Chapter 8 The Emperor’s Good Luck ()

, Tell me, which yamen you want to work as a servant?"

Ye Zhao kowtowed again, looking grateful: "Thank you for your grace, and the slave depends on your instructions. If you talk about your slave's ambition, you will naturally go to the battlefield to kill the long hair and protect your master's country forever." If Ye Zhao said that in his heart, he hoped that the Northeast would lift the ban and go to the Northeast to train troops to compete with the Russians for strengths. But first of all, there is no foundation, what can you do if you go now? Can you stop the Russians from moving east with a passion? Secondly, the emperor asked you, and you would not be able to reveal your thoughts.

Xianfeng didn't expect Ye Zhao to say this. He was stunned for a moment and sighed softly, "It's hard for you. I've known the general idea at such a young age. I have always been looking forward to a manchu child saying it, but I don't want you to say it. Our Manchu country cannot always rely on outsiders."

Ye Zhao lay down and listened quietly to Xianfeng's feelings. In the future, the rise of important Han officials such as Zeng Guofan and Li Hongzhang was really because no one was available to Manchu relatives and nobles, and the Eight Banners soldiers were exposed in the battle with the Taiping Army and had become corrupt to the point of being vulnerable. Since the Qing Dynasty entered the pass, the Manchu royal family has always been the masters who truly ruled this land. No matter how big the Han officials were, they were just lackeys in the eyes of the royal nobles.

"Since you are well-versed in Western affairs, you can't abandon it. This is how you go to Shanghai and send an order to barbarians from all sides to handle the tariffs."

Xianfeng said the wind was light and cloudless, but Ye Zhao almost choked to death in one breath, not afraid of the wind flashing his tongue. What? Passing the order to barbarians from all sides to handle tariffs? Does any of these barbarians take our holy metaphor seriously?

Ye Zhao understood Xianfeng's meaning, Xiaodao would cause trouble. He just conquered the Shanghai county town. Jiang Customs supervised Wu Jianchang to flee into the concession to establish a temporary customs, but merchants from all over the world were not birds. The temporary customs were useless. Shanghai's tariff income was the main source of military pay in the Jiangnan camp, so it was no wonder that Emperor Xianfeng was anxious to get angry.

Ye Zhao actually wanted to go to Shanghai to take a look and contact with various "barbarians". After all, the current West is in the budding stage of modern civilization and is closer to the world of his previous life. I think that if you think you may share more words with these barbarians.

But Ye Zhao didn't want to go to Shanghai with the title of "Laoshizi's imperial envoy". In the Qing Dynasty, this imperial envoy was the most difficult thing to do, with great rewards and punishments. For example, Li Hongzhang, Seng Gelinqin and others were punished many times as imperial envoys.

But no matter how unwilling he was, Ye Zhao could only kowtow with gratitude and tears: "The emperor's cultivation is a lifelong blessing for the servant. The servant will live up to his high expectations and do his job beautifully."

Xianfeng nodded slightly: "Don't waste my hard work when you go out this time."

On the way back, because of the strict reliance, there was a horse-like incense burner in front of him, and behind him, several personal soldiers of Goshha were surrounded by them. The prince and Ye Zhao each sat in a sedan chair, which was inconvenient to speak.

But after entering the Dong'as Gate of the Prince's Mansion, the prince got out of the sedan chair, waved to Ye Zhao and asked in a low voice: "Is this trip easy?"

Ye Zhao didn't want him to worry and said with a smile: "The matter is done by others, who can tell me the truth?"

The prince squeezed his shoulder hard, and seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.

Not long after, the inner court issued an order and ordered the first general Aisin Gioro Jingxiang to go to Shanghai to negotiate with the foreigners in order to handle the affairs of Jianghai and North Government of Susong Taicang.
Chapter completed!