After two months of high-quality life in Yunnan, Li Ningyu either trained with the recruits every day or secretly wrote down some history in his camp. By comparing historical data with reality, Li Ningyu knew that although he was now with the French army,
There were successive victories on the ground, but in this era without a powerful navy, the great powers could still attack Bauhinia City at any time.
Although everything about Li Ningyu is slowly transitioning in silence, there is still one person who is at the top of the storm at this time. As the old saying goes: good fortune comes before misfortune. Hu Guangyong, a red-top businessman, has been running in the shopping mall for many years, relying on the government for help.
Behind the scenes, he started his career step by step and reached the pinnacle of his career. On the surface, he seemed to have endless glory.
But it failed completely in the end, and this was also caused by the collapse of the official backstage and the strife in the officialdom. Although Hu Guangyong was just a businessman, his fortune and prosperity were inseparable from the protection of political dignitaries.
Hu Guangyong thought he could enjoy the shade by leaning under a big tree. He first opened a bank with the help of the governor Wang Youling, and then founded Hu Qingyutang with Zuo Zongtang as his backer. While raising and borrowing military funds for the Western Expedition, he made great contributions to the people and the country.
Make a certain contribution so that your career can reach its peak step by step.
But such a person who had both fame and fortune and a successful career collapsed completely within a few days. Everything about him came to an end with his career. Hu Guangyong's failure in business was mainly due to his excessive ambition.
Big, eager to expand, they made decision-making mistakes. In trying to monopolize the export of raw silk business in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, they angered foreign merchants and failed to sell raw silk. As a result, banks were run on due to lack of liquidity, causing all the businesses they operated to close down.
But in the end, there was another important reason that led to Hu Guangyong's complete failure, and that was the devastating blow of his political enemies. Hu Guangyong was smart all his life and had close contacts with official figures, but in the end he died because he was ignorant of official principles, stubborn and did not know how to adapt.
He became a victim of the political struggle between Zuo Zongtang and Li Hongzhang, and became a victim of the political struggle between Zuo Zongtang and Li Hongzhang who had to knock down Hu Guangyong first to rule out Zuo Zongtang.
Hu Guangyong was a victim, which is regrettable. Hu Guangyong, who finally went bankrupt, relied on Hu Qingyutang's meager income and spent his later years desolately. He passed away sadly in the eleventh year of Guangxu (1885 AD).
Businessmen have forgotten the business motto that heaven is innate wisdom and the foundation of doing business; earth is acquired cultivation, relying on integrity to establish oneself; man is benevolent and righteous, knows the trade-offs, and pays attention to "a gentleman loves money and takes it in a proper way."
However, Hu Qingyutang's prescription, Purple Snow Pill, is a first-aid medicine that only relieves shock and relieves symptoms, and this is the only treasure he left behind.
Just when Li Ningyu was fighting an all-out battle with the French army, the raw silk market in Shanghai changed dramatically, and the financial crisis suddenly broke out again. Seeing what had happened, Hu Guangyong already knew that there was no way he could make a comeback, and starting in the summer of the next year, he was forced to
Selling raw silk at a low price will result in a loss of 10 million taels.
However, Li Ningyu already knew what was going to happen, but considering that Hu Guangyong had loaned him the first amount of funds, Li Ningyu would still help him, at least not let him die sadly, and this
It's already a month before the New Year's Eve. Years ago, Li Ningyu first sent a large amount of New Year's supplies to more than 3,000 soldiers in five battalions, and then gave them each a 100-tael silver reward as a red envelope.
Li Ningyu took 200 soldiers and headed towards Beijing.
In fact, the 300,000 taels of silver were not paid by Li Ningyu himself, but as Henry Herman's ransom. However, Li Ningyu was not interested in these small coins, but Li Ningyu didn't know that this small action of his would make a huge difference.
What a great influence it had on Li Ningyu’s later career.
Because in the late Qing Dynasty, the average soldier only had 3 taels of silver per month, and half of it was deducted by his superiors every month. But in this way, they could still feed their family, and the soldiers in Li Ningyu's five battalions each received 1 tael of silver.
They were all 5 taels, and Li Ningyu never deducted their pay, and the daily food was much better than that of ordinary soldiers. In this way, Li Ningyu gained his first batch of loyal subordinates.
Sitting in a large and luxurious carriage, Li Ningyu left the southwest where he had lived for nearly a year and embarked on the road back to Beijing. At the beginning of the journey, Li Ningyu would ask his soldiers to stop the carriage from time to time, but every time Li Ningyu was attacked by a group of relatives.
Under the protection of soldiers, a large number of people gathered to watch. I don’t know whether it was because of Li Ningyu’s young age or other reasons. In desperation, Li Ningyu had no choice but to return to the car and not come out. The journey was relatively smooth.
Maybe Li Ningyu was considered a high-ranking official at this time, with a third-grade council leader and the title of Crown Prince, so the food he stayed in the inn along the way was not bad, and he also had 200 soldiers with rifles, so
Li Ningyu avoided all the things that needed to be done along the way. However, when Li Ningyu came to Jiangning Mansion on the border of Liangjiang, I decided to visit some historical celebrities, Zuo Zongtang, who was the governor of Liangjiang at the time, and Xiangshang Nong.
people.
Zuo Zongtang was an important minister of the late Qing Dynasty, a famous general of the Hunan Army, and the leader of the Westernization movement. He was responsible for the pacification of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the Westernization Movement and the recovery of Xinjiang. He was also Hu Guangyong's great supporter. However, after Li Ningyu sent his greetings, he waited quietly at the inn.
When he responded, he didn't know that his name had already appeared in the eyes of Master Zuo Zongtang, and that he was just a child at that time.
Li Ningyu knew Zuo Zongtang very well. He was enlightened by nature and seldom failed in his ambitions. He not only studied Confucian classics, but also studied the practical aspects of managing the world. He was familiar with those involving Chinese history, geography, military, and economy.
The famous works on water conservancy and other topics are regarded as treasures, and when I was recalling his situation in the inn, there was a gentle knock on the door.
After hearing the sound, Li Ningyu asked: "I'm here!".
Then I heard Tie Bing outside the door say: "Young Master, Mr. Zuo has already posted and said that he will invite you to his house for dinner tonight!".
After hearing Tie Bing's reply, Li Ningyu, who was sitting in the room, nodded and said: "Okay, I understand!", but then Li Ningyu remembered something and immediately said: "By the way, Tie Bing! You can come with me tonight, too.
Just bring more than ten people, change into casual clothes!".
"Yes!" After a decisive reply, there was silence outside the door again, and then Li Ningyu began to write down some of the things he recalled with pen and paper.
At this moment, in the Governor's Mansion of Liangjiang, a majestic old man was combing his white beard, looking at a greeting card and saying to himself: "Li Ningyu, with five hundred people, annihilated three thousand enemies.
More than five hundred people, a big deal, such a big deal! This kid will never be a thing in the pool from now on!" Then the old man waved his hand and said: "Someone prepare a feast for me, I want to entertain a little friend tonight!"
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