Chapter 185: Su Ye's Fierce Attack

Chapter 185 A big deal! Su Yi’s fierce blow!

The emperor said coldly: "Don't you mean that after his family disappeared, he lost all his weaknesses?

"Don't you just want to say that Su Yi has become a military leader like Zeng Guofan?"

"Don't you just want to say that the court will coax Su Yi from now on?"

Sushun said: "Your Majesty, I don't mean that. Su Yi may be different from Zeng Guofan, or he may be different from Zeng Guofan."

"We should be quiet and not move. After all, we are the center of the imperial court, Su Yi is the local feudal lord, and we control the political high ground."

The emperor said: "Du Han, what do you think?"

Du Han said: "What Su Zhongtang said is right, but the nature of what follows is completely different. We need to treat Su Yi as a person like Zeng Guofan."

"However, we cannot be too passive."

"This time, Su Yi caught us off guard, but we also discovered a characteristic of him. This person cares about the hearts and minds of the people."

"Actually, after the news came that the imperial envoy's fleet was robbed and killed, he could have evacuated the whole family, but he did not do that."

"The eldest son of Dexing A and the third son of Weng Tongshu hired desperadoes to attack Su Yi's residence and kill his family members in revenge. We chose to protect these two people, and Su Yi wrote a letter to express our disappointment."

"Afterwards, two hundred infantry soldiers led by the Yamen surrounded Su Yi's residence, but the Su family members were still assassinated."

"One of the assassins even acted in the name of rebelling against Hong Renli. They forced Su Yi to hand over the traitor Wei Jun, otherwise the assassination of Su Yi's family members would never stop."

"So, Su Yi was forced to evacuate all his family members from the capital. In this way, he stood on a high ground."

"What people say now is that Qin Hui is in the imperial court and he is going to persecute his loyal minister Yue Fei."

"In the eyes of the people in the capital, it was the imperial court's inaction that could not protect Su Yi's family, so Su Yi moved his family members away."

"No one would regard him as having any ulterior motives in removing his family members, and no one would think that he had a guilty conscience."

The emperor said: "Go on."

Du Han said: "After Su Yi evacuates his family, it means that he has lost patience with the court and will become a person like Zeng Guofan. But... even if he becomes a person like Zeng Guofan, so what?"

"Zeng Guofan had tens of thousands of Hunan troops, but Su Yi had none."

"Even if he is as powerful as Zeng Guofan, the emperor can issue an edict and remove him as the governor of Hubei, and still let him go home to Ding You."

"The Emperor is the True Dragon Emperor. He is supreme. With just an edict, Su Yi, the governor of Jiangxi, can be completely dismissed. Su Yi will have no power to resist."

"If the emperor decrees that Su Yi be dismissed, what can he do? Rebellion? Then his reputation will be ruined."

Of course everyone knows this.

However, now Su Yi has gained the hearts and minds of the people at the bottom of the capital.

The rumors outside became more and more intense, and they all compared Su Yi to Yue Fei, and the important ministers of the court to Qin Hui.

Su Yi has made countless meritorious deeds. If you remove him as the governor of Jiangxi for no reason, how can you stop the world from talking about it?

What's more, there are hundreds of thousands of people in the capital who share a common interest with Su Yi.

Of course, even so.

It doesn't matter if he goes against the will of hundreds of thousands of people and forcibly removes Su Yi.

But the key is that we are signing a treaty that is humiliating and humiliating our country. This is the moment when the court's public opinion is at its most vulnerable.

Removing Su Yi at this time will completely add fuel to the fire of public opinion.

"So I think it is too passive to wait passively for Su Yi to make a move." Du Han said: "I suggest dividing the troops into two groups."

"First, we also created public opinion in the capital, but now everyone knows that the robbery of the imperial fleet was a treasonous act, and their heads are hanging out. We want to say that Su Yi colluded with treason, and no one believes it. Because everyone in the world thinks that the person who is most hated for being rebellious is Su Yi."

"But there is one thing that can be used. Su Yi borrowed five million taels of silver from hundreds of thousands of people and promised to distribute 20% of the income every year. Now the one-year deadline is coming. At this time, many people in the capital are spreading the word, saying that their My son is living a good life in Jiujiang and has bought fertile land at half price, so he doesn’t need the bonus money.”

"This is obviously Su Yi who is trying to prevent people from taking the dividends because he can no longer afford the money."

"However, those who have sons in Jiujiang are in the minority after all. The majority of the remaining people are still eager to get these two cents of red silver."

"But according to relevant information, Su Yi is very short of money right now. Jiujiang's prosperity is entirely dependent on borrowed money. The money may be cut off at any time. It is extremely difficult to use this one million taels of silver as dividends."

"So I sent people to spread the word in the capital that Su Yi's more than 10 million taels of silver filled a bottomless pit, and the hard-earned money of hundreds of thousands of people was wasted. This is a complete scam. The year is coming soon. , Su Yi will definitely not be able to hand over the one million taels of silver as scheduled. "

"Once the dividends cannot be distributed as scheduled, it means that Su Yi has no money and all the borrowed money has been spent."

"Those 20,000 immigrants went to Jiujiang and got benefits and bribes from Su Ye, so of course they spoke for Su Ye. But most of them only got a land deed that they couldn't cultivate, and they couldn't get their money back at all. They were deceived. Yes, this is a typical scam.”

"If you repeat this kind of rumor ten or a hundred times, it will work."

"It can discredit the people's hearts in the capital. After all, these hundreds of thousands of people lent money to Su Ye with their coffins, so they are afraid of losing all their money."

"In addition, the contract in Tianjin has been almost negotiated, and the foreigners are about to withdraw their troops. We can still test Su Ye."

"Demote Su Ye's first-class marquis to a first-class light chariot!"

"If Su Ye doesn't accept it, it means he is disobeying the imperial order. If he accepts it, he will be demoted little by little, just like what Emperor Yongzheng did to Nian Gengyao."

"Of course, the order is not important. The key is the person who is sent to convey it."

"Don't Su Ye and Zenglu have a good relationship? Then send him to convey the order this time."

The emperor immediately understood the power of Du Han's plan.

On the surface, it is a small chess move.

But the meaning inside is very vicious and almost unsolvable.

So, the emperor nodded and said, "Let's do it, but Zenglu alone is not enough, we need to add one more person."

Su Ye evacuated his family from the capital, but the emperor still broke his defense.

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The next day!

The emperor found Zenglu and asked him to go to Jiujiang to convey the imperial edict to Su Ye.

This poem is also very tricky. If you, Su Ye, want to get angry and kill the imperial envoy, Zenglu is your good friend.

Why don't you kill him?

"I obey the order!" Zenglu's eyes were filled with tears

Then, he left the capital with a few guards and went to Tongzhou, and went down the canal again.

Not only that!

Another little eunuch was sent to go south with Zenglu to convey the order, Gui'er.

Former Su Ye's book boy.

The relationship between this person and Su Ye is even closer.

As for the relationship between him and Su Ye, it was originally very secret. But as Su Ye became more prosperous and attracted everyone's attention, his former book boy relationship with Gui'er was still discovered.

Of course, this is nothing, after all, Su Ye was just a poor man at that time.

But something happened later.

Not long ago, he left Concubine Yi, and An Dehai took his place and became the chief eunuch beside Concubine Yi.

Of course, let's not talk about these past events.

But, the move of letting Zenglu and Gui'er pass on the imperial edict to Su Ye seems small and ordinary on the surface.

But inside, it is very vicious and very clever.

Didn't the rebels say before that they would kill the official ships of the Qing court on the canal section indiscriminately?

If you, Su Ye, had not colluded with the rebels, then the official ship of Zenglu and Gui'er who passed on the imperial edict would still be robbed and killed this time.

But...

If Zenglu and Gui'er's official ship was not robbed and killed, it would prove that the rebels were selective in robbing and killing.

Your friends, Su Ye, would not be robbed and killed.

You still say that you did not collude with the rebels?

So, when Zenglu left the palace.

He looked up at the sky, full of despair.

He knew that the emperor hated him, because every bad news was reported by him.

Wang Chenggui was cunning. As the chief eunuch, he rushed to report every good news.

And every bad news was handed over to Zenglu.

Of course, Zenglu could also refuse, but he felt that he had followed the emperor since the Qiandi Palace, and it was necessary to accompany the emperor through the most difficult times.

But every time he reported bad news, it was like a mourning bird, which made the emperor disgusted with him.

In Zenglu's view, there were only two results for him.

Either he, Zenglu, died.

Or he lived to convey the imperial edict, and then the dirty water of collusion and rebellion was thrown on Su Ye.

Du Han was really vicious.

This group of people had no way to deal with foreigners, but their methods against their own people were really vicious and powerful.

Zenglu even thought that even if he committed suicide, it would be useless.

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A few days later!

Jiangxi Governor Su Ye presented a memorial.

"The first thing is to recommend Li Si, the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple, as the prefect of Jiujiang."

Li Si was already unlucky. Although he was not dismissed from office, he had already closed the door to reflect on his mistakes.

Because the assassins who attacked Su Ye's house that night were tried by three judges, and it turned out that they were instigated by the sons of De Xing'a and Weng Tongshu, the Military Affairs Office ordered the case to be kept completely confidential and destroyed.

However, the truth of the case was still leaked.

There were many people present, and anyone could have leaked it.

But in the eyes of the Military Affairs Office, Li Si had a good relationship with Su Ye, and he had the greatest suspicion.

Therefore, the Censorate impeached Li Si and used all the old things to convict him.

And Li Si, a man of great loyalty, must have made many mistakes in the officialdom.

So, he closed the door and thought about it.

Unexpectedly, Su Ye actually wrote a memorial to recommend Li Si to take over as the prefect of Jiujiang.

The court was a little confused.

This... what time is it now?

You don't even have time to avoid suspicion?

Everyone knows that you, Su Ye, evacuated your family silently, which completely angered the emperor.

It was decided before that as long as the foreign barbarians completely withdrew their troops, they would attack you.

Now the foreign barbarians have not yet withdrawn their troops, but they are already eager to warm up and prepare for the next step of taking you down completely.

At this time, you can't even protect yourself, but you still want to recommend others?

Moreover, in the memorial.

Su Ye not only requested this matter, but also a second one.

He said that there are too few troops in Jiangxi now. The entire Ganzhen Green Camp has less than 10,000 people, which cannot cope with the threat of rebellion.

Therefore, Su Ye requested to organize militia training to expand the army.

This request made the emperor and the entire court speechless.

What are you doing, Su Ye? Do you still think nothing happened?

When your family was in the capital, did everyone have some buffer?

Now in the eyes of the emperor, you are already half a traitor.

At least, Zeng Guofan is more reliable than you.

But at this time in the court, the emperor's attitude towards Su Ye became more peaceful.

"Let's discuss the memorial of Su Ye, the governor of Jiangxi."

"Is it appropriate and proper for him to recommend Li Si, the junior minister of the Dali Temple, as the prefect of Jiujiang?"

"Minister of Personnel Kuang Yuan, what do you think?"

Military Minister Kuang Yuan stepped out and said, "Your Majesty, I think it's inappropriate! Li Si was cruel during his time in the Dali Temple. He liked to use torture to force confessions. A few years ago, he privately used castration on Zhang Yuzhao. Once such a cruel official became the prefect of Jiujiang, I don't know how many unjust, false and wrong cases there will be, and how many confessions will be forced."

Well, now you bring up the fact that Zhang Yuzhao was castrated again.

Why didn't you say it before?

Shen Baoer has been slept with by Su Ye hundreds of times, but you brought this up.

Then the emperor looked at Tian Yugong again and asked, "Dali Temple, this Li Si is your subordinate, what do you think?"

This question was a bit hurtful, as everyone knew that Tian Yugong was once Su Ye's political ally.

Tian Yugong stepped out of the line, remained silent for a long time, and said, "Your Majesty, I also think it is inappropriate."

Next, several ministers stepped out of the line and said that Su Ye's recommendation was not appropriate.

The emperor said, "Then this matter will be put on hold for the time being."

The position of Jiujiang prefect was temporarily vacant.

The court and the emperor were unwilling to let Su Ye's people take the position.

No one dared to send other people to take the position.

Next, the emperor said, "What about the governor of Jiangxi who said he wanted to organize militia to deal with the threat of rebellion?"

Su Ye made it very clear in this memorial.

Now, with the rise of Chen Yucheng, Li Xiucheng, Lin Qirong and others in the rebellion, and the extreme loyalty of these three people to Hong Xiuquan, Shi Dakai has been completely suppressed.

Therefore, after experiencing the dramatic changes, the top leaders of the rebellion have become more united.

The rebels who have solved their internal problems are sharpening their knives and are planning to expand everywhere. Please pay attention to the court.

After Wang Shiqing's new army was transferred from Jiujiang to the Jiangbei camp, Jiangxi was empty of troops, so he applied for militia training to avoid Jiangxi being at a loss when the rebels sent troops in the future.

Let you organize militia training at this time?

Let you expand the army?

What a big joke?

Now there is another signal in the court.

Will Wang Shiqing's new army return to Jiujiang?

Once they go back, it means that Su Ye's ambition is obvious.

This is the emperor's new army. Without the will of the court, they cannot leave the station. You let him return to Jiujiang, which is tantamount to treason.

Next, the ministers in the court once again came forward to refute Su Ye's memorial.

Jiangxi already has enough troops, with nearly 10,000 Green Camp troops and nearly 20,000 troops under Hu Linyi.

It is more than enough to defend against rebellion.

Therefore, Su Ye's proposal to organize militia training to expand the army is completely unnecessary.

Next.

Shuntian Prefecture Governor stepped out and said: "Your Majesty, recently dozens of people came to Shuntian Prefecture to file a complaint, saying that Jiangxi Governor Su Ye borrowed their money, and the promised first-year dividend period has expired, but there is still no news. They are worried that their life savings have been defrauded, so they came to Shuntian Prefecture to file a complaint."

The emperor frowned and said: "Is the first-year dividend period coming soon?"

Du Han said: "Yes, it will be coming soon, in a few days."

The emperor said: "Su Ye didn't mention this matter, and didn't send anyone to Beijing to handle this matter?"

Du Han said: "No."

Then he said: "Your Majesty, this is about the life savings of more than 100,000 people. If Su Ye doesn't pay dividends after the deadline, the political reputation of the Jiangxi Governor's Office will be bankrupt, which will cause huge public opinion. We have to be cautious."

By the side The assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue said: "They have saved this money for generations, and they have been frugal and thrifty. It is completely a coffin money. If they really can't get it back, I am afraid that many people will not be able to survive."

The emperor frowned and said: "A year has passed. How is Su Ye's factory doing? Is it effective? Can the people of the capital cash in this money?"

"I am afraid it is not good, Your Majesty! After investing more than 10 million silver, in fact, the five factories have not really been established, and production has not started. However, just to resettle hundreds of thousands of people, the money has been almost spent, and a steady stream of money needs to be invested."

"Your Majesty, if it explodes at this time, it will become the largest livelihood case in the past 100 years of my Qing Dynasty. At that time, hundreds of thousands of people will go bankrupt, and we have to prevent it!"

Today is just a brief introduction.

Next, we must focus on the first year's dividend date promised by Su Ye.

If the dividend silver does not arrive.

Then tear it apart completely and hit Su Ye's political reputation thoroughly.

Don't you have a good reputation, Su Ye?

Don't you have the hearts of the people, Su Ye?

If there is no dividend distribution, it means that the hard-earned money of the elders and villagers is being cheated.

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During this period, the emperor has been waiting to see what Su Ye will do.

In the end, there was no action.

Three days later.

Su Ye submitted another memorial.

Jiangxi organized immigrants and reclaimed farmland, which required government subsidies. In addition, the Green Camp in Jiangxi Province has not been paid by the court for half a year. Now the morale of the Green Camp soldiers has declined, and they may not be able to fight in the future.

Please ask the court to allocate funds to meet our urgent needs.

In the memorial, Su Yi applied for court funding to pay Green Camp half-year salary, a total of 280,000 taels of silver.

When receiving this memorial, the emperor and the court were once again stunned.

You, Su Yi, what are you doing?

So calm?

No movement at all.

Moreover, before you were only focused on running a factory and ignored the government affairs of the Jiangxi governor.

But now, you have submitted several memorials in a row and behave like a qualified governor of Jiangxi.

Anyway!

Su Yi's performance was very calm.

There aren't any drastic moves.

Even every memorial is very humble, and they are completely fulfilling their duties.

As a result, the imperial court also discussed the matter in a serious manner.

In the end, discussions went on and on, but there was no money.

Please Jiangxi solve it on its own.

At this time, the eyes of the imperial court center, especially the Military Aircraft Department and the emperor, were fixed on the imperial envoy Zenglu.

What is the result of this tricky test?

Zenglu and Guier were still killed by the rebels?

Or did he arrive in Jiujiang safe and sound?

In that case, you, Su Yi, will be a little confused.

Unless, you are cruel. For the sake of his own reputation, he directly killed Zenglu and Guier as well.

At this time, Zenglu and Guier were pushed across the river like little pawns.

It doesn't matter if Su Yi accepts it or refuses it.

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The imperial fleet was dispatched despite repeated delays.

However, it is getting closer and closer to Huai'an Mansion.

It was only over a hundred miles away from the place where Dexing'a and Weng Tongshu were robbed and killed.

Zenglu stayed up for several nights and stood on the bow of the boat.

He looked at the water of the canal.

Several times I had the urge to jump right in.

Once and for all.

To avoid such endless suffering.

At this time, he was truly saddened by nothing more than his death.

The emperor would be disgusted there, but here, he knew it clearly in his heart.

Once you are robbed and killed.

Then... to a certain extent, it may be that Su Yi cut off the friendship and saved herself.

Of course, it is also possible to launch a reverse indiscriminate attack.

But the eunuch Zenglu is emotional and has a stubborn mind.

He told himself over and over again that this was normal.

I only have one life, so how can I compare to Brother Su Yi?

The reason why I called myself brother and sister before was because I was a confidant eunuch beside the emperor, which was useful.

Now he was despised by the emperor and even pushed out as a vicious pawn to test Su Yi.

He is already worthless.

Master Su Yi killed himself, which was the right choice.

But in that case, Zenglu would still be sad.

"Xiao Guier, aren't you sad?" Zenglu asked.

The little eunuch Gui'er said: "Why are you sad? I will see the master soon. It's too late to be happy."

Zenglu said: "Child, you don't understand anything."

However, the little eunuch Guier was lying on the table with great interest, studying a map.

He knew that although this game was small.

But it is very poisonous and seems almost incurable.

Therefore, the only solution turned out to be suicide.

It not only clears the master's suspicion, but also preserves the master's benevolence and righteousness.

Therefore, Zenglu stood on the bow of the boat several times, intending to commit suicide by drowning.

However, the young eunuch Gui'er felt that if others had no solution, the master must have the solution.

There must be a perfect way to completely solve this dilemma.

So Guier studied the map with great interest while putting herself into Su Yi's perspective.

If you were the master, how should you break the situation?

It's so difficult.

"How far is it from the ambush site?" Zenglu suddenly asked.

"If I get back to my father-in-law, there's still a hundred miles left."

Zenglu closed his eyes in pain.

"Probably all friendship in this world is fake."

"We thought that the emperor was affectionate for us, so we dug our hearts out and stayed with the emperor in every painful and difficult moment. We avenged all the bad news that others did not dare to report, because we just wanted to share the sorrow with the emperor. ”

"As a result, he was pushed out to play a dead game."

"Where's Brother Su Yi? His friendship with my brother is probably fake."

"In the end, maybe we are the only ones who foolishly value love and justice."

"Zenglu, you are a fool, you are a fool!"

"Stop it!"

"We, fools, will do it to the end. If others don't cherish old friendships and don't show loyalty, we will!"

"Brother Su Yi, we've made it possible for you, let's go!"

After saying that, the imperial envoy Zenglu gritted his teeth and looked at the whirlpool on the canal.

Jumped directly.

Throw yourself into the water!

For a moment, the guards who followed were stunned.

The little eunuch Gui'er ran out suddenly and shouted: "What are you doing here? What are you doing here?"

"Save people! Save people!"

Immediately, the sailors on the ship jumped off one after another to rescue Zenglu.

The rescue was very difficult,

Because Zenglu wanted to die and jumped directly towards the whirlpool.

It sank almost immediately to the bottom, and I searched for it for a long time but couldn't find it.

After a long while, after searching for more than ten meters, everyone finally rescued Zenglu.

Moreover, he was almost out of breath, and his heart seemed to have stopped beating.

The young eunuch Guier came forward and, as Su Ye said, first hugged Zenglu's waist and abdomen, and suddenly exerted force to make him spit out all the water.

After all the water was vomited out, he pressed Zenglu's heart desperately.

After pressing for half a quarter of an hour, the eunuch Zenglu finally woke up faintly.

Zenglu said in despair: "Why are you saving me? What are you saving me for?"

"In this situation, you can't survive, do you know?"

"Guier, if we don't die, the dirty water will be thrown on your master, do you know?"

"It can't be washed clean."

"There is no solution, no solution!"

And at this moment!

Suddenly someone smelled a smell, and then immediately climbed up the mast and came to the highest point.

Suddenly...

The sailor on the mast was completely stunned.

Not far away on the ground.

Densely packed, there were troops everywhere.

Fires shot up into the sky everywhere.

Dark and boundless.

"Boom boom boom boom..."

The artillery fire began to roar.

The sound of fighting shook the sky!

And on the canal surface dozens of miles ahead, there was also a fierce battle!

The warships of the Qing army and the warships of the bandit army.

They were killed in a group.

Warships, one after another, caught fire.

If you stand a little higher, you can see clearly.

Countless troops, like ants, charged towards Huai'an Qingjiangpu City.

In Huai'an, the most important thing may not be Huai'an City.

But Qingjiangpu.

Because this is the headquarters of the Governor of Nanhe.

Here is the largest warehouse of the Ministry of Households in the south.

Here are the four major shipyards of the Qing Dynasty.

This place is more important than Yangzhou.

This is the heart of the entire canal transportation.

Once this place is captured!

The entire canal transportation will be completely cut off!

The main road for communication between the court and the north will be completely cut off.

At this time, more than 10,000 Nian troops were frantically attacking Huai'an Qingjiangpu.

Fires shot up to the sky!

In the entire field of vision, the Nian troops that had disappeared for a long time.

A big drama was staged directly.

Separating the north and the south!

In history, there was indeed such a battle.

However, it happened at this time, a full year or two earlier than history.

The young eunuch Guier climbed up desperately regardless of the danger and climbed to the top of the mast.

Looking at the battlefield in the distance, the war that stretched for more than 20 miles was soaring to the sky.

Guier just felt trembling all over.

This... Is this the work of my master?

I... I can't believe it!

This work is amazing!

It's too big!

However, this is just the beginning.

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