Li Hongzhang is responsible for the overall planning of the war, has no experience in actual combat in naval warfare, and plans and lays out Taiwan's defense, all of which are said by Shen Baozhen alone, and Shen Baozhen has the right to speak about naval warfare.

Li Guolou snorted and drank a big bowl of porridge in one breath, wiped his mouth with a wet towel, and said: "Master Fu Xiang, this plan can't be a tone, put the initiative in your own hands, the enemy is more deceitful than us, this officialdom article is put on the military, harming others and yourself, and we must also write a bad ending, every possibility, how we deal with it must be written clearly, so that we will not be helpless, burn our eyebrows, and only then think of emergency, this response is not advisable." ”

Li Hongzhang glanced at it and said: "Take it to the emperor to see this kind of thing, I don't find it painful myself, all kinds of complicated situations, I have my own coping strategy, but I must not let the emperor know first, otherwise where will my cleverness be revealed, if you don't understand politics, don't talk nonsense, the excerpt should be written concisely and concisely, and the essence can be grasped." ”

"Yes, yes." Ding Richang twisted his beard and nodded in approval,

"Oh······ I don't understand. "Li Guolou is ashamed, he is an alternative among the courtiers, he can write tens of thousands of words and report the account to the Tongzhi Emperor, as for whether the Tongzhi Emperor will be bored with it, he is no longer in his consideration, Li Guolou just wants the Tongzhi Emperor to understand more about the people's suffering, and express his feelings in his own way.

"You know how to spend money and buy people's hearts." Ding Richang drank milk, burped, and did not forget to reprimand Li Guolou,

Li Guolou rolled his eyes and refuted: "Ding Xiaogui, the person who said this sentence was lined up from Chang'an Avenue to Hainan Island and went to the sea, but I am the only one in the world who can create tens of millions of taels of wealth for the Qing Dynasty, solve the livelihood of tens of millions of people, and change the exploitation of our country by foreigners' banks. ”

"Whoa." Ding Richang choked, he didn't catch his breath, he wanted to fight back but couldn't speak for a while, and the milk was sprayed on the official robe.

The others laughed, eating breakfast while listening to jokes, as long as Li Guolou and Ding Richang were together, they watched them play octagonal drums and throw the officialdom prestige into the garbage heap.

Ding Richang took a cup of tea from the servant's hand, rinsed his mouth, eased his strength, rose from the ground, and shouted angrily: "Fake foreign devil, that's not the full support of our Westerners, you are too thick-skinned, you swallow the credit alone, and let us live." ”

At this time, Li Guolou didn't dare to reply, it was difficult to fight with all the Westerners, Xue Fucheng waved his hand and said: "Ding Xiaogui, don't worry, sit down and talk, have you forgotten what I said, your son has been rich and glorious all his life, on Lord Li, this is more promising than fishing for a term of fat, Lord Fu Xiang wants to reform the system, so that the treasury is full, how can he let the people make a big profit, the monetary policy is changed, we are all going to live a hard life, how can Lord Fu Xiang let the grain road and the salt road be alone, and also live a hard life together, where is the fat shortage and fat gone, In the future, in the hands of Lord Li, private enterprises will be able to become bigger and stronger. ”

Li Guolou said angrily: "Lord Xue, what are you talking about, where can I afford to raise such an excellent talent." ”

Ding Richang waved his hand, drove away the servants and maids in the dining room, and said, "Master Xue, you don't care, there are no outsiders here, they are all online friends. ”

"Hey." Li Hongzhang thought that he controlled the private enterprises, and lost to Li Guolou, which always had some loss in his heart, and the national policy supported Li Guolou's holding company, which was the favor given by the imperial power to Li Guolou, he could only follow the trend, and could not disobey the decree of the two queen mothers, and it was difficult to fill the greed, so that Li Hongzhang felt that his two sons invited him to the bank to occupy 1% of the shares, which was too little, and it was too late to regret it, but the "Xie Liya Real Estate Company" was in the ascendant, and his career was thriving. Even the Ministry of Industry Shangshu Ronglu has devoted himself to real estate investment, and when he talks to Li Guolou about the conditions, he will also take 1% of the shares of "Xie Liya Real Estate Company".

There is a strange phenomenon in the officialdom of the Qing Dynasty, that is, they can go up and down, and the official position is that everyone takes turns to sit, not that they can't get down if they are promoted, and when the term of office of senior officials expires, they will go to the local government to serve as magistrates, and they are willing to be officials when they are demoted, and they will not feel ashamed because of this, because everyone is so able to bend and stretch, of course, the prerequisite is that they are in the prime of life, and they have not yet reached the age of Zhishi.

Xue Fucheng didn't get to this, he was brought down from the official position of Sanpin Daotai, because the water control was unfavorable, causing the Yangtze River to burst more embankments, and he failed to live up to the holy grace, and now he has paid 70,000 taels of atonement silver, and the official has been demoted to five levels, and he has become an alternate official from the sixth grade, waiting for the opportunity to make a comeback.

Xue Fucheng shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Don't hide it from you, I have counted my fortune, I can only eat by mouth, and I will be troubled as soon as I sit on it, no, even my own two pawnshops have been washed away by the river, and there has been a run on the money village, officialdom is too dangerous for me, I don't want to stay in officialdom anymore, I want to do some facts, Li Guolou, I heard that you are going to open an insurance company, this is the industry that is blown out with your mouth, I will give out some silver stocks, let me watch it for you." ”

Li Guolou didn't open his mouth yet, Ding Richang slapped the case a few times, and scolded: "Stinky boy, my son's errand has not been settled, but you recommended yourself, believe it or not, I will destroy your insurance industry, an unreliable career in the world is the insurance industry." ”

Xue Fucheng's old oilman in officialdom has long been familiar with Ding Richang, he is a celebrity who has no merit, and he relies on one mouth, so that Li Hongzhang's subordinates can become famous, and he belongs to one in a hundred, and he glanced at him and said: "Ding Xiaogui, if you intervene again, don't blame me for turning my face and not recognizing people, I don't care about your son's affairs, even if Master Fu Xiang helps you, your son will still have to die in the future." ”

Ding Huiheng has been a salt road inspector, but he likes to visit brothels too much, and his reputation is too stinky, the reason is that he competed with an officer under Zeng Guoquan for the Oiran, made things too big, and robbed the sedan chair, that was when the Hunan army attacked the Taiping Army, of course, the imperial court turned its arm to the army, Ding Huiheng was unlucky, and the official position was pushed to the end, and there was no real shortage until today, the reason is that the queen mother of the two palaces thought that Ding Huiheng had lost the official system of the Qing Dynasty, and did not give Ding Huiheng a chance to revive his officialdom, Ding Huiheng was the only son of Ding Richang, even if his son couldn't support the wall in the mud, As a father, Ding Richang cheekily begged Li Hongzhang,

But Li Hongzhang is still very principled in doing things, employing people for personal gain, and there are countless high-ranking officials who have come out of his shogunate, but Li Hongzhang uses talented people, only talented people, he will recognize him as a righteous son, or a protégé, Ding Huiheng's character, is not in the eyes of Li Hongzhang at all, and directly rejected Ding Richang's request, saying that Li Hongzhang's corruption is actually a mistake in his temperament, he is actually the same as Li Guolou, accumulating funds in the family business, all with the Westernization movement, the Beiyang Navy is a monster that devours the treasury silver, and the whole is a bottomless pit, Li Hongzhang not only used the tariff silver of Zhili and Liangjiang to buy warships, but his own silver was no less than that of Li Guolou, he also raised his own funds, spending at least one million taels of silver a year, and Li Hongzhang paid for the training of naval officers in Prussia out of his own pocket. Because the warships were bought with the treasury money, but most of the training expenses were raised by Li Hongzhang himself, so the Beiyang Naval Division was like Li Hongzhang's personal army from the beginning.

Nominally, the Beiyang Navy Division Yamen is under the jurisdiction of Prince Yixun, but this army is dispatched by whom, the court is up and down, at a glance, the empress dowager of the two palaces and the Tongzhi Emperor trust Li Hongzhang very much, and regard the 30,000 Huai army as the Eight Banners strong force in the Zhili area, as the royal guard, and the peripheral army of the Beijing division is commanded by the Huai generals.

Although Ding Richang said that he liked to joke, but the importance of the family and the country could still be distinguished, Li Hongzhang pretended to be pitiful in front of him, and did not get sympathy, but now when he heard that there was a broad road, he immediately changed his course, poured tea for Xue Fucheng, and said with a smile: "Brother Xue, don't worry, as long as you do the insurance industry, the official ships in Fujian, Guangdong, Jiangli, Heli, and Haili will buy insurance from you, but if the ship sinks, you will have to pay full compensation according to the order." ”

When Li Guolou heard this, he grunted: "That's not a loss, I sold my wife, and I can't afford to pay for it." ”

"Hey······· Li Guolou, you don't understand the true meaning of insurance, you will say such unjust words, foreigners are to cheat us on insurance premiums, small orders are all accompanied, medium orders drag you to death, more than a little money, big orders are ignored, turn their faces and deny it, use professional terms to invalidate the policy, this is not the insurance industry into a climate, you don't understand the importance of credit, we are making money today, leaving tomorrow behind, and by tomorrow we have become a monopoly, troubles have become an acquired thing, and we will have a seminar with Yelia and Chairman Xie Liya later, President Zhen, what is the position now. Xue Fucheng regards Li Guolou as a small character, he doesn't think that he wants to work for Li Guolou, but to be a partner, he opened a money bank and went bankrupt, and he relied on a lot of money, with his stinky reputation, he can no longer achieve great things, so he will carry the golden sign of Li Guolou and want to create a world in Shanghai.

"The head of internal affairs, equivalent to the level of the Minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ronglu." Li Guolou's ears and eyes were clear, and he felt that Xue Fu's achievements were really talented and learned, and he pointed out the essence of the insurance industry in a few words.

"Well, Xiaolou, tell your wife at lunch, now we still solve the matter of Ding Sun Tzu, you want to buy bones, Ding Sun Zi is the thousand-mile horse bone, whether the currency reform is successful or not, it will be on Ding Sun Tzu's head, otherwise you will be against the officials of the world, and the back of your head will fly over and slap you to death." Xue Fucheng's face was solemn, and he threatened Li Guolou with words,

"I have the support of Master Fu Xiang behind me." Li Guolou found a strong reason, no matter how big the reason was, he didn't bother to say it, he was scared to death.

"Then how is it enough, Xiaolou, you see when Master Fu Xiang forced his subordinates to sell their sons and daughters, you engaged in currency reform, didn't you let the officials in the world even have no money to marry their little wives, such as today's officials, which one lives by raising honest silver, how many families will you ruin if you make a silver dollar system." Xue Fucheng has eighteen crooked reasoning, and if he says one casually, it will make people laugh off their big teeth,

"How can this be reasonable, Lord Xue, I want to tell you that this is an established national policy, and whoever opposes it will take off the black gauze hat." Li Guolou fought back and used powerful weapons to overturn Xue Fucheng's fallacy,

"Hey······ Xiaolou, you are still too young, Qing and Ku are twin brothers, you use the imperial power to force officials all over the world to live a hard life, and the Qing Dynasty has become a poor world, I can pat my chest and assure you, as long as your monetary policy is introduced, no official will object, but the national tax revenue will be greatly reduced, you have blocked the source of official power, from the low-level officials to the princes and ministers will scold you, and the Westernization movement will also be affected, do you understand the grinding foreign workers. Xue Fu grew into a big mouth, spat splashed, and said a terrifying scene, and the crooked reasoning would become the truth,

"Oh······ You have a point. Li Guolou looked up at the courtyard, the green pine swayed with the wind, the ground was sprinkled with dead leaves, and the rotten leaves were blown off by the wind, but this ancient pine had already taken root deep underground, and no one could uproot it.

"The great advantage of me is to be an honest person, to be honest, Master Fu Xiang understands me as a person." Xue Fucheng winked at Li Hongzhang sneakily, with a winning expression, he could win a battle with him, and he was waiting to be reincarnated in the Hades Temple.

Li Guolou hung his head and was hit by Xue Fucheng's words, the silver dollar system benefited the country, and the big benefit was to change the situation of silver outflow in the Qing Dynasty, so that the bank could make a lot of money, but it directly damaged the interests of local officials, and the silver fire consumption system no longer existed, even if the country's clean system remained unchanged, but it also made the money bags of the majority of government officials deflated, he was against the officials of the whole world, and even the small officials would be against him,

The Qing Dynasty currency reform seems to have succeeded him, but he has laid the root of the curse, in the future, he will pay a heavy price for his own selfishness, and the majority of government officials are against the enemy, that is, the public enemy of the country, Li Guolou's official robe is lice, grab a handful of them, and wait until the next year to pull the list, he will definitely die,! @@##$l&&~*hah*~&&l$##@@