Ronglu was promoted to the Admiral of the Nine Gate because of his contribution in the case of Yang Naiwu. This position was very important in the Qing Dynasty! The position set in the official documents was to "control the keys of the Nine Gate, command the Eight Banners Infantry, the Beijing Camp, and issue bans to clear the chariots. It was actually the highest security officer in the capital. In the early years of the Han Dynasty, it was envied by people, so some people called it "Da Jinwu," which was the commander of the capital garrison and the head of the public security bureau. It had a huge potential right to gather 20,000 soldiers with one call.

This position is not the most closest important minister to the emperor. From Zaiquan at the end of Daoguang to Sushun, Fulian, Lishan and Ronglu today, they were all the most trusted and trustworthy people of the emperors in two generations, but in Ronglu, it was an unexpected appointment.

He was born in Tongwenguan. Once he graduated, he was immediately sent to the General Administration Office for a job. Ronglu was born with a beautiful body, fair skin, and a very good appearance. In addition to Ronglu and his teacher Yung Wing, he also learned fluent English, and the living customs of Westerners were also well understood. After he finished his studies, he walked in the yamen of the ambassadors in Beijing and the words he gave and the gentlemanly style of the gentleman were soon the most popular ones in the General Administration Office.

After several years, his official position was promoted again and again, and he continued to be the Secretary of the U.S. Stock Exchange, but something happened later, which caused him great trouble.

The incident happened in the seventh year of Xianfeng. During the emperor's southern tour, Britain and France invaded. Weng Xincun, Bai and others urged their return to Beijing on the grounds that the emperor was away and the subjects were uneasy. After returning to the capital, something happened.

This incident started because of Yi. In the seventh year of Xianfeng, Yi was twenty-seven years old. However, compared with the sixth brother Yi, he failed to study and learn swords, but he had another ambition to contribute to the foundation of his ancestors. When the battle against Britain and France was about to be fought against Britain and France, he submitted a memorial, believing that before using troops to the outside world, the Guangwu New Army in Tianjin should be transferred to Beijing to guard the capital and protect the imperial capital. It can also be used to prevent embassy personnel from other Western countries in Beijing from causing trouble.

Even the emperor felt that this memorial was a little moved, but it was related to the overall situation. It also contacted the embassies of various countries in Beijing, so he asked Yi for advice. Yi and Ronglu thought it was not possible. When the people of the nine cities saw a new army entering the city, they would definitely panic. At that time, the incident would cause trouble, and nothing would become something, and the gain would not be worth the loss.

In addition, Yi's memorial proposed to send a unit of Guangwu New Army to guard the embassy area of ​​Jinyu Hutong, which is absolutely impossible to do. Not to mention that it is in China, there is no precedent for any country in the world to send our team to station around embassies of other countries. Once this is done, it will inevitably arouse dissatisfaction from other foreign countries in Beijing. If a diplomatic conflict is triggered, it will cause great disaster to fight against the invasion of Britain and France.

Yi and Ronglu's words were indeed a matter of planning for the country, but afterwards, they learned that Yi had asked the emperor for this matter. Ronglu realized that he had offended the Qi Master by accidentally speaking. There was no other way, so he had to come to the door to apologize. Yi often had contacts because of Yi, but once he arrived, he knew that things were not good.: A very familiar guest didn't need to report it, but the door stopped him and said that Master Beile had an explanation. Any guest who came had to ask him first, but he would not see him.

When the door post was thrown in, there was a reply on the door, "I won't see you!" and I refused to accept the door post. This was not just a coldness, but a sign of breaking up with friendship. Ronglu knew it was not good, he was sad, and he turned around and left in fear.

Sure enough, Yi was very angry. Yi asked himself that he could not afford to offend him, so he hated Ronglu. However, Ronglu was in the General Administration's yamen and had no connection with him, so it was difficult to find Ronglu's mistakes. He had to say bad things about Ronglu in front of the emperor. However, Ronglu was successful in his youth and often acted in a Western style. He did not mention it in the yamen. After the shift, he changed into a suit, dragged his long braids behind his head, and went to embassies in various countries. He was a scene in Beijing, and left others with an excuse for criticism. This is not all, Yi's concubine was a girl from Concubine Lan's concubine Yehenara. When she went to the palace to meet her sister, she also said that although Concubine Lan did not dare to interfere in politics, she always had to say a few words whenever her husband stayed in the room.

After a long time, the emperor's ears were filled with the ill words of Qingliu saying Ronglu. Although he liked this minister who was a few years younger, the public opinion had to take his lessons and sent him away from afar, let him travel across the ocean, first to the United States and then to Britain, each serving as a second-rank officer in the yamen of the ministers to various countries. It was not until twenty-six years after Xianfeng that he was transferred back.

After returning to China, he was not allowed to serve in the General Administration, but arranged it to be the Admiral of the Nine Gate, starting from the left-wing chief - this position made Ronglu miserable! He received many years of Western education and lived in Western countries. He saw that the environment of Western countries was relatively relaxed and free. He saw that Chen and Chen in the Admiral's Mansion had the intention to eliminate the bad habits and bad policies, but he did not have such ability. He could not do it. He asked several times to ask the emperor to waive his job, but the emperor was not allowed.

Until October of the previous year, Yingrui was vacant, and the emperor ordered Ronglu to be the admiral of the Nine Gate. Ronglu thought he could let go and began to expel the evil in the yamen. The first thing he did was to eliminate all kinds of over-the-country harvests. This was the most convenient way for officials who had been in charge of hundreds of years to make money. At the most, a job he was responsible for was four or five times the real amount!

The amount received by the Ministry of Internal Affairs in a year is more than tens of millions and less than one million. Except for the treasury, they are all withdrawn from the Ministry of Revenue. However, the Ministry of Revenue only has the responsibility to deal with the whereabouts of this amount and has no right to audit. There are nine admirals, but those who have always undertaken errands are afraid that they will not be long enough, so how can they be picky? Therefore, except for one or two of the huge amounts used for the right journey, the others have all flowed into the pockets of the chief lawsuit officer.

Let me give you an example: During the three major festivals of each year, the Da Nei Sleeping Hall will normally have a colored shed and the silk material is taken into the warehouse. This expenditure is not included. The only calculation is the ligation fee of the colored shed. Each colored shed is generally quoted around 8,000 taels of silver. In fact, even one-eighth of these quantities is not used! The rest of the numbers have never been mentioned, and no one knows where they are going.

The second thing Ronglu has to do is weaving a game.

This was originally built by Zhang Liangji, the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, when he was in office, and he purchased German machines, totaling more than 400,000 taels of silver. In addition, machines for opening wells, gold digging, and river digging, weaving twenty wool machines. After working for five hours a day, you can produce twenty wool (one hundred feet) and two engines. One is used for drying and wool bristles. There are special skills in washing hair. You can wash it with urination (I don’t know what this means, the original text is) and wash it twice with soap. It is washed three times in a row, and the hair is white. The other machine is used for weaving.

After a year of operation, the workers' skills became more and more skillful, and they could produce excellent wool textures. Like Hala, they could also be used to weave blankets. Each time they made a blanket with a length and width of six feet, which was only one or five cents of silver! But such a good business could not be done, because it took away the errands of weaving in various provinces of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Finally, they wrote to the emperor one after another, and even told Su Shun that he had to stop.

Zhang Liangji returned to Beijing to report his work and talked about this matter with Yi, and was helpless! It was just that the situation was stronger than that of others, and no one could easily explain Sushun's majesty, but Ronglu remembered this matter in his heart.

Another thing is related to Dong Xun mentioned in the previous article. He has a very profound attainment in Sinology. He served in the General Administration and often sang in writing with envoys who admired Chinese culture in various countries. Before Christmas last year, he had two such words that were very taboo in his poetry and essays. The first sentence was "I am clear in my heart," and the second sentence was "The sky is the most important thing. Later, he was praised and believed that it was "slandering the Holy Dynasty," and it was almost another literary inquisition to be staged.

When this happened, the emperor was very worried about Hu Xiaomao's private peace with the enemy. Even Yi was on the way. He felt pity for Dong Xun's talent and did not dare to speak for him. In the end, Rong Lu came forward and said, "China-Japan peace talks are just needed by Britain and the United States to mediate. Dong Xun had a good relationship with the government offices of various countries. The poems and essays he wrote this time were even more congratulated on the Western Christmas celebrations. If it was a taboo in writing and criticizing them, he would only be afraid that China and foreign countries would be shocked and would be unfavorable in the future.

The emperor quickly adopted it, and the metaphor was beaten by Dong Xun for twenty times, and the matter was let go. After this incident, Rong Luqing's reputation of being circulated by the nine cities, and even Su Shun knew about it.

Ronglu's new laws in the Nine Gate Admiral's Office made complaints from subordinate officials. This kind of behavior of cutting off people and wealth made him hate everyone, but it is better to be in charge of the officials. He is in his own yamen. Therefore, even if Lishan and others hate him deeply, there is nothing he can do. In the yamen, the subordinate officials kept away from Ronglu, and no one would say anything off topic to him, for fear of suffering unrestrained disasters because of him.

Ronglu didn't care about these people and things, and was busy with his own chores. He has been in the West for many years and knew that his words were unfounded and he had to rely on evidence to speak. Therefore, since he took office, he has secretly collected them. Once the attack begins, the court will undergo a major change!

During the Chinese New Year, the yamen nearby could rest. Only the Nine Gate Admiral's Mansion could not be left aside and ignored it. Today, Ronglu happened to be on duty. I heard that someone was fighting at the intersection outside the yamen and brought people over. Unexpectedly, it was Bao Chao and Zai who were there.


Chapter completed!