Facts have proved that there are no heinous people in human history, and there are no perfect good people. Saints are always canonized by future generations. As long as you are a human being, you will definitely have selfish motives.
The same goes for Zeng Guofan. No matter how many people in later generations belittle him or praise him, even if he is promoted as a saint, in fact he is just an old man with selfish motives but also pretending to be righteous in his heart.
The terms of the secret agreement between him and Xiao Letian were very detailed. He wanted to preserve the foundation of Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism in China, and hoped that Xiao Letian would not destroy it. This was out of the justice in his heart, which was his spiritual pillar.
But at the same time, the secret agreement also stated the privileges he had won for his family. The direct children of the Zeng family secretly had a Chinese identity, and at the same time, he also entrusted Xiao Letian to help the children obtain household registration in the United States or Prussia.
In other words, Zeng Guofan left at least three options for his descendants. One was to continue to stay in the Qing Dynasty, study, take the imperial examination, or just become a rich man. But once the situation changes, the descendants of the Zeng family can immediately enter the Chinese territory under the protection of Xiao Letian.
Did the Chinese race also suffer a disaster? Then start the third path, move the whole family to Europe and America, and let the whole family spread out in foreign lands.
The Zeng family has now learned to distribute wealth equally. They did not put all the family's property in the basket of the Qing Dynasty. The ancestral home and fields are still there. As long as the Qing Dynasty does not fall, his name as Marshal Zeng will be at least Can protect the children and keep them safe and well-fed.
Within the Chinese family, Zeng Guofan also secretly purchased many assets, such as land, original shares of Lotte Bank, and even a group of housekeepers handling the businesses directly under the Zeng family.
In Europe and the United States, the Zeng family's wealth investment methods are very conservative. They have opened a large number of accounts in many banks, and even opened special gold accounts in Switzerland and the United States. These are the family's last assets, and they cannot risk anything. Risk, so steady interest earning is the best choice.
Three roads, this is an old man's last contribution to his family, and these arrangements are inseparable from Xiao Letian's help. These are the core of the entire secret agreement.
And what did Zeng Guofan pay? Just to help Xiao Letian successfully obtain Jiangnan!
Zeng Guofan's time is running out. He will never see the day when Xiao Letian takes over Jiangnan militarily, but he can see Xiao Letian taking over Jiangnan economically.
This good start for the Suzhou stock market was actually expected by Zeng Guofan. He and Xiao Letian had made sufficient preparations before. They even calculated the reaction of every idle prince in Beijing during this financial crisis.
The most typical examples are the fifth master of the capital, Guiziliu's brother Yi Pei, and even Zeng Guofan roughly judged who Yi Pei's secret subordinates were in Jiangnan. Yi Pei also made a lot of money during this financial crisis. , but Yi Pei didn’t know that every dollar he earned was actually earned by Xiao Letian and Zeng Guofan with their consent.
The layout is too big and consumes too much energy. Even Xiao Letian, who is young and strong, has panda eyes and even needs ginseng soup to replenish his vitality, not to mention the elderly Zeng Guofan.
His condition has worsened rapidly over the past year, and his coughing has become more and more serious. In fact, he is tired and exhausted from all the hard work. And the Ninth Commander Zeng Guoquan didn't know all this.
It wasn't until today that Jiu Shuai understood his eldest brother's painstaking efforts. Only then did he know how much he had paid for the eldest brother of the family.
"Lao Jiu... I have to leave a way out for our Zeng family, and I also have to leave a way out for the saint's teachings... It can't be ruined like this!"
"Stop fantasizing about the glory of the Hunan Army. The Hunan Army is gone. From the day the horse was released to Nanshan, I knew that the Hunan Army would never be revived!"
"Ahem...because our Hunan Army has no roots! Do you know? We have no roots! So I have always opposed any step you take, because if you take it, it will be a dead end!"
"What is the Hunan Army? Hahaha... It's just a group of farmers who want to keep their homeland, plus a group of
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The common people with long hair and hatred, and finally a large gathering of adventurous people who are greedy for wealth..."
"If you think about it carefully, aren't these three types of people who make up our Hunan Army? They were afraid of their families being destroyed and in order to protect the people in their hometown, they joined the Hunan Army. Those people who had a grudge against Changmao also joined the Hunan Army. In the end, a group of people joined the Hunan Army. A group of adventurous people who want to get promoted and make a fortune come to follow..."
"What can such an army do? In fact, you have already seen it very clearly in your heart. The closer such an army is to your hometown, the stronger its combat effectiveness will be. Once it is far away from your hometown, you have to use money to motivate it!"
"Why do they all say that we have had our heads shaved? It doesn't make any sense! The court has no money, and the army has to fight. If you don't let the soldiers rob and play with women, you won't be able to increase your fighting power!"
"Cough cough cough..." Zeng Guofan coughed violently, and it took him a long time to calm down.
"But Xiao Letian is different. His army has ideas and souls! You have also studied his battle cases. Xiao Letian was able to move his small classroom to the company of the big soldiers! And he also required the entire army to be literate!"
"Not only that, he also proposed the concept of the Chinese and established the incentive mechanism of six nobles and eighteen ranks... It is precisely because he injected soul into the army that the Chinese army never uses money to fight!"
"It's unbelievable! There were so many life-and-death battles, hand-to-hand combat where one life was exchanged for another, and Xiao Letian didn't use a copper plate to boost morale? With one order, thousands of people will follow!"
"Old Jiu! Only this kind of army can compete with the foreign devils, and only this kind of army can leave home hundreds of thousands of miles away and fight such a victorious battle in Europe!"
"I, Zeng Guofan, am jealous! I am jealous to death! If I were allowed to fight such a victorious battle on the territory of the foreign devils, I would die in peace!"
The hysterical Zeng Guofan slapped his throat on the bed and coughed violently, "Cough cough cough... but I... cough cough cough... but I will always be a Zeng Shao, and I will kill my own people in my life... cough cough cough!"
Ninth Marshal was shocked. This was the first time he saw his brother acting so rude. Only today did he realize that all his previous thoughts had gone astray.
"The great powers compete! Private armies have never been able to participate! The Hunan Army is nothing more than a local warlord at best! It seems that half a million people are angry, but in fact it is just a joke in the hearts of the foreign devils!" Ninth Commander said with a sad smile.
"Brother is right, we can't be like Xiao Letian, we are not as good as him! Our army is actually just a local private army, but his army can truly be called the nation's army!"
"That's it, that's it! I already understand what brother means. Do you want me to take over for you and continue to protect Jiangnan? Do you want to give Xiao Letian a few more years to develop?"
Jiu Shuai wiped away his tears, "Even if we brothers owe him, this secret agreement... I will accept it!"
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