This time, Wan Haicheng came to give Qin Zheng an official uniform and teach him a ceremony, thinking that he was the same as seeing other official seekers, and asked for a good deal, so he knew that Qin Zheng didn't eat his own set at all. It turned out that Wan Haicheng only planned to ask for 5,000 taels of silver, but he didn't like what Qin Zheng said, so he doubled it to 10,000 taels, and threatened Qin Zheng that he wouldn't get the official uniform if he didn't give money.

Wan Haicheng originally thought that if he said this, Qin Zheng would beg him with fear and honesty, and honestly offer the silver, but Qin Zheng not only didn't care if he wanted an official uniform, but also choked himself. Wan Haicheng couldn't help but rush to his chest angrily after eating this, got up suddenly, waved his hand and said, "Let's go, our family Ming'er will wait for Lord Qin in the palace to see if Lord Qin can enter the palace." Saying that, he walked out without looking back, and the four little eunuchs also hurriedly followed behind Wan Haicheng, muttering something in their mouths, "It's really blind", "I've never seen such a person", "I've never seen the world", etc.

Just when Wan Haicheng walked out of the door of the lobby, he saw a person hurrying in front of him, stopped Wan Haicheng, and said: "Father-in-law Wan, stay down, stay down, have something to say, have something to say." ”

The person who came was Li Jingfang. It turned out that Qin Zheng and Wan Haicheng had an argument, but the post officials who were waiting outside heard it, his official position was low, and of course he didn't dare to go in to mediate, so he hurriedly went to Li Jingfang to persuade him.

And after listening to the post officer's report, Li Jingfang couldn't help but be shocked, he never expected that something would happen in this place, so he didn't dare to slack off, and hurried over, just as Wan Haicheng was about to leave the pavilion, so Li Jingfang hurriedly stopped Wan Haicheng.

Wan Haicheng naturally knew Li Jingfang, and immediately became even more energetic, and deliberately said loudly: "Eldest prince, our family is a person who has been in the palace for more than ten years, has held the Dragon Court, hugged the jade pillar, served Lafayette, has seen the prince Hou Ye, the governor of Zhongtang has never seen a hundred or eighty, I have never seen such a person who does not understand the rules, what are they overseas Chinese! The ground under my feet is three feet higher than the roof of their house! What are they?" Overseas barbarians are overseas barbarians, and they can't be put on the stage, even if this person also wants to be the official of our Great Qing Kingdom, don't even think about it. ”

Li Jingfang couldn't help but complain when he heard it, of course he knew that overseas Chinese were not good at stubble, and they were not even afraid of foreigners, so they didn't take the Qing court in their eyes at all, originally he planned to explain the benefits and disadvantages to Wan Haicheng, so that Wan Haicheng would be soft, but he didn't expect Wan Haicheng to say this, and overseas Chinese would definitely not do it.

Sure enough, Qin Zheng had already scolded in the house, and said: "You are a dead eunuch, a dead slave, just because you can be the home of the Great Qing Kingdom, to tell you the truth, even if you put your clothes here today, I don't want them, I don't want the clothes you brought, I am disgusted with the clothes you brought." If you are not convinced, just take it back to see the Queen Mother. ”

When Wan Haicheng heard this, he couldn't help but tremble with anger, and said: "Eldest son, it's not our family that refutes your face, just this thing, our family can't wait, so go back to the palace to see the Queen Mother and say, don't stop it." ”

Li Jingfang smiled bitterly, knowing that he was powerless, after all, the two sides had said that it was irretrievable to this point. It's just that Li Jingfang knows very well that the final result may not be okay with overseas Chinese, but Wan Haicheng will definitely not get better, and maybe he will give his life.

After Wan Haicheng and the others left, Li Jingfang said to Qin Zheng: "Political Commissar Qin, how did you get to this point." ”

Qin Zheng frowned, and said: "Eldest prince, I still want to ask you? We dare not say that it is a reinvention of the Qing Dynasty, but it is not an exaggeration to say that we have turned the tide, and this credit is not too much to be named the governor of Shandong, and we also agree to bow down to the imperial court, which can be regarded as benevolence and righteousness." But what does the imperial court mean by this, sending a eunuch to give me official clothes and asking me for 10,000 taels of silver? Is this to give us a look at the face? Or do you look down on us, so that we will be angry with this villain, if this is the case, this governor of Shandong will not do it, we will not care anymore, and we will go back to Beijing tomorrow. ”

When Li Jingfang heard this, he couldn't help but be taken aback, he also heard it, probably Qin Zheng thought that this was deliberately arranged by the imperial court to humiliate overseas Chinese, and hurriedly said: "Political Commissar Qin, you must not act recklessly, this is the private blackmail of these slaves, it is definitely not the order of the imperial court, and it is too late for the imperial court to value the nobles? In any case, you can't leave Xi'an, and I dare to guarantee that after the imperial court finds out the truth, it will definitely give you an explanation." ”

In fact, Qin Zheng didn't really want to leave, but he just deliberately used the topic to play, so after listening to Li Jingfang's words, he also borrowed the ladder to go down the wall and said: "Dagong, even if you say so, I will look at your face and stay in Xi'an for a day, if the court can't give us a satisfactory explanation tomorrow, then we will never stay in Xi'an again." ”

Although he only got a one-day buffer period, he finally stabilized the overseas Chinese temporarily, so Li Jingfang was also a little relieved, he didn't dare to delay any longer, and hurriedly said goodbye to Qin Zheng, preparing to find Prince Qing, and before leaving the pavilion, he also made a special trip to call the post official and told him that if the overseas Chinese had any changes, he would immediately go to Prince Qing's mansion to find himself.

After Li Jingfang left, the others immediately surrounded Long, and Liu Hongjie said: "Political commissar, is this a good job? We can't tear our faces with the Qing court now." ”

Zhang Jianping said: "What's wrong, it's clear that he asked us for money first, we can't tear our faces with the Qing court, can we just let them blackmail?"

Liu Hongjie said: "I didn't mean that, but the dead eunuch will definitely not tell the truth after he goes back, and he will definitely put the blame on us, so we can't be justified and can't be explained." ”

Qin Zheng said: "You can rest assured, I know it in my heart." Originally, I was looking for an opportunity to show our tough attitude to the Qing court, to let the Qing court know that although we accepted the Qing court's policy and bowed to the Qing court, don't think that we are really the subordinates of the Qing court, if we really provoke us, the consequences will be very serious. In this way, it will be much easier for us to deal with the Qing court in the future, but I didn't expect the Qing court to take the initiative to send the opportunity to the door, although it is the norm for eunuchs to ask for bribes, but this is an unspoken rule after all, and it cannot be put on the table, so we are the party that absolutely takes advantage of it, of course, we can't let go of this good opportunity. And don't worry about that eunuch going back to lie, Cixi is a very shrewd person, this kind of lie can't deceive her. And although we can't tear our faces with the Qing court, the Qing court is not qualified to tear our faces. As long as we put on an arbitrary posture that does not hesitate to completely tear our faces, the Qing court will eventually have to give in. ”

Deng Yongjian said: "Political commissar, what you said is indeed reasonable, from common sense, the Qing court is indeed only soft, but the Qing court is not a modern country, it is just a feudal autocratic dynasty, the country's major policies often depend on the ruler's thoughts, from this point of view, we can't have too much confidence in Cixi." Although Cixi is indeed a shrewd ruler, but after all, he is also a person, there are times when he loses his mind and acts willfully, before this, Cixi has lost his mind and is willful once, which directly led to the Gengzi National Change, if we push her too hard, it is difficult to guarantee that our Lafayette will not lose his mind again. ”

Qin Zheng said with a smile: "Comrade Yongjian, you really think about it comprehensively, but you should also think about what is the consequence of Cixi's willfulness this time, that is, the Qing court fled to Xi'an, in this case, what kind of capricious capital does Cixi have, and Cixi is a shrewd ruler after all, at this time, she will never dare to be willful again." ”

At this time, Jiang Han said: "Political commissar, then what will happen to that eunuch in the end, will the Empress Dowager Cixi use him as a scapegoat?"

Liu Hongjie said: "That's for sure, I estimate that the final result is that Cixi killed the eunuch, and then put all the responsibility on the eunuch." ”

Jiang Han said: "Although the eunuch's behavior of asking for a bribe is wrong, it will not be a capital crime." ”

Qin Zheng laughed and said: "What? Comrade Xiao Jiang's sympathy is overflowing? There is no need to sympathize with the eunuch at all, think about how he dares to ask for bribes for us, what kind of face he has on other officials, and what kind of result will be for those who have offended him, so even if he is Cixi's scapegoat, he deserves it, and besides, we didn't kill him." ”

Deng Yongjian also said: "Yes, we don't care what the Qing court does with the eunuchs, anyway, let's wait for tomorrow to watch a good show." ”

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When Li Jingfang rushed to Prince Qing's mansion, Prince Qing had already fallen asleep, and the steward asked Li Jingfang to come back tomorrow morning, but Li Jingfang did not dare to delay, insisted on seeing Prince Qing, and sternly warned the steward that if something happened to the overseas Chinese, Prince Qing must be called to wake up to see him, otherwise even Prince Qing will not be able to bear the consequences. After hearing this, the steward did not dare to insist any longer, so he had to wake up Prince Qing.

From being woken up from his sleep, Prince Qing was about to get angry, but when he heard that something had happened to an overseas Chinese, Prince Qing couldn't help but feel excited, and suddenly he was completely sleepy, so he hurriedly got up and dressed, and came to the front hall to see Li Jingfang.

And after listening to Li Jingfang's story, Prince Qing couldn't help but be frightened and pale, or Li Hongzhang had the foresight to know that this errand was not easy, and fortunately he brought Li Jingfang to Xi'an, otherwise I am afraid that overseas Chinese would not know when they left Xi'an, but at this time, Prince Qing didn't know what to do, so he had to ask Li Jingfang: "Boxing, what should we do now?"

On the way to Prince Qing's mansion, Li Jingfang had already thought of a countermeasure plan and said: " Lord, we should go to the palace immediately to inquire about the situation, to see if the princess has reported to the queen mother, and at the same time immediately send someone to inform Rong Zhongtang and Wang Zhongtang of this matter, so that they can come to the palace to meet us, if the queen mother still does not know about this matter, it will be a little easier, we will immediately go to see the overseas Chinese, even if it is to force Wan Haicheng to kowtow to the overseas Chinese to confess his guilt, how to say that the overseas Chinese have a change of heart; and if the queen mother has already known about this matter, then we will immediately ask to see the queen mother, no matter what, we must persuade the queen mother, we must not have bad relations with overseas Chinese。 ”

After listening to Li Jingfang's suggestion, Prince Qing woke up like a dream, and he had to admire Li Jingfang, which was really a good way, because Prince Qing had been in Beijing for a few months, and he knew that overseas Chinese were indeed unprovoked, and such a major event had happened, so naturally he had to pull a few people to carry it, and he couldn't take it alone. So Prince Qing immediately called two shrewd family members, gave them instructions, and then asked them to take their own pieces to find Rong Lu and Wang Wenshao, no matter what, they had to call these two people up, and then changed into court clothes and rushed to the palace with Li Jingfang.