"Sir, Concubine Lan is done." Yang Yi habitually found Zhang Jian as soon as possible whenever there was a big event.

"Haha, I think Concubine Lan can only agree, so that Nie Shicheng can turn around." Zhang Jian said with joy:

"Yes, concentrate your efforts and deal with the Japanese Six." The two looked at each other and smiled.

Yang Yi and Zhang Jian originally thought that the Japanese Liu Yixin rebelled in Beijing, and that Xianfeng and his subordinates should not be spared. Unexpectedly, Concubine Lan and Prince Zaichun came out. The situation changed dramatically. Due to this change, Nie Shicheng's departure from the customs to rectify the Northeast was not so urgent. As long as he took Beijing, he praised Zaichun as the emperor and controlled it, the imperial edict would be at his fingertips, and the three northeastern provinces would be at their fingertips. There was no need to beat him and waste ammunition. The Northeastern region was in

Yang Yi has a very high status in his mind. The Northeast can be used as a grain base and an industrial base. The Northeast has many coal mine resources, rich iron ore resources, and large areas of forests. The most important thing is that Daqing's oil is all necessary factors for future construction. With the emperor in his hands, many of the difficulties that were originally present are much more convenient to solve now. The key problem at present is to concentrate all forces and annihilate the Japanese 6 with the fastest time.

Since the general policy has been determined, the remaining details must be discussed. After all, Beijing is a famous historical city, and there are many ancient buildings and cultural relics. How to fight is a difficult problem. According to the conventional fighting method, with a round of artillery fire, the city of Beijing has become ruins. Yang Yi was pulling Zhang Jian to discuss how to fight Beijing. Yu Xin came in and walked to Yang Yi and said, "Sir, Li Xiucheng has come."

"Thank you for your hard work. Mr. Yu." Yang Yi took the letter and opened it. After reading it, Yang Yi slapped the table and said happily: "What a Li Xiucheng, I really read it right." Zhang Jian heard it and quickly went over to read the letter. Zhang Jian was also happy after reading it, and said excitedly: "This Li Xiucheng is indeed a handsome guy. He is doing this beautifully and saves us a lot of trouble. Don't say that, he is not sure at this time, for fear of being scolded by the adults."

Yang Yi smiled and said, "I will write a sentence in the letter, and the things are done beautifully."

Zhang Jian suddenly remembered something and said to Yang Yi with a serious expression: "Chen Yucheng is resistant to giving up Guangzhou. He received his letter yesterday, and he advocated rejecting the enemy outside the country's gate. He had objections to retreat to Shaoguan."

Yang Yi's heart sank when he heard this. He was still smiling just now, but now he can't see it. Yang Yi turned around the room and turned to Zhang Jian and said, "This Chen Yucheng, after winning several battles, I don't know the depth. What did he say in his letter?"

Zhang Jian replied: "That is the letter that all the seized foreigners' materials have been transported to the north. He can give up in Hong Kong, but Guangzhou has the danger of Humen, so he can guard it. If you asked him to build fortifications in Shaoguan, he built a fortress in Humen."

"Nonsense!" Yang Yi slapped the table suddenly and said angrily: "This Chen Yucheng, tell him that although there are not many foreign main battleships, each main battleship has more than 200 artillery pieces. As long as there are five such battleships, it can cover the Humen continuously. You let him understand that he is going to guard Humen. If Humen is lost, Guangzhou is within the range of British ship artillery fire. What will he use to defend Guangzhou?" Yang Yi became more and more excited and waved his hand.

"Sir, do you think you are sending someone else to Guangzhou?" Zhang Jian asked carefully: Yang Yixin said: "Who will send? Send Liu Mingchuan? What should I do if I can't figure it out? In short, I have to do it if I can't figure it out." Zhang Jian thought for a while and said with a worried expression: "Sir, since ancient times, I will be away from home. I think it's better to send someone to supervise it." Yang Yi thought for a while and said: "I have always hired people without doubt. Sending people will cause misunderstandings. The gentleman wrote a letter to Chen Yucheng as I said. I think he should understand my painstaking efforts. Besides, there is a shortage of people everywhere, and I have no one to send them." Zhang Jian thought for a while and said: "It's all that I can do. I'll calm down Chen Yucheng."

Zhang Jian’s worries are not unreasonable. Chen Yucheng did not do it completely according to Yang Yi’s opinion. This has had a huge impact on Yang Yi’s future invasion of the coalition forces. This is a later story and will be explained later.

Let’s first talk about the grain grabbing operation of the Japanese Sixth. From the counties, towns and villages around Beijing, hundreds of thousands of kilograms of grain were obtained in a few days. Yi Xin not only robbed outside the city, but also controlled all the grain shops in Beijing. According to Master Zhou’s plan, Beijing City has implemented a grain rationing system from now on. In addition to getting food, Master Zhou also took his men all day to supervise the city defense preparations in Beijing City, and collected a large number of civilians to prepare equipment to defend the city.

After receiving Yang Yi's reply, Li Xiucheng felt a rock in his heart. In order to stabilize Yi Xin in Beijing, Li Xiucheng not only did not stop the Qing army that came out of Qing food, but also pretended to be insufficient troops and withdrew from Tongzhou with his troops, leaving more room for the Japanese to move.

Six days later, Nie Shicheng, who was out of the pass from north to the pass, was ordered to return to Chengde, and the main forces in Tianjin were also in place. After Yang Yi and Li Xiucheng contacted, they ordered the entire army to begin to shrink their siege of Beijing. It was already winter, and the first snow of this winter fell in Beijing. As the new army stepped up its oppression of Beijing, the Qing army in the city completely retreated back to the city. The new army also completed the initial siege of Beijing. On the night when the first snow fell, Yang Yi and Li Xiucheng met in Tongzhou.

After the successful meeting of the new army in the north and south, Yang Yi and Concubine Lan met again. This time, they met to determine the year name of the young emperor and the title of Concubine Lan, and to prepare for the young emperor's ascendance to the throne.

The first two times Yang Yi and Concubine Lan met at night, and this time was no exception. However, the time of the meeting was chosen at night because of Concubine Lan's insistence. The room was illuminated by candles, and Concubine Lan seemed to have made careful preparations for this meeting and dressed up very much. Although the weather was much colder, because of the tinted braziers in the room, it didn't feel cold, but instead it was a little hot. Concubine Lan wore a white robe with white flowers on her head, which was to bring filial piety to Emperor Xianfeng. Concubine Lan had some makeup on her face. If she didn't pay attention, she thought it was because the brazier was too hot, and her rosy and pink face became more charming against the backdrop of a filial piety uniform.

"I plan to let the prince ascend the throne in Chengde first. The country cannot have a king for a day." The atmosphere in the room was very warm, and the light of the red candle made the atmosphere even more strange. Yang Yi was obviously not prepared for the enthusiasm that burst out from Concubine Lan's eyes. After coming in, he immediately went straight to the point. Since Yang Yi came in, Concubine Lan seemed a little absent-minded and looked at Yang Yi with her eyes, and the fire was almost spitting out of her eyes.

"I don't understand these things, so you can make a decision." Concubine Lan looked indifferent. It seemed that what she said had nothing to do with her. Yang Yi has always been soft but not hard, and Concubine Lan's trick really made Yang Yi a little unable to bear it. Yang Yi didn't want to stay here for a moment, and immediately continued: "About the emperor's reign, I discussed it with the people below, and it was called "Tongzhi", which means that the king and his ministers are united and governing the world together." Perhaps because of nervousness, Yang Yi said quickly.

"Okay, you can do it." Concubine Lan suddenly lowered her head. Just as Concubine Lan lowered her head, Yang Yi saw a trace of resentful gaze in her eyes. Yang Yi suddenly woke up and thought to himself that this woman is Cixi. Can I have any other thoughts about her? No, with the nature of this woman, I must make trouble in the future. After thinking about everything, Yang Yi's tone became cold, and his eyes also looked at Concubine Lan and said, "As for you, Concubine Lan, your title is Cixi." Without waiting for Cixi to react, Yang Yi turned around and left this room and left this terrible woman. This was the meeting this time.

After Yang Yi left, Cixi suddenly collapsed on the chair, and her eyes became dull. Graceful, Cixi's eyes were filled with hatred and resentment, and she cursed something silently in her mouth. This time, Cixi originally planned to be his woman as long as Yang nodded. After sarcasm and contact with Yang Yi, Cixi was already deeply infatuated with the handsome and heroic Yang Yi. In Cixi's view, her charm should make Yang Yi moved. Unexpectedly, she had prepared everything carefully and could not seduce Yang Yi. The failed Cixi was from shame to anger, and from resentment to Yang Yi.

In this winter, under the control of Yang Yi, the prince Zaichun announced his succession to the throne in Chengde, and Concubine Lan was promoted to the empress dowager. Concubine Lan, who became the empress dowager, took out the jade seal and issued an edict, and named Yang Yi as the king of political affairs, the chief military officer, and the rank of general. In the future, Yang Yi would be exempted from performing all etiquettes when he went to court. Yang Yi was fully responsible for the extermination of the traitor, the devil Liu Yixin. When the war in Beijing ended, the young emperor would return to Beijing. A big battle inside and outside the city of Beijing was about to begin.

The battle preparations were carried out in full swing outside Beijing, and Shanghai was also actively preparing for the battle in Beijing. Ships of supplies were loaded northward.

Men are working hard outside, women cannot see their husbands at home, and they live a uncomfortable life. Now there is a boat heading north, and several women are thinking about following the boat to Beijing.

In Shanghai, Yang Yi’s home, perhaps because Yang Yi was not at home, several women sat together bored and chatted casually.
Chapter completed!