"Uncle, shall we give the Emperor another favor and ask the Emperor to promote Luo Xueyan again?"
Hearing that Luo Xueyan came to save his life, Shengbao, who had been crying like rain just now, immediately closed the "faucet" in his eyes, and even enthusiastically offered to promote Luo Xueyan again.
"Promoted again? He's already at the fourth level, how can he be promoted again?"
Shengbao's brother Yuanbao was a little jealous when he heard this. He had not been promoted for a long time. Luo Xueyan's official career was also very good, right?
"How about adding the title of Inspector-General?" Sushun wiped his tears and said, "Yue Ting, I think this official has to be promoted... Now here in Jiangnan, except for Lord Yi's Fu Biao, the people on Chongming Island Su Songzhen Navy, as well as some miscellaneous regiment training, are Luo Xueyan's 6,000 new troops!
There are at least hundreds of thousands of troops on Changmao's side, and the number of Luo Shuyao's troops who captured Dantu County two days ago is no less than 20,000!
If we want to defend Suzhou, we have to rely on others to lead troops to resist one or two, so as to buy more time to prepare troops and horses and purchase guns."
Bai Siwen was frightened when he heard the name "Luo Yaoguo" - this person was probably the "Bull Demon King", and he had blown up the Bull Demon King with a holy bomb!
I don’t know if the Luo Yao Congress will sacrifice the cow magic again?
Bai Siwen said worriedly: "I'm afraid that Luo Xueyan can't defeat Luo Niyao's country. Luo Ni's soldiers are elite soldiers. They defeated Changsha City and Saitang's army was also defeated by them... According to rumors, this Thieves are demons descended from heaven!"
Yiliang became nervous again: "A demon descended from the sky? Is it real or fake?"
"Master Futai, this demon descended from the sky may be real!" Qiao Songnian, the prefect of Suzhou, said with a worried look on his face as he bowed his waist.
"How do you know?" Yiliang asked.
"Reporting to Mr. Futai," Qiao Songnian replied, "Didn't I send a master to Shanghai to purchase foreign guns and cannons these days? My master was listening to the foreigners in Shanghai saying that a book "The Great Prophecy" appeared in Shanghai recently. "Book" seems to have flowed out from Hunan. The content above is said to be the demon's prediction of major events that will happen in Britain, France, the United States and other Western countries this year. It seems to be quite effective..."
"Is this happening?" Yiliang asked in surprise, "Ke Zhai, Yu Ting, have you ever heard in Hunan that this demon published a "Great Book of Prophecy"?"
Shengbao shook his head and frowned: "I've never heard of it." Sushun spread his hands and said, "I haven't even heard of Kezhai, and I don't even know. He glanced at Yuanbao with a little dissatisfaction. , Bai Siwen and the two glanced at each other - you two don't know such an important thing, how to deal with this difference?
Yuanbao and Bai Siwen looked unjust. They had really worked hard to collect information about the demons, but they had never heard of the "Great Book of Prophecy"!
Seeing that his brother was about to eat the melon again, Shengbao hurriedly said to Yiliang: "Uncle, if there is really a "Great Prophecy" from Hunan in Shanghai, Luo Xueyan must know about it, so why not send someone to go to the Kunshan Army? Please ask Luo Xueyan about it?"
Hearing this, Yi Liang nodded lightly and said in a low voice: "We have to send someone to contact Luo Xueyan... Hehe, you are from Suzhou Prefecture and Kunshan is your jurisdiction. Just go there."
"I humbly accept my order," Qiao Songnian, the prefect of Suzhou, hurriedly raised his hand, and then asked, "Master Futai, I wonder if Master Futai has any military orders that he would like to convey to Luo Daotai from his humble position? Do you want Luo Daotai to go to Taipei to fight? Luo Yaoguo?"
Yiliang thought for a while and shook his head: "Don't talk about military orders or not. Discuss it with him... Don't force it. The 6,000 new troops in his hands are just scratch troops. They may look good, but they are really On the battlefield, it is very likely that you will panic and fail to defeat Luo Yamo, a veteran of many battles. You tell him, if you can fight, fight, if you can't fight, divide your troops to guard the prefectures and towns of Kunshan and Taicang Prefecture. Suzhou Fucheng, Kunshan County, Taicang The city and the city are all built along the Liuhe River, which leads from Taihu Lake to the Yangtze River. Although the river is not deep and the mouth of the river has been blocked, it can be defended. As long as the Liuhe River can be defended, the Shanghai Port will be safe. .As long as the Shanghai port remains, our escape route will remain!"
Shengbao frowned and said, "I'm afraid he won't accept the offer from Taicang Prefecture and Kunshan... He may be sending troops this time to try to save Jiangning Mancheng, and Jiangning is where he is responsible."
When Yiliang heard this, he felt it made sense and whispered: "I didn't think carefully at the time. Why did you recommend him to be the prefect of Jiangning?"
Sushun said: "This matter is easy to handle, let's just change him to another place." "Change him?" Yiliang looked at Sushun and asked, "Should we change to Changzhen Passage?"
Sushun shook his head: "Zhenjiang Prefecture has been lost, and Changzhou Prefecture is probably not safe. Isn't it empty for him? Besides, it's not convenient to make money without the Yanfa Road. And I mean to give him a new city of responsibility. , cut off Taicang Prefecture from Su Songtai Road, recommend him to be the governor of Jiangnan Yanfa Road and Taicang Prefecture, and add the title of Jiangsu Inspector... In this way, Taicang is his duty, and when he becomes the prefect, he can justifiably mobilize the regiment training of Taicang Prefecture to assist in the war. !」
Yi Liang nodded: "The inspector of the third grade, as well as the territory of Yanfa Road and Taicang Prefecture... should be enough! He Pei, tell him that as long as he agrees to guard Zhenyang and Kunshan, I will work with Sheng Your Excellency, Mr. Su will report to the Emperor together, guaranteeing him to be appointed as Jiangnan salt law road and know Taicang Prefecture, and he will also be given the title of Jiangsu Provincial Envoy!" He may have felt that he was still a little "mistreated" by his loyal minister Luo Xueyan, so he added another word and said: "Also. ..You bring another twenty blank certificates for the election of candidates to Luo Xueyan. You tell him that the emperor has given permission for Jiangsu Province to donate money to raise the salary of the candidates, and these can be sold for money.
In addition, I will give him twenty more places to be recommended for military merit. As long as he can defend Zhenyang and Kunshan, he will be able to recommend twenty seventh-grade ones!"
According to the system of the Qing Dynasty, there is no big difference between the candidates who donated money and the candidates who passed the examination. They can both take part in the joint examination or get an official position through the "Grand Selection". As for whether the candidates who have been recommended for military merit can get the actual vacancy, then It depends on the strength of the candidate.
However, the donated scholarship and military merit recommendation places are still worth two cents at the moment, and there are many wealthy people in Taicang and Songjiang. Twenty candidates and twenty recommended places can earn tens of thousands of taels of silver no matter what.
Add in the extremely wealthy Taicang Prefecture. This Yiliang is really worth his while.
"I understand, I will leave immediately!" Of course, Qiao Songnian, the prefect of Suzhou, also wanted Luo Xueyan to take over Taicang Prefecture so that someone could shoulder the thunder of the Taiping Army with him, so he immediately received Yiliang's order.
Just when he turned to leave, the tall Li Hongzhang suddenly stood up, bowed his hands towards Sushun and Yiliang and said: "Master Su, Master Yi, even though I am humble, I want to go to Kunshan and meet this famous man."
Western affairs in the southeast, military affairs talents."
Sushun got along well with Li Hongzhang along the way, and he was very optimistic about this young man, so he said to Li Hongzhang: "Shaoquan, then you and Magistrate Qiao will go to Kunshan together... In addition to asking about the "Great Prophecy"
Now let’s see how his new army looks like?”
"Yes, I must observe carefully."
Yi Liang said: "Ask him how to deal with foreigners?" Li Hongzhang said: "In my humble position, I must learn from Mr. Luo." Yi Liang nodded: "Well, I have to learn from him."
Northwest of Kunshan County, Yufeng Mountain.
This low hill rests on the southern Jiangsu Plain, which is as flat as a tabletop. It can be regarded as a commanding height. It is also the only mountain in Kunshan County. If a 12-pound cannon is mounted on Yufeng Mountain, not only Kunshan County will be
Under the muzzle, even several busy rivers around it can be blocked.
In addition, Yufeng Mountain is still a scenic spot in Kunshan. There are several unique gardens at the foot of the mountain, which are perfect for recruiting troops.
Therefore, after Luo Xueyan led his troops to Kunshan, he did not enter the county seat. Instead, he chose Yufeng Mountain as the location of his camp. He immediately ordered his chief military advisers Pierre and Ji Dapao to lead the artillery and engineer companies up the mountain. He himself
Then, together with Xiang Xun, Wang Kuiyi, Chen Chengrong and others, they led the headquarters to a garden at the foot of Yufeng Mountain.
Chapter completed!