"Dare to ask the ministry, is the so-called Westernization and river project prepared to deal with the likes of Yingyi?"

Zeng Disheng is no matter how dull he is, and at this time, he also understands Yang Laosan's intentions, I am afraid that since the beginning of his power, he has been planning to fight against foreigners, right?

Shi Yi's long skills are used to control Yi, this is what Wei Yuan said, and Yang Laosan did this, the ironclad ships of the sailors, all kinds of foreign guns and artillery, I am afraid that this self-fighting Lin Yuanfu arrived in Yunnan, and he is preparing for these, right?

A few days ago, when he was preparing for the Science Society in Jiangxi, Zeng Disheng also read Hu Linyi's letters, and now that he thinks about it, many things, he Yang Laosan has already premeditated.

Supporting themselves, supporting Zuo Jigao, rectifying the green camp of the two lakes, widening the waterways of the Yangtze River, and the rivers and lakes of the two lakes, these things are all prepared for the future transportation of grain and troops, as for foreign affairs, Chengdu Mansion, Wuhan Three Towns, Dongting Lake, Huang'e Erzhou, Jiujiang Lake Estuary, all built are artillery factories and shipyards, this plan is big!

"Hmph...... Not bad! It is said that you have been dull, and I don't think you are very dull.

Lao Tzu's waterway has spread all over the two lakes and leads directly to Guangzhou, once the war starts, three or five days of effort, hundreds of thousands of troops, it is not difficult to transport to Guangzhou!

The shipyards and artillery factories built in the frontier were already capable of producing steam engines and artillery, and in three to five months, Lao Tzu was able to build thousands of wooden steamers and thousands of artillery pieces of various colors.

It's a pity that the time is not with me, if this matter is done three years earlier, Lao Tzu's river can go straight to Gyeonggi. All over Jiangnan. Battleship. Lao Tzu didn't have the slightest certainty, but if it was a land battle, millions of people, Lao Tzu's work in a month, could also be transported to various battlefields along the coast.

What a pity! The long-haired thief is powerful, Lao Tzu came out of the mountain too late, if it wasn't for Lin Gong's misplan, how could three years of time be wasted?

The time is ticking. Now all I can do is to stabilize the two lakes, after the completion of the river project, Lao Tzu will focus on the development of the irrigation canals of the two lakes, and strive to complete it within a year, so as to ensure that the army's grain and grass are safe!

Things came too fast, Lao Tzu's preparation was too hasty, Zuo Ji Gao's Chu Yong already had eyebrows, but it was a pity that you didn't listen to Lao Tzu's persuasion before you were born. Lost twice in a row, otherwise it would be counted as Lao Tzu's sailor regimental training. How can the imperial court also have sixty or seventy thousand soldiers who can fight, along the river and along the river, as long as they can sail, Lao Tzu's men and horses can contribute to the Gongwei Daqing.

In a hurry! I only hate that I am not with me on this day, otherwise Lao Tzu will definitely beat him in a life-and-death dilemma! ”

Yang Meng said this, seven points true and three points false, before he wanted to rely on railway transportation, but the French side was slow to move, and the output of Xishan rails was really limited, fortunately, he built barges and river dragons before himself, after Dongting Lake arrived, Yang Meng opened up a new idea, the speed of river transportation, in today's era, is not slow, if it is equipped with a high-power steam engine, coupled with a solid iron-hulled barge, the speed of the fleet is not inferior to railway transportation, and compared with railway transportation, the cost of river transportation is lower, More volume!

The coastal area is full of rivers and lakes, and as long as Yang Meng uses the canal to connect these rivers and lakes into a large network, temporarily replacing railway transportation, and quickly transporting troops in the coastal area of the Qing Dynasty, it will become a reality.

There is one thing, which is really a pity for Yang Meng, that is, his time on the throne is too short, and he still has to take care of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

"This is what the ministry calls overt and covert, right? This matter is not inappropriate, so why bother to hide it? If I had said it earlier, I would have tried my best to support it. ”

Yang Meng's words were mainly aimed at Zeng Disheng, and now the left mule has been directly ignored, presumably Zeng Disheng has a lot of doubts in his heart, and I don't know if he can go away this time?

"Do your best to support? Zeng Disheng! If you say this to Lao Tzu, you won't be sorry?

When Lao Tzu was in Yuezhou, he told in detail about the threat of Yingyi and the necessity of doing foreign affairs, and you promised it well with Luo Luoshan and Zuo Mule that day, who would have thought that the science society that was promised that day had been delayed for more than a year, and this year, Taqib, who met that day, was dragged to death by you under Jiujiang City.

What about Rollo Mountain? When you founded Xiangyong at the beginning, wasn't it for this Luo Luoshan to do his best to support and bring a group of students into your account, and Xiangyong Lu Shi could defeat Lin Shaozhang in Xiangtan?

Tianjia Town's great victory, isn't it Luo Luoshan who is leading a group of disciples step by step, can you repel the long-haired thieves entrenched in Tianjia Town?

Lao Tzu asked you to partner in foreign affairs, you have a set in front of you and a set behind your back, Lao Tzu asked the left mule to sell you foreign guns and foreign guns, you are good, in addition to the guns of the sailor and the land division, how much did you buy?

Just a foreign business, you dragged on for more than a year, first dragged Taqib to death, this Luo Luo Shan died even worse, he was shot in Ji'an, if Luo Luo Mountain was full of guns and cannons that day, he could have this difficulty?

Jiujiang was defeated, you lost most of the Lu Division, and the Water Division gave all the water to Shi Dakai, if it weren't for Lao Tzu's rescue, you Zeng Disheng would have been a long-haired thief's knife ghost!

Jiangxi was defeated, and it was a setback, as early as Yuezhou, Lao Tzu gave the book "On War", if you take some time to eat this Western military book, how can there be a defeat in Jiujiang? How can there be a thing about Nanchang being trapped?

The second army, you and Zuo Jigao went out together, Zuo Jigao fought in Anhui, what about you?

Do your best to support? Do you think this is the gossip of officialdom? Just talk about it, this pile by piece, Lao Tzu is clearly recorded in the account, if you don't play well in Jiangxi this time, these words, Lao Tzu can say and listen to you?

You want to repay Xiang Rong's grace for relieving the siege, Lao Tzu will help you coordinate Chu Yong of Zuo Ji Gao, you have suffered a big loss of men and horses in Jiangxi, and Lao Tzu has let the elite soldiers trained by the sailor regiment go to support with muskets and artillery!

Come on, Zeng Disheng, you kept calling Master Yang before, Lao Tzu has done so many things for you, what have you done for Lao Tzu, a teacher?

Come on, come on, it's nothing more than this time, Lao Tzu and you pen and paper, you write down the things you do for Lao Tzu one by one, and it just so happens that Zuo Jigao is also there, let him be a witness to the break between our master and apprentice! ”

Nothing to say. The reason is not clear. Yang Meng's piles were laid out one by one. is also a good person, Zeng Disheng was so distracted by him that he had no words, these things, Zuo Mule also participated, after listening to these, the only thing Zuo Mule admired was Yang Laosan's thoughtfulness.

After the revision, war, and preparation were laid out one by one, Zeng Di was afraid that it would be difficult to get out of Yang Laosan's grasp. These things can be regarded as forming a general trend at one time and one place, this general trend is difficult, Zeng Disheng is afraid that there is no way to choose except obedience.

"The ministry and the government are also for the sake of the community, and it is commonplace for officials to have different political views, and the ministry's plan is very big. There are some things that Zuo Jigao has heard for the first time.

The grand cause of the ministry is not for the sake of the community. Everyone is in the same palace, and we still have to work together to go to the national disaster. ”

Yang Laosan was calculating Zeng Disheng, and the left mule took advantage of the situation and put a step for Zeng Disheng, whether to go down or not, it all depends on Zeng Disheng's choice.

"Sheji? Speaking of this, Lao Tzu would like to ask the two of you, this society is important, the people are noble, and the monarch is light, but is it the knowledge of Confucianism?

The society is a country, there is a country to have a home, this country does not exist and the national prestige does not exist, where is the family, the country, the monarchs, the people, and the world?

How can the loss of power and humiliation of the country be said fluently in the mouth of your great-master? The two of you said carefully to Lao Tzu, don't you read too many books, and you can read as a soft persimmon without a backbone? ”

Yang Meng's words came from his mouth, but he didn't want to be caught by the left mule's weakness, and as soon as his mouth pouted, he began to pick thorns.

"In the ministry, Yasheng Mencius said: The people are precious, the community is secondary, and the monarch is light. Therefore, the people of the hill are the sons of heaven, the sons of heaven are the princes, and the princes are the doctors. The princes are in danger, and they are replaced. The sacrifice is completed, the prosperity is clean, and the ancestors are worshipped, but the drought and water overflow are changed.

The words that the society is important and the monarch is light, but it is not what Yasheng said, but what Yu Qian, the former imperial envoy of the Ming Dynasty, said, this person once had inspirational poems, and he was not afraid of broken bones, and he wanted to leave his innocence in the world.

After saying this, Yu Shi Taiwei was really broken, and he also left a clean name! ”

Zuo Mule's words were not said to Yang Meng, but to Zeng Disheng's ears, borrowing Mencius's words, Zuo Mule said anti-Qing words, and then those were to ridicule Zeng Disheng.

After listening to the words of the left mule, Zeng Disheng's face also changed greatly, if these two work together, this sub-sage's words may not come true!

"Ministry, what do you think of the imperial court?"

said a lot back and forth, I'm afraid these words are the meat of the show, it is related to Zeng Disheng's choices and trade-offs, Yang Meng naturally will not relax, after a little silence, he decided to tell the truth.

"If you can help, you will help, and if you can't help, you will be the opposite! Lao Tzu has done too many things along the way, not to mention anything else, have you ever heard of people starving to death in a large area of the two lakes?

If you want to recruit troops and buy horses, Lao Tzu will break his family and business, and the food he will give out is enough to find more than 100,000 horses.

Since the long-haired thief started in Guangxi, how much silver Lao Tzu spent on porridge, do you know?

More than three years, more than one million taels a year, nearly five million taels of silver, these are Lao Tzu's private property! Did Lao Tzu tell you about these things before?

Lao Tzu is easy to kill, in fact, this is also helpless, Lao Tzu admits that he has done a lot of raiding homes and destroying people, but Lao Tzu thinks that he has saved a lot of people, and his merits are enough to offset it! ”

Five million in three years, this number is an absolutely astonishing number, this matter Yang Laosan said is not bad at all, the refugees gathered in the two states of Huang and Hubei did not see a grain of grain allocated by the Hubei Prefecture, and the millions of refugees did not starve to death, this is undoubtedly a strange thing, and now it seems that this Yang Butang is a hero here!

"If you can help, you will help, and if you can't help, you will be the opposite! ……”

After muttering for a while, Zeng Disheng squeezed his fists and seemed to have made a choice.

"Ministry, do you still do it openly and secretly after that?"

"Hmmm! How else? If the imperial court had discovered the purpose of the river project, wouldn't it have immediately called for a halt?

After the amendment was rejected, it was as little as three or five months, and at most more than a year, I am afraid that Britain and France will use troops against the Qing Dynasty, and some things, whether they are successful or not, will be within this year.

Lao Tzu's heart is black or red, it can be verified within a year, and a year's time is just a hurry for us! ”

Zeng Disheng said that there is a door, almost a year, as long as he makes contributions to the great powers, he is afraid that the resistance of foreign affairs will be much smaller, as for where to go in the future, it all depends on what the so-called general trend is.

"Ministry, what about the soldiers' Anqing?"

"Naturally, it is necessary to continue, the Yangtze River waterway is also the key, the battle of Anqing, you can delay it, and focus on pressing step by step, during this time, you will also send people to recruit troops in Hunan, Jiangxi, Anhui and other places!

Taking advantage of the opportunity of attacking the city and conquering the territory, we should accumulate more finances and train an auxiliary army; once the war starts, I am afraid that the casualties will be not small, and the temporary training of troops will not have combat effectiveness. ”

Yang Meng's current statement is all for the sake of the imperial court, Xiang Yong's soldiers and horses, Chu Yong's soldiers and horses, he Yang Meng has no control over it, which can also show his sincerity in a certain way.

"Ministry, then let's do it in secret?"

"Di Gong, Zuo Jigao also supports the decision of the ministry!"

"Then continue to do things in the dark, and after a year, you will see!"

The so-called wrong step and wrong step, Zeng Disheng thought things too simply, such a big game of chess, complicated, if it weren't for the person with this layout, Yang Meng couldn't distinguish the situation, Anqing's matter, and it had to be folded up, so that Yang Laosan, Zeng Disheng, and Zuo Mule were grasshoppers on a rope! (To be continued......)