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Volume 1: Fierce Battle in Changsha Chapter 521: Stabilizing the Front

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    In the end, Xiao Yungui did not explain to Zuo Zongtang and others why he was worried that the war between Britain, France and the Manchus would not be able to continue.  Xiao Yungui coughed lightly and continued: "This batch of equipment will be detained first. If the Americans have any protest notes, please come and submit them. The Ministry of Rites and the Department of Commerce will prepare countermeasures first. Even if we have to pay liquidated damages in the end, we will pay this amount."  Money, this batch of equipment cannot fall into the hands of Qing Yao anyway! Okay, let¡¯s move on to the next topic!¡±

    Li Kaifang took out a battle report and continued: "The battle report sent back from the Huaishang front line showed that Lin Fengxiang's attack on Fengyang and Sizhou went smoothly, but Qingyao Ronglu's troops surrounding Yingzhou did not divide their troops to rescue them. Four days ago, Qingyao's troops  After conquering Yingzhou, Lai Wenguang, Chen Decai, Zhang Zongyu and others led more than 2,000 remaining troops to break through, and Zhang Lexing died in the battle."

    The muscles on Xiao Yungui's face twitched, and he couldn't help but slapped the table and cursed loudly: "Lu Sixuan, this bastard! He clearly wants to cut off the roots of the Nian Army! He doesn't want Fengyang or Sizhou, but he is so cruel!  This shameless bastard"

    Zuo Zongtang, Li Kaifang and other civil and military officials did not understand who Lu Sixuan was. When the Western King finally stopped scolding, Li Kaifang cautiously reminded: "Your Highness, it was Ronglu who captured Yingzhou and killed Zhang Lexing."

    Xiao Yungui took a breath and said, "I know it's Ronglu. Has Lin Fengxiang sent troops to respond?"

    Li Kaifang hurriedly said: "The response has been received. Fortunately, several of our generals are fine. Only Zhang Zongyu and others are left in the remnants of the Nian Army. They are quite embarrassed. They have retreated to Yingshang, Huozhou and other places, and the battle line has been temporarily stabilized.  The current situation is that Qingyao occupies the front lines of Yingzhou, Mengcheng, Suzhou, Suining, Suqian, Shuyang, and Haizhou, and our army occupies the front lines of Funing, Huai'an, Sizhou, Fengyang, and Yingshang. Just because our army is large  Part of the money, food and supplies have been used to support the Guangdong and Guangxi battlefields, so Lin Fengxiang's department does not have any extra money, food and supplies to continue the offensive, and Qingyao seems to have consumed a lot of money, so neither side has made any major moves."

    Xiao Yungui hummed and said: "The Ministry of Civil Affairs drafted a charter. Posthumous gifts will be made to the generals who died in the Nian Army. Those who have children and family members will be taken care of in Tianjing. The surviving generals of the Nian Army such as Zhang Zongyu will also be sent to Tianjing.  They will be given a reward and then sent to the Shanghai Military Academy for further training for a period of time. The remnants of the Nian Army will be integrated into Lin Fengxiang's army on the spot. There is no need to form another army."

    Zuo Zongtang nodded slightly. The King of the West did not consider pursuing the responsibility for the failure. Instead, he first thought of settling the remnants of the Nian Army. This was a way to win people's hearts. Although Zhang Lexing died, the influence of the Nian Army in Henan, Shandong, Anhui and other places  The power is still incomparable.  The remnants of the Nian Army still have great uses.

    "Your Highness, now that the Ronglu Department has solved Yingzhou, it has freed up its hands. Lin Fengxiang's Department has to deal with the battlefield in northern Jiangsu. Luzhou, Yingshang and other places need to maintain pressure on Qing Yao, otherwise Qing Yao will dispatch the Ronglu Department south to the Guangdong and Guangxi battlefields.  . Then the situation on the southern front will have a very unfavorable change." Zuo Zongtang said slowly: "I thought that Li Xiucheng could go out to control Luzhou and launch a feint attack on Yingzhou and other places to contain the Ronglu Division and prevent it from doing anything.  Dare to go south."

    Xiao Yungui touched his chin and said: "It is feasible for Li Xiucheng to go to Luzhou, and there are also Xiang Yong from Hengyang. I heard that Zeng Guofan has newly trained ten battalions of Xiang Yong. These soldiers and horses may also go south to join the battlefield in Guangdong and Guangxi."

    Zuo Zongtang said: "Let Lin Qirong leave Jiangxi. Send troops from Nanchang to recover the remaining states and counties in Jiangxi. Jiang Zhongyuan went to Guangdong and Guangxi. These states and counties should be easy to recover. Once they threaten the hinterland of Xiangyong, Zeng Guofan will definitely not take it.  Newly trained Xiangyong has joined Guangdong and Guangxi."

    Li Kaifang echoed: "That's right. Qingyao's recent deployment of troops has been very systematic. Our army should adjust its deployment in time. Wuchang's Yiwang can also continue to launch offensives to put pressure on Zeng Guofan to ensure that Xiangyong has no spare power to rescue Guangdong and Guangxi."

    Xiao Yungui hummed and said, "The Ministry of War will go make arrangements immediately. Is there anything else to discuss?" Then Zuo Zongtang, Xu Naizhao and others discussed the construction of railways in Fujian and Jiangxi.

    Lin Lin said a lot in general.  Finally, Zuo Zongtang said another important thing: "King of the West, the West Palace has been in charge of Tianjing for almost a year. With the siege of the city, the territory of the Kingdom of Heaven is expanding day by day, and more and more officials are needed in various places. We should consider  It¡¯s time to set up imperial examinations to select talents.¡±

    Speaking of the imperial examination, after Hong Xiuquan entered Tianjing, he held several imperial examinations and admitted some talents. Most of these people were appointed after Xiao Yungui came to Tianjing.  However, as the territory of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom expanded day by day, there was a huge shortage of officials at all levels needed in various places. The imperial examinations had been suspended for a long time due to the Tianjing Incident last year.  In the past, the recruitment of talents in the West Palace basically relied on the recommendation of local celebrities, the surrendered Qing government demoted officials and the army's own search for talents. This method has always been very informal, but there is nothing that can be done. At that time, Xiao Yungui had not yet  To gain great power, it seems inappropriate to hold imperial examinations.

    Now that Zuo Zongtang raised this matter, Xiao Yungui immediately woke up. Now that the West Palace is in charge of Tianjing, he must govern the world while conquering the world.?To conquer the world we need generals, but to govern the world we still need intellectuals.  Although the imperial examination is a feudal product left over for thousands of years, today's scholars still regard the imperial examination as a shortcut to becoming an official. Although Hong Xiuquan, a down-and-out scholar, hated the Confucian stereotype, he had to use the imperial examination to recruit and select talents when he was in Tianjing. This shows that  The imperial examination is deeply rooted in people's hearts and cannot be eradicated for a while.

    After pondering for a moment, Xiao Yungui said: "What the Prime Minister Zuo said is true. It is very necessary to hold imperial examinations to select talents. It's just that the eight-legged essay in the Manchu imperial examinations has done a lot of harm to people. We can no longer use the same old methods to select scholars.  "

    Zuo Zongtang nodded and said: "His Royal Highness the King of the West founded a night school training class for officials in Sufu Province in order to familiarize those officials with the knowledge of managing the world and applying it. Naturally, eight-legged essays can no longer be used, so our Kingdom of Heaven will start from here to recruit scholars.  How about doing scientific examination questions on both political integrity and talent?"

    Xiao Yungui said curiously: "I understand that in the talent examination, agriculture, industry and commerce, government affairs, teaching, and criminal justice can all be taken as subjects in the talent examination, but how to measure virtue?"

    Zuo Zongtang smiled slightly and said: "As the saying goes, virtue lies in the heart and is not exposed to the outside. It is indeed difficult to judge a person's moral character, but one can also roughly see a person's moral character through the articles he writes. Imperial Examination  A practical policy discussion should be added, and the test questions can include some worldly questions, and the candidates can answer them to judge the person's character."

    Xiao Yungui said oh, and the guy touched his chin and thought to himself, is this a bit like the moral psychology test that companies in later generations do when hiring employees?  He still remembered some of those tricky and weird questions. At that moment, Xiao Yungui said with a smirk: "The left prime minister's suggestion is very good. The moral character policy test is also counted as a subject. There are also two subjects: current politics and policy theory. The candidates are tested in the current politics test.  Considering the current political situation, policy theory is a test of candidates' ability to solve problems when they encounter problems. Current politics, policy theory and three moral subjects are required subjects. And we don't have to stick to any one subject. Candidates who apply for the exam can choose from agronomy,  You can apply for any one of the many subjects such as industry and commerce, criminal justice, teaching, astronomy, etc. as the benchmark for selecting professional talents. The imperial examinations in the Kingdom of Heaven will be reformed from this time. The Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Officials must do this job well this time. Details  We will draw up the charter and then distribute it to various places, striving to hold this year¡¯s science before the end of the year.¡±

    All the civil and military personnel accepted the order together, and naturally there was another burst of praise.  Looking at the sun, it was already noon. The morning meeting was finally over. After the court, the officials from various ministries went back to their offices to continue their work. Xiao Yungui went back to the West Prince's Mansion. Hong Yun'er was pregnant again. These days, Xiao Yungui  Whenever I have free time, I go back to have dinner with Hong Yun'er.

    Returning to the inner hall in the backyard of the West Prince's Mansion, I pushed the door open and saw Hong Yun'er and several women chatting and laughing while eating. They all knew each other, including Fu Shanxiang, Han Baoying, Su Sanniang, Zhou Xiuying, and Mu Ying.  Hong, Zeng Wanmei, Hu Jiumei and others, almost all the top beauties of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom arrived.

    Xiao Yungui was not mentally prepared. At first glance, he thought he was dazzled when he saw so many beauties of all kinds gathered together. He stood there stunned for a while.  The girls were having a good time eating and chatting. Zhou Xiuying and Mu Yinghong were also drinking. Unexpectedly, King Xi suddenly barged in. The girls all exclaimed and stood up, staring blankly at Xi.  king.

    After a while, Su Sanniang was older after all. She came to her senses first and broke the awkward situation. She gave a military salute to the King of the West and said, "I have met the King of the West!" The other women also woke up.  Let¡¯s salute Xiao Yungui together.

    Xiao Yungui nodded blankly in return, looked at Hong Yun'er with a smile on her face and asked: "Xuanjiao, which drama is this?"

    Hong Xuanjiao stood up and ordered the maids in the room to arrange a seat for Xiao Yungui. After calling all the girls to sit down, she said: "Sister Su has returned to the capital to take a rest. Baoying has just returned from the Martial Arts School and has returned to the capital to wait for the appointment of the Ministry of War.  , Xiuying and Yinghong have just been transferred to the Beijing Staff Department, and Sister Shanxiang is here to report her work to me Anyway, it is a coincidence that everyone has gathered in Tianjing, so we got together today. But you, just now  Didn't Tang Erniu just come back and say that he might not come back for lunch? Didn't he let me eat first without waiting for you? Why are you back again?"

    Xiao Yungui said oh, and looked at the beautiful women of all sizes present, and smiled with an eyebrow: "I am worried that you will get hungry while waiting for me, so I let you eat first. After the government affairs are processed, I will check the time and come back early.  One trip.¡±

    Hong Yun'er laughed mischievously and winked at Zhou Xiuying. Zhou Xiuying hurriedly poured a glass of wine for Xiao Yungui. Hong Yun'er smiled and said: "You came back just in time. We sisters discussed something just now.  , King Xi, please help me with the details."

    Xiao Yungui was busy admiring the spring scenery in the room. He didn't notice Hong Yun'er's weird smile and said, "What's the matter? But it doesn't matter." After saying that, he happily drank a glass of wine.

    "We sisters have discussed it and plan to establish our motherland??The first women's rights protection association in heaven, what do you think?  Hong Yuner said with a smile.

    With a pop, Xiao Yungui spit out all the wine in his mouthful, and then started coughing violently. Zhou Xiuying hurriedly handed over a towel. Xiao Yungui finally stopped coughing, and looked at Hong Yun'er with wide eyes and said: "What about women's rights?"  Protection Association? What are you planning to do?"
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