Zeng Guofan left, before and after in Tanggu only stayed for three hours, before dawn left here, Cangzhou there are still 20,000 troops waiting for him, it is estimated that at this time the will of the imperial court is also out of Beijing, Zeng Dashuai must go to greet him.

In the morning light, Xiao Lotian sat on a chair, in front of him were three pots of wine that had been drunk, and his thoughts had been completely brought into a subtle realm by Zeng Guofan.

In this realm, he can feel what the entire Han elite of the late Qing Dynasty is doing and thinking. Did Zuo Zongtang enter Xinjiang in the first year of Guangxu and put down the Agubo rebels really to serve the Manchu Qing Dynasty? Did Li Hongzhang really go out of Beiyang to defend the country for the Manchu Qing Dynasty? If it was for the good of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, why did Cixi and Weng Tonggong go to great lengths to deduct military expenses?

In the Sino-French War in Vietnam, were Liu Mingchuan, Liu Yongfu, and others really loyal ministers of the Qing Dynasty? As well as Li Hongzhang, Zhang Zhidong, and others, who were unified and coordinated in the rear, were they subconsciously serving the Qing Dynasty or the entire Han nationality?

At that time, the Japanese had actually annexed Liaodong and Shandong, of course, as well as Taiwan, and finally the Beiyang forces spent money to redeem Liaodong and Shandong from the Japanese, but unfortunately Taiwan was not bought.

When the country is strong, it will use military means to protect its territory, and when the country is weak, even if it bows its head and submits to the soft grandson and buys it with money, it must try its best to protect every inch of China's hard-won land. The Han people have been working hard, even with infamy.

Even in 1919, Xu Shuzheng of the Beiyang government sent troops to the north, and still kept the whole of Outer Mongolia when the nation was the weakest.

Throughout the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China for more than a hundred years, the Hunan army created by Zeng Guofan was finally passed into the hands of Li Hongzhang's Huai army, and most of the talents used in Beiyang, which Li Hongzhang single-handedly established, were promoted by Zeng Guofan.

As for Yuan Shikai's training of the new army, he was actually eating the old books of Zeng Guofan and Beiyang, and most of the Beiyang officers in the early years of the Republic of China were generals left over from the Baoding Army Academy and Beiyang.

Historians have always regarded Zhang Zuolin's assassination as a landmark event for the complete demise of the Beiyang forces, but why did Zhang Zuolin let the Japanese assassinate him? In the final analysis, he, a Han man, would rather fight a civil war than betray the country, and this was the fundamental reason why he was killed. And Zhang Zuolin is the last successor of the Beiyang system.

"Hey......" Xiao Letian sighed, his thoughts retracted from the memories of his previous life, "Finally able to make sense, China's modern complex history finally has a convincing answer, countless people with lofty ideals do not hesitate to sacrifice their ideals and lives, all they want to protect is the living space of the Han people." ”

"Was Yuan Shikai really a national thief back then? If there had been no negotiation between Yuan Shikai and the Qing court, how could the Manchu Qing Dynasty issue an edict of abdication? What exactly did Yuan Shikai get in exchange for the preferential treatment policy given to the Qing court?"

"Finally, it was revealed that it was precisely because the Qing court and the Republic of China were peacefully transferred to the regime, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty was not wiped out, so the Republic of China was legally qualified to inherit the four incomparably huge territories of Xinjiang, Tibet, Mongolia and even Guanwai. ”

"This is the real history, this is the result of the backbone of China, endure humiliation, no matter who it is, what political party is in power, at least the survival territory of the Han nation has been preserved, this is the great interest of thousands of years......

In the quiet morning, Xiao Lotian stood in front of the window blankly, looking at the rising sun in the east, and he didn't even know that Fan Yao's shopkeeper had entered the house.

"You haven't closed your eyes all night, go to the back house to rest..." However, Xiao Letian's reply made the old shopkeeper pale in fright.

"What is a dragon? I finally understood today that the true dragon son of heaven does not represent supreme power and endless pleasures, but the dragon represents protection, because hundreds of millions of Li people need to be guarded, so that there will be the existence of the dragon. Hahaha, I finally understand, even if he is an emperor, if he can't protect this country, then he is not a dragon, just a worm......"

Fan Yao's feet were weak, and he suddenly collapsed on the Taishi chair, "You...... What are you going to do? We can't rebel, you don't want to hurt the big guys, you can't......"

Xiao Letian looked at the pale old man, and quickly poured a bowl of tea and brought it over, "What's wrong with you? Don't think nonsense, who said I want to rebel? The emperor is the saddest profession in the world, I'm not so stupid...... If you have any leisure, take care of my wedding with Hu Niu and Fu Hui, they are equal wives, I want to marry in one day..."

Xiao Letian finally unveiled a big knot in his heart, knowing that now he can be regarded as integrating into this era, and it can also be said that this era has accepted him. Zeng Guofan's recognition of him is equivalent to opening a door for Xiao Letian, and the two Western devils were finally accepted by the Han landlord class.

After Zeng Guofan left, it also represented the final end of the turmoil in the fourth year of Tongzhi, the Manchu Qing, Qingliu, and Hunan armies finally let Xiao Lotian go, and this small force ushered in the best opportunity for development.

Two days later, Zhou Daoying and the weak Ermao rushed to Tanggu, and the two sides engaged in a heated argument. Zhou Daoying is the personal eunuch of the Tongzhi Emperor and the confidant of the Empress Dowager Ci'an, and his status in the Forbidden City is not lower than that of An Dehai.

Xiao Letian's compensation was vetoed by him, and the proposal of Huayang businessmen to jointly fund the formation of a security team was also vetoed, and in the end he only promised that the imperial court would not investigate Xiao Letian's crimes, and then would not restrict the construction of special industrial zones, and even did not agree to support the spread of Western learning.

Xiao Letian's nose was almost crooked, he knew that it was because Mailer was rescued, and now he didn't have any hostages in his hands, but this eunuch was too brainless, right? What did Lao Tzu rely on to suppress the Qing court? I really thought that he was a bandit who kidnapped tickets.

"Zhou Daoying, Father-in-law Zhou, right? I have heard that you are a famous eunuch in the Forbidden City. But I see you've been in the Imperial City for too long, and you seem to have lost touch with the outside world. In that case, I'm going to open your eyes...... Come on, take a few distinguished guests around and see what we can do......"

Zhou Daoying and Ermao were eye-opening, when more than 50 ink printing machines were open for printing in the secret warehouse. Zhou Daoying's mouth can be stuffed with eggs, he never thought in his life that there would be such a simple printing technique, and with such a slight turn of the wheel, a flyer and newspaper would be completed.

When he knew that the cost of printing ten copies of this kind of newspaper was only two copper plates, sweat broke out of the stubborn eunuch's forehead. "How can it be so cheap? how is this possible?" the great eunuch muttered incessantly.

It was not only the efficiency and cost of printing that frightened him, but when he saw the contents of the latest issue of Minzhibao, the great eunuch almost collapsed.

"On the diplomatic relations between the Qing Dynasty and the West, Mr. Xiao, how could you write such an article on such a large topic...... And here, how can you write down all the top-secret diplomatic treaties of the imperial court? The Rakshasa Kingdom ceded 1 million square kilometers of land in Heilongjiang, and compensated Britain and France with one million taels of silver?"

"Are you shaking the foundation of the country? What kind of enmity do the emperor and the queen mother have against you? How can you shake the foundation of the imperial court and confuse the people?"

Xiao Lotian smiled when he heard it, "Oops... You are really not weak in your ability to fight a rake, I have shaken the country's foundation? I sent assassins to the court to kill people? I went to the house of the prince and minister to poison me? I was the one who was bullied, not the ...... of the court."

Zhou Daoying couldn't say a word, and then a new army exercise in the afternoon completely made the eunuch bow his head. What kind of vision can the eunuch who guards the Forbidden City all day long, when he saw the majestic and mighty new army, he was completely frightened to the bones.

"All the soldiers of the 1st Company reported to the adults...... All the officers and men of the second company reported to the adults...... The bodies of the war dead have been buried, please preside over the funeral......"

Xiao Hexin and Sima Yun were full of tears, and in front of them were eighteen red lacquered coffins, all of which were brothers who had died in several combat missions after returning to China.

Xiao Letian is really distressed, these brothers are all trained according to the training of officers, and the eighteen martyrs may be eighteen squads and platoons or even eighteen companies in the future, but they died in the www.biquge.info of the pen fun pavilion of their careers, and there is really nowhere to reason in life.

The first coffin in front of him was the squad leader who was killed in order to protect Xiao Letian, and his body had been carefully stitched together, but his face was still mutilated.

Xiao Letian burst into tears at that time, "Brother, let's go... Your family is taken care of by all of us, your children are personally educated by me, you can go with confidence, although you will not enjoy the future career, but your descendants will not be pulled down, we living people will shape a paradise on earth with their own hands, and our descendants will no longer have to suffer such insults......"

Saying this, Xiao Letian stretched out his hand and pointed to all the new troops present and shouted, "I, Xiao Letian's brothers, I swear to heaven here, the cause we will shape in the future can be enjoyed by everyone, even if you die, your soul can enjoy the temple blessings, and your descendants can live peacefully and happily between this heaven and earth......

"Hereby I declare...... Eighteen brothers who died in the war will be buried in the special industrial zone, and their tablets will be enshrined in the newly built temple, so that they will be worshiped by incense for generations, this is my promise to everyone......

Xiao Letian was close to madness at this time, his hands waved violently, and Zhou Daoying's face was pale and sweaty like a spring of sweat with a terrible roar.

"Brethren... When our comrades-in-arms are far away from us, what do they want to hear and see most? It is the sound of our guns and our majestic soldiers...... Listen to my orders, conduct live-fire exercises with the whole army, and see off our comrades-in-arms......"

"Death for adults... Death for adults... For the adults to serve the death...... "The roar of the two hundred tigers was like thunder, and the light blue American-made military uniforms in the field were charging, off-road, shooting, and fighting...... There is only one thought in everyone's hearts, and they are content to follow such an adult in this life.

There is dignity in life, incense in death, and a bright future for future generations, what more do you ask for? What do you want? Who doesn't owe an adult a life?

"Follow the adults, even if it's the end of the world, we will go on, and we will go forward...... "The roar of the soldiers was the sound of grenades exploding, the sound of Molotov's cocktail breaking and burning, and the sound of Spencer's rainstorm shooting.

It was only at this time that Zhou Daoying knew what a ruthless character Xiao Lotian was, he was demonstrating to the imperial court, if he didn't agree to his conditions, he might really make some trouble.

"Mr. Xiao, I'm convinced, I listen to you, do what you want..."

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