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Seeing the Hunan Army's bosses entering the house one by one, Guo Songtao's confidence has decreased a little more. In the past year, the situation has changed, and the Hunan Army's power has developed a second intention. The aides who were from Jinshi have been excluded from the leadership class. Now the Hunan Army is the leader of these children and juren.

Zeng Guofan 'cough' and waited for everyone to calm down before saying, "Today, there was a news coming from Wuchang, Hubei. I think this is very important to our Hunan Army, so I asked everyone to discuss it."

As soon as Zeng Guofan finished speaking, Zeng Guoquan was shocked and said, "Did the Han army capture Wuchang?"

Guo Songtao smiled a few times and replied: "Old Jiu is worried. The 40,000 elite troops brought by Prince Gong in Wuchang can be called solid. How could it be captured by the Han army!"

Zeng Guoquan breathed a sigh of relief and said carelessly: "Since you haven't fought with the Han army, what important news is there?"

Zeng Guofan glanced at Guo Songtao and smiled and said, "It's not a big deal. Prince Gong Yi wants to ascend the throne, what do you think?"

Guo Songtao then immediately added: "Governor Xu Guoliang, Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, Governor of Hunan Luo Bingzhang, and Governor of Hubei Yan Shusen have all written letters to persuade them to advance, so we should not be behind the talent!"

"Bah!" Before Guo Songtao finished speaking, Li Yundu cursed: "You Bochen is quite a traitor. Do we do this too! The current emperor is now in Fengtian, why do we flatter the so-called new emperor!"

Guo Songtao looked shy and angry, but instead advised kindly: "Emperor Xianfeng was in trouble in the northeast, and the journey was long. Besides, he flattered foreigners and his country was corrupt. It was all his responsibility. He had long lost the qualifications of a ruler. How could we obey him? Prince Gong was willing to rectify the country, and we should support it."

Seeing that no one objected, Li Yuandu just 'hummed' twice and stopped making a sound. He knew in his heart that no one of the generals below supported Prince Gong to be the emperor.

Zeng Guofan comforted his heart and said, "If you have any opinions, just say that you will never be convicted for your words."

Liu Rong waited for this sentence and took this opportunity to make his plan public: "Since the Han army conquered Yanjing and the situation in the world has been settled, we don't have to act against the will of heaven. Why not talk to the Han army? Isn't it beautiful to live in peace with everyone!"

Zeng Guoquan said seriously: "I had known that Mr. Xiaxian had an affair with Wang Feng. What could this Han army give us? Could he, Li Yunzhong, promise us to separatist the two lakes? It's almost the same to surrender like this!"

After being said in public, Liu Rong laughed awkwardly and replied: "It is impossible to divide the two lakes. You can negotiate slowly with them. Ji Gao is still easy to talk to."

When Guo Songtao saw the topic of surrender, he was anxious and angry and said, "Everyone, take your time, let's talk about Hubei today, and let's go on other matters!"

Li Xuyi looked at Guo Songtao and said with a stern face: "Mr. Bochen is too worried, and Brother Xia Xian is just considering everyone."

Bao Chao smiled and scolded Li Xuyi: "Who doesn't know that Kehui became the governor of Guangxi, Han Dynasty. With your brother's care, of course you are not worried. Everyone has no brother to serve in the Han army. Then no one will plead with the head if he is chopped down!"

Li Xuyi looked embarrassed and angry. Your Bao Chao's benefactor Hu Linyi is ready to surrender. What qualifications do you have to say mine is not?

Guo Songtao advised earnestly: "Let's talk about Prince Gong's ascension to the throne first, and then talk about whether it is war or peace, how about it?"

Seeing that his friend was sweating profusely, Zeng Guofan bowed his hands and begged, and looked very embarrassed, he felt uncomfortable and nodded, "Bochen's words are reasonable, so let's talk about Prince Gong's ascension to the throne first!"

Zeng Guoquan did not give Prince Gong Yi any face and cursed: "What else is there to say? Prince Gong doesn't have a share of food and salary, and he expects us to be loyal to him? Dream!"

Bao Chao was also very angry and agreed to the words: "Lao Jiu said it right. In the past two years, the Hunan Army owed 2.6 million taels of salary. When the brothers below heard about the war, they had to rebel. Isn't it just to make his brothers embarrassed with the Han army? In the case of the Han army, they have to fight. What kind of face do I have to make my brothers fight on hungry!"

Someone agreed with his own bastards, Zeng Guoquan was happy and said, "Let Prince Gong allocate us five million taels of silver, otherwise why should everyone listen to him!"

Seeing the other generals and the staff watched coldly, Guo Songtao was completely depressed. Not to mention five million taels, he could not even take out 500,000 taels. The money from the Hubei treasury was not enough to be enough to ascend the throne, so how could the money be allocated to the Hunan Army?

Zeng Guofan stopped his younger brother from continuing to get angry, looked at Liu Rong, and shouted: "Since everyone does not agree with loyalty to Prince Gong, then don't mention this matter again. If Prince Gong ascends the throne, we will not accept any troubled life!"

Guo Songtao bent over and thought to himself: You Zeng Guofan does not support me, but Prince Gong still dares to ascend the throne? Even if the Hunan Army moves casually, Prince Gong in Wuchang City is worried and dares not sleep peacefully.

Zeng Guoquan smiled and said, "Brother is right! We obey Emperor Xianfeng!"
Chapter completed!