In the early morning, Li Guolou was wearing a four-grade civil official uniform, lapis lazuli nirvana top wearing, there was no 'insert' feather and 'feather' on it, a seat of eight pythons and five python robes, and snow geese were supplemented. Under the guidance of the eunuch, he came to the upper study, with a nervous heart, waiting for the reception of the Tongzhi Emperor. The head sat the solemn Prince Gong, and he didn't talk to him. Li Guolou knows that there is a big trouble, is it really like Weng Tong? said, the Manchurians want to implement the family law, and beat him up. Who told him to raise his tail to the sky, and even used the gold medal order arrow to mobilize the officials in Tianjin, the students and school officials of the Xinwutang, and caused a monstrous disaster, so that the Qing Empire apologized to the Western powers, corrected the legal deficiencies, and promised that the wrong act of massacring foreign nationals would never be committed again in the future.

"The slave greets Prince Gong." Li Guolou made a big salute and knelt on the ground and kowtowed, this is his master behind the scenes, and the wealth and glory were all given to him by Prince Gong.

Prince Gong? He was silent for a long time, and he loved and hated Li Guolou's behavior, and the old slip in the book earnestly said that he would lie down and taste his courage, endure humiliation, and not allow the Western powers to 'intervene' evil. When a major national event really happened, he immediately became mindless, carried away by hatred, impulsively killed people and set fires, and threw grenades, if Tianjin caused a fire, the consequences would be unimaginable. If it weren't for the fact that there was only one official and businessman like Li Guolou in the Qing Empire who could bear a large amount of taxes from the state, he would have sent Li Guolou to prison, how could he be so cheap as this dog slave.

Prince Gong didn't let Li Guolou calm down, but took a sip of hot tea from the teacup and asked, "Li Guolou, what are you doing these days?" ”

"Back to Prince Gong, the slave is studying these days, reflecting on his words and deeds, and the slave knows that he is wrong, and he no longer dares to do anything contrary to the law and discipline of the court with the gold medal order arrow." Li Guolou was ashamed to say that playing crazy men's and women's love games in the inner house these days was reading. He reads and learns every night, but for a few hours in the morning, most of the time, he is chasing beauty, drunk and dreaming of death. The other 'milk' and 'milk' in the family returned to Beijing, which made him play the game of boundless love.

"Really? It's grown. Recite to me the books you read, so that this king can also have a little more knowledge. "Prince Gong's face 'shows' sarcastic 'color', a man just asks about political affairs, what will he do at home, he has personal experience, how can he believe that Li Guolou is honestly reading and practicing at home.

Li Guolou Zheng'er said: "Prince Qiyugong, the slave is reading the thirty-six chapters of the Art of War of Sun Tzu, and the slave can already recite it". The first article: "The Chapter" Sun Tzu said: Soldiers, the major affairs of the country, the place of death and life, and the way of survival, must not be ignored. Therefore, the scriptures are based on five things, and the school is based on calculations to find out their feelings: one is the Tao, the second is the sky, the third is the earth, the fourth is the general, and the fifth is the law. The Taoist makes the people agree with the superiors, so they can die with it, they can live with it, and they are not in danger. The heavens, 'yin' yang, cold and heat, and the time system. The earth, far and near, dangerous, wide and narrow, dead and alive. Generals, wisdom, faith, benevolence, courage, and strictness. The law, the bend system, the official way, and the main use. All these five will be unheard, those who know will win, and those who do not know will not win. Therefore, the school used a plan to ask for its feelings, saying: Who is the master? Who will be capable? Who has heaven and earth? What is the law? Which of the soldiers is stronger? Soldiers' training? What is the reward and punishment? That's how I know what to do.

will listen to my plan, use it to win, and keep it; They will not listen to my plan, and they will be defeated if they use it, and they will go away. Calculating profit to listen is the momentum of the situation, in order to support it. The powerful are also controlled by profit. Soldiers, treacherous ways. Therefore, it can be shown but cannot, used and shown not to use, near and shown far, far and near; Profit and 'temptation', 'chaos' and take, real and prepared, strong and avoid, angry and scratch, humble and arrogant, hard work, kiss and leave. Attack it unprepared, take it by surprise. The victory of this soldier cannot be passed on first.

The husband is the victor without a fight, and he has to count a lot; The temple is not victorious without a fight, and it is considered to be less. More wins, less wins, and nothing counts! I look at it this way, and I can see the victory or defeat. ”

Prince Gong couldn't listen anymore, interrupted his words, and said, "Is Li Guolou's Sun Tzu's Art of War useful?" ”

"It's useful, the slave will definitely pretend to be a grandson in the future, and he won't dare to be strong again." Li Guolou grimaced and ridiculed brazenly.

This person is a monkey, and if you give a little good face, you will go to the room to uncover the tiles, Prince Gong couldn't help laughing, and said helplessly: "The dog slave will get up for this king, and the emperor will clean you up later." ”

"Zha! Thank you, Prince Gong, for your understanding of your subordinates. Li Guolou flicked his horseshoe sleeves twice, put on an official ceremony, and stood down with low eyebrows, not daring to move. Thanks to the benefits of Prince Gong, as long as Prince Gong is alive, he will not betray the Qing Dynasty, even if Li Hongzhang wants to rebel, he will betray his uncle. If Prince Gong died and Li Hongzhang tried to rebel, he would get on this thief ship. Li Guolou thought about it in a hurry, and thought of the benefits of the Qing Dynasty for a while, such as being able to have a group of wives and concubines, and great love without borders". This is criticized by Western society, and civilized society does not tolerate such an ugly phenomenon. After a while, I thought of the evil of the Qing Dynasty, the heinous massacre, and the unspeakable history of blood and tears. He is actually a Han Chinese, how can he let a foreign race ride on top of his head and let a Han person be a third-class citizen. The heart of pulling the flag to rebel is always in the heart of the stupid 'desire', even if you don't rebel, you have to be a prince all the way.

"The emperor has arrived!" The male duck barked, and a figure pacing with square steps fluttered from far and near. Li Guolou knelt on the ground with a puff, and was not afraid of knee injury, and cried sadly: "Long live the slave Li Guolou when he knocks on my emperor, long live!" ”

Emperor Tongzhi stepped forward quickly, kicked Li Guolou to the ground with one kick, and scolded angrily: "Dog slave, let me sleep uncomfortably, and make trouble for me, if it weren't for the past merits, I would send you to Ningguta in the northeast and wear armor as a slave." ”

Li Guolou rolled around on the gold brick floor, and shouted: "Thank you for the emperor's reward, the slave is relieved now." ”

Seeing Li Guolou flickering on the ground like a play, Emperor Tongzhi was angry and funny, looking at Prince Gong, both of them shook their heads and sighed. You can't be so cheap this dog minion, you want to beat him up, you must not laugh out loud, and you have to use the ring ruler in the study again.

"Dog minion, I remind you, let you be in the limelight outside, I just want to show off with the British concubine outside, and I don't even need the honor guard, I am looking for death. It's not for you to kill people with gold medal arrows, you disgrace me, and I have to clean up the aftermath for you, and I will waste my hard work. "Emperor Tongzhi's face was unhappy, and he summoned Li Guolou into the palace, just to punish Li Guolou with the family law of his ancestors, let him suffer with some skin and flesh, don't get carried away, and he can't be saved if he commits a mortal crime.

In the restructuring of the Qing Dynasty, Li Guolou was a banner and the cornerstone of national rejuvenation. He doesn't know how to be stable in the world, and because of his 'sex', he was promoted by the court in vain.

Li Guolou salivated on his face, knelt on the ground, and said with a sad face: "Your Majesty, the slave knows that he is wrong, he must be a steady man in the future, and he will never do the hairpin thing again." ”

"Can I trust you? You're not going to fool me. Emperor Tongzhi squinted at Li Guolou coldly, did not kick out the second kick, threw off the dragon robe, and sat on the dragon chair.

Li Guolou swore an oath, but Emperor Tongzhi did not easily believe Li Guolou's words, but took a one-foot-long iron ruler from the hand of the great eunuch Liu Deyin, and weighed it in his hand. This iron ruler has a history, and it was given to Li Hongzao and Weng Tong by his mother, the Empress Dowager Cixi? , Xu Tong, several teachers, punished him. With this iron ruler, he can hit the palm of his hand, and he was beaten several times by several teachers when he was a child. Now that things are wrong, he has grown up, no one dares to beat him, this iron ruler has not been used for a long time, it is up to him to use this iron ruler to beat disobedient minions.

"Dog minion, put your hand out. I want to hit three times, and if I dare to dodge, the punishment will be doubled. Emperor Tongzhi shook the iron ruler in his hand, walked to Li Guolou's side, and stared at Li Guolou triumphantly.

"Your Majesty, be lighter" Li Guolou pleaded in distress, and stretched out his hand outside, waiting for the emperor's thunderous anger.

"Bang Bang!" Emperor Tongzhi said what he said, and he 'pumped' Li Guolou's left hand fiercely, acting vigorously and resolutely, and he was a real hero out of a young man.

The palms of his hands immediately swollen, his teeth grinned in pain, and tears flowed, this time it was real tears, and the talents were all fake. Li Guolou learned the truth of the Tongzhi Emperor, the young and promising monarch, which made him admire him so much, as for the words: "The emperor fought well, and the slaves remembered it, and they didn't dare to 'mess up' for the rest of their lives." ”

Emperor Tongzhi usually beats up to a few eunuchs, and after hitting Li Guolou three times, his palm is still not enjoyable, he is still unsatisfied, his eyes rolled, and he shouted: "Dog minion, I want you to remember the lesson thoroughly and lift my ass up." Three more spankings! ”

"The emperor spares his life!" Li Guolou was like a lost dog, lying on the ground, not daring to move, but fortunately he was a god catcher. Weng Tong? He had already informed him that Emperor Tongzhi was going to beat him, so he put some thick cotton 'flowers' on the back of his buttocks, and now it was early winter, and the official robe was worn outside, and there was no flaw to see.

"Bang Bang!" Emperor Tongzhi waved the iron ruler again and slapped Li Guolou's buttocks, this time he was done, and said loudly: "Li Guolou, you remember to me, this time I have protected you, and next time, I will not be spared." ”

"Thank you, Lord Longen, the slave must be remembered, and he will not cause trouble to his master when he goes to Lanzhou."

Emperor Tongzhi sighed slightly and said: "Lanzhou is full of first-class and second-grade civil officials, military attachés, and titles, and their speech is vulgar. You, a fourth-grade civil official, no one will pay attention to it, don't pull people by pigtails and have your head cut off. I will give you another secret decree, whoever dares to arrest you and want to murder you will be arrested and brought back to the capital, and let me judge for you, but you are not allowed to kill. ”

"Thank you to the emperor, Weichen did his best to do his errand well and live up to the emperor's trust." Li Guolou cried bitterly and lay on the ground, although his body was beaten very painfully, but he brought it on himself. Emperor Tongzhi cared for him very much, and he would not betray this master when he was alive. was beaten and stroked by Emperor Tongzhi twice, and his heart was so broken that tears were like wild horses on the loose, gushing out.

Seeing Li Guolou holding up the holy decree with tears on his face and smiling, Emperor Tongzhi rolled his eyes and said angrily: "What is Li Guolou like, you are the fourth rank official of the imperial court." Stand up and talk back, wipe away my tears, tell me about the last inspection, don't say nice things to me, I have to listen to the truth. ”

"Piercing!" Li Guolou's 'legs' were numb from kneeling, one hand was swollen like a steamed bun, he stood up with one hand, and raised his eyes to look at Prince Gong sitting next to him. As soon as he saw Prince Gong winking at him, he immediately understood that he still had to pick up the good ones when he inspected the local military camp. As for the shortage of guns in the army, it is even more taboo, and it is not necessary to worry about the sky, and every family has a scripture that is difficult to read.

Li Guolou talked about the strange things in the place, and told the preaching of Yihequan Lu Zhishen and He Xiangu as a joke. Listen to it with relish. Don't look at Prince Gong's high power, he is the prince, he can't go out of Beijing if he doesn't obey the order, and he is also full of curiosity about the outside world. The emperor set many rules for his relatives, and the rules set by the ancestors were cumbersome and strict, and no one dared to violate them. The Qing Dynasty paid close attention to the education of the children of the imperial family, and there were many children of the royal family who were 'fine' and literate, and they were also given power, but they were not given the opportunity to form a party and run a 'private' business, and the prince who was a high-ranking official became a caged bird, locked in the capital and didn't want to fly out.

In a blink of an eye, it was almost noon, and Emperor Tongzhi was very interested in Li Guolou's development of business, so he coughed slightly: "Li Guolou, I still want to discuss commercial development with you in the afternoon, so I will eat first and continue to talk after eating." Prince Gong, you can also finish eating and then go back. ”

"Piercing!" Li Guolou agreed stubbornly, if he was beaten by the emperor for prevarication, he couldn't do it, and the hard work of going to the kiln would always be on his shoulder.

In the afternoon, the conversation continued, and Emperor Tongzhi left the study and did not have lunch with Li Guolou and Prince Gong. As he sat on it, no one else could eat, so he left for an hour.

Li Guolou and Prince Gong dined in the upper study, a table of meals was placed in front of one person, the table was a square table, six dishes and one soup, the two ate the same meal, Li Guolou devoured it, although his hands were still a little swollen, but he had a big appetite, ate three bowls of rice, and ate all six dishes and one soup. And Prince Gong Yi? There was only one bowl of rice at that table, only half of the six dishes, and a bowl of soup was drunk.

Prince Gong? After eating first, I washed my face and rinsed my mouth in the copper basin, looked at Li Guolou's gobbling up, and said with a smile: "It's good to be a young man, I also have a lot of appetite when I see you eating, and I usually only eat half a bowl of rice." ”

"My family is full of she-wolves, if I don't eat more, how can I have the strength to feed them." Li Guolou accidentally said the wrong thing, which made several eunuchs who served around him also purse their lips and snickered.

Prince Gong? White eyes said: "Li Guolou is looking for a fight, don't take the emperor badly." ”

"Piercing!" Li Guolou's heart was pounding, he and Emperor Tongzhi pretended to talk about business in the afternoon, but in fact, they sneaked out of the palace to play together, so that Prince Gong could smell the smell. He and Emperor Tongzhi were talking in code, how could Prince Gong see the clues, Li Guolou didn't understand, looking at the four eunuchs beside him, which dead eunuch betrayed him and the emperor? Li Guolou, who was born with a detective mind, was wary of the four eunuchs beside him.