Outside Zhengyangmen, Daer Hutong, and Pier Inn.

In the backyard, Yi Zhizu and Su Shun sat opposite each other and talked casually. Both of them made friends with each other sincerely. If they were drunk as a medium, their relationship naturally became familiar with each other quickly. Su Shun was happy and was extremely happy to drink. Yi Zhizu did not dare to let go of drinking. He was worried that Wang Ding or the official from the Ministry of Revenue to call him to discuss matters. In addition, he had to take advantage of the opportunity of chatting to instill some basic knowledge in Western knowledge, including financial economy, economic crisis, industrial technology and other aspects.

Yi Zhizu is good at speaking, has broad knowledge, and is deliberately guided and talks in a simple and easy-to-understand manner. Su Shun listens to him with a high body and mind. He is very physical and mentally angrily and rarely convinces people. After a conversation, he is impressed by Yi Zhizu, and feels like he gets the same thing at first sight and regrets he meets too late.

The two were having a happy chat, but the servant Li Wang rushed to the door quickly and said anxiously: "Report to the young master, a father-in-law has come, he said he came from the palace."

When he heard someone from the palace, Sushun quickly stood up and said, "I'm here to send the order, I'll take a chance." As he said, he pointed to the banquet and said, "Check it out quickly."

Is the order coming down so quickly? Yi Zhizu was a little confused. The efficiency of the Qing court was so high? Before Li Wang could finish it, a eunuch had quickly stepped up the steps. He glanced at the situation in the room, but walked in without hesitation. He smelled the smell of alcohol in the room. He frowned and said, "Idle man retreat."

After Li Wang retreated, he stood facing north, with a sharp voice, elongated tone, and said, "The third-class light chariot commander, the general of the general is easy to be content--to receive the order."

Seeing this, Yi Zhizu hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down, and then the eunuch said, "The emperor ordered Xuan Yi Zhizu to come to the palace to meet immediately."

Entering the palace to meet him? Yi Quzu was stunned. He expected Daoguang to summon him, but he didn't expect it to be so fast. He was slightly stunned. He hurriedly said, "I obey the order."

The eunuch looked at him with a smile and said, "The emperor is urgently summoning you, Lord Yi will follow our family to the palace."

Just entering the palace like this? Yi Zhizuo understood after a moment of thought. He quickly got up and stuffed a silver note without hesitation, and smiled and said, "Dadfather-in-law, let's change his official uniform later."

The silver notes were exchanged by Yi Zhizu when he went to the city yesterday. He knew the rules, but he didn't know how much it was appropriate to give, so he simply gave a 500 taels of silver notes. The eunuch glanced at him and immediately smiled and said, "Mr. Yi would better wash up again, but it must be faster. The emperor urgently summoned him, but it cannot be delayed. Along the way, our family will explain the rules in the palace to Lord Yi."

This is the benefit of using the money. Yi Zhizu hurriedly bowed and said, "Thank you, Eunuch."

In the suite, Sushun was full of joy. Yi Zhizu entered Beijing yesterday, and today Daoguang was summoned to the palace. The officials in the border area did not receive such treatment. It shows that Daoguang attached great importance to Yi Zhizu to Yuan Qi. With the strong support of this person, can good days be far away? I don’t know how Jin Ling helped him speak good things in Guangzhou. He has to thank him very much.

Qianqing Palace, West Warm Pavilion.

Daoguang threw the contract drafted by Yuan Qi on the table, and with a "bang", the sound was not loud, but Wang Ding and Zhuo Bingtian felt a slump in their hearts. Although they lowered their heads, it can be judged from this sound that Daoguang was not satisfied with the contract. However, Daoguang did not speak, and the two of them dared not speak rashly.

After a while of silence, Daoguang said, "The monthly interest rate is 8% and the annual interest rate is one million. The total principal and interest rate is 3 million a year. Now that I am not able to make ends meet, I will increase my expenses by another three million. Is the Ministry of Revenue turning over?"

What does it mean? This is like the Ministry of Revenue is about to issue national debts. Zhuo Bingtian reacted with a change of thought. This is to ask the Ministry of Revenue to come up with a feasible repayment plan. Fortunately, on the way to the palace, he was thinking about this matter and immediately bowed and said, "Go back to the emperor, use troops in the southeast. I beg you to pray that the emperor will make a temporary donation bill for the benefit of the country."

Another donation case, Daoguang frowned slightly. Apart from the donation case, these officials could not think of any other way. However, since Jiaqing, the national strength has declined and many donations have been issued. Since he was the best, he has opened many donations. It is not a good thing to open too many donations. Not to mention other disadvantages, the most fundamental point is that donations are not worth it!

Seeing that Daoguang was silent, Wang Ding said, "Emperor, although Guangdong has not been very peaceful in the past two years, the taxes have increased steadily year by year, and the amplitude is not small."

After hearing this, Zhuo Bingtian felt a shiny heart. How could he forget Yuanqi? He immediately agreed: "Guangdong's tax growth has been steadily due to Yuanqi. First, Yuanqi Bank unified the money industry in the province and paid taxes far more than the previous money business. Furthermore, the promotion of the machine wire reel factory added a large amount of taxes. If it can be vigorously promoted in Jiangnan and Fujian raw silk production areas, it will increase by millions of taels of taxes a year. In addition, the mining of Changhua iron ore can also bring tens of thousands of taels of taxes a year."

In Jiangnan, the machine silk reeling factory was launched? Daoguang was moved. If you want to talk about the factories opened by Yuanqi, counting the wire reeling factories is the most worry-free. After all, the machine silk reeling factory recruits female workers. No matter how large the number is, there is no need to worry about any trouble. He pondered a little, and he looked at Wang Ding and said, "Is Yuanqi intending to promote the machine silk reeling factory in Jiangnan?"

"Back to the emperor, Yi Zhizu really has this plan." Wang Ding said as he presented the negotiation conditions issued by the British side.

After a few glances, Daoguang's face immediately became gloomy. After carefully reading, he asked in a deep voice: "Is this what Yi Zhizu brought?"

"Return to the Emperor." Wang Ding said: "In order to return the prisoners of war, Yi Zhizu had negotiated with the British leader twice in private. This was the conditions for the British negotiations he had asked about the conditions for the British negotiations."

In other words, this is not a formal condition proposed by the British, Daoguang's face eased a little, and he said: "Jiang Customs Innovation, this should be a requirement for Yuan Qi to undertake the national debt, right?"

"The emperor is wise." Wang Ding bowed slightly and said, "It's a good thing that I feel is inappropriate."

After looking up, Daoguang looked at the two of them and said, "Tell me what you think."

"The British barbarians have launched a large increase in troops, and the conditions proposed are so harsh. The war in the southeast is inevitable." Wang Ding said calmly: "Issuing national debts can solve the urgent problem."

Daoguang glanced at him and said in a faint tone: "I'm not asking this."

"The Jiang Customs Reform, I personally think it can be tried." Wang Ding said calmly: "One, the complaints of the Yi merchants about Guangdong Customs have been long, and the other is that the Guangdong Customs Customs lost too much tariffs. This is well known. Moreover, the machine silk reeling factory is implemented in Jiangnan, which is beneficial to the country, the people and the merchants."

Zhuo Bingtian also said, "I think this contract drafted by Yuanqi is generally available. For such a large amount, Yuanqi has the strength to take over it. The monthly interest rate is slightly higher than that, but the interest rate placed by the bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank bank

After hearing this, Daoguang had no expression on his face. In fact, he was not interested in the innovation of Jiang Customs, but he was quite moved to let Yi Zhizu serve as the supervisor of Jiang Customs. Yuan Qi launched a machine silk reeling factory in Jiangnan. This was indeed beneficial to the country, the people and businessmen. He killed several goals. In addition, Yi Zhizu took over as the supervisor of Jiang Customs, which was equivalent to transferring Yi Zhizu out of Guangzhou.

Also, Shanghai is a coastal port and was once captured by the British fleet. Yi Zhizu took over as the supervisor of Jiang Customs. He could justify him to lead the Yuanqi regiment to station in Shanghai.

Yi Zhizu, wearing a new third-rank military official robe, followed the eunuch Wang and his grandfather, and couldn't help looking around. However, the prince lowered his head and walked quickly, chatting and explaining some etiquettes that should be paid attention to when meeting. In fact, he also knew that for Yi Zhizu, who didn't even understand the rules of the officialdom, it was impossible to rely on a few words to let the other party figure out those complicated rules and etiquettes. He saw that he was about to reach the Ganqing Palace and reminded him: "In short, kowtow more and talk less, you can't make a big mistake. When kowtowing, it's best to make a sound."

After hearing this, Yi Zhizu smiled and ignored it. Daoguang summoned him to ask in detail about the situation in Guangzhou. How could he speak less? As for kowtow more, he was really not used to kowtowing normally. He had to make a "bang" sound. He was not capable of such technical skills.

Outside the palace gate, Eunuch Wang went in to pay a meeting, but Yi Zhizu was waiting outside the door. The guards at the door were squinting and stalking like wooden stakes. They were tall and tall, and they looked very good. Just as he was thinking about whether these guards would be embroidered pillows, a young general wearing a first-rate military officer robe brought two guards over and said, "Occurrence." The two guards began to search carefully.

Yi Zhizuo cooperated and opened his hands, but he was speechless. When he entered the Meridian Gate, he was searched once. He didn't want to search again when he entered the Ganqing Palace. Is this true for all officials? This may not be too big. Perhaps because of his identity, he glanced at the first-rank general who looked at him in his twenties and wondered what his identity was.

The young general seemed to know his thoughts. After searching the two guards, he chuckled and said, "I am Renshou, the minister of the Inner Yellow Banner Guard. His responsibilities are here, Lord Yi is here."

Yi Zhizu nodded, but said nothing. Seeing him standing like a wooden man, a guard reminded him: "This is Prince Rui, and he has not seen him yet."

Prince Yi was stunned. No wonder he was so young. He didn't know that the ministers in the commander's guards were all relatives and nobles, so he hurriedly asked to give a big gift. But the prince quickly came over and said, "The emperor's words, Xuan Yi was attentive to meet him."

Renshou smiled and said, "No need to greet you, I'll bring Lord Yi in."

Yi Zhizu then realized that the minister who was in charge of the guards led in. He hurriedly followed the gate of the Ganqing Palace. After entering the gate, he suddenly remembered that the name Renshou was familiar, and it seemed that he was one of the eight auxiliary ministers appointed by Xianfeng when he died.

Renshou said as he walked: "Mr. Yi is the first time to face the saint. Don't be too nervous. The emperor is kind and not too arrogant. He will not blame him for not being too out of order."

"Prince Xie Rui's advice." Yi Zhizu said with a smile, "I was not very nervous at first, but I became a little nervous when I entered the palace gate."

Hearing this, Renshou smiled and said, "The power of heaven is not against Yan's feet. One thought arises, the world is close to the end, and one thought is close to the end, and one thought is close to the end of the world. Life, death, honor and disgrace are all in the mind of the emperor. How many people are not nervous?"

With the power of heaven, how many people can be afraid? Yi Zhizu nodded without saying a word. He was indeed quite nervous. Daoguang was already wary of Yuan Qi. If a saint is not good, it is very likely to bring a catastrophe to Yuan Qi and a killing disaster to him and Yuan Qi and his major shareholders. How can he calm down?

However, the more nervous he is, the more likely he is to leak. Yi Zhizu secretly warned himself, and at the same time took a deep breath, calmed himself as much as possible, entered the hall, and as he came to the west warmhouse, Renshou stood at the door and signaled him to go in.

Hearing the voice inside vaguely, Yi Zhizu walked in calmly and glanced inside quickly. Daoguang, who was sitting cross-legged on the kang in a dragon robe, was the most conspicuous. After a glance, he quickly withdrew his gaze. Although he only glanced, he could see Daoguang's appearance clearly. One word, thin, skinny, just like a person who had been taking drugs for a long time. Is Daoguang sucking crows?

This thought flashed by, and he quickly retracted his mind, knelt down on the felt, and said loudly: "I am content, please respectfully ask the Holy One." After a moment of pause, he got up and walked to Daoguang's kang, and knelt down on a white felt blanket.

After a moment of quietness, I heard Daoguang's deep voice, "Did the nine points proposed by Yingyi have reported to Qishan?"

Yi Zhizu didn't expect that the first question Daoguang asked was actually this, and immediately replied: "Return to the emperor, Weichen has already reported to Qi Zhongtang truthfully when he returned to Humen."

After hearing this, Daoguang immediately understood that Qi Shan put Yi Jingsui on the negotiation conditions of Yingyi to test his reaction. After pondering for a moment, he asked: "What do you think about the points proposed by Yingyi?"

During the Q&A, Yi Zhizu had calmed down and immediately said, "Return to the emperor, I think the first three points are absolutely impossible, but the last six points can be considered."

The last six points proposed by the British side are at the trading port, where outsiders have freedom of residence and movement, freedom of family, freedom of religious belief, and allow the construction of churches. Officials from both countries are equal, and freedom of opening banks, factories, and schools are established, etc. None of them can be tolerated by Daoguang. After hearing this, he glanced at Wang Ding and the others and said, "How should we consider the last six points?"
Chapter completed!