Waiting for Xianfeng's reaction is not only the envoy of the three kingdoms, Yi Zhizhi is also waiting, if Xianfeng intervenes and summons the envoy of the three kingdoms to Beijing to meet him, he doesn't mind giving the other party a big 'surprise', now that Yuanqi has full wings, he no longer needs to look forward and backward like before. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

One day, two days, three days, until the fifth day, there was no movement in the imperial court, Xianfeng just issued an order to promote the vice capital of Wuren to the prime minister of Nanyang, the prime minister of Yamen.

When the Beijing division arrived in Shanghai, even Di Bao now only took three days to arrive, and after five full days, there was no movement, and the ministers of Britain, France, and the United States were greatly disappointed, knowing that Xianfeng would not summon them to Beijing for an audience, and they had to formally start negotiations with Prime Minister Yamen to revise the treaty.

In one day, the negotiations were over, and only one of the six articles of amendment was finally implemented, exempting the import and export of goods from the mainland.

The next day, Yuanqi's newspapers, large and small, published the results of the negotiations on the front page, and in a conspicuous position on the second page, an article entitled "On the Harm of the Centigold System to the Local Economy" was published in an unceremonious manner accusing the centigold system of increasing taxes in disguise, greatly hindering the circulation of commodities, and causing extremely serious damage to the local economy. The signature of the article is - Changle Jushi.

For this article, many people have laughed after reading it, the gold system has now been implemented in the provinces of the Qing Dynasty, the provincial governors have set up the gold bureau card under the slogan of raising salaries and recruiting soldiers, and the prosperous and wealthy southeastern provinces have rapidly developed to the point of five miles and one card, ten miles and one bureau, it can be said that the gold system has become an important means for local officials to accumulate money, and who is willing to ban the provincial governors?

However, to everyone's surprise, the next day, the governor of Fujian, Jin Jishan, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, Xu Jishe, the governor of Jiangsu, and Luo Bingzhang, the governor of Anhui, publicly announced in the newspaper that all the cards of the provincial gold bureau would be abolished.

As soon as the newspaper came out, there was an uproar, many businessmen were incredulous, and they went around to inquire about the situation, after learning that the three provincial governors' departments and institutes had banned the gold bureau card had been quickly sent to all prefectures and counties, and some prefectures and counties had begun to remove the local gold bureau card, many businessmen still had a feeling of dreaming, when did the local government work so efficiently?

Just one day later, Yiliang, the governor of Liangjiang, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, and Guangdong, also publicly announced in the newspaper the abolition of all the cards of the province.

The southeast half of the wall is a sensation! The officials and gentry of the southeastern provinces collectively lost their voices, and an article made the two governors of the southeast and the governors of the six provinces scramble to openly state their positions in just three days, and there is no need to argue about who this person is who is the person who signed Changle Jushi, except for Yi Zhi, who is known as the 'king of the southeast'?

Hubei, Wuchang, Huguang Governor's Palace, signing room.

Huguang Governor Qi Shan put down the "Wuchang Daily" in his hand and sighed lightly, Yi Zhizhi was content with an article, the governors of Liangjiang, Fujian, Zhejiang, and Guangdong provinces responded positively, this 'southeast king' can be said to be worthy of the name, his headache is whether Huguang wants to respond? Now in this situation, if he doesn't respond, he offends Yi Zhi, the king of the southeast, responds, offends Xianfeng, and is in a dilemma, which really gives him a headache.

Just when he was stroking his shiny forehead and making a choice, a long entourage walked to the door and reported: "Master, Jiang Futai is here." ”

Needless to say, Jiang Zhongyuan must have come here for this matter, thinking that Jiang Zhongyuan was actually easy to recommend, and he was suddenly promoted from Sipin to the governor of Hubei, he was shocked, and hurriedly said: "Please." ”

Jiang Zhongyuan hurriedly came in and bowed to salute, Qi Shan got up to greet him, and sat down with a salute, before he smiled and said, "Brother Chang came in a hurry, but for the matter of the gold bureau card?" ”

"Exactly." Jiang Zhongyuan said unabashedly: "I don't know what the plan of the Lord of Taiwan is?" ”

Qi Shan said tentatively: "Yi Guocheng sent a telegram to Brother Chang Ru?" ”

"Nope." Jiang Zhongyuan said: "If Yi Guocheng will send a telegram to the governors of the provinces, the governors of the provinces will not have a priority in expressing their positions. ”

Qi Shan continued: "What does Brother Chang Ru think? ”

"At present, the bandits have infiltrated Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangxi." Jiang Zhongyuan looked at him and said: "There is no war in Hunan and Hubei, and the people who control Taiwan don't need to worry too much. ”

Qi smiled well, "The Ministry of the Pavilion and Yi Guocheng can also be regarded as intersecting, since he was appointed as the governor of Liangguang, he has had close contacts with him, and it has been ten years, Brother Chang does not need to hide it, but it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

Hearing him say this, Jiang Zhongyuan said with a smile: "Then the lower official will say it directly, although there is no war in Huguang at the moment, but the Taiping Army has not completely cleared it after all, do you know that it will not enter the territory of Huguang again?" Moreover, Huguang has been poisoned by the Taiping Army in recent years, and if he wants to recover quickly, he must rely on Yuan Qi.

In addition, Xia Guan felt that since the war had stopped, the Lijin Bureau card should also be canceled, and now Huguang needs to recuperate, and the imperial court's finances are becoming increasingly difficult, for the sake of the people of Huguang, they should also respond positively, this is the best opportunity to ban the Lijin Bureau card. ”

This is not unreasonable, and it is high-sounding, Qi Shan pondered for a while before he said: "Brother Chang Ru, have you thought about the reaction of the imperial court?" ”

How can the imperial court react? Jiang Zhongyuan secretly sneered in his heart, what can the imperial court do now? Liangjiang, Fujian, Zhejiang, and local officials are not all controlled by Yi Zhizhi now? Huguang's positive response is equivalent to joining the Yuanqi camp, what else can the imperial court do?

Considering that Qi Shan is a Manchurian, he said euphemistically: "A Yangtze River, connecting Huguang and the two rivers together, in addition, the railway from Guangzhou to Changsha has been repaired to Shaozhou Mansion, and it is expected that the whole line will be opened to traffic in three or two years, and the railway from Jiangning to Wuchang has also begun to survey the line. ”

The whole territory of Hunan has been recovered, there are a large number of real shortages, Yi Zhizhi is not less recommended, its intention to include Huguang in Yuanqi's sphere of influence is extremely obvious, and Yi Zhizhi is now playing a quasi-one, if you don't take the initiative to actively approach Yuanqi, it will inevitably be impeached, in this case, which side to choose? It doesn't seem to be hard to choose.

Thinking of Xu Jishe, the governor of Jiangsu, who was originally a dismissed official, and Yi Zhishu easily reinstated with a recommendation, Qi Shan's heart was suddenly shaken, and then he thought of Yuan Qi's strong financial resources and the Nanyang Navy, the Yangtze River Naval Division and the Northwest New Army whose scale far exceeded that of the Eight Banners New Army, he couldn't help but sigh secretly, even if he didn't agree, I was afraid that it would be difficult to stop Jiang Zhongyuan and Zhang Liangji, the two governors, and he was silent for a long time before he said in a deep voice: "Send a telegram, respond positively." ”

On the third day after the publication of the article "On the Harm of the Lijin System to the Local Economy", Qi Shan, the governor of Huguang, Huang Entong, the governor of Liangguang, and the governors of Hubei, Hunan, and Guangxi provinces also publicly announced in the newspapers the abolition of all Lijin bureau cards in the province.

There was a sensation in the Qing Dynasty and the opposition, and the four governors of the southeast and the governors of the nine provinces rushed to openly express their support for Yi Zhi's appeal to the provinces to abolish the Lijin Bureau card in just three days, what does this mean? Together with the two provinces of Nanyang, Luzon and Java, these are eleven provinces! Half of the Qing Dynasty is easy to be content, and the horse's head is looking forward!

Jingshi, Old Summer Palace, Fangbi Cong.

Xianfeng was upset and crumpled the telegram into a ball and threw it in front of Mu Zhang'a, holding back the anger in his heart, the eighteen provinces of the Qing Dynasty, the five generals' districts, the two ministers' districts, plus the newly built two provinces of Nanyang, a total of twenty-seven jurisdictions, Yuan Qi actually controlled eleven of them, and it was the richest southeast, which made him embarrassed?

Mu Zhang'a didn't dare to say a word on the ground, he didn't expect Yi Zhishu to publish an article in the newspaper that would cause such a big reaction! What does it mean that the four governors and the governors of the nine provinces are all rushing to respond? Yi Zhicontent is not a vassal king, it is better than a vassal king!

In other words, it is easy to know that there is no name of the vassal king, but there is the reality of the vassal king! Moreover, it is clear that the abolition of the gold bureau card in the southeast provinces this time is just a temptation, and the next step is to divide the southeast!

Xianfeng quickly calmed down the anger in his heart, from Yi Zhifen's frequent impeachment of officials in the southeastern provinces, and the wanton recommendation of the installation of Yuanqi officials, he expected this situation, but he didn't expect this day to come so quickly, even the Governor of Liangjiang, Yiliang, the Governor of Huguang, Qishan, and the Governor of Liangguang, Huang Entong, all rushed to attach to Yuanqi!

Calming down, he said with a somewhat gloomy expression: "Will Yi Zhicontent divide the southeast?" ”

Isn't that obvious? Mu Zhang'a was a little surprised, raised his body slightly, and said: "Your Majesty, now that Yuan Qi is about to send troops to the northwest, even if Yi Zhixin has the heart of separating the southeast, he will not openly oppose the imperial court." ”

Xianfeng said in a sullen voice: "The southeast has always been a wealth-rich land, and the southeast is divided, isn't it difficult for the imperial court finances to continue?" ”

Seeing that he showed no signs of anger, Mu Zhang'a secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Yi Zhishu is not a person who does not care about the overall situation, even if the southeast is divided, there will be no shortage of normal taxes from the imperial court. ”

Xianfeng was a little puzzled and said, "Why? ”

"Your Majesty, the Yuanqi semicolon is all over the jurisdiction of the Qing Dynasty, and Yi Zhishu will never dare to act arbitrarily." Mu Zhang'a said in a firm tone: "Moreover, in the past few months, although Yi Zhishu still has recommendations, he has no longer impeached officials, and none of the officials in Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan have ....... impeached. ”

Hearing this, Xianfeng felt a little relieved, now is the critical moment for the Nanyang Navy to enter Guangxi and Yunnan-Guizhou to suppress the Taiping Army, Yi Zhizhi did not take the opportunity to impeach and recommend officials, which shows that Yi Zhizhi did not get involved in these three provinces, it can be seen that he still knows the measure, not that he does not know how to advance and retreat.

However, the southeast tax is very important, he still does not dare to take it lightly, the Yuanqi semicolon is all over the Qing Dynasty, but the circulation is mostly paper money! After a slight sigh, he said: "Urge the summer grain of the southeastern provinces." ”

Mu Zhang'a knew that this was to test whether the southeastern provinces would refuse to pay normal taxes, so he hurriedly bowed down and said, "The slave obeys the order." ”

Shanghai, British Consulate in Shanghai.

Bao Ling threw a copy of the "Beihua Jiebao" on his desk with an unhappy face, he had the feeling that he was always being used, and it was clear that he was using their treaty revision negotiations to abolish the gold system in the southeastern provinces! The vast majority of the import and export goods of Britain, France and the United States are concentrated in these southeastern provinces, and the gold system has been abolished, and the results of their negotiations are a complete joke!

However, he was unhappy with his indulgence, and he was helpless, and Yi Zhi's contentment was tantamount to showing Western countries his absolute power in the nine southeastern provinces, and he must not be provoked before the Crimean War ended!

Zhenhai Mansion, Changle Book House.

Bao Shichen stroked his beard and smiled: "Such a temptation is really unheard of, and only the lord has come up with such a wonderful method!" ”

"The big shopkeeper is now playing a quasi-book, and if the officials of the southeastern provinces want to keep the black gauze hat on their heads, they must be honest and obedient." Yan Shikuan smiled heartily: "Now no one dares to question the 'Southeast King' of the big shopkeeper!" ”

Wu Changqing was also excited, since Daoguang's seventeenth year of acquaintance with Yi Zhi, in less than twenty years, he watched Yi Zhizu step by step from a merchant to a hot and powerful king of Nanyang and Southeast in the Qing Dynasty, which was completely enough to compete with the current son of Jingshi.

In addition, Qi Shan, the governor of Huguang, Huang Entong, the governor of Liangguang, and the governors of Hunan, Hubei, Guangdong, and Guangxi provinces actively expressed their stance in response, which can be described as an unexpected joy.

After lighting a cigarette, he said slowly: "This temptation is not only to test the governors of the southeastern provinces, but I have sent a timely telegram to the various prefectures and counties of Yuanqi on the situation of the removal of the Lijin bureau card, and the officials of the prefectures and counties who are procrastinating, disobedient, and disobedient must be resolutely expelled from the southeast." ”

Hearing this, Wu Changqing said with emotion: "There are Yuanqi semicolons in all prefectures and counties in the southeastern provinces and a telegraph network that can be sent and received immediately, and the big shopkeeper can easily make his fingers, I am afraid that no official dares to drag and disobey." ”

Yi Zhishu smiled secretly in his heart, did he really think that he was relying on the Yuanqi semicolon to monitor the place? Yuanqi now has a huge intelligence network, and there are large and small intelligence agencies in each prefecture and county, of course, he will not say this.

Bao Shichen said slowly: "The navy is encircling and suppressing the Taiping Army in Guangxi Yungui, does the lord have any thoughts about Guangxi Yungui and Sichuan?" ”

"There's no need." Yi Zhishu shook his head slowly, and said: "Everything has to be done in moderation, it may not be a good thing to really force the imperial court to be in a hurry, I don't plan to interfere in Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou and the northern provinces, within ten years, Yuan Qi will not be involved, after all, Yuan Qi's foundation is a little thinner, it is better to go step by step." ”

Bao Shichen asked this with the intention of being tempted, he was worried that Yi Zhizhi would get carried away, and when he heard this, he put his mind at ease and said with his head bowed: "What the lord said is that if you want to hurry, you can't reach it, and gradual progress is the right way." ”

If you want to hurry, you can't reach it, that's right, Yi Zhishu nodded slightly, he is really not in a hurry, ten years later, he is only in his early forties, this is the benefit of being young.