fists: "Same joy, same joy. Mr. Ji Gao, in this situation, Hunan has been completely liquidated, right? I wonder if Mr. Ji Gao wants a title to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom?"
Zuo Zongtang shook his head and said slowly: "When I was at Chao Zongmen that day, I made it very clear to His Highness the Angel. If the Angel carries out Hongwu's ambition in the future, Zongtang should follow him."
"However, Hongwu's ambition was to imitate the Han and Tang Dynasties, respect Confucianism alone, and then establish principles! The Ming Dynasty founded by Emperor Hongwu was definitely not a dynasty of Mingjiao! After Hongwu conquered the world, he practiced Confucianism, not Mingjiao heretics."
"But today's Taiping Heavenly Kingdom... is still a country that worships God's religion, not a country that is famous for its Confucianism. Zongtang believes that today's Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is just the red scarf of Han and Song Dynasties, and is definitely not the work of Hongwu and Zhuming."
"If His Majesty the Angel had ambitions to be a powerful force, he should have made plans early to leave the Ming religion, establish the Ming Dynasty, and save the common people with Confucian righteousness. This is also Zongtang's ambition!" "I see..."
Luo Yaoguo nodded slightly, with a disappointed expression on his face.
After listening to Zuo Zongtang's words, Luo Yaoguo already knew that this most outstanding politician and military strategist in the late Qing Dynasty and himself... were not from the same group after all!
After all, Zuo Zongtang was a Confucian scholar of the Xianghu School of Economics. Even if he had anti-Qing aspirations, he still expected a leader like Zhu Yuanzhang who could bring China back to the traditional line of Confucianism and the laws of the Han and Tang Dynasties.
They are not "great gods" like Hong Xiuquan who worship foreign gods, nor are they "angels" like Luo Yaoguo who fight against local tyrants and divide their fields.
Luo Yaoguo doesn't need to dance to the great gods. His dancing to the great gods is just to fool the kings of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. It is to squeeze into the real decision-making circle of the heavenly kingdom, not to dance against the people below.
But his line is not the so-called "Confucian orthodoxy"... because Confucianism is a "Tao" controlled by the landlord class intellectuals. If he followed the Confucian orthodoxy, Luo Yaoguo would not be able to carry out large-scale land distribution.
Without dividing the land, not only would it be impossible to control the countryside, but it would also be impossible to alleviate the acute contradiction between man and land. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, there were only tens of millions of people in the world, so the contradiction between man and land was not prominent, and there was huge room for maneuver.
Nowadays, there are over 40 million people in the world, and the average cultivated land per capita in the eighteen provinces of Han Dynasty is a little more than two acres... This still includes a large amount of low-yield dry land and sloping land!
Under the technical conditions of the 19th century, this meant that the countryside was a powder keg that could explode at any time!
If the land is redistributed, it will be stable for at least twenty or thirty years. This will give some room for maneuver. Maybe we can find a way out before this powder keg explodes. If the land is not redistributed... I don't know what Luo Yaoguo will do?
You can't imitate Zeng Guofan and shave your head, right?
Thinking of this, he cupped his fists towards Zuo Zongtang and said, "Mr. Ji Gao, it seems that you and I have different views after all! But Yaoguo hopes that if you succeed, you will not be a slave, but the master of the world!"
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Zuo Zongtang nodded and said with a smile: "Man, that's the way it is!" "Okay! Just say goodbye!"
Chapter completed!