The shock that Cao Shuai brought to him was extremely strong when he met the head of state this time. He actually couldn't understand a lot of the words the head of state said, but he was a little confused. It seemed that he had found the fake wall with paper stickers in the dark room!

As long as there is direction, there is a breakthrough. Cao Shuai at least found the direction of future learning and the key!

But at the same time, he was also very lonely because the head of state's words had completely wiped out the last slightest fantasy of the Northwest Army!

Of course, Zuo Zongtang is a loyal minister, there is no doubt about this, but Zuo Zongtang is also a mortal, and he also has his own selfish intentions!

He would not do the rebellion of the Qing Dynasty. He has been serving the Qing Dynasty for most of his life. He still rebels when he is old? No matter what others say, his own heart will not be able to get through!

As for jumping onto Xiao Letian's warship, he had considered it, but he still couldn't save face!

At present, he is considered the King of the Northwest of the Qing Dynasty, and an old general in the Hunan Army. He is on an equal footing when he sees Xiao Letian! Just like Zeng Guofan, but he really got on Xiao Letian's warship and became his subordinate?

Xiao Letian is too young. He bows to him at his age? He can't bear to face!

It seems that one can only walk in the muddy waters of the Qing Dynasty! But he is very clear about the virtues of the Qing Dynasty court. When you need you, you are the ancestor, and if you don’t need you, you are a bed bug!

I have done a lot of things to kill donkeys. Today you are the King of Northwest, and tomorrow you may be sent to jail!

I don’t care anymore, and I take life, death, honor and disgrace indifferently. It’s a day when I am poor, a day when I am rich, and a day when I am noble and a day when I am noble and a day when I am rich!

But what should I do with my brothers? What should I do with these 100,000 soldiers in the Western Expedition? They trust themselves and entrust their lives to themselves. Will there be no end in the future?

Why did Zuo Zongtang ask the Western Army to stay and guard the border? In fact, he also saw the consequences of the Hunan Army veteran who is currently staying in Jiangnan!

The court has begun to unload the donkey. As the war ended, the court began to lay off the Hunan army in a planned manner, give silver and honorary titles, and give vacant yellow jackets and peach feathers!

Use these money, honors and land to exchange for you to leave the army, and finally cut off all the battalions, leaving only some memories of the numbers in history books!

Such scenes happen every day in Jiangnan. The veterans left the military camp and returned to social life at their fifties or even older!

In fact, the Qing Dynasty did this so kindly. Maybe Yi? They were also afraid that these hundreds of thousands of Hunan troops would rebel, so they would rather use money to settle the matter than bully others openly!

On this point, neither Zuo Zongtang nor Li Hongzhang nor Zeng Guofan said that the Hunan Army's end at this moment was actually much better than Wu Sangui's army when he was pacified by the Sanfan!

This treatment is already a super-scale in the history of the Qing Dynasty!

The conditions are good, but will the result be very good? Can those veterans who left the barracks really live a good life?

The answer is no. Only 30% of the veterans who left the military camp can successfully restore the lives of the people, buy a few acres of land to be small landlords, or open an oil-pulled tofu workshop to make some hard-earned money. Of course, some officers and soldiers take the money to go to the Chinese people to seek a new way out!

Only 30% of the veterans can restore the life of a normal person, and the rest will be ruined!

Years of war and killing have made them mentally unhealthy. When they have money in their hands, they go to eat, drink, go for a meal, drink, and bet!

The shadow of retirement is spent in less than a year or two, and in the end it can only be a cheating, even killing people and robbing people to do illegal business!

These people are used to killing people, and there is no difference between killing on the battlefield and killing in life!

Perhaps there are some people who are still conscienced and are unwilling to make money, but in the end they have no skills, and there are many people who have become beggars!

Zeng Guofan once secretly begged Xiao Letian to take over some young and strong soldiers with combat experience! But unexpectedly, these Hunan Army, which are used to being old, cannot stand the strict rules in the Chinese army at all. You are not willing to be restrained when you are hanging in your hometown!

The various appearances of these veterans in society have made these veterans of the Hunan Army Group extremely troubled!

Of course, Zuo Zongtang realized such a serious problem. He had to give his 100,000 brothers a new way out!

Let them not worry about food and clothing, and at the same time, they must do things without letting themselves go in society!

After thinking about it, guarding the border is the only way! Guarding the border can ensure that these soldiers still maintain the military system. With the rules of the troops, they will not be too large!

Bring these soldiers back to the Central Plains? The court will never let these fierce soldiers continue to maintain their organization. How many Eight Banners soldiers will come to guard these 100,000 tigers and wolves? What should I do if I rebel?

It is not possible to place it in the Central Plains, but there is no problem in the borders of the Western Regions. On the border of tens of thousands of miles, some troops will be placed in the bitter and cold areas, so the men in the Sijiu City will not worry!

With these 100,000 iron-core guards to the border, the Western Regions became the sphere of influence of Zuo Zongtang, a small group! This is not to say that Zuo Zongtang wants to rebel and independence!

He will not rebel. The sovereignty of the Western Regions is in the hands of the Qing Dynasty at any time. But if your court takes away the righteousness, you have to give me the oil and water below, right?

The 100,000 soldiers guarding the border can make the entire Western Region economy revolve around them, and all the bureaucratic systems have to be discussed with them!

How to invest, how to collect taxes, and give as much money as you want to give to Beijing. If you don’t give it, I can still find you to help you with disaster relief!

In the end, the wealth created by the entire Western Regions economy will be allowed to support Zuo Zongtang's brothers!

This is the iron rice bowl for brothers to support their elderly care in the future. It is not only the iron rice bowl for brothers but also the descendants of their brothers. It is best that all their descendants can eat!

This is a small calculation for the entire Western Army, so I have the request to ask the Chinese to help the industrialization of the Western Regions!

If they make the small kingdom of the Western Regions richer, their future life will be better!

We must unify politics and build a small court in economic terms! This is the plan!

Unfortunately, this wishful thinking made Xiao Letian wake up a basin of cold water. When Zuo Jigao received a secret letter of 10,000 words from Cao Shuai, the old coach was speechless for a long time!

A dry lamp, the old man has not been asleep for a whole night!

"It's still simple to think! It turns out that this world has become like this...it's no longer something we can dominate!"

"Xiao Letian, Xiao Letian! It seems that the idea of ​​independence of the Western Army was completely shattered,"

"Since that's the case, I will guard this world for you. I want to see what the fate of China will become in your hands!"

"Send a message to Rong Quankuaima of Tacheng! Let him block all the mountain passes leading to the northern border of the Yili River Valley. If you don't expect him to attack, defending the pass is the first achievement!"

"Let the Western Regions Bank raise funds for me, from now on until the flowers bloom next spring, I need to save up 100,000 troops to fight for six months!"

"As long as you have enough money and food, I will only last two years to pacify the Western Regions!"
Chapter completed!