"Mingshuai, none of the things you said are simple......"

Li Hongzhang said speechlessly. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

"So what do you say is easy?"

Guo Ye asked lightly, "There will never be a free lunch in the world, how can it be possible not to be bullied and put in some effort?" ”

Li Hongzhang shook his head and replied: "Don't talk about anything else, it's this abolition of the Eight Banners, it will not be implemented, the Eight Banners are the foundation of the imperial court, don't say that the emperor is young now, Prince Gong does not have such courage, even those Manchurian nobles will never agree, the pressure on the imperial court is too great, it is not realistic at all!" ”

Zeng Guofan nodded again and again, Li Hongzhang said well, if you want to abolish the Eight Banners, it is as difficult as climbing to the sky! "Ming Shuai, don't be delusional, abolish the Eight Banners, that's basically impossible, it's not that Prince Gong doesn't want to, but he can't, and he doesn't dare, once he fails, this kind of consequence is not something he can afford, and the disgrace is light......"

Guo Ye laughed and said: "Di Shuai, Quan Shuai, things have retreated from you, of course it won't work, if you think like this, China will not be bitten a few bites, it must be a dream, you can only think about it in your dreams, I said, if you want to go to the top, the points you just said must be done, otherwise it is just empty talk, I don't want to be complained by future generations of future generations, all the good rivers and mountains were taken away by the barbarians, and the descendants of future generations will not even have a place to rest!" If Prince Gong doesn't do it, then I'll do it! This time in Beijing, I have already had a fight with Prince Gong, they agree to this matter, I want to do it, if I don't agree, I will do it too! ”

Zeng Guofan smiled bitterly and persuaded him: "Ming Shuai, people, you can't be brave and diligent, sometimes you also need to be with the light, don't forget to shoot the first bird, just one person, you can fight against the entire Manchurian aristocracy?" These people have always been complicit, maybe just a few people, even the prince will not be able to help you, but the abolition of the Eight Banners involves their roots, they will never give in, you alone challenge the entire Manchurian forces, it is tantamount to a mantis arm as a car! “

Guo Ye smiled maliciously: "But, what if I pull you all in?" Di Shuai, as long as we Hanchen are united, there may not be no chance, you know, now the power of the whole world is almost all concentrated on you and me, the Lu army, the Hunan army, the Huai army, the Chu army, the four forces together, it is enough to sweep the Qing Dynasty, as long as we hold a group, then there is absolutely no problem, they don't want to make concessions, and they also make concessions! ”

Zeng Guofan's face was almost green, what the hell did Guo Ye this kid do? Lu Xiang, Huai and Chu joined forces to fight against the Manchurian aristocracy, and if this trouble is not good, it will be charged with forming a party for personal gain, conspiracy and rebellion! Zeng Guofan, as a great Confucian and grandmaster-level figure, what does he value most? It's not power, money, status, but this reputation of loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness, if you end up being disloyal, unfilial, unkind and unjust, it is really regretful!

"Ming Shuai, although the Manchu and Han are different after all, but if you make trouble like this, it will become a confrontation, if you don't do it, it will be a big mess in the world, don't talk about the revitalization of China at that time, the most likely result is that the soldiers will meet each other, fall apart, and become sinners through the ages! This is not a good idea! ”

Guo Ye pouted, Zeng Guofan's idea of loyalty and filial piety is too strong, this idea will not be able to be reversed for a while, not to mention that the two of them have not had too many deep friendships, and it is definitely not possible to communicate with each other.

Li Hongzhang on the side was shining in his eyes, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

"Ming Shuai, maybe we can start with the easy ones and then the difficult ones, starting with the easy ones, such as strong national defense, now that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has been peaceful, it won't take two or three years for the Great Qing Kingdom to recover, and when the time comes, the imperial court has money, then we will buy it, the heavy artillery is powerful, then we will buy the heavy artillery; If the warship is powerful, then buy the warship; I heard that there is now a new Gatling heavy machine gun, which is also very powerful, buy it! The foreigners rely on nothing more than these, as long as we are equipped, we are no worse than the foreigners, the West dares to hit the door, we will beat them back obediently! ”

Li Hongzhang said in a dark voice.

"Quan Shuai, you're wrong!"

Guo Ye replied.

Li Hongzhang was stunned, wrong? What's wrong?

Guo Ye replied slowly: "Quan Shuai, do you think that the gap between us and the foreigners is with the ordnance, but in fact, the foreigners are ahead of us, that is multifaceted, all-round, it is not as simple as an ordnance, even if you can buy back all the most advanced weapons and warships in the West, and arm our Eight Banners Green Battalion training army all over again, it may not be useful, it is just a strong foreign and a middle......

Li Hongzhang was slightly dissatisfied and asked, "How is it possible?" Ming Shuai, are you alarmist? Not to mention anything else, if my Huai army is equipped with the same weapons as the West, its combat power is definitely not weaker than him! ”

Guo Ye smiled bitterly, and he didn't know where this Li Hongzhang got such strong confidence.

"Quan Shuai, don't say anything else, if my Lu army is equipped with the same equipment as your Huai army, the strength of my three battalions can compete with the strength of your five battalions, and I will definitely not fall into disadvantage, this is definitely not my bragging!"

Guo Ye said lightly.

Forehead......

Li Hongzhang wanted to refute, but he didn't know where to start, compared to the combat power, the Lu army was definitely not covered, people only relied on the so-called three brigades, combined, only more than 20,000 people, and Shi Dakai, who could be forced to surrender more than 100,000 people, what about himself, the Hunan army and the Huai army together exceeded 60,000 people, and carried out a Dongda battalion that was not as strong as his own, and still fought for nearly a month, the gap is too obvious, even if he is equipped with advanced weapons, he can confidently resist Guo Ye's Lu army?

There is no bottom, there is absolutely no such confidence!

"Quan Shuai, you have been on the battlefield for a long time, you should understand that whether an army is strong or not depends not only on weapons, but also on morale, discipline, coordination and cooperation of various departments, the combat quality of individual soldiers, and the command ability of generals, each of which is the most important! Therefore, just by buying a large number of advanced weapons to maintain our security, it is pure nonsense! Besides, what if we buy all the advanced weapons of the West? In less than ten years, people's weapons will be updated once, they used to be front-loading guns, now they are all rear-loading guns, they used to be smoothbore guns, now they are rifled guns, and in ten years, they will lead our weapons again, do you still buy them? Can you afford it? Even if we are rich in the world, can we buy it? And what if they don't sell it to us? Just thinking about this time, the reason why foreigners don't buy weapons for the Taiping Army is the same, and they won't sell them to you, what should you do? ”

(To be continued.) )