late Qing Dynasty arrest

Chapter 694 The Grasshopper After Autumn

Huang Guang said that he used despicable means to deal with the tycoons of the mining industry, and he had no shame.

Li Guolou fought in Taiwan and spent more than 500 million yuan to buy a large amount of arms from Western powers. This gave the Qing army an advantage in Taiwan and won the support of Taiwan's ethnic minorities.

Taiwan's students are masters who have milk and mothers. Where there is national consciousness, it depends on Li Guolou spending money to buy people's hearts. Li Guolou is borrowing the bank deposits of ordinary people across the country to fight this war against aggression. It is necessary to return the capital with interest to the people of the whole country.

The important task of making money is done by these officials and businessmen. Zhen Yuhuan bears huge financial pressure. The emerging mining industry is the sweet pastry of Li's enterprise. Zhen Yuhuan praised Huang Guang greatly, set the main target, and decided to buy the queen Arut's wants to get the mining rights of the two new metals.

Huang Guang was kind to Li Guolou in the past and helped Li Guolou financially. However, because his family made a fortune by betraying the country and seeking glory, Li Guolou put him in the cold palace and was never reused. This time, he submitted a report on the mining industry The proposal was immediately favored by Zhen Yuhuan, and there was a trend of skyrocketing.

For the emerging mining industry, Xie Xiuzhu and Zhen Yuhuan negotiated overnight and proposed to cooperate with the Ministry of Internal Affairs to distribute the shares of the mining industry to Queen Arut.

Seeing Zhen Yuhuan's high-spirited demeanor, Xie Xiuzhu thought she was done, sneered, and revealed the truth: "Seventh Madam, don't be complacent, don't think that the empress is good to my family, the empress hates Xiaolou the most, she can't wait to destroy my family. Only you treat the queen as a backstage, and they are using us now,"

Zhen Yuhuan's eyes widened in disbelief, and she retorted, "Second Madam, you haven't had a drink. The Empress Dowager obeyed my request and never showed us her face."

Xie Xiuzhu sighed and said: "Miss Seven, you should be more tender. There is no such thing as a right and wrong thing in the world. Xiaolou has already completely offended the empress. The more polite she is now, the more ruthless the revenge will be in the future. You are not impenetrable in the world." The wall, what you do, will the Ministry of Internal Affairs not know, who will the Ministry of Internal Affairs report to, do you understand?"

"Second Madam, how did you see that?" Zhen Yuhuan looked at the oil lamp in horror, under the swaying light and shadow, accompanied by ghostly shadows, it turned out that Queen Arut had a lot of scheming and pretended to be happy.

"Seventh Madam, you are too presumptuous. You think that men are not as smart as you. In fact, you are far behind. Who can match Xiaolou in acting skills? Xiaolou has seen through the empress's mind long ago. Now, when you enter the palace tomorrow, you must be careful, be hypocritical, and get the benefits first, and Xiaolou will have his own opinions about the future." Xie Xiuzhu didn't look at Zhen Yuhuan, and turned her head to the other side, the person Li Guolou trusted most was her .

"Well, I know how to do it. Now the proposal we put forward, the empress is very happy. Let's go to the treasury to pick out some gifts that the empress likes." Zhen Yuhuan bit her lower lip, a little angry and not good Having a seizure, he left the study sullenly.

Zhen Yuhuan and Xie Xiuzhu walked into the treasury, and there were a variety of antiques on the left and right shelves. The antiques on the left shelf were genuine, and the antiques on the right shelf were fakes.

Zhen Yuhuan and Xie Xiuzhu carefully selected twelve antiques, half of which were fakes. This is the normal way for them to give gifts. This is the case when "Zhenbaoxuan" does business with the palace, otherwise the merchants will lose money.

Now the antiques given to the imperial concubine are also treated in the same way. The calligraphy and paintings of celebrities are all fakes, and the large pieces of furniture are all custom-made, so I dare not fake them.

The eunuchs in the palace received benefits and would not talk too much. A knowledgeable teacher of the emperor would not talk too much when he saw fakes in the palace, because the officials of the Qing Dynasty would falsely report the prices of antiques when celebrating the birthdays of the two empress dowagers. There are tens of thousands of antiques, but fakes are also abundant.

True and false and false and true, Zhen Yuhuan and Xie Xiuzhu showed their treacherous true colors as businessmen, what a great thing it was to be able to fool the emperor's family, their mood suddenly became brighter, and they slept soundly.

Early the next morning, Xie Xiuzhu and Zhen Yuhuan entered the palace to meet the empress.

The young empress is not interested in porcelain, calligraphy and painting. Empress Alut fell in love with a sapphire necklace at a glance. The shining blue light is pleasing to the eye.

Queen Alut promised to help, and accepted the benefits with a reserved smile.

There are many rules in the royal family. Empress Alute stays in bed for seven days a month. This is the highest treatment that a queen can have. Unfortunately, Queen Alute has never been pregnant, and she is not favored by Emperor Tongzhi. Therefore, Empress Alu Teshi still needs to be patient and focus on the overall situation. He is quite shocked that his slave Li Guolou spent more than 1000 million yuan in Taiwan to serve the country.

Emperor Tongzhi came to Kunning Palace, and after reading the text, he said with a smile: "Since you have agreed, the queen, the rare earth mine in Baiyun Obo will be run by Huang Guang. What Li Guolou said is true. Ten years later, the Ministry of Internal Affairs will To double the income tenfold, start with the mining industry, this is the right move,”

Empress Alut guessed that Emperor Tongzhi was intentional. This time, Emperor Tongzhi used the yellow light, which meant that he was already dissatisfied with Li Guolou, so he took advantage of the opportunity to give Li Guolou black medicine, and said hesitantly: "Your Majesty, the Qing Dynasty loves Xin Jueluo’s family is not Li Guolou’s, if the guests bully the master, the Qing Dynasty’s thousands of miles of land will be in danger.”

Emperor Tongzhi's face was as deep as water, and he couldn't see any emotions. He said, "Li Guolou still knows how to be grateful. The Li family are all loyal ministers of the Qing Dynasty."

"In my opinion, Li Guolou looks like a gentleman on the outside, but secretly men steal women and prostitutes, specializing in shady things. Your Majesty, haven't you heard the rumors about the capital?" Empress Alut heard the emperor Tongzhi's subtext, and began to ask whether it was true.

Empress Arut did not think that the partition wall has ears, and the little eunuch "Shunfeng Er" outside the door was eavesdropping, and wrote down the words "men steal women and prostitutes". Report to Empress Dowager Cixi, this is his job.

"Oh, what are the rumors about the capital?"

"Your Majesty, no one dares to tell you that these people were all bought by Li Guolou. Now there are rumors in the capital that Li Guolou is the reincarnation of the third prince Zhu during the Kangxi period. He is the gravedigger of the Qing Dynasty," Queen A Lu Te clenched his silver teeth, as if he wanted to eat Li Guolou.

"It's nonsense, you believe in such things," Emperor Tongzhi laughed dumbly, not taking Queen Arut's words seriously.

"I didn't believe it at first, but when I saw the portrait of the third prince Zhu, I was shocked. He looks exactly like Li Guolou. Your majesty, you must be cautious. It's like a stormy sky. People's hearts are not ancient." Empress Arut's eyebrows are curved, and the scimitar has been unsheathed. Empress Arut takes out an ancient painting, which shows a vivid image of a young man with a jade face. Li Guolou's past life is vivid on the paper. .

Emperor Tongzhi frowned and stared at the portrait. His small eyes, burning with a trace of flame, became ferocious in an instant, and sneered deeply, wishing he could kill "Third Prince Zhu" with his own hands.

Queen Alut thought that her scheme had succeeded, and she was secretly proud, with a smile on her lips.

Suddenly, the Emperor Tongzhi laughed, waved his arms gracefully, and said: "Queen, you have been fooled. This is a trick of the Japanese. How can I break my own arm and chill the hearts of the people all over the world?"

"Well, what the emperor said is reasonable. I heard it from hearsay. I was almost fooled. Li Guolou is the emperor's minister, and he can be of great use. Taiwan's war is safe, and it all depends on Li Guolou's hard work," Queen Arut retorted. Come over and say good things for Li Guolou, resolutely throw ancient paintings into the charcoal stove, you don't have to be extremely vicious, and you successfully drug Li Guolou, a thorn has been buried in the heart of Emperor Tongzhi, and it will never be removed.

Emperor Tongzhi sat and carried his chariot, went to the military plane, and was a puppet emperor for more than ten years. Trust Li Guolou, the two have the same interests, Li Guolou is the "Wei Qing" of the Qing Dynasty, he is a slave he cultivated, and his loyalty can be shown, as for Li Guolou's ambition, it is also for the prosperity of the country and the people, and has not threatened him The dominance of Li Guolou's dominance, the Japanese resorted to such tricks and calculations, which further highlighted the importance of Li Guolou to the Qing Dynasty.

Emperor Tongzhi only listened to the words of Empress Arut. He was a maverick and had his own ideas. There was only one Li Guolou in the world. Without Li Guolou, who could conjure him a golden mountain.

Recently, Emperor Tongzhi came to the Military Aircraft Department every day, and there were frequent news of success in the Northwest and Taiwan. It made people feel happy to sit in the Military Aircraft Department.

The stacked documents were not annoying, and the Emperor Tongzhi sat cross-legged on the couch, looking at military newspapers from all over the place.

Liu Jintang led [-] Chu troops to break through Jinji Fort, and Ma Hualong and his son were executed. The main force of the Qing army had already sent troops across the Yellow River to the north. back to the army.

The 12 Qing army, commanded by Zuo Zongtang, took the initiative in the Gansu battlefield. The Qing army recovered a large area of ​​land, and the war in the Northwest was worry-free.

Emperor Tongzhi frowned slightly when he saw Zuo Zongtang commending Liu Jintang's playbook. Ma Hualong and his son had actually surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and Ma Hualong and his son were awarded by Emperor Tongzhi.

However, in order to avenge "killing his father", Liu Jintang still listed the crimes, accusing Ma Hualong of hiding more than 1000 Russian long guns, and killing all of Ma Hualong's three clans on the charge of falsely submitting to the Qing Dynasty.

The Qing army killed most of the men in Jinjibao, and all the men in Jinjibao who were taller than Shimo were slaughtered.

The Qing army fought in the Northwest, and Jinjibao killed the heaviest, killing at least 10,000+ Muslims.

Killing prisoners is ominous and will be punished by God.

Liu Jintang is like Hou Huo Qubing, the champion of the Han Dynasty. Although he has made many military exploits, his mind is too small to tolerate others.

Emperor Tongzhi was a little annoyed that the court could not say that Liu Jintang was a fraud, but openly announced the crime of Ma Hualong and his son's rebellion to the world and recorded it in the annals of history. Emperor Tongzhi decided not to commend Liu Jintang. own behavior.

The Emperor Tongzhi said leisurely: "Prince Gong, Liu Jintang is very worried and his health is worrying. Now that the army is stationed in Xining, it is feasible for Liu Jintang and Ding You to return to his hometown just to take care of his health."

Prince Gong understood that the Qing army killed too much in the battle of Jinjibao, which caused a shock in the court. Liu Jintang killed 10,000+ Muslims. Although there is no real evidence, the population of Jinjibao Muslims reported by Zuo Zongtang is pitifully small. Ma Hualong There are only more than 2000 orphans and widows left in Jinjibao, the old nest, which is too shameful.

After thinking about it for a while, Prince Gong leaned over and said, "Your Majesty, you have considered everything carefully. Liu Jintang has worked so hard and made great achievements. He gave up his family for the sake of the country. It is time to return to his hometown in rich clothes, so as to comfort Liu Songshan's spirit in heaven."

"Well, the Military Aircraft Department immediately drafted an order to reward Liu Jintang with two-eyed feathers, a second-class cavalry captain, and a yellow jacket, and order him to return to his hometown. Ding You, the post of governor of Hunan, let Zeng Guoquan take over temporarily," Emperor Tongzhi said to Liu Jintang was partial, and Liu Jintang was not punished.

Jade cannot be made into a tool without carving, and a man cannot become a talent without grinding.

Emperor Tongzhi will also reuse Liu Jintang. This is the "Huo Qubing" of the Qing Dynasty. The young generals will be Liu Jintang and Li Guolou as the leaders. One will be in the cold palace first, and the other will be publicized. It is necessary to win over one faction and suppress another faction.

The Military Aircraft Department drafted an edict, and an imperial edict deprived Liu Jintang of his military power.

The Qing Dynasty was a governor-general system. Zuo Zongtang was in charge of the Great Northwest Campaign. Zuo Zongtang was super capable. The Emperor Tongzhi didn’t need to work hard and solved the troubles of "Liu Jintang". Like doing business, shrewd and insidious.

When Emperor Tongzhi saw "burning Paijiaya", he couldn't help being elated, and shouted: "Okay, it's the Japanese pirates who should be burned to death."

"Your Majesty, pay attention to your words and deeds," Weng Tonghe raised his head and kindly reminded him that he is the emperor's teacher and has the responsibility to teach by precepts and deeds.

"Well," Emperor Tongzhi coughed, bowed his head and continued to read the playbook. In fact, the news of the war in Taiwan had already been known through telegrams. However, the pleasure of reading memorials cannot be replaced by telegrams. Emperor Tongzhi still liked reading memorials written by courtiers.

Emperor Tongzhi flipped through the memorabilia of the Taiwan War, and asked, "Prince Gong, did Liu Mingchuan break through the Orchid City?"

"My Majesty, Liu Mingchuan has never broken through Lanhua City. Liu Mingchuan is still gathering troops, but he is determined to take it. Liu Mingchuan's troops are more brave than Li Guolou. The Japanese army has become the last of its strength. Before winter comes, all Qing troops Guaranteed to complete the encirclement of the Japanese army in Guishan, Li Guolou resorted to the strategy of locking the city to deal with the Japanese army hiding in the deep mountains and old forests. The Japanese army who invaded Taiwan did not loot much autumn food. Make a fuss and die without a fight," Prince Gong said to the sand table clearly and logically, fearing that the Emperor Tongzhi would be impulsive and command the front line to fight by remote control.

Emperor Tongzhi jumped up angrily, punched the case table, and shouted loudly: "Okay, if you kill all the Japanese pirates, the grasshoppers after autumn can jump around for a few days."

Several ministers of military discipline stroked their beards and laughed, and the eunuchs serving beside them also laughed. The Forbidden City, which is bleak in autumn, has the warmth of spring,

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