8. Railway Disturbances (3)
Liu Dian, the political envoy of Zhejiang, was the person in Zuo Zongtang's entrainment, and when he heard Zuo Zongtang speak, "Zuo Gong, among the ministers of Xinjiang, the first one is naturally the one from Jinling, and the second is the official Xiufeng of Zhili. +,”
"The official document is ambiguously tight about foreign affairs, and now no one knows what he thinks about this old boy," Zuo Zongtang snorted coldly, before he wanted to put himself to death was not finished, and when he heard this person's name, he couldn't help but be angry, but now he is a feudal official, just talk about things, "You must know that he is the first Manchurian, and now I don't know what the center thinks, if he jumps out, the mausoleum of the ancestors and ancestors is in Zhili!" If he takes a wrong step, he will inevitably be scolded to death by the nobles of the Eight Banners, he naturally does not dare to speak more, and besides, the Queen Mother does not like him very much, but he is now the only banner man in the governor, so he has to let him guard the Zhili. ”
"As for my fellow countryman, haha," Zuo Zongtang smiled, "he has lost his sharpness." ”
"What does Zuo Gong mean?"
"I have won the great merit of destroying the flood rebellion, and I am afraid that there will be no reward in the court, and now he is already messing around, and it is not that he is not bad, but it is just that the first-class grandfather will not be able to survive in the future, and he will not be able to live in peace in the future," Zuo Zongtang touched his beard, "So he is doing foreign affairs by himself, and he will not have an opinion on this railway matter, and besides, if the center makes up its mind, our meaning is not important, hey, Bojing, if you don't enter the center, we have no way to change this political matter." ”
"The center's mind to do foreign affairs must be firm, but the students think about it, this railway matter, I am afraid that there are a lot of obstacles, and now the military aircraft department has not spoken, and I don't know what the attitude is."
"Bo Jing, this is a private conversation, there is no one left and right," Zuo Zongtang's eyes were blazing, and he said to Liu Dian, "Do you think this," Zuo Zongtang's right thumb and little finger were cocked, and the remaining three fingers were curled up in the palm of his hand, "Is it Zhou Gong, or?" ”
Zuo Zongtang's words were half sentenced, or what? Naturally, it was Wang Mang. Zhou Gong was afraid of rumors, when Wang Mang Lixian was corporal. If he died at that time, who knows if he is loyal through the ages? Liu Dian pondered for a moment and then replied: "Today's one is naturally Duke Zhou. ”
"Oh? How so? ”
"I naturally know that the one in Chuxiu Palace is much more powerful than Wang Zhengjun."
"Yes," Zuo Zongtang stroked his palms and smiled, "He can only be the Duke of Zhou, but I look at him, it's not that I don't respect him, he has the position of the Duke of Zhou, and he doesn't have the heart of the Duke of Zhou, so he won't have rumors, and naturally he can't do anything big." ”
can't do big things, naturally just be a peaceful prime minister, Liu Dian understands, "What does Zuo Gong mean, this person can't speak?" ”
"If you want him to bear the meaning of support, the pressure on the Eight Banners Qingliu is too great, I am afraid that it will be tied for a while, if it is opposed, then where is the face of the Queen Mother? You must know that in order not to take Baojun's household book, and create a Ministry of Communications, if the Military Aircraft Department is still opposed, then he can't give up, not to mention, he is not such a hard character. ”
"So what are we going to do?"
"On the excerpt, say that Zhejiang and Fujian support! The Queen Mother sent Mu Yang'a's excerpts to the world, and asked the ministries to discuss with the governors, this is nothing more than to support the big guys, these fools, hahaha," Zuo Zongtang twisted his beard and smiled proudly, "I am in the southeast, I am not afraid of impeachment at all, and this railway is indeed good news, Bojing, not to mention the use of this soldier, the economic use is really big, the silk from Huzhou is sent to Hangzhou, a car costs one or two silver, if there is a railway, the cost is greatly reduced, then you say, Jingdezhen's porcelain, Qimen's tea, These are all cheap energy sources to Hangzhou, and they are a few points cheaper at the current price, and those foreigners are not crazy? You know, this Ningbo arms business is really a monster who eats silver, and the flowing silver gets out," Zuo Zongtang's expression ached for a while, "If you can't make up for this, it will really be beyond your means." ”
"Then Zuo Gong means to set up the railway in our Zhejiang and Fujian in the excerpt?"
"Naturally! I think about the division of foreign affairs into the north and the south, this railway, naturally it can be done, you, Mu Yang'a means, naturally the queen mother's meaning, when the time comes, you must choose one or two places to try it first, then I don't care about the north, but the south is going to grab it. This is another great achievement," Zuo Zongtang patted his stomach, "If it is beneficial to businessmen, isn't it another great achievement?" The Queen Mother has already said, if Chengping is today, what the governors and governors have to do is not to use knives and guns, but to have business, this everyone has money, there is an errand to do, naturally they will not rebel, if Guangxi is like Guangdong, presumably Hong Xiuquan has already made a little money somewhere, drinking a little wine, can still think of rebellion? Hehe, what's more, our group exercises have been taken back, and if you want to dance with knives and guns, you can't do it. (To be continued......)
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