c_t; Beijing, Li Hongzhang's residence.

Li Hongzhangan sat on the sofa in the living room, a leather sofa imported from Turkey, which was priceless, and his feet were in a wooden barrel, running comfortably.

Sheng Xuanhuai, Zhang Peilun, and Yang Shixiang stood aside, and looked at Li Hongzhang silently.

After a long time, Sheng Xuanhuai said: "My lord, now the momentum of the reform is higher and higher, and the confrontation between the civil reform faction and the conservative forces of the imperial court is becoming more and more intense, why is it that the adult has quieted down at this moment, and now Prince Gong is driving the crane west, you are the leader of the Westernization party, so silent, I am afraid that it does not match our identity." ”

Li Hongzhang smiled: "What? Xingsun, you can't sit still? Don't worry, this pool is very deep, if it is just to engage in foreign affairs, build factories, build railways, etc., the old man will naturally carry such a thing down, and he will definitely take it seriously, but not now, you only see the confrontation between foreign affairs and conservative forces, but you don't see something deeper. ”

Zhang Peilun frowned and said, "What's the matter, my lord?" Is there something else in this? ”

Li Hongzhang nodded and motioned to the maid on the side to remove the barrel, and the maid wiped Li Hongzhang's feet clean with a handkerchief, Li Hongzhang waved his hand and said, "Stand down, reads;." ”

The maid retreated.

Li Hongzhang just said: "Look at it, today's Tan Sitong, Liang Qichao, plus Lin Xu, Yang Rui and others in Fengtian are all characters who have returned from studying in the West. Have you read their newspapers carefully? They want to reform the law, not simply enrich the country and strengthen the army, they want to transform China into a country like England or France, a group of enthusiastic scholars, is this possible? Now the power of the Qing Dynasty is still in the hands of the Queen Mother, even the emperor has no right to speak, the Queen Mother originally supported Li Hongzao and others, if we support the reform of the law with a clear banner. ( ) The future is to directly confront the Queen Mother, once the Queen Mother is strongly dissatisfied with the reform of the law, it is bound to start over. ”

Li Hongzhang sighed and said: "Xingsun, Youqiao, I am already a scholar of Wenhua Pavilion and the head of the Prime Minister's Affairs. Start up, I'm afraid I'm going to point my general again. This is not a good family, sandwiched between the queen mother and the emperor, one will be squeezed into powder if he is not careful, be cautious, be cautious. Since Zhang Jianzhi and Chen Baozhen are willing to take the lead, let them compete, the old man will be idle, once the reform and reform touch the bottom line of the queen mother, I am afraid that these people will end up in ruin. ”

Zhang Youqiao was taken aback and said, "If that's really the case." Isn't that Zhang Jianzhi very dangerous, but now he is the happiest ...... to toss in the sky."

Li Hongzhang waved his hand and said: "It's okay, now in the Qing Dynasty, I'm already old, I don't know how many more days I can be on fire, and the future of the Qing Dynasty still depends on a young talent like him." The Qing Dynasty is also inseparable from his support, the Queen Mother is a person who understands, so she naturally thinks through this, even if the reform fails, Zhang Jianzhi will just lose his official position and resign, and there will be no big deal. In the past few years, Zhang Jianzhi's steps have been bought a little big, it is a good thing for young people to plant two heels, which can immerse his impetuous heart, look at Yuan Xiangcheng, who has experienced a few years in North Korea, and now he is not more prosperous, and it is smooth sailing in Shandong. Everything is easy to do and swaying freely, Xiang Cheng has really matured. ”

Yang Shixiang said softly: "My lord, I heard that Zhang Jianzhi imprisoned that old guy in Heilongjiang, and Zhang Jianzhi was besieged in Heilongjiang, and the officers and soldiers of Qiqihar made trouble. ”

Li Hongzhang laughed and said: "Shixiang, this matter is not big or small, but just these two things can't help Zhang Jianzhi's reads;!" I bet that Lafayette must have known about this matter, why has the imperial court not moved? It's just a rat taboo, Zhang Jianzhi is not me Li Hongzhang, the old man is deeply influenced by the teacher's instructions and teachings, and he is clear-minded. But Zhang Jianzhi is different, he went to the West when he was a child, and he grew up eating foreign food in the West, and he doesn't have so many rules and regulations in his heart, once he annoys him, the tens of thousands of iron-blooded lions under him are not vegetarians. Those tens of thousands of horses are Zhang Jianzhi's development on the basis of Nie Gongting's Lutai military training, and they are extremely elite, even the most elite descendants of our Huai Army are far behind, these people have been with Zhang Jianzhi for a long time, but I am afraid that no one can be suppressed, some time ago, why was Fengtian so powerful, even if it was not able to be deterred by the ability of Yiketang, it was not supported by Zhang Jianzhi behind? ”

Zhang Peilun exclaimed: "Lord Zhongtang, do you mean that the last Fengtian Rebellion was itself a ghost made by Zhang Jianzhi behind his back?" ”

Li Hongzhang nodded and said: "Definitely, you don't want to think about it, Fengtian has already wiped out the bandits, how can it be that thousands of bandits have emerged overnight, and they are all brave and good at fighting, I can't say, it is a part of the army that has temporarily broken away from the establishment and entered the recklessness, these things are okay to bluff others, but they can't hide the eyes of the old man!" ”

Sheng Xuanhuai and Yang Shixiang were also shocked, this Zhang Jianzhi was too bold, even with the current status of Lord Zhongtang, he didn't dare to be so presumptuous and act recklessly!

Li Hongzhang sighed and said: "This Zhang Jianzhi, intelligence and scheming are the best choice, but it's a pity, too brave and diligent, I don't know how to converge the edge, this is not a good thing for him, even if his teacher Wen Zhenggong back then, he had the merit of rebuilding a new heaven, and he also needed to defile himself in the Tianjin teaching plan to protect himself, Zhang Jianzhi is still a little immature." The edge is exposed, his ups and downs are destined to be indispensable in the future, young people are not in a few heels, how to mature? ”

Sheng Xuanhuai said with a smile: "My lord, I'm afraid that Zhang Jianzhi is really a big picture, some time ago, Weng Tong and the adult's proud protégé Zhang Jian once came to me, and wanted me to help him build a large yarn factory, and the investment should be above one million taels of silver, because Beiyang was short of funds, I refused, because he had a good relationship with his father, so he was introduced to Jianzhi, I never thought that Lord Jianzhi would directly take out two million taels of silver to support Zhang Jian's new yarn factory, which is really generous, such a mind, I'm afraid that only Zhongtang can compare with him. Let's hope he doesn't lose ground because of some setbacks. ”

Li Hongzhang shook his head and said with a smile: "If you are in a slump, how can it be, as a general, the most important thing is to be determined, otherwise how to fight out of the sea of corpses and blood, this setback can't stop his ......" (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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