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Volume One: Fierce Battle in Changsha Chapter 673: Let the City Stay

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    It was still the same late autumn, with the residual wind blowing the last bits of yellow on the branches and scattering them. The afterglow of the setting sun reflected the sky above our heads. We were covered with red walls and yellow tiles. Even if we looked far away, we could not see through the thick palace.  wall.  ¦æUnder the same mountain-style roof, the carved and painted buildings are as colorful as new, the white marble railings are pure white and translucent, and beside the corridor paved with bluestone bricks, the sunset is reflected in the large gilded Taiping water tank of the past.  Aftertaste, everything is still so solemn and cold.

    Xingzhen leaned on the red pillar at the corner of the pavilion and sat on the white marble railing. Looking at the past things in Chuxiu Palace, she was filled with emotions for a while.  Things have changed and people have changed seems to be the best explanation. She is now above ten thousand people. She took revenge on the decadent court that persecuted her in the first place. Although she once thought that she still had a greater historical responsibility, the person in her heart  The obsessed fianc¨¦ changes everything.  The rise of the Taiping Rebellion is already unstoppable. So what if she has extra historical experience?  She can no longer support the decadent regime of the Qing Dynasty for more than fifty years like the Cixi in history.

    As a superior, she has done what she should do, but she still seems powerless in the face of two powerful opponents. The Manchus' natural conservatism and rejection of the rise of the Han people are a flaw, and she cannot do more in a short period of time.  Even better, although she came to power earlier than Cixi in history and took control of everything earlier, the other party was changing everything more thoroughly than she was.

    At the beginning, she also carefully read Xiao Yungui's paper about the defeat of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. At this moment, she also knew that this once cynical playboy was still very scary when he did something seriously. Xiao Yungui believed that as long as the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom could start from the beginning, it would be very scary.  By avoiding a few fatal policies, the Taiping Rebellion could supplant the Manchus.

    So far.  Xiao Yungui did a good job. He completely transformed the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom into a country where politics and religion were separated.  Hong Yun'er used Confucian Christianity to transform the teachings of the God-worshiping religion, and promoted industrial and commercial policies, rent and interest reduction policies, and land redemption and land distribution policies.  Coupled with the war and reduced population, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom successfully stabilized the political situation in the south, eased land conflicts, began to guide the development of the budding bourgeoisie, and greatly improved the domestic population-to-industry ratio problem. As more and more farmers changed careers,  After the workers in the city, the living standards of the people began to improve significantly.

    The most frightening thing is that Xiao Yungui used known history to deal with foreigners' flexible foreign policy, which prevented the Taiping Rebellion from being strangled by foreigners in history. On the contrary, the Taiping Rebellion used foreign capital and technology to successfully launch a massive Great Leap Forward in Jiangnan.  style industrial transformation.  Although Xiao Yungui's industrial transformation still has many problems.  Industrial development also focused on military industry, but all this was already a disaster for the Manchus, who had no industrial foundation.

    And what can she do?  The constraints of the conservative forces in the court, the rise of the Han warlords and the conflicts between the Manchu and Mongolian aristocrats, the old-style bureaucracy and the corrupt administration all made her rack her brains and could only slowly implement her reform and Westernization Movement.  But all this takes time. Xingzhen is confident that as long as she is given another ten years, she will be able to do better. Unfortunately, her original fianc¨¦ does not intend to give her and Manqing this time.

    She was not optimistic about the final counterattack of the Qing army in the capital from the beginning.  Failure was the result she had known for a long time. How could a group of old-style feudal troops armed with swords and spears compete with a modern army that focused on new weapons and tactics?  Otherwise, there would not have been the disastrous defeat of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties at Bali Bridge in history, not to mention that this was not a field battle, but a Qing army attacking the opponent's heavily defended fortress.  It can be said that defeat is already doomed.

    It would be nice to lose, at least those Manchu and Mongolian nobles who still hold unrealistic dreams can wake up a little bit, but Xingzhen is not willing to follow the advice of Seng Gelinqin, Li Hongzhang and others.  He took the little emperor away from the capital and wandered around.  Xingzhen knew that if she left the capital with her son, the outcome of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty would be the best example in history.  In the future, the fate of their mother and son will be controlled by those local warlords, and if they stay in the capital.  She believed that even if the city was finally defeated or surrendered, Xiao Yungui would protect their mother and son.

    After this defeat, she knew that Seng Gelinqin and others would definitely come to remonstrate again, asking her to agree to the court's suggestion to evacuate the capital. She did not intend to avoid it, so she asked Li Lianying to go to the Meridian Gate early to wait for Seng Gelinqin and others.

    Sure enough, at dusk, Seng Gelinqin and others came together, as if to highlight the brutality of the battle. Several people came to Chuxiu Palace with their clothes covered in blood and armor, completely ignoring the so-called court appearance and decency.  .

    After Seng Gelinqin arrived with Li Hongzhang, Peng Yulin, Yuan Jiasan and others, everyone came forward to greet them. Xingzhen had no intention of letting them get up. She just asked lightly: "Did you lose miserably?"

    Seng Gelinqin raised his head and said with tears in his eyes: "Queen Mother, let the city stay. It is difficult to defend the capital for a long time, and food cannot be transported in. It will be over in ten months."A chaotic situation.  "

    Li Hongzhang couldn't stop crying and kowtowed: "Queen Mother, the matter has reached this point. I will not be able to escape my guilt until I die, but the Changmao Fortress is as solid as a rock and cannot be shaken. If we do not abandon the capital, our last remaining military and financial resources in the north will be lost."  They will all be exhausted due to the food shortage in the capital. Let the city stay away. If you leave the customs from Xuanda, you can still escape outside the customs"

    Xingzhen interrupted them coldly and said: "You can still survive, right?!" Li Hongzhang was startled and had to hang his head. Xingzhen stood up and shed tears and said: "Outside the pass? It's safe outside the pass.  Not to mention that the Ronglu rebels have left the pass, there are also long-haired military horses and Rakshasa people outside the pass. It is a bitter cold land with a sparse population. How to deal with it? There are also the tombs of the late emperor and ancestors.  In the capital, are you trying to prevent us orphans and widowed mothers from entering our ancestors¡¯ tombs when we die?!¡±

    Hearing Xingzhen's cry, Seng Gelinqin and others all panicked and kowtowed to apologize. Seng Gelinqin was very depressed. A large part of his originally planned speech was ruined by the Queen Mother's cry.  .

    Xingzhen covered her face with an embroidered handkerchief and cried softly and said: "The late emperor left early and left this critical burden in the hands of our orphans and widowed mothers. I originally thought that you, the powerful ministers, could turn the tide, but I didn't expect that things would reach this point. You guys  It will only persuade you to abandon the city. Forget about abandoning other cities, what you want to abandon now is the capital city. Once the capital city is abandoned, will the world still be the world passed down by the ancestors? I am willing to take risks and reuse you Han ministers. I don¡¯t know inside and outside.  I have carried countless rumors. Now that even the capital has abandoned me, how can you allow me to meet the late emperor underground?"

    Women¡¯s tears are often fatal to men, not to mention the tears of the Queen Mother?  Peng Yulin's injury was not yet healed. He hung up most of his arms and tried to persuade her: "Queen Mother, if you leave the city alone, there is still room for maneuver. Holding on to the capital is a dead end."

    Hearing this, Xingzhen cried even louder: "You have betrayed the king's kindness. Don't you have any other options? What use do you have?!"

    Seeing that Xingzhen's words were serious, Yuan Jiasan coughed and said: "The queen mother must not be sad, be careful of the phoenix body. It is okay not to give up the city" After hearing Yuan Jiasan's words.  Li Hongzhang, Seng Gelinqin and others were all startled. They lowered their heads and glanced at Yuan Jiasan, but Yuan Jiasan didn't seem to notice, and then said: "We can try to negotiate with the Taiping Army and propose a proposal to divert the Yellow River to control it, and then admit it."  The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was established, and the war with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was settled first. Taiping Changmao is still at war with Britain and France. If we temporarily compromise and take a breather, it will not take less than half a year. Britain and France will definitely gather a large army to come east. By then, Changmao will be in trouble.  Look, the world may be turning for the better."

    Yuan Jiasan¡¯s suggestion is just a lie. Anyone who understands knows that the Taiping Army is now at odds with Britain and France.  They were planning to take advantage of the difficulty in mobilizing troops from Britain and France to first overthrow the Manchus and unify the country in the remaining six months to a year, and then consolidate the power of the country to fight against the foreigners.  At this time, the Taiping Army would not engage in any peace talks with the Manchus anyway.  Even if you go to negotiate, you are just asking for humiliation.

    After hearing this, Seng Gelinqin was about to refute immediately, but he did not expect that Xingzhen, who has always been shrewd, immediately agreed: "Yuan Aiqing's words are exactly what I want. As long as we can survive this year and a half, the foreigners will come back again."  On the day of arrival, there will be chaos in Changmao, and we will have a turning point. As of now, Shanshan, Shanxi, Guanwai and other places still need to step up their efforts to transport grain into the capital. The soldiers and horses of the capital will be transferred to guard and protect the grain roads. As long as the capital is still there,  Then we can still command the world"

    Xingzhen didn't give Seng Gelinqin, Li Hongzhang and others a chance to speak, and then said: "Yuan Aiqing, you will be in charge of the peace talks with Changmao. You can select capable people from the Ministry of Rites as your deputies. Be sure to let Changmao  Suspension of war"

    Xingzhen explained some details in general. Li Hongzhang wanted to speak several times, but when Yuan Jiasan lowered his hands and knelt to listen, the palm of his right hand gently shook towards him. Li Hongzhang suddenly understood something, and when he saw Peng Yulin, he suddenly wanted to speak.  , and also quietly pulled the corner of Peng Yulin's robe. Peng Yulin was also a smart man, and he stopped talking at the moment.

    After Xingzhen finished speaking, Senggelinqin let out a long sigh and said, "Queen Mother, I have been busy with the military recently and would like to take leave to go home and recuperate." Xingzhen agreed without even blinking, and Senggelinqin shook his head slightly.  Finally, he turned around and left in despair.

    Then Li Hongzhang, Yuan Jiasan, Peng Yulin and other three people also resigned and left Chuxiu Palace. Peng Yulin couldn't wait to grab Yuan Jiasan and said: "Mr. Yuan, how can Changmao be willing to negotiate with me? You are so relieved,  If you deceive the Queen Mother, this matter will not be allowed to happen in the future. Your idea is to bring shame on yourself."

    Yuan Jiasan smiled and said: "Do you think the Queen Mother is not clear in her heart? Our master knows better than anyone else. Don't let the city go. Haha, go outside. This royal family is the Xiandi that everyone is fighting for. This world has already  Big changes are coming soon, and ourThe wife has made up her mind. Even if there are more changes, she cannot let herself be controlled by others, so she would rather stay in the capital. Even if the city is destroyed in the end, Changmao must not be too embarrassed to win over the hearts of the new imperial court.  Their mother and son, Gui Minghou and An Guo Gong will still be granted titles, at least they will not become chess pieces in the hands of others.  "At this point, Yuan Jiasan smiled bitterly and said: "Now that things have come to an end, it's time for you two to make some plans for yourself. This mission to Changmao can be considered a good opportunity to get in touch with Changmao. Do you want to participate?  "

    After Li Hongzhang and Peng Yulin looked at each other, they both sighed and nodded silently (To be continued, please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!
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