"Yes," Zhou Wensheng replied, "I have found several imperial histories, all of whom often listen to music and books on the flyover, and some often help some artists change their books and make up poems, and these are all people who are easy to fight and hold grievances, and they have long wanted to attack Wan Chao!" ”

Su Xiaoliu has read many old cross talk books, and from some cross talk texts handed down from the Qing Dynasty, he probably knows some stories about the late Qing Dynasty, so he can't help asking: "Mr. Zhou, aren't most of the imperial histories from Hanlin?" How can a person who can be admitted to the Jinshi and become a Hanlin lower his value to get together with the artists? ”

"The sixth master only knows one thing, but he doesn't know the other." Zhou Wensheng explained to him, "Originally, these talented people from Jinshi either participated in the government with their hearts, or went to study the scriptures and classics, and some of them were lustful and would raise the top brand of the Eight Hutongs or something, and most of them were unwilling to be in the company of ninth-rate artists like our Tianqiao!" It's just that since the opium beacon, the situation has changed somewhat! ”

"Things have changed?" Su Xiaoliu said strangely, "What has become?" ”

Zhou Wensheng felt that it was a long story, so he briefly organized the language and told Su Xiaoliu about the "situation".

It turned out that after the Opium War, because Emperor Daoguang tended to be the "main peace faction" and blamed the war on the "main war faction" who advocated the ban on smoking, the Han official group that was once determined to fight was hit hard after the war. After Lin Zexu and Deng Tingzhen, who were in charge of razing affairs in Guangdong Province, were condemned, Wang Ding, the head of the Han officials in the center of the imperial court and the minister of military aircraft known as the "Pucheng Xiangguo", repeatedly admonished Mu Zhangabna, who attacked the "main peace faction", and admonished each other with death, resulting in the Han official group being leaderless in the court.

In addition, Tao Shu and Zhou Tianjue, who were far-sighted among the Han bureaucrats, were also suspended and demoted, and Jin Yinglin, Chen Qingyong, and other imperial historians who were once known as the "Four Tigers of the Imperial Palace" in the Metropolitan Procuratorate were also suppressed by Mu Zhang'a and his faction. Therefore, in the following years, the Qing school of the imperial court has been in a scattered situation, and many upright people who are unwilling to join the two factions of Dingjun Wang Zaiquan and Mu Zhang'a will place their affection on landscape poetry and painting, folk customs, and seek sustenance.

Among them, some people set their sights on the Tianqiao artists, including the editors of the Hanlin Academy, the officials and directors of the six departments, and some imperial histories that can directly fold the words. With their natural sense of social responsibility as scholars, they thought that they could not contribute to the country in the court, so they went deep into the folk countryside to warn the world as their goal.

In the process of re-creation, they emphasized, in the form of satire from the past and the present, emphasized the social reality of the mediocrity of the imperial court and the rule of traitorous officials, praised the patriotic behavior of loyal ministers and good generals in history, and called on talents from all walks of life to actively contribute to the country and the people.

As the head of the Tianqiao Changchun Society, Zhou Wensheng also got acquainted with many of these upright people who were officials in the court, so when he proposed to several of them to participate in Wan Chao, these imperial histories felt that they could go to the wall again and fight against the injustices in the world, so they readily agreed.

Su Xiaoliu listened to his explanation, combined with some knowledge of the late Qing Dynasty that he knew, and immediately understood the reason. So, he thought about it and felt that it would be more convincing to let these non-partisan and non-factional Qing School Imperial History participate in Wan Chao than to spend money to "buy ginseng" in the Imperial History.

So Su Xiaoliu privately took out a silver ticket of one thousand taels and handed it to Zhou Wensheng, instructing him to encourage these imperial histories to fold up and attack Wan Chao as soon as possible, this thousand taels of silver, whether it is used as a pen for these imperial histories, or as the cost of banquets, or as a living allowance for these honest officials, I hope Zhou Wensheng can do this. However, Su Xiaoliu also earnestly warned him not to tell these imperial histories that the silver was made by himself, just say that it was the public expense of the Tianqiao Changchun Society.

Zhou Wensheng was naturally happy to do such an errand that could win favors everywhere, so he took the silver ticket and said solemnly: "Sixth master, rest assured, I will write down every amount of silver sent out in detail, and then send the bottom list to the sixth master for review!" ”

[Netizen]: Su Xiaoliu is looking for the imperial history of the "dark flower"!

[Netizen]: The question is, can you believe the words of this old fritter?

[Netizen]: That's right, don't spend a hundred taels, and finally take out an invoice of one thousand taels and come back for reimbursement!

[Netizen]: Is there an invoice in this era?

[Netizen]: It seems that there are also reimbursement lists and account books!

[Netizen]: There have been such things as reporting accounts and eating kickbacks since ancient times, not to mention in this corrupt late Qing Dynasty!

[Netizen]: That's it, I think most of Xiao Liu's 1,000 taels of silver must have ended up in the pocket of this old fritter!

[Netizen]: Alas, Xiaoliu is still too shallow in the world!

Su Xiaoliu squinted and saw the worries of netizens in the live broadcast room, although he didn't care that Zhou Wensheng, an old Jianghu, would be greedy for silver, but he was afraid that he would miss the big event of participating in Wanchao because of his greed for these silver taels, so he decided to secretly warn him again: "Mr. Zhou, this matter is very important, if there is any imperial history who can fold and participate, you and write down the name and the folding draft of his performance, and I must make a special trip to thank this imperial historian in person!" ”

The meaning of these words is to remind Zhou Wensheng that after there is a twist and turn in the imperial history, he will meet with this imperial history when he turns back, and when he asks in person, how much silver he has sent, it is naturally clear, so warn Zhou Wensheng not to make a hindrance from it.

Zhou Wensheng also knew in his heart the weight of Prince Zheng's Mansion behind Su Xiaoliu, and naturally he would not offend the magnates of the imperial court because of a thousand taels of silver, so he nodded and said yes again and again, and reassured Su Xiaoliu, saying that he would do his best to promote this matter.

After settling down, Du Jincian in the prison cell couldn't help but be extremely moved when he saw Su Xiaoliu spending another thousand taels for his own business, and he knelt down in the fence at the moment, wanting to kowtow to Su Xiaoliu to thank him.

Su Xiaoliu waved his hand again and again to refuse, but he couldn't resist Du Jinchan to forcibly bow down, so he had to stretch his arm into the fence to help her up, but in the chaos, Su Xiaoliu's hand inadvertently touched Du Jinchan's chest, so he couldn't help but exclaim: "Oh, no, my nosebleed came out again!" ”

After that, Su Xiaoliu ran out with a handkerchief, and said to Du Jincian while running: "Girl, don't be polite, go back and wait for you to come out, I'll set up a banquet and set up wine, you just have a few glasses to me!" ”

Du Jincian knelt on the ground with a long body, and was moved to tears: "Sixth master, rest assured, the little girl will definitely toast and thank you!" ”

When he walked out of the cell, it was already evening, Zhou Wensheng said goodbye first, and then Su Xiaoliu also went to the front office to see Duanhua and Prince Yiyi. After Su Xiaoliu explained his thoughts to Duanhua and Yicheng, both of them felt that this arrangement was very good, and they also told Su Xiaoliu that they had handed over the general soldier Yinxin of the Yamen, the commander of the infantry army, in accordance with the edict of the Empress Dowager Gongci.

At this time, it was getting late, Duanhua asked the messenger for the time, and hurriedly said to Su Xiaoliu: "Quick, we have to rush back to the palace, Amma's mourning hall has been arranged, and at this moment, our five sons need to light the 'guiding lamp' for his old man's house, and it will be unlucky if the hour is late!" ”

Su Xiaoliu was about to ask what this "guiding light" was, but before he could ask, he was pulled into the carriage by Duanhua, and after hurriedly saying goodbye to Prince Zheng, he galloped all the way to Prince Zheng's mansion.