In order to allow the Han Kingdom to join the Crimean War as soon as possible, the political axes of Britain and France were all accurate in their demands against Li Yunzhong. In order to test the sincerity of the British, Li Yunzhong proposed to take back Hong Kong. Unexpectedly, Wen Han agreed in less than half an hour. He was too refreshed, which made Li Yunzhong stunned, and then he was furious and the British were uneasy!

At the military meeting, all the big bosses in the army arrived. Even Zuo Zongtang came to Yanjing because he took office as the governor of Huguang and deliberately went to Yanjing to report his duties. The other generals did not dare to be absent. In particular, Zeng Guoquan, the new commander of the Hunan Army, rushed to Yanjing first and made friends with Qingliu ministers everywhere. Two days and one banquet, three days and one time. He quickly gained a foothold. With confidence, he did not regard himself as a newly surrendered minister. His carefree voices sounded from time to time at the meeting.

"Your Majesty, we are all Han people, why should we fight for the ghost guys? These ghost guys have no faith. When they said they would support the Hunan Army, who knew... we should give up halfway, so we have to be careful not to be betrayed by the ghost guys and count the money for them!"

The participants frowned together, and Zeng Guoquan's rude voice was not suitable for such occasions. Zuo Zongtang and Zhao Liewen considered themselves Confucian generals and should respect the Confucian tradition of virtues. They would disdain to make a big fuss like this, causing damage and scolding. At most, they would say that foreigners are ill-telling and should be guarded against.

Zhang Suimu was the farthest away from Zeng Guoquan, and he was the first to scold him:

"Rareless! How can you be so Menglang in front of the emperor!"

Although Zhang Suimu couldn't see Zeng Guoquan's appearance clearly, his unscrupulous voice made him very annoyed. Although their brothers were all from the bottom, they valued the most rules and often restricted their behavioral norms, especially after being exiled to the point of being in trouble, they wanted to dress themselves up as a humble gentleman.

Looking at Zeng Guoquan's embarrassing appearance, Li Yunzhong smiled and waved his hand, signaling Zhang Suimu to stop, and said happily: "What Zeng Guoquan said is reasonable. Foreigners are obviously planning to be ill-telled. We must be careful, just because they are afraid that after beating Russia, they will beat us. A few months ago, I had summoned Chen Yucheng and others to return to China, but I was afraid that foreigners would turn against each other and use them as hostages to blackmail the big man."

Zuo Zongtang sighed and bowed to everyone, "Foreigners are greedy and use conspiracies and secret strategies, and often have disputes with the people. During my time in charge of Guangdong and Guangxi, I often encountered such cases. They even regarded the Han as the Qing Dynasty. They were really ignorant. If foreigners dare not look down on them, they must teach them some lessons. Attacking Russia is really useless. The north is full of bitter and cold land. If it is useless, they have to send troops to defend themselves. It is a bad strategy to work hard and suffer money and life."

Zhao Liewen secretly worried about Zuo Zongtang. Zuo Zongtang had just returned to Yanjing and was still unclear about the situation. The emperor was no longer the Prince of Han in Nanjing, nor was he a hero who was good at accepting advice when he ascended the throne. In order to maintain his majesty, the emperor dealt with the two cabinet ministers as soon as he moved the capital to Yanjing. It can be said that he is in trouble and not as rich as the same. Zuo Zongtang's words can only backfire.

When Li Yunzhong heard this, he was quite angry. Seeing that there were people who were smiling among the crowd, Long Yan was furious and patted the next case heavily, and scolded: "The Russian Empire is more worthy of warning than Britain. Since the Yuan Dynasty, they have occupied all the territories in northern China, and now they have set their minds on the Northeast. In the long run, they will repeat the matter of the Yi tribe entering the pass in the late Ming Dynasty. The military strategy says: Those who do not plan for the whole world are not worth planning for a while. I want to recover all the territory in the north and cut off the tentacles of the Russian Empire."

Telling these people that the important surname of Siberia is simply playing the piano for a cow. Li Yunzhong had to find a far-fetched reason to block Youyou's mouth.

Zuo Zongtang's cow temper also came up and said, "How can the emperor manage the bitter and cold land in the north? Can the people let the horses and shed sheep? If this continues, what do these people and the barbarians mean? Who will remember that they are Yanhuang Zhengshuo!"

"You!" Li Yunzhong was shocked and angry. He wanted to blame him heavily. Looking at Zuo Zongtang's white hair, his heart softened again and said, "I have decided on the issue of sending troops. All the Qing families should only take advice and shake the morale of the army!"

Strange things! Strange things! Zhao Liewen and others were amazed and thought that Zuo Zongtang could not escape. After all, during his administration in Guangdong and Guangxi, he left too many handles. The emperor could be dismissed from office and resigned. Unexpectedly, the result was like this. Not only was Zuo Zongtang nothing wrong, it proved his position in the emperor's heart, which was much better than Chang Dachun and others.

Zhang Suimu took out a folded drawing, ordered the guards to hang it up, eased the atmosphere, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, this drawing combines all the northern albums of the Qing Dynasty, plus some sent by foreigners. The area where our Han and Russia borders Russia has basically been explored. Important cities in Russia and residents' gathering points are drawn on the album, especially in the area of ​​Nibchu, the intelligence agency has many spies lurking among them. As soon as the Han army arrives, they can find the main force of the Russian army to fight."

Zeng Guoquan knew that the Hunan Army had to participate in this battle, so he was very concerned about this map. Looking at the border that stretched for tens of thousands of miles, he sighed: "The emperor is wise. Russia borders the Han Dynasty. If Russia is strong, it will definitely make the Han Dynasty's decision, take the initiative and be controlled by others. Our army captured Russia for national defense considerations. It is by no means invading other people's territory for unreasonable reasons and promoting hegemony."

Zhao Liewen, Minister of War, Yang Kailin, Minister of War, and others nodded. Since ancient times, China has believed in Confucianism's internal sage and external kings, focusing on moral cultivation. It is a shame for a gentleman to attack other countries without reason.

Zuo Zongtang heard Zeng Guoquan's flattery and angrily scolded: "The villain is a good example! It is not difficult for our army to capture these places, but how to face the world's long and squander the soldiers and pay for the money is for these barren lands, and they cannot farm or build cities. What's the use of getting it!"

Zeng Guoquan's face turned red. He had been humiliated in public. Even if Zeng Guofan wanted to teach him a lesson, he would be a time when no one was around and he persuaded him with kind words. Unexpectedly, Zuo Zongtang looked down on him so much and called him a villain in public.

Li Yunzhong smiled indifferently. Although there was nothing wrong on the surface, Zeng Guoquan had already resented Zuo Zongtang. The Hunan Army and the Chu Army would not be in the same circle in the end. Li Hongzhang was a smart man. The Huai Army would soon draw a clear line with the Hunan Army and the Chu Army.

The Chu army is the 11th Army, the main force of the Second Army. Zuo Zongtang's ace force. Because most of the members are from Zhejiang and Jiangxi, the Chu army is often referred to as the title. The troops have been expanded to three divisions, with a total of 50,000 people.

The Huai Army was Li Hongzhang's 14th Army, because the main force was the security forces trained by Liu Mingchuan and Wu Changqing in Anhui. Both the subordinates and the lower-level officers were from Anhui, and they were awarded the title of Huai Army.

Li Yunzhong originally wanted to crack down on this regional concept, but later he saw that these two armies were good at fighting and had very high cohesion in the army, and the commander was both enlightened, so he let it go for the time being, intending to reorganize and revoke it after Zuo Zongtang and Li Hongzhang became famous.

"Okay, it's already noon. Let's have a break for the time being. Let's go and rest!" Li Yunzhong saw that Zuo Zongtang was always looking for trouble, so he wanted to talk to him in private.

Li Yunzhong came to the harem angrily and wanted to have a meal with the concubines calmly, but when he thought of Zuo Zongtang's blunt advice, he had no appetite.

"Does the emperor have something to worry about?" Su Sanniang was teasing her daughter, but her mind was always paying attention to Li Yunzhong.

Li Yunzhong hurriedly told the whole story and the consequences, and finally added: "Zuo Zongtang is a capable minister and is very old. I can't bear to deal with him. Besides, Lin Zexu's previous lessons, alas! In short, I have nothing to do."

Su Sanniang frowned slightly, and couldn't think of any good idea for a moment. Seeing Chang Shuying's desire to speak but stopped, she had an idea and smiled and said, "Does Sister Chang have a plan?"

Su Sanniang also had some painstaking efforts. Since the emperor dealt with Chang Dachun, she has neglected Chang Shuying. She was so pitiful that Chang Shuying was stuck in the middle and finally felt uneasy. She became sick several times, and her face became more haggard. This made the girls feel sad and tried every means to make Li Yunzhong change his mind.

Chang Shuying looked at Li Yunzhong timidly, met her eyes, and quickly lowered her head, not daring to speak.

Li Yunzhong felt distressed for a while. He didn't deliberately ignore Chang Shuying, but just took Chang Shuying to plead for Chang Dachun, and he could never agree, so he came up with these things later.

"Shuying says something, I won't blame you no matter what you say."

Chang Shuying looked at Su Sanniang gratefully and whispered: "Mr. Zuo's words are not unreasonable, the emperor should pay attention to them."

Li Yunzhong sighed in disappointment and said angrily: "Is my words unreasonable?"

"No, no, no! The emperor misunderstood." Chang Shuying shook her head quickly and added: "The position of Zuo Zongtang is different from that of the emperor. When he speaks from the standpoint of the gentry in the world, he will naturally have differences with the emperor. If the emperor wants to convince, he will have to find someone else."

Li Yunzhong was confused and asked, "Why can't I do it? I just wanted to talk to Zuo Zongtang."

Seeing that the emperor valued his opinions, Chang Shuying secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "The emperor and Zuo Zongtang have different positions. Your reason is the reason why Lord Zuo opposes it. If you find someone who holds the same position as Lord Zuo and persuade him, it will be much easier."

Li Yunzhong suddenly said, "You mean Zuo Zongtang has preconceptions. I understand, hahaha... Shuying, I want to thank you. I'll find someone now!"

Looking at the inspiring Li Yunzhong, Su Sanniang smiled at the angrily Chang Shuying and said, "This is what the emperor is like. You will do whatever you think of, and you will soon get used to it."
Chapter completed!