mage in the late qing dynasty

Chapter 790: First class carriages are risky, so be careful when riding.

The two brothers looked at each other.

Hu Er wants Hu Da to make up his mind.

But the dancing little Ling'e said: "I want to go too..."

Zhao Chuanxin didn't even think about it: "We'll talk about it later."

When we get to the north, we might fight every day and seek death?

He can still protect one or two people well, but there are too many people and he can't manage them.

And now there are two places for apprentices and Rebecca Levi.

Little Ling'e stamped her feet bitterly.

Hu Da has something very difficult: "Mr. Zhao, to be honest, I offended Bao Shanyi by rejecting him last time. I'm worried that he will attack my family."

After saying that, he glanced at Xiao Ling'e. Bao Shanyi was mainly thinking about wanting Xiao Ling'e to be his daughter-in-law. But the whole family disagreed and let Xiao Ling'e marry that idiot Aminbu.

Zhao Chuanxin waved his hand: "Go and tell A Minbu and his father Bao Shanyi that your family is small and you bought Zhao Chuanxin's insurance. If anyone touches your family, Zhao Chuanxin will kill him until he can't rest. He thinks he can do it. You can give it a try. When the Hailar area becomes stable in the future, you can take your children to live there."

After saying that, Zhao Chuanxian dropped another bag of money as settlement expenses.

He is starting a new business, different from other forces in Lugang Town, Xuantian Sect, Sky Flying Knife Master and New York Dining Truck Gang.

Why did the Qing government cause so much anger and resentment on the grasslands? The first was to relocate the Han people to reclaim wasteland, the second was to use various taxes to fill the treasury and hollow out the grassland foundation, and the third was to deprive Mongolian princes and nobles of their real power during the implementation of the New Deal. .

He will offend everyone from top to bottom.

Zhao Chuanxin must prepare some covert management.

There are too many people, and others are worried that they will not be able to suppress them. Is he, Zhao Chuanxin, still afraid of this? Anyone who dares to rebel against him can try the knife to see whether it is good or not.

With Zhao Chuanxin and doing things for Zhao Chuanxin, Zhao Chuanxin became the iron backer of his two brothers.

Hu Da solemnly nodded: "I am willing to work for Mr. Zhao!"

Zhao Chuanxin told them to leave tomorrow and assigned them tasks in advance.

Yao Bing went crazy with Xiao Ling'e and Hu Hansan.

At night, when I was tired, I fell asleep on the kang.

Zhao Chuanxin made an agreement with the two Hu brothers to rush to Hailar first.

He wrapped Yao Bing up, tied him up, and carried him back to Kaiping Mining Bureau.

Nearly three hours after arriving in Kaiping, Zhao Chuanxin was very tired and Yao Bing continued to sleep soundly.

Although Zhao Chuanxin was tired, he couldn't sleep.

Growing up, he had never done a few things that others said were "serious things."

Not doing his job properly, idle, second-rate, scoundrel... are all basic adjectives to describe him.

Someone once asked Zhao Chuanxin what official he wanted to be.

Zhao Chuanxin said: "Village chief."

Later, the village chief was no longer called the village chief, but was called the village party secretary.

Apart from the village chief, he didn't think he could do anything else well.

Now he wants to be the prefect, which has gone through several levels.

Everyone in the office room was gone, only Zhao Chuanxin was there.

He wrote on the paper with a fountain pen:

Lubin Mansion, main functions: manage Karen (border guard post), patrol the border, and negotiate with Russia (including negotiations with Manzhouli, an affiliate of the China Eastern Railway).

Secondary functions: recruiting people to reclaim wasteland, setting up taxation, gathering refugees, civil litigation and other administrative justice.

This is what the Qing court wanted, or what Xu Shichang wanted.

Zhao Chuanxin thought for a while and crossed out the major and minor ones.

Since it is his territory, there is no priority, everything is important.

然后，他又写下：部门——1.对俄交涉局（未知）。2.卡伦。3.会计所。4.垦务局。5.官货局。6.巡警局。7.学校。8.法院。

In addition to these, there are also some messy departments with duplicate functions, serious overstaffing, and mutual constraints. Zhao Chuanxin simply eliminated them all. He has the final say on his own territory. Anyway, the Qing government has said that he can govern himself.

Of course, perhaps the autonomy that Zhao Chuanxin understood was different from what Xu Shichang and the Qing court talked about.

Li Guangzong communicated with Xu Shichang, and Xu Shichang said that the Bureau of Negotiation with Russia needed someone from the Qing government to serve as the general office. This was a must. The purpose is actually to restrict Zhao's power to pass salary. Because he was worried that Zhao Chuanxin would do anything wrong.

The rest is decided by Zhao Chuanxin himself and starts from scratch.

Karen is the border sentinel, and Zhao Chuanxin already has candidates for the card officer, deputy card officer, and chief card officer in mind, but some complicated and troublesome operations are still needed, including the ambiguous Obo (border stone pile, which functions as a space station). The boundary stakes on the island need to be re-demarcated.

Zhao Chuanxin also has a candidate for the general office of the accounting office.

In the following departments, Zhao Chuanxin faced a situation where no one was available.

However, he lingered in the Government and Commodity Bureau for a long time. Suddenly his eyes lit up and he filled in his name - General Office, Yao Jia.

Then a rare telegram was sent to Lugang Town.

In Lugang Town, Zhao Zhongyi has had some gray hair sprouting on his temples recently.

He practiced martial arts and kept up with his nutrition. He was in his prime, and the only reason for his gray hair was that he worried too much.

Especially after Liu Guobao went abroad to lead the team to participate in the Olympics, everything was weighing on him.

My wife and mother-in-law are almost heartbroken to see him worrying so much every day.

It's past nine o'clock, which is already very late for people at this time.

But Zhao Zhongyi is still working at his desk.

In order to protect your eyes, you should not only set up a table lamp, but also use a shed lamp above your head, and there should also be wind lanterns around you.

At this moment, the telegraph machine rang.

Zhao Zhongyi was stunned.

At this time, there are usually no telegrams coming.

He looked at the note and compared it with the translation.

After translating for a moment, he suddenly shook his head and laughed: "This kid."

After the translation was finished, he said "Hey": "Looking for my uncle? What can he do?"

Receiving telegrams is okay, but replying is troublesome. Zhao Zhongyi was not familiar with telegraph machines, so it took a lot of effort to send out one word: OK.

Zhao Chuanxin also smiled here, thinking of Gaozu struggling to type.

In fact, sometimes he really felt that the brothers were closer to each other, while Gao Zu distanced the relationship.

Ha, even thinking about it this way feels a bit treasonous.

The next day, Zhao Chuanxin received a reply from Yao Jia: Chuanxin, my brother is bored, and I am pleased to have received my brother's letter, so I immediately received a reply.

Zhao Chuanxin wanted to have fun.

This guy really knows how to set up a scene.

Even now, he is not as silent as the Qing Dynasty people.

So he spoke in plain language, briefly described the matter, and then invited him to serve as the general manager of the Bureau of Government and Merchandising.

Yao Jia replied: Brother, you have good vision! When will you take office?

Zhao Chuanxin: "..."

Quite positive and a fan of officialdom.

Zhao Chuanxin not only asked him to leave immediately, but also gave him a task first.

Yao Jia patted her chest and promised to complete the task.

Not even mentioning travel expenses, this guy is not short of that little money.

Zhao Chuanxin said a lot eloquently.

Just after the distribution was completed, Zhao Xilong came from outside and whispered to Zhao Chuanxin: "Mr. Zhao, Zhou Xuexi is here. He said he would give you the official seal and documents."

Zhao Chuanxin was stunned.

I blanch, the Qing court is so fast, you can see how much Cixi wants him to get out immediately.

He chuckled.

This smile made Zhao Xilong laugh so hard: "Mr. Zhao, will you let him in?"

If he was not here to deliver official documents, there would be no need to ask for instructions at all. Zhou Xuexi almost regarded the Kaiping Mining Bureau as his own backyard, and could come and go at will.

But it's different now. Even if Zhao Xilong doesn't stop him, Zhou Xuexi still has to ask for permission.

Because this thing is obviously weird.

Zhao Chuanxin waved his hand: "Let him come."

Starting from Yu Qi, all the staff down below put down their work and stared at Zhao Chuanxin with bright eyes.

When Zhao Xilong opened the door, Zhao Chuanxin also saw the staff of the other eight rooms, all stretching their necks outside the door, looking like turtles and looking into the room.

He didn't feel disgusted when he saw Zhao Chuanxin, and even boldly followed Zhou Xuexi, preparing to lean on the edge of the door to take a peek.

The imperial court granted Mr. Zhao an official title, and I was shocked. This is an interesting story.

Who doesn't know that Cixi and Zhao Chuanxin are at odds with each other.

Who knows how these two men made peace?

What exactly is this py transaction?

Zhou Xuexi's face was somewhat embarrassed. After entering the room, he said, "Ahem, uncle, it's me."

"Oh." Zhao Chuanxin said calmly: "I'm not blind yet."

"Ahem..." Zhou Xuexi coughed violently: "Uncle, I won't read anything else. The person who came here said that everything should be kept simple. Normally, the seal comes from the Seal Bureau of the Ministry of Rites, first to the Ministry of Personnel, then to the Governor's Yamen, and then Chief Secretary Yamen, and finally the receiving officer. But somehow, somehow, it was handed over to me, and it even rubbed a foot on my hand..."

Zhao Chuanxin stretched out his hand: "Bring it here."

Zhou Xuexi handed the things to Zhao Chuanxin like a hot potato.

People around were in an uproar.

The reason was that it was all so undignified.

It doesn't look like a ceremony at all.

Zhao Chuanxin looked at the official seal.

This is a straight brass seal, two and a half inches square and six and four cents thick.

The seal surface is engraved with Manchu and Chinese characters in hanging seals.

Manchu on the left, Chinese on the right, word: Lubin Mansion Seal.

This seal originally had four extra feet, three of which have been worn away, leaving one remaining.

As long as this foot is not worn, it will not be able to press the seal normally and smoothly. Knowing that Zhao Chuanxin had never been an official, Zhou Xuexi explained: "Uncle, this is called rubbing one's feet to open a seal. Every time one passes one's hand, one's feet are rubbed to prevent someone from sealing the seal privately. When he resigns or resigns, he must also rub off the seal. One corner, so that the seal will not be completely sealed. Every time you pass the hand, grind a corner until the recovery is complete. This is called truncating the corner and canceling it."

Zhao Chuanxin looked at Lao Gao with Manwen on his left and Hanwen on his right, his brows furrowed and his eyes looking fierce.

Because the left is respected.

People around him immediately became nervous.

What's Zhao Chuanxin's temper?

What can't be done by those who dare to attack Cixi? Are you afraid that you want to break this seal?

They dare not breathe.

But somehow, Zhao Chuanxin held back.

With a long breath, Zhao Chuanxin took out the elf carving knife, cut off the last leg with one knife, and put the seal aside.

Zhou Xuexi let out a sigh of relief.

At this time, Yao Bing ran in from outside: "Master, Master, hey, what is this..."

With that said, he hugged the magistrate Yin.

Zhou Xuexi wanted to stop him, but when Zhao Chuanxin said nothing, he had no choice but to give up.

Yao Bing curiously took the prefect seal and went to play next to it.

Everyone: "..."

It’s really not serious.

Zhao Chuanxin picked up those documents again.

There is a letter of appointment and an introduction to the functions of Lubin Mansion.

Because he didn't speak human words, Zhao Chuanxin looked at him for a long time.

Then he suddenly sneered.

Zhou Xuexi took courage: "Uncle, what's wrong?"

Zhao Chuanxin lit a cigarette, held it in his mouth, put his fingers on the table and said calmly: "It's nothing."

Having said that, everyone could see that Zhao Chuanxin was very dissatisfied.

But Zhao Chuanxin just didn't happen.

This is very uncomfortable.

Because Zhao Chuanxin does not express his anger at others randomly, everyone prefers to see him furious, at least then the air that is about to solidify will melt and ripple.

The reason why Zhao Chuanxin sneered was because Cixi had a good calculation.

Before, when discussing with Li Guangzong, he said beautifully that all autonomy, five wings and eight banners would be under the jurisdiction of Lubin Prefecture.

They removed the deputy capital commander of Hulun-Bier and added the Hulun Military Preparation Road, but they did not implement it according to the normal New Deal. Now the functions of the military preparation road are no different from the original deputy capital commander's yamen.

The main tax burden is still collected by Bingbei Road, and the general manager of the five wings is still under the jurisdiction of Bingbei Road. In other words, there will be three groups of troops in the Hylar region from now on. One is the cavalry battalion that prepares the troops, the other is the soldiers and horses in the hands of the five-wing general manager, and the other is the Karen patrol battalion of Lubin Mansion under the jurisdiction of Zhao Chuanxin. The first two are both under the control of military preparation. (The official name is Hulun City, and the local people call it Hailar City. The two are the same thing, so it is called Hailar verbally.)

Neither finance nor major military power was in Zhao Chuanxin's hands.

How much autonomy can he have?

So what taxes can his Lubin Mansion collect?

Even when Karen was newly established, the tax burden collected when the fur trade and livestock trade passed through Karen was equivalent to the amount of money used to support the soldiers of the patrol camp. This would inevitably cause anger and resentment due to the additional exploitation of local herdsmen.

The Qing court meant this, but it was not stated clearly in the documents, because the Chinese language is broad and profound and can be ambiguous in many places.

But Zhao Chuanxin could imagine that by the time he went to Lubin Mansion, the Hulun Military Preparation Road had already been formed, what else could happen to him?

Zhao Chuanxin sneered, Cixi still underestimated Zhao Chuanxin.

Since the document doesn't say it clearly, it's just a hint, then don't blame me for being rude!

Zhou Xuexi waited for a while and then said cautiously: "Uncle, if that's the case, can I go back to deliver the mission?"

Because no one wanted to get in touch with Zhao Chuanxin and get into trouble with Zhao Chuanxin, he finally handed over the job to Zhou Xuexi, which was obviously a guilty conscience.

"Let's go back."

Zhou Xuexi was granted amnesty.

But just as he walked to the door, he thought of something again: "By the way, uncle, um, um, the court wants to know, when will you take office?"

"Oh, when does the Qing court want me to take office?"

Everyone looked at each other in confusion.

Because Zhou Xuexi said "imperial court" and Zhao Chuanxin said "Qing court".

It is obvious that he does not regard himself as an official of the Qing Dynasty at all...

"I will take up my post immediately!" Zhou Xuexi said without hesitation.

Because these are their original words.

"Oh, that's it." Zhao Chuanxin blew out a smoke ring, glanced at Yao Bing who was playing with the big seal and said, "Uncle is old and his legs and feet are not very agile. He may have to walk for a while. When can he arrive? Hyrule may not be sure yet, so you can just report it like this. Anyway, I climbed up before the snow fell."

"..." Zhou Xuexi was speechless: "Okay!"

He ran away in a flash.

He really didn't dare to show off in front of this uncle who was younger than him.

A good nephew should look like a good nephew and should not be too stable.

In this way, even if he makes a mistake, his uncle will not easily blame him, and with this backer, others will not dare to provoke him.

Zhao Chuanxin clapped his hands: "Okay, enough of the excitement, everyone should be busy with their own business and work hard. I found that recently it seems that only coal is produced and no coal is sold, so I quickly contacted the business, and the landlord's family did not have any surplus food... "

When Yu Qi heard this, he gave him a strange look.

Don’t you have any idea why coal is being sold but not sold?

Did Zhao Chuanxin really not count?

Is he really a fool?

If he hadn't guessed that Li Guangzong and the others were definitely in trouble, would Zhao Chuanxin be so obedient that he would become the prefect if he was asked to do so?

That seal clearly didn't look pleasing to the eye, but he could still obediently rub off the last kick and accept it?

Cixi had a prefect and was constrained by everything. How could he not have an attack on the spot?

It's just that when Li Guangzong was in trouble, he didn't want to cause trouble for him without saying anything.

This kind of feeling should be mutual. Zhao Chuanxin guessed it, pretended not to know, agreed, and accepted the seal without causing any trouble, which also saved them a lot of trouble.

Furthermore, Yao Jia told him that Zhao Zhongyi actually had gray hair this year.

The high-spirited Emperor Gaozu had gray hair at a young age.

Everyone around him is working hard. Rather than saying that Zhao Chuanxin has become more diligent, it is better to say that he is embarrassed to continue being lazy.

Zhao Chuanxin stood up with a cigarette in his mouth, picked up Yao Bing, took the official seal from his hand and said, "I will engrave a seal for you."

Put him on the desk, take out a piece of suet jade, take out the elf carving knife, think about the layout and start carving.

Three times five times two, the jade chips are flying.

The top is an eagle button with spread wings, and the bottom is just ordinary regular script.

Not long after, the jade seal was carved. Zhao Chuanxin put on a rope and handed it to Yao Bing: "There is ink pad over there. You go and dip it in it and print it on the paper."

Yao Bing was so happy that he turned over and crawled over, pulling the ink paste in front of Yu Qi over.

I pressed it inside several times.

Then he pressed it on the paper.

Click...

Zhao Xilong and Yu Qi probed.

Small red words circled in a rectangle suddenly appeared on the paper: The Invincible General of the Universe Yao Bingyin.

There is also a smiley face emoticon on the back.

Zhao Xilong: "..."

Yu Qi: "..."

The key is that the jade seal is not big, so how did you carve so many words on it?

Can it be carved like this in just a moment?

The carving is amazing!

Yao Bing couldn't read, so he used his chubby fingers to pick out the last smiling face on the paper and laughed non-stop. He printed it several times and connected the smiling faces into an oval, having a great time.

Upon seeing this, Zhao Chuanxin carved several simple animal prints for him and strung them together for him to play with.

Zhao Xilong and Yu Qi were stunned when they saw that what Zhao Chuanxin took out was either jade, jade, southern red turquoise, beeswax, gold, silver, etc. The worst thing was a small leaf red sandalwood.

……

When Cixi received the news that Zhao Chuanxin had received the official seal, she really felt relieved. Even her appetite was much better today.

She said to Zhang Zhidong: "Everyone must grow up eventually, and Zhao Chuanxin is no exception."

This time, she rarely used "thief", "thief" and "evil thief" to call Zhao Chuanxin. She probably thought that Zhao Chuanxin was aware of current affairs, or that she was overpowering Zhao Chuanxin this time.

Zhang Zhidong hesitated and asked cautiously: "Zhao Chuanxin has no objections?"

Ordinarily, Zhao Chuanxin's family fortune is quite big, so shouldn't he be a fool?

It's obvious that Lubin Mansion is just a trick to trick people, can't he see it?

Cixi snorted coldly: "What objection can he have? He is just a vulgar warrior, and maybe he still has a dream of becoming a big official. He is so ambitious that he wants to expand the territory of Lubin Mansion to Kulun. Fortunately, he dares to think! Well, wait and see, when he takes office, he will find that it is difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without rice, so she will be trapped in trivial matters and unable to extricate herself."

It was a good thing at first, but when Zhang Zhidong saw Cixi being so optimistic, he suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.

Is Zhao Chuanxin a fool? Are you a fool?

It doesn't look like it.

I hope it doesn't get out of hand.

……

Li Guangzong was on the phone with Xu Shichang.

Li Guangzong sneered: "Governor Xu, it's time for the Qing government to relent. If we don't relent, our leader will behead the dog. I won't be able to persuade him then!"

Xu Shichang smiled awkwardly: "Xingdao, don't worry, since Zhao Tangong has received the seal, the court should handle it properly."

After hanging up the phone.

Li Guangzong said to his secretary Zhou Min, who looked exactly like Liu Jiahui: "As soon as you have any news, please inform me immediately. You are really not a thing!"

"Yes!" Zhou Min responded delicately, turned around and went out, her waist swaying in a charming way.

Li Guangzong looked haggard, rubbed the stubble on his chin, and looked at the sea view outside the floor-to-ceiling window, lost in thought...

……

Zhao Chuanxin stayed for a few days.

He went north with his apprentices Yao Bing and Rebecca Levi on the day before the Double Ninth Festival.

When leaving, no one was notified except Yu Qi, and it was very low-key.

A first-class carriage on the Beijing-Fenghuang Railway.

Originally, the place was very crowded, and most of the people who could sit up were foreigners.

But now?

Half the seats were empty.

Because passengers who often take trains inside and outside China have recently circulated a saying: "First-class carriages are risky, so you must be cautious when riding."

(End of this chapter)