Seeing that Zhilin didn't speak, Zai Cheng held the hand of the woman in his arms, drank a glass of wine, and laughed: "I'm Ama said, Xuan Yuemeng won't be embarrassed by our Daqing anymore, as long as we don't mess with him anymore, he won't mess with us casually, according to me, now Jingshi is better than before, you see that this road is clean, and there are gradually more people." Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info This Great Qing Kingdom is still our Great Qing Kingdom, and this Beijing Division is still our Beijing Division. ”

"You'd better stop." Zhilin drank sullenly.

"What are you afraid of? I really don't understand, this time my father asked you to come back, I heard that it was for you to take over the taxes, you are going to have good luck, in the future, you will catch the tariffs of the bandit country and our Daqing Dynasty, and prevent the development of the bandit country! Aren't you happy in your heart? Zai Cheng laughed.

Zhilin nodded and said: "Well, this arrangement of the prince is very good, I already know about this, I have already arranged people for the mouths of Shanxi and Henan around the capital, even if Huaguo can trade with our Daqing, I have a way to kill them!" Hum. ”

"Not yet? Just have some fun when you come out and play. Zaicheng smiled and winked at the woman beside Zhilin, "Go, wait for our Lord Zhilin." ”

Ji Nu leaned on Zhilin: "My lord, do you want to have a drink?" ”

Zhilin frowned, "I'm not in the mood today, you go out, Zaicheng, you play by yourself, hurry up, I don't know how to do it today, my right eyelid jumps, it seems that something is going to happen." ”

Zai Cheng waved his hand at the woman who served Zhilin, motioned for her to go out, and said with a smile: "Alas, you, you were really frightened by Xuan Yuemeng, and it was okay to tell you, Xuan Yuemeng and Li Zhongtang, the contract that King Xuanjun had just signed, if he dared not admit it, didn't he slap himself in the face?" ”

Although the tariffs between the Qing court and China were bordered by land, the procedure was the same as that of Britain and France and the Qing court.

In the Qing Dynasty, corruption became commonplace, "3 years of Qing prefect, 100,000 snowflakes of silver". However, in the late Qing Dynasty, there was a yamen known for its integrity, which 94 China Customs, is considered "one of the miracles in the history of world administration".

This miracle was created by the Englishman Hurd.

In 1859, Hurd, an interpreter at the British Consulate in Guangzhou, who was not yet 25 years old, was invited by Lo Chongguang, the governor of Liangguang, to prepare for the construction of the new customs in Guangdong. In November of that year, HD was appointed as the Deputy Director of the Department of Taxation of Guangdong Customs (the Department of Taxation is the highest person in charge of Guangdong Customs).

In 1863 (the 2nd year of Tongzhi), Hurd was appointed by the Qing Dynasty Premier Yamen as the General Department of Customs, with full authority to preside over the management of the national customs. For 48 years, from 1863 to 1911, Hurd was in charge of the Chinese customs.

At that time, the management of Chinese customs was extremely special.

In the tenth year of Xianfeng in the Qing Dynasty (1860), according to the spirit, the General Taxation Department of Customs was established under the management of foreigners, called "Xinguan" and "Foreign Customs", which was responsible for managing the inspection and taxation of foreign goods. Corresponding to it were the "Old Guan" and "Changguan", which managed the domestic trade of civilian ships and were supervised by Qing government officials.

"Xinguan" and "Changguan" show two completely different faces. "Xinguan" has high work efficiency, whether it is a "foreigner" or a "Chinese", they can be honest and self-controlled.

"Changguan" is lazy and sloppy, and corruption is rife.

The tariff system of the Qing Dynasty and China is also the same as that of foreign exchanges, and it is also divided into new customs and regular customs, and this time Prince Gong Yixun wants to hand over the tariffs to Zhilin, in order to improve himself, make money, and rectify the imperial court.

Although Prince Gong is arrogant, he is really a good sailor on the broken ship of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and every step is quite correct, it is a problem of the system, not a problem of Prince Gong's personal level.

Yixun, Li Hongzhang, Cixi, no one's level is low. In 1864, Hurd said in a report to the Qing government entitled "The Theory of Outsiders" that the secret of the financial embarrassment of the feudal dynasty was that China was not without wealth, nor was it that the government expropriated little, but mainly because it was embezzled by officials.

President Meng hopes that the more corrupt the Qing court is, the more chaotic the vast area ruled by the Qing court, the better, the common people have no money, just barely make ends meet, the Qing court wants to maintain system governance, and it must not let people keep starving to death, people are not stupid, hungry, don't you know to come to China?

Therefore, President Meng is forcing the Qing court, not the common people in the area ruled by the Qing court.

Zhilin is in a bad mood, Zai Cheng is having a good time, and his brother who is the emperor is about to die, and he doesn't feel it at all.

Cheng Xia didn't stop outside, and walked over directly, followed by a lieutenant-level agent, who was also an old man from the Statistics Bureau.

Trained, just so fast, but every word spoken by the people in the room can be heard clearly.

Entering the room, Cheng Xia closed the door and said softly: "It's not easy to start, they are all regular customers, and they are also playing with familiar women, and there are more than ten servants." ”

The lieutenant agent frowned, "Yes, it's not difficult to kill, it's hard to be ordered by General Wang, and we can't be suspicious." ”

"It's impossible not to be suspicious, it's useless not to be caught, to be suspicious! Don't get caught, don't use guns, that's all. You can't see your face yet. Cheng Xia continued, "There are also their people outside, guarding the gate." ”

Cheng Xia brought someone this time, this is Cheng Xia's style, doing this kind of thing, it is useless to have many people, but it is easy to do bad things.

The lieutenant agent nodded: "Then you have to wait for this Zhilin alone, and you have to find a chance to get in, it's not easy." ”

"I have to catch a person who serves them here, and get in, it is estimated that Zaicheng is going to play with the woman soon, and then he will be alone, this is the opportunity." Cheng Xia said calmly. They have done this kind of thing a few times, but President Meng doesn't like this way very much, so even the experience of the general team is not very rich.

The lieutenant did not dare to be careless, nodded his head and looked out through the crack in the window.

The two of them quietly guarded in this room, they came in to play under the cover of a couple, and the big alley at this time was not exactly what Ji Nu and the guests did, and they could also provide accommodation for foreign guests, and even provide the earliest opening service to facilitate the improper relationship.

The house where Zai Cheng came to play was the most luxurious, and the price was naturally high, and it was either the children of the officials or the wealthy businessmen.

A small guy with tea and water came over, and the lieutenant agent nodded to Cheng Xia, meaning that this is an opportunity, do you want to do it?

Cheng Xia signaled with his eyes that he could act!

The lieutenant agent gently opened the door, silently reached behind the little guy, held the little guy's teapot in one hand, held the little guy's neck with the other, and gently pinched it, the little guy passed out, and the lieutenant agent hurriedly carried the little guy into the house.

Quickly changing into the clothes of the little guy, the lieutenant agent carried the teapot to Zhilin's room.

The hat was lowered, and the doorkeeper saw that he was carrying a teapot, and he did not stop him, and let him in.

As soon as the agent entered the house, Zhilin happened to be alone, and Zaecheng had already gone to the back room to play, and he could still hear the fierce moaning.

"Ah...... Lord Belle ...... Playing the dead...... Lighter ......."

Seeing that the hat of the little man who poured tea was lowered, Zhilin was immediately alert, stood up, and "Raise your head." ”

The lieutenant agent looked up and looked at Zhilin, "My lord, I'll give you some water." ”

"Who are you? I don't think I've seen you before! "Zhilin's hand has already reached behind his back to touch the gun, and he also has a foreign gun.

"I've been doing it here for several years." Lieutenant Agent said calmly.

Zhilin's hand was already holding the handle of the gun, and he felt that he might be too suspicious, "There is no need to wait for anyone here, you go out and find Xiao Li." ”

Xiao Li is the little guy who was stunned by the lieutenant agent, and he is in charge of VIP rooms like Zhilin and Zaicheng.

"Oh." The lieutenant agent was anxious, but did not appear to be flustered.

For this agent, this may be the only chance, the matter is revealed, not only has Zhilin seen his face and stunned the little guy, but he will also let Zhilin know that someone is going to kill him, and it will be difficult to start again in the future, and if it is exposed, he will definitely have his portrait all over the yamen of the Qing court, and he will not be able to do this business in the future.

"Shall I pick up these plates?" Lieutenant Agent asked as he stepped back to the door and looked at the few vegetable pots on the table with leftover fruits, melon seeds, and peanuts.

Seeing that there was nothing wrong with this little guy, Zhilin nodded, "Clean it up, let Xiao Li come up with some new ones." ”

"Okay." The lieutenant agent agreed, put the teapot on the table, and went to clean up the table, the movements were very skillful, without the slightest flaw, they were trained to be proficient in these service industries, and everyone could be an actor.

Zhilin kept looking at his face, and the lieutenant agent couldn't find a chance to start, so he had to say that Zhilin's vigilance was too high, and he did too many bad things, and he was guarding against him all day long.

"Adult, the little one retreats." Lieutenant Agent put away the plate, put his hand on the teapot, and prepared to go out.

"Hmm." Zhilin waved his hand impatiently.

As soon as it was too late, the lieutenant agent suddenly released a sharp blade from his cuff, and the short blade flashed with cold light, and in less than a second, it cut Zhilin's throat.

Zhilin's martial arts are very high, who knows that it only takes a second to die.

The lieutenant agent hesitated and did not hesitate, dodged to avoid the blood that was ejected, and covered Zhilin's mouth in the past, letting Zhilin's blood flow for a while, and at the same time not letting Zhilin make a sound, not letting Zhilin fall, the knife was smeared with a poison, and seeing the blood sealing his throat, Zhilin was already dead, there was no doubt that Zhilin was dead, the key was that the agent had to get out smoothly.

Ten seconds later, the agent made sure that Zhilin had no pulse, and then gently lowered Zhilin.

"Ah...... Yes...... Oh...... That's great...... Lord Belle ...... Yes...... It's so comfortable...... Lord Belle is fantastic...... I'm going to die......" (To be continued.) )