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Volume 1: Fierce Battle in Changsha Chapter 75: Issue an edict to sin against yourself

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    In the Dongnuan Pavilion of Qianqing Palace, everyone was in a hurry, rubbing their chests and beating their backs, and finally rescued Xianfeng.  After taking a deep breath, Xianfeng leaned on the embroidered yellow pillow and panted heavily. Ginseng tea was served to him from the left and right. He took a few sips before he could catch his breath.

    At this time, the imperial doctor on duty arrived. After taking Xianfeng's pulse, the imperial doctor said: "The emperor's fainting is caused by anger attacking the heart. I will prescribe a dose of medicine for the emperor to recover a little, but please the emperor to calm down and nourish his energy in the future."  Don¡¯t get angry.¡±

    Xianfeng still couldn't help but said angrily: "Ning Xin nourishes Qi, can I do it? Every mediocre minister is wasting the army's pay and soldiers, but the thieves are getting stronger and stronger. This will be bad, and Changsha will be lost!" Then they met again!  Everyone looked down in silence. They could only take a deep breath and say to the imperial doctor, the palace maids, and the eunuchs: "You go down first. You don't have to go in unless I call you."

    When the imperial doctor and others exited the Nuan Pavilion, Xian Pengpeng's face was filled with anger. He threw down the memorial just now, looked at Qi Zhuozao and Kuilin and asked coldly: "What do you think of this joint memorial by Luo Raodian and Bao Qibao? Sai Shang'a,  Didn't Xiang Rong and Xu Guangjin say that they had deployed a large army to block the defense in Hengzhou? How could it be lost in Changsha? I can't bear to read the disgusting words in it. Please tell me in detail."

    Qi Zuozao and Kuilin looked at each other. Kuilin only joined the Military Aircraft Department in May. Qi Zuozao didn't dare to answer first, not to mention that Xianfeng was very angry now. He didn't dare to touch this bad luck.  If he made a mistake, he was afraid that the board would hit him on the head. At that moment, Kuilin just shrank slightly and planned to let Qi Zuozao answer first.

    Qi Zuozao's old face was full of tiredness. Today it was his and Kuilin's turn to be on duty at the Military Aircraft Department. Ever since the Taiping Rebellion, the Military Aircraft Department had been on duty. Saishang'a, who was originally the Chief Military Minister, had already left Beijing.  Guangxi is suppressing long-haired thieves, and everyone in the Military Aircraft Department has implicitly accepted Qi Zuozao, the oldest and most senior, as the chief military aircraft minister. These days, Qi Zuozao has been thinking very hard and does not dare to be negligent. However, in his sixties, he is really physically and mentally strong.  Weary.

    He folded his hands, knelt down tremblingly and bowed his head. His old voice trembled: "Reporting to the emperor, those who attacked Changsha were the subordinates of the Long-haired Thief and the False King of the West.  The most ferocious and stubborn among the thieves. The pseudo-Western King was found to be named Xiao Chaogui, and he had thousands of thieves. On August 26, he broke out from Chenzhou and defeated Yongxing, Anren, Youxian, Chaling, Liling, etc.  He colluded with the local Tiandihui thieves and gathered tens of thousands of horses to attack Changsha quickly. Although Changsha City had been repaired by Luo Raodian, Luo Bingzhang and others, the city defense had not yet been completed. Not long after Luo Raodian recruited local braves to form an army, he mobilized  The soldiers in his province were not well fed, and there were signs of acclimatization. The long-haired thieves quickly reached Changsha, and the defenders were unable to prepare. The thieves occupied the high ground in the south of the city and bombarded them with artillery fire. The generals in the city resisted desperately, but the thieves were so powerful that they retreated.  . In this battle, Xi'an Town Commander-in-Chief Fucheng, Deputy General Yin Peili, and Yuanzhou Deputy General Zhu Han died on the battlefield. More than 2,000 soldiers from Shaanxi, more than 3,000 soldiers from Changsha Green Camp, and more than 3,000 brave soldiers from Liuyang sacrificed their lives for the country. Governor Luo Bingzhang, and Chief Envoy Weng Tongjue  He stayed in the city and burned the food and grass to survive and die with the city. Now his life and death are unknown. Assistant Minister Luo Raodian and Admiral Bao Qibao led the remaining army to withdraw from the city and blocked the dangerous terrain outside the city. Xu Tu returned to restore the provincial capital"

    Xianfeng patiently listened to Qi Jianzao's narration. The memorials of Luo Raodian and Bao Qibao were quite suspected of exaggerating the thieves' power to absolve themselves of their guilt. Moreover, the words used in the memorials were quite mysterious. For example, they occupied the high ground in the south of the city and bombarded it with artillery.  The army indeed occupied Tianxin Pavilion in the south of the city and set up artillery to bombard the city. However, the report only mentioned the high ground in the south of the city and did not mention whether it was the high ground in the city or outside the city. In this way, there were two contexts.  Later, Zeng Guofan was defeated by the Taiping Army. He also played this kind of word game when he submitted the memorial. What he originally said in the memorial was repeated defeats after repeated defeats. After Zuo Zongtang pointed out, he changed it to repeated defeats and repeated defeats. The artistic conception suddenly changed.  Big changes.

    Sure enough, after hearing this, Xianfeng's tense face relaxed a little, but he still refused to forgive. He snorted loudly and said: "A dignified provincial government has fallen into the hands of thieves. How should I explain it to the world? Sai Shang  Ah, what did Xu Guangjin and Cheng Zicai say?"

    Qi Zuozao tremblingly took out several memorials from his horse hoof sleeves and presented them: "Here are the memorials for the three of them to plead guilty. Just now, the emperor was so angry that the old ministers did not dare to present them."

    Xianfeng glanced at the memorial in disgust but refused to accept it. He frowned and said, "Let's talk about the important things. These pleas are just to absolve myself of guilt. I'm tired of seeing them."

    At that time, Qi Zuozao gave a brief summary of the memorials of Sai Shang'a, Xu Guangjin, and Cheng Zicai. Sai Shang'a reported that before Changsha fell, he had already warned Changsha, but he, Xiang Rong and others would besiege the long-haired bandits in Hengzhou.  Chang Mao, who broke out of the encirclement, was unable to catch up and did not dare to withdraw from the encirclement. However, Wang Jialin, the commander-in-chief of Hebei Town, and Deng Shaoliang, the deputy general of Chu Xiongxie, commanded three thousand troops to pursue them.  Xu Guangjin reported that he was still cleaning up the mess in Guangxi, and the remnants of the Long-haired bandits had been basically eliminated. The orthodox troops went north to attack Chenzhou, but they were beyond the reach of the whip.  Cheng Zicaicai was dismissed from the post of governor of Huguang and is waiting for??Xu Guangjin arrived to take over the post, but due to the rampant banditry, he had already arrived in Yuezhou to mobilize Hubei troops to prepare for southward blockade. The reinforcements rushing to Changsha heard that Changsha had fallen before they arrived in Xiangyin.

    Qi Jianzao just finished speaking, Xianfeng slowly closed his eyes, knocked on his forehead with his fist, and said bitterly: "As expected, everyone has his or her own path."

    Qi Zhuanzao couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, what the three adults said is true. The long-haired thieves were really bold in their use of troops this time. Thousands of men dared to attack a provincial government office. It was just a fluke. As long as the imperial court calmly mobilized the army,  If we encircle and annihilate them, we will be able to regain control of Changsha."

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    Qi Zuozao and Kuilin were startled and kowtowed hurriedly. Xianfeng stood up, put on his boots, walked back and forth a few steps, then stood still and said angrily: "Fire Sai Shang'a on the spot and hand him over to the capital for questioning, and let the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Punishment  The penalty for serious discussion! Xu Guangjin was demoted to three levels and kept in office, his eyes were deprived of flowers and feathers, and he was fined for three years. Tell him that if he makes mistakes again, Sai Shang'a will be his role model! Cheng Zicai was dismissed from his post and questioned, and he was sent to Beijing to be handed over to the Ministry of Punishments for serious discussion!"

    Qi Zuozao and Kuilin looked at each other. Qi Zuozao straightened up slightly and knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, is this, is this too harsh? Since ancient times, saints have been lenient towards others, this, this" At this point, he no longer knew what to do.  Worded.

    Xianfeng was furious, and suddenly clapped his hands and said: "Qi Zuozao! You dare to speak nonsense in front of me. Do you still have a sense of being a king, a father, and a minister in your heart? What crime do you deserve when you yell at me like this?!"

    Qi Zuozao stood up with tears in his eyes and cried: "Your Majesty, since ancient times, those who share the same desires will win. We must not impose harsh punishments"

    Xianfeng suddenly interrupted him and shouted: "You are obstructing me in punishing a few slaves. Do you really think that I don't dare to kill people?"

    Qi Zuozao was confused with his thoughts and speech, but he kept kowtowing. Kuilin saw that the momentum was not right and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, what Qi Zhongtang said is from the bottom of his heart. At this moment, we still need to boost the morale of the army. We must not impose severe punishments widely. Saitang said  Since they did not lead the entire army, it was understandable to transfer them back to the capital to discuss their crimes. However, Xu Guangjin and Cheng Zicai still needed to take charge of the overall situation of suppressing bandits. The slaves only needed to follow strict orders. In this way, the generals in front of the army could already have a deterrent effect.  "

    Xianfeng slowly sat back on the couch. After pondering for a moment, he shook his head feebly and said, "That's probably it. Tomorrow, the Military Aircraft Department will submit some memorials to the court for discussion."

    Qi Jianzao wiped the sweat from his forehead with a trembling voice, and said slowly: "Your Majesty, I still have something to say."

    Xianfeng waved his hand to signal him to continue. Qi Zuozao said with a calm face: "The emperor has been ordered by heaven to exercise great power and virtue in the world, and to influence all people in his heart. Now the thieves are rampant, poisoning dozens of states and counties in the two provinces, and swarming the ants to riot the people."  The reason for doing evil is that Guangxi is located in a remote place and cannot experience the emperor's holy virtues. The old minister thought that at this time, the emperor could issue an edict to punish himself, to calm the heaven, to appease the people, and to let the people  The ministers and the people are grateful for the grace of the holy virtue, know the shame and then be brave, work hard to suppress the thieves, and dare not let the holy bow be covered in dust and humiliated again."

    At this point, Kuilin was startled. What happened to Qi Zuozao? He dared to let the emperor issue an edict to sin against him?  Doesn't that make the emperor admit his fault?

    When Xianfeng heard this, he was furious. He stood up and pointed at Qi Zuozao, but he didn't know what to say to him for a moment. Qi Zuozao was not afraid, but said with tears in his eyes: "Kings in the past dynasties have issued such edicts. Emperor Shizu of this dynasty,  Emperor Gaozong and Emperor Renzong also issued this edict. If the emperor can issue this edict at this time, it will make the people of the world appreciate the emperor's holy virtues and turn people's hearts to his own use. This is also an act of persuading others with virtue. The veteran has already  I am old and I don¡¯t know how long I can serve the Emperor, but my words at this time are from the bottom of my heart and there is no disrespect at all.¡±

    Xianfeng also felt a little emotional, stretched out his hand to help Qi Zuozao up, and said slowly: "Forget it, I will issue an imperial edict to offend myself. You, Qi Zuozao, will draft this edict yourself."

    Qi Jianzao knelt down and kowtowed again, saying with tears in his eyes: "I will do my best to draft an imperial edict and submit it to the emperor. We must make the emperor's kindness spread throughout the world."

    Kuilin couldn't help but shudder. After all, this imperial edict is different from ordinary edicts. It has been drafted, and the emperor will reward you. If something goes wrong, you are the only one to ask. It is the most difficult edict to handle. Qi Zuozao actually took the initiative to remonstrate, and again  Taking over this matter showed that he was loyal to the emperor without any selfish motives, and he couldn't help but admire Qi Zhuanzao even more.

    After Xianfeng asked again about the pensions for the officers and soldiers killed in this battle, Qi Zuozao and Kuilin also thought about it and planned to provide generous pensions and rewards to the soldiers and generals who died in the battle to boost the morale of the army. Speaking of the unknown lives and deaths of Luo Bingzhang and Weng Tongjue,  When he didn't know how to deal with it, Xianfeng said coldly: "Tell the world that we will give him a posthumous gift if we die together."

    Qi Zhuanzao and Kuilin looked at each other.He secretly thought that even if Luo Bingzhang and Weng Tongjue were still alive, after knowing Xianfeng's will, they would have no choice but to commit suicide.

    Finally, Quilin talked about the fact that tomorrow the orphan of the Ulaguaerjia family would come to the palace to express gratitude. At the beginning of the year, the two brothers Changrui and Changshou of the Ulaguaerjia family died in the battle of Longliao Ridge in the White Banner. The father of the two brothers, Ta  Siha also died in the battle to quell the Fan bandits. His father, brother and children all died in the king's army. This was a sign of loyalty to the family. Changrui and Changshou were still alive. Recently, the period of 100 days of filial piety has passed. The court favored him.  When the reward arrives, it is customary for the son of Chang Rui and Longevity to go to the palace to thank the Holy Grace.

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