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Zhao Jingxian's heart jumped, bowed slightly, and said: "Zhongtang Chrysostom, a word of praise, honored by Huagon, what about a 'confidant'?" Zhao Jingxian was terrified! ”

Zeng Guofan said calmly: "The white head is as new, and the cover is as old as ever." Zhusheng, before this trip, although you and I have never met, we have been friends for a long time. You are strong-spirited, everyone in the world looks at you as a countryman, and you can make you a friend, how fortunate Zeng is! ”

Zhao Jingxian was moved in his heart and said: "'Words are deep and shallow, and they are loyal. Jing Xian has been promised by Zhongtang as a confidant, and a few heartfelt words have been spoken, and Zhongtang may not blame me for being abrupt. ”

"Please."

"Zhongtang is famous all over the world, ignorant and ignorant people, it is inevitable to talk behind their backs, and there may not be no villains who are jealous of merit and virtuous, making rumors, and the so-called 'slander will follow'! However, why is the gentleman worried? ”

"Oh?" Zeng Guofan's hanging eyebrows raised slightly, "Zhusheng, how do you say this?" Please advise! ”

Zhao Jingxian arched his hand in mid-air, and said: "Now that the heroine is in power, although she is a chicken in the morning, she is wise and wise, and she is too shaved!" Chen is arbitrary, the curtain in the middle hall is deep, and the rock does not move, how can the villain be separated? ”

Zeng Guofan nodded slightly and said, "The Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces is indeed a saint. ”

"Also, now that Guan Baylor is the sole leader of the Prince's Mansion, it is the time to vigorously rely on the middle hall - the middle hall, Lord Baylor has always regarded you as a teacher!"

The corners of Zeng Guofan's mouth showed a subtle smile. "Don't dare. How can I afford it? ”

"In front of the nave. How dare Jing Xian talk about white teeth? ”

After a pause, Zhao Jingxian continued: "Zhongtang still remembers that you said such a passage to Lord Belle - 'Today, depending on foreign affairs, there is a right to do something, and the power is handled by the General Administration, and the matter does not leave the port, and in the port, Shanghai is the most important'?" ”

Zeng Guofan's eyes jumped. said: "Well, it seems to have been said. ”

"This passage, there is nothing that we in Shanghai, Jiangsu Province who follow Lord Belle do not know. Lord Belle taught us a lesson-to do foreign affairs, and this passage in the middle hall should be taken as a guideline! ”

Zeng Guofan didn't speak, but there was a look of real surprise on his face.

However, Lord Belle also said that this time, that time. The situation today is higher than it was two years ago. It's already quite different. ”

"If you want to prosper in foreign affairs and travel alone at the port, you don't think it's enough. Today, Belle Ye is the leader of the central pivot and dominates the country's foreign affairs; The guards also have the meaning of stopping for the time being. The situation up and down seems to have reached the time of 'north and south parallel, each other'! ”

"The north and the south are parallel, and each other is inside and outside?"

"Yes! Belle Ye said, according to the foreigners, the capital is the 'brain' of the country, and if you want to be strong and healthy, the 'brain' must rotate flexibly! He made up his mind to implement foreign affairs in the capital! ”

Zeng Guofan's heart shook suddenly, he closed his eyes slightly, opened his eyes, sighed, and said, "Lord Belle's insight and courage, I can't do it!" ”

"Where did Zhongtang come from? Lord Belle said that under the direct subordination, the capital carried out foreign affairs, and the close cooperation of the province could not be successful. Although Liu Xinning is brave and honest, he is not very good at foreign affairs after all. Lord Belle said, looking around the world as a governor, the post of direct governor, I don't ask for it in Zeng Xiangxiang, what more can I do? ”

Liu Changyou is from Xinning, Hunan, and Zeng Guofan is from Xiangxiang, Hunan. However, this kind of title can only be used on people with deep seniority, high prestige, and great merit, and ordinary scholars, officials, and generals cannot afford this kind of title.

Zeng Guofan didn't speak, and after a while, he slowly exhaled a breath, and his breath was heavy. Such a description is rare in Zeng Guofan, who pays attention to "nourishing qi".

"Shame!" Zeng Guofan's face was solemn, "It's my villain's heart." ”

This - the words are so straightforward, it is even rarer in Zeng Guofan.

Self-blame is not unusual, but directly admitting the "heart of a villain" is equivalent to self-recognition, and there was indeed a suspicion before, and the imperial court transferred him from Liangjiang to Zhili, which is "rising and descending secretly", which implies suspicion and suppression. Therefore, Zeng Guofan chose those three of the thirteen birthday poems to read to Zhao Jingxian.

Each of these three poems is aggrieved, complaining about the suspicion and injustice of the world; Every capital is defending itself: I don't have any arrogant thoughts, all I think and think, all I have succeeded, I have learned to slaughter sheep, and I am hidden in the city, and I am like "baby wine", drunk, dazed, and this remnant of my life.

As for why he said it to Zhao Jingxian, who met for the first time, it was naturally because Zhao Zhusheng was Guan Yixuan's first-class confidant, and these self-confession words would be passed through Zhao Jingxian and transferred to Guan Zhuofan in time, and in the process of speaking, they would be distorted, deformed, and distorted.

There is a subtle difference between Zeng Guofan's punishment and Zeng Guofan's personal feelings. Zeng Guofan went to Liangjiang, Guo Songtao entered the military plane, one subtracted and one added, and the sensitivity of the "Hunan system" to being "cut down" was far less than Zeng Guofan's sensitivity to the honor and disgrace of his own son. Between this minus one plus, this "Hunan system" leader, in the huge "Hunan system", will have an inexplicable sense of loneliness, and may even have the anxiety and loneliness of being abandoned and replaced by his own people.

Zeng Guofan twisted and turned, dissected his heart, Zhao Jingxian responded calmly, very "single" and beautiful.

First of all, he didn't hide it, and directly pierced the window paper to show his sincerity.

Then, he relayed Guan Zhuofan's "upgrading" of the number of foreign affairs, which was very convincing. With the ability of Zeng Guofan, he can naturally judge the value of "Guan-style new foreign affairs"; can also judge that in this context, Guan Zhuofan transferred him to the post of direct governor, and there is indeed the necessity and sincerity to work hand in hand and conspire with great things.

"Relying on it deeply" is not a lie.

Of course, this is not to say that Zeng Guofan no longer doubted that he would go to Liangjiang to arrange for Zhili, and the imperial court did not have any suspicion and suppression in it. However, this "meaning" was far from being as strict as he originally guessed, and most of his heart was relaxed, and he could accept this arrangement.

Zhao Jingxian is beautiful, and Zeng Guofan is also beautiful, so he has the self-blame of "villain's heart" - this is the meaning of "talking open", and the intention is the same as Zhao Jingxian's "piercing the window paper": to show sincerity.

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The ship arrived in Shanghai, up and down in Jiangsu, to meet Zeng Guofan's specifications, completely compared with Guan Zhuofan. Zeng Zhongtang was greeted at the wharf by all officials of Jiangsu and Shanghai who were above the fourth grade, representatives of the local gentry with meritorious reputations, directors of the Shanghai Concession Industry Bureau, and consuls of various countries in Shanghai.

In addition, when Zeng Guofan arrived at the port by boat, the warships of various countries on the Huangpu River fired salutes in turn - when Guan Beile was still Guan Beizi, he "watched the wind and paraded" Shanghai, and there was no such treatment!

Zeng Guofan is not the head of state, and the warships of various countries do not have the obligation to fire salutes, which is naturally Zhao Jingxian and others, who have done enough "dredging" with foreigners in advance.

Of course, with the prestige of Zeng Guofan's honor and reputation, and saluting him with cannons, the warships of various countries are not considered "price drops".

In this scene, if Zuo Zongtang, who has a good face, will definitely "lift his beard and be happy". But Zeng Guofan was deeply disturbed, and said to Zhao Jingxian: "Zhusheng, the scene is too much, this is not appropriate!" ”

Zhao Jingxian said: "With the honor of the middle hall, this little scene is appropriate, why is it too much? ”

After a pause, he lowered his voice and said: "Hui Zhongtang has a truthful word: at this time, if you want to say 'avoid taboos', Guan Beile must have 'taboos'. Here in the middle hall, although relaxed, you can do whatever you want, and you don't have to 'avoid taboos' or anything! ”

This is a very meaningful sentence!

Zeng Guofan turned his mind and implied the following metaphors: first, make it clear that the "superiors"—including, of course, Guan Beile—have no suspicion of you, and you don't have to worry about anything more; Second, "only someone should avoid taboos" - saying this kind of "private talk" in front of you means: We treat you as our own person, and we don't see anything outside.

Zhao Jingxian accompanied Zeng Guofan into the mansion, and just sat down, before he finished drinking a cup of tea, Goshha from the governor's yamen came to report: "Dr. Phelps has arrived." ”

Zeng Guofan was slightly stunned: "It's a foreign doctor?" What's the matter? ”

Zhao Jingxian said with a smile: "Dr. Phelps specializes in ophthalmology, and Zhongtang is working hard and his eyesight is slightly damaged, so he was invited to take a look at Zhongtang's eyes and pair two pairs of glasses." ”

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