Zeng Guoquan looked at Liu Hai in a panic, and shook his head. This boy still lacks experience, and he can't sit still for such a trivial matter.
So Zeng Guoquan said steadily: "What's the hurry? As long as I am still alive, those in the court will not dare to touch you. When I am gone, I think you will have full wings."
Liu Hai didn't expect that Zeng Guoquan would think of him to this extent. This is the relationship between father and son, and that's it.
So Liu Hai shed tears while supporting Zeng Guoquan.
When Zeng Guoquan saw Liu Hai crying, he scolded him directly: "If a grown man bleeds and doesn't shed tears, why should he cry?"
Liu Hai quickly wiped away his tears and put a smile on his face.
Seeing this, Zeng Guoquan calmed down again and said to Liu Hai: "This matter is settled. You stay here for two days. In two days, all the generals will be gathered together. I will take you to meet them.
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Liu Hai responded quickly, and then Zeng Guoquan became a little tired and asked Liu Hai to leave in vain.
Liu Hai bowed respectfully to Zeng Guoquan this time before exiting his bedroom.
After Liu Hai left, Zeng Guoquan suddenly opened his eyes, and his eyes glowed golden. He was still the exhausted old man just now.
At this time, the door to Zeng Guoquan's bedroom opened, and two young men came out. They were Zeng Guoquan's grandsons, Zeng Guanghe and Zeng Guangjiang.
The two grandsons came to Zeng Guoquan's bed again.
Zeng Guoquan glanced at them and then asked: "What do you think of Liu Hai?"
The two grandsons looked at each other and didn't know how to answer. Finally, Zeng Guanghe stepped forward and said: "From my grandson's point of view, my uncle is quite capable, and he values love and justice. He must be a good person to entrust him with important tasks."
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Zeng Guoquan did not answer, but looked at Zeng Guangjiang who was standing aside, "You think so too?"
Zeng Guangjiang was a little at a loss after hearing Zeng Guoquan's question. Finally, he waited for a long time before he said, "I think what the second brother said is reasonable."
"It makes no sense, you two are the only ones who are sold, how can you pay for it?"
Zeng Guanghe and Zeng Guangjiang, the two brothers were scolded by Zeng Guoquan inexplicably.
Zeng Guoquan felt a little helpless when he saw the two of them acting cowardly, but if there was a capable person among his descendants, he would not entrust his country to a son-in-law.
"Listen to me and remember, your uncle is not an ordinary person. When I first met him, I did not agree with this marriage, but for Liu Kunyi's sake, I reluctantly
agreed."
Zeng Guoquan looked at the two grandsons below, and then showed a helpless expression on his face, "Your uncle Lang Gu Yingshi, at first glance, he is someone who is unwilling to be ordinary. If it were in peacetime, he would not be able to stand up.
What kind of waves are coming? But now is a major change that has not happened in three thousand years, and it is the time when these heroes are eyeing it."
As soon as Zeng Guoquan said this, Zeng Guanghe shouted "Ah" from below.
Zeng Guoquan shouted angrily: "What are you talking about?"
When Zeng Guanghe heard Zeng Guoquan's backwardness, he shut up in embarrassment.
At this time, Zeng Guangjiang, who was standing aside, spoke, "Grandpa, if that's the case, why didn't grandpa work for the court to eliminate this serious problem?"
Zeng Guoquan looked at this innocent grandson and shook his head, but after all, he was his descendant, so he had to explain it clearly to them to avoid the trouble he would get into by buying the green one.
"Why do you think the imperial court asked your eldest brother to be a minister in the capital?"
"Why? It's not that my eldest brother is talented and learned. The imperial court pays attention to talents."
"Shit, what's the point of being talented and learned? I'm a hostage. Otherwise, how can the imperial court rest assured that I can take charge of the two rivers and control the Hunan Army at the same time?"
Zeng Guoquan's two grandsons were shocked after hearing these words. They did not expect that the final result would be like this.
Zeng Guoquan looked at his two grandsons who were dumbfounded and smiled coldly: "Now do you still want me to help the court get rid of this big trouble?"
The two grandsons are now a little numb. They have heard more conspiracies and conspiracies today than they have experienced in their entire lives.
Then Zeng Guoquan sighed again and said: "I was a little careless. I didn't expect that this kid would hide his strength and bide his time in his hometown. When he comes out of the mountain, he will be like a dragon entering the sea and a tiger entering the mountains."
At the same time, Zeng Guoquan thought of the Nanyang Marine Corps he saw in Shanghai.
When he saw this army, he knew that Liu Hai could no longer be suppressed. If he was forced to escalate, with this army, Liu Hai could turn Jiangnan upside down.
Zeng Guoquan let out a long sigh. If he could be 20 years younger, he would definitely not let this kid act wild in front of him.
Zeng Guoquan came back to his senses and continued: "I handed over the Hunan Army to this boy in the end because I wanted to leave some favor with you."
After hearing this, Zeng Guanghe muttered unhappily, "What's the point of leaving the Hunan Army to me?"
This sentence happened to be heard by Zeng Guoquan. He looked at his grandson with disdain. He was just a man with great ambitions and little talent. He had not seen the situation clearly yet.
"What will happen if you get the Hunan Army?"
Zeng Guanghe looked at his mistress with some fear, "Grandpa, I just said it casually, I don't have any other ideas."
"I'll tell you what you say. If you say it well, I might change my mind and hand over the Hunan Army to you."
Zeng Guanghe's eyes lit up after hearing this, and he hurriedly said: "If I win the Hunan Army, I will definitely work hard to rectify the military, and defend the territory for the people of the court."
Zeng Guoquan stared at the grandson with his eyes: "Why do you rely on your efforts to rectify the military?"
Zeng Guanghe was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then said: "Strengthen training, strictly enforce military discipline, and if the soldiers serve their lives, the world will be settled!"
After hearing this, Zeng Guoquan shook his head in disappointment, "Soldiers must be trained to strengthen their nutrition. Do you have the money to buy food for the soldiers? To rectify the armament, you need to buy foreign guns and cannons. Do you have the money to buy those things? Let the soldiers use their lives.
, there will be a heavy reward, do you have the money? To pacify the world, it will cost money like water, do you have the money?"
Zeng Guoquan asked several questions in a row, which immediately made Zeng Guanghe stupid.
Although the Zeng family had some savings during the extermination of bandits and was considered rich, if they really threw this money into the army, they would probably not be able to make a fortune.
"So in my opinion, you should just stay in the countryside and enjoy the glory and wealth."
Zeng Guanghe, who had been boosting his morale just now, now seemed completely deflated.
"Listen to me, after I am gone, you will all go back to your hometown in the name of keeping filial piety. When your eldest brother comes back, tell him that from now on you will resign and stay with us in your hometown."
"If one day Liu Hai's uprising fails, you will be implicated in some ways, but with my reputation, you can protect your family by spending more money."
"If one day, your uncle is lucky enough to be able to sit facing China facing south and facing north, then you can go out and continue to live your life."
The two brothers Zeng Guanghe and Zeng Guangjiang suddenly realized that their grandfather had left a path for future generations to live in peace and prosperity.
If this little uncle can really succeed, their family will also have a queen, and with this old Hunan army's relationship, they can be a world-famous family for hundreds of years.
By now, both of them were looking at their grandfather with reverence. The old man had almost clearly calculated the events of the next 100 years.
At the end of the conversation, Zeng Guangjiang asked, "Do you need to inform the uncle and his family?"
After Zeng Guoquan heard this, his face darkened, "Don't worry about them, my brother has already arranged a way out for their family."
After Zeng Guoquan said this, he seemed really tired and waved his two grandsons to go down.
When he was the only one left in the room, his eyes began to shine with a gloomy light.
He remembered that incident clearly. He gave advice to his eldest brother in a secret room and asked him to paint a river and rule it. However, for some reason, such a secret word spread all over the world.
At the beginning, he didn't understand what was going on, but as he got older, he also understood the mystery.
How could these secret words get out without his eldest brother's permission and approval?
Is his eldest brother using these words to demonstrate to the northern court?
On the next day, Zeng Guoquan issued military orders to the generals at all levels of the Hunan Army from his hospital bed, and ordered the generals at all levels to convene a meeting in Nanjing three days later.
In fact, the current Hunan Army is almost extinct in name only. After the death of Zeng Guofan, a large part of the Hunan Army's military strength has been transferred to the command of Li Hongzhang and Zuo Zongtang.
And the Hunan Army that exists now is almost an empty barrel.
However, this empty bucket does have troop quotas. At that time, the main force of the Hunan Army exceeded hundreds of thousands, and the real direct descendants of Zeng Guofan only numbered more than 50,000.
In the end, Zeng Guofan left all these people to Zeng Guoquan. The remaining people either scattered into the mountains, went home and became rich, or were divided up by Zuo Zongtang and Li Hongzhang.
After so many years, only Li Hongzhang's Huai Army has real combat effectiveness. This is because Li Hongzhang's prestige is increasing, and he has fought with the Taiping Army for a long time, and he still has some combat experience and army command strategies.
, coupled with the old foundation of the Hunan Army, so the Huai Army can now stand out.
However, Zeng Guoquan has grown older over the years, and due to Zeng Guofan's policy of keeping a low profile and biding his time, he was not interested in the Hunan Army.
In fact, there is another reason, that is, the military pay allocated by the imperial court has become less and less, because the imperial court no longer pays attention to the Hunan Army, and their focus is now on Li Hongzhang's Huai Army.
Therefore, Zeng Guoquan had to shrink his troops. Therefore, under the vicious cycle in the past few decades, the current Hunan Army has only a real combat strength of seven or eight thousand in addition to its reputation and quotas.
What Zeng Guoquan really left Liu Hai was not these seven or eight thousand men, but the nominal number of 50,000 troops that the entire Hunan Army could recruit.