In the end, Tang Jingchong thought about it and asked Hu Lin, "You said that nearly 3 million taels of silver were seized?" Ma Shengzhi's border army is fat enough. ”

Tang Jingchong then thought about it again, "In this way, give Ma Shengzhi a charge of banditry, let's just say that when Ma Shengzhi took the foreigners to the capital, he wanted to rebel in Guangxi Road, and was found out by our General Bureau of the People's League and taken down, Ma Shengzhi himself, he said that he was afraid that his accomplices would rescue him, so he was executed first." ”

After speaking, Tang Jingchong was still thinking about whether there was anything perfect, this reason must be untenable, and there were other measures to cooperate, only if Ma Shengzhi reversed, so that he could be completely killed.

"But this reason is too pale, I'm afraid few people in the court will believe it." Seeing that Tang Jingchong didn't continue, Hu Lin interjected.

"Indeed, Ma Shengzhi is still more valued by Cixi, so he was promoted to the general army, if so," Hu Lin also echoed.

"Don't worry, the old man hasn't finished speaking, this reason alone must not work, didn't you seize 3 million taels of silver, in this way, you gave 1 million taels to the imperial court, saying that you were suppressing bandits in a remote place, and you were very guilty of failing to enter Beijing to fight the foreigners, and tried your best to raise this part of the silver taels for the imperial court to use as military expenses, which is considered to be a contribution."

"In this way, Lafayette will not pursue this matter too much in the 1 million taels of silver, and at this critical moment to bring so much silver to the imperial court, it will inevitably be rewarded by the imperial court.

After Tang Jingchong finished speaking, everyone's eyes lit up, sure enough, Jiang is still old and spicy, Cixi is most lacking now is silver, if there is enough silver to be filial, then no matter how big it is, it is a small matter, and then people have called it yes.

Hu Lin also thought it was good, so that Ma Shengzhi's matter was determined to be an iron case, and even if there were omissions, they were drowned out by the 1 million taels of silver. In addition, the imperial court is now a very difficult time, and a large number of compensation treaties will be signed at that time, and the silver of the imperial court will have a huge gap, and the role of the donated silver will be infinitely magnified.

Hulin comes from the afterlife. In modern times, I have long known what treaty the Qing court was going to be signed by foreigners, and I thought about it in my mind, which is probably the "Xinchou Treaty", that is, the "Xinchou Protocol", or the "Xinchou Peace Treaty". (Xin Chou was the twenty-seventh year of Guangxu.) 1901 AD)

After the Eight-Nation Coalition captured Beijing, it forced the Qing government to conclude a humiliating treaty. On September 7, 1901, the agreement was signed in Beijing by Yi and Li Hongzhang, plenipotentiaries of the Qing government, and representatives of 11 countries, including Britain, the United States, Russia, Japan, Austria, France, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, and Belgium. There are 12 paragraphs in total, and the annexes are 19 articles.

The main contents are: (1) China paid 450 million taels of silver, and (2) Dongjiaomin Lane was designated as the embassy boundary, which was managed by troops stationed in various countries, and Chinese were not allowed to live.

(3) Demolition of the Dagu Fort and the forts that obstructed the passage from Beijing to the sea, and stationed the first team in Beijing and 12 important areas along the line from Beijing to Shanhaiguan.

(4) Forever prohibit the Chinese from forming or participating in various organizations that are "enemies of other countries", and violators shall be put to death; Provincial officials must immediately dismiss the "people of other countries" incidents that occur within their territories, or they will be dismissed from their posts and never be used.

(5) Other trade matters that the foreign country deems necessary to be amended in each trade charter. The Qing government did not discuss and improved the two waterways of the Beihe River and Huangpu. (6) The Qing government punished the ministers who were the first to suffer. (7) Change the Prime Minister's National Affairs Yamen to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, before the sixth department.

After this, Cixi realized how unbearable the army in her hands was now, and if she wanted to fight bandits, she would not be able to face the foreigners' army at all, so she ordered to raise silver taels from all over the country to form a new army. It can be said that this is only to save lives.

If he donated so many silver taels early, it would be equivalent to sending charcoal to Cixi in the snow, and he would definitely get a lot of benefits at that time, and maybe he would even get a new army to play.

The 1,000,000 taels of silver is a lot. But Hu Lin was not worried that these silver taels would have too much effect on the decaying Qing Dynasty, and more than half of these silver taels would basically be detained by managers at all levels, and the silver taels that could really be used in the new army could not change anything at all, nor would they cause much hindrance to their future development.

"Nephew Hu Xian, you won't be reluctant to give up the silver, right? Although there are more, but only in this way can you prevaricate the past, maybe I will add you another counterinsurgency meritorious, and also, there will be some money to be paid in Beijing, you have a lot of money this time, and this money will have to be spent, and our General Bureau of the People's League is not as rich as you. ”

Tang Yunliang saw that Hu Lin hadn't spoken yet, but his expression almost agreed, and then confirmed, after all, this is not a dozen or two hundred thousand taels of silver, and it is heart-wrenching enough to give it away like this.

"Uncle Tang, what are you talking about, my Pingshan Army is still under the command of Old Man Tang, and we are not a family, in this way, I will leave 1 million taels of the 3 million taels of silver, in addition to the 1 million taels to the imperial court, there will be a lot left in the remaining dotted capital, and it will be left to the General Administration of the People's League, is this good?"

Hu Lin was thinking about the fact that the Qing court would sign a treaty with foreigners later, and now no one here knows about it, and Hu Lin is not good at revealing it now, for fear that something will happen when the time comes, and he will spend more money on silver to pull it over in modern times, and he is also minding.

In addition, when Hu Lin checked Ma Shengzhi's historical information on the Internet, there was also Nanning Governor Huirong who also wore a pair of pants to oppress the villagers, and killed Ma Shengzhi himself, and Nanning Governor Huirong is likely to be unfavorable to himself in other aspects.

Hu Lin told Tang Jingchong about the situation that Huirong, the prefect of Nanning, might be Ma Shengzhi's accomplice, but he didn't expect to get a reply that he knew that Huirong and Ma Shengzhi were wearing a pair of pants, so this Huirong definitely couldn't stay.

Since I can't stay, I will report to the court together by the way, and take advantage of the chaos in the court to deal with the troubles, otherwise when the court recovers, it will not be so easy to deal with Huirong at that time.

If you don't do anything, Tang Jingchong called the guards outside the door, and asked someone to go directly to the Nanning prefect to arrest the prefect Huirong in prison, and then execute him in the cell, and then copy Huirong's home, he will definitely be able to copy a lot of silver taels, and the regimental training of the General Bureau of the People's League is very short of silver, which also realizes Tang Jingchong's old and decisive determination.

As for the Governor of Liangguang Deshou, he also reported that the tens of thousands of people in the hands of the Governor of Liangguang do not have the strength to deal with the General Administration of the People's League, at most they are suspicious, as long as they are properly given some silver taels, it is not lightly exposed, after all, things have happened, and they can only accept the reality. (To be continued.) )