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"What! You are the great talent of Sanxiang, Zuo Zongtang, Zuo Jigao! ”

In the Deep Water Bay mansion, Zhu Jishi stood up suddenly, staring at himself, the Zuo Great Military Division, with round eyes, and how excited he was in his heart. Zuo Zongtang, one of the three famous ministers of the late Qing Dynasty, actually threw himself under his door! What does this mean? It shows that the anti-Qing Dynasty and the restoration of the Ming Dynasty are very promising! Otherwise, Zuo Zongtang will gamble on his whole family and Hong Kong to rebel? It seems that he is really the real man! Uh, it must be!

Zuo Zongtang stroked his beard and was quite proud in his heart, he felt that he had met Mingjun! What is Mingjun? Mingjun must first recognize talents! He is such a big talent, and there are many Qingliu celebrities who recommend him to Emperor Daoguang, why should Daoguang give himself an official, right? Even if it's a waitlist, it's a big deal to take the Jinshi exam again next day. But this light dusk gentleman actually ignores it, your officials in the Qing Dynasty are not very precious, many children of the Eight Banners are born, and everyone in the family who takes advantage of a few wealthy businessmen has donated their crowns, and even a foreign businessman actually wants to be an official, so he doesn't have an official hat of his own! It's really bearable, it's unbearable, and it's going to overturn the Qing Dynasty even if you rush to this.

And after the Zhu Ming in front of him, he heard that he was from Hunan, so he asked himself about "Zuo Zongtang" and his person, and wanted to take it for his own use, which was really thirsty for talent! Compared with him, Emperor Daoguang is an old bastard bastard, and he is not worthy of being a human monarch at all......

"The subordinate is Zuo Zongtang, a farmer from Hunan Province. used the name of Jinliang before, but it was really worried about the clan family. Zuo Zongtang stood up. Arch explained.

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. Mr. is really Zhuge Liang today, and the name of today's Liang is well deserved. Mr. Clan's family can also be brought to Hong Kong for resettlement. The children of the clan can enter the Jishi Academy to study, and in the future, they will study through China and the West, and they are all pillars of the country, and the elders in the clan are the elders of Zhu. Raised by Zhu. ”

Zuo Zongtang nodded with a smile and said: "Although the Xiangyin Zuo family is not a famous family, but it is proud to be in the lower wife's room, and most of the famous families in Xiangzhong are old in-laws, if they can be brought to Hong Kong, half of Hunan can be easily annexed, but unfortunately Zuo does not have such appeal, for the clan and township party, he can only use the name of Jinliang first to serve the Ming Dynasty." He paused. He added, "However, among the Zuo clan, there are some people who are not talented, so I can write a letter to recruit Hong Kong." Let him study at the Ap Lei Chau Military Academy. ”

"That's very good." Zhu Jishi thought for a while, and then ordered left and right to invite Luo Xiangju and Zhu Jishi's eldest son Guojie together.

"Husband. Hello Mr. Zuo. Luo Xiangju walked in with a small baby boy in her arms and nodded at Zhu Jishi and Zuo Zongtang. He stuffed the child into Zhu Jishi's arms.

"This son of Guojie, although he is not a descendant. But he is my eldest son, and I am ready to wait for him to be the son of the Grand Duke of Lanfang after he is one year old, and inherit the position of Grand Duke of Lanfang in the future. Why don't you ask Mr. Zuo to be his teacher first, and if there is fate in the future, how about getting married again? Zhu Jishi handed his son to Zuo Zongtang again. Although this child is only a full moon, he is extremely handsome, he will be a beautiful man in the future, and he will be the lord of a country.

After encircling Zuo Zongtang, Zhu Jishi ordered someone to take the little young master Luo Guojie away, and left Luo Xiangju to accompany Zuo Zongtang to talk. The content of the conversation naturally turned to Zuo Zongtang's year-old friend Lin Zexu. Historically, Lin Zexu greatly admired Zuo Zongtang's talents, calling him "extraordinary talent" and "peerless genius", and repeatedly recommended Zuo Zongtang to the Manchu Emperor, but unfortunately it had no effect. The situation in this time and space is the same, but Zuo Zongtang is still extremely grateful to Lin Zexu.

"Mu Weng is different from most of the officials above the Manchu temples, he can do things and wants to do things. It's a pity that he was born 20 years early, and the pattern of his life has been set, and he can't change it. ”

Zhu Jishi took a letter from the desk, handed it to Zuo Zongtang and said: "Military advisor, you take a look at this first, this Mu Weng is still very energetic to do things now, and he wants to set up a mint and an iron factory in Guangdong." By the way, there is also a person named Wei Yuanxinke Jinshi who also went to the Western-style Yamen to work and became the chief copywriter of Lin Muweng, can the military advisor recognize this person? ”

Zuo Zongtang took the letter, and said to Zhu Jishi while reading it: "I know Wei Mosheng, and he is also our Sanxiang son, quite talented and able to do things, and he showed his talent when he worked in He Nai'an (He Changling, the current governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, the elder brother of Zuo Zongtang's teacher), Tao Weng (Tao Shu, the late governor of Liangjiang) and Lin Muweng. He also wrote a book called "Atlas of the Sea Kingdom", which was dedicated to introducing the situation of foreign countries. Although it can't be compared with Mr. Jones's "Journey to the West", for Chinese people, it can be regarded as the first person to open his eyes to shijie. It's a pity that Daoguang is dim and doesn't know talents, such as Wei Mosheng, a great talent like Wei Mosheng was also burdened by an eight-strand article, and he wasted half his life before he got a jinshi. is already in his fifties, but he is a governor from the fifth grade, and there is no hope for the governor in this life, and there is no hope for the cabinet. ”

The emotion he said was actually feeling sorry for Wei Yuan's Jinshi. Confucian scholars pay attention to loyal ministers and masters. If Wei Yuan didn't win this jinshi, he was just an alternate official, and he hadn't eaten Junlu, so naturally he didn't need to be loyal to the Manchus. Now it is time to take refuge in Zhu Ming, and he can show his strengths to the fullest, and there will be no difficulty in supervising the ministry in the future. It's a pity that he became a jinshi in the twenty-fifth year of Daoguang, and he also gave an errand to the Western-style yamen, just a jinshi in his fifties, how much future can he have? A good end is a talent, and it is buried. Thinking of Wei Yuan, Zuo Zongtang suddenly felt that he was extremely lucky, he was already 35 years old, and after four or five more exams, this life would be a mess.

When thinking about these things, Zuo Zongtang was dedicated to two things, and he had already read a letter with many typos. This letter was brought by Zhang Zegen, who is now the long-term entourage of Luo Li, an adviser to the Western-style Yamen. In the letter, Zhang Zegen reported on the situation when Lin Zexu met with Luo Li. This famous Manchu minister, who was still very energetic in doing things, was planning to open a mint and an iron factory in Guangdong, one to collect money for the imperial court, and the other to provide raw materials for the Eight Banners Gun Factory and Gun Factory in Beijing.

"Hehe, this light fruit is a faint king, but I don't know how to make a wedding dress for my Daming." After reading the letter, Zuo Zongtang stroked his palm.

"Why did Mr. Zuo say this?" The questioner was Luo Xiangju, her sister was in labor, and she was responsible for the work of Zhu Jishi's "secretary", and Zhang Zegen's letter was also read by her first, so she knew the content.

Zuo Zongtang stroked his beard and said: "The Manchu Qing Dynasty's gun factories and gun factories were all located in Beijing, but they refused to look for coal mines and iron mines around Beijing, and set up iron factories to supply raw materials. The iron factory was opened in Guangdong, so that people could be transported thousands of miles, not only the freight was high, but once Guangdong was taken by the Ming Gong, the iron factory would be owned by the Ming Gong, and I think I could secretly help Lin Muweng. ”

"The Manchu Weishenme refused to open mines around Beijing to make iron?" Zhu Jishi vaguely remembered that the earliest heavy industry base in New China was in the north, and although there were Shaogang and Guangzhou Iron and Steel in Guangdong, the scale was not large and the benefits were mediocre.

"It must be those rotten Confucians who use the theory of the five elements of the dragon vein to deceive Daoguang, they are also superstitious, and they are convinced of this." Zuo Zongtang explained with a smile that the imperial examination of the Qing Dynasty was based on the eight-share article, and those who had real talent and real learning may not be able to go to high school. And the Eight Banners and a bunch of fools also like this set, and it is not surprising that there are many absurd theories above the temple.

"There are iron mines in Qiongzhou and Shaozhou, so it's better to let Mu Weng put the iron factory there." Zhu Jishi still knows about Shilu Iron Mine and Shaoguan Iron Mine, the latter is the foundation of Guangdong Shaogang, and Zhu Jishi is a native of Guangdong, of course he knows. The former is already very famous in this time and space, and Zhu Jishi only heard about it after he arrived in Hong Kong.

Zuo Zongtang waved his hand and said with a smile: "The iron factory and the money factory must be located under Mu Weng's nose." Mu Weng is the person I know best, he must bow to the government, and the affairs of the iron factory and the money factory must be handled by Mu Weng. He looked at Zhu Jishi and said: "If Ming Gong has contact with Na Luo Li, you must remind him, you can't treat Lin Muweng as Bai Siwen." (To be continued......)