The First Evolution

It's human nature to watch the excitement and listen to gossip. Now it's not the era of word prison.

After leaving BJ City, the anecdotes of princes, nobles and even the Imperial Palace are often published in newspapers and magazines, then processed by storytellers, spread in teahouses everywhere, and then continue to ferment and spread.

Even when the former Emperor (Tongzhi) died at the age of 19, there were many rumors. It was said that the emperor liked to travel in micro clothes and did a shrunk version of Qianlong's visit to the south of the Yangtze River. In fact, it was just to enjoy the major kilns in the capital.

Whether it's Beidi Jiali or Nanguo rouge, Tongzhi's heart is good.

As a result, in this process, the emperor's living habits were not good. He liked to go to battle light. As a result, he contracted syphilis and died.

Of course, this must be a rumor. Even space began to wonder whether this kind of thing was true or false, so it gave relevant milestones.

It can also be seen that after the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom uprising and the devastation of the Opium War, the prestige and control over the people in the Qing Dynasty were actually very weak.

Most of the anecdotes and unofficial histories about the emperor of the Qing Dynasty came out during this period, including but not limited to the following:

Hong Chengchou in Xiaozhuang's sleeping clothes, Dourgen took over his sister-in-law pan, Shunzhi became a monk in Wutai Mountain, Kangxi became the 14th son, LV siniang transformed his concubine into Yongzheng (since then, the emperor had to go into the house naked), the secret of Emperor Qianlong's life experience, and so on.

Incidentally, the emperor in the comedy nine grade sesame official is actually an allusion to Tongzhi.

This is also a rebound after the Qing Dynasty engaged in word prison. How cruel the oppression and massacre were in those years, and how yellow scholars can write in the future!

Just because the world is like this, the two soldiers will get the treatment of second-line little stars in an instant. They are strongly surrounded by a cadre of people, and even some people take the initiative to meet their accounts. Such direct economic stimulus makes the two soldiers more and more motivated and foamy.

At this time, Fang Linyan also knew their official identity: the post servant of the post station.

More than 200 years ago, their peers successfully destroyed the last vitality of the Ming Dynasty and let the Qing Dynasty take advantage of it.

Because there are no planes now, but there are foreigners' fire ships, most officials in the south come to Tianjin port by ship at this time, and then from Tianjin to the capital.

Therefore, in an important traffic place like Tianjin Wei, when they are busy, they have to meet and send several groups of officials and serve many masters. Therefore, their knowledge is really extraordinary. What comes out of these two guys' mouths is persuasive.

So, when the two post servants who had finished breakfast left, Fang Linyan had been waiting nearby for a few minutes. He smiled and handed over a string of copper coins, and then said:

"Delay the two eldest brothers a little time, just want to inquire about one thing. Have you heard of the master?"

Then a name came out of Fang Linyan's mouth. The two postmen looked at each other and took the hanging copper coin first, then shook their heads and said:

"Never heard of it."

Fang Linyan was completely surprised by the answer of the post Ding, because the official he was looking for was from Sichuan. Usually, when he went to Beijing, he should not go to Shanghai first, and then go to Tianjin to go around such a big circle.

So Fang Linyan launched a money offensive again. This time it was more than a ingot of silver. Measured by current values, it was about 4000 yuan. It was a small fortune for the two postmen.

Fang Linyan shook the silver in front of them and said:

"If it's convenient for you two brothers, help me find a gentry record. This will be my book purchase money."

The gentry record is a national official record published by the old bookstore. It records the native place and resume of each official. It is still useful for officials, but there is no market for ordinary people, so the circulation is very low.

However, it is a necessary thing for the post station staff who have to deal with officials every day.

The two men looked at each other and whispered:

"That requires money first."

Then he directly reached out to grab the silver taken out by Fang Linyan, but Fang Linyan let him catch it empty, and then directly broke one-third off the silver ingot:

"This is the deposit."

Seeing Fang Linyan quietly show his strength, the two post dintons eliminate some thoughts they shouldn't have. The fact that they have seen cattle men is holding hard walnuts and pulling silver ingots in their hands is a little strange.

So soon, a Book of the gentry, which was turned to a roll, was handed over to Fang Linyan.

Fang Linyan immediately couldn't wait to read it, then quickly stopped, smiled at the corners of his mouth and said to himself:

"Sure enough, you are still here!"

At this point, Fang Linyan took a deep breath and showed a look of expectation in his eyes:

"XX is a thing in the pool. It turns into a dragon when it meets the wind and cloud. You, who were unknown, retired and ended up depressed just because you didn't have a chance!"

"But now, I'll give you this chance!"

After confirming the existence of this person in the world, Fang Linyan immediately called out the previous selection menu.

Yes, it's the one who can choose your identity, so you can start with a new menu of XXX. Then Fang Linyan decisively chose option D: young master of Zhejiang merchants!

Suddenly, a large amount of information poured into Fang Linyan's mind. At the same time, a light column covered his cage, and his face and height began to change:

He closed his eyes and opened them for more than ten seconds. Then a smile appeared at the corners of his mouth and said to himself:

"Interesting, really interesting!"

Now Fang Linyan has been assigned an official identity. His surname is Hu and his name is Hu Zhiyun. Not only that, the key is that he also belongs to the direct descendants of a huge merchant family. The merchant world was very brilliant and powerful more than ten years ago. To what extent?

Just give two examples. For loans that the Qing government could not handle, he could help sign with foreign banks. The loan amount was 18 million taels of silver.

For another example, the booty and silver reward obtained by the Xiang army should be stored in his bank.

China's first ship, Wannianqing, was also made by this family.

His business has even become the richest man in China, and the reason for his family's decline is that he opened a big Chinese and foreign business war related to raw silk with foreigners in Shanghai! More than 20 million taels of silver were consumed.

Finally, losing this commercial war is a crime of non war. The reason is that the Italian raw silk harvest and the outbreak of the Sino French war led to the financial crisis.

However, the core figure of the Hu family, that is, Fang Linyan's third uncle, has died for several years. Even the big backer of the Hu family's officialdom has long passed away.

Moreover, after the commercial war, the Hu family was also dismissed and copied by the imperial court. Fortunately, it was only responsible for checking the third uncle of the Hu family, so it left them a chance to make a comeback.

But the past few years have passed, and the Hu family's contacts have withered in succession. It's almost as ethereal as fog. People say that a hundred footed insects die without stiffness, but at this time, the Hu family lies flat from stiffness, which is actually a close distance.

More importantly, contacts are usually linked to strength. You have money and power. Of course, Huahua sedan chair people carry people. If you can help, you can lift your hand. But you have no power or money. Maybe people will treat you as a fat pig.

Of course, there is neither money nor potential, and ninety-nine percent of your contacts automatically fail.

Now Fang Linyan, the sixth young master, has a heavy burden on his shoulders. The Hu family knows that someone in the court is good at being an official, so they let him take a huge sum of money to pay an official in Jinan, Shandong: Li Meng.

In fact, the official is very frustrated in his post, and will soon retire from his current position, demote one level and be sent to Deqing County next door to Hangzhou for general sentencing.

Why did the Hu family send their young master all the way to curry favor with such a depressed and unlucky official? It's nothing more than the three words "cold stove".

The Hu family feels that the backer behind the official will soon gain power, and Li Meng should only be unlucky temporarily, so they go to provide charcoal in the snow now. This is also the old routine of the Hu family.

Of course, everything in the world is full of variables. Everyone can do such a thing as burning a cold stove, but the variables are great. The greatest probability is that the money is sent out and the person flatters, but this person can't get up at all.

Another variable is that the investment officials have a thick face and a dark heart. Even if they regain power, they will turn over and refuse to recognize people immediately.

At this time, Fang Linyan felt that the vision of the Hu family was very problematic. For example, Li Meng, who wanted to invest now, was impeached for corruption. Such a person must have a big appetite.

According to Hu Zhiyun's previous investigation, there is no limit to what he can do. In order to search and plunder, he even forced five or six lives, including two foreign believers.

At this time, the officials of the Qing Dynasty had been frightened by the two Opium Wars. As long as they heard that they were contaminated with foreigners, they preferred foreigners to investigate and deal with them regardless of what happened. Therefore, Li mengcai was unlucky.

In Fang Linyan's eyes, if you have power in your hand, it's really not difficult to get money. Officials with real ability can even hold money while benefiting the local people.

For example, Li Meng is a typical greedy, incompetent and ruthless person. Investing in him is like throwing money into the water. He doesn't even have a chance to listen. So since the third uncle of the Hu family is gone, the situation is still very bad, that is, the people at the helm have little vision.

However, the fly in the ointment is that Fang Linyan also got a hint that it was because he chose this character too late and had some side effects.

Because Hu Zhiyun's original Buddha was hit on his head by a robber when he was on his way to the night last evening, and he is in a coma. If Fang Linyan doesn't choose this identity, he is estimated to be out of breath in a few minutes.

Even so, up to now, part of the soul has disappeared, so the character's relevant memory of the past has been lost.

But for Fang Linyan, it's not a big problem. He thinks Hu Zhiyun's luck is really good. He stubbornly picked up his life. After he left the world, he can inherit what he left him and survive.

Fang Linyan calculated the date. The official start of the Sino Japanese war was July 25, and today is July 18. If you count the backward speed of information dissemination, you still have seven or eight days to plan strategies.

Now that he has determined that his goal is in the world and his life experience has basically not changed, Fang Linyan has basically determined that his next focus of work is to make money, because the next step is to take the wrong side of the sword. It can't be done without money.

At this time, Fang Linyan touched the corner of his clothes. It was obvious that there was some extra thickness, because there were three silver notes sewn on the surface, totaling 10000 liang of silver, including one of 5000 Liang, one of 3000 Liang and one of 2000 Liang.

This is the fund entrusted by the family to Fang Linyan before leaving. In addition, the family will see Fang Linyan's work and add additional money.

This is because although the Hu family is now in decline, there is still a pillar industry that can be barely maintained, that is, the drug store left in the heyday of that year has branches in BJ, Jinan, Tianjin and other places.

The medicine store of the Hu family once competed with Tongrentang. Even now, the sixth young master Fang Linyan can withdraw the corresponding money in some major cities in the north.

For businessmen, it must be much more difficult to earn ten thousand yuan with one dollar than to earn one million yuan with ten thousand yuan. On the one hand, they will get a lot of principal without trouble. This is also Fang Linyan's main identity in choosing the young master of the Hu family.

Next, Fang Linyan had a good meal and began to inquire about the corresponding goods market in Tianjin. After collecting some information, he went to the developed port area to ask. He found out the bottom, and then went directly to the treasure Bureau of luzhuangzi in Tianjin.

Where is this treasure bureau? In fact, it is a casino. In other places, casinos are a mixture of dragons and snakes, almost ten bets and nine swindles, but the treasure Bureau here in Tianjin really has many rules, which is one of the first places for the standardization of casinos in China.

Of course, before arriving at luzhuangzi, Fang Linyan simply found a secluded place to use his spiritual skills. After a simple communication with Evelina, a man was summoned.

After the emerald light disappeared, the man opened his eyes, then half knelt and saluted Fang Linyan:

"Lord knight, I'm Judy Laurent. I'm honored to work for you."

Fang Linyan nodded:

"Should I know my needs this time? I'm mainly good at gambling."

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