This time, Wan Haicheng came to give Qin Zheng official uniforms and taught him the ceremony. He thought that he had asked for a good match just like other officials who asked for official positions, but he knew that Qin Zheng would not take his own tricks at all. It turned out that Wan Haicheng only planned to ask for 5,000 taels of silver, but he heard that Qin Zheng was unpleasant to speak, so he doubled it to 10,000 taels, and threatened Qin Zheng that he would not get the official uniforms without paying money.

Wan Haicheng thought that if he said this, Qin Zheng would beg him in fear and trepidate, and honestly presented the money. He knew that Qin Zheng not only didn't care whether he wanted the official uniform, but also retorted himself. After ate this, Wan Haicheng couldn't help but vent his anger and stood up suddenly, waved his hand and said, "Let's go, our family will be waiting for Lord Qin in the palace tomorrow. See if Lord Qin can enter the palace." As he said that, he walked out without looking back. The four little eunuchs hurriedly followed Wan Haicheng, muttering "I really have no eyes" in his mouth, "I have never seen such a person before", "I have never seen the world", etc.

Just as Wan Haicheng walked out of the door of the lobby, he saw a person hurried towards him, stopped Wan Haicheng and said, "Old Master Wan, stay, stay, have something to say, and have something to say."

The person coming was Li Jingfang. It turned out that Qin Zheng and Wan Haicheng were arguing, but the post officials who were serving outside heard it. His official position was low and of course he did not dare to go in to mediate, so he hurried to find Li Jingfang to persuade him.

After hearing the post official's report, Li Jingfang was shocked. He never expected to go to a business in this place, so he did not dare to neglect it and rushed over. It happened that Wan Haicheng was about to leave the inn, so Li Jingfang hurriedly stopped Wan Haicheng.

Wan Haicheng naturally knew Li Jingfang, and suddenly became even more excited. He deliberately shouted: "Young Master, our family has been a poor person in the palace for more than ten years. He has held Longting, held Yuzhu, served the Lao Buddha, and met the princes. The governor of the central hall has never seen one hundred or eighty. He has never seen such a person who does not understand the rules. What are the overseas Chinese? The ground under my feet is three feet higher than the roof of their house! What are they? The overseas barbarians are overseas barbarians and cannot be put on the table. Even this person wants to be an official in our Qing Dynasty. Don't even think about it."

Li Jingfang couldn't help but complain. Of course, he knew that overseas Chinese were not good at slaughtering, and he didn't even fear foreigners, so he didn't take the Qing court seriously. He originally planned to tell Wan Haicheng about his interests and make Wan Haicheng feel inferior, but he didn't expect that Wan Haicheng would definitely not do this when he said this.

Sure enough, Qin Zheng started to curse in the room and said, "You are a dead eunuch and a dead slave. You can be the home of the Qing Dynasty. Let me tell you the truth. Even if you put your clothes here today, I don't want them anymore. I feel dirty and disgusting as the clothes you brought. If you don't agree, just take them back to see the queen mother and say "

When Wan Haicheng heard this, he couldn't help but tremble all over and said, "Young Master, it's not our family to refute your face. We can't serve this kind of thing. Now we go back to the palace to meet the queen mother and say, don't stop me."

Li Jingfang smiled bitterly, knowing that he was helpless. After all, both sides had said this step and it was irreversible. However, Li Jingfang knew very well that the final result was that overseas Chinese might not have any problems, but Wan Haicheng would definitely not be able to get better, and he might even give up his life.

After Wan Haicheng and others left, Li Jing said to Qin Zheng: "Political Commissar Qin, how did he get this far?"

Qin Zheng frowned and said, "Young Master, I want to ask you. We dare not say that we have made a new contribution to the Qing Dynasty, but it is not an exaggeration to say that we have turned the tide. This contribution is not an exaggeration to be granted the title of Shandong Governor, and we also agreed to kneel down to the court, which is considered to be the ultimate righteousness. But what does the court mean? I sent a eunuch to send me official uniforms and asked me to ask me for 10,000 taels of silver? Is this giving us a look? Or are we looking down on us and asking us to be angry with this villain. If this is the case, it would be fine if this Shandong Governor didn't want it. We will no longer go back to Beijing tomorrow."

Li Jingfang was shocked when he heard this. He also heard it. Perhaps Qin Zheng thought that the court deliberately arranged for the humiliation of overseas Chinese, so he hurriedly said, "Political Commissar Qin, you must not act recklessly. This is the private blackmail of these slaughtered people, and it is definitely not the instruction of the court. It is too late for the court to value the nobles? How could he look down on the nobles? No matter what, you cannot leave Xi'an. I can guarantee that the court will give the nobles an explanation after finding out the true appearance."

In fact, Qin Zheng was not really going to leave, but just deliberately took advantage of the issue. Therefore, after listening to Li Jingfang's words, he borrowed the ladder to go down the wall and said, "Da Gongjie, even if you say that, I'm still staying in Xi'an for a day because of your face. If the court cannot give us a satisfactory explanation tomorrow, then we will never stay in Xi'an again."

Although he only got a one-day buffer period, he finally stabilized the overseas Chinese for the time being. Therefore, Li Jingfang was a little relieved. He did not dare to delay any more and hurriedly said goodbye to Qin Zheng and prepared to find Prince Qing. Before leaving the inn, he also made a special trip to call the post office official and told him that if there were any abnormal movements in overseas Chinese, he would immediately go to Prince Qing's mansion to find him.

After Li Jingfang left, the others immediately surrounded him and Liu Hongjie said, "Political Commissar, is it okay to do this? We can't break up with the Qing court yet."

Zhang Jianping said: "What's wrong with it? It's clear that he asked us for money first. We can't break up with the Qing court. Would we just let them blackmail?"

Liu Hongjie said: "I don't mean that, but the dead eunuch will definitely not tell the truth after he returns. He will definitely put all the blame on us. In this way, we can't explain it clearly even if we have the right."

Qin Zheng said, "Don't worry, I know it. I was just thinking about it. I was just trying to find an opportunity to show our tough attitude to the Qing court and let the Qing court know that although we accepted the Qing court's constituency and bowed to the Qing court, don't think we are really subordinates of the Qing court. If we really mess with us, the consequences will be very serious. In this way, it will be much easier for us to deal with the Qing court in the future, but we did not expect that the Qing court would take the initiative to deliver the opportunity to the door.

It is normal for eunuchs to ask for bribes, but this is a hidden rule after all, and cannot be said on the surface. Therefore, we are absolutely rational, and of course we cannot miss this good opportunity. And there is no need to worry that eunuch goes back to lie. Cixi is a very smart person, and this kind of lie cannot deceive her. Moreover, although we cannot break up with the Qing court, the Qing court is even more ineligible to break up with us. As long as we show a stance that will completely break up, the Qing court will have to surrender in the end."

Deng Yongjian said: "Political Commissar, what you said is indeed reasonable. From common sense, the Qing court did only surrender, but the Qing court was not a modern country, but a feudal autocratic dynasty. The major policies of the country often depend on the rulers' thoughts. From this perspective, we cannot put too much confidence in Cixi. Although Cixi was indeed a shrewd ruler, she was also a person after all. She lost her mind and acted willfully. Before that, Cixi lost her mind and was willful once, which directly led to the change of the Gengzi Kingdom. If we forced her too hard, it would be difficult to guarantee that our Lady Buddha would not lose her mind again."

Qin Zheng smiled and said, "Comrade Yongjian, you are indeed very comprehensive, but you should also think about what the consequences of Cixi's willfulness this time were, that is, the Qing court fled to Xi'an. In this case, Cixi had any more willful capital. Moreover, Cixi was a shrewd ruler after all, and at this time, she would never dare to be willful."

At this time, Jiang Han said: "Political Commissar, what will happen to that eunuch in the end? Will Empress Dowager Cixi treat him as a scapegoat?"

Liu Hongjie said: "That's for sure. I guess the final result will be Cixi killing the eunuch and then pushing all the blame on the eunuch."

Jiang Han said: "Although the eunuch's behavior of asking for bribes is wrong, it is not a death sentence."

Qin Zheng laughed and said, "What? Comrade Xiaojiang's sympathy is flooded? There is no need to sympathize with the eunuch at all. Think about what he dared to ask for bribes to us, what kind of face he would have to treat other officials, and what would the consequences of those who offended him? So even if he was a scapegoat for Cixi, he deserved it. Besides, we didn't kill him."

Deng Yongjian also said: "Yes, we don't care about the eunuchs when the Qing court dealt with. We'll wait for tomorrow to watch the show."

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When Li Jingfang rushed to Prince Qing's mansion, Prince Qing had already fallen asleep. The manager asked Li Jingfang to come back soon. However, Li Jingfang did not dare to delay and insisted on meeting Prince Qing and severely warned the manager that if something happened to overseas Chinese, Prince Qing must wake him up to see him, otherwise even Prince Qing would not be able to bear the consequences. After hearing this, the manager did not dare to insist, so he had to wake up Prince Qing.

Prince Qing was about to get angry when he was woken up from his sleep, but when he heard that something happened to a Chinese overseas, Prince Qing couldn't help but feel shocked. He suddenly lost all sleepiness. He hurriedly got up and put on his clothes and came to the front hall to see Li Jingfang.

After hearing Li Jingfang talk about what happened, Prince Qing couldn't help but be so scared that his face was pale. Li Hongzhang had the foresight and knew that this job was not easy. Fortunately, he brought Li Jingfang to Xi'an. Otherwise, he might not know if overseas Chinese left Xi'an. However, Prince Qing didn't know what to do at this time, so he had to ask Li Jingfang, "Boxing, what should we do now?"

On the way to Prince Qing’s mansion, Li Jingfang had already thought of a response plan and said: "Prince, we should do a two-pronged approach now. We should go to the palace to inquire about the situation and see if Eunuch Wan has informed the Empress Dowager. At the same time, we immediately send someone to inform Rong Zhongtang and Wang Zhongtang of the matter, so that they can come to the palace to meet us. If the Empress Dowager still doesn’t know about this, it will be easier to deal with. We will immediately go to see the Chinese overseas. Even if Wan Haicheng is forced to kowtow to the Chinese overseas, they will make the Chinese overseas change their minds. If the Empress Dowager has already learned about this, then we will immediately ask for the Empress Dowager and convince the Empress Dowager no matter what, we must not have a bad relationship with the Chinese overseas."
Chapter completed!