The Battle of Yong'an ended cleanly, and when Li Shi returned to Qingpu, several directors of the Cantonese Chamber of Commerce, that is, elected representatives, were still taking care of the affairs of the conference.

The first group of businessmen to attend the meeting received his 700,000 yuan for the two taels, which was his "commercial tax," which was estimated to be less than one-third, or even less, than the annual cost of these businessmen to pay to officials from all walks of life. Don't underestimate the burden of these merchants, take An Jinzhi as an example, he has to give more than 100,000 taels of gifts to the customs superintendent, the governor of Guangdong, the governor of Guangzhou, and the government of Guangzhou every year. 【1】

700,000 taels has only made up for half of the financial gap, and the remaining half is still waiting for the Cantonese Entrepreneurs Association to attract local wealthy businessmen and even foreign businessmen in Guangzhou.

The "nerve blockade plan" was very violent and direct, and the counties under the jurisdiction of Shaozhou, Huizhou, Zhaoqing, and Guangzhou, as well as the official seals of the departments of Nanxiong, Lianzhou, Lianshan, Fogang, and other prefectures, had to accept the commissioner sent by the public relations department of the Qingtian Company as their masters, and all industrial and commercial affairs could no longer be interfered in, and all were controlled by the Qingtian Company. If you don't want to, the dozen or so officials who have had their heads cut off are role models.

The Public Relations Department will continue to promote this work in Chaozhou, Gaozhou, and Qiongzhou, and the Guangdong Customs will also follow the Taiping Banknote Customs model and forcibly take over the actual enforcement power from the hands of the customs supervision. For this reason, Li Xi specially transferred the two wings of men and horses to Shang Jun and Luo Tangyuan to use them as a support force for the plan.

An Jinzhi, the head of the Cantonese Chamber of Commerce, that is, Li Shi's quasi-father-in-law, heard Li Shi's Qingpu plan, and asked in a trembling voice: "Is this ...... It's already the other way around, right? ”

Isn't it a rebellion to use violence to directly deter the government and take away industrial and commercial power from them?

"The official is still an official, the banner of the Qing Dynasty is still flying high, and we are still helping to suppress bandits and the people, how can this be called the opposite?"

Li Shi shrugged his shoulders innocently, An Jinzhi's eyes rolled, and he couldn't figure it out, whether this was the other way around.

"This is a two-sided affair, the merchants and the government have been stirred up, and I am afraid that they will no longer be able to hide from the north."

Peng Xianzhong was very worried, he felt that Li Xian's move was too hasty.

"Some Jiangxi and Fujian businessmen have already left Guangzhou, and it is estimated that they will return to their hometown government to file a complaint, and at most half a month, Beijing will be able to receive the news."

Yu Hanyi's intelligence organization is not sound enough, but those businessmen are too big to see without careful inspection.

"We killed a circle of county officials, and the governor couldn't hide it, and the general secretary spoke directly in Yong'an, they must be writing a memora, and they want to tell the story clearly. It was delivered to Beijing in a hurry, and it is estimated that it will be half a month. ”

Liu Xingchun also seems to have sent back bad news.

Li Xi said with a determined face: "Half a month...... It's almost enough, and I should be able to get there with the message I sent. ”

Three months have passed since the Guangzhou Rebellion, and according to the general speed of message transmission, it is enough to make two round-trips from Yanjing to Guangzhou. Even so, Li Xi was not naïve enough to think that after two trips back and forth, Kangxi and the Qing court would not piece together the truth. In fact, his original budget was just a round trip, and then the Qing court army began to move, and it took half a year to hit the door. But now it seems that Kangxi has not tasted the true taste, and the cover-up of Yinzhen and local officials has really worked.

But that's the end of it, there will be a steady stream of fragments of truth that will be quickly pieced together in Kangxi's hands.

How much will Kangxi know? How will you react when you find out? How quickly and to what extent can I grasp his reaction?

The answers to this series of questions are difficult to determine, which also makes it difficult for Li Xi to formulate specific responses.

Before, when Li Xian, Duan Hongshi and others were figuring out Kangxi's reaction, they all felt that they were quite big, and they could only prepare for the battle according to the direction of the general situation, but Yan Sanniang gave them inspiration.

"Why do you have to wait for someone else to do the first thing? This is the same as competing kung fu, can't we take the lead and let others follow our path? ”

Yan Sanniang was educating them angrily, maybe it was because she was too panicked, and when it came to fighting and killing, Li Shi always didn't want her to go into battle, saying that she wanted to get married, but now the situation is unclear, and there is still no shadow, so she has been squatting in the Yingde training camp to teach people, and the girl is having an evil fire.

Listening to her words, Li Xi and Duan Hongshi's eyes lit up, yes, why do you keep thinking about defending and counterattacking?

So a bold new strategy was introduced, no longer waiting for Kangxi to react, but to take the initiative and let Kangxi act according to the set reaction.

This is the reason why he blatantly killed officials, launched the Cantonese Chamber of Commerce without scruples, and even spoke directly in Yong'an.

Hearing Li Xi say that within half a month, the situation in Guangdong will be announced by Kangxi and the Qing court, and everyone is looking at each other with shortness of breath, is this equivalent to a full-scale war?

"Our soldiers haven't ...... yet"

Liu Xingchun subconsciously spoke, and when he saw that An Jinzhi was still present, he immediately stopped talking, but at this time it was too late, An Jinzhi's jaw dropped, and the big fat face was half elongated in fright.

"Kangxi Lao'er, he will definitely be busy with housework first, and he must first settle down when he goes outside, he knows this truth best."

Li Xi is full of confidence, as the "Emperor of the Ages", this basic consciousness will not be lost, and Kangxi will definitely follow his settings. The whole strategy is part of the statement in Guangdong, and there is also part of it in Yanjing.

"Housework?"

Everyone looked at each other and thought of a possibility.

In the Rehe Palace, listening to the follow-up of Prince Yong and the fourth elder brother Yinzhen's report on the errand of Guangdong Qin, Kangxi was a little impatient in his heart. He had just finished thinking about the matter of guarding against Arabtan, and the focus of his mind had not yet turned back to the south.

In the matter of Guangdong, a series of measures were suppressed before, and the governor reported that it had now taken effect, and Guangdong had confiscated thousands of various kinds of tap guns from the people, as well as all kinds of inexplicable foreign goods. With such a strong sweep, Kangxi believes that the limelight will at least be contained. And because Yinzhen, a sharp weapon that I don't know if it's a knife or a mace, went around in a circle, there will be some sequelae left in the local area after all, such as many local officials asking for a resignation, which should be for fear of bearing the responsibility for the previous negligence.

Kangxi doesn't care much about these aftermaths, the matter of banning the sea, the cabinet and various ministries, and even Guangdong have negotiated the charter, just waiting for him to make up his mind, and now Yinzhen is talking about Guangdong again, Kangxi is a little irritable.

"What Lin Tong, the magistrate of Nanhai County, said, is appalling, and his sons are righteous in their own name, and they continue to mention the Wenbao in Beijing, and they have also discovered recently. This Li Xianqi person, whose registration file is innocent, has not seen the crime of Zhangxing, and there are too many deviations from his son's personal experience in Guangdong. Erchen is afraid that there is a connection with this person in Beijing, and he is covering him, with the intention of Erchen, it is best to lock it up and take it to Beijing and interrogate it in detail. ”

Listening to Yinzhen's words, Kangxi secretly said in his heart, this fourth child should be regretting that he didn't deal with this Li Shi strictly, knowing the secret letter from Lin Tong of Nanhai Zhixian County, which could almost scare people to death, he naturally couldn't sit still, and the letter was directly slapping him, the prince of Qincha, in the face, saying that he and an official of Guangdong Province jointly deceived himself.

Drinking a sip of Longqiong tea and tasting the warmth in it, Kangxi said in his heart that this Guangdong product is abundant, but people's hearts are always unsettled. For example, this dragon Qiong tea, is presented by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the juice is like red jade, warm fragrance through the heart and lungs, it is said to be produced in Shaozhou, spleen and qi, he drank for a few months, and felt that the symptoms of soft numbness in the hands and legs have been reduced a lot. Originally, this kind of "black tea" was not tribute tea, but the Ministry of Internal Affairs said that this kind of tea has the effect of prolonging life, and he drank it to try it, and it had a unique flavor, mellow and rich, which was very different from the seclusion and emptiness of clear tea.

After a sip of tea, Kangxi's mood eased a lot, half comforting, half admonishing: "Why should you be entangled in a micro-member of the last official in the matter of Guangdong?" Just like the study of subtlety, everything is placed in the lens, and it is hideous and difficult to distinguish, and I see that you are a little enchanted. ”

"Yang Lin checked him in the local area, and there is nothing surprising, it is all the nonsense that Lin Tong, the magistrate of the South China Sea, said that he had a grudge against him. I see that you haven't wiped it clean before, and now this Guangdong ...... The departure of hundreds of officials should be related to your excessive efforts at the beginning! ”

was reprimanded by Kangxi's warm words, Yinzhen pleaded guilty and no longer mentioned Li Xi and even Guangdong.

Out of the palace, Yin Zhen said in his heart, Li Shi, the smell of my body has been washed, and now it's time for me to play my cards.

Back at Prince Yong's mansion, Yinzhen and Li Wei set up a chess game, playing against each other, discussing at the same time, analyzing various strategies on how to uncover the details of Li Shi, but not let Li Shi succeed in counterattacking.

"It's impossible!"

Li Wei said that Li Xi would not be unfavorable to Yinzhen, such as revealing the previous letter, Yinzhen categorically denied it.

"What's in it for him!? Isn't what he wants to do is to continue to be a tyrant in Guangdong, so that he can bury his head in business? How naïve to think that you can hide the whole thing! I promised not to expose him within three months, and this king has already done it. He probably thought that the matter was over like this, why did he blow up the case!? This king is just a lonely king, why does it come from!? ”

Yinzhen's idea is also very simple, he is not a hot sage like Lao Ba, the biggest value is to help Li Shi cover up, now that the time has passed, Li Xi will not succeed in order to rectify him Yinzhen, he jumped out and said that he is a big thief.

Li Wei nodded, when he said this, he was just listing all the possible surnames, and he didn't take it too seriously.

"If you don't have to think about it, then the prince's move should be fine."

Li Weizheng spoke, and with a click, on the chessboard, Yinzhen shot down.

"Lord Wang, this is a double shot."

Li Wei and Yinzhen looked at each other and smiled.

Baylor House, Yinyu and Yinyu, Yin? and others gathered together as usual.

"The profits of Sanjiang Investment have arrived again, isn't the starling going to engrave the book, just to use it."

Yinyu loves to operate, and is very concerned about Sanjiang investment, not only becoming the agent of Sanjiang investment in the royal family in Beijing, but also liaising with the Shanxi imperial businessmen of the Ministry of Internal Affairs about coal mining, and the silver road is much wider than before, and the speech is more atmospheric.

"The matter in Guangdong is very complicated, my disciples are persuading me to quickly wipe out the relationship, and the starling still has no ideas?"

Posterity? It's about being cautious.

Yin Yu laughed: "That's all the first and last of the fourth child's own work, I didn't use these things to rectify him, even if it's good, he is a lonely king, and bullying him can't see any benefit." Over there in Guangzhou, the news is indeed mixed, but Li Zhushou gave me a letter that we are taking advantage of the situation in the west, and we have to fight for the opportunity in front of Huang Ama. ”

The news that Yinxi got was also messy, but Li Zhushou lived in the prefect of Guangzhou, and these words came to be close to each other, not iron, better than iron, and what he said was naturally the most credible. Yinxi also took this as the basis for judging the situation in Guangdong, thinking that it had little to do with him, and he was happy to sit and listen to the news.

At present, Li Zhushou has another piece of news, which makes Yinxi feel that he has some capital and can fight for something in front of Kangxi, but now in this situation, no matter how hard he works, he always feels that he is sinking into the quagmire.

At the same time, at the Qingpu Cargo Station in Guangzhou, Li Shi said sincerely to Li Zhushou, who was hesitant: "Uncle, I see you as an official, don't be it immediately." ”

(To be continued)