What is for the courtiers!

For Lin Zhiping, in his opinion, being a courtier is to do a good job as a courtier, for them who were just ordinary scholars in Huangzhou City more than ten years ago, it is extremely difficult to enjoy the respect of an earl now, yes, he is very satisfied.

When facing outsiders, he is always grateful.

He really has nothing to be dissatisfied with, as the earliest Wenchen from Long, although he has never been as prominent as Hu Wenzhonggong, nor as the leader of Wenchen as Zhang Liangji and Luo Bingzhang, but he is still very satisfied, after all, back then, he was just an ordinary scholar who had at most dreamed of becoming an official in the court

Because the requirements are not high, there is naturally no other luxury.

Some people are peaceful, but some people are not as peaceful as him, such as Li Ziyuan, although he also enjoys the earl, but for him, how to go to the next level and enjoy the position of the prince of the country is his dream, although for civil officials, this is almost an insurmountable threshold, but he still dares to think and is willing to pay for it.

Just like now, the reason why Li Ziyuan came to Lin Zhiping was to plan for the future.

"I heard that the dividend of one share of Huainan Coal Mine is as much as 10 yuan, and the more than 20,000 shares invested by Zhongping that year are not more than 200,000? When it comes to the vision of investment, Zhong Ping can really be said to be the first person in the dynasty! ”

There are both compliments and envy in these words, after all, when they invested in Huainan Coal Mine, His Majesty had specially asked them if they were interested in investing, compared to Lin Zhiping who invested most of his wealth in Huainan Coal Mine, Li Ziyuan only invested tens of thousands of yuan, but more than 1,000 shares, and now that little red, in his opinion, is not even enough for the Li family's expenses for a few months.

"Hehe, speaking of which, it's all Your Majesty's grace!"

Lin Zhiping is still the same as in the past, still looking old and quite satisfied.

"Back then, if it weren't for His Majesty's allocation, how could my brother have invested all his net worth in Huainan Road Mine, or Your Majesty has a vision, although China has a lot of coal, but most of the coal mines are in the north, and most of his daily coal is concentrated along the Yangtze River, Huainan Road Mine is the closest big coal mine from the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and anyone who invests is a sure thing......"

As in the past, Lin Zhiping attributed all this to His Majesty's grace, of course, it is true, if the biggest characteristic of this Majesty is, it is that he will not let his courtiers suffer poverty, in addition to the rich money, I am afraid that the more important thing is that he will help his courtiers "make a fortune", of course, not through corruption. In the Chinese Dynasty, there has always been zero tolerance for corruption and bribery, and there is even a precedent for officials of the feudal realm to be dismissed for accepting fish from others that are only worth a few dozen cents.

The real treatment of the officials of the corresponding Chinese Dynasty is really high, and the number of Yu Lu is not to mention that of the former Qing Dynasty. If that courtier has no money, His Majesty will know about it, and he will also think of helping him "get rid of poverty" and help him invest in some enterprises.

As a close minister, Lin Zhiping of course knows that His Majesty's intention to do this is not just the so-called "high salary and honesty", but more importantly, in order to change the attitude of the people towards business and enterprises, with these officials as a model investment enterprise, those gentry are all following suit, or investing in factories or doing business, or participating in shares, so that the domestic economy has flourished in recent years, and how many problems can be solved by relying only on government investment, the key is to mobilize the wealth of the people.

Just like this year, the private investment has exceeded 10 billion yuan, such a huge investment, the stimulating effect on the economy, far more than the government investment, in fact, the government investment is compressing, after all, the debt during the war is a lot of pressure for the government, just the interest on the bonds, it needs to repay hundreds of millions of yuan every year.

The key is to mobilize the wealth of the people and gather sand into a tower, so as to promote the development of the country's industrial and commercial economy. His Majesty's vision is by no means comparable to that of these courtiers. It is precisely because of this that all along, as long as His Majesty says that it is good to invest, Lin Yeping will definitely not be left behind, and he has always invested as much as he wanted.

According to outside estimates, last year, he invested in the dividends of a few companies, more than one million yuan, and now these dividends have been invested by him in the railways of the Americas, as well as the opening of American routes, in the future, his returns will only increase.

At this point, Li Ziyuan's vision is far inferior to him, although his fiefdom in Africa is now flourishing day by day, but the return on industrial investment is only a hundred thousand per year, and this money is only enough for him to maintain a decent life, after all, as a nobleman...... It costs a lot of money.

"Actually, speaking of which, my brother should be grateful to someone!"

Looking at Lin Zhiping, Li Ziyuan said tentatively.

"Over the years, the royal property has been managed by Concubine Rong! After all, His Majesty has already handed these over to Concubine Rong! ”

Li Ziyuan's words made Lin Zhiping slightly stunned, but he didn't look up, but just sat there and picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, and at the same time thought about it by drinking tea.

Concubine Rong, that is, Rong Minghui, who was born in the Rong family of the Thirteen Lines of Guangdong, has not only been responsible for the operation of the royal industry over the years, but also a shareholder of the Guangdong-Han Railway Company, and naturally, she is also the biggest backer of Guangdong businessmen in the court.

Rich...... This is the most profound impression of Concubine Rong from the outside world, after all, His Majesty is very good at investment, and Concubine Rong is better at management, under her management, the expansion of the imperial property in recent years is only several times, not to mention anything else, just from the royal family can take out more than 30 million yuan a year to fund education, you can see the royal financial resources.

But on the other hand, everyone knows that Concubine Rong is not only His Majesty's concubine, she is also a mother! Her son, that is, the second prince. For the officials and businessmen of Guangdong Province, they naturally hope that the second prince will one day become the crown prince, as for the current crown prince...... is not their person, or rather, the relationship with Guangdong Province is too far, unlike Concubine Rong, who broke bones and tendons with Guangdong Province. Therefore, they all show their eyes for the second prince in various ways, and Concubine Rong, of course, is also intentional or unintentional, and will always bring the second prince to the activities of the education fund, as for the crown prince, at most he will attend the annual meeting. Now in the people, although the second prince is young, but his reputation is very good, this is all piled up by Concubine Rong with money, after all, the royal family earns money to spend money - in order to do good deeds, and His Majesty cannot attend all the occasions, Concubine Rong earns money, and is also responsible for spending money, those charities are all promoted by Concubine Rong, and the corresponding second prince is also stained - he will always participate in those affairs as a representative of His Majesty.

Money is a good thing, and with money, you can get back your reputation. At this point, the crown prince is naturally not incomparable, although his uncle controls the Hanyang Group, but the Hanyang Group, in addition to the government's shares, is the royal shares, as a manager, he naturally can't be like Concubine Rong, at the request of His Majesty, take out tens of millions of dollars a year for education and other good deeds.

In the past few years, under the deliberate management of Concubine Rong, as the reputation of the second prince among the people has become higher and higher, in addition to the officials and businessmen of Guangdong Province, of course, there are some people, and some people have devoted themselves to Concubine Rong and the second prince, such as Li Ziyuan in front of him, is one of them, he is an old minister in the court, and he is also the leader of the civil officials of several southwestern provinces.

While Lin Zhiping was thinking about this, Li Ziyuan said with a smile.

"Zhongping, I remember the first year of Kaihong, at the banquet in the palace, Concubine Rong once hugged the third lady of your family, the third lady is carved like a pity, Concubine Rong has praised more than once, in recent years, Mrs. Rong has been going to the palace less and less often because of physical reasons, I heard Neiko say that Concubine Rong misses Mrs. Rong, especially the third lady, very much......"

With a "grunt", Lin Zhiping immediately understood Li Ziyuan's intention, he came to the door today, not for anything else, but for his daughter...... Taking a sip of tea, Lin Zhiping forced himself to calm down, this will be considered to be his understanding, Li Ziyuan is trying to drag him into troubled waters, he came to the door this time, nine times out of ten is to say kiss, if Ping'er marries the second prince and is engaged, then no matter what, he will stand on his side as a father-in-law, in this way, it is equivalent to the Huguang officials standing with him, after all, Lin Zhiping, as a native of Hubei, has a great influence on Huguang officials, and with the support of him and Huguang officials, the position of the prince will be ...... That's really shaking!

This Li Ziyuan!

Thinking in his heart, although the future of his daughter becoming the queen made Lin Zhiping's heart excited, he knew very well that if he made this choice, he would no longer be able to stay out of the matter like now, and at that time, no matter who it looked like, he had already made a choice.

Second Prince......

Is the second prince really reliable?

Recalling several contacts with the second prince, although it is not denied that he is a very smart prince, the prince is also extremely smart, and ...... Your Majesty's side!

The most important thing is Your Majesty!

Thinking that His Majesty has been taking the prince with him for many years, and he has spared no effort in cultivating him, in this case, unless the prince has caused a monstrous disaster, otherwise His Majesty will not be able to violate the inheritance law and abolish the crown prince.

This pool of water ...... It's too deep, it's not easy to go!

Prince, Prince...... Does the crown prince know now that Li Ziyuan has arrived at his house?

"Oh, is it Qi Amber? The king knows! ”

Zhu Fenghai, who was wearing a black military uniform, listened to the report of the attendant officer when the car stopped, just nodded slightly, and then raised his eyes to look at the building in front of him, this is a European-style building, there is a black iron fence outside the courtyard, and at the top of the building, a star-striped flag flutters.

After his father went to Sulphur, he was in charge of the country as the crown prince, and after learning of the assassination of US President Lincoln, he made a decision almost without thinking - to come to the United States Ambassador on behalf of his father to mourn Lincoln. He even sent a message of condolence to the U.S. government and Lincoln's widow in the name of his father.

"Your Highness!"

As the teacher of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Zeng Guofan cautiously admonished Zhu Fenghai.

"There may be people who will make insulting remarks for a while, and when the time comes, Your Highness must pay attention to ......"

The reason why he told His Highness this was because he knew very well that the cause of Lincoln's death was fundamentally related to the peace talks, and that the peace talks were facilitated by China, so to speak, it was China that single-handedly pushed Lincoln to a dead end, and as a "supporter of slavery," China is now quite hostile to some people in the United States of America.

"The teacher taught me a lesson, and this king knows!"

Zhu Fenghai nodded slightly, and then entered the U.S. Embassy, accompanied by an attendant officer and teacher. However, everything is not as tense as Zeng Guofan imagined, after all, Americans are full of awe of the aristocracy in their bones, not to mention that it is the crown prince of the empire, even the most radical abolitionists, when they see the crown prince, they show awe from the bottom of their bones, and there will be the slightest disrespect.

After mourning Lincoln, Zhu Fenghai's face seemed to be a little solemn, which did not match his age, Zeng Guofan, who was sitting next to him, knew that he was thinking about the problem, so he did not bother him.

"Teacher, in fact, Lincoln can be said to be a great man!"

Zhu Fenghai suddenly said such a sentence.

"My father once said that when he raised the army, he could not tolerate the Han people as slaves of the banner people, and Lincoln wanted to free the black slaves, but ...... His dream was shattered by his father......"

If it weren't for my father's intervention, I'm afraid the current civil war in the United States would have had another ending!

Thinking so in his heart, Zhu Fenghai's eyes looked out of the car, and without waiting for Zeng Guofan to speak, he continued.

"This king knows that the father is for the cause of the empire, and the United States is the most likely to become China's future enemy because of its area and land, so we must divide the United States, not only divide the United States into north and south, in the future, the Chinese immigrants in the Midwest will once again use voting to divide the United States again, and at that time, the United States will no longer pose any threat to the empire, so the father did what he was least willing to do......"

"Your Highness, Your Majesty has good intentions, and it is not up to the ministers to figure it out!"

Although he knew that what Zhu Fenghai said was the truth, Zeng Guofan, who was a courtier, knew very well that he couldn't say anything.

"My father once said that as an emperor, you must first consider your own responsibilities, and in many cases, there are some things that you may be reluctant to, but you must also do them, because ...... This is the responsibility of the emperor! ”

Speaking so softly, Zhu Fenghai suddenly changed his words again, looked at Zeng Guofan and said.

"Teacher, let's go to Qi Anbo together, I haven't seen Qi Anbo for a long time......"

The "Qi Anbo" in his mouth is Lin Zhiping's title, Huangzhou alias Qi'an, as a native of Huangzhou, Lin Zhiping's title is also "Qi'an".

The prince's words made Zeng Guofan slightly stunned, and when he got off the car before, the attendant waiting outside the embassy whispered in the prince's ear, he was sensitive, His Royal Highness's visit was probably not as simple as he said.

His Royal Highness must have other plans, perhaps in the eyes of outsiders, His Royal Highness is just a twelve-year-old boy, but Zeng Guofan knows this apprentice of his very well.

"Your Highness, I heard that Qi Anbo has been focusing on business all these years, this person really wants to be a foot valley man!"

Zeng Guofan tactfully reminded his apprentice, he didn't know what the apprentice was planning, so he could only tell the apprentice that Qi Anbo had always stayed away from the right and wrong of the court, and he must pay attention to his words.

"Well, Qi Anbo wants to, but someone doesn't want to!"

Turning his head to look at the teacher, regardless of the surprise in his expression, Zhu Fenghai asked curiously.

"Teacher, you are both from Huguang, so the relationship should be close!"

"Qi Anbo is committed to doing business, and his relationship with his teacher is acceptable!"

Zeng Guofan is now more and more curious about his apprentice's thoughts, what does he want to do?

"I remember Qi Anbo, do you have a daughter, it seems that she is a few years younger than this king! The king remembers that the last time he saw him was two years ago, on the birthday of the queen mother......"

Zhu Fenghai didn't notice Zeng Guofan beside him, and looked at him in dismayat because of his words. Now Zeng Guofan is really frightened, if he didn't know what Zhu Fenghai wanted to do before, now he is as smart as him, how can he not know what his apprentice thinks,

He's running for other girls!

If Zhu Fenghai said these words when he was fifteen or sixteen years old, Zeng Guofan would not be as surprised as he is now, but...... He was only twelve years old!

Just a twelve-year-old boy!

linked to his previous sentence, "Well, Qi Anbo wants to, but someone doesn't want to!" Zeng Guofan immediately understood Zhu Fenghai's intentions - there must have been some change, otherwise, he would never be like this,

"Your Highness, but Qi Anbo's side ......"

"Wu Lingbo went to see him today, he ......"

Zhu Fenghai's brows drooped, and there was a worry on his face that did not match his age.

"He's the second brother's ......"

is the most ruthless emperor's family, many things are beyond his control, even if he doesn't want to fight with his second brother for anything, there will be a group of people who will do everything possible to help them fight, just like Wu Lingbo, he is the second brother's person.

"That's why Your Highness went to meet Qi Anbo?"

Zeng Guofan looked at the young apprentice in astonishment, he didn't expect that his apprentice would make such a decision in such a short period of time, as a native of Hunan, Zeng Guofan knew very well that Qi Anbo's influence in Huguang, if the second prince got his help, it meant that two-thirds of the officials in the court were supporters of the second prince, and even if it was His Majesty, for the sake of the stability of the court. I'm afraid I'll have to do something against my will......

"This king hasn't seen Sister Yuxuan for several years!"

Reining in a somewhat chaotic mood, Zhu Fenghai said in an extremely calm tone.

"When the queen mother comes back, I hope the queen mother can also see Yuxuan more often......"

After saying this, Zeng Guofan looked at his young apprentice, at this moment, there was a wave of turmoil in his heart, so that he couldn't calm down for a long time, looking at the solemn appearance when he looked out the window, it was very similar to His Majesty, what is His Majesty's son......

As for the second prince...... Suddenly, Zeng Guofan laughed, his smile was both relieved and had some other meanings, more of an expectation for the future......

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