Chapter 1106 On the way to sell officials

Of course, Cen Chunxuan would not know that Lin Yiqing plagiarized the patent of the German "Zeiss" company in order to help him get promoted, but Lin Yiqing did not have the slightest sense of guilt in his heart. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Because from the time he came to this era to the present, there are too many things plagiarized......

"Okay, Cen Shaoqing, you can take a few photos for me here now." Empress Dowager Renxi said.

"The Queen Mother is slow." The queen said suddenly.

"What? How many photos does Sister Queen want to take first? Concubine Zhen on the side said again.

The queen didn't care about her provocation, she didn't pay attention to Concubine Zhen, but blessed the Empress Dowager Renxi, "The concubine remembers that the last time the Empress Dowager was here to play the Guanyin Bodhisattva of Putuo Mountain, it was so good-looking...... At that time, the Queen Mother also said that it would be nice if she could leave a statue......"

"Ouch, lo and behold! It's still your child's memory. The Empress Dowager Renxi increased her forehead with her hand, as if she remembered something, and immediately said to Li Jintai, the chief administrator of the inner court standing beside her, "Quick! Fast! Bring me all my clothes! ”

"Yes!" Li Jintai snorted, waved his hand, and went down with a few eunuchs.

After a while, Li Jintai came back at a trot, and several eunuchs followed him, carried a few big suitcases, and entered the palace behind.

"Please move the Queen Mother." Li Jintai bowed and said to the Empress Dowager Renxi.

Empress Dowager Renxi nodded, and entered the palace surrounded by several palace maids.

"It's rare that the emperor's father is happy today, Cen Shaoqing, don't fail to take a picture, and sweep away the emperor's father's interest." Emperor Guangxu watched the Empress Dowager Renxi enter the house, and then turned his head and admonished Cen Chunxuan.

"Your Majesty, please rest assured." Cen Chunxuan immediately replied, "The minister must let the Queen Mother see the best photos." ”

"Net energy can come up with bad ideas, what should I do if I take care of it!" Not far away, there was the sound of Concubine Zhen's yin and yang weirdness, Cen Chunxuan quickly glanced over there, and just saw Concubine Zhen slapping the fan with her hand a few times, glaring at the queen.

In the face of Concubine Zhen's another provocation, the queen still didn't say anything, her face was as quiet and gentle as ever, as if she hadn't heard what Concubine Zhen was saying at all, which made Cen Chunxuan can't help but admire the queen's qi cultivation kung fu.

After a while, the Empress Dowager Renxi, who had finished dressing, walked out, came to a bluestone outside the pavilion and sat down, she was dressed in a monk's robe, wearing a Pilu hat, her left hand resting on her knees, and her right hand was holding a jade bead hanging, she sat in just the right position, in front of the blooming lotus, behind the mountains and rocks and bamboos, she tried to suppress the smile on her face, put on a serious look, at this moment, it seems that it is quite a bit of treasure solemnity.

Cen Chunxuan held the camera, stepped forward cautiously, and took a few photos of the Empress Dowager Renxi one after another, seeing the camera in Cen Chunxuan's hand flashing slightly, making a "click" sound, and Emperor Guangxu's face also showed a look of surprise.

"The Queen Mother is really the reincarnation of Guanyin Bodhisattva, look! It's so good......" Concubine Jin, who had not spoken, looked at Renxi who was sitting there dressed as a Guanyin master, and couldn't help but admire.

"Doesn't the emperor take a photo with the queen mother?" The empress came to Emperor Guangxu's side at some point and said softly.

"That's good...... But do I have to change my clothes too? Emperor Guangxu listened to the empress's suggestion and couldn't help but nod again and again.

"The emperor can pretend to be Wei Dao King Kong!" Li Jintai followed and said, "Let the old slave wait for the emperor to change his clothes." ”

"That's good, hurry, hurry!" Emperor Guangxu was also interested.

"Emperor! Come here, let's take a picture of the two of us! Empress Dowager Renxi heard their conversation at this time, and beckoned to Emperor Guangxu, "The emperor should not pretend to be Wei Tuo, pretend to be a good wealth boy!" And Fang'er! You play as a dragon girl! That's it! ”

"The concubine takes the order." After listening to Renxi's arrangement, the queen blessed Renxi again, and then pulled the emperor and walked into the palace together.

At this time, Cen Chunxuan noticed the angry expression on Concubine Zhen's face, and couldn't help but feel secretly happy in his heart.

After a while, Guangxu and the Empress came out dressed up, and Emperor Guangxu was dressed in brocade clothes, wearing a golden crown and holding a jade Ruyi. The queen is dressed in a xia veil and holds a letter in her hand, one of them is handsome and handsome, and the other is beautiful and dignified, which looks very matched.

"Quick! Come here! Seeing the appearance of the emperor and queen, the Empress Dowager Renxi was even more happy, she beckoned again, and Emperor Guangxu and Empress Guangxu came to Renxi's side and stood on the left and right. Cen Chunxuan carefully stepped forward to adjust the focus of the camera and began to take pictures.

Cen Chunxuan took several photos in a row, and at this time, Princess Rongchang and Concubine Jin were also interested, and began to dress up separately and take photos with Renxi and Guangxu.

The queen seemed to take pictures just to make Renxi happy, and after she took a photo with Renxi dressed as a dragon girl, she retreated and gave it to Concubine Jin, and Concubine Jin, like the queen, only took one photo and retreated.

Seeing Concubine Zhen glaring at her hatefully, the queen didn't care at all, she met Concubine Zhen's disdainful gaze, and said softly: "Why don't you join Sister Zhen?" ”

"Concubine Zhen should also go and take pictures." The Empress Dowager Renxi seemed to see something, and said patiently.

"The Queen Mother forgives her sins, and the concubine is unwell today, so she won't accompany the Queen Mother to take pictures." Concubine Zhen blessed her and said.

Although she was saying this while saluting the Empress Dowager Renxi, at this moment, everyone could see that whether it was the demeanor and tone of her speech, or the action of saluting, Concubine Zhen did not have the slightest sense of respect.

Empress Dowager Renxi's face sank suddenly, her eyebrows twisted into two black bumps, she stared at Concubine Zhen tightly, her eyes suddenly became sharp, and Concubine Zhen couldn't help but shudder under her gaze.

Although these were only momentary things, Cen Chunxuan had already seen them all.

"Jane! ......" Emperor Guangxu's face was a little unbearable, he looked at Concubine Zhen, and just wanted to reprimand her, but Concubine Zhen turned around and walked away, as if she hadn't heard his words at all.

Emperor Guangxu's face showed a hint of embarrassment, and he peeked at the Empress Dowager Renxi, but he happened to meet the Empress Dowager Renxi's gaze.

Empress Dowager Renxi just glanced at Emperor Guangxu, then turned her head and resumed the shape of "Guanyin Bodhisattva".

"The emperor has been standing here for a long time, so let's go and rest for a while when he's tired." Empress Dowager Renxi's voice returned to normal, "Little Lizi, I'll reward you today." ”

"Thank you for the grace of the Queen Mother!" Li Jintai said happily.

"You can pretend to be Wei Dao King Kong." Empress Dowager Renxi said, "Fang'er come here, let's take another picture of our mother and son." ”

"The concubine takes the order."

The queen was dressed as a dragon girl again, and at this time Li Jintai also dressed as Wei Dao King Kong, he was dressed in a military general's armor, his hands were folded, and he was holding a vajra on his chest, standing on the left side of the Empress Dowager Renxi, and the queen was standing on the right side of the Empress Dowager Renxi. After Cen Chunxuan waited for the three of them to set up the POSE, he stepped forward to aim at the focal length, and then calmly pressed the shutter.

After finally tossing and teaching Emperor Guangxu how to operate this new camera, Cen Chunxuan returned to his apartment when it was already a little late.

Cen Chunxuan looked at the jade Pixiu piece that the Empress Dowager Renxi had given him in his hand, and the scene he had seen in the palace during the day today appeared in front of him.

For Concubine Zhen, who gave herself a lot of moths today, Cen Chunxuan can be said to be angry when she thinks about it.

It's the queen, very amiable.

Cen Chunxuan's eyes once again appeared in front of her voice and smile.

Although the two didn't talk much, the queen left a good impression in Cen Chunxuan's heart.

He remembered Lin Yiqing's confession, took out a pen and paper, wrote down in detail what he saw in the palace today, and arranged for someone to send Lin Yiqing over.

Recently, Lin Yiqing seems to be extremely concerned about the big and small things that happen in the palace, he doesn't know what's going on, but he never asks much.

And Cen Chunxuan didn't know how many similar reports there would be in Lin Yiqing's hands.

"Lin Jun also thinks that the harem should be rectified?"

Seeing the table full of reports on the activities of the concubines in the palace in front of Lin Yiqing, Yoko Shimazu chuckled.

"This Concubine Zhen is a little too unusual." Lin Yiqing raised her head and sighed, "I originally thought that her temperament had changed greatly because of the miscarriage, but it seems that she was wrong." ”

Although Emperor Guangxu's body was vigorously recuperated by Lin Yiqing and became much stronger, he had a disease of constriction and ecstasy due to the lack of blood in the previous weather, and it was difficult for him to conceive a woman.

"Concubine Zhen is just a stupid woman with no brains, and she is too far behind the queen. The queen also had a miscarriage, but she didn't become like her. Yoko Shimazu walked to a cabinet, pulled out a report from the neatly arranged documents inside, and put it in front of Lin Yiqing, "Look at what she did, she is such a traitor, and if something happens soon, she doesn't need us to take action, she will kill herself herself." ”

Lin Yiqing took the report and read it, and after only reading it for a while, he frowned.

The Daqian court has customization, and the queen's annual silver is only 1,000 taels, which is reduced to the level of concubines, only 300 taels per year, and 200 taels for concubines. Concubine Zhen is obviously used to spending money, her expenses are not enough at all, and the deficit is getting bigger and bigger, at the beginning, Emperor Guangxu will use his own money to help Concubine Zhen, but because Emperor Guangxu is a man, the expenses are even larger, so he can't give Concubine Zhen more. In the long run, Concubine Zhen's money is still not enough. So Concubine Zhen began to find a way to borrow from Concubine Jin, but Concubine Jin's money was just enough for herself, and she didn't have much to spare.

Concubine Zhen had no choice, so she began to think of ways to make money, and tried all kinds of ways, but there was no better way. Besides, she is in the inner palace, so she can't go out and walk around casually. Concubine Zhen was very anxious, so she discussed with the eunuch who was good with her how to make money, and the eunuch didn't have any good ideas. At this time, Concubine Zhen's cousin Naorui also heard about it. At that time, there were already a lot of buying and selling official positions in society. In addition, he had this convenient condition, so Zhirui suggested to Concubine Zhen to do this. The matter of selling officials is carried out by Zhirui, and Concubine Zhen is only responsible for blowing the pillow wind in the ears of Emperor Guangxu.

Concubine Zhen's specific method was to be the mastermind of her elder brother, colluding with the eunuchs of the affairs office to pull officials, and then communicating with internal and external officials. At that time, Concubine Zhen lived in Jingren Palace, and even the chief eunuch of Jingren Palace was pulled in by Concubine Zhen, and the matter became bigger and bigger, and almost everyone knew about it. Everyone also knows that a large part of the money from selling officials goes to Concubine Zhen, and the remaining small part can be distributed by others. Concubine Zhen relied on herself to get the favor of Emperor Guangxu and became unscrupulous. The act of selling officials must be started from Emperor Guangxu in order to be successfully passed. So, Concubine Zhen blew the wind next to Emperor Guangxu's pillow, and Emperor Guangxu did not notice Concubine Zhen's intentions because he favored Concubine Zhen.

Concubine Zhen's act of selling official positions caused great turmoil in society, and many officials began to unscrupulously accumulate wealth, and even embezzle and accept bribes. At this time, Emperor Guangxu was a puppet of Concubine Zhen and was often kept in the dark by Concubine Zhen.

In the eleventh year of Guangxu (9085 in the Western calendar), the navy conducted exercises at sea in this year, so Emperor Guangxu was instigated by Concubine Zhen to go to sea secretly, and at the same time, Concubine Zhen handed over the list of Shanghai Dao recommended by herself to Emperor Guangxu, and instructed Emperor Guangxu to carry it with him. After Sun Yuwen, the minister of military aircraft, learned about it, he advised Emperor Guangxu, saying that the sea was very windy and rough, and it was not a matter of enjoying the scenery on the seaside, and if the emperor had to go to sea, then he must ask the empress dowager to make a decree. Please ask the emperor to give priority to the society and only send ministers to review it.

As soon as Emperor Guangxu heard that he was going to ask the Empress Dowager Renxi, he immediately felt that the matter was definitely not feasible, or he didn't even think about it, so he casually assigned a few people to deal with this matter. When Emperor Guangxu calmed down a little, Prince Jing beside him took out a list of personnel from the court clothes and said to Emperor Guangxu: "Su Song Taidao Nie Zhongfang was ordered to be promoted to Zhejiang Zhensi, and the vacancies must be filled by simple personnel. "Because Susong Taidao Daotai has been stationed in Shanghai for many years, and the scope of jurisdiction is also relatively extensive, including Suzhou, Songjiang, and Taicang Prefecture, and also in charge of Shanghai Jiang Customs, therefore, this position is also known as Shanghai Dao, also known as Shanghai Customs Dao, is a very important position.

At that time, Emperor Guangxu remembered the note handed to him by Concubine Zhen, and did not investigate who the list handed by the Military Aircraft Department was, so he handed Concubine Zhen's note to Prince Jing and said: "Since there is a shortage of Shanghai Dao, it can be awarded to Lu Boyang." ”

Shanghai was an important foreign trade port of the Great Qian Empire. There are a lot of people from various countries here, and there are many negotiations with the authorities. Therefore, this position in Shanghai Province must be a diplomatic responsibility, which is not something that ordinary magistrates can do, and usually only prestigious and talented officials can fill it, otherwise if it is not handled well, it will cause diplomatic disputes and be very troublesome. So people who are incompetent simply cannot do it. Although this position, at that time, was a real fat shortage, although ordinary officials coveted this position very much, they did not dare to show it casually. The former Shanghai Daonie Zhongfang was the son-in-law of Zeng Bohan, the founder of Zhongxing, and he had always been known for his ability, and only a person like him could make a difference in this position, otherwise he would only know that he was greedy for money, and this position would definitely not be competent.

At that time, Emperor Guangxu didn't know who this Lu Boyang was, and no one in the court and the ministers knew it, but Concubine Zhen wrote this name on the note to Emperor Guangxu. The foreman of the military aircraft did not know who it was, so he asked the other ministers, and all the ministers also shook their heads, saying that they did not know. Prince Jing had no choice but to ask Emperor Guangxu about the basic situation, but as a result, Emperor Guangxu said: "I don't know the details of this person, you go back and check." ”

There was no way, the emperor asked him to check, so a group of people from the Military Aircraft Department returned to the Military Aircraft Department to check the list of all the people who were ordered to hand over their files to the Military Aircraft Department for registration because of their excellent political achievements. As a result, I couldn't find this person when I flipped through it. The ministers of the Military Aircraft Department were very puzzled: Why did the emperor recommend this person? And it may not be recommended by the Empress Dowager Renxi, if the Empress Dowager Renxi confesses something, Emperor Guangxu will definitely say that it was the Empress Dowager Renxi.

In the morning of the next day, Prince Jing said to Emperor Guangxu: "The Military Aircraft Department cannot find Lu Boyang's resume. Emperor Guangxu said: "Then order the Ministry of Officials to check whether there is such a person in the list of current Taoist officials in the world." "The ministers of military aircraft are very smart, and they know that this time it will definitely not be the matter that the Queen Mother has explained, and it must be that he wants this person to be an official. And this person obviously hasn't been an official either, otherwise he could have been found out at least on the list. So it was useless to check it again, so Prince Jing said to Emperor Guangxu: "If the emperor knows that this person is available, then make a simple order, and I am afraid that his past resume will not be able to be found by the officials." ”

At this time, Emperor Guangxu had no choice but to pretend to be helpless and said: "Then don't check, the Military Aircraft Department can ignore this person." "The matter is closed. Subsequently, Emperor Guangxu took out another note from Concubine Zhen from the court clothes and gave it to Prince Jing, and told him: "The cabinet chief Lin and Zhan Shi Zhirui can be of great use, and now there is a shortage of waiters, so they can be transferred at their discretion." When Prince Jing saw that this was an official that the emperor wanted to promote personally, he didn't refer to other opinions much, so he looked down at the note that Emperor Guangxu gave him, and saw that it read: The right attendant of the cabinet bachelor Lin Kehu Department, and the right attendant of the Zhan Shi Zhirui Keli Department. The two of them were promoted from the second rank and the third grade to the second rank, and they were impeccable. Prince Jing had no choice but to issue a holy decree according to Guangxu's request. In fact, Chang Lin is also the relationship of Concubine Zhen, and this Zhirui is Concubine Zhen's cousin. Concubine Zhen relied on Emperor Guangxu's favor for her, buying and selling officials became smoother and smoother, her profits became bigger and bigger, and her courage became bigger and bigger.

In addition, Concubine Zhen also recommended her teacher Wen Tingshi to Emperor Guangxu, and the emperor who was in love didn't think much about it, so he did as she was told. (To be continued.) )