After Guan Xuqing made a decision, he asked Prince Gong to promulgate the decree, and announced on the spot that Feng Xianghua would be in charge of the reorganization of the army

The early dynasty ended hastily under this kind of serious anger, and at this time, Zuo Zongtang, who had a very high prestige in the Qing army, was already dying, and he couldn't even go to the early dynasty

On De'anmen Street in Beijing, two columns of horses drove over, and the tall Mongolian horses were all soldiers in navy blue uniforms, and behind them were a carriage pulled by one, two, or four horses, and on both sides of the carriage and behind them, all of these soldiers jumped off their horses and stood neatly on both sides, and the Mauser rifles with bayonets on their chests were crossed. As long as they were within three meters of them, they could feel the cold murderous aura, and the pedestrians on the road were hiding on the side of the street, curiously looking at this mighty army dressed differently

Knowledgeable people recognized several of them, they were Yanzi Li San, Huo Yuanjia, Huang Feihong, Du Xinwu, and Dadao Wang Wu, among the top ten masters of the late Qing Dynasty, and the five of them spontaneously ran to the capital to serve as Guan Xuqing's personal guards, and the original personal guard Zhang Yu was humiliated by Wang Feng's mock assassination, and he submitted his resignation

Because it was just in time for the army to restructure, Zhang Yu was also a person with formal military training since he was a child, stayed by Guan Xuqing's side for more than ten years, and also learned a lot of military theories, so Guan Xuqing gave Zhang Yu a division commander position

Guan Xuqing got down from the dragon chariot, and suddenly felt a sense of guilt, Zuo Zongtang's situation is said to be very unoptimistic, this is all to blame on himself, Zuo Zongtang's health is not good, he is completely clear, and he has also tried his best to let Zuo Zongtang have a chance to recuperate, but the country's rejuvenation has just taken the first step, and there are many places that need talents, especially some things, without Zuo Zongtang, who is both capable and upright, and has a prestige, it is not good to deal with it, so he put all the heavy burden of the military department on him, from the formation and training of the army to the imitation of the * code formulated by the West, From the overall planning and distribution of military supplies in the Sino-French War, to the purchase of weapons and the training of the army before the war between China and Britain in Burma, the heavy work destroyed Zuo Zongtang's health, and his lung disease became more and more serious, but this is it, he still drove to Burma with hundreds of thousands of troops, and how many people have traveled long distances to the desperate region since the Han and Tang Dynasties, so that all countries can submit to the ancestral legacy, how can it be lost in the hands of our generation? At the moment when the nation was in danger, he rose up and stood up in Chinese history, who was as invincible as Zuo Zongtang and recovered a large area of land with an iron fist? Su Wu drank blood and hair, mighty and unyielding; Zhangguan Mountain is thousands of miles, communicating with the Western Regions; Ban threw a pen from Rong, and Xirong did not dare to cross the Tianshan Mountains; Zu Wen chicken danced, striking the middle stream; Shi Kefa was generously martyred, and his soul was full of plum blossoms...... What they left behind is only a piece of heart-wrenching stories, the tragedy of looking up to the sky and howling, and the spirit of singing and crying, which makes future generations infinitely admired and sighed, and no one can compare to Zuo Zongtang - to recover one-sixth of the great rivers and mountains for future generations, leaving a vast territory for me to gallop

Guan Xuqing still remembers the memorial written by Mr. Feng Weilin for Zuo Zongtang

"One morning in July of the 11th year of Guangxu, Zuo Zongtang, a Hunan man, stopped breathing for the last time, he died in the Huanghua Pavilion at the north gate of Fuzhou, and his death meant that the last pillar of the Qing Dynasty fell, how long can this edifice last?

But now it is the sixteenth year of Guangxu, it seems that Zuo Zongtang was killed by Cixi in the history of the Sino-French War Zuo Zongtang won victories in Vietnam, Taiwan, and Fujian one after another, but the first court still paid reparations and ceded land to make him ill, and died in Fuzhou's Qincha Xingyuan

The torrential rain in Fuzhou poured down, and suddenly heard a thunderclap, and the southeast corner of the city wall was suddenly torn a large mouth a few zhang wide, and the residents of the city were safe and sound, and the people said that Zuo Zongtang died, this is the will of heaven, and he wants to destroy my Great Wall

The French breathed a sigh of relief, they were capturing the island of Taiwan, and their warships were still showing off their might in the East China Sea, and Zuo Zongtang set up a decisive battle with them, and issued a mobilization of "crossing the sea to kill thieves", so that they had suffered Zuo Zongtang's big loss, knowing that he was a lion and a lion led a flock of sheep, all of them were lions; And a group of lions were led by a sheep, and they all became sheep, and as soon as Zuo Zongtang died, the group of dragons was leaderless

The British breathed a sigh of relief that the British consul erected a sign in the Shanghai concession that read, "Chinese and dogs, not allowed to enter", Zuo Zongtang found out, ordered it to be immediately destroyed and confiscated the park, arrested the prisoner Zuo Zongtang, who was sitting among the eight people, wearing a yellow horse coat, wearing a jewel on his head, three eyes and flowers, holding a goose fan, his face was full, and his majesty was incomparably majesticAs soon as he entered the concession, the concession authorities immediately changed to the Chinese dragon flag, and the foreign soldiers and police whipped Zuo Zongtang died, so there was no need to be so respectful to the Chinese

The Russians breathed a sigh of relief Zuo Zongtang drove them away from Xinjiang, took back the Ili they had occupied, and even used military vehicles to transport coffins, and moved the Suzhou camp several hundred kilometers forward to Hami, "the strong man sings a long song, and no longer suffers from going out of the fortress", ready to fight to the death with the Russian army Zuo Zongtang dies, and China will no longer have hard bones......

Of course, these histories will not repeat themselves, but now that Zuo Zongtang is seriously ill at home, it still makes Guan Xuqing's heart ache, after all, a capable minister like Zuo Zongtang can't find a second one at all

In history, Zuo Zongtang died in the eleventh year of Guangxu, and now it is the sixteenth year of Guangxu, five years late, which shows that Zuo Zongtang saw that the country was developing towards a good place, and he was in a good mood to continue his life

But now, he's really running out of oil

Someone had already come out of the mansion, including a few foreigners

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Dr. Kleiman, how is my Minister of Military Aircraft doing?"

"Your Majesty, it's my honor to meet you, you are more graceful than I imagined, Lord Zuo's illness is caused by long-term fatigue, and now he looks very bad, he needs a long time to recuperate, and with the treatment of medicine"

Guan Xuqing was a little relieved: "So I'll leave it to you, I wonder if I can see the patient?" ”

"No problem," Kleiman said, "just don't talk too long, you know, his lungs aren't very good, it's a little hard to breathe."

Guan Xuqing nodded and walked in, looking at the housekeeper next to him as he walked, "I asked someone to tell you not to report, but you didn't report?" ”

When the housekeeper heard this, he hurriedly bowed down and replied: "How dare the emperor's edict not be listened to, the lord is now taking a nap in the room."

"Then let him continue to sleep, you can take me to his room"

The housekeeper nodded, and led Fang Huai all the way into the inner house

This is a simple bedroom, except for a bed and a table of eight immortals, the rest is only a couplet hanging on the wall: "There is no half an acre, and I am worried about the world; Read through 10,000 volumes, and God handed over to the ancients"

Not far away, the white-haired Zuo Zongtang was sleeping with his eyes closed

He dreamed that Lin Zexu, who was also his teacher and friend, had returned to the countryside by himself, but he was invited to meet him that night, and in excitement, he actually stepped into the air and fell into the water, and met this generation of famous ministers in the dress of a chicken in soup......

Xinjiang fell, Li Hongzhang said that there is thousands of miles of red land, it is better to give up, but he does not know that the north and south roads of the Tianshan Mountains are rich in grain production, melons and fruits, cattle and sheep are everywhere, herds of horses, coal, iron, gold, silver, jade reserves are extremely rich, the so-called thousands of miles of desert, is really a pot of treasure, so 60,000 lakes and Hunan children blood sprinkled Tianshan

However, in the Sino-French war, once again some people said that they should abandon the fence in order to protect the anointed land, and the court was a voice of the Lord and the so-called mourning was greater than the death of the heart, and he could protect the country for a while, but he could not protect him for a long time.

So the country has a backbone, and with the backbone, he finally waited for this moment, sleepless all night, worried about the world, and China finally waited for such a monarch

After that, the scene kept changing, he seemed to fly through the jungles of Burma again, and saw that under the Kipchak Pass, tens of thousands of soldiers were advancing in the smoke of gunfire with shells sprayed from the batteries, the British positions were shattered, the corpses were piled up like a hill, and the broken flags of the British army were planted in the sky......

Zuo Zongtang woke up from his sleep, and then remembered that he was at home in the capital

"Zong Tang, are you awake?" Zuo Zongtang was slightly startled by this voice, turned his head sideways on the pillow with difficulty, and saw Guan Xuqing standing by his bedside watching him wake up, and he didn't know what kind of light was flashing in his eyes

Zuo Zongtang was busy struggling to stand up, "When did you come, Your Majesty, how can the ministers delay Your Majesty's time......"

Guan Xuqing hurriedly pressed him down: "Okay, I'll let you lie on the bed now and don't get up"

"Minister......" Although Zuo Zongtang is not formal by nature, he is unruly to the road of monarchs and ministers, but at this moment he is indeed too weak, so he leaned on the bed with Guan Xuqing's hand, "The minister is in poor health, delaying the emperor's grand ambition and the sins of the minister."

Guan Xuqing smiled slightly, pointed to the couplet on the wall and said, "Is this couplet written by you?" ”

Zuo Zongtang glanced at it and said: "It was written when the minister got married at the age of twenty-three, but it was written by self-deprecation."

Guan Xu smiled lightly: "Who works for the country, those people are the moths of the country, I am like a mirror in my heart, now what you have to do is to recuperate with peace of mind, don't think about the rest, I still need Zong Tang's assistance."

Zuo Zongtang saw that Guan Xuqing's face was not good-looking, and encouraged: "The emperor doesn't have to worry too much, the old minister's body, the old minister himself knows that the old minister may not be able to assist the emperor to achieve the eternal hegemony, the minister heard that the emperor has reformed the military system, and the army's salary is issued according to the rank, first, it can increase the comparison of the troops, and improve the combat ability of the troops together, and secondly, it can also save army expenses. Thousands of days and thousands of dollars. Perseverance will prevail. As long as the emperor does not lose his heart of hard work, there will be a day when he will achieve great things."

Guan Xuqing nodded with tears in her eyes