There was a dead silence in the Yangxin Hall. It took a long time for Cixi to sigh, "So this is still happening? The Ai family really didn't expect it. I didn't expect it..."
Li Lianying said jokingly, "Haha... The commander-in-chief is a perfect man who only comes out in a thousand years. Now it seems that it is just the same... he still has to go around and follow the rules of the officialdom..."
"No... you can't say that!" Cixi stopped Li Lianying with a serious expression.
"The commander-in-chief should be a perfect man. As long as he doesn't rebel against our Qing Dynasty in the end, then he will be a perfect man!"
Li Tuo quickly explained to Li Lianying what the Queen Mother said: "Confucian ministers all have their own standards for perfect Confucianism. To stand up for one's words and deeds, one must also establish moral principles!"
"Commander Zeng has no problem with his words and deeds. Bingjian and his diaries have gradually begun to be compiled into a volume. The knowledge contained in it is indeed worthy of learning by future generations. Of course, it is impossible to compare to a saint, but for ordinary Confucian scholars That means you can be considered a teacher!"
"Xiao Letian of Donghai, in fact, the comic book of Journey to the West includes various short argumentative essays and so on. It can be regarded as a statement to promote Western learning!"
"Being able to leave a system of knowledge for future generations to learn... is a great merit!"
"As for standing up for action, the commander-in-chief has no problem. With caution and self-discipline, he pulled out the Hunan Army step by step and annihilated the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Boss, tell me how many things the commander-in-chief has done in his life! It is enough to leave a name in history. !”
"This last point of moral conduct...well...I think it is a last resort to have a small debt. The officialdom was like that back then. If you don't give gifts and flatter others, you really have nothing to do!"
"This man...even if you have great abilities, if I don't give you a chance to show it and don't let you do the errands in person, it will be a waste!"
"The bigger the job, the more capable you will be able to show off your skills. Father-in-law, do you think..."
Ci Xi nodded, "That's right! It's just a gift of Tang Bohu's fan. Even if Mu Zhang'a was a white-faced traitor, he was still a tiger in the government and the public at that time. If he didn't smooth his hair, How can I be an official?"
"To put it bluntly, if Zeng Guofan was only a fourth- or fifth-rank official when Chang Mao was in trouble, do you think the late emperor would have remembered him? Would he have given him a chance to train in the army?"
"Without this Hunan army to help our Qing Dynasty survive, who knows what the current situation would be like? I dare not think about it! So, as long as Zeng Guofan did not rebel against our Qing Dynasty, then his words and deeds will return the favor If you have good moral character, then there will be no problem!”
"The Ai family regards him as the eternal perfect man!"
Cixi turned her head and looked at Li Tuo and said calmly, "What do you mean? This fan can make Marshal Zeng calm down? Do you think Marshal Zeng is someone who is afraid of threats?"
"Oh... Queen Mother Mingjian, who dares to threaten the commander? I don't dare..." Then he patted the horse and said, "Of course the queen mother can control the commander, but the queen mother is kind and knows that the commander is old and powerful, so It also saves face..."
"We are not going to fight against the Marshal. We sent this fan to remind the Marshal... that the descendants of his former teacher's family are waiting for him to save their lives!"
"Let's ask the Marshal to be a good person... let the Marshal save the lives of more than 60 people in this family who are about to be exterminated... Let's send these good deeds of good deeds to the door and let the Marshal do it..."
"What do you think, Queen Mother... A good man must do his best to save this family? Why don't we save the court, which is in urgent need?"
"Haha...monkey cub...go and run your errands! Since you are so smart, it's up to you to send the fan over, saying that I want to give it to the marshal to play with!"
"Hey...Weichen will go on an errand now..."
"Wait a minute..." Cixi stopped Li Tuo, "If you do this job so well, how can the Ai family reward you?"
"Oh... I don't dare to ask for reward, Queen Mother Shengming... I don't have any credit for this matter. The case was exposed because of the fault of General Manager Li. It was Eunuch Xiao Sula who reported the secret and sharp eyes. It really does not belong to Wei Chen. Credit..."
"Wei Chen does not dare to ask for rewards... Please ask the Queen Mother to let Wei Chen continue to work hard..."
At this time, it was time for the twenty thousand taels of silver to come into play. Li Lianying coughed softly and said, "Old Buddha... let Mr. Li do the work first! There are plenty of opportunities for rewards..."
"Besides, His Majesty is about to return to the capital... It would be honorable for Long Live Lord to reward some official positions with his own hands! But last night I heard Eunuch Xiao Sula say... Mr. Li was very impressed by the house in Salonga. Then The old trees in the garden are so beautiful and tight..."
After the death of Ande Hai, who was next to Cixi, Li Lianying was the most useful person. One look could convey a lot of confidence. The Queen Mother of the West knew there was something going on and didn't waste any time.
"That's fine... isn't it just a house? I'll reward you..."
ah? Li Tuo was confused at the time. The current price of Salongana's house in the city is at least 80,000 taels of silver. It's still priceless, because no one will sell such a good house to you!
This is the inner city, and the people who live there say that there are Manchu officials and the Eight Banners Palace... If I were a Han, I would be damned if I lived here!
Li Tuo quickly knelt down and said, "Your Majesty... You can't do it, you can't do it... The rank of a minister is not high enough, this is against the law! My identity is wrong... How can I be allowed to live in the inner city?"
Li Lianying pretended to be angry and said, "Master Li, don't be so ignorant. If you don't want the official, you don't want the house? Those with no status should live there first... If you don't register and transfer the property in Shuntian Mansion for the time being, it won't be considered a violation on your part!" "
The Qing Dynasty had an ancestral system. From the time of entering the customs, Han people were not allowed to live in the inner city of Beijing. Even Han ministers were not allowed to live in the inner city of Beijing. They were all bombarded to the south city.
After all, Nancheng's area is limited. If the rich and powerful Han people from the inner city invade here, the poorer Han people will leave Nancheng and live outside the Nine Cities.
This pattern did not change much until the Qianlong period. The famous Ji Xiaolan was favored but could only live near Zhushikou in Nancheng.
However, in the later period of Qianlong's reign, this rule was relaxed a lot. On the one hand, many Eight Banners aristocratic families in the inner city were in ruins and could not support the expenses of their old houses.
However, it was inconvenient for Han officials to deal with military and state affairs because it was too far away from the Forbidden City. As a result, an internal rental market was formed.
The powerful Hanchen rented the house of the Eight Banners dandies in the dilapidated inner city. In this way, the rule that Hanchen was not allowed to live in the inner city was loosened!
But loosening comes loosening, and today Cixi wants to reward him directly! Isn't this putting Li Tuo on the fire? It's even scarier than giving him an official position.
"Otherwise... Your Majesty, you know better... This house should be handed over to the Ministry of Internal Affairs... We should spend some money to rent it! The Queen Mother will reward me with a discounted price, so I am grateful..."
"Haha... Monkey cub is really smart... That's okay... You can pay a hundred taels of silver to the Ministry of Internal Affairs later, and the Ai family will be rented to you for seventy years... How about it?"
"Oh... thank you, Queen Mother... long live Lafayette!"
Come on, there were no outsiders in the Yangxin Hall anyway, so Li Tuo simply kowtowed and shouted Long Live, which made Cixi burst into laughter!
