Li Guolou bowed and said: "Prince Gong, Lord Zhang, Lord Wang, according to the humble opinion of the lower officials, officials can not be distinguished by Qing or greed, or by ability to take their strengths and weaknesses, the country needs clean officials, then there will be many Qing officials in the world, just like the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the world is in hardship, at this time the number of Qing officials is not enumerated, the law also implements strict laws on corrupt officials, and even peels the skin, the same is true when the dynasty was founded, the country is peaceful, and the Qing officials are recorded in history one by one like the Holy Ancestor Yu Jackie Chan, and there are operas to praise and sing his deeds, until now it is still performing, The people also gave him a monument of merit, as for the benefits of the Qing officials, the people also recited, what is the official for the people, not afraid of power, like Hai Rui gave his mother a birthday, ate meat once, and also became a major news in Nanjing, so the Qing officials like to invite names, this is an indisputable fact! ”

Li Guolou said a lot of good things about Qing officials, as well as representative figures, but he didn't talk about the dark reality. "Li Guolou said it very well, keep talking, what do you think of the current politics!"

Li Guolou swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said: "Xia Guan has seen a piece of history, and remembers that Yu Wentai, the founder of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, was the prime minister of the Northern Wei Dynasty, imitating Cao Cao's 'coercion of the Son of Heaven to order the princes', he once met Su Sui who could be as famous as Zhuge Liang and Wang Meng. Who wants to be an official if you can't get benefits,' Yu Wentai said, didn't the court already give them a fortune, Su Sui said: 'The more greedy the officials, the more they love to be officials, the more they love to be officials, the more afraid they are of losing their officials, the more they are afraid of losing their officials, the more they are afraid of you cleaning up, the more they are afraid of you cleaning up, the more they listen to you, on the contrary, honest officials are selfless and fearless, and they dare to commit it,' Yuwentai asked, is it possible to let it be **, Su Sui said: 'Disobedient, the people are very angry, the people praise you for being anti-**, and the power of the people is firmly in your hands,' It can be seen that what kind of officials are used is the decision of the court, It's not that officials have become corrupt officials, so it doesn't make any sense to talk about who is a corrupt official and who is a clean official! ”

The two clerks choked on Li Guolou's words, and didn't know how to refute Li Guolou's point of view, Li Guolou had no opinion, he just told the historical figures, he didn't say which people in the Criminal Department were clean officials and which people were corrupt officials, and a difficult question was kicked by him to Prince Gong Yixun, whether to use a clean official or a corrupt official is the master's final say.

Prince Gong glanced at Li Guolou, the little fox was also afraid, and he wanted to test Li Guolou's true thoughts, showed a kind smile, and said: "This king has met many foreign students who have returned from abroad, and they all say that the Great Qing Kingdom is going to be restructured, do you agree with their proposals!" ”

Li Guolou said: "Prince Yugong, the lower officials think that the national system cannot be changed, and it is necessary to maintain continuity, so that the country can be peaceful and peaceful, and the lower officials agree to learn the advanced things of the foreigners, remove their dross, and use the foreign for me. ”

Yixun waved his hand and said: "Don't listen to these empty words, everyone says so, you give this king specific examples!" ”

Li Guolou frowned, stared and said: "Prince Gong, now our Qing Empire is at a critical stage, the rebels have become the end of the crossbow, can not wear the reckless, the end of the wind, the force can not drift the feathers, with the current economic development speed of our country, the foreigners are full of fear and distrust of us, will restrain us everywhere, everywhere constraints, for fear that we will eat them after Taoguang is strategic, so in the development of our country, the foreigners will give us black medicine and deceive us, just like signing arms contracts with foreign powers now, Those few customized warships, the lower officials can boast of Haikou, some will not fall into our hands for a lifetime, some to the contract when the delivery of the contract, we can't get it, and so on to the Beiyang Naval Division, these warships have become the elimination of inferior goods, relying on foreigners will never come out, we should prepare our own shipyard, start with a simple imitation, hire some foreigners as consultants! ”

"Li Guolou, what do you think of foreign consultants?" In his forties, with three strands of beard fluttering and a white face, Zhang Jingtian asked.

Li Guolou said: "Employed foreigners, good and bad, about three categories, the superior of the intelligent and outstanding, don't have a whimsical mind, most of them are good at specialization, quality is rigid and sharp, worship faith and righteousness, abstain from laziness and greed, operation is constant, simple and honest, serious work, out of nature, this is its director, among which the leader should be the victorious army General Gordon, he made indelible contributions to the extermination of the Taiping Army in our Qing Dynasty, among them, can also follow the rules, abide by the law, bow to the family, do not miss their duties, to ingenuity, not everyone can get, This is also to hire most foreigners have ethics, but also decent, inferior, arrogant and deceitful, not respectful, qualifications are dull, stubborn, monopolistic Juqi, the same party Vargo, to if the prostitution and alcoholism, even bullying the Qing people, the longer I have come to the Qing Dynasty, the deeper the habits, light and thin I Daqing, exaggerated and arrogant, among which the cunning, every jealous of the skills of the teacher, or secret, or not for the heart, delay time, love for salary, deceitful teachers, cunning, sometimes this is not professional, coercive and deceitful, in addition to misuse foreigners, with non-director, It also causes a waste of human resources! ”

Prince Gong listened to Li Guolou's story, and knew that Li Guolou had eight literary skills, and he couldn't help but add a lik, that is, Li Guolou could handle it, could make official articles, and could stand in the court to defend with those Jinshi and the first people.

Yixin glanced at Zhang Jingtian, the secretary next to him, who had already written down Li Guolou's statement, nodded with satisfaction, and sighed: "Li Guolou, you are quite talented, and you are a talent after staying abroad, why did your uncle Li Zhongtang not protect you, but let you go to the Criminal Department on an errand!" ”

Li Guolou smiled embarrassedly: "Xiaguan has stayed in the foreign country, and he has been infected with many fake foreign devil habits, and Lord Zhongtang looks at my nephew and grandson unpleasantly, let me experience more below!" ”

Yi Xun praised: "Li Guolou, you are a manufacturable material, young and decisive, Lord Bao is an exceptional hir, with vision, good talent and beautiful jade, no wonder President Zhen, this king keeps praising you in front of him, this king thought that President Zhen was exaggerating and almost made your criminal department deserted, so good!" ”

Yi Xun said three good in a row, then stopped silent, picked up the teacup and drank tea, maintained an amiable appearance, the two books next to him made it clear, Prince Gong Yi Xun considered how to use Li Guolou, they discussed with Li Guolou, Li Guolou eleven articles, from the first article to discuss, two Jinshi and a Xiucai began to do a defense, chatting happily, time passed minute by minute, Yi Xun rarely spoke, did not go away, one sat there, listened to Li Guolou's explanation.

Since Li Guolou wrote the 11 propositions on the Chen Article, he has long had his own opinions, and if he wants to refute Li Guolou's opinions, it will also take a lot of hard work.

The secretary Zhang Jingtian couldn't convince Li Guolou, so he said: "You have written so many articles, then I ask you where to start!" ”

Li Guolou replied: "Xia Guan is written to Prince Gong for reference, as a national policy decision-maker, of course, we have to start together, how can we wait for the opportunity to lose in vain, watching the country's resources and wealth fall into the hands of foreigners, Xia Guan himself also has a modest effort, the family runs a school and does business, starting with education and a rich country, maybe the two adults think that Xia Guan is damaging to the public and private, and be an official and businessman, but Xia Guan must first affirm that he has no shame to say that Xia Guan is honest and honest, and he uses his own money to paste officialdom, and those who donate, just for fame, not for profit, The silver is never taken home, put it on the public account, although some people criticize the lower officials for their private life disorderliness, but that is your love and my wishes, the foreign girl is drifting across the sea to send her arms, I have not lost the face of the Qing Dynasty! ”

There was laughter in the Qiu Ju hall, how could the three elders of Li Guolou not know that there was a Prince Gong who had used the goods, and he didn't say it, and it was not easy to put it on the table, so he could only use laughter to vent his fun.

Yixun covered his mouth with his fist, coughed dryly, and said: "Li Guolou, this king heard that you also practiced boxing to compete with Tarzan of the Apes, are you for the bounty, or for the honor, do you think you have won Tarzan of the Apes!" ”

Li Guolou said solemnly: "Back to Prince Gong, I just regard this boxing match as a test for myself, but also a challenge to myself, although Tarzan of the apes has the title of boxing champion, but as a Qing Dynasty, never let people insult personality, since you want to go to the game, you just want to win, want to trample the opponent under your feet, of course, I can afford the consequences of losing, losing is not terrible, I can lose once, but I will still have the courage to challenge, after lying on the salary and tasting courage, I will still work hard, will not be intimidated by a or even two failures, Get ready for the next battle! ”

Yi Xun is very satisfied, Li Guolou is young and vigorous, there is a sense of upward vitality, sitting in his position, in fact, it is to coordinate scheduling, cultivate talents, and put all kinds of required talents in suitable positions, of course, the first promotion is cronies, protégés and former officials are the first choice, and there are also various factions in the court.

Yixun actually doesn't take power very seriously, thinking that when Emperor Tongzhi was young, he was powerful, but he was still responsible, guarding the imperial power, and did not give birth to the heart of hairpin, forcing the palace to snatch the emperor's throne.

Now Yixun is nearly forty years old, plus a sense of urgency and mission, the Qing Empire has been in turmoil for more than ten years, he signed the "Beijing Treaty" that betrayed national interests and humiliated the country, which was a shame in his life, in exchange for the support of the Western powers to exterminate the Taiping Army and the Twist Army, and saw the division of territory piece by piece to return to the Qing Empire, adding a confidence, he is a regent who has been a regent, although now the title of "regent" no longer exists, but the power is monstrous, and most of the high-ranking officials in the entire Qing Empire come from his disciples.

Li Guolou is only in his early twenties, Mao has not grown up, and he is a leader among the younger generation, and it is rare that Li Guolou and his uncle Li Hongzhang have different political opinions, and his subordinates are not the same, and fighting each other is also what Yixin wants to see, which can be used by him, and can be used as the next generation of talent training.

Li Guolou has no military merits, and he is not a jinshi, not a son of a man of honorable people, and if he wants to promote Li Guolou unusually, he will be criticized, even if he is promoted to the second level, let Li Guolou sit on the seventh-grade official position, it will be difficult to make great achievements in the future, and his family and background will be an insurmountable threshold for Li Guolou's promotion, an unprecedented idea, which has been born in his heart.

Yixin interrupted the discussion between Li Guolou and the two scribes on the "Eleven Articles", and said: "Li Guolou, this king heard that you originally came to Beijing to be admitted to the Jinshi and have the status of 'Xianggong', right!" ”

"Yes, Xia Guan stayed in Beijing for more than a year, originally wanted to be admitted to the Jinshi, but by chance he entered the Criminal Department as an errand boy, became an official, and had a lot of fun at work, and liked to intrigue with criminals, so he dispelled the idea of being admitted to the Jinshi, and for this matter, he also had a discord with his brothers and sisters at home, and Xia Guan was fortunate that the Criminal Department had such a clean official appreciation as Lord Bao, and he was promoted two levels to become a nine-grade official." Li Guolou replied respectfully, his heart was happy, the seven-grade official hat was about to arrive, but he still remained calm on the surface, and did not show pride and complacency, he would pretend to keep Mount Tai from the top unchanged, and others wanted to see his inner fluctuations, so he had to knock on his brain.

Yixun suddenly changed color, and said angrily: "Nonsense, Li Guolou, you are self-destructing your future, how can this king watch you stumble in the alleys of Jingshi with a good youth, and you go to the king to take the entrance examination, report the name first, Zhang Shuban, leave this matter to you to do, say hello to the examiner Li Hongzao, and say that this is my student, let him open the net and give a name!" ”

The faces of the two clerks have changed greatly, and there has never been a favor that will befall Li Guolou's head, this is to send a great future to Li Guolou, than a reward of a seven-grade official hat, like two clerks after resigning, to the local official is only a seven-grade official position, to make a fat shortage for seven years, drought and flood to ensure the harvest, and now Prince Gong is to vigorously cultivate Li Guolou, the two clerks are both jealous and envious, secretly thinking: how was Li Guolou come up with "eleven Chen Tiao", his mouth was sharp, it was eleven o'clock, and he did not defeat Li Guolou, and threw him into the priest and the first face,