Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

Without Ceng Guofan, Qing Dynasty, Jiang Shan would really not be able to hold on. The whole battle of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, it would not even be enough to say that he fought it alone, but the Great Marshal Zeng was the soul of the entire group of Han Manipulation, how could they not love him?

Ceng Guofan's achievements were already so great that the imperial government could not bestow him with any rewards. His different surname was still a Chinese, to be able to bestow him the title of Marquis was already his limit.

Although there was another title of Duke above that of Marquis, throughout the entire history of Great Qing, the Duke had only bestowed this title to four people. Only four people after this title was conferred to them, and those four people were all from Manchu.

Ceng Guofan's Marquis was already the peak of Chinese Officer's bestowment, but could a Marquis really match up to the marshal's merits? The answer was definitely no. To be able to turn the tide and extend the lifespan of the Great Qing Empire by dozens of years, how could a marquis bestow such a merit on him?

However, the imperial government did not dare to touch a single hair on Ceng Guofan's body. It was not only because of the five hundred thousand Xiang Army s, but also because Ceng Guofan had already become a model of morality in the Chinese Officer.

He had done everything that the Gui Chen had been pursuing to the limit. The letters that he had received from his study had even been published in books, and some of his family motto had already been revered by countless people as a classic.

Ceng Guofan had even written an Ice Mirror to teach people how to judge one's appearance. This was not feudal superstition at all. In the Confucian school of thought, facial studies were truly a long-established knowledge.

In the past thousands of years, the elite Gui Chen s had accumulated a lot of skills to observe other people. From a person's appearance and temperament, it was possible to grasp his moral integrity, which was a secret passed down among the Confucian Scholars.

Why was it that in ancient times, when the world was in chaos, there would always be a few Gui Chen s that cried out in alarm when they saw a certain kind of rebel leader. This was the appearance of a noble king! To tell you the truth, that's not flattery, but those people really know how to read faces.

Ceng Guofan actually made the secret of the Confucian family's secret technique public, writing a copy of the《 Ice Mirror》 to spread around the world. This was to prove to the world that he, Ceng Guofan, had already grasped the core secrets of the Confucian clan, which also meant that he had the proper inheritance of the clan in his hands.

To be honest, if it wasn't because Ceng Guofan had formed the Xiangjun Group, he should have been the true leader of the Qing Dynasty's Clear Stream.

The imperial government would definitely not dare to touch such a person. If you wanted to dishearten the entire world's scholars and make them rebel, you might as well try killing them.

Ci Xi and the other three were very surprised at the random message. Of course, they hoped that Ceng Guofan would enter the capital and see how this tiger could be at ease only under their noses. However, they were afraid of anything that they could not understand.

If they did not find out what Ceng Guofan was planning to do, or the thoughts or plots behind his actions, none of the four people in Yangxin Palace would be able to sleep.

The Grand Hot Pot had already started boiling and the boiling soup was emitting a delicious taste. However, none of the four sets of ivory chopsticks were interested in tasting the slightest bit. They chattered endlessly, but no matter how one analyzed it, they were all confused.

"Could it be that Ceng Guofan is really a loyal subject of our Da Qing Empire? From the bottom of his heart, he really didn't want the Han Chinese to be good? "What does this telegram have to do with the Chinese Order …" The questions popped up one after another, and everyone was a little confused.

Just as the Yangxin Palace was burning his brain nervously, not far to the south, two figures of the Military Intelligence Service were finishing their work for the day. They were tidying up their things and chatting as they prepared to leave the palace with the last of the afterglow.

Li Tuo placed all the things he had on him into the cloth bag, while Yang Zhi waited by the side for a long time, in order to repay Li Tuo for saving his life, he decided to treat Li Tuo to a drink at his home.

If Li Tuo had not reminded him when he was at his most angry, if he had clashed with the young eunuch at Inner Right Gate's entrance, forget about the punishment by the imperial government, just the two guards had the right to pull out their blades and kill him.

Li Tuo was truly his benefactor, so when Yang Zhi came out of the Yangxin Palace, he did not immediately leave the afternoon entrance but went to the Military Intelligence Service to chat with him. When he heard that there was less than an hour before the time limit, Li Tuo's value was reduced, so the two of them decided to leave the palace together.

The two of them strolled in the gradually darkening Forbidden City, and from time to time, they would even chuckle softly. When they reached the Taihe Palace Plaza, Li Tuo suddenly laughed and said: "Master Yang, do you know why Head Office came here earlier?"

"Xiao Liu? Which Xiao Liu? The one who spoke to you? " Yang Zhi asked in confusion.

"Yes, it's him. Xiao Liu of Head Office, we have known each other for three years. That brat is a playboy, if you want to get closer to him in the future, you can just invite him to watch …"

"Of course, that's not the point. Do you know why he came to the palace?" Li Tuo had a strange smile on his face.

"What is it? How would I know? Didn't he already get this young eunuch to bring him to the Yangxin Palace? You just exchanged a few pleasantries with him, do you know what he's doing? "

Hahaha … Li Tuo laughed softly, "Of course I know what he came here for. The box in his hand contained a telegram, and it was from the south. I even know who sent the telegram … …"

Yang Zhi blinked his eyes and asked in disbelief, "How is this possible? You two didn't say anything? There are so many guards and eunuchs around. Who would dare to leak out information about military aircraft? "

Li Tuo patted Yang Zhi's shoulders: "Ah, Master Yang, there is a snake road, there is a mouse road, and we, the people on duty, Zhang Jing, are basically just a bunch of pawns, the smallest sesame officials in the Forbidden City. It might even sound like those imperial guards might even have a higher status than us …"

"But why aren't we bullied here? Not because we sit in Military Intelligence Service, but because we also have our own ways of survival! "

"Ever since the founding of the kingdom, the authority of the Ming Dynasty's illustrious cabinet has been gradually taken over, and when Kang Xi was established, he set up his study, and when the Yongzheng was established, he set up his Military Intelligence Service, and during Xian Feng's year, he set up his own Head Office …"

"The high ranking officials of the court are rising and falling. Once you finish singing, I'll go on stage. Today, I'll watch him rise up from his tall building. Tomorrow, I'll see the building collapse again! However, no matter how those officials rose and fell, we, who were doing chores with our pens, were all enjoying our lives. I've never seen Zhang Jing and his pawns working together with them! "

"Why is that? "Because we have our martial arts world …"