I thought about the embarrassing situation that there might be "two Zeng Guofans" in the world! I thought about the man in Beijing, Long Yan, who was furious when he learned the truth. He and his brothers were locked up in Beijing, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs strictly discussed it! And I thought about what if he was exposed immediately.
The truth is that he may have killed his father and brothers, and subsequently caused controversy, and he was accused of being an unfilial son. Zeng Guofan was even a little desperate!
Just hearing the sound of "Qiang", Zeng Guofan actually pulled out the sword, put it on his neck and wiped it! "No!"
"You can't do it!" "You must never..." "...
Seeing Zeng Guofan about to wipe his neck, Huang Shijie, Zhu Sunyi, and Guo Songtao all shouted to stop him. However, Zeng Guofan's younger brothers all knew that their brother might be a little confused this time, and they were at a loss for the moment.
Zhang Guoliang, who was used to the battlefield, reacted promptly and did not ask for advice. Instead, he punched Zeng Guofan directly in the face. Zeng Guofan was hit with stars in his eyes and fell backward. Zhang Guoliang, however, was quick-sighted and grabbed Zeng Guofan.
The blade of the sword, regardless of the cut on his palm, grabbed the sword and saved Zeng Guofan.
After saving the person, Zhang Guoliang didn't care that his palms were still bleeding. He knelt down in front of Zeng Guofan and apologized loudly.
Zeng Guofan received a punch and a heavy fall. Although he was seriously injured, his will to die was gone. At the moment, he did not care about Zhang Guoliang's apology, nor did he pay attention to those who tried to comfort him.
, he just sat on the ground and cried non-stop, crying until he was sad and beating his chest, shouting: "Guofan, Guofan, thanks to you reading so many sages' books, now you can't protect your family if you retreat, and you can't make progress in peace."
Bang, if you can’t even be a filial son and loyal minister, what’s the point of being here..."
The three brothers Zeng Guohuang, Zeng Guoquan, and Zeng Guobao couldn't hold back when they saw their eldest brother crying sadly. They threw themselves on each other and started crying. Huang Shijie, Guo Songtao, and Zhu Sunyi secretly shed tears on the side.
The lobby of the county government office was filled with tears!
Fortunately, Magistrate Zhu Sunyi and Zhu had already sent people to guard the place outside, so that no one could come near. Otherwise, crying like this would have attracted a lot of people to watch the fun!
I don't know how long it took, but the four brothers of the Zeng family finally cried enough and couldn't cry anymore. They just sat there in a daze. Huang Shijie, Zeng Guofan's new good disciple, stepped forward and handed over a handkerchief and whispered.
He said in a voice: "Teacher...for the present plan, if you still want to be loyal and filial, I'm afraid...you have to read "Anti-Jing"!"
If he had said this earlier, he would have been severely criticized by Zeng Guofan.
Although Zeng Guofan also read "Anti-Jing", it was a critical reading, and the purpose was still to "criticize" rather than "reverse". But Zeng Guofan no longer had that temper, and just said hoarsely: "Why do you say this?"
speak?"
Huang Shijie said: "Teachers, loyal ministers and filial sons are all judged by others... If the teacher has soldiers in his hands, he has done what Zhang Liangbi and Li Siqi did. Who dares to say that the teacher is unfaithful? If the teacher does not have soldiers in his hands, how can there be loyalty and filial piety?"
Have both ends? I'm afraid if I abandon the old master, there will still be people in the court who say that the teacher is unfaithful and unfilial!"
Zeng Guofan's expression changed, he seemed to be more energetic, his triangular eyes narrowed, his face darkened, and he whispered: "Then...how should I write a reply?"
Huang Shijie said: "Of course I want to protect the safety of Mr. Lao! Master, please take a moment of filial piety first, and at the same time ask Changmao to hide this matter temporarily. Then the student will immediately protect you and go to Changde Mansion, and take that "loyalty man" "Also taken! The emperor's decree for you to be the minister of Hunan League Training is still valid. You must become the minister as soon as possible and hold the power in your hands. This is loyalty!"
Loyalty and filial piety, loyalty and filial piety, do not separate families. Only with loyalty can we have filial piety!"
Guo Songtao also analyzed for Zeng Guofan: "Ziying is right. Only by concealing the fact that my father-in-law and my brother were caught by Changmao can you become the minister of regiment training. Only if you become the minister of regiment training in Hunan can you have a chance." Get Hong Daquan from the emperor... Only when Hong Daquan is in your hands can you exchange him for your father and your brother. Only after you exchange for your father, your brother and your father-in-law can you be loyal to the Qing Dynasty wholeheartedly! This is the way to have both loyalty and filial piety!"
Guo Songtao was a Jinshi after all. This logic is so strict. What he said simply means that Zeng Guofan could only replace his father and younger brother by deceiving the emperor and respecting his superiors. Only by replacing his father and younger brother could he become a Jinshi. A filial son is loyal to the Qing Dynasty. In other words, only if you deceive the emperor and ignore the superiors, support the army and respect yourself, can you be a loyal slave of the Qing Dynasty!
But to deceive the emperor and ignore the superiors, to support the troops and respect oneself is equivalent to rebellion! In other words, only by rebelling can one be a loyal minister!
Zeng Guofan stood up as if he had just woken up from a dream: "Quick, prepare a pen and paper for me, I want to reply to the long-haired King of the West!" In the east of Xiangxiang City, in a temporary camp of the Taiping Army, a loud voice sounded. Xiao Chaogui, the Western King of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, laughed heartily.
"Haha... it really is Zeng Guofan! Your brother Zeng Guohua has already written to me, begging me not to kill you, and also begging me not to publicize your capture by me for the time being, so that he can use you more conveniently. In the name of trying to rescue my Daquan brothers!"
It turned out that the reply letter written by Zeng Guofan in the name of Zeng Guohua had been delivered to Xiao Chaozui. The letter was sent by a Xiangxiang County government express team. This guy was also a member of the Tiandi Society. After coming to Xiao Chaogui's military camp, he confronted Xu Yuegui. After making an incision, he reported to Xu Yuegui everything about the Zeng brothers crying and causing chaos in the Xiangxiang County government office.
Now Xu Yuegui was even more convinced that she had caught the real Zeng Guofan, but she was still surprised by "Zeng Guohua's" request, so she asked: "Zeng Guofan, your brother Zeng Guohua asked us not to publicize that you were captured by us. , and you said it was convenient for him to use your name to rescue Hong Daquan, what does that mean?"
Of course Zeng Guohua understands what his brother means - Zeng Guofan has not yet taken office as the Hunan League Training Minister!
If news comes out at this time that Zeng Guofan was captured by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, can Zeng Guofan still take office? If Xianfeng knew about this, he issued an imperial edict and gave the position to someone else. Then Zeng Guofan would be no different from a commoner.
Thinking of this, Zeng Guohua hurriedly said to Xu Yuegui: "Your Highness, my brother-in-law means that in the name of my chief staff, he can first go to Changde Mansion to support the Tuanlian Minister's Yamen, and tell the outside world that I am personally on the front line of Xiangxiang. , mobilize all the troops to resist the Taiping Army, so that he can take over the Xianghu regiment training in my name. As long as you have some troops in hand, you will have the confidence to do anything.
Moreover, we both learned calligraphy from a gentleman, and we also used the same copybook, so he could pretend to be me and hand over the book to the emperor, looking for an excuse to bring Hong Yingxiong to Hunan." "What a good idea!" Xi Wang Xiao Chaogui said with all his strength. He slapped his hands and said with a big laugh, "You scholars are just too lazy...Okay, that's it!"
He turned back to Xu Yuegui and said, "Yuegui, can we retreat to Lukou now?" Xu Yuegui was relieved and said to Xiao Chaogui with a smile: "It all depends on the king's orders." Changsha City, Angel Mansion.
Luo Yaoguo was sitting in the flower hall in the back garden working. There was a red clay stove in front of him. There was an iron pot on the stove. Inside the iron pot was a whole pot of hot salt. There was also a pot of fried salt on top. Purple gold alms bowl. Inside the bowl was a gray-white paste. Archangel Luo was seen wearing asbestos gloves in his left hand and holding a wooden spoon in his right hand, constantly stirring the pot of gray-white paste. Next to him stood Li Cuihua. The four female guards, Wei Xiulian, Zeng Jiumei, Wang Xier and little Zhang Bao, all watched Archangel Luo at work.
"Well, it's almost done." Luo Yaoguo said to himself, "Although I am a liberal arts student, my chemistry skills in high school were not bad..." As he spoke, he used his asbestos gloves to That hand picked up the purple gold alms bowl and said, "Xi'er, bring me the grenade shell."
"yes."
Wang Xi'er responded and held a wooden tray together. On the tray were placed four cast-iron grenade shells with prefabricated grooves on the surface.
She placed the wooden tray on the coffee table next to Luo Yaoguo, and then stepped aside. Luo Yaoguo also placed the purple gold bowl on the coffee table, and was about to fill the sugar nitrate himself when he suddenly heard Su Sanniang bringing Surprised voice: "Dear...
When Luo Yaoguo heard that it was Su Sanniang who was looking for him, he immediately lost interest in doing chemical experiments, so he took off his asbestos gloves and handed them to Wang Xi'er: "Xi'er, you are careful, you can fill it, remember, be careful not to burn yourself. Come on! Ah Bao, watch how your senior sister pretends to be. After she finishes pretending, you will change your pretending.
Chapter completed!