Chapter 64 Chapter 2 Run away after eating

Cixi has always been regarded as a symbol of traitors, as a symbol of losing power and humiliating the country.But remember, this woman is not that simple.Is the country so easy to sell?Is it so easy for a woman to control the flowers of Confucian wisdom like Zeng Guofan and Li Hongzhang?If you want to know why the Empress Dowager Cixi has such powerful power and ability, you have to start with Li Hongzhang's personal experience. Li Hongzhang took the same path as his teacher Zeng Guofan. He also took the imperial examination and easily entered the Imperial Academy. He also became an editor, and his official position was considered very high.When Li Hongzhang was an official in the capital, one day he went out to buy books and met two Anhui fellows on the street. The two Anhui fellows stopped him and said, "Editor Li, do you know that the long-haired army We have already hit our Anhui, and the fathers and folks in Anhui have lost countless lives and injuries. You are from our Anhui, and you are such a big official in Beijing. Don’t you tell the emperor twice to let the emperor think of a way?

When Li Hongzhang heard this, he thought: I have to talk about this.But I thought again: I am just an editor of the Imperial Academy, so I am not qualified to submit a memorial. I have to find someone who is qualified to submit a memorial to the emperor.Therefore, Li Hongzhang found the minister of the Ministry of Industry, who was also from Anhui and was qualified to write a memorial.Li Hongzhang approached the minister of the Ministry of Industry to explain the situation, and the minister of the Ministry of Industry said yes, anyway, you are good at writing, so you can write. So Li Hongzhang took up his pen and wrote a Wanyan memorial.

When the memorial was posted, the emperor laughed when he saw it, and said, "Since you have raised a question, you must have a solution. If you don't have a solution, what question do you ask?"Since you want to solve the problem in Anhui, and you are from Anhui, I think there is only one way to solve it. You go back and train for my training group to fight against the Taiping Army. At that time, the minister of the Ministry of Industry was dumbfounded, thinking that I would not be presenting this memorial if he had known earlier, and thinking about it later, it was Li Hongzhang who harmed me, and he made me miserable.So the minister of the Ministry of Industry had an idea and said:

Qi Zou Your Majesty, I will recommend another person, Li Hongzhang, the editor of the Imperial Academy, this man is very talented, it is a pity to stay in the capital, and he should be sent back to his hometown to train the regiment.Emperor Xianfeng was overjoyed: Okay, Li Hongzhang is going too! Li Hongzhang went home just like that, and from then on, Editor Li went to the front line and began to confront the Taiping Army. Check Li Hongzhang's family letter. After he returned to Anhui, in six years, he led only about a thousand servants, but how many enemies did he have?At least one hundred thousand people!Li Hongzhang's main task was also to flee crazily under the pursuit of a hundred thousand powerful enemies.Once, Li Hongzhang fled back with his team. When he entered the curtain, he found that his family had fled and the freshly cooked rice was still in the pot.Li Hongzhang lifted the lid of the pot, put one foot on the stove, picked up the rice bowl to fill the rice, and then roared:

Eat quickly, run after eating! Li Hongzhang fought guerrillas in Anhui for six years. During these six years, countless senior officials of the court died, but he never died.Not only did he not die, but in the event of a big battle, he could come out and make a contribution, but no one knows where he usually hides.But six years later, the war situation reversed. Zeng Guofan's Hunan Army trained and fought a decisive battle with the Taiping Army.In desperation, Li Hongzhang defected to Zeng Guofan's shogunate.