Wang Yide's aide was named Wang Ziyu. He was from Zhejiang. He was a scholar and had a wealthy family. He failed many times afterwards. When Wang Yide was appointed as a censor in Zhejiang, he received support from Wang Ziyu's family and had the same surname. Therefore, Wang Yide hired him as his aide. Wang Ziyu had been following Wang Yide for five years, and when the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom raised troops, Wang Ziyu thought that the Qing court was about to end, and the world would be in chaos soon. It was a good time to take out the people's strength. Now he followed Wang Yide. As long as Wang Yide's army was not strong enough, he could show his strengths.

After receiving Wang Yide's order, Wang Ziyu took several companions and rushed to Xiamen. One day, he arrived in Xiamen. Along the way, Li Tingyu sent heavy troops to garrison in important roads, strictly inspecting the people coming and going, and surrounding Xiamen was blocked.

Wang Ziyu held the official document and sealed the letter without any obstacles. When he arrived at the camp outside Li Tingyu's Xiamen city, Li Tingyu personally received it.

Wang Ziyu arrived in the tent and worshiped according to the etiquette. After receiving Wang Yide's official documents, Li Tingyu immediately read them. Li Tingyu was over 60 years old, her hair was gray, and even her beard was fifty-year-old under her jaw was thin and wrinkles were covered with. After reading the official documents, the wrinkles on her face were even more crowded together.

Li Tingyu put down the official document and said, "Jun Shengyuan came to be a servant who sent official documents. Didn't he have any other words?"

Junsheng is Wang Ziyu's name. He is an aide under Wang Yide and has had several dealings with Li Tingyu. He has been with Wang Ziyu several times. He was accompanied by Wang Ziyu when he was transporting money and grain to Xiamen. Therefore, Li Tingyu recognized Wang Ziyu.

Li Tingyu is an old man in the officialdom and knows that an aide has no other reason because he will not be a postman who sends official documents. Wang Ziyu bowed slightly and said, "The military gate is old and stronger, and he is more meticulous. But when he comes down, he has something else to say."

Li Tingyu said oh, raised his hand and asked him to continue. Wang Ziyu looked at several staff members in the account and wrote a book, looking embarrassed. Li Tingyu understood and ordered others to leave the account, but only he and Wang Ziyu were left in the account.

Wang Ziyu stepped forward and whispered: "Have you ever noticed what was said in the war report that before the war started, foreigners came to negotiate?"

Li Tingyu nodded and said, "I also feel strange. When we start a war with the long-haired thief, how could foreigners come out to negotiate? It's just that the official documents are vague, so there is doubt."

Wang Ziyu slowly told the details of the negotiations that day that Weituoma came to negotiate. After hearing this, Li Tingyu frowned even more violently and pondered for a moment: "What does Lord Zongxian mean to ask you to say this? Do you want me to be the person from Yicheng?"

Wang Ziyu was quite clever and knew that Li Tingyu, a man who had been in the officialdom for a long time, knew the key point when he heard the whole story. He admitted frankly: "Yes, this is what Lord Zongxian means."

Li Tingyu stood up and paced back and forth a few steps, then stood still and said, "This matter is too dangerous. If it is not easy to be found out, it is a crime of colluding with a rebel privately. I can't afford it, so I'll ask Junsheng to go back."

Wang Ziyu said calmly: "Don't rush to refuse the military gate, but sit down and listen carefully to the analysis. Xiamen is the hometown of the military gate. The family and clan are trapped in the city. The military gate has been besieged by tens of thousands of soldiers and horses on the water and land for more than 70 days. It has not been able to go down to the city. In fact, there have been criticisms outside, saying that the military gate is afraid of the family's life."

Li Tingyu said furiously: "Nonsense, this is shameless slander! My Li family is loyal to the country. Even if they sacrifice their lives for their country, there is nothing to say. What am I afraid of?" Li Tingyu spoke Minnan dialect very sharply, and he seemed to be extremely angry.

Wang Ziyu smiled slightly and said, "The military gate should not be angry. It is human nature to worry about small families. Last month, the military gate came to report that a large amount of food was unbearable due to typhoons and heavy rains. He had reported to Lord Zongxian for loss. However, when Xiaoke sent money and grain to deliver it, he accidentally looked through the granary accounts and found that the batch of food was taken out. Can the military gate know who took it away?"

Li Tingyu's expression changed slightly and she said coldly: "Did you come to check me on the order of Lord Zongxian?"

Wang Ziyu shook his head and said, "There is a difference between the military gate. The military gate was originally idle at home, so it was Lord Zongxian who recommended the emperor to come out. The military gate and the military gate are promising together. The ones are both rich and the ones are damaged. How can I find a visit? Xiao Da came to help the military gate after the order of Lord Zongxian. The account book has been destroyed, so the military gate can rest assured, but when ordering people to do things in the future, we should pay more attention."

Li Tingyu's expression was slightly slower when he heard this. In fact, he lived in Xiamen for a long time and was familiar with hyacinth. When he checked the changes in flowers, trees, fish and insects in the world, he knew that a typhoon would come. He properly collected money, grain and other important materials early. There was no large amount of rice and grain that was flooded. The batch of rice and grain was actually a deal with Xiaodaohui in the city, and redeemed his 90-year-old mother and youngest grandson.

Li Tingyu is indeed a bit afraid of being a mouse at the moment. In fact, with his troops and his military strategy, will it take more than 70 days to siege a small Xiamen? Obviously not. Li Tingyu was worried that under the strong attack, Xiaodao would harm his family and make a move to burn the city with fire. Xiamen is his hometown after all. In fact, most of the appointed officials of his native place were officials who could not be appointed as officials, but Li Tingyu is an exception. He has the highest prestige and is also the best-knowing military force on the sea of ​​Fujian. Xianfeng's lack of generals and officers were forced to seize his life. He was in charge of the military commanders of Fujian. However, the Qing court did not expect that Xiamen would be attacked and occupied. Li Tingyu led his troops to regain his family affection and homesickness. Naturally, he was a bit of a hand and foot.

Wang Ziyu saw through Li Tingyu's actions in the morning, but Wang Yide thought that Li Tingyu was recommended by him, so he asked Wang Ziyu to press the matter. Otherwise, Wang Yide, who recommended Li Tingyu, would have a hard time.

Li Tingyu pondered and said, "What does Junsheng mean? Please tell me quickly."

Wang Ziyu smiled and said, "Actually, although the military gate surrounded Xiamen by land, I believe that the military gate had already let the sea go and let the bandits leave. Unfortunately, this group of bandits did not leave, and Xiamen could not be recovered safely, right?"

Li Tingyu sighed softly: "Do you know this too?"

Wang Ziyu said: "Xiamen British Consul Ba Xiali had previously notified Lord General Consortium, saying that he could arrange for sea boats to send away the rebels in Xiamen, and Xiamen could safely return to the hands of the government army. In fact, a discerning person could tell at a glance that something was wrong. Xiamen was surrounded by the government army and the British consulate was outside the city. How did the British contact the bandits in the city? If you think about it, you would know that there was a shadow of the military gate behind it. The military gate also wanted to send the bandits away and recover Xiamen as soon as possible."

Li Tingyu nodded and stopped talking. Wang Ziyu continued, "It's just that the bandits in the city refused to take foreigners' boats to Nanyang. Among them, there were people who returned overseas. They also knew that foreigners were not kind, so they took them to Nanyang to sell themselves as coolies, so they stayed in Xiamen and let the military make some painstaking arrangements go to waste."

Li Tingyu still said with a gloomy face. Wang Ziyu said again: "But now the hairy thief sent a sea boat to pick up people, isn't it just right for the military to solve the problem? The military can go with the flow and let them take it away. This will not only prevent Xiamen from being destroyed by war, but also protect the navy under the adults from harm. It can be said that it will kill a few goals. In fact, Lord Zongxian is a little life, so he will help the adults do this well. Try to do things cleanly."

Li Tingyu breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's still the careful consideration of Lord Zongxian, but Junsheng thinks what should he do?"

Wang Ziyu smiled and whispered: "We can ask foreigners to deal with each other. We will discuss with the generals and officers of the Longhair fleet. What we should fight is to fight a battle, but the navy ship's small cannon is not as sharp as the longhair cannon. It was the longhair's thunder into the sea and took away the thieves from the sea. After entering the city, we found some gangsters and beggars to kill them as the thief's head, so we could naturally cover it up."

Li Tingyu said happily: "I would like to ask Junsheng to plan carefully for me." Wang Ziyu smiled and said, "Do you dare not obey your order?"

At that moment, Wang Ziyu carefully planned for Li Tingyu. Who led the troops, how to deal with them, how to negotiate with foreigners, and how to arrange them clearly. Li Tingyu was overjoyed and immediately did as he did.

On ten days, the Taiping Army fleet arrived outside Xiamen and encountered a patrol ship with the Fujian Navy. After firing a few shots, the Fujian Navy retreated.

Then Weituoma went to the British Consulate of Gulangyu to discuss how to resolve the current situation. In 1843, the British established a consular office in Xiamen, and Paijibu served as the first consulate in Xiamen. In 1844, Aliguo became the second consulate in Xiamen. He built an office building on the top of Lu Jiao in Gulangyu, forming the British consulate in Xiamen. Later, Baxiali took over and worked there.

When he arrived at the consulate, Weituma met Bashali. There were two Chinese people sitting in his office. One of them was very treacherous and he stood up and introduced himself in Chinese: "After Wang Ziyu, he came to contact him by the order of the military lord..."

Originally, Weituma thought it was very difficult, but it suddenly became simple after Wang Ziyu appeared. Weituma faithfully fulfilled Wen Han's instructions and threaded needles between the Taiping Army and the Qing Army. Soon both sides reached a tacit agreement.

The next day, the wind was sunny, and the cannons outside Xiamen were rumbling. The Taiping Army fleet, the Qing Army fleet and the shore turret jointly conducted a large-scale military exercise. The two sides used almost all warships and artillery, which was earth-shaking. The smoke from the sea rolled. In the end, the Qing Army fleet retreated without support. The Taiping Army fleet successfully arrived at the southern end of Xiamen to pick up the traitors in the city.

Although the official army counterattacked fiercely, the long-haired pirate ships were strong and powerful. Thousands of new forces were deployed to protect the shore. The official army fought for several days and had to drive away and retaliate, taking advantage of the opportunity to recover Xiamen.

Although the battle was earth-shaking, almost no one on both sides was killed, and there was no loss except for the several Qing army and Taiping army being injured by their own artillery bombs. Both sides completed the move to Yicheng in a tacit understanding.

When Liu Lichuan, Huang Demei, He Bin and others evacuated Xiamen, they were all moved to tears. They thought that this time it would be impossible to escape the fate of destruction, but they did not expect that the Western King had made such a big deal and sent such a large fleet to rescue. At this moment, the generals evacuated the soldiers, and even the people, craftsmen, and merchants in the city who were willing to follow the Taiping Army, boarded the ship like moving. A total of more than 12,000 rebel soldiers were removed from Xiamen, and more than 20,000 people, including the people, soldiers and family members, etc., but the money they could take was not taken down, but there was no food because Xiamen had already lost food.

The retreat took place for five days under the eyes of the Qing army. Then the Taiping army ships returned north. The Qing army entered Xiamen City and began to kill good people. The people who refused to leave completely regretted it. After the Qing army entered the city, all the poor people who fled from other places were killed. They killed thousands of people and stopped. Li Tingyu saved his family as he wished.

In the office of Baxiali in Gulangyu Island, watching the Taiping Army fleet drive away through the glass window, Baxiali said unwillingly: "Lord Wenhan is too weak and let tens of thousands of workers go away in vain. If these people are sold to Nanyang, it will be a considerable profit."

Weituma took a sip of wine and said with a smile: "Lord has done a good job. Shanghai is about to start building railways, and the future benefits will be even more considerable."

Baxiali shook his head and said, "Sir, I always feel that it is better to support a cowardly Qing government than to support a strong government, and the Qing Dynasty is easier to control."

Weituma also shook her head and said word by word: "China is not India!" (To be continued, please search for astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
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