Chapter 107 The Powerful Officials Come to Zhao Wou-Ki
"The golden throne in front of the Buddha, the Arhat returns to his position, and subdue the dragon and subdue the tiger..."
"Su Can, you have enjoyed all the wealth and honor in the world and suffered all the sufferings in the world. Now that you have achieved great enlightenment, I will as the seventh generation descendant of Hong Qigong, I will also use the Dream Heart Method to pass on your Dream Arhat Fist. I hope you can use it well."
Su Can suddenly woke up in her sleep and shouted loudly: "Senior."
But the senior is already Yun Shen, who doesn’t know where he is.
Su Can looked around and found only four big words on the ground - the bitterness is over and the sweetness comes.
Clamping his fist and feeling that he had lost his power for almost half a year, even stronger than half a year ago. Su Can could only sigh that things are impermanent.
No one would have thought that a noble son, the second-tier martial arts master in the first year of Xianfeng, would end up becoming a beggar.
What is even more unexpected is that the beggar who had seen him in Guangdong and invited him to enjoy a month in a brothel because he was in a good mood. He turned out to be the elder of the Beggars' Sect, and the seventh generation successor of Hong Qigong.
This beggar senior not only restored his meridians that were broken by Zhao Wuji and broke his dantian, but also taught his magical skills "Sleeping Arhat Fist".
"Senior, just help me kill Zhao Wuji? He killed the leader of the Beggar Gang. He is the enemy of our Beggar Gang. If not, we can join forces and call Elder Mo, and then call one or more.80 million Beggar Gang disciples to go side by side. We don't have to talk about the morality of the world when dealing with a villain like Zhao Wuji."
Su Can failed to get the response from his senior.
Su Can, who was afraid of being beaten by Zhao Wuji, recovered his martial arts and went further, but he still lacked confidence.
Although he can now release his internal strength, it is obvious that compared with someone like Zao Wuji who can release his internal strength a long time ago, there is still a certain gap.
During the melancholy period, Su Can suddenly thought of the election meeting for the leader of the Beggars' Sect to be held in the past few days.
In the past six months, Su Can was forced by Senggelinqin's people to be a beggar in the capital. He and Su's father never thought of returning to Guangzhou. He had offended too many people before when he acted arrogantly in Guangzhou, and he would definitely be killed when he returned.
Although there are Senggelinqin and Zhao Wuji in the capital, they will not really kill their father and son. It is better to live without a single death.
Since he became a beggar, Su Can successfully meet his dream lover Rushuang after some hardships, and joined the Beggars' Sect.
Su Can, whose mentality has long changed, has not slept all day long in the past six months. Relying on his talent and being a martial arts master, he has gained some status in the Beggars' Sect and has taught hundreds of apprentices.
The martial arts are lost, but the experience has not disappeared. I can't beat them but I can teach them.
Su Can, who is about to become the head coach of the Beggars' Gang, is well-informed among the Beggars' Gang.
So Su Can knew very well that the selection meeting for the Beggars' Sect, which had been brewing for half a year in the past few days, was about to begin. According to Elder Mo, who is the same camp as Rushuang, the daughter of the former Beggars' Sect, who can become the leader of the Beggars' Sect, can get the secret book of "Eighteen Palms of the Dragon Subduing" and the Great Return of the Pill, which can greatly increase its internal strength.
"If I had the Great Return of the Dan, my internal strength might be higher than that of Zhao Wuji. In addition, the unique skill of Zhiyang Zhigang "The Eighteen Palms of the Dragon Subduing", there is hope for revenge. If I can take revenge, although I will never be the top scorer again, if I kill Zhao Wuji, the top scorer, wouldn't it be more powerful than the top scorer? That girl Rushuang...hehehe..."
Su Can, who was still thinking about Rushuang, decided to run for the leader of the Beggars' Sect.
After he became the coach, even the middle and senior executives of the Beggars' Sect naturally had this opportunity. However, his martial arts were abolished before, and he would be beaten down when he went up, so he did not sign up.
"Is it too late?"
Just as Su Can rushed back to the temporary headquarters of the Beggars' Sect, Wu Yan finally received news that the Beggars' Sect's help selection meeting was held.
"It's time." Wu Yan said with a smile: "So don't worry, prepare for the troops and daily training."
Hua Tong received the order to leave Wu Yan's tent.
Nearly half a year has passed, Wu Yan's top scholar camp has finally developed. He, the top scholar who was named the first-class guard in the imperial front, has also become a real power faction among the Beijing officials. After all, he has 360 elite soldiers equipped with firearms.
Moreover, Wu Yan's direct superior was Emperor Xianfeng, and even the Ministry of War could not control him.
The nobles and the nobles of the people are inferior to the martial arts. In this era when signs of troubled times have appeared, it is very different.
Therefore, people often come to visit Wu Yan.
"Mr. Zeng, please?"
Wu Yan also signaled to a civil servant in the tent, and his attitude was very polite, which surprised the civil servant.
In terms of level, he is a second-rank official and has also served as the Left Minister of the Ministry of War. Now he is the Left Minister of the Ministry of Justice. He completely crushes Wu Yan, a third-rank first-class guard. However, the county magistrate is not as good as the current officer. He has no chance to meet the saint at any time and is also equal in his attitude when dealing with Wu Yan.
This martial artist seems a bit unusual.
Mr. Zeng, who Wu Yan said, didn’t know that the reason why Wu Yan was very polite to him was not because Wu Yan was a polite person, but because his name was Zeng Guofan.
Zeng Guofan, born in 1811, was a Jinshi in the 18th year of Daoguang (1838). He ranked third in the first grade in the imperial examination. Emperor Daoguang personally selected him as the second-class scholar and was selected as the Hanlin Academy. He was promoted seven times in ten years and became a second-rank official today.
This person's historical evaluation is actually very polarized. Some people think he is a big traitor, saying that he once shaved his head. For his own power and the emperor's trust, he killed countless Han people as a Han man.
Some people also believe that he cultivated himself and disciplined himself, sought officials with virtue, rituals and governance first, and was loyal and political. He was a benchmark figure in the ancient officialdom.
Why are there such a big difference?
In Wu Yan's opinion, it can be completely summarized by using the two sentences of Taizu's future comments on this person.
The first sentence is: I am accustomed to Zeng Wenzheng from the current generation. Seeing that he was able to deal with Hong and Yang, he was perfect, so that he could change his position today, and how could he be as perfect as he did?
This sentence is a good review, and it is so good that it cannot be better.
Not to mention "submitting alone" Zeng Guofan, but to just say that the future Taizu humbly believes that even if "I am in his position at that time, I may not be as perfect as he did", it is enough to prove how high the evaluation of Zeng Guofan is.
The second sentence is: Zeng Guofan is the most powerful figure in the landlord class.
Is this a bad review?
Not counting either.
Many people believe that Zeng Guofan is still a traitor and is a landlord who needs to be defeated, but everyone should understand the principle of seeking his position in his position.
Standing on the shoulders of giants and relying on the vision of future generations created by the development of the times, it should not be used to criticize people created because of the different times and influenced by historical limitations.
Although Zeng Guofan destroyed the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and killed countless Han people, no matter whether he was a Han person or not, he should not look at him from the perspective of the future generations, but from the perspective of the time.
Under the snooping of the great powers, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom suddenly revolted.
As a senior official of the court, did Zeng Guofan go to help the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom?
Hong Xiuquan failed the three college exams and could only be a private school teacher in the village. Then he founded the God Church, claiming to be the son of God and Jesus' younger brother, and replaced Confucius' tablet with the tablet of God, and began to rebel.
He said that everyone was equal, but after the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom occupied Nanjing, he was greedy for enjoyment and fought for power and profit, so the Tianjing Incident occurred, and since then the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has also gone downhill.
Even if Zeng Guofan did not destroy the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom or even defected to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom would not become a climate and would still be wiped out. A capable man like Zeng Guofan would inevitably be forced to escape by Hong Xiuquan like Shi Dakai.
Of course, the historical achievements of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom cannot be denied, but whether it is from the perspective of the future or from the perspective of the time, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom without hope is not much better than the corrupt Qing Dynasty rule, or the feudal monarchy system that has changed the soup and no medicine.
Although Wu Yan was a later generation and had the vision of later generations, he would not think that he must kill Zeng Guofan because Zeng Guofan killed many Han people.
We must look at the essence through the manifestation of things. What made Zeng Guofan criticized not only not happened yet, but the fundamental reason was that the Qing government was still.
Moreover, in Wu Yan's opinion, although Zeng Guofan looked down on the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, this does not mean that Zeng Guofan looked down on his Ming Empire either.
Although his Ming Empire only existed in his imagination, Zeng Guofan had already been designated as one of the cabinet masters of the Ming Empire. The Ming Empire must have been the same as the Ming Dynasty, without the so-called prime minister system, only the cabinet.
There is actually no difference between entering the cabinet and being a minister.
Several other candidates were also Li Hongzhang, Zhang Zhidong, Zuo Zongtang and Wu Yan to prepare to be the four famous officials of the revival of the late Qing Dynasty.
As for Li Hongzhang, who is more famous, he is a scapegoat.
Did Li Hongzhang just want to sign those treason contracts?
It’s not that the Qing government has been too shut down, no one can beat it.
"If someone changed to an ordinary person who came here, I heard that Zhao Wuji had become emperor, and the two assistant ministers under him were Zeng Guofan and Li Hongzhang. Wouldn't he have to call the villains to counterattack?"
Wu Yan thought about these things, and brought Zeng Guofan, who came to ask for advice, out of the camp.
It was already 1852, and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom movement became increasingly powerful. The court had the idea of allowing nobles and gentry to recruit brave camps to suppress the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom movement.
Zeng Guofan had already achieved the ultimate goal. If he wanted to go further, he naturally needed more credit, so he naturally had the idea of forming a brave camp. So he came to ask the top scholar's camp with the idea of not looking at it without looking at it, but not looking at it without money.
This is the only newly formed regular military camp near the capital in recent years.
Zeng Guofan, who is 41 years old, stands beside Zhao Wuji, who is 26 years old, and looks a little old.
Just as he was about to ask how long it would take to assemble the soldiers, Zeng Guofan heard the neat sound of trumpets and the sound of dong and dong, as if someone was beating a drum with a fixed rhythm.
“One, two, one.”
After two rows of tents, a team of soldiers came out neatly.
These soldiers wore Qing hats on the head, had leather armor on the upper body, and were clad in Qing soldiers inside. They were not pedal boots under their feet, but leather boots that looked very novel.
Everyone was carrying a gun on their shoulders, a knife and a short thorn were slanted around their waists, and a blue cloth bag.
When they saw these people, Zeng Guofan's expression was shocked, because not only were these people full of spirits, they looked high-spirited, but everyone's movements were even uniform.
The dong and dong sounds like war drums are the sounds made by these soldiers walking while stepping on the ground.
There were 360 people in a row, with a total of 36 rows. When they all walked up to the school ground, there was no chaos.
When the first 12 rows stopped moving forward, the movements on the feet still did not stop, and continued to maintain the rhythm of one, two, one, and keep pace.
The 24th row behind also bypassed the people in front and separated from each other. The movements were also extremely neat, and the formation was transformed into a row of 30 people, with a total of 12 rows.
"Let's...determine."
Hua Tong, who was riding on the horse, shouted with a small flagpole, and all the sounds disappeared in an instant.
Zeng Guofan was shocked. He had never seen such a coordinated barracks.
This martial arts top scholar Zhao Wuji really has the ability to manage troops?
Wu Yan did not mock Zeng Guofan for being strange and strange. The performance of these people was still far worse than that of the Chinese soldiers in later generations.
When I was walking just now, the gun was a little messy, and the swaying of the knife and the bullet bag at my waist were also disorderly.
It also needs to be practiced more.
Wu Yan asked with a smile: "Mr. Zeng, do you want to join me in the past two days and see how we wiped out the senior leaders of the Beggars' Gang?"
Chapter completed!