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"Lord Xie Zhongtang!" Ren Chao was not polite, and after Li Hongzhang walked back to his seat, Ren Chao sat down with a big grin.

"General Soldier Ren has been tired all the way, I should have let you recuperate for a few days first, but the front line is critical, and the old man was forced to send you to the front line in desperation, the old man is ashamed, I hope General Soldier Ren will not be surprised!" Li Hongzhang smiled and apologized.

"Lord Nakado is serious! As a soldier, it is the duty to protect the family and defend the country, and when he heard that the Beijing division was in danger in Shandong, he immediately rushed to the Zhongtang Lord to listen to the dispatch, due to the long distance, which delayed the trip, and hoped that the Zhongtang Lord would forgive his sins! "With Ren Chao's character, if people respect me, I will respect you. Now that Li Hongzhang is so polite to Ren Chao, Ren Chao naturally has to give Li Hongzhang enough face.

"Hey! The time came for the general soldier! Li Hongzhang said with a smile, "What a hero is a boy!" Seeing that Mr. Ren was so young and promising, the old man suddenly felt that he was really old and useless, and I would have to rely on you young people in the future. ”

"Nakado-sama said he was laughing!" Ren Chao said with a smile, "Lord Zhongtang doesn't look old at all, and I still have to rely on an old and dignified minister like Lord Zhongtang in order to resist external humiliation and revitalize self-improvement!" ”

"What General Ren said is very true, my Qing Dynasty has been repeatedly bullied by foreign powers, and now all the Japanese slaves on the three islands dare to offend my Qing Dynasty, because my Qing Dynasty is weak, and everyone thinks that I can be bullied by the Qing Dynasty. Only when I become strong in the Qing Dynasty can I make those who covet my Qing Dynasty completely die. Li Hongzhang said, a trace of anger flashed on his face.

"Lord Zhongtang don't need to be angry, this widow is just a clown, they are not greedy enough to swallow elephants, thinking that I can be deceived in the Qing Dynasty, and I don't know that I have Lord Zhongtang in the Qing Dynasty. Their wishful thinking could only be frustrated in the end. Ren Chao comforted Li Hongzhang a little while patting Li Hongzhang, the sedan chair people carry people, such a simple truth Ren Chao still understands, saying a few nice words will not be less meat, what's the big deal. Although Ren Chao had long been anti-Qing and did not expect Li Hongzhang to promote himself, he was nominally under Li Hongzhang's system, and it was no good for Ren Chao to offend Li Hongzhang at this time.

"Haha!" Li Hongzhang was relieved, pointed at Ren Chao and said with a smile, "Are you deliberately mocking the old man?" ”

"How dare you be lowly!" Ren Chao hurriedly got up and said respectfully. "What you say is from the bottom of your heart, and I hope that Lord Zhongtang will learn from the bottom of your heart!"

"That's it! Sit down and talk! Li Hongzhang smiled and waved his hand, since the beginning of the war, the Huai Army's appearance has indeed made Li Hongzhang lose his old face, that is, the Tiger Ben Army has also left Li Hongzhang with such a little face. Although the Tiger Army is Ren Chao's troops, this Ren Chao is from the Huai Army after all, so this Tiger Army can naturally be regarded as the Huai Army. But only Li Hongzhang knows in his heart that his control of the Tiger Ben Army is almost zero. Therefore, Li Hongzhang now wants to win over Ren Chao and let him use it for his own use.

"I want not to be bullied by foreign enemies. Self-improvement is the only way out. Therefore, the old man has been committed to foreign affairs for decades, which was quite effective, but the war against Japan made the old man wake up. We still have a long way to go! Li Hongzhang said that there was inevitably a hint of disappointment on his face, "I don't know if General Ren has any new insights on the road to self-improvement." After Li Hongzhang finished speaking, he looked at Ren Chao with hope.

Ren Chao said respectfully, "Let the adults laugh." The lowly position is just a rude military man, and he doesn't know anything about these ways of governing the country! I'll have to ask you about this later. ”

Li Hongzhang nodded slightly, but he didn't let Ren Chao go. Then he said, "Why should General Ren be so modest, you have lived in the army for a long time, and you also know the current situation of our army. From Korea to Shandong, and then to Beijing, you and the Japanese army have fought no less than a hundred battles, where do you think the gap between our army and the Japanese army is? ”

Ren Chao said respectfully, "Since the adult asked, then the humble position will dare to say his opinion, if there is anything wrong, I hope the adult will correct it!" ”

Li Hongzhang nodded, waved his hand and said, "There are no outsiders here, if you have any opinions, don't hesitate to speak out boldly!" ”

"Yes!" Ren Chao responded and continued, "I think that a strong country must first strengthen the army, and if there is no strong army as a guarantee, even if it is strong in other aspects, it is just a castle in the air." Once a foreign enemy invades, it will definitely collapse. ”

Li Hongzhang nodded very approvingly, waved his hand and motioned for Ren Chao to continue.

"I think that the current system of our army, compared with the Japanese army and the Western powers, does have some drawbacks. For example, in the first battle of Pyongyang, our four-way army gathered in Pyongyang City, but these armies were not subordinate to each other, and it was inconvenient to command, and many front-line generals were slack and unprepared, which led to the defeat of Pyongyang! Ren Chao observed Li Hongzhang's reaction as he spoke, for fear that the troops mentioned in that sentence would make the Zhongtang Lord unhappy, "In addition, our army has been in peace for a long time, and the training of the troops has been lax, and the combat effectiveness of the troops has declined. He believed that if he wanted to strengthen the army, he must reform the military system, train his troops with Western methods, and form a new-style army to train a strong army in a few years, so as to ensure that the Qing Dynasty will not be bullied by foreign enemies. ”

Later, Ren Chao and Li Hongzhang discussed the specific measures for forming a new army, and the two talked happily, but forgot the time, until the sun set in the west and night fell, and the next person saw that the two were still chatting there, so they had the courage to come over and invite Lord Zhongtang to dinner.

Li Hongzhang said to Ren Chao with a smile, "The old man of General Ren has specially prepared a banquet to catch the wind, one is to catch the wind for you, and the first time you have come to celebrate your victory in the first battle!" ”

"Thank you, Lord Nakado, for your kindness!" Ren Chao said very politely.

Li Hongzhang smiled and held Ren Chao's hand, "Let's go, let's go eat!" By the way, after chatting for so long, I haven't asked General Ren if he has a table. ”

"Bitch?" Ren Chao was obviously stunned for a moment, but then reacted that Li Hongzhang was asking about the table words instead of the bitch. In ancient times, men were adults, so it was inconvenient to call them by their names. Therefore, another alias related to the meaning of the original name is called a character to express its virtue. Mortals salute each other, and they will call it the word of virtue. The latter is called the table word. Ren Chao smiled awkwardly and said, "Let the adults laugh, I came from a humble background, and I haven't read a few books, so I haven't taken a table word!" "Although Ren Chao graduated from college in his previous life, he was really not a scholar in this era when he only knew the Four Books and the Five Classics. (To be continued......)