"Hey...Brother, why are you so anxious? Brother, aren't I thinking of you?"
"Do you think that since you are clean, no one will embezzle this money? What a joke, you are so honest and honest, and you sent the money to the Ministry of Accounts! No one will thank you, they will only call you stupid!"
"You don't like hearing when I mentioned the department fee? We didn't set this fee right away. This rule existed during the Shunzhi period..."
"I heard... Zhang Jing from the Military Aircraft Department is called Li Tuo. He has been very close to Li Lianying, the Queen Mother of the West, and the Fifth Master recently!"
"Cixi even wanted to be promoted to an official position, but this guy refused to be promoted. He just made up his mind to become a petty official. That's the end of Zhang Jing!"
"Why? After all, being a petty official is more rewarding than being an official..."
"During the Daoguang period, there was a Hanlin named Feng. I can't remember his name. Anyway, he had a good relationship with Lin Zexu and his group... It is said that he once made a private calculation of how big the fee was!"
"I don't know if I don't make statistics. I'm shocked when I calculate it... the scribes in the four departments of the Ministry of Civil Service only consume more than three million taels of silver in department expenses every year!"
"If you include the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Punishment, the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Rites...the department fees shared by these petty officials every year will be 10 million taels!"
"This is still the market situation during the Daoguang period. Nowadays, wars have been fierce in the past few years, and there are more reimbursement accounts in various places. These grandsons have made a fortune!"
"I'm just counting the major yamen in the capital. What about the yamen of the feudal officials below? What about the Daoxian County? Haha... Isn't that what happens in the world? If you don't want others to be greedy, everyone will be greedy. Don't be greedy. Don’t be greedy!”
"Although I, Yi Kuang, am greedy for money, brother, don't worry. The projects I hand over to you will guarantee your quality... But if I don't do it, won't these projects have to be made cheaper by outsiders?"
"That bunch of grandsons are subcontracting layer by layer! Each layer is stripped of its skin. In the end, your money is wasted, the quality of the project is not good, and it is even more harmful to people..."
"Brother, don't leave...don't be angry! If you don't give me all the projects, can you give me half?"
"Give me the project to expand the barracks and the night watch hut! Isn't it a project worth 150,000 to 60,000 silver... I can get it for my brother..."
Yi Xuan no longer had the strength to refute, so he turned away in anger at Yi Kuang's absurd talk, with Yi Kuang jumping after him!
Many officials saw the performance of the two princes, and could even faintly hear the princes' conversation. Many people sighed and shook their heads, secretly thinking in their hearts how many years did the Qing Dynasty still have, if it continues to be ruined like this? How many years?
Yi Xin didn't care at all about the more than 600,000 silver taels. What he was thinking about now was how the situation would unfold!
It was obviously a complete victory today, but Zeng Guofan interfered with everything. The old coach took action and reversed the situation that he had created with great difficulty with just one little finger!
Such a character is really terrifying, I really want to kill him!
But Yixin didn't dare. Although there were only a few thousand veterans of the Hunan Army brought by Zeng Guofan in the Zhuozhou area, it would be a matter of minutes for his tens of thousands of Xishan troops to devour him.
But if you dare to take action, you won't want half of Jiangnan. The Ninth Commander is waiting for an excuse to rebel!
Who wants face when you are a high-ranking official? No one wants it anymore. Since you can’t kill the other party, you have to make peace or lose your smile!
I have to pick up the torn dough today. Thinking of this, Yi Xin trotted after me!
Marshal Zeng's health is really failing. He spent two-thirds of the half-day meeting at court with the privilege of being seated. He couldn't bear it anymore!
This morning, the old farmer was also waiting for him. He used internal energy to sort out his qi and blood, and then smoked a few big smokers to suppress the coughing and the pain in his chest and abdomen!
Zeng Guofan had already exhausted all the energy he had accumulated in the past half day. At this moment, the old farmer and a little Sula eunuch were walking eastward with the commander on their left and right!
Now the three of them were slowly walking past the Danbi Stone behind the Baohe Palace. Yi Kuang took a few quick steps and quickly caught up!
"The commander-in-chief is specially allowed to ride on horseback and in a sedan chair in the Forbidden City. Why do you have to walk? Why don't you bring the horses over?"
Zeng Guofan turned around and saw that it was Prince Gong. He quickly stopped and said with a smile, "Prince Gong... you are setting a trap for me! Does the right to ride on horseback and sit in a sedan chair in the Forbidden City also include the front of Yangxin Hall?"
"Haha... Since the Shunzhi Dynasty, the privilege of riding horses and sedan chairs in the Forbidden City has been limited to the nobles of the Eight Banners Palace. It was not until the Qianlong Dynasty that the Han people had this privilege..."
"But the right to ride a horse and sit in a sedan chair is given to the minister, so he can roam around the Forbidden City as he pleases? Are you bullying me for being old and stupid?"
"The Imperial Household has its own internal system. If officials who have the right to ride horses and sit in sedan chairs enter the palace through Donghua Gate, they must dismount from the sedan chair outside Jingyun Gate. Both the sedan chair and the horses must be stored in the Arrow Pavilion!"
"If officials enter the palace through Xihua Gate, they must dismount their horses and sedan chairs in the alley outside Longzong Gate and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and then walk into the Military Aircraft Department and the Imperial Palace!"
"Am I right? My lord... if all officials enter the palace through the Meridian Gate, their sedans and horses must be placed outside the Meridian Gate. This is the rule, a rule that has been left since the founding of the country!"
"If the old minister remembers it well, when He Shen was overthrown, wasn't one of the crimes for which he was banned from riding horses? Then He Shen was so arrogant and domineering that he actually rode a horse from the Shenwu Gate into the palace and broke into the imperial garden with the help of his holy favor!"
"These old stories, I heard a lot when I was sitting on the bench in the capital!"
Yi Xin flattered the horse and said with a blush on his face, why is this old guy so difficult to fight? But he still had to endure it. At the moment, Guiziliu was not ready to fall out with the Hunan Army Group!
Yi Xin waved his hand to eunuch Xiao Sula to move away. He took a step forward and actually held Zeng Guofan's left arm. He and the old farmer accompanied the commander to the direction of Jingyun Gate!
Zeng Guofan was not polite and just allowed Yi Xin to interfere with him. This scene immediately shocked the officials who had dispersed. Everyone watched the incredible scene in front of them eagerly!
Yi Xin sighed and said, "The commander should wear more clothes. Although this black wolf skin cloak is good, it is definitely not as warm and windproof as bear skin..."
"I have a fine piece of black bear skin outside the customs. I will send it to the commander later... You have to take care of your health1"
Zeng Guofan smiled and did not refuse, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward! It doesn't matter if I'm sick... If this empire is sick, it must be treated quickly!"
Yi Xin quickly followed up on Zeng Guofan's words and said, "Yes, the commander-in-chief is a sensible person! I don't hide it from the commander-in-chief. I actually have no objection to Long Live Lord's reform plan!"
"The Qing Dynasty should reform and learn from the West in industry... But His Majesty is too young. Such a big innovation is not something he can undertake at his age!"
