After some polite exchanges and half a pound of rice wine, the relationship between this man and this person became more and more intimate. Simpson took the opportunity to ask a lot about the secrets in the official circles of the capital. His purpose was nothing more than to interview more noble people and gain access to more royal secrets. It’s just a region!
When he was drunk, Liu Peiqi smiled and said, "You reporters in Europe just want to know more about the secrets of some big shots. In the final analysis, you just want the common people at the bottom to have a look at the lives of the upper class nobles!"
"What only satisfies their curiosity is their curiosity. Look at how excited the people in the entire river are today when the head of state appears. Everyone is proud to bow down to the Hidden Dragon of the East China Sea!"
"Don't talk about the common people, even those who are officials! Let me remind you that if you want to get close to someone like the head of state, it really depends on chance, and even if you have that chance, there won't be many It’s time!”
"I'll teach you to be a good boy... You have to go through curves to save the country, you can't always think about winning straight away!"
Simpson's eyes lit up, "Please enlighten me!"
"It goes without saying... pour the wine, pour the wine..." The drunk Liu Peiqi gestured with the wine glass, and Simpson quickly filled him up!
With a slurp, Liu Peiqi let out a sigh of relief after a glass of rice wine, "Ah... it's so good! If I hadn't been in a hurry tomorrow, I really should have gone to a brothel to call some girls tonight... Enjoy it, this is life!"
"Simpson... you have to remember, sometimes it's hard to meet adults, but you can meet villains! Men don't want interviews, you can try women!"
"Let me remind you... the eldest lady of the head of state is coming from Tanggu along the canal. She is a descendant of the dignified Fucha family, a high-ranking noble of the Eight Banners, and the legal eldest lady of the head of state!"
"The head of state is not easy to interview, why don't you try your luck there! You can dig out a lot of news by making insinuations! What ordinary people want is to open their eyes. In fact, the people of Europe are the same whether they look at the head of state or his wife. So fresh!”
"We must learn from us Chinese. You cannot always raise your head when observing the moon... You must learn to observe the moon in water!"
Simpson quickly learned to clasp his fists and said, "Mr. Liu, please teach me how I can interview the president's wife?"
Liu Peiqi looked out the window and said calmly, "At this moment... I'm afraid the first lady is being treated with no less courtesy than the head of state. The dirty officials on both sides of the Grand Canal are unwilling to flatter her. I'm afraid you don't have time!"
"Let's do this... come here with your ears!"
Liu Peiqi whispered in Simpson's ear for a long time, during which Simpson couldn't help but nod!
Yang Zhi's royal agent was right. Fuhui had arrived in Shandong at this moment and was resting in Jining Mansion after crossing the Yellow River!
However, Fuhui moved directly into the mansion. The prefect of Jining was a Manchu. He had packed up all the main rooms and respectfully invited Fuhui to move in!
In the dead of night, Fuhui was getting drunk alone with a wine glass in hand. The moonlight was shining in the small pavilion, and only Ping'er and Qingwen were waiting on her!
Under the steps outside the pavilion, Zhu Bao, the prefect, has been kneeling for half an hour. The cold stone slabs made his knees hurt, but he didn't dare to move. He didn't dare to get up if Fu Hui didn't say anything!
Ping'er couldn't stand it anymore and said in a low voice, "Madam... let the magistrate get up, don't kneel down... he is your nephew after all!"
"Bah... I don't have a shameless nephew like you. Get out of here as far as you want!" Fu Hui threw a glass of wine angrily, hitting Zhu Bao in the face.
Zhu Bao didn't dare to cry, "Auntie! You can hit me and scold me, but I won't leave... If you don't help my nephew, I really won't be able to get through this!"
"You will die if you don't make it! I'm so angry... You can be so shameless, how dare you embezzle money from the river? Five million taels! How much public funds will be deducted?"
"If there is a heavy rain next year and the river collapses, people will die and go to hell!"
Zhu Bao is also a member of the Fu Cha family. Of course, she is a bit far away from Fu Hui, but she is still in the genealogy. According to the seniority, Zhu Bao is called Fu Hui's aunt!
In the past, when Fu Qing and Fu Hui were in poverty, these relatives from prosperous families looked down upon them! But things are different now. Since Fu Qing and Fu Hui's status has become higher and higher, these relatives who used to hide as far away as possible are swooping over like flies!
They visit each other to give gifts and build relationships with each other. When they were young, they could say that the bond between a handful of melon seeds was as great as a golden mountain!
Although Fu Hui and Fu Qing looked down on these snobbery, ancient China was an era when clans ruled everything, and no one dared to say they were out of clan control!
You can't break off the relationship even if you look down on it. If you dare to break off the relationship, you are really breaking the king's law!
This time Fu Hui set off from Tanggu and went south along the canal. It was originally a secret operation without any fanfare. Even the steamer she built was a small boat belonging to the *** Post, a wooden paddle steamer!
If no one leaked the secret, such a ship would not attract attention, but unexpectedly when the canal entered the Cangzhou section, Fu Hui realized that something was wrong!
From time to time, there would be officials on both sides of the Grand Canal waiting to see him holding notebooks, especially the Manchu officials who were the most numerous!
Moreover, the reason for meeting her was very high-sounding, because the Eight Banners have been a family since ancient times, and no one can escape if they want to become relatives. The local Manchu officials clearly stated that they came to pay Fuhui a visit, which is normal!
Fu Hui is not only the wife of Xiao Letian, but also the sister of Prime Minister Fu Qing, and the cousin recognized by Cixi... With the combined forces of all parties, Fu Hui is also a very politically influential figure in the government and the opposition!
Knowing that such a giant Buddha is heading south, only officials who can gain connections along the way will remain unmoved!
Is Xiao Letian making a lot of noise in the south? In fact, there is really not as much noise as the wife from the north going south! You must know that the possibility of the head of state helping to benefit these officials is extremely slim!
But Fuhui is much more likely to benefit these 'relatives'. After all, you are the Eight Banners aunt!
This journey was very annoying for Fuhui. Starting from Cangzhou, people gave gifts every day. Officials on both sides of the river were not working. When they saw the steamer, they would kneel down and kowtow in the hope that Fuhui would appreciate it!
There is a huge pile of notebooks collected every day, and all kinds of local specialties are sent up by the boatload, and I can’t even push them away!
In the end, Fuhui had no choice but to donate these gifts to Jishengtang, charity hall, porridge shed, etc. in the prefectures and counties along the way. It was also considered as a good deed!
But other officials are easy to dismiss, and if you don't see them, they will disappear. You can't miss the face of Zhu Bao, the prefect of Jining. After all, you can really be called aunt!
At Jining Pier, Zhu Bao had been waiting for three days. After the steamer docked, Zhu Bao rushed to the ship like a pug and kowtowed without saying anything!
He even coaxed and persuaded her to let her aunt live in the government office so that her nephew could fulfill his filial piety!
In order to welcome Fuhui, the Jining Prefecture had to build loess pavements and clear water on the street. All the officials in Jining, including hundreds of people, came here to kneel down and greet her!
Fu Hui angrily kicked him several times secretly, but this shameless thing was not angry at all!
But Fu Hui knew that he had been fooled that night, and Zhu Bao actually asked him to save his life, because he had embezzled five million taels of silver, which was money from dredging and water conservancy projects on the river!
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