Xianfeng always thought that he was the most unlucky emperor in the history of the Qing Dynasty, and when he was a prince, he had been living in the shadow of the brilliant sixth brother Yixun, until the last moment, when he was lucky to win the throne; The dead ghost Ama Daoguang occupied the throne for thirty years before he kicked his legs to the eighteenth layer of hell, leaving him with a stall of internal and external troubles; Finally ascended the throne and became the emperor, when there was a disturbance in the south of the long-haired bandits, and the more and more trouble, they had already entered Hunan from Guangxi, which seriously endangered the ruling foundation of the Xianfeng Dynasty, which made Xianfeng hurt his brain and gray hair, and also made Xianfeng the most humiliating and scumbag emperor in the Qing Dynasty for more than 200 years.

Xianfeng hated, hated his talented sixth brother and compared him! Hate his waste Amma and leave him a mess! The courtiers and slaves who hated him were incompetent and useless, and they did not fulfill their duties as slaves to assist him in governing the Qing Dynasty! I hate the long-haired bandits even more and refuse to be slaves obediently, but they want to rebel and rebel! But what Xianfeng hates the most is the foreign devil who kicks his nose and face step by step!

It was precisely because of his hatred of the foreigners and the humiliating treaties that the foreigners forced the Qing court to sign one after another, that the first major thing Xianfeng did after ascending the throne was to remove Mu Zhang'a, the minister of military aircraft who was sent to represent the lord, and the second major thing was to severely reward Xu Guangjin, the governor of Liangguang, and Ye Mingchen, the governor of Guangdong, who organized the people to prevent British merchants from living in Guangzhou!

As a result, this hand also received a satisfactory effect for Xianfeng, not only the troublesome matter about negotiating with foreigners almost disappeared - although this was because Xu Guangjin and Ye Mingchen deliberately detained, the government and the opposition also sounded a huge anti-foreign xenophobic voice, courtiers and servants were proud of their anti-foreign hatred, and the call for completely cutting off trade with foreigners also came and went, if it weren't for the internal trouble of long hair, Xianfeng would definitely have followed his ancestor Kangxi the Great with many special marks on his face, The Holy Decree drove all the foreigners out of the Qing Dynasty!

In this context, after Yang Wending and Yuan Zubi respectively impeached Wu Jianzhang and sent them to the capital, they naturally received satisfactory results, and what was even more unfortunate for Wu Jianzhang's ancestors and grandchildren was that although the current chief military minister Qi Liaozao was relatively not so conservative and ignorant, and was more able to accept emerging things, but Yang Yuan's performance was first seen by Mu Yin, who was detained and arrested by the xenophobic representative of the Military Aircraft Department and even the British negotiators, so in a fit of anger, Mu Yin didn't even think about it, Taking advantage of the opportunity of Xianfeng to come to the military aircraft, he directly skipped Qi Liaozao and handed the folds of Yang Yuan and the others directly in front of Xianfeng, and as a result, Emperor Xianfeng was of course furious, and slapped the table and smashed the bench on the spot.

"Daring! It's just daring! Emperor Xianfeng patted the dragon case and roared: "This Wu Jianzhang dares to connive at his grandson to openly help foreigners to preach, and he also dares to let his grandson help foreigners buy land and expand the concession, it is simply bold!" Wild! This dog slave has eaten the gall of a leopard, and he even dares to do such a traitorous thing?! ”

"Long live, this Wu Jianzhang was originally a traitor seeking glory, and it is not surprising that he did such a thing." Mu Yin added fuel and vinegar and said: "Four years ago, in the Qingpu teaching case, he was responsible for negotiating peace with foreigners, not only did not investigate the crime of foreigners for violating the ban on preaching, but also forced the people of Qingpu to raise money to compensate foreigners, which caused the Qingpu people's resentment to boil, and also made the foreigners' arrogance more arrogant. ”

After that, Mu Yin couldn't help but add: "Also, Yang Wending, the governor of Jiangsu, is rampant in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and he is under the banner of worshiping God and believing in Jesus. ”

"Dog thief!" Xianfeng scolded a swear word, and shouted again: "Draft, immediately remove this Wu Jianzhang from all official positions, and hand it over to the ministry!" Also, I arrested his grandson and handed it over to the Criminal Department to discuss the crime! ”

Things have come to this point, the original wishful thinking of Yang Futai and Yuan Xianzun has been achieved, and Wu Jianzhang and Wu Chaoyue's ancestors and grandchildren are also destined to be unlucky. However, it is a pity that the heavenly prince helps the evil but not the good, but there is also a chief military aircraft Qi Liaozao present, Qi Liaozao, whose character is barely good, is not only somewhat friendly with Wu Jianzhang's backer who has kicked his legs, but also quite dissatisfied Mu Yin skipped him and directly submitted the local recital to Xianfeng, so in order to reflect the majesty of his chief military minister, Qi Liaozao stood up and said a fair word, saying: "Long live, although the matter of Yang Wending and Yuan Zubi's report is hateful, but the whole article is reported, and no real evidence is presented. It seems that it is a bit too prudent to dismiss Wu Jianzhang from his post and interrogate him on this basis, and in the opinion of the ministers, it is best to convict him after a detailed investigation. ”

"What else to check?" Mu Yin, who had already taken aim at Qi Liaozao's position, objected: "Wu Jianzhang is just a small platform, what impact does it have to be dismissed first and questioned, and then his crimes will be investigated?" ”

"Mu Zhongtang, forgive the old man for a reminder." Qi Liaozao said quietly: "Wu Jianzhang is indeed just a four-grade Taoist platform, but he is still in charge of the Shanghai Customs supervision of the collection of tariffs, and the amount of tariffs collected by the Ministry of Households to Shanghai Customs is 42,000 taels, but Wu Jianzhang collected more than 330,000 taels of silver tariffs for the imperial court last year, the amount ranks first among the five major customs, more than eight times the amount required by the imperial court, and the Ministry of Household has specially rewarded the following. Is it a bit too much for such an official who is so effective in collecting taxes to dismiss him directly from his post with just a prop report and a guess in the air? ”

Mu Yin was speechless, and Xianfeng was also a little shaken - the current Qing Dynasty court used money and silver everywhere in order to pacify the long-haired bandits, and the military expenditure was very amazing, and the customs, an increasingly important source of wealth, could not afford to lose anything. And Mu Yin, who was determined to curry favor with Xianfeng by being xenophobic and anti-foreign, rolled his eyes and said: "Long live, since this is the case, it is better to send a minister to Shanghai to investigate this matter, if what Yang Wending and others have done is true, let the minister of the mission dismiss Wu Jianzhang on the spot, and let the minister of the mission visit the customs collection of Shanghai Customs by the way, to see if there are officials in this important place of wealth who have filled their pockets, and also to see if there is anything that can be opened up and reduced." ”

Xianfeng was very satisfied when he heard this, and immediately nodded in agreement, and Qi Liaozao and Wu Jianzhang are neither related nor for a reason, just saying a good word for Wu Jianzhang just now is just dissatisfied with Mu Yin's overstepping report, and now Mu Yin's arrogance of arbitrariness has been suppressed, of course, Qi Liaozao immediately seconded the proposal - Qi Liaozao has a little friendship with Wu Jianzhang's backer, but this relationship is not enough for Qi Liaozao to completely offend a military minister for Wu Jianzhang. Then Xianfeng thought about it for a while, and soon said: "Okay, I will send Shangshu Weng of the Ministry of Industry to be the minister of the Qincha, and immediately rush to Shanghai to investigate this matter, if what Yang Wending and others have done is true, Wu Jianzhang and his grandson will be taken down immediately and brought to the capital to be handed over to the ministry to discuss the crime." Let Weng Xincun visit the collection of customs duties and silver in Shanghai and the detailed accounts by the way, and if there is any corruption by officials, they will be dealt with together! ”

As soon as Mu Yin heard the great joy, he immediately knelt down to receive the decree, and ran to draft the decree for Xianfeng. Qi Liaozao's eyelids moved slightly, knowing that Xianfeng was determined to want Wu Jianzhang's head - because Shangshu Weng of the Ministry of Industry was not only the leader of Qingliu in the imperial court, but also had a disagreement with donors like Wu Jianzhang, and he was also a xenophobic representative in the imperial court, and he had always hated foreigners. - But, it's still the same sentence, anyway, this matter is not about Qi Dajun's birds, and Qi Dajun's military aircraft certainly didn't object to stop it.

By the way, this is called Weng Xincun's Ministry of Works, friends may not be very familiar with it, but he has a son's name, friends must know, coincidentally, Weng Xincun's son just won the Shuntianfu Township test, and he happened to be next to Weng Xincun, and he happened to be free............

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Being in Shanghai, Wu Chaoyue of course didn't know that there were already people in the capital who were determined to fix him, and because the factory equipment had to be shipped from Hong Kong and the United Kingdom, Wu Chaoyue was still very idle during this time, in addition to flirting with beautiful maids every day, the most he could do was to go to the dock to the concession to hang out, and meet foreigner friends who had more common languages - in this era, it is true that only foreigners and Wu Chaoyue have more common language. At the same time, under Wu Chaoyue's repeated persuasion, several foreign priests have also been discussing how to jointly open a church school to provide free education for the children of the poor people, but such a good thing is not something that can be done overnight, and it also takes time to plan and prepare.

In the meantime, something happened to Wu Chaoyue's surprise that Liu Lichuan, a thug of the Wu family who had not been very optimistic about Wu Chaoyue's factory, didn't know what medicine he had taken wrong, so he came twice or three times to inquire about Wu Chaoyue's partnership with foreigners to build a factory, and the last time he simply asked for a bidding invitation from Wu Chaoyue. When Wu Chaoyue asked the reason in confusion, Liu Lichuan also told the truth and said: "It's my brother Zhou Lichun who asked for it, don't you want him to help you work as a worker in Qingpu?" He was a little tempted by this matter, but he was still a little skeptical, so he wanted to know more about you and the foreigners joining forces to build a factory, so that he could dare to go back and persuade his fellow villagers to come to Shanghai to work for you. ”

As soon as he heard that it was a good thing, Wu Chaoyue did not doubt it, and very generously asked Liu Lichuan to take away a tender invitation printed to foreigners, and asked Liu Lichuan to help him persuade Zhou Lichun's father and daughter to open their eyes to the world, and not always think about what protection fees to collect with the help of the gang, which can not earn any money and hurt nature. Liu Lichuan agreed, and said with a smile: "Beyond, your Uncle Lichun's impression of you seems to have changed a little during this time, do you and my eldest niece think about it again?" Do you want Uncle Yuan to help you talk about it again? ”

Regarding Zhou Xiuying's appearance and face, Wu Chaoyue is a hundred and ten thousand satisfied, but Zhou Xiuying's temper Wu Chaoyue is really unbearable. So after listening to Liu Lichuan's words, although Wu Chaoyue was somewhat tempted, he still shook his head and said: "Forget it, unless your niece promises to wash my feet personally every night after getting married, and she is not allowed to lose her temper at every turn, I will never consider it." ”

Liu Lichuan rolled her eyes when she heard this, and said in her heart, "Your eldest nephew, you look like that, if you don't give my beautiful niece footwashing water, you should be Amitabha, and I want her to wash your feet every day, dream about you! So Liu Lichuan didn't mention this matter again, and immediately gave up, leaving Wu Chaoyue, who was actually very coveted by Zhou Xiuying, to fantasize in his heart in the room, "Is there any way to make that tigress change her bad temper?" If I can make her virtuous and gentle, I am willing to suffer a loss. ”

After a few days, it was really boring, Wu Chaoyue once again led Wu Dadao and other dogs to the Shanghai dock to relieve their boredom, and although those foreign priests had agreed to take turns to preach at the dock in batches, no longer all squatting on the dock and waiting, but the workers on the Shanghai dock had obviously developed the habit of reciting the Bible collectively before boarding the foreign ship. Seeing this scene, Wu Chaoyue nodded with satisfaction, and of course remembered the matter of urging Father Yang to hurry up the construction of the school.

It may be that good people have good rewards, every time Wu Chaoyue ponders the good deeds of building a school on the dock, he can meet the little beauty Zhou Xiuying, who he actually covets very much, but this time it turned out to be the same, in a blink of an eye, Wu Chaoyue actually saw Zhou Xiuying again - the little girl has changed back to the fisherman's dress when she first met Wu Chaoyue, and she also rocked the fishing boat to the side of the outer wharf, and was selling fresh fish to passers-by.

I hadn't seen Zhou Xiuying for a while, Wu Chaoyue was really itching, so he simply ran directly to Zhou Xiuying's fish beach, so he asked casually: "Shimei, why did you come here to sell fish?" Isn't the fish market on the other side of the Wusong River? ”

Zhou Xiuying, who had seen Wu Chaoyue for a long time, still had an indifferent expression, deliberately not looking directly at Wu Chaoyue, who was as thin as firewood, and said coldly: "There are too many fish caught today, and they can't be sold on the Wusongjiang wharf. ”

"That's right, don't stick to the old ways, learn to be flexible." Wu Chaoyue said in a tone of lesson: "Who said that fish must be sold in the fish market, and it is wise to sell there when there are many people." Well, business must be good, right? ”

Glancing at Wu Chaoyue, Zhou Xiuying sneered and said: "I'm sorry, you're wrong, there are many people here, but the workers are too poor to eat fish, and the rich are used to selling fish in the fish market, so I have only sold two fish until now, and I am planning to close the stall or reduce the price, and I will not come here to sell fish again in the future." ”

Rubbing his nose in embarrassment, Wu Chaoyue said with a wry smile: "Everything is difficult at the beginning, and the business will definitely not be too good at the beginning, but it doesn't matter, your business will definitely be good when you get to the casual workers, and you will definitely be able to sell it all out by then." ”

"What if I can't sell out?" Zhou Xiuying asked coldly.

"I buy it, I buy it all." Wu Chaoyue didn't think about it, and blurted out: "I bought vegetables for the brothers of the Double Knife Society, no matter how many I wanted." ”

Hearing this, Zhou Xiuying, whose family background can only be regarded as well-off, was somewhat tempted, and hesitated for a moment, Zhou Xiuying also had a good face towards Wu Chaoyue for the first time, and asked: "Ask you something, those foreigners are so rich, why don't they buy fish from me?" There have been several groups of foreigners, all of whom looked at the fish and left, none of them bought, don't foreigners eat fish? ”

After a cursory glance at the fish sold by Zhou Xiuying, Wu Chaoyue shrugged his shoulders and said: "It's not that foreigners don't eat fish, it's that they only eat sea fish with less spines and thick meat, such as salmon and tuna, what you sell is either carp or crucian carp, sea bass, and even we Shanghainese think that there are many spiny saury, of course foreigners can't eat it, so they won't buy it." ”

Zhou Xiuying suddenly realized, and couldn't help but ask curiously: "Those foreign fish you are talking about, are they really less spiny and thicker?" Compared with our fish in the Qing Dynasty, whose fish is delicious? ”

With the opportunity to show off in front of the beauties, Wu Chaoyue was of course not polite, and immediately nodded and said: "Salmon and tuna are indeed less spines and thick meat, those fish not only have fewer bones, but the fish bones are also very thick, and they can be easily separated from the meat." As for the taste, each has its own strengths, freshwater fish is delicious and sweet, marine fish is thick and oily, and good sea fish meat is better than tender beef, depending on everyone's habits and preferences. ”

Seeing that Zhou Xiuying was fascinated by what she heard, Wu Chaoyue couldn't help but say again: "But from a health point of view, the sea fish that foreigners like to eat is better for the body, the fish meat has fewer parasites, and it is rich in unsaturated fatty acids, eating it is good for the brain and body, and it is not easy to gain weight." If you like to eat raw fish, then you should give the first choice to foreign sea fish, eat our freshwater fish from the Qing Dynasty, and if you are not careful, you will have worms in your stomach. ”

Wu Chaoyue's words, Zhou Xiuying understood the last sentence, and was curious and just wanted to ask why there were worms in the stomach when eating freshwater fish, but he didn't expect that a strange voice suddenly came from the side, and he sneered in the standard Beijing official dialect: "Alarmist, my Chinese people have eaten carp and saury for thousands of years, and they can't even catch up with the fish eaten by foreigners?" Admiration of the foreign outside, ridiculous, ridiculous! ”

Hearing this, Wu Chaoyue was of course surprised and turned around, but saw two men behind him, an old man and a young man, the old one in his sixties with a white beard, and the younger one in his twenty-two or three years old, looking very handsome, and at the same time, the appearance of the two was also very similar, it seemed that the relationship between father and son or grandchildren was great. And when the young man saw Wu Chaoyue looking back at himself, he sneered and said: "This brother, listening to your words, it seems that you have a lot of respect for foreigners. ”

"Boy, what did you say?" Finally, it was Wu Chaoyue's turn to be powerful, and immediately jumped out and habitually threatened: "Do you know who my son-in-law is?" Young Master Wu, who is prepared for the war, have you heard of it? ”

"Young Master Wu, who is ready for the war?" The young man's eyes suddenly lit up for no reason, and a mysterious smile appeared on his face, and he arched his hand and said, "Young Master Wu, I have admired the great name for a long time. ”

"You're welcome, you're welcome." Wu Chaoyue returned the salute and asked suspiciously: "What is Brother Tai's surname?" ”

"Under the surname Weng." The young man was very arrogant, and only answered his surname, and then said: "Young Master Wu, it doesn't matter if you have a name, it's just strange that you eat our Qing fish, you say that eating our Qing Dynasty fish will have worms in your stomach, where is it?" Why have you never heard of it? ”

A little dissatisfied with the arrogant attitude of the young man surnamed Weng, Wu Chaoyue was too lazy to talk nonsense with this kind of stupid fork who reads eight shares and reads stupidity, and Zhou Xiuying, who had thought about the other side, also said: "Yes, you said that there will be worms in the stomach of the fish that eat our Daqing, why have I never heard of it?" I've been eating fish since I was a child, why don't I have worms in my stomach? You can't be talking nonsense, right? ”