Zeng Guofan heard Li Zhen's title. A smile appeared on his unsmiling face.

Judging from Li Zhen's attitude, Li Zhen respects him.

Not only that, Li Zhenneng directly shouted out his words, indicating that Li Zhen also paid attention to him, which made Zeng Guofan feel very comfortable in his heart, and he also felt that he was still a character. After all, Li Zhen was the minister appointed by the emperor himself, the governor of Guangdong, and the admiral, so powerful people called him his brother, and Zeng Guofan was proud enough. Even if Li Zhen's words are humble, they also show Li Zhen's goodwill.

Zeng Guofan didn't pay attention to Li Zhen's gestures, and subconsciously clasped his fists and saluted: "Xiaguan Zeng Guofan, I've seen Lord Li." ”

Two people, opposite each other.

One person stretches out his hand to shake hands, and the other clasps his fist in salute.

Seeing this, a trace of embarrassment quickly flashed on Li Zhen's face, and he hurriedly withdrew his hand and said, "Brother Bohan, my word is 'Hongyi', you can call me directly, you don't have to be so formal." ”

Regarding Zeng Guofan's non-cooperation, Li Zhen did not take it to heart.

Because the two received different educations and had different ideas and ideas. Li Zhen is accustomed to shaking hands when he meets, while Zeng Guofan is used to clasping his fists and saluting when he sees officials, and the two have different ways of doing things and behave differently.

Zeng Guofan was slightly stunned and hesitated.

He was just a person who ran a regimental training, even though the emperor once asked Zeng Guofan to act as the governor of Hubei, but after 7 days, he withdrew his order, changed the title of squire of the military department, and gave him a title with no real power, so that Zeng Guofan had no real power. But Li Zhen is different, he is a member of the prominent party.

At this time, the cadres and others standing behind Zeng Guofan all felt comfortable in their hearts, and a smile appeared on their faces. The reason is simple, because Li Zhen treats him with courtesy.

"Teacher, Master Li is approachable, don't shirk it."

A tall middle-aged man in his early thirties, with a short beard, walked out and said. This person has clear eyes, calm demeanor, neither humble nor arrogant, and exudes a sleek meaning.

Zeng Guofan smiled heartily and said, "Hongyi, I am obsessed with how old you are, so I will call you by the word." ”

Li Zhen said: "That's right, you and I are not outsiders, you don't need to see outsiders." ”

After that, Li Zhen took Zeng Guofan's hand and strode into the camp with Zeng Guofan. Immediately after, the people brought by Zeng Guofan also entered the camp. The group looked curiously at everything in the camp and looked excited. Because since they knew that there was such a person as Li Zhen, they were all people who had heard of Li Zhen's successive victories, but they had not heard of Li Zhen's defeat.

Such a legendary person made Zeng Guofan and his party very curious.

The big tent of the Chinese army does not receive visitors, only a rectangular conference table. Li Zhen waved his finger at the conference table and said, "Brother Bohan, I don't have a table or chair for receptionists here, only this conference table for the generals to deliberate, which is a little simpler, please forgive me, Brother Bohan." Xiao Ye, remove the conference table and rearrange it. ”

"Yes!"

Ye Cheng agreed to come down and immediately prepared to go out.

"Wait!"

Zeng Guofan stretched out his hand to stop it and said: "As the saying goes, follow the customs of the country, since I came to the Hongyi Army, I should follow the rules." The conference table doesn't have to be removed, and we can sit down how we usually sit. ”

Ye Cheng's eyes rolled and waited for Li Zhen's reply.

Li Zhen nodded and said, "Brother Bohan is not particular, then he is too lazy to change." Brother Bohan, please be seated! As he spoke, Li Zhen walked to the conference table and sat down with a robe in his robe. Li Zhen sat down not directly above the previous conference table, but in the center of the left side of the conference table. In this way, when Zeng Guofan sits in the center of the right side of the conference table, the two of them sit face to face, which is more conducive to communication and will not form too big a gap.

Zeng Guofan is in his early forties, and he has been up and down for half his life, and he is extremely grateful to see Li Zhen treating him so politely. Zeng Guofan sat down opposite Li Zhen, sitting on Zeng Guofan's left hand side was a middle-aged man who had persuaded Zeng Guofan before, and the person sitting on Zeng Guofan's right hand side was also a middle-aged man in his early thirties. Then three more people sat down on the left and right sides in turn, and the rest stood in the back.

On Li Zhen's side, only Li Zhen sat down alone, and Long Xi, Ye Chengxin and others were standing behind Li Zhen.

Li Zhen didn't go straight to the point, he pointed to the people around Zeng Guofan, and said with a smile: "Brother Bohan, let's introduce the people around you first." When I came here, I couldn't be called 'who, hey, hey', that was not good. ”

When Zeng Guofan heard this, he immediately laughed, and his demeanor became more calm.

The people next to him were all smiling.

Li Zhen's ridiculous words immediately enlivened the atmosphere.

Zeng Guofan waved his hand at the middle-aged man on his left side and said, "This is my disciple Li Hongzhang......

"Li Shaoquan!"

Li Zhen raised his eyebrows, and a look of surprise flashed in his eyes.

When Li Hongzhang heard this, he was also surprised. At this time, Li Hongzhang's reputation was not obvious, and not too many people knew about it. 'Shaoquan' was his own name, but Li Zhen opened his mouth to say it, which surprised Li Hongzhang. However, Li Hongzhang recovered quickly, stood up and hugged his fists and said, "Xiaguan Li Hongzhang, I have seen Lord Qincha." ”

Li Zhen looked at this oriental 'Bismarck' and sighed in his heart.

This time, it's really a party!

The two important ministers of the late Qing Dynasty gathered in his camp, which is absolutely rare in the world. When Li Zhen saw Li Hongzhang standing, he also stood up, stretched out his hand and said, "Brother Shaoquan, I don't want to hug fists here, except for military salutes, they are all handshakes." ”

Li Hongzhang nodded and hurriedly reached out to shake hands with Li Zhen.

Immediately, Li Hongzhang sat down.

However, Li Zhen was still standing, and Zeng Guofan couldn't continue to sit down, so he immediately stood up. Especially when he saw Li Zhen and Li Hongzhang shaking hands, he recalled that Li Zhen also stretched out his hand when he greeted him at the gate of the camp, but at that time he hugged his fists and faced each other, and the two did not shake hands.

He continued to introduce the rest of the people, the person sitting on the right side of Zeng Guofan was Zeng Guohuang, Zeng Guofan's second brother Zeng Guohuang, and then arranged left and right in turn, the third brother Zeng Guohua, the fourth brother Zeng Guoquan, the fifth brother Zeng Guobao, and all the five brothers of the Zeng family were present.

Li Zhen shook hands with several people one by one before sitting down.

Ye Cheng asked people to serve tea and stood next to him.

Li Zhen took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "Brother Bohan came all the way to my camp, is there anything wrong?" In this regard, Li Zhen was also pondering in his heart, thinking about whether Zeng Guofan wanted to borrow soldiers, or borrow money, or borrow weapons.

Zeng Guofan said: "Don't hide it from Hongyi, I came this time to learn from Hongyi. ”

"Oh, what do you mean by that?" Li Zhen asked.

Zeng Guofan sighed, with a lonely look, and said: "In the past few years, although there have been victories in the past few years, they have won fewer victories and more defeats, especially the two defeats, and I have lost all my old face. On the other hand, Hongyi, who led the soldiers to win more with less, won consecutive battles, and fought so that the bandits were powerless to resist, so he should be a model for my generation! ”

Li Zhen said: "Brother Bohan is too humble! ”

Zeng Guofan said affirmatively: "Facts speak louder than words, Hongyi won the battle and defeated the bandits, this is an indisputable fact." This time, I came to Jiangbei camp to ask Hongyi for advice on how to use and train soldiers, and I hope Hongyi can give me advice. As he spoke, he stood up and saluted Li Zhen respectfully.

ps: first update;