Baojian

Chapter 282
"Old Miao, is there anything else worth mentioning about Ma Xinyi?"

Qin Feng looked at Miao Liuzhi with some doubts. Although Ma Xinyi was a big official in the Qing court at that time, his power and reputation in later generations were far inferior to those of Zeng Guofan and Li Hongzhang, not even Zhang Zhidong. superior.

So Qin Feng didn't understand why Miao Liuzhi was so interested in Ma Xinyi's house. If the thief didn't leave empty space, the one in front of him was the real ancestor of the thief. Miao Liuzhi must have his reason for doing so.

Hearing Qin Feng's question, Miao Liuzhi didn't hold back, and said, "Master Qin, you are right, Ma Xinyi's fortune came with the suppression of the Taiping Army..."

In 1853 (the third year of Xianfeng in the Qing Dynasty), when Ma Xinyi was the county magistrate of Hefei, he followed Yuan Jiasan, the imperial envoy, and led troops to suppress the rebellion against the Taiping Army, and broke through Shengjiaqiao, Sanhe Town and other strongholds occupied by the Taiping Army.

Later, Luzhou City was occupied by the Taiping Army, and he recruited brave men for training in order to recover.

Because the Taiping army had just arrived, Ma Xinyi temporarily evaded its attack, and then took advantage of its unpreparedness to set fire to the Taiping army camp at night, defeated the Taiping army, and captured Luzhou.

In the eighth year of Xianfeng in the Qing Dynasty, when Ma Xinyi was appointed as the inspector, Shucheng, Lu'an and other counties fell, and Chen Yucheng led the army to attack Luzhou. Ma Xinyi fought with the Qing army officers and soldiers, and was defeated by the Taiping army.

Luzhou was re-occupied by the Taiping Army.As a result, he was dismissed by the Qing government and retained his post. In the tenth year of Xianfeng in the Qing Dynasty, Yuan Jiasan, the imperial envoy, recommended Ma Xinyi to return to office.

In the first year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty, Ma Xinyi went home to attend the funeral for a hundred days, and then went to the camp to handle military affairs.

After that, Ma Xinyi was promoted all the way. In February of the seventh year of Tongzhi in Qing Dynasty, he served as governor of Zhejiang and Fujian, and in August as governor of Liangjiang and Minister of Commerce.

But looking at Ma Xinyi's family history, he had a constant relationship with the Taiping Army. Until he was stabbed to death, there was still the shadow of the Taiping Army.

"Old Miao, this guy surnamed Ma is very powerful."

Xie Xuan, who was driving, listened with great interest. He used to like listening to books on Jintian Antique Street, but he rarely talked about the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

"Old Miao, what are you talking about?"

Qin Feng, however, did not understand the meaning of Miao Liuzhi. Ma Xinyi had been dead for 30 years. How did he have a fart relationship with him?
"Master Qin, do you know how Ma Xinyi died?" Miao Liuzhi smiled without answering.

"It's none of my business how he died?"

Qin Feng shook his head. If Ma Xinyi could live to this day, maybe Qin Feng would be surprised, but how he died has nothing to do with him.

"Ma Xinyi died at the hands of Cixi!"

Miao Liuzhi's eyes flashed brightly. This secret had been buried in his heart for more than half a century, and it was the first time he had told it to outsiders.

"Cixi? Cixi killed many people back then, so what is there to say about the old lady?"

Qin Feng didn't take Miao Liuzhi's words seriously. Seeing that the car had arrived at Panjiayuan, he waved his hand and said, "Old Miao, let's go to the shop first, and I will give you a 200 million note. You can go and trade with Ma Yuetian tomorrow." .”

"You, okay, don't regret if you don't ask." Miao Liuzhi was almost suffocated internally by Qin Feng, and he wanted to tell this old secret with great difficulty, but Qin Feng still didn't want to listen.

The old man was angry, so he didn't say anything at all. After getting off the car, he went to "Zhenyufang", and talked to the finance manager, who hurried to the bank. Qin Feng copied a few copies of his ID card, so he was idle. down.

"Old Miao, you haven't finished your story yet. Ladies of Cixi, why did you kill Ma Xinyi?"

Qin Feng had forgotten about that, but Xie Xuan, who likes to listen to stories, remembered it in his heart. After they made a pot of tea on the second floor, he brought up this topic again.

"Some people don't want to listen..." Miao Liuzhi glanced at Qin Feng, and said angrily: "The old man is still unwilling to talk."

"Old Miao, don't provoke me, I'm really not interested in this episode..." Qin Feng smiled and poured a cup of tea for Miao Liuzhi, and said, "It happened more than 100 years ago, what does it have to do with us?"

Qin Feng is now waiting for the financial affairs to handle the money, and tomorrow he and Xie Xuan will split up.

Except for the 240 million paid out as dividends and the 200 million purchased for the courtyard house, the remaining 700 million must be taken out.

You must know that there is a part of Fang Yazhi's payment for the goods in the money. When such a large sum of money is involved, Qin Feng is a little absent-minded about other things.

"Master Qin, let alone, it really has something to do with us."

Miao Liuzhi also saw that Qin Feng's mind was not on this, so he stopped fighting, and said directly: "Ma Xinyi once received a secret order from Cixi, asking him to investigate the treasures of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom."

"Treasure from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom?"

Hearing the last few words of Miao Liuzhi's words, Qin Feng, who was still absent-minded at first, widened his eyes suddenly, and said, "Old Miao, is it true or not? I know where it is, is it in Ma Xinyi's hands?"

The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was a leading group composed of Hong Xiuquan, Yang Xiuqing, Xiao Chaogui, Feng Yunshan, Wei Changhui, and Shi Dakai launched an armed confrontation against the Manchu Qing court in Jintian Village, Guangxi. It was later established as the "Taiping Heavenly Kingdom" and captured Jinling in 1853, known as Tianjing. .

At that time, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom swept almost half of China, causing Aixinjueluo to become unstable. Although it failed in the end, the eight-year war allowed the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom to plunder huge wealth.

You must know that almost all the richest provinces in the country were captured by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom at that time, and they also made their own currency to trade with foreign countries and established a holy treasury for storing treasures.

But after the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom fell apart, the treasures in the holy treasury disappeared strangely. No matter how the Qing court interrogated and captured the important officials of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, they could not find out the whereabouts of those treasures.

In later generations, even the copper coins circulating in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom are very rare, so they are very rare. It can be said that everything about the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is a mystery, and those treasures are even more mysteries within the mystery.

"I don't know if it's in Ma Xinyi's hands or not." Miao Liuzhi shook his head and said, "But I believe that Ma Xinyi knew about those treasures..."

"Then why haven't we heard any news about the treasures of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in the past 100 years?"

Qin Feng took a deep breath, what Miao Liuzhi said was really shocking, whoever can get those treasures, can be said to be rich immediately.

"We have to start from the beginning, you can't eat hot tofu if you are impatient..." Seeing Qin Feng's anxious look, Miao Liuzhi laughed, but he still told the whole thing.

It turned out that during the war against the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom at that time, Zeng Guofan's Hunan Army Group rapidly expanded and expanded, and its military strength was second to none in the country, which also made the Qing court feel restless.

Empress Dowager Cixi promoted Ma Xinyi with the intention of restricting Zeng Guofan.

But the Empress Dowager Cixi never expected that Ma Xinyi, on the surface, was respectful to the court, but in fact had a very good personal relationship with Zeng Guofan, and his military group showed signs of merging with the Hunan Army.

In the Qing Dynasty, only tens of thousands of people entered the customs. Ever since they entered the country, they have been on guard against and restricting the Han people. After Cixi received the secret report, she immediately became murderous.

In front of Jiangshan Sheji, any treasure is naturally not important.

Later, the so-called stabbing case was actually done by Cixi in order to prevent Ma Xinyi and Zeng Guofan from joining forces. While cutting off Zeng Guofan's arm, he also warned the other party.

"Old Miao, what does this have to do with the treasures of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom?"

After listening for a long time, Qin Feng didn't hear anything he was interested in, so he couldn't help but said: "Don't talk about irrelevant things, and, how do you know this? By the way, the records of the assassins are still kept in the Forbidden City Museum. "

The murderer who assassinated Ma Xinyi was called Zhang Wenxiang. According to his confession, he was assassinated because Ma Xinyi did not accept his case and his family was ruined. In addition, Ma Xinyi ordered Zhang Wenxiang to be prohibited from opening a pawn shop and cut off his livelihood. The opponent's.

This transcript was preserved by painting and has been kept in the Palace Museum. It is only later generations have verified that Zhang Wenxiang had a background in the Taiping Army, so there is a saying that Zhang Wenxiang was assassinated due to hatred.

However, it was the first time Qin Feng had heard of the reason Miao Liuzhi mentioned. This has risen to the level of national struggle, and it must not be spread among the people.

"What's the use of the confession? Isn't there still a lot of confusion in history?"

Miao Liuzhi smiled disapprovingly, and said, "According to what I know, Ma Xinyi found the treasure of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and even drew a treasure map, but since his death, the treasure map has disappeared... "

What Miao Liuzhi said next really touched the core of this secret. As for how he knew it, that was also a very accidental thing.

The matter dates back to more than 50 years ago, when Miao Liuzhi was preparing to assassinate his brother Yanzi Li San in the capital. In order to hide his whereabouts, he lived all day in the place where the lower class gathered in the outer city at that time.

In the small courtyard that Miao Liuzhi rented, there lived an old man over ninety years old. This old man had no children, was lonely, and was very pitiful.

Miao Liuzhi felt sorry for his age and felt sorry for what happened to his master, so he devoted himself to serving the old man for more than a month, and on the day before the old man died, he told him a shocking secret.

It turned out that the old man was called Li Santai, who was born in 1848. Due to the large number of brothers in his family, he was too poor. When Li Santai was ten years old, his father cut off his eggs and sent him to the palace as a eunuch for money.

It should be said that Li Santai was very clever since he was a child. He entered the palace only seven or eight years before he was sent to serve the Queen Mother who was in power at that time... Cixi.

At that time, Li Lianying's eggs might not have been cut. Li Santai followed Cixi and was very favored.

But within a month after one night, Li Santai and hundreds of court ladies and eunuchs who followed Cixi at that time were suddenly transferred to some insignificant places, which can be regarded as being thrown into the cold palace.

Others didn't know the reason, but Li Santai, who happened to be serving Cixi that night, knew that it was Ma Xinyi who was interviewed by the Empress Dowager Cixi.

And out of curiosity, Li Santai heard some conversations between the two. The content of the conversation was that Ma Xinyi told Cixi that he had inquired about the treasure of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and would draw a treasure map to present to the Queen Mother soon.

After Ma Xinyi left that day, Li Santai overheard that Cixi had arranged for Ma Xinyi to be killed. This frightened him so much that it took several days for him to return to normal.

However, since ancient times, eunuchs and maids in the palace have had a tradition of "eating food".

The so-called "pair food" refers to the eunuchs and maids in order to relieve loneliness and comfort each other, so everyone falls in love in private, forming a form of husband and wife or friends or family members.

The maids and eunuchs who "fate" usually eat together and take care of each other, forming a relationship of mutual trust in which the other party goes to pay homage every year after one party dies.

Naturally, Li Santai also has a "fair food" friend, and he is a court lady who is served closely by Cixi.

Because he was favored at a young age and wanted to show off in front of the "anti-shining" palace lady, Li Santai told the palace lady about the hidden treasure of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom during a chat with the "anti-shining" palace lady.

But what Li Santai didn't expect was that his "conversation with food" was not rigorous, and it spread in the palace, and finally reached Cixi's ears.

At that time, Cixi was furious, and arrested the court lady for interrogation. Li Santai's "counter food" was affectionate and righteous, but he didn't confess to him, but only said that he had overheard it.

At that time, the Empress Dowager Ci'an was still alive, and Cixi could not cover the sky with one hand, and she was not as cruel as the later generations, so she only killed a few court ladies and replaced a group of people who served her.

Knowing that Li Santai had caused a terrible disaster, his personality has changed drastically since then, and no one dared to speak more, and he became an old eunuch cautiously from a young eunuch.

When the Qing Dynasty fell, Li Santai, who was 70 or [-] years old, was driven out of the palace. The eunuchs were not allowed to go home to recognize their ancestors. In the courtyard.

Li Santai had always buried the mystery of the assassination in his heart deeply, and never dared to tell anyone about it. It was not until the last moment of his life that he told Miao Liuzhi who served him.

As for Miao Liuzhi, it was based on what Li Santai said, and then combined with the social situation at that time, he analyzed the situation of Ma Xinyi's assassination.

After all, both Ma Xinyi and Zeng Guofan were powerful at that time, and Cixi still needed to bear certain risks if he wanted to kill Ma Xinyi in a fair manner, so he asked people to arrange this assassination.

"Old Miao, what happened to the assassination of the horse?"

Rao Qin Feng heard from his master that there were a lot of secrets in the Qing court back then, and he was also stunned by Miao Liuzhi's remark. I don't know what kind of expression those people who study history will have if they know this. ?
Taking a deep breath, Qin Feng said, "Old Miao, do you suspect that Ma Xinyi hid the so-called treasure map in his home in the capital?"

"I don't know, I don't even know if there is such a treasure map."

Miao Liuzhi shook his head, and said with a wry smile: "Ma Xinyi is very courageous, since he dared to communicate with Zeng Guofan secretly, he lied to Cixi, I just suspect that he has already made the treasure map.

Shortly after Ma Xinyi met Cixi, he was assassinated in office. Over the past 100 years, the treasures of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom have never been seen in the world, which means that they are neither in the hands of Cixi nor in the hands of Zeng Guofan, but have not been born..."

When Miao Liuzhi said this, Qin Feng couldn't help but smiled wryly, he already fully understood what Miao Liuzhi meant, and he dared to feel that this old boy was not sure about anything, but was gambling and guessing.

"Come on, old Miao, what you said is too unreliable."

Qin Feng shook his head and said: "Not to mention whether there is a treasure map, even if there is, Ma Xinyi will take it with me...

Let's take a step back, even if Ma Xinyi was placed in his old house, more than 100 years have passed, and at least a dozen groups of people have changed to live in it, do you think others can't find it? "

"Master Qin, isn't this just a gamble?"

After hearing Qin Feng's words, Miao Liuzhi smiled and said: "I also know that the chance is slim, but since Ma Xinyi participated in the investigation of the treasures of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, there is some hope..."

In fact, Miao Liuzhi himself didn't have much hope for this. It was just a coincidence that he found out about it, and happened to meet the descendants of the Ma family who wanted to sell their ancestral house, so he connected them together.

(End of this chapter)