Zeng Guofan didn't want to test Fu Qing's understanding anymore, so he started to get straight to the topic: "You ask me who can win? I can only tell you that I am not a god, and I don't have Yuan Tiangang's ability to push back. War is always complicated and changeable. God knows if you open the dice cup, it will be bigger or smaller inside."
"But we may be able to look at this problem from another angle... Take the current Jiangnan banknote crisis as an example. The foreign devils took the lead in attacking and smashed the credit of banknotes to zero. What was the subsequent reaction of all forces? ?”
"Haha... this is just adding insult to injury! The imperial court threw out the Southern Tickets wildly, giving Xiao Letian the final fatal blow. The big landowners in Jiangnan also began to protect themselves wisely. Not only did they not spend money to save the market, but they also followed suit and smashed the market. Governors who have Nanpiao in various places and even many generals under my Hunan Army are trying to cause trouble..."
"Not only that, but now there is a strange phenomenon in Jiangnan, that is, many people have begun to speculate on the South Ticket. A group of people are buying and selling it back and forth, and the exchange ratio of the South Ticket has been increased to one hundred to one. , and soon it hit a thousand-to-one ratio, and the Nan Ticket Market turned into a casino, with a group of lunatics plundering people’s wealth inside!”
"Don't think I'm old, don't think I can't see anything. Prince Gong's men are speculating in Nanping, Prince Chun is also speculating, and even Li Lianying's funds are making trouble here..."
Speaking of this, Zeng Guofan slapped the table and roared, "Just yesterday, someone told me that King Dun, the fifth master of the capital, also sent people to take action, and he also started to get Nan Piao... Unexpectedly, Yi Pei, known as the King of Heroes, He also loves money and has come to carve the flesh of the people of Jiangnan!"
"Everyone is staring at the white money, and everyone is too lazy to look at the suffering people of Jiangnan... Are the lives of those small and medium-sized businessmen who were forced to death so mean? Who has considered those proletarian people who are unemployed at home? Their three meals a day? No, everyone is trying to get rich, and they all want to take advantage of this war to make a fortune..."
"Now you ask me who can win? Damn it, is this issue important now? The survival of hundreds of millions of people in Jiangnan is ten thousand times more important than this issue..."
Fu Qing stood up immediately after being scolded, lowering his head and not daring to refute at all. His face turned a little pale under the pressure of the handsome tiger. ( novel)
"Cough cough cough..." Zeng Guofan put his hands on the table, and the old farmer behind him gently stroked his back. A pure internal force dispelled the irritability in the commander's heart.
"There is only one person, there is only one person in this world, who stupidly stepped in to save the situation at the moment when the building was about to collapse. Xiao Letian, who was so heartless, was still transporting rice from Nanyang and silver coins from Ryukyu to the end to save this market. …”
"Such a fool still regards the people of Jiangnan as human beings. He is the only one who still wants to be the Guanyin Bodhisattva who saves the suffering... Unfortunately, he was defeated in the end, defeated by the stupidity of the common people and your greed. !”
"But no matter whether he failed or not, at least he tried hard and did it! He at least knew what he should do. If heaven and Buddha and Bodhisattvas don't bless such people...should they bless you?"
After saying this, Zeng Guofan left the stunned Fu Qing and turned around and left. The old farmer bowed apologetically and then quickly turned back and helped the commander back to rest.
Jiu Shuai and Fu Qing were the only ones left in the garden. They didn't say anything and didn't know what to say. In the end, they could only say goodbye with a long sigh and leave.
Just when Fu Qing was raising his legs to step out of the garden gate, he suddenly looked back at Jiu Shuai, "Jiu Shuai! I don't care about others... at least... at least I hope my brother wins!" After saying that, he turned around and strode out quickly. .
That night, Fu Qing sent a telegram to the old man in Beijing with only one sentence: "Jiangnan's economy has collapsed, the Nanping crisis is irreversible, the commander-in-chief's health is worrying, Xiao Letian has no chance of winning, please don't worry too much!"
After sending this telegram, Fu Qing turned his head and looked eastward towards Ryukyu and shouted, "Xiao Letian! I'll help you one more time, I'll help you cover up one more time... If you rebel against the Qing Dynasty in the future, I will follow you." You will die together!" After saying this, the third master burst into tears.
Zeng Guofan started to have a fever late at night. His forehead was as hot as a brazier when he was lying on the bed. The old farmer had to replace the towel with a new one within two minutes of leaving the towel that had been chilled with cold water at work.
Ninth Marshal was also waiting on the side. He looked at his elder brother's old face and stomped his feet in distress, "Let's go home and retire! Why should we work for them? It's not worth it, it's not worth it!"
"Don't... don't say stupid things! Now is the most difficult time for Xiao Letian... you and me... you and I, please save him!" the commander gasped.
"Brother! Why are you still thinking about him at this time? It's time to think about ourselves. Even if we sell our bones to them, no one will say that we are good!"
"Hey... don't say that. You don't live to be praised by others... the sky is watching what you do, there are gods three feet above your head, and you have a dark room with eyes that are as bright as lightning. Have you forgotten these teachings?"
"Actually... I'm not worried about Xiao Letian. He is a capable person. He can survive this crisis! I am worried about the court!"
Zeng Guofan took a sip of water and regained some energy, "You don't understand. You don't understand how cruel Cixi's people are... Don't think they can have good intentions, no! Not at all..."
"I'm sure that Cixi will definitely agree to the Rakshasa Ghost's request for a way out. She will even secretly order the Eight Banners outside the pass to secretly encircle and suppress the Far East Volunteer Army. She can do it, she will definitely do it..."
The old farmer and the Ninth Commander were stunned when they heard this sentence, "How could it be? How could it be possible? The imperial court had just lost more than one million kilometers of land. How could it help the Rakshasa ghost?"
"Haha...hehehe...you still can't see through it! If Xiao Letian were here, I'm afraid he would understand what I mean with just one look...Cixi? Manchu? Don't hold out hope, don't hold out hope... …”
Zeng Guofan and Xiao Letian met for the first time in Tanggu. In fact, there they agreed on their views on the Manchus and Qing Dynasties, and made a bold prediction about the future diplomatic relations between the Qing Dynasties and foreigners.
In the judgment of Xiao Letian and the others, the Manchu Qing Dynasty will enter the evil path of continuous betrayal to maintain power in the future, and once embarked on this path, there will be no turning back.
In fact, you only need to look at the diplomatic strategy of the Manchus when they first entered the customs to understand their future tactics. Before the Manchus entered the Pass, they had already reached a strategic alliance with the Mongols, and even organized the Eight Mongolian Banners to form a coalition to jointly invade the Pass.
At that time, the Manchus' strategy was to unite with the Mongols to enslave the Han people. After successfully entering the customs, the Manchus began to win over the Hui tribes and Tibetans, inviting them to form an alliance to share the wealth created by the Han people.
The Manchus knew how to unite with other ethnic minorities to jointly resist the large Han population in order to strengthen their control over the Central Plains.
"This is an old problem of the Manchu people, and it is also an incurable disease! It cannot be changed, and it will never be changed!"
