Zeng Guofan shook his head helplessly. To be honest, he didn't know why the Taiping Army put two such big shit basins on his head? Is it because he was granted the title of Minister of Hunan Tuanlian by Xianfeng because he was a minister?
But he didn’t accept this assignment at that time!
And there is Luo Raodian. He is the governor, and Ding You has expired. He has also taken over the task of helping with military affairs and has already taken up his post in Changsha City. Why didn't the Taiping Angel give him a label? Is it because of him?
Both of them have the surname Luo. Are they from the same family?
Although he couldn't understand why Luo Yaoguo targeted him, Zeng Guofan still knew how to deal with Xianfeng - he was an official expert who had been in the "Deputy Ministry" for eight years after being admitted to the imperial examination, and suppressed Luo Yaoguo, a professional in the "history of rebellion" in the 21st century.
He is not good at it, but he knows better than anyone how to be a loyal and good man of the Qing Dynasty.
Officials in the Qing Dynasty, as long as there is no investigation from above, everyone is loyal and good, and all of them are honest officials.
Zeng Guofan is in such a situation now. His father and younger brother were captured, and that bastard Luo Yaoguo also used his younger brother Zeng Guohua to implement a counter-intentional plan that made Zeng Guofan jump into Dongting Lake and be unable to clean himself.
If Zeng Guofan was not an expert in being an official, he might have tried to explain it to Xianfeng, hoping to clarify the problem and clear his name. But as long as he went into trouble to explain, his official career would be over, and he might even be raped.
Exiled to Xinjiang.
Because if he wants to explain, he has to admit that his father and younger brother were captured. Then Xianfeng will send people down to check him... and once he is checked, the problem will not be far away. Even if he really has no problem, then Luo Yaoguo will
Arrange questions for him.
Therefore, Zeng Guofan did not admit that his father and younger brother were captured!
Even if Luo Yaoguo kidnapped his father and younger brother to Baling City, he would not recognize them.
"Your Majesty, "Pursuing Prisoners and Promoting Confucianism" was not written by a lower official." As he spoke, Zeng Guofan took off his official hat, revealing a clean-shaven bald head. Only the back of his head still had hair, and
Braided into a small braid.
"Ah, money rat tail!"
"This is the most authentic way to shave your hair and braid it!"
When Shengbao, the real Manchurian, and Guanwen, the real Baoyi, saw Zeng Guofan's hair style, they both raised their thumbs to praise him. Seng Gelinqin also stroked his beard and nodded, but didn't say anything.
Because just shaving your head is not enough!
Zeng Guofan clasped his fists in the air again and said, "Please tell the emperor that my minister Zeng Guofan is willing to be the emperor's slave. As long as the emperor issues an edict, he will be Zeng Jia Guofan after he is dismissed!"
"Zeng Jia. Guofan? Okay!"
Seng Gelinqin was finally satisfied.
The reason why Xianfeng and the Manchu people don't believe in Zeng Guofan is simply because Zeng Guofan is a Han, so Zeng Guofan now wants to progress to become a slave and become Zeng Jia. Guofan, Xianfeng and the Manchu people should believe him, right?
If you still don’t believe it...then Zeng Guofan will just go and worship God! And the Xianghu scholars will also give up on the Qing Dynasty!
Thinking of this, Seng Gelinqin quickly hugged the void and said solemnly: "The emperor has always valued you, Disheng. If you want to raise the flag, the emperor will definitely ask for it! Disheng, why don't you give the emperor a note?" , mention this matter, and I and Su Yuting can help with the drumbeat, and it should be possible."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Zeng Guofan bowed his hands to Seng Gelinqin, then took out a secret document that had been written and put it in a box, and handed it to Seng Gelinqin with both hands, "Your Majesty, please help me when you return to Beijing. Please bring this document to the Emperor on your behalf."
"Easy to say, easy to say." Seng Gelinqin smiled and took the foldable box from Zeng Guofan and put it away carefully, "I can't return to Beijing for the time being, but I will soon arrange a six hundred mile rush to deliver this foldable book. Beijing City!"
Then Seng Gelinqin paused and said: "Desheng, how many available troops do you have on hand now? Can you send some with me to defend Jingzhou?" Zeng Guofan stroked his beard and asked, "Only to defend Jingzhou?"
"It's just Jingzhou!" Seng Gelinqin nodded, "Now that Changsha and Baling can't be defended, Changmao's main attack direction must be Jingzhou Prefecture and Wuchang Prefecture! Wuchang is not under my control, but Jingzhou is full of people The city must not be lost, so I plan to personally guard Jingzhou!"
"If it is just to defend Jingzhou... I can send up to two thousand troops!" Zeng Guofan held out two fingers. "Only two thousand?" Seng Gelinqin seemed to think that was too few.
Zeng Guofan said in a serious tone, "It's not that the lower officials are unwilling to join more factions, but the Cantonese bandits, gangsters, and religious bandits are rampant in various places west of the Xiangjiang River. Civil commotions have occurred in every county. We must suppress them vigorously to stabilize the situation!"
"To fight against foreigners, we must first secure our country, and to suppress bandits, we must first secure Hunan. When the situation west of the Xiangjiang River stabilizes, I will personally lead the army out of Hunan and come to the prince's tent to listen to him!"
When Zeng Guofan said the words "increase repression", his evil face was filled with murderous intent, and he was obviously going to start a killing spree in various state capitals west of the Xiangjiang River.
The notoriety of having one’s head shaved started in Hunan in history!
"Okay! Two thousand is two thousand!" Seng Gelinqin nodded and said, "Disheng, I am waiting for your army in Jingzhou. Let's go together and kill him with his head rolling!" "It's a deal!"
Yuezhou Prefecture, Baling County.
"The rent is heavy and the interest is high. It is difficult for poor people to survive these days. Open the door early to worship Taiping, and the disciplines will be happy for all the big and small. Kill the demons and evil gentry, open the city gate to welcome Taiping. When Taiping comes, divide the fields! Divide the fields and divide the wealth. , even if everyone is fed and warm. If you don’t pay rent or repay debts, there will be no equality everywhere in the world…………
When Zeng Guofan was about to kill a man with his head rolling on the west bank of the Xiangjiang River, the song "Welcome to the Balance" resounded inside and outside this majestic city guarding the entrance of Dongting Lake to the river! The throat leading from the Xiangjiang River and Dongting Lake to the Yangtze River has now been Luo Yaoguo won!
The scene when Luo Yaoguo entered Baling was similar to when he entered Daozhou, Guilin Prefecture, and Chenzhou before.
It’s all a scene of a group of poor men being welcomed by the crowded streets!
This is because Chang Dachun, the governor of Hubei next door, blocked the Yangtze River waterway and prohibited ships from Hunan from entering Hubei. On the Hunan side, due to the war and chaos, the shipping on the Xiangjiang River was also in a state of semi-paralysis. Many boatmen wanted to go to Hubei to make a living. He tried to break through but was blocked by Chang Dachun on the Yuezhou side!
There were thousands of ships and tens of thousands of strong men...all of them were blocked here in Yuezhou, waiting for Luo Yaoguo to come and take them over.
If Chang Dachun hadn't become a loyal martyr of the Qing Dynasty in history, standing on the Yueyang Gate tower made of giant granite stones, looking at the crowd of people below holding "rags", kneeling on the pier outside the city and singing "Welcome to Welcome" Luo Yaoguo, a strong man from "Taiping", suspected that this descendant of Chang Yuchun had the Ming Dynasty in mind?
"Okay, okay," Luo Yaoguo said three times in a row, "Finally we have reached the edge of the Yangtze River..." Then he turned his head and looked at the roaring Yangtze River in the distance, feeling so excited in his heart!
Even in the original history, the Taiping Army would occupy Nanjing on March 7, 1853!
And now it is December of 1852!
In three months, the Taiping Army will sweep across Jiangdong!
The current situation of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is much better than that of the same period in history. Not only is half of Hunan east of the Xiangjiang River basically controlled by the Taiping Army, but history has been following the Taiping Army. The Xiangrong Group, which followed from Guangxi all the way to Nanjing, is already in Not long ago, they were completely wiped out in the Battle of Xiangtan, and even Xiangrong himself was captured!
Without the more than 20,000 people led by Xiang Rong, the Taiping Army's eastward march would inevitably be smoother than in history, and the Jiangnan camp would probably not be able to be established.
Without the constraints of the Jiangnan camp, the Taiping Army will become very comfortable in its activities in southern Jiangsu, southern Anhui, eastern Zhejiang, and even Jiangxi.
Luo Yaoguo's idea of ​​taking Su, Song, Tai, Jia, Hu, Chang and other five prefectures and one prefecture as a base should also be realized.
Thinking that he would become the "Yangtze River Delta Head" and "Shanghai Beach Owner" in a few months, Luo Yaoguo couldn't restrain his excitement and actually sang softly in standard Cantonese: "Lang Ben, Lang Ben," Wandering, rolling thousands of miles, the river never stops, the treasure is exhausted, the things in the world..."
"Your Highness, what are you singing? Is it a song from heaven?"
Before Luo Yaoguo finished singing, a coquettish-sounding voice suddenly came from behind him. He turned around and saw that it was Su Sanniang. This woman had put on some makeup today, and followed Luo Yaoguo's suggestion to leave her breasts uncovered. Suddenly she looked much more graceful and charming, and she even sounded nicer when she spoke.
Seeing that Luo Yaoguo is a little... ...wanting to pay a visit tonight.
Well, it seems that today is the auspicious day prescribed by Ji Du!
"The King of Heaven has a purpose," said Su Sanniang with a sweet smile. "The King of Heaven invites us to go to Changsha. He will personally host our wedding in Changsha. The King of Heaven also said that His Highness the Prince of Nan will also come to Changsha from Hengyang to attend our wedding."
Chapter completed!