Now Li Hongzhang is red and purple, the power is leaning towards the government and the opposition, how many people in the family carry his banner to do business, and several brothers have become big businessmen.

"Well, then take the test well, strive to let the emperor have a good impression of you, take a good ranking, and let the ancestral hall of the clan in your hometown hang another plaque of "Jinshi and Di", your brother will get married in May, I will be a witness, why don't you learn from your brother, be a conscientious national capitalist, a romantic figure, not for you to discredit." Li Hongzhang spoke for more than three hours, still full of energy and in a happy mood.

Li Guolou smiled on his face, jealous in his heart, he returned to his hometown with the honor of Jinshi and Dirong, and he couldn't buy a wedding wine, he could only marry a few concubines, Chong Chongxi, he was a big worse person than his eldest brother Li Guoyun, who can blame him, like Li Hongzhang and Zuo Zongtang don't take concubines, and his personal ethics as a famous minister are very good, so that the world admires, and he wants to climb up to a high position, this person's lack of character makes him unable to avoid the attacks of political enemies, and he wants to make a difference in the court, I am afraid that it will not work, there are still many obstacles on the road to promotion, and there is little hope for entering the military aircraft department in the future.

The Qing Emperor's ** machine is like the Ming Dynasty cabinet, is the core organization of the court's political, military and economic affairs, the center of national power, as for the five days of the early dynasty, just a form of court, the ministers report to the Tongzhi Emperor in the palace, the real office of the official is the prime minister's office yamen and the six yamen, step into the court to enter the military aircraft department, several high-ranking officials at the decision-making level, every day there are people on duty at the military aircraft department, even Prince Gong Yixun, Zhili Governor Li Hongzhang also have to arrange shifts, sit in the military aircraft department to deal with official business.

Li Guolou felt sorry for himself, sighed and sat in the carriage, people's ambitions were swelling step by step, as soon as he thought that he was going to have the glory of "Jinshi and the first", and the seat of the court class was already within reach, he regretted what he had done, he should not have put the third wife in the seat, let the three "rotten peach blossoms" sit, and make the family look like the Eight-Nation Alliance.

The Qing Dynasty attaches great importance to the personal conduct of officials, Li Hongzhang and Zuo Zongtang are all because of their outstanding personal conduct and talent, so they can step into the official career and govern the family in order to level the world, although he has the "devil six" and "uncle" two backers, but the in-laws have a great opportunity to form an alliance, and there is no more, and the Manchu nobles are unreliable.

Li Guolou had a long conversation with his uncle Li Hongzhang late at night, and he was very ambitious, he wanted to integrate the money and ticket numbers of the Qing Empire, and enter the ranks of the super-rich, and wanted to recruit disciples.

Li Guolou thought in his heart, whether he betrayed the interests of the country, will he be condemned, thinking of the students in the Gongyuan, as well as those scholars of the Hanlin Academy, ran to the yamen of the Prime Minister's Mansion to sit-in the demonstration scene, young and distorted faces, spitting saliva, and scolding, "Down with Li Guolou." "Li Guolou is Sven scum." "Expelled Li Guolou!"

A statement will offend all the students in the world and make him a traitor to the country and seek glory, Li Guolou is full of fear, he is a good man and a gentleman, why write this kind of reactionary statement, the prosperity of the country depends on his own hard work, since he was a child, the teacher has been educating students in this way, he is also familiar with the sages and books, how can his thoughts become reactionary, how will the "devil six" and "uncle" think of him, will they think that he is a foreign spy.

If the country implements the policy he wrote, but the overall situation does not state the direction of development to him in the future, and deviates from the planned goals of the state, will he not become a sinner through the ages, leading wolves into the house in exchange for the collapse of the Qing Empire, Li Guolou couldn't help but shudder, the night wind was cold, and in the long night, it seemed that there were countless ghosts and monsters laughing at him for being naïve and naïve.

"Uncle is an old fox." Li Guolou finally figured it out when he walked down the road at home, and his claim actually coincided with Li Hongzhang, the minister of Beiyang trade affairs.

Now he handed over the Chen note, the so-called ignorant are fearless, let the Prime Minister's Office discuss, success and Xiao He defeat Xiao He, attack saliva, by him, a foreigner who has left behind, if he has eyebrows, he is very likely to follow Li Hongzhang to Prussia to meet the "iron-blooded prime minister" Bismarck, and he is a talent that can be used, if he dies without a problem, he has no place in the court, and he was the first to be pushed out by Li Hongzhang as a scapegoat.

Li Guolou was still unwilling, and in the courtyard of the house alone, he howled: "God, I'm not a bad person, I have taken a crooked path, I will come back, please forgive me!" ”

In the upstairs bedroom, Chen Xiangfang was woken up by Li Guolou, took out the pocket watch under the pillow, looked at the time, and said sleepily: "Xiaolou, what is your yard called in the middle of the night, you are drunk and crazy!" ”

Li Guolou was annoyed and beat the table of the Eight Immortals, and sighed: "Xiaofang, I didn't drink, tonight my uncle was there, he said something reactionary, and in the future, I will become a devil six, the bad world hates traitors, and I will be nailed to the pillar of shame in history forever!" ”

"Oh······" Chen Xiangfang didn't care about it: "Xiaolou, I think you're thinking too much, this god knows that you know Governor Li Hongzhang, what are you afraid of, it's okay, go to sleep, tomorrow and Sunday, we will go to church for worship!" ”

Li Guolou sighed and said: "Xiaofang, how do you know, my uncle asked me to write it out overnight, and he didn't give me home, and I was sloppy, saying that I would go home and prepare materials, write the causes and consequences, and write a report on the analysis of neighboring countries, and my uncle asked me to hand it over to him before I published the list, and I didn't even have time to rest!" ”

The scientific examination will take three days, and then the list will be released after three days, and the list of national admitted scholars will be announced, and then it will be to enter the palace to face the saint, and the Qianqing Palace will write an article on the subject of the emperor, and then determine the top three rankings according to comprehensive factors, and it will take about ten days to decide a person's fate, and Li Hongzhang asked Li Guolou to write the Chen Rules, and the time is six days, which is to hand over the Chen Tiao before Li Guolou's scientific examination is released, and not give Li Guolou a chance to change his course.

"Oh, Xiaolou, just write it, anyway, you don't have to worry about the scientific examination of the Gongyuan, the answer will automatically run to your case, this is also a lesson for you, who made you so reactionary." Chen Xiangfang sighed, fell asleep, she didn't worry about any traitors for Li Guolou, just wrote an article, what's the big deal.

"Hey." Li Guolou was entangled in his heart, blew out the oil lamp, got into the quilt, and beside him were two beautiful ladies, but he couldn't sleep.

"Biluo's spring stamina is quite powerful." Li Guolou knew in his heart that good tea had a strong refreshing function, so he had no choice but to get up, light the oil lamp, sit in front of the Eight Immortals desktop, and write Chen Tiao all night, but when he thought of Sheng Huaixuan's study and writing about the "Post and Telecommunications Bureau" Chen Tiao, Li Guolou couldn't help but smile with relief.

Li Guolou thought of this, and began to write letters to Yelia and his eldest brother Li Guoyun, "Please Come to the Bank" The development scale is by no means six, the Qing Empire had a land enclosure movement when it was founded, and he established a commercial kingdom with a circle of money movement, and he "Please Come to the Bank" to beat the officials of the Liangjiang and Zhili regions, and even included tens of thousands of eunuchs and palace maids in the palace.

Li Lianying and Xiaode Zhang should be used to use the two chess pieces, sit in the Qianqing Palace to write articles, and also pick a good seat, otherwise how can the Tongzhi Emperor see his honor in the two or three hundred jinshi, not to mention that it is very likely that the two queen mothers will sit behind the bamboo curtain to look at it, if the two mothers of the country appreciate him, the six officials also have hope, calculating to walk next, Li Guolou happily stretched his waist and pushed open the window to welcome the first dawn.

The rooster crows, one day will be wonderful, Li Guolou smiled at that Caixia, dare to take the person, will take this road, foreigners are not terrible, he wants to defeat those greedy foreigners, first let them rebel in the nest, become scattered sand, each break, just like the Japanese woman around him, follow him with one mind, willing to sacrifice women for him, it is worthy of his love, Li Guolou is not afraid of dealing with vicious foreigners, because he is more ruthless than anyone else.

"Mayuko, I woke you up last night, does it matter, if you feel sleepy, don't go to church." Li Guolou cared for him, supported Mayuko's body, and walked down the stairs together.

Mayuko had a pair of willow eyebrows, trembling slightly, and said coquettishly: "It doesn't matter, I also want to go and confess to the priest, for the sake of our two children, I will try to be a good person!" ”

Li Guolou was a little worried in his heart, and asked, "Mayuko, what do you confess to the priest!" ”

"Mike, this is between me and God, and I can't tell you." Mayuko walked down the stairs step by step, as steady as Mount Tai, and left Li Guolou behind.

"Oh." Li Guolou looked at Mayuko's back, and wondered what this little Japanese woman would confide in the priest.

"Okay, no, two aunts." Li Guolou looked at the pocket watch, stood at the door of the living room, urging Chen Xiangfang and Mayuko, it was half an hour, and they hadn't dressed up yet.

Chen Xiangfang was extremely dissatisfied and said: "Hmph, Xiaolou, you have become bad now, you never urged me in the past!" ”

"My aunt, if we don't order it again, we won't be able to eat the bread in the church." Li Guolou hadn't eaten breakfast yet, so he thought about the free breakfast in the church.

"Mike, I'm alright." Mayuko dressed up properly, stepped out of the threshold, and grabbed Li Guolou's arm casually.

"It's coming, it's coming." Chen Xiangfang grabbed the hat on the hanger, jumped out of the threshold with an arrow step, and the family of three walked out of the inner house, and several old mothers behind them covered their mouths and did not dare to laugh.

Chen Xiangfang and Mayuko went out of the house, they were carefully dressed, wearing the long tunic skirt of Western women, wearing a wide-brimmed flower hat, holding their breasts and sucking their stomachs, holding the skirt with both hands, and who Li Guolou was behind, and they also walked out of the house.

"Grandma, go to church." "Mayuko, her belly is so big, and she still wears foreign women's clothes, it's not good." "Grandma, my son wants to study, see if you can help." "Xiaofang, do you still know me, I am a head shaver in Shio Shell Lang Hutong, known as a stick of incense, do you remember, my son wants to find a job!"

In addition to the next-door neighbors, guests have already run out of the door room to find Chen Xiangfang to solve the family's practical difficulties.

Chen Xiangfang was in a demeanor, pressed her hands down slightly, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, everyone, we'll talk when I come back after the week!" ”

Chen Xiangfang sent three guests who came to harass her early in the morning, all of whom were familiar and had no friendship with old neighbors, and the latter stepped into the carriage.

The carriage rolled and drove towards the Xuanwu Gate Hall, Li Guolou glanced at him with great dissatisfaction and said: "Xiaofang, I asked you to collect protection money, you put the account room at the door of the house, how to start introducing people to work, this is not used up!" ”

Chen Xiangfang smiled embarrassedly: "Xiaolou, you don't know, people can't help themselves, outside of reputation, anyway, we are going to move, you can't see it, don't worry about the affairs of the rivers and lakes!" ”

Li Guolou admonished: "Xiaofang, I'm about to enter the Shiji and the first, my identity is precious, don't cause trouble for me in the future, don't fight and kill, shut your mouth, let the little brother do something!" ”

"Hey, this is so bad, I like to dominate the rivers and lakes, who is domineering and who competes with me!"

Chen Xiangfang likes to be nosy, and only by taking care of herself can she highlight her status as a master of the world.

"Hey, Xiaofang, I regret it so much, I shouldn't have let you show up, your ambition is getting bigger and bigger." Li Guolou regretted it, for the sake of her career, a woman would even sell her reputation and toss his black gold background.

"Don't worry about Xiaolou, you won't lose money, right?" Chen Xiangfang wooed Mayuko, and the "Tianzihao" business had a partner, which completely shut up Li Guolou.

"Hi, I'm listening to the big ***." Mayuko bowed slightly, thanking Chen Xiangfang for giving her a chance to join the "Tianzihao".

"Oh, buy cakes." Li Guolou held his head in his hands, he never thought that the big-bellied Mayuko joined the "Tianzihao", this is a poisonous spider, what will become of the "Tianzihao" in the future, Li Guolou didn't dare to think about it.

The famous Catholic Church in Beijing is the South Hall, the general people call it Xuanwumen Hall, at the beginning of the Italian Matteo Ricci built a small church, in 165 years John Tang expanded it into the first cathedral in Beijing, the Shunzhi Emperor had 24 times to come here and talk to John Tang on his knees, in 1775 the South Hall was destroyed in a fire, after the Qing Dynasty Qianlong Emperor gave silver ten thousand taels to rebuild, this is a royal building Catholic church, not open to the society, is the Beijing Master has the status of the person, only to be qualified to go to worship.

Li Guolou now brings two family members to Xuanwumen Hall to listen to the sermon of the foreign bishop, he likes to listen to the bishop's general truth, and secretly learns that the bishop's speech is magnanimity, Li Guolou never enters the confession room, but the bishop has long known his every move, because several of the "harems" in his family are already real Catholics, and the confession room has betrayed him.

The voice of the foreign bishop is pleasant: "God, who created the universe and all things in it, and since he is the ruler of heaven and earth, does not dwell in the temples built by men, because we live, act, and exist, all in Him, as some of your poets say, for we too are his children, and since we are God's children, we should not think that God is like a gold, silver, and stone carved by the art and mind of man, and God did not study the age of ignorance, but now he has proclaimed that all people should repent, because he has set a time for him to appoint people to judge the world according to justice. He raised this man from the dead to give them a credible proof······"

"God forbid, Amen." Sit on a bench and make a cross together to finish the Sunday service.

Seeing the bishop walking towards him after giving a sermon, Li Guolou bowed and saluted, secretly saying that he was unlucky, and this time he was going to be reprimanded by the bishop again.