Chapter 309 Today is not what it used to be
Yi Zhizu naturally does not want Lin Zexu to be transferred away. If a Manchu person becomes the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, it will definitely not be a good thing for Yuan Qi, and it is even very likely to force Yuan Qi to rebel. However, the appointment and removal of local officials, especially those at the level of the governor, is completely arbitrary in the holy heart, all within the thought of Daoguang. What can he do?
Moreover, Han generals have always been a taboo for the court to control local armed forces, and there is basically no room for correction. Thinking of this, he glanced at Guan Tianpei. The relationship between the navy admiral and Yuan Qi Tuanlian must be close in the court, and I am afraid that there is a possibility of being transferred.
Seeing that he didn't say anything for a long time, Guan Tianpei tentatively said: "Yuanqi Tuanlian has become a military commander of the imperial court, and is content to become a minister of the Tuanlian. Do you have room for maneuver?"
Even so, it would be useless. Yi Zhizu pondered for a moment and said, "The military gate does not need to worry. With these two great victories, even if Lin Butang is transferred from Guangdong and Guangxi, he should be promoted."
The reason is this principle, but the sage intention is hard to predict. Who knows what Daoguang thought? Guan Tianpei pondered for a moment before saying, "The British Yi suffered two consecutive defeats, lost their troops and lost more than half of the troops. Will the battle stop here?"
"The main force of the British army is the navy, not the army." Yi Zhizu said slowly: "On the surface, the troops are more than half of their losses, but in fact, the navy's strength has not lost much, but it can be said that its strength remains." After a pause, he continued: "Of course, so many British troops were captured, which is enough to strike the British army's arrogance. They may temporarily change their methods to resolve the war through negotiations.
However, the Qing Dynasty and England were typical of a common talk. It was impossible for both sides to negotiate. Moreover, in the two great victory, the emperor and ministers in the court would think that the British were just like this. It is unlikely to compromise with the British. If the negotiations are not appropriate, then we can only continue to fight.
The ban on smoking in Guangzhou and the Guangdong Navy's successive victory added a lot of reputation and prestige to Linbutang. As long as the dispute with England was not resolved perfectly, the court would not and dare not demote Linbutang."
After hearing what he said, Guan Tianpei was completely relieved. He was closely related to Lin Zexu. Lin Zexu was fine, so he naturally wouldn't have any trouble.
After Yi Zhizu said that, he raised his telescope to check the situation of Huangpu Port. The port was covered with dark heads. He pondered for a moment before saying, "I won't go to Huangpu Port anymore. I will put a small boat on my way back to Xiguan. I will go to the Governor's Office to pay a visit to Linbutang tomorrow morning."
"How can this be achieved?" Guan Tianpei said without hesitation: "The main purpose of regaining Dinghai is to be content, and Linbutang welcomes it is also content."
"This formation is too big, beyond my expectations." Yi Zhizu said slowly: "This time, the recovery of Dinghai is promoted to the outside world, not the Yuanqi group training. We cannot overturn the main players. Besides, the Yuanqi group training is better now. If you don't restrain yourself, it will be detrimental to Linbutang. There are so many officials to greet you. I am also embarrassed."
After hearing what he said, Guan Tianpei was not willing to force himself, and said, "Then you are content."
Yi Zhizu turned around and ordered the communication soldiers, saying, "I will order the fleet to enter the port, and all regiments and soldiers are not allowed to get off the ship or go to the deck. After the ceremony, they will change the ship and return to the military camp."
As the fleet entered the port, the harbor was cheering like a wave, one after another, Guan Tianpei stood at the bow of the ship, feeling a little weak. He had never received such enthusiastic cheers from the people throughout his life, and all of this should belong to the Yuanqi group training and easy to satisfy.
As soon as the boat landed, Lin Zexu met the dock. Guan Tianpei quickly walked over the springboard and stepped forward and bowed, "I'm lucky that I will not be humiliated."
Lin Zexu smiled and said, "Where is Yishisu?"
Guan Tianpei hurriedly said, "Returning to the master of the Ministry, Yi Zhizu said that the Yuanqi group training should not be ostentatious. He has left on a small boat and has made the Yuanqi group bravely go up the deck and land on the shore."
This kid returned with a great victory and was able to think so carefully. Lin Zexu praised secretly, without saying much, and immediately moved away from his side, so that all the civil and military officials in Guangzhou could come forward to congratulate him.
Yi Zhizu left the fleet on a small boat and did not go back to Xiguan directly, but went to Wu's Garden. He did not report to the person first, and the boat docked at the wharf of Wu's backyard. When he came to the shore, the Wu's manager realized that he was coming. He hurriedly sent someone to inform him and rushed forward to show respect.
Yi Zhizu didn't talk much nonsense and asked directly: "Can Mr. Pinghu be in the mansion?"
"Here." The manager hurriedly said: "The old man is in Yanhui Building, the fourth master went to Huangpu Port, and the young master Changqing was in a bad mood and was also in the garden."
Wu Changqing was afraid that he was heartbroken, so he smiled contentedly and said, "Take me to see Mr. Pinghu."
When he heard that Yi Zhizu was coming, Wu Changqing ran and rushed over, and whispered loudly as soon as he met: "Congratulations to Brother Zhizu for returning in triumphant return."
Yi Zhizu looked him up and down and said with a smile: "I heard that Changqing is not feeling well, so it's okay."
"What's wrong with it? I just don't want to join the fun in Huangpu. I can't speak from a distance." Wu Changqing smiled. During this expedition to Dinghai, the thirteen-party children only went to two of them, so he naturally didn't go. The army went on an expedition to attack Dinghai County occupied by the British army. That was not a joke. Although he had confidence in Yi Zhizu, he was unwilling to take that risk. The soldiers were fierce and the war could happen. What's more, the Yuanqi Group had only been training for half a year. It was fake. If you don't want Yi Zhizu, you won the battle and recovered Dinghai without any effort.
He couldn't help regretting the victory after hearing the news, but he didn't care much. He knew very well that no one would lose his credit if Yi Quzu was missing. He was open-minded about this. As he said, he said strangely: "Why haven't Brother Quzu gone to Huangpu?"
Yi Zhizu smiled and said, "Like Changqing, I don't want to join in that fun."
"Brother Zhizu is not joining in the fun, you are the real master today."
"Today's main man is the military gate." Yi Zhizu smiled and said, "It's better to train Yuanqi teams."
The two of them talked all the way into Yanhui Tower. When they looked up, they saw Wu Bingjian standing on the steps. Yi Zhizu quickly walked forward and bowed and smiled, "How dare you please the Prince of Pinghu to welcome him?"
"Sincere goes to the danger personally, earn this supreme glory for Yuanqi and the Wu family, and I will welcome you with you." Wu Bingjian showed a rare smile, and said as he reached out to give in and said, "Sincere, please."
When he entered the house and sat down, Wu Bingjian asked with concern: "I heard that there were not many casualties."
"It's really not big." Yi Zhizu nodded and said, "There are only a hundred casualties."
"That's good, that's good." Wu Bingjian smiled with relief: "Since ancient times, killing one thousand enemies and losing eight hundred of them, it is enough to kill such a small casualties, recover Dinghai and capture thousands of British people. It is really beyond my expectations. If you don't want to be content, you are still a rare general."
"Your boy can't afford to praise you so much." Yi Zhizu smiled and said, "This battle is a great victory, all the power of firearms."
"It is especially rare to be content with such an age and not arrogant." Wu Bingjian changed his mind, "Where is Linbutang, who is also a plan to reply like this?"
Yi Zhizu nodded and said, "This time the Guan Army went on a war with the army and witnessed the siege of the siege of the siege. The Yuanqi siege's firearms are so powerful that they cannot be concealed. However, I will say that they are the latest firearms purchased from Citigroup. I think they should be able to pass it perfunctorily."
"It's not easy to get over it." Wu Bingjian shook his head slightly, pondering for a moment, and then he said in a deep voice: "The two roads in front of him either have to be respectful and eventually be forced to rebel, or surrender the Yuanqi regiment training. Which road is he qualified to choose?"
"Supply." Yi Zhizu said without hesitation: "I have already released a rumor to the military gates of the city. I hope Lin Butang will be the Minister of the League Training."
Minister of the League Training? Wu Bingjian changed his mind and nodded with satisfaction, saying, "I am content to go to Dinghai. I don't know how much worries my family is. Don't delay here, hurry back home."
Yi Zhizu was not pretentious, so he immediately stood up and bowed to his goodbye. Wu Changqing kept sending him to the dock and watched him leave, then hurried back to Yanhui Tower. When he saw Wu Bingjian, he said in confusion: "Grandpa, the Yuanqi group training was trained by Yi Zhizu. Could it be that he just handed over to the court?"
Wu Bingjian took a sip of tea slowly and said, "What do you think?"
Wu Changqing was thinking about this all the way, and immediately said without hesitation: "The Yuanqi regiment was handed over to the court, which was nothing more than a gesture. No one could take away the Yuanqi regiment, because the Yuanqi regiment was all Yuanqi staff members, and most of the officers were students of Yuanqi Yixue, and they were loyal to Yuanqi to Yishizu.
What my grandson was worried about was that those officials were not all cashing in. They knew that they could not completely control the Yuanqi group training. They would use secret tricks, either to lose all the Yuanqi group training, or to disintegrate them, and transfer them to other places, so that Yuanqi could not control it."
Wu Bingjian looked at him with praise and said, "I have thought carefully and have made great progress in the past two years. But if you think about it again, why is Yi Jingzu not afraid?"
Wu Changqing immediately stopped saying a word. Indeed, he could even consider this level. Yi Zhizu had no reason to consider it. Why was Yi Zhizu not afraid? After a while, he said: "The Qing Dynasty and British Geely failed, so the court would not cut off its own wings?"
Wu Bingjian said slightly: "The Yuanqi regiment won both battles and has shown its strength to fight against the British army. The war has not stopped. The court still relies on the Yuanqi regiment, especially the officials of Guangzhou. Now they have regarded the Yuanqi regiment as their basis and put all the hope of defending Guangzhou on the Yuanqi regiment.
Furthermore, the firearms and ammunition used by Yuanqituan Practitioner were scorpions shit in our Qing Dynasty. No matter where Yuanqituan Practitioner was transferred, they had to rely on Yuanqi to supply ammunition, otherwise the battle would not be possible. In addition, Guangzhou officials would not be happy to transfer Yuanqituan Practitioner to other provinces in order to protect themselves."
After a pause, he continued: "Yi Zhizu has never lacked ambition. How can the Yuanqi Group Training, which has worked hard, be handed over easily? He wants to establish a huge company like the British East India Company, which is backed by force. Now, handing over the Yuanqi Group Training is just a stopgap measure, and he has his own sense of responsibility."
Wu Changqing nodded. Yi Zhizu is not a person who can easily suffer losses. There is no need to worry. As the grandfather and grandson were talking, Wu Shaorong rushed back. After he bowed to the courtesy, Wu Bingjian said, "Is it done so soon?"
"The real master Yi Zhizu has no sign, so he will naturally disperse quickly." Wu Shaorong asked, "I heard that Zhizu has come."
Wu Changqing said: "He didn't go to Huangpu, come to see the grandpa first."
"He is intent." Wu Shaorong said as he looked at Wu Bingjian, and said, "The child has always not understood why his father strongly supported the establishment of Yuanqi Yixue and the establishment of Yuanqi Business Protection Group?"
Wu Bingjian pondered for a while before speaking: "A hundred-year-old dynasty, a thousand-year-old family, I believe that Yi Qun is capable of making the Wu family aristocratic family that will last for thousands of years."
Wu Shaorong said in a deep voice: "Father is not afraid of Yi Shizuo's rebellion and dragging down our Wu family."
Wu Bingjian said with a stern face and a hoarse voice: "Do you don't believe in being a father or do you don't believe in Yishizu?"
Listening to these dry words without any emotion, Wu Shaorong couldn't help but suffocate. He could hear the anger in this sentence, pondered for a moment, and then he said: "That can't hand over the rise and fall of the Wu family into the hands of an outsider. Yuanqi Group Training cannot be controlled by Yi Zhishu."
"Hmph." Wu Bingjian snorted coldly and said, "If you want to get involved in Yuanqi Group Training, do you ask yourself if you have the ability? You are neither the opponent of the officials of the court nor the opponent of Yishizu. Yuanqi Group Training had been dealt with by Yishizu, so you'd better take advantage of the idea of dying." As he said, he looked at Wu Changqing and said, "From today on, those warships will be allocated to Changqing's name."
After hearing this, Wu Changqing was stunned and hesitated: "My grandson doesn't understand military affairs and is not interested."
Wu Bingjian said expressionlessly: "I didn't expect you to lead the troops and actively assist Yi Zhizu. The situation is not clear at the moment, so I will not allow my children to board the ship."
"The grandson understands." Wu Changqing responded quickly.
Wu Shaorong couldn't help but be stunned. Unexpectedly, the result was the result. However, he understood the following sentence. Whether it was the warships or the Yuanqi regiment, the Wu family would be better off clearing their relationship. The current situation is still hard to say. It seems that the court is very afraid of Yuanqi regiment.
When he returned to Xiguan, Yi Zhizu did not go to Leiyuan, but rushed straight to Yifu. He had been out for more than half a month and led his troops to fight again. The two elders of Yifu didn't know what they were worried about, so he naturally had to rush back to pay his respects to the two elders first.
Yi Zhizu is now different from the past. Everyone knows that the imperial court will inevitably reward him. He is already the fourth-rank top. Even if he is not awarded a real position, he will be rewarded with a third-rank virtual title. This is the highest virtual title that a businessman can obtain. How old is he?
When the third young master returned to his home, Yi Mansion was busy. He saw a green cloth sedan chair falling outside the door. The housekeeper Su Yunqing quickly walked up and greeted him. As soon as Yi was satisfied, he bowed and said, "Young congratulations to the third young master for defeating Yingyi, recovering Dinghai, and promoting the prestige of the Qing Dynasty."
Yi Zhizu smiled, "Why should my family be so bragging?" He looked up and saw that the door of the mansion was wide open, and he was speechless, "Why should I be so serious when I return to my house?"
"Return to the Third Young Master." Su Yun smiled lightly and said, "This is what the master ordered. The Third Young Master will return home to shine on his lintel. This should be the case."
As he spoke, Yi Zhishu, the eldest son of the Yi family, walked out quickly. Seeing him going out to greet him, Yi Zhizu quickly walked forward and bowed, "How dare you go out to welcome your brother?"
Chapter completed!