Chapter 297 Zuo Zongtang worships God, Yang Xiuqing goes to Shanghai (Please vote and order)
Dongting Dongshan, Taihu Hall Yamen.
"Bang bang bang" bursts of white smoke spit out, straight up into the blue sky above Dongting Mountain. Waves of cannons were fired, and the outside of the Taihu Hall Yamen was filled with white smoke. Coupled with tens of thousands of firecrackers and hundreds of thousands of firecrackers, it was even more... The entire Dongshan Town was enveloped in a festive atmosphere. The lion troupe, gongs and drums corps with flags bearing the surnames of each merchant family competed on the plain outside the Yamen, shaking their heads and wagging their tails.
The prominent figures on the east and west hills of Dongting were all wearing elegant silk gowns and newly made red pointed hoods. They were surrounded by Zuo Zongtang and Yu Wanqing, who were wearing linen coats. They stood outside the Yamen with smiles on their faces, feeling uneasy. Waiting for the arrival of Luo Yaoguo, King of Wu of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
The yamen of Taihu Hall is not very big, but it can only accommodate two to three hundred people. Shen Henian, the current leader of the Dongtingshan Gang in Shanghai, a polite and scholarly comprador, is standing with Luo Yaoguo's father-in-law Zhou Lichun. Together, they were all smiling from ear to ear.
Shen Henian's Xishan Shen family was originally a rice merchant who trafficked rice from Jingchu to Susong. However, he keenly discovered new opportunities when Shanghai opened as a port and went to Shanghai to invest in the foreign company Yihe Company. , became a comprador, and at the same time opened a bank in Shanghai County, helping foreign, Cantonese, and Fujian businessmen from afar to access the bank system controlled by Dongting Mountain people in the southeast area.
By the time Luo Xueyan rose rapidly in Shanghai, Shen Henian was already a well-known rich man and a big comprador in Shanghai. After the incident of the Little Sword Society, he immediately joined Luo Xueyan through Wu Jianzhang's network. And he was so sincere that he gave him 50,000 silver dollars as a meeting gift, and also said that he could contact the Dongting Mountain Gang for Xueshuai.
Luo Xueyan has a lot of talented people working under him, but there are not many people who understand finance and can do business. Of course, the first comprador of HSBC Bank in history is very welcome to join him.
It happened that Luo Xueyan himself wanted to set up an HSBC bank, robbed the British Hu, and served as the "temporary central bank" for Shanghai and even the entire southeast of China. So Shen Henian was dragged into the HSBC bank under preparation by Luo Xueyan, and his position was higher than ever in history. Still high, not "comprador", but "taipan".
Just after he helped Luo Xueyan and Wu Jianzhang build up the HSBC Bank little by little according to the system of the Foreign Devils Bank, he was tricked into the secret hall of the God Worship Association by Sister Yuegui, the manager of Yuyuan Garden, and was also informed about Luo Xueshuai’s true face.
Then he was taken to Suzhou by Zhou Lichun to contact the Dongting Mountain people in the Suzhou Chamber of Commerce. This was how Luo Yaoguo came to Suzhou and received one million from the Suzhou Chamber of Commerce. With this million, he "opened the way". The relationship between Luo Yaoguo and the Dongting Mountain people became closer.
At the same time, Zuo Zongtang's army was also defeated in Yixing and Yiliang on the west bank of Taihu Lake. The remaining troops led by Qiao Songnian were defeated. After integrating the armies of Yiliang and Qiao Songnian, Luo Yaoguo and Zuo Zongtang joined forces. The plan to capture Zhejiang can now be implemented.
And their plan to seize Zhejiang is also very "Qing-style" and is called "Southeast Mutual Protection"!
In name, Luo Yaoguo, Zuo Zongtang, and Luo Xueyan protect each other.
In fact, it was Zuo Zongtang who used the banner of the Qing Dynasty to help Luo Yaoguo seize Huzhou, Hangzhou, Jiaxing, Shaoxing, and Ningbo in eastern Zhejiang. This is no less a sacred place than southern Jiangsu, and it is also the center of China's silk industry. Half of the country is also an important tea producing area.
After taking these five prefectures, Luo Yaoguo now has the richest land of eight prefectures and one state in southeastern China!
According to the agreement between Luo Yaoguo and Zuo Zongtang, Zuo Zongtang will actually control Hangzhou, Shaoxing, and Ningbo among the five prefectures in eastern Zhejiang, while Huzhou, which is rich in lake silk, and Jiaxing, which is next to Shanghai, will be controlled by Luo Yaoguo. The Taiping Army "seized" it from Zuo Zongtang.
After Zuo Zongtang successfully controlled Hangzhou, Shaoxing, and Ningbo, Luo Yaoguo would send secret assassins to help Zuo Zongtang deal with the Qing governors, envoys, inspectors, admirals, and soldiers in Zhejiang. There was General Hangzhou in order to clear the way for Zuo Zongtang to ascend to the position of governor of Zhejiang.
When Zuo Zongtang becomes the governor of Zhejiang, the remaining five prefectures in Zhejiang will also be divided between Luo Yaoguo and Zuo Zongtang.
Of course, Zuo Zongtang was not just the governor of Zhejiang. Luo Yaoguo would also ask the Tianjing court of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom for him to be an official of the Zhejiang General System. From now on, Zuo Zongtang would also be a double loyal minister!
As for today's Dongting Mountain Alliance, in addition to showing the "Jiangsu and Zhejiang chaebol" that Luo Yaoguo, Luo Xueyan, and Zuo Zongtang will implement mutual protection in the southeast, the other purpose is to make Zuo Zongtang "worship God."
A tablet of "Heavenly Father, Emperor Haotian" is now placed in the courtyard of Taihu Hall. Later, Zuo Zongtang and Luo Yaoguo will kowtow in front of the tablet of "God Haotian" and become half-fathers and half-mothers. Good brothers with different surnames.
Although they were sworn sworn worshipers, they were still worshiping God. Zuo Zongtang could also be considered a member of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, so it was reasonable for Luo Yaoguo to seek him as an official of the Zhejiang General System.
This is a sworn brother who worships God and is God's godson. In a roundabout way, he can be regarded as a relative of God, right? Now he has led several governments in Zhejiang to vote for him. Not to mention a general government, he should be named a prince!
Thinking that he would soon become an unspeakable loyal minister of the two countries, and that he might assist the Ming Dynasty Lord Luo Yaoguo and become a loyal minister of the three dynasties in the future, Zuo Zongtang's face became a little stiff when he smiled. He was so loyal that he almost caught up with Lu Fengxian!
However, his "Zuo Fengxian" is still stronger than Yu Wanqing who is "Wanqing destroys Qing and Wanqing" around him. He is only a "three ministers", while Yu Wanqing, who led the two thousand Shanghai New Army and joined him in Yixing, is He is a "person of three generations". In the first life, he was Yu Wanqing, then Wanqing died and died and was reborn, and he was Yu Mieqing. Now he has changed from Yu Mieqing back to Yu Wanqing - Yu Wanqing is from Jinhua, Zhejiang, and his duty is under Jinhua Mansion Luo Yaoguo planned to resurrect him first, and then go back to his hometown to recruit thousands of conscripts. Zuo Zongtang would pay for the equipment and train him into a new army, and then take over the Jinhua Mansion. He didn't know what Xianfeng would do after learning that Yu Wanqing was resurrected. What's the expression?
This loyal and loyal man of the Qing Dynasty is alive again!
"Ji Gao, His Highness King Wu is here!"
When Zuo Zongtang was thinking of "living loyal martyr", the voice of living loyal martyr Yu Wanqing suddenly sounded in his ears. Zuo Zongtang looked up and sure enough, Luo Yaoguo, who was wearing a dragon robe and a hood, had already stepped out of a four-wheeled vehicle. Got out of the carriage.
Zuo Zongtang hurriedly stepped forward, greeted Luo Yaoguo, and then bowed in front of all the Dongting Mountain people: "Your Excellency, Zuo Zongtang, pays homage to His Highness King Wu!"
"No gifts, stay on your own!"
Luo Yaoguo hurriedly stepped forward, stretched out his hand to support Zuo Zongtang, and then took Zuo Zongtang's hand and walked together to the Taihu Hall Yamen. As they walked, he said loudly: "Brother Ji Gao, let's go together first Go and pay homage to the tablet of our Heavenly Father, Emperor Hao!"
"Okay," Zuo Zongtang nodded with a smile and said loudly, "His Royal Highness King Wu, the tablets and the incense table have been prepared and are waiting for you to come!"
The two people spoke very loudly, and the people around them could hear clearly, and the hanging stones in their hearts were relieved again.
It seems that their status in the future new era is not too bad. They are equivalent to the eight imperial merchants of the Qing Dynasty, right?
Shanghai Beach, Huangpu River.
A luxuriously decorated passenger boat, pulled by a small steamer, slowly docked at a passenger terminal owned by Qichang Yangxing on the Bund.
A middle-aged man with pale complexion, short stature, and a defective eye was standing on the bow of the ship, looking at the streets of the Bund in Shanghai where there were many foreign-style buildings and cars passing by.
This middle-aged man is none other than Yang Xiuqing, the 9,000-year-old Eastern King of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom!
He has already arranged the military affairs in northern Jiangsu, and now he has come to Shanghai incognito.
There were four people standing next to Yang Xiuqing, one of whom was Winster White, whom Yang Xiuqing called "Lao Bai", and a short, fat man with a doughy face, whose surname was Huang, who was also called "Master Huang" and whose name was Xiqing. , is the owner of the garden of this generation, the general merchant of Lianghuai Salt Industry. The other person is a scholar wearing a hood, a middle-aged man with handsome features named Ye Zhifa, who is Yang Xiuqing's attendant, and the fourth person is Yang Xiuqing's mute guard Yang Xiucong.
"Xiqing, have everything been arranged?"
Yang Xiuqing asked suddenly.
"Everything has been arranged," Huang Xiqing said with a smile. "Not long ago, I bought a house in the Shanghai New District. It is right next to the Wu Family Garden in Tongshun Building. It is a brand-new house, and few people have lived in it. There are not many people living in it. It's new."
"Old Bai," Yang Xiuqing asked again, "can you contact the foreigners?"
Winster White smiled and replied: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I have a relationship with Mathison, the chief executive of Jardine Matheson. He is a man with great hands and eyes. Whenever you want to meet the foreign minister, he can arrange it."
"Afa," Yang Xiuqing said to Ye Zhifa again, "do you know Xu Yuegui?"
The Dongwang attendant named Ye Zhifa spoke with a Xianghu accent: "I know her. She and I are both from Hunan, and we have met several times."
Yang Xiuqing nodded: "Go and call her to the Huang Mansion next to the Wu family garden to meet me!"
"yes!"
Chapter completed!