Zeng Guofan has too many concerns!

As a minister, he must repay the emperor's trust in the favor, if there is no emperor's trust, how can he serve as the governor of Jiangxi as a guest army, and become a feudal official, it is this trust, he needs to repay it. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoAs a Hunan native, he can't help but turn a blind eye to the Han thieves' destruction of famous religions in Hunan Province.

However, as the governor of Jiangxi, Zeng Guofan had to take into account the current reality -- Jiangxi was a Han thief on the left and a bandit on the right.

For Jiangxi, the biggest threat now is the bandits, not the Han thieves.

Is it really necessary to secretly collude with the Han thieves?

Of course, this collusion is to buy foreign guns and cannons from the Han thieves!

For several days, Li Hongzhang's suggestion kept echoing in Zeng Guofan's mind, as long as he had time, he would repeatedly think about Li Hongzhang's suggestion, on the surface, it seemed that the suggestion was like a thief buying foreign guns and cannons, but in fact, Zeng Guofan knew very well that the two sides might even need to collude secretly in private.

Foreign guns and foreign guns are just the beginning!

After dinner that day, Zeng Guofan, who had been unable to sleep peacefully for several days, asked Li Hongzhang to secretly discuss his ideas in the yamen signing room.

"Gradually, will the thief really sell us foreign guns and cannons?"

Zeng Guofan asked tentatively.

"To be honest, students don't know!"

Li Hongzhang did not hide his thoughts.

"But the student thinks that as long as he Zhu Yifeng wants to be a country, he will definitely sell us foreign guns and cannons?"

Li Hongzhang's words were like a blanket, and Zeng Guofan was confused.

"What do you mean by that? Gradually, as courtiers of the court, we can't talk nonsense! If you say this to the outside world, I don't know what kind of trouble it will cause you. ”

The teacher's reprimand made Li Hongzhang smile and said:

"Teacher, as courtiers of the court, we really shouldn't say this. But here is an analogy, in fact, even if this is said now, let's not say that everyone knows that Hong Xiuquan of Jiangning, he has proclaimed himself the so-called "Heavenly King", thinking that he is sitting in the country, as for Zhu Yifeng, he told Zhu Hongwu, who is like Zhu Hongwu, and Zhu Hongwu is slow to be the king, thanks to him not building a high wall, otherwise, he really deserves to be the descendant of Zhu Hongwu. Since he is the descendant of Zhu Hongwu, how can it be, he is willing to live under Hong Xiuquan, then what Zhu Thief thinks must be "anti-Qing and Mingming", in this way, Hong Xiuquan must be his enemy, since this person is like a hero, he can be used for a while, Gan is under Hong Xiuquan, and sells guns to him, so why can't he sell them, guns and cannons to us. ”

"As a teacher, he is an official of the imperial court!"

Zeng Guofan directly said that his identity is different, in other words, he is an official of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and Hong Xiuquan is the anti-Manchu Qing Dynasty, how can the two be the same.

"Whether it is the imperial court or Jiangning, in the eyes of Zhu Thief, they are all enemies, and what he is planning now is to hope that the snipe and clam will compete between the imperial court and Jiangning, so that he can make a profit, and then let him refuse to sell foreign guns and cannons to us, and borrow our hands to weaken the Taiping army."

Li Hongzhang's words made Zeng Guofan suddenly realize, and his brows jumped suddenly.

"You mean that the reason why this Zhu thief is willing to sell foreign guns and cannons to us is to weaken the Taiping army by us, and the reason why he sold Yang Yang to the Taiping army is also to weaken the imperial court, so whether it is the imperial court or the Taiping army, there is no time to take care of him."

After thinking for a moment, Zeng Guofan's brows furrowed even tighter, but no, the reason why the Han thieves have been able to sweep the three provinces in recent years is not because the imperial court has no time to take care of them, and the power of the imperial court is completely tied up by the Taiping army, even if he is powerless - in the past two years, the Taiping army's attack on Jiangxi has been stronger than once, and his own company Taiping army is also struggling to support it, how can there be any strength for Hunan, and slowly it is already thankful that it does not take the initiative to fight.

"Exactly! Teacher! ”

Li Hongzhang nodded:

"Therefore, from the student's point of view, he will definitely not refuse to sell foreign guns and cannons to us."

"Even if he agrees to sell it to us, I'm afraid he won't be willing to sell more!"

was said by Li Hongzhang, Zeng Guofan felt that this was very possible.

"Teacher, for us at the moment, it's not how much he's willing to sell to us, but whether we can buy foreign guns and cannons."

After coming to Jiangxi, Li Hongzhang knew very well that most of the foreign guns and foreign artillery of the Hunan army were captured spontaneous bandits, and how much could they get from capturing alone?

After thinking for a moment, Zeng Guofan said:

"But after all, the Zhu thief is the enemy of the imperial court, if this official dares to buy foreign guns and cannons from him, the news will spread by then. There will definitely be people on the court side who make a big fuss about this, and when the time comes, ......"

How to explain to the court when the time comes! How to explain to the emperor.

"Teacher, ......"

Li Hongzhang laughed out loud, and his tone was full of sighs, as if he was for the timidity of his teacher.

"Now how can the imperial court get so much, for the imperial court, as long as the teacher can hold Jiangxi, it is a great achievement, as for the rest, with the emperor's sage, how can you not know the hard work of the teacher, besides, this does not need the teacher to come forward, if the teacher can trust the student......"

Li Hongzhang's upper body moved half a step towards Zeng Guofan and said:

"The student can take the teacher to Wuchang, go to meet the Zhu thief, and then negotiate with him about buying foreign guns and cannons, I don't know what the teacher thinks?"

Li Hongzhang's self-recommendation made Zeng Guofan can't help but look at him a few more times, this going to Wuchang is not equivalent to a sheep in the mouth of a tiger.

"As a teacher, I can naturally trust it gradually, but it's just ......"

After a slight pause, Zeng Guofan shook his head and said.

"Going out to Wuchang must be extremely dangerous, no, you can't let gradually Fu take this risk!"

Zeng Guofan's refusal made Li Hongzhang hurriedly say.

"I also ask the teacher to give the student this opportunity, the student has always been quite curious about Wuchang, and he can take this opportunity to go to Wuchang."

Regarding Li Hongzhang's words, Zeng Guofan listened carefully and did not make a sound.

"Teacher, the Wuchang Han thief is the trouble of the court's henchmen, knowing that the other side can survive a hundred battles, knowing the other side and knowing the other, one win and one loss, the student goes to Wuchang, and it is just for the teacher to investigate the weakness of the Han thief......"

"It would be great to be able to find out. But you must know that if you go to Wuchang, no matter what happens to you there, I am afraid that there is nothing you can do on the teacher's side! Besides, that thief has a very strict grasp of secrets, how can you know much when you get there? ”

Although he does have some friends in Wuchang, Zeng Guofan is not willing to bring trouble to those friends of his, after all, everyone is not the same now, and he has no intention of being a favor for those people.

"It's man-made. Some things seem to be extremely difficult to do, but in fact, if you go deep into them, they are not as difficult as you think. It's about doing it. ”

Li Hongzhang looked at his teacher and said in an extremely calm tone.

"If you don't do it, you won't be able to do anything!"

"How?"

Li Hongzhang's confidence was hundredfold, which made Zeng Guofan look at him in surprise and asked.

"You can't do this in Wuchang, otherwise you can only go to Wuchang to do it, as long as the teacher can give the student this opportunity, the student will definitely be able to do something to ......"

After thinking for a moment, Li Hongzhang continued.

"It may take two months, a month on the way, the students are ready to set off from Nanchang, first to Changsha, along the way to investigate the reality of the Han thieves, and then from Changsha to Wuchang, it is estimated that it will take a month, and the remaining one month of activities in Wuchang, after arriving in Wuchang, the camera will go."

Li Hongzhang: I am not only curious about Wuchang, he is also curious about the rule of the Han thieves in Hunan and Guangdong, Hubei is where he governs, but Hunan is different, what kind of method did he use to keep Hunan from rebellion. Of course, he was also curious about the factories and schools in Hunan that were "ruined by feng shui".

Many gentry who fled from Hunan also regarded them as "sinners who ruined their religion", but the bandit burned books and killed Confucianism, while the Zhu thief preached the study of the things he had learned, which was actually the knowledge of foreigners, and in the eyes of some people, this was even a hundred times more vicious than the bandits.

"That's how it should be!"

Zeng Guofan nodded, and then asked Li Hongzhang again.

"Then what do you need to do for the teacher?"

"Teacher, in addition to buying foreign guns and cannons, I also ask the teacher to give the students 10,000 taels of silver tickets, preferably the silver tickets issued by the thief's official silver number. I go to the camera, and some people need it very much. ”

Zeng Guofan immediately understood Li Hongzhang's intentions, whether he was going to investigate or buy foreign guns and cannons, he would definitely need silver to clear the customs, so he said apologetically:

"It's because the teacher is not well thought out, and it's important to bring a silver ticket. If you think about it carefully, 10,000 taels is not enough, why don't you just bring 15,000! ”

Li Hongzhang shook his head and replied:

"10,000 taels is enough, it's not easy for the teacher, the student heard that the bandits have been assembled in southern Anhui, and they want to come to Jiangxi, and then the teacher will naturally use more silver, and the student will have 10,000 taels enough."

"Whether it's 10,000 or 15,000, it's all for the teacher's own personal savings. These expenses will not use public funds, gradually Fu, you can rest assured, as long as you can do this thing, it will be a great achievement in the imperial court, and then the teacher will naturally tell the emperor the credit of gradually Fu. ”

Zeng Guofan's words moved Li Hongzhang and said:

"The students are grateful for the kindness of the teacher, please rest assured that the students will naturally be careful with this money. The specific expenses are not clear at the moment, and after returning from Wuchang, the students will give you a detailed list. ”

"Will be outside, the king's order will not be affected. It's up to you. ”

Zeng Guofan stroked Li Hongzhang's shoulders and said.

"Gradually, among so many people, you are the most important teacher! In the future, your achievements will definitely be far greater than ...... as a teacher."

When Li Hongzhang just turned around and went out, Zeng Guofan stopped him again.

"I have a few people here, if you can, you can catch up with them when you get to Wuchang......

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