Li Tuo is really a wonderful person. He does not want to be a high official but only wants to be a small official. On the one hand, it is out of consideration for his own safety and he does not want to be the leader. On the other hand, he wants the status of this small official so that he can observe easily. They are just monsters in the court.
This guy's hobby is actually writing books, and he wants to write a book that will reveal the true and ugly face of officialdom officials all over the world, "The Reality of Officialdom".
During the years that Li Tuo was in charge of Zhang Jing, he had accumulated a lot of information about people of all ages. His corruption methods as an official, his skills in exploiting the common people, and the arrogance and lust of the princes and ministers were all recorded.
And as he mingled deeper and deeper in the court, the real situation he saw was even more shocking. The cheese he drank last night made him dizzy.
Isiha's sneaking into the harem opened his eyes even more. Li Lianying, a eunuch and supervisor, lived a luxurious life at home that was more expensive than a prince. What kind of life do real princes and ministers have to live?
It is said that the forbidden book "Dream of Red Mansions" written in the capital is true. In fact, the wealth and luxury reflected in the Grand View Garden in The Story of the Stone cannot even compare to that of Li Lianying!
Guiziliu, Yixuan, Yipei, Yikuang...these iron hat kings, the kind of wealth that relies on people to pile up is beyond description in any words.
What Li Tuo saw, heard, and even experienced personally was recorded bit by bit in the book with his bald pen. The book now has more than 100,000 words.
Li Tuo himself didn't know if this book would ever see the light of day, but he just liked doing these things, and he had a vague feeling that these things could no longer be called books, but precious historical materials.
This book is a real first-hand historical material of bureaucratic culture. It would be unimaginable if it could be preserved five hundred or even a thousand years later!
While he was writing, the loyal old housekeeper outside the door suddenly cursed, "You little bastard with no eyes, no one is allowed to disturb me when I am in the study. How dare you break in?"
Immediately afterwards, the boy kowtowed and begged for mercy, "Grandpa, have mercy on me... have mercy on me... I came here to report, but the manager at the front door, Li Lianying, sent someone to deliver a gift!"
Li Tuo opened the door with a creak, "Is Mr. Li here to give you a gift?"
"Greetings to the master, Mr. Li really sent someone to give you a gift. If you are too young, you don't dare to disturb the master's reading and writing!"
"The manager sent you a wet nurse and a Suzhou cook... He said he is your favorite..."
Li Tuo's nose was so hung up that he was so angry that he said, "It's really nonsense. It's just a cook. Why do you want to send a wet nurse... How can I let my wife know about it? I can't even explain it!"
But before she finished speaking, Mrs. Li Tuo's voice rang out from the Moon Gate, "No need to explain... I know who the master is... I have brought the wet nurse to the back house, and the cook has also accepted her!"
"Sir, please go to the concierge and say a few words to the manager's servants. Don't offend Manager Li..."
Li Tuo asked his wife to say that she was embarrassed. When he walked to his wife, the thin lady suddenly lowered her head and said, "It has been said since ancient times that a good wife and a good husband will cause less trouble. I understand this truth..."
"Li Lianying is absolutely unoffended. Don't do anything to him... We are an old married couple. Don't I know who you are? If you are greedy, our money will be enough to buy ten or eight yellow flowers." She’s a daughter…”
"Don't you want none of them? I believe you..."
Li Tuo was moved and his heart trembled. This is what a good wife is. In this dangerous officialdom, not only does he have to be more careful, but his wife also has to work hard!
A virtuous wife and a virtuous husband bring few disasters! This is really a wise saying!
Li Tuo found a good wife who can understand the overall situation and won't mess around and act rogue. This is Li Tuo's blessing!
But other women are not so virtuous. Emperor Xianfeng's favorite, Empress Dowager Cixi, is not a good person. At this moment, there has already been a quarrel in Yangxin Hall.
"Explain! Are you still looking for an explanation from Ai Jia? What is there to explain? What a big deal..." Cixi leaned on the soft couch, lazily, and spoke with a sense of weakness.
But it was this unreasonable energy that made Guiziliu and Yixuan even more angry!
"Queen Mother! The foundation of the country! This is shaking the foundation of the country!"
"I'm not going to say whether Banzai is pro-government, but I'm talking about appointing Gordon as the expedition leader to meet Zuo Zongtang... What does this mean?"
Cixi had actually been psychologically prepared for Guizi Liu's forced conquest. He knew that his son's taking office would be a hurdle for Gui Zi Liu. The power of the Prime Minister was too great. How much power would he have to hand over after Tongzhi took office? A bargain.
Disputes are unavoidable, so let’s fight if they are unavoidable!
"Isn't it just an expedition team? Doesn't Long Live Lord even have the right to do such fun things? Besides, the expedition team is going around the Pamir Plateau, all over the world..."
"If we don't use foreigners, who should we use? We should use you..."
"You..." Yixin was speechless by Cixi, a soft nail, thinking to herself, what happened to this bitch today? Why is it so soft and chewy like sticky bean buns, so disgusting?
Seeing Cixi's face flushed and leaning lazily on the sofa without any serious posture, this shows that Cixi doesn't care about this meeting at all.
The curtain was the fault. Guiziliu couldn't see Cixi's eyes clearly through the curtain. If he could see Cixi's peach blossom eyes with his own eyes, he would definitely know that this bitch was looking for a man last night!
And it was so cool to find it!
When Prince Chun saw that his brother and sister-in-law were quarreling, he was still as quarrelsome as ever: "Oh... calm down, calm down! Queen Mother, what Sixth Brother is talking about is not about the expedition team, but about foreigners meeting our Qing officials." A national problem!”
"How can Gordon meet Zuo Zongtang? The imperial court is deeply concerned about the Han people gaining such great military power. How can they still be allowed to deal with foreign devils?"
"Haha... Old Seven, stop talking nonsense. What's wrong with dealing with foreign devils? You can stop them if you want to? Are there enough foreign devils in Jiangnan?"
"How many foreign devils are there in the Shanghai Concession? If those in the Hunan Army want to contact the foreign devils, why should they consider what the court thinks?"
"Don't talk about these unnecessary things. What are you two doing here? Take out the bezoar dog treasure in your belly and show it to the Aijia..."
"Bah... I want to blind you. I'm confused. When a group of big men encounter problems and can't solve them, we have to rely on women to come forward to solve them..."
"Then you dare to come in front of me and force me to marry you? If you have the ability, you can also suppress the beacon incident? If you have the ability, you can also force Zeng Guofan to stop his activities?"
"Why didn't you make a fuss the day before yesterday? When public opinion in Sijiu City was flying everywhere, what were you two capable of?"
"Now that the Long Live Master has set up an expedition team, you are in high spirits. Are you here to bully me, a widow, for losing your job? Kicking the widow's door is not so obvious!"
"You..." Guiziliu was scolded so badly by Cixi that he jumped up from his chair and stretched out his hands, speechless!
"Cixi! Don't be shameless... Gordon has the rank of admiral-general! Let me ask you a famous question, are you two going to appoint foreign devils as officials?"
"Say! Is it..."
