Zhen Yuhuan stared at Li Guolou with a confused expression, "Huh." Jiao panted in response, she was led by the nose by this little man, and she couldn't extricate herself, for the sake of Li Guolou's career, she let go, knelt on the ground and begged Prince Gong Yixun, so that the old lover could help her in the past.

Zhen Yuhuan also knows that she is going downhill, and in a few years, who will remember her, behind the infinite scenery is loneliness, but now there is hope, Li Guolou's progress is her fruit, Zhen Yuhuan made up her mind to see what kind of big tree Li Guolou, the little man she fancied, could grow into.

The Yamen of the Prime Minister's Office, there are many sentry posts, all of them have a straight chest and a bulging belly, and after three security checks, this is the core of the country's operation, and the Tongzhi Emperor Aijue Luo Zaichun is young, although he has listened to the government, but the real power is still in the hands of the Empress Dowager Cixi, the Empress Dowager Ci'an and Prince Gong Yixun.

At this time, the Qing Empire relied on the extermination of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the purging of the Eastern Twist, as if it rose again, and won many battles, and the great hero was to plan the layout of Prince Gong Yixun, plus Prince Gong Yixun was only about forty years old, the dragon spirit and tiger fierce, the Empress Dowager Cixi favored Prince Gong Yixun, so that the policy was introduced to maintain continuity, and the country was developing in a benign direction.

Li Guolou sat in a luxurious lounge, waiting for Prince Gong to receive him, two sentries at the door stood straight with guns, motionless, like two big Buddhas, making people wonder if it was two sculptures, some people came and went, walking in a standard posture, rushing look, as if it was too late, busy.

Finally, a personal guard came out and asked Li Guolou to enter the lobby to meet the chief with a particular posture, but he saw Li Guolou bowed, hung his head, and held a notebook in both hands, signing up to see him.

"Report, Han Zanlilang Li Guolou of the Slave Punishment Department knocked on Prince Gong Jin An." Li Guolou turned over and bowed, flicked his horseshoe sleeves, knelt on a camel hair carpet on both knees, and when he saw high-ranking officials in the Qing Dynasty, he had to call himself a "slave" first, call himself a "slave", and then match the donkey's hooves to fly, and there was only the Qing Empire.

"Well, Li Guolou, stand up and talk back." Prince Gong sat on the main seat, smiling kindly, and the person next to him was Shang Shubao of the Criminal Department, and there was no trace of Zhen Yuhuan.

"Thank you, Prince Gong." Li Guolou stood upright, lowered his eyebrows and pleasing his eyes, this is also a rule, the chief did not ask, he couldn't look left and right, that was a crime of deformity, the Qing Dynasty was an official, and he had to learn officialdom etiquette first.

"Hmm······ Yes, majestic, worthy of being the tiger of the criminal department, dare to fight, hahahaha. "Prince Gong is full of spring breeze, and his first impression of Li Guolou is very good.

The last time the Yixin Criminal Department met with Li Guolou and other hundreds of officials, but it was a high-sounding polite remark, he didn't know how many local officials he had to meet in a day, and he also had to deal with official business, how could he remember Li Guolou who had a one-sided relationship, and he had long forgotten what Li Guolou looked like.

"Thank you Prince Gong for your praise, I don't dare to be an official." Li Guolou was obedient and didn't dare to show his joy.

Bao stroked his beard together, nodded and said: "Prince Gong, this person under the student is reusable, the student sells himself and boasts first, hahahaha!" ”

The two chiefs smiled meaningfully, glanced at each other, nodded slightly, and said together, "I'm right, Li Guolou looks like women, so there are so many sexual encounters!" ”

Prince Gong Yixun meant to say, "Li Guolou's first impression is okay, you can learn more!" ”

This is a society where people are judged by their appearance, officials cannot have disabilities, they must speak loudly, age is secondary, and old people who hold high regard for officials abound.

Yixun looked at the documents on the case, cleared his throat, and asked: "Li Guolou, this king took a look at your resume, it says that you are returning from abroad, and this king asks you, which countries have you been to!" ”

Li Guolou bowed and said: "Prince Gong, Xiaguan, went abroad at the age of twelve, with the ocean liner along the way to many countries and ports, those are just a bit of a visit, mainly in London, England to study, and when returning to China, Italy played for a period of time, before and after staying abroad for six years, although I have not finished my studies, but I have seen and heard a lot, I am deeply touched, and I understand a truth!" ”

"What a reason?" Yixun heard Li Guolou speak in a low tone, very pleasant to the ear, and the standard Beijing film voice couldn't help but feel a little more fond.

"If you are backward, you will be beaten, foreigners can also be used by me, knowledge knows no borders, you have to learn if you have a reason, and the words of the sage are not necessarily right." Li Guolou blurted out, he didn't take care of his mouth, and regretted it when he said it.

Yixun squinted and said, "Oh······ Then tell me where the saint said wrong! ”

Li Guolou was cold, cold sweat had flowed down, and he didn't dare to wipe the sweat, and said with a bitter face: "The lower official doesn't mean to say that the sage is wrong, but that the sage has not met unreasonable foreigners, and when he sees a leaf, he knows that the era of big trees has long ended, and the sage does not know the changes in the world, and the foreigners only know that guns are the truth, and the world needs to be injected with ideas and culture. Now God has given us such a person as Prince Gong of the Great Qing Dynasty who has the ability to govern the country and secure the country, but the people below are holding the ancestral family law to scare people, and they refuse to change anything, shrink the bird's nest and do not do, do not say, do not move, do not want to see the truth of the outside world, and are willing to hand over our own things to foreigners to do, on the contrary, let foreigners scare the court, and hand over such an important matter of the General Administration of Customs to a group of British, there are sovereign countries in the world, only our Great Qing Kingdom does this, this is our own head to let foreigners bully us, We can't resent foreigners, slaves, the four books and five classics have been read, but forgive the slaves to be honest, the sage's quotations are integrated into thousands of people, can they change the situation that our Qing Kingdom was bullied by foreigners, starting from the sale of cigarettes in Humen, nearly 40 years, and several generations of efforts have not changed, so it means that it is not good, why not go out, foreigners will, we can learn! ”

Speaking of which, Li Guolou didn't dare to continue, how could the national policy casually express different opinions, in case he said something disobedient, didn't he let the chief Bao also be implicated.

Yi Xun frowned, thought for a while, and said: "Li Guolou take your time, explain one by one, otherwise this king's brain will mess up with you, you mean that you want the state to send students to study abroad, right!" ”

Li Guolou wiped the cold sweat with his sleeve and stammered: "This is what slaves mean, the people organize their own study abroad, most of them are like slaves, they are the children of rich families, and the intelligence of students is uneven. Like the manufacture of gunpowder requires chemical knowledge, Westerners can make ** with a college student, as long as we have someone to learn in the past, it is directly to take it, like a slave at the age of thirteen to study in the UK, it is too late, it takes a lot of time to learn an English, and then learn other professional knowledge, it is very difficult, so study abroad, this matter is only done by the country, the people do not have this strength, and there are not so many reserve talents, the slave just wants to make a modest effort, and then it will not play much effect! ”

"Hahahaha." Yixun laughed, stroked his beard and nodded: "Li Guolou, you are a hero, this king has long had this idea, the court has argued for a long time, but there is no conclusion, just now you said very well, we Qing Dynasty experts can't make **, people and foreigners can make it with a college student who studies chemistry, there is such a good thing, why don't we do it, based on what you just said, this king believes that the eleven articles are written by yourself!" ”

Yixun picked up a document on the case, handed it to Bao Yi, and said: "Lord Bao, take a look, this is the eleven Chen articles written to me by the tiger of your criminal department, every sentence is heart-wrenching, and I can't sleep well at night!" ”

Bao Tong's expression was solemn, he took the paperwork, unfolded the file, and looked at it silently, he knew how ambitious Li Guolou was, it was definitely not a thing in the pool, looking at the eleven articles, which involved national policies, military affairs, educational affairs, and other departments, Bao Tong's face became more serious, he looked at Yi Xun, he didn't dare to speak out, he didn't want to be in his position, he didn't write so boldly.

Yixun raised his hand and said: "Li Guolou sat down and replied, watch tea, and the king will hold a meeting later, specifically talk about the eleven articles you wrote and the foreign affairs you just had just left, you also sit down and listen, and express your arguments, the Prime Minister's Office does not take a big hat to detain people, and the speaker is not guilty, even if you scold me!" ”

"Pierce." Li Guolou was relieved a lot, and asked him to sit down and drink tea, just to ask questions and answers for a long time, take out his pocket watch and look at the time, it was already half past three in the afternoon, and it was difficult for him to have dinner at the yamen of the Prime Minister's Office.

"That student ······" The bag owes a debt together, and I don't know whether to go or stay.

"Oh······" Yixun suddenly remembered, there was still business, and his face was unhappy: "Lord Bao, the autopsy murder case, this king has already understood clearly, this kind of thing happened, how can the country's dignity exist, to the royal face, Yuan Baoheng is not strict, and he also said great rebellion to this king, and now he is still kneeling in the courtyard to be punished, this king has pulled out his flower feather, and participated in his official position, this matter is here, don't try it three times, reward that kid with a yellow silk, and then give this king a bone and ashes, just when there is no one in the world, destroy the file about that kid, Got it! ”

"If you understand, the students will do it themselves." Bao breathed a sigh of relief, Prince Gong Yixun killed his relatives in righteousness, he really had heroism, but it was a pity that he was so good at being led by a woman by the nose, and refused to cross the emperor's throne.

Li Guolou was also secretly happy, as he expected, with the assistance of Chen Rong, the head of the guards of Prince Gong's Mansion, and others, there was no need for the people of the Criminal Department to bother to speak, these four guards would tell the truth, and Chen Rong, the head of the guard, who was full of righteousness, would never participate in a trace of falsehood.

Similarly, Li Guolou secretly looked at Prince Yixun, who was fair-skinned and graceful, so as a prime minister, why didn't he have ambitions, the emperor's throne was close at hand, and it was reasonable to say that his brother died and his brother was replaced, and there was no reason to be cheap The hairy boy was a teenager.

There are many meeting rooms in the Yamen of the Prime Minister's Palace, and Li Guolou is only a small conference hall, Prince Gong Yixun and Bao explained a few words together, let Li Guolou stay for the meeting, and then left the conference hall to prepare for the next round of meetings.

Yixin left with the entourage of two secretaries, and was about to meet other visitors, Zhen Yuhuan immediately flashed out of a door next to him, and said with a smile: "Xiaolou, be frightened!" ”

At this time, Li Guolou dared to take out a handkerchief, wipe the sweat stains on his forehead, and nodded: "I'm scared to death, even my hands have been trembling, Lord Bao, am I talking badly!" ”

Bao nodded together and said: "Well, there is a little bit, it is a little more powerful at the beginning, and it is better in the back, Captain Li, this is not a shame, people are so nervous that people abound when they enter the palace, you are really, why don't you write a sentence on the Chen Tiao, so I can stay for a meeting!" ”

Li Guolou smiled embarrassedly: "Master Bao, under your leadership of the Criminal Department, I don't see anything bad, or learn the concession, and change the name of the arrest and government service to the police, now the local police have been called police, coroner, police station, many terms have long been changed, do we also have to keep pace with the times!" ”

"Hey." Bao shook his head and said: "Captain Li, if you don't mention it, now the official documents in various places have been messed up, and I often get some words that I can't understand, and I also asked Master Lin to get a booklet to write down all kinds of proper nouns, otherwise it will be circulated by various departments, and many old scholars can't understand it, it's funny to say, Miao Jiang, the Miao Tusi is in charge of the Manchurians, and the Han magistrates are called the emperor, and the Tongzhi Emperor is called the Emperor of the Forbidden City. ”

"Yes, fortunately, there is still Prince Gong." Li Guolou smiled bitterly at the bag, and the two smart people had already seen the precursors of local chaos.

The Qing Empire implemented the supervision system locally, divided into 18 provinces such as Zhili, Shandong, Shanxi and five provincial-level administrative regions such as Heilongjiang General's Mansion, at this time has shown shortcomings, there are precursors of division and separation, the warlord pattern is buried hidden dangers at this time, the central government has strong people like the Empress Dowager Cixi, Prince Gong Yixun is in charge, and there are loyal and patriotic Li Hongzhang, Zuo Zongtang and other capable people are a little better, if the ability of the head of the central government is slightly worse, plus foreigners interfere in local government affairs, the local government is immediately ready to move has a tendency to **.

Zeng Guoquan, the governor of Hunan, once called his brother Zeng Guofan to lead the Hunan army to rebel, and asked Zeng Guofan to be the emperor, but Zeng Guofan was loyal to the Qing Dynasty and was dedicated to being a loyal and patriotic person, and he was not bewitched by his subordinates, and history was not rewritten, but the problem of excessive power of the local governor has been formed, and a small financial and military kingdom has begun to take shape.