Chapter 37: All computers

Hengchun Garden, Zhaoqing Prefecture.

If the Qing Dynasty’s two power centers are still in its infancy, the two power centers in Guangdong Province are gradually forming, and anyone with discerning eyes can see that.

The Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi Shengbao, the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, almost never stayed in Guangzhou for a few days, and has been staying in Zhaoqing in the name of coordinating and assisting military affairs. This has caused many local officials to prepare two documents, one to the General's Mansion in Guangzhou and the other to the Governor of Zhaoqing.

After the Six Kings ascended the throne, more officials went to Zhaoqing to meet with the Governor and listen to the teachings, and Zhaoqing gradually became another power political center in Guangdong.

The Hengchun Garden in Zhaoqing City is plain and sparse and full of mountains and forests. It is the ancestral business of the rich merchant surnamed Liu in Zhaoqing. Now it has given up to the Governor and become the headquarters of the Governor.

At this time, four or five officials sat in the Hengchun Garden Garden Hall.

The governor of Guangdong and Guangxi Shengbao was once embarrassed in front of Ye Zhao many times, but he was calm and calm at this time, holding an enamel tea cup to taste tea. Why? The Six Kings ascended the throne, felt very happy and had the capital to fight back.

Huang Liangwei, the general general of land military affairs in the province of Guangdong, was as fat as the sandalwood carved chair creaked under his butt, and it seemed that it might fall apart at any time. But this fat man was not allowed by anyone. The green camps in Guangdong Province were controlled by him. They were the real power figure of military officers second only to Duke Jing. The hands were covered with blood from the Hongmen congregation in Guangdong. Although the British and French coalition forces invaded Guangdong and broke the construction of the Guangdong green camp system, and Jing Shuai was incorporated, most of the green camp soldiers were incorporated into Jing Shuai's various units, he still had several green camps dispatched, let alone even Jing Shuai's forward had many old friends in the left and right wings. Even if these former green camp generals changed their ranks, they always had a friendship with him.

Shengbao did not expect that Huang Liangwei would agree to submit a memorial with him and make things difficult for Jing Xiang, but after thinking about it, he felt relieved. No matter how Jing Xiang wins him over, it is always true that this rank-level official who once held heavy troops was undermined. Huang Liangwei looked fat and stupid, but in fact he was more keen on power than anyone else. How could he be a bare general without understanding?

Needless to say, the admiral Tian Gui, the most intense boycott of Guangdong's new school has been the one who has been slapped several times, let alone the comments such as asking the Guangzhou general to withdraw from civil affairs. He also felt that the wording of the comments was too warm.

The governor Tang Shuyi was a juren in the 21st year of Jiaqing. He served as the chief magistrate of Hanyang Prefecture, the governor of Gongchang, Gansu, and Hubei Censor. He was a young man with a hot temper. He was dissatisfied with the new policy of Guangzhou and often sighed at people that he was not good at planning. This clerk refers to everyone.

The salt transport envoy Ma Fuchen, a Jinshi in the fifteenth year of Daoguang, was in his fifties, and looked very harmonious and had extraordinary literary scholars. In fact, when he was a Taoist priest in Fengfen Salt in Shaanxi, he made a lot of money and came to this richest area in eastern Guangdong, who knew that he could make a big fuss, but who knew that Jing Shuai's new policy and simple business, his salt transport envoy was almost dispensable, and his power was divided up by Guangdong customs and various trading institutions. Although he was timid towards Ye Zhao, he was afraid that his desire to fall from Ye Zhao was even more than Shengbao, Tian Gui and others.

Sheng Bao looked at the officials present and was quite proud. He never expected that many people would be dissatisfied with Jing Xiang. Among the provincial officials, only the governor Bai Gui and the censor Li Jianchen were in a sympathy with him and colluded with him.

I won’t say anything about Bai Gui. Without Jing Xiang, I’m afraid his black shiny will be lost immediately. However, Li Jianchen is a well-known scholar. His collections of essays such as "Shouzhuzhai Excerpts", "Shouzhuzhai Mixed", and "Song Zhuzhai Poetry Collection" will be rumored for a while, and they will be mixed with the rebellious Huangkou child, which is really puzzling.

The inspector was in charge of the province's punishment. He heard that the child was a yellow-mouthed child in the law, but he was praised by Li Jianchen, and was called the Great Dao of the Morning and died in the evening. He actually began to do his best to help Jing Xiang, as if he wanted to do some local methods such as Guangdong's trade laws. Jing Xiang's soul was really amazing.

However, no matter what, Guangdong's main member is the fourth of the sixth person. In addition, Jing Xiang's new policy is increasingly eccentric, but if he doesn't believe it, he will not be able to beat this young boy.

"How many people have named this memorial?" Sheng Bao put down his teacup and asked the scholar-official master with a smile.

Tian Gui said proudly: "Huizhou, Leizhou and Gaozhou are all willing to be named." He was not afraid of offending others, but became the best candidate to contact officials of the government.

Sheng Bao said in his heart, "What a good guy, Tian Gui is really old and stronger. Learning is learning the stage.

Tian Gui said hatefully, "In my foolish opinion, it would be better to use this post together to sing the chin Jingxiang, the emperor and the empress dowagers of the two palaces, and they would never ask him to do this!"

Sheng Bao smiled and said nothing, looking at Admiral Huang Liangwei.

Huang Liangwei seemed to be closing his eyes and resting, and occasionally snoring sounds came out, which made several officials look sideways from time to time, and even some officials secretly laughed at him in their hearts.

Who knew that he suddenly opened his eyes, his eyes were like lightning, extremely sharp, but in just a short moment, it quickly faded, and he was filled with sleepy spirits, and said vaguely: "Hasking is not achieved, haste is not achieved!"

I don’t know that he is a vassal state, Tang Shuyi, and the salt transport agent Ma Fuchen was shocked. This Fatty Maitreya Buddha is not simple. Don’t blame the Governor for taking him seriously so much.

Shengbao smiled and said, "The military's words are good, and haste will not be fulfilled. Moreover, General Jingxiang is very good at bringing troops. Even if he acts absurdly, the emperor cherishes his talents and uses him to lead the troops north to eliminate the bandits."

The vassal state Tang Shuyi and the salt transport envoy Ma Fuchen nodded.

Admiral Tian Gui snorted in his nose: "It's a good idea to bring troops? It's just luck. God's Guard, Harichi, and Han Jinchun are all unafraid of death, but what do you have to do with him?"

Sheng Bao smiled and picked up the teacup. Tang Shuyi and Ma Fuchen also felt that the words of the Taiwanese had reached their hearts.

Maitreya Buddha Huang Liangwei narrowed his eyes and began to calm down.

...

In the flower hall of the General's Mansion, Ye Zhao slowly savored the tea. On the red leather embroidered phoenix sofa, Li Xiaocun sat respectfully straight.

Ye Zhao glanced at him and said lightly: "I heard that yesterday, *** went to the Nancheng Police Bureau and scolded the police who intercepted foreign merchant carriages?"

Li Xiaocun was shocked and could not hide anything from his father. He lowered his head and said, "Yes, Mr. Daly complained that he was rude and waited for him. The student went to the Nancheng Police Bureau and found that many police officers were not civilized, spitting everywhere and speaking vulgar..."

Ye Zhao waved his hand and interrupted him, "Isn't it civilized?" and then laughed.

Li Xiaocun didn't know what the prince laughed about, and he didn't dare to ask.

"Things always have to be done step by step. These police officers are rude men, but they are straightforward and cute. They are many times better than the so-called civilized police officers in the West. What is civilization? Is it civilized that the British and Indian police in Hong Kong discrimination against Chinese people blatantly considered civilized?" Ye Zhao's words became more and more severe, and Li Xiaocun sweated on his forehead, and he didn't dare to speak.

"Why can't foreign merchants check? Why can't they check if there are suspicious things about vehicles?"

Seeing Li Xiaocun's face pale, Ye Zhao's tone slowed down, "Xiaocun, you often say that you treat both Chinese and foreign equally. In front of foreigners, you must straighten your backbone!"

"Yes, the student knew that he was wrong!" Li Xiaocun looked ashamed, and the formation was red and white. The first time he was scolded by his grandfather, he felt quite uncomfortable. He knew that this was just a cause, and he was taking the opportunity to call him.

Li Xiaocun is a good at doing foreign business. Although he is arguing with reason in business, deep down, he still yearns for the prosperity of the West, and even more inferior to the Chinese people. Therefore, this kind of sign appears from time to time in private. Ye Zhao is using this to hit him today.

Originally, Ye Zhao planned to establish a Bureau of Commerce and asked the two Empress Dowagers to appoint Li Xiaocun as the Minister of the General Office of the Bureau of Commerce and the Supervisor of Guangdong Customs. Although Li Xiaocun is doing this job now, he has no name and no distinction after all, so he has been confirmed for his official title. But now he still has to wait, so he has to keep his vigor and vigor from over.

Everyone outside knew that Ye Zhao had two Lis around him, Li Xiaocun, the first division of the shogunate, and Li Jianchen, the Guangdong Censor, but Ye Zhao knew that he had three Lis under his command, and he had to add Li Hongzhang.

But Li Hongzhang just came to Guangdong and everything was unclear. He was afraid that he was still experiencing the freshness of Guangzhou. If he wanted to be alone, he would need to be hard-working.

"You go, Jianfu just came to Guangdong. If you encounter any problems, please give him more advice." Ye Zhao picked up the teacup.

"Yes, the student obeys the order!" Li Xiaocun hurriedly stood up and said goodbye.

As soon as Li Xiaocun left, Tao Chaoqing, director of the Interior Bureau, was led into the flower hall by the guards.

After lit a cigarette, Ye Zhao smiled and handed Tao Chaoqing the iron box of cigarettes, "Give me one, this thing is better than dry tobacco." Li Xiaocun did not smoke, and Ye Zhao would not let him go. The big guys who could not bring turned into big cigarettes like later cadres. Tao Chaoqing smoked dry tobacco, so Ye Zhao was rare to light a cigarette when talking about things.

Not smoking among people who can’t smoke is the basic moral that smokers must abide by.

Tao Chaoqing took the cigarette box with respect and raised it high, took a few steps back, and opened it carefully. The series of actions were completed in one go, just like the prince rewarded some treasure.

Looking at him and remembering the situation when you pushed me and let me give way when smoking in later generations, Ye Zhao couldn't help laughing and shook his head.

He took out a cigarette and carefully placed the iron box on the ink-colored marble coffee table. Tao Chaoqing finally didn't take the foreign fire on the coffee table. He ate cigarettes in front of his grandfather, and always felt disrespectful and said respectfully: "Mr. Master, I'll take it back to eat."

Ye Zhao nodded slightly and asked, "What can be found?"

"Report to Mr. Duke, the shopkeeper and chef of Wanfu Building, no one escaped." Tao Chaoqing was very surprised when he sent someone to investigate. According to the craftsman who bought porridge in the mansion, he had no contact with outsiders along the way. He was either he was tampered with by someone on the way. There was only one possibility, that is, there was an assassin in Wanfu Building. He thought he would have gone far away long ago, but who knew he stayed there and had any plans? Or was he a skilled man and brave, and he was really not afraid of being seen through?

"Oh? Then what do you think?" Ye Zhao slowly snatched out the cigarette butt, but this was something he had never expected.

"I thought that if I took them all into the prison and questioned, I was afraid that I would not be able to find any clues. The thief was so bold, and he must have other plans. It was better to be quiet than to move. I have sent someone to check the foundation of the Wanfulou people and sent someone to monitor them. I would never be spared. I will make a mistake before making a mistake."

Ye Zhao nodded slightly, "Just do what you said."

"There is one more thing for the slave."

Ye Zhao smiled: "What's going on over Zhaoqing?"

Tao Chaoqing showed admiration on his face, "Mr. It's true that the master is a magic weapon. The slave has predicted the future without saying a word."

Ye Zhao waved his hand, "Okay, why didn't you learn some good things from your bureau? He has learned all his flowers and flowers. I'll tell you, don't drink any miscellaneous soup!"

Tao Chaoqing smiled awkwardly, but in fact he didn't flatter him on purpose. Sometimes he really felt that the master looked like a torch, but he was so smart that he was scary.

However, when he could hear the intimacy in the words of the prince, Tao Chaoqing suddenly felt that the prince was not only respectable and terrifying, but also felt very close. He bowed and said, "This matter is not very confidential. Learning from Tai Tian Gui, Fantai Tang Shuyi, and Salt Transportation Commander Ma Fuchen all went to Zhaoqing. In addition, the platform and military gate were originally in Zhaoqing, it seemed that they met frequently."

Tao Chaoqing also knew that learning from Taiwan, vantai, and salt transportation went to Zhaoqing together, so that they were not afraid of being known to the prince. These people were determined to fight against the prince.

Ye Zhao nodded slightly, "I understand." He could not see the joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness.

...

In a blink of an eye, the police station was about to leave. Ye Zhao sat in the inquiry office for more than a day, but he was so bored that he grabbed his hat and was about to go out. Debin was about to pick up his wife Guo Luoluo to Guangzhou. When letters from Beijing were sent to Guo Luoluo, Guo Luoluo had already set off a few days ago, but he wanted to help Debin prepare. The new mansion of his couple is always more comfortable than in Beijing.

"Brother Ye!" As soon as the glass door leading to the yard of the inquiry room opened, a big black man came in. The policeman Heizi, who had sealed the gambling hall with Ye Zhao, admired Ye Zhao the most.

"Heizi." Ye Zhao nodded to him and wanted to leave.

"Brother Ye, I'll treat you to dinner tonight, Wanfulou..." Heizi said with a blushing face, which made Ye Zhao stunned. What meal was he treating himself to? What's his face red? Where can he go? Wanfulou? This is a coincidence.

"Xiao Cui, you, come too." Heizi turned his head and stammered to Ma Xiao Cui, and his black face almost turned purple.

Ye Zhao suddenly realized, okay, it turned out that he was just a cover, and his real target was Ma Xiaocui. This kid also learned to fall in love freely and pursue girls, but it was so good!

Ma Xiaocui packed up the documents and didn't raise her head: "If you don't go, why are you going to that place? It's ridiculously expensive!"

Kuroko immediately deflated again and let out a "scream" with a dejected voice.

Ye Zhao is so funny. Do you want to tease Heizi or not? But seeing his appearance, I couldn't bear it, so I smiled and said to Ma Xiaocui: "Girl, let's go together. It's rare to kill Heizi, but he has to make him bleed."

Ma Xiaocui cut her hair short a month ago, paired it with dark black police uniforms, and her shoulders are brilliant and silver stars. She added a bit of heroic posture to her gentleness. She was helpless when she heard Ye Zhao's words. This person was very helpful. She fished for three days and had a lot of time and was still familiar with her. I don't know when the girl called herself, but it was strange that it made people feel friendly.

"Go, you have to treat me. You are a big family." Ma Xiaocui lifted up the elegant bangs on her forehead and smiled naughtyly.

"No, no, Chef Wanfulou is my second uncle. I know all the guys. I will go later, so I won't have much money." Heizi had hope in his eyes and rushed to say.

Listening to Heizi's words, Ye Zhao's eyes flashed, pulled out his pocket watch and glanced at him, saying, "Just 8 o'clock, we'll go there at 8 o'clock, we'll book the venue, and put a full table. Please ask your second uncle to have a meal with the servants in the restaurant. It's also considered your official salary, and you're glorious about your ancestors, right?" Although Guangzhou has gradually had nightlife in the past, at ***, it's time to close the board. Go to book the table at 8 o'clock, and you can't get much money, and you can keep all the servants behind. It's just right.

Heizi looked sad: "Bake it, buy it?" If you book a store, you are afraid that the salary this month is not enough, so don't eat and drink well.

Nowadays, the police officers have changed their monthly salary to silver dollars. The lowest-level police officers such as Heizi and Ye Zhao have three coins per month and discounted about two taels per cent. However, the salary has increased in disguise.

Unfortunately, Ye Zhao has never received a penny of silver since he became a police officer. Inspector Wei Dingyi is used to it. It is probably because Ye Zhao is a rich family who is forced to do things by his family. This kid is smart and has a lively idea. Sometimes when encountering problems, Wei Dingyi likes to discuss with Ye Zhao, but he thinks that it is not a big deal to continue like this. If he can't get a penny, he will probably not make any progress when he goes home. Sooner or later, the kid will give up. Wei Dingyi reported to the General Administration and asked for special treatment, or to be demoted to a separate worker outside the post, and the salary is calculated based on tens of thousands of dollars. Unfortunately, the General Administration does not approve it. It seems that this kid is not very tough. Otherwise, if he reports this matter himself and asks for reasonableness, how could he be rejected?

Although I haven't received a share of the money, Ye Zhao's tone was very loud: "It's okay, don't worry, I'll pay the money I have for the store. Brother Ye doesn't take it seriously yet."

Ma Xiaocui muttered to himself, and he knew how to make a move.

"This, isn't this good?" The black-cornered face turned red.

Ye Zhao smiled and said, "You say yourself, are you glorious now?"

Heizi nodded with a red face. No, it was like an emperor returning to his hometown. People from all villages came to pick them up. The neighbors were envious. My father and mother were also proud of themselves. They often said that the ancestral tombs were blushing and the promising hero. The second uncle in Wanfulou used to rely on his own skills as a Cantonese chef. When he returned to the village, he didn't even get a lick of his eyelids when he saw his family. Now, he was good. He was very caring about his relationship with him and seemed to have become his own uncle. All this was because of himself?

Ye Zhao smiled and said, "That's it. I am your elder brother. Who will help you fight for your face if I don't fight for you? We always have to show off in front of your second uncle."
To be continued...