Jiangsu, Huai'an Mansion, Yaqian Street, Yuanqi Branch. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Just after seven o'clock, the apprentice Xiao Xiaoliu came to the front hall from the backyard in high spirits, removed the door bolt with his hands and feet, and prepared to open the door.

These people are all here to sign up for the Naval Academy, a few days ago there were sporadic people coming, I didn't expect this morning to suddenly increase so many people, it seems that the news has spread, nearby towns and villages have rushed here, he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly turned around and instructed the apprentice who was coming in with water: "Go and inform the shopkeeper, the black pressure outside the door is full of people!" ”

It didn't take much effort, and Lu Xingyun, the big shopkeeper of the branch, rushed over with a group of shopkeepers, and after asking about the situation, Lu Xingyun said, "Open the door!" ”

The door was wide open, and the crowd outside the door was neither noisy nor crowded, but everyone stared at Lu Xingyun who came out, Lu Xingyun arched his hand at everyone, and said loudly: "In Xia Yuanqi big shopkeeper Lu Xingyun, are you all from the navy and the test?" ”

A middle-aged man in a long robe said calmly: "Shopkeeper Lu expected it to be good, and we all came to sign up for the exam." ”

Lu Xingyun didn't expect that the number of people who came to take the exam would suddenly increase, and he swept it at a glance, not to mention that there were two or three hundred people, all of whom were blocked at the door, which would definitely affect business, and even said: "Please move to the back door of the store and queue up to register." With that, he turned around and ordered, "Little Liu, take them to the back door." ”

Xiao Xiaoliu, who was waiting, beckoned everyone outside the door to take a detour to the back door, and the second shopkeeper Yun Kaitai stepped out and said softly: "The news has spread, I'm afraid that there will be more and more people who have come to apply for the job in the past few days, write a notice and post it outside the door, right?" ”

Lu Xingyun groaned silently, last year the Yellow River burst its banks, Huai'an suffered a lot of disaster, although the auspicious charm has been closed, but the post-disaster reconstruction has just begun, this is the bones, the imperial court recruits the navy, and the treatment is good, for the local people, there is an unparalleled attraction, people who come to sign up are afraid that it will exceed their expectations.

After pondering for a long time, he spoke: "These people should have come from afar, and the examination and assessment cannot be delayed, but we have to find a larger place to settle ......." ”

"Arrange the location to move the Old Summer Temple, can it be done?" Yun Kaitai said with a smile: "Last year's disaster relief, I had some friendship with the Old Summer Palace, and I don't think I will be blamed." ”

Lu Xingyun nodded slightly: "You are responsible for the assessment, I will contact the Cao Gang and send people to Shanghai in time." ”

As soon as he heard that he was presiding over the assessment, Yun Kaitai hurriedly asked, "Is there any test questions in the assessment?" ”

"It's not a scientific exam, where did the test question come from." Lu Xingyun said with a smile: "There are no physical defects, and you can be neither stupid nor stupid." ”

Yun Kaitai said, "No quota limit? ”

"Han Xin points soldiers, the more the merrier." Lu Xingyun said with a smile: "The other semicolons are not clear, anyway, there is no approved quota for the Huai'an semicolon, I pondered it, I would rather have more than less!" ”

More than less! Xuzhou Prefecture Fengxian Yuanqi branch is also adhering to this principle, Fengxian and Shandong border, and Yuanqi's tentacles did not extend to Shandong at all, after seeing the newspaper, and Feng County border Shandong many people have crossed the border to Fengxian Yuanqi branch.

Not only Huai'an and Fengxian branches, but also branches in Yuanqi all over the country are adhering to the principle of 'rather more than less' when recruiting naval and naval academy cadets. Because Yi Zhixiang has no limit on the number of branches in Yuanqi, and he does plan to take this opportunity to absorb a large number of young people, not only Guangzhou and Shanghai need a large number of young people, but also Yuanqi group training!

Jingshi, Forbidden City, outside the gate of Qianqing Palace, military aircraft department.

Wang Ding sat cross-legged on the kang, wearing a pair of reading glasses, looking at a fold with a solemn expression, last year, he was a scholar to the governor of the Donghe River Governor Sai Xiangfu Broken, but half a year, Xiangfu Breaking Embankment was successfully closed, after returning to Beijing, he was crowned the prince and prince because of the cost of river control (cost six million taels of silver), short construction period, good quality.

Mu Zhang'a put down his pen, glanced at Wang Ding, who slowly put down the fold in his hand, and said: "Yi Zhi's contentment with this fold, everyone take a look, the emperor will definitely ask." ”

Mu Zhang'a, who had been dismissed from his post because of the deficit in the treasury of the Ministry of Households, was also rewarded with all his removed titles for his meritorious work in preparing for the establishment of the navy after the beginning of the year, and the position of chief military aircraft minister seemed to be more secure than before.

After reading the excerpt of Yi Zhi's contentment, Mu Zhang'a said: "There is no need to write an abridgement, the original fold is presented, and Pan Zhongtang will take a trip." ”

Pan Shien smiled, "Wang Zhongtang has a good financial management and is familiar with Yuanqi, but he is still ......." ”

Before he finished speaking, Wang Ding spoke: "This matter is very important, the old man and Pan Zhongtang will meet together." With that, he straightened up.

Watching Pan Shien and Wang Ding walk out of the gate of the Military Aircraft Department, Mu Zhang'a frowned, there are four factions in the DPRK and China, two factions in the Manchu and Han dynasties, Pan Shien and Wang Ding have their own factions, Lin Zexu, Deng Tingzhen and other local officials who resolutely resist the Yingyi are all Wang Ding's line, and Yi Zhi's content has long been classified as Wang Ding's line.

After all, Wang Ding was absent from Beijing for more than half a year, and Pan Shien also took good care of Yi Zhi, so he pushed the boat down the river, planning to use Yi Zhifen to provoke the relationship between Pan Shien and Wang Ding, but it turned out to be self-defeating.

Qianqing Palace, Xinuan Pavilion.

Daoguang put down Yi Zhi's fold, glanced at Pan Shien and Wang Ding, and said, "What do you think of Yi Zhi's advice?" ”

Seeing that Pan Shien was silent, Wang Ding said: "Judging from the current situation, the Yuanqi model is undoubtedly quite desirable, if it can be implemented in various provinces, it will be a earth-shaking change, and the imperial court's revenue will also rise year by year, which is worth a try." ”

Pan Shien picked up the missing and said: "Weichen secretly thinks that this move and the construction of the railway complement each other, if it can be implemented, the provinces will develop in a balanced manner, which will benefit both the court and the locality." ”

Daoguang bowed slightly, although he didn't say it explicitly, but he heard the meaning, the balanced development of all provinces is conducive to local balance, and it is conducive to balancing Yuanqi! To be honest, such a rapid development of Yuanqi has helped the imperial court a lot, but it has also brought huge pressure to the imperial court.

He has never dared or wanted to think about what scale Yuanqi will develop into in another ten or twenty years? But under the tremendous pressure of the Western invasion, in order to develop the navy, he did not dare to curb the development of Yuanqi excessively, and now this suggestion made him let go of a big stone that had been pressing on his heart.

What is even more rare is that this proposal to balance the local economic pattern was put forward by Yi Zhizhi himself, which made him very pleased! After a slight sigh, he said, "This matter is guided and supported by the imperial court?" Or do you let local business gangs compete? ”

Wang Ding said without thinking: "Yuan Qi can rise rapidly in a short period of time, although there is no support from the imperial court, but also with the help of the momentum of the imperial court, easy to know that it is not a good economic talent, and familiar with the West, other local merchants are afraid that it is difficult to produce such an outstanding big shopkeeper, if there is no imperial court to guide and support, I am afraid it is difficult to become a climate." ”

"Wechen steals that it is more conducive to the implementation of the Yuanqi model for local businessmen to compete on their own." Pan Shien said in a deep voice: "Once the local officials intervene, I am afraid that the harm will outweigh the benefits. ”

Breaking the county order, destroying the door order Yin, relative to the businessmen, the local officials are much stronger, like Yuanqi is as strong as the odd number, the merger of officials and businessmen, the loss is always the businessman, and the merger of officials and businessmen will not only greatly promote the wind of corruption, but also will inevitably frequently appear such as forcible seizure, which also has to be considered.

Thinking of this, Daoguang couldn't help but sigh secretly, feeling helpless, to say, with the guidance and support of the imperial court, it can not only quickly expand the local business gang, balance the development of the provinces, but also help the court control the local business gang, if the local business gang is not controlled by the court like Yuan Qi, I am afraid that there will be a headache in the future.

After being silent for a long time, he spoke: "Governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh, and promoting the Yuanqi model is not a one-time thing, you might as well let the two provinces try to see the results, judge the advantages and disadvantages, one province is allowed to compete, one province is supported by the imperial court, and it is easy to be content to recommend the two provinces." ”

"Your Majesty." Pan Shien and Wang Ding hurriedly bowed and said.

Daoguang said slowly: "This matter is not small, and it is being discussed by the senior officials above the second grade in Beijing. ”

Out of the Qianqing Palace, Pan Shien slowed down his pace and stood side by side with Wang Ding, and said: "I'm afraid that there will be chaos in the Jingshi now!" ”

Disorderly? Wang Ding reacted after a while, and his face was a little ugly, "Isn't it?" ”

Pan Shi said with a smile: "Brother Dingjiu might as well wait and see in Shanghai." ”

In just one day, Yi Zhi's manuscript of the excerpt to promote the Yuanqi model spread in the officialdom of Beijing, Prince Zheng's Mansion, Prince Zheng Wuergonga saw the excerpt, and after a little groaning, he ordered the outside world: "Come here, call Su Shun to see me immediately!" ”

After a while, Su Shun walked in quickly and said, "Amma-." ”

Ur Gonga handed over the fold and said, "Have you seen this fold?" ”

Flipping through the fold and glancing at it slightly, Su Shun said with a smile: "Now the entire Jingshi is talking about the Yuanqi mode ...... ”

Wu Ergonga interrupted him and said, "Write a letter to Yi Zhishu and send it to Shanghai in an expedited manner of eight hundred miles." ”

Write a letter to Easy-to-Contentment? Su Shun was stunned, and then reacted, he was also extremely talented, and said with a slight groan: "Amma, this letter can't be written, Ama wants to make money, why bother to go far?" Directly cooperating with Yuanqi is, why bother? ”

"Yuan Qi?" Ur Gonga sneered: "How can Yuan Qi be controlled by us? After a pause, he said: "If we can support the business gangs of a province, we will benefit immensely." ”

Su Shun shook his head disapprerovingly, he knew the old man's wishful thinking, the imperial court was afraid that it was imperative to promote the Yuanqi model, the old man wanted to take this opportunity to collude with local business gangs, and control the economy of a province through means such as shareholding, support, and infiltration, so as to make a lot of money, not only to obtain huge wealth, but also to strengthen the power of the palace in the local area.

But this matter obviously won't be so simple, and after a slight groan, he said: "Amma, don't underestimate those local merchant gangs, which one with strong financial resources has no one behind it?" What kind of business are we doing now? ”

This is not unreasonable, but Wu Ergong is unwilling to miss such a good opportunity in vain, he was muttering to himself, and Su Shun said again: "Amma, this is actually a dispute between the four major factions in the imperial court, let's not wade into this troubled water." ”

Hearing this, Wu Ergong couldn't help but sigh secretly, and glanced at Su Shun with some relief, this bastard boy has grown a lot over the years, his eyesight is not bad, and he groaned slightly, before he said: "It's better to send a letter to Shanghai, don't mention this matter, just talk about the situation in Beijing." ”

It's not just Ur Gong'a who is smart, everyone understands the importance of money bags, and after realizing that it may be imperative to promote the Yuanqi model, and Daoguang is already thinking about how to promote it, the officials of the Jingshi suddenly burst out with great enthusiasm and have visited everywhere.

But all the officials with the background of local merchants, regardless of the grade, all of a sudden have become fragrant and sweet, there are a lot of local merchants in the Qing Dynasty, there are ten famous business gangs, and there are many who are strong and famous, and the merchants of the Qing Dynasty are rich not only to build gardens, but also to train their children to study and take the road of the imperial examination in order to hope that the family will be prominent and extensive, of course, there are many people who take the road of donating officials.

There are really a lot of officials with a background in the business gang in Beijing, needless to say, there are already factions, to fight for the business gang behind them to get the opportunity to monopolize a province and the support of the faction, there is no faction with a low official position, but it is enough to choke, they will receive olive branches from the four factions at the same time, and face a difficult trade-off.

For a time, the undercurrent of Beijing's officialdom was surging, bustling, and profitable.

Shanghai, West Garden, Tingtao Pavilion.

Xu Yixuan, who was dressed as a man, walked into the study, and when she saw Yi Zhi, she was content to bury herself in her books, and immediately coughed dissatisfiedly, this guy knew that she was coming, but he pretended to be busy, which was really hateful.

"It's coming, it's coming, what's the noise? Feel free to do your own. "Yi Zhi said without raising his head.

Hearing this, Xu Yixuan smiled, although this was not polite, but it revealed a cordial familiarity, she suddenly felt relaxed, poured herself a cup of tea, and then held the teacup to look at the layout of the study, Yi Zhizhi smiled and said, "Free?" ”

"Free!" Xu Yixuan smiled: "Thank you brother for coming to the rescue!" ”

Yi Zhixiang smiled: "Don't care. ”

"For contentment, it is a gesture, but for the next, it is a reinvention of grace." Xu Yixuan said sincerely: "I don't thank you for my great kindness...... ”

Yi Zhifen quipped: "How can you do it without saying thank you?" Let's make a promise! ”

Xu Yixuan's pretty face turned crimson, and when she saw this, Yi Zhixiang hurriedly waved her hand and said with a smile: "Joke, joke." He said with concern: "What are your plans?" ”

Xu Yixuan said softly: "I want to support myself." ”

"Okay, I'm supporting!" Easy to be content. (To be continued.) )