Tuqing: My first love was Cixi

Chapter 185 A big deal! Su Yi’s fierce blow!

The emperor said coldly: "Don't you mean that after his family disappeared, he lost all his weaknesses?

"Don't you just want to say that Su Yi has become a military leader like Zeng Guofan?"

"Don't you just want to say that the court will coax Su Yi from now on?"

Sushun said: "Your Majesty, I don't mean that. Su Yi may be different from Zeng Guofan, or he may be different from Zeng Guofan."

"We should be quiet and not move. After all, we are the center of the imperial court, Su Yi is the local feudal lord, and we control the political high ground."

The emperor said: "Du Han, what do you think?"

Du Han said: "What Su Zhongtang said is right, but the nature of what follows is completely different. We need to treat Su Yi as a person like Zeng Guofan."

"However, we cannot be too passive."

"This time, Su Yi caught us off guard, but we also discovered a characteristic of him. This person cares about the hearts and minds of the people."

"Actually, after the news came that the imperial envoy's fleet was robbed and killed, he could have evacuated the whole family, but he did not do that."

"The eldest son of Dexing A and the third son of Weng Tongshu hired desperadoes to attack Su Yi's residence and kill his family members in revenge. We chose to protect these two people, and Su Yi wrote a letter to express our disappointment."

"After that, two hundred infantry soldiers led by the Yamen surrounded Su Yi's residence, but the Su family members were still assassinated."

"One of the assassins even acted in the name of rebelling against Hong Renli. They forced Su Yi to hand over the traitor Wei Jun. Otherwise, the assassination of Su Yi's family members would never stop."

"So, Su Yi was forced to evacuate all his family members from the capital. In this way, he stood on a high ground."

"What people say now is that Qin Hui is in the imperial court and he is going to persecute his loyal minister Yue Fei."

"In the eyes of the people in the capital, it was the imperial court's inaction that could not protect Su Yi's family, so Su Yi moved his family members away."

"No one would regard him as having any ulterior motives in removing his family members, and no one would think that it was a guilty conscience."

The emperor said: "Go on."

Du Han said: "After Su Yi evacuates his family, it means that he has lost patience with the court and will become a person like Zeng Guofan. But... even if he becomes a person like Zeng Guofan, so what?"

"Zeng Guofan had tens of thousands of Hunan troops, but Su Yi had none."

"Even if he is as powerful as Zeng Guofan, the emperor can issue an edict and remove him as the governor of Hubei, and still let him go home to Ding You."

"The Emperor is the True Dragon Emperor. He is supreme. With just an edict, Su Yi, the governor of Jiangxi, can be completely dismissed. Su Yi will have no power to resist."

"If the emperor decrees that Su Yi be dismissed, what can he do? Rebellion? Then his reputation will be ruined."

Of course everyone knows this.

However, now Su Yi has gained the hearts and minds of the people at the bottom of the capital.

The rumors outside became more and more intense, and they all compared Su Yi to Yue Fei, and the important ministers of the court to Qin Hui.

Su Yi has made countless meritorious deeds. If you remove him as the governor of Jiangxi for no reason, how can you stop the world from talking about it?

What's more, there are hundreds of thousands of people in the capital who share a common interest with Su Yi.

Of course, even so.

It doesn't matter if he goes against the will of hundreds of thousands of people and forcibly removes Su Yi.

But the key is that we are signing a treaty that is humiliating and humiliating our country. This is the moment when public opinion in the court is at its most vulnerable.

Removing Su Yi at this time will completely add fuel to the fire of public opinion.

"So I think it is too passive to wait passively for Su Yi to make a move." Du Han said: "I suggest dividing the troops into two groups."

"First, we also created public opinion in the capital, but now everyone knows that the robbery of the imperial fleet was a treasonous act, and their heads are hanging out. We want to say that Su Yi colluded with treason, but no one believes it. Because everyone in the world thinks that the person who is most hated for being rebellious is Su Yi."

"But there is one thing that can be used. Su Yi borrowed five million taels of silver from hundreds of thousands of people and promised to distribute 20% of the income as dividends every year. Now the one-year deadline is coming. At this time, many people in the capital are spreading the word, saying that their My son is living a good life in Jiujiang and bought fertile land at half price, so I don’t need the dividend money.”

"This is obviously Su Yi who is trying to prevent people from taking the dividends because he can no longer afford the money."

"However, those who have sons in Jiujiang are in the minority after all. The majority of the remaining people are still eager to get these two cents of red silver."

"But according to relevant information, Su Yi is very short of money right now. Jiujiang's prosperity is entirely dependent on borrowed money. The money may be cut off at any time. It is extremely difficult to use this one million taels of silver as dividends."

"So I sent people to spread the word in the capital that Su Yi's more than 10 million taels of silver filled a bottomless pit, and the hard-earned money of hundreds of thousands of people was wasted. This is a complete scam. The year is coming soon. , Su Yi will definitely not be able to hand over the one million taels of silver dividends as scheduled."

"Once the dividends cannot be distributed as scheduled, it means that Su Yi has no money and all the borrowed money has been spent."

"Those 20,000 immigrants went to Jiujiang and got benefits and bribes from Su Ye, so of course they spoke for Su Ye. But most of them only got a land deed that they couldn't cultivate, and they couldn't get their money back at all. They were just cheated. Yes, this is a typical scam.”

"If you repeat this kind of rumor ten or a hundred times, it will work."

"It will slander Su Yi's public support in the capital. After all, these hundreds of thousands of people took out their coffin books and lent money to Su Yi. Of course they are afraid of losing their money."

"In addition, the contract in Tianjin has almost been negotiated, and the foreign troops are about to withdraw. Our test on Su Yi can still be carried out."

"Reducing Su Yi's first-class marquis to first-class Qingqi Wei!"

"If Su Yi doesn't accept it, that means he is disobeying the decree. If he accepts it, he will reduce his official position bit by bit, just like what Emperor Yongzheng did to Nian Gengyao."

"Of course, the decree is not important. The key is the person sent to convey the decree."

"Don't Su Yi have a very good relationship with Zenglu? Then let him go and deliver the message this time."

The emperor immediately understood the power of Du Han's plan.

On the surface, it's a small move.

However, the meaning inside is very cunning and almost unsolvable.

So, the emperor nodded and said: "That's it, but just increasing the salary for one person is not enough, so we need to add one more person."

Su Yi evacuated his family from the capital, but the emperor immediately lost his guard.

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next day!

The emperor found Zenglu and asked him to go to Jiujiang to deliver the order to Su Yi.

This song is also very tricky. If you, Su Yi, want to get angry and kill the imperial envoy, this Zenglu will be your friend.

Do you want to kill him?

"My slave obeys the order!" Zenglu had tears in his eyes.

He then left the capital with a few guards and headed for Tongzhou, down the canal again.

Not only that!

Another young eunuch was sent to go south with Zenglu to deliver the decree, Gui'er.

Once Su Yi's book boy.

The relationship between this person and Su Yi is even closer.

As for the relationship between him and Su Yi, it was originally very secret. But as Su Yi became more prosperous and attracted much attention, his and Guier's former relationship as a book boy was still discovered.

Of course, it didn't matter. After all, Su Yi was just a low-income person at that time.

But something happened later.

Not long ago, he left Concubine Yi's side, and An Dehai took his place and became the leading eunuch beside Concubine Yi.

Of course, leave aside these past events.

However, the trick of asking Zenglu and Guier to convey the order to Su Yi seems very small and ordinary on the surface.

But on the inside, he is very vicious and very clever.

Didn’t he say that before he rebelled, he wanted to kill the official ships of the Qing court on the canal section indiscriminately?

If you, Su Yi, had not colluded with Fa Ni, Zenglu and Guier's official ship carrying the message would still have been robbed and killed this time.

but……

If Zenglu and Guier's official ships were not robbed and killed, it proves that the rebellion was a selective robbery and killing.

Your Su Yi’s friend will not be robbed or killed.

You also said that you had no collusion with Fa Ni?

So, when Zenglu left the palace.

He stared at the sky, filled with despair.

He knew that the emperor disliked him, because every bad news was reported by him.

Wang Chenggui was cunning and cunning. As the chief eunuch, he rushed to report every good news.

And every time there is bad news, give it to Zeng Lu.

Of course, Zenglu could also refuse, but he felt that it was necessary to follow the emperor from his residence and go through the most difficult moments with him.

But every time he reported bad news, it was like reporting a mourning bird, making the emperor dislike him.

From Zenglu's point of view, he only had two outcomes.

Either he will increase his salary and die.

Either live to deliver the message, and then pour the dirty water of collusion and rebellion on Su Yi.

Duhan, you are so poisonous.

This group of people can't do anything to foreigners, and their methods to their own people are really vicious.

Zenglu even thought that even if he committed suicide, it would not help.

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A few days later!

Jiangxi governor Su Yi presented a memorial.

"The first thing is to recommend Li Si, the young minister of Dali Temple, to be the prefect of Jiujiang."

Li Si is already unlucky. Although he has not been dismissed from office, he has closed his mind and thought about his mistakes.

Because the assassins who attacked Su Yi's residence were interrogated by three deputies that night, and it was found out that they were instigated by the sons of Dexing'a and Weng Tongshu, the Military Aircraft Department ordered that the case be kept completely confidential and destroyed.

However, the truth of the case was still leaked.

There were many people present, and anyone could leak it.

But according to the military aircraft department, Li Si has a good relationship with Su Yi, and he is the biggest suspect.

Therefore, Yushitai impeached Li Si and used old things to convict him.

As for Li Si, he was extremely loyal and must have made many mistakes in officialdom.

Ever since, he just shut himself up and thought about it.

Unexpectedly, Su Yi actually wrote a memorial directly recommending Li Si to take over as the prefect of Jiujiang.

Suddenly the court was a little confused.

This... what time is it now?

It’s too late for you to avoid suspicion?

Everyone knows that you, Su Yi, quietly evacuated your family, which completely angered the emperor.

It was previously decided that as long as the foreign troops completely retreat, they will attack you.

Now that the foreign troops have not retreated, they can't wait to warm up for the next step of taking you down completely.

At this time, you can't protect yourself, so why would you recommend someone else?

Moreover, in the memorial.

Su Yi not only petitioned for this one thing, but also had a second one.

He said that Jiangxi's army is too small now. The entire Ganzhen Green Camp totaled less than 10,000 people and could not cope with the threat of rebellion.

Therefore, Su Yizuo asked to organize a regiment training to expand the army.

This petition left the emperor and the entire court speechless.

What are you, Su Yi, playing at? Do you still think nothing happened?

When your family is in Beijing, how much buffer do you have?

Now in the eyes of the emperor, you are already half a rebel.

At least Zeng Guofan is more reliable than you.

But at this time in the court, the emperor's attitude toward Su Yi became even more peaceful.

"Let's discuss the memorial from Jiangxi Governor Su Yi."

"Is it appropriate and appropriate for him to recommend Li Si, the young minister of Dali Temple, to be the prefect of Jiujiang?"

"Kuang Yuan, Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, can you tell me?"

Kuang Yuan, the minister of military aircraft, came out and said: "Your Majesty, I think this is inappropriate! When Li Si was in Dali Temple, he was cruel and liked to use torture to extract confessions. A few years ago, he privately used corruption on Zhang Yuzhao. Such cruel officials, Once I become the prefect of Jiujiang, I don’t know how many unjust, false and wrong cases there will be, and how many people will be beaten and beaten.”

Okay, now let’s talk about Zhang Yuzhao being tortured.

Why didn't you tell me before?

Now Shen Baoer has been slept with by Su Yi hundreds of times, but you have brought this matter up.

Then the emperor looked at Tian Yugong again and asked: "Dali Temple, this Li Si is your subordinate, what do you think?"

This question is a bit heartbreaking. Everyone knows that Tian Yugong was once a political ally of Su Yi.

Tian Yugong came out of the queue, remained silent for a long time, and said: "Your Majesty, I also think it is inappropriate."

Next, several ministers came out one after another to express that Su Yi's recommendation was not appropriate.

The emperor said: "Then let this matter be shelved for the time being."

The position of Jiujiang prefect is temporarily vacant.

Let Su Yi's people take over the job, but the court is not willing and the emperor is not willing.

Send other people to take charge, but no one dares to go.

Next, the emperor said: "Then the governor of Jiangxi said that he would organize group training to deal with the threat of rebellion, so what does he say?"

Su Yi made it very clear in this memorial.

Now during the rebellion, with the rise of Chen Yucheng, Li Xiucheng, Lin Qirong and others, and these three people were extremely loyal to Hong Xiuquan, they had completely suppressed Shi Dakai.

Therefore, after experiencing drastic changes, the rebellious senior management became more united.

After resolving the internal problems, sharpening the sword, and planning to expand in all directions, the court must pay attention.

After Wang Shiqing's army was transferred from Jiujiang to the Jiangbei camp, Jiangxi was empty of soldiers and horses, so he applied for group training to avoid being at a loss when Jiangxi rebelled and sent troops in the future.

Let's hold group training at this time?

Let you expand your army?

What kind of big joke are you kidding?

Now in the court, there was another signal.

Will Wang Shiqing's new army return to Jiujiang?

Once he goes back, it means that Su Yi's ambition will be revealed.

This is the emperor's new army. It cannot leave its base without the decree of the imperial court. If you let him return to Jiujiang, you are tantamount to treason.

Next, the ministers of the DPRK came forward again to refute Su Yi's memorial.

Jiangxi already has enough troops, the Green Camp has nearly 10,000, and Hu Linyi's army has nearly 20,000.

Defending against reversal is more than enough.

Therefore, Su Yi's proposal to organize regiment training to expand the army was completely unnecessary.

Next.

Shuntian Prefecture Yin came out and said: "Your Majesty, dozens of people have come to Shuntian Prefecture recently to file a complaint, saying that Jiangxi Governor Su Yi borrowed their money, and the promised first year of dividends has come, but there is still no news. I am worried. I was defrauded of my life savings, so I came to Shuntian Mansion to complain.”

The emperor frowned and said, "Is the dividend period for the first year coming soon?"

Du Han said: "Yes, it's almost there, in just a few days."

The emperor asked: "Su Yi didn't mention this matter, and didn't he send someone to Beijing to handle this matter?" Du Han said: "No."

Then, he said: "Your Majesty, this is related to the life savings of hundreds of thousands of people. If Su Yi does not pay dividends after the deadline, it will mean that the political reputation of Jiangxi Governor's Yamen will be ruined, which will cause huge public opinion. We have to be cautious .”

Next to him, the Minister of Household Affairs said: "They have been saving this money for generations. They are frugal and live frugally. It is completely a coffin. If they really can't get it back, I'm afraid many people will not survive."

The emperor frowned and said, "One year has passed. How is Su Yi's factory doing? Is it effective? Can the people of the capital cash in the money?"

"I'm afraid it's not good, Your Majesty! After the more than 10 million yuan was invested, the five factories were not actually set up, nor did they start production. But just to house hundreds of thousands of people, I heard that the money was almost spent. We also need a steady stream of money investment.”

"Your Majesty, once this explosion occurs, it will become the largest livelihood crisis in the Qing Dynasty for a hundred years. Hundreds of thousands of people will go bankrupt and we have to guard against it!"

That’s it for today.

Next, we will focus on the first-year dividend date promised by Su Ye.

If the dividend money does not arrive.

Then tear it apart completely and completely attack Su Yi's political reputation.

Don’t you, Su Yi, have a good reputation?

Don’t you, Su Yi, win the hearts of the people?

If no dividends are distributed then, it will be defrauding fellow villagers of their hard-earned money.

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During this period, the emperor had been waiting to see what Su Yi would do.

As a result, nothing happened.

Three days later.

Su Yi sent another memorial.

Jiangxi organized immigrants and reclaimed farmland, which required government subsidies. In addition, the Green Camp in Jiangxi Province has not been paid by the court for half a year. Now the morale of the Green Camp soldiers has declined, and they may not be able to fight in the future.

Please ask the court to allocate funds to meet our urgent needs.

In the memorial, Su Yi applied for court funding to pay Green Camp half-year salary, a total of 280,000 taels of silver.

When receiving this memorial, the emperor and the court were once again stunned.

You, Su Yi, what are you doing?

So calm?

No movement at all.

Moreover, before you were only focused on running a factory and did not care about the government affairs of the Jiangxi governor.

But now, you have submitted several memorials in a row and behave like a qualified governor of Jiangxi.

Anyway!

Su Yi's performance was very calm.

There aren't any drastic moves.

Even every memorial is very humble, and they are completely fulfilling their duties.

As a result, the imperial court also discussed the matter in a serious manner.

In the end, there were discussions and discussions, but there was no money.

Please Jiangxi solve it on your own.

At this time, the eyes of the imperial court center, especially the Military Aircraft Department and the emperor, were fixed on the imperial envoy Zenglu.

What is the result of this tricky test?

Zenglu and Guier were still killed by the rebels?

Or did he arrive in Jiujiang safe and sound?

In that case, you, Su Yi, would be a little confused.

Unless, you are ruthless. For the sake of his own reputation, he directly killed Zenglu and Guier as well.

At this time, Zenglu and Guier were pushed across the river like little pawns.

It doesn't matter if Su Yi accepts it or refuses it.

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The imperial fleet was sent, despite repeated delays.

However, it is still getting closer to Huai'an Mansion.

It was only over a hundred miles away from the place where Dexing'a and Weng Tongshu were robbed and killed.

Zenglu stayed up for several nights and stood on the bow of the boat.

He looked at the water of the canal.

Several times I had the urge to jump right in.

One hundred.

To avoid such endless suffering.

At this time, he was truly saddened by nothing more than his death.

The emperor would be disgusted there, but here, he knew it clearly in his heart.

Once you are robbed and killed.

Then... to a certain extent, it may be that Su Yi cut off the friendship and saved herself.

Of course, it is also possible to launch a reverse indiscriminate attack.

But the eunuch Zenglu is emotional and has a stubborn mind.

He told himself over and over again that this was normal.

I only have one life, so how can I compare to Brother Su Yi?

The reason why I called myself brother and sister before was because I was the emperor's confidant eunuch, and it was useful.

Now he was despised by the emperor and even pushed out as a vicious pawn to test Su Yi.

He is already worthless.

Master Su Yi killed himself, which was the right choice.

But in that case, Zenglu would still be sad.

"Xiao Guier, aren't you sad?" Zenglu asked.

The little eunuch Gui'er said: "Why are you sad? I will see the master soon. It's too late to be happy."

Zenglu said: "Children, they don't understand anything."

However, the little eunuch Gui'er was lying on the table with great interest, studying a map.

He knew that although this round was small.

But it is very poisonous and seems almost incurable.

Therefore, the only solution turned out to be suicide.

It not only clears the master's suspicion, but also preserves the master's benevolence and righteousness.

Therefore, Zenglu stood on the bow of the boat several times, intending to commit suicide by drowning.

However, the young eunuch Gui'er felt that if others had no solution, the master must have one.

There must be a perfect way to completely solve this dilemma.

So Guier studied the map with great interest while putting herself into Su Yi's perspective.

If you were the master, how should you break the situation?

It's so difficult.

"How far is it from the ambush site?" Zenglu suddenly asked.

"If I get back to my father-in-law, there's still a hundred miles left."

Zenglu closed his eyes in pain.

"Probably all friendship in this world is fake."

"We thought that the emperor had affection for us, so we dug our hearts out and stayed with the emperor in every painful and difficult moment. All the bad news that others did not dare to report was done by me, just because we wanted to share the sorrow with the emperor. .”

"As a result, he was pushed out to play a dead game."

"Where's Brother Su Yi? His friendship with my brother is probably fake."

"In the end, maybe we are the only ones who foolishly value love and justice."

"Zenglu, you are a fool, you are a fool!"

"Stop it!"

"We, fools, will do it to the end. If others don't cherish old friendships and don't show loyalty, we will!"

"Brother Su Yi, we've made it possible for you, let's go!"

After saying that, the imperial envoy Zenglu gritted his teeth and looked at the whirlpool on the canal.

Jumped directly.

Throw yourself into the water!

For a moment, the guards who followed were stunned.

The little eunuch Gui'er rushed out and shouted: "What are you doing here? What are you doing here?"

"Save people! Save people!"

Immediately, the sailors on the ship jumped off one after another to rescue Zenglu.

The rescue was very difficult,

Because Zenglu wanted to die and jumped directly towards the whirlpool.

It sank almost immediately to the bottom, and I searched for it for a long time but couldn't find it.

After a long while and searching for more than ten meters, everyone rescued Zenglu.

Moreover, he was almost out of breath, and his heart seemed to have stopped beating.

The young eunuch Gui'er stepped forward and according to what Su Yi said, he first hugged Zenglu's waist and gave him a sudden force to spit out all the water.

After vomiting out all the water, he pressed Zenglu's heart as hard as he could.

After pressing the button for half a quarter of an hour, eunuch Zenglu finally woke up.

Zenglu said desperately: "What are you saving me for? What are you saving me for?"

"You can't live in this situation, you know?"

"Guier, if we don't die, dirty water will be poured on your master, do you understand?"

"It can't be washed clean."

"Unsolvable, unsolvable!"

And at this time!

Suddenly someone smelled a smell, and immediately climbed up the mast and reached the highest point.

Suddenly...

The sailor on the mast was completely stunned.

On the ground not far away.

It was densely packed with troops everywhere.

There were flames everywhere.

Dark and overwhelming, boundless.

"Boom boom boom boom..."

The artillery fire began to roar.

The sound of fighting is loud!

And there was also a fierce battle on the canal dozens of miles ahead!

The warships of the Qing army and the warships of the bandits.

Killed in a mass.

One warship after another caught fire.

If you stand higher, you can see clearly.

Countless troops charged towards Qingjiang Pucheng in Huai'an like ants.

In Huai'an, the most important thing is not necessarily Huai'an City.

But Qingjiangpu.

Because this is the headquarters of Governor Nanhe.

Here is the largest warehouse of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development in the south.

Here are the four major shipyards of the Qing Dynasty.

This place is more important than Yangzhou.

This is the heart of the entire canal transportation.

Once we capture this place!

The entire water transport is completely cut off!

The main communication route between the north and the south of the imperial court was completely cut off.

At this time, more than ten thousand Nien troops were madly attacking Qingjiangpu in Huai'an.

The fire is soaring!

Within the entire field of vision, the Nian Army disappeared for a long time.

A big drama was immediately staged.

Isolate the north from the south!

In history, this battle did occur.

However, what happened at this time was a full year or two ahead of history.

Regardless of the danger, the little eunuch Guier climbed up desperately and climbed to the highest point of the mast.

Looking at the battlefield in the distance, the flames of war stretched for more than twenty miles.

Guier felt like she was trembling all over.

This... could this be my master's handiwork?

I...I can't believe it!

This handwriting is so amazing!

How big!

However, this is only the beginning.

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