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Volume 1: Fierce Battle in Changsha Chapter 153: Ode to Push Back Picture

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    In the lobby of the Nanjing Governor's Yamen, Xiao Yungui shouted in a broken gong voice. The civil servants in the West Palace who were eating tea and talking and laughing in the hall were startled. Even Hong Yun'er and Li Xuanji were stunned.  He looked back at Xiao Yungui and Zuo Zongtang.  Everyone was shocked. Even though the King of the West was in battle, he did not shout so angrily. What happened? How could the King of the West be so disobedient?

    Zuo Zongtang coughed lightly and ordered the knife player at the door: "Go quickly and invite the two generals Lin Fengxiang and Li Kaifang." Then he whispered to Xiao Yungui: "King Xi, we need to discuss this matter in the long run. This is not a conversation.  The place."

    Xiao Yungui came back to his senses and said with an angry face: "Okay, let's discuss the matter in the inner hall." After saying that, he turned around and winked at Hong Yun'er. Hong Yun'er knew that something big must have happened, so she told Li Xuanji to wait.  After packing up later, she went back first, and then she followed Xiao Yungui to the inner hall.

    Zuo Zongtang nodded, turned to Li Shourong in the hall and said: "Mengying, you and everyone will continue to handle official duties, but if there is anything undecided, we will report it to the King of the West later." Then he turned to Wang Kai  Yun said: "Renqiu comes in with me."

    Wang Kaiyun put down the document in his hand and followed Zuo Zongtang through the lobby corridor and came to the inner hall. He saw King Xi sitting at the front seat with a solemn face and thinking deeply. Queen Xi stood aside and looked at the secret letter, her expression getting darker and darker.  He looked more and more solemn.  Wang Kaiyun didn't know what happened, and he served under the King of the West for several months. The King of the West and his wife always took it easy when they were attacking the city. They had never seen them like this before, and they couldn't help but feel uneasy in their hearts.

    After Zuo Zongtang and Wang Kaiyun sat down, Zuo Zongtang also began to think silently, but Wang Kaiyun didn't know what had happened. He felt a little itchy and couldn't help but look at the secret letter.

    After reading the letter, Hong Yun'er sighed softly and said: "What is supposed to come will come. As the saying goes, three stooges are better than Zhuge Liang. With so many of us, we will definitely be able to find a way." After saying this, Wang Kaiyun appeared.  With a look of confusion, he immediately handed over the secret letter.

    Wang Kaiyun took the secret letter and read it. The more he read, the more surprised he became. He looked up at Zuo Zongtang and said, "Brother Ji Gao, this"

    Zuo Zongtang twirled his beard and frowned: "Renqiu is a tall man, you should also think about how to deal with it." The four people in the inner hall fell into silence, everyone was thinking.

    Not long after, two generals, Lin Fengxiang and Li Kaifang, arrived. Xiao Yungui did not wait for the two generals to greet them. After greeting the two generals, he sat down and said, "I urgently invite you here late at night because I have important matters to discuss. The rumors about Qingyao this time are very powerful.  Mr. Zuo, please tell me."

    General Lin and Li don¡¯t know what happened, but it¡¯s a common thing to try to clear up monsters and spread rumors. I don¡¯t know how many people I encountered along the way. Why does the King of the West pay so much attention to it this time?

    Zuo Zongtang stood up with a slight cough and said: "The news just came from Baizetang. Rumors have been spread in northern Hunan, southern Hubei, southern Anhui and northern Jiangxi. These rumors are based on the "Tui" written by Taoists Li Chunfeng and Yuan Tiangang during the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty.  The thirty-second hexagram in the Back Diagram is an excuse. This hexagram is Dingyou, Xunxia, ??Xunxun, Xunxun above. The picture should show that the flood is raging, and there are several skeletons beside the reeds. The prophecy says: If there is hair on the head, the clothes will be afraid of white.  In times of peace, kings kill kings. There is a poem that goes like this: In times of peace, blood flowers fly, and five-color seals become the inner and outer garments. The floods are overwhelming, and the seedlings are not beautiful, and the Central Plains has seen all dreams come true."

    Second General Lin Li was confused and confused. Lin Fengxiang asked curiously: "Mr. Zuo, what picture did Qing Yao use to spread rumors about the Taoist priests of the Tang Dynasty? What's so powerful about it?"

    Zuo Zongtang said in a deep voice: "Li Chunfeng and Yuan Tiangang were masters of the Tang Dynasty, and they were very good at observing astrology. This push-back diagram is the painstaking work of Li Chunfeng and Yuan Tiangang, and it is their corresponding hexagram.  , celestial phenomena, and conjectures about events in the dynasties after the Tang Dynasty. There are a total of sixty images in the book, named after the Sixty Years and the hexagrams. There are prophecies under each image, and are accompanied by four verses of a poem.  , predicting prosperity and chaos in future generations. The title of the book, Tuibei Tu, is based on the sixtieth image. There are countless things to describe, so it is better to push the back and return to rest."

    Li Kaifang exclaimed, "I see, are the two Taoist priests' hexagrams accurate?"

    Zuo Zongtang sighed lightly, but before he could speak, Hong Yun'er continued: "Of course it is correct. Jin Shengtan, a talented man in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, has a book called "Comments on Tuibei Tu". This book explains how each hexagram dealt with what happened in the previous dynasty.  Events were commented on. The Tuibei diagram corresponds to the major events that occurred after the Tang Dynasty. The subsequent Anshi Rebellion, the Five Dynasties Rebellion, and the establishment of the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties all have corresponding hexagrams. For example, the thirty-three hexagrams, the prophecy says,  If the water of the Yellow River is clear and the air is smooth, it will be cured, and there will be no distinction between host and guest. The earthly branches will have no children. The song says, the white waterfall comes from the sky, the Hu people are not in harmony, the vassals have been withdrawn, and the child is half sad. Jin Shengtan commented that this image is the sign of the Manchu Qing's entry into the pass.  . Turning against the guests was due to luck, and it was beyond human power to restore it. The Liao, Jin, and later Hu people dominated the Central Plains, and the Huanghuang Han people deserved it. In fact, in this poem, most of the vassals were withdrawn, and the childish half can be sad. This sentence is  It was about Kangxi's reduction of vassal status and Wu Sangui's rebellion. However, Jin Shengtan died of illness during the Shunzhi period and could not speculate on this matter."

      Xiao Yungui looked at Hong Yun'er. Both of them had read "Tui Bei Tu". Xiao Yungui read it as a prophecy book. In fact, this book not only accurately predicted the events of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, but also the subsequent Anglo-French allied forces.  The invasion of Beijing, the invasion of the Eight-Power Allied Forces, World War I, Japan's invasion of China, World War II, the founding of New China, etc. were all clearly predicted. Thinking that all the previous predictions had come true, Xiao Yungui naturally felt a chill running down his spine.  of.

    General Lin and Li also changed their expressions after hearing this. Zuo Zongtang nodded and said: "The Queen of the West has learned a lot about Qiang Ji, which is really amazing. Jin Shengtan's book was once read by Zuo as a miscellaneous book of anecdotes. At that time, he was amazed by this recommendation.  Zuo seemed unable to understand the magic of the memorized diagram and what these thirty-four hexagrams said at the time, but now that he thought about it, he understood that these thirty-four hexagrams were about the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom."

    Lin and Li looked at each other and saw panic in each other's eyes. Lin Fengxiang asked anxiously: "Mr. Zuo, how do you interpret this hexagram?"

    Zuo Zongtang sighed: "This hexagram Jin Shengtan explains it this way. It is easy to prove the past, but it is difficult to predict the future. However, since the past has been proved, it seems that we have to push it to the future. I hope that from now on, what I call peace will be  Everyone is lucky to be successful, and those who I call unfair governance are lucky to be missed, but I can accuse them of not guilty. This image is suspected of suffering from floods or wars and natural disasters, and this is a chaos. Jin Shengtan was born in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, so naturally  Not knowing what was going on in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom today, he could only speculate that this was a chaos. Now Zuo read this poem again, and the sentence "I have hair and my clothes are afraid of white" refers to the clothing of the Taiping soldiers. White clothes are the most taboo in the Kingdom of Heaven.  Isn't it? In this period of peace, the sentence "king kills king" directly refers to the name of the Kingdom of Heaven. Taiping sees blood and flowers fly again. Taiping refers to the end of the peace and the beginning of war, which also hints at the name of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.  "The five-color seals form the inner and outer garments, which also refers to the clothing of the Taiping Holy Soldiers. The phrase "The floods are surging and the seedlings are not showing off" also hints at the name of the King of Heaven."

    Li Kaifang has a very good memory. Zuo Zongtang seemed to have two unsolved sentences before, so he asked: "Sir, what is the explanation for the two sentences "The king killed the king" and "The dream in the Central Plains was completely different"?

    Zuo Zongtang¡¯s expression changed slightly, he hesitated a little, but did not answer.  Hong Yun'er bit her red lips and said: "This king killing the king is what Qingyao used to spread rumors, saying that the King of the West will kill the King of Heaven and the King of the East and replace them. But in the Central Plains, there was a saying that the dream was completely different. Qingyao said  It was the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom that once occupied the great rivers and mountains of the Central Plains, but it was a dream in the end, and the King of the West could not escape defeat in the end. The latter sentence is fine, but the previous sentence of the king killing the king is really annoying. Now our army in the West Palace is on an expedition  , captured the city of Nanjing, there is no guarantee that the Heavenly King and the Eastern King will not be jealous. Now that Qingyao uses the "Tui Bei Tu" to make such a prophecy, it will definitely make the Heavenly King and the Eastern King even more jealous."

    Zuo Zongtang nodded and sighed: "Now that the situation in the country is very good, the Qing army is no longer able to fight back. They are afraid of causing trouble to Xiao Qiang. If the kings are jealous of the Western King, it will be a sign of defeat. I don't know who came up with this rumor.  , he could see the shortcomings in the kingdom of heaven at a glance, and with just a few words, he tied our hands and feet, which is really amazing."

    Li Kaifang wondered: "The King of the West is loyal to the Kingdom of Heaven, and he loves the King of Heaven and the King of the East like brothers. How can Qingyao alienate us with just a few crooked poems?"

    Wang Kaiyun stood up and said: "General Li doesn't know something. The army of the West Palace conquered Nanjing. This city was originally the old capital of the Ming Dynasty. Qing Yao went on to rumor and said evil things, saying that the King of the West has the heart to be unyielding. If the King of Heaven and the King of the East  Hearing this rumor, and my West Palace not taking any action, I would like to ask the Heavenly King and the East King how they won¡¯t become suspicious?¡±

    Lin Fengxiang said angrily: "These demon Hu slaves can't defeat us in battle, but they resort to such despicable tricks! How fucking shameless!"

    Xiao Yungui took a deep breath at this time, stood up and said slowly: "When the two armies fought, they naturally used all possible means. I really admire Qing Yao who thought of this rumor. This person must be familiar with our heaven."  Incomparable, knowing the subtle situation in my heaven, he can make us extremely uncomfortable with just one move. Now that the army of the West Palace has occupied Nanjing, including the cities occupied along the way, it can be said that the land is vast and the people are many. It is a situation where the leader is weak and the ministers are strong.  , No matter how powerful the Heavenly King and the Eastern King are, there is no guarantee that they will not be suspicious. It seems that we will expand our territory in the future and occupy the land along both sides of the river, and our plan to go eastward to Jiangsu and Zhejiang will have to be slowed down."

    Zuo Zongtang sighed and said: "The King of the West is right. For the current plan, we must dispel the doubts of the King of Heaven and the King of the East. Only the West Palace will take the initiative to give up Nanjing and respectfully ask the King of Heaven and the East King to move to Nanjing and hand over the city along the river."  , can we eliminate the disaster of Xiao Qiang, otherwise it will definitely arouse suspicion."

    Generals Lin and Li were both unhappy. The city they had worked so hard to capture along the way to the West Palace was about to be evicted in a blink of an eye. They were really depressed.

    Xiao Yungui pondered and said: "If Nanjing City and the cities and important towns along the river are given away, they are still in the hands of our Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Brothers, don't worry about it. I have made up my mind and immediately wrote to the King of Heaven and King of the East in Changsha, respectfully requesting them to move.  Nanjing is regarded as the foundation of the country, and the city along the river can also be handed over. Once handed over, the soldiers and horses in the west hall of the city along the river will be destroyed.Quickly move east, let's find another place to stay!  "
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