In front of the bank of Daqing Bank. Lin Qizhao looked at the library door that opened again, and his heart was extremely bored.

"Lord Huang, you have also checked this account, and the treasury has also been counted and weighed. This time, we will count the treasury again. Lord Huang, what the hell are you looking for? What are you doing? ”

"Why? Presumably, Lord Lin knows better than me. Supervisor Huang said with some sarcasm.

Didn't you just want to find out the source of the emperor's money to buy equipment in the United States? Can you bureaucrats find out this? To borrow the emperor's words, even if you make a fake account, you can't find out. Lin Qizhao was still unforgiving: "Lord Huang doesn't know what to say, how can I know." Could it be that he is playing tricks on me Lin. ”

"This official said yesterday that he heard a law, and today he said that Lord Yu Lin listened to it. When the top came to check the treasury silver, the first person to learn the news first went to various places to borrow the silver to serve as treasury silver, and then returned it after checking the accounts. But these people have forgotten how the borrowed treasury silver can be the same as the original treasury silver. Supervisor Huang approached and whispered, "Lord Lin, it's better to tell the truth." I will protect you before Prince Li. ”

"Lin is worthy of heaven and earth in doing things, and he is worthy of the king. How can a villain like you slander him? Lin Qizhao clasped his hands into fists: "I will not accompany you." After speaking, Lin Qizhao turned around and left.

"If you are surnamed Lin, this official will inform you as a supervisor. Before the matter is clarified, you honestly reflect at home. This Daqing Bank does not have to come. ”

"You're just an overseer, what right do you have to cut me down. Ming, you just wait to hear it. ”

"Lin Qizhao, Supervisor Huang suspects you of embezzling bank money, have you done it?" The next morning, Chao Guangxu got the excerpt of Lord Huang. And Lin Qizhao's light was suppressed.

Lin Qizhao, who was kneeling on the ground, was neither arrogant nor humble: "The emperor is clear, it's just unnecessary." ”

"Then Lord Huang, you can find out the evidence."

"Back to the emperor, it is still being verified. The minister has asked Lord Lin to reflect at home. ”

Guangxu nodded: "Oh, so that's the case." Lord Huang, I suspect that you are taking bribes from Daqing Bank. Before I found out, you honestly reflected at home. This Daqing Bank does not have to go. You go out. ”

"Facts speak louder than words. Lin Qizhao and Lord Huang said that the books of the Qing Bank were chaotic and the income and expenditure were not clear. You go back and get the accounts ready. Guangxu turned his head to Weng Tongyi and said, "Master Weng, you take a few people to investigate." It's the mule, it's the horse that comes out and slips. ”

Before he retired from the dynasty, Supervisor Huang pulled Prince Li to complain.

Prince Li Shiduo persuaded with kind words: "Lord Huang, don't worry, at most three or five days, this king will ensure that you will be reinstated." ”

Three days later, Supervisor Huang was drinking tea at home. Enjoy afternoon tea peacefully.

"The old man is not good, there are a lot of officers and soldiers who have come to the hospital."

Supervisor Huang hurriedly rushed to the gate and saw Prince Li Shiduo coming in with a group of officers and soldiers.

"The slave has seen the prince, I don't know why the prince is here this time?"

"Lord Huang, did you withdraw two thousand taels of silver from the Daqing Bank?"

"The prince smiled, aren't all the two thousand taels of silver filial......"

"Shut up." Shiduo was furious: "You embezzled the treasury silver, and you want to harm others. Come on, take it. ”

A group of officers and soldiers took Supervisor Huang like a wolf and a tiger. Shi Duo stepped forward and said softly, "If you don't want your wife and children to die, you just talk nonsense." ”

Supervisor Huang reacted for a while: "Lord Wang, the servants have not been filial to you over the years. You have to be the master of your minions. ”

"Lord Huang, this king can't help you. Take your will is the emperor himself. If you want to blame it, you offended the celebrities around the emperor, and let people take the handle. But don't worry, I'll help you settle in with your little family. Shi Duo took two steps back and waved his big hand: "Take it down." ”

Shi Duo watched Supervisor Huang being pressed down: "Raided the house." "Raiding the house, this is the emperor's method.

"It's been ten days, and I haven't been able to find out, all of you ...... one by one" Cixi looked at the military ministers kneeling on the ground in Cining Palace, and she didn't fight anywhere.

The ministers led by Shi Duo looked at Cixi's anger and didn't even dare to come out. After a long time, Cixi saw that none of these ministers even spoke, and couldn't help but come to her heart: "What's the use of the imperial court raising you waste." ”

As the foreman of the Minister of Military Aircraft, Shi Duo could only come out and speak: "The slave personally checked the household department and the Daqing Bank. The accounts and the treasury are fine. The minions were incompetent and failed to find out where the emperor's money came from. Please also ask Lafayette to give sin. ”

"There is no problem with the household department and the Daqing Bank, so where do you say the emperor's money comes from. This is how you share your sorrows for the mourners. ”

"The Queen Mother Lafayette is angry. I'm afraid that I still need the help of Gonggong Li in this matter. Shi Duo glanced up at Cixi: "I heard that many foreigners have been collecting antiques and treasures recently, and the person who shot it was the eunuch in the palace. The minister has not been able to verify it, so he did not report it to Lafayette. ”

"Is there such a thing?" Cixi frowned: "Does Xiao Lizi have such a thing?" ”

"Back to Lafayette. is indeed the case, this eunuch is simply Kou Liancai by the emperor's side. But there is no shortage of ornaments in the palace to report to the emperor. The minions were also puzzled. Li Lianying's voice also lowered: "Therefore, I don't dare to report to Lafayette." ”

"Have you checked all the warehouses?"

"I've checked everything, and nothing is missing. But the minions remembered a strange thing. The emperor took out a lot of treasures from the palace and the treasury, but he got them back in three or five days, and he didn't know what to do? ”

Cixi thought about it for a long time and didn't figure it out, there was nothing missing, so she took it out and got it back. Didn't you take it, sell it, sell it, and steal it back. But can those foreigners' things be stolen back? If you can't figure it out, you can ask to understand: "The mourning family is too lazy to think about it, and set up the royal study." The mourning family went to ask for clarification in person. ”

Outside the imperial study, Cixi walked in the front, and she deliberately did not let people pass it on. She wanted to see what the emperor was singing.

"Your Majesty, this is the 800,000 taels of silver tickets that Tang Sancai just bought today, and he also sold some small pieces for another 20,600 taels of silver." Cixi had just walked outside the door of the imperial study when she heard Kou Liancai talking.

"Business has been booming recently, and those foreign devils aren't suspicious." This is what Guangxu is saying.

"It's far from the look of a foreign devil. However, the emperor, the slave thought that the matter of making a fake had to be slowed down now. Recently, some foreign devils have noticed the glaze factory. ”

"You're right, stop the big ones first, and then put out another batch of small pieces. You have to keep the imitation secret from the glass factory, you go and tell them all, if anyone dares to leak the secret, I will cut off someone's head. ”

"The slave has been confessed early in the morning, and the slave is still letting people watch over there."

"Well done. I will reward you with two hundred taels of silver, and you will give me the other four hundred. Now Rong Yonglan's money is enough. As for the 800,000 taels of silver, you will take 500,000 taels and send them to the Ministry of Industry, and the year after tomorrow will be the 60th birthday of the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother works hard for the country, although I can't share the worries for the Queen Mother, it is also a filial piety to be able to repair this garden. ”

"The emperor's filial piety wants Lafayette to know, but I don't know how to be moved."

Move? You don't give the mourning family a little less moth, and the mourning family is thankful. Outside the door, Cixi listened to the conversation inside and thought to herself.

"Shut up, filial piety is not just a matter of talking about it. It must be proved with practical actions. Last time, I heard Tang Shaoyi say that there is something new in the United States, you ask him to ask, buy one back, and let the Queen Mother and her old man be happy and happy. ”

It turned out that the emperor went to sell fakes, and he took the money out to repair the garden. No wonder the garden has been repaired quite quickly lately. Cixi did not go in, but turned around and went back.

Waiting for Qi Yide to come in, Guangxu patted his chest and comforted his frightened heart. Fortunately, Qi Yide was clever and let people inform one step in advance. It's just a pity that the 500,000 taels of silver have been wasted again. As for the money for repairing the garden, it was just Guangxu forcing Weng Tong to allocate money every once in a while, and did not stop the garden. If you want to buy money with Guangxu's temper, you have already dismantled it. Of course, this can only be imagined.

Tianjin Zhili Governor's Palace

Li Hongzhang looked at the table full of films sent from all over the place, and sat down in annoyance. Things have not been going well lately.

When Lang Weili arrived, especially the imperial court's intention to purchase ships, the training strength of the Beiyang sailors increased, which brought about a huge consumption of coal-fired shells. For this reason, after personally inquiring about the stock of ammunition and coal, Luang Weili brought the lawsuit to him, the minister of Beiyang. And the old-fashioned British ignored the unspoken rules of Chinese officialdom, and instead blamed him, the minister of Beiyang. The emperor came forward to reduce the training intensity again and again, but Li Hongzhang could still see the emperor's disappointment from the words of the emperor's will.

Not only that, the Tianjin No. 1 Arsenal started as scheduled, but since the emperor secretly transferred some equipment and personnel, the cost of the imitation firearms in the arsenal is still higher than that of direct procurement. For this reason, Li Hongzhang did not dare to report to the emperor.

And the so-called marines in Ding Ruchang's town can only train on the beach every day. Fortunately, there was a German lieutenant in Beiyang, Hannagan, who helped with the training, and Luang Weili also cooperated. It's finally a look. Not to mention Li Hongzhang, even Ding Ruchang doesn't know what the emperor means.

But in such a messy situation, the emperor also wanted the shipyard under the name of Beiyang to build a lightning strike ship and let him write a fine fold.

"Father, the film of Tianjin No. 1 Locomotive Factory." Zhang Peilun came from outside.

"The old man is tired, you can just say it." It's already a lot of troubles, and I care about one more thing.

"Because of the mistake in the early planning, the locomotive factory now needs to acquire an additional piece of land to the south. The factory can also be replaced with the land to the north, but the local residents just don't agree. ”

"The officials below didn't think of a way, and they would trouble the old man for such a little thing." Li Hongzhang was a little angry: "You go and do it yourself." Tell those residents that they have to change it or not, or they will find a crime and confiscate it directly. ”

"But in this way, once let the court know. Father is going to be involved again. Do you want to stop giving some compensation to the residents? ”

"You can do it." Li Hongzhang sighed: "Young Qiao, how long has the chrysanthemum root been here?" ”

"It's been more than three months since I returned to my father."

"There are many affairs, and the old man has no clue. The old man was ready to meet the Holy One in person to ask for countermeasures. You have finished the locomotive factory first, and then go to Beijing with the old man. The weather is getting colder, bring some clothes for the chico. You can also get together with the chico. ”

"Father, what about the Queen Mother?"

Li Hongzhang shook his head: "Two folds have been presented, both of which have been suppressed by the Queen Mother." Let's talk about it in Beijing. ”

"Your Majesty, they are all leaving." Leng Jun reported: "A total of 100 people were drawn from the Fengtai camp and the military academy, plus 15 people from Lord Zhou's side and 5 people selected by the ministers, a total of 120 people. Travel to Shanghai today. ”

"Have you been connected to Shanghai?"

"Got in touch. Xu Shichang will also be ordered to go, and Lord Zhou and the ministers have confirmed it. As long as there are no problems on the way, it can be reached on December 8. Mr. Lee also sent a telegram, and he also connected with the queen over there. ”

Guangxu nodded: "Keep in touch with Mr. Li, any support he needs, will be provided at any cost." ”

The support that Li Enfu wants has already been on the road, and the arrangements for Hawaii have been arranged in place. In fact, it doesn't hurt if it doesn't work, this time the United States only imprisoned the queen, and the real coup d'état annexed Hawaii five years later, in 1899. As long as they can defeat Ben and Russia, and then move ahead of the United States, Hawaii will also fall into the hands of China. Of course, this time it can be the best, but Guangxu can only hope for Li Enfu across the ocean. Leave it to fate.

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