I heard the rumor that Zaifeng was going to kill the minister in the palace, although he didn't have anything to offend Zaifeng, Yang Chao still walked into the palace with some trepidation, because what is standing in front of you now is a person who does not play cards according to the rules, and it is difficult for people to feel safe. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"Minister, Yang Chao saw the emperor, long live the emperor, long live the emperor!"

Yang Chao kowtowed honestly, the official uniform and hat on his body were neatly tidied up, and he tidied it up again before entering the door.

"Yang Aiqing, please get up quickly, Xiao Chengzi, give me a seat!"

Zaifeng is smiling, and he does not lose the attitude of a high-ranking person, he will become more and more emperor.

However, Yang Chao felt that Zaifeng was becoming more and more defeated, this year was only the first year of Hongguang, and he had only been the emperor for two years, and he had already begun to break the rules, didn't he know that the rules were to protect everyone, including the emperor.

This time sitting on the seat moved by Xiao Chengzi, Yang Chao was not as comfortable as before, this time he only sat on half of his buttocks.

"Yang Chao, you have done a good job in Shandong. This time, Zhang Zhidong praised the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway. ”

Zaifeng praised.

Yang Chao hurriedly said: "The boss carries love." ”

Zaifeng said again: "Your railway is better repaired." ”

Yang Chao replied: "It was Zhan Tianyou who helped to repair it." ”

Zaifeng said: "Zhan Tianyou is just a general, but you are a handsome talent." ”

The rules of officialdom and the credit are all for officials, and no matter how good they are, they are only guided by others.

Yang Chao said: "Emperor Xie praised. ”

Zaifeng continued: "But I heard that you have formed a strong country and rich people society, but is there such a thing? ”

Yang Chao's heart tightened, and secretly said that this was the case, this is the purpose of Zaifeng's edict to come to Beijing?

The reputation of the party is very bad now, and anyone who forms a party is preparing for a rebellion.

Yang Chao thought of this, and couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat, the reason why he had been developing in secret, and soon sent all the members out to study, was because he was afraid that they would have an accident in China, on the one hand, for their safety, on the other hand, he was not safe, but he didn't expect to be known by Zaifeng.

The exposure of an organization is nothing more than the accidental discovery of oneself, or the appearance of traitors within the organization. Yang Chao is already very careful, Wang Qiu has only been in contact with Zhan Tianyou's foreign children at present, I thought that they had received a Western-style education and were more receptive to the organization, who thought that they would fail, and in addition to that, they rarely had contact with other people, and more importantly, Wang Qiu never said that it was Yang Chao behind the scenes.

Then there is only one reason, there is a traitor within the organization and Yang Chao is sued. Who is the traitor? These people Yang Chao has been observing for a long time, they are all depressed talents, and they are all upright. But knowing people and faces but not hearts, it is not surprising that there are one or two who will do whatever it takes to be developed, is it Pan Xun? Or Li Sidi? Yang Chao couldn't guess for a while.

Yang Chao was very nervous at this time, but his face became more and more calm, if it was an ordinary person, he might immediately kneel down when he was weak-hearted, but Yang Chao had already practiced the ability to be more nervous, the calmer he was.

Bowed slightly: "Back to the emperor, but there is such a thing." The minister recruited a group of staff talents and formed this society. With the purpose of strengthening the country and enriching the people, being loyal to the monarch and serving the country, we hope to inspire young people to serve the country wholeheartedly. ”

Yang Chao tried his best to raise his hat high, but many young people in the society did keep shouting the slogan of loyalty to the monarch and serving the country, in the era of imperial power, the emperor was really a symbol of the country, and the British soldiers fought and shouted Long live the queen, the monarch is the symbol of the country.

He has never made a rebellious move, and hopes that Zaifeng will reprimand himself at most without killing himself.

"Good!"

Very good?

Yang Chao was stunned for a moment, Zaifeng said very good, what does this mean, is it the opposite?

couldn't help but look up and quietly glanced at Zaifeng, but found that Zaifeng looked as usual, and didn't seem to take the formation of the club seriously.

"But some ministers impeached you for forming a party for personal gain. I have already criticized it, saying that this is a Western method, if you don't form a party, you will rebel, you will have to run a private business, you can rest assured and boldly do it. ”

Zaifeng's words surprised Yang Chao even more, Zaifeng naturally knew that there were parties abroad, even Japan, but Zaifeng had personally been to the German parliament, what did he not know?

However, his statement still surprised Yang Chao, this is to encourage himself to form a club, and he can't imagine that he killed Yang Chao before he came, whether he was stupid or stupid.

But Yang Chao could only say: "Thank the emperor for his love." ”

Zaifeng asked again: "Aiqing is doing things in Shandong, what are the difficulties?" ”

Yang Chao thought for a while and said, "I haven't encountered any difficulties yet. ”

Yang Chao's current things are under his control, if a businessman wants to do these things, he may encounter a lot of trouble, such as the interference of the government, the harassment of the mang, but no one dares to trouble Yang Chao, the steel factory in Yantai does not need to worry, where is a port, and it is Yang Chao who has the final say, where is the saline-alkali land in Dashifang, no one goes, and the arsenal in Laiwu is covered by Zhou Fu, and no one dares to look for trouble.

To put it bluntly, in this era, if you want to do things, you are mainly afraid that people who should not be in charge of things will take care of you, such as the emperor's interference and the like.

Fortunately, Yang Chao persuaded the emperor, Zhang Zhidong and Yuan Shikai, there are people above who support him, and the local support him, and what is difficult to do above?

Zaifeng said with a smile: "Aiqing does things, I can rest assured." ”

But if you don't have trouble, you can't prove your hard work.

Yang Chao said: "There is only one thing, foreigners are too arrogant and eventful, and it is not easy to handle." ”

Zaifeng nodded lightly: "The foreigners are a little arrogant, Aiqing is bothered." ”

Having said this, Yang Chao relaxed and understood that Zaifeng was not looking for trouble this time, and even things like the party could be suppressed, and other things were not a problem.

"Be loyal to the country, and never give up."

Zaifeng smiled: "Aiqing is loyal, and I am very comforted." Last time, Zhou Fu played your disaster relief merit, I never thought of how to reward you, this time I ordered you to come, the first thing is to do this. ”

After speaking, Zaifeng raised his hand, and the little eunuch next to him immediately picked up a plate.

"Yang Chao received the reward, and the saint rewarded the top grade with a pearl and a jade belt."

The little eunuch's shrill voice sounded.

Yang Chao hurriedly left his seat to thank him. But I can't help but wonder, just to reward a jade belt, as soon as I hang the pearls, I shouted myself to Beijing, is it a bit too trivial.

I saw that the little eunuch continued to shout: "Reward the yellow coat and give the Forbidden City to ride a horse!" ”

This is a great honor, and generally only people who have made great meritorious contributions can do it, such as after the successful suppression of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Li Hongzhang and some major generals have won it. Other people who can wear yellow jackets include imperial guards, visiting envoys, and rewards when hunting, but these yellow jackets are related to their professions and cannot be worn at ordinary times, otherwise it is a big crime.

However, the yellow coat of this reward is different, you can wear it however you want, but the general minister will only wear it on formal occasions, because there is no place to buy it if it is broken, for example, when attending a cocktail party, Li Hongzhang sometimes wears it.

As for giving the Forbidden City to ride a horse, this is attached to the yellow coat, and the person who gives the yellow coat will spare the Forbidden City. But those who are given to ride horses in the Forbidden City may not have yellow coats, such as Sheng Xuanhuai, who also rode horses in the Forbidden City.

But this kind of thing, honor is greater than reality, Yang Chao doesn't care much.

Of course, it's not completely useless, for example, when you meet someone older than yourself, you can not salute in a yellow coat.

Yang Chao was just about to thank him, but he didn't expect the little eunuch to still shout.

"Yang Chao was promoted to the Minister of Commerce of Shandong, specializing in Shandong foreign affairs, and the rank is second."

Yang Chao couldn't help but be stunned, what does Zaifeng mean by this? The ministers of commerce are often part-time, Beiyang is the governor of Zhili, and the south is the governor of Liangjiang. The governor of Shandong is the second grade, won't he be on an equal footing with the governor Zhou Fu in Shandong in the future?

But this is not the most important thing, the most important thing is that Shandong's trade and foreign affairs have always been managed by the Minister of Beiyang, that is, Yuan Shikai is in charge, and now he has divided Yuan Shikai's power, and he has a dispute with Zhou Fu?

However, this is a good thing for Yang Chao, which means that in the future, he can handle foreign affairs as he wants in Shandong, and he wants to build factories and factories, and he wants to build railways.

But in the past, Zhou Fu was covered, and he already did what he wanted to do, but now Zaifeng's approach is completely useless, and he can only let Zhou Fu and Yuan Shikai argue with him, is this what Zaifeng wants to do? Sow discord!

"No, no. And woo me? ”

No matter how you look at Zaifeng, it has expanded the power in Yang Chao's hands, and the grade has also increased, and the reward is quite heavy, which is naturally an important meaning, but in Yang Chao's view, it is still useless.

Unless: "Enlighten the emperor, ministers run foreign affairs, can foreign stocks be introduced?" ”

In the current situation, if you don't attract investment, you can accumulate on your own, and the speed of industrialization is too slow, and if you can introduce foreign capital, Yang Chao is confident that you can replicate the achievements of reform and opening up.

If there is no such power, then the official position given to Yang Chao by Zaifeng is meaningless.

"Introducing foreign stocks?"

Zaifeng couldn't help frowning.

Yang Chao immediately lobbied him: "Enlighten the emperor." Foreigners invest in other countries everywhere, the British have a lot of investment in the United States, and even the reason why the Americans are so powerful is that the British were the first to build railways and set up factories. ”

Zaifeng asked: "Ruokaiping Coal Mine, occupied by the British, invade my rights!" ”

The British took advantage of the opportunity of the Eight-Nation Coalition Army to enter Beijing, under the pretext of reporting to the Boxers, arrested Zhang Yi, the supervisor of Kaiping Mines, Zhang Yi was forced to agree to lease the Kaiping Coal Mine to the British, but when the contract was signed, the British played tricks and changed the word lease to the word "sell", Zhang Yi signed directly without looking at it carefully, so the Kaiping Coal Mine became the industry of the British, and the person who did this at that time was called Hoover, who later became the president of the United States, and worked for the British company at this time.