"It's fine if the steel plant is not repaired. If you are determined to repair it, you must do it well and make it the best in the Qing Dynasty, even better than the Chinese!"
"Lian Xing, do you know what overall coordination means? Does your Ministry of Internal Affairs have this ability? Think about it for yourself, what has the Ministry of Internal Affairs handled from the founding of the country to now?"
"They are all servants serving the emperor! Tea, silk, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, famous horses from beyond the Great Wall, Western treasures...and of course the equipment used in and outside the palace!"
"Have you ever had any experience in large-scale projects? Do you know how complex a national project like an iron plant is, where a single move affects the whole body?"
"To put it simply, this iron factory wants to make money. The purpose is to reduce costs, increase output, and ultimately make money!"
"Your Ministry of Internal Affairs has always spent money. It pays attention to the unparalleled quality of materials used and takes pains in craftsmanship... What you do is all based on the experience of losing money!"
"That's not right!" Lian Xing had to maintain the dignity of the Ministry of Internal Affairs at this time. Although his rank was not as high as Bao Jun, the minister of military aircraft, after all, he was the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and that was the emperor's job!
"Master Baojun, don't forget that you also have the concurrent job of deputy director of the Ministry of Internal Affairs! Even though you are an honorary person and don't care much about things, don't turn your elbows out so evilly!"
"Why does our Ministry of Internal Affairs know how to spend money but not how to make money?"
"Who started the industry of Guangdong Thirteenth Bank? Who is in charge of Jiangning weaving? Which of these yamen are not making money? You said we can't make money, you are slandering!"
Lian Xing turned around and said to Zai Chun with a smile, "Long live my Lord! The Ministry of Internal Affairs is His Majesty's servant. This is your own money bag. If you don't believe us, who can we believe?"
"Long live my Lord, you have to be careful. The Ministry of Finance spends money like running water. If this money goes into the Treasury of the Ministry of Finance, God knows where it will end up!"
"Hey Lian Xing, are you slandering my household department because the accounts are not clear? Are you suspected of corruption?" Bao Jun shouted.
"Don't dare! Lord Baojun, you have no evil intentions in your heart, and you won't be so fierce and cruel!" Lian Xinggong pressed his neck, "At least I won't be like you, ignorant of superiority and inferiority! Dare to dig into His Majesty's pocket? silver!"
There was a quarrel, and Zai Chun said a figure of five million taels, and the people below were already arguing, as if they had to pay out the next second!
It's so funny. Zai Chun suddenly had an illusory feeling. He seemed to have turned into an old man in his seventies or eighties. He was obviously still breathing and alive, but the unfilial children were already fighting in front of the hall to fight for the family property!
It’s really disgusting to watch my home fall apart before my eyes, but there are so many cockroaches killing each other hidden in a bun skin!
Maybe one day these cockroaches will rush out with a bang, tear the skin of the bun to pieces and then fall apart!
"That's enough!" Zai Chun suddenly yelled, "Shut up! When did I say that the money would be given to you? I just made it clear that the money is all deposited in British banks! I won't give it to you. anyone!"
"This is not okay!" Guiziliu jumped out again, "Your Majesty! Even if you have a British stub in your hand, please give it to the Liubu Yamen before you can spend the money!"
"Your Majesty, you are still young, you are still young...you don't understand many things!" Yi Xin said with a smile on his face, as amiable as a biological uncle.
"There are so many things that this steel plant needs to do, and they are all complicated...relocating residents, acquiring land, building roads, contacting coal from Xishan and Shanxi, and transporting iron ore from Yanshan..."
"There are also hired workers in the middle, and management, and one-stop service of food, drink, and transportation..."
"The Grand Canal needs to be dredged. A new section of the canal will be built to connect it with the steel plant. Even if you want to build a railway in the future, you will have to move the ancestral graves of the people in advance!"
"In the final analysis, these jobs have to be done by people, and they still have to be assigned to the six yamen!"
"If you don't leave this matter of spending money in the Ministry of Internal Affairs or the Ministry of Accounts, how can you put it all in a foreign bank? It's not convenient to spend money!"
"Account transfers are messy, withdrawals are messy, and the foreigners have random days off on Saturdays and Sundays. The banks will not be open then..."
"It's chaotic, it's too chaotic! So Your Majesty, you'd better put five million in the court!"
"That's right...Prince Gong is right, you have to do it this way! Your Majesty, you are young and can easily be deceived by outsiders... Leave this job to me, and I promise to do it for you!"
As soon as Guizi Liu finished speaking, Prince Qing Yikuang jumped out, determined to take over the job!
Prince Qing's shamelessness was unanimously condemned by everyone. There were boos in the Yangxin Hall, and even the eunuchs couldn't stand it anymore!
If Prince Qing gets his hands on money, it will be bad!
Zai Chun felt like the sky and earth were spinning in front of his eyes, and a group of flies were buzzing around to reason with him, and he couldn't listen to anything he said!
There was a voice in his heart: "Tear it all to pieces, light the cannonballs and blow it all down! Let it collapse..."
Zeng Guofan and the few Han officials around him never got involved. Looking at all this, they sighed secretly and glanced at each other. They were ready to help the emperor out!
But before Zeng Guofan could speak, a little eunuch Sula suddenly poked his head out of Dongnuan Pavilion. He knew that there was already a quarrel inside, but he still refused to leave!
Li Lianying had very sharp eyes. When she saw the little eunuch Sura, she gave him a murderous look, which meant she wanted him to get out of here. But she didn't expect that the little eunuch turned pale and wanted to leave but couldn't move!
After a while, Zhou Daoying also saw something strange, but he was more cautious and walked along the wall to the outside of Xinuang Pavilion. "You little monkey, what do you want to do? Don't you want to live anymore?"
"Grandpa! How can a young man have the courage? But the order from the military aircraft department outside can't be delivered!"
"Urgent military information came from the Nine Gates Admiral's Mansion. The Military Aircraft Department ordered a small errand to be delivered to Prince Chun immediately... I didn't want to come, but I offended someone and forced me to come. Why am I so unlucky? ah!"
Military emergency? Zhou Daoying was stunned at that time!
The Qing Dynasty had strict rules. Since Yongzheng established the Military Aircraft Department, all memorials with urgent military information must be directed to the Military Aircraft Department and directly to the emperor!
There is even a secret passage behind the Military Aircraft Department that leads directly to the Yangxin Palace!
This is not a rumor among the people in the capital, but it is true!
There is a gap less than two meters between the row of houses in the Military Aircraft Department and the south wall of the Imperial Kitchen. On the westernmost side of this gap, where several walls meet, there is a secret door that goes directly through the Imperial Kitchen. Enter the Hall of Nourishing Heart!
This secret passage was specially built and opened during the Yongzheng period for the Northwest War. It is the top secret in the Forbidden City!
With this secret passage, after the harem is locked in the middle of the night, the military intelligence reports from the Military Aircraft Department can still be transmitted to the Yangxin Palace through the secret passage. The emergency changes in the empire will not be hidden from the emperor's eyes!
But this Yangxin Hall can be regarded as the harem after all, and the emperor has to read the signs of the harem concubines here every night!
There is a secret passage, which is actually very taboo. It is connected both internally and externally, so it would be very unpleasant to spread it out!
But in order to grasp first-hand national intelligence, the emperor did not care about taboos and rumors!
