"Li Hongzhang, I heard that you are a jinshi of the previous dynasty, and you have not found a way to enter the office, so you are committed to being a western seat in Chen Danwang's mansion, Chen Danwang treats people generously, presumably your life in Chen's mansion should be good, why did you resign and quit?"

Looking at the two people kneeling in front of him, Li Hongzhang with a goatee and a thin face, and Lang Ma Sanbao, a young man with white teeth and red lips, Guo Zongxun was in this mood, not to mention how excited he was.

"If the grass people return to Your Majesty, the grass people are indeed the former dynasty jinshi, only because of the war for many years, and there is no ladder to advance, so the grass people have been displaced all these years, fortunately Chen Shangshu took them in, and the days in Shangshu Mansion were very comfortable, and the reason why the grass people left Shangshu Mansion was to avoid disaster."

Li Hongzhang knew that there must be a reason why the emperor was looking for him, and this was also his only chance to get ahead.

Guo Zongxun listened to Li Hongzhang's words, and frowned, could it be that Li Hongzhang is really a traitor, and he left the main house in order to avoid trouble, such a person...... Does it work?

"Li Hongzhang, tell me your reasons."

Li Hongzhang kowtowed again and said:

"What the grass people are avoiding is the disaster that the world family will collapse in the next five years, before the grass people left the Chen Mansion, they wanted to make some suggestions to Lord Chen to avoid the disaster, but Lord Chen didn't seem to trust the grass people, and he didn't give the grass people a chance to say more."

As soon as these words came out, Guo Zongxun's brows suddenly relaxed, and the tone of his speech to Li Hongzhang was much gentler.

"Li Hongzhang, I also have some doubts in my heart, will the family in this world admit defeat?"

Li Hongzhang said:

"Your Majesty, everything the court is doing now is for the well-being of all the people in the world, and in this world, the largest population base is the common people, so the grass people feel that the wealth of the world should either go to the court, or it should be rich and poor? However, is it certainly unrealistic to be rich and poor? Since ancient times? Those who rebel under the banner of equal wealth and poverty are ultimately losers. ”

"So? The wealth belongs to the state to Your Majesty, and Your Majesty distributes this wealth uniformly? It is the foundation of the prosperity of the Great Zhou Dynasty. ”

"As for whether the Maison will admit defeat? As it stands? It's absolutely not, the disaster of the family that the minister said is within five years, so the minister will leave Shangshu Mansion, and the minister is barely a smart person? I still understand the principle of seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages. ”

Guo Zongxun said with a smile:

"The problem? I won't discuss it with you too much, even if you pass the test, I still have a problem, or is it an errand? Tibet in the west is about to move, and I want to take the initiative to send troops? After winning a battle, I plan to send an envoy to Tibet on behalf of the Great Zhou, I think you Li Hongzhang have the ability to take on this important responsibility, I don't know if you dare or not? ”

Li Hongzhang's lips trembled, and the opportunity to get ahead after forty years of waiting for it finally came.

"Your Majesty, the grass people don't know much about Tubo, so they don't dare to answer rashly, but if you can give the grass people a month, let the grass people read all the information about Tubo that the court can collect, and send the task to Tubo, the grass people will be sixty percent sure that it will be successfully completed."

"Very good, since you are a former dynasty jinshi, you can be directly granted an official position, you stay by my side first, like Liu Ji and the others, I am looking forward to the surprise you can bring to me, you get up and stand aside."

"Grass people, thank you, Your Majesty Longen."

Li Hongzhang's excited goatee was cocked, he never expected that a few simple words of the monarch and the minister played right, and the emperor left him by his side, saying that the little emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty was very courageous and dared to promote talents without sticking to one pattern, and I Li Hongzhang must make an appearance, and I must not let His Majesty down.

Guo Zongxun said to Liu Bowen:

"Liu Aiqing, Li Hongzhang, I will hand it over to you, all the information about Tubo, everything that can be found will be shown to him, and it will be summer in another month, I will teach Tubo a hard lesson before the autumn comes, and then send an envoy there."

Liu Bowen bowed and said:

"Obey."

Then, Guo Zongxun turned his head to Ma Sanbao, who was still kneeling on the ground, and said:

"Sanbao, I heard that you are just a guy from a sheep soup restaurant, but you like to draw, and you still draw a giant ship that can go to sea, come here, go to paper and pen, I want to see what kind of giant ship you Ma Sanbao draw."

Ma Sanbao was also trembling, the first time he saw the emperor, he was not nervous, it was fake, and he was almost scared to pee his pants.

"The grass people obey."

Seeing that Ma Sanbao was not a eunuch, Guo Zongxun felt happy instead, my global colonial governor was a eunuch, and it was not good to spread it.

The little eunuch brought the four treasures of the study, but he didn't dare to use Guo Zongxun's dragon case, so he just set up a platform in the imperial study and let Ma Sanbao draw pictures.

"Sanbao, you don't have to be nervous, how you usually draw, how you draw now."

In order not to put too much pressure on Ma Sanbao, Guo Zongxun called Liu Ji and Li Hongzhang aside and continued to speak.

"Li Aiqing, at present, around my Great Zhou, I think that the biggest threat is Tibet, and I am sure of defeating the Tibetan army on the plain, but once I go to the plateau, it will be completely different, so I attach great importance to the task of sending an envoy to Tibet, not only to sign a non-aggression treaty with Tibet within three years, but also to explain the geographical characteristics and climatic conditions of Tibet...... In short, it is necessary to have a thorough understanding of all the situations in Tibet. ”

"The minister will definitely do his best not to disappoint His Majesty."

"I have now secretly ordered Qian Mao in Chang'an to start training plateau combat troops, what is the specific method, I don't know, let them explore first, for this reason, I also sent half of the military doctors and medical soldiers in the Great Zhou Medical Battalion to Qian Mao, and the Tai Hospital is also studying ways to restrain the plateau climate and water and soil adaptation, I hope there will be a good result."

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this time to take the initiative to start a war with Tubo, it is best to capture a higher area in Tubo, where the troops can be trained, on the one hand, it can reduce the threat of Tubo to the west of Chang'an, on the other hand, it is also good to train troops on the plateau, even if it is to fight with Tubo from time to time, it can also serve the purpose of training."

Guo Zongxun didn't know much about the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and he couldn't say why for a while, but what Li Hongzhang said about occupying an area in Tibet to train troops is easy to say, but it is really difficult to do.

"Li Aiqing, your idea is very good, but there are no decent cities in Tubo at present, and it is not easy to build a city on the plateau, my idea is to stabilize Tubo, first pacify Xishu, Southern Tang, Wuyue, Southern Han and other places, and finally deal with him."

"Your Majesty, the minister has a little doubt, the Khitan in the north is said to have been crippled by the Great Zhou, and my Great Zhou has also pacified the Northern Han, why did Your Majesty let the Khitan go, but gave them a chance to recuperate?"