Guo Ye did things cleanly, and finalized the matter in a few moments, of course, this is just the intention of cooperation, a large amount of arms deals, on top of other details, it still needs to be negotiated separately, but these are all details, and it is difficult to help these people below.

"Guo Ye is out of the horse, one by one!"

This was not said by Prince Gong, nor by Cixi, nor by Ci'an, who was not good at smiling or laughing, but from the mouth of the university scholar Wu Ren, although the old guy was a little pedantic, but he was still very open-minded, and praised Guo Ye's ability to do things, but unfortunately there were too few such talents in the court, if there were more than ten or twenty Guo Ye, how could things not be done?

Returned to the court, the queen mother of the two palaces was naturally smiling, in the eyes of Cixi and Ci'an, looking at Guo Ye more and more pleasing to the eye, in Cixi's eyes, that is in the eyes of the lover, in the eyes of Ci'an, it is full of appreciation and praise, this young man really has nothing to say, no wonder they all ask Prince Gong for officials, this is to be righteous, capable, talented, the bigger the official, the more beneficial it is to the court.

Ci'an asked: "Guo Ye, this matter has been finalized, but what kind of charter is behind it, and where can this fleet be controlled?" ”

Guo Ye said in a deep voice: "Queen Mother, what is anxious now is not who will control the fleet, but how the fleet can exert its combat power, even if all twelve warships have arrived, and the artillery and shells are fully equipped, if we don't have the corresponding talent to manipulate the fleet, he is still a pile of broken copper and iron, and there is no help for suppressing bandits, only we have trained talents." Only then can the fleet become a mobile Great Wall on the sea frontier. A sharp weapon to suppress bandits. ”

Ci An'an was stunned. In her opinion, as long as the fleet is bought, it can play a role, it turns out that this is not the case, without special training, this fleet is still not used!

Ci'an asked, "If it doesn't work, what use do we want?" ”

Cixi said on the side: "Sister, it's not that it can't play a role. What Guo Ye means is that we need to purchase the fleet and cultivate talents at the same time, and when the fleet is configured, the talents will be cultivated, so that the power will be revealed......"

Ci'an said suspiciously: "Cultivating talents? How should this be cultivated? ”

Guo Ye took out a fold from his sleeve, handed it over, and said, "Queen Mother, Lord Wang, this is the fold that the minister has been making in the past two days, and the handwriting has already been copied." It was an excerpt from the minister's invitation to build the Shandong Water Master School, and the minister thought. Shandong Yantai is located in the Jiaodong Peninsula to rush, the west of the Zhilu, remote Beijing, the British and French troops, in addition to the landing in Tianjin, is from Yantai landing, is the place where the soldiers must fight, the minister suggested in Yantai to expand Weihaiwei, at the same time to prepare for the establishment of the Sailor School, specializing in the training of sailor talents, can hire instructors from Western countries, teach artillery, machinery, ships, gunpowder, sailors and other courses, within a few years, for the imperial court to train several batches of military talents, once completed, you can board the fleet for practice, excellent results, We can also directly serve as the general of the sailor, so that we can gradually get rid of the dependence of the sailor on Western countries, truly guard the sea frontier, and stabilize the place. “

Prince Gong first read the fold and handed it to Ci'an, who glanced at it briefly and handed it to Cixi.

Cixi looked at it and asked, "Sixth Master, what do you think?" ”

Prince Gong replied: "Queen Mother, the minister thinks that Guo Ye played well, Yantai is located in the key area, and Tianjin Wei belongs to the east gate of the capital, but it is necessary to strengthen the defense of Yantai, in case the British and French invade again in the future, we also have a buffer room, as for the preparation of the Sailor School, such a thing, involving foreign affairs, Guo Ye is an expert, since he said that it is feasible, the minister thinks that it is okay to try, so he will hand it over to Guo Ye to undertake the whole, do a good job, do not do well, punish the crime." ”

Cixi smiled and nodded, it seems that the anger in Prince Gong's heart has not completely dissipated, the former Guo Ye really offended Prince Gong a lot.

Cixi snorted and replied, "Guo Ye, look at how King Gong defends you, you dare to cut his face like that, you really deserve to be punished." ”

Guo Ye smiled bitterly and did not take this stubble.

Prince Gong sighed, and then said: "Queen Mother, there are very few people in the court who understand foreign affairs and warships, even if they are Zeng Guofan and others, I am afraid that they are only half-understood, and they are entangled in military affairs, and they can't take care of it, so I think that Guo Ye can temporarily be allowed to lead the admiral of the future fleet as the governor of Shandong, acting in charge of the military affairs of the naval division, and the training and combat military leave will be left to him, and after the naval division is fully formed and has combat power, he will make calculations." ”

Cixi nodded and asked, "Sister, what do you ......see?"

Ci'an said with a smile: "Since Prince Gong said it, then do what King Gong said, the sailor is located in Yantai, which happens to be in Shandong, and he, the governor of Shandong, naturally has to shoulder the responsibility." ”

Cixi smiled: "You can't be so cheap for him, Guo Ye!" ”

Guo Ye was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly replied: "Queen Mother." ”

"Guo Ye, this sailor has been handed over to you, but, from now on, the funds of the sailor division will be allocated from the Shandong treasury, and the cost of the Shandong Sailor Academy will also be allocated from the Shandong treasury, not only that, if you want to expand Weihaiwei, you can, find a way to go yourself, you know better than us, the treasury is now poor, and the military salaries for the war in the southeast can't be scrapped, where is the money for this?"

"This ......"

Guo Ye snorted his teeth fiercely, what the hell, this mother-in-law is so poisonous, she wants to tie herself up like this? The court left everything alone, and all of them were self-funded, what the hell is there to play? It seems that she didn't "serve" her last time.

Prince Gong on the side also frowned slightly, he knew the situation in Shandong, the whole Shandong was less and more crowded, and the people were in great difficulty, and the lives of the common people were extremely difficult.

Guo Ye gritted his teeth and replied: "Queen Mother, the cost of this sailor can be handed over to Shandong, the cost of the academy can be handed over to Shandong, and even the cost of buying the entire fleet can be handed over to Shandong. However, the minister also has a request, as long as the two queen mothers agree to the prince, the minister will give up his life, and he will definitely not let you down! (To be continued.) )