Tuqing: My first love was Cixi

Chapter 131 Shen Baozhen begs for mercy and Zeng Guofan visits Su Yi

Chapter 131 Shen Baozhen begs for mercy! Zeng Guofan pays a visit to Su Yi!

"I want to be the governor of Jiangxi."

As soon as Su Yi said these words, everyone was shocked, including the emperor.

Then, almost everyone understood.

Oh, Su Yi is disgusting Zeng Guofan.

Su Yi's current level is far different from that of the governor of Jiangxi. The title can be crossed, but the official position has to be promoted step by step.

Even for a holy family member like Su Yi, they are promoted more frequently, but they are only promoted one level each time.

Moreover, the rank of a civilian official is usually one rank lower than that of a military attache, because the rank of a military attache is not high in gold content, and the gold content of power is not high either.

So now Su Yi simply no longer has the rank of military commander.

The civil service position that Su Yi still retains is acting as the prefect of Guangzhou.

The prefect of Guangzhou is from the fourth rank, and the acting prefect of Guangzhou is not the real prefect of Guangzhou, which is equivalent to a temporary position.

Chongen is still the acting governor of Shandong, but he has never been to Shandong for a day, and he has never held the power of governor of Shandong.

Therefore, Su Yi's current fourth-grade official position is quite far from the governor of Jiangxi.

Therefore, everyone including the emperor felt that Su Yi was joking and was completely causing trouble for the Hunan Army Group.

After all, the two sides have a deep hatred.

Only Su Yi knew that he was not joking.

According to the emperor's wishes, Su Yi was first reinstated as a bachelor's degree student in the cabinet, and then a civil servant position of the third rank was arranged for Su Yi.

This is already very impressive, directly surpassing the fourth level.

Su Yi entered the official position with full preparation, that is, in one and a half years, he became a third-rank official, which is already very amazing.

Du Han's expression changed and he said: "Brother Su Yi, this is above the court, you can't make such a joke."

As for Shen Baozhen, he was uneasy.

I thought that a smart man like Su Yi would not use such a simple and crude method to block the Hunan Army's path.

I didn't expect it to be so simple and crude.

For a moment, the emperor had no idea.

Of course he didn't think that Su Yi really wanted to be the governor of Jiangxi, but just wanted to block the way of Zeng Guofan and his group.

However, this matter is almost settled.

The Military Aircraft Department had reached a consensus, and the Emperor also acquiesced.

The appointment of such important positions is like this. It is decided in a small private meeting and then goes through the motions in the court.

As a result, Su Yi directly inserted a pole.

But the emperor had to respect Su Yi's opinion, as he had just made great achievements.

There were originally two topics today, one was to confer a reward on Su Yi, and the other was to confer Hu Linyi as the governor of Jiangxi and Shen Baozhen as the chief envoy of Jiangxi.

As a result, the two issues can no longer proceed.

The emperor glanced at Su Yi. Although the Hunan Army was powerful and had already controlled two or three provinces, it might have nearly 100,000 troops. Moreover, the situation in Jiangxi was extremely dangerous, and it was indeed inseparable from the Hunan Army.

However, he still wanted to give Su Yi some confidence.

After all, Zeng Guofan and the others bullied Su Yi and even hanged him.

With such a big feud, what would happen if Su Yi acted willfully?

So, the emperor said: "Then let's shelve the first and second items today, and move on to discuss the third item."

As soon as these words came out, the breathing of several military ministers stagnated slightly.

This Su Yi's holy love is really strong. With just one sentence, the two important positions of Jiangxi Governor and Jiangxi Chief Envoy were shelved.

But today there are two major topics, and the rest are irrelevant.

Therefore, just over an hour later, the entire court meeting broke up unhappy.

The emperor said: "Du Han, Shen Baozhen, you will stay for a while and go to Sanxi Hall. I will see you alone."

Du Han and Shen Baozhen looked at each other, bowed and said, "I obey your order!"

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Inside Sanxi Hall!

Du Han was about to speak, but the emperor stopped him with his hand.

"I know what you want to say, you don't need to say it." The emperor said: "Su Yi is a young man, and he suffered so much injustice in the Hunan Army before. I understand him, so there is no such thing as abolishing the public service for personal reasons, avenging private revenge, etc. If so, don’t talk about it at all.”

To the emperor, Du Han was a favorite, and Su Yi was also a favorite.

"And he has just made such a great contribution, which is the greatest diplomatic victory of our Qing Dynasty in decades, so there is nothing wrong with being willful."

Then, the emperor looked at Shen Baozhen and said: "Your family once broke off their engagement to Su Yi, and Zeng Guofan once wanted to hang him, but he was lucky and did not die. You lit the fire yourself, so it is also up to you. To destroy.”

"Let me make it clear here, if Su Yi can't get through, then my side won't be able to get through either."

Shen Baozhen suddenly felt bitter. He had underestimated Su Yi's importance in the emperor's mind.

Then the emperor waved his hands and said: "I am tired."

Du Han and Shen Baozhen bowed down and said, "I retire."

Arriving outside the palace, Shen Baozhen looked at Du Han.

How much price did they pay for the position of governor of Jiangxi and chief envoy of Jiangxi?

First, he spent a lot of money to oust Wen Jun, the former governor of Jiangxi. Then he spent millions of taels of silver to clear the capital.

It is said that to clear the magistrate's office in three years will cost one hundred thousand snowflakes of silver. From a purely business perspective, a governor's position cannot bring one million taels of silver.

But for the Hunan Army, this is an important strategic territory.

The entire Hunan Army has a very clear strategic plan. Now Hunan and Hubei have been captured, and half of Anhui has also been captured.

Now most of Jiangxi has fallen and was captured by the Taiping Army.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The emperor wants to ask for help from the Hunan Army, so he can only rely on the Hunan Army to recover it.

After capturing Jiangxi, he will capture all of Anhui, and finally attack Tianjing and capture the entire Jiangsu.

Then the entire four provinces were under the control of the Hunan Army, and they were almost the most important provinces of the entire Qing court.

After taking these four provinces, and then plotting against Zhejiang and Fujian, the entire southeastern half belonged to the Hunan Army.

Historically, they have done this and were successful.

As a result, Su Yi is now stuck alive.

Du Han said: "It depends on what I do. The emperor made it very clear. Go and clear Su Yi's emotions yourself."

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At this time, Su Yi was at home.

We are planning the future Jiujiang Economic Experimental Zone and writing and drawing with a map.

Qingqing watched carefully from the side.

Su Yi said: "What do you want me to do?"

Qingqing said: "It's a bit pretty."

Then, he couldn't help but stepped forward, kissed Su Yi, and said softly: "Xiao Yi, is it true that you are planning to be the governor of Jiangxi, or are you just trying to block Zeng Guofan's way?"

Su Yi said: "I block their way and stab them hard. On the other hand, I really want to seek this position."

Qingqing said: "That would be very difficult. Your fourth rank is too far away from the level of governor of Jiangxi."

Su Yi said: "It's difficult, but it's interesting."

The governor is almost the pinnacle of local officials.

Moreover, many officials in the capital first became ministers and then sought the position of governor.

For example, Zeng Guofan worked in the capital as the Minister of Rites, the Ministry of War, and the Minister of Works for several years. It was not until the past two years that he became the governor of Hubei.

Su Yi had never served as a local official or a real prefect. It was really difficult to take charge of the government affairs of a province.

Su Yi finished drawing the drawings in his hand, and then flipped through them one by one.

The earth dragon is too hot and my hands are a little dry.

So, reach into the depths of the peach blossoms.

Qingqing's face turned red and she said, "What are you doing?"

Su Yi said: "Hands dry."

As a result, Qingqing exerted a little force and refused to let his hand go away.

"Little bad guy, let me tell you, don't mess with me lately." Qingqing said softly, "I've really been addicted to it lately. Besides, you are like medicine in my eyes."

Then she let go.

Su Yi turned over the drawings with her hands. It was indeed easier to turn over the drawings when they were wet.

At this time, a maid's voice came from outside.

"Master, Lord Shen Baozhen is here to visit!"

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Su Yi met Shen Baozhen in the study room at home.

After seeing Su Yi, Shen Baozhen bowed to Su Yi.

"Brother Su Yi, Shen Baozhen apologizes to you. I shouldn't have broken off the engagement. I shouldn't have humiliated my brother. I was blind." Shen Baozhen bowed to the end and said, "Brother Su Yi, please forgive me."

Su Yi said calmly: "Not long ago, you guys exposed the affair between me and Qingqing, and you tried to pull me down in one fell swoop."

Shen Baozhen said: "That brother really thinks highly of us. After Zhang Yuzhao's death, we will have no one in the capital, and we will not be able to create such a big momentum."

Yes, you can't create such a big momentum, but Duhan can.

But neither Du Han nor Su Shun would stare at Su Yi all day long.

For them, although they regarded Su Yi as their enemy, they did not take it seriously because the status of the two parties was too far apart.

Only Su Yi and the Hunan Army Group had a deep hatred.

Therefore, no matter how Zhang Yuzhao and others knew about the affair between Su Yi and Qingqing, it was because they were the ones who revealed it to Du Han.

As long as a careful person keeps an eye on Su Yi, it is probably not difficult to discover the affair between Su Yi and Qingqing.

Shen Baozhen said: "Brother Su Yi, it's better to dissolve enemies than to make enemies. How about we both forget about our previous holidays and turn enemies into friends?"

In Shen Baozhen's view, Su Yi openly killed Zhang Yuzhao.

Therefore, the two sides are evenly matched.

It’s really nonsense.

You broke off the engagement, hanged me, and exposed my affair with Qingqing.

Still want to even out?

Su Yi smiled and said: "I have to thank you, otherwise I wouldn't be able to marry Qingqing in a grand manner. This can be regarded as a blessing in disguise."

Hearing Su Yi's unkind tone, Shen Baozhen said: "Brother Su Yi, feel free to ask for any conditions you have. As long as we can turn enemies into friends, we can all agree."

Su Yi said: "Master Shen, you are now the inspector of Jiangxi, right?"

Shen Baozhen said: "Yes."

Su Yi said: "Did you know that I once recruited Zhang Yuzhao?"

Shen Baozhen said: "He didn't say it himself, but Bao'er did."

Zhang Yuzhao probably didn't bother to talk about this matter. He felt that it was a shame to be recruited by Su Yi.

Su Yi said: "I recruited him sincerely, and I saved his and my daughter's lives. But when we arrived in Shanghai, you turned around and snatched my arms list, and then I killed him."

When talking about this, Su Yi's tone was very calm.

"Now Mr. Shen is asking me, what conditions can make us both enemies become friends, then I will try to tell you my conditions?"

Shen Baozhen said: "Brother, please speak out, as long as we can do it."

Su Yi smiled and said, "How about Sir Shen Baozhen doing something for me?"

Shen Baozhen couldn't help but be stunned, are you trying to recruit me?

Are you kidding me?

My official position is much higher than yours, and my power is much greater than yours.

Suddenly, Shen Baozhen said: "Brother is joking."

At that time, Zhang Yuzhao also thought it was a joke.

Su Yi said: "If you think I'm joking, then I am joking."

In Shen Baozhen's view, Su Yi not only prevented the reconciliation, but also verbally humiliated him.

Shen Baozhen said: "Brother, does that mean there's nothing to talk about?"

Su Yi said: "You think I'm joking, so what else is there to talk about?"

Shen Baozhen said: "I understand, farewell!"

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At Duhan's house.

Shen Baozhen spoke of this matter with indignation.

Du Han and others were also surprised. Is Su Yi so arrogant?

"Can't you just give me money?" Du Han said, "Why don't you just take another two hundred thousand taels? Or even a little more. Su Yi's new army is very short of money, and the emperor has no money to allocate to him. This second batch of new troops It’s hard enough to practice.”

Du Han said: "Looking at his posture, you can't buy him with money."

Zai Yuan, who was next to him, said: "Master Shen, don't look at us. Our Military Aircraft Department has passed this matter about you, and we have also made it clear to the emperor. We are stuck here with Su Yi, and we can't think of it. We can't let it happen." Go talk to Su Yi? We can't afford to lose this person."

Du Han said: "Otherwise, you can find a middle-aged man to make peace with us."

Shen Baozhen said: "Please give me Du Zhongtang's advice."

Du Han said: "There are only three people who can persuade Su Yi now. One is Tian Yugong, one is Ruilin, and the other is Chongen. You think of ways to use your strength on these three people."

Shen Baozhen said: "I understand, thank you Du Zhongtang."

Of course he knew that he was going to find these three people just to ask Du Han to speak out, and he wanted to use Du Han's identity to suppress these three people.

After all, Du Han was a favorite of the emperor and a minister of military aircraft.

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Shen Baozhen first went to find Chongen, but he didn't see him at all. He just handed the invitation back without hiding his hostility at all. He is both uncle and father-in-law. Of course he has the same heart as Su Yi.

Then, he went to see Ruilin, the Minister of Military and Aircraft.

Ruilin received him very politely.

"Master Shen, I am not good at being the middle man." Ruilin said.

Shen Baozhen said: "Master Ruilin, you are kind to Su Yi, and you are also his elder. It is said that it is better to resolve enemies than to end them, and it is related to national affairs. You see..."

Ruilin said: "It's really inconvenient for me. In business, Brother Su Yi and I do agree on many things. But in private, we rarely meet and talk. You probably know the reason."

The reason is that Zhenzhen is a little out of character.

Originally, the two parties were going to get married, but it fell through and Su Yi was given the opportunity to marry a princess.

But she really said that she liked Su Yi in public. As a result, no one dared to come to ask for her hand in marriage.

Zhenzhen Gege even dared not go out every day, and even Mrs. Ruilin did not dare to go out to socialize.

Therefore, every time Ruilin and Su Yi met, it was always awkward.

Speaking of which, Shen Baozhen couldn't force himself.

So he said goodbye and left.

Then, he went to Tian Yugong's house.

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"Mr. Shen, we are friends. At that time, you took part in the provincial examination and I took part in the general examination. We talked many times by candlelight at night." Tian Yugong said: "Now that you have found me, I should give you this face and do this for you. Middle man."

Hearing this, Shen Baozhen's heart sank.

Sure enough, Tian Yugong said: "However, my position is still very firm. Now that I have identified a friend, I will never do anything to embarrass my friend, so please forgive me for being unable to help!"

Then, Tian Yugong directly served the tea.

Shen Baozhen looked ugly and said goodbye directly.

After leaving Tian Yugong's house, Shen Baozhen looked at the sky and the splendor of the Forbidden City in the distance.

It is really difficult to resist this gap.

In several southern provinces, they are completely in control of the situation.

As a result, when we arrived in the capital, it was so difficult.

Such a big matter was actually blocked by a mere Su Yi.

I was even more speechless for this emperor.

Foolish king!

He actually delayed such a big thing just because of the emotions of a favorite.

Do you still want to regain Jiangxi?

Tuo Ming'a from the Jiangbei camp is useless, and He Chun from the Jiangnan camp is almost useless. It's amazing that these two people can hold the Jiangnan and Jiangbei camps. The entire southern battlefield relies entirely on our Hunan Army.

How dare you block us like this?

Now it's you who want something from us.

But despite all the slander, things still have to be done.

Shen Baozhen, who was so anxious that he was so anxious, came to Du Han's house again and told him about everything that had happened in the past two days.

"Your Majesty, don't you have any explanation? Are you just going to let Su Yi do whatever he wants?" Shen Baozhen said.

Du Han said: "The emperor made it very clear that this time he wanted to make Su Yi vent his bad breath. What else could he say? Before my advice could be uttered, the emperor blocked it. What happened? You still want to be solemn? Can Zhongtang tell you one more time?"

"Don't even think about it. We are willing to do anything to help you, but we will not do anything to disobey the emperor."

Shen Baozhen also secretly hated it in his heart.

You people are not merciless at all when it comes to collecting money.

When doing errands...

Well, it's quite refreshing to do things.

However, for this kind of trouble, there is absolutely no help at all.

Prince Yi Zaiyuan, who was standing next to him, said: "Master Shen, maybe your level is too low. Su Yi can't be relieved if you admit your mistake. Who is the person Su Yi hates the most?"

Shen Baozhen was stunned.

The person Su Yi hated most was probably Zeng Guofan, because he was the one who ordered Su Yi to be hanged.

What's more, Su Yi had helped Zeng Guofan many times at that time.

Zaiyuan said: "Then let Zeng Guofan come to Beijing."

Shen Baozhen was immediately furious.

Su Yi is not worthy enough to be subdued by Marshal Zeng, right?

In Shen Baozhen's heart, Zeng Guofan was more important than the military ministers in front of him.

Although the official position is not as good as these people, the power in their hands exceeds that.

Now the Hunan Army controls two and a half provinces, tens of millions of people, and tens of thousands of troops.

Luo Bingzhang was the leader of the Hunan Army, but he did not control the army and gave all his power to Zuo Zongtang.

Therefore, the recognized boss of the Hunan Army is Zeng Guofan.

What Zaiyuan meant was to let Zeng Guofan go to Beijing to admit his mistake to Su Yi and let Su Yi vent his anger?

Are they thinking blindly?

In their hearts, is this the weight of me, the coach of the Hunan Army?

Seeing Shen Baozhen's displeasure, Zaiyuan smiled and said: "That's what I said, you can do whatever you want. After all, it's not us who are blocking our future."

After returning home, Shen Baozhen hesitated again and again and wrote a handwritten letter, asking people to go to Tongzhou as quickly as possible, then go south along the canal, first turn to the Yangtze River, and then go to Hubei to hand it to Zeng Guofan.

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A few days later!

When Zeng Guofan received this letter, he was trembling with anger.

"Too deceiving!"

"What does the emperor mean? He is delaying military affairs for a mere Su Yi. Does he still want to regain Jiangxi? It will all be occupied by Shi Dakai."

"Now you actually want me to go to Beijing to resolve the grudge with Su Yi'er?"

"Is he taking this important matter of the country as a child's play?"

Hu Linyi was waiting nearby, waiting for Zeng Guofan to vent his anger.

After the other party calmed down, Hu Linyi said: "Commander, the whole of Hubei is like a ripe fruit now. With a little effort, we can ripen it and win it completely. Wuchang City can also be recovered at any time."

"Jiangxi is too important to us. If we cannot win Jiangxi, our power will be incomplete."

"Su Ye's impulsiveness is a good thing to a certain extent, isn't it? It proves that this person is not strong enough!"

Now no one feels that Su Yi is really going to take over Jiangxi, they all feel that he is just venting his anger.

He is really far away from the level of a feudal official.

Zeng Guofan closed his eyes and was silent for a long time, then said: "Let's do it!"

Following Zeng Guofan's order.

In every city in Hubei, the Hunan Army, tens of thousands strong, all attacked!

Just one day.

Recover Wuchang, recover Hanyang, and recover Hankou.

At this point, all of Hubei was recovered, which was about two months later than in history.

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A few days later, Beijing!

"Eight hundred miles urgent!"

"Great victory in Wuchang, great victory in Hubei!"

"Commander Zeng and Master Hu will lead their troops to completely regain the entire territory of Hubei!"

Groups of messengers came to Beijing one after another.

There are those from the Zeng Guofan faction and those from the Huguang Governor Guan Wen faction.

With everyone's momentum, it caused quite a stir in the capital.

After all, Wuchang is too important. After falling for two years, it was finally recovered again.

Moreover, the Hunan Army regained all of Hubei with a thunderous blow, which is really a very big achievement.

The emperor was very excited when he received the good news.

The entire territory of Hubei was recovered, and then it was Jiangxi's turn.

The great cause of suppressing rebellion is completed and is just around the corner.

Following the good news into Beijing, there was also Zeng Guofan's memorial.

Zeng Guofan, the commander-in-chief of the Hunan Army, requested an order to enter Beijing.

Of course, the superficial reason is that Zeng Guofan really missed the emperor.

The emperor immediately agreed.

Everyone was surprised. Zeng Guofan really came to Beijing?

How many years have passed? It has been five years. Zeng Guofan has not been to Beijing.

After forming the Hunan Army, he never went to Beijing even in difficult times.

This time, he actually went to Beijing.

The emperor gave Zeng Guofan great courtesy and sent three military ministers to greet him.

The entry of the feudal officials into the capital was very grand. A team of several hundred people entered the capital in a mighty manner, beating gongs and drums.

The first time he entered Beijing, Zeng Guofan went to the palace to see him.

The emperor warmly received Zeng Guofan and granted him the title of Prince Shaobao.

Next, of course Zeng Guofan couldn't say anything like, "Give us the official titles of Jiangxi Governor and Jiangxi Chief Envoy."

He could only express his determination, saying that tens of thousands of troops were ready to go south at any time to recover Jiujiang and all the occupied state capitals in Jiangxi.

The emperor was overjoyed and praised Zeng Guofan and the Hunan Army greatly.

But there is no dispute over the two official positions of Jiangxi Governor and Jiangxi Chief Envoy.

Then, the emperor said something as if without any trace.

"My dear, Su Yi has trained under you for two years, and now he has become talented and promising." The emperor said, "So, as a coach, you should be well trained."

Zeng Guofan said: "I don't dare to be a minister."

The emperor said: "Su Yi is still young and needs some guidance from an old minister like you. This time I have finally come to Beijing, so don't be stingy. Help me to teach him well and try to help him make new achievements."

Hearing this, Zeng Guofan's expression changed.

Your Majesty, am I, an old minister and a hero, so worthless?

Do you really want me, a first-class official and a high-ranking official in the border area, to take the initiative to find him?

In the final analysis, it is the imperial court that needs help from us.

Then, the eunuch Zenglu came forward and said, "Your Majesty, it's time to eat."

The emperor said: "My dear, come and have dinner with me."

Of course Zeng Guofan resisted, but the emperor refused and insisted on letting Zeng Guofan accompany him to the meal.

Zeng Guofan had no choice but to stay.

The emperor's soft knives continued to show favor one after another.

Are you, Zeng Guofan, still wringing your neck?

Now it seems that he has no choice.

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Zeng Guofan first went to see Duan Hua, Zai Yuan and others, but of course Du Han was still there.

"Disheng, the emperor wants you to take the initiative to resolve the grudge between you and Su Yi. Although he didn't say it explicitly, do you want to disobey the emperor's will?" Du Han said: "You go talk to Su Yi, it's nothing."

Zaiyuan said: "I know that you have commanded tens of thousands of troops in the past few years. You have become more powerful and ambitious, and you cannot bear to be wronged. But don't forget that you once hanged Su Yi. Now he has become successful, and he has just been established. You have done a great job and succeeded in getting the British to withdraw unconditionally. You can't do this job either."

"You have made such a great contribution, so don't blame others for raising your tail. They have suffered so much grievances from you, but you don't allow others to vent their anger."

"If I were you, I would take the initiative to resolve this feud. In exchange for a governor of Jiangxi, a chief envoy of Jiangxi, and the power of the province, I will not suffer any loss."

From the beginning to the end, Zeng Guofan always had a livid face and did not hide his emotions.

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Exited Prince Zheng's Mansion in Duanhua.

Zeng Guofan was silent.

In recent years, he has been in great power and has taken life and death, so his mentality has changed.

Two years ago, Su Yi was like an ant in front of him.

Who would have thought that this person was not dead.

Now that he has risen, go and meet him to see what he wants.

Zeng Guofan called his staff and said, "Go and send my invitation to Su Yi's house."

More than half an hour later!

Li Qi rushed in and said loudly: "Master, this is Zeng Guofan's greetings!"

"This person is finally coming."