late Qing Dynasty arrest

Zhen Yuhuan stared at Li Guolou with a bewildered expression, "Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"She was led by the nose by this little man, and she was deeply trapped in it and couldn't extricate herself.For Li Guolou's career, she went all out, knelt on the ground and begged Prince Gong Yixin to let her old lover help her for the sake of past love.

Zhen Yuhuan also knew that she was going downhill, and in a few years she would be old and young, who would remember her?Behind the boundless scenery is loneliness.But now with new hope, Li Guolou's progress is her fruit. Zhen Yuhuan made up her mind to see what kind of big tree Li Guolou, the little man she fancy, can grow into?

The Yamen of the Prime Minister's Mansion is lined with sentry posts, all of them with their chests and bellies raised. After three security checks, this is the core of the country's operation.Tongzhi Emperor Aixinjueluo; Zaichun was young, although he had listened to and discussed state affairs, the real power was still in the hands of Empress Dowager Cixi, Empress Dowager Ci'an and Prince Gong Yixin.

At this time, the Qing Empire seemed to be rising again, relying on the annihilation of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the elimination of the Eastern Nian, and the biggest contributor to the successive victories was Prince Gong Yixin who planned the layout.Coupled with the fact that Prince Gong Yixin is only about 40 years old, and the Empress Dowager Cixi loves Prince Gong Yixin very much, which makes the policy introduction consistent and the country is developing in a benign direction.

(Prince Gong Yixin's official position is like the Premier of the State Council in later generations, but Prince Gong Yixin is still the chief assistant of the military aircraft, and has some military power, which is more powerful than the later Premier of the State Council.) Li Guolou sat in a luxurious In the lounge, waiting for the reception from Prince Gong Yixin.The two guards at the gate stood upright with guns, motionless, like two big Buddhas, making one wonder if they were two sculptures.Some people came and went, walked in a standard posture, and seemed in a hurry, as if they were too late and too busy.

Finally, personal guards came out, and it was a delicate gesture to let Li Guolou enter the lobby to meet the officer, but Li Guolou was hunched over, with his head bowed, holding a notebook in both hands, signing up for an interview.

"Report! Li Guolou, the servant of Han Zanli Lang of the Ministry of Punishment, kowtowed to Prince Gong Jin'an!" Li Guolou turned over and bowed, flicked his horseshoe sleeves, and knelt on a camel hair carpet.When the Qing Dynasty met high-ranking officials, they had to call themselves "slaves" first, and call themselves "slaves", and then coupled with the donkey's hooves, there was only the Qing Empire.

"En! Li Guolou, stand up and answer." Prince Gong Yixin sat on the main seat, smiling kindly, accompanied by Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, Shu Baoyi, and Zhen Yuhuan was nowhere to be seen.

"Thank you, Prince Gong!" Li Guolou stood bowed and lowered his eyebrows. This is also a rule. The officer did not ask questions, and he couldn't look left and right. It was a sin of imbecility.To be an official in the Qing Dynasty, one must first learn official etiquette.

"Well;;;;;; not bad! Majestic and majestic, worthy of being a tiger of the Ministry of Punishment, dare to fight and fight hard! Hahahaha!" Prince Gong Yixin's face was full of spring breeze, and his first impression of Li Guolou was quite good.

The last time Yixin met hundreds of officials, including Li Guolou, at the Ministry of Punishment, but that was a high-sounding polite talk. How many local officials did he have to meet in a day?He has to deal with official business, so how can he remember Li Guolou who has met once, and he has long forgotten what Li Guolou looks like.

"Thank you, Prince Gong, for your praise. I'm ashamed to be an official." Li Guolou was very obedient, and he didn't dare to show his joy.

Bao stroked his beard together, nodded and said: "Prince Gong, this person is worthy of being reused under the student's subordinates, the student should boast about himself first. Hahahaha!"

The two officers smiled meaningfully, looked at each other, nodded slightly, Bao Yi said meanly, "I'm right, Li Guolou looks like a woman, that's why he has so many affairs."

Prince Gong Yixin meant, "The first impression of Li Guolou is not bad, I can learn more about it."

This is a society that judges people by their appearance. Officials are not allowed to have disabilities, and they must speak loudly. Age is the second most important thing. There are many old and dignified officials.

Yixin looked at the paperwork on the case table, cleared his throat, and asked, "Li Guolou, I took a look at your resume, it said that you came back from overseas, and I asked you, where have you been?" nation?"

Li Guolou leaned forward and said: "Prince Gong, Your Majesty, I went abroad to study abroad at the age of 12. I have visited ports in many countries along the way with ocean-going ships, and those are just passing by. I mainly study in London, England, and play in Italy when I return home." After a period of time, I stayed abroad for six years, although I have not finished my studies, I have seen and heard a lot, I am deeply touched, and I understand a truth."

"What's the reason?" Yi Xin heard Li Guolou's ups and downs, very melodious, with a standard Beijing film voice, and couldn't help liking it a little more.

"If you fall behind, you will be beaten. Foreigners can also be used by me. Knowledge does not distinguish national borders. If it makes sense, you must learn it. What the saints say may not be right!"

Yi Xin glanced sideways, and said, "Oh;;;;;; then you're going to tell me where the sage is wrong?"

Li Guolou's whole body was chilly, cold sweat was already streaming down, and he didn't dare to wipe off the sweat. He said with a bitter face: "The meaning of the lower official is not that the sage's words are wrong, but that the sage has never met an unreasonable foreigner. See Yiye But the era of knowing big trees is over long ago. Sages don’t know that the world is changing fast, foreigners only know that guns are the truth, and the ever-changing world needs new ideas and new cultures. Governing a country is like cooking small fresh food, that’s nonsense. In a troubled world, how can we take it slow? If we slow down, our Qing Empire will be more torn apart. Now God has given us a man like Prince Gong of the Qing Dynasty who has the ability to govern the country, but the people below scare people with the ancestral family law , refused to change anything, huddled in the bird's nest, did not do, did not speak, did not move, did not want to see the truth of the outside world. I would rather leave our own affairs to foreigners to do, and in turn let foreigners frighten the court, Such an important matter of the General Administration of Customs is handed over to a group of British people, a country with sovereignty in the world. Only our Qing Dynasty did this. This is because we stick our heads out and let foreigners bully us. We cannot resent foreigners. Slaves, Four Books and Five Classics I have read them all, but I’m sorry to be honest, there are thousands of people who have integrated the quotations of the saints. Can they change the situation that we are bullied by foreigners in the Qing Dynasty? It has been nearly 40 years since the cigarettes were sold in Humen, and several generations If people try hard and can’t change it, then it’s impossible. Why don’t you go out? Foreigners know it, and we can learn from it.”

Speaking of which, Li Guolou did not dare to continue. How can the national policy express different opinions casually?If he said something disobedient, wouldn't he let the officer Bao Yi also be implicated?

Yixin frowned, thought for a while, and said, "Li Guolou, take your time and explain each and every one of them, or I'll tell you my mind is messed up. You mean to ask the state to send students abroad to study abroad. Is that right?"

Li Guolou wiped his cold sweat with his sleeve and stammered: "Slave is what I mean. Most of the study abroad organized by the people are like slaves. They are the children of wealthy families, and the intelligence of the students is uneven. Many international students just go abroad for travel. , when I return to my country, I will only talk about it, say a few words in foreign language, and be a qualified interpreter. To get acquainted with the knowledge of foreigners, you need to lay a good foundation before you can go to a university run by foreigners. Like making gunpowder, you need to have chemical knowledge, and a Westerner can make explosives with a college student. As long as someone goes to learn it, we will directly use it for doctrine. Like slaves 13 It is too late to study in the UK at the age of [-]. It takes a lot of time to learn English, and it is very strenuous to learn other professional knowledge. Therefore, only the state can do this when studying abroad. There are many reserve talents. Even if the slaves try to do their best, they will not be able to exert much effect at that time."

"Hahahaha!" Yixin laughed loudly, nodded and said, "Li Guolou, you are a hero who sees the same thing. This king has had this idea for a long time. The court debated for a long time, but no conclusion was reached. Just now you said It’s very good. The explosives that our military experts in the Qing Dynasty can’t make can be made by a foreigner who is a college student studying chemistry. If there is such a good thing, why don’t we do it. Based on what you just said In other words, I believe that you wrote the eleven statutes yourself."

Yi Xin picked up a document on the case table, handed it to Bao Tong, and said, "Master Bao, take a look, these are the eleven old articles written to me by the tiger of the Ministry of Punishment, every sentence is punitive, it scares me to sleep at night." I can't sleep well."

With a dignified expression, Bao Yiyi took the document, opened the file, and studied it silently.He knew how ambitious Li Guolou was, and he was definitely not something in the pool.Looking at the eleven old articles, which involved national policies, military affairs, educational affairs, and other departments, Bao Yitong's face became more serious. He looked at Yixin, not daring to speak out. Scribble.

Yi Xin raised her hand and said, "Li Guolou sit down and answer, let's watch tea! I'll have a meeting later, and I'll talk about the eleven items you wrote in the letter and your business stay abroad just now. You also sit down and listen to it. Your argument. If you don’t use a big hat in the Prime Minister’s Office, the speaker is not guilty, even if you scold me.”

"Zha!" Li Guolou felt relieved, and asked him to sit down and drink tea, just to ask and answer for a long time.I took out my pocket watch to check the time. It was already 03:30 in the afternoon. Could it be possible to have dinner at the Yamen of the Prime Minister's Mansion?

"The student;;;;;;" Bao Yiyi bowed, not knowing whether to leave or stay.

"Oh;;;;;;" Yixin suddenly remembered that there was still business to do, and said with an unhappy face: "Master Bao, the king has already understood the murder case of autopsy. How can there be any dignity in the country if such a thing happens?" What is the face of the royal family? Yuan Baoheng is not strict in discipline, and he said outrageous things to the king, and he is still kneeling in the courtyard to be punished. The king has pulled out his feathers and dismissed him from his official position. This is the end of the matter, Don't try again. Reward that boy with a yellow silk, and then leave this king with ashes, just pretend that there is no such person in the world, and destroy the files about that boy. Do you understand?"

"Understood! The students will definitely do it in person." Bao Yitong breathed a sigh of relief. Prince Gong Yixin killed his relatives righteously. He really has a heroic spirit. It's a pity that such a capable person is led by the nose by a woman and refuses to wear a hairpin. The throne of Yue emperor.Since ancient times, heroes have been saddened by the beauty pass, and Prince Gong Yixin also couldn't pass the pass by Empress Dowager Cixi.

Li Guolou was also delighted, as he expected, with the assistance of Chen Rong, the foreman of the guards of Prince Kung's Mansion, and others, there was no need for people from the Ministry of Punishment to bother.These four guards will tell the truth, and the upright guard leader Chen Rong and others will never join in any lies. People around Prince Gong Yixin are mostly honest and gentlemen.The Yamen of the Prime Minister's Mansion is full of vigor and vitality, and it really makes people feel that the Qing Empire is full of vitality here.

Similarly, Li Guolou was secretly looking at Prince Gong Yixin, who had a fair complexion and an elegant demeanor. Why didn't such a capable prime minister have any ambitions?The emperor's throne is close at hand, and it is reasonable to replace brothers and sisters, so there is no reason to take advantage of the teenage boy Zai Chun.

There are many meeting rooms in the Yamen of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and Li Guolou is only in a small conference hall. Prince Gong Yixin and Bao explained a few words together, asking Li Guolou to stay for the meeting, and then left the conference hall to prepare for the next round of meetings went.

Yixin left with the two secretaries of his entourage, and had to meet other visitors.Zhen Yuhuan immediately flashed out from a door next to her, and said with a smile, "Xiaolou, I'm terrified."

At this moment, Li Guolou dared to take out his handkerchief, wipe the sweat stains on his forehead, nodded and said, "I'm so scared to death, even my hands are shaking all the time. Mr. Bao, do I stutter a lot?"

Bao Yi nodded and said: "Well, there is one thing. It was a little bit stronger at the beginning, and it got better later on. Captain Li, it's not shameful. There are many people who enter the palace and are paralyzed from nervousness. You are also true, Chen Tiao Why don't you write a sentence from the Ministry of Punishment, so that I can stay for the meeting."

Li Guolou smiled awkwardly and said, "Lord Bao, the Ministry of Criminal Justice is flourishing under your leadership. I don't see anything wrong with it. How about learning from the foreign concessions and changing the names of the policemen and Yamen servants to policemen? Coroner, Police Department, many terms have been changed long ago, do we have to keep pace with the times?"

"Hey!" Baotou shook his head and said, "Captain Li, you don't need to mention it. Now the official documents in various places are messed up, and I often make some words that I can't understand. I even asked Mr. Lin to make a special booklet. Write down all kinds of proper nouns. Otherwise, it will be circulated by various departments, and many old scholars will not be able to understand it. It is funny to say that in Miaojiang, the Miao chieftain is in charge of the Manchus, and the Han local officials are all called the emperor. , called the emperor of the Forbidden City, listen to how mighty the local officials are, the world is scary to death."

"That's right! Fortunately, Prince Gong is still here!" Li Guolou smiled bitterly at Bao Tong, the two wise men had already seen the signs of chaos in the place.

The Qing Empire implemented a local governor system, which was divided into [-] provinces including Zhili, Shandong, and Shanxi, and five provincial-level administrative regions including Heilongjiang General's Mansion.The warlord structure has bury hidden dangers at this time. The central government has strong people like Empress Dowager Cixi and Prince Gong Yixin in charge, and it is better to have capable people such as loyal and patriotic Li Hongzhang and Zuo Zongtang.If the head of the central government is a little less capable, and foreigners intervene in local government affairs, the local government will immediately be ready to move and tend to be independent.

The governor of Hunan, Zeng Guoquan, once asked his brother Zeng Guofan to lead the Hunan army to rebel and asked Zeng Guofan to proclaim himself emperor. It was only because Zeng Guofan was loyal to the Qing Dynasty and devoted himself to being a loyal and patriotic man, and he was not bewitched by his subordinates, so history has not been rewritten.However, the problem of excessive power of local governors has formed, and small kingdoms with financial and military independence have begun to take shape.