The middle-aged woman Cixi naturally knew the temper and ability of this scholar of Zuo, but after thinking about it for a while, he still didn't have any intention of changing his original intention, even if this Qin armor could drive the French away, there would be no special benefit to the peace talks at that time, and preserving the dispensable vassal state was a completely irrelevant matter for the Empress Dowager Gao.

The important thing is not to spend the silver in the treasury there because of the war in North Vietnam...... After a moment of silence, the woman behind the curtain finally spoke, "After the words of the scholar, Li Zhongtang has already made it very clear that fighting in North Vietnam is wasting the silver of our Great Qing Kingdom, and it is better to end the war over there!" ”

The second prince also used this Zuo Zongtang as a stepping stone, and when he heard the tone of the queen mother, he had already lost the courage to continue to mention yì.

But when it comes to this, it is naturally not good to pass it in a few words, so Shi Feng asked about the war reward by the way: "Queen Mother, this time the governor of Guangdong, Qin Kai, has made the first meritorious service, and he has broken the French army, and the military aircraft Yamen plans to promote him to Beijing, so that he can serve in front of His Majesty!" ”

Cixi was not interested in this, but she immediately thought that if Qin Kai left Yuebei, there would be another erosion of the war situation, and she was worried, so she did not agree to get this Qin Kai, who could fight, into Beijing.

"Shifeng, don't be in a hurry at this time, I think that before the end of the negotiations with the French, the war situation in northern Vietnam will still need a capable person for a while, you immediately draw up a holy decree to Qin Kai, so that northern Vietnam will immediately suspend the army, in order to show my sincerity in the peace talks of the Qing Dynasty" Yi Li, you have to do your best to sign the contract with Lord Li Zhongtang, and return me to the Qing Dynasty a peaceful country. ”

Yisuke had already knelt on the ground to answer the order and responded loudly.

Speaking of this reward, the last time this year, when the light governor was in the palace, he seemed to be a capable member, and this time he made a great contribution, which was a natural promotion, Cixi pondered for a moment" "Isn't the position of the two Guangzhou Governors vacant, this time Qin Kai has quite a lot of military merits, so let him act in Guangdong and Guangxi, and let him rectify this border well, so that I can feel at ease!" ”

Several military planes saw that the things they discussed last night couldn't be done when they arrived in the palace, and the Queen Mother's idea had already been decided, and there was no room for words at all, so she had to bow down honestly.

Qin Kai, the youngest governor of the Qing Dynasty, suddenly changed in the past few days, no longer in the mansion, but began to inspect the agriculture and commerce of the surrounding prefectures and counties, and Zhao Liewen was kept in the official residence to support the scene for him, and when the officials came to visit the governor, they were all told that the lord went out to inspect the people's situation, but every day I did see cavalry rumbling out of the city.

Song Yunze received an urgent telegram from the military aircraft department, and he knew that something bad was going to happen at a glance, and he immediately sent it to Qin Kai's official residence, Zhao Liewen also shook his head after reading it, such a court, such a military discipline department, this Qing Dynasty seems to be not lightly ill.

The telegram brought two pieces of news: "One is a good thing, Qin Kai has been promoted, his official rank has changed a little, and now he is the governor of Liangguang, concurrently serving as the governor of Guangdong, the minister of Nanyang trade, and the minister of Vietnamese affairs.

But "another incident was the worst thing Zhao Liewen had predicted, the military aircraft Yamen ordered the immediate cessation of the military operation in the north of Vietnam, in order to show the sincerity of the Qing Dynasty in peace talks with the French Republic!" This is a situation of Shenma, and you still need to show favor with the robbers, according to what Zhao Liewen and Qin Kai discussed, "This side immediately sent a telegram to the military discipline yamen, listing a reason" Anyway, Guangxi is not peaceful, and the new governor went down to inspect it, so he dragged this matter first......

When the pro-soldiers chased the news to Qin Kai, he was no longer in Guilin Mansion, but took a large number of pro-soldiers and a team of exploration teams to the east of Guilin near Zhaoping County, he had long known that the gold and copper mining area of Guangxi in later generations was in this area, with the current scale of the Mawei industry, he had already determined the main direction of early investment, that is, to take mineral resources as the responsibility.

The biggest obstacle to the opening of minerals in this era actually stems from the lack of technology, and this is precisely Qin Kai's strength, the mineral processing technology he understands, it is completely a complete set of complete system from simple to complex, and mining machinery can also be put into development at any time, the biggest obstacle is the problem of electricity, the sign of the second industrial life is electrification. ,

Now, even the developed Britain has just begun to use electricity, and in this regard, some of the projects in the Mawei Industrial Zone are integrated into the gradual scientific and technological components of Qin Kai, and the progress in this regard is not fast, but there are already prototypes put into the test, and it is believed that the scale of industrial production will soon be formed.

The only pity is that in Qin Kai's light brain number, there are only some things about the mine, and the holographic map influence system built into the light brain has not been repaired so far, which also brings a little trouble to find minerals, but this can't stop the governor of Qin's way to make a fortune.

The personnel of the Intelligence Department sent out in advance have long been clear about the situation in Zhaoping County, and the current Zhaoping County is a thoroughly agricultural county, which is close to the Guijiang River and has convenient waterway transportation, but it has been flooded in the past few years, and the reason for this is a little more detailed, and everyone in this county knows it.

The tax for repairing water conservancy is not small at all, and the county magistrate also added water conservancy labor costs and river fees...... In any case, there are all kinds of people, and in this medium-sized county, which is only seventy or eighty miles away and has no more than 30,000 households, each family has paid one or two or eight yuan for repairs, but in fact, the work of repairing the river has not been carried out at all, because only in this way can we make a half-disaster every year and collect repair fees every year.

After Qin Kai came, he went directly into the yamen to take this county, this donor official has never seen the second-grade officials of the imperial court, the official of the feudal territory, and when this lord thought that he was not filial, he kowtowed on the spot, and sent the master to get 2,000 taels of silver, but this situation is still a little funny, the master is reluctant to look like a brother.

After taking down the two of them, I called the official to ask carefully, only to know that this Qingtian Lord and this Master Han turned out to be a pair of partners, and the eldest master donated this real position, which was enough for 7,000 silver

Four more than two, he is not enough to have a family background, so what should I do, I found this Master Han, their wine and meat brothers, this way to make a fortune, of course the two hit it off, Master Han made up 3,000 taels to come out, and the two became a joint venture company, and then took office.

Master Han has a huge share, and naturally it seems that the money earned is jointly managed by the two of them, and at the end of the year, they will share dividends according to their respective expenditures for the year, which is actually nothing new in the officialdom of the Qing Dynasty, but for these pro-soldiers led by Qin Armor, it is simply an unbelievable thing, and they all hate these two corrupt officials to the core.

At the moment, Qin Kai didn't bother to deal with this matter by himself, there is a county in Zhaoping County.

is called Yang Shuang, less than forty years old, but he is a local scholar, the Intelligence Department has carefully checked, and he has no background, so he has been in this county for two terms but has no chance to improve.

Qin Kai directly called this Yang Shuang, and all the ugly things collected by the intelligence department of the county lord were piled up in front of him, this Yang Shuang had also been an official for six or seven years, but today he was inexplicably summoned by the second-rank official of the dynasty, and he was also confused, and saw that the county lord who was powerful and blessed on weekdays was also detained outside the door, and he couldn't understand the situation anymore, so he just lowered his head and looked at those letterheads.

"Yang Shuang!" Qin Kai saw that he didn't dare to speak, and he could laugh at himself because the qi of Wang Ba was getting stronger and stronger now, so he spoke first and said bluntly, "Wang County's order is corrupt and perverts the law, this official has investigated clearly, this evidence is conclusive, you immediately draw up a statement!" ”

This person is naturally obedient, and after a while, a large number of Chen Tiao has been completed, and Qin Kai immediately announced it after using the seal, "What surprised the people of the county even more is that the governor has found out that the previous county order overcharged gold and miscellaneous taxes, and filled the bag, and now the overcharged money is being checked, and each household will return it according to the original payment on a certain day."

Our Qing Dynasty can finally see the master of Qingtian, and the overcharged miscellaneous taxes will be refunded, which is a great thing that I have never heard of in the commentary......

The speed of news transmission is definitely several times beyond the original speed of this era, word of mouth, the people of Zhaoping County ten miles and eight townships immediately turned upside down, within two days, the paper sent to the county almost annihilated the yamen, which naturally a large number of people are involved in the previous county order, and there is almost everyone in the neighboring townships to collect miscellaneous taxes.

Luo Yan, the leader of the pro-soldiers, took dozens of his subordinates to check and sort out for a day, but this paper was not clear, but compared with the news of the Intelligence Department, it was also seen that there were some clues, this Yang County Cheng's daily routine money was naturally still collected, but on the whole, in this era, he was also an honest reader. ,

To completely overturn the officialdom of the entire Zhaoping County, Qin Kai naturally knew that it was too violent, not to mention that it was impossible for him to arrange so many people to deal with such a small county, he found Yang Shuang and took him to the place where the complaint was sorted out and looked around, and after the old scholar looked through some of them, this situation can be described as shocking.

Wang County's annual showdown to the people's heads of the miscellaneous taxes is one or two or eight yuan per household, but the people's complaint has sorted out a variety of miscellaneous taxes as high as three taels, and the extra one or two dollars naturally fell into the hands of a large number of small officials who did the work, of course, part of this silver will also gather in the hands of Wang County, and most of the money given below Yang Shuang naturally came from here.

After reading this, this person thought that Wang Xianling and his master could now be detained in the dungeon of Yīn Sensen, and he was also terrified and broke out in a cold sweat, thinking in his heart, could it be that the governor was going to take a knife on himself...... This old scholar has a bit of the spirit of a scholar, and immediately proposed to resign from his post and return to his hometown.

Qin Kai looked at this old scholar with a smile, he couldn't be clearer about the matter of money in the officialdom, this is already a tumor in the officialdom of the Qing Dynasty, and it cannot be cured at all, the system of this officialdom has been completely **, it is rotten from the root, and he wants to secretly accumulate strength under this system, and he must and must create an independent system.

However, what he needs to obtain is not only the support from the Nanyang military system and the Nanyang industrial system, but more importantly, he must use all the forces that can be used, otherwise, the talents he cultivates by himself "are simply not enough to support this huge country."

He walked down and patted the old scholar on the shoulder, "Yang Xiancheng, you are different from Wang Xianling, you are a scholar who reads the books of sages and sages, and you are an official for thousands of miles just to seek wealth, presumably you don't approve of this either!" ”

Yang Shuang's original attitude was resolute, that was also a last resort, ten years of cold window, and several years of hardship, but only at the bottom of the officialdom suffering, for the once to help the world as the concept of the reader, it is inevitably a black sè joke, although that ideal has been buried for many years, he thinks he still has some ability to do things, but he has to work under a donor who makes money all day long, which is only self-knowing.

At this time, I heard that the Governor didn't seem to be using himself, and his spirit had already come" hurriedly arched his hand and said, "My lord, the lower officials naturally do not approve of this matter" The words of the sage are vividly heard, and it is the highest pursuit of the official to benefit one party! ”

You can teach it, Qin Kai laughed, "Yang County Order, then you have to take care of this Zhaoping County matter!" The official doesn't have too many requirements, you can settle the tax refund and these personal papers in the official announcement, then it's good! ”

Yang County Order...... Yang County Order...... These three words entered Yang Shuang's ears, and immediately made his mind a little dazed, he had worked hard for seven or eight years and had no hope of promotion, and today the governor solved it with a word, what a kindness this is Thinking of this, Yang Shuang's knees were already bent uncontrollably, and he lay on the ground and gave Qin Kai a big salute, and responded loudly.

Qin Kai looked at this old scholar with a slave appearance, "He was also depressed, this Manchu Dynasty said that it was a thousand sins, and the rule of more than 200 years has made so many people into this slave appearance, and if he wants to change these, there are still some official and ideological obstacles" However, if this rule is not broken, how can it construct the top structure of its own power.

As soon as he beckoned, the two pro-soldiers pulled up the Yang County Order, "Qin Kai pointed to the position" and "Yang County Order" Don't be in a hurry to kowtow, I still have something to say, sit! ”

"......" Yang Shuang saw that the Governor seemed to be a little dissatisfied, and he didn't understand that something was wrong there, but he still sat down honestly and immediately.

"First, from today onwards, Zhaoming County will be under the direct jurisdiction of this official, you don't need to be responsible to anyone else, only to this official, just report everything to the Governor's Mansion!"

Yang Shuang was overjoyed when she heard this, this is the Governor directly under him, but he has climbed the high branch, and he nodded busily and responded" "The lower official understands!" But the next sentence immediately chilled him to the bone, "Second, if it violates the law of the official, the county order will be your example!" ”

Qin Kai looked at Yang Shuang, from today onwards, the war in northern Vietnam has come to an end, all in order to build their own forces, blocking my hostile forces, what can be cleared will never be kept, what cannot be cleared, then let it go and then be clear, but the first thing is to put your own territory in order. ,

"My lord, the lower official understands! ”

After today, you don't have to send these things to the official, and there must be no such phenomenon among the officials at all levels in Zhaoping County, I will pay attention to this matter, if there are such things, you can't deal with them, I will send two foreign personnel to sit in your position! ”

When Yang Shuang heard this, she looked at the Governor in disbelief...... The disadvantages of filial piety and money, as a reader who is familiar with the books of sages, will not understand, but dare to put this matter on the table to talk about, in the two hundred years of the Qing Dynasty, this Lord Qin should be the first person, and he suddenly had some very eager expectations in his heart, which came from some things that were touched in his heart, and those things in the collection had long been annihilated by this sewage officialdom.

He stood up and bowed respectfully, "Your Excellency, this move should set the highest example for the world and officials!" ”

Sycophants! Qin Kai smiled, didn't say much, beckoned his hand to let the soldiers call someone, but it was a middle-aged shopkeeper-like person, and introduced to Yang Shuang, "Yang County Order, this is Commissioner Du who I assigned to Zhaoping to be in charge of money and taxes, how to use the money, you have the final say, but this silver is in his charge, how to hand it over, how to check the accounts between you, Commissioner Du will discuss with you in detail!" ”

Yang Shuang was a little embarrassed by the Governor's chaotic arrangement, but he understood that these measures were directly aimed at the biggest crux of this officialdom~ Yinzi, although he was a little disappointed in his heart, the power in his hands was far less than he imagined, but the last contract given by the Governor made him completely abandon the idea just now.

It is an agreement to reward according to political achievements, if the government affairs are handled properly and the affairs are promoted effectively, you will be able to get more than 10,000 taels of rewards from the Governor of Qin every year! This is not much more than the pension fund of the Qing Dynasty, and it is undoubtedly a large amount of income for officials who do not need to pay all kinds of regular money to their superiors.

This method, Qin Kai also thought of after thinking about it, this is also what Zhao Liewen said, the practice of "uniting all people and supporting sī", any group needs to be combined in a certain way of interests, of course, with the experience of his later generations, ideals and beliefs are also another way, but it is completely inconsistent with the status quo.

For Qin Kai, who wants to quickly win the power of the two Guangxi controls, the stick and carrot are undoubtedly the most suitable methods, and Zhaoping County is undoubtedly his first testing ground!

As soon as the negotiation was settled, the Yang County Order, who took office the next day, saw the Governor's resolute blow to his power, and all the officials and officials involved in corruption in the collection of miscellaneous taxes were ordered to go to the yamen within two days to give their own explanations, and the Governor will give them a lenient punishment! @。