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Chapter 83: Li Hongzhang's Ambition

Liu Mingchuan looked at a group of gentry coming out of the yamen as if their parents were dead, and asked, "Sir, are they willing to hand over the money?"

Li Hongzhang enviously: "This is the power of this person. No one has ever done kidnapping and extortion. I thought the teacher could extort tens of thousands of taels of silver, but I didn't expect this guerrilla master to be so powerful!"

"Now that the country is in danger, they still want to stay out of the matter? It's really a delusion!" Liu Bingzhang couldn't help laughing at everyone when they were ridiculed by local gentry in Anhui.

Li Hongzhang took the lead and said, "Let's visit again. Liu Bei can visit the cottage three times, but I, Li Hongzhang, can do it."

Zhou Di looked at Li Hongzhang and others guarding the county government gate and whispered to everyone: "I know these people. The leader is Zeng Guofan's student, named Li Hongzhang, who is a Jinshi. It seems that this blackmail was really instructed by Zeng Guofan, and he can't be wrong."

Li Guoli sighed: "Apart from Zeng Guofan, who else is so bold to raise thieves and respect themselves? Humph! Let's contact the village party first and drive away the dog thief Jiang Zhongyuan first!"

"Brother Li is right. Jiang Zhongyuan acts recklessly. As a parent official, he can only plunder the fire. We Jiangxi people must unite and drive him away!"

"Drive Jiang Zhongyuan away and change to a literati!"

A group of gentry instantly became righteous, as if they were asking for the people's orders.

Hu Mengjun handed it to Li Yunzhong with a greeting post and said, "The general's scholar came again yesterday, can you see him?"

Li Yunzhong casually ended up giving a message to the table: "Let him come in, it's a very interesting person."

Li Hongzhang brought Liu Mingchuan and others in, bowed and said, "Shaoquan is here to visit, please don't be surprised."

Li Yunzhong returned the greeting: "Brother Shaoquan is joking. Everyone is sitting there. Brother Shaoquan comes to visit and looks down on me. How could I be unhappy? I wonder what these heroes are?"

Li Hongzhang introduced: "This is Liu Mingchuan, whose courtesy name is Shengsan, and he is from Xixiang, Anhui. He ranks sixth in his family. He is quite brave and famous for his surname and love.

Liu Mingchuan touched the pockmark on his face and smiled, "Everyone calls me 'Liu Liu Mazi', the general is at will. I sold private salt when I was young. I killed the country rich because of injustice. Thanks to Lord Li's praise, I can make meritorious service."

Liu Mingchuan! Celebrity, Li Yunzhong already has the intention of recruiting, and smiled and nodded to Liu Mingchuan.

Li Hongzhang continued to point at Wu Changqing and said, "This is Wu Changqing, whose courtesy name is Xiaoxuan, is from Lujiang, Anhui. His father Wu Tingxiang set up a group training and repeatedly hurt short hair. Xiaoxuan freely studied military books, which can be said to be both civil and military."

Another celebrity, Wu Changqing! Yuan Shikai’s mentor, but his father defeated the Han army many times, why didn’t I know that it was probably gilding on my face.

"These two people will definitely become great!" Li Yunzhong pointed at Wu Changqing, and Liu Mingchuan praised.

"This is Liu Bingzhang, also from Lujiang, Anhui. He was a scholar three years ago and is quite like a Confucian general." After Li Hongzhang introduced the last person, he was waiting for Li Yunzhong's reaction.

Li Yunzhong calmly read the call to visit again: Li Hongzhang! His name is Li Hongzhang! No wonder the famous generals of the Huai Army gathered around him in the future.

"I wonder where Brother Shaoquan is taller?"

Li Hongzhang looked ashamed and said, "Shaoquan was dull. Last month, he followed the Minister of Rites, Lord Lu, to Anhui to start a group training. However, he had a difficult step and had little effect. He heard that the teacher's group training was booming, so he temporarily devoted himself to the Hunan Army and became an aide to learn from his experience. He said he would definitely return to Anhui."

Li Yunzhong thought to himself: I'm afraid you can't go back. In another month or two, Hu Yihuang will attack northern Anhui. By then, the entire Anhui area will be restored, and you, Li Hongzhang, are there anything else!

"Brother Shaoquan has great ambitions, and Li admires it. I wonder what Brother Shaoquan thinks of this Han army?"

Li Hongzhang had already found out that the guerrilla was going to Zhejiang to fight Shorthair, and said in a shocking voice: "The general may not know that Hangzhou was already broken by Shorthair before the seventh day. Admiral Zhang Guoliang died bravely for his country, and tens of thousands of troops were wiped out. The imperial envoy and Chun were surrounded in Jinhua. One day, three shocks, and sent more than a dozen letters of help to Lord Zeng. It was a shame."

Li Yunzhong still cooperated and shouted: "What! Hangzhou has fallen! What should I do? Do you still want to go to Zhejiang?" I captured Hangzhou!

Li Hongzhang smiled and said, "The defeat in Zhejiang has been decided, and it will be useless for the general to go. Instead, he will be given his life for free. It is better to consider another way out."

"Let's go out separately? Brother Shaoquan has a good idea? Mr. Li is so grateful!" Why didn't Zhong Lin come back yet? If Li Hongzhang slipped away from him alive, it would be a huge loss.

Seeing that things were going on as he thought, Li Hongzhang held back his excitement and said, "Li is not talented and is willing to advance and retreat with the general. What do you think?"

It turned out that he wanted to incorporate me, but Li Yunzhong gave Hu Mengjun a wink.

Hu Mengjun had long heard of Li Hongzhang's purpose and said sarcastically: "You are just a sixth-rank official. How can you let my general surrender to you? If you want to surrender, you will surrender to my general!"

Liu Mingchuan had the intention of insulting his grandfather, and said angrily: "My grandfather is a Hanlin editor. In the future, he will be the prime minister. How can he surrender to your general?"

When Li Yunzhong saw Zhong Lin coming back, he immediately signaled to him to approach and whispered: "Go and transfer all the team members equipped with foreign guns."

Zhong Lin looked back at Li Hongzhang and others, nodded to understand.

Li Hongzhang looked at Li Yunzhong's face carefully, and really didn't understand what Li Yunzhong was thinking! He made a clear promise, "Brother Li is really a person Shaoquan dreams of. If Brother Li doesn't dislike him, if Shaoquan eats a bite in the future, he will never be hungry for Brother Li. Please think twice."

Li Yunzhong also smiled and said, "Your name is Li Hongzhang. I am very interested in you. Why not rely on me? As long as you serve me, I will never treat you badly. I will immediately become the Minister of the Ministry of Justice. This is a third-rank official position!"

Listening to Li Yunzhong's crazy words, Li Hongzhang suddenly had an ominous premonition and immediately stood up and said, "Since you are not prone to speculation, Shaoquan will say goodbye first!"

Li Yunzhong stood up and smiled and said, "Did I see Brother Shaoquan once? Did Shaoquan leave me like this?"

Li Hongzhang said calmly, "Brother Li has any advice? I'm busy with business, so I'm afraid I don't have time to chat with Brother Li here and say goodbye."

"Since you're here, don't leave! Shaoquan should stay by my side obediently."

Accompanied by Li Yunzhong's words, two rows of foreign guns ran into the house in neat formations, and looked at Li Hongzhang and others in a fierce manner.

Wu Changqing stuttered and shouted: "General, what do you mean? If you have something to say, why is that?"

Li Hongzhang's face turned gray in an instant when he heard the name "Li Yunzhong", "Li Yunzhong", and his face turned gray. He couldn't believe his ears. It was like a bolt from the blue and a blow, and it seemed that he was thrown from his head to his feet by a touch of cold water.

"What's your name? Li Yunzhong! Which Li Yunzhong?"

Li Yunzhong replied: "Li Yunzhong's Li, Yunzhong's Li Yunzhong's Li Yunzhong's Li Yunzhong's Li Yunzhong's!"

Hu Mengjun seemed to not know Li Yunzhong, and asked while retreating: "You...you are the thief Li Yunzhong! The short-haired Han King Li Yunzhong! Then wouldn't I follow the thief? I'm just a thief!"

"I'll talk about your affairs later." Li Yunzhong issued an ultimatum to Li Hongzhang: "I am the lord of the Han Dynasty, Li Hongzhang, will you surrender?"

Liu Mingchuan said angrily: "You are the short-haired King of Han, why do you pretend to be my Qing official? Aren't you afraid of death?"

Everything was under control, and Li Yunzhong was very confident: "You should consider yourself. That's right. The Han Dynasty captured so many officials, and never surrendered immediately. Like Chang Dachun and Lu Jianying, after considering it for half a year, they finally surrendered obediently. This is called a master of the times!"

Li Hongzhang said angrily: "It's already hard for Lord Chang to fall in Wuchang. Lord Lu also sacrificed his country for his country when he fell in Jiangning. How could he surrender to the rebels? Don't be fooled by the public here, I will not surrender to the rebels!"

"Lu Jianying said so at the beginning!"

Seeing that they were stubborn, Li Yunzhong always met with silence, and no longer had the previous excitement, and ordered: "Take them down and take care of them."

"Abide by the order!"

Seeing that there was no idle person in the lobby, Hu Mengjun immediately knelt down on the ground and said respectfully: "My minister Hu Mengjun pays homage to the King of Han, I wish you a long life to the King of Han!"

"Haha... You little sloppy, why do you want to be a rebel?" Li Yunzhong looked excited and was quite satisfied with Hu Mengjun's performance.

Hu Mengjun stood up, his voice was loud and he replied, "I am optimistic about the great man, but no one recommends him. If I meet the King of Han, it is really God's will to surrender to the Han Dynasty. How dare I go against the heavens!"

Seeing Li Yunzhong happy, Hu Mengjun touched the opportunity and whispered: "I wonder if the King of Han can give him a small official position, so that I can do my best to do my best and do my best to serve Your Highness!"

Li Yunzhong laughed and scolded: "Your father is only a seventh-grade rank, how many rank do you want to be? Do you still want to surpass you?"

Hu Mengjun naturally continued: "If you don't become an official than your father, then you will become the second generation of officials! My goal is to let officials who laugh at your father come to curry favor with me, and see if they dare to say anything to my father."

Zhong Lin hurriedly ran in and bowed and said, "Report to Your Highness, Zhao Laoqi, Tang Liang, and ask for a meeting!"

Zhao Laoqi, Tang Liang? Aren’t they in Zhejiang? Their noses are quite smart!

Li Yunzhong asked Hu Mengjun to retreat, turned around and sat on the chair and said, "Let them come in."

Before winter had passed, Zhao Laoqi was wearing a single jacket, with fine sweat spreading on his face, and a warm belly was deserted. Seeing that the King of Han was sitting in the lobby without any damage, he cried and bowed: "The King of Han is safe! God blessed, I thought I would never see the King of Han again. I should die. I was negligent and put the King of Han in a dangerous place. I should die!"
Chapter completed!
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