After Ci'an left, Cixi took the little emperor to the Hongde Hall on the west side of the Qianqing Palace with the support of An Dehai.The little emperor went down every day, and he followed the university scholar Qi Junzao here to learn the way of governing the country and the country, and at the same time, the former university scholar Weng Xincun, the Ministry of Industry Shangshu Wuren, and the editor of the Hanlin Academy Li Hongzao, and Qi Junzao was the foreman teacher.Because Cixi is also a Shanxi person, so Qi Junzao is very important, and after Emperor Tongzhi just ascended the throne, Cixi reused Qi Junzao who was at home.Of course, the secret that Cixi is a native of Shanxi is only known to herself, when Cixi's current father Yehenala Huizheng served as the prefect of Changzhi in Shanxi, the young Cixi was sold into Huizheng's house as a maid because of her poor family.Because he encountered the Xianfeng Ye draft, Hui Zheng didn't want his daughter to enter the palace to suffer, so he let the smart and clever Cixi pretend to be her daughter into the palace.After the little emperor entered the Hongde Palace, Cixi sat down at the stone table in the small courtyard outside the hall, and instructed An Dehai to summon Qi Junzao out, and the accompanying maids hurriedly placed Zhenguo snacks on the stone table."
Minister, Qi Junzao knocked to see the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother is a thousand years old."
Qi Junzao walked out of the main hall and hurriedly knelt down to greet Cixi in a panic."
Calm down, the mourning family just wants to chat with you this time, and you don't have to be so nervous."
Cixi took some melon seeds from the fruit bowl and snibbled them, she usually likes to eat some gadgets, and she should bring a little with her wherever she goes."
Empress Dowager Xie, what does the Empress Dowager want to ask, the minister will know everything."
Qi Junzao relaxed, got up and stood aside respectfully."
The mourning family heard that the scholar and the prefect of Suzhou Qiao Zhiqing are fellow villagers, and recently there has been a lot of movement in the court because of Qiao Zhiqing, and the mourning family wants to know what the scholar thinks of this person" Cixi looked at Qi Junzao with a smile, but her eyes couldn't help exuding a domineering momentum.Qi Junzao didn't know what Cixi meant, and replied cautiously, "The Empress Dowager Rongyu, the minister and Qiao Zhiqing have no relationship, but when the court is employing people, the minister values Qiao Zhiqing as a talent that can be created, and recommends him a few more times." ”Cixi hid her face and chuckled when she heard this, and said to Qi Junzao with relief, "Don't be afraid, the mourning family just wants to know more about Qiao Zhiqing's situation, and has no other meaning, the mourning family also thinks that he is a rare talent in their hearts, and they are still thinking about how to reuse him." ”Qi Junzao knew Cixi's intentions, so he said with confidence, "The Empress Dowager Shengming, Qiao Zhiqing's patriotic heart can be seen, when Shaanxi returned to chaos, the ministers in the court were afraid to dodge, only Qiao Zhiqing stood up to share the responsibility for our Daqing, and it only took a month to suppress the chaos in Shaanxi.
Even Zeng Disheng's hands don't know how much blood of the hairy thief has been stained.Weichen used a head to guarantee that Qiao Zhiqing had no two intentions for the queen mother of the two palaces and the emperor. ”"The mourning family knows it, the scholars can go to the Pope to study with peace of mind, and the mourning family will go back to the palace."
After listening to Qi Junzao's heartfelt words, Cixi had a slight smile of satisfaction on her face, stretched out her jade hand and went back to Yanxi Hall in the Heart Cultivation Hall with the support of the maid.Before the holy decree was issued to Suzhou, the fire fox had already transmitted all the information in the palace back, Qiao Zhiqing hurriedly gathered all the generals together to discuss countermeasures, and handed the information to the generals to circulate one by one."
Shengbao's Eight Banners Army must not enter Suzhou City, their military discipline is known to the world, if this group of bandits is allowed to enter Suzhou, then the peaceful life we have worked so hard to let the people live will be broken again."
Wang Shumao had already returned from Jinkuicheng with his troops, and after seeing the news that Shengbao's Eight Banners were coming to Suzhou to garrison, he yelled out with a depressed face."
What Master Wang said is good, Shengbao is indeed a scum, not to mention the great achievements, but also pity women, wherever he leads the army, he will condone his prostitute women, if his army comes to Suzhou to garrison, Suzhou City will definitely be jumped by his tossed chickens and dogs."
After Changzhou was taken, Chen Bingwen also returned triumphantly, and the deputy division commander Wang Dahai led the former division to garrison Changzhou."
Young master, what kind of idea is this imperial court, Suzhou City was bought by us with the blood of our soldiers, why should we give it to others to enjoy."
Ma Xun also complained indignantly, and after the three division commanders finished speaking, the brigade commanders who sat down also opened their mouths to scold the court.They didn't have the slightest reverence for the imperial court, and they only knew Qiao Zhiqing in their eyes.Qiao Zhiqing chuckled a few times with some relief, motioned for everyone to be quiet, and analyzed, "The imperial court saw that the power of our Qingzi Army was developing too fast, and it was afraid that it would not be easy to control it in the future, so it sent this vicious dog over, first, to see how we reacted, and secondly, to let it watch us from the sidelines."
It's easy to beat the dog, but it can't disturb the master behind it, if something goes wrong with Shengbao at this time, no matter who did it, the court will be suspicious of us, so we must not act rashly at present. ”"Then watch this mad dog come and bite people" Wang Shumao's face was full of displeasure, and all the generals had the same expression."
Of course not," Qiao Zhiqing smiled indifferently and continued, "Since this dog can't be beaten, he can't let it go."
Then you have to make a cage to keep it in captivity, and provide it with good food and drink, so that you just open the cage door for it, and he won't think about coming out again. ”"Then what the young master plans to do, we will listen to you."
Ma Xun took the lead in expressing his support, Chen Bingwen also raised his hand in approval, and the Taiping generals who had a grudge against Shengbao below also reluctantly said, "Everything is according to the commander's orders." ”"Ben Shuai decided to hand over Jinkui City to the Eight Banners of Shengbao to garrison, and to make Jinkui City into a heaven and earth, since they like to play with women, we will find a way to buy some women from other countries, such as Japan on the coast of the East China Sea, where women are all surprisingly debauched and very good-looking.For example, the women of Lao Maozi in the northern cold land are all thin waists and long legs, with enlarged breasts, and they are also very sassy.They like to gamble, so we open casinos, mahjong, dice, pai gow, everything.This group of Eight Banners must have a lot of fox friends and dog friends, which also brings invisible publicity to Jinkuicheng and attracts more people to come to consume.In this way, we will not be startled, but we can also pull out a lot of silver from these Eight Banners disciples, and make Jinkui City an important source of military salaries.When we have enough capital to compete with the court, we will take this dog to sacrifice the flag." ”After listening to Qiao Zhiqing's plan, the generals in the seat all laughed out loud in surprise.Qiao Zhiqing usually gives the generals the appearance of a righteous gentleman, everyone didn't expect him to have so many flowery intestines, only Ma Xun smiled secretly, only the young master who wandered in the willow lane of the flower street in the past is back."
There is another article that everyone has memorized for me, all the soldiers of the Qingzi Army, no matter what military position, can not go to Jinkui City to participate in gambling and prostitution, this commander will set up a special military discipline department to strictly investigate this matter, once found, no matter who the commander is, he will not be spared."
Qiao Zhiqing issued a stern warning to the generals under his seat, if an army is exposed to these bad habits, it will destroy the Great Wall."
The last general obeys the order, please rest assured."
The generals all replied with serious expressions, they knew that Qiao Zhiqing had always said and done, from the preparation of the Qingzi Army to the present, there were not a few soldiers who were beheaded for violating military discipline, and many of them had a relationship with Qiao Zhiqing.After Qiao Zhiqing's order was issued, in less than a month, Jinkui City was completely renovated, the city walls on all sides were demolished, and all the tiles and bricks were used to renovate the official road leading to the south gate of the county government, and to build casinos and brothels.The official road, which used to be only ten paces wide, has been widened to thirty paces, from south to north, a full ten kilometers long.Casinos and brothels were built on both sides of the official road, all of which were operated by the government, and private capital was not allowed to enter.However, in the service industry related to this, Qiao Zhiqing has relaxed the policy and greatly encouraged and supported it.The first bank in the modern sense was also deliberately formed, named Huaxing Bank.It is used to absorb private capital and provide credit loans to qualified merchants.Jinkui City gathered a large number of merchants from all over the world who came here to adventure for a while, all wanted to take advantage of the east wind to make a windfall, a number of restaurants, inns, tea shops, rose up overnight, the income from selling land on both sides of the official road alone has more than 100,000 taels of silver, the mighty stretch stretches for more than 20 miles, and it is more spectacular than the ten miles of foreign market in Shanghai.Even the groom who drove the car for Qiao Zhiqing, under the guidance of Qiao Zhiqing, opened the first carriage rental house in the city, waiting for tourists to rent on the road, which is the same as a modern taxi.Qiao Zhiqing also set up a special transportation bureau for this purpose, so that the Ordnance Institute created an iron license plate, so that these horsemen can catch the carriage to the county government for registration and audit, if the hardware of the carriage does not meet the target, can not get the license plate, it is not allowed to pick up passengers privately.However, these grooms don't have to pay taxes, and Qiao Zhiqing won't be poor in their ideas.After more than ten days of twists and turns, the imperial decree was transmitted from Beijing to Yangzhou, where Shengbao was stationed.After Shengbao received the holy decree, tears of laughter came out, and he kowtowed again and again and shouted that the queen mother was wise.Yangzhou was a mess tossed by him, there was no oil and water to fish, he had long coveted Suzhou governed by Qiao Zhiqing, and after Changzhou was recovered, the road from Yangzhou to Suzhou was completely opened, Shengbao did not have to worry about the threat of the Taiping army, only 10,000 Eight Banners were left to defend in Yangzhou, and the remaining 100,000 troops all followed him south to Suzhou
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