Seeing Xiao Yungui's furiousness, he spoke loudly, and even Jiang Zhongyuan ignored it. Hong Yuner's teeth lightly opened her teeth and said slowly: "Now it is a chaotic world. In the chaotic world, there are betrayals and unfaithful times. As the chief general of a army, you must not act voluntarily. When you need to surrender, you must surrender. Even if our troops can compete with Tianjin, we cannot be the first to be the first. If the Qing court thinks that our threat is greater than that of Tianjin and we must first wipe out us, then we will be miserable."

Xiao Yungui sat down in a state of irritation, and thought with one hand on his chin. Hong Yun'er walked to him and poured him a cup of coffee and continued: "I just know that Jiang Zhongyuan is leading troops to rescue, and there has not been any news from Jiangbei Camp. If there are Qing reinforcements from Fujian and Guangdong, our West Palace will be able to defeat four-handed soldiers."

Xiao Yungui frowned and said, "What should I do?"

Hong Yuner smiled slightly and sat on the armrest of the sofa, leaning gently beside Xiao Yungui and said: "I think we might as well learn about the stories of Emperor Gaozu of Han and Emperor Taizu of Ming. I believe you know that in order to avoid Emperor Taiwang of Chu, the King of Han would rather hide in Shu and even burn the plank road. Emperor Taizu of Ming was not the strongest among the many rebels, but he built high walls, accumulated grain, and slowly became king, so that the Mongolian cavalry's spearhead did not directly face him. Only when the right time did Emperor Taizu of Ming launch a northern expedition and conquer the world in one fell swoop. This shows that we must lie dormant in the early stage, and would rather endure the momentary aura and prepare for the future to spread our wings and fly high."

Xiao Yungui suddenly said for a moment: "We have given up Nanjing. Isn't this enough?"

Hong Yuner said slowly: "I gave up Nanjing, but the only thing that Tianjing did not make things difficult for our West Palace, but after all, the West Palace is in hand. If I want to be the Heavenly King, the East King will also want to use the Qing army's hands to weaken the West Palace. With Yang Xiuqing's skills, he will definitely do this."

Xiao Yungui snorted heavily and said, "What else should I do?"

Hong Yuner gritted her teeth and said, "We have to go back to Tianjing to talk about the interests of the Heavenly King and the Eastern King Chen in exchange for Tianjing to send troops to restrain the Qing army in other places. If the Qing army from other places rushed to southern Jiangsu in a swarm, we would have to be defeated."

Xiao Yungui said angrily: "I won't go back to Tianjing. I finally left the two charlatans. I won't go back to beg them."

Hong Yuner frowned and said, "I've said it for a long time, but you still don't understand. Even if you know that after you go back and persuade me, Tianjing will still refuse to send troops. We will go back. We are in the same posture, so that the other princes and generals of Tianjing, the soldiers and civilians can see clearly that the West Palace is fighting hard outside, and expanding the territory of the Kingdom of Heaven, and what has it gained. Only children who can call can eat it. We cannot swallow this mute because of our will!"

Xiao Yungui understood a little. He touched his chin and said, "I understand a little. Since they wanted to kill people with a knife, we would have a disaster and finally forced them to send troops. It would be better to persuade Tianjing to launch the Northern Expedition and attract the attention of the Qing army." Then he said with some concern: "What if we both go back and they detain us?"

Hong Yuner pursed her lips and said, "This is indeed a difficult problem. We have to go to Suzhou outside to discuss a complete plan with Mr. Zuo first."

While speaking, another army reported it. This time it was news from Bai Zetang Tong Qiangsheng who sent it from Zhenjiang. Xiao Yungui hurriedly read the letter. His brows frowned even deeper. After reading it, he handed the letter to Hong Yuner and sighed: "The Qing army in Jiangbei moved, and the more than 8,000 people from the Chun army set off from Yangzhou this morning and came to Taizhou. I expected that this Qing army would rely on Chongming Island and be supplemented by the Guangdong Navy's red single boat crossing the Yangtze River south to relieve the siege of Shanghai."

Hong Yuner took the letter and read it. Xiao Yungui walked around with his hands behind his back and said irritably: "Li Xiucheng's troops have probably arrived in Wuxi. He originally thought that the soldiers from Jiangbei Camp crossed south to support him. I could let Li Xiucheng's troops come to Shanghai and could swallow them with Chun and the Guangdong Navy in one bite. But unexpectedly, a banquet was set up, and two groups of guests came. It was difficult to deal with it."

Hong Yuner frowned and said, "What are you going to do? It's impossible not to face things now."

Xiao Yungui pondered: "Now we have more than 7,000 troops outside Shanghai, plus more than 6,000 new Qingpu army, the 8,000 people against Chun and the Guangdong Navy should not be on Xiafeng. I plan to send Li Xiucheng south to Hangzhou, and work with Lin Fengxiang, Li Kaifang and Jiang Zhongyuan to fight against Rong. Then draw some troops from Zhenjiang, Wuxi and other places to end the battle in Suzhou as soon as possible, so that we can draw more troops to deal with the Qing army."

Hong Yuner nodded and said, "It is true, but Suzhou has a strong general Zhang Guoliang and Jiangsu Governor Xu Naizhao personally defended it. There were more than 8,000 Qing troops in the city. Zhang Guoliang brought in another 4,000 veterans. In addition to the brave camp recruited by Xu Naizhao in the city, there were more than 20,000 troops in the city. There were only more than 36,000 soldiers attacking Suzhou, but it still could not form an absolute advantage."

Xiao Yungui touched his chin and said, "There are a lot of foreign guns and cannons I have purchased in Shanghai recently. I plan to buy more. Wilbur contacted several British and American businessmen. They have several Brenfield Navy six-pound cannons in their hands. This cannon is straight (the cannon is in a horizontal state), and the shells land at a distance of about 300 yards. If the angle is enlarged, the range can reach 3,000 to 4,000 yards. Although the hit rate at such a distance is extremely low, only one shot can hit the target with six or eight shots, I think these cannons are more than enough to bombard the Suzhou city wall. As long as I buy more shells, I don't believe that I can't open the Suzhou city wall!"

Hong Yuner stuck out her tongue and smiled: "This Wilbur really has a way. He can also get heavy artillery in the navy. I wonder if it was the artillery on which ship was removed?"

Xiao Yungui smiled faintly and said, "The cruisers of the great powers have dozens of cannons on them. Some armed merchant ships also have this kind of cannon equipment. As long as they have money, they will find them and sell them to us even if they dig three feet of the ground."

Hong Yuner pursed her lips and smiled: "Before the ministers from several countries came to see us, the merchants from various countries started their business with me first."

Xiao Yungui laughed and said, "This is called cooking raw rice and it's not okay if you don't want to admit it. The Qing army in Shanghai did not have too many cash bank transactions, and loans that rely on customs tariffs were not reliable. These merchants prefer to do cash bank transactions with us."

Hong Yuner frowned and said, "When talking about this current bank transaction, these foreigners are actually not very careful. Most of the gold standard currency implemented by countries such as Britain, the United States and France are supplemented by some silver standard currency. Most of the silver used for transactions are made into full official silver. After the foreigners make them away, they will sell them to Spain or the newly rising Mexico. These countries reminisce silver coins and use these silver coins to buy goods from our country. Although the silver flowing into China after the middle of the Qing Dynasty was mainly silver dollars.

There are many types, but they are mainly American silver, namely the early Benyang and the late Yingyang. The so-called Benyang is Spanish silver dollars. It is a silver ball cast by Spain in Mexico, also known as Buddha-head silver balls, with the portrait of the Spanish king cast on it. It is the first batch of foreign silver balls circulated in China. It was originally used in Fujian and Guangdong coastal areas, also known as "fan silver" or "lace silver", which became sè902.78‰. After the Mexican duli was stopped in 1821, it caused the price of Benyang to rise wildly in China."

"In the 19th year of Jiaqing, Su Leng'e, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue, said in his memorial that in recent years, some foreign merchants bribed foreign merchants and smuggled the mainland silver in the name of protecting the foreign soldiers, which was about hundreds of thousands of taels a year. They also lowered foreign silver and made foreign money, also known as cakes. They also weighed seven cents and three cents and five cents each. They first brought them into the mainland, and replaced them with easy patterns, and were ignorant of the coastal people. They gave them privately and gradually became popular. In recent years, they actually traveled freely in Guangdong, Guangxi, Chu, Han, Jiang, Zhejiang, and Fujian provinces. The foreign merchants thought that strange goods could be lived in and raised prices. Except for not adding more, each silver was added to the amount of seven or eight cents. And the private buying was

Selling, hoping to use it easily, and the love is willing to calculate it, so the transaction is half of foreign money, and the mainland silver is difficult to transfer, and the foreign silver is too much, which makes the time short. In the barbarians have smuggled the mainland silver to foreign money, and they have transported the low foreign money in foreign money, and they are arbitrarily entrenched, bullying Mongolian merchants. Not only are there any regulations prohibitions, but they are also enjoying the benefits of the Chinese people's livelihood and are consumed. Merchants often greedy for foreign money, but turn goods into the final task, so that the surplus silver gradually goes down. If it is not strictly prohibited early, it is really related to the national and people's livelihood." After Hong Yuner talked endlessly about a long period of old past, Xiao Yungui asked in confusion: "What does this mean?"

Hong Yuner sighed and said, "The great powers not only invaded us militarily, but also invaded us economically. In the 19th year of Jiaqing, the market price of Benyang in Guangdong was 7230 cents per yuan for copper coins, and in Zhejiang, Jiangsu and other provinces, it was worth 800 cents. By 1850, about 1,300 to 1,400 yuan for copper coins. Benyang actually deviated from its actual value, and it was even more expensive than silver. The great powers obtained silver through opium sales, which caused a shortage of silver in China. After the copper price depreciated, they invisibly made a large profit in the process of currency exchange."

Xiao Yungui understood a little, but he spread his hands helplessly and said, "But what can we do now?"

Hong Yuner was stunned for a while before saying, "We can't do anything at the moment, but we have a large amount of gold reserves left by Wu Sangui. In order to successfully carry out monetary reforms in the future, this gold cannot be used when we have to unify the country. In history, China changed its silver-copper currency system in 1436 and did not abolish the silver standard in 1935. If we prepare for monetary reforms earlier, we will lose less in the future."

Xiao Yungui pondered: "I understand this. I will not use the gold unless it is absolutely necessary. But if it is really a fire, I will use it. I don't want to be defeated and killed like Wu Sangui, but there is still such a large amount of treasure that has not been used."

Hong Yun'er smiled and said, "Your words are really like the words in later generations. The greatest sorrow of a person is that he dies but has not spent all his money."

While the two were joking, another messenger from Lin Fengxiang's tribe in Hangzhou arrived. Xiao Yungui frowned and said, "Don't be bad news anymore." As a result, he was hit by his crow's mouth. He looked at the letter's face and turned as if it turned pale and could not speak for a long time.

Hong Yuner took the letter and looked at it, exclaiming: "Fujian Admiral Li Tingyu led more than 10,000 Qing troops in Fujian, have arrived in Ningbo?" (To be continued. Mobile phone users please read it.)
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