"This," Chonghou didn't know how the emperor was dissatisfied, his mind kept thinking about what was going on at sea, this doubt and the shock of hearing Emperor Tongzhi's question for the first time, disturbed Chonghou hesitated a little, the emperor waited for Chonghou to reply, but Chonghou stayed on the ground, and Emperor Tongzhi's anger came up, "What a foolish thing, I ask you, this Haihe steamship China Merchants Bureau, what's going on?" ”

Chonghou was drenched in cold sweat on his back, "The emperor forgives the sin, the slave is ineffective, please punish the emperor." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"It's not that you are ineffective, it's that you are too effective, I ask you, why don't you allow people to go to Jinzhou?"

"The slave saw that there were a lot of idle fields in Tianjin Zhili and other places, and he was afraid that the whole people would want to go to Jinzhou to pan for gold, and forget all the rice and silkworms, which would inevitably hurt the foundation of the country after a long time, so this restricted the people from going to Jinzhou."

"Jinzhou is directly managed by me, the income of this Golden State, in addition to my own expenses, everything else is put into the inner treasury for the use of the royal family, you don't want to think about it, I use it so freely, ask less about the household, isn't the expenditure of this household department is less, the expenses of the household department are less, and the surplus on hand can use more money elsewhere, not to mention anything else, the Ministry of Communications will build a few more official roads, which is also convenient for the people, you are the governor of a place, in charge of Tianjin, an important foreign town in the north, why are you so ignorant!" Emperor Tongzhi obviously thought about it for a long time, and said a set of words very appropriately, not only the palace people who were waiting were shocked, but even the queen mother behind the curtain nodded, very satisfied.

"And you don't want to think about it, these people go to Jinzhou, they always have to come back, and when they find gold, they come back and use it on your Tianjin ground, where can they escape to? I don't know yet? There are other people's fields in Tianjin, all of them belong to your official family, this is just that, the income of the fields is nothing in your opinion, but the common people have no fields, so they naturally want to find a way to live, and you still don't allow them to go to Jinzhou, it's really ridiculous! ”

Chonghou kowtowed again and again, "The slave is guilty, please punish the emperor, but the slave still has a complaint." ”

"Say." The Emperor said impatiently.

The Queen Mother picked up a bowl and drank tea silently and slowly, "Since the beginning of this year, the Russian consul in Tianjin has warned the slaves that the slaves are not allowed to go to Jinzhou again. ”

"Russians are so bold!" Emperor Tongzhi said displeasedly, and the Queen Mother's eyes condensed slightly, "What is he Russia, Jinzhou is my territory!" Sell it to me, it's hard to do it, he still has to point fingers! ”

"Yes, the minions also mean this, but the Russians threaten the minions that if they send people to Jinzhou again, they will inevitably mobilize the Siberian fleet to intercept them, and the ships will be shelled!"

"Why is that?"

"The slave thought about it selfishly, and then asked a colleague from the Prime Minister's Yamen to go to the Russian Ambassador's Palace to inquire about the news, saying that Russia felt that it was cheap to sell the Golden State."

"Huh?" The Queen Mother made a voice, and the emperor was about to say something, but he quickly stopped, "The Russians are actually like this?" We spent money, at that time the joke Chinese were stupid and had a lot of money, but now I regret it? It's really hateful. ”

Chonghou exhaled slightly, "It's just that Chonghou is the governor of Tianjin in the Qing Dynasty, not a Russian, so you have to listen to whatever they say?" It's too cowardly. (To be continued.) )