List of Black Hands under Chapter 229

Beijing City, this is Chinese New Year's Eve, the outside of the city is full of lights, this huge Beijing city has the saying of "seven emperors and four in the outer nine", that is, the outer city 9 fan city mén, the inner city 7 fan city mén, the imperial city four fan city mén, Qin Kai and his party got off the boat at the dock, all the way from Zhengyang mén.

The prosperity of the capital of Great China is far beyond Qin Kai's understanding and imagination from the history books, and the carriages and queues waiting to enter the city outside Zhengyang Mén have lined up for four or five miles, which makes him really curious, is there also chūn luck in this era?

Zhou Fu on the side saw Qin Kai's curious expression, but took the initiative to introduce it to him, since December 20th in the capital, all the yamén can basically be in a state of suspension, and they will not be officially ordered until after the Lantern Festival, so these times, the officials in the capital are just playing around or going out.

And the merchants in the surrounding areas outside even transported a large number of goods and novelties into the city, hoping to make a fortune by taking advantage of the solar terms of this chūn festival. Like their party, the tributes, gifts, and special products sent from all over the country were sent to the capital by the officials' cronies.

After listening, Qin Kai couldn't help but be very envious, this Beijing official should be smooth, not only do you not have to go to work at the end of the year, but there is also a steady stream of people on the mén to give gifts, this eating, drinking, poetry, happy and leisurely for a month, what kind of good day is this

Waiting into the city, the bustle of this Beijing city is beyond his imagination, along the south city wall of Zhengyang mén all the way to the inner city of Yongding mén, this road on both sides of the blue brick stone paved road, there are all kinds of shops pù, and there are more exotic foreign shops are also mixed in.

However, in the Qing Empire, which had just experienced the rise of Tongzhi, these foreign companies were not as arrogant as later generations thought, and people who came and went often gave some pointers, so they inevitably had to comment on two sentences, "This is the shop opened by the Western devils, and the people sell those harmful opium, but the foreign women are tall and big, convex and backward, and the skin is rough enough."

Qin Kaiyaya, in this era, there are Taliban ròuzha bullets in Beijing casually, and it is estimated that there are three percent of yellow belts, three percent of red belts, and three percent of officials with ranks, and the remaining one percent is grass people, which fully embodies the glorious concept of ** here, but this is the property of the flag people in the world

Along the way, the grandeur of the capital of the Celestial Empire is indeed extraordinary, especially on both sides of this official road, the prosperity of trade is comparable to that of later cities, but the huge consumption power that promotes the commerce of the capital comes from the palace, officials and banner people who eat hardcore crops, gathering the financial resources of the whole country to support the industry of the capital of the Qing Dynasty, how can such an economy last

However, he is also here today to contribute to the promotion of the capital's consumption power, thinking of this, he couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth, smiled slightly, Zhou Fu, who was sitting opposite in the carriage, and Sun Fu and the two of them carefully deliberated on the list of people who needed to visit in Beijing.

Therefore, this time Zhang Shusheng assigned Zhou Fu to accompany him, Qin Kai naturally laughed at the other party's kindness, although he had already planned, but one more Huaijun think tank, this is an unthinkable benefit, on the boat along the way, Zhou Fu has already made a long list and sent it to Qin Kai for a look, this ranking first is not the current Empress Dowager Cixi's first celebrity in front of the sixth prince Yeyi, but the seventh prince Prince Aixin Jueluo? Yiyun.

After Qin Kai saw this ranking, he was also secretly surprised, he had the premise of crossing over, and naturally understood the status of this Prince of Alcohol and Guangxu's biological father in the next ten years, but Huai Jun had such a clear judgment about Yixin, an important partner in the Westernization Movement, who was currently in the middle of the day, obviously from the control of the news of the imperial court.

At present, the sources of information that the Nanyang system can obtain are very limited, and Ding Richang and Zhang Peilun, who are close to him, are both governors of other provinces, and it is very important to say that although Ding Richang has a lot to do with the Huai army, Zhang Peilun's sources are Qingliu cadres, and their exchange of news with Qin Kai is also limited, after all, in their opinion, most of the news has almost nothing to do with Qin Kai.

Since Ouyang Qing's Protector/Military Intelligence Department set up a base in Beijing City, Qin Kai's sources have also been slightly broader, but the affairs of the Intelligence Department have only just opened up the situation. ,

Although there are many officials in the capital, and there are countless officers, but Qin Kai, the actual governor of the second grade, is also one of the few in the world.

This Pan Bosheng is also a student of the Mawei Ship Master School, and he is also Ouyang Qing's cousin, who entered the school a year later than Ouyang Qing, although he took Qin Kai's class, but he was brought into the army by Ouyang Qing, this Beijing City's affairs can be said to be very important, and Ouyang Qing with the approval of Qin Kai, he delegated the affairs here as his cousin to do it.

In the initial stage of this intelligence department, the loyalty of this person is undoubtedly the most important, so Qin Kai fully recognized the current system, as for how to control this intelligence department in the future, he was originally doing this business in his previous life, and he had a lot of plans in his hands, and he was not worried about someone turning the intelligence department into a family business.

Pan Bosheng now also has the rank of these 7 grades, but at this time, he is dressed as a Shu brocade horse coat and a gentleman, but as soon as they meet, he immediately comes to a standard ponytail military salute, and at this time, the appearance of the gentleman immediately disappeared.

Qin Kai nodded with satisfaction, waved his hand to show that there was no need to be polite now, and asked, "Bosheng, has the residence here been arranged?" ”

"Instructor, it's all arranged, there is a house on the ancient book street over there in Liulichang, and the inside and outside are all from our trading house."

Qin Kai nodded, he was very satisfied with this arrangement, the bookstore over there in Beijing Liulichang had a very delicate position in the three-hundred-year history of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and all officials and children who entered Beijing were used to living in this generation temporarily, and the buildings around this bookstore were almost all operated around officials and scholars.

For the era of the imperial examination, which was inferior to everything, although the Manchu donors were also justifiably allowed to enter the office, but the members of the various classes above the court had customary rules, and they were not allowed to do anything unless they were jinshi and first

When Ouyang Qing set up the Beijing City Intelligence Group, he considered increasing the number of useful talents in it, so he applied to Qin Kai, and He Xing paid for two bookstores in Liulichang, and they ran them in a serious way, not seeking to make profits, but only through the intermediary Guò to contact the officials and people who entered Beijing.

And Qin Kai, a second-grade officer, from a certain point of view, represents another kind of learning in the Qing Dynasty officialdom, and now the Westernists are in charge, and he has Ding Richang to support him, with the help of the Huai Army, plus he has established himself with military merits, but it can be regarded as another way, which has today's official rank.

But now the problem of the storm is too obvious, the official road he took is undoubtedly unworkable in China's officialdom, there is no one above, don't expect the official luck to be prosperous, and it is very likely that he will wear small shoes in the future. Fortunately, the self-righteous Manchu Qing Dynasty also rotted out of its roots.

Now it is not the Manchus who support this empire, but the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom fifteen years ago that the Han people who hoped to save the country through political reform, have made everyone feel terrified of this way of completely breaking the rules and destroying the world. According to the number recorded in the Qing Dynasty's "Household Inventory", between 1853 and 1864, the absolute number of Chinese not only did not increase, but also fell sharply by 160 million.

Later, when comparing the pre-war population with the 1911 Xuantong census data, the death toll in Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and Hubei provinces was at least 54 million, and considering the population losses in Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Sichuan, Fujian, and other regions, the absolute reduction in the population was at least more than 100 million, while the excess deaths directly caused by the war exceeded 70 million.

These two algorithms, no matter which one of them comes to their conclusions, are extremely ironic for later scholars who glorify the history of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, a peasant movement triggered by a god, of course, the enemies he targets are undoubtedly rotten, but the consequences of the guide are disastrous, you know, in World War II, which is three-quarters of the world's land, the number of people who died in excess of the number of people who died was only 54 million.

As a traverser, Qin Kai fully understands that what he is taking is definitely not the path of Hong Shenba, and only by gradually controlling this era and leading this era can he subvert and rebuild a new China at the necessary moment.

Coming to the house arranged by Pan Bosheng, it made Qin Kai very satisfied, even in later generations, he was a life of living in three rooms and one living room, after becoming the governor, the governor was already so big that he did not need to buy another house, and now this house is definitely a good place within the urban ring of Beijing in the later generations, the house is not very large, but the rockery huā garden, pavilions and pavilions are all available, it is definitely the best residence in the middle of the noise. ,

Zhou Fu originally planned to go to the house of an official he knew to spend the night, but when he saw this house, he also liked it very much, and he did not propose to go to the house to stay at ease, and lived next door to Qin Kai.

The furnishings in the house here are far from the taste of this house, just like a scholarly home, but there are a few kinds of farm tools as strange, Zhou Fu asked the steward, only to know that this house has just been bought for more than a month, it turned out to be the house of an official who left Beijing, and everyone has moved everything.

And Pan Bosheng, who is in charge of this matter, although he can be regarded as a scholar from the perspective of future generations, but if he looks at it by the standards of this era, he is not even a student, and naturally he does not understand the decorations of scholars in this era.

After walking around, Zhou Fu wondered if this was the most suitable time to take advantage of the New Year's Eve to get some points, of course, this tribute was the most suitable to be delivered before the New Year, and their boss Zhang's Honorable Ceremony had been done everywhere a few days ago, and when he walked outside Qin Kai's house, he saw more than a dozen personal soldiers blocking the mén mouth firmly, which made him a little surprised.

Lu Shu saw that Zhou Fu was coming, Lord Qin had instructed him, this Lord Zhou Fu Zhou was going to be wooed, and he would inevitably have to come and go in the future, so he was busy and gave a salute, "Lord Zhou, Lord Governor is in the inner room, please wait a moment, I'll go and tell you."

Zhou Fu nodded, these personal soldiers under Qin Kai, to be honest, have the temperament of some scholars in Yingwu, he has also knocked on the side and inquired, but he has never entered the official school, most of them are born as students of this governor, and they are all new schools led by Qin Kai, just from this point of view, this Qin governor has a lot of ambitions

At that time, Wang Anshi, the famous minister of the Northern Song Dynasty, also devoted himself to teaching, which gave him the reputation of "enjoying the reputation of the world for 30 years", but Wang Miangong's innovative initiative was also discredited by later generations, so it was ...... This Qin Liefeng also has this intention, no matter whether he has this idea or not, he can train such a subordinate, and he has the shocking military exploits before, and there is definitely value in winning over at this time.

Zhou Fu thought to himself, and at this time, Qin Kai had already come out, and asked with a smile: "Brother Wushan, are you ready to leave now?" ”

"Lord Qin, what do you see? To tell you the truth, this trip to Beijing in my opinion, is still very nervous, just a few days ago, you circle the number of places to visit, it is not easy to see, I will go out of mén to arrange it, tomorrow morning, we will go to see one by one? ”

Zhou Fu said lightly, but he has already done his best to the point of the prime minister, this prime minister mén former seven-rank official, Qin Kai has to fight more than the level of prime minister this time, Zhang Shusheng has invested a lot of money for the war situation in northern Vietnam, and has used various resources of the Huai military system to pave the way for Qin Kai.

"Then there is Brother Labor Mountain," Qin Kai smiled politely, stretched out his hand to Lu Shu behind him, took a burden and handed it to Zhou Fu, "This is some emergency things, Brother Wushan will use it first, go back to Tianjin Wei, and I will serve wine to thank you."

Zhou Fu didn't have a relationship with Qin Kai along the way, and he also knew that this Bai Ding, who was in the officialdom of the Qing Dynasty, was really a real meritorious person in this position now, and he never talked about it on a grand show, and he was very casual along the way.

However, he responds to the needs of his side, and is definitely not a miserly master, he really needs a large amount of money to go out, and he was originally going to go back and repay Zhang Shusheng, but now seeing that Qin Kai took the initiative to give this money, he naturally did not need to be polite, reached out to take it, and hurriedly walked out.

Outside, Zhou Fu is entourage had already prepared a carriage, and when he saw Zhou Fu coming out with a bag of things, the cronies on the side had already come up and asked, "My lord, go to Prince Gong's Mansion or Prince Alcohol Mansion first?"

Zhou Fu shook his head, "There's no rush over there, let's go see Sun Shilang first."

got into the carriage, Zhou Fu had the leisure to take out the silver taels given by Qin Kai, and counted them slightly, but he was really scared, there are not many silver ingots, and they are 500 taels bigger.

He was also secretly surprised in his heart, this was no longer simply an emergency silver for himself, but also a meaning to express the meaning of knotting with himself, he naturally understood this meaning, but he didn't expect Qin Kai's abacus, and he had already calculated his son who had just been in the middle of Xiucai, otherwise he would definitely vomit blood for three liters ......,

Qin Kai turned around and went to the house, Sun Fu naturally followed, he was a little surprised that Qin Liefeng had invested a lot in this Huaijun staff, but he didn't mean to stop it at all, his experience was too clear about the current weaknesses of the Nanyang system, and he wanted to compare the combat exploits of the Nanyang Naval Division, but the officials of the Nanyang Department were the lack of foundation of the whole xìng.

Fortunately, although this Qin Liefeng is white enough for this Qing Dynasty officialdom, he is no stranger to the methods of forming gangs and throwing money in this officialdom, and the plans he mentioned have been implemented one by one

However, as for what kind of road to take, with his small Taoist, he is completely unfamiliar with life in Beijing, and he can't come up with a good strategy, but this problem, Qin Kai has solved it by himself, and Zhou Fu, a capable member of the Huai Army, has opened the way, and the rest of the thing is basically to throw money and political zhìjiāo easy, which is his own strength

Of course, for the Huai army, they all have a psychological shadow in the Hunan army system. The Hunan army that swept in all directions back then is now left with a vain shell, even if it is Zuo Dashuai, who has become famous in a hundred battles, he can't confront the Huai army system in the court at all, so Sun Fu still has some doubts about the sincerity with Zhang Shusheng.

Qin Kai naturally saw that Sun Fu seemed to have some topics, thinking of the feud between the Hunan army and the Huai army, it was not difficult to understand, and after entering the house, he asked openly: "Brother Sun, you are not very at ease with Zhou Fu, right?" ”

"That's true, Gale Wind, you have been an official for a short time, and Lord Ding is more or less related to the Huai Army, in the past, when your official position was not big, naturally it would not have too much to do with it, and now although the soldiers and horses of our Nanyang Department are still unable to match the hundreds of thousands of Huai Army, but the merits we have made, the current Huai Army is extremely difficult to do, the so-called one mountain does not allow two tigers......

Sun Fu picked up the teacup and took a sip, pondered the wording, and then said: "This time, the Huai army has asked for me, and it has asked for a lot, but you still have to have more eyes in the gale."

Qin Kai laughed, once you live and die in this officialdom, it will be a long time ago, but at present, he is carefully developing his strength, but whether Huai Jun has included himself in the list of roadblocks is something that only Li Zhongtang and Zhang Shusheng know.

With the current situation, he has not made a stable position, even if he wants to rebel, the probability of success is very low, so in this situation in Beijing City, he must revitalize him, of course, completely relying on Zhou Fu's guidance, it must still be limited to the circle of Huaijun, he has already had his own abacus.

"Brother Sun, you can rest assured in this matter, there are no eternal enemies on this official's face, only eternal interests," Qin Kai smiled and took out a piece of paper.

There is a list of names written on it, this is the list of the black hands he is going to make, look at the positions marked, they are all important people and people in some positions of various officials, and next to each character is also marked the officials who are introduced, in addition, the top two names are very surprising.