Chapter 283: Zeng Gong, Cao Gong, Gong Wang Rui Wang (please vote, please order)
Zeng Guofan's eyelids twitched when he heard Miao Peilin's words, and then he stared at Li Wenxuan and Huang Shijie with triangular eyes. But these two people said nothing and looked as usual. But Miao Peilin continued:
"Master Zeng didn't know that Huaixi has suffered from floods for many years since the founding of the state and the people were in trouble. Since Jiadao, the Huaihe River has burst every year, and the Yellow River has flooded every year. However, the imperial court did not provide relief, and the second Without governance, they just let it go and watched the people of Huaixi become nothing more than fish and shrimps. Therefore, the gentry and people of Huaixi deeply hated Jianzhou and looked forward to the Ming Dynasty!
It's just that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom worships the teachings of God, calls Heavenly Father and Heavenly Brother, ruins family relationships, and destroys Heaven's principles. This is not what I, the Huaixi gentry, want. When your Excellency's "Message to Pursuing Captives and Prospering Confucianism" comes out, everyone in our generation will be happy and excited. , running around telling each other, everyone said that the Lord has come out, and the famous religion should be established!"
At this point, Miao Peilin even bowed his head and said in a sob: "Master Zeng, please ask Master Zeng to stand up and give a shout for the sake of all the people in the world!"
Zeng Guofan looked gloomy, slowly turned his head, looked at his fellow student Li Wenxuan and his student Huang Shijie, and asked in a deep voice: "Is this what you mean?"
Li Wenxuan smiled and said: "Di Sheng, now that things have happened, don't hide it from me, a good friend of the same year. Although I have never met your father, I know that he is not him at all!"
Zeng Guofan's face froze and he was speechless.
Huang Shijie stood up, bowed, and said respectfully: "Teacher, today's world is already at the end of the Yuan Dynasty! If the teacher wants to make a career, he can only imitate Li Chahan, Wang Baobao, Zhang Liangbi, and Li Siqi. Otherwise, what else can the teacher do? ?Are you going to be Prime Minister Cao of the Qing Dynasty?"
With a "pop" sound, Zeng Guofan slapped his palm on the square table. He stood up and looked at Huang Shijie fiercely with a pair of triangular eyes.
Huang Shijie said calmly: "Teacher, who among the knowledgeable people in the military today has not picked up the "Anti-Jing" and read it over and over again? The above principles have long been understood thoroughly. What kind of world is today, everyone has already understood it. Qing. There is no going back to the past!
Even if the teacher still wants Da Qing to go back, Zuo Jigao, Luo Xueyan, Jiang Minqiao, Luo Luoshan and the student me don’t want Da Qing to go back to the past!"
Having said this, Huang Shijie also lifted up his robe and kowtowed to the ground: "Teacher, please stand up for the teachings of Confucius and Mencius!"
Li Wenxuan also stood up and bowed his hands towards Zeng Guofan: "Brother Di Sheng, this time Prince Gong is marching to the south of the Yangtze River. Before he arrived at the Jiangbei camp, many invitations from the princes of Dahe have been distributed. Except for you and In addition to Zuo Jigao and Luo Xueyan in Shanghai, everyone north of the Yangtze River has been invited, and his ambition is probably not small!"
"Tamakawa, what are you talking about?"
Zeng Guofan frowned, but sighed in his heart: The Qing Dynasty is already in turmoil, does Prince Gong still want to take advantage of this opportunity to go to Beijing to command the army?
Li Wenxuan had been a junior Beijing official for many years and was very well-informed. He then said: "There are also rumors in Beijing that Prince Gong has petitioned the Emperor to betroth Concubine Yi's sister to Shanghai Luo Xueyan as his wife. Everyone knows that. !」
"What."
Zeng Guofan hesitated to speak, and his triangular eyes were a little more uneasy and suspicious. Concubine Yi was the emperor's favorite concubine, and she also gave birth to the emperor's eldest brother. Why did Prince Gong ask the emperor to marry Concubine Yi's sister? Luo Xueyan?
Is there any connection between Prince Gong and Concubine Yi?
Does the emperor know about this? Or is the emperor's body already
Huang Shijie then said leisurely: "Teacher, Wang Boshan, the magistrate of Taicang recommended by Luo Xueyan, has arrived at Bengbuji with two ships of foreign guns, cannons and bombs, and gave them all to Zuo Jigao. This Luo Xueyan was born under the sect of Luo Ruzhai. , and Zuo Jigao are obviously one and the same."
Li Wenxuan's tone became serious: "If Brother Disheng cannot win more official positions for his disciples from Prince Gong this time, the leader of Xianghu may become Zuo Jigao!"
After listening to Li Wenxuan's words, Zeng Guofan just sighed: "Why is it so difficult to be a loyal minister in troubled times?"
"It's not difficult!" Miao Peilin, who was still kneeling on the ground, suddenly interjected, "As long as Mr. Zeng is willing to fight for the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, Peilin is sure to recruit 30,000 Huaisi elite troops for Mr. Zeng. Who dares to say anything to Mr. Zeng then? Not a loyal minister?"
"Thirty thousand?" Zeng Guofan looked at Miao Peilin and seemed a little tempted, "There are so many elite soldiers on Huaihe River?"
"Yes!" Miao Peilin nodded heavily, "Half of them are still cavalry!"
"Cavalry?" Zeng Guofan narrowed his triangular eyes, and his sallow face seemed to shine with light.
Yangzhou City.
In early autumn, the cool breeze blows, but the trees in Yangzhou are still green, as if they want to keep the greenery of summer for a little longer. The streets in the city are a bit more prosperous than in summer, with passers-by crowded on the streets. Coming and going. A carriage rolled past the street, escorted by dozens of cavalry, with whips waving, and loud comments from passersby on the roadside.
"Jiangnan has been struggling for a long time, and it has become more and more intense recently."
"Who says otherwise? A lot of people have died. A few days ago, Jiangning alone killed tens of thousands. Now that Suzhou is trapped again, I wonder how many more people will die?"
"I'm afraid that after Changmao finishes killing people in the south of the Yangtze River, he will come to the north of the Yangtze River to kill. Yangzhou is where the main camp in the north of the Yangtze River is, so I'm afraid."
The gossip outside floated into the car window, and a young man in brocade clothes inside raised the curtain, turned around and said with a smile: "Yangzhou is indeed prosperous. It is better than Beijing. It's Lianghuai Salt Industry." In the center of the city, do you want to come to Luo Xueyan, the Jiangnan salt road, and also want to come and meet the salt merchants from Yangzhou?"
Wen Xiang on the side smiled a little and replied: "What the prince said is absolutely true. In addition to the benefits of the salt industry this time, there is also a good relationship. Miss Wanzhen's father is also in Yangzhou these days. Naturally, he should come to see her. As you can see, once he marries Wanzhen, he will be just a member of the imperial family in a roundabout way."
This young man is naturally Prince Gong. He had arrived in Yangzhou five days ago and set up General Fuyuan's camp in the garden in the north corner of the ancient city. However, he did not immediately take over the military affairs of the Jiangbei camp. He only visited Yangzhou City every day. He was playing around inside and outside, waiting for the military leaders from all walks of life who received his "hero sticker" to arrive.
In the past few days, military leaders from Anhui have been arriving one after another. Anhui governor Zhou Tianjue was too old to come, so he called Yuan Jiasan and Ma Xinyi to bring troops. Yesterday, there was news that the 40th Battalion of Hunan led by Zeng Guofan and Zuo Zongtang
The army has already arrived at Fengyang, where Huang Shijie and Li Wenxuan's 15th Battalion have joined forces and will soon be heading to Yangzhou.
If the training of these fifty-five battalions arrives, the strength of Jiangbei Camp will be sufficient!
We don't want to counterattack Jiangning, but it shouldn't be a big problem to rescue Yiliang in Suzhou and then set up a Jiangnan camp in Zhenjiang. With these two camps, we should be able to curb the momentum of Changmao's development.
Of course, these are all on the surface. Prince Gong also had a secret purpose in coming south, which was to find out about Luo Xueyan.
If he is really a monster, of course he must be eradicated!
But if Yuanbao is wrong, he can't accidentally kill a good person, can he?
But Wanzhen definitely can't marry him. Even if she marries a princess, she can't marry Wanzhen to her!
Although he had made up his mind, when he ordered to go south to Shanghai to invite Luo Xueyan to Wen Xiang from the north, he still did not reveal anything: "Wen Xiang, you must have a good talk with him about Concubine Yi's current status and the beauty of Miss Wanzhen.
The emperor's favor towards him. Since the founding of this dynasty, this kind of favor from him is really rare."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Wen Xiang said respectfully.
"When I arrive in Shanghai, I will look for an opportunity to meet the foreigners, the envoys from England, France, and the United States, and go directly to them to buy some foreign guns and cannons! Then tell them about my arrival in Yangzhou."
He was halfway through what he said and did not continue.
But Wen Xiang already knew that the prince must want to meet the foreign envoys in Yangzhou.
However, it was always hard for the princes of the Qing Dynasty to explain to foreign envoys when they met privately without the emperor's permission, so Prince Gong could not invite them and had to let the foreigners come by themselves.
While the two were talking, the city gate had arrived, Prince Gong's carriage had stopped, and Wen Xiang, who was riding on the horse, turned over and dismounted, walked to the curtain of Prince Gong's carriage and made another salute, while Prince Gong raised his
He opened the car curtain and waved to him: "Go, go and come back quickly."
"twitter."
Wen Xiang responded, got on his horse again, and led several of his followers out of Yangzhou City on Pegasus.
Prince Gong looked at the retreating figure of his confidant, sighed softly, put down the car curtain, took out the third volume of "Anti-Jing" from his arms, opened it and read it, and murmured in a low voice as he read:
"I'm afraid only Prince Rui can handle this situation well."
Chapter completed!