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The Old Summer Palace, Pengdao Yaotai, and the mist-like island in the middle of the lake are like a fairyland.

Xianfeng and his favorite concubine, Guiren Lan, were spreading on the bridge, followed by a large group of eunuchs and palace maids, holding bottles and jars in their hands, filled with wine, fruit cakes, so that the masters could eat at any time.

At this time, the eunuch of the foreman came to report that Minister Su Shun asked for a meeting.

Xianfeng was in a good mood. Yesterday, Prince Gong Yixin took the initiative to admit his mistake and asked Xianfeng to forgive Yixin for his brother's sake. Xianfeng thought that he was now the emperor and his sixth brother could no longer shake his throne. In addition, before Dao Guang died, he asked Xianfeng and Yixin to reconcile and defend the Qing Dynasty together. Xianfeng had promised Daoguang to treat Yixin well. Now seeing Yixin taking the initiative to admit his mistake, he forgave him and appointed Yixin as the head of the Military Aircraft Department.

Seeing Sushun asking for a meeting in a hurry, Xianfeng directly allowed it. Xianfeng was still very satisfied with this loyal slave during his time in his residence. Without Sushun's help, Xianfeng would be difficult for Yixin to win the throne.

After Su Shun gave the great gift from the Lord, he immediately explained his purpose: "Your Majesty also asks the emperor to take back Cheng's order. You must never let Prince Gong enter the Military Affairs Office to prevent the Sixth Master Party from rekindling!"

Xianfeng waved his hand and said, "The sixth brother's gangsters have been beaten to pieces by me, and they cannot cause any storm. Besides, the sixth brother's dependent on the most is Fu Yang and others. Now Fu Yang is dead in Ningguta, and the Sixth Master Party no longer exists."

Sushun advised: "Even if the Sixth Master Party no longer exists, Prince Gong is still young and can still cultivate his party members when entering the Military Affairs Office. It is necessary to guard against it."

Xianfeng said indifferently: "I have forgiven my sixth brother. Besides, my sixth brother has promised me not to form a clique anymore. In the future, I will assist me wholeheartedly. I admire my sixth brother's talent. With him assisting me, I can rest assured, so I don't have to worry."

Sushun said unwillingly: "Even if Prince Gong is very talented, he is still young after all. The emperor just needs to be a military aircraft minister. However, the military aircraft leader Wang is a bit too heavy. He should choose a steady person to serve as the role."

Xianfeng said: "My brothers will either die early or be weak or sickly. At present, only my sixth brother Jiankang is an adult. Prince Heshuo Gong, who was left by the late emperor. The Military Affairs Office must have a prince and minister for the head. This is a ancestral teaching, so I can only let my sixth brother serve as the head of the Military Affairs Office as the head of the Military Affairs Office."

Seeing that Xianfeng didn't know what medicine he had taken wrong, Su Shun actually had no doubts or precautions towards Yixin, making him the foreman of the Military Affairs Office. Although Su Shun was so worried, he had no way to stop him.

However, thinking that there was another important thing to come today, I immediately stopped mentioning Yixin and said, "Report to the Emperor, the Governor of Liangjiang Lu Jianying, the Governor of Liangjiang, that Chongming County Magistrate Li Weiguo privately bought arms from foreigners and recruited soldiers, intending to rebel, so he asked the emperor to issue an order to handle it."

Xianfeng was not surprised at all when he heard this, but instead smiled and said, "I already knew about this. Li Weiguo submitted a memorial saying that the Hong bandits in the south were in chaos and he was willing to do his part. So he donated 200,000 taels of silver and called on the gentry and merchants in Chongming County to donate a total of 2 million taels of silver. He knew that the foreign firearms were powerful, so he bought five thousand muskets, twenty cannons, and three million kilograms of ammunition from the British, and donated all of these arms to the frontline soldiers. At the beginning, I

I don’t believe it either, but I sent someone to ask the governor of Guangxi. The governor of Guangxi said that this was true. This batch of arms had been escorted by Li Weiguo to Guangxi. I guess it would be there in the past few days. In addition, the 4,000 troops recruited by Li Weiguo, of which one thousand were soldiers from Chongming County, and the other three thousand were disaster relief security teams. After all, Chongming County had just been affected, and more than 100,000 people were homeless and easily aroused by bandits. Order was needed. It was understandable that Li Weiguo did this."

Xianfeng paused and continued with joy: "I didn't expect that Li Weiguo is young but he is devoted to the court. I still remember that his achievements in disaster relief in Chongming County last time have not been rewarded yet. With this contribution, I am going to promote him. You are here too. Please help me with some advice and what kind of official position is better for him?"

Su Shun was stunned. He received a report from Lu Jianying a few days ago. He knew that Lu Jianying suffered a great loss at Li Weiguo's hands. He also learned that Li Weiguo and Liu Jianzhang had joined forces to avenge the revenge of that year. So Su Shun and Lu Jianying thought about how to kill Li Weiguo and eliminate the enemy. When they learned that Li Weiguo had purchased arms privately and recruited soldiers to train, they wanted to deduct him a charge of treason. Unexpectedly, Li Weiguo was prepared and gave Xianfeng a vaccination in advance. He also adopted Wu Yongxian's exquisite strategy of killing three birds with one stone. This not only avoided the depreciation, but also made Xianfeng happy.

When Sushun heard that Xianfeng was going to promote Li Weiguo, he was so angry that he knew that Li Weiguo was the son-in-law of his mortal enemy Fu Yang. He wanted to kill Li Weiguo, so how could he help him promote him?

It's outrageous!

Sushun naturally did not dare to say these four words, but he was unwilling to accept it, so he advised: "Emperor, although Li Weiguo is loyal and commendable, he is too young after all. It is said that he is only fourteen years old now. He has only been the county magistrate in Chongming County for a year, and it still needs to be tempered. If the emperor promotes him, it will make young people feel proud and not conducive to future growth. Please think twice."

Xianfeng was not a fool either. He thought that the contribution of Li Weiguo's disaster relief in Chongming County last time was opposed by Sushun. This time, Sushun opposed it again. It seems that there is a big conflict between Sushun and Li Weiguo. Although Xianfeng was unhappy, as an emperor, he knew how to control and choose. He thought that Sushun was loyal to him, so he pretended not to know: "That's right, then wait a few years to reward him together."

"The Emperor's Holy Wisdom!" Su Shun quickly flattered, knowing that he had stopped Li Weiguo again, and he felt a little relieved, but the failures again and again made him feel less and less good.

On March 2, 1852 AD (the second year of Xianfeng), Li Weiguo sent Zhang Xiaoliu to lead 1,000 Li family soldiers to escort the arms to Guangxi and handed them over to the Qing general who came to pick them up. Gan Bao was about to count the arms, but unexpectedly, the camp was suddenly attacked by thousands of Taiping troops. The five thousand Qing troops led by Gan Bao were vulnerable and were immediately defeated.

Zhang Xiaoliu said to Gan Bao: "The Hong bandits are powerful, so we should retreat quickly!"

Gan Bao said: "I came to pick up this batch of arms under the order of the governor, and I must not fall into the hands of the Hong bandits!"

Zhang Xiaoliudao: "General, don't worry, this batch of arms is of great importance. Before leaving, my family told me that in order to prevent robbery, every car is hidden."

Gan Bao hurriedly said, "Since the arms cannot be saved, we should be destroyed quickly and we must never rely on the enemy!"

Zhang Xiaoliu laughed in his heart, just waiting for you to say this, and immediately ordered people to blow up the vehicles that transported the arms. However, most of the vehicles did not have arms. This was just a trick of Wu Yong to deceive the world and replace the pillars. On the surface, it was donated to the court with 5,000 muskets, twenty cannons and three million kilograms of ammunition to the court, but in fact there were only eight hundred muskets, four cannons and one hundred thousand kilograms of ammunition. The vehicles carrying these arms were not bombed. When the Taiping Army rushed in, Chen Wu took the lead in protecting the batch of arms.

However, most of the arms outside the Ganbao were blown up, and the Taiping Army only got a small part, so that he could hand in the office when he returned.

Gan Bao and Zhang Xiaoliu immediately broke through and fled back to the provincial capital Guilin to report to the governor of Guangxi. However, Gan Bao concealed the fact that the Taiping Army had stolen some of the arms, and lied that all the arms were blown up.

He Jing, the governor of Guangxi, was furious when he heard that the arms were robbed by Hong bandits. Fortunately, all the weapons were blown up and there were no enemies. He breathed a sigh of relief. However, he was very distressed when he thought that Li Weiguo's support for him was destroyed, but he was very distressed. However, he still treated Zhang Xiaoliu and others well. He wrote a reply to explain to Li Weiguo, and gave him a gift and took Zhang Xiaoliu back. Thank you by the way.

Of course, under Zhang Xiaoliu's reminder, He Jing reported to the court truthfully, saying that the arms were destroyed by the Taiping Army.

Zhang Xiaoliu achieved his goal and wanted to return, but soon Du Pei, the commander of the Qing army, who was responsible for encircling and suppressing the Taiping Army in Yong'an, heard that the arms were destroyed, so he hurried back to Guilin. He saw that although Zhang Xiaoliu's soldiers were dressed in strange clothes, they were all strong and powerful, with military power, and equipped with elite muskets, so he wanted to forcibly annex the thousand people Zhang Xiaoliu brought.

Fortunately, Guangxi Governor He Jing was grateful to Li Weiguo for supporting the arms and was responsible for the destruction of the arms, so he came forward to mediate, so Du Pei finally gave up the annexation of Zhang Xiaoliu's troops, but he still ordered Zhang Xiaoliu to temporarily join the Qing army camp with a thousand Li family troops to cooperate in the suppression of bandits.

Zhang Xiaoliu had no choice but to send someone to report to Li Weiguo.

After Li Weiguo learned about the situation, he also knew that Na Dupei had 100,000 Qing troops and should not be offended. Anyway, the Li family army still lacked practical experience, so he asked Zhang Xiaoliu to stay in Guilin, but he told him to only accumulate practical experience and not to make up all his family's fortunes.

On the night of April 4, 1852 AD (the second year of Xianfeng), Chen Wu led 4,000 Taiping Army to suddenly attack the Qing army's rear camp. Because the Taiping Army was equipped with 800 muskets and four 32-pound cannons supported by Li Weiguo, the combat effectiveness increased. Then, it was a surprise attack from behind at night, which caused chaos in the Qing army and suffered heavy casualties.

At the same time, the Taiping Army in Yong'an City had already received the signal and was ready to break out of Yong'an City that night, working inside and outside to defeat the Qing army.

The battle lasted for two hours, Du Pei, the commander of the Qing army, was killed, and 100,000 Qing troops were dispersed.

Zhang Xiaoliu had known that the Taiping Army had broken through, so he led a thousand Li family troops to withdraw back to the provincial capital Guilin that night.

The Taiping Army defeated the Qing army and lifted the siege of Yong'an. Then the Taiping Army went north to siege Guilin, the provincial capital.

Guangxi Governor He Jing gathered tens of thousands of remaining Qing troops to defend Guilin City. Zhang Xiaoliu did not dare not to do anything, and led a thousand Li family soldiers to help defend the city.

Fortunately, with the city wall as a support, the Li family army held a sharp musket and shot the Taiping Army from a long distance, causing huge casualties to the Taiping Army.

The Taiping Army fought hard in Guilin City for three days but failed. When they learned that 50,000 Qing troops in Yunnan were reinforced in Guangdong, they were forced to give up Guilin and continue to go north. Unexpectedly, they were intercepted by the Qing army's Jiang Zhongyuan's troops in Quanzhou. The Southern King Feng Yunshan was hit by Qing army artillery fire and died of serious injuries.

On May 20, the Taiping Army jumped out of the Qing army's encirclement, left Guangxi and entered Hunan Province, conquering Daozhou and Chenzhou. The news of the Qing court being unable to block the Taiping Army's rebellion was shocked.

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