Guo Ye arranged all the affairs in an orderly manner, at this time, Zuo Zongtang also came to Beijing City, now that the British army has left Fuzhou, completely withdrawn to Nanyang, the whole Fujian has settled down, Zuo Zongtang has nothing else to do, and rushed to Beijing City by steamer. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Now that Guo Ye, Guo Songtao, Zuo Zongtang, and Li Hongzhang have all come to the capital, coupled with the strength of the Lu army, the Huai army and the Chu army, the provinces in the Guannai do not dare to make any changes at all, and even the four-nation alliance has been defeated, so who else in China can stop Guo Ye?

Even now Zuo Zongtang and Li Hongzhang are not the opponents of the Lu army under Guo Ye, whether it is the military strength is not Guo Ye's opponent, the hurried economic backing is too far behind, and now in addition to Shandong, the entire Zhili is also under Guo Ye's control, and the financial revenue of Shandong and Zhili provinces is enough to top most of China's financial revenue, as for the available financial resources, it is far better than other provinces, how to compete? There is simply no way to fight!

What's more, Zuo Zongtang and Li Hongzhang will not go against Guo Ye, these two people are people who understand, in China, if they want to be completely revived, they can only pin their hopes on Guo Ye, if there is no Guo Ye, they may continue to be loyal to the imperial court, because they have not suppressed the absolute power of all parties, and now that Guo Ye has been born out of thin air, the balance has been completely broken, so it is natural to support Guo Ye, after all, this is our Han people, it is much better than the Manchurians!

It's just that what Guo Ye didn't expect was that as soon as Zuo Zongtang came to the capital, he gave Guo Ye a huge shock, of course, it was not so much a shock as a surprise, because Zuo Zongtang proposed to Guo Ye that all the military power of the Chu army be handed over to Guo Ye, and he was willing to assist Guo Ye in rectifying the dynasty in the capital!

I didn't expect it, I really didn't expect it, although Guo Ye admired Zuo Zongtang very much, but I didn't expect that Zuo Zongtang would make such a huge sacrifice, you must know that the army, in this era, is the foundation of real life, Zeng Guoquan was in Nanjing at the beginning, wantonly slaughtered, why did the imperial historians repeatedly participate in impeachment, and still stand? It's not that the Hunan army is strong, and the imperial court does not dare to act rashly in order to encircle Zeng Guofan and the Hunan army?

Now Zuo Zongtang has handed over all the capital for his life, and is even willing to assist Guo Ye in the capital, such a mind is difficult for ordinary people to do.

Guo Ye muttered, "Ji Shuai, what are you doing?" ”

Zuo Zongtang smiled and replied: "Ming Shuai, in fact, although the Chu army still has a certain strength, but in terms of combat power, when it comes to the generals in the army, it has been thrown away by the generals in the Lu army, at least, when the role of firearms is getting bigger and bigger, they have been out of the development of the times, and the tactics of cold weapons can no longer adapt to the war of this era, and they can only be eliminated in the end, rather than watching the Chu army fall step by step, it is better to hand it over to you, let you break the Chu army and rebuild it, I believe, in the future, The glory of the Chu army will not disappear, only more! And I always believe that my ability to handle government affairs far exceeds my military ability, and assisting you in government affairs in the capital is the best destination for me! Ming Shuai, I have found my home, positioned myself, and I hope you can let me show my ambitions! As for Chu Jun, it's completely up to you, Ming Shuai, don't let me down! ”

Guo Ye's face was straight, he bowed deeply to Zuo Zongtang, and replied: "Ji Shuai, since this is the case, then you are welcome, I will completely disrupt the establishment of the Chu army, and the Chu army will cease to exist in the future, but the backbone of the Chu army will be reborn in the new army, and in the future, they will all become first-class elite forces!" As for these generals, I have already made a plan, to recruit all of them to the military academy, and together with the generals under my command, they must go through another training to let them master more advanced tactical theories in the firearms age! In the future, those with excellent grades will go down, and those with mediocre grades will be the only ones! ”

Zuo Zongtang laughed and said: "This is the best, Liu Songshan, Liu Jintang and others under my command are all temporary choices, but they are delayed by me under my hands, if they can accept the new military strategy and tactics in front of you, they will definitely advance by leaps and bounds!" It's also a matter of mine! ”

It's just that Zuo Zongtang handed over the Chu army, and Li Hongzhang, who got careful, was really entangled, to hand it over or not to hand it over? If you don't pay it, Zuo Zongtang has already handed over power, Guo Ye is not a mediocre lord, that is a rare male lord in a hundred generations, eloquent and strategic, how can he tolerate an army to maintain allegiance to others? Delivered? It's really a little reluctant, this is the guy who eats by himself!

Without Huaijun, where do you still have enough confidence? The future is not the meat of the chopping board, to be slaughtered?

Li Hongzhang secretly complained in his heart that Zuo Zongtang was such an important matter, and he didn't even discuss it with himself, but now he was left to dry!

"My lord, don't hesitate, Guo Ye's ascension to the throne of the Ninth Five-Year Emperor is already the trend of the times, even if all the provinces are connected to oppose Guo Ye, it is useless, not to mention that now Zuo Zongtang fully supports Guo Ye? The so-called person who knows the times is Junjie, and a new male lord is born, and it is absolutely not allowed to have an independent force under the ruling system, and even if you hand over the Huai army? Which of these people is not a descendant of you from birth to death? In the end, my heart is still biased towards you! It is necessary to hand over the military power, and it can also compete with Zuo Zongtang for the position below one person and above ten thousand people, Guo Songtao is still difficult to take on such a heavy responsibility after all......"

On the side, Li Hongzhang's mastermind Zhou Fu said in a deep voice.

Li Hongzhang raised his eyebrows, Zhou Fu was right, now it is not a matter of reluctance, but must be handed over, otherwise, with Guo Ye's strength, even if he wants to completely annex the Huai Army, it will be an easy matter, you must know that now the Huai Army has suffered a heavy blow and will no longer be at its peak.

"Okay, Yushan, I'll listen to you in this matter, I'll go to Prince Alcohol's Mansion to see Guo Ye, hum, it's just that Zuo Zongtang took the lead, it's really unpleasant!"

Li Hongzhang has made up his mind, and the depression in his heart has dispersed a lot all of a sudden, in terms of prestige, ability, and strength, he is far inferior to Guo Ye, since he can't compete, it is better to be a prime minister in a down-to-earth manner!

Li Hongzhang personally came to Guo Ye's house and gave up his Huai army, Guo Ye was indeed much more polite to Li Hongzhang, and repeatedly excused himself, Li Hongzhang insisted on doing so, and then agreed.

In the whole of China, the most powerful combat power is all under Guo Ye's command!

(To be continued.) )