C3538 Jiangnan Emergency

It was not easy for Zuo Zongtang to receive a telegraph message from Jiang Nan. According to the telegraph intelligence rank, there was a different way to send the message.

This was also where Master Zuo's real intelligence headquarters was located. All the intelligence reports from different parts of the country had to be gathered in Xi'an and sent over to Zuo Zongtang.

Of course, the most urgent message was from a pigeon. The next message was from the horse. There were six hundred more miles to go.

The intelligence report that Jiang Nan sent was sent by Jiu Shuai this time, it was classified as a secret and would require to transfer some precious carrier pigeons, but even if it was a carrier pigeon, it could only fly to Lanzhou, so the pigeon cage that was even further away was not completed yet.

From Lanzhou, he had to travel another eight hundred miles to catch up with the Great Marshal. This way, it would take Jiangnan a week to deliver the telegram to Zuo Zongtang.

In a week's time, Tongzhi had almost entered Jiangning City!

"Curtain!" The moment Liu Jintang heard that Jiang Nan had sent a secret message, he hurriedly ordered the guards.

All of the marshal's personal guards had been trained for a long time, so they knew what they were going to do when they heard the order. The carriage was unloading a pile of leather and fine cotton cloth, which were inserted into the sand with iron rods.

The personal guards formed three security nets behind the curtains, vigilantly watching for anything suspicious. A portable mahogany table and chairs were opened inside the curtains. The four treasures of the study and the teacups were all prepared.

From Liu Jintang's order to a curtain being formed that could withstand the wind, it had taken less than ten minutes. This efficiency was not something that could be achieved in one or two days.

When Zuo Zongtang was seated on his teacher's chair, he had just translated half of the password, but when he read the first half, Zuo Zongtang was furious!

"How dare you!" How dare you stab His Majesty in Shanghai! Shameless, shameless! "What a sinister plan to frame the calamity, what an ingenious plan …"

As a member of the Xiang Army, of course Zuo Zongtang had the right to share information with him. Nothing that happened in Shanghai could be hidden from him.

The Prince Kung and the Prince of Alcohol hid in the capital and did not come to welcome them. Even including the Chinese people showing off their wealth on the beach and the French thugs' attacks, they all gave a share to Zuo Zongtang.

After leaving the Central Plains for a few years, Zuo Zongtang seemed to have forgotten the conflict in the imperial court. Today, this detailed telegram had caused his heart to return to a crafty plot.

"Is there no end to it?" Why does this group of Manchu have no end? It's fine if you want to fight with us Chinese for power, but even their emperor, who is at the peak of his power, wants to kill you? "

"This is clearly not allowing His Majesty to take the reins of state in person!" Look at how good this telegram is, His Majesty wants to expropriate the land to build the New Imperial Army's camp … "

"They have already conscripted Yi Cong, this royal uncle actually dares to bargain with His Majesty? You actually said that you would exchange an acre for three mu of Royal Manor, which is why you are willing to give it to me! "

"Haha …" This is the Heroic King of the capital? This uncle and nephew duo are arguing in front of all these officials! "

Liu Jintang was dumbfounded, "Ah? Assassination case! bargain between Prince Chun and himself? The French thugs are still shooting at the beach? "

The amount of information inside was too large, causing Liu Jintang to be unable to digest it.

Yi Cong and Zai Chun had really quarreled before, but it was all for show to the outsiders.

He said that the hundreds of lands there were all given to him by the Dao Guang and the Emperor of Xian Feng, you, Zai Chun, cannot be touched!

But Zai Chun was also unshakable, he wanted to build an army camp in Shunyi, and this uncle and nephew pair started to argue in front of all the Foreign ministers!

Yi Cong, who was a scoundrel from the Beijing, shouted that one mu for three mu was still the best water to water the land, if not he would even say that he was going to the Tai Temple to cry for his ancestors!

Zai Chun was so angry that he even threw away his tea bowl. He even said words that were not even worth an acre and even said that the shore with soil was all the emperor's.

At that time, Yi Cong was already acting shamelessly and threw his hat on the ground. He was about to throw the hat off and leave, but he still had to go back to the capital to complain to the empress dowagers!

Jiu Shuai, Weng Tonghe and the others had to be persuaded, on this festive day of welcome, you are going to throw your face away, if word of this spreads, wouldn't you lose the honor of the imperial government?

The group of people gathered together and sent a telegram to the Beijing. With the addition of the Qing San Ye's telegraph network Channel, the news could reach the heavens.

On the same day, the empress dowagers gave his orders. He first berated Yi Cong for being disrespectful to the Emperor, and after ruthlessly scolding him, he even punished him for half a year!

Then, you said the little Emperor was wrong. You can't just take his land for free, after all that was given to you by your grandfather and biological father. This won't do, it doesn't conform to filial piety!

Forget it, let's have a 1: 1.5 ratio! Yi Cong's land was exchanged for an acre and a half worth of land. The empress dowagers was the last to make the decision, no one was allowed to make any more noise!

The mud could be considered alive, but this news made General Gui Zi Liu, Yi Xuan and the other nobles of Beijing laugh for three whole days, and Tian Yi even drank an extra two taels of yellow wine!

"I never would have thought!" The first to show your might to our nephew is our fifth brother Heroic King! "

"Hahaha …" Zai Chun was also hopeless, he actually took action against the powerless Fifth Master, and picked a soft persimmon to bully him! "

"Think about it, what kind of person is fifth brother?" How stubborn can Daoguang be if he doesn't even know how to read a book when he's using a whip? "And now he's been humiliated …"

The scheme between Yi Cong and Yi Cong was indeed very beautiful. Not only did it deceive all the Eight Flags, it even deceived Zuo Zongtang.

After putting down the telegram, Zuo Zongtang rubbed his temples and analyzed for a long time before he opened his mouth, "Your Majesty, it was so difficult! It seems that my decision to transfer troops early was correct, I must win a few battles to present my gifts to the His Majesty, I must give a boost to His Majesty! "

Liu Jintang let out a long sigh, "That's right, why did you send Gordon, Duo Luo, Guan Lu and the others to India? It must be meant to comfort the Northwest … Maybe we even have to give the marshal a secret decree! "

"Map..." With Zuo Zongtang's order, the officials outside the curtain quickly brought out the map of the situation in the northwest, spreading it across the sand.

A group of people squatted on the ground and carefully analyzed the time!

"According to the time taken for the pigeon to send the message, Expedition had already set off for more than forty days … "If I'm not lost, I should be around here right now …"

Liu Jintang pointed to the north and drew a circle north of the Zenith Province north of Hami Manor!

"The border zone of Mongolia and Zassaktu Khan... Sanpang Lake and the old temple area! It's dangerous, there are five thousand of Yaqub's cavalrymen here! "

"Humph!" No matter how much there is, it's useless … Order Xu Zhanbiao to choose the vanguard team to take turns leaving the Stellar Gorge to search for the warplanes … "Just hold off these five thousand traitors!"