The military meeting of the Military Aircraft Department lasted for more than two hours, and several important ministers of the imperial court exchanged words and swords, Li Hongzao, and Weng Tonggong refuted Li Guolou's foolish and corrupt views, stood on the country's high and far-sighted view, and talked about the situation in Annan and Burma to the first place, so that Zhibing and several other military ministers agreed, and he advocated that the Tongzhi Emperor should give a final word to support Annam and Burma to carry out armed independence movements, and let Li Hongzhang plan this hidden front

Weng Tongyi didn't get the right to command, and he was angry in his heart, so he wanted to put a stumbling horse on Li Hongzhang, so he said: "Your Majesty, those ethnic minorities on the border of Annam and Myanmar are relatives with a small number of ethnic groups in China, and many of them are relatives who cross a river, but they are Chinese, and the ministers think that these ethnic minorities should be armed first, so that they can get close to the Qing Dynasty, and the weapons and ammunition are much better than those in other places.

At this time, the Qing Dynasty is in line with the world, and allows dual nationality or even multiple nationality, while Shanghai is open to the whole world, ice-free port, foreigners do not need passports, as long as a ferry ticket can enter Shanghai, the Qing Dynasty is completely open to the outside world, and foreign friends are welcome to do business in the Qing Dynasty

Li Hongzhang hurriedly said: "Emperor Weng Tonggong's opinions are pedantic, more than Li Guolou's opinion, those border ethnic minorities are all smugglers and drug traffickers, how can they indiscriminately arm all such people, this will mess up the border, to distinguish which types of ethnic minorities can cooperate, which ethnic minorities can harm the Qing Dynasty, you must not because they can speak Chinese, just treat them as their own people, Weng Tonggong, you don't understand the ethnic struggle in the southwest border, don't add chaos, there are more than 500 ethnic groups in small Myanmar, I don't have to make Myanmar more than turmoil, Myanmar chief Meng Yunsi died, this enemy in the hands of the British, the Burmese people remember in their hearts, I use a strategy to fan the flames, the British don't think about Myanmar to be the emperor, I want the British to be mired in the quagmire of the people's warCovered with lice, Burma turned into a vampire and sucked the blood of the British"

"Well, Li Hongzhang is still assertive, I am responsible for giving you full authority in this matter, asking for money, asking for money, asking for people, and letting Zuo Zongtang transport the captured Russian-made weapons to Yunnan, I want to make the British unable to figure out the way, hahahaha" Emperor Tongzhi sat on the couch like a child, dancing with his hands and feet, and several ministers of military aircraft laughed with him, and Li Guolou also pretended to laugh like crazy

Weng Tong laughed with him, no longer had a verbal fight with Li Hongzhang, his eyes shot at Li Guolou, he had already guessed where Li Hongzhang's proposition came from, and overnight, Li Hongzhang changed from signing a traitorous treaty to a national fighter, if Li Hongzhang had this opinion, he would not be a man with his tail between his legs, this assertion made him want to disapprove and act, and the national interests could only watch Li Hongzhang come back to life, Li Hongzhang was like a cockroach that could not be killed, and a force blessed Li Hongzhang in the dark

It seems that Li Hongzhang can't be defeated by relying on the Ma Jiali case, and he tried to find a way to win Li Guolou over, Li Guolou is in the blood and qi, Fang is just old, and his momentum is very strong, sitting on the throne of the imperial history of the right capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, no one dares to play with Li Guolou's rights and wrongs, even if Prince Geng Zhiqing is just a few words above board, he will not write a book to impeach Li Guolou

Li Guolou raised concubines, took prostitutes, did not repair the tents, made friends, talked carelessly, and sometimes had a vulgar style, this has long been the governor of women and children, and he has stepped into the officialdom for so long, and he has not impeached Li Guolou for this reason, but it is a strange tree in the officialdom, Li Guolou is a jack-of-all-trades and exquisite tumbler characters, Weng Tongyi glared at Li Guolou viciously, Li Guolou seemed to be engaged in a women's liberation movement, so that women showed their heads, but they did not do it decently, several foreign women even knew what it was, Yelia became the Virgin Mary, and was widely recited by the people of the Qing Dynasty, two singers, Xie Xiuzhu, Zhen Yuhuan was able to enter and leave the palace and mingle with the girls

Weng Tongyi couldn't think of a way to deal with Li Guolou, this is a national treasure of the Qing Dynasty, and he can bring huge wealth to the Qing Dynasty, so he must be cared for

"How did Li Guolou feel when he came to the military aircraft today," Weng Tongrong looked like an elder and habitually stroked his beard

"The students were taught, and there was a lesson in patriotism here, and the military culture was broad and profound, and the students had superficial knowledge, and almost made jokes, and went back to read more to make up for the missing corner," Li Guolou didn't dare to sit and reply, only he would stand up every time he spoke, and everyone else was sitting and talking, he was not qualified enough, he could only be a student, listen to the opinions of others, and even if he put forward opinions, he didn't dare to say that he was not much better than Prince Alcohol in terms of ideas, and he didn't let Emperor Tongzhi see how smart he was

"Well, that's good, you have to live up to the emperor's grace, do a good job of doing errands, first manage the military and military property, and then manage more military in the future," Weng Tongyi did not expose Li Guolou's old background, everyone knows that Li Guolou is a Western-style dog-headed military adviser Prince Gong engaged in the Westernization movement, and after Li Guolou worshiped the door, a qualitative leap took place, and the image has also changed greatly, Li Guolou's ability is beyond people's expectations, and the country's financial revenue is increased by one percent a year, which is not by increasing the taxes of the people, but by relying on market operation, capital operation, making money, and returning money from the foreigners' concessions

"Li Guolou, I asked you how many years the Great Northwest War will be fought, tell me the truth," Emperor Tongzhi was a little anxious to hope that the Great Northwest War could end as soon as possible, this is a large national financial allocation, and the expenditure is huge, more than 18 million taels of silver a year, this is still the number on the books of the Ministry of War, plus half of the local financial expenditure, half of the national income is spent on the war, and the above has to borrow money from foreigners

"Emperor Qi, the ministers don't dare to make judgments, but it will take at least two years, because Zuo Zongtang's strategy is to slow down and rush to work, that is, to lay a good place, in order to move forward to the next goal, so that although it is a little slow, it will not cause the local forces to fall and rebel, the complicated situation, if the local forces return to the Qing Dynasty as soon as possible, this war will end early, Zuo Zongtang fought a battle of people's hearts and minds, and the Great Northwest fought well, and brought back the hearts of the people, and then the hearts of the people in Xinjiang will also come back, otherwise the battle will be burned more and more, and the muscles and bones will be damaged, and the rivers and mountains will be damaged for thousands of miles." Li Guolou told the truth: For the Hui uprising, it is still mainly persuasion to surrender, and military suppression is also to force the Hui separatist forces to submit, otherwise the people's hearts will not be recovered, and the battle to recover Xinjiang will definitely be resisted by the Hui people

"Oh, it will take two years, I still have to live two years of hard life, let you go to the Great Northwest to temper it, it's for your own good, you didn't make war money," Emperor Tongzhi is like a child, not like a king of a country

"Even if the emperor and his ministers make a little war money, they can't make ends meet, the military department gives the military army only enough to fill the gaps, never care about the war and consumes a year, we have received four sets of military uniforms, it seems that there are a lot, and other armies have them once a year, but the front-line soldiers are dressed like Hanako, which is like the mighty guns in the military parade of the Beijing Division, not to mention that all the rusty guns in the rainy season can only be used as burning sticks, so that at the beginning is the cannon to hit in unison, and later it becomes a cold weapon era, hand-to-hand combat soldiers, bitter, dedicate their lives to the motherland······" Li Guolou choked up, he couldn't go on, this is a feeling, he didn't need to pretend to cry, he couldn't cry, the warlord's great ability is to cry poor, Li Guolou has a deep understanding and is not exempt from vulgarity

Warlords have territory to generate income, the general army is guarding the dangerous pass, this checkpoint tax is an astronomical amount of money accumulated over time, no warlord has ever paid taxes to the imperial court, the minister of military aircraft holds military power, no one will say that the warlord is so rich, hearing Li Guolou crying poor, all nodded in approval, said too reasonable, the country is poor, but also to pay to Britain, Russia and other Western powers, war reparations, even military salaries can not be paid to soldiers on a monthly basis

"Hey, I still thought that Zuo Zongtang was grinding time, but now I know that I will not repair the palace in the past two years, and I will not choose the show girl, I am still young, and I want to accumulate strength for the future," Emperor Tongzhi clenched his fists and made a vicious oath

The "Emperor Shengming" and a group of military ministers knelt down together and thanked Emperor Tongzhi for not reducing the military expenses of the military department

Li Hongzhang was quite satisfied with Li Guolou, let him show his skills, plan out the blueprint of southern Xinjiang, and jump out in time, he was willing to be ignorant, and let him reprimand Li Guolou as a junior, who knew how to advance and retreat, did not take credit for himself, but he was a great man, respected him, and he also wanted to carry the junior, Li Hongzhang asked: "Li Guolou, you are a soldier in the northwest, known as General Yum, how did you do it?"

Li Guolou's face turned red, he had never heard of this name, and the officers who were familiar with him called him "Assassin General" as if to praise him for his courage and tenacity, which meant that he understood whether Li Hongzhang was called him so derogatory or complimentary in front of the Minister of Military Aircraft

Li Guolou bowed and saluted and said: "Lord Fu Xiang praised the emperor, so that the emperor is ashamed in front of him, and the ministers can compare this military merit with the ministers, this military merit is insignificant, if it is not for Lord Fu Xiang's good weapons and ammunition to support the military army, Principal Weng has done a good job in the ideological work of the military army, without the predecessors planting trees, how can future generations enjoy the shade."

If it weren't for the care of Lord Fu Xiang and the principal, Xia Guan could only go into battle shirtless to kill the enemy, Xia Guan was far from Baisheng, death was very close, and he was shot while wearing a helmet, fortunately, Guan Gong blessed him."

Weng Tongyi heard Li Guolou praising his ideological work and said happily: "Hey, Li Guolou, Master Fu Xiang, ask you, don't get involved with me, Wu Jun played a triumphant song all the way, I'm happy for you, it's still early, tell me how you fought and where the name of General Yum came from, hehehehe."

Li Guolou can't refute Li Hongzhang and Weng Tongxiao, and named him "General Baisheng", which is one level higher than General Changsheng, and he deserves this name

Li Guolou said unashamedly: "Although the minister is not born in the army, he is good at summarizing the experience of his predecessors and fighting a war, and the difficulty is the soldier's ideological work, not how many enemies are well-armed, not absolute, when they set off before the war, the soldiers know that they will die, and they are willing to dedicate their youth to the motherland, even if the birdcage man in the teahouse is mentioned, you let him go to the battlefield for the sake of the monarch's father, this is the so-called morale, morale is easy to puff up, and the speed is also very eating, marching, lodging, Fatigue is easy to crush people's morale, even if you are tired and tired in ordinary practice, there is an old nest to sleep and fight outside the war, there is no fart, so the combat effectiveness of an army depends on long-term ideological work, words and deeds, important ministers only do one thing in the army, that is, ideological work, education, ministers to fight, in fact, laymen, is to learn while progressing, comprehend the essence of Napoleon's tactics, understand the characteristics of hot weapons, and formulate a feasible combat mode. The same number of land forces is of course limited to land, if it is a plain area, the cavalry tactics are used to cooperate with the battle, and the victory is more than eighty percent."

An exclamation was exclaimed, and several military ministers in the office room were originally drinking tea, and Li Guolou couldn't sit still, Li Guolou's cowhide was too big, and Li Hongzhang couldn't save face, isn't this a slap in the face, and said hurriedly: "Li Guolou, you talk nonsense, and the Qing Dynasty can start a war with the British."

Li Guolou smiled embarrassedly and said: "Lord Fu Xiang, where did I get 20,000 military troops, I am Han Xin, the more soldiers, the better."

"Oh" everyone woke up from a dream, Li Guolou wanted to build momentum for the military army, and wanted to expand the military army, so it was no wonder that everyone showed their abilities, whether they could expand the number of troops had to pass layers of approval, even if the military army was set up with 20,000 people, the army department allocated the silver, only enough to buy a big sword and spear, 20,000 horses, and trained 4,000 elite soldiers, which is no different from other armies

Emperor Tongzhi grew up in the horse, but boasted that he was more powerful than the British * team, and he had never met a man in the court since he was a child, and someone said a few big words, and he had already been scolded by several ministers of military aircraft, maybe even the official hat was not guaranteed, and several ministers of military aircraft were quite happy today, indicating that Li Guolou could really take on the big responsibility, and it was really a general of Yum, and the Tongzhi Emperor was in a happy mood, and the Qing Dynasty finally came out with a "Wei Qing" He doesn't need to do specific affairs in peacetime, formulate a good strategy, admonish several ministers of military aircraft, review a few excerpts, and leave the military aircraft department, and sure enough, there is a meteorological Tongzhi emperor who is not leaving, and he is talking about the strong nature, and Lao Cheng sits on the soft couch with a heavy heart, as if he said: "Li Guolou, you are too full of words, the British * team is the strongest army in the world, and our Qing Army is only ranked sixth in the world, there is still a gap."

Li Guolou's expression was grim, and he looked like an awe-inspiring and inviolable loyal minister, and said slowly: "Weichen does not dare to deceive the emperor, and the establishment of the British * team is already under the control of the minister, I will tell the emperor about the situation of the British * team that I have mastered."

Prince Gong can't hold back his face, it's not easy to nod his head all the time, it's not easy for Li Guolou to start intelligence work, isn't this robbing him of his credit, Li Guolou actually still hides a hand, and does not report to him, causing the collective interests of the Westernists, where can he not help but interject: "Li Guolou, don't mislead the emperor, write numbers in the newspaper, boast a lot of ingredients, there are really few situations, don't talk about it on paper."

Seeing that Prince Gong was discouraged by Li Guolou's enthusiasm, Emperor Tongzhi was unhappy, waved his arm and shouted: "Li Guolou, you are not guilty of the speaker."

I almost forgot that Li Guolou looked at Prince Gong apologetically, not that he didn't report to his master, but that he didn't have this obligation at all, and the information he had about the British army was not a secret, but could be collected with a little effort