Selling official porridge is a huge chain of interests, and only by finding the right person and paying enough "tuition" can you get the final desired result.

Although Li Weiguo doesn't know the specific details of the operation, it is the same, and it can be deduced if it is related to similar things in his era.

After spending 120,000 taels of silver, Li Weiguo finally got through all the links of donating officials, including donating a four-grade Daotai for his father, which cost 84,000 taels, and he donated a seven-grade county order, which cost 36,000 taels.

However, Li Weiguo was not worried, he had already received a guarantee from Lu Jianying, the governor of Liangjiang, that as long as he got the alternate county order, Lu Jianying would give him a real vacancy.

According to the laws of the Qing Dynasty, the annual salary of a seven-grade county magistrate after taking office is only sixty taels of silver, and the statutory amount of donating officials is 4,500 taels of silver, that is, it takes 75 years to be a county magistrate to earn back the silver spent on donating officials. The average healthy life expectancy of people during this period is 26.5 years old, that is to say, most of the donors will not be able to earn back their capital until they die, which will force them to be greedy, to loot, and the ill-gotten gains continue to buy bigger officials, and then be greedy for more looting, and so on and so on and so on, and at the end of the Qing Dynasty, it was difficult to return, and this huge interest group could not even be controlled by the emperor.

"Lao Tzu spent 36,000 taels of silver to buy a seven-grade county order candidate, according to the annual salary of the county order of sixty taels of silver, wouldn't it take six hundred years to return to the capital!" Li Weiguo smiled bitterly, he doesn't like to do loss-making business, but at the moment, there is no way, unless the Qing Dynasty is overthrown, and this kind of selling official porridge is completely eliminated.

Three days later, Li Weiguo successfully obtained official photos of him and his father.

I have to say that money can make ghosts grind, and this work efficiency is indeed worthy of the high cost of 120,000 taels of silver.

"Haha, Lao Tzu is also a high-level cadre now!" Li Weiguo laughed beautifully, looked at the official certificate repeatedly, and couldn't put it down.

The so-called official photos are three silk silks covered with red seals from more than a dozen yamen of the imperial court, and one is written with four big characters on the household license, the content of which is to confer the official title of Li Weiguo with seven grades, and wait for the county order Yunyun. The other is written in two large characters, detailing Li Weiguo's physical characteristics and age, as an anti-counterfeiting mark. There is also an examination diploma, which reads the words "Guozi Supervision Examination" in the first year of Xianfeng, Li Weiguo's grades are excellent, in line with the regulations for accepting officials, and it is valid for three years.

According to the laws of the Qing Dynasty, donors need to pass the guò Guozijian exam to get the official license, and then get the Guozijian re-examination every three years, and those who pass continue to retain the official license, and those who fail to pass the qualification are disqualified.

That was three years later, Li Weiguo did not think about it for the time being, the Liangjiang Governor's Mansion was also in Jiangning, Li Weiguo went directly to meet with Lu Jianying, the governor of Liangjiang, to discuss the county order.

Lu Jianying was very surprised, he didn't expect Li Weiguo to buy back the official rank so quickly, and he didn't expect that the other party was really interested in officialdom.

"The old man has a county order in his hand, if you are willing, the old man will immediately repair a book, and within half a month, the officials should be appointed."

Li Weiguo was surprised, although this old thing had already promised to give himself a county order, but it was done so happily, could it be that there were any twists and turns in it?

Lu Jianying observed his words and asked, "What, you don't believe it?" ”

Li Weiguo said with a smile: "I can't imagine that adults have made a promise, and I really admire it." ”

Lu Jianying said with a smile: "The old man is also a governor of one party, how can he talk and not count?" Chongming County Decree resigned a few days ago and returned to his hometown, the old man is in charge, you can take office directly after receiving the official seal letter. ”

"Thank you, Governor!" Li Weiguo thanked him, no matter what medicine was sold in the other party's gourd, he didn't care, he just saw the move.

Talking to this treacherous and cunning fox has to be careful everywhere, and it is very difficult, Li Weiguo doesn't like it, so he finds an excuse to quickly say goodbye and leave.

Looking at Li Weiguo's back, Lu Jianying's originally smiling expression instantly froze, and was replaced by a sneer.

"Since you are in such a hurry to die, the old man will fulfill you!"

At this time, a person came out from behind the screen, if Li Weiguo was here, he would definitely know the other party, it was Wu Liang, the prefect of Jiangning, and Lu Jianying's son-in-law.

"Father-in-law, why did you give the Chongming County Order to this hairy boy? Liu Yuanwai has already agreed to pay 100,000 taels of silver to buy this Chongming County Order. ”

"It's okay, you go to collect the cash as usual, tell Liu Yuanwai, and within three months, the old man will return the Chongming County Order to him." Lu Jianying said confidently.

Wu Liang was puzzled and asked, "But didn't you give the Chongming County Order to Li Weiguo's kid?" ”

Lu Jianying was suddenly displeased: "You are stupid! The old man promised the Chongming County Order to Li Weiguo's kid, but the old man did not guarantee that he would be able to sit in the position of the Chongming County Order forever. ”

Wu Liang seemed to understand, and said happily: "It turns out that the father-in-law has been prepared for a long time, but the son-in-law is too worried." ”

Lu Jianying snorted coldly and said, "This kid is not a thing in the pool, since he is our enemy, the old man will never allow him to grow up." Previously, as the counselor of the British Legation in China, the old man really didn't dare to move him, but now he is about to become the county commander of Chongming, and the old man, as the governor of Liangjiang, wants to get rid of a seven-grade sesame official in the acre and three points of land in Liangjiang. ”

"There is a way in heaven and he doesn't go, and there is no way to go to hell, it's Li Weiguo, this kid who is looking for death by himself, thinking that he is Ganluo, he wants to be a county magistrate at the age of twelve, and he doesn't pee and take pictures, what kind of virtue is he, I'm bah!" Wu Liang took a sip and spoke coldly, obviously hating Li Weiguo to the core.

Lu Jianying said: "Many people envy Gan Luo at the age of twelve, but few people know that he was beheaded by King Qin a few months later. ”

"What my father-in-law said is very true!" Wu Liang shouted, gloating and a little carried away.

Li Weiguo didn't know about Lu Jianying's conspiracy, and even if he knew, he didn't care, but would thank the other party for doing him a big favor.

After learning that Li Weiguo obtained the actual shortage of Chongming County Order, Li Yanming and the two elders of the Yang family were very happy, and immediately held a banquet in Li's Mansion to celebrate, when they learned that the Drunken Immortal Building was sold, the two elders were very unhappy, and Li Yanming was even more annoyed that his son was calculated by his son, but after his son took Chongming to the county order, it was to calm the unhappiness in his heart.

Originally, the domestic servants who ate inside and outside have been cleaned up, and those who remain are loyal to the Li family, and they can rest assured. As for the clan, they were already afraid of the foreign soldiers around Li Weiguo, but when they learned that Li Yanming and Li Weiguo had official ranks, they no longer dared to shout, and those clan children who were beaten by Li Weiguo were also beaten in vain, and even the parents of the other party had to send large gifts to apologize.

Li Weiguo didn't have time to worry about them, he was busy with his great cause - printing counterfeit banknotes and rebuilding a glorious counterfeit banknote empire.

However, he encountered a problem, that is, the currency of the Qing Dynasty is currently the silver and copper standard, from the Shunzhi period issued by the Qing Dynasty treasure banknotes and household official bills have existed in name only, the face value of one thousand taels, the market is worth at most two taels of silver, and no one subscribes, the face value of one thousand copper yuan copper yuan banknotes directly into the folk thatched house to become toilet paper. As a result, there was no market for counterfeit banknotes in the Qing Dynasty.

Therefore, Li Weiguo set his sights on foreign paper currency, he found that there are currently three mainstream currencies in the world, the pound sterling, the franc and the ruble, but the problem also arises, the machine and equipment required to make these three kinds of paper money and the required paper and chemical potions can not be purchased in the Qing Dynasty, which is difficult for Li Weiguo, he can send people to purchase abroad, with his ability as the world's top counterfeit banknote expert, forgery of this almost primitive paper money is simply a piece of cake.

To purchase these items in large quantities, Li Weiguo needed a trustworthy and knowledgeable person to go to England, which was difficult for him, you must know that there were few people who had been to Europe in the entire Qing Dynasty in these years, so he could only ask John for help.

But Li Weiguo knew that John was careful and had to be guarded, so he had to make up a reason to be able to deceive the other party.

said that Cao Cao and Cao Cao arrived, but before Li Weiguo went to find John, John came to the door.

But he didn't come to congratulate, but to ask for sin.

"Oh, Lee, you've disappointed me so much!" John said angrily: "Our legation has just helped you rescue your father and return your family property, and then you will leave our pick!" ”

"Who said I picked a pick?" Li Weiguo said with a smile, guessing what John meant, the British Legation was afraid that he already knew that he was about to become the county magistrate of Chongming, and was expressing protest and anger.

"You're going to Chongming to be the county magistrate, aren't you picking on a pick?" John questioned loudly.

Li Weiguo said without changing his face: "That's right, I do want to go to Chongming to take up the post of county commander, but I am still the counselor of your legation, and you haven't received my resignation, have you?" ”

John was stunned, and it took him a long time to react and ask, "You mean you still want the job of Legation Counselor?" But after all, you are an official of the Qing Dynasty, how can you work in our legation? This doesn't make sense! ”

Li Weiguo smiled: "Why is it unreasonable? Don't people in your country have part-time jobs? ”

"Part-time?" John rolled his eyes and said with some breakdown: "Oh my God, you can figure it out, it's outrageous!" ”

"Anything outrageous is not outrageous in our Great Qing Kingdom." Li Weiguo personally poured a cup of tea for John, handed it to him, and said: "You just go back and tell the minister that the post of counselor is very important to me, and I will not give up lightly, and if there is anything that needs my help, I will never refuse." ”

"Oh, that's a bit difficult, I hope that old guy doesn't drop the cup." John said helplessly.

"Don't worry, I have a way to ensure that he won't get angry when you go back to talk about this matter, and he will even make you coffee and praise you personally." Li Weiguo had an idea and threw out the bait.

"What? You want to open a bank? Knowing that Li Weiguo was going to open a bank by himself, John's eyes suddenly widened, his mouth opened wide, and he had a stunned expression.

"What? Don't I look like it? Li Weiguo smiled and asked rhetorically, and then said in a surprising voice: "And I also want to issue banknotes to unify the currency market of the Qing Dynasty." ”

"Shrimp?" John's mouth was crooked in surprise, his tongue was curled, and he couldn't believe what the young man in front of him said, not only did he have to open a bank, but also printed his own money, and even unified the Qing currency market.

Such a person is either a madman or a careerist.

For John, through guò these days, he believes that Li Weiguo falls into the latter category.

"Don't look at me with such adoring eyes, I'll be shy." Li Weiguo made a joke, paused, and continued: "As far as I know, the bankers in your country have always wanted to open the currency market in the Qing Dynasty, but unfortunately my Qing Kingdom does not allow it. If you cooperate with me, we will set up a joint venture to build a bank and make a fortune together, and we will all be happy. ”

Li Weiguo's suggestion made John feel excited, Britain entered the imperialist stage, with the export of capital as the main tool of aggression, and the banks played an important role as a bridgehead, which was of great significance. After the commercial war of 1840, the British West India Bank took the lead in setting up branches in the Hong Kong colony, but soon the bankers found that they could not penetrate their tentacles deep into the territory of the Qing Dynasty, and their money-making plans were hindered, which was another important reason for the outbreak of the Second ** War.

Now that Li Weiguo wants to set up a bank, the Qing government will naturally not stop it, and British bankers only need to invest in Li Weiguo's bank to achieve the purpose of making money. Of course, this is bound to give Li Weiguo a lot of profits, but at the moment it is the most tangible plan, and the temptation is extremely great.

Although John was a naval attaché, he was born into the British aristocracy, representing the interests of the big banks and merchants, and his mission in China was to open up the market of the Qing Empire, as can be seen from his painstaking efforts to seize the Jiangning cargo terminal.

"You didn't lie to me, did you?" John felt that the matter was important, and he couldn't make up his mind, so he asked rhetorically.

"These days, we are also friends who have been born and died together, I have never procrastinated in doing things, I just do what I say, you should know very well. Just report it to the legation and they will be interested. Li Weiguo swore that he was absolutely sure that the mercenary British would definitely take the bait.

John stared at the tea bowl for a long time, his eyes flickered, and he drank it all at once, and said categorically: "Okay, I will personally go back to Shanghai to report to His Excellency the Minister." ”

"Do me a favor by the way." Li Weiguo said suddenly: "After the establishment of the bank, I am going to issue banknotes, I need a full set of money printing machine equipment, paper, ink, etc. for preparing banknotes, and I also need to buy some personal items from the United Kingdom. ”

"You're so smart!" John smiled bitterly and had to admire Li Weiguo's IQ. You must know that equipment and related materials such as money printing machines cannot be bought by ordinary businessmen, because these will be monopolized, kept secret and restricted from export by various governments, Li Weiguo deliberately threw out a gimmick of a joint venture bank, and calculated that the British side would meet his demands.

"Mutual benefit!" Li Weiguo smiled, looking harmless to humans and animals.

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