Li Weiguo turned around and saw a third-rank official in his thirties looking at him with a smile.

"Who are you?"

Li Weiguo asked, and was stunned. Why did he have a third-rank official under his command but he didn't recognize him? It's really a joke.

The man smiled slightly, bowed to Li Weiguo, and then said, "Li Hongzao, the governor of Jiangnan, came to office a month ago. At that time, the Lord was suppressing bandits in Zhejiang, so he had never formally paid a visit to Lord Li."

It turned out to be Li Hongzao, who had a political ability of 150, was super *oss in the late Qing Dynasty. Li Weiguo was shocked. This time he remembered that the court did send an envoy to Jiangnan Province, and it was Li Hongzao.

Originally, Li Weiguo wanted to win over Li Hongzao and wanted to take it for himself. After all, Li Hongzao had very strong political ability. He passed the Jinshi at the age of 25, in modern terms, was a super academic master. He was able to emerge from the mud without being stained and kept alone in the big dyeing vat of the late Qing Dynasty officialdom, and could also become the leader of the Qingliu school, which shows how powerful he is.

But Li Hongzao was so smart that he actually penetrated everything and saw through Li Weiguo's plan at a glance, which made Li Weiguo instantly feel murderous.

If such a person cannot be used by Li Weiguo, then Li Weiguo will definitely destroy him and will never be ruthless.

"It turns out that you are Li Hongzao. It's better to meet than to be famous. It's indeed a character. But what do you mean by saying that I am good at making plans?"

Li Hongzao felt Li Weiguo's murderous aura, but he was not afraid at all. He just smiled and said, "Sir, don't you want to discuss this with the officials on such occasions!"

Li Weiguo was stunned and immediately realized that Li Hongzao seemed to have no intention of exposing it, otherwise he would have said it in public.

Since Li Hongzao does not expose it, it means he has other considerations and still has room for maneuver.

Thinking of this, Li Weiguo immediately smiled and said, "Yes, I wonder if Lord Li dares to sit in my governor's office?"

Li Hongzao said suddenly, "What's the point of not daring to do this? The official is about to go to the governor's office to visit Lord Li!"

Li Weiguo then instructed the relevant departments to handle the on-site and aftermath matters. Then he took Li Hongzao back to the Jiangnan Governor's Office.

The Jiangnan Governor's Yamen was recently established by Li Weiguo in Shanghai. After all, as the Jiangnan Governor, he must have a Yamen to support the storefront.

At this time, the yamen institutions in Shanghai were increased a lot, including the Shanghai County Government, Shanghai Customs Road, Susong Taidao Government, Songjiang Prefectural Government Office, Jiangnan Governor's Office, Jiangnan Governor's Office, and a Liangjiang Governor's Office specially established for the Heqing period. A small Shanghai county town suddenly became a huge political center. In addition, the ambassadors' agencies of various powers in China were also in Shanghai, which gradually made Shanghai have the foundation of a comprehensive large city of politics, economy, military and diplomacy.

The Jiangnan Governor's Yamen is close to Yuyuan. This is purely because of Li Weiguo's personal "laziness", which makes his home and office space only separate from his office, making it convenient to go back and forth.

In the lobby of the yamen, Li Weiguo sat in the main seat and accepted Li Hongzao's official visit.

After the ceremony, Li Weiguo asked: "Mr. Li can say it now!"

Li Hongzao asked knowingly: "I wonder what the lord wants to give in to the officials?"

It's so good to pretend to be garlic!

Li Weiguo sneered and said, "Didn't you just talk about my good plan on the dock? What kind of plan is this? I want to hear what you, a talented man?"

Li Hongzao pretended to be enlightened and immediately smiled and said, "So it's this. Since Lord Li wants to know, then the official will dare to talk!"

Li Weiguo's eyes suddenly turned cold, and the personal soldiers beside him had already tightened the hilt. As long as Li Hongzao said something he shouldn't have said, he would kill him.

Li Hongzao glanced at Li Weiguo, still fearless, and smiled and said, "When Xiaguan came to Shanghai, he was about to take the troops to Hengzhou, Zhejiang to suppress bandits. He heard that the emperor used troops like a god. In Meiling, he wiped out tens of thousands of elite Taiping troops in one battle and recovered Hengzhou Prefecture in one fell swoop. Xiaguan thought that looking at the current unstoppable situation of the rebels, the emperor had achieved such a great result by using a small trick. It really made Xiaguan admire him!"

Seeing that Li Hongzao had no explanation for a long time, Li Weiguo couldn't help asking, "It's gone?"

"It's gone!" Li Hongzao replied.

"That's it?" Li Weiguo asked unwillingly.

"That's it!" Li Hongzao nodded affirmatively.

Li Weiguo couldn't help laughing. He thought to himself that Li Hongzao was afraid of death and dared not say anything, so he lowered his face again and snorted coldly: "Do you think you don't know if you don't say it?"

Li Hongzao asked back, "Sir, since you know, why bother to make things difficult for the officials?"

Li Weiguo smiled and said, "I just want to hear your opinion?"

Li Hongzao had no choice but to say, "Since the lord insists on listening, then the official will be brave!"

So Li Hongzao said: "In the month when Xiaguan came to Shanghai, he saw a lot of things and heard about a lot of things!"

Li Weiguo asked with interest: "Oh, what have you seen and what have you heard?"

Li Hongzao replied: "The officials saw that the people under the rule of the emperor live and work in peace and prosperity, which proved that the emperor was a capable minister in governing the world. However, the officials also heard that the Shanghai army and the rebels traded arms privately, and even the war between the two sides was acting. I heard that the court sent a special envoy to investigate the matter. If the officials were not wrong, the Duro County Prince Sangkun was not just here to commend the emperor, but to investigate the emperor secretly."

Li Weiguo smiled slightly and raised his hand to signal, "Continue talking!"

Li Hongzao took a deep breath. Although he was a little nervous, he continued to say, "The Lord must have received the news, so he should take the initiative first. He first raided the rebels in Hengzhou Prefecture to let the court know that the Lord did not collude with the rebels. Then the smartest thing about the Lord was the assassination of Sang Kun arranged on the dock just now."

Before Li Weiguo could speak, Zhang Xiaoliu, who was standing next to him, shouted angrily: "Bold, dare to slander my lord! Anyone with a little brain can see clearly that my lord is in his own jurisdiction and killing Sang Kun in front of his own eyes. Isn't this arbitrary act? Even if you want to kill Sang Kun, you will still attack before Sang Kun crosses the river. If it is not under the jurisdiction of my lord, the court will not doubt my lord."

Li Hongzao sneered: "This is Lord Li's cleverness! If it were ordinary people, they would definitely suspect that Lord Li was killing someone to silence him. However, the emperor has always been suspicious. If Lord Li makes such a play, the emperor will think that someone secretly framed Lord Li. Think about the relationship between Lord Li and Prince Gong. Eighty-mostly, the emperor would believe that Prince Gong's mortal enemy Sushun deliberately framed him. What is the right thing to say?"

Zhang Xiaoliu was silent. Li Weiguo immediately smiled and asked without answering, "Mr. Li just said that the emperor sent someone to investigate again. Could it be that besides Sang Kun, you are also responsible for heavy responsibilities?"

Li Hongzao was stunned at first, then laughed and said, "No wonder Lord Li, you have achieved such a proud achievement before you were young. I, Li Hongzao, didn't believe it before. At this moment, it seems that the master's mind is really powerful. You can guess another identity of Xiaguan with just one word "Au". Li Hongzao is deeply impressed!"

Li Weiguo's face suddenly solidified, and he was so fucked. Xianfeng, you are indeed worthy of being the emperor. It turned out that you had long been suspicious. On the surface, Li Hongzao was sent as the governor of Jiangnan to collect taxes on the court, but he was also secretly surveillance and investigation.

Be careless!

Li Weiguo realized that no emperor from ancient times to the present was easy. They must be able to ascend the throne. But this is not the thing Li Weiguo is most worried about. He just thought that killing Sang Kun would be able to resolve Xianfeng's suspicion. Now it seems that Li Hongzao has long secretly investigated the secretly seduced the Taiping Army.

Li Hongzao has been in Jiangnan Province for a month, and I'm afraid there has been a secret letter sent to the capital. I'm afraid Xianfeng already knows about this.

Thinking of this, Li Weiguo immediately closed his eyes, waved his hand, and said, "You go!"

Li Hongzao was stunned and asked, "Don't Lord Li kill the lower officials?"

Li Weiguo opened his eyes and smiled bitterly, "What's the use of killing you? It can't stop this war. It's just a suffering of the common people. A peaceful heaven is not enough. Now I will raise another army and the vast China will have no happy land. Two million comrades will fall into dire straits. All the devastations of life are all the faults of Li Weiguo. You go. I cherish your talent and cannot bear to kill him. I hope that after you go back, I can benefit the people in the world, even if I repay my official's grace for not killing!"

After hearing what Li Weiguo said, Li Hongzao was moved and his heart was turbulent. He couldn't help but say, "I didn't expect that although Lord Li secretly colluded with the rebels, he was to protect the people under his rule from the disaster. The subordinate officials wanted to ask Lord Li a word, if the court works hard to quell the Taiping Army's rebellion, and the revival is expected, will he rebel?"

Li Weiguo casually said: "Of course not!"

Li Hongzao asked again: "If the great powers invade China, will the lord also want to secretly accomplice with them and watch the court be bullied by the great powers!"

Li Weiguo immediately said sternly: "It is impossible! Those who offend me China will be punished even if they are far away! But with me, Li Weiguo, there is one breath, so the great powers will not bully me China!"

"Good words! Lord Gao Yi, Li Hongzao admired him!" Li Hongzao shouted loudly and applauded Li Weiguo. But soon he fell silent, as if he had struggled, and then said: "To be honest, the emperor did assign a subordinate to investigate Lord Li secretly, and the subordinate had indeed collected some evidence that was unfavorable to the emperor. However, when the subordinate saw that the people under the rule of the emperor lived a happy life, he knew that the emperor was a good official, so the subordinate did not report the investigation report to the emperor."

Suddenly, the turn of the circle was turning, and the flowers were bright, and Li Weiguo's carefulness suddenly fluttered. He originally thought he had to rebel, but Li Hongzao's words showed that he had not handed over the evidence he had to Xianfeng, which means that there was room for maneuver.

But soon Li Weiguo looked at Li Hongzao in confusion and asked, "Why do you want to tell me this? Are you not afraid that I will really kill you this time!"

Li Hongzao Kang Kang said: "Justice just now, deliberately angering the adults. He knew that he did not want a civil war in his heart and would cause the people to suffer. He admired his compassion for the emperor. He just needs to silence the emperor to stop another civil war and save tens of millions of comrades. I, Li Hongzao, have no complaints."

Li Weiguo was surprised and said, "I didn't expect that you, Li Hongzao, is also a person who knows how to sacrifice and righteousness. If I kill you, wouldn't I be punished by God!"

Li Hongzao smiled and said, "If you don't kill me now, aren't you afraid that I will change my mind if I walk out of this door?"

Li Weiguo smiled confidently and said, "You Li Hongzao is still clearer in your true identity. Since you don't say it now, you won't say it in the future! Besides, I suddenly figured out why you suddenly said that on the dock just now? In fact, you have been testing me since the beginning, right?"

Li Hongzao was stunned and smiled and said, "I've seen through it!"

Li Weiguo immediately stood up, came to Li Hongzao, stared into his eyes, and asked, "I wonder if I, Li Weiguo, can get your eyes?"

Li Hongzao also stared into Li Weiguo's eyes and replied: "If Lord Li tells the truth, he will naturally be able to see it!"

Li Weiguo immediately said seriously: "I, Li Weiguo, work as his name, defend the country, train new troops, build guns and cannons, establish industry, build people's livelihood, promote education, create technology, and strive for the country to be strong. I want to benefit 20 million comrades, resist foreign humiliation, and revitalize China. Lord Li is willing to help me!"

Listening to Li Weiguo's bold words, Li Hongzao felt his blood boiling in an instant. He immediately lifted up his official robe, knelt on the ground with both knees, and slammed Li Weiguo to the end.

"Li Hongzao was originally a life-threatening person for the Lord!"

Li Weiguo's heart was thumping. In just a short while, it was a long and full of twists and turns, and Li Hongzao almost caused a heart attack.

Seeing that Li Hongzao was willing to join him, Li Weiguo was immediately happy. He hurriedly helped Li Hongzao up and said excitedly: "Today, it is a blessing for me, Li Weiguo! The blessing for the people of the world!"

Li Hongzao hurriedly said, "You are polite, how can you be a good person? You dare not ask your elders to praise you so much!"

Li Weiguo said happily: "I believe in your ability, and you have this ability too!"

Seeing that Li Weiguo believed in him so much, Li Hongzao was also very warm and very grateful.

Afterwards, Li Weiguo invited Li Hongzao to a banquet and called all core members such as Wu Yong, Chen Jingnan, Fu Xuexian, and Yung Wing to meet Li Hongzao.

Although Li Hongzao is still very young and seems to have no political achievements except for his knowledge, Li Weiguo is so proud that Wu Yong and others naturally dare not neglect them. They make friends with Li Hongzao and have a great chat.

At the banquet, a staff member naturally asked Li Hongzao why he chose Li Weiguo. Li Hongzao didn't hide it and told him directly.

It turned out that Li Hongzao's childhood sweetheart had died in the first battle of Guangzhou in the first Raven War. From then on, Li Hongzao hated foreigners. This time he volunteered to come to Jiangnan to take office. In fact, he heard that Li Weiguo led his army to wipe out the American Asian fleet. For Li Hongzao, who hated foreigners, he was grateful to Li Weiguo for attacking foreigners. Now after a conversation with Li Weiguo, he learned about Li Weiguo's lofty ambitions and admired him even more. He was determined to join Li Weiguo's group.

Li Weiguo also sighed in his heart. If Li Hongzao is at its peak in more than ten years, it would be impossible for Li Weiguo to recruit Li Hongzao. Fortunately, Li Hongzao had just made his mark at this time, so that Li Weiguo could be included in the account.
Chapter completed!