"Not going well? It's not going well," Li Hongzhang shook his head helplessly, with a look of displeasure on his face, "It's a bad thing today!" He carefully told Li Ju about this boy in the Heart Cultivation Palace, "Why do you want to be the governor of Zhili, it is nothing more than to value the biggest difference between the position of the governor of Zhili and other governors, just for the sake of this Beiyang sailor, I can't do foreign affairs?" Why do you want to do it at the foot of this Son of Heaven, where there is the most restraint? Li Hongzhang complained happily, "Even in Shaanxi and Gansu, it can be high, and the emperor is far away, but why do I want to come to this place in Zhili, it is nothing more than to value the Beiyang Naval Division!" ”

The Governor of Liangguang is in charge of the Nanyang Naval Division, and the construction of the Naval Division is managed by the Governor of Zhejiang and Fujian, while the Beiyang Naval Division is directly managed by the Governor of Zhili, and the Governor of Mountains and Rivers is in charge of it. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Li Hongzhang had a lot of trouble with Zuo Zongtang in the old years because of the dispute between coastal defense and Xinjiang defense, and the sailor was his most obsession, and this obsession became stronger and stronger after Zuo Zongtang, who advocated "Xinjiang defense" in the past, presided over the joint attack of the French Navy by the two oceanic naval divisions, "But now it's good, I have just taken office, and the military expenditure of the naval division has been almost halved. That king of Yama valued the silver more than his life, and I watched how he brought it to the coffin to enjoy it! The matter of the sailor, most people don't know, compared with the new army, the most important thing is not the people, the most important thing is the warship, the bigger the better, the faster the better, the more expensive the better, these technologies are much more important than recruiting tens of thousands of sailor soldiers, don't have to smash a lot of silver, what to do? Li Hongzhang was obviously very angry, "If it is cut like this, I think this Yan Jingming is not as good as the former Baojun, how is Baojun, as long as the courtesy is reached, there will never be a discount on the payment!" ”

"Is there a way to turn around in the military department?" Li Ju took the book and thought about it and said.

"The Ministry of War is not very concerned about the affairs of the specific naval division," Li Hongzhang shook his head, "The military department is in charge of the affairs of the new army, and does not care much about the affairs of the naval division, and the affairs of the naval division are mostly handled in the local area. ”

"Since Daddy has come up with a way to raise his own military expenses, it must be feasible," Ju Couple nodded and said, "Although you can't bypass the imperial court and ask foreigners to buy warships, it's just that the soldiers' salaries, ammunition for training, and the construction of the port are all worth a lot of money, and if you can make some supplements, it is also excellent." Of course," she comforted Li Hongzhang, "This black cauldron, since the Queen Mother asked you to carry it, you naturally carry it, and the Queen Mother never treats her own people badly." ”

"I, Li Hongzhang, have never been afraid of carrying any black pot," Li Hongzhang shook his head, "If you want to make a career, you can't have less infamy, some people like you, some people hate you, and your reputation is mixed, it's too normal, I've never been afraid of these, what's more, every important minister will be infamy, if there is no infamy, I have to suspect that this person is not a hypocrite like Wang Mang, or he has never worked, just a clear stream of tongue." ”

The world thinks that Zeng Guofan is a perfect person, don't know how many innocent people he killed in Jiangnan in the past, and slaughtered the city in Jinling, looting the people's wealth for military spending, and the people's livelihood in Jiangning has withered, so many years have been considered to have recovered their vitality, and the name of killing is famous all over the world, and the scholars of Liangjiang are very dismissive, and they think that it is not good for him to restrain his relatives, did not take care of his own brother (Zeng Guoquan was shot); Zuo Zongtang was unrelenting in his attack on political enemies who had different political views from himself, and even attacked Li Hongzhang and Zeng Guofan without reservation. Prince Gong is diligent in his errands, but he is timid and has no responsibility; Shen Guifen has a plan, but she has a small bearing, and she and Rong Lu have always been at odds with Rong Lu in the past because of the writing of the edict; Bao Jun is naturally not to mention, his family is rich and rivals the country, and it is a big joke to say that he is honest and honest; Su Shun, Bahu has always been, consistently, and has never changed. As for today's Military Aircraft Department, Prince Li's current session is even more ridiculed as a "sound worm" and a "nodding worm", and he has no opinion at all, but they are comfortable and calm in front of officials, and no matter how others provoke, it will not affect their status, this is what Li Hongzhang said, there is no officer who will not be scolded.

"And father, what are you worried about?" Li Ju asked suspiciously, "It's nothing to offend foreigners, and we don't care about foreigners when we offend people." ”

"I'm not worried about myself," Li Ju shook his head and said worriedly, "You don't know the seriousness of not buying warships, this is a big problem, for foreigners, I'm afraid it's a very serious provocation, and fighting with them is almost the same thing!" ”

"It's not that serious, is it?" Ju Couple hurriedly said, "This transaction is just a matter of mutual consent, why do I want to hinder them if I don't want to buy it?" ”

"That's the truth, but the trade between countries is not so simple," Li Hongzhang twisted his beard and said, "The first reason to buy these warships is naturally to enhance the strength of our sailors, this is the superficial reason, but the actual reason is not only this, Ju Couple, let me ask you, when did our Qing Dynasty start to buy warships from foreigners." ”

Ju Couple pondered, "During the Xianfeng period, after we won the Battle of Bali Bridge, we signed a treaty with Britain and France to buy warships from the two countries on a large scale, and later added Germany. ”

"In the last years of Xianfeng, Britain and France attacked, and the excuse was for opium, but this opium, why did the two countries sell us opium?"

Li Ju frowned and pondered for a long time, then shook his head, "My daughter doesn't know, the world thinks it's to poison our Chinese people, but my daughter thinks selfishly, it must not be so simple." (To be continued.) )