Xiguan Public Garden is a French-run hotel, with three floors, luxurious suites on the top floor, a deep red carpet, expensive oil paintings, and running water gas lamps, which is not inferior to the first-class hotels in the strange Paris of Europe.

Master Shi lives in room 303, and yesterday he had already asked someone to hand over the post to the governor, and as for when the governor will receive him, he can only resign himself to fate.

Shi Fu, a loyal servant of the Shi family for more than 20 years, followed by Shi Fu who came to Guangzhou, seeing that the old man had been frowning, Shi Fu was worried, but he didn't dare to ask the old man anything, he only knew how many years he hadn't seen the old man so worried.

When he complained, the old man was worried, and he was going to come to Guangzhou with the fleet that helped the Guangfu shipyard transport machinery and equipment. Who knew that before he left, the fleet was released, and now this Guangzhou trip has completely become a begging for people, with the consistent behavior of Qing officials, you will die if you don't eat?

Drinking tea in the living room outside the suite, Master Shi shook his head vigorously, only hating himself as a hero, but he didn't teach his son well.

Suddenly, there was a soft knock on the door.

Shi Fu hurriedly ran over to open the door, but saw three or four people outside, and the one in front was a beautiful, rich, rich and noble young man.

"Sir Shi Mingxuan lives here, right?" A tall and muscular man beside the young man asked, his voice as loud as a bell.

"Who are you?" Shi Fu looked at them suspiciously.

The man stretched out his hand and pulled him aside, the young man frowned slightly, but he also stepped in, Shi Fu hurriedly said: "Hey! I said, "Who are you?" Why did you break in? "I wanted to catch up, but I was blocked by a man next to the door, people stared, Shi Fu was cold in his heart, and he didn't dare to speak anymore, he recited Amitabha Buddha in his heart, it's over, isn't it a kidnapper ringing a horse?

Master Shi got up and frowned at this uninvited guest.

The sturdy man who followed the young man sang loudly in a long voice: "General Pingyuan Jingkou and the king of Doro Suzhi County have arrived!" ”

Master Shi was taken aback, but saw that the handsome young man had already smiled and said, "Sir Shi, I have heard of a great name for a long time!" ”

It is rumored that the image of the general king of Guangzhou is more confusing, and it is said that he is more than a foot tall, and there are those who come to the world of King Kong, who say that he looks hideous like a rakshasa, and who say that he is weak and beautiful, just like a big girl.

But at this moment, Master Shi looked at this calm, smiling and powerful young man, and thousands of thoughts turned in his heart, but he was sure that this young magnate must be the general king.

After a few steps, Master Shi wanted to kneel and bow, saying: "The grass people have seen the prince." ”

Ye Zhao had already supported him and said with a smile: "Sir Shi doesn't have to be polite. ”

Master Shi insisted on kneeling, and praised: "Lord Wang, although the grass people have entered the state, they are born in the Qing Dynasty and died as Qing ghosts, so how can they lose their etiquette?" ”

Ye Zhao smiled slightly and said, "Etiquette is in your heart, sir, please take a seat." ”

Hearing Ye Zhao say this, Master Shi didn't dare to insist anymore, sat down carefully on the sofa with half of his buttocks, and sighed: "The dog is stubborn, I don't know the severity of the matter, and it is really heinous to delay the prince's military aircraft and state affairs!" But the grass people only have this son under their knees, and they don't dare to tie him up to inherit the power of the prince's thunder, the prince wants to punish him, and the grass people bear it with all their might, and they don't dare to complain. "Although the great general king seems to be kind, he suddenly condescends to see him, and he really doesn't know what his intentions are. The Shi family, but Mo suffered an unjustified disaster because of that evil son, which destroyed the century-old foundation.

Ye Zhao smiled and said: "Sir is serious, Sir has been adrift in the South Seas all the year round, he is really a model for my Middle Earth businessman, a small misunderstanding is nothing, yesterday the king wrote a letter to order the Vietnamese sailors to release people; As for the victory and the line, it was also Na Yingyi who did not know the reason for the matter, and the misunderstanding was clarified, and there was no hindrance to the career of Sir in Australia. ”

Master Shi didn't want the general Wang to go straight into the knife and talk quickly, and he didn't know what to say for a while, let alone what the general Wang meant.

Ye Zhao took a sip of tea and said: "This king is here to ask Sir to be relieved, Sir is overseas, and his heart is about China, so doesn't this king know?" This king is willing to be the backing of my overseas merchants, and will never be mean to me, and if the knight encounters any difficulties, send a letter, and this king will help if he can. Yingyi businessmen have traveled all over the world, and this king also hopes that our Chinese businessmen will spread out overseas and present our Chinese prosperity. ”

Said and got up with a smile: "This king still has official business, so I will leave, Sir can rest assured that he will return early, if there is a business opportunity, just contact the Commerce Bureau!" ”

How dare the old man stay, he was dizzy and sent the general straight out of the hotel, and returned to the suite without waking up.

Shi Fu also looked incredulous and said, "Master, this person can't be a pretend, right?" "But no, who has heard that the prince will condescend to visit the merchants? Not to mention that this businessman also offended the prince, and his pigtails were pinched to death.

"Nonsense!" When the old man's mood gradually calmed down, he saw that this great general Wang was really different, and his reputation was so resounding in Nanyang.

In the past, no matter how it was spread outside, Master Shi was just a cold observer of the changes in Guangdong, he had seen a lot of things, how could this Qing Kingdom change? Can you still conjure flowers? If the silver is smashed into it, then you can't do it anymore, the property of the merchant is not guaranteed in this Qing country.

Even if you donate officials to the feudal platform to Futai, the top is very red, but as long as there is a disturbance in the temple, killing the head and raiding the house is as simple as child's play.

It was because the old man never had any expectations for returning to his hometown for development, otherwise, he would not only send his son who could not be a good man to make some small names to see the limelight, but also hung the brand of British businessmen.

But now I see the general Wang's faction, it is really far beyond my imagination, not only to give myself a lot of respect for this businessman, but also not to mind the nonsense of the unsuccessful son, magnanimity, but it is ashamed, you must know that the trouble of the son of the son, maybe it will mess up the prince's military affairs.

This, the prince gave a great face, and he always had to pay it back tenfold, otherwise it would be spread out, and the prince would be guilty of his own sin because the Shi family messed up the law?

This matter has to be carefully discussed, go back to Xinjiapo to see if the matter of Vietnam and Australia has been resolved, although the general Wang will definitely not talk about empty words, but he is always afraid that there will be some small mistakes in the middle.

Thinking about it, Master Shi slowly picked up the teacup.

…… The yamen of the county king's mansion has been renovated again, the eight-character powder wall embraces the gate with the towering steps, the door head draws the corner cornice, the green tile of the Zhumen, the momentum is majestic, the plaque is inlaid with precious stones, the style is solemn, the Manchu and Han double texts "Suzhi County Wangfu".

In front of the door, a pair of stone lions with teeth and claws are finely carved, and the flags on the left and right flagpoles are embroidered with the words "General Jingkou of Pingyuan". There is a lookout tower on each side of the gate wall, and there is a gate on the right side of the door wall, which is convenient for the guards to patrol. The heavy river wall separates the square in front of the door from the distance between pedestrians, and there are heavily armed guards and patrols behind the door. The plaque on the second door reads "Yimen", which means that the official ceremony is mighty, reminding people who enter and exit to pay attention to their clothing and appearance.

The second entrance into the main hall of the front ya, the plaque "political affairs hall" is hung high, in the hall, the same magnificent royal style, but on the left side of the palace, there is a long crimson sandalwood table case, at this time the yellow gauze curtain of the four walls hangs down, forming a reading space.

Ye Zhao sat on the north side of the long table, and on both sides of the long table, there were more than a dozen officials sitting in turn, including the heads of the six houses of the county prince's mansion, including "officials, households, rites, soldiers, criminals, and workers", as well as local officials such as Bai Gui and Li Hongzhang.

It can be said that a small political power has begun to take shape, Ye Zhao is extremely careful about the innovation of the bureaucracy, just like the six rooms of the county king's mansion "officials, households, rites, soldiers, criminals, and workers", in fact, the yamen of the government, the province, and the county have their own systems, but the "six rooms" of each yamen are just officials to assist the director of the main hall, and the six rooms of the county king's mansion are also to assist the general and the director of the king, but there are many doorways.

For example, in the punishment room, taking the county government as an example, there is a warden (also known as a criminal book) and one person, whose duty is to be in charge of civil and criminal cases in the county. Under them there are servants, guards and prisoners.

The head of the criminal chamber of the county king's mansion is a dignified and upright member of the imperial court, and it is Li Jianchen, the procurator of Guangdong, who bears the name of the chief of the criminal chamber of the county prince's mansion, but in fact, he is in charge of the criminal names in Guangdong and Jiangxi.

Another example is the household, the county government is in charge of the whole county to collect taxes and silver, pay grain and taxes, and convert the collected imperial grain into silver taels, and then sign the silversmith to melt the broken silver into the furnace and cast it into ingots, and solve the imperial treasury. In addition, the household is also in charge of the "fish scale atlas", the inventory of money and grain, etc. In the event of a famine for three years, the household also specifically handles disaster relief and grain release, and the household of the county king's mansion has two directors, one is Li Xiaocun, the head of the commercial bureau, the other is Shi Yihaqi, the head of the county prince's mansion, and the other is in charge of business affairs in Guangdong and Jiangxi provinces; One coordinates the fiscal revenue and expenditure of the two provinces.

In fact, if you are familiar with the structure of the modern political system, it is not difficult to see that Li Xiaocun is the minister of commerce who has just taken shape, and Ihachi is the minister of finance.

Similarly, Suna, the chief inspector of the military premises who oversees the local security patrol forces in the two provinces, is the chief of police.

The two directors of the ceremonial room, one is Zou Kaizhi, Minister of Nanyang Trade and Trade under the Prime Minister's National Affairs Yamen, and the other is Guo Liangjun, the envoy of education; It is not difficult to understand, one Minister of Foreign Affairs, one Minister of Education.

Li Jianchen, the director of the criminal room, is the minister of justice and the president of the Supreme Court.

Tang Shuyi, the political envoy, is the minister of personnel, and Zhou Jingshan, the chief of the Supervision Bureau, is the minister of supervision.

Most of the people present here were officials of the imperial court, with the exception of one exception, Mr. Mill, the consultant of the workshop, who was British, although there were basically foreigner advisers in each room, but after all, he was an outsider, and he was the only one who was allowed to participate in this meeting. It's really because infrastructure construction involves a lot, especially when it comes to railway erection and other issues, Ye Zhao really wants to hear his opinion; Another Mir is quite romantic, chanting poems and praising the East all day long, and even more whimsical to join the Qing nationality, Ye Zhao talked to him, and he is relieved of this person.

At this time, he looked at the officials present.

Guangdong patrol Bai Gui, Jiangxi governor Li Hongzhang, officials Tang Shuyi, Zhou Jingshan, criminal housing directors, Li Jianchen, household housing directors, Li Xiaocun, Yihaqi, household housing directors, Yuan Shicheng, factory directors, Zou Kaizhi, Guo Liangjun, ceremonial housing directors, Suna, military housing directors, and Guangdong Customs Supervisor Sun Bozheng.

These 12 officials are actually the chief officials who have jurisdiction over the civil affairs of the two provinces.

Among these people, Tang Shuyi was a political envoy in Guangdong, but in fact he was old-fashioned, and he once colluded with Sheng Bao to confront Ye Zhao, Ye Zhao used his management of the official room to show his generosity, so that the local officials of the two provinces did not have to say that they were worried; Second, it is also a balancing act, lest the newly promoted officials be too radical and cause dissatisfaction among the old gentry.

Ihachi is a long history named by the empress dowager of the two palaces, and letting him manage the financial power can make the two palaces more or less relieved of the rumors outside, but in fact, without Li Xiaocun's cooperation, this Ihaqi is just an empty shelf.

Yuan Shicheng and Sun Bozheng are both new officials that Ye Zhao is optimistic about.

Needless to say, the deputy commander of the Blue Flag Guard, the first-class guard of the palace who wore the top of the three grades, Ye Zhao let him be the head of the military room, and he could no longer follow Ye Zhao's side, he was unhappy for a long time. But I also know that the master is very important to him, and this position is even more important and cannot be lost. Always make an appearance to earn face for the master.

Ye Zhao looked at them and said with a smile: "This year, it's over, call the big guys to come, brainstorm, discuss the gains and losses of political affairs, the big guys can speak freely, don't be afraid of saying the wrong thing." All yamen should also have an overall plan for next year, and they will all ponder it when they go back today, this political and civil affairs can't go step by step, and there must be a plan in general, for example, how many kilometers of railways are planned to be built next year? How is it funded? It all has to be considered. And this is not a matter of one room in your workshop, if you need to take money from the household, you naturally have to open your voice in advance, in the same way, how much money can be taken out of the household, how to maintain income and expenditure, and you can also make arrangements in advance. This council will become a law in the future, and it will be set at the end of each year on the Western calendar. ”

After taking a sip of tea, he said: "The content of the meeting must be recorded by the secretary, and what is said and done must be recorded one by one, and it must be sent to the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces for review. ”

Ye Zhao also knew that although he put the queen mother of the two palaces in everything, just like Wu Lihan and Qinggeltai came to Guangzhou, the first thing he did was to lead them to meet the queen mother. All kinds of decrees were sent to the Queen Mother of the two palaces in advance, and it is conceivable that there should be a lot of rumors and rumors in the two palaces.

The queen mother of the two palaces formed an alliance with herself, hoping that one day the time would be ripe to help the so-called little brother raised by Xianfeng Ye to the emperor's throne, although there have been rumors that she is ambitious, but in the current situation, the queen mother of the two palaces can only listen to it in vain, and spare no effort for her support.

Because only if their own power is strong enough to compete with the capital of the Six Kings, their vision can have hope, and now they can restrain their power, Lan Guiren is not so stupid. What's more, take 10,000 steps back, and the two palaces also understand that no matter what happens in the future, the situation of the two of them is better than rotting and stinky in the gloomy concubine palace in Yanjing.

However, this first "political meeting" was obviously a bit cold, and all the officials were used to reporting to the general Wang alone, among which they inevitably beat other people's small reports, Zhou Jingshan and Ihaqi, a blue-faced god who rectified the rule of officials, and a god of wealth who was stuck with silver, were beaten the most small reports.

They sat together coldly, but they didn't know what to say.

Ye Zhao smiled: "You go back, learn from the foreign consultants and pen posts, you must study diligently, don't just be an official, you must have a score in your heart for the stall you manage." "Each yamen naturally has foreign consultants, clerks and other professionals, but now is different from the future generations, Ye Zhao does not want the bureaucratic team he brought up to only know how to study the culture of officialdom, you know, in fact, it is much easier to be an official today than in later generations, and the intrigue is not so tragic.

For example, Li Xiaocun said that the prefect of Huizhou regarded the "Commercial Law" as nothing, added a variety of commercial donations, made things difficult everywhere, and even detained the merchant's seasonal goods for no reason, causing the merchant to suffer huge losses.

Whether it is the current officialdom or the temple, it is far less unfathomable than the later generations, and in the later generations, even if the officials above want to move the magistrates below, they must also calculate, whose person is this, and what are the consequences of moving him? But in the Qing Dynasty, when the imperial power was at its peak, the officials did not have these concerns, because as long as the emperor did not dislike you, everything would be fine. Therefore, it is the most common thing that the upper lip of the temple is at odds with each other, and the heavy ministers in the fold are the most common things.

In Guangzhou, the same is true today, as long as you know how to figure out your intentions and know how to maintain your favor in front of the great general, you will naturally be fine. And the general king, what he likes to hear the most is the truth.

Tang Shuyi's face was slightly ugly, everyone knew that he had a close relationship with Huizhou Mansion.

In fact, Guangzhou originally handed the bullets to the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces, Tang Shuyi had the most large and small officials, without it, figuring out the mind of the great general Wang, he thought that the official that the great general Wang wanted to win the most was Tang Shuyi.

It is even smarter to hand the fold to the queen mother of the two palaces, this matter, the two palaces issued a decree, and the general king had no choice but to do it, not to hurt the name of magnanimity.

But who knew that Tang Shuyi not only did not fall, but also took care of the palace officials' room, and the wave of excerpts on the wave immediately calmed down.

For the practices of many officials, Ye Zhao has only helplessness, but this is also a tradition of thousands of years, so he can only take his time and change slowly.

At this time, after listening to Li Xiaocun's words, Ye Zhao smiled and said to Zhou Jingshan: "You can handle this matter." ”

Zhou Jingshan bowed in response.

A trace of uneasiness flashed in Tang Shuyi's eyes, and he handed it over to Zhou Jingshan to do it, and he didn't put Huizhou Mansion to death? I also sighed in my heart, the limelight is hot, why can't you see the height of your eyebrows, leave it to fate!

The meeting did not disperse until noon, Ye Zhao returned to the Lotus Building, yesterday was the final exam, Rong'er said that she did not go to school today, and accompanied the eldest sister in the house.

Lotus House listens to the rain Xuan, through the blue crystal glass, the craggy rockery and the blue pool are as beautiful as a dream.

Rong'er was wearing a blue embroidered cheongsam, dignified and beautiful, talking with her eldest sister Jingzhen in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, seeing Ye Zhao, Rong'er's face was a little strange, Ye Zhaoxin said What's wrong with this little guy?

Taking advantage of Ye Zhao's conversation with the eldest sister, Rong'er suddenly whispered in his ear and asked, "Xianggong, weren't you like Rong'er when you slept with Jin Feng, did you?" ”

Ye Zhao was stunned, but saw that the eldest sister was looking at him with a smile, and wanted to know what Rong'er was secretly saying, her face was hot, and she was extremely embarrassed.

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Thank you for your monthly ticket support, it's still twenty, let's go up and people are also up, sweat, but I also know when I join the army, I don't add more than a leaflet, it's very good if I haven't been blown up, thank you for the friends who don't mind joining the army update!

I saw a comment asking me to write about officialdom, saying that the book was too dismal compared to officialdom; I fainted on the spot.,I'm still enjoying what I'm writing.,The plot has just unfolded.,There's no two or three million words that can't be finished.,And the results.,Now I think it's OK.,The relationship between the subject matter is good.,What's the relationship.,Friends who click on this book are a little less.,But most of the people who click in to see it should still agree with it.,Just say the friends who sent comments.,I don't know if you read this book.,If you've been chasing it now.,I don't think you'll tell me to end it quickly.。

In the future, whether this kind of comment is sincere or cool, don't post it, otherwise I will see it as a malicious post.

Yesterday, Boss Anyi called me, and the editor Pikachu Boss left me a message, asking us to break out to compete for the top ten during the double monthly pass in October, to be honest, I was very excited, and I thought about it for a long time, in fact, I wanted to start rushing the list in November, and the double monthly pass in October was seven or eight days, for the limited time to join the army, the writing turtle speed, and the author who could only break out in the short term is certainly a good opportunity to fight for the monthly pass, but the double monthly pass has never been a group of demons dancing, so the last thing I want is to rush the monthly ticket list at this time.

But then I thought about it, this was really an opportunity, with the joy of eleven, to die.

(To be continued)