Chapter six hundred and eighty eighth
From the doctor to the less-affiliated Nanyuan, there were more than 100 officials missing from the ninth-rank Zhuangtou. Among them, Guangyuan Cheng had four members and deputy Yuan had seven members. However, Han Xiufeng did not recommend the six translators including Lin Qingyuan because the court had other appointments to them.
When negotiating with Western Barbarians, you cannot be without a translation, and you cannot easily believe in the beasts who forget their ancestors brought by Western Barbarians from Guangdong. Therefore, these six "Tongyi talents" have become particularly popular. The Military Affairs Office wants it, the Ministry of Rites, and the Lifan Academy want it!
Lin Qingyuan and Wang Agui transformed themselves into the cabinet secretary, and used the cabinet secretary as the Chinese official in the military prescription strategy library. They still live in the bookstore in Dazhiqiao Hutong. They go to the military office of the Old Summer Palace like "little military machine". The head of the military machine Zhang Jing Cao Yuying used to be their Shangguan, but now they are still their Shangguan.
Zhang Deyu was not only familiar with foreign languages, but also had good writing skills. He was promoted to the Ministry of Rites. Li Weichang was transferred to the head of the Lifan Courtyard. The two of them also lived in bookshops and went to the Old Summer Palace every day. However, they went to the Military Affairs Office, but the Ministry of Rites. Everything was sent by Wen Xiang, the Minister of Rites.
Chen George had long changed his name to Chen Bangzhi. Because he spoke the best foreign language, he was the smartest. He had rebelled with Liu Lichuan and other rebellions. Later, Xu Erjia, who had been to Japan with Miyi's military ships, was promoted to the head of the Lifan Academy and sent to Tianjin to serve as Minister Guorui and the governor of Zhili under the command of Tan Tingxiang.
They have been in the bookstore for so many years and have been living in a quiet place. No one in the officials of various departments and institutes recognizes them, and have never even heard of them. Many people feel that they suddenly popped out of a crack in the rock.
Because of this, Chen Bangzhi did not get along well with his colleagues. After two days of visiting the Ministry of Rites, he regretted being the Minister of State. Like Li Weichang, he missed his days of working in the "Houyi Hall".
Wen Xiang was so busy that he couldn't care whether the two old subordinates were living in the Ministry of Rites. As soon as he finished the errands assigned by the emperor, he rushed to the duty room and asked: "When the British passed by Shanghai, the original text of the note submitted to He Guiqing, the governor of Liangjiang, was there any translation?"
Chen Bangzhi did not dare to neglect, so he hurriedly found the translated notes and said respectfully: "Sir, the translation has been completed long ago. I wanted to send it to you, but I don't know where you are."
"You guys are busy with yours, I'll take a look first."
"The lower official obeys the order."
All the sub-colons were controlled by the governors of Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Zhejiang, Liangjiang and Zhili. All the people sent out before became local officials who also inquire about the foreign affairs. The postal routes were not as smooth as before. For more than a month, they had not collected foreign newspapers sent from all over the country, so there were not many things to translate. Chen Bangzhi and Li Weichang really had nothing to do, so they simply bowed and quit the duty room.
Wen Xiang sat down and read the translated note and found that the foreigners were still asking the previous conditions. The only difference was that they added an additional compensation, requiring the court to pay two million taels of silver!
Thinking that they had caused trouble without reason, sent troops to capture Guangzhou, killed so many soldiers and civilians, and in turn, they had to pay them money for money, Wen Xiang felt so nervous that he sat down for a while before looking up and said, "Bangzhi, Weichang, come in."
Chen Bangzhi knew he was in a bad mood, so he walked in and said carefully while making tea: "Sir, drink a sip of water to relieve your breath."
"I'll drink tea later, I'll ask you something."
"Just ask, as long as the official knows, I will never dare to say anything false."
"I remember that the Military Affairs Office also had the original copy of the British note. Do you know if Cao Yuying asked Lin Qingyuan and the others to translate it? Did Peng Zhongtang and Bai Zhongtang report it according to the truth?"
"I really don't know this. Sir, why don't I ask them for you when Lin Qingyuan and the others get off work."
"You can't inquire about the Military Affairs Office, it will cause you to lose your head." Wen Xiang pondered.
How could Chen Bangzhi not hear what he meant? He hurriedly said: "I just said it casually, let alone Qingyuan and the others are not outsiders."
"This is almost the same. Remember it clearly. This is the Ministry of Rites's office, not a bookstore. And you are now working in the Ministry of Rites and are no longer a bookstore translator. You must be cautious in your every word and action in the future."
"The official understands, please give me some advice."
Wen Xiang nodded slightly, thought about it and asked again: "Is there any news about Lord Han? Do you know what he is busy with these few days?"
Before Chen Bangzhi could speak, Li Weichang subconsciously glanced outside. Seeing that there was no one outside, he said worriedly: "A few afternoon, Lao Yu and Xiaoshandong went back and packed up all the things they should pack. Before leaving, he said he would go to take over Mr. He Ren's family."
Wen Xiang has been to Chongqing Guild Hall a lot before, and has some impression of Ren He. He thought about it and asked again: "Where to go?"
"I've taken Nanyuan! I don't know anything. Lord Han not only recommended Master Ren as the head of the Nanyuan Committee, but also recommended Zhuzi and Tiesuo as Nanyuan Yuancheng. That was a sixth-rank official! Old Yu was naturally happy, but it would be troublesome if he was targeted by someone with ulterior motives." Li Weichang paused and continued: "I heard that Lord Han not only recommended Zhuzi Tiesuo, but also planned an errand for Master Ronglu and Master Yongxiang in Nanyuan, and even transferred all the old subordinates of the Heying such as Wang Hedong to Nanyuan."
"He has gone to Nanyuan, which is almost like sitting on a cold bench. Who would not be able to get along with him?" Wenxiang took a sip of tea and murmured: "Besides, it is the emperor's will to transfer Heying to Nanyuan to expel the privately reclaimed people and rectify the river channel Haizi."
"It would be great if it was just like this, but there were so many people who were transferred to Nanyuan. Where were the original civil and military officials in Nanyuan?" Li Weichang asked back, and then said: "It is said that in order to drive away the original people, Lord Han was asking Mr. Wang Qianli, Wan Shixuan and Temulun to work with the Shenzheng Department to investigate and deal with the original civil and military officials in Nanyuan. He even did not let go of the officials who had been resigned for several years. He came here to get people this morning."
"Everyone arrested the summer palace!" Wen Xiang was shocked.
"Not only came to the Xia Palace to arrest him, but also from Xiyuan, Jingshan and the Forbidden City, I know that Guangchu Department, Accounting Department, and the official rent warehouse have arrested more than a dozen of them in the past few days. There are also Baoyi and the chief doctors, all of whom are locked up in Nanyuan, and their families are asked to redeem the money, saying that if they don't take the money, they will hand it over to the Ministry of Justice."
"Is it all a bad job in Nanyuan?"
"It's all." Li Weichang thought for a while and said with a bitter face: "Others don't know, you know best. Lord, the officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are all in rotation, and some officials can only be held for one year, so they quickly find ways to change jobs when they are about to step down. In other words, nine of the Ministry of Internal Affairs have worked in Nanyuan. You said that Lord Han would be fine if he continues to investigate like this!"
Wen Xiang realized that Han Xiufeng was raising funds for training, so he was silent for a moment and asked again: "Why didn't I hear any news about such a big thing?"
"I heard that at the beginning, a doctor ran to Lord Wencai to file a grievance, and even wrote a memorial to Lord Han to collect crimes and rush to prison. As a result, the next afternoon, the doctor who shouted for justice was a copy by the Censor Meng Chuanjin, and was dismissed from office and questioned, and handed over to the Ministry of Justice forum for investigation."
Meng Chuanjin is Sushun's person, and the doctor who fell into Sushun's hands would never have good fruits. Wen Xiang suddenly reacted and couldn't help but sigh: "It's not that they dare not provoke Lord Han, but they dare not jump around in front of Sushun."
"So now the various offices of the Interior Government are in panic and hate Lord Han to the core. They are worried that they will be targeted by Lord Sushun and dare not cause trouble. They can only eat berberine in a mute way and swallow it in their stomachs. They can only dare to be angry but not speak out."
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Wen Xiang didn't expect things to turn out like this. After pondering for a long time, he looked up and said, "Go and see if Lord Chongshi is here. If you are here, please come here."
"Okay, please go now."
It was a coincidence that Chongshi happened to be on duty at the Old Summer Palace today, and the two guest rooms were not far away, so he walked over in a short while.
Wen Xiang asked him to sit down, and said helplessly that Han Xiufeng made the Interior Office angry and resentful: "Brother Dishan, you said that Zhixing would be fine if he continued like this. He was going to offend half of the civil servants in Beijing!"
The Ministry of Internal Affairs is definitely the largest yamen in the court, and the establishment is similar to the six ministries, and the whole is a "little foreign court"!
For example, the Guangchu Department, which is the financial cashier of the shopkeeper and the treasury, and the Accounting Department, which is in charge of the Huangzhuang, are like a small department of households; the chief etiquette department, Zhongzheng Hall, and Shengping Office are somewhat like the Ministry of Rites; the affairs under the Duyu Department, Wubei Academy and other yamen are similar to those in the Ministry of War;
The Department of Justice is similar to the Department of Justice. The Department of Construction, Department of Construction, Department of Construction, Department of Engineering, Department of Engineering and other yamen is equivalent to a small work department. In addition, there are Qingfeng Department of Cattle and Sheep, Shangsiyuan, and nearly 100 yamen, including the Royal Bird Gun, Inner Gun, and Eagle and Harrier.
There were more than 20,000 civil servants in the Qing Dynasty, and about 7,000 civil servants in various yamen in Beijing, of which more than 3,000 were accounted for. Therefore, Wenxiang was not an exaggeration. Han Xiufeng made the internal affairs office uneasy, and he really offended half of the civil servants in Beijing.
Chonghou only heard some rumors before, but he didn't expect Han Xiufeng to make such a big fuss. He asked with a frown, "Has he discussed with Sushun in advance, or did Sushun accidentally find that this was an opportunity to interfere in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, so he instructed Meng Chuanjin to help him get rid of the Qingfengsi doctor who was crying for justice?"
"It's over, and these are no longer important."
"Yes, he's done this, no matter how he explains it, it's useless."
"Brother Dishan, what I am worried about is not that he will be retaliated by the people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the future, but that he is so cautious and just stabbed such a big hornet's nest without leaving any way out for himself. It can be seen... it can be seen..."
Before Wen Xiang finished speaking, Chongshi said solemnly: "It shows how worried he is about Tianjin, which shows that he is planning the worst and worst!"
Wen Xiang didn't want to go around the circle and asked bluntly: "Brother Dishan, if you really get to that point, where should you and me go?"
Chapter completed!