I am rich in martial arts, but choose culture to win

So he nodded vigorously, and started to think.

"Master Zeng's troops are in Zhoukou, and they will be able to go north in a few days. Why don't we wait for Master Zeng to come and give us justice?"

At this time, a strong fist got everyone's unanimous approval.

After all, this matter is related to foreign religions.

And Zeng Guofan, who claims to be a saint who defends the famous religion (Confucianism), resolutely suppresses the worship of God, and he must also oppose foreign religions.

However, although Liu Jie is a juren, he has met Zeng Guofan and knows a little about Zeng Guofan.

"This matter..."

He wanted to say that Zeng Guofan was unreliable at all, but looking at the expectant eyes of everyone, he couldn't bear to tell the truth.

Bang!

At this moment, someone knocked a makeup box from the table to the ground.

The trademark of "Daming Arts and Crafts Dabaopai Flower Honey Dew" caught Liu Jie's eyes.

Chapter 494 The So-Called "Saint"

After the tragedy in front of the three commercial yamen happened, Tianjin was shaken!North China shakes!China shakes!

Before the Qing court could react, France, Britain, the United States (Lin), Russia, Prussia, Belgium, and Western countries jointly lodged a protest against it, and demanded that the Qing government ensure the personal and property safety of foreign guests in Tianjin, and severely punish the rioters. Huamin, release the imprisoned Christians.

Among them, the Prussian government suddenly and unilaterally withdrew the request for a note a week later, and quietly evacuated 152 expatriates in Tianjin with the merchant ship "Ligebing", and withdrew from the ranks of exerting pressure on the Qing government.

According to the declassified information afterwards, before the Prussian action, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bismarck had a four-hour private meeting with Zhao Yijiong, the Minister of Ming Dynasty in Frankfurt.

Although after four hours of meeting, this Junker-born diplomatic genius still didn't understand Ming's attitude towards Qing, why Ming asked to protect the people of Qing, but Qing was ambiguous.

However, he immediately withdrew all the Prussian personnel in China after he got the promise of an additional set of [Smiling Electroshock Slaughtering Line].

……

Compared with the pressing of foreigners, the Qing government's response was obviously extremely slow.

Although Tianjin is at the foot of the emperor, it is precisely because it is at the foot of the emperor that it has become a battlefield for all parties to compete.

The Xingzhen Party hopes to use this to eradicate the base area of ​​the Prince Gong Party, and the Prince Gong Party also tries to make clear that only foreigners can save the Qing Dynasty.

Throughout March, not a single soldier from the imperial court entered Tianjin, and Tianjin seemed to have become a forgotten corner.

During this period, there were many incidents of boxing attacks against foreigners and Christians in various places in Tianjin.

Wanghailou Church, Ciren Hall, and several other Anglo-American churches were attacked.

From arson and assassination, to throwing black blood at the church gate at night, and throwing women's menstrual belts into foreigners' yards, all kinds of incidents are endless.

Generally speaking, the harm is not serious, and the insult... is just so-so.

Or that the very act of bold people of color daring to rebel against the spread of civilization is the greatest insult in itself.

Therefore, what followed was a frenzied revenge by the apologists composed of hired foreign soldiers and Chinese missionaries.

They used explosives to blow up the Tianjin hall of Meihuaquan, and wantonly killed Quanzhuang and his family members.

There were even Chinese traitor guards leading the way, breaking into homes on the charge of harboring boxers, burning, killing and looting innocent people.

Men were killed and women were humiliated and thrown into wells.

In April, under the urging of the Qing court several times, Zeng Guofan had no choice but to set off from Shangluo to Tianjin as the governor of Zhili.

But what is surprising is that Zeng Shengren, who has been attacking the God-worshiping religion by "protecting my name" all the time, now puts on a completely different face.

I am obedient to foreigners, and I strike hard at my compatriots!

After leaving his son a famous fatal letter, Zeng Guofan set off.

After arriving in Tianjin, Zhang Guangzao, the prefect of Tianjin, led local officials out of the city to greet him, but Zeng Guofan took him down on the spot because he was not good at suppressing the civil uprising.

Then, Zeng Guofan entered the city to take over Tianjin's defense.

At this time, the French minister Luo Shuya put forward the request of "three people to take their lives", that is, to kill the Tianjin prefect Zhang Guangzao, the county magistrate Liu Jie and the admiral Chen Guorui, so as to take the lives of the three French citizens who died in the teaching case.

Even the Qing court could not agree to such rude requests, and Zeng Guofan also refused several times.

But immediately afterwards, Luo Shuya threatened to withdraw the French instructors of the new army, and transferred two gunboats from the French Indochina Fleet from Cam Ranh Bay to enter Bohai Bay, setting up artillery to bombard Tianjin.

Don't think that France's domestic instability makes it afraid to do so.

In fact, in history, during the Franco-Prussian War, Luo Shuya brazenly used warships to intimidate the Qing court when she knew that neither the Congress nor Nasan would agree to fight a medium-scale war in the Far East.

Zeng Guofan, who was completely ignorant of international trends and only knew that foreign guns were so powerful even if he opened his eyes to see the world, was also frightened. Li burst into tears, feeling sorry for himself.

To calm down his emotions, Zeng Guofan negotiated with Luo Shuya several times on behalf of the Qing court, and finally asked for the dismissal of Tianjin Taoist Zhou Jiaxun, prefect Zhang Guangzao, and prefect Liu Jie.

Except for Liu Jie who was arrested and disappeared, the other two were sent to Heilongjiang and exiled.

In addition, the Qing court will compensate France, England, Russia, Belgium, Spain, and the United States (Forest) with compensation ranging from 5 to 20 taels.

The silver is indeed not too much, at least less than in history.

The number of deaths has also been reduced from 23 to 3.

But this is because the strength of the Tianjin Protectorate Army has been greatly enhanced compared to history, so that the damage done to the church by the righteous people is far less than in history, and the casualties in various countries are much less. It is not because of Zeng Guofan's negotiating skills. progress.

While stabilizing the foreigners, Zeng Guofan issued the "Talk to the People of Tianjin" internally, accusing the people of Tianjin of illegal actions and strictly prohibiting the people of Tianjin from having any further incidents.

He also laid down a table case, asking those who have real evidence to come forward and identify the foreigner's "heart-killing and infanticide".

As a result, no one came to the door for several days.

Quan Zhuang was also sent to interrogate and arrest Quan Zhuang, and concluded that the so-called killing of infants and child abuse in Yuyingtang, cutting out heart and lungs, refining medicine and worshiping witches have no real evidence, and they are all speculations.

Objectively speaking, there is a high probability that there is a high probability that under the mixed situation, whether the fist is strong or the sufferer, or the common people spread rumors and catch rumors on certain issues and details.

It’s just why the dignified governor of Zhili handles cases on Chinese soil, instead of thoroughly investigating foreign churches, interrogating foreign missionaries and related personnel, and digging up foreign monk temples, but interrogating people who have always been unwilling to get involved in lawsuits Chinese people, the reason is not known.

After concluding that the infanticide incident was not true, Zeng Guofan released all the criminals and kidnappers imprisoned by Zhang Guangzao, Liu Jie and others, and defended the missionaries in the memorial submitted to the court.

And sent the Hunan Army to search and arrest the people who participated in the "Tianjin Religious Case", expressing that they would give an explanation to the allies.

A generation of Confucian saints, instead of protecting our "famous teaching" and our people as everyone expected, instead stood up for Christianity and worked for foreigners!

This kind of perverse action caused an uproar all over the world.

Everyone realized that Zeng shaved his head or that Zeng shaved his head, but obviously, he only shaved the heads of Chinese people, not foreigners!

Hunan Associations in various parts of North China smashed Zeng Guofan's plaques and tore up his portrait, ashamed of him as a fellow villager.

His colleagues in the old ministry wrote letters to question him and even publicly condemned him.

The telegraph network that Li Hongzhang had repaired for a long time played an important role in this incident.

Li Hongzhang, Zuo Zongtang, Yang Yuebin and other old units of the Hunan Army sent telegrams across the country, condemning Zeng Guofan as a shame for Xianghuai.

Especially Li Hongzhang.

Li Hongzhang, who had just returned from recuperation, had an explosive combat power this time, and his "Discussion on Zeng Essay" was more ruthless and vicious than the famous troll Zuo Zongtang.

Fighting for the emperor, I can't beat you Zuo Jigao, but I must beat you when it comes to spraying people!

Li Hongzhang cites the scriptures and sprayed his old benefactor all over the body.

Basically, he sprayed Zeng Guofan's crimes and comments, changed his name, and used it to describe himself in history.

In contrast, Zuo Zongtang is still thinking about his old love after all, but he just urged Zeng Guofan not to make mistakes.

The national scholars have sharp blades, if they are used in the right place, even if millions of people are slaughtered, they will still be proud of their bones, but if they are used in the wrong place, they will be stigmatized for thousands of years.

Chapter 495 Will Return Like Lightning

Except for the old Hunan Army of Ming Dynasty anyway, even Peng Yulin couldn't stand on the coach's side this time.

After he learned of this, he threw his wine glass angrily, cried a lot, and then said he couldn't afford it.

What's even more outrageous is that even the little Buddha Xingzhen in the Forbidden City angrily scolded the ministers behind the curtain: "If the monk king is alive, if I, Lord Sotna, are here, how dare foreigners be so arrogant!"

Of course, if Xingzhen's words are true, false, or blameworthy, only she knows.

Finally, on April [-]th of the sixth year of Dewu, Emperor Zhu Fugui of the Ming Dynasty wrote a note and ordered someone to hand it to Xia Zhixin: "Zeng's name is Guofan, but he is actually a national traitor. This is the public opinion of the world!"

So far, the posthumous name of a generation of "sages" has been finalized.

In fact, of course Zhu Fugui knew that Zeng Guofan was helpless.

If Zeng Guofan did this, didn't he know that the reputation he earned through hard work would be ruined?

Of course he knew, otherwise he wouldn't have left a suicide note for his son.

But as a Hanchen, caught between Cixi and Prince Gong, he could only choose to lean towards the latter.

Yi Rujin is servile to foreigners, but like Sushun, he has always been kind to Han Chen.

In the early years, Li Hongzhang and Zuo Zongtang also had a honeymoon period with Yi Rujin.

Zeng Guofan knew very well that if he wanted to become a saint, it would definitely be impossible in Daming.

He must preserve the Qing Dynasty, and must maintain the legitimacy of the Qing Dynasty.

To preserve the legitimacy of the Qing Dynasty, there is no doubt that it can only rely on the mediation of the international community.

Therefore, he hit it off with Yi Jujin, formed a political and military alliance, and reached a consensus on the handling of the Tianjin religious case.

That is, don't hate foreigners, make friends with them, and with their help, you must first settle the outside when you are in trouble!

……

Zeng Guofan had 1 reasons to do this, but Zhu Fugui just wanted to say - I won't listen!

Tu Jiangnan has courage, but he has no courage to fight against the Qing Dynasty.

Such a saint will definitely be nailed to the pillar of shame in Da Mingxiu's "Pseudo-Qing History Draft".

Xia Zhixin also knew what the emperor was thinking. After he hurriedly bought the field where the Yin Ruins were located in Anyang, Henan Province and sent people to guard it, he immediately returned to the imperial court to listen to it.

If it is said that his old brother Mo Bai used the guns in his hands to expand the territory for the Long Live Lord, then Xia Zhixin will use the pen in his hand to compile a fair, objective and absolutely correct history book for the Long Live Lord.

This is the greatest joy in life!

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"Master Liu, the soldier who once shaved his head is coming to search the house again, let's move quickly!"

In a spacious but dilapidated tile-roofed house, a few skinny men pushed the door and entered, with a bit of anxiety in their words.

Liu Jie, the former magistrate of Tianjin, has been captured by Zeng Guofan's portrait and is wanted by the whole city.

However, everyone still recognizes him as a parent official, calling him "Master Zhixian", and elected him as "The Prime Minister of the World to Help the Qing Dynasty and Exterminate the Foreign Forces", as the spiritual leader of Quanzhuang.

Zeng Guofan's army wanted him, foreigners offered a reward for his arrest, but Quan Zhuang still followed Liu Jie to move around, and now he arrived at this broken tile house.

But this time, when the boxers entered the room, they were dumbfounded.

Because their "General Fuqing and Extermination of Foreign Countries" is holding a pair of big scissors and gesticulating his braids in front of the mirror.

"Master Liu, what are you doing?"

"Master Liu, do you want to join the foreign religion?!"

The boxers, some panicked and some angry, all gathered around.

Liu Jie's two remaining servants hurriedly protected the Patriarch, "What are you doing, are you going to rebel?"

"Liu Qi, don't talk nonsense... I am the one who wants to rebel!"

Liu Jie stood up, took off the top hat on his head, threw it heavily on the ground, and then cut off the braid with a click: "I am a Chinese man, how can I believe in that foreign religion? What do you think of me, Mr. Liu?" gone?"

"Liu... my lord, then you are..."

Quan Zhuang was dumbfounded, and trembling with shock, just now their inertial thinking, when they saw the braid cutting, they thought of those fake foreign devils who joined the religion.

However, after all, Tianjin is the gateway to North China and the thoroughfare of all nations. The people in Tianjin are still better informed than the people in the inland areas. Now that they have calmed down a little, they immediately thought of another possibility.

To be honest, Plum Blossom Boxing is not the White Lotus Sect, they really never thought of turning against him.

"Master Liu, Ming Lijian is thousands of miles away...we...we will be beheaded if we do this!"

This group of men fought with the foreigners, and suffered heavy casualties without touching a few foreign hairs. Even so, they still did not frown.

But now that they heard that there was going to be a rebellion against the Qing Dynasty, they became afraid.