"Does he still need to take our military strength into account? To be honest, in history, the person I admire the most in Zuo Zongtang is that he is Xuan Yuemeng, not to mention that he is only five years old this year, and even Li Shimin can't think of this roadmap for seizing Beijing. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info" Zuo Zongtang said indifferently: "Bypassing Jinzhou and going straight to Shanhaiguan, tens of thousands of green battalion soldiers will become his construction corps, this is not counting, first enter the customs without hitting Tianjin and Beijing, directly hit Rehe, cut off the connection between the imperial court and Mongolia, and directly let the Mongolian princes who were on the wall grass all surrendered, that is, the original Taizu Taizong of this dynasty, that is, Dolgon, and there are no such means, just the strength in our hands, what are you going to do?" ”

"Now, if you want to continue to compete with Huaguo, you must give up the capital and move the capital to the southwest, otherwise, the overall situation will be lost." Li Hongzhang said gloomily.

"No, no, Li Zhongtang, I will be the first to disapprove of what you say, this is a disaster for the country and the people!" Zuo Zongtang stood up and said: "Xuan Yuemeng didn't dare to kill the Queen Mother, she wanted to kill early, didn't you see it?" Xuan Yuemeng's heart is big! He is determined to be in the world, how could he overthrow the court casually, if he wanted to overthrow, he would have overthrown it a long time ago. ”

"However, if the capital is not moved, Xuan Yuemeng can hold the Queen Mother and the Emperor hostage at any time, what is the difference between this and Cao Cao's coercion of the Son of Heaven to order the world?" Li Hongzhang sighed.

"The words are good, but this time and that time, when is Cao Cao? It is the princes of the world who are fighting, and now there are only Hua and Qing in China, if our court moves out of Beijing, this is in line with Xuan Yuemeng's thoughts, he will say at that time, he did not drive away the court, you left by yourself, this is still one of them, if the court gives up the ancestral temple and the imperial tomb, how will the people of the world view the court? The imperial tombs are all in Beijing, so you can't move this, right? Third, if you quit Zhili, where is it appropriate? It's not right anywhere! Therefore, we can only maintain the current situation and wait for Hua Guosheng to change a path! Xuan Yuemeng's set, who do you think approves of, and which habits do the people have? Jiangnan also promoted Huayuan, but what? Isn't everyone still using silver? We don't need to rush. Zuo Zongtang looked like he was swearing.

Hu Xueyan also nodded and said: "Yes, it is not easy to clean up the mess left by the imperial court, especially Xuan Yuemeng has the kindness of a woman, he proposed food and clothing for the whole people, which dynasty can do this?" ”

"Yes, just rushing at this big and inappropriate slogan is a fool's dream." Sheng Xuanhuai also followed: "Huaguo's economy, sooner or later, it will collapse, we had better not clash with the Chinese army militarily, this is what Xuan Yuemeng wants, he is not afraid of war at all, let alone gathering 30,000 people, even 300,000 troops, and he may not be able to beat Xuan Yuemeng's division." ”

Li Hongzhang and Zuo Zongtang were gloomy for a while, although what Sheng Xuanhuai said was a little exaggerated, but what was the use of really gathering 30,000 troops? Around Beijing is an ace division of the Chinese army, more than 20,000 people, as well as cavalry and artillery, and it is not impossible to block an army of 300,000 all-Western weapons.

President Meng's slow pace of expanding the army is mainly from the perspective of the excellent of the troops, President Meng doesn't like to take too wide steps all at once, and there is no urgent military task now, to deal with the Qing army, three divisions are really enough.

Everyone discussed for a while, and in the end, they agreed to Xuan Yuemeng's invitation, and Li Hongzhang and Zuo Zongtang entered Beijing together.

Huacui Evening News reported that President Meng also agreed to let Qing court officials greet him.

A group of officials who had no court to the court welcomed Li Hongzhang and Zuo Zongtang into Beijing like heroes.

Now these princes and ministers, except for Yixiao's life, one by one is almost like a begging maniac, the palace is gone, the mansion is gone, all of them live in the small courtyard, and even the officials below the second grade, even the small courtyard can't live, they are the people of the Qing court, and the property has been confiscated by President Meng once, which is still second, the key Qing court has not paid salaries for more than half a year, and these people are not Huaguo's ID cards, and there is no way to receive relief food, the difficulty of life can be imagined.

A group of people couldn't help but sigh when they met, and Li Hongzhang and Zuo Zongtang couldn't help but shed a lot of tears when they saw this tragic scene of the Beijing officials.

When I arrived at the Beijing Hotel, the situation was different, President Meng invited Beijing officials and section chiefs to come today, there were thousands of people, saying that they were celebrating the Lantern Festival together!

Two-thirds of them are administrative officials, all of whom wear crisp suits, one-third of them are military officials, and all of them wear straight and close-fitting military uniforms, and those who can attend banquets at this level must be at least cadres at the level of battalion commanders and above, as well as officers of the garrison headquarters and officers of the construction corps.

This is the second change of clothes after the expansion of the Chinese army, and the quality and style of the clothes have surpassed the US military after World War II.

Li Hongzhang, Zuo Zongtang, and Hu Xueyan saw the clothes of a group of Chinese officials, and they couldn't help but feel sad.

Just now, along the way, the whole of Beijing was brightly lit, and there was originally an area ruled by the Qing court, but now after such a trouble, the Chinese army simply took over, and the whole of Beijing belonged to the Chinese state.

All of them are connected to electric wires, electric lights, and trains, and the circular tram makes it convenient for citizens to get around, and in consideration of the traffic of this era, there are special lanes for horse-drawn carriages and board cars, which are also reserved for the cars that will be developed.

Although the car has not yet come out, whether it is Danzhou or Fengtian, the entire Northeast, plus the urban transformation of Zhili, Huaguo has considered the motorway.

These are all direct instructions from President Moe.

President Meng did not wear a military uniform, but wore a small landlord's horse coat, holding the hand of Princess Katrina Kaf, standing at the door of the banquet hall on the second floor of the Beijing Hotel, and said with a smile: "Welcome Lord Zuo and Li Zhongtang." ”

Zuo Zongtang and Li Hongzhang, as well as Hu Xueyan behind the two people, hurriedly bowed their hands, today's identity of President Meng is very different, every time I see Xuan Yuemeng, after a period of time, Li Hongzhang can feel this change in President Meng, and it can't be said that it is official authority, how to say it specifically, it's really hard to say, maybe it's the spirit of the king.

Li Hongzhang felt that Xuan Yuemeng changed into a dragon robe, and he really looked like an emperor.

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There is something going on in the past two days, and the 28th resumes three shifts every day, and the update time is one o'clock in the morning, one o'clock at noon, and 18 o'clock in the afternoon, unchanged. - General Headquarters of the Chinese Army. (To be continued.) )