Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

Ceng Guofan's left index finger gently tapped the table, and he quietly watched the generals who were whispering to each other, and watched each and every one of their hesitant faces, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Five years ago, when the Xiang Army was still in a state of war, who would dare not to follow their own orders? Perhaps there would be a dispute during the discussion phase, but once they made up their minds, which one of their subordinates wasn't the absolute enforcer?

It had only been a few years, but the people's hearts were already sluggish. Even he was unable to suppress the subordinates of these pampered nobles.

However, thinking about it, it was very normal. These few years where they had not fought, they would be happy at home, the women would probably marry a lot, have a lot of children, and also have a lot of rich people whose lives would go down the drain.

If he wanted to maintain such a rich situation, he would have to constantly earn more money. But without a war, the days were too boring. Did he want to compete with the civil servants in times of peace to earn more money? Save it.

Ceng Guofan had seen through everything long ago, and laughed and said, "Why are all of you mute? "Why have the men who fought for the stronghold all wilted today?"

Someone said in embarrassment, "Marshal..." We'll have to listen to the marshal, but this ban is too much.

"That's right. Marshal, think about it. What if the foreigners in Shanghai strongly object? Don't tell me that we have to negotiate? "

"If it really doesn't work, why don't we wait for Ma Xinyi? "After all, he's the successor to the position of governor of two rivers. It's most appropriate for him to take the blame …"

"That's right, let Ma Xinyi take the blame, let him negotiate with the foreign devil …"

The crowd clamored at once, and Ceng Guofan, who was behind the table, had already laughed so hard that his eyes were about to pop out of his head. He secretly sighed in his heart. Let's just bullshit and let Ma Xinyi take the blame? I'm afraid the ban on my front legs will disappear. You've really changed!

Just as the people in the main hall were discussing, the old farmer outside the Grand Commander's Estate nodded towards the corner of the alley. Very quickly, a messenger rushed out from the shadows towards the White Tiger Temple.

The sound of hurried footsteps could be heard rushing into the meeting hall. The messenger even let out a terrified shout. Report to the marshal... At the foot of the mountain, General Ma Xinyi was assassinated in the street … "

Clang, clang … The sound of tables being knocked down shocked everyone in the hall. "What did you say? Ma Xinyi was assassinated? Death or serious injury? "

"Reporting to the general, he died on the street. A knife pierced through his heart, even the gods can't save him …"

"Where's the assassin?" "Did you catch him or not …"

"Strange to say, the assassin called himself Zhang Wenxiang. After killing the five guards and Governor Ma, not only did he not run, he instead shouted 'killer' to the citizens of Grass City. Zhang Wenxiang also did not run away, and did not resist either."

What the soldiers said was right, when Zhang Wenxiang suddenly erupted and cut a bloody path through the guards to stab Ma Xinyi to death, he did not run away, but laughed out loud at the terrified soldiers.

This was a real death warrior, he had the determination to kill Ma Xinyi along with him, and now, he was even prepared to use his own life to pacify the anger of the imperial court.

The brazen soldiers carefully approached Zhang Wenxiang, seeing that he really had no intention to fight back, they tied him up tightly with the ropes and reported to Jiang Ning quickly.

Jiu Shuai looked at his big brother in shock. He was very clear about the sequence of events behind this matter, killing Ma Xinyi was originally something the many Xiang Army s had discussed secretly, but the time was definitely not right now.

's death had actually had something to do with the conflict between the Xiangjun Group and the imperial government. In the real history, when Ceng Guofan was transferred to the capital as a Viceroy, he came to Jiangnan.

After taking office, this direct descendant of the imperial government started to steal the markets of the Xiang Army. He replaced many important civilian positions with people from the imperial government, so his intention of plucking peaches was very obvious.

What the Xiang Army could not tolerate the most was that Ma Xinyi had actually secretly investigated the Heavenly Kingdom Treasury that had disappeared. This was a big taboo for the higher ups of the Xiang Army. When Ma Xinyi completely offended the Xiangjun Group, the stallion case also happened.

Zhang Wenxiang had killed Ma Xinyi in the sports field, and the entire assassination process was extremely smooth. Furthermore, Zhang Wenxiang had not run away in the end, but had willingly admitted that he was a remnant of the Twisted Army, and had killed Ma Xinyi in order to take revenge.

Although history had changed, there were still many things in this parallel world where Ma Xinyi was once again killed and the assassin was still Zhang Wenxiang.

Jiu Shuai's heart was beating furiously. He finally understood his elder brother's determination, for his elder brother to actually be willing to start the assassination attempt on Ma Xinyi in advance, and even chose to do it at such a time slot. This meant that he only had one goal, and that was to intimidate everyone present.

Just as expected, after Ceng Guofan heard the soldier's report, he slammed the table in anger. "Are there still any laws? Was there still any justice? "Put the assassin in prison and interrogate him strictly …"

"Ai …" I originally wanted to listen to the advice of Governor Ma and ask for his opinion, but who would've thought that … I really didn't expect this! Alright, who has any objections now? "Can the Jiangnan ban really do it …"

The loud question scared everyone out of their wits. They crossed their sleeves on their horses and bowed to the ground. "We obey the commander-in-chief's order!" The order is like a mountain, this subordinate dares not follow it! "

The old farmer walked in again as he gently supported Ceng Guofan and said with a smile, "We've already discussed this for four hours and the marshal is tired. The lords are also hungry. "If we don't start now, the wine will get cold …"

"Hahaha …" "Blame me for this. Today is my day, I will go down to change. You all can start the banquet and drink first. Today, treat it as a banquet to send me off …"

The old farmer supported the great marshal as he bypassed the White Tiger Screen and walked out the back door. Jiu Shuai quickly caught up to the old farmer, supporting his brother on both sides.

"Big brother, why didn't you tell me about this matter earlier …" Before Ceng Guoquan could even finish his complaints, Ceng Guofan's face suddenly flushed red. With a pu sound, a blood arrow sprayed out from his mouth, and he began coughing violently.

"Big brother …" Ceng Guoquan was about to yell subconsciously, but the old farmer covered his mouth, "Shut up!" Please don't mess around. You don't want the marshal to waste his efforts, do you? We'll have to rely on our marshal to survive this situation! "

Ceng Guoquan's tears instantly gushed out, he stomped his feet and grinded his teeth towards the east and shouted, "Xiao Letian! Xiao Letian! You damned bastard killed my big brother! If you f * cking can't win this battle, then I'll go with you and take out the red knife … Wuu! Big Bro, you sure are pained to death by me! "

That afternoon, the Grand Commander's Estate of Jiangning City sent out an emergency electric order to all the lands, properties, factories and workshops in the whole Jiang-Nan region. And so on and so forth. The transfer transaction was halted for two months.

The property of the Chinese in Jiangnan was finally temporarily protected, but when the foreigners in Shanghai heard the news, a huge uproar broke out.

"Despicable! What a despicable Chinese! This was a shameless interference in the free market economy! We want to protest! "