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Volume 1: Fierce Battle in Changsha Chapter 97: People have no foresight

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    After listening to Zuo Zongtang's words, Xiao Yungui pondered for a moment, and Hong Yun'er suddenly said: "There are indeed many rebel activities in Guangxi at the moment. There are Zhu Hongying and Hu Youlu's tribe in Nanning Prefecture, and Wu Lingyun's tribe in Xinning Prefecture. They are all Tiandihui.  Rebels. Chen Kai and other Tiandihui volunteers are also active in Foshan, Guangdong and other places. The Qing government¡¯s control here is weak. Going south to Guangdong and Guangxi will really help us gain a foothold."

    Xiao Yungui knew that this was what Hong Yun'er told her on purpose. She was afraid that she would not know about the activities of the Liang Guangyi Army. In fact, Xiao Yungui also received Zhu Hongying, Hu Youlu, Wu Lingyun, etc. from the Tiandihui through Tong Qiangsheng and other new Tiandihui troops.  Xiao Yungui still remembers the news of people revolting in Guangxi, and the Tiandihui led by Chen Kai in Foshan. Xiao Yungui still remembers very clearly that the Red Scarf Army uprising in Foshan, Guangdong that broke out in the fourth year of Xianfeng was extremely powerful.  At present, it seems that there are indeed many anti-Qing rebels such as the Guangdong, Guangxi, Tiandihui, etc., and the control of the Qing court is also weak. However, after the Taiping Army moves south, it is still unknown whether these rebels can surrender.

    Zuo Zongtang said slowly: "Although the green army of the Qing court is decaying at this time, the Qing court still controls the world. Only by establishing a firm foothold can the Western King be able to calmly govern and expand the army. If he continues to be like this, it will not last long.  plan. The further north you go, the stronger the Qing government's control and the less help you get. It is far less accessible to the Qing government than entering the Guangdong and Guangxi areas. However, how to deal with the Yi people requires long-term planning, especially how to deal with the Guangzhou area.  To get it, you still need to go through the details carefully.¡±

    Xiao Yungui frowned and said: "The Yi people came from afar just to seek profit, and what they want is commerce. This king is not worried about this. What I worry about is the rebels of the Tiandihui. Will they surrender to me?"

    Zuo Zongtang smiled slightly and said: "Are there many members of the Tiandihui in Hunan who have taken refuge with the King of the West? As long as the King of Xi shows his power and uses both kindness and power, the Tiandihui will not be monolithic. As long as someone submits, Zuo will help  Let the King of the West make suggestions and let these people find their places."

    Xiao Yungui said with a heavy hum, "Okay, we will make plans to go south to Guangdong and Guangxi!"

    Seeing that Xiao Yungui had finally made up his mind, Zuo Zongtang said with a smile: "The King of the West still needs to stay in Changsha at this moment, waiting for the King of Heaven and the King of the East to come. Since the King of the East intends to go eastward to Jinling, the King of the West must try his best to facilitate this matter, so that  If the two kings march eastward to Jinling, if they lead the Taiping army to the north, the Qing court will be frightened and mobilize an army to encircle it, and our chances of winning will be higher. But the Western King must remember to find a leader to lead the army south, and must not follow him to Jinling."

    Xiao Yungui nodded and said, "I don't have to worry about this. When can you come back to Xiangtan?"

    Zuo Zongtang twirled his beard and said with a smile: "Actually, Zuo's trip to Xiangtan, apart from arranging family affairs, was mainly to inquire about news for the King of the West. If he can persuade his father-in-law to join the Taiping, with the financial and human resources of the Zhou family in Xiangtan  , King Xi will be able to add a lot of help, which can be regarded as Zuo¡¯s contribution to King Xi.¡±

    " Xiao Yungui was overjoyed. He was indeed a famous scholar in Xianghu. Once he took refuge in him, he thought of everything for himself.  After bowing deeply and thanking each other, Xiao Yungui said happily: "This king gets your husband, just like the King of Han got his ovary, and Liu Bei got Wolong. I am very lucky."

    Zuo Zongtang laughed and said: "One more thing, there are still hidden dragons and crouching tigers in Changsha City. There are many people like me in the Xianghu area, just like Wang Kaiyun and others who are still imprisoned by the King of the West. The King of the West should take good care of these people  It is best to invite them if you can convince them to surrender. If you really can't convince them, don't kill them indiscriminately. What we need most in raising troops at this moment is talented and wise men. Zuo knows that there is Guo Songtao in this city, and Xiangxiang Zeng Guofan, Luo Zenan and others are also famous  It¡¯s just that people like Guo Songtao and Zeng Guofan are serving as officials in the court, so I¡¯m afraid they won¡¯t serve the Western King, but the Western King doesn¡¯t have to be at odds with them. He will need these people when he takes over Hunan in the future.¡±

    Xiao Yungui smiled and said: "I know this. Speaking of Guo Songtao, this morning we caught a Qingyao spy also named Guo Songtao. I wonder if he is the person you mentioned."

    Zuo Zongtang was surprised and said: "Yunxian (Guo Songtao's name) and I are old friends. Please ask the King of the West to let Zuo go and have a look."

    Xiao Yungui was in a very good mood, so he immediately agreed and ordered the swordsman to take Zuo Zongtang to the government prison to see Guo Songtao.

    After Zuo Zongtang left, Xiao Yungui laughed three times, feeling indescribably happy that someone like Zuo Zongtang had actually turned to him. Thinking about it now, it still felt like he was in a dream.

    Hong Yun'er curled her lips and said, "Looking at your potential, you are so complacent."

    Xiao Yungui snorted and said, "You won't understand this sense of accomplishment."

    Hong Yun'er didn't want to argue with him, so she changed the topic and said: "Zuo Zongtang is indeed a powerful person. A few simple words helped us find the direction. Going south to Guangdong and Guangxi can also gain access to the sea, and we can obtain foreign firearms,  Technology, maybe we can also engage in foreign trade, which is indeed very good, but there is something we need to look into in detail."

    Xiao Yungui said thoughtfully: "Are you worried that foreigners will take advantage of their power to bully others?"

    Hong YunerHe nodded and said: "Yes, now the great powers have opened the country with opium, and China's century-old painful colonial oppression has begun. Weak countries have no diplomacy. Now we are not the rival of the great powers in any way. What they want is far beyond ours."  Imagine, this is just one of them. In addition, today's common people are still ignorant and are very repulsive towards foreigners. How to reconcile the conflict between Chinese and Western cultures is also a headache. The people in Guangzhou have been fighting for many years to resist the British entering Guangzhou city.  ah."

    Xiao Yungui knew that what Hong Yun'er was talking about was the movement spontaneously organized by the people of Guangzhou to prevent the British from entering Guangzhou city. After the news of the signing of the "Jiangning Treaty" in 1842 reached Guangzhou, the local people immediately circulated a message signed by Qian Jiang and He Dageng.  The "Guangdong Volunteers' Committal" drafted by the president called on the people of the province to rise up and oppose the non-governmental organizations established by Angeli to "establish a dock" in Guangzhou.  People in Guangzhou organized "social studies" one after another to practice self-defense.  "She Xue" specially organized "She Yong" to guard the city gates everywhere to prevent the English from entering the city.

    After the signing of the "Jiangning Treaty", the Imperial Envoy and Guangzhou General Yilibu went to Guangzhou to preside over the Qing government's foreign negotiations. He felt the pressure of the extremely strong anti-British atmosphere under the sky of Guangzhou. He banned "social studies" and moved Qianjiang to Qianjiang.  The arrests of He Dageng and He Dageng directly led to stronger resistance from the Cantonese people. In November 1842, the burning of Yilou broke out in Guangzhou.  Poor Iribu, suffering from the turbulent Guangzhou people on one side and the aggressive English people on the other, died of fright in February 1843.  However, the British people's entry into the city has never succeeded because of the obstruction of the people.

    Xiao Yungui frowned deeply as he recalled it. After Guangzhou was captured, how to mediate the cultural conflict between China and the West was indeed a fatal problem.

    Hong Yun'er then poured cold water: "Foreigners have now opened the country with strong ships and cannons. The industrial and commercial trade economy they pursue has not the slightest impact on China's ancient small-scale peasant economy. Moreover, today's people are not enlightened, and Western culture is incompatible with us.  , it will really cause trouble. We must know that it took more than a hundred years of time for us Chinese descendants to completely digest the fierce impact of this cultural conflict. We really need to think about it carefully."

    Xiao Yungui scratched the long hair on his temples and said angrily: "Four-eyed girl, can't you be optimistic? We can only take one step at a time. You still want to eat a fat man in one bite."

    Hong Yun'er rolled her eyes at him and said: "So, if you don't have long-term worries, you will have immediate worries. There are many things that make you worry. Stop thinking about messy things and concentrate on dealing with the things in front of you. How do you think about how to fool the king and the emperor?  Is it an excuse for King Dong to lead his army to Jinling and not let us follow him?"

    Xiao Yungui said in a deep voice: "It's easy to deal with the King of Heaven. Brother Tian can get it done with just a few words when he comes down to earth, but it's not easy to deal with the King of the East. I have to think carefully about how to fool him."

    On the other side, Zuo Zongtang saw Guo Songtao, who was looking depressed in the small dark room of the prison. He was dressed like an ordinary person in an ordinary coarse cloth gown, but he had a round face, big ears and fair skin, and he looked thick.  Strong bookish atmosphere.

    Seeing Zuo Zongtang come in, Guo Songtao squinted his eyes to block the light, looked at it carefully for a long time, and then got up from the bed in shock: "Brother Ji Gao, why is it you? Could it be that you were also caught by the long-haired thief?  !¡±

    Zuo Zongtang turned around and asked the swordsmen to wait outside. Several Taiping army swordsmen turned around and left the hut, closing the heavy iron door. This prison was originally used to hold felons. Zuo Zongtang did not expect that Xiao Yungui would lock Guo Songtao in  Here it is.

    "Brother Bochen has suffered." Zuo Zongtang called out Guo Songtao's cousin, took a step forward, and inserted the lantern in his hand on the wall.

    Seeing this scene, Guo Songtao's expression became unnatural: "Brother Ji Gao, are you a thief?"

    Zuo Zongtang's face turned slightly red, but it was dark in the prison, so he couldn't tell. "It's hard to say whether he's a thief or a dragon."

    Guo Songtao was stunned for a moment, then his face became angry, he pointed at Zuo Zongtang and cursed: "Zuo Jigao, Zuo Jigao, you are a man who has read the books of sages, how can you do such a heinous act, without a king or a father?"  What happened? I, Guo Songtao, am blind, and I will actually make friends with you!"

    Zuo Zongtang pulled up the hem of his clothes and put it on the thatched bed. He smiled faintly and said, "Brother Bochen, please stop scolding me. You have also read the books of sages. When many sages wrote books and established their theories, did they ever say that we, the scholars, should  Do you regard yourself as the emperor of the Hu people?"

    Guo Songtao felt cold in his heart. It seemed that Zuo Zongtang had really become a thief and began to question the orthodoxy of the Qing emperor. He said angrily: "You can't say such treasonous words to me. The Manchus have been in the country for nearly two hundred years."  , have long respected my Chinese customs, spoken my Chinese language, and practiced my Chinese orthodoxy, and have long ceased to be the barbarians outside the Pass."

    Zuo Zongtang hummed and said: "What you said is right, but if there were a Han emperor and a Manchu emperor in front of you, who would you choose?"To whom?  "

    Guo Songtao sneered: "Don't say that the long-haired traitor who practices foreign religion is the emperor. How can a commoner be an emperor?"

    Zuo Zongtang sighed softly: "Brother Bochen is wrong. Aren't people like Han Gaozu and Ming Taizu all from humble backgrounds? How do you know that there will not be a founding emperor among the long hairs in the future?"

    Guo Songtao was stunned and speechless. After a long while, he said: "I understand. Are you angry that you failed to pass the high school exam several times, so you voted for Changmao out of anger?"

    Zuo Zongtang smiled and said: "Although I, Zuo Jigao, am over 40 years old, I am still not as impulsive as a young man. To be honest, I am a long-term investment for the great cause of restoring the Han Dynasty!"

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