Li Hongzhang still had that harmless smile: "Zeng Shuai and I are also teachers and friends, and Mr. Runzhi are also teachers and friends, and we are Brother Ji Gao, so why not be Shaoquan's mentor and friend......"

"By the way, Brother Ji Gao, do you know the recent fighting methods between Yehenara and Prince Gong's Mansion?" Li Hongzhang suddenly asked.

"I have always been at odds with Jingguan, and I have never heard of this." Zuo Zongtang replied.

"The reason for this is that it is all pickled things, Brother Ji Gao doesn't listen to it, you just need to know that the story of Sushun in the past may be staged again in the near future, and then the court will be in chaos, and this southeast thing may ...... There has been a change! ”

Li Hongzhang said this deliberately, raised his eyelids and looked, Zuo Zongtang's eyes were really teased, and he said, "Is this true?" That's great...... It's so unfortunate that seeing that the scourge of the Cantonese bandits is about to subside, I don't want to add to the trouble. ”

Seeing Zuo Zongtang's appearance, Li Hongzhang's heart was settled, it seems that the yellow coat and the title of Prince Shaobao, which had just been rewarded by the imperial court, did not succeed in buying this pretentious Hunan man, and he still did not break that thought in his heart!

Thinking of this, Li Hongzhang smiled and did not answer, but changed his words, and asked again: "Last year, the foolish brother went to Citigroup, and everyone in the world knew that I got back 600,000 taels of silver for Prince Gong's mansion, but few people knew that the foolish brother had a good conversation and laughter with the commander of the Citigroup country, and signed a package of treaties......"

"I've vaguely heard about it, but I don't know the details......"

Zuo Zongtang said with some hesitation, "It doesn't look like a covenant to lose power and humiliate the country?" ”

"Hey, brother, you're joking, I, Li Shaoquan, have never signed such unequal treaties all my life!"

Li Hongzhang waved his hand again and again, and said, "This matter will not be passed on to Liu'er, I will only talk about it in detail with Brother Ji Gao ......."

At the moment, Li Hongzhang will explain the details of the treaty signed with the 200-pound "President Lincoln".

These include dividends that can be shared from the second half of the year, the convenience of purchasing foreign guns and samples from Citigroup, and the regular dispatch of birth and military attachés to Citigroup for training.

As for the fact that the yamen of the governor of Jiangsu secretly colluded with the "Citigroup" in the piglet business, exchanging Chinese workers and women for silver dollar loans or food weapons, there is no more to say about such ugly things as Zuo Zongtang.

However, the hungry people are not worth much in these years, and the Hunan army has only paid 4 percent of the military salary for a long time, and it has been in arrears for nearly 17 months, and the Hunan army is like this, not to mention the green camp and the people, as long as there is money, you can find someone casually.

Even if Zuo Zongtang has a higher national consciousness, he doesn't care about these things.

Li Hongzhang has been selling people for so long, Zeng and Zuo both know it, and they have even taken a lot of benefits, but it is not appropriate to put it on the table.

If you want to say, you naturally have to pick up the tall ones.

Li Hongzhang held back Versailles for a long time, and this time he finally couldn't help but say to Zuo Zongtang: "In addition, there is another point that I just listened to Wang Dajing's explanation...... Originally, under Citigroup law, five miles of land on either side of the railroad were owned by the railroad.

The foolish brother holds a 15% stake in the Northern Railway, that is...... Without spending a single soldier, the foolish brother has already expanded the territory of the imperial court by 4 million mu, which is ten times more than the sum of the concessions of Hong Kong, Kowloon, and Shanghai! ”

"To put it mildly, Li is not talented, and the four characters of national heroes dare not be greedy for merit, but if we cite the big plan set by Wen Zhonggong back then, we have a way out."

"If the matter fails, we will escape into the concession, and Citigroup will have its own big ship to come to meet it, even if it is not good land, 4 million acres is enough to settle the next part of the group. For the sake of today, we should bring our family members and others unknowingly......

And before he is fully prepared, Brother Ji Gao can't be too hasty and use too much force in the matter of suppressing bandits......

As for Master Zeng, if the free foolish brother goes to stumble, he will be called to break his dream of Tianjing! ”

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Li Hongzhang and Zuo Zongtang reached a strategic alliance, and if the forces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Fujian (including Taiwan) could be fully mobilized, it would naturally be enough to shake the foundation of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

It's just that Zeng Guofan's reluctance to carry the banner is naturally the biggest stumbling block.

However, Li Hongzhang had long seen the fact that the Hunan army was cumbersome, wasted money, and unsustainable, and was ready to use his cleverness to accelerate their self-collapse.

Since ancient times, bureaucrats have made it difficult to succeed and too simple to fail!

……

A related piece of information soon came to Zhu Fugui's case.

Intelligence work is always the most important job.

Jinyiwei's spy personnel had already infiltrated Li Hongzhang's governor's yamen.

Although you can't break into the high-rise, even if you are just a porter or a housekeeper, you can get a lot of information.

The study and judgment of intelligence information is the most important task in intelligence work.

Many people think that the intelligence services are full of guys like 007 James Bond, but in reality, even in MI5, the vast majority of them are civilians, and they are not less important at all.

What Zhu Fugui was holding in his hand at this time was the report after integrating and analyzing the original information.

"Li Zhongtang, this is a pole!"

Zhu Fugui really didn't expect that Li Hongzhang would be so bold and bold, and pulled Zuo Zongtang to play the trick of raising his own respect.

Zhu Fugui ordered Yin Weasel to send additional secret agents to strengthen the investigation of Li and Zuo to ensure that the news from East China was transmitted back to Daming as soon as possible.

After Yin Itachi left, Ito Hirobumi came over with another document.

Zhu Fugui currently has no intention of setting up a prime minister, and for the monarch with real power, the prime minister is indeed a troublesome position.

And Zhu Fugui doesn't plan to learn from Zhu Ba Ancestor, so he doesn't have the spirit or the will.

Therefore, Zhu Fugui imitated Putin the Great and was ready to rely on the secretary to share part of government affairs.

In Putin's system, the secretary is a very important role, and he has all kinds of secretaries to deal with all kinds of things, and in contrast, the prime minister has become a virtual position.

These secretaries are different from prime ministers and prime ministers, they have no power, and they are equivalent to the emperor's retainers.

Ito Hirofumi is Zhu Fugui's first secretary now, and he has to do all the dirty work.

"Long live, it's the secret fold of Lord Zheng, the governor of Japan!" Hirofumi Ito respectfully handed it over, "Something happened to the Choshu Domain!" ”

This so-called secret fold, in fact, is not where it is secret, the real secret fold is uploaded through Jinyiwei, and Jinyiwei, which is full of eavesdroppers, is Zhu Fugui's most assured department.

Hearing that something had happened in the Changzhou Domain, Zhu Fugui frowned.

Tomorrow is the day of the southern expedition to San Francisco, why is there a whole moth in the Far East one after another.

When he opened the letter, Zhu Fugui was taken aback, it turned out that more than half a month ago, tuberculosis plague broke out in the Changzhou Domain.

This disease is extremely dangerous, and the two cities of Shimonoseki and Yamaguchi have reached the point where everyone has fled when they see those who cough.

The most important thing is that even the head of the Maori family and a number of important ministers have fallen ill, and the Langzhong, who relies on Japan, has not improved at all.

It's just a strange thing, attached to Zheng Baoguo's secret letter is a beautiful letter.

The handwriting of this letter looks like that of a quiet girl.

Its Chinese characters are like cuckoos crying blood, and there are still some fainting marks on the paper and ink, apparently tears fell when writing.

"The Ming Sage Son of Heaven is healthy:

The concubine Maori's daughter, now the great plague in Changzhou, the father of the concubine ptysis is bleeding every night......

Ten thousand please saint Son of Heaven mercy, save the life of the father, concubine Pu Liu, dare not recommend the pillow seat, even if Fan Su is a small man, there is no regret......"