Chapter 78: School

Yin'an Hall is magnificent, and the incense burner produces smoke.

Behind the yellow curtain on the east side, Ye Zhao was authentically sipping tea and listening to Harric.

Next to Harric, sitting a middle-aged scholar next to half of his butt, with a green cloth robe, elegant face and a long beard, which made him look even more distinctive.

The literati was a guru who had just joined Harrich's sect. He was called Yu Quyuan. He was a Jinshi in the 30th year of Daoguang, a Hanlin editor, and served as the Jiangxi government. Soon after, he was dismissed from office by "split the test questions and the classics". Then the Guangdong army entered Jiangxi, and Yu Quyuan simply joined Harrich's tent.

However, Harrich had a very sensitive political sense, and gradually felt that the General King strictly distinguished the commander-in-chief from local officials, that is, the civil affairs officers were not involved in military affairs, and the military officers were not involved in local affairs. Taking advantage of the fact that the General King took the ranks of each yamen to the official room and set up a staff department in the army, and all the commanders and staff were all assigned to the General Secretary, he sent the guest who could make some military strategies to the General Secretary. All the other scholars were in the process of revolution. Yu Quyuan was well-educated, and Harrich was also very impressed, so he led him to meet the General King.

Of course, Ye Zhao had heard of his name. He was one of the most influential scholars in the late Qing Dynasty. His disciples were spread all over East Asia, and Zhang Taiyan was his favorite disciple.

However, he would not know his future circumstances. Now he is just a small official who has just been dismissed from office with a chin. In this Yin'an Hall, his hands and feet are obviously unable to let go.

"Prince, Yinfu advocates no faith and no struggle, but it coincides with the prince's true insights." Harric said with a smile. He did his best and said all the good things to Yu Quyuan yesterday.

Ye Zhao smiled and nodded. Yu Quyuan, a representative figure of Puxue. The so-called Puxue studies emphasize research and focus on reality, criticizing Confucian scholars who forget Confucianism's tradition of worrying about the times and saving the world, and empty talk about the country. From a philosophical point of view, it can be said that it is a negation of the negation in the history of the development of Confucianism.

Turning to look at Yu Quyuan, Ye Zhao smiled and said, "Yinfu, I have written a few articles, but I want to ask you Yazhengyi and Yishen to go back."

Yu Quyuan was stunned and hurriedly said, "I dare not, if the grass-roots people can see the prince's affairs, how lucky is it?"

Harichi smiled and said, "Yinfu, the prince really respects you. He fought all over the country, the Rakshasa, the French, and the English. Who was not scared to hear his name? Everyone begged to buy the codes he made. This is not a nonsense. The governor of Hong Kong Island has ordered me to come here, and I pleaded back. You are so good, the prince has not yet written the document, and I am a little jealous!"

Yu Quyuan said repeatedly: "Yes, the grass people have heard a little." This foreigner turned around and bought the rules of the General's Mansion, which had been spread all over the world for a long time.

Ye Zhao smiled and pointed Harric.

Harric bowed and smiled apologized, "I know my mistake." He always knows when to say what, and even when to say this, it seems a lot. It must be just right.

Ye Zhao thought about it for a while and said to Yu Quyuan: "There is a shortage in the ritual room. If Yinfu doesn't like my temple, please feel wronged."

Yu Quyuan hurriedly knelt down: "The grass people thanked the prince, and the grass mustard body was met by the prince. The grass people were ashamed of being so proud of it, so they could only hold grass and tie rings to repay the death!"

Harric smiled slightly in his heart. Who is not proud of being a famous scholar in the world now? Yu Quyuan met our family, which is his luck.

Ye Zhao stood up and helped Yu Quyuan up, which made him even more frightened and didn't know what to do.

In fact, Ye Zhao knew his own affairs. Now his civil officials and generals are gathered, which is no different from a hodgepodge. For example, the Li Xiaocun faction that advocates Western learning, the great scholar Li Jianchen and Zheng Zhen faction, plus the promotion and wealth of Bai Gui, the Qingliu Zhou Jingshan and others, the Empress Dowager Yihaqi and others, Li Hongzhang and others who are looking for ideas in the collision of ideas, etc., are really diverse and colorful.

Although these people are pinched together by themselves now, because of the absolute prestige they have established in recent years, the small regime in Guangzhou has never encountered any real difficulties. However, once this regime has a crisis, it will be terrible and lively.

It’s really time and fate. By chance, if you change to a second person, who can unite these people with different ideas and demands?

To be honest, the Westernization faction has reasons to support themselves, the conservative faction has reasons to support themselves, the promotion has reasons to support themselves, and the Qingliu officials also have reasons to support themselves. In this era, of course, these officials under their command were royalists, but I am afraid that if there were really those revolutionaries who would have contacted themselves, they would have reasons to support themselves.

It’s so much that all the people belong to. Ye Zhao ate tea and flattered himself. In fact, he knows more about his own regime than anyone else. He laughs and laughs at him. Isn’t that a state of mind?

"Prince, the letter you want." Seeing that Harric and the scholar left, Zhu Jiutang hurriedly sent the letter and cleaned up the colorful and exquisite bowls on the coffee table.

Today, Zhu Jiutang is a civil servant on duty.

Ye Zhao looked at her and smiled, "Are you going to quit the wrong way?"

Zhu Jiutang didn't know how to speak. His father was safe and sound. Although he lost the money, he was fine. He could only find a way to raise the money and slowly pay it to others.

Ye Zhao sighed and said, "It's difficult to find a good civil servant, but it's even more difficult to find a good female civil servant. Not to mention, I really can't bear to leave you." Indeed, Zhu Jiutang was careful and cautious, and had a good eye for him. He was simply a natural secretary.

"Mental women, civil women dare not be accused of it." Zhu Jiutang was startled. The "I can't bear to leave you" would be even more abrupt. If I hadn't known the character of the General King, I would have thought he would tease someone. Despite this, my pretty face still couldn't help but feel warm.

"Okay, let's have a guest and host. If you have any problems in the future, you might as well come to me."

"Yes, the folk girl has recorded it!" Zhu Jiutang didn't dare to say much. He thought about it, knelt down and kowtowed three times in a row, with great strength. If it weren't for the thick French carpet of this small world, he would be afraid that his forehead would be broken. "The prince's great kindness will never be forgotten in his life."

The charming and beautiful man in the red uniform, kowtowed and thanked him, which made the man feel quite comfortable. Ye Zhao smiled and said, "Okay, get up, you will always find the lost money. It is a great blessing to not lose someone's life. It will cost someone's life. I really don't know what to do. I can't let the army be incompetent."

Although Zhu Jiutang felt that this matter had nothing to do with the General King, she didn't dare to say it and was not qualified to say it. Even if she wanted to comfort someone, it would have to be an equal status, right?

Ye Zhao stopped talking and opened the letter.

It is the statistics of farmers in Shunde County, the number of tenants, the number of workers entering the city, the land possession situation, etc. From the small to the big, we have a preliminary understanding of the current rural situation.

After looking a few times, Ye Zhao shook his head. Looking at these data is like a quick look. If he doesn't go down to investigate, he will only look at the data, then it will be a blind man touching an elephant. Those who go down to investigate must choose a shrewd and capable official.

Seeing that the General Wang fell into deep thought habitually, Zhu Jiutang quietly withdrew from the Huangman.

...

The county prince’s mansion is in the beast garden, with strange flowers and strange trees.

In the iron fence dozens of feet in a radius, a gray elephant was walking with her head held high and her chest held high.

In front of the fence, Rong'er, who was wearing a blue cheongsam, became even smaller than the giant elephant. She opened her eyes wide, looked at it curiously, reached out, Jixiang hurriedly handed the small water scoop, Rong'er poured the water over and shouted, "You're so dirty!" The elephant rolled up her nose comfortably.

Sitting on the rattan chair, Ye Zhao looked at the scene with a funny look.

This is a gift from the Siam king to the General King, which just arrived yesterday.

"My husband, the Nanman said it can be ridden, right?" Rong'er turned her head and asked curiously.

Ye Zhao smiled and said, "In a few days, we will ride it on the street."

As soon as he heard this, he knew that his husband was fooling him again. Rong'er sighed carefully. When will his husband grow up?

Ye Zhao fiddled with a string of pearls in his hand, each of which was as big as a thumb, crystal clear and transparent as it was, with a total of forty-nine pearls. One pearl was already a rare treasure. When it was strung together forty-nine, it was definitely a rare and priceless treasure.

It is estimated that tens of thousands of pounds will not be a problem when you get auctioned in Europe.

The king of Siam, he really put in his strength.

Nowadays, the king of Siam, Rama IV, Ye Zhao doesn’t know what he is. To be honest, it’s from the movie “Anna and the King”. If it weren’t for this movie, Ye Zhao or Rama IV would never have heard of it.

In the movie, Rama IV is naturally wise and powerful, and cannot be taken seriously. However, since it can be written into the novel by Western writers as positive characters, it is still a very popular novel, which at least shows that Rama IV is open-minded and pragmatic and has engaged in trade with the West.

Now, he clearly regarded himself as the legal representative of the tribute country. The envoy did not go to the capital, but directly sent tributes and gifts to the Guangzhou Zongli Yamen.

In fact, the so-called tribute country is more of a trade relationship. The tribute is paid in the Qing Dynasty. If you want to say that this gift is similar to the tributes understood by later generations, it is a treasure for free.

Rama IV wrote a letter to the Guangzhou General King, who made Ye Zhao understand the current situation of Siam and also signed a trade treaty with Britain. His judicial and tariff autonomy were destroyed just like the Qing Dynasty. Rama IV begged the General King to lead the navy to tour Siam.

I think this is his intention to send a generous gift.

After reading the Xin Ye Zhao, he realized that the current image of Rama IV is completely different from that of the novel. He just encountered the giant ships and cannons of the West. Rama IV is still thinking about how to maintain its original rule, rather than hiring a female British teacher to teach his son Western culture and carry out various changes.

In the East, there is no doubt that only the Qing Dynasty could weaken Britain's influence and control over it.

Ye Zhao shook his head slightly. His domestic affairs were still full of holes, so how could he have time to pay attention to him?
Chapter completed!