I can't die

When Zeng Guofan's first memorial requesting disarmament fell into Zai Chun's hands, Zai Chun thought about it and wrote the word "to be discussed".

Zeng Guofan saw these two words, and thought it was Zaichun who felt that the Hunan Army was on the mend, and it was not easy to cut it clearly, so after a few days, Zeng Guofan played again, asking for the disarmament to show his sincerity.

Unexpectedly, Zaichun's reply this time is still "to be discussed".Zeng Guofan was a little puzzled up to this point, but he had already made a decision, and the emperor did not expressly reject it. Three days later, he submitted a third disarmament memorial. This time, Zai Chun's reply changed: "Let Zeng Guofan return to Beijing to report on his duties. , Zeng Guoquan, Li Hongzhang, and Zuo Zongtang stayed in the southeast to wipe out the remaining rebels of the Taiping Army."

The matter of returning to Beijing to report on his work was a result of Zai Chun's deliberation. He could see Zeng Guofan's scruples from Zeng Guofan's three consecutive memorials, but he believed in Zeng Guofan's loyalty. There is another point, that is, After all, Zai Chun didn't want to disarm at all.

The Hunan Army is the most powerful force in the Qing Dynasty today. Although the elite main force has not been as good as it used to be in the years of confrontation with the Taiping Army, the strength it represents is still not to be underestimated.What's more, it's easy to disperse this army, but difficult to reorganize it. Zai Chun doesn't want to give up this army that he can control at all, and even, when he was meditating countless times, he couldn't help but come up with this idea- Now that the civil strife has been settled, why don't you go all out and simply fight with foreigners, now that Little Japan is still in the shogunate era, it is simply the best time to take advantage of the fire and loot.

Zai Chun's thinking like this is not whimsical, but allowed by many conditions.For one thing, the craftsmen at Dagukou in Tianjin have already completed the knockoff of the British warship. Although the construction has not officially started, the Anqing Nei Ordnance Factory already has such experimental conditions. As long as the money is better, it can be completed within half a year. Complete sea trials.Secondly, the British are now busy helping slave owners in civil strife in the United States, so it is really difficult to have a lot of energy to estimate the East.Furthermore. . .Little Japan really has a serious problem in his heart, and he has to guard against it. If these little devils really start the Meiji Restoration, it will be troublesome.

Of course, Zai Chun didn't tell anyone about these thoughts, because he knew clearly that no one in the current Qing court would be willing to go to war again at this time.However, no matter what, you have to communicate with the people in the Ministry of War, and by the way, you should also meet historical celebrities, right?

After receiving Zai Chun's reply, Zeng Guofan got up and rushed to the capital without stopping.However, before Zai Chun had waited for Zeng Guofan to arrive in the capital, another very troublesome matter came out.The person who came to report this matter was our well-known political deliberative Wang Yi. Zai Chun saw the expression on Yi Na's face as if he had eaten rice in the Hall of Mental Cultivation. Well, Prince Gong needless to say, Zai Chun can guess What's the matter.

Those who can cause trouble for our Prince of Discussion must not be people from the court. Looking at the present, who else can be, it can only be foreigners.

"Uncle Huang, are foreigners acting like demons again?"

Prince Gong could see that Zai Chun had guessed his thoughts, so he couldn't help but smiled wryly: "Your Majesty, Bacharie came to look for me again a few days ago."

"What did the old yellow hair say again?"

Obviously, Zai Chun's influence on this foreigner who always likes to take advantage of the fire is not very good. Old Huangmao is already a very good name.Zai Chun still remembers that when Xianfeng was alive, he called Bachari Si Mobu Ruo (meaning dead bastard in Manchu).

"Bacharley came to ask, when will my Qing Dynasty return the warship to Britain."

"Oh, this matter, I will ask someone to drive him to Shanghai Wusongkou later, and let them get it by themselves."

Zai Chun replied, and then looked at Prince Gong who was not looking very well, and smiled: "If the emperor has something to say, just say it, you must say it."

"Bacharley also said that in order to help my Qing Dynasty suppress the traitors, they suffered heavy losses in Yingjili, and asked our Qing Dynasty to pay a compensation fee."

Pension fee, pension fee. . . .

Zai Chun's eyelids couldn't help but twitch. These British people are really like blood-sucking leeches. This is because the Qing Dynasty just broke through Tianjing, confiscated a large amount of gold and silver, and then came to blackmail it.

"How much do they want?"

"One person is 50 taels. They said that they dispatched a total of more than 1 troops, about 50 taels."

Prince Gong looked at Zai Chun cautiously, and also felt that this number was difficult to say. Sure enough, when Zai Chun heard this number, he couldn't help laughing.

I am not angry, I am not angry. . . .

Mom's milk coins!I really think that the Qing Dynasty is a cash machine!

"There is no silver in the treasury."

Zai Chun spread his hands.Although Zeng Guofan donated 1000 million taels of silver, Zai Chun's mind was rusted before Minglu put so much money in the state treasury to attract attention, and it went into the private treasury.

Listening to Zai Chun's words, Prince Gong didn't know that the little emperor was playing a scoundrel.Although there is no money in the national treasury, Zai Chun holds the power of the Ministry of War, will he get money?Ghosts believe.

"I know." Prince Gong is the Minister of Military Affairs, and the Minister of the Household Department is still his father-in-law. He naturally knows that the treasury has long been emptied.

"It's just that I have to give the money..."

"I heard that Zeng Guofan sent a lot of things to the emperor's uncle a few days ago."

Zai Chun briefly mentioned this matter: "Besides, I didn't say that I would give it all at once, and it doesn't matter how many times it is divided." Zai Chun's words made Prince Gong speechless for a moment.At that moment, Prince Gong felt as if he had eaten something, and was very uncomfortable.

"emperor.."

Zai Chun waved his hands at this point to signal Prince Gong to stop talking.Prince Gong looked at Zai Chun's meaning and knew that Zai Chun didn't want to talk about it anymore, so he had no choice but to swallow it.Forget it, in the end, I still made money, and I could still earn half of the money by cleaning the emperor's buttocks, which is not a loss, so Prince Gong could only accept it.

"By the way, Uncle Huang, there is something I don't know whether to say or not."

"Your Majesty, please speak."

"I think you have already read the memorial of the Minister of War. I don't plan to disarm the army."

"Then where does the emperor plan to use these armors?"

"Let's leave it in Jiangnan. Don't move."

"what?"

Prince Gong was taken aback: "But Jiangnan is close to Shanghai... I'm afraid it's..."

"What's the matter? There have been many years of cholera in the Taiping turmoil, and there are many bandits left behind. How can we completely eliminate them without leaving troops. Anyway, let's argue with foreigners about this matter. You know it well."