In the court, the eunuch's unique voice sounded, one after another:

"Entertainment from Xuanxiang Army!"

"Entertainment from Xuanxiang Army!"

Liu Rong and Guo Songtao, they bowed their heads and walked quickly. In the past, they only thought that the Han army was just refugees from remote areas. Although they wanted to surrender, they still had a sense of superior surname in their hearts. Now that they entered such a situation, they were all panic left in their hearts.

Liu Rong and Guo Songtao bowed one after another and said:

"Foreign minister Liu Rong pays homage to His Majesty the Emperor!"

"The Qing minister Guo Songtao pays homage to His Majesty the Emperor of Han!"

Li Yunzhong smiled slightly, looked at Guo Songtao, and replied, "Two gentlemen are exempted from gifts, why are you here?"

Liu Rong secretly blamed Guo Songtao for being troubled. He dared to offend the emperor on such an occasion. In order to create trouble, he hurriedly stepped forward and answered first: "I came by the entrusted by the elders of the Three Hunan Provinces. In the past, the Hunan Army helped the evil and resisted the emperor's power. It was really foolish. Please ask the emperor to stop fighting and putting down martial arts for the sake of the tens of millions of people in the two lakes. The Hunan Army is willing to disarm the army and return to the field and never become enemies with the emperor!"

Guo Songtao showed anger and complained that Liu Rong was too humble. Even if they surrendered, there was no need to be so flattering, as if they were waving their tails and begging for mercy.

Li Yunzhong smiled and said, "Is this what Zeng Guofan meant? If I had known this, why would I have been there in the beginning!"

Guo Songtao replied toughly: "If I had known this, the emperor would not have had the chance to sit in this Golden Palace!"

"Bold!" Hu Yihuang had long been dissatisfied with the uneven and uneven Guo Songtao. He heard him say the meaning of sarcasm to the great man, and immediately scolded him loudly.

Li Yunzhong waved his hand and had a different view of Guo Songtao. Although Liu Rong's attitude made him happy, if the Hunan Army had not had one or two tough figures, he would be worried, thinking that these people were hidden and waiting for an opportunity to move.

Liu Rong winked at Guo Songtao. If he had known that he was so impulsive, he would not bring him over without saying anything. If this matter backfires, he would have tried his best to waste it. If the war was in trouble in his hometown in Hunan, this was the thing he would not want to see the least.

Seeing Guo Songtao lowering his tough head, Li Yunzhongzhi was proud and asked, "Does Zeng Guofan have the conditions?"

Liu Rong smiled and said, "Your Majesty, our general has three conditions!"

"Bold!" Zhang Suimu came over and said loudly: "Agreeing that you surrender is the greatest kindness. I didn't expect you to dare to give me the conditions. Ma Hualong from Shaanxi and Gansu made the conditions. We just conveyed the order to kill without mercy. Does Zeng Guofan want to follow the example?"

Guo Songtao felt that not only Zeng Guofan was insulted, but also he was despised. He immediately replied angrily: "Hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the Hunan Army and tens of millions of people in the Hunan Province, who is afraid of death! Isn't that the barbarian Ma Hualong can compare with?"

Seeing that the two of them were interested in arguing, Lu Jianying appeared and said with a smile: "Why do you have to argue with me? The emperor has his own opinions!"

Zhang Suimu glanced at Lu Jianying and bowed to return to the queue.

Li Yunzhong asked: "What are the conditions for Zeng Guofan? If it is the autonomy of the two lakes, there is no need to say it. Go back and ask him to clean his neck and wait for the arrival of the heavenly soldiers!"

Liu Rong bowed and said, "How dare I resist the emperor's military power? There is no such thing as the autonomy of the two lakes. There are many disasters and difficulties in the country. How dare we be kind-hearted men and those who are kind to put forward unreasonable thoughts."

After pausing, seeing Li Yunzhong showing a look of relief, Liu Rong continued: "Our conditions are very simple. First, if the Hunan Army surrenders, there are staff members and generals who do not want to be officials, the emperor shall not force himself to stay."

Zhang Suimu sneered a few times and said sarcastically: "What a joke. There are still people in the world who don't want to be officials. I think they miss the Qing Dynasty and have bad plans!"

Li Yunzhong glared at Zhang Suimu, scaring him so much that he immediately bowed his head and admitted his mistake, and did not dare to interrupt him any more.

Seeing that no one raised any objections, Liu Rong said: "Second: When two armies fight, there will be casualties. The Hunan Army has killed the Han army, and the Han army has also killed many Hunan army. After the Hunan Army surrenders, the Han army will not be retaliated. The emperor must treat everyone equally and lay off troops. It must obtain the consent of the Hunan Army generals before it can be implemented."

Li Yunzhong shook his head and asked, "How many soldiers do you have in Hunan Army?"

Liu Rong replied carefully: "The navy has a total of 60 battalions, more than 38,000 people, and the army has a total of 1 (battalions, about 80,000 people, which is 118,000 people in total, and the monthly salary is 500,000 taels!"

Li Yunzhong calculated for a moment and replied solemnly: "Since the Hunan Army has been established by the Han Dynasty, there will be no war in the two lakes. It is located in the hinterland of China and there will be no need for so many people. If the Hunan Army is willing to guard the north, I will not be able to slaughter a single soldier!"

At that time, let the Hunan Army attack Russia, both sides will suffer losses, and not only can they cope with the Allied forces of Britain, France and other countries, but also consume Russia's troops, with the best of both worlds.

There was a pie falling from the sky, and there was a trap on the ground! Liu Rong was not stupid either, and immediately asked: "The emperor planned to let the Hunan Army attack the Northeast? However, there were still many foolish and loyal people in the Hunan Army. It was rare to surrender to the Han Dynasty. If they were asked to attack the Qing Dynasty, it would probably backfire. Please think twice."

Li Yunzhong smiled and said, "Of course it's not to attack Xianfeng's children. I don't take the Northeast seriously. It's more than enough to pacify an army in the Northeast. What I mean by the Northern Territory is to fight against the Russian Empire. They occupied a large amount of land in our country and coveted the Northeast. It's intolerable. I have formed an alliance with powerful countries such as Britain and France to attack Russia together. Now the Allies have fought with the Russian army."

Guo Songtao sighed inwardly, no wonder no one in the UK, France, the United States, etc. continued to sell weapons to Hunan. It turned out that they were fighting with the pseudo-Han, but foreigners were all greedy for money and neglecting righteousness. How did Li Yunzhong instruct them to kill each other?

Liu Rong was also amazed, but he was not sure about letting the Hunan Army fight with Russia, and said carefully: "The hometown is hard to leave, and Russia is thousands of miles away. I am afraid that the Hunan Army soldiers will not want to go so far, so please ask the emperor to atone for his sins."

Li Yunzhong sneered at the two below, and then replied: "I don't want to lay off troops or serve the country. Are you a warlord? I have decided that the Hunan Army will be on an expedition. I will not slaughter one soldier, but will increase the troops and pay. If the Hunan Army really cannot leave its hometown, I am not the kind of person who is inhumane."

When Liu Rong and Guo Songtao heard this, they looked happy and thought that the merits of this work were fulfilled.

Li Yunzhong said slowly: "I only leave 20,000 Hunan troops in 110,000, and all the rest will be dismissed back to their original homes."

"This..." Liu Rong and Guo Songtao looked at each other. They were both staff members, usually only responsible for accounts and logistics. Even if they made suggestions, they would think about it according to Zeng Guofan's ideas. Now they were asked to decide on such a thing, and they didn't know what to do for a while.

Seeing that Liu Rong and Guo Songtao stopped talking, Ling Shiba said impatiently: "What's the hesitant look like? Did Zeng Guofan not tell you?"

The words woke up the dreamer. Liu Rong then remembered that Zeng Guofan had indeed granted them full power. As long as both of them agreed, the result would be no matter how bad it was, Zeng Guofan would not object.

When Liu Rong surrendered, he would definitely be humble. Guo Songtao advocated resistance and would definitely be tough. The two of them restrained and cooperated with each other, and Zeng Guofan was at ease.

Liu Rong used a gesture to Guo Songtao. Guo Songtao thought about it for a while, shook his head, and Liu Rong changed his gesture, and Guo Songtao nodded calmly.

Liu Rong was prepared and said loudly: "Your Majesty, all tens of thousands of Hunan Army members went on an expedition, and the morale of the army will inevitably be unstable. The minister asked to reduce the number of expeditioners, so that the Hunan Army soldiers can rest assured."

Li Yunzhong asked: "How many people can your Hunan Army produce?"

Liu Rong replied: "The maximum number of people is 50,000, and the reorganization must not be disrupted and reorganized. It must be commanded by the generals of the Hunan Army. Of course, we will obey the emperor's orders."

Li Yunzhong smiled and said, "Okay, let's send out 50,000 people, 40,000 naval troops into the Han navy, and the remaining 20,000 Hunan troops head north to cooperate with Li Hongzhang to eliminate the Hui Muslim rebels! You can tell us the third condition together!"

Seeing Li Yunzhong breaking up the Hunan Army, Liu Rong had no choice but to say helplessly, "Our general has a daughter named Zeng Jiaxin, who is only 28 years old and is very beautiful. Because he admires the emperor's literary and martial arts, he doesn't want to eat, but he doesn't want to eat. He looks thinner and will inevitably die if he continues. The general is impatient, so he pretends to be public and private, and asks the emperor to take Zeng Jiaxin as his concubine."

Hearing his words explicitly, Li Yun looked at Zhao Yali with a faint look and replied: "This is not good, I just accepted a concubine."
Chapter completed!