"Shaoquan, do you know that it was this time that tied you and my master and apprentice together and stuffed them into a boat. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

The cracked clouds in the sky gradually sewed, the warm and brilliant winter day was covered by haze, and the magnificent Yamen of the governor of Zhili was once again transformed into a gray ink painting. Li Hongzhang felt a little blockage in his chest, and a chill was added to his body. He replied solemnly: "Over the years, students have followed the teacher and done a little thing, although it is due to the current situation, but the great grace of the teacher's reward and promotion, how can the students forget it for a while!" ”

"When I first saw Shaoquan in Beijing, the old man made Shaoquan a great weapon. Ding Wei is young and Quan beats a horse into the Jade Hall, I regard you and Guo Yunxian, Shuai Yuanxian, and Chen Zuomei as the four gentlemen of Ding Wei. After Anqing was captured, I asked Shaoquan to recruit Huai Yong and go east to Shanghai, and later recommended Su Fu as a secret recommendation. I have been mediocre all my life and have made no achievements, and the only consolation is that I see that Shaoquan is a great talent who can be entrusted with heavy responsibilities, and if I want to repay the emperor's kindness and leave a voice for future generations, this is just that. ”

Zeng Guofan recalled the past with deep affection, and his heartfelt praise pushed Li Hongzhang's mood to the peak of excitement and inexplicability. He said in a voice that was close to choking: "The meager work of a student is compared with the majestic merits of the teacher, like the sun and the moon of the bonfire, and the comparison of the sand dunes to the Taiyue, not to mention that this kind of labor is also within the merits of the teacher's life. ”

"In the past ten years, the two armies of Hunan and Huai and the Zeng and Li families have attracted the attention of the world. The predecessors said that the people who are scarcity, the bright ones are easy to be dirty, and said that the wood is beautiful in the forest, the wind will urge it, the old decay in recent years often has the trouble of slander and ridicule, and there is a sense of thinness and profundity, which is the innate courage of the old decay is weak, and the nature of looking forward to things, and the young people who like it are heroic and strong, dare to act, and surpass me a lot in the heart, which is the most gratifying place for the decay. ”

"Students often have moments of emptiness and timidity, especially when things are not going well and the night is deeper." Li Hongzhang is known for his iron-fisted toughness, and this time he said for the first time that he also had a weak side in front of his mentor.

"I think no matter how tough and strong a person is, this sense of cowardice in the depths of the Lingfu is always inevitable. Su Changgong said that the mayfly is in the heaven and the earth, and it is a millet in the sea. How short and small are people between heaven and earth, can they not be cowardly? Zeng Guofan smiled faintly. The servant came over to change into hot tea, Zeng Guofan took two big sips, and Li Hongzhang also took a shallow sip.

The westerly sun had been suppressed by clouds for a long time, and finally struggled out again. Its golden brilliance shines on the stone boat, and also shines on the Xiangfei bamboo that moved from Junshan; It shone on Zeng Guofan's long gray and wrinkled face, and also on Li Hongzhang's thick shoulders.

"I know that there are not many days to come, and I will die on the eve of death, Shaoquan is like a beautiful sun, in the ascendant, and the future should be cherished, I have a few words to say to Shaoquan." Zeng Guofan said to the awe-inspiring students with a solemn expression, "Since the establishment of the Xianghuai Army, it has killed countless people and killed countless enemies all over the world. There is another layer, I don't know if Shaoquan has noticed that the reason why the Xianghuai army won the victory was because of the breaking of the ancestors' laws and secular habits. ”

"Students know." Li Hongzhang nodded and said, "I hold the military power in the center and never move down." In the past, the White Lotus Sect in Sichuan and Chu rebelled, and group exercises were established in various places to participate in the suppression of rebellion, but all of them were disbanded after the group training was completed. The Xianghuai army went against the precedent and was the main force to pacify the long-haired twisters. After the Changmao Ping, the teacher obeyed the law, and the Xiangyong Lu Division withdrew eight or nine out of ten, but the water division was still largely retained and turned into a division of the economic system. After the Kou Ping, the Huai army withdrew only two or three out of ten. All of this is very inconsistent with the worldly law. ”

"Not bad! Or do you see things and understand. Zeng Guofan was very satisfied with Li Hongzhang's answer.

"If the Xianghuai Army does not oppose the secular law, it cannot succeed; If the Xianghuai army goes against the law, it will cause endless troubles. Some people say that the precursors of the Tang Dynasty and the Eight Kings of the Jin Dynasty are not alarmist, but they are also known in real terms. I have a lot of worries by nature, and I am afraid of all kinds of pressure, after the recovery of Jiangning in the third year of Tongzhi, I forcibly withdrew the Hunan army, although I was free of a lot of tongues for a while, but after all, I lacked foresight. Shaoquan has a magnificent temperament, and in recent years, not only has he not withdrawn the Huai army. On the contrary, it is equipped with a large number of foreign guns and cannons, and has become the first strong team today. There have been a lot of discussions about this matter, and some people even regard Dong Zhuo and Cao Cao as it, and they are suspected of acting out of the ordinary. ”

Speaking of this, Zeng Guofan picked up the teacup and drank water again, and paid attention to Li Hongzhang's reaction. I saw that he was calm, and he was not moved by the ridicule of Dong and Cao in the world.

"This is Li Shaoquan, he is very different from me." Zeng Guofan sighed in his heart:

"Of course, this is the shallow view of the ignorant." Zeng Guofan continued, "Although the civil strife is peaceful today, the external troubles are endless, the Qing Dynasty is sometimes in danger of being ravaged, the Eight Banners and the Green Camp can not be relied on, and the past has been seen, the Empress Dowager is the Emperor Sheng'an, the Shenzhou Huaxia is solid, and the Huai Army of Shaoquan will be fought in the future." In addition, to maintain the achievements of our Hunan Huai Army in breaking the secular law for more than ten years, we can only hope for the existence of a strong Huai Army. This is the first important point I want to tell you: no matter how big the turmoil rises in the future, the Huai army can only be strengthened, not weakened, and this point must not be shaken. ”

"Please rest assured that as long as the student is still alive, he will abide by it!" Li Hongzhang said in a firm tone. He has a strong sense of sacred mission to protect the monarch and defend the country, and also has a far-reaching understanding of the achievements of the Xianghuai Army in breaking the secular law, in addition, he also has a clear point of view: The knife in his hand cannot be loosened in the troubled times! This is the basis on which everything depends. However, Zeng Guofan's words also inspired him that he could use the loud slogan of protecting the monarch and defending the country to improve the combat effectiveness of the Huai Army in many ways in the future, and once the Huai Army really became a unique force in the world, no one would dare to say such bastard words as revocation!

"After the long hair was flattened, I hoped that the country would rise immediately, but who knew that the twist would rise again; After the twist was flattened, it was possible to take a surprise, but unexpectedly, the Tianjin case happened again. In handling the Tianjin case, I had exhausted my nerves and knew that I could no longer do anything, and the government and the opposition had great differences on the handling of the Tianjin case, and it was difficult for a while to hope that the gap would be bridged. If it weren't for Lin Kunyu taking the opportunity of the Franco-General war to secretly deal with it and help me, the situation would have been unimaginable. Zeng Guofan remembered the days and nights of the "Tianjin Teaching Plan" and sighed.

"Lin Kunyu can actually say that the master of the law will go to Chief Meng, arrest Feng Daye and return to China to punish the crime, so that public opinion will be eased and the overall situation will be settled. It's a rare talent. Li Hongzhang said.

"It would be nice if he was here today...... Zeng Guofan sighed, "but I'm afraid I won't be able to make it back to him......"

"Don't say that," Li Hongzhang felt sour, but he still comforted Zeng Guofan, "Fang Jinguo is the first to decide, foreign affairs are flourishing, and the teacher is seeing the ......arrival of the world of Zhongxing."

"When ZTE will come, it is difficult to predict from the current situation. However, I am born to be different from the vulgar, because I take the rise and fall of the world as my own responsibility, advance in the face of difficulties, and even know that it cannot be done and force it. For decades, I know that it is difficult to do things, in the people's hearts are not right, the customs are not thick, and the righteous people's hearts are thick customs, and the beginning of the truth depends on one or two people to be silently transported in the depths of the abyss, and their descendants are also harmonious, and the sky is also responding. Shaoquan and I belong to these two people. At the same time, I also vigorously promote talents, use them as seeds, and hope that they will blossom and bear fruit and achieve a situation of harmony in the world. It's a pity that this matter was not successful, and then Shaoquan still has to be conscious from time to time, in a position of exemplary in the world, and also to cultivate more talents, invoking good officials, and when the whole world comes to respond to peace, customs will naturally change, and the world of Zhongxing should come. This is the second sentence I want to say to Shaoquan. ”

When it comes to talents, Li Hongzhang has always been the most obedient to Zeng Guofan's knowledge, so he took the opportunity to ask: "Teacher, students have limited experience, and they are often entangled in various affairs, so they have no time to study deeply, and they lack real insight into some important people today. Teachers are known for their subtleties, can you give them a little evaluation so that students can know what to expect? ”

Zeng Guofan combed his long beard up and down, pondered for a long time, and then said slowly: "Yuedan characters are never easy, people in high positions can determine a person's life with one word, so we must be especially cautious about this kind of words." That's why I've never been easy to talk about people. Today's meeting is extraordinary, and if you don't say some things again, I am afraid that you will never have a chance in the future. However, I'm just talking about it casually, you just have to remember it in your heart, and you don't have to use it as a judgment, let alone talk about it to others. ”

"Remember, students." Li Hongzhang said.

"Who does Shaoquan want to know?" Zeng Guofan took a sip of tea and asked.

"What does the teacher think, how is Zuo Jigao?" Li Hongzhang thought for a while and asked.

"Zuo Jigao is a person who is hard-working, talented, quite strategic, and he is a good hand at fighting with soldiers; Treat people upright, and it is also a good friend and capable officer. But he is flattering, conceited, and intolerant of others, and he often suffers from these problems, and he himself does not understand. After the recovery of Jinling, he did not come with me, and future generations may think that we are at the end of the chastity. However, I always thought that he was a rare general since the founding of the Qing Dynasty. ”

Li Hongzhang said: "The student heard Yang Changjun say that as long as Zhejiang's salary is a few days late, Zuo Jigao will quickly send a letter to urge, regardless of whether it is indiscriminate, and ask sternly: Who gave you your official? If you miss my big thing, I will immediately get rid of your governor! ”

"This is Zuo Jigao!" Zeng Guofan said with a smile, "Only he can say this kind of thing." Zuo Jigao's scolding kung fu can be said to be the pinnacle, and the official is beyond his reach. The first is to hit the nail on the head and be ruthless, and the second is to be unforgiving and chatter. In the seventh year of Xianfeng, I left the camp because of my father's funeral, and he slandered him in Luo Bingzhang's curtain, and public opinion in Shilin was in an uproar for a while. I have been honest and confident in my life, but it is a crime for me to deceive the king, and to this day, this heart is still unavoidable. ”

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