"But when are you going to do it?"

Zuo Zongtang asked. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Do it?"

Guo Ye was stunned.

Zuo Zongtang replied: "Of course, since there is a lot of resistance in the court, why do we still have to push under pressure? If you want me to say, it's better to start anew, don't you have a plan for yourself? ”

Guo Ye's face turned dark, wiped it, this Zuo Zongtang is really not a fuel-efficient lamp, just after confirming his intention, he has already begun to prepare for a new stove!

"Brother Ji, the time is not yet ripe......"

"!"

Zuo Zongtang said disdainfully: "The time is not ripe? How long will it take for the time to be ripe? As you said, now the West has left us far behind, if we don't hurry, then we can only be thrown farther and farther away! You're not going to back down, are you? ”

Guo Ye was speechless for a while, and said helplessly: "Brother Ji Gao, you have to understand that the role of the people's hearts and minds, the Qing court has ruled the Central Plains for more than 200 years, and it has already been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. The most terrible thing is that now England and France are eyeing us, as long as we show the slightest flaw, they will make waves around, Tibet, Vietnam, Guanwai, and the northwest are all under the tiger's mouth......"

"How long will that have to wait?"

"Wait!"

Guo Ye replied, "This day will not be too long, now although the people's heart is still on the side of the imperial court, but over the years, the people's livelihood has been withering day by day, years of war, making the people unhappy, more and more people are losing hope in the imperial court, losing patience, although the strength in our hands is still relatively weak, but, it is solid, not to mention anything else, now Shandong has completely changed, even if I have only been in Shandong for more than a year, from the governor to the ordinary people, are already in my control, And as soon as Shandong's tax protection period expires next year, the tax will usher in a huge blowout, not to mention a Jiangsu or Zhejiang, even if Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian and Jiangxi provinces are added together, there may not be a high tax in Shandong Province. Now and will be in charge of the two provinces of Fujian and Zhejiang, with the great talent of Brother Ji Gao, the two provinces of Fujian and Zhejiang will definitely be smooth, the three provinces are in hand, I can be responsible for saying that the taxes in our hands have accounted for half of the Qing Dynasty, if we can win over the two princes of Zeng and Li, it is to have a certain advantage, even if they are neutral, we also have a certain certainty, but this grasp is not enough for us to defeat them in general, we want an absolute advantage, just like this time against the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, As long as I want to, I can defeat all the Taiping troops in the shortest possible time, this is strength! With absolute strength, we can promote our great changes as we like! ”

Zuo Zongtang nodded, what Guo Ye said was not completely unreasonable, one is internal friction, and the other is a strong enemy watching, it is really not easy to carry out a huge bloody war at this time.

"I thought you were estimating Prince Gong's affection for you......"

Zuo Zongtang smiled.

Guo Ye's face turned red, it's not that he doesn't have this concern, but the biggest concern is not Prince Gong, but the one in the palace, how can he fiddle with it when the time comes? Of course, these are just small things, the real opportunity has come, Guo Ye will not let these children's private affairs affect his plans, the opportunity, what he is waiting for now is an opportunity to get rid of the Qing court!

"Brother Ji Gao, it won't be long before I will enter Beijing, according to my estimate, those bigwigs in the court are not worried that I am outside, so they will definitely leave me behind, in this way, you will promote innovation in Fujian and Zhejiang, take a step, just let go, one Shandong and one Fujian and Zhejiang, one south and one north, echoing each other from afar, I will fully support you in the court, as long as it does not involve fundamental issues, Prince Gong will still fully support my opinion. In two years, or three years, to open mines and factories, encourage businessmen to expand production, build Western-style schools, lack teachers, I will contact you; There are also railways, telegraphs, foreign newspapers, these foreign things have to find a chance to build, if you encounter any thorny problems, you can always find me and Guo Songtao, even Xue Fucheng of the United States, you can, everyone will give you strong support! ”

"Okay, let's limit it to three years! In the past three years, we have tried to promote innovation in Fujian and Zhejiang provinces, and once the time is ripe, we will put up the banner of innovation! ”

The two of them chatted from late at night until dawn, Zuo Zongtang just said goodbye, it was too happy, there were thousands of cups of wine for confidants, although there was no wine, but hot tea, but several pots of tea!

The chapters to the imperial court have already been sent, and all that remains is to wait, waiting for the reply of the imperial court, anyway, protest is necessary, where did it come from, and the following provinces will take out the severance pay for the surrender of the Taiping Army? That's not a small amount! Resolutely do not agree!

In Guo Ye's recital, there is another one, that is, Shi Dakai will never be allowed to enter Beijing, in order to express his opposition, Guo Ye even directly stated to the imperial court that within a few days, Shi Dakai will be allowed to board the cruise ship from Shanghai to England, and he wants to stay and dream! The imperial court can do things that break the trust of others, but he Guo Ye will never do it!

It didn't take long, the will of the imperial court came down again, the severance pay of two million taels of silver, the imperial court didn't have so much silver, it had to be raised by you, since it was Guo Ye who caused the incident, then Guo Ye would bear it, this silver!

When Guo Ye and Zeng Zuoli got the will, several people laughed helplessly, as a dignified court, at this time, they actually played Lai Pi, which was really angry and laughing, and it was too special to fall off the shelf.

Li Hongzhang said with a smile: "Ming Shuai, now, you can't run, it's really a prophecy......

Guo Ye shook his head with a wry smile, and replied: "Okay, Quan Shuai, these two million taels of silver, Guo Mou has taken it, two million silver for one Shi Dakai does not need to enter the capital, it is worth it, I Guo Ye is a thousand gold, this signboard must not be smashed, anyway, sooner or later I will make up for it from the imperial court!" ”

All the orders have been issued, Guo Ye can only send someone to Shanghai to transfer some silver from the Qilu Bank first, a large number of Taiping troops are not a good thing to press here, it always has to be solved, the longer the time, the more troublesome the problem!

(To be continued.) )