late Qing Dynasty arrest

"Hey;;;;;; Master Li, why don't you sit with me when you're here." A gust of gloomy wind blew, and the most shady person in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Xiang Gangdish, came uninvited, but he was around 50 years old The big fat man, with a round head, a pair of mung bean eyes, looks innocent, and is wearing a first-rank official uniform, which is only a first-rank official uniform in the rank of eunuch.

Li Guolou stood up and bowed, and said loudly: "Master Xiang, I have not greeted you from afar, and I hope you will forgive me."

According to the national system of the Qing Dynasty, Li Guolou should not bow down to the eunuch Xiang Gangdish, but Li Guolou still paid respects and paid respects.This person must not be offended, he would rather be a villain than a gentleman, this is the principle of Li Guolou's promotion and fortune.

Xiang Gangdie's eyes were narrowed into slits, a smile hung on his face, and he was proud of himself. Sure enough, as Liu Deyin, the chief eunuch in the palace, said, Li Guolou was a smart man, and he sincerely wanted to cooperate with the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Guo Lou seemed to be unhappy, and said angrily: "Master Li, don't you kill me like this? Ooh!"

Li Guolou dusted off the sofa chair he was sitting on just now, and said very affectionately: "Master Xiang, you sit down! Originally, the official has arranged an errand, so I will come to greet you."

"Well, Mr. Li is busy! There are so many errands, I can't keep busy." Xiang Gang was sitting on the sofa chair as steadily as Mount Tai, his fat body seemed to be crushing the sofa chair.

"Your Majesty, I know that Master Xiang is from Baoding, so I specially bought a pair of Baoding iron balls, and I hope you accept it." Li Guolou naturally took the teapot from the smiling face of the eunuch next to him, and did what the two eunuchs did just now. What he did, his movements were skillful, and his expression was unabashed.The man next to him also held a brocade box with a pleasant smile. Where there were iron balls inside, it was clearly a box of East Pearls, shining with dazzling white light.

"Oh! Master Li, you are welcome. Since you have come to the House of Internal Affairs, I should be the host. Let's go, I treat you! I have a lot of business matters, and I need to ask Master Li for advice." Xiang Gangdie grabbed Li Guolou, As close as brothers, a group of people hooked shoulders and backs, and they couldn't tell each other apart. They were all beardless.

Although the eunuchs are greedy, they are very disciplined. Everyone is in the same circle, abide by the principle of making a fortune together, share according to the ratio, and use their power to arbitrate benefits.This also depends on the person. Li Guolou sitting in this seat must collude with the eunuch and use each other.

Xiang Gangdie's official position is like the commander of the Jinyiwei in the Ming Dynasty, who specializes in inquiring news for the emperor.During the Yongzheng period, the sticky pole was the branch of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The blood drops according to the folk rumors were done by their gang.But at this time, when the emperor raised these people, he would only do things that harm the public and benefit his own interests, and he would not do things that worry about the country and the people. An interest group will make a fortune together.The three weaving officials in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Guangdong customs, Chongwenmen supervision and other fat positions are all controlled by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. In the final analysis, it is to make money for the emperor.All the expenses of the palace are produced by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which has the superb ability of self-production and self-sale. The Ministry of Internal Affairs has opened stores all over the affluent areas of Gyeonggi, and is also in charge of the business of Huangzhuang.A group of people who evaded the national tax colluded with Li Guolou, and the business under the name of Li Guolou would no longer have to pay the city gate tax.Affiliated to the brand of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, in the name of royal procurement, the nine gates of the capital can enter and exit at will.

The banquet started, and all the prominent eunuchs from the Ministry of Internal Affairs came. After some haggling, Li Guolou opened a "Please come in bank" in Xishiku outside the palace, and a "Please come in bank" in Haidian District, Yuanmingyuan outside the city. The profit is divided in half, and the minimum guarantee is 10 taels of silver. When dividends are paid next year, the target for the second year will be set based on the deposit figure.

According to the regulations of all walks of life in the Qing Dynasty at this time, dividends are mostly placed in June instead of the New Year's season, and even the financial audit of government departments is the same.The eunuch said that he believed in Li Guolou, but the eunuch was used to deceiving his master, how could he believe that Li Guolou was an honest gentleman.Xiang Gangdie sent people to the two banks on the territory of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to supervise the bank's accounts. Both Li Guolou and Xiang Gangdie were satisfied with the initial cooperation intention, and everyone tacitly bid farewell.

"That bastard, when you get married, don't use those craftsmen in the Old Summer Palace to decorate your house. Those people will use shady tricks to bury some sacred objects in the ground of your house. They will bite you back in the future, and your life will be over." Li Guolou said to the bastard. After explaining, he was about to leave the House of Internal Affairs.

"Ah! Is there such a thing?" Na Bazi, who was full of wine and food, rolled up his big tongue and said.

"You think you're smarter than me! You can't say what you say! It's called keeping a hand and preventing you from punishing them at any time. Don't be frightened, forget your last name? Work hard, practice calligraphy for me every day, practice well I’m really short of an official cap. Can’t practice well? Step down after three years.” Li Guolou pointed at the bastard’s nose and threatened.

"Zha! When I get home, my slave will invite a private tutor to teach me how to practice calligraphy." Na Bazi no longer dared to call Li Guolou brothers and sisters, the difference in status between the two was too far.People need to be self-aware, and they need to play different roles at different stages.

Li Guolou went to see his girlfriend Du Yingying in a carriage, changed into a suit in the carriage, and wanted to treat the big brother Du's family to dinner, and he must not forget the "father-in-law" when he is promoted and rich, tomorrow I'm about to leave the capital to visit those fake foreign devils and see what the "traitors" are up to.

Arriving at Pace Western Restaurant at four o'clock in the afternoon, Li Guolou brought Battelle and four guards and was stopped by two Indian assams at the door.

A bearded Indian boy said: "Mr. Mike, you can go in. They can only go to the lounge. Only civilized people are welcome here."

Li Guolou was extremely dissatisfied, and shouted: "Cheng Kun, go to the western clothing store next door, buy a suit, put on a bow tie for me, and come over here, and I will treat you to Western food tonight."

"Zha!" The five guards said in unison. The guards knew that Li Guolou did not allow them to quarrel with the Indian Asan, and the foreigner's territory had to follow the rules of the foreigner, and went to buy suits as ordered.

The venue of Pace Western restaurant has been booked by Li Guolou, and the hostess is Du Yingying.

Du Xianyu, Tang Jiaye, and Luo Lin's whole family came with more than [-] people, old and young, and some of them were still young.Thirty people from the fake foreign devils came, most of them were partners of the Chaoyang Development Project, many of them came specially from Tianjin, and there were more than forty people that Li Guolou didn't know.Anyway, there is a quota of one hundred people, so Li Guolou asked the boss Du to invite them to celebrate together.

"Brother Xiaolou!" Du Yingying stretched out a hand affectionately, and with Western etiquette, asked Li Guolou to kiss her, which immediately drew boos.

Li Guolou was immersed in the love between you and me with Du Yingying, and he wanted to chat for a while longer and express his heart to each other.Du Xianyu grabbed Li Guolou's arm and shouted anxiously: "Mike, something serious happened, go, let me tell you."

Li Guolou also saw that the atmosphere in the restaurant was not right, and asked, "Boss Du, did someone die in your place?"

Du Xianyu didn't let go of Li Guolou's arm, and said anxiously: "No! Something serious happened in Tianjin!"

Yu Hanbing walked out from the crowd and said, "Master Li, you don't know that Tianjin Wanghailou Church is surrounded by ordinary people."

"Ah!" Li Guolou already knew why Li Hongzhang wanted to go to Tianjin with him. It turned out that something big happened in Tianjin.

When they came to a private room, Du Xianyu, Yu Hanbing, Huang Guang, Chen Bulei and others looked serious and talked about the ins and outs of the "Tianjin Wanghailou Church Case".

After the Treaty of Beijing, French Catholic missionaries set up a Catholic church in Wanghailou, Tianjin, with a nursery hall in the church.Some time ago, a strange disease suddenly broke out in the Yuyingtang, and thirty or forty infants fell ill and died.I don't know what the French missionaries thought, but they came up with a bad idea, spending money to buy a batch of infants and young children for appearance.Since it is a valuable thing, the Chinese under him used the method of abduction to abduct infants and young children on a large scale in Tianjin, which made people panic.The local people suspected that people from the Wanghailou Church did it. This kind of causal relationship can be known at a glance.There are folk tales that the missionaries in the church took out the hearts and lungs of the abducted infants and young children, and used them as medicine primers, which were passed on among the common people, which made people believe that it was true.

A few days ago, the people caught a person who abducted an infant and sent him to Tianjin County Yamen. After being interrogated by Liu Jie, the magistrate of Tianjin County, the person who trafficked an infant confessed to the crime and confessed to the crime. Instigated by a cook in the church.When the news came out, the crowd was excited, and they all condemned the behavior of Wanghailou Catholic Church.Liu Jie, the magistrate of Tianjin County, personally escorted the person who kidnapped the infant to the church to testify. Nearly ten thousand people gathered in front of the church, demanding to hand over the real culprit.The door of the church was closed and ignored.Its momentum has reached the point where it is about to explode, which makes people tremble with fear.

Li Guolou's face turned pale when he heard that, and he sat down on the couch and said, "It's over, I don't know what will happen in one night, Tianjin will be turned upside down."

He has all kinds of feelings in his heart, and feels that the opportunity is rare. His chance to make money has come, and he is about to make a fortune for the country. He is as shameless and despicable as the fake foreign devils who betrayed the motherland around him.

Li Guolou can make a lot of money by doing business with money, and the only way is to speculate on land. He wants to increase the price of land in the Tianjin Concession, of course, first let the land value fall into a deep valley.The original trick was to ask Fan Dahui to submit a letter of ten thousand words as a juror, taking advantage of the great opportunity to eliminate Dong Nian, and pursue the victory, hoping that Li Hongzhang would lead the Huai army to take back the Tianjin Concession and defeat the "Eight-Power Allied Forces."It is also necessary to encourage the students in the Gongyuan and those in the Imperial Academy to go to the prime minister's office to petition.People in the Tianjin Concession panicked and panicked, and sold their real estate.

Unexpectedly, before he made a move, an explosion had already occurred in Tianjin, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, the winter of the Tianjin Concession came, and his spring came early.Li Guolou's complexion alternated between green and pale. He was made like this. Is he a national hero or a traitor?

Li Guolou hoped that the more chaos the better, like the fake foreign devils around him, he would make money for the country.His complexion had become ugly, and he said with great pain: "Liu Jie is such an idiot, he deserves to be hacked to pieces!"

"Yes! The imperial court should bring Liu Jie to justice." Several fake foreign devils thought they had met a bosom friend, and regarded Li Guolou as a raccoon.

Li Guolou said calmly and forcefully: "Tomorrow I will go to Tianjin with Li Zhongtang early in the morning, I hope there is still time to clean up this mess. Hey;;;;;;" looked up at the people in the room, and said with a smile: "You guys Don’t make a bitter face. Tianjin is in a mess, but the capital is in a spring full of flowers. Our business is like the sun. The Eight-Power Allied Forces will not attack the capital. The most they can do is scare the Emperor Tongzhi. Think about it! Li Zhongtang’s [-] troops The arrangement has just been completed in the Zhili area, how can foreigners do such a thing at this time."

The traitor Chen Bulei hurriedly asked, "Mike, are there really [-] soldiers?"

Li Guolou Zhenger Bajing said: "Why am I lying to you? I have many official positions now, including a third-class bodyguard, a ministerial position in the study room, and the chief Xuezheng of the Xinwutang. The chief Xuezheng of the Xinwutang is Reorganize the various troops in the Gyeonggi area. Now there are 8000 soldiers in the Baoding Army, 9000 in the Xuanhua Army, 9000 in the Gubeikou Army, 9000 in the Daming Army, 6000 in the Zhengding Army, and 6000 in the Tongyong Army, a total of about 50000 people. More than half of the soldiers and horses were composed of the Huai army organized by Lord Zhongtang, who disrupted the system and reorganized. Plus the soldiers and horses guarding the nine admirals, that is another organization, I have no way of knowing, but it should not be less than 50000 people, those Talented people are the real soldiers of the Eight Banners.”

Li Guolou was counting with his fingers to deceive the fake foreign devils present, some of them were people who betrayed state secrets, the French Minister Luo Shuya would know the latest news tonight without morning.Whoever takes these fake foreign devils as confidantes is really blind.Li Guolou has a clear conscience even if he cheated their family into ruins. Tonight is just a small trial, and they will all stumble on the Chaoyang Project in the future.