The vast sea, a piece of blue.

The sun hangs in the sky, the sun shines down, and the sea adds a golden picture, which also dispels a trace of cold spring. One by one, the warships moved forward rapidly, revealing a powerful momentum.

On the flagship deck, Li Zhen leaned back on the chair, closed his eyes and faced the sun in the sky, with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Lord Wang, do you have anything to do with me?"

Zeng Guofan came to Li Zhen's side and asked respectfully.

Li Zhen opened his eyes, waved his hand and said, "Sit!" ”

Zeng Guofan sat down as he said and waited for Li Zhen to speak.

Li Zhen sat up and said with a smile: "Brother Bohan, before you arrived in Nanjing, the person who followed me was Ye Chengxin. When you took people to the camp in Jiangbei, you saw Ye Chengxin's kid, who was a spiritual kid who followed me. It's a pity that Ye Chengxin is now serving as the prefect of Wuzhou. Next, the talent around me was replaced by Zheng Zaoru, but Zheng Zaoru is now staying in Taiwan as the governor of Taiwan, and there are no more people around me to do things, so Brother Bohan will recommend one to me. ”

When Zeng Guofan heard this, he was immediately silent.

Li Zhen's words gave Zeng Guofan a problem.

There is no shortage of talents under Zeng Guofan's command, and it can even be called a wealth of talents. However, these talents are all from Zeng Guofan, and they belong to Zeng Guofan's lineage. If Zeng Guofan recommended his henchmen, it would undoubtedly weaken his own strength, but if he didn't recommend him, it would make Li Zhen think that Zeng Guofan was hiding his secrets.

The two choices made Zeng Guofan feel embarrassed.

Zeng Guofan's eyes rolled, and he already had a plan in his heart, since he wanted to recommend, he naturally recommended the most potential person. Zeng Guofan said solemnly: "Lord Wang, in my army, Li Shaoquan is the most talented, and his ability is also first-class, he is definitely a super-first-class talent, and he can let Shaoquan follow the prince to do things." On the one hand, Shaoquan is from a scholarly family, can write and paint, and can solve the problem of writing articles for the prince; On the other hand, Li Shaoquan was born in an official family, has a good understanding of officialdom, and can handle many things for the prince to contact officials. Therefore, I recommend Li Shaoquan. ”

After Li Zhen heard this, his brows furrowed slightly.

Li Shaoquan is Li Hongzhang.

Let Li Hongzhang be the person who works beside Li Zhen, but Li Zhen feels that it is overkill.

Such people should not be buried.

When Zeng Guofan saw Li Zhen's expression, his heart was different from what Li Zhen thought. Zeng Guofan thought that Li Zhen looked down on Li Hongzhang, and immediately explained: "Lord Wang, although Shaoquan is my disciple, he is definitely talented. If the prince thinks that what I said is untrue, you can send someone to invite Shaoquan over and try it in public, I will definitely not recommend unqualified people. ”

Li Zhen shook his head and smiled, and said, "Brother Bohan misunderstood me, it's not that I don't disagree with Brother Bohan's opinion. It's just that Li Hongzhang is capable and talented, there is no need to do things around me, and he can be reused directly. For such a person, I am reluctant to detain me and take it with me, it is too laborious. ”

Zeng Guofan breathed a sigh of relief, feelings are the reason.

Li Zhen continued: "Bohan, let's change someone!" ”

"Yes!"

Zeng Guofan pondered slightly, with a bitter smile on his face, and said, "Lord Wang, I recommend Zhao Liewen." This person is my staff, and his temper is a little arrogant, but he is talented, knowledgeable, and suitable for doing things by the prince's side. ”

Li Zhen said: "Okay, it's him." ”

In fact, the candidate Li Zhen thought of was Zhao Liewen. Li Zhen was also quite interested in this person who could predict the time of the fall of the Manchu Dynasty, but Zhao Liewen was Zeng Guofan's staff, Li Zhen took into account Zeng Guofan's feelings, and did not talk to Zhao Liewen directly, but first found Zeng Guofan, and wanted to obtain Zeng Guofan's consent before he was ready to take action.

Zeng Guofan said: "Lord Wang, I'll go and inform Zhao Liewen." ”

"Good!"

Li Zhen nodded and agreed.

After Zeng Guofan left, Zhao Liewen quickly rushed over.

"Boom! Boom!! ”

The sound of footsteps came, and Zhao Liewen walked in front of Li Zhen and saluted respectfully: "Lord Wang!" ”

"Mr. Zhao is here!" Li Zhen waved his hand and asked Zhao Liewen to sit down next to him, and when Zhao Liewen sat down, Li Zhencai said: "Mr. Zhao, you have been serving as Brother Bohan's staff, and you have been in the army for a while, so you have a general understanding of the structure of the army under my rule. What is Mr. Zhao's thoughts on this? ”

Zhao Liewen chuckled in his heart, figuring out Li Zhen's intentions. As the saying goes, thunder, rain and dew are all Jun'en, Li Zhen asked, which suddenly made Zhao Liewen have the rest of his thoughts in his heart. Previously, Zeng Guofan had already told Li Zhen that he was going to recruit him to do things, so Zhao Liewen thought that Li Zhen was going to test him.

Zhao Liewen said solemnly: "The army is strict and solemn, the military discipline is strict, and it is an iron army. ”

"That's all?" Li Zhenxiao asked.

Zhao Liewen thought for a while, and then said: "The prince's army has a soul!" ”

Li Zhen's eyes lit up and he bowed slightly.

This sentence touched Li Zhen's heart. Li Zhen stopped his waist slightly and said, "Mr. Zhao, are you willing to do things by my side?" At this moment, Li Zhen said what he thought in his heart.

Zhao Liewen said: "I am willing to drive for the prince." ”

Zhao Liewen already has a general understanding of Li Zhen, and he also knows the results of the people who worked beside Li Zhen before. The earliest Liu Taiping became the governor of Guangxi, followed by Ye Chengxin became the prefect of Wuzhou, and now Zheng Zaoru became the governor of Taiwan. Undoubtedly, the people who followed Li Zhen all embarked on an avenue of officialdom, which made Zhao Liewen also moved.

Li Zhen said: "Mr. Zhao is refreshing! ”

After a pause, Li Zhen said, "Tell Mr. Zhao about what you have to do every day." You follow me, you have to sort out my schedule, organize the information I need, gather the information I need, and convey the orders I have given, and send people to carry them out...... To put it in layman's terms, you are the big housekeeper by my side, you must be comprehensive and there can be no omissions. ”

"Understood!"

Zhao Liewen agreed and nodded again and again.

Following Li Zhen is an opportunity for Zhao Liewen, so Zhao Liewen attaches great importance to it. Zhao Liewen is arrogant, but he definitely doesn't look arrogant when he sees everyone, he knows how to be flexible.

Li Zhen was satisfied with Zhao Liewen's attitude, and ordered: "Do the first thing you do after taking office, go and invite Li Hongzhang over, I have something to say to him." ”

"Yes!"

Zhao Liewen respectfully responded and immediately went to convey the order.

Soon, Li Hongzhang came to Li Zhen.

Li Hongzhang is still Zeng Guofan's staff, assisting Zeng Guofan in handling things, and he does not have an official position. Prior to this, Li Hongzhang had learned that Zeng Guofan recommended him to Li Zhen, but Li Zhen chose Zhao Liewen. In this regard, Li Hongzhang has a lot of complaints, because he thinks that it does not belong to Zhao Liewen, especially Li Hongzhang feels that Li Zhen's words are empty words that he is ready to reuse.

Li Hongzhang stood beside Li Zhen and said, "Lord Wang! ”

Li Zhenyi heard Li Hongzhang's tone, and said with a smile: "Brother Shaoquan, you have gas in your stomach!" As soon as he spoke, Li Zhen said an ambiguous word.

ps: The first update, continue to work hard. Let's talk about the update. Updates are now generally held in the evenings, except on weekends. It turned out that there was an update in the morning, and it was Xiaodong who got up at six o'clock in the morning to write a chapter and then went to work. The weather is cold, and I can't get up in the morning, so I can only put it in the evening. As long as he doesn't work overtime on weekends, Xiaodong will try his best to break out.