Rehe Palace is one hundred and eighty miles away from Beijing.
This palace is the Chengde Summer Resort, the summer palace of the Manchu emperors.
Xianfeng spent the summer here, and the center was moved here.
Xianfeng had already received the memorial that Senior had hidden the remnants of the Heaven and Earth Society, and had also received the news that Senior had died of illness. He had also received the memorial from Ye Mingchen proposing that Li Zhen should serve as the governor of Guangdong and concurrently as the admiral. Xianfeng looked at the three-point memorial in his hand, and his heart was wavering. , I feel a little undecided.
Xianfeng was angry at the fact that Qiling harbored the remnants of the Heaven and Earth Society, but he also knew that Qiling made an unintentional mistake. The most important thing was that Qiling had died of illness, so Xianfeng did not intend to pursue the responsibility.
But Ye Mingchen's memorial made it difficult for Xianfeng to handle it.
Li Zhen was only in his early twenties and already served as an admiral. If he served as governor of Guangdong again, he would have all the military and political power in Guangzhou in his hands.
When such a situation occurred, Xianfeng felt a little worried.
Xianfeng threw the folder on the desk, stretched out his hand to rub his temples, squinted his eyes slightly, and said, "Han Laiyu, why do you think Li Zhen is so tolerant?"
Han Laiyu stood aside and did not interrupt.
Xianfeng continued: "When Li Zhen arrived in Shanghai, he defeated the Xiaodao Hui and then defeated the foreigners in a row, causing an uproar. After arriving in Guangzhou, Li Zhen defeated the foreigners with a magic weapon descending from the sky, and he also fought fiercely with senior citizens. Moreover, I have used the Tiandihui incident to overthrow the senior citizen. If I continue, I am afraid that I will be overthrown in the future."
A flash of horror flashed in Han Laiyu's eyes, but he said with a smile: "Li Zhen was promoted by the emperor. If the emperor asked him to live, he would live; if the emperor asked him to die, he would die. No matter how powerful Li Zhen is, he is always fed by the emperor. Dog, as long as the emperor ties Li Zhen with a rope, he can only serve the emperor."
Xianfeng said: "What you said makes sense. He is a dog I raised that can bite people." After a pause, Xianfeng said again: "Ye Mingchen submitted a memorial to Li Zhen as governor of Guangdong. What do you think?"
Han Laiyu did not answer directly, but said: "Li Zhen, who was promoted by the emperor, doesn't know Li Zhen yet?"
Xianfeng said in a deep voice: "I know Li Zhen is loyal, but I still don't worry. There must be a rope to tie Li Zhen. Han Laiyu, you have a bright mind. Tell me about tying Li Zhen's neck."
Han Laiyu said: "Li Zhen's parents died early, so we can't transfer them to Beijing, but..."
Xianfeng hummed, his eyes full of expectation.
Han Laiyu's eyes lit up and he said, "Your Majesty, I have thought of a way."
Xianfeng was overjoyed and said: "What can I do?"
Han Laiyu said with a smile: "I remember that the emperor asked Zhilan to go to Shanghai to stay with Li Zhen. Now Zhilan has gone to Guangzhou and is with Li Zhen. Zhilan is a girl from Guiliang's family. If Zhilan is If Lan marries Li Zhen, doesn't it mean that Li Zhen is tied up? As long as Miss Zhilan is around, Li Zhen will definitely be loyal."
"Okay, good strategy."
Xianfeng repeatedly touched his palms and said, "I have even forgotten about Zhilan. There is a way."
Han Laiyu said: "The emperor has many things to do every day and is busy with political affairs. It is impossible to keep everything in mind."
Xianfeng waved his hand and said: "Find Guiliang and I will discuss this matter with him."
"The slave obeys the order."
Han Laiyu hunched his back and stepped back step by step. He turned around and walked out of the door. He stood up straight and the expression on his face recovered. He became the aloof Manager Han. Han Laiyu understood that he was just asking Guiliang to discuss marriage. At the next level, Guiliang had no choice but to comply with the emperor's decision.
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Russell, Bao Ling and others were released on the same day after arriving in Beijing.
When the news reached Guangzhou, Li Zhen approached Wei Yuan and asked Wei Yuan to organize people to write the article. Li Zhen's reason was euphemistically called to awaken more people with lofty ideals to see clearly the true face of foreigners, but the side purpose was to further deepen the story through this incident. To weaken the influence of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, as long as one thing is accumulated, a qualitative change will definitely occur.
With Uncle Wei in charge of Guangzhou Daily, the situation is very different.
In particular, Wei Yuan's sharp words and sophisticated writing attracted the attention of countless people.
The release of Russell and others caused a stir in Guangzhou.
During this period, Li Zhen got to know more about Dai Yuanhua, Sister Alice, and Gu Lina. Dai Yuanhua's arsenal became regular and continued to produce guns and ammunition for Li Zhen. Sister Alice's underwear and perfume shops were also sold. It opened and started to make profits. Gulina had frequent contacts with Guangzhou businessmen and constantly expanded business channels.
After mid-September, Guangzhou began to rain continuously.
In the study, Li Zhen listened to the sound of rain outside and felt inexplicably irritable. Li Zhen liked rain because it felt very peaceful when it rained, and his heart felt peaceful. However, the continuous pouring rain was no longer a pleasure, but made Li Zhen Zhen Zhen was worried, and Li Zhen had already sent an order to the officials below, asking officials in each county to pay attention to the situation to avoid flooding.
"Tap, step,."
There was a sound of footsteps, and Liu Taiping walked in holding an umbrella.
Liu Taiping put his umbrella outside the door, walked into the study, and said seriously: "Sir, it has been raining heavily for seven consecutive days in Guangzhou, and news of floods have come from various counties. The situation is not good. If this continues, I am afraid it will... Cause catastrophe."
Li Zhen sighed and said: "Sir, I have already issued an order for officials everywhere to pay attention and do their best to obey fate. All we can do now is wait, hoping to stop it as soon as possible."
"Wow, wow, wow,,."
The rain outside the study suddenly became violent. Just a moment ago, it was a violent storm, but now it turned into large raindrops and poured down. The yard was soon filled with water.
Li Zhen sighed and said: "Sir, it seems that the situation is not optimistic."
Liu Taiping said: "To be honest with you, I have visited some people in the city who can observe the sky. They speculated that such heavy rain may continue for five or six days. If it rains for five or six days in a row, Guangzhou will become a water city."
"Commander, it's not good."
Huang Shihai quickly ran to the door wearing a raincoat, took off his raincoat and bamboo hat, shook off the raindrops on his body, walked into the study, and said loudly: "I just received news that some people's houses in the city were flooded by rain. As the rainwater continues to erode, I'm afraid the city of Guangzhou will be in chaos."
Liu Taiping asked: "How many places have houses been washed away?"
Huang Shihai said: "There are only three places for now, but according to the current heavy rain, there will definitely be more. Marshal, you have just taken office as the governor of Guangzhou. If you don't handle things well this time, it will be detrimental to the Marshal."
Li Zhen stood up abruptly and said, "Don't care about other things, save people first."
After a pause, Li Zhen looked at Liu Taiping and said seriously: "Sir, you and your brother-in-law are responsible for controlling food prices, preparing food for the people, etc. I will lead the army to rescue people." After that, Afterwards, Li Zhen quickly put on his raincoat and bamboo hat and ran out as fast as he could.
Huang Shihai followed, and the two quickly disappeared from Liu Taiping's sight.
ps: Second update; this is a scheduled chapter, people are on the train, call it a day.
