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Volume One: Fierce Battle in Changsha Chapter 205: Bad Things Happen Again

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    Seeing that Xiao Yungui was furious and talking nonsense, even Jiang Zhongyuan didn't take it seriously, Hong Yun'er opened her teeth and said slowly: "Today is a troubled time, and troubled times are full of betrayal and dishonesty."  , as a general of an army, you must not act on impulse. You must be soft when you should. Even if our military strength is comparable to that of Tianjing, we cannot be the first. If the Qing court thinks that our  The threat is greater than Tianjing, if they want to destroy us first, then we will be in misery."

    Xiao Yungui sat down angrily, holding his chin with one hand and thinking. Hong Yun'er walked to him, poured him a cup of coffee, and said: "Right now, we only know that Jiang Zhongyuan led troops to rescue, and there is also Jiangbei Camp.  We haven¡¯t received any news yet, but if reinforcements from Fujian, Guangdong and the Qing army arrive, no matter how strong our troops in the West Palace are, it will be difficult for us to defeat them with two fists."

    Xiao Yungui frowned and said, "What should we do?"

    Hong Yun'er smiled slightly and sat on the armrest of the sofa, leaning gently beside Xiao Yungui and said: "I think we might as well learn from the story of Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty and Taizu of the Ming Dynasty. You must also know the story of the Overlord of Western Chu and the King of Han.  It is clear that in order to avoid the overlord of Chu, the King of Han preferred to hide in Shu and even burned the plank road. Ming Taizu was not the strongest among the many rebels at that time, but he built high walls, accumulated food, and slowly became king, so that  The spearheads of the Mongolian cavalry did not point directly at themselves. After waiting for the right opportunity, Ming Taizu sent troops to the Northern Expedition and conquered the world in one fell swoop. This shows that we must hibernate in the early stage, and would rather endure the temporary anger and prepare for flying high in the future."

    Xiao Yungui suddenly said for a moment: "We gave up Nanjing. Isn't that enough?"

    Hong Yun'er said slowly: "Nanjing was given away in exchange for Tianjing not making things difficult for us in the West Palace. But after all, the West Palace has the heroes in hand. If I were the King of Heaven and the King of the East, I would also want to use the Qing Dynasty to make things difficult for us."  We will use the army¡¯s hands to weaken the West Palace. With Yang Xiuqing¡¯s skills, he will definitely do this.¡±

    Xiao Yungui snorted heavily and said, "What else should we do?"

    Hong Yun'er gritted her silver teeth and said: "The two of us have to go back to Tianjing and explain our interests to the King of Heaven and the King of the East in exchange for Tianjing sending troops to contain the Qing army in other places. If the Qing army in other places swarms,  When we come to southern Jiangsu, we must suffer defeat."

    Xiao Yungui said angrily: "I won't go back to Tianjing. I finally left those two magicians, so I won't go back to beg them."

    Hong Yun'er frowned and said: "I've been talking for a long time and you still don't understand. Even if you know that after going back to persuade, Tianjing will still refuse to send troops, and we have to go back. Our return is a gesture to let other princes, generals, soldiers and civilians in Tianjing  The common people can see clearly what the West Palace has gained by fighting desperately outside to open up and expand the territory of the Kingdom of Heaven. Only children who can scream can be fed. We cannot swallow this mute just because we are angry!"

    Xiao Yungui somewhat understood.  He touched his chin and said, "I understand a little bit. Since they want to use their swords to kill people, let's divert the trouble to the east, and finally force them to send troops. It is best to persuade Tianjing to launch the Northern Expedition and attract the attention of the Qing army."  Go over there." Then he said with some worry: "What if we go back and they detain us?"

    Hong Yun'er pursed her lips and said, "This is indeed a difficult problem. We have to go to the outskirts of Suzhou to discuss a perfect solution with Mr. Zuo first."

    While he was talking, another military report arrived. This time it was news from Zhenjiang about Bai Ze¡¯s cousin Qiang Sheng. Xiao Yungui hurriedly read the letter.  His frown deepened, and after reading the letter, he handed the letter to Hong Yun'er and sighed: "The Qing army in Jiangbei has moved. More than 8,000 people from Hechun tribe set out from Yangzhou this morning and came to Taizhou. It is expected that this Qing army will attack  Relying on Chongming Island and supplemented by the red single boats of the Guangdong Navy, they crossed the Yangtze River south to relieve the siege of Shanghai."

    Hong Yun'er took the letter and read it. Xiao Yungui walked around with his hands behind his hands and said irritably: "Li Xiucheng's troops have probably arrived in Wuxi. I thought that the troops from the Jiangbei camp would cross south to support them. I can  Let Li Xiucheng's troops rush to Shanghai, and they will surely devour He Chun and the Guangdong Navy. But I didn't expect that after a banquet was set up, two groups of guests came, which is difficult to handle."

    Hong Yun'er frowned and said, "What are you going to do? It's impossible not to face it now."

    Xiao Yungui pondered: "Now we have more than 7,000 soldiers and horses outside Shanghai, plus more than 6,000 people from the Qingpu New Army. The 8,000 people facing Hechun and the Guangdong Navy should not be left behind. I plan to send Li Xiucheng  Go south to Hangzhou, join forces with Lin Fengxiang, Li Kaifang, Jiang Zhongyuan, and Xiang Rongdou. Then draw some troops from Zhenjiang, Wuxi and other places to end the Suzhou battle as soon as possible, so that we can devote more troops to deal with the Qing army."

    Hong Yun'er nodded and said, "That's true, but Suzhou is guarded by the powerful general Zhang Guoliang and Jiangsu governor Xu Naizhao. There were more than 8,000 Qing troops in the city, and Zhang Guoliang brought in 4,000 veterans, plus the brave soldiers Xu Naizhao recruited in the city.  Camp, there are more than 20,000 troops in the city., there were only more than 36,000 soldiers and horses attacking Suzhou, which still could not form an absolute advantage.  "

    Xiao Yungui touched his chin and said: "I have purchased a lot of foreign guns and cannons in Shanghai in the past few days. I plan to buy more. Wilbur contacted several British and American businessmen, and they have a few Brunfield Navy Six  Pound cannon, this kind of cannon fires straight (the gun body is in a horizontal state), and the shells land at a distance of about 300 yards. If the firing angle is increased, the firing range can reach 3,000 to 4,000 yards. Although the hit rate is extremely low at such a distance, six  Maybe only one of eight rounds hits the target, but I think these cannons are more than enough to bombard the city wall of Suzhou. As long as I buy more cannonballs, I don¡¯t believe that I can¡¯t blast the city wall of Suzhou!¡±

    Hong Yun'er stuck out her tongue and said with a smile: "This Wilbur really has a way. He can also get the navy's heavy artillery. I wonder which ship's artillery was dismantled?"

    Xiao Yungui smiled lightly and said: "The cruisers of the great powers have dozens of cannons on each one. Some armed merchant ships also have this kind of artillery equipment. As long as they have money, they will dig up the ground three feet and sell it to us."

    Hong Yun'er pursed her lips and smiled: "The ministers from several countries have not come to see us yet, but businessmen from various countries have started doing business with me."

    Xiao Yungui chuckled and said: "This is called cooking rice from raw rice. You can't admit it even if you don't want to admit it. The Qing army in Shanghai City does not have many cash transactions, and loans guaranteed by customs duties are not reliable. These businessmen are still  You prefer doing cash transactions with us."

    Hong Yun'er frowned when she heard this and said: "Speaking of this cash transaction, these foreigners are actually not very kind. Most countries such as Britain, the United States, and France implement a gold standard currency system. Supplemented by some silver standard currencies. Let's trade  Most of the silver used is high-quality official silver. After the silver is stolen by foreigners, they will sell it to Spain or the newly emerged Mexico. These countries will re-cast silver coins and then use these silver coins to buy goods in our country. Although  The silver that flowed into China after the middle of the Qing Dynasty was mainly silver dollars, with many types, but the main ones were American silver, namely Benyang in the early period and Yingyang in the later period. The so-called Benyang is the Spanish silver dollar. It is a silver round cast by Spain in Mexico.  , also known as Buddha head silver round, with the head of the King of Spain cast on it. It was the first foreign silver round widely circulated in China. It was originally used along the coasts of Fujian and Guangdong, also known as "Fanyin" or "lace silver", and became s¨¨902  .78¡ë. Mexico stopped casting after duli in 1821. It caused the price of foreign goods to rise crazily in China."

    "In the 19th year of Jiaqing, Su Leng'e, the then left minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, said in a memorial. In recent years, some barbarian merchants have bribed foreign merchants to smuggle out silver from the mainland in the name of escorting back barbarian soldiers.  It amounts to hundreds of thousands of taels every year. We also buy foreign silver taels to make foreign money, also known as fan cakes. Also known as lace, each weighing seven cents and three cents and five cents. At first, it was brought into the mainland, and it was easy to exchange for repairs.  Silver patterns are among the stupid people along the coast. They are given to each other privately, and gradually become popular. In the past few years, Guangdong, Chuhan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Fujian provinces have been able to travel freely. Yi merchants thought that rare goods were valuable and raised the prices. In addition to not repairing the color, each transfer was counted as an additional seven dollars of silver.  The price ranges from eight cents to eight cents. As for private businesses, they hope to use it easily and be willing to do more calculations. Therefore, half of the transactions are made with foreign money and mainland silver taels, which is difficult to transship. At the same time, too much foreign silver taels are exported, resulting in a shortage of money. The barbarian merchants have already  Enough silver tael from the mainland was smuggled out of the country, and low-priced foreign money was brought in. They arbitrarily occupied and deceived the merchants. Not only were they prohibited by law, but they also benefited the Chinese people's livelihood and were squandered. Merchants are often greedy for foreign money, and in the transfer of goods  As a matter of fact, the surplus of the tax department has gradually become short of money. If it is not strictly prohibited as soon as possible, it will actually have a great bearing on the national tax and people's livelihood." After Hong Yun'er talked about a long period of the past, Xiao  Yungui asked in confusion: "What does this mean?"

    Hong Yun'er sighed softly and said: "The great powers not only invaded us militarily, they also invaded us economically. In the 19th year of Jiaqing, the market price of foreign goods in Guangdong was 723 copper coins per yuan, and in Zhejiang  , Jiangsu and other provinces, it can be worth eight hundred and dozens of copper coins. By 1850, about 1,300 to 1,400 copper coins were exchanged for one yuan of foreign currency. In fact, this foreign currency completely deviated from its actual value, and it was even more expensive than silver taels.  It is expensive. The great powers obtained silver through opium trafficking, which caused a shortage of silver in the country. After the price of copper depreciated, they invisibly made a large amount of profits in the process of currency exchange."

    Xiao Yungui somewhat understood, but he helplessly spread his hands and said, "But what can we do now?"

    Hong Yun'er was stunned for a while and then said: "We can't do anything at the moment, but we have a large gold reserve left by Wu Sangui. In order to be able to carry out currency reform smoothly after we unify the country in the future, this gold cannot be used as a last resort.  . Historically, China changed its silver-copper currency system from 1436 to 1935 when it abolished the silver standard. If we prepare for currency reform as early as possible, we will suffer less losses in the future."

    Xiao Yungui said in a deep voice: "I understand this. I won't use that gold unless it is a last resort, but if it is really urgent, I will use it."??I don't want to be like Wu Sangui, who was defeated and died, but still had such a large amount of treasure unused.  "

    Hong Yun'er smiled and said: "What you said is really like the saying of later generations. The greatest sorrow for people is that people die without spending all their money."

    While the two were chatting and laughing, another messenger from Lin Fengxiang's department in Hangzhou arrived. Xiao Yungui frowned and said: "Don't give me any more bad news." As a result, his crow's mouth was right, and his face turned livid after looking at the letter.  Speechless.

    Hong Yun'er took the letter and read it, and exclaimed: "More than 10,000 Fujian Qing troops led by Fujian Admiral Li Tingyu have arrived in Ningbo?!" (To be continued. Mobile phone users, please go and read.)</dd>
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