Yi Ning is 23 years old, and this is his third year on the throne. He is the fourth son of Emperor Daoguang. Historically, he is the seventh emperor of the Qing Dynasty and the last emperor to succeed to the throne through a secret appointment. The reign name is "Xianfeng"
, "Xian" means everything in general, "Feng" means abundance and abundance, and "Xianfeng" means that everyone in the world has enough food and clothing. However, during his reign, internal and external troubles came one after another, and natural and man-made disasters continued to occur, and not a single day passed.
In a stable life, people call him the Emperor of Misfortune.
In the royal study room of the imperial palace, Emperor Xianfeng laughed and said: "Okay, okay, okay!"
The eunuchs and maids waiting on the side also had happy faces. The master was happy, and the slaves were also happy. But what made these eunuchs and maids happy was that they would no longer be punished for trivial matters.
"Xiao Shunzi, the Minister of Xuanjunji will discuss matters in his study." Xianfeng ordered the eunuch next to him.
In the afternoon, the victory document arrived from Qishan in Daying, Jiangbei.
"In the first battle, 5,000 Yangzhou navy troops were wiped out. The recovery of Yangzhou is just around the corner."
"Qishan personally took command, and the team trained and fought bravely."
"Dong Shuheng, a salt merchant from Yangzhou, had a sworn feud with the bandits. He scattered his family property, raised 2,000 village warriors, and purchased foreign guns. He would take the lead in every battle. The outside forces in Gaoyou City defeated the main force of the bandits, and captured the leader Lai Shancheng and a group of bandits.
Leaders."
"Gaoyou knows the state and has made great contributions in coordination. He recommended Dong Shuheng to the countryside to help him train troops and give him face-to-face instructions."
"This Dong Shuheng is very good, and he is also Jiang Zhongyuan." Xianfeng said to himself. Emperor Xianfeng still had a good impression of the Yangzhou salt merchants. It can be said that the Yangzhou salt merchants were half of the imperial merchants of the Manchu royal family. At that time, Emperor Qianlong
Going down to the south of the Yangtze River, everything in Yangzhou's life was arranged by the Yangzhou salt merchants. As the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, Xianfeng would not be ignorant of the relationship between the salt merchants and the royal family. With this layer, Emperor Xianfeng had a preconception about Dong Shuheng
The first impression was that Dong Shuheng was a loyal minister.
A minister who is able to use his family wealth to relieve the king's worries should be publicized as an example. Let others see that you sincerely help me share my worries, and I will not be stingy with high-ranking officials and generous salaries.
After a while, military ministers Qi Jianzao, Linkui, Peng Yunzhang, Shao Can, Mu Yin and Prince Gong Yi? hurriedly arrived.
"My dear friends, this is the victory report sent by Qishan this afternoon. Please circulate it." Emperor Xianfeng said.
After watching, everyone saluted together and said: "Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty, the bandits will be quelled soon!"
"I urgently summoned my beloved ministers to come here mainly to discuss the reward. I feel that the reward should be fast and heavy this time to boost morale and strive to recover Yangzhou as soon as possible."
"Your Majesty is wise, and in the opinion of my veteran minister, Qi Shan can send ministers to lead the governor of Liangjiang. Although Master Qi Shan had small defeats before, this great victory shows that his sword is not old. Wei Yuan, the governor of Gaoyou, is also mature and prudent, and serves as an official under Yangzhou Prefecture.
After many years, he can be promoted to the prefect of Yangzhou under the exception. If he organizes the regiment training well, he can be appointed as the Jiangbei regiment training envoy and take charge of the Jiangbei regiment training affairs. This son of Dong Shuheng wears commoners in white, scatters his family wealth, and is loyal to the emperor to serve the country. He can be given the post of Yangzhou garrison.
, and asked them to recruit their own regiments and be under the control of the Jiangbei camp. The rest of the people can ask Qi Shan to draw up a reward package on his own." Qi Zhuozao, the military aircraft foreman, said. Qi Zhuozao was old and prudent. He had served as the military aircraft minister since the first year of Xianfeng and was deeply loved by Xianfeng.
Emperor trusts.
"My dear, what you said makes sense. However, I think Dong Shuheng's appointment can be more bold. We can follow Jiang Zhongyuan's example!" Xianfeng glanced at Qi Jianzao meaningfully and said.
"What do you mean by your majesty?" Qi Zuozao was also a wily man, how could he not understand what Xianfeng meant! Zeng Guofan and Jiang Zhongyuan in the west had already grown bigger, and it was time to support another Han armed force in the east to check and balance them.
"I thought I could give him an admiral of Jiangbei. Let him work with Wei Yuan. One old and one young, one civilized and one military, they complement each other. In addition, I also gave the Huaiyang Salt Patrol Road to Wei Yuan. It costs money to fight, but he has been sold out.
I've given birth." Emperor Xianfeng said with a smile.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me for being rude. After all, Dong Shuheng is just a white man, and he is suddenly given a high position. I'm afraid the lieutenant general of the army will not accept it!" Yi?, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly interjected.
A flash of displeasure flashed in Emperor Xianfeng's eyes. His sixth brother had been smarter than him since he was a child. In the past few years since he ascended the throne, he has been much more low-key, but he always gave people the feeling of being a ghost. Recently, I heard that he
Very close to Zeng Guofan.
"Humph, I haven't given them a chance. They can't fight but they still worry about their position. Is it so easy to be an official in the Qing Dynasty? Sixth brother, you worry too much (the implication is that you are too worried)." Xianfeng
The emperor snorted coldly.
Emperor Xianfeng was angry, and no one else dared to say anything, so the reward was settled.
In the Jiangbei Camp, Qi Shan sat on the Taishi chair and played with the jade ring in his hand. Qi Shan was the most greedy and fearful of death. He was over 60 years old and was not in good health. After being ordered to establish the Jiangbei Camp, he first stayed in Henan.
It took more than two months. Now that the camp is completed, he has 25,000 men under his command and more than 10,000 capable soldiers. However, he only dares to block the north gate of Yangzhou and does not dare to fight.
But this person has been in the officialdom for decades and is well versed in the ways of being an official. He now relies on stability.
"Su Cheng, what do you think of this Dong Shuheng?" Qi Shan asked his personal attendant.
"Why did your Excellency ask Dong Shuheng instead of Wei Yuan?" Su Cheng'a asked puzzledly.
"You still don't understand. This battle has nothing to do with Wei Yuan. He is just a shield pushed by others." Qi Shan said with a smile.
"What about your memorial, my lord?"
"Haha, this is the wisdom of an official. He can see clearly but not tell clearly. Dong Shuheng knows how to behave, so we have to be aware of it! This time I accepted his credit and money, so I will naturally handle his affairs well. The reputation of an official
It’s very important so that we can continue to cooperate in the future!”
"Now that we have Dong Shuheng who can fight, I will give him his position and status. If he wins, I will share the credit. If he defeats me, he will take care of it. I only need to guard this camp, and I no longer need to be afraid of winning the battle."
Leng Touqing is impeaching me. If he wants to win, just let him do whatever he wants. You go arrange a troupe, I want to listen to the show."
Changzhou, Yang Wending, the governor of Jiangsu Province, has moved his headquarters to Changzhou. It is said to prevent banditry. He currently only has 1,000 Fubiao battalions and some local regiment training. They are also regiment training, so why do he have these people?
So useless?
Young Master Huang is now also a person who can show his face in front of the governor. On the one hand, he is very filial, and on the other hand, he has more than a thousand people under his command, which is not a small force.
"Sir Governor, this Dong Shuheng was originally supposed to serve under the Governor, but he went to Jiangbei Camp instead. It is obvious that he does not take you seriously. Do you think you should teach him a lesson?" Huang Hao said flatteringly.
.
"You can teach whatever you teach, and you can train whatever you want. We are all serving the imperial court, so why should we distinguish each other?" Mr. Yang reprimanded. You can't say that I can't defeat Qi Shan in a fight. He can only suffer the loss of being dumb in this matter. Dong Shuheng is also on the throne now.
The people Datian listens to are not the ones he can touch.
At the Yangzhou government office, Zeng Lichang asked the people below: "Is that Lai Shancheng the water bandit who surrendered before? I heard that he was killed by a regiment of Dong Shuheng?"
The subordinate briefly explained the matter.
"It's so useless. This kind of person will die in vain." Zeng Lichang said, "Get the things and people ready, and hurry up and transport them to Tianjing."
During this period, Dong Shuheng's main focus was on the training of the troops. He knew that the barrel of a gun was his foundation. Now, his subordinates were mainly uneducated Yanding refugees. Although they studied literacy every day since they were recruited,
But after all, it didn't last long. Therefore, Dong Shuheng organized a crash course for officers who were promoted this time and above the company level.
To this end, Dong Shuheng transferred two Prussian officers from Taipei, and this time there was an American named Wall, whom Dong Shuheng had asked people to find before. Wall was not doing well in China, so he did not
No matter how hard you thought about it, you agreed to Huaihai Group's recruitment. After all, Wall had attended a formal military academy in the United States. Although he did not graduate, he was more professional than the instructors who just worked hard in the army.
"Dear Wall, hello, nice to meet you." Dong Shuheng greeted in fluent American English.
"Oh, dear boss, your English is so fluent. This surprises me. I haven't met many Qing people in Shanghai who can speak such fluent English." Hua Er said with a smile, like most people nowadays.
He is like an explorer, his appearance looks much more vicissitudes than his age, but his eyes give people a simple and sincere feeling.
"It's just that boss, you want me to be an instructor in the military academy. I don't understand it. Please forgive me. I mean I can't do it well. To tell you the truth, I was expelled from the American Military Academy of Arts and Sciences. I'm not a good student.
, how can you be a teacher?" Wall continued.
"Haha, Wall, you don't have to worry. You won't worry anymore when you see your students. You know, they were all illiterate two months ago. And I just asked you to teach them some simple tactical command knowledge. These
It's all temporary, and soon you will become the commander of an army. Believe me, maybe within a year, I will hand you an army."
"Really? My respected general." Wall couldn't help being a little surprised.
He came to the military camp with Dong Shuheng. No matter whether the war is over or not, the training of soldiers will not stop. Wall assured that he had never seen such an army in the Qing Dynasty. Not to mention their decent dress, spirit, and their weapons and equipment.
It is not inferior to the U.S. Army at all. He even saw breech-loading rifles that are only equipped in small quantities in all major powers.
"Oh, General, your army is the strongest I have ever seen in the Qing Dynasty. Really, I swear to God!"