Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

After all, in order to guard against the assassination attempts by the CIA s, Yang Zhi had done a lot of research on the art of escaping. They had pigeons, hounds, and countless guards.

These escaping methods could sometimes cover up for him to have some sort of secret conversation. For example, what he saw today was his close comrade, Military Intelligence Service Zhang Jing Li Tuo, a fellow scholar whom Grand Scholar Li Hongzao had guaranteed.

Zhang Jing was a lowly official in the Manchu dynasty. Although he was of the fifth rank, he was not at the end of the official rank, but in the capital city, where high officials were common like dogs, he was not an official. In the eyes of the court, these people were just servants.

Every day they sat in the offices of each ministry, copying telegrams and memorials, copying and registering files, and any officer could order them.

He even went to the yamen and collected some coal, pens, ink, and paper, then went to the Ministry of Revenue to collect the salary, and then received messages from various departments … They had to do these chores too!

The officers were very small, and the jobs they did were mostly to help others listen to their words. However, there were many hidden talents within this class!

Back then, Li Tuo had revealed a little skill in front of Yang Zhi, allowing the precarious Yang Zhi to gain enlightenment. All these years, he had made a name for himself at the Manchu dynasty Monastery, all thanks to the wisdom of Li Tuo.

Through the secret door at the back of the garden and into the wall, Yang Zhi arrived at his' neighbor's house. 'This so-called neighbor's house was actually a house that he bought and rented out.

This so called neighbor was the place where Yang Zhi and Yang Zhi frequently met in secret.

There was another world in the room. On the table were the takeout dishes from Hongxing Restaurant, all of which were the specialties of the chef.

Steamed Fish Wings with Chicken Mushroom, Steamed Abalone, Steamed Sea Cucumber with Green Ginseng, Steamed Duck with Wine, Pepper … Then, there were the two dumplings that were all the best in the food box. The dumplings from late Qing's Hongxing Restaurant were the best!

When Yang Zhi pushed open the door and entered, Li Tuo had already started to eat, the dumpling wine was becoming more and more beautiful, causing Yang Zhi's appetite to increase!

"Bro, you're not waiting for me, you're just going to start eating already?"

"Nonsense, it's not like you don't know about Military Intelligence Service's food. The biscuit is warm, and can't even be torn apart with a bite. I've been thinking about hitting your autumn wind since noon! "

Yang Zhi gulped down a mouthful of strong wine and shouted, "Ah! A proper westerly wine … "In the first few years of the war, this wine became even rarer and rarer!"

"Do you have to cry about being poor? The reward I give you each year should be at least four to five hundred thousand yuan. Your family still has its own business … It's not good for you to eat something good! "

Li Tuo put down his chopsticks and wiped his mouth: "You don't understand, it's better to not show off too much in this current state! I'm just Zhang Jing's poster boy, do you want me to order takeouts at restaurants every day? Is that suspicious? "

"How is it? Did I guess it correctly?!"

Yang Zhi nodded his head: "Brother, you are simply a god, how do you know that Empress Dowager Xi wants to swallow His Majesty's silver?"

It turned out that Yang Zhi had long ago received the news from Li Tuo that before the His Majesty entered the capital, Ci Xi would definitely extort a sum of silver from him and ask him to make preparations.

"Actually, I prepared nine million for His Majesty's personal government. I only received seven million from you, I didn't expect you to really pass …"

"My Lord Yang!" You think the Empress Dowager Xi is easy to deal with? How could she give up so easily? As the direct disciple of the His Majesty, would she let go of his rights as the Mother? "

"You forget what I told you before... Right now, the five powers under the heavens can be considered to be fighting to the death against each other. In order to survive, she has no choice but to put her life on the line! "

had analyzed the five forces in the world to Yang Zhi before.

The first was that the Eight Banner System included the royal family, the second was that the Chinese Scholars were also Qing Liu scholars and their representatives of the vast landowner class.

The third force was the merchants of the world, and the fourth force was the foreign devil who was getting stronger and stronger!

As for the fifth force, it was the Chinese warlord that had suddenly appeared out of nowhere, and this included Xiao Letian, who was one of the most successful members of the Chinese warlord.

Yang Zhi swirled his wine cup and said, "The balance of power has long been broken. The world's momentum is about to be reshuffled... However, no matter how much you shuffle the cards, we will still have a bowl of rice to eat! "

"Hehe …" What are we? We are invisible and intangible, but we have omnipresent bureaucrats! The bureaucratic class... We exist within these five forces, and no one can leave us, and we cannot leave them! "

"I don't care who gets on the stage, I don't care how this game is washed …" In the end, they will have to borrow the power of tens of thousands of small officials to rule the world! "

"Rivers and mountains are reshuffling, dynasties are changing …" "I've seen people who kill officials, but I've never seen people who kill officials!"

"Because we are the ones who truly carry out the policy. Without us, how can the imperial government control the entire world's people? How can a decree leave the Forbidden City? "

"Hey, brother …" You don't need to rely on anyone, because nobody can rely on anyone... As long as you integrate with us, our group will be endless! "

Li Tuo represented China's thousands of years of bureaucracy, and more accurately, it was that official amongst officials!

These were the officials' right and left hands, the executors of all policies, the nearest group of people to the civilian population, and any official had to be assisted in his or her work.

This resulted in the number of officials being much higher than officials. This huge group had accumulated a lot of survival experience over a long period of time.

They are proficient at making false accounts, taking bribes, handling lawsuits, eating black money... Or something black or gray.

They could even hook up and weave an invisible net to help each other, passing messages to each other.

Yang Zhi was a traitor of the Chinese race, and was able to establish a network in Jiangnan.

This group of officials who were wandering in the grey area were a force that could not be ignored by any power.

Even if the eunuchs in the palace wanted to bring the silver back home to buy a house and land to help the family settle their problems, they could not leave the palace to do it themselves!

In the end, he still had to go to the officials outside. The officials outside had to go to the officials themselves!

How could the steward of the prince's household possibly screw his opponent to death when he was in a lawsuit against someone else? He would have to find the yamen's Grand Master and the constables to secretly ambush him.

The envoys had returned to the capital to report on their duties. Even though they had sent out all sorts of bribes and creosote, they were still able to split the loot layer by layer!

These were countless pairs of eyes, ears, and mouths! There was nothing that they didn't know about the various big and small matters in the imperial court, and today, Li Tuo had come to see Yang Zhi, and brought him some very important information.

"Big brother, from now on, you don't have to stay in the western mountains anymore. It's too close to your lair, it's too sensitive …"

"The day before yesterday …" The Great Marshal Zeng and the empress dowager had already fallen out, and the Xiang Army's cavalry was even heading north … This is suppressing the devil six times! "

"I've received news from Fujian that the His Majesty has been humiliated because of the over one million silver taels in cash. The scum has taken all the money away in the open …"

"The His Majesty has brought back their troops. Do you think they will settle the score? "So, from now on, you must not live in the Western Mountain. If the emperor mistakenly thinks you're part of the Sixth Prince's faction, then you'll be in for some bad luck!"

"We shall obediently hold the capital until the His Majesty returns …"

"Also, pay more attention to Marshal Zuo. I think there will be a good chance for you to get rich later on …"