The Qing Dynasty is about to end

Chapter 192 Hong Xiuquan, you are unfilial!

Beijing, Old Summer Palace.

The 800-mile express mail sent from Changsha finally delivered the good news of the "Changsha Victory" to the Qinzheng Qinxian Hall at an average speed of 400 miles in one day and one night.

Emperor Xianfeng was in a very good mood during the past two days. It was not known whether the "Bull Demon King Mooncake" really had miraculous aphrodisiac effects, but after taking three mooncakes with Nara, Xianfeng finally reaped the rewards.

Three days ago, the Imperial Hospital reported to him the great news - his beloved Nara was pregnant.

For Xianfeng, there was no better news than this.

This shows that he is good at it!

He will be the emperor soon!
Regardless of whether it was a prince or a princess, once the news came out, no one in the city would say that the emperor was "incompetent". As long as the emperor was "capable", what was the difficulty in giving birth to a son? Just find ten more "beautiful" women to help give birth!

Therefore, during the past two days, Emperor Xianfeng was smiling when he attended court, and was particularly tolerant to his subordinates. The day before yesterday, he even showed great grace and exempted Xiang Rong and Liu Changqing from the punishment of dismissal - now they are admiral and general again in the archives of the Ministry of War!
"Your Majesty, a great victory in Changsha! A great victory!"

The reports of victory sent by Luo Bingzhang, Luo Raodian, Shengbao and Fucheng used a dual reporting method of "tiben" and "secret memorial". The titular memorial was a public channel report that first went to the Grand Council and then was handed over to Emperor Xianfeng.

The secret memorial was first sent to the guards and then directly to Emperor Xianfeng for review.

So when the four military ministers Yi Xin, Qi Junzao, Peng Yunzhang and Mu Yin ran into the Qinzheng Qinxian Hall with the victory report and happily shouted "great victory", Xianfeng had already carefully read the secret reports from Luo Bingzhang, Luo Raodian, Shengbao and Fucheng one by one.

The contents of these four secret memorials were similar, and they all said the same thing: Changsha City had been recaptured by the Qing army by 90% - rounding it off, that means Changsha had been completely recaptured!

These four people all stated in the secret memorials that when they wrote the memorials (not when Emperor Xianfeng read them), the most important yamen in Changsha, including the Hunan Governor's Office, the Hunan Admiral's Office, the Hunan Provincial Commissioner's Office, the Hunan Censor's Office, and the Changsha Prefecture Yamen, were all in the hands of the Qing soldiers.

Moreover, all four of them also noted the specific time on the memorials! It was accurate to the "hour and quarter", which was the main point of accuracy.

It is so accurate and the four secret reports match each other, so it must be correct.

When Xianfeng heard the reports from Yi Xin, Qi Junzao, Peng Yunzhang, and Mu Yin, he immediately smiled and called them, "Stand up, all of you. Give Lao Liu and Qi Junzao a seat."

"twitter!"

The two young eunuchs immediately brought two embroidered cushions to Yi Xin and Qi Junzao.

Yi Xin and Qi Junzao thanked him and sat down on the embroidered cushions with smiles on their faces.

Yi Xin also handed a memorial to An Dehai and asked An Dehai to present it to Xianfeng.

"Okay," Xianfeng flipped open the title book and glanced through it, then nodded with a smile, "A few days ago, Sushun also handed me a memorial, saying that the Bull Demon was indeed injured by Shengbao, Yuanbao and others with the bomb. Although he didn't die, he can no longer show his Dharma image!"

"Today we received the good news that Changsha was recaptured. It seems that the Bull Demon was really badly damaged. It seems that this foreign stuff is still quite useful. Our Qing Dynasty cannot always stand still and must learn more!"

"Your Majesty!"

The four military ministers spoke in unison, with respectful and gentle smiles on their faces.

Xianfeng smiled and said: "Luo Bingzhang, Luo Raodian, Shengbao, Fucheng, Zuo Zongtang and others are all meritorious officials!"

"Your Majesty!"

Yi Xin, Qi Junzao, Peng Yunzhang, and Mu Yin continued to speak in unison.
Xianfeng also felt that he was quite "wise" and nodded with a smile, which was considered as his approval. He then said: "Since they are all meritorious officials, their respective punishments should be revoked. As for Zuo Zongtang, he should follow the example of Jiang Zhongyuan and be appointed as the deputy prefect of Hubei."

"The Emperor's Holy Might."

The military ministers below shouted "Holy and wise" in unison, with admiration on their faces, without saying a word.

Well, Xianfeng was kept in the dark, but these people were not that confused.

At this moment, the more you talk, the more mistakes you make!

Xianfeng was very satisfied to see that his subordinates agreed with him. After thinking for a while, he finally asked a question: "Luo Bingzhang was originally dismissed as the governor of Hunan. If the punishment is to be removed, he should continue to serve. What about Zhang Liangji?"

Since the emperor asked the question, the officials could not just reply with "The emperor is wise". Qi Junzao, the most senior of the four military officials, thought for a while and replied, "Zhang Liangji is a capable minister that Lin Wenzheng praised. Now Cheng Yancai's position as governor of Huguang has been dismissed, so why not let him be the governor of Huguang?"

"I second the proposal."

"My slave seconded the proposal."

"My slave seconded the proposal."

The four military officials were unanimous in their opinion and all agreed to rescue Cheng Yancai - what a generous and good official he was!

"Then let Zhang Liangji be the governor of Huguang." Xianfeng nodded.

"Your Majesty is wise." Emperor Xianfeng then tapped the table with his fingers and muttered, "Now we have to wait for good news from Sai Shang'a and Senggelinqin! If they can win... no, as long as they can tie, then the peak of the Guangdong bandit rebellion will almost be over! Well, send another imperial edict to Sai Shang'a to praise him. He also contributed to the recovery of Changsha!"

"Your Majesty is wise."

They all said in unison again - everyone knew the truth, but only Xianfeng, the only one who was still in the dark, was wise!

Changsha, Chaozongmen Wharf.

"Whose house is this?"

When the large ship that Luo Yaoguo and Su Sanniang were on approached the Chao Zongmen Pier, Archangel Luo was suddenly startled by a small house placed on the heavily guarded pier.

A middle-aged woman in her thirties, still charming and graceful, stepped on the gangplank and boarded the boat of Luo Yaoguo and Su Sanniang with a smile. She did not kowtow to Luo Yaoguo, but clasped her fists and said, "Angel Four Thousand Years Old, Deputy Chief Steward Su, the Heavenly King and the Southern King invite you."

As she spoke, she pointed to the "little house".

"Is that the king's sedan chair?" Luo Yaoguo was surprised. "It looks much bigger!"

Bian Sanniang smiled and said, "This was newly built when the Heavenly King was in Daozhou. It has a bedroom, a study, and a living room. It's very spacious!"

It’s a sedan with two bedrooms and a living room!

Bian Sanniang said again: "Angel Four Thousand Years Old, Deputy Chief Steward Su, please don't keep the Heavenly King and the Southern King waiting for too long."

After saying that, she made a "please" gesture, then walked in front to lead the way, leading Luo Yaoguo and Su Sanniang to a small ladder in front of the sedan chair, and then knelt down.

Luo Yaoguo looked around and found that there was a large group of people kneeling around the sedan chair, including sedan bearers and Hong Xiuquan's female guards. They were kneeling densely all over the pier. Further away, there were two large sedan chairs with sixteen people on board. One should be the one for Southern King Feng Yunshan, and the other one was for someone unknown.
Hong Xiuquan’s show was really grand!
Thinking of this, Luo Yaoguo lifted his robe and got into the sedan chair with Su Sanniang.

It was "up Jiao", not "into the sedan", because this sedan had a "balcony" and a "gate". There were two young female soldiers standing at the door. When they saw Luo Yaoguo coming up, they opened the curtain together and said delicately, "Please come in."

Luo Yaoguo lowered his head and walked into the living room of the sedan with Su Sanniang.

After entering, he found that there were candles lit in the "living room" and the light was a little dim, but he still saw two people in yellow robes sitting there and several young female officials serving them.

The two men wearing yellow robes were of course the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan and the Southern King Feng Yunshan of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

"I respectfully wish the two holy sons of the Heavenly King good health."

"Your servant Su Sanniang respectfully wishes the Heavenly King His Holiness."

Luo Yaoguo and Su Sanniang quickly bowed and knelt before Hong Xiuquan!
After kneeling, Luo Yaoguo stood up and sat down, but Su Sanniang could only kneel beside Luo Yaoguo with her head lowered.

"Bian Sanniang, let's go!"

Hong Xiuquan gave an order.

Then Luo Yaoguo heard Bian Sanniang shout "Get up", and his feet shook for a while, and then they returned to stability, with only a slight sway.

You know what, this sedan is quite stable.

"Eighth brother, is this sedan comfortable?" Hong Xiuquan said proudly at this time, "I defeated Senggelinqin twice and captured Sai Shang'a alive while riding in it!"

"The Heavenly King is mighty!"

Luo Yaoguo complimented Hong Xiuquan, but he still disagreed with Hong Xiuquan going to the front line with such a big "target".

This thing won't always be like this, right?

"Eighth brother!" Hong Xiuquan asked, "Did you bring Xiang Rong with you?"

"I have brought it, Heavenly King. Do you want to see it?"

"No!" Hong Xiuquan said with a smile, "I want to send him and Sai Shang'a to see the Father together!"

"Oh." Luo Yaoguo didn't quite understand and turned to look at Feng Yunshan who had been maintaining a gentle smile.

Feng Yunshan said with a smile: "The Heavenly King wants to light their sky lanterns!"

Hong Xiuquan spoke again at this time, his tone was a little heavy: "My fellow countrymen, the big demons should be lit up! Also, all the Manchu demons should be killed! How can you let the salty demons pay to redeem them? Do you know how many evil things those redeemed Manchu demons did in Changsha by robbing and killing people?"

Luo Yaoguo thought: "That doesn't sound right! Are you trying to use the glory of your victory to suppress our four living fathers? You are so unfilial!"

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