Counterattack Into a Male God

Seeing Eun Chong, who took office again not long ago, Ji Yanzhi realized a very deep problem at this time. He was so busy with his studies that he forgot to deal with the internal affairs office.

En Chong is the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs appointed by the Empress Dowager Ci'an not long ago, and he is still Ji Yanzhi's uncle in this life. En advocated the fifth daughter of Emperor Daoguang, Princess Heshuo, Shouzang, and she was considered a member of the clan and a cronies of the Empress Dowager Ci'an.

The scene that Ji Yan said of the ‘noisy’ at the time caused the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to be unlucky, and the supervisor changed another group. The new head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs had been in a safe place for a while, but they had begun desperately digging for money and falsely reporting prices.

The House of Internal Affairs was the institution in charge of court affairs in the Qing Dynasty. There was no such institution in the Ming Dynasty.

After entering the customs, he learned from the eunuchs' domineering education in the late Ming Dynasty, and didn't want to trust the eunuchs too much. In addition, the Eight Banners originally had a system of coated slaves, so they simply ‘grouped’ their own domestic slaves and established the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which was in charge of the royal family’s clothing, food, shelter, and transportation.

The House of Internal Affairs in the early Qing Dynasty was okay. There were several emperors with tough methods, who did not dare to be too greedy.

But from the Jiaqing and Daoguang after Qianlong, especially the dainty Daoguang, they frugal and fattened the entire house coat, even ate a dozen silver eggs and lamented that they were expensive but never wanted to verify it.

This release really made Ji Yanzhi, who occasionally learned about this ‘interesting story’, felt that Daoguang was afraid that it was an ostrich egg from the sky.

A silly smoky silly.

Daoguang's IQ is not very good, and Xianfeng behind Daoguang, that is, Ji Yanzhi's father in this life, is not very good. Therefore, at this time, there was a saying among the people in Beijing: "Fangxinshu's small paintings are not ancient, this person must be the Ministry of Internal Affairs."

What does it mean.

This means that if a new house appears in Beijing, the trees in the house are just planted, and the furnishings inside are obviously new, then the owner of the house must go to the House of Internal Affairs. These words clearly pointed out how terrible the speed at which officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs were accumulating money.

As far as Ji Yan knows, the market price of eggs in the Qing Dynasty at this time was three copper plates, and one or two silvers could buy more than 500. In other words, if the amount of money that flows to the House of Internal Affairs is millions of dollars each year, then only less than one percent of the money goes to the royal family.

After thinking about it, Ji Yanzhi suddenly remembered his three meals a day, and also thought of the luxurious filial piety meal set by the Empress Dowager Cixi and Ci'an, and instantly revealed a gloomy smile.

Needless to say, he, who had already gotten rid of five and a half years and had grown up to seven years old, was also regarded as a fool like Daoguang and Xianfeng, and he ate eggs worth ten taels of silver.

It seems that we have to find a time to go out of the palace to'play'. After all, the only way to make sense is to rectify the House of Internal Affairs, and be sure to let them spit out everything they eat.

"It's still too young. What about seven years old, with so many different models, what you can do...heh, I have to spit out everything I eat."

Ji Yanzhi made up his mind, but he really found a chance and finally went out to ‘play’ in the palace, but it was the first spring of the third year of Tongzhi.

Leading the little prince, Ji Yanzhi silently copied all the actual prices in Beijing, and even recorded the exact addresses of the officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs who had ‘get rich and bless the three generations’ in recent years.

As the chief **** who has the deepest knowledge of Ji Yanzhi, the little Wang Gonggong faintly guessed that Ji Yanzhi wanted to do a major event that was likely to cause great turmoil, and even the reshuffle of all the officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Of course, if Ji Yanzhi really does something big, and according to the true disposition of the little emperor that the little prince has learned, the little prince thinks that it is good for the officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to lose their ranks and abandon the knight. Serve as a slave for life.

The little prince suddenly struck a spirit in his heart, he bowed his waist and waited aside. Only when Ji Yanzhi used the Arabic numerals and Latin words ‘taught’ densely recorded on rice paper by the foreign master’s master, did the little prince speak tremblingly.

"Master, it's getting late, should we..."

Ji Yanzhi glanced at him casually, and the coldness of those dazzling star-like eyes immediately caused the little prince to beat him with cold sweat.

"Where did the young master go today?"

Ji Yanzhi asked coldly.

The little prince replied respectfully: "I went to Ruguzhai, Guyizhai and other places in Liulichang, but I couldn't find any satisfactory antique calligraphy and painting, so I left him empty-handed."

Ji Yanzhi chuckled and smiled: "If the two girls ask, then tell the truth. The little master didn't do anything about stealing the dog, there is nothing to hide."

The little prince did not think that Ji Yanzhi was this reaction, but the outstanding domestic servants are always the most observant. The little prince did not show the slightest surprise, and he still replied respectfully. "Master, the slave knows. If the two masters smell it, the slave will answer honestly."

Ji Yanzhi looked up at the sky and found that it was really dark as the little prince said. He pinched the pile of paper that was densely written with a quill pen in his hand, picked it up carefully, and said, "Go back." ."

The little prince let out a sigh of relief, and led Ji Yanzhi, who was dressed very ordinary and looked like a rich elder brother, to the gate of the palace.

It just so happened that when he was about to use the little prince's waist card to enter the palace gate, he happened to ran into the people in the Empress Dowager Cixi's palace. So just like that, Ji Yanzhi's use of Xiu Mu to sneak out of the palace reached Empress Dowager Cixi's ears that night.

Because of the weakness of the pills, even after taking a little antidote pills, although the Empress Dowager Cixi’s body did not reach the point of being inadequate, it was ultimately due to mental insufficiency and poor health, so that she lived in the Xiefang Palace, which was separated by a wall from Cining Palace. (Ciqing Palace) It is not an iron bucket.

Empress Dowager Cixi knew about Ji Yanzhi's'sneaking out of the palace', which means that Empress Dowager Ci'an knew about it. Out of concern for the young emperor, when Ji Yanzhi went to greet the queen mothers of the two palaces the next day, the queen mothers of the two palaces got together and asked and even blamed Ji Yanzhi for going out of the palace without guards.

"Only you and Wang Gui's dog minion. If you encounter a gangster, relying on Wang Gui's dog minion alone, can you protect the emperor?"

Ji Yanzhi deliberately said, "I have learned martial arts, and I can fight ten of them one at a time."

The Empress Dowager Cixi reluctantly rubbed her temples and said with a headache: "Just you, you still have to beat ten? The emperor is afraid that he will not wake up, and take what happened in the dream as real!"

Ji Yanzhi deliberately puffed up his cheeks and filed a complaint with the Empress Dowager Ci'an: "Ci'an Emian, look at Cixi Emian, how can you say that to me. In this way, do I still have the majesty of the king of a country. It is still possible? Do you command the officials?"

This accusation made the Empress Dowager Ci'an not know how to answer, so she touched Ji Yanzhi’s forehead with her fingers with tortoiseshell nail sleeves, and said, "You, rely on the forehead of the Aijia and your Cixi. Mother loves it, so make a fuss."

"Who is making trouble?" Ji Yanzhi grunted unconvincedly, and then said: "I am almost nine years old now. How could it be that I was the kid who had just become the emperor and didn't know everything? There is something to do, not just going out to play."

Empress Dowager Cixi raised her eyebrows: "The emperor meant to do business? Can Aijia ask the emperor what business business refers to."

Ji Yanzhi blinked, but said: "This is my secret, so don't ask Empress Cixi. Even if I ask, I won't tell you."

Empress Dowager Cixi: "...what about the emperor Ci'an asking?"

Ji Yanzhi: "Don't tell me either."

Empress Dowager Ci'an: "...Come on, I won't ask the Ai family anymore. Anyway, I asked the emperor and didn't answer. Ai Jia and your Empress Empress Cixi will wait to see what kind of business the emperor intends to do."

Ji Yanzhi smiled, and said with a particularly sweet smile: "Then please wait and see for the two emperors."

Just like what Ji Yanzhi said, with the passage of time, today's Ji Yan is no longer the first to the throne, and must be cautious in everything, pretending to be a bear.

Even if Ji Yanzhi is still a child now, due to the uninterrupted education of four emperors and several foreigners who taught him foreign language, Ji Yanzhi’s composure and calmness have long allowed the ministers and even the queen mothers of the two palaces to be Praised that he has the legacy of the saint ancestor (Kangxi).

And because Empress Dowager Ci'an is not like Empress Dowager Cixi with excessive desire for power, and the body of Empress Dowager Cixi with excessive desire for power deteriorates with age, it can be said that although Ji Yanzhi is still a young emperor, he still has control in his hands. Certainly powerful. If you really want to do something with sufficient evidence, there is absolutely no possibility of failure.

Moreover, the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces, the queen mother of the two palaces, who had the upper hand to listen to the government, also supported Ji Yanzhi's troubles, so almost those in the Ministry of Internal Affairs were so full of their own money that they would fool the emperors after Qianlong as fools. Four eggs dare to quote 34 taels. The coated minions did not react at all, but Ji Yanzhi did not use the power of the dark guards (many members of the royal guards were also selected from coated minions), and directly let the Ouchi guards, who are held by the eight-headed brothers, take care of the internal affairs. All the officials below the general manager of the government have all caught a current situation.

"I want to eat two eggs for a breakfast, well, seventeen taels of silver, it's really expensive. Teacher Weng, I heard that your life is simple, I think you can't afford it."

This is what Ji Yanzhi asked the day before when he caught the officials' corruption in their pockets.

Weng Tonghe didn't know why Ji Yanzhi asked this, but it did not prevent him from answering particularly cautiously that how expensive food such as eggs can be eaten on weekdays is only used occasionally for sacrifices at home, and he would never dare to eat them.

Ji Yanzhi understands that Weng Tonghe's answer is just because he is afraid of offending people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

But Ji Yanzhi happened to dislike this kind of flattering behavior from both sides. If you talk about the emperor, even if you are not the only teacher today, Weng Tonghe shouldn't answer that way because of the friendship between teachers and students.

Ji Yanzhi sneered, but said calmly on his face: "I know. Next time I will ask Teacher Weng to eat eggs that I would never dare to eat."

This is not the next day, after all the officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs who have sacked the corruption to the extreme, Ji Yanzhi ordered the little Prince to personally give Weng Tonghe two boiled eggs, and then asked him to take these two'as he usually did. Eggs that I would never dare to eat', led the whole family to relocate three thousand miles away. As for the family property, it is natural to use those two eggs that are absolutely hard to eat in normal times as collateral.

As one of the four imperial teachers, Weng Tonghe ended up in such a fate, and all the current internal affairs officials who were arrested by Ji Yanzhi naturally couldn't please.

Ji Yanzhi was above the court and spoke with a sharp edge. "Since you believe that I have the legacy of the saint ancestor, then I will naturally inevitably learn the thunder method of the saint ancestor. Remember, I intend to form an inspection guard similar to the former Ming Jinyiwei. If you are interested, you may wish to try it. Can the inspection guards I set up can be comparable to the former Ming Jinyiwei."

All the civil and military officials who were still standing in the Manchu dynasty shuddered.

The two palace dowagers sitting on the left and right looked at each other, and the next moment the Empress Dowager Cixi sitting on the soft stool on the right was dizzy.

Empress Dowager Cixi felt that she was mostly suffering from vertigo, so she had to leave the scene halfway and return to Xiefang Palace (Ciqing Palace) to rest.

The Queen Mother Ci'an, who was still sitting on the soft stool on the left side of the dragon chair, remained silent. At this moment, she realized a problem very clearly, that is, Ji Yanzhi was far more mature than she realized, and she was also suitable to be the king of a country.

It is said that they cannot be the same as Shengzu Kangxi. After their thirteen-year-old wedding, the queen mothers of the two palaces should roll the curtain to return to politics.

Empress Dowager Ci'an couldn't tell what she felt when she thought of this question, but she could only say that it was a mixed blessing.

Forget it, Cixi's old lady's health is getting worse, and she is also getting old, and she's starting to lose energy gradually, and she can only support it for a few more years, and when the little emperor reaches thirteen, she will roll the curtain and return to politics. Taking the initiative in this way, it is impossible to say that she would still receive the treatment of Empress Xiaozhuangwen, so that the little emperor would respect her more than his biological mother.

I made up my mind, but the Empress Dowager Ci'an didn't show it. She didn't even change her sitting posture, she still looked rigid and gentle to silent, but her aura was much softer than the previous moment.

Ji Yanzhi glanced at the Empress Dowager Ci'an thoughtfully, and then withdrew his gaze. Continue to sit on the dragon chair with a smile but a smile, looking at the different expressions of the civil and military officials standing on the court through the bead curtain. After a while, Ji Yanzhi continued to speak in a clear and sweet voice.

"I told a joke a few days ago, do you know what the joke is?"

The civil and military officials of the Manchu dynasty were tidy and called out: "The servants and ministers don't know."

"Oh, I don't know. Then I will tell you." Ji Yanzhi curled his lips, his smile became more clear and sweet. "A few days ago, I discussed prices with Weng Tonghe, who is an emperor. I said that I would eat two eggs for a breakfast. One egg costs about ninety taels, and two is seventeen taels.

I asked Teacher Weng again, ‘Eggs are too expensive, have you eaten Teacher Weng? ’

Teacher Weng replied to me, how can a minion afford to eat such expensive food as eggs. The minion’s house only used it occasionally for sacrifices, and would never dare to eat it.

I showed sympathy to Teacher Weng, and felt that Teacher Weng, one of the emperor teachers, was so pitiful, oh no. As the king of a country, I can't let Teacher Weng, one of the emperor teachers, eat chaff and drink thin while eating such expensive eggs.

So, I took Wang Gui out of the palace and prepared to buy two eggs for Teacher Weng to send over. As a result, one of three copper plates, one or two silver can buy more than 500! "

The officials trembled like a cicada, and none of them dared to speak.

Ji Yanzhi turned to a cold snort, and continued with the child’s peculiar angry words: "This is when I am a fool to fool! So, let me fool my minions under my nose, and the whole family will be neat and tidy. Let's go to the official kiln to dig coal together!"

Digging for coal? Isn't it sent to Ningguta by the whole family, with armoured as slaves?

The two still looked at each other in writing and wanted to say something. I am also afraid that their strange and flaming little emperor will not only be unlucky for the whole family, but also hurt his relatives in order to make people tidy. Just shut your mouth and keep silent is golden.

What Ji Yanzhi wanted was this result. Taking advantage of their ‘acquiescence’, Ji Yanzhi immediately spoke again.

"Since all the princes agree with my handling method, all the stolen money obtained from the home transcript belongs to the private treasury. It just so happens that I need a large sum of money to train the inspector, so I can make the best use of it."

Ji Yanzhi said that he would not even give a chance to speak out in the civil and military officials of the Manchu dynasty. He left a sentence of "retreat" and hurriedly returned to the Palace of the Qing Dynasty and began arranging the inspectors that he lacked in silver and needed to be formed according to him. The list came out, one by one ransacking homes.

"By the way, as well as their relatives, if there is a situation of bribery, we will deal with it at the same time. We have several coal mines in Shanxi New District, and we are short of manpower."

The first officer of the Qingchawei was named Qinxian, a pure Han who gave his name, and he was also an eunuch. In order to be proper, since the beginning of the establishment of the inspector, Ji Yanzhi took a loyalty talisman for Qinxian, and after ensuring his loyalty, he would give his full power to him, and the training of expanding the manpower was handed over to Qinxian.

"Hey." Qin Xian bowed his head: "The slave carefully ransacked the home according to the list given to the slave by the long live master, and will not miss any one."

"Well, Qin Xian does things, I can rest assured." Ji Yanzhi: "By the way, I heard that this place is rich in iron ore resources. Qin Xian can follow this blueprint drawn by me inquiring about famous teachers from all over the world. Several iron mines in our circle have been found, and we need a lot of iron to forge firearms."

Qin Xian: "The minion takes the order, so let's arrange for his subordinates to supervise this matter."

Ji Yanzhi: "Kneel down."

After Qin Xian left the Hall of Nourishing the Heart, Ji Yanzhi looked at the memorial.

In the year of the third year of Tongzhi, all the forces of the Qing Dynasty were basically entangled with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Army. As for the Western powers, the signing of the "Beijing Treaty" temporarily satisfied their appetite for dividing up China. Therefore, before the Queen Mothers of the two palaces were brought back to power by Ji Yanzhi, there was no other threat other than the danger of cutting meat and raising tigers.

Therefore, Ji Yanzhi now does not focus on the Western powers who are not threatening for the time being, nor does he focus much on the tribes of the Huai Army, such as Zeng Guofan and Li Hongzhang, who are at war with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Army, but on the Westernization Movement. superior.

On the first month of the first year of Xianfeng (1861), Prince Gong Aixinjueluo Yixin, together with Guiliang and Wenxiang, played the "Six Articles of Regulations for the Overall Planning of the Barbarian Affairs", and the goal was to prosper the country and strengthen the army. The Westernization Movement.

And the empress dowagers of the two palaces Cixi and Ci'an successfully seized power from the eight ministers of Gu Ming appointed before Xianfeng's death by the Xinyou coup. The main reason was the support of Aixinjueluo Yixin.

Ji Yanzhi is currently staying in this plane dominated by the end of the Qing Dynasty. The Empress Dowagers of Cixi and Ci'an have fully supported Aixinjue and Luo Yixin's development focused on'Teaching the barbarian to control the barbarian, and using the Chinese and the western body. The Westernization Movement touched Aixinjueluo Yixin.

After Ji Yanzhi ascended the throne, representatives of the Westernization faction headed by Aixinjueluo Yixin began to introduce advanced Western production technology under the banner of "self-improvement", establish new military industries, train new naval forces, and build the Beiyang Navy. navy.

Under the banner of "seeking wealth", various new civil industries such as ships, railways, telegraphs, mining, textiles, etc. have been established. In addition, new-style schools have been established to select and send overseas students to study abroad to cultivate translators, military talents and scientific and technological talents. The teacher who taught Ji Yanzhi's foreign language came from the first government-run new school in the Qing Dynasty-Jingshi Tongwen Museum.

From the central idea of ​​the Westernization Movement, as well as the rules and regulations, they are all looking for a way to restore the Qing government to a strong. The ability to harm China.

It's just that the Qing government was torn apart at this time, divided into diehards and Westernization factions. As the Empress Dowager Cixi who actually controls power, she has neither the courage to "refute", nor the idea of ​​seizing power and replacing it.

She temporarily adopted the strategy of supporting the Westernization faction in order to protect the Qing government's rule completely because of the domestic and foreign difficulties. However, in fact, like many die-hards who have mastered real power, she feels that'too much Westernization' will break the rules left by the ancestors and affect her hegemonic rule. Therefore, she has many constraints on the Westernization Movement, so that the Westernization Movement lacks one. A sound and powerful core of leadership can only be carried out by the governors and governors who are enthusiastic about Westernization in a few places...

This Westernization Movement is like a big ship in the sea with no one at the helm, swaying without knowing where it is going.

And now it’s Ji Yanzhi--

Ji Yanzhi must be a sound and capable, persistent and even stubborn leader.

Even if Aixinjueluo Yixin has a lot of glamorous relationship with his birth mother Empress Cixi in the wild history, he even said that he Aixinjueluo Zaichun might not be Xianfeng’s son, but Aixin Ji Yanzhi's son, Ji Yanzhi will also do his best to ensure the smooth development of the Westernization Movement.

It would be better for many die-hards who have mastered the real power of the central government to change their minds. If they don’t change, they still want to obstruct...

It is impossible to kill, so much wasted the rice that I ate before, and the whole family neatly went to the official kiln to dig coal and iron ore, which is considered to be a strong country.

Ah. In this case, see who would dare to put the ancestor's rules to be important and unbreakable, and blindly obstruct it all day long.