The Qing Dynasty is about to end

Chapter 191 Zeng Jia. Guo Fan
Zeng Guofan shook his head helplessly. To be honest, he didn't know why the Taiping Army wanted to put two huge blames on him.

Is it because he was appointed as the Minister of Hunan Militia by Emperor Xianfeng while he was still a minister?
But he didn't accept the assignment at that time!
And there is also Luo Raodian, who is a governor-general and has just completed his mourning period. He has also been assigned to assist in military affairs and has already taken office in Changsha city.

Why didn't the Angel of Peace accuse him of something? Was it because they both had the surname Luo and were from the same family?
Although he couldn't understand why Luo Yaoguo was targeting him, Zeng Guofan still knew how to deal with Xianfeng - he was an expert in being an official who had been promoted to "deputy minister" eight years after passing the imperial examination. He was not good at suppressing Luo Yaoguo, a 21st century professional in "rebellion history", but he knew better than anyone how to be a loyal official of the Qing Dynasty.

As for the officials of the Qing Dynasty, as long as there was no investigation from above, every one of them was loyal and honest.

This is Zeng Guofan's current situation. His father and brother have been captured, and that bastard Luo Yaoguo has used his brother Zeng Guohua to carry out a counter-espionage scheme that Zeng Guofan could not wash away even if he jumped into Dongting Lake.

If Zeng Guofan was not an expert in being an official, he might have tried to explain to Xianfeng, hoping to make the issue clear and clear his name.

But as long as he wrote a memorial to explain himself, his official career would be over, and he might even be exiled to Xinjiang.

Because if he wanted to explain, he would have to admit that his father and brother were captured. Then Xianfeng would send people to investigate him. Once he was investigated, it would not be long before the problem was discovered.

Even if he really has no problems, Luo Yaoguo will still find problems for him.

Therefore, Zeng Guofan did not admit that his father and brother were captured!
Even if Luo Yaoguo tied his father and brother to the city of Wuling, he would not go to recognize them.

"Your Highness, the Exhortation to Suppress the Invasion of the Invasion and Revive Confucianism was not written by me." Zeng Guofan took off his official hat as he spoke, revealing a shiny bald head with only a patch of hair on the back of his head, which was braided into a small braid.

"Ah, Money Rat Tail!"

"This is the most authentic way to shave your hair and braid it!"

Shengbao, a real Manchu, and Guanwen, a real bondservant, saw Zeng Guofan's hairstyle and both gave him a thumbs up in praise.

Senggelinqin also stroked his beard and nodded, but did not say anything.

Because just shaving your head isn’t enough!
Zeng Guofan clasped his fists towards the void again, "Please tell His Majesty that I, Zeng Guofan, am willing to be your servant. As long as Your Majesty gives the order, I will be Zeng Jia Guofan from now on!"

"Zeng Jia. Guo Fan? Good!"

Senggelinqin was finally satisfied.

The reason why Xianfeng and the Manchus did not believe Zeng Guofan was simply because he was a Han Chinese. Now that Zeng Guofan wanted to progress and become a slave, as Zeng Jiaguofan, Xianfeng and the Manchus should believe him, right?
If you still don't believe it, Zeng Guofan will have no choice but to worship God!
And the scholars of Xianghu will also give up on the Qing Dynasty!

Thinking of this, Senggelinqin also immediately raised his fist to the sky and said solemnly: "The emperor has always valued you, Disheng. If you want to raise the banner, the emperor will definitely be more than happy! Disheng, why don't you submit a memorial to the emperor and mention this matter? This prince and Su Yuting can help drum up support together, and it should be possible."

"Thank you, Your Highness!" Zeng Guofan bowed to Senggelinqin, then took out a secret memorial that had been written long ago and put it in a box, and handed it to Senggelinqin with both hands, "Your Highness, when you return to Beijing, please take this memorial to the emperor on your behalf."

"Okay, okay." Senggelinqin took the memorial box from Zeng Guofan with a smile and put it away carefully. "I can't go back to Beijing for the time being, but I will arrange for this memorial to be sent to Beijing by 600 miles!"

Then Senggelinqin paused and said, "Disheng, how many soldiers do you have now? Can you send some to accompany me to defend Jingzhou?"

Zeng Guofan stroked his beard and asked, "Just to defend Jingzhou?"

"It's just Jingzhou!" Senggelinqin nodded. "Now Changsha and Baling are both undefendable. The next direction of the Taiping Rebellion will definitely be Jingzhou Prefecture and Wuchang Prefecture! Wuchang is not under my jurisdiction, but Jingzhou has a full city and must not be lost, so I plan to guard Jingzhou myself!"

"If it's just to guard Jingzhou, I can send out a maximum of 2,000 soldiers!" Zeng Guofan stretched out two fingers.

"Only two thousand?" Senggelinqin seemed to think it was too little.

Zeng Guofan said in a serious tone, "It's not that I don't want to send more people, but the Guangdong bandits, secret society bandits, and religious bandits are rampant in all places west of the Xiangjiang River. Civil unrest has occurred in all counties. We must suppress them to stabilize the situation!"

"To resist foreign aggression, we must first stabilize the country. To suppress bandits, we must first settle Hunan. When the situation west of the Xiangjiang River stabilizes, I will personally lead a large army out of Hunan and serve the prince!" When Zeng Guofan said the four words "severely suppress", his evil face was already filled with murderous intent, and it was obvious that he was going to start a massacre in every prefecture west of the Xiangjiang River.

The bad reputation of Zeng the Barber started from Hunan in history!
"Okay! Two thousand is two thousand!" Senggelinqin nodded and said, "Disheng, I will be waiting for your army in Jingzhou. Let's go together and kill him!"

"A word is settled!"

Yuezhou Prefecture, Baling County.

"The rent is heavy, the interest is high, and it is hard for the poor to survive these days. Open the gates early to welcome peace, and everyone will be happy. Kill the Qing demons, slaughter the evil gentry, open the city gates to welcome peace, and when peace comes, divide the land! Divide the land, divide the wealth, and make sure everyone is well fed and warm. No rent to pay, no debt to repay, and there will be equality everywhere in the world."

When Zeng Guofan was about to kill so many people on the west bank of the Xiang River, the song of "Ying Tianping" resounded inside and outside this majestic city guarding the mouth of Dongting Lake!

The throat from Xiangjiang River and Dongting Lake to the Yangtze River has now been taken by Luo Yaoguo!

The scene when Luo Yaoguo entered Baling was similar to his previous entries into Daozhou, Guilinzhou, and Chenzhou.

What a scene it was, with a large number of poor men lining the streets to welcome them!

This was because the governor of neighboring Hubei, Chang Dachun, blocked the Yangtze River waterway and prohibited ships from Hunan from entering Hubei. In Hunan, due to the chaos and war, the Xiangjiang River shipping was also in a semi-paralyzed state. Many boatmen wanted to go to Hubei to make a living. As a result, they were blocked by Chang Dachun in Yuezhou!

There were thousands of ships and tens of thousands of strong men all blocked in Yuezhou waiting for Luo Yaoguo to take over.

If Chang Dachun had not been a loyal hero of the Qing Dynasty in history, standing on the Yueyang Gate Tower built of giant granite slabs, looking at the large number of strong men kneeling on the pier outside the city with "junk" in their hands and singing "Welcome Peace", Luo Yaoguo would have suspected that this descendant of Chang Yuchun had his heart set on the Ming Dynasty?

"Good, good, good," Luo Yaoguo said three good words in a row, "We finally reached the Yangtze River." Then he turned his head and looked at the surging Yangtze River in the distance, his heart so excited!

Even in the original history, the Taiping Army would occupy Nanjing on March 1853, 3!
And it is already December 1852!

Three months later, the Taiping Army will sweep across Jiangdong!
The current situation of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is much better than the same period in history. Not only is half of Hunan east of the Xiangjiang River basically controlled by the Taiping Army, but the Xiang Rong Group, which had been following the Taiping Army all the way from Guangxi to Nanjing, was completely wiped out in the Xiangtan Campaign not long ago, and even Xiang Rong himself was captured!

Without the more than 20,000 people led by Xiang Rong, the Taiping Army's eastward advance would certainly be smoother than in history, and the Jiangnan camp would most likely not be formed.

Without the restraint of the Jiangnan Camp, the Taiping Army could move freely in southern Jiangsu, southern Anhui, eastern Zhejiang, and even Jiangxi.

Luo Yaoguo's idea of ​​taking over five prefectures and one state, namely Su, Song, Tai, Jia, Hu and Chang, as his base should also be achievable.

Thinking that he would become the "Yangtze River Delta leader" and "Shanghai Beach Boss" in a few months, Luo Yaoguo could not contain his excitement and began to sing in standard Cantonese dialect: "The waves are running, the waves are flowing, the river is endless, it washes away all the things in the world."

"Your Highness, what are you singing? Is it a song from heaven?"

Before Luo Yaoguo finished singing, a charming voice suddenly came from behind him. He turned around and saw that it was Su Sanniang. The woman had put on some makeup today and followed Luo Yaoguo's advice and did not cover her chest. She immediately looked much more graceful and charming, and even her voice sounded better.

It seems that Luo Yaoguo wants to get married tonight.

Hmm, it seems like today is the auspicious day designated by Ji Du!

"The Heavenly King has issued an order," Su Sanniang said with a sweet smile, "The Heavenly King invites us to Changsha. He will personally preside over our wedding in Changsha. The Heavenly King also said that His Royal Highness the Southern King will also come to Changsha from Hengyang to attend our wedding."

"In addition, the Heavenly King also asked us to take Xiang Rong and Liu Changqing to Changsha."

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