Chapter 166: The Truth About the Summer Palace

Listening to Hu Chuyuan's words, Yi Xun gasped, his heart was even colder, and a layer of fine cold sweat beads couldn't help but appear on his back.

In fact, he knew very well in his heart that if this matter was too obvious and Cixi could see through it, he and Hu Chuyuan would suffer.

Cixi wanted him to die, and he would not live to the next year.

Cixi wanted Hu Chuyuan to die, and even if Hu Chuyuan didn't die, he would have to go into exile and wait until Cixi breathed before he could return to China...... Unless it's time for everyone to tear their faces.

After thinking about it, Yi Xun and Hu Chuyuan said in their hearts: "You have this heart...... Okay, Ben Wang...... I know that you are a person who truly respects the country, and you are by no means Li Hongzao's raccoon dog. So tell me about that...... What should we do? ”

Hu Chuyuan also pondered for a moment and said: "If you want me to say, the garden has to be built, but at a critical time, a few imperial historians who are not afraid of death must rush out and force the queen mother to express her position, at least in name to do things well, all court decisions do not need to be stamped with the queen mother's seal, and the imperial seal must be used." Third, this is the most important thing, you have to set up a really effective team for the emperor, the two positions are the most important, the military aircraft foreman and the governor of Zhili...... Li Hongzhang and Huai Jun are afraid that they are not so reliable! ”

Yi Xun said: "Li Zhongtang said that this matter has to be done by you, me and him, and it can't be done without anyone." He's probably still going to us. ”

Hu Chuyuan sighed, then sneered again, and said, "Lord Wang, you accept it...... But I was deceived by Zhongtang. ”

Yi Xun asked puzzledly: "What do you mean by this?" ”

Hu Chuyuan said: "You think, he is an important minister of the imperial court, he has worked hard, he has the Huai Army and the Beiyang Naval Division in his hands, and there are many friends, even if we don't do this, what can the Queen Mother do with him?" But we're in trouble, we have no military power, no qualifications, no military merits, in case of defeat, how does the queen mother want to deal with it, then how to deal with ......! ”

Speaking of this, he lowered his voice very low, and quietly warned: "Lord Wang, although you and the Queen Mother have a special marriage relationship, if the Queen Mother wants to be Wu Zetian, you are a roadblock." The queen mother wants to be the empress, and your son wants to be the emperor, not to mention the relationship between the aunt and the aunt and nephew, even if it is the biological mother and son, it can ......! ”

Here he made another act of chopping off his head, and the words were not clear.

Yi Xun was silent for a moment, pondering in his heart, and only after a while did he say: "Chu Yuan, this king has no intention of observing the Queen Mother...... But she has no intention of letting go, in case the emperor has some disobedience to her...... It's hard to say what happens next. ”

Hu Chuyuan said: "Actually, this matter is your royal family affair in the final analysis, and what our outsiders and courtiers say doesn't count." As long as you are alive and can help the emperor sort out everything at home, that's easy to say...... I'm only afraid of you...... You have to be careful about the affairs of the East Palace. Wait a few days, I will find a famous doctor for you in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, install him in your house as a teacher, and secretly guard you. ”

The reason why he said this was because he and Yiyun knew it in their hearts.

At the beginning of the year before last, Yi Xun had a minor illness, probably lung fever or something, and the imperial doctor paid more and more attention to it, and finally had to invite a famous folk doctor surnamed Xu in Yanjing to see a doctor.

This worked, but Cixi soon issued an edict that Yiyun was not allowed to find a folk doctor to see a doctor, and he was not allowed to continue to take the medicine prescribed by the imperial doctor.

If it drags on like this for another year or two, Yiyun will die.

Hu Chuyuan's words were not too straightforward, and Yi Xun heard them clearly.

Yi Xun nodded slightly, thinking: Hu Chuyuan has seen things clearly and understandably.

Indeed, whether Guangxu can sit on the throne really depends on the attitude of the princes and county kings on the royal family, in case the clan is anxious and disobedient to Cixi, Yiyun has taken another step in advance, and he can't help his son reconcile in the middle, this dragon chair will be unreal.

Relying only on Cixi's attitude alone, it is easy to establish an emperor, but it is difficult to abolish an emperor!

Seeing that Yi Xun generally agreed with what he said, Hu Chuyuan continued: "Lord Wang, let me tell the truth, even if you and I join forces with Li Zhongtang, this matter may not be safe, and we still have to make a fuss in the clan." Either you can do a ruthless thing, or don't be so eager to tear your face. ”

Yi Xun couldn't help but ask: "If you are ruthless, what do you have to do?" ”

Hu Chuyuan said: "Everyone else is empty, and I can probably help you smooth it out, but I don't dare to say it, Prince Su and Li Hongzao, I can help you straighten it out." The problem is that they don't have much weight at the moment, if you really dare to do a ruthless thing, you go to the sixth prince of the imperial brother, you look for him, as long as the two of you join forces, the big thing will be decided. ”

Yi Xun was startled, and his face turned pale.

Let him find Yi, ......!

This thing sounds really unsounding, a few years ago, when the prince was established, Yi especially wanted to set up his son, and it was because Yixun's wife, Guangxu's mother, was Cixi's sister that Cixi established Guangxu, but since then, Yi and Cixi are not in the same boat.

The reason why Cixi was in a hurry to eradicate Yi from the political situation was to clear the obstacles for Guangxu, and the problem was that Cixi herself was the first obstacle to Guangxu's grasp of real power.

She doesn't think it herself, but others think so, including the little emperor Guangxu and several of his emperors, and the feudal officials from all over the country.

Li Hongzhang, Zhang Zhidong, Zeng Guoquan, Liu Kunyi...... These feudal officials have filled a lot of money for Cixi to repair the Summer Palace, and even the military expenses for coastal defense have been transferred.

Why?

After all, they are courtiers, and the courtiers of this era have the duties of courtiers, and they very much hope that Guangxu can smoothly grasp the real power, and Cixi can also take advantage of the steps that have been repaired in the Summer Palace to live in the Summer Palace and not interfere in the government again.

That's why it's called "Summer Palace", you live for a long time, everyone is harmonious, and it's easy to disperse.

He just seized this opportunity...... He is still very smart, and he has a very in-depth understanding of China's politics, economy, and military.

Hu Chuyuan asked Prince Yi Xun to find Prince Gong Yi to join forces, this matter is really very ruthless, Yi Xun is the biological father of Emperor Guangxu, the ninth son of Emperor Daoguang, the uncle of Emperor Tongzhi, Yi is the founder of Tongzhi Zhongxing, in charge of the government for more than 20 years, and has many friends.

Both of them are the brothers of Emperor Xianfeng, one is the sixth and the other is the ninth, and as soon as the two join forces, Cixi will not be able to pull them.

Yi Xun's face turned white with fright.

He knew that this move was too ruthless, there was no way out at all, and it was basically a coup d'Γ©tat.

Hu Chuyuan's courage was ruthless, and when he saw Yixun's hesitation, he immediately continued to persuade him: "When it is the turn of this kind of thing, no matter how close the mother is, how can the relationship between biological father and son be reliable?" As long as you can convince the six princes to join forces, those local officials, as well as some people in the Jingshi, I will arrange it for you. Once again, I will take out 30 million clear yuan, and you will take care of all the clans in your hands. As long as you have the final say on the family business of the clan, I can still draw 10 million yuan every year to let you divide the pie in the middle. ”

Yi Xun couldn't help but be shocked and asked, "Really?" ”

Hu Chuyuan said: "It's true. Lord Wang, if you listen to my advice, you either don't do anything, you have to do it, if you only do half of it, then you are looking for your own fault. Since you have come to me, then I will say this, if you are open, I will do it for you, if you can't get out and are only willing to do half of the deal, we should not have such a thing, I, continue to ride the wall, and neither side will be offended. ”

Yi Xun felt that the matter was too big, and it was not difficult to unite Yi, but this decision was really not easy to make.

He thought about it, but he still couldn't make up his mind, so he said to Hu Chuyuan: "This matter is too big, Chu Yuan, you allow this king to think about it for another night, tonight, this king wants to spend a night with you." ”

Hu Chuyuan nodded slightly, and said: "That's okay, you just rest in the villa, and the lower official will leave for the time being, if you have any other instructions, you can send someone to find the lower official at any time." ”

After saying this, when Yiyun nodded in agreement, he got up and said goodbye, and asked Li Cunyi to stay here and settle Yiyun.

He was at ease.

has been working hard in the late Qing Dynasty for more than ten years, and now that he can get mixed up with this, he is no longer the original Hu Chuyuan.

Even if he doesn't need Yan Shizhang to help him with his staff, he has enough skills and variables to deal with people like Li Hongzhang, Li Hongzhang played with a flower gun and wanted to drag him into the water, that was really underestimating him.

As long as he talks about this, even if Yi Xun doesn't dare to do it, he won't do anything, and Yi Xun still has to be grateful to him.

and he shall not offend anyone.

If Yi Xun dares to act boldly, his business is a huge profit, and what he dares to play, Li Hongzhang may not be able to afford it.

Hu Chuyuan went directly to the Yinghua Pavilion to see John Yang, Tu Renshou, and Qu Hongji, obviously planning an earth-shattering event, a major event that was enough to change the entire history of the late Qing Dynasty, but Hu Chuyuan was like a nobody, talking and laughing, not surprised, and continued to talk to the three of them about other things.

The current Hu Chuyuan is really a dragon-like character.

After giving the three of them food, Hu Chuyuan had to go back to the West Garden to rest, and after a busy day, he always had to be with his wife and children in the middle of the night.

The stepson is also a son, you have to ask about your homework, and your wife is a lifelong dependence, the two of them live one day, one day less, Hu Chuyuan still cherishes it very much.

As soon as he was about to leave, Chen Shanyuan hurriedly came in and told him, saying that the three bigwigs in Ningbo had not left, and continued to stay in the welcome building, it seemed that he was planning to spend the night here today.

Can you do it?

Hu Chuyuan wondered, thinking to himself, isn't it just to set up a bank for the people of Ningbo and save their precarious Qianzhuang ticket number business.

He took out his pocket watch and looked at the time, it was already half past nine in the evening, usually at this time, he was already a wife and children hot kang head, and sat comfortably with Wu Shuzhen to say something interesting.

"Alas!"

Hu Chuyuan sighed, thinking to himself, these three old men really don't know how to respect other people's husband and wife life.

He instructed Chen Shanyuan again: "Okay, let them come to the Yinghua Pavilion, and after talking within ten minutes, they will say that my wife is angry, and I have to go back to the room quickly." ”

Not!

Chen Shanyuan agreed, smiled and went out to do errands.

Less than two minutes later, Fang Yangqiao, Ye Chengxin, and Li Bi'an rushed all the way over, and when they entered the gate of the Yinghua Pavilion, the three of them were tired and panting, and they couldn't even speak.

Hu Chuyuan didn't say anything.

He was waiting in the hall, and when he saw the three of them, he politely hugged his fists and said: "Boss Fang, Boss Ye, Boss Li, I really have a few very special guests today, the arrangement is not very thoughtful, and I ask the three of you to bear with me." ”

Ye Chengxin could still take a breath, and immediately smiled: "Master Hu, you are out of sight." We have to bother you so late, we really can't wait! ”

Fang Yangqiao and Li Bi'an also smiled breathlessly, and said one after another: "Yes...... yes, that's right...... Don't go! ”

Hu Chuyuan continued to glance at the pocket watch and said, "It's not too late, let's do something special, and say anything directly." Ningbo people want to set up a bank, I am very supportive, you sent the prospectus, I have also read. As for me, I only have two opinions. First, the signboard of Siming Bank is not ......! ”

Without waiting for him to finish, Ye Cheng said: "Siming is our nickname for Ningbo, and people with a discerning eye know at a glance that it is the bank of Ningbo people, and we all set off from Siming Mountain to Shanghai in the early years!" ”

Hu Chuyuan said: "Siming is a starting point, not an end, so let's call it Bank of Shanghai." Shanghai is a financial metropolis, the future space is unlimited, you think about it, France has BNP Paribas, the United Kingdom has the Bank of London, the United States has the Bank of New York, we can also have a Shanghai bank. ”

In China's economic circles, especially in this banking industry, Hu Chuyuan is a god.

He has the final say.

Fang Yangqiao immediately said: "Or Lord Hu has foresight, Gao, Gao, Gao, then let's run this Shanghai bank, as for the matter of shares and technical equipment, ......?" ”

Hu Chuyuan said: "Let's follow the example of Huishang Bank, use the copper plate provided by CITIC to print at the CITIC Banknote Printing Factory, how much can be printed every year, how much public deposit, we will determine once a year." Shares, I will first contribute six million taels of silver share capital, and if the capital is expanded in the future, we will discuss it again. ”

"Good, good!"

Fang Yangqiao and the others were overjoyed, they had always been worried that Hu Chuyuan would not easily let them get involved in the banking industry because he remembered those festivals in the early years.

As long as there are banks, their few precarious ticket numbers can be saved.

Ye Cheng continued to ask: "Master Hu, then you say, can we send someone to attend this year's bank axiom meeting?" ”

Hu Chuyuan glanced at him, as if he was very casual, and as if he had special thoughts, but replied more plainly and simply: "Yes." ”

OK!!!

What a simple answer, but the people of Ningbo have waited for this year after year, and in this era, even if the imperial court allows it, no one wants to set foot in China's banking industry without Hu Chuyuan's consent.

The three of them were even more surprised, and said, "Thank you for your success, I am grateful." ”

Hu Chuyuan knew in his heart that they would rather stay overnight tonight than meet him, in the final analysis, they wanted to attend the second public council of the Bank of China, referred to as the Bank of China Council, which will be held in a few days.

The Board of Directors of the Bank of China is convened once a year, at which it decides on the amount of banknotes to be issued by each bank and the amount of public deposits to be submitted.

Otherwise, the printed banknotes will also be waste paper, no one will use them at all, and the member units will not have any settlement transactions with non-member banks.

Hu Chuyuan sighed in his heart and sent them away first.

When they returned to their residence in Xiyuan, he and Wu Shuzhen sighed about this incident, and couldn't help but feel that the back waves of the Yangtze River pushed the front waves, and the front waves died on the beach, and they went back five years.

Now, it's down to the point.

The so-called three big guys in Ningbo are nothing more than this now, and their combined net worth cannot reach 10 million yuan.

Compared with that year, the gap is much better!

(To be continued)