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Volume 1: Fierce Battle in Changsha Chapter 133: The Expedition of the Western King

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    After leaving the East Prince's Mansion, Xiao Yungui visited Yao Yuan, Li Zuoche and other West Palace soldiers who were still recuperating in the Zhengwei Pavilion in the city.  In the last battle of Xiangyin, more than a hundred old brothers from the West Palace including Yao Yuan and Li Zuoche were seriously injured. They all stayed in Changsha to recuperate and did not participate in the subsequent southern expedition.

    When we arrived at the medical center, it was divided into two sides. One side was reserved for soldiers in the army, and the other was for civilians. There was no charge for medical treatment on both sides. All expenses in the hospital were paid by the Holy Treasury. This reminds me of the difficulty of medical treatment in later generations.  , Xiao Yungui really admired the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

    In the days when he was absent, in addition to the construction of medical clinics for medical treatment and diagnosis, there were many more clinics in the city. For example, a separate women's pavilion was set up separate from the combat women's camp. It was led by Hu Jiumei and was filled with women.  There were people of all ages, and Xiao Yungui could tell that they were preparing for the implementation of separate camps for men and women in the city in the future when the war was over.  Xiao Yungui couldn't figure out why Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing had to bring separate camps of men and women from the army to civilians. This was against ethics. Don't they understand?  After thinking about it, Xiao Yungui still planned to persuade the King of Heaven to see if he could take back his life. Men and women can be separated into separate camps in the army. Don't promote it among the people, otherwise it will cause commotion.

    The Women¡¯s House specializes in taking in helpless refugee women and providing them with food and clothing. The women in the Women¡¯s House do the work of starching clothes, carrying food, cooking and mending clothes, and even catching mice.  The sanitation in the city was dirty. The Taiping Army once issued an edict, strictly prohibiting littering and open defecation, and regularly organized people to clean the streets. The sanitation in Changsha City was much better, but there were still many rats, so the women's hall organized women to catch them.  Rats, each person is limited to five rats per day.  Xiao Yungui thought this was very novel. Aren't women the most afraid of mice?  The Taiping Army also asked women to arrest them. If the literati of the Qing Dynasty found out about it, it would become a crime to criticize the evil of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

    In addition to the Women's Hall, there is also the Talent Hall. This Talent Hall is not a building for recruiting talented people, but a place to adopt disabled Taiping soldiers. Perhaps it was named because it was afraid of hurting the hearts of the soldiers.  The Hall for the Able, this is much more humane than the words "for disabled people" that can be seen everywhere in later generations.  The disabled soldiers in the museum do not want to be idle. They do some work within their ability. All their expenses are paid by Saint Kuzina. There are many capable people in the museum who take care of these disabled soldiers full-time.  This is much better than the Qing court, and it is no less concessionary than the security system of later generations.

    The rationale person is a newly established official position. After entering Changsha City, the Taiping Army's rules and regulations became more complete, and its medical system was subdivided into three major systems: "Chinese, military, and local".  The central government, all armies (each army has about 13,000 people), and local governments have medical supervisors and generals in charge of medical care. They are divided into internal medicine (internal medicine), chief medical officer (surgery), emergency rescue (first aid, equivalent to emergency department), and rational medicine.  People (nursing staff, responsible for caring for the wounded, managing meals, soups and medicines), horse doctors, etc.

    In addition, there is a children's center for the elderly, which specializes in adopting orphaned elderly people and helpless children, as well as some disabled people who have no one to take care of them.  What surprised Xiao Yungui was that the work done by the people and children in this museum was actually the work of the urban management of later generations. They patrolled the streets every day, regularly organized people to clean the streets, and taught people who defecate and throw away garbage.  Those who refuse to listen will be sent to the government for punishment and the city will be kept clean.  Xiao Yungui admired the Taiping Army's approach very much. If an old man and a child teach you about public defecation, I'm afraid you will also blush.  The elderly, children, and disabled people were doing the work they could do, and they were working in St. Kushina. There were no more beggars in the city.

    But some taverns have disappeared, such as opium dens, brothels, etc. What puzzles Xiao Yungui most is that many taverns have also disappeared, and the brewing industry has even become a business banned by the Taiping Army in the city.  Although smoking and alcohol are prohibited in the teachings, Xiao Yungui feels that people who do not believe in the teachings should not have to abide by the prohibition on alcohol. After all, alcohol is not a particularly harmful thing, and the disappearance of this industry will result in a much lower business tax. Xiao Yungui also plans to  Let¡¯s discuss this with the King of Heaven and see if we can lift the ban on alcohol.

    Yao Yuan, Li Zuoche and others recovered very well and were able to get out of bed and move on their own. Although they were not yet able to fight in battle, marching was at least no problem.  Xiao Yungui planned to take them all with him. After all, they were his old brothers who had been with him through life and death, and he did not want to leave them in Changsha.

    On the same day, Xiao Yungui took Yao Yuan, Li Zuoche and others back to the governor's Yamen. While continuing to recover from their injuries, he waited for the arrival of the West Palace army.

    The next day, Xiao Yungui went to the prison to visit Deng Yi, Li Shourong, Wang Kaiyun, Guo Songtao and others.  Xiao Yungui knew that Li Shourong and Wang Kaiyun were far less determined than the official son Deng Yi and the current Qing court official Guo Songtao, so he persuaded them alone for a day.

    After coaxing and intimidating him, Xiao Yungui said that Zuo Zongtang had also followed him. The two of them somewhat didn't believe it, but Xiao Yungui could see that the two of them were already interested. He only waited for Zuo Zongtang to arrive and persuaded them that they should  I can accommodate two people.

    "But Deng Yi and Guo Songtao are like stones in the pit, smelly and hard, no matter how hard they are, XiaoYungui refused to surrender no matter how hard he tried. Xiao Yungui was so angry that he ordered his men to cut off their pigtails and drive them out of the city.  Although Xiao Yungui let the two of them go, Deng Yi and Guo Songtao had their pigtails cut off and almost lost their lives for it.  The two escaped across the Liuyang River and were captured by the Qing army. Seeing that they had no braids, they thought they were long-haired spies, so they were arrested and tortured.  No matter what the two people said, the ferocious soldiers of the Qing army refused to listen. The ten major tortures of the Qing Dynasty were no joke. After a torment, the two of them almost died. In the end, Peng Yulin accidentally interrogated the captured long-haired spy.  Only then did they recognize the two people from a large group of arrested people and rescued them, but they were kept in bed for three months before they could get out of bed.  In comparison, the two felt that the Taiping Army was truly a god compared to the torture methods of the Qing Army.

    Xiao Yungui was not afraid that Guo Songtao would persuade Zeng Guofan to come out and form the Hunan Army after he returned. He wrote a letter to Wei Changhui, asking Wei Changhui to mobilize troops to capture Xiangxiang, because Wei Changhui's troops were stationed in Ningxiang, which was closest to Xiangxiang and the west road was clear.  The remnants of the army took shelter in Xiangxiang, just in time to attack. At the same time, Xiao Yungui asked Wei Changhui to search and kill Zeng Guofan and other Qing officials in order to avoid future troubles.

    After Wei Changhui received the letter, he did not dare to be careless. He originally wanted to destroy the Qing army in Xiangxiang, so he sent Wei Jun as the general to lead four thousand troops to attack Xiangxiang. The Qing army's Phoenix Hall colleagues Jia Hengjin and Yongsui Xie  Lieutenant General Qu Tenglong led his troops to resist, but was defeated by the Taiping Army in the suburbs of Xiangxiang. Jia Hengjin and Qu Tenglong were killed on the spot, and more than 2,000 Qing soldiers were killed. The rest fled for their lives.  Wei Changhui ordered Wei Jun to kill them all and chase the deserters around Xiangxiang.  The training officers of the Hunan Army were driven away and took off their uniforms to hide at home. The Taiping Army searched and killed them everywhere. The entire Xiangxiang army was in trouble, and the people were miserable.

    " Xiao Yungui didn't expect that his planned plan to eradicate the problem didn't go well. Wei Changhui was a ruthless person. He just followed the instructions of the King of the West and didn't consider the people's will. As a result, he messed up the matter.  He should also think about who Wei Changhui was. Later, Hong Xiuquan asked him to hunt and kill Yang Xiuqing, but he killed more than 20,000 people, which shows how ruthless Wei Changhui was.

    " This made the people of Xiangxiang hate the Taiping Army even more. Zeng Guofan and others also received the news early in the morning and took refuge in their hometown in the countryside. They did not suffer any harm. On the contrary, Zeng Guofan and others strengthened their idea of ??organizing a regiment training to take revenge.

    When he got a reply from Wei Changhui, he said that Xiangxiang had been restored, but Zeng Guofan and others were not found. Only Jia Hengjin, Qu Tenglong and others were killed. The Qing army and Hunan army entrenched in Xiangxiang were strangled.  Xiao Yungui lamented that Zeng Guofan was really lucky, but Wei Changhui did not say that he sent troops to search and kill the Hunan Army in Xiangxiang. Xiao Yungui also did not expect that Wei Changhui would go so far. As a result, the Hunan Army showed up later.  At that time, Xiao Yungui was puzzled by the boss for a while.

    Xiao Yungui has no time to pay attention to the affairs of the West Road at this moment. Zuo Zongtang, Lin Fengxiang, Li Kaifang and other generals have arrived in Changsha with their brigade and Xiangtan Water Camp. All the generals in the West Palace have gathered except Zeng Tianyang and He Zhenchuan.  70% of the artillery, red powder, lead, muskets and other firearms obtained in Hengzhou were brought over.  Each soldier carried a red medicine bamboo tube and a lead bag with him. Some soldiers carried two muskets per person. The army's baggage was filled with 500 pack horses, and hundreds of ships in the water camp were also loaded with them.  A lot of baggage, almost seventy-eight out of ten supplies from Hengzhou were transported to Changsha.

    Xiao Yungui has no intention of monopolizing these things. First of all, it is still the holy treasury system. All the ministries of the Kingdom of Heaven rely on the holy treasury for maintenance, but he is not embarrassed to do things that harm the public and private interests.  Secondly, he wanted to go north for an expedition, and he also hoped to give reassurance to the King of Heaven and the King of the East. The King of the West was a person who focused on the overall situation and would not only care about his own people in the West Palace.  Finally, although there are many of these things in Hengzhou, Xiao Yungui knows that if he does not give up these things, he will not get more in the future. Places like Yuezhou, Hankou, and Wuchang are much richer than Hengzhou, and the things there are better.  There are so many things.

    Therefore, after the supplies arrived, the West Palace handed over all the supplies that could not be taken away to the holy treasury. The holy treasury in Changsha City suddenly filled up again, making Yang Xiuqing, a cold-faced god, show a rare smile, and the king of heaven, Hong Xiuquan, even  After praising Xiao Yungui, everyone in the Kingdom of Heaven hoped that the King of the West would send troops again and fight more such victorious battles.

    Regarding the separate camps for men and women and the ban on alcohol, due to Xiao Yungui¡¯s efforts, the King of Heaven and the King of East temporarily gave up their plans to promote it among the people. Xiao Yungui¡¯s opinion is very simple. Now that the war situation is unclear, forcing the people to separate camps for men and women will provoke a civil uprising.  The Heavenly King and the East King now relied on Xiao Yungui to win the battle, so they agreed to this request. Moreover, the opposition from the people was also very loud these days. The Heavenly King and the East King could only put the matter aside for the time being, but the separation of men and women was still strictly enforced in the military camp.  Camp and Prohibition.  At present, this is all Xiao Yungui can do for the people of Changsha, but this incident still spreads, and everyone praises the King of the West for his benevolence and righteousness.

    After Zuo Zongtang arrived in Changsha, he persuaded Li Shourong and Wang Kaiyun to join the West Palace. The two were already somewhat interested, and they were not officials in the Qing court, so they agreed. Xiao Yungui sent Xizuo to pretend to be refugees to take care of their families.  After arriving in Changsha, the two of them went to work??Zuo Zongtang's right-hand man.  Zhu Changlin and Wei Helin also entered the West Hall and became the West Hall's bookkeepers. Xiao Yungui planned to take out all the staff of the West Hall this time, and he would not let go of any talents.

    On this day, after all the armies were ready, a gap was opened in the pontoon bridge on Orange Island, and hundreds of ships from Shuiying went north along the Xiangjiang River. The troops from the West Palace were assembled on the west bank of the Xiangjiang River.  , Zuo Zongtang, the generals of the West Palace, the newly attached scholars, etc., together with the 12,000 West Palace generals and the 3,000 Luo Outline water camp soldiers and horses, went northward with great fanfare. At this point, Xiao Yungui began  The journey of his life.  Later historians called this expedition the Western King's Expedition or the East-West Separation.
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