c_t; When Zhang Yi heard Cixi's words, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly thanked him: "Weichen thanks the Empress Dowager Longen, and the ministers are all over the ground to repay the Empress Dowager and the Emperor for their kindness." ”

Cixi said lightly: "Jianzhi, since the mourning family and the emperor have allowed you to govern outside the customs in the future, then you have to guard that piece of the country for the Qing Dynasty, and the ancestral inheritance must not be neglected!" ”

Zhang Yi knelt down and thanked: "Yes, Lafayette." In addition, Lafayette, after Weichen came to Beijing, someone from the German Krupp company has contacted me and asked to meet with me. ”

Cixi nodded with satisfaction, this Zhang Jianzhi was still knowledgeable and knew that he would ask for instructions in case of trouble, so he nodded and said: "Okay, let's go, you can deal with this matter by yourself after discussing it with Shaoquan, don't lose the etiquette face of our Celestial Empire in front of the Germans." ”

Zhang Yi bowed and said yes.

After coming out of Cining Palace, Li Hongzhang said to Zhang Yi with a smile: "Jianzhi, let's find a place to talk in detail?" ”

Zhang Yi bowed down and said, "Lord Zhongtang, my subordinates are at the command of my lord." ”

Li Hongzhang laughed and said: "Jianzhi, don't be polite to the old man, you are from our Beiyang Department, Gongting is a favorite general cultivated by the old man, but it's a pity, the day is not a holiday, and the Si people have passed away." Now that you are already in a high position, when the Sino-Japanese war is over, the Son of Heaven and the Queen Mother Long En will fall, I am afraid that you will also become a governor like the old man, and it is not a problem to be ranked as a minister of Xinjiang, and our foreign affairs faction will have another cadre! ”

Zhang Yi smiled and said, "Lord Zhongtang, isn't this something that you and Lord Gongting are working with?" The Beiyang series is the same as the branches, all of which are the heads of the adults in the middle hall. ”

The two of them were polite, Zhang Yi went back to Xianliang Temple directly with Li Hongzhang, the two of them had a long talk, Zhang Yi elaborated on what he thought in his heart to Li Hongzhang, Li Hongzhang nodded again and again, and made some additions to what Zhang Yi said, and conducted an in-depth discussion on the possible changes in the Sino-Japanese collegiate matter.

Zhang Yi smiled: "Lord Zhongtang." After a while, the subordinates should be going to Fengtian, and the subordinates want to develop the national industry in Fengtian, but our country is too backward, and without industry, we will not be able to make advanced weapons, and there will be no advanced weapons. can only be beaten passively. Look at the mortars, mines, submachine guns, and grenades that we made ourselves some time ago, although they were advanced enough. It can be used for a while, but it must also be seen that in the battle, the damage rate of these weapons is too high, and it is full of a large number of substandard products, grenades, sometimes can only be blown in half, and even sometimes dead bombs, stink bombs, such poor technical technology. How can we do it? ”

Li Hongzhang nodded and said: "Jianzhi is very right, but it is a pity that there are 40,000 people in the Qing Dynasty, and there are only a few people who can have such knowledge. The old man struggled to maintain, and successively built a number of industrial factories and mines, but unfortunately it was a drop in the bucket, Jianzhi, the survival of the Qing Dynasty in the future depends on you, this Qing Dynasty has been in turmoil for decades. From the ancestor to Wen Xianggong in the old man, it was too difficult to support. ”

Zhang Yi smiled and replied: "Lord Zhongtang, don't worry, ten years, ten years, your subordinates will definitely change China to a new sky, and the great powers will look at it." It's just that the subordinates have arrived in Mukden. Please also allocate more engineering talents to my subordinates, so that it can be done......"

Li Hongzhang replied: "These are all trivial things, as long as you can really have some innovation, what does it matter if the old man is to give you all the Beiyang series he is for, when the old man is this age, all of them have become floating clouds, and what is involved in his heart is nothing more than this land......"

Zhang Yi listened to Li Hongzhang's somewhat sparse tone, knowing that he had worked hard over the years, and the entire Qing Dynasty relied on his encouragement to maintain, can he not be tired? Zhang Yi couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion in his heart, this old man is not easy, and he has ruined his reputation all his life.

"My lord, Zhang Yi will definitely live up to your expectations and create a new world for China!" Zhang Yi solemnly said to Li Hongzhang.

Li Hongzhang nodded and said, "In this way, Jianzhi, I know that you are still young, and your self-reliance is even more shallow, and there is a lack of outstanding talents around you to help you reads;." Over the years, the students who studied in the United States run by the old man have returned to China one after another, scattered all over the place, but the old man is familiar with their whereabouts, these people have an earth-shattering ability, the old man is difficult to use due to the constraints of all parties, so he will give them to you completely, you will be new to Fengtian in the future, and it will be difficult, I am funding you 600,000 taels of silver, these are the blood and sweat of the Beiyang family, you have to use it well for the old man. ”

Zhang Yi choked up a little in his heart, this old man is not easy, for himself, just like Nie Shicheng, he vigorously supports him, and he is not ambiguous at all.

Li Hongzhang looked at Zhang Yi with a touched expression, and said with a smile: "Jianzhi, although you are not a member of my historical clan, but I also regard you as my son and nephew, our Beiyang family, although I fancy my background, but the old man attaches more importance to ability, you are from Beiyang, so you want to be labeled as Beiyang, which no one can change." Don't be emotional, I've heard for a long time that the wolf battalion you trained is invincible in the world, and he will let me see the trained male master one day, the old man's wish is enough! ”

Zhang Yi reluctantly smiled and said: "My lord, this wish can be fulfilled for you in a few days, this time Zhang Yi entered Beijing and specially brought a hundred blue wolves, in order to deter the Western countries, so that they can also know that our heroic division of the Qing Dynasty is by no means inferior to the elite of any European and American powers, and by the way, it will also become a bargaining chip for us to exchange interests with the great powers!" ”

"Oh?" Li Hongzhang perked up and said with a smile: "It seems that Jianzhi has already made up his mind, then I'll wait and see, so that I can take a look at your most beloved hero!" ”

Zhang Yi replied: "Okay, in addition, Lord Zhongtang, you can hand over the matter of Germany to Zhang Yi, on the Tsarist side, there has been no contact with the subordinates, and we still need to be maneuvered, with the support of Germany and Tsarist Russia, we can be invincible." ”

Li Hongzhang said with a smile: "Jianzhi rest assured, the Tsarist side has been eyeing the three provinces outside the Guanwai, and absolutely does not want Japan to intervene in the Guanwai, so they will definitely not let Japan succeed, I have already contacted the Russian minister, there is no problem, but Tsarist Russia hopes to be able to be allowed to build a railway trunk line outside the Guanxi for a period of time in the future, and it is still under consideration." ”

Zhang Yi replied: "My lord, Tsarist Russia wants to connect the railway outside the customs with the Siberian railway in the future, and gain control, obviously it wants to follow the railway control outside the border in the future and deter Mongolia. Even if there are some threats, it will not be until the Trans-Siberian Railway is completely repaired in seven or eight years, and then my iron-blooded hero will wait for Tsarist Russia to come up and die! (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )

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