Dong Shuheng and Zeng Xianfeng discussed for a long time before drafting the proposal for asking for credit. This time, he planned to give most of the credit to Qishan and the generals of Beidaying. He was not planning to be promoted at the moment, and he would first manage the things in his hands.
Territory is the most important thing. The people from Beidaying did not participate in the battle and did not come to cause trouble, which is the greatest contribution.
Qishan also has great commanding skills. I don't know how the imperial court will reward him this time. However, given the Qing imperial court's stubbornness, he will definitely be allowed to stay in this position and continue to exert his talents.
In addition to his merits, Dong Shuheng also prepared a big gift for Qishan.
Of course, Dong Shuheng also wanted something, and he also had a piece of paper recommending impeachment. This is what he wanted to get from this war.
"I impeached Yang Wending for his failure in fighting against the bandits, requested that he be arrested and sent to Beijing for questioning, and recommended Wei Yuan as governor of Jiangsu."
"Recommend Zeng Xianfeng as the prefect of Yangzhou."
"Recommend Liu Qingnan as the commander-in-chief of Haimen Town"
"Recommend Wang Congzhi as Yangzhou guerrilla general."
"Recommend Yang Bingkun as Huai'an guerrilla general."
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In this excerpt, Dong Shuheng asked for some important positions for his subordinates. Of course, he did not ask them to actually take the positions, but just to occupy the positions and prevent the court from inserting people later.
And here, Dong Shuheng also gave Qi Shan a big gift. Qi Shan always wanted to get rid of Yang Wending, but Governor Yang kept hanging on and refused to leave.
This time Qishan, with his contribution to the recovery of Yangzhou, should be able to drive Yang Wending away in one fell swoop. After all, this Yang Wending is still wearing the hat of "escape governor", and the imperial court has long wanted to replace him.
Once Yang Wending left, Wei Yuan was brought up by himself, and Qishan could be said to have all the power. Dong Shuheng could also attack the tax-heavy southern part of Jiangsu.
It was already dark, so Dong Shuheng rushed to Yuan's garden, and his servants took him in.
There was also a charming woman in Qi Shan's room who was stroking Qi Shan's legs. This woman had a very good figure and was none other than Feng Xian'er from the theater troupe.
Seeing Dong Shuheng come in, Qi Shan winked at Feng Xian'er beside him, who lowered her head and left. Dong Shuheng didn't notice that the girl secretly glanced at him when she left.
"Sir, I have come to tell you the good news." Dong Shuheng said with a smile.
"Oh, Yangzhou City was taken back? So quickly, tell me, how did you capture Yangzhou?" Qishan asked.
"Back to your lord, I ordered the soldiers to dig trenches outside the city, advance towards the city wall, and then rely on the cover of the trenches to occupy the Taiping Army's trench fortifications outside the city. The Taiping Army counterattacked several times but was beaten back. I ordered people to
Notices were secretly posted in the city, and the people in the city were unstable. The bandits fled south. Their subordinates sent troops to pursue them and defeated the bandit army. However, the Zhenjiang navy came to rescue them, and Zeng Lichang escaped by boat..."
"Well, repaying others with their own methods is wonderful! You fought well."
"My lord, it's all your command. Sir, please take a look at this application note." Dong Shuheng handed the prepared application note to Qi Shan.
"You are a kid, you know how to be a good person, but you have given away a lot of credit, but you have gained nothing!"
"Sir, it is all because of your support that I am here today. I dare not take credit for it. After the bandits are eliminated, I will go back to work as a salt merchant and take more than a dozen darling wives and concubines. My mother is still waiting.
Let me spread the branches and leaves of the Dong family!"
"Don't be so vain in front of me."
"Haha, sir, you are teasing me again. Oh, by the way, I am planning to build a large commodity trading market in Yangzhou so that supplies can be sent directly from Yangzhou to Beijing. This will surely solve the shortage of supplies in Beijing.
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Dong Shuheng didn’t say that he had controlled the transportation of the entire canal through the Qinggang, controlled the transportation, and then controlled the source of the goods. So much money that flows into Beijing every year has to flow back to his hands obediently, haha!
"Sir, this is 20% of the dry stock in the market. Please accept it to subsidize your family. In addition, every general in the camp will give it to a shop in the market."
"Haha, you are so financially savvy, you should really become a businessman. This long hair blocks the traffic between the north and the south. If the goods from the south want to go north, they have to be distributed through your market! This is a gold mine.
You're a chicken with eggs! You're so generous in giving away so much of your share. Tell me, what's the matter?"
"It's not about Xiaguan. It's about Mr. Wei who supports Xiaguan, as well as some gentry and some subordinates in the army. Xiaguan wants to find a family background for them."
"Show it to me." Qishan stretched out his hand and said.
Dong Shuheng handed over the recommendation certificate. He knew that in the late Taiping Rebellion, many people in Zeng Guofan's Hunan Group were recommended to serve as officials in various places. These people were not of high origin. So he wanted to try the waters here in Qishan.
"Hmph, your kid's appetite is quite big, but you really haven't asked for an official for yourself. Seeing that you are not selfish, I will lower my face and help you try it. But the big man in Beijing is
Whether you guys agree or not is not my decision."
What Qi Shan means is that if you want to succeed in this matter, you have to act on your own as an official in Beijing. However, Dong Shuheng is also very knowledgeable about this. It is nothing more than spending some money, and you can earn it back anyway.
"Okay, once you start this battle, my Peking University Camp will have to move again. You go to Pukou to build a new Peking University Camp. I will ask each family to send some troops to garrison. I am old and can't stand the fatigue of traveling.
Just stay in this garden. You have to help me guard the new camp."
"After Yang Wending resigned, several state capitals in southern Jiangsu will also give you troubles, but you must find a way to capture Jiangning as soon as possible."
"Okay, I'm tired. I know you have a lot of things to do, so go back and do your work first."
After saying that, Qi Shan waved his hand to see off the guests.
Qishan is a man who is not good at fighting except for managing politics. He is still very good as an official and a person. He gets what he deserves and will help you with what he can do for you. There is nothing wrong with his reputation.
And he won't give you more money casually. Moreover, he has senior qualifications and can help you deal with problems.
Dong Shuheng likes to deal with people like this.
Yangzhou has a new harvest, and there are many things to deal with.
Now the business is getting bigger, and many things need to be dealt with personally. These days of expedition, there is a backlog of many things, Zeng Xianfeng has sorted them out one by one, waiting for him to deal with them. He was so busy that he didn't finish them in the middle of the night, so Dong Shuheng simply went to bed first.
Good students sometimes fail to complete their homework.
The next day, after Dong Shuheng finished handling government affairs, he took the time to return to the Dong family's old home in Yangzhou City. He suddenly thought of his mother and Hui'er in Dongtai.
"I've been out for more than half a year, it's time to go back and take a look." Dong Shuheng thought in his heart. He still had to go back to the arsenal in Dongtai to stay for a while. There won't be any big wars in the near future. He wanted to go back with the technicians.
Work hard to finalize several weapons.
If you want to build a consistently strong army, you must be self-sufficient in weapons and equipment.
At this time Zeng Xianfeng found Dong Shuheng.
"President, all the properties in Yangzhou City have been counted and returned, but there are still some properties whose owners are no longer here. What should we do with these?"
"Are there any larger ones?"
"Well, there are several gardens where the owners have been killed by bandits."
"In this case, didn't I say before that we would build a juvenile military academy, an orphanage, and a home for the elderly? We should renovate these gardens and add some buildings so that they can be used first."
"Order to transfer all the orphans who were previously concentrated in Gaoyou. In addition, your General Administrative Office has moved to Yangzhou Prefecture. I have recommended you as the new Yangzhou Prefect. From now on, Mr. Zeng, you will hold the title of Yangzhou Prefect and continue to do so.
Regarding the affairs of the General Administration, we will find two more places, one for the Police Headquarters and one for the High Court. All personnel will be moved to Yangzhou for office work."
When Zeng Xianfeng heard the news, he was greatly surprised. He was just a civil servant, but the master actually recommended him to be the prefect. Although there are many civil servants who have become prefect-level local officials through donation, there are really not many, and his own family background is not
Very generous.
"Thank you very much for your recommendation!" Zeng Xianfeng did not pretend to evade, but expressed his gratitude to Dong Shuheng from the bottom of his heart.
"This is what you deserve. In addition, let Zhang Debang be the chief of the police department." Dong Shuheng continued. Zhang Debang used to be a head catcher in Gaoyou and has rich work experience. Although he is an old bureaucrat, his nature is not bad and his personality is not bad.
He is pedantic. He worked with Dong Shuheng and was later transferred to work in the General Administrative Bureau. Now it is time to bring him out to work in his old field.
"Establish an administrative academy and a police academy in Yangzhou City to cultivate administrative talents and new police officers. At the same time, we must provide regular training to existing administrative personnel. I personally serve as the dean of these two academies." Dong Shuheng continued to give instructions.
In Tianjing City, in the Palace of the Heavenly King, Zeng Lichang was kneeling with his head down under the main hall, undergoing Hong Xiuquan's stormy reprimands. Yangzhou had given up, but Zeng Lichang actually lost all the property he had managed to plunder, and came back dejected with the loss of his troops and generals.
The opponent is still a little-known group training leader. When did the Taiping Army fall to the point where they can be bullied by just any group training person?
There is Zeng Guofan, Jiang Zhongyuan, and now there is Dong Shuheng. Why are they all Han Chinese and are enemies of him? Wouldn’t it be nice to bathe in the holy light of the Heavenly Father together? He doesn’t want to think about it, he is sitting on it
With three thousand beauties, all his subordinates have become singles. Who dares to hang out with him?
"You clean up, and tomorrow you will serve on the Jiangxi front line and be a vanguard under Nanchang City. I will give you a chance to make meritorious deeds." Hong Xiuquan said these words, tossed his sleeves and left the hall.
In the East Palace, Yang Ximei has returned to Tianjing City. The brother and sister reunited after a long separation. Yang Ximei told Yang Xiuqing what she had seen in Gaoyou. She told Yang Xiuqing what Dong Shuheng had done, which made Yang Xiuqing sigh.
"It would be great if such young talents could be used by my kingdom of heaven. After all, I am an outsider here in Tianjing, and people from the south of the Yangtze River are extremely xenophobic. It is difficult to win over talents!"
"Brother, there are many scholars in Jiangnan. We can also organize exams. Scholars must take exams to become officials."
"Huh? Sister, you are very careful. Our Kingdom of Heaven can also organize imperial examinations. And here, both men and women can take the exams."
"Brother, what do you think of what Dong Shuheng said about developing trade? We Taiping Army have been fighting wars, and we must have our own financial resources. Otherwise, if things go on like this, the people of the Kingdom of Heaven will have trouble even eating."
"Well, that's what you said. As long as Dong Shuheng doesn't take the initiative to attack us, there's no problem in trading with him. Our current enemies are mainly the Qing troops in the west and south. After all, the Yangtze River is still across the north. We have to make close contacts from far away. How about you, sister, be responsible for this? Regarding this matter, I will put the Jiangning Women's Camp under your control, and you will take care of production and trade. It is best to be able to trade weapons, which is what we are most in need of right now."
After a while, a soldier came in from outside and whispered a few words beside Yang Xiuqing.
After hearing this, Yang Xiuqing became furious.
"Hong Xiuquan, you are going too far!"
"Brother, what happened?" Yang Ximei asked with concern from the side.