Guangzhou, Huiai Street, Governor's Courtyard.

In the signing room, Governor Yiliang opened the secret folding box in a nervous mood, which he sent to Jingshi more than half a month ago for 800 miles, but he didn't expect it to be so fast, Daoguang returned the secret fold, the speed is so fast, there are only two possibilities, one is that Long Yan is furious, and the other is urgent, and his secret fold seems to have nothing to do with urgency.

Taking out the secret fold, he looked straight at the Zhu Pi behind him, and Zhu Pi did not mention planting crows in the vassal country. In the case of the film, it was only said that the construction of the railway was of great importance, and the Guangdong officials should relax the control of foreigners as appropriate, and appropriately encourage the study of Western skills, but they should strictly prevent foreigners from preaching, studying Chinese culture, and drawing irrelevant maps.

When he didn't see the angry reprimand, he was relieved at first, and then he was puzzled, and he looked at it carefully again and again, and indeed did not mention a word about planting crows in the vassal country. As soon as he thought about it, he became excited, and now the whole country is strictly forbidden to crows. On the cusp of this storm, he suggested planting crows in the vassal country. film, Daoguang did not reprimand, it is enough to show Daoguang's attitude, this is to leave room for the future, if the smoking ban is not effective, there is a possibility of implementation.

Thinking of this, he commanded aloud: "Come on, hurry up and invite Yuan Qiyi to be content." ”

Yi Zhi's contentment came quickly, and when he heard that the governor Yiliang was summoned, he guessed that Daoguang had replied, and now that a large number of foreigners were about to arrive in Guangzhou, he was also very worried, wondering whether Daoguang would relax the restrictions on foreigners, after all, the imperial court has always been very strict with foreigners, which is actually a way to take strict precautions.

He still vividly remembers that the "Amsterd" went north from Guangzhou and stayed in the East China Sea and the Yellow Sea. For this. Daoguang moved the thirteen lines of anger. Wu Yuanhua, who was the general merchant of the Thirteen Banks at the time, was thrown into prison because of this.

It's only been five or six years since this happened, and he really didn't know the bottom in his heart, and when he entered the signing room, Yi Zhizu quickly glanced at Yiliang's face, and when he saw him smiling, his heart suddenly relaxed, it seemed to be good news. Without waiting for him to see the ceremony, Yiliang greeted with a smile: "Don't make those false courtesies, come, look at the emperor's imperial pen Zhu Pi, ordinary officials don't have this blessing." ”

The ordinary officials who listened to it did not have this blessing, so Yi Zhixiang hesitated and said, "Is this appropriate?" ”

"There's something wrong." Yiliang said indifferently: "These three suggestions are all written by contentment, and this Zhu criticism is actually approved for contentment, what's wrong?" ”

Yi Zhizhi was not pretentious, and immediately came to the desk. Looking at Daoguang's Zhu Pi, Zhu Pi is a red letter. He has a feeling of watching the teacher write comments, Daoguang's handwriting is very good, not scribbled at all, after reading it carefully, he can't help but be overjoyed, and let go of the control of foreigners as appropriate, a discretionary, there are more articles that can be done, not to mention the words that encourage learning Western skills, it seems that Yixue can finally be justified in expanding its enrollment!

Seeing that he finished reading it, Yiliang smiled and carefully put away the secret fold, and then said: "Before and after only half a month, the secret fold will be returned, which shows that the emperor attaches great importance to the construction of the Foshan-Guangzhou railway, however, for the supervision of foreigners, contentment can not be neglected and slack, once there is an incident, it is in danger of thirteen lines, and the construction of the railway may also be suspended. ”

Yi Zhishu hurriedly bowed and said: "My lord's golden and jade good words will definitely be remembered in my heart." ”

Before the words fell, a long entourage bowed at the door and said: "Master, Yu Kun, the superintendent of Guangdong Customs, has come to visit." ”

Hearing that Yu Kun was coming to visit, Yiliang didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly got up and said, "Please." Seeing that Yi Zhizhi got up, he waved his hand and said, "Contentment does not need to be avoided, later in the side hall, take this opportunity to introduce you to you." So saying, he hurried out.

The Guangdong customs superintendent is generally hung up on the title of secretary of the Yuan, the rank is three grades, lower than the governor, but the Guangdong customs superintendent is the emperor's simple faction, has the right to play directly, with the color of the Qincha, and the successive Guangdong customs superintendents can be said to be the hands and eyes of the sky, otherwise they will not be able to catch this kind of fat shortage, as a Manchurian Yiliang knows the depth of this, and he does not dare to put the governor's shelf, personally out to welcome.

Yi Zhizhi was content with the old god sitting in the side hall drinking tea and waiting, the superintendent of Guangdong Customs was the top boss of the Thirteen Lines, Yiliang took this opportunity to help him introduce, he was naturally happy, although it was a distance from the crow. When the war broke out, it was only two years before the disintegration of the Thirteen Lines, and Daoguang also supported the construction of the Focan-Guangzhou Railway and encouraged him to learn Western skills, but he knew that the county officials were not as good as the current management.

The term of office of the Guangdong customs superintendent has not been long, and the leisure is only two or three years, but there are also four or five years in office, whether it is in office or out of office, the thirteen lines of businessmen have to get together to usher in the send, a few days ago to send a detailed text, "don't respect" he sent three thousand taels, this time to welcome Yu Kun, I don't know how much to come out, I think it is only a lot more, thinking of this, he can't help but secretly slander himself.

Merchants give gifts to officials all year round, and what year's etiquette is ice, charcoal, water, melon, and farewell...... There are many names, which are both costly and time-consuming, and a waste of time, although he is extremely dissatisfied with these bad rules of officialdom, but he is helpless, if he dares to be different, it will inevitably be intolerable for the Guangzhou officialdom, and it will be difficult to move an inch in Guangzhou.

Pulling out a cigar and lighting it slowly, his mind also turned, for more than a year, the general of Guangzhou, the governor of Guangdong, the superintendent of the Guangdong Customs, and the envoy of the Guangdong Inspectorate, these Guangdong military and political officials have been transferred one after another, and it is obvious that Daoguang is strictly prohibiting crows. Needless to say, the newly appointed superintendent of Guangdong Customs should strongly agree with the strict prohibition of crows. The film should also be a slave that Daoguang trusts.

After only a few puffs of a cigar, a long attendant came in and bowed and said, "Lord Zhongcheng, please come over." ”

Yi Zhishu hurriedly pressed the cigar and walked quickly into the signing room, before entering the room, Yiliang said with a smile: "Contentment, this is the newly appointed superintendent of Guangdong Customs, come forward to greet you." As he spoke, he smiled at Yu Kun and said: "Yi Zhishu is not only a merchant of the Thirteen Banks, but also the chief shopkeeper of Yuanqi Bank, proficient in Western studies, good at economics, and a rare young man." ”

Yi Zhishu glanced at Yu Kun, and saw that he was about forty or so, tall and fat, and hurriedly took a few steps, and when he arrived, he was about to kneel and bow when he reached the front robe, Yu Kun was old in the officialdom, and saw that Yiliang was extremely close to Yi Zhifen, how could he let him bow and worship, so he hurriedly got up and stepped forward, and said with a smile: "No need to be polite." ”

Yi Zhizhi didn't like to kneel and bow, so he got up, but the first time they met, he refused to lose his courtesy, and bowed down and said: "Fu Tai Xing Shang Yi Zhixin has seen adults." ”

Yu Kun looked at him twice, and said in an authentic Beijing film: ""The Eighteen Articles of Railway Rejuvenating the Country" and "The Theory of National Debts" are boiling in Beijing, and I originally thought that contentment was a middle-aged Confucian businessman, but I didn't expect it to be so young...... Guangzhou is truly a place of outstanding people. (To be continued.) )