Yanjing, Forbidden City Military Aircraft Department

Emperor Daoguang looked at Guangxi's eight hundred miles and was in a melancholy mood. He didn't understand why. After he came to the throne, he worked hard to govern, such as rectifying the government, rectifying the salt policy, promoting shipping, and putting down Zhang Geer's rebellion. He himself even tried his best to do so.

Frugal and diligent in government affairs. Why do people all over the world continue to rebel? Do people in Sichuan, Hunan, Hubei, Shaanxi, Guangdong, Shandong, and Guangxi really like to rebel so much? They rebelled again and again. When he was still a prince, he

Having personally suppressed the White Lotus Sect uprising in Hubei, I understand how much damage the war has caused to the region.

Mu Zhang'a below saw that the emperor was worried about the memorial from Guangxi, and comforted him: "Your Majesty, please be at ease. The people of Guangxi have been fierce since ancient times. As the saying goes, poor mountains and harsh rivers breed unruly people. Besides, the governors of Guangdong and Guangxi have sent troops to quell the rebellion. I believe it will be done in the near future."

Good news has been received." Mu Zhang'a's style was to report good news but not bad news, but he did not dare to decide on the details of the rebellion without permission, so he submitted it to the emperor for review.

Daoguang said: "The tens of thousands of people mentioned in the memorial are all unruly people? This is because the local officials are exploiting too much! It is better to send a large army to collect them quickly, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous." After a while, he asked again: "Do you think that the local officials have taken advantage of them?

Who is suitable? How about Lin Zexu? He served as governor of Guangdong and Guangxi and is very prestigious in the Guangdong and Guangxi areas."

Mu Zhang'a said: "Lin Zexu is recovering at home. I'm afraid he won't be able to do the job of suppressing bandits." No one can be sent to send Lin Zexu. Since a few years ago, the military minister Wang Ding opposed Lin Zexu's exile to Xinjiang Province and committed suicide in front of Mu Zhang'a.

Later, he formed a deep hatred with Lin Zexu and his gang, and tried his best to suppress them whenever he had the chance, but he never promoted them to important positions.

Daoguang knew Mu Zhang'a's thoughts, but because he was obedient and not greedy, he let him serve as military minister for twenty years. However, now that Daoguang felt that his health was about to fail, he considered leaving a peaceful country for his children and grandchildren, so he persisted

His own opinion. He said: "He passed the decree and appointed Lin Zexu as the imperial envoy, responsible for the suppression of bandits. He transferred the green battalions of Sichuan, Hunan, Guizhou, Guangdong, Hubei and Shaanxi provinces to his command. The governor of Guangxi Zheng Zuchen and the admiral Min Zhengfeng suppressed the bandits.

If he fails to do so, he will be dismissed and investigated. Zhou Tianjue will be appointed as the governor of Guangxi, and Xiang Rong, the admiral of Sichuan, will be transferred to the admiral of Guangxi."

Li Yunzhong did not expect that there would be Hong Xiuquan and Feng Yunshan in Ling Shiba's camp, so he was caught off guard. He looked at them with a guilty conscience and thought to himself: They don't think I want to kill them.

Hong Xiuquan pulled Feng Yunshan and walked to Li Yunzhong with a smile and said: "Yunzhong, you did a good job. I heard that you defeated Pingnan County and Teng County. I didn't expect that our Church of Worshiping God would have such a big momentum."

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Li Yunzhong smiled and said: "We were also planning to go to Guangdong to welcome back the two gentlemen. Unexpectedly, we picked you up just after we arrived in Wuzhou. It's really God's blessing."

Feng Yunshan said: "When we heard in Guangzhou that the Guangxi religious people were rebelling, we immediately went to the countryside to pick up our families and rushed over. On the way, we met the Ling Shiba brothers and fought several battles with the officers and soldiers."

Li Yunzhong said: "Since the two gentlemen have returned safely, we can go back to Pingnan County to gather all the believers to come and support Mr. Hong as our leader."

Li Yunzhong commanded all the troops to break camp and return to Teng County. It was getting late. After asking Hong Xiuquan for instructions, he temporarily stayed in Teng County and sent people to Zijing Mountain to invite Yang Xiuqing and others to join them in Pingnan County.

Hong Xiuquan called Feng Yunshan to his residence to discuss the current situation.

Feng Yunshan said: "Now that the God-Worship Cult has started an uprising and occupied two counties, it is time to establish a system. When I arrive in Pingnan County tomorrow, I will propose that you be crowned king. There will be no objection. Li Yunzhong is loyal.

In the future, he and Yang Xiuqing can be kept in check."

Hong Xiuquan said: "I'm afraid Yunshan will be wronged and you will be subordinated to them. How should the military power be distributed?"

Feng Yunshan thought about it and said, "Li Yunzhong has a large number of people, so I'm afraid he won't be willing to be placed below Yang Xiuqing and Xiao Chaogui."

Hong Xiuquan smiled and said: "Then let him be on par with Yang Xiuqing! He is above Xiao Chaogui and make up for it in other ways. I hope you can persuade him to be aggrieved for the sake of the great cause of the Kingdom of Heaven and not to engage in quarrels of temper." Hong Xiuquan

He believed that Yang Xiuqing and Xiao Chaogui were weak and had to rely on them in order to compete with Li Yunzhong. With Feng Yunshan being a good person between them, he could feel at ease as the king.

"Let Yang Xiuqing be the commander-in-chief of the central army, Li Yunzhong the commander-in-chief of the front army, and Xiao Chaogui the commander-in-chief of the right army. You will be the commander-in-chief of the left army, and Li Yunzhong will be the commander-in-chief of the rear army. What do you think?" Hong Xiuquan asked Feng Yunshan.

"I'm going to discuss it with Li Yunzhong and see what he wants." After Feng Yunshan finished speaking, he went to find Li Yunzhong.

Li Yunzhong and his brothers were at the county government office to greet Ling Shiba. Hearing that Feng Yunshan was visiting, he asked a few people to continue eating. He took Feng Yunshan to the study. After hearing Feng Yunshan's intention, although he was not happy and could not show it yet, he had already decided in his heart.

Leave them alone and go it alone. If you, Feng Yunshan, come to my head, it won't matter, because you are a sincere gentleman and the actual founder of the God-Worship Cult. But what does Yang Xiu want to deal with, a primitive man who came out of the mountains?

Seeing Li Yunzhong come in with a gloomy expression, Hu Yihuang quickly put down his glass and asked, "What did Mr. Feng say to you?"

Li Yunzhong told Feng Yunshan what he meant. Everyone knew that Li Yunzhong had offended Yang Xiuqing, so they all fell silent and thought about how to deal with it.

Zhang Suimou said: "What does Hong Xiuquan mean? We captured Pingnan and Teng counties and brought them back all the way from Guangdong, and this is how he repays us?" He didn't show any respect for Hong Xiuquan when he spoke.

I don’t think Feng Yunshan can decide such a big thing.

Zhang Weikun whispered: "We can lead the army and leave and fight for our own territory."

Li Yunzhong carefully observed the expressions of the several brothers. Except for Ling Shiba who was hesitant to speak, the others had no objections. He felt more comfortable and thought happily: It seems that the brothers still understand the 'big right and wrong'.

We also know that Mao Shiba was a rough man, straight-hearted, and the people he admired most were scholars. He might have been deceived by Hong Xiuquan and Feng Yunshan on the road.

"Now is not the time. You must remember to hold on to the military power tightly and don't be fooled by Yang Xiuqing and others. Those words of 'Father and Brother' are all fake. When the time is right, I will lead you to conquer a larger territory.

By then you will all be the founding fathers of the country." Li Yunzhong painted a beautiful picture of the future for everyone.

"I will follow you to the death," they all knelt down and said to Li Yunzhong.
Chapter completed!