1855 United States Tycoon

Although this article of the China Restoration Council has attracted a lot of attention, at least on the surface, things are still peaceful in the Qing Dynasty. The emperor continued to stay in Yingtai to be his emperor, the queen mother continued to hold the government in front of the queen mother, and the chief military minister, Prince Qing Yiqiu, continued to accept bribes to make money. The governors everywhere also continued to play various reform tricks, and nothing seemed to have changed.

However, rumors suddenly appeared in the streets and lanes of Beijing, saying that it was the empress dowager Lafayette who was planning to come back to establish a crown again and find an heir to the emperor Guangxu from the royal family. No one knows how this rumor came about, but it quickly spread throughout Jiucheng. Even the foreigners in Dongjiaomin Lane soon knew about it.

In the year of Yihai, Empress Dowager Cixi planned to solve the big problem of Guangxu once and for all. At that time, she asked Rong Lu to issue an edict in the name of Emperor Guangxu, saying that he could not give birth to heirs, and named Wang Zaiyi's son Pu Jun as the eldest brother. However, unexpectedly, the governors from all over the country expressed their opposition one after another, and even the foreigners jumped out to oppose it. Cixi understood that the governors objected to a large extent because they hoped that the court would be in an unjustifiable situation so that they would be more likely to take advantage when dealing with the court. As for foreigners, they also hope to leave a Contain the hidden dangers of Cixi. At that time, in the face of the local governor and foreigners, the Empress Dowager Cixi was a rare tougher, relying on the Boxers to declare war with foreigners who interfered in China's internal affairs.

The results of it? When the foreigners called, the local governors immediately played a "Southeast Mutual Insurance", announcing that Cixi's order was "chaotic life" and was invalid, refused to send troops to the king, and played neutral. Even Zhang Zhidong, who has always been regarded as a loyal minister, actually said to people: "This old widow (referring to Empress Dowager Cixi) is going to terrorize her!" So he wrote: "The minister sits in the southeast and will not obey the edict!"

Since the local governor did not come to King Qin, the queen mother could only rely on the Boxers and some troops that were still willing to be loyal to the court, such as Nie Shicheng's military guards and foreigners. Then, in the war, the last loyal to the court and some combat-powered troops were wiped out. Empress Dowager Cixi had to compromise with the foreigners, so she signed the "Xin Chou Treaty" that humiliated the country, and threw Duan Wang Zaiyi and his son to Xinjiang.

After this incident, logically, Empress Dowager Cixi shouldn't play any tricks to build a reserve anymore. So this rumor is absolutely unfounded. However, once the rumor appears, it will naturally make people wonder whether the rumor was released by the Empress Dowager Cixi to test everyone's reaction. As a result, the British Minister went to the Prime Minister's Office, and then it is said that a group of officials were scolded by the Queen Mother.

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Wu Xiangzi and Song Enzi lowered the brim of their hats, and slowly swayed into the Yutai Tea House. As soon as they entered the door, the shopkeeper Wang Lifa saw them at a glance. He quickly winked at the helper Li San, and at the same time hurriedly greeted them. Jiqian: "What wind has brought your two masters here? Please come inside, please... Li San, quickly give the two masters a pot of good tea!"

At this time, Li San just carried the kettle and walked between the two tea guests. While leaning down to refill the cups for the two, he whispered: "Two masters, you speak carefully, here, the two came in. Then he straightened up and responded, "Hey, come right away!"

Wu Xiangzi and Song Enzi sat down at a table by the window, Wang Li quickly set the cups and added tea, and Li San came over and poured water. Wang Li laughed and said, "You guys have a taste. This is the authentic Longjing of Mingqian this year. Knowing that you guys are good, I prepared it specially for you."

Song Enzi picked up the tea cup, breathed into it gently, and said, "Shopkeeper Wang, your business is good."

"Thanks to you." Wang Li said with a grin, while serving them refreshments."Shopkeeper Wang..." Wu Xiangzi said in a long voice, "Your business is so good, it's really enviable."

"Where is it, but just make ends meet." Wang Lifa said quickly.

"Make a living." Song Enzi laughed suddenly, turned to Wu Xiangzi and asked, "Wu Xiangzi, boss Wang said he can only make ends meet, do you believe it?"

"Supply? I don't believe it! Boss Wang is telling us a joke." Wu Xiangzi shook his head and said, "Boss Wang can still make ends meet, but it is the two of us. Now we owe a lot of money. It's hard to make ends meet."

"Yes, now you can only get some rewards if you work hard and catch a few more chaotic parties." Song Enzi said here, slowly turning his face to Wang Lifa and said, "The shopkeeper Wang?"

"Eh! Do you have something to order?" Wang Lifa said quickly with his hands down.

"Treasurer Wang, there have been rumors spreading around the chaos recently that the queen mother is going to abolish the emperor. Do you know?" Song Enzi said slowly.

"Isn't this nonsense? I have never heard of such nonsense." Wang Lifa said quickly.

"I haven't heard it?" Wu Xiangzi turned his head and said to Song Enzi, "Song Enzi, look at Boss Wang, this teahouse is so lively, there are so many people in the teahouse, and I am afraid it will be easy to get involved in the rumors and rumors. Yeah. Don't you think?"

"Yes. If you want me to say, we just stay here every day, maybe we can catch one or two every day. In this way, our reward will be lost. That's it!" Song Enzi clenched a fist in his left hand with his right hand. He punched hard in his palm, and then made a gesture of intending to stand up and immediately grab the two people.

"Good way!" Wu Xiangzi also said, "Just rely on the wrong one, and the wrong one. The one who catches it will have money. Let's go, let's grab two at random." He shook his hand and showed it. A long iron chain.

"Eh... eh... Two masters!" Wang Lifa hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop both of them. If they are really allowed to arrest two people every day like this, they should not do their own business completely.

"Shopkeeper Wang doesn't want us to arrest people?" Wu Xiangzi, who had already stood up, turned his face and said to Song Enzi, "Song Enzi, what do you think?"

"If you don't arrest people, what do we eat if you don't arrest people? No, we have to arrest them!" Song Enzi also stood up.

"But, Song Enzi. Shopkeeper Wang is our old neighbourhood. We have to sell him a Face, and we can't make Shopkeeper Wang embarrassed, don't you think?" Wu Xiangzi sat down slowly and said.

"But if you don't arrest people, who will give us the money?" Song Enzi shook his head and said.

"Since shopkeeper Wang doesn't want us to take people from him every day, then he will definitely find a way for us and won't let us suffer... Shopkeeper Wang, don't you think?" Wu Xiangzi suddenly turned his head and said to Wang Lifa.

"Then...this...you two are planning to..."

"I don't think so. On the first day of every month, you send that little meaning, we will naturally..." Song Enzi said with a smile.

"Then... how much does that mean?" Wang Li asked.

"Shopkeeper Wang, you can do it by yourself. Shopkeeper Wang, you are so smart, you can't make it a bit embarrassing, isn't it..."

At this moment, a sentence like this suddenly came from there: "If you want me to say that the queen mother is going to abolish the emperor, it is not necessarily a rumor. She has long wanted to abolish the emperor, but foreigners are not allowed. Yesterday I heard that for this matter, the British Minister also made a special trip to the Prime Minister’s Office."

"Who! Who is talking nonsense here!" Song Enzi, who had already sat down, jumped up and pulled out the iron chain from his sleeve.

"What did I say!" The speaker over there stood up without showing any weakness, turned his face to look at Wu Xiangzi and Song Enzi.

"Ah... isn't this Mr. Ye? How come Mr. Ye has time to come here today." Wu Xiangzi suddenly smiled and greeted the man.

"This is?" someone in the tea guest whispered to the person next to him.

Although Wu Xiangzi put on a smiling face, Mr. Ye didn't show him a good face: "Mr. Wu is so prestigious, do you want to ask me later and ask your yamen? Isn't it a chaotic party?"

"Mr. Ye, you can really make a joke..." Wu Xiangzi said quizzically, obviously intending to admit it.

At this time, the church bells suddenly came through from outside. This Mr. Ye immediately drew a cross on his chest, and then ignored Wu Xiangzi and Song Enzi, and said to Wang Lifa: "Treasurer Wang, I will put the tea money. It's at the table, I'm going to worship." Then he strode out of the teahouse.

"Brother Zhang, who is really awesome, who is this?"

"You don't know Ye Tong's translation? Let me tell you, this Ye Tong translator, who works as an interpreter at the British minister's side, still believes in foreign religion and has foreigners behind his back. How can ordinary people offend him? They really offended Mr. Ye. In Beijing, Mr. Ye has at least a hundred ways to make them worse than death, but they can’t do anything with Mr. Ye. Not to mention them, they are their superiors. I don't have the strength to play with Mr. Ye, I really want to play, it must be played by Mr. Ye to the death." Another person explained in a low voice.

"It turned out to be a foreign slave." said a man who looked like a brother of Eight flags dressed in silk and satin on the other table.

"Four brother, don't talk nonsense, be careful to get into trouble." The one sitting next to the birdcage said hurriedly, "Let's not talk about these things, let's talk about this bird."

"Oh, I can't even say a word, it's really suffocating people...Second Lord, look at this world, who are these people... I see, this great Qing country is about to end!"

Song Enzi jumped over as soon as he said this.

"You said the Qing Dynasty is about to end?"

"No, I'm a bannerman. How can I say that the Qing Dynasty is about to end? The Qing Dynasty will be over for thousands of years!" The man quickly denied.

"Banner? The bannerman said that the Qing Dynasty is about to end, so you have to pay more for your crime!"

"You can't deny it, everyone here has heard it! Come with us!" Wu Xiangzi also came over, "And you, you, you, go to the Yamen to be a witness together!"

Wu Xiangzi Song Enzi took a few people out and walked to the door. Song Enzi suddenly turned around and shouted to Wang Lifa: "Shopkeeper Wang, the first day of every month, don't forget..."

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