Li Tuo left the Yangxin Hall with Tang Yin's fan. Li Lianying actually gave it away in person, which shows how satisfied Cixi was with Li Tuo.
The two of them walked outside the Yangxin Gate. There was no one around. Manager Li smiled and said, "Master Li is so lucky. The house in Salong'a is such a treasure that it's hard to buy it for a thousand dollars..."
"Ouch... My good steward, I'm still sweating on my back now. Don't let the imperial censors take part in this book! Popularity can make people jealous. I don't see this kind of thing very often. ?”
"What are you afraid of? If you have Lafayette's backing, you have the emperor's backing... Isn't it just a house? Feel free to live in it. Besides, it's a rental, so don't be afraid!"
"By the way... the Queen Mother just said that the slave women of the Salong family are all imprisoned in the house. If you go back and have a look, keep the ones you like and throw them into the prison if you don't. …”
"My Lord Li, you must also learn how to call slaves and maids! Doesn't this person have to be a master in life? We serve Lafayette, and Lafayette will naturally be gracious and have slaves serve us..."
"There will be that beautiful palace maid and so on later, I will keep this in mind for you... Then I will find a gimmick to give you twenty or thirty, and you can go and enjoy it!"
Why should you be so polite after this? Li Tuo could only continue!
The Manchu Qing's methods of winning over people's hearts were sometimes so simple and direct, with a wild energy like the cold northwest wind outside the Pass. Houses, money, official positions, women... No need to beat around the bush, just give them directly, you're welcome!
What else can Li Tuo say, just work hard! Li Lianying's words just now had hooks both inside and outside. He didn't mean to keep those he liked, and send those he didn't like to prison.
What else can be done? He had no choice but to stay, and Li Tuo couldn't just watch everyone die in prison! This is Cixi's skill, putting a human life in your hands to see what you will do?
This is like putting a girl in your hand, and then saying with a grin, "Do you want it? Do you like it? Take it to warm the bed..."
If you dare to say no, if you don't like it, then you will take this girl out and behead her without any punishment, and let you watch with your own eyes that this person died because of you!
How do you think you can get through this difficult time in your heart? At this critical juncture, do you really have the heart to let a maid die because of you?
If you say yes! That would be easier. If there is one girl, there will be a second, third, or even a hundred! Even if you don’t sleep, I’ll use makeup to soften your hero’s bones!
What kind of gentleman do you think you are? How else do you want to be a morally perfect person? The back of your ass is full of women, why are you pretending to be a big-tailed wolf?
Haha... You often walk by the river and your shoes don't get wet. If your shoes get wet, go to the river and take a bath!
Li Lianying's face was full of smiles, and he was also thinking carefully about Li Tuo: "If you don't want a house or a woman, then you will be shameless. Don't blame Lafayette for being ruthless!" '
'But if your boy is on the road, he can continue to cultivate and cultivate, it depends on your choice! '
Li Tuoyi cupped his hands and said, "Stay here, General Manager. I'm going to give a gift to the Marshal. I'll go to the house to have a look later... Please forgive me for being burdened by the procedures of the Ministry of Internal Affairs..."
"Hahaha... Go ahead, Mr. Li, just wait and hear the good news!"
Li Tuo turned around and took two steps before he suddenly stopped and turned to smile at Li Lianying, "General manager...I don't know if you are free tonight. I would like to treat you to a drink..."
"Oh... Mr. Li is so free? Well, then don't go to any restaurant. There is a new Yangzhou chef in my house outside the palace. His hot dried shredded noodles and crab meat and lion's head are amazing..."
"Tonight on East Xinglong Street...I'm waiting for you..."
Li Tuo quickly shouted whether he should take it or not. How could he let the manager wait? The subordinate appointed him to arrive early in the morning.
After leaving the inner right door, Li Tuo's back was soaked with sweat in just thirty minutes after meeting at Yangxin Hall. Guard Isiha has been waiting here. Listening to the cynicism of his colleagues on the day shift, it seems that last night The scandal of him peeping into the inner palace has spread.
Yisiha is so shameless. Although he is a member of the Eight Banners, he has not learned much about the shameless energy of a playboy since he was a child growing up in Chengde.
I don’t know how to retaliate when others try to push me, so I can only let these people gossip. These people are laughing at Yisiha, you are a Manchu who is exempted from crime by the protection of Han people. It is really an embarrassment to our ancestors. Face!
Isiha was blushing and didn't know what to say to retort. At this moment, Li Tuo hurriedly walked out of the room. The gossiping guards immediately stood up straight and stopped talking. They looked at their noses and noses. Observe the mind honestly.
These people are all Gongyouzi. They know what it means that Zhang Jing can preside over a house raid and then allow the Queen Mother to see him alone for more than half an hour.
They dare to run against the powerless Isiha, but no one dares to run against the popular Hanchen!
"Let's go! Yisiha...why are you blushing...stop talking nonsense and hurry up, we still have things to do!"
Why would Li Tuo care about the buzzing of a swarm of flies? There are countless things like this in the officialdom where people are trying to make fun of others and make fun of them. The only way to deal with these people is to be better than them and stay better forever!
As they walked, Li Tuo lectured Isiha, "If you want to survive in the imperial court, you have to temper your heart into iron! What should I do if a dog yells at you? Call me back too?"
"In the face of a dog that is barking at you, the only thing you have to do is to do nothing and live a good life as an official... From now on you will always be a meat-eater, and they are shit-eating dogs..."
"Living better than the enemy is the only way to defeat the enemy... instead of risking your life to die together!"
The group of people turned out of the Meridian Gate and turned to West Chang'an Street. They quickly walked around the Xidan Archway and headed south to Xuanwumen. After exiting Xuanwumen and entering Nancheng, they went straight to Caishikou.
We didn't stop when we arrived at Caishikou, and continued south to Nanheng Street, where Zeng Guofan's house in the capital was. A total of more than 60 houses on Nanheng Street were rented by Marshal Zeng.
You heard me right, it was renting rather than selling. Zeng Guofan had never bought a house in the capital in his life, and he did not want the house awarded by the imperial court. He rented it all his life.
And they are all rented at Caishikou!
The further the group walked to the south of Caishikou, the more depressed they felt. Even Isiha didn't want to live in this place, because further south on Nanheng Street were all crop fields.
"Why does the commander live in such a poor place? It shouldn't be, it shouldn't be..." Isiha kept nagging all the way.
The city of Beijing during the Tongzhi period was completely different from the world metropolis of the 21st century, let alone the Tongzhi period. Even in the early years of the Republic of China, if you look at the map carefully, a large area south of Caishikou is covered with crop fields.
At that time, Taoranting Park was composed of two large puddles. One puddle was called Taoranting and the other was called Heilongtan. They were both used to irrigate the surrounding vegetable fields. The area outside Xiannongtan was surrounded by farmland. Not bad at all.
Zeng Guofan, the founder of the million-strong Hunan Army, was stationed in Beijing in Nanheng Street surrounded by vegetable fields. There were many houses, but none of them were courtyard houses with obvious grade style. They were all ordinary houses with slightly refined decoration. Just fixed it a little bit.
When they arrived at the main entrance, the old guard at the porter heard that he was an official sent from the palace to give something to the Queen Mother. He didn't dare to neglect and hurried to the lobby to greet him. As soon as he sat down for a while, he heard Zeng Guofan's voice.
"What is the Queen Mother's decree? Let's place the incense table and receive the decree..."
"No need, no need..." Li Tuo quickly stood up and said, "The commander-in-chief does not need to accept the order. The Queen Mother just sent the commander something... It is not a decree, so there is no need to go to a lot of trouble..."
After saying that, Li Tuo took out the fan cover from his pocket and handed it over. Zeng Guofan was stunned and stretched out his hand to ask the old farmer to take it for him.
