Tateyama smiled: "Uncle Xi doesn't even understand this layer? If there is no special yamen, what will the seventh master do? ”

"Ahh Sheng Yu suddenly realized, "In addition to the military aircraft and the General Administration, there is another powerful yamen." Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"

He frowned again and said: "The General Administration originally specialized in trade affairs, but later it became a foreign affair, and the power of military aircraft is decreasing day by day. Now set up another yamen to reduce the power of the military aircraft and the General Administration, so that the sub-government will have many doors and not make a mess? ”

"Uncle Xi," Tateyama said in a low voice, "The newly established yamen will not only reduce the power of the military aircraft and the General Administration, but also the power of the internal affairs office. ”

These words are incomprehensible to hear suddenly, but when you think about it carefully, they are meaningful. The project of repairing the three seas is now presided over by King Alcohol, and with the establishment of a new yamen, this matter will be under the management of the new yamen, and will not it be a reduction of the power of the internal affairs office?

The so-called big navy, it turns out that this is what happened! Sheng Yu and Wen Tingshi were speechless. Tateyama looked at the faces of the two of them and felt deeply uneasy, so he told with a very solemn look: "I haven't said these words to others, so it's not enough for outsiders!" ”

"You can rest assured," Sheng Yu replied, "we will never leak the source." ”

"Excuse me," Wen Tingshi then asked a very practical question, "When will these plans be finalized?" ”

"It's coming! The excerpts of the provinces to prepare for the navy have been roughly delivered, and they will be decided only when His Majesty in Hefei sees them. ”

Zuo and Li have always been rivals. For many years, there was open and secret fighting, and in May of this year, China and France established a peace conference, and the external troubles were suspended, and the internal strife was about to start, and finally the day of settling the general ledger came.

It was Liu Mingchuan who made the difficulty. In the year of defending Keelung, Liu Mingchuan was fed up with the filth of Liu Xuan in Taiwan.

Liu Xuan is a descendant of Zuo Zongtang, stationed in Tainan, extorting troops and deducting salaries, and it is difficult to follow Liu Mingchuan, who is in front of the enemy, everywhere. Because Zuo Zongtang supervised the military affairs of Fujian, Yang Changjun was the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, and Liu Mingchuan was helpless.

However, his grievances were conveyed by Li Hongzhang, and the DPRK and China were completely clear, only with a strong enemy, after all, it was necessary to rely on Zuo Zongtang to protect the Minhai Sea, and it was inconvenient to issue an edict to rectify discipline and mess up the position. Now that the foreign enemy has retreated, it is natural to do it.

Of course, this is also to blame Liu Xuan for being too uninteresting, and asked Zuo Zongtang to allocate 1 million taels of foreign money to handle the aftermath of Taiwan, and send committee members to Fuzhou to sit and mention. Liu Mingchuan got the news, and a telegram was sent to Beiyang, and then it was transferred to Beijing.

Prince Alcohol was furious.

It takes money to run the navy, it costs money to repair the three seas, Nancao is ready to restore river transportation, and it costs money to control the canal, but there are no soldiers in Tainan, and Liu Zhangjing collects money, and rarely helps Liu Mingchuan, there should be a large amount of money in the treasury, and he actually has to withdraw millions of dollars from the borrowed foreign money, which is simply heartless.

Zuo Zongtang arrived in Fujian, everything was not very smooth, although he pretended to be Zhuge Wuhou, just "bow to the end, and die" Zhijie, or the same, but the quiet and far-reaching cultivation is much worse.

Because he had to "look at the ocean and sigh" for the French army, he was depressed and difficult to declare, so his liver was extremely hot, and he finally became dizzy, and often shouted: "Boys, get out of the team!" Left and right followed his words perfunctory.

Jingzhong also heard about these situations, and it was expected that he would die soon.

But no matter what, he is always the father of the country, and the Empress Dowager Cixi has always been a courteous minister, so she is naturally sad. And King Alcohol recalled that at the beginning of Zuo Zongtang's entry into Beijing, he smelled the same, talked about the public, and ensured that he managed the Shenji Camp as a scholar;

On private matters, with the respect of the prince, treat the guests as gifts, sit and take pictures, and give poems to each other. Who knew that such a friendship would never end! Looking back, the so-called "feeling is endless", and at the same time, I also feel that helping Li attack the left is inevitably ashamed of the old man.

Therefore, Zuo Zongtang's ornamental finale is excellent. Although it is not as good as Zeng Guofan, it is far better than Guanwen and Shen Baozhen. The official document was posthumously presented to the Taibao, and Zuo Zongtang was posthumously presented to the Taifu; The official document was enshrined in the Xian Liang Ancestral Hall, and Zuo Zongtang was enshrined in the Zhaozhong Ancestral Hall and the Xian Liang Ancestral Hall, and was allowed to establish a special ancestral hall in the province of origin and meritorious service.

The law is even more different, the official text is Gong Wengong, this Gong word is only used for the docile minister, it is not a good word, and Yu Zuo Zongtang's personality is not commensurate.

According to the law, Zuo Zongtang can be the word 'Xiang', the Xiang of Xiang.

However, in the third year of Xianfeng, Zhuo Bingtian, a university scholar, was instructed by the first emperor: the minister of civil and military affairs or died in battle, or died of illness in the military camp and did not succeed in martial arts, he was not allowed to use the word Xiang. Therefore, the cabinet did not dare to take it lightly.

Did Zuo Zongtang give Wenxiang? Please ask the Queen Mother to make a holy judgment.

"If you want to open up territory, Zuo Zongtang can also be called it. Let's talk about Wenxiang! The Empress Dowager Cixi made the final decision.

Li Hongzhang arrived in Beijing on 23 August, and since the founding of the People's Republic of China, no Xinjiang minister has ever been in the Hajj, and his visit to Beijing is as important as his current visit.

There are many of these great military plans, some of which come from the imperial court, and his opinion must be consulted; Some were invited by Li Hongzhang, and he must explain them face-to-face.

The great plan from the imperial court was, of course, based on the opinions of Prince Alcohol, and the first thing was to prepare for the establishment of a navy; The second thing is the increase in the salary of the flag camp, and the alcohol king attaches great importance to this matter, no less than the big navy.

His lifelong wish is to train into a strong force of the Eight Banners, and if he wants the children of the Eight Banners to use his life, he must first increase his military salary. Therefore, Xue Yunsheng, the left attendant of the Criminal Department, had already been instructed to put on an excerpt of "increasing the salary training of Chinese and foreign flag battalions" as the basis for "proper discussion".

Where does the pay come from?

According to Xue Yunsheng's method, it is to reduce the Yong battalions in various provinces. According to the calculations of the Ministry of Households, the salaries of the brave battalions in various provinces will cost 145 million yuan a year, and the so-called "number of brave soldiers" such as grain, weapons, camp tents, and clothing will be even more, and it will cost more than 34 million yuan a year.

In addition, the salary of the Jingli Banner Battalion and the provincial garrison Banner Battalion is more than 10 million yuan, totaling nearly 60 million. And the total annual income is only 70 or 80 million, and it is naturally not a long-lasting way to exhaust one-tenth of the world's material resources and raise troops with eight cents.

The flag camp is paid, according to the meaning of Prince Alcohol, at least forty percent of it. According to this calculation, the salary in Beijing alone will cost an extra 3 million taels of silver every year, and the ministry treasury is really too much to bear.

Therefore, in the meeting chaired by Prince Alcohol, a conclusion was discussed:

Each province should save two or three hundred thousand taels a year, and dismiss the department in batches as the use of the flag camp to increase salary.

As soon as this news broke, the officials of the Chinese armed forces in Beijing thundered with joy, but the governors of various provinces, including Li Hongzhang, all panicked.

Because the provinces recruit soldiers and set up camps to pay for them, there are many tricks, the first is to eat vacancies; The second is that all kinds of bad debts that cannot be spent and reimbursed can be set up in this name;

the third is to install private individuals to deal with the recommendation of the "eight elements" of the elders in Beijing; The fourth is to use various utensils to appease the local "heroes" from all walks of life. Once the business is done, there are many inconveniences. (To be continued.) )