On the wide Huangpu River, all kinds of ships come and go very busy, from time to time you can see steamships emitting black smoke passing by the river, most of the steamers are flying the Sea Soul Flag and the Yellow Dragon Flag, and there are also foreign flags, Britain, France, and the United States. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"It's really surprising that the port has been able to develop to such a point ten years after it was opened." Kovalevsky, who was leaning on the stone railing on the river bank and watching the scenery of the river, couldn't help but sigh softly.

"The city is more dynamic than any other city in Europe." Zakharov, who accompanied him, said slowly: "We should also set up a concession here." ”

"That's not something we should be concerned about." Kovalevsky changed his head as he spoke, "I don't understand, why did Yuanqi sell us a lot of Mini guns?" ”

Zakharov guessed: "Could it be a hint that we should not provoke in the northwest?" ”：

"The strength of the Nanyang Navy in Ili now has two brigades, but it is not equipped with mini guns, and we dare not act rashly." Kovalevsky shook his head, "I have long heard that the Nanyang minister who was born as the great treasurer of Yuanqi is different from ordinary Qing officials, and it is difficult to entangle, but this negotiation, don't you think it is too smooth?" ”

"The thinking of the Orientals is very difficult to understand." Zakharov shrugged his shoulders, "Perhaps, we should train a few Chinese experts, Shanghai is a good place." ”

"Not a bad idea." Kovalevsky agreed: "We should pay more attention to Yuanqi, I have a strange feeling that in the future, our opponent is not Qingguo, but Yuanqi." ”

"It's a much bigger company than the Anglo East India Company." Zakharov sighed with emotion before he said: "The trade charter has been signed, when will you return?" ”

"Wait a few days." Kovalevsky said: "When our armed diplomatic mission arrives in Shanghai, although I can't figure out why Yuan Qi sold us a large number of mini guns, this is a very fair business." ”

On the wharf, Yi Zhicontent, Su Shun, and Yishan were seeing off Zai Zhao, who was about to return to Tianjin, and originally Yi Zhixin promised to give the Beiyang Naval Division two steam gunboats, but Zaizhao used the excuse that the Beiyang Naval Division was going north to cruise, and wanted to go upriver from the mouth of the Heilongjiang River to conduct hydrological surveys.

"There is nothing to say about the superiority of the steam gunboat, but there are also limitations." Yi Zhishu said slowly: "Steam gunboats need to consume a lot of coal, and they need to replenish coal along the way, and now there are coal supplements in Jiaoao and Weihai ports, and the Beiyang Naval Division is cruising north, it is better to use defensive warships, however, steam warships will soon replace defensive warships, and it is best for you to set up a supply base on the cruising route." ”

"Students understand." Zaizhao said, saluted upright, and said solemnly: "Principal, rest assured, the Beiyang Fleet will definitely not let the Russians gain a foothold at the mouth of the Heilongjiang River and Sakhalin Island. ”

Yi Zhishu returned the military salute and said, "Take care!" ”

Seeing Zai Zhao board the gunboat, Yi Zhixiang glanced at Su Shun and Yishan, and said slowly: "Why does Tsarist Russia dare to frequently cross the northeast border and carry out activities? Not because of the remoteness of the northeast, but because of the small number of people, backwardness, and desolation, there is a large Heilongjiang River, more than one million equal kilometers, only 60,000 or 70,000 people, and there is neither a garrison nor a local government for effective management.

In the final analysis, the root is still in the imperial court, and it lies in the imperial court's ban policy on the Northeast, and the imperial court should also discuss this matter, lift the ban, and allow the people to spontaneously immigrate to the Northeast to reclaim, which is conducive to consolidating the Northeast Frontier, and the last excerpt. ”

Su Shunleng paused for a moment before he said: "Banning the Northeast is an ancestral ....... ”

"Times are changing, how can you always hold on to the ancestral system? Besides, there are fewer things that go against the ancestral system? Yi Zhizhi said with the corners of his mouth curled, "Does the gold system violate the ancestral system?" Issuing large amounts of money and issuing official bills and treasure banknotes, is it considered a violation of the ancestral system? ”

Hearing this, Su Shun couldn't help but smile bitterly, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military were afraid that only Yi Zhixiang dared to say this, this was an offense to the dragon scales, Yi Zhixiang glanced at him, and said angrily: "Don't dare, I'll come to this fold!" ”

Returning to Zhenhai Mansion, Yi Zhizhi went straight to Bao Shichen's courtyard, intending to let Bao Shichen draft an excerpt of the Northeast lifting the ban, this excerpt he planned to publish in the newspaper after playing, in order to put pressure on the imperial court, prompting the imperial court to open a ban on the Northeast, I don't want to, enter the courtyard, Bao Shichen greeted him and smiled: "The lord came just right, Anhui Governor Luo Zhongcheng sent a letter, the northern drought in northern Anhui, many affected people have been twisted, the power of twisting bandits is increasing, and the prefectures and counties are in a hurry, and there is a possibility of large-scale outbreak of chaos...... ”

Yi Zhizhi was happy to hear it, he was waiting for this opportunity, the two entered the house and sat down, and Bao Shichen continued: "Luo Zhongcheng sent a letter, imploring the lord to help the victims of the disaster in northern Anhui. ”

Anhui is not only the cradle of the Twist Army, but also the cradle of the Huai Army, Yi Zhizhi estimated that Anhui should have a fight with Guangxi, and slowly lit a cigarette, he said: "Mr. can understand the situation in northern Anhui?" ”

Bao Shichen smiled: "The lord is talking about disaster relief? Or is it twisting? ”

"Twist." Easy to know the unabashed way.

"That's a long story." Bao Shichen pondered for a while, and then said slowly: "Northern Anhui includes Yingzhou Mansion, Fengyang Mansion, Sizhou Zhili Prefecture, two prefectures and more than ten prefectures and counties, usually known as Huaibei, although northern Anhui is located in the Huaibei Plain, the terrain is flat, but because of the Huai River and soil problems, it has always been the most frequent and serious place for disasters.

The soil quality in northern Anhui is extremely poor, muddy when the tide is tidal, hard when dry, easy to waterlogging and drought, it becomes a flood when it rains, and it becomes a drought if it does not rain for a long time.

Frequent and serious famine makes the life of the people in northern Anhui extremely difficult, even the ordinary landlords are inevitably hungry in the year of famine, not to mention the common people, which also develops the people of northern Anhui to endure hunger and hardship, good at walking, fighting, strong, good at organization, dare to resist the folk customs, which is also the reason why the bandits can survive and develop in northern Anhui. ”

"Listening to what Mr. said, northern Anhui is a rare source of soldiers." Yi Zhisuff said with a smile: "The people of northern Anhui are good at riding? ”

"Good at riding?" Bao Shichen shook his head slightly, "I have never heard that the people of northern Anhui are good at riding, but northern Anhui is located in the plain, but there are many horses and donkeys. As he spoke, he said tentatively: "But the northwest has no time to recruit troops?" ”

Yi Zhishu nodded, "I do have plans to recruit troops into the northwest." ”

Bao Shichen said tentatively: "Is the lord planning to help northern Anhui?" Or are you going to indulge in twisting? ”

"Conniving at twisting, of course." Yi Zhicontent said without thinking: "Don't twist the party when recruiting soldiers." After a pause, he continued: "Reply to Luo Bingzhang, let him report the situation of the twist in detail at any time, and ask him to report the twist chaos in northern Anhui to the imperial court, you might as well exaggerate it." ”

"Sir, is this going to be moved?" Bao Shichen stroked his beard and smiled: "You might as well test the reaction of the imperial court first." ”

Yi Zhishu nodded and said, "Jiangsu Governor Fu Shenxun has long intended to resign, let's help him." ”

Bao Shichen said: "Who do you recommend?" ”

"Xu Jishe." Yi Zhizhi said: "I heard that he was investigated by the Ministry of Officials for his appointment as governor of Fujian, and he has been completely dismissed. ”

This is a suitable candidate, Bao Shichen bowed slightly, Xu Jishe has served as the political envoy of Fujian, the governor of Fujian, handling trade affairs in Xiamen, not to mention the many contacts with Yuan Qiduo, and also the author of "Yinghuan Zhiluo", which has a slight dabbling in the politics, economy and geography of the West, and is a newly dismissed official, and he is the governor of Jiangsu, which is the most suitable.

Jingshi, Haidian, military aircraft duty room.

Haidian's military aircraft duty room is in an inconspicuous alley on the north side of the Tiger Cave, a famous commercial street in Haidian, the alley is named after the military aircraft office, known as the military aircraft alley, although the military aircraft office in the alley is heavily guarded, it is a gray tile house and black door, unassuming, not conspicuous, however, compared with the military aircraft duty room in the Forbidden City, the scale is not small.

In the spacious duty room of the house, Mu Zhang'a took a copy from the few folds he had just sent and opened it, and saw that Luo Bingzhang, the governor of Anhui, reported that there was a great drought in northern Anhui, and a large number of victims in 16 prefectures and counties in 2 prefectures and 16 prefectures and counties joined the bandits, disrupting the place, and there was a possibility of large-scale outbreak of twisting chaos.

Flipping through the next book, he caught a glimpse of the words of the Northeast ban, his eyelids couldn't help jumping, and after reading it carefully, his brows immediately wrinkled into a Sichuan character, the Russians frequently crossed the border in the northeast and infiltrated the Heilongjiang River Valley, he was not unaware of this, and the Tsarist missionary group in Beijing also submitted a note to the Imperial Academy, proposing that China and Russia should jointly defend the Heilongjiang estuary to prevent foreign ships from entering the Heilongjiang River.

Yi Zhi is enough to use this as an excuse, under the guise of guarding the Northeast Frontier, openly asking the imperial court to change the Northeast ban policy that has lasted for 200 years, this is really a bit of a fuss, and the Russians still dare to forcibly occupy the Northeast? After all, the two countries have long demarcated their borders.

Slightly groaning, he didn't write an abridgement, Xianfeng has always attached importance to the excerpts that are easy to be content, and there is no need for some abridgements at all, took the next excerpt, opened it and looked at it, it was still easy to be content, and it was actually impeached that the governor of Jiangsu, Fu Shenxun, was old and frail, became ill from hard work, and could not bear the responsibility of sealing the territory, and recommended Xu Jishe to take over as the governor of Jiangsu.

He couldn't help but gasp, and he couldn't make a sound for a long time, how could anyone impeach the feudal officials on the grounds of old age and decay and illness from hard work? This is generally a resignation, not to mention, this Xu Jishe was dismissed, isn't this a blatant slap in the face? What does Easy-to-Know want to do?

Looking at the following folds again, it is easy to know that there is still a book, but this is talking about trade negotiations with the northwest of Russia, and he quickly flipped through a few folds before he got up and ordered: "Prepare a sedan chair!" ”

Hurriedly entered the Old Summer Palace, heard that Emperor Xianfeng was watching a play in the same paradise, Mu Zhang'a couldn't help but hesitate, Xianfeng loves to watch a play, at this time to ask to see, and it is such a disappointing thing, I am afraid that it will inevitably be a thunderous rage, fortunately, it is not a urgent matter, but you might as well wait, immediately explained to the eunuch, and he went out of the garden to wait.

Thinking that Xianfeng was only in his early twenties, but after succeeding to the throne, there were constant disasters and famines, wars, empty treasury, depleted financial resources, and almost no comfortable life, he couldn't help but sigh secretly, if Daoguang was not strong at the beginning, he invited Yi Zhixin to enter Beijing, and did not choose this master, but set up the sixth master, would it be a completely different situation now?

With Yuan Qi's abundant financial resources, the combat power of the Nanyang Navy, and the extraordinary talent and extraordinary insight and vision of Yi Zhi, the Taiping Army was not in trouble at all, and the imperial court's finances would not be so embarrassed, let alone be afraid of Yuan Qi at all times.

Yi Zhi's sudden and uncharacteristically impeachment of the governor of Jiangsu, and the promotion of Xu Jishe, who was dismissed, is really not a good sign, and it is impossible to allow ..... at all! If it is allowed, how can the face of the court remain? Where is Xianfeng's prestige? It is not allowed, and I am worried about breaking with Yuanqi, now that the Taiping army has gained a foothold in Hunan, the war in Jingzhou has formed a stalemate, and the war in Guangxi is extremely fierce, and the break with Yuanqi at this time is really unimaginable.

More than half an hour later, a eunuch trotted over, bowed down and said, "Crane Xiang, the emperor has returned to Fangbi Cong, call in." ”

After entering the Fangbi Cong, after seeing the ceremony, Mu Zhang'a handed over the excerpt in a nervous mood and said: "Your Majesty, the excerpt from Anqing and Shanghai." ”

Xianfeng was in a very good mood today, after seeing the secret folds sent by Yishan, Sushun, and Zaizhao from Shanghai, and learned that Yi Zhizhi had given the Beiyang Naval Division four steam gunboats, and planned to use troops in the northwest to recover the territory occupied by Tsarist Russia, he was very happy, and specially treated himself to watch a play.

However, after reading a few excerpts, his face immediately became gloomy, and after a long time, he said in a deep voice: "What is the relationship between Xu Jishe and Yi Zhicontent?" ”

"Back to the emperor." Mu Zhang'a hurriedly replied: "Xu Jishe is a native of Shanxi, successively served as the prefect of Xunzhou in Guangxi, the prefect of Yanjian Shaodao in Fujian, the governor of Tingzhang Longdao in Fujian, the political envoy of Fujian, and the governor of Fujian, and is responsible for supervising the trade affairs of Xiamen. ”

Xianfeng Zhao saw Xu Jishe, had some impressions of him, looked up and thought about it, and then said: "Yi Zhishu is unhappy because Xu Jishe was dismissed?" ”

Mu Zhang'a was clear-minded, of course he knew what Xianfeng meant by guiding him in this regard, so he immediately bowed down and said: "Xu Jishe is also the author of "Yinghuan Zhiluo", advocating Western learning, and the two should be intersecting, and there is indeed this possibility. After a pause, he continued: "The slave secretly thinks that Xu Jishe was not much at fault for being held accountable for delaying the pursuit of the criminal during his tenure as governor, and the dismissal and dismissal of the official are indeed too serious, and I implore the emperor to reinstate the situation." ”

Xianfeng glanced at him, and said indifferently: "Since it is too heavy, is there any situation of personal revenge?" Quick Look! ”

"The minions obey." Mu Zhang'a hurriedly said, he knew very well that Xianfeng was looking for a scapegoat, so that he could recover Xu Jishe in a bright and bright way.