They are all in the same yamen, and the relationship between the third master and the third master is too rigid. Although he knows the subtext of this old fritter, there is no need to reveal it.
After receiving the sealed official document, the Third Master carefully read each piece. Sure enough, after seeing half of it, the Third Master understood more than half of it!
He suddenly closed the official document, closed his eyes, and put it on the table. "Ah Gui! My eyes suddenly hurt today and I can't do any official work... You can put these in the prince's room and wait until the prince comes back to make up his mind!"
"There's nothing to worry about, it's just some ordinary lawsuits. The prince has the usual regulations, so it won't be complicated to handle!"
After saying these words, the third master put on his hat and walked out of the study under the service of his servants, and left!
The noble man put his hands on his hips and saluted and watched the third master go back. After the third master's figure disappeared at the end of the corridor, he sneered and whispered, "It doesn't matter what you care about. You just looked at it anyway. As long as you look at it, it won't matter." What does it have to do with me..."
"Whether it's a good job or an errand in the future, you will have half of the responsibility!"
Your Excellency took the official document and went to the prince's office. He chatted for a few words with Zhang Jing who stayed behind. He put down the official document and went to eat on his own. In their eyes, this was just a trivial matter in such a huge empire. , not worth the fuss.
Mr. Qing, who was sitting in a sedan chair, looked coldly at the life on the street, but in his heart he was weighing the weight of those strange official documents. He knew very well that a major counterattack commanded by Emperor Tongzhi was about to begin. This was a A war without gunpowder is bloodless but more tragic than a hot war!
Prince Gong, who inspected Xishan Camp, entered the city at around four o'clock in the evening. The tired prince did not go to the Yamen but went directly back to the palace to take a bath and rest.
It wasn't until after dinner that he summoned the palace staff to inquire about today's yamen errands!
It can be said that this period of time has been really peaceful. Since the forced palace, Zai Chun has become much more honest, and he has stopped meddling in government affairs and has stopped making noises about building an iron factory.
All I want is to be obedient and prepare for the wedding!
Once the little emperor stops causing trouble, the court will naturally return to the 'peaceful' days of the past. People in various ministries and errands will also relax, and the amount of official documents processed by the Prime Minister's Yamen every day will be much less.
In Yi Xin's eyes, the British are now closely related to the Qing Dynasty. The British devils can safely make money from the Qing Dynasty's business, and it is impossible to confront him!
The French themselves are desperately scraping together money to prepare compensation at home, and they don’t have the strength to come to Asia to cause trouble again!
Tsarist Russia has been abolished, and tens of thousands of prisoners are being held in Xiao Letian's hands. Until now, no results have been reached through negotiations. Even if the offensive in the Ili Valley is fierce, Zuo Zongtang has issued a military order and must recapture it no matter what. Ili River Valley.
As for the Americans, not to mention, they have always been engaged in diplomacy and have never meant to use troops to fight, so there is no need to be afraid!
As long as the foreigners don't cause trouble in the Qing Dynasty and the domestic factions stabilize, there won't be any trouble!
As for Xiao Letian? I heard that he was staying in Nanyang for who knows what? Well, it’s best that these two devils never come back!
It was precisely because this period of time was so relaxing that Prince Gong had the leisure to spend a whole day to inspect the Xishan Mountains. He said the inspection was actually just to take advantage of the good weather in June and go to the mountains to relax and observe the scenery. !
Beside the bat pond in the back garden, a rocking chair creaked under the tall elm tree. Prince Qing half-closed his eyes and listened to his staff talking about today's official business!
After hearing that the British had sent nine copies of the complaint, Yi Xin slowly opened his eyes, "Complaint? How big is the case?"
"Replying to the prince, there are no big cases. They are all business matters involving money and food, suing our officials for bribes, and trying to sidestep... Even the customs accounts don't match up and so on!"
Yi Xin frowned upon hearing this, "Who from the British Embassy sent it? A foreign devil or an ordinary handyman?"
"Replying to the prince, he is just an ordinary handyman, and the foreigners did not show up!"
"Well, that's good... It seems that the case is not big, otherwise the person who delivers the official document would have to be a foreigner with a big nose! Look back at the case and send a few telegrams to pay attention!"
Yi Xin relaxed. He had no idea that all of this was just the vanguard of a storm!
The next day was another uneventful day. Strangely enough, the British Embassy sent three more copies of the complaint, and they were sent by ordinary servants!
Guiziliu still didn't take it seriously, but things were different on the third day. The British Embassy actually sent eleven complaints in one go, all of which were still cases of economic disputes!
This time, it's not just Shanghai. There are reports of Yang Guizi suing the court in Guangzhou, Taiwan and other places! They are all nonsense, and they are all related to import and export trade.
This is normal, because in this era foreigners are doing trade in China, which is not as complicated as setting up factories and investing directly, and trade transactions are indeed prone to various scammers, thieves and even official bandits.
But normal is normal, this is a bit too much! Normally, three to five copies a month would be considered too much, but now more than twenty copies were produced in just three days?
"What are you doing for food? Are local officials all stupid pigs? Can't they handle this kind of case themselves? Are they going to have to report it to the capital?"
"This is a small lawsuit involving three melons and two dates... Look, for a lawsuit involving three to four thousand taels of silver, instead of going to the local magistrate, you come to the Prime Minister's Yamen? Are you sincerely looking for trouble?"
"Send me a message, send a telegram to every sea-opening city! Let them solve these small cases on their own, and then send them to the capital and I will punish them!"
"It's true! The toad ran onto the feet. It bites people but doesn't bite them. It's really disgusting!"
The telegram has been sent, and you can't say that you really paid attention to it for two days. But as soon as the two days passed, just when Prince Gong thought everything was calm, something annoying happened again!
"The official document to report...to report to the prince...to complain...to complain is here again!"
On the sixth day, another large pile of complaint documents appeared on Prince Gong's desk, and this time he couldn't relax!
On the sixth day, the yamen was not idle all day in the morning and afternoon. The three rookies on duty would collect one official document at a time and another at another time!
They were all complaints. The British Embassy sent 16 complaints, the French Embassy also sent 7 complaints, the American Embassy sent 6 complaints, and even Tsarist Russia jumped out to cause trouble, sending 3 complaints.
They were all the same, saying that the local officials were unfair and corruption was rampant in the customs, which ultimately caused losses to the merchants!
If these businessmen cannot be compensated locally, they can only entrust envoys from various countries to go to Beijing to complain!
Yi Xin's face was livid, and his hands were shaking with anger, but until now he still didn't realize that this was a huge storm specifically targeting him!
At four o'clock in the afternoon, just before the government office was about to close, another person came to report the funeral, "Report...report to the prince...there are people complaining again!"
"This time...this time..."
Looking at the clerk Yi Xin kneeling on the ground, he wanted to kick him to death. "If you have something to say, you will fart!"
"Yes, yes... Prince Qi... This time it's an official document from the Chinese Xiao Letian... Their Chinese businessmen have also come to file a lawsuit with us!"
Ouch! Yixin slapped his forehead and said something was wrong, "Even Xiao Letian got involved. Is this to create rebellion in my yamen? Everyone knows that I, Yixin, are responsible for the diplomacy of the Qing Dynasty, so you are deliberately trying to make things difficult for me!"
"Okay, okay... I have kept the accounts in mind, and I will have to settle them with you sooner or later!"
"How many more lawsuits did Xiao Letian send him?"
"Total... 66 copies in total!"
"What? Sixty-six portions...he saved a piece of my ancestor's money just to make me angry, right? And he made a lucky number to make me sick, right?"
