Guiziliu is well aware of those old accounts from back then, and he knows the dirty things inside better than anyone else! Gordon returned to China, and he didn't want to deal with him personally. After all, he had to estimate the attitude of the British.
But we can't let Gordon's power grow and go against him, so we can just sit back and watch, and let Li Hongzhang step in and cause trouble!
Anyway, Li Hongzhang also knew about the conflict between himself and Gordon. He knew very well that once Gordon had rights, he would definitely not make it easy for him!
Where is Li Hongzhang now? Not far away, his Huai army is currently stationed in Shandong!
This has to start with the suppression of the Nian Army's rebellion. After Zeng Guofan pacified the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the imperial court transferred him to the northern Henan and Shandong areas to eliminate the Nian Army's rebellion!
But it's also strange. Zeng Guofan had a smooth battle with Changmao, but when he encountered the bandit-like Nian Army, he suffered defeats one after another. However, his disciple Li Hongzhang shined!
Outsiders don't know the details, but the old foxes in the court certainly understand what's going on. They know very well that this is Zeng Guofan trying to avoid merit!
A minister's contribution should not be too great. If it is so great that the court cannot reward you, then in the end it will only reward you with death!
Anyone who has read history books will understand this truth!
Relying on the merits of Ping Changmao and the Nian Army, Li Hongzhang gradually became a pillar of the imperial court. Currently, he is still guarded by his master Zeng Guofan. However, if Zeng Shuai is no longer around in the long run, Li Hongzhang's importance will definitely increase rapidly!
Such a frontier official finally fell into the eyes of Cixi. Through many secret contacts and promises for the future, Li Hongzhang got on Cixi's chariot!
This is the reason why Li Hongzhang led his troops to block the Chinese army in Langfang during the palace coup six years ago!
He was from Cixi's faction, so he naturally wanted to support the palace coup launched by Cixi, but he didn't expect that the combat effectiveness of the new Chinese army was unimaginably high, and new weapons emerged in endlessly!
This made Li Hongzhang's strategy useless!
The defeated Li Hongzhang was not discouraged and returned to Shandong, the base camp where he pacified the Nian Army, to recuperate. In the past few years, relying on the support of the imperial court, he began to recruit rural party members again!
The Huai army is getting bigger and bigger, and its training is getting better and better. It has become a vassal in Shandong!
Some time ago, Guiziliu forced the palace into the Yangxin Palace and stole 600,000 taels of silver, completely depriving the little emperor of power! After all, Cixi is his own mother, and he cannot allow anyone to interfere with his son's pro-government affairs!
Under her instruction, Li Hongzhang arranged the daily training of the garrison, and only took dozens of elite cavalry all the way north to the Forbidden City to report to the saint!
Cixi made it clear that she wanted to establish a direct line for her son. This was to support her son!
Guiziliu is now in a moment of overwhelming power, and he doesn't care about a little Li Hongzhang at all. Except for Zeng Guofan, who is still afraid of three points, he doesn't care about any other officials in the Qing Dynasty!
Regardless of whether you, Zuo Zongtang or Li Hongzhang, have not cultivated to the level of Marshal Zeng, you are both an absolute junior in front of Guiziliu!
I just gave you the order directly. What dare you, Li Hongzhang, do? Do you still dare to resist the king's order?
Cheng Beile received his father's order and immediately asked all places in Zhili where Li Hongzhang was at the moment. The call back came within one afternoon.
Li Hongzhang has now passed through Tianjin and arrived in Yongqing County!
"Yongqing? It's not that far away. It's a day's journey..."
"Ahem... I'm feeling bored here in the capital. Get your horses ready and I'll go out to the city to have some fun..."
Zaicheng also has a group of Eagle Claw grandsons and minions. One of them, Enguang, has recovered from his injuries and has no more errands in the court. He has been hanging out with Zai Cheng recently!
This bitch naturally understood what his master meant. He had nothing else to do when he left the city, so he must have gone to find Chai Huo Niu!
The eight major alleys in the capital, there are old girls and young wives, and even secret affairs with the wives of the Eight Banner nobles... He is tired of playing with these!
In order to find some excitement, Zaicheng would run out of the city when he had nothing to do. Going to the countryside to insult women was like hunting wild food for him!
It was just a pretense that the Flying Eagle lackey went out to hunt, but in reality he was going to hunt Chaihuo Girl!
"Hehe... Lord Beile is so interested. My slave, I will first send a group of scouts to Yongqing, Gu'an, and Liangxiang to investigate. I will definitely find some of the most beautiful wild flowers for Lord Beile!"
"Haha... You know how to run errands! Go to the accounting office and get a thousand silver dollars to calculate the expenses for your spying... Don't look sad every day. Isn't it just that you lost the Donghua Gate errand? Forget it!"
"If you lose your errand, won't you continue to receive your salary as usual? Just spend it, it's so good if you don't work and get free money! Who dares to stop your salary? Grandma's..."
"Do a good job, and I will give you another salary...hehehehe...how about calling it a flower-picking salary, and you can go look for wild flowers for me!"
Enguang fell to his knees with a pop and kowtowed, "Thank you, Master Beile! Thank you, Master Beile! You are so grand... With your situation, I think sooner or later you will have to live in Yuqing Palace!"
Ouch, this horse is so beautiful in the photo! Where is Yuqing Palace? In the Qing Dynasty, this palace has always been the location of the East Palace, where the prince lived!
Although the system of setting up a prince did not exist in the later Qing Dynasty, there was a prince in the Kangxi Dynasty! The prince lived here at that time!
According to the habits of the Qing Dynasty people, Yuqing Palace represented the Prince's office in the East Palace!
Enguang's meaning is very clear, that is, Prince Gong will ascend to Dabao sooner or later, and you Zaicheng will be the emperor sooner or later!
"Huh?" Zai Cheng was stunned for a moment and then said, "Fuck you... I'll let you talk nonsense and reward you with a crispy one!"
With a snap, the left side of Enguang's face felt burning pain, and the prints on his palms suddenly swelled!
"Master Belle! What I said, slave, is the truth. Even if you beat me to death, I will say the same thing... Beat me to death, and I won't change my words even if you beat me to death!"
What a slave! What a flattery!
The surrounding eunuchs and guards, these eagle-clawed bastards from Zaicheng, all provoked Brother Thumb in their hearts!
This is a natural flattery expert. He knows where the itch in his master's heart is, so he will itch it with all his strength, even if he is beaten, he will not give up!
After this slap, his favor continued to advance, which only gained more points in Zai Cheng's heart!
"You... you bastard, if I hadn't seen your ass get beaten to pieces before, I would have had to break your legs today!"
"Go away! Go run some errands for me!"
"Hey...please take care of yourself, I will definitely take care of it for you!"
Zai Cheng felt so beautiful, it was like drinking snow water in the summer. Seeing En Guang about to go out, he said softly, "Your errand is not easy to handle, so you should go to the accounting office to pay two thousand silver dollars!"
Enguang was so excited that he almost jumped with excitement, but he still had to keep up his reputation. He kowtowed and thanked him, "Hey... I will work hard to death!"
A flatterer was rewarded with two thousand silver dollars, and the eyes of the scoundrels around him turned red with envy!
Not even half an hour after Enguang left, Zaicheng sneaked away from the side door of the palace without anyone knowing about it!
