October 1, 14th year.

The autumn rain is falling slowly, and this rain is a bit like a summer rainstorm, which comes and falls heavily. When the rain was at its heest, the black soil of the northeast, which was dried by the summer sun, stirred up dust and smoke. The dust and smoke were drowned in the rain in the blink of an eye.

On this black land, which was almost completely submerged by heavy rain, looking at the past, it was vast, and the human figure could no longer be seen dozens of meters away, and everything seemed to be hidden between the heavenly rivers flowing from heaven to earth. White and foggy. I can only hear the constant sound of water and rain in my ears, and there is nothing else between heaven and earth. It makes people forget that the largest war in East Asia in more than 100 years took place on this land!

In this sudden heavy rain, groups of officers and soldiers, carrying banners and weapons, continued to pass outside Jinzhou City. The sun has been shining so much that the official road is a piece of floating soil, and when the rain is poured, it becomes a quagmire. The officers and men, who were already thinly dressed, struggled to move forward in the mud in the heavy rain, and everyone was already soaking wet, and when the cold wind blew again, everyone shivered. In this kind of weather, the officers and men of the Qing Dynasty absolutely refused to go out to see the battle. At the beginning, the green battalion of the Qing Dynasty was famous for not fighting in the wind, rain, too hot, and cold.

However, in this kind of scene, the remnants of the battalions of the Yi Army, the Fengtian Training Army, the Jilin Training Army, and the Lushun Training Army, no matter which battalion head, from the officers to the soldiers, are all struggling to move forward in the rain and mud, and the mules and horses dragging the field fast artillery neigh, spewing white gas, and pulling the artillery wagons with great effort, while the soldiers roll into a ball like mud monkeys and pull and push these Western fast cannons. The infantry was brisker, but not much stronger than these artillery teams, and a few steps were a heel, and when their shoes got stuck in the mud, they simply moved forward barefoot. The glamorous officers, one by one, led their mounts with swords on their waists, and honestly struggled in the mud with the soldiers, and no one dared to say that they were lazy and took one step less.

You must know that Fengsheng's head is still hanging high in Jinzhou City! Following his head to order, there was also the battle of Tianzhuang Terrace, and he fled first when he saw the enemy, and hundreds of officers at all levels were the leaders of Liuyang!

In the Qing Dynasty for decades, even those famous Zhongxing ministers in the same year did not have such thunderbolt methods, which shocked the upper and lower armies. The dull and depressed atmosphere was shaken, and people didn't dare to take a breath of air!

If you dare to kill, it's nothing. The person who does this means still has real merit and strength behind him. In terms of strength, he has a Praetorian Guard army that has moved to Haidong. The main force of the 70,000 Qing army in southern Liaoning could not defeat the little devil with more than one division, and his 20,000 soldiers wiped out two devil divisions, and returned to southern Liaoning for thousands of miles, and no one could take advantage of it. In terms of merit, in the entire First Sino-Japanese War, he fought from the beginning to the present, and brought the situation back little by little, and when all the horses were in the dark, he was the only one, still in high spirits, fighting to the end!

In addition to this, this man is so bold. The court asked for peace, as a courtier, he dared not obey the order, and the world was electrified, and the court could descend, but he couldn't surrender to the old man! Acting like this, the court finally complied with his wishes, changed the edict, and declared that it would not surrender. seized the top of Li Hongzhang, Weng Tonggong and other great bigwigs who planned and negotiated peace. Grant him the right to act cheaply in southern Liaoning. The entire situation of the Qing Dynasty was unexpectedly stirred up by him alone! He has only been in business for two years, and his official promotion is jaw-dropping, killing people like a mountain, and his career is earth-shattering. Let everyone dare not look directly in front of the momentum of his whirlwind rise. At this time, as the remnant officer with troops in the southern Liaoning army, who would dare to disobey his will?

Once the trend is set off, everyone has only two choices, either to avoid the road or to follow. Everyone is a man with no less than one of the two eggs at the bottom, and what this person has done is so impressive, the husband should be like this. Even if everyone is far worse than him, is there room for regression at this time? People who don't have a little loyalty and blood surname, the little devil is so pressing, some people are struggling with their lives, at this time, since they have been driven away by this person and have no way out, then there is only a closed eye and a bite, people die and birds are facing the sky, and they will not die for thousands of years, and the little devil will fight for this life!

This man, just like them, was in the midst of this heavy rain, standing high on the left side of the road, drenched and without a rain cloth, and coldly watched their army surging forward.

This person is naturally Xu Yifan.

On a small hill on the left side of the road, dozens of Praetorian Guard officers and soldiers surrounded Xu Yifan. The centaurs were silent, like sculptures, and only the occasional white breath from their mouths and noses showed that they were living creatures. The rain hit the German rifle bayonets on each person's back, and the sound seemed to be the sound of gold and iron. Several officers stood a little higher, and among them was Xu Yifan. There was also a box under his feet, which made him protrude high above the top of everyone, and he just stared coldly at the silent army in front of him.

Since Guangxu's telegram arrived, the quasi-war was not allowed to make peace, and he was rewarded for such a great lack of the governor of Liangjiang. Instead, he didn't smile, and he was cold and silent for the past two days, not saying much. People who know a little bit of his mind dare not say anything, and those who don't know his mind are even more afraid. Everyone just has to do things. Fortunately, there are many things to do, adjust the supply of ammunition and materials, reorganize the team, and requisition people. Everyone was so busy that their feet didn't touch the ground, just because Xu Yifan gave an order, on October 1, he asked the team to launch a counterattack in front of the army!

Needless to say, such an order was unreasonable, the Qing army in southern Liaoning had already been beaten into a mess, and it would take some time just to gather it. Not to mention the counterattack, but Xu Yifan didn't listen to such a reason, and just repeated his order with a straight face. Nie Shicheng and Song Qing begged Xu Dashuai to give him more time with tears in their eyes, and it was easy to ask him to take a step back, and on October 1, the army would leave Jinzhou in the first place, and set up a position in front of the army, preparing for a counterattack. Only then did everyone get amnesty from the suburbs, urging the troops to prepare for the march like crazy. Today, don't say it's raining heavily in the sky, even if you get a knife, you have to go! Xu Yifan didn't stay in the comfortable city of Jinzhou, he marched with the troops in the rain, his figure was everywhere, not like he stirred up pieces of cheers among the Praetorian Guards, but everyone felt that their hairs stood up! Even if it's like Song Qing

Those Goshha who have followed Xu Yifan for a long time also feel a little strange, Xu Yifan has always been easy-going and gratifying, not a difficult boss. Other big officials like to put on a majestic and unpredictable bearing, he is about to play tricks on the time to play idiots, but he has never seen him like now, looking seven unhappy and eight unhappy, and he is preoccupied. It's so cold that it seems that he is still looking for an opportunity to cut off dozens of heads at any time!

How many winds and waves have come over, Xu Yifan is smiling when he thinks about it. Now that he was about to step into the pinnacle of the Ministers, the battle began to turn according to his will. Not only southern Liaoning, but also the entire northeast, and even a part of the Qing army in Zhili were dispatched by him, and he was ordered to be cautious under his prestige and murderous aura. Stored in the area of Tianjin, the original arms and materials for Beiyang use were also transported here in an endless stream, and he deployed and replenished them. The world is more popular, and he Haidong Xu Shuai is the world's screen domain. All kinds of piles and piles are 10,000 times better than when they were alone in North Korea, when they were forced by the wind, frost and sword.

But why can't he- think about it?

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"A foot of water, a leap over the ......"

Xu Yifan gently exhaled a breath of white air. The weather in this plane is much colder than his plane. It's still October in the Northeast, and I'm already going to put on my jackets, and I've been drenched in such a pouring rain for so long, although I still have the majesty of the handsome, I've already been frozen and cold, and I can't feel where my hands and feet are.

He wanted to move and jump, rubbing his hands and face, but he saw Li Yunzong standing there in an impeccable military posture beside him, just concentrating on the march of the troops, under the big brimmed hat, the well-defined face was indescribable. He sighed jealously in his heart, and had no choice but to hold up the handsome shelf to the end.

Although his body was cold, his mind was boiling hot.

Now that his prestige has also been established, and the general trend has also set off, even if the war in front of him is in front of him, as long as the Qing Dynasty does not surrender, it will drag the little devil to death, there is nothing to worry about. It's a different day, it's a different decision.

But what about after that? How?

In any case, he, a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty, is also the leader. The road of reversing the seizure has come to this point, and there is no room for turning back.

Now the generals in southern Liaoning are not stupid people, who is not an old fritter who has rolled out many circles in the officialdom. No one dares to disobey his current situation, only to obey orders. But from Song Qing, from Yi Ke Tang'a, and from Xu Bangdao's respectful gaze, a question can be read......

Xu Yifan, do you want to be Cao Ying?

After this battle, if you can turn the little devil over, the whole situation will be turned around. He Xu Yifan is already highly meritorious. In Chinese history for so many years, everyone understands what the outcome will be for such a heroic hero. Either accept your fate and be loyal to the end, or simply add a yellow robe and change the name of a signboard. Now that the national enemy is current, most people can't take care of this layer, but once the little devil is overturned, this will be in front of the world!

The road of the Qing Dynasty has come to an end. Xu Yifan knows this better than anyone. But with only this foot of water left, can he really jump over it as easily as he said?

Guangxu, after all, he's back...... For more than 200 years in the Qing Dynasty, half of the power of the Zeng State was overturned, and he couldn't pass the level of loyalty to the king of the world, after all, he rose too fast and his foundation was too shallow. What is the way forward?

In this rolling tide of the late Qing Dynasty set off by him, where will the scenery be swept away by him Xu Yifan?

His original strategy was to continue to wait, and the court would inevitably move his hands and feet, and he would just dismantle it when he saw it. Waiting for the Manchus to go their way to the end. As a traveler, of course he knows that this court must be hopeless, and there will be a lot of stupid things to do below, and the habitual surname of history is not so easy to pry. He was almost tired and vomited blood, how many times he took risks and took his surname, but he only brought back part of the land battle of the First Sino-Japanese War! As long as you continue to keep looking, wait until the time comes, and then pick the fruit.

Although such a strategy has long been set in my heart, it is still difficult to make a decision in the past two days.

In such an era, if you miss a year, you don't know how many years behind the general trend of the world! The waste of the past few decades, in his time and space, I don't know how many generations it took, and every step was a bloody struggle to catch up! He has reached such a position that an order goes down, and everyone is changed. At this time, there is an irrepressible temptation calling out to him, it is better to take over as soon as possible, let Lao Tzu do it, and truly change the history written in blood in the next few decades! Do you want to let these guys ruin the fortunes of the country like this? If you are still unknown and struggling for your own survival, then there is no need to talk about it, but now you are Haidong Xu Shuai, the object of the world's admiration! He's already capable, but he's one last step away!

There is another layer of worry, but it will wake him up in his dreams. I don't know how many times, in his dream, step by step walked up to the dragon pier coiled in Kowloon, seeing that he was about to take the last step, he looked back, and said that his loyal subordinates had been unsheathed, and his face was cold and forced to look at him, and a voice was just hovering and shaking in his dream: "Rebel and thief!" Rebels and thieves! Everybody gets it! ”

Is his hope enough? When will the world truly return to its heart, and when will the people of the world really feel that the road of the Qing Dynasty has really come to an end?

Now the old brother Yuan under his command, in his time and space, really usurped the heroes of the Qing Dynasty. Once you tear off your face and succeed in usurping it, you will not have a good reputation in the eyes of people all over the world. His subordinates also felt that he was nothing more than that, and his Beiyang group began to be a little uncontrollable and began to decline. When Yuben forced Yuan Shikai to exchange 21 articles for his ascension to the throne of Emperor Hongxian, Minister Yuben brazenly told Yuan Shikai: "Mr. Sun Yat-sen has not been an official of the Qing Dynasty, and if he wants to become an emperor after the overthrow of the Qing Dynasty and implement the monarchy system, according to your Chinese words, he will be extremely righteous in the world." However, Your Excellency was once an important minister of the Qing Dynasty, and it is difficult for the countries and the people of your country to understand this, and without the help of this book, Your Excellency lacks the strength to borrow, so it is better to sign this treaty......"

"Guangxu, Guangxu...... In the court, it's not all stupid...... How good would it be if that Cixi had been tightening her cheeks and biting to prevent Guangxu from coming to power? In front of Lao Tzu, there is not even this foot of water...... Who knows when the fuck will have to wait, and who knows in what direction things are going to change! ”

Xu Yifan grinded his teeth and thought fiercely about his own thoughts. Seeing that his face became hideous again, the surrounding Goshha, led by Pu Yang, peeked at it, and they didn't dare to take a breath.

The more Xu Yifan thought about it, the more annoyed he became, and simply greeted: "Yunzong, why is the march so slow?" Now which troop is passing below? It's a mess, what does it look like? ”

As soon as he let out, the air that was almost frozen around him loosened, and the Goshkhas also secretly took a breath and moved their legs and feet, no one was beaten by iron, and they were frozen after standing in the heavy rain for so long.

Li Yunzong slowly turned his head and replied in a steady voice: "If you go back to the marshal, it is Jilin to train the army, they are stationed the farthest, they returned to the division from Tashan, and they marched forward without entering Jinzhou for repair, and the troops were the most tired, so the march was a little slower." ”

With his words, the noise on the road below also became louder, and the team below was the 8,000 Jilin training army of Yiketang'a, which was comparable to the Yi army among the armies in southern Liaoning. However, because the garrison was not near Jinzhou, Xu Yifan's limited military resources in his hands gave priority to supplementing the recent Song Qingyi Army, as well as Nie Shicheng's newly formed Janissary Second Town Reserve Army (Fengsheng A's Shengzi Training Army and various scattered battalion heads were selected from elite adaptations, and were established as the reserve force of the second town of the Praetorian Guard that had been transferred and weakened, and it was to be combined with the second town to form a complete town after the war. ）

Before the Jilin training army was replenished, it rushed to the front line, and it also served as the main force of the counteroffensive. Unlike Yijun, they have completely seen Xu Yifan's majesty. It is also a bit sad that the rabbits and foxes who are scattered are scattered in the Shengzi training army. The spirit is not as good as that of the Yi Army, and the marching discipline is also poor. As the rain became heavier, the road became more and more difficult. The hooves of the mules and horses were so soft that they couldn't hang on the hooves and refused to move forward, and the officers and soldiers who were pushing carts and pulling horses naturally made a loud noise.

Originally, Xu Yifan had always been tolerant of these camp leaders who were not descendants, but the people around him thought that Li Yunzong had explained, so he didn't say anything. Unexpectedly, Xu Yifan was in a bad mood today, and he was half frozen to death, so he ordered loudly with a blue face: "Is it Yiketang's soldiers?" Pass him over! ”

Pu Yang looked at Xu Yifan blankly, didn't move for a while, Xu Yifan kicked him: "Go!" ”

At this moment, no one dared to slack off, Pu Yang jumped on the horse and disappeared into the rain. Li Yunzong glanced at Xu Yifan lightly, and turned his head without speaking. If Chu Wanli was here, he might have been exposed to a gag with Xu Yifan at this time, but Li Yunzong didn't have the ability. He also doesn't care about Xu Yifan's prestige, leading troops is to fight, tens of thousands of defeated soldiers have to fight back against 20,000 elite soldiers, the stricter the order, the faster the action, the better! As for the thoughts and emotions behind Xu Yifan, he was too lazy to guess, and he didn't want to guess at all.

In the midst of the rain, the exhausted Jilin army trainers heard a shout suddenly sounded: "The handsome pass on Yiketanga!" The handsome legend of Iktanga! ”

With the shouting, it was Pu Yang who was riding on a horse, his face was covered with rain, his face was pale, and he had a yellow belt tied to his military uniform. With the reins in one hand and Xu Yifan's order in the other. Rao is the road is so muddy, a healthy horse still uses his waist and leg strength to urge him to run like flying, as if he can leave the heavy rain behind.

Now all over the world, who doesn't know that Haidong Xu Shuai's horse leader is the younger brother of Emperor Guangxu, the old alcohol prince who succeeded him to Bei Ziye! Following Xu Yifan like this, it is said that rewarding Baylor is also a matter of heaven.

Most of the soldiers in Jilin are flag men, watching Pu Yang gallop by with such a call sign, and they all look at each other. Many acquaintances also used the sound of the rain to cover up their whispered conversations.

"I'm looking, our bannerman's good days are coming to an end!"

"Use Lord Belle as a horseman...... Even if our banner people have been defeated in recent years, the red belt of the Zhenguo Gong and the Fuguo Gong have given people a carriage, but this master is the emperor's younger brother! ”

"Be quiet! Fengsheng's head is still hanging in Jinzhou, and that is also Qincha! Qin Cha cut off Qin Cha's head, the Qing Dynasty, the only one! ”

"I'm convinced of fighting devils, we've also seen battles with devils, but this handsome man is ...... Isn't it true that as others say, to be Cao Ying? ”

“…… Silence! Don't have a head? Now the lives of our 8,000 people are in the hands of others! Now we are people under the low eaves, and we can't help but bow our heads, but I heard that the court can't do anything, who will let the handsome man who can fight be one? Stand high now, fall hard in the future! I don't know how many people are holding back the opportunity now! This handsome man, but there is no North Korea to hide! ”

The rain was pouring down, enveloping the invisible procession. He also hid all the voices of discourse in heaven and earth. In the misty rain and fog, only Pu Yang's angry voice was heard tearing through the rain curtain, echoing far away: "The handsome legend of Yiketanga!" ”

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Yanjing City.

This heavy rain seems to have enveloped the whole of North China. In the Sijiu City at the feet of the Son of Heaven, there was also the sound of rain.

In a hall in Fayuan Temple, Li Hongzhang had already embraced his fur, as if he could not overcome the cold of the first rain in early autumn. Looking far away, looking at the rise and change of the tea smoke in front of him.

Outside the window, the sound of rain hitting the eaves was heard, but it was messy.

A few days ago, this old man was the head of the powerful ministers in the world, Bismarck of the East, and held countless important positions. By this time, he had lost all his titles, and even the title of earl had been posthumously taken. The army and navy that have been built up with great difficulty have only a few remnants of the defeated generals left, and the ups and downs of the sea for decades, and the achievements of a lifetime, seem to be just a spring dream.

A soft voice sounded in Li Hongzhang's ears: "Lord Li, the fire of the tea is here, can you taste it?" ”

Li Hongzhang seemed to have been awakened from a dream, turned his head in astonishment, and then smiled and took the teacup handed over by a pair of green jade hands.

Kneeling in front of him was none other than Xiuning.

A heavy rain washed the air in Yanjing City clean, clear and bright. And Xiuning is also as beautiful as a small flower blooming in the corner of the wall after the rain. That kind of gentleness seems to flow into people's hearts. Rao is Li Hongzhang was already like water, and at this time he couldn't help but perk up, and took the teacup with a smile. Sniff it slightly, then taste it again, smack your lips and groan: "Fujian Lei Yan big red robe? New tea after the rain? Two or three years ago, didn't the governor of Fujian just say that the thunderous big red robe tea tree died, and there was no way to pay tribute to this tea, how could you have it? I taste it, but it's a new tea......"

Xiuning pursed his lips and smiled: "It's the big red robe that the sixth grandfather drank at the beginning, and he added some fragrant pieces of soup when he ordered tea, which also deceived you, but this is also the last point, if the adults still want it, I don't have it." ”

Li Hongzhang smiled: "The banner woman is wise, all the bells are on you, Gong Wang Ye has you in his twilight years, it is really a blessing!" ”

His eyes were a little desolate, he gently put down the teacup, and the pair of little twins who had been standing behind Xiuning quietly came over to clean up, two years have passed, and the little twins have been full of charm, but their eyes are still bright and innocent. With such a character, there really can't be a second pair in the world.

Li Hongzhang seemed to have just seen them, and laughed: "This is the pair of Yaochi jade people that Xu Yifan fancies?" He has a really good eye! ”

Hearing Li Hongzhang praise them, the twins Xiao Luoli's cheeks were dizzy, and she pouted and lowered her head to clean up her things.

"Xu Yifan Xu Yifan, I've been tired of hearing this name for the past two years...... We're not his! The two little girls were scratching in low voices, but the tone and volume of their voices were exactly the same, and they really couldn't tell who was talking. Li Hongzhang seemed to see his coquettish little granddaughter, and laughed: "Now this is Haidong Xu Shuai!" Don't look down on him! For more than 200 years, there has only been such a character, and I, Li Hongzhang, am far behind! ”

Xiu Ning smiled faintly: "...... Haidong Xu Shuai, isn't it now roasted on the fire because of your Lord Li's words? Lord Li presided over and persuaded the Queen Mother to return to the emperor's brother again. The hearts of the people in the world have been decided, and Xu Yifan has been put to the highest place, no matter where he steps below, he will inevitably fall from a high place...... He is no longer in North Korea, he can fly and do whatever he wants. If it continues like this, the world will not be able to tolerate him......"

Li Hongzhang smiled and turned his head, as if he didn't want to take on the topic. Xiu Ning stood up and saluted: "If it weren't for Lord Li to spread all this, I wouldn't have had the opportunity to speak to Lafayette." I am even more grateful to Lord Li for his meritorious service, but he resolutely took all the sins, and took all the improper arrangements of the court over, so that the emperor's brother can put aside the sin of negotiating peace, Lord Li, we can't stand you in the Qing Dynasty! ”

Li Hongzhang stretched out his hand to stop Xiuning's words: "It's not just me, the old man also helped me share half of the charge!" Xiugege, I'll tell you the truth, it's not that I'm willing to be an official, it's not that I'm willing to be a substitute for the dead. But the battle is considered to be defeated by me, if the world changes, I, Li Hongzhang, can be killed in the world! Shangshu Wufan, the last one is the final test, this end, I still have to end up in the hands of the Aixin Jueluo family. After a few years, the limelight has passed, and Aixin Jueluo can still return my glory and wealth! replaced Xu Yifan, can he? Cleaning up my Li Hongzhang is the best way to explain to the people of the world, it is better for me to retreat bravely now! The Qing Dynasty is here, and I Li Hongzhang can still have an end, think about it, is it so reasonable? ”

Xiu looked at Li Hongzhang quietly and asked softly: "Master Li, is it really not that you are disheartened?" ”

Li Hongzhang smiled bitterly and pointed to his head: "If I can figure it out, I won't come to this point!" His tone became a little desolate: "I have used all the methods I read in the book, the methods that have been used for hundreds or thousands of years, and I have tried them." At another time, maybe I, Li Hongzhang, am a famous minister who can be passed down to future generations for thousands of years, but I was unlucky and encountered a great change that has not been seen for thousands of years! I've been stumbling to deal with it for decades, I'm really tired and afraid, just close my eyes and retreat, in the end, I can help the court, help the emperor, I have no regrets, Xiugege, you can't thank me, but you should persuade the princes to be in charge now, don't wake up, find a new way, everyone is done! I'm afraid I haven't ended up with Li Hongzhang yet! ”

"What about Xu Yifan? Is there a way for him? What do adults think of him? Xiuning's voice was very soft, but the question was urgent and fast. At the mention of the name Xu Yifan, her face also faded from an elegant and calm expression.

Li Hongzhang smiled: "What do I think of him?" This Yanjing City, I'm afraid that he is aspiring to be together, everyone is waiting for him to fall, from now on, he can't make mistakes, otherwise he will have a lot of opportunities to rectify him. I understand everyone's thoughts, didn't I mean that when I left him to North Korea? Just wait for him to make a mistake, and then pinch him, and he's finished...... But now, you see, what is he like, what am I like? ”

Xiuning's expression was serious, and his voice was so light that he seemed to be talking to himself: "Could it be that he is really a rebellious minister and thief of the Qing Dynasty, and Cao Ying of the Qing Dynasty?" If he is replaced, can there be a way to deal with this situation? ”

Li Hongzhang leaned back in his chair tiredly and muttered: "What kind of thief is he, what kind of Cao Ying, I don't have to deal with him anyway, it's not my business...... But I looked at ......"

Speaking of this, he stopped his mouth, Xiu Ning's gaze turned around, but Li Hongzhang smiled faintly and changed the topic: "As for whether he can take advantage of the current situation...... We are using a Dao system that has been passed down for thousands of years, and a spell that has remained unchanged for thousands of years. At this time, the foreign devil drove over on a big boat, and we suddenly discovered that the foreign devil who was tens of thousands of miles away had proved different ways with his strength, and now Xu Yifan is also proving the Tao with his strength, whether he can achieve a positive result, who understands? Who understands? ……”

There was silence in the hall. Neither of them was in the mood to speak. I don't know how long it took. Li Hongzhang gathered up the last bit of energy, got up slowly, and said lightly: "Xiugege, thank you for coming to see off the old man today, but the old man also understands that you have nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace." Don't look at you small, you are a girl, but behind you are Lafayette and the emperor, Xu Yifan's matter, everyone has already made up their minds, and it will not change. What does it mean to come this time, who asked you to pass the word, let's talk about it quickly. ”

Rao is Xiuning Bingxue is smart, and in front of Li Hongzhang, he still feels that it is difficult to be the wisdom behind this decrepit old man. But this old man is not Xu Yifan's opponent, and after several confrontations, he fell all the way from the clouds to the bottom. So when Xu Yifan got into dealings, what kind of sharpness was revealed? But after thinking about it, Xu Yifan's appearance is just the frivolous and lascivious appearance relayed by the two maids.

Xiuning's thoughts flew over for a while, and in the blink of an eye, she restrained her mind again, got up and saluted again, tilted her head and smiled: "My lord's mind is still so clear." Xiuning came this time to ask the adults for two names, and to see which name the adults recognize......"

Li Hongzhang was stunned, turned around and asked with a little interest: "Say, which two names?" ”

Xiuning showed a rare naughty smile and raised two fingers: "Rong Lu, Zhang Nanpi ......"

Li Hongzhang laughed: "The governor of Zhili has already given Liu Kunyi, how do these two plan to arrange it?" Joining the military aircraft, as the Minister of Military Aircraft and the Minister of Beiyang? The old man is gone, and there is still a Beiyang behind him, see who is in his hands? ”

Xiuning just smiled and didn't say anything, and Li Hongzhang's mind was bright. Everyone is worried about his strength in Beiyang! Seeing that Xu Yifan was going to take charge of the two rivers, the only thing that could compete with him was the residual strength of Beiyang. Those who have this strength will have the central power. It is easy to appoint a minister of Beiyang, but to really use this strength, he has to be helped by Li Hongzhang. He had already carried such a big black cauldron and bowed down from the stage, helping the Qing court to breathe this breath. Now no one on either side can pull down their faces and beg him for help with this, Beiyang is the foundation of his Li Hongzhang's glory and wealth, although he is now downplayed, before Xu Yifan's rise like a rising dynasty, the old forces are destined to be replaced by the new forces, and there is no pity to lose his hands. But now the two parties of the emperor and queen did not think that he could be willing to let go of Beiyang, so they had to turn around and invite Xiu Ning Gege, who had great energy in the activity, to explore the wind.

There is no doubt that the candidate for the Hou Party's side is Ronglu, but the Imperial Party invited Zhang Zhidong, who is known as the clear stream. Needless to say, North Korea is desperate to turn over. Although Zhang Zhidong is the governor of Huguang, he is also worried about the strength of Beiyang. Want to take it to the next level. Both sides came to probe the wind, and they both wanted his help!

And now, does he have a choice?

Beiyang, the giant beast he cultivated single-handedly, has already become a living creature, and will choose its own master...... In this regard, this group has a keen sense of smell. And what will this new owner do with his hard work?

In the end, Li Hongzhang just smiled faintly: "Those who win the Beiyang win the world......" After saying that, he didn't look back and strode out of the hall. Only Xiuning was left standing there in a daze.

The rain is getting heavier.

(To be continued)