Alchemy Greater China

They are more concerned about the heir of Long Hao!

After hearing this, Cixi felt that it was just falling asleep and touching the pillow. She had just made up a plan to send someone to be Long Hao's heir and take advantage of Long Hao's family property. Here came the birthday mission , expressing the need for the court to help choose the heir.

In this way, wouldn't Cixi's side justifiably intervene?

Isn't it easy to verify Long Zhengxing's hometown?Under the oppression of the imperial power, those country gentry and patriarchs can make up any story they want. At that time, it will not be a problem to add a 'spy' who is loyal to them!

The only troublesome thing is that there are so many such successors. Can the spy I choose succeed in the end?

Just as Cixi thought, Guangxu, Li Hongzhang, and some ambitious Qingliu were all very curious about the answer to this question: What criteria do you use to select an heir?Release the standard so that we can operate it, practice fraud, and defraud your young master's inheritance!

People in the officialdom and the court are eager to learn and are not ashamed to ask questions. In order to find out this question, they all put down their faces, found various reasons, and kept inviting Long Ganruo to the banquet.

Ten days after the tribute mission came to Beijing, Long Ganruo became a fragrant steamed bun, and there were banquets for every meal, eating countless delicacies, fine wines, and beauties.

Of course, Long Ganruo is not a person who doesn't know what to repay. He took out the wic in the box and gave it back to these people as a good thing.

Inhaling wic in the stomach is much better than opium. At least there is no environmental pollution such as smog, and it will not cause smog in the imperial capital. Immediately, most officials became more and more enthusiastic about Long Ganruo.

at last.Even the Empress Dowager Cixi couldn't sit still anymore. She issued a decree, saying that she would hold a fake birthday banquet one year ago to rehearse the real birthday banquet the following year, and Long Ganruo was one of the distinguished guests invited.

After a fake banquet, countless silver taels were consumed.Outside the capital, there were many more corpses who died of starvation, freezing, or even bruises from beatings, which further set off the peacefulness of singing and dancing in the Forbidden City, and the peace of the country and the people...

With such a big scene, after the banquet, both the host and the guests enjoyed themselves.

Cixi and others got the information they wanted.

But Long Ganruo was so drunk that he showed a meaningful smile in his sleep...

Since Long Hao hadn't really turned his back, the matter of choosing an heir was not urgent.

Because there was no rush, Long Bo and Long Hao's old officials discussed a safe selection method, which was to let each succession candidate return to the motherland.For a three-year period, see who can make a career.

The so-called career, of course, has assessment conditions. However, Long Ganruo said that he did not know the specific content of the assessment conditions, and all the details were in the hands of senior officials such as Long Bo and Princess Melissa.

Long Ganruo didn't say anything, but Cixi and the others guessed it.The so-called career is naturally inseparable from making money.It is estimated that whoever makes more money in three years will win the final victory.

After figuring out the hole cards for selecting candidates, the forces of all parties made up their minds and began to plan.

Especially Cixi's party is the most proud, isn't it just to make money?It's simple, I have picked the seedlings here.Just plug in a big merchant in a place, and then ask policy for policy, manpower for manpower, and if it doesn't work, let him copy a few rich Han businessmen that I don't like.Isn't this achievement easy to get?

This is China, this is the Qing Dynasty, whoever the Ai family wants to get rich is not whoever gets rich?

Who can stop it?

Therefore, Cixi's party secretly went to operate the suitable candidate for the 'spy', and we will not list it for the time being.

Li Hongzhang breathed a sigh of relief after hearing the news. He had no ambition to help any candidate. He only knew that as long as he had a good relationship with the Long family who was about to open the Yamen and Jianfu, he would continue to take the benefits and continue to buy It is enough for those rare weapons in Europe to continue to consolidate the Beiyang Navy's position as the number one army in the imperial court.

Among the three forces, the little emperor was the most anxious: his plan hadn't been implemented yet, and Long Ganruo came here to celebrate his birthday, which completely disrupted his plan!

Emperor Guangxu's staff were basically old men. He was good at attacking political opponents and making trouble, but he was much worse when it came to improvisation.

For this reason, Guangxu has been smashing things a lot recently, and even concubine Zhenjin has suffered a lot...

Fortunately, there was Zhang Jian in Weng Tonghe's mansion. When Emperor Guangxu's staff lost their voices collectively, he suggested to Emperor Weng: Please have a private gathering with the emperor, Long Ganruo, like this...

Weng Tonghe valued this talented man very much, and just as he valued Zhang Jian, Guangxu also valued him.

Emperor Guangxu took action immediately after hearing the suggestion, and ran out of the palace to meet Long Ganruo secretly.

Long Ganruo looked at the skinny, monkey-like young man in front of him, and couldn't help secretly contemptuously in his heart: Put on the dragon robe, you still look like a human being, but take off the robe, you're like a rat that just got out of the hole!Scared to death!Is such a person worthy to be the emperor of my hundreds of millions of Chinese people?

Long Ganruo has been with Long Hao for so long, and the gap between Guangxu and the young master is even more obvious.

However, Long Ganruo lost his respect for the emperor, but the superficial etiquette was still unavoidable.

Kneeling and kowtowing... Although these are disgusting, they can only be followed.

When these etiquettes were done meticulously, Long Ganruo scolded Guangxu half to death in his stomach: "Fuck, what are you pretending to do when you come out to see me in a micro suit, no wonder you have been on the throne until now, and you still can't beat an old woman!"

Guangxu couldn't read minds, so he felt good about himself. After he sat down, he took out a piece of paper and read to Long Ganruo the 'discount' negotiated by his staff.

At the end, he said to Long Ganruo: "The status of this duty-free imperial merchant was originally given to Duke Long Haolong, but he is now like this, I think it would be better to give it to his heir..."

Long Ganruo laughed, said a few perfunctory words, and squinted intently to see what medicine Emperor Guangxu would sell next.

"Long Aiqing, I wonder if you have any intention to fight for a candidacy?"

Long Ganruo was rewarded with an official position because of his meritorious service in offering peaches, which was only a fifth-rank idle position, so Guangxu's words of "Love Qing" were not wrong.

"Ah, why did the emperor say that? I'm just the young master's servant, how can I have such... delusion?"

Long Ganruo looked shocked.But he sneered in his heart: Well, it seems that the candidate that Uncle Long threw out is really a sweet bun, look, even the emperor can't sit still!To win over people to covet our Long family!Hey, the young master is really amazing, just three years.He went from having nothing to earning a fortune that the Qing court was envious of.

"Why not? Long Aiqing, your surname is also Long, and I heard that you have made a lot of contributions by following the Duke of Long, and you have a share of his property! If the heir chosen With bad intentions, are you willing to watch the property that belongs to Duke Long be taken away by this man with ulterior motives?" Emperor Guangxu knew nothing else, and he had learned to read words and deeds in court battles.He could clearly see the radiance of ambition that Long Ganruo deliberately revealed.

Therefore, Guangxu didn't hesitate at the moment, and according to Weng Tonghe's prior explanation, he inquired about Cixi and others wanting to stuff them into 'spies', and told Long Ganruo in detail.

Sure enough, Long Ganruo was filled with righteous indignation when he heard the words, and went up against the case.Scold the empress dowager loudly, how can she behave like this!

Next, under the persuasion of Jie Jie with a cocky voice from Xiaohuangmen.Long Ganruo "reluctantly" made an offensive and defensive alliance with Emperor Guangxu: when Long Ganruo officially announced his participation in the succession competition, Emperor Guangxu would first give him half of the preferential conditions given to Long Hao, and wait for Long Ganruo for three years After successfully becoming Long Hao's heir, the other half will be honored.

This time, Guangxu spent a lot of money in order to win over Long Ganruo, a potential stock.Even the jade seal was secretly taken out, and a genuine imperial decree was stamped.

The imperial decree clearly stated what was discussed today, and the clauses were clearly listed. Long Ganruo read it several times.In the end, I felt more satisfied, so I thanked me, rolled it up and put it away.

Since Emperor Guangxu was so sincere, Long Ganruo was also unambiguous, and repaid him with peaches to comfort Qixin.

He quietly told Guangxu that money is not the most important indicator for judging candidates this time.

"What is that indicator?"

Emperor Guangxu's eyes suddenly lit up, and he asked quickly.

This is the key point. The Empress Dowager thinks that the most important index is silver, and I think so too, but if only I know this new news about the index, wouldn't I gain the upper hand in the competition with the Empress Dowager?

"I didn't lie to the emperor at all. I don't know all the evaluation indicators, but there is one indicator that is certain, that is, within three years, the candidate will open a gold mine in the country. Judging points!"

"Gold mine?"

"Yes, it's a gold mine! Your Majesty, my young master started his career in a gold mine. To tell you the truth, he has a special set of secret techniques for finding mines, which can't be taught without my surname Long!"

Long Ganruo said mysteriously: "I have also learned it, but it is not easy to find it, but as long as the emperor supports me strongly and the officials from all over the country cooperate, I can guarantee that I will definitely dig out more gold than others! "

Emperor Guangxu was stunned for a while, not understanding, and then he understood in the explanation of Long Ganruo's sigh: There are mostly gold mines all over the country, and they are recorded in the records. Long Ganruo, after the old ladies of Cixi realize it, the uncooked rice is already ripe, so there is nothing left to do!

After all, Guangxu is still the emperor, there is no special reason and super thick-skinned, is it not easy for the queen mother to slap the emperor in the face casually?

The two happily agreed that Emperor Guangxu would not be able to leave the imperial city for too long, so they turned around and went back.Before leaving, he patted his head and said, if Long Ganruo has any difficulties, he can go directly to Weng Tonghe.

At this point, Long Ganruo knew that he would not be able to leave the capital for a while. Presumably, 1893, which was the New Year of the year of Guisi, would be spent in Beijing.

To greet and send off, in addition to inquiring about the distribution of forces in the capital and spreading money to form good relationships, Long Ganruo also had to undertake the duty of going north to find the "root" of the Long family.

There are a lot of things...

Not to mention Long Ganruo's actions in the motherland, but said that Li Hongzhang left the capital and went to the Beiyang Navy for a routine inspection a few years ago. Reward the soldiers, so that these darlings of him will be so grateful that they will work even harder for them in the coming year.

However, Li Hongzhang had not stayed in Weihaiwei for two days, but he received a shocking news: Two warships cruising in the Yellow Sea area brought back a group of people. Long, I have important information to share with Master Zhongtang.

Li Hongzhang has dealt with Thunder Dragon several times, and he knows that he was once the chief of the navy of the Dragon Scale Army.But because he was involved in other people's rebellion, he is now laid off and is unemployed at home.

Why, he secretly came to Weihaiwei from the United States, but what was he going to do?

Tsk tsk, really betrayed Long Hao?

Li Hongzhang thought for a while.Decided to meet him, not to mention whether to take in Thunder Dragon, but at least he can get more accurate information from the United States.

Thunder Dragon soon arrived at Weihaiwei. He was accompanied by more than 20 sailors, all with their families, and the total number was nearly a hundred!They came here on a French cruise ship. From the tired look on their faces, it can be seen that their journey was not very smooth, and maybe they were stopped by the Dragon Scale Army on the way.

Li Hongzhang has always been known as a polite and virtuous corporal.He pretended not to see Lei Long's downfall, but called Lei Long's former colleagues (Lei Long had also worked in Beiyang before), and served good wine and food to cleanse him up.

Thunder Dragon was also unambiguous, and when he was full, he said directly: "Master Zhongtang, I, Thunder Dragon, will do things with you from now on, starting from the smallest deck cleaning soldier. The Long family in the United States can't tolerate me. I am really angry But, I’m here to join you!”

Li Hongzhang narrowed his eyes.Said: "If you have a grievance, you can raise it with your leaders...General Lei, I am very embarrassed when you do this! Do you know that a few days ago, the Long family sent a mission to present a huge gold medal to the Queen Mother and her old man?" Shoutao, now, everyone in the court is talking about whether the Long family will become the first Han royal residence!"

After some nonsensical talk, Lei Long wiped his mouth and said: "Master Zhongtang, don't make circles with me, just tell me. Will Beiyang accept me? I brought a certificate of approval!"

"Nominations?"

Li Hongzhang's heart skipped a beat: Originally, he never thought of rejecting Lei Long, all this pretentiousness was just to get out more secrets of Lei Long.

If you dare to escape from the United States and come back here alone, without any support, who would believe it?

"Yes, before I left, I brought this amount of money from the mine in Alaska. They are all checks from the Bank of England. They only recognize bills, not people, and they can be withdrawn at any time!"

"how many?"

"Not much, 100 million US dollars, roughly equivalent to 170 million taels of silver!"

hiss!

Li Hongzhang took a breath, isn't that much?

Damn it, the Long family is really rich, the master deserves to be struck by lightning!Look, look, any rebel general can bring in more than one million taels of silver, how embarrassing for me, the governor of Zhili, to do this?

"Master Zhongtang, don't get me wrong, it's not because of my great ability that I can get so much money, but because someone has taken a fancy to me, and Lord Zhongtang's strength!"

"Ok?"

Li Hongzhang frowned, what do you mean by that?

"The young master of the Long family is about to die. I believe the adults already know about the selection of an heir?"

"Ok!"

Li Hongzhang did not deny that the birthday party was here, and it was too difficult to hide it.

"That's one of the candidates. If it wasn't for his help, I wouldn't be able to escape with a huge sum of money... And I won't escape either. Don't you know how generous the Long family treats their subordinates?"

"It's conceivable!"

Li Hongzhang smiled, blood dripping from his stomach: Damn, people are better than others, it's going to piss me off.

"It is inconvenient for me to tell Master Zhongtang the name of this candidate, but one thing is that he was in charge of the military factory under the Long family. As long as the Lord is willing to support him, after he arrives in the country, Master Zhongtang will help him win In exchange for the three-year assessment, he paid for the three-year military expenditure of the Beiyang Navy!"

It was Lei Long's words that moved Li Hongzhang!The three-year armament expenditure is all the expenses except the military salary, including the purchase of ships, the purchase of artillery shells, the expenses of training and exercises!

This is not a small amount. In terms of total value, it is still more than 100 million US dollars!

Lei Long is so straightforward, Li Hongzhang no longer hypocritical, otherwise he will become a despised slut.

So, with a big wave of his hand, Li Hongzhang assigned a warship to Thunder Dragon to be in charge of, and named him a supervisor. However, this official title had to go through a process at the capital's household department before it could be obtained.

Of course Lei Long didn't care about this, and next, he chatted with Li Hongzhang about the Long family, and the information revealed here made Li Hongzhang even more excited.

It turned out that Long Hao, who was recuperating in San Francisco, encountered an assassin!

It is said that the assassin is an extreme racist white supremacist in the United States. He sneaked into San Francisco because he was displeased with Long Hao's implementation of the anti-racial discrimination bill, which gave Chinese job opportunities and triggered a local war that shamed the American Federation. The hospital intends to kill Long Hao on the hospital bed, and use blood to scare the Chinese who have been doing well recently, reminding them that the United States is still dominated by white people, and you, the patron saints of yellow pigs, are dead. Next, you should go Doing low-level jobs, how lowly I lived before, and I will continue to live like that in the future!

Wanting to stand up is definitely a dream!

Fortunately, the protective measures around Long Hao were not bad. The assassin was caught on the spot. Although the mastermind behind it could not be found out, this matter was published in the mainstream newspapers in the western United States, which attracted Chinese parades, demonstrations and protests in various places. The government has accelerated the review of the anti-discrimination law and asked the US federal government to explain it.

It has made the White House a little bit battered, and there are chicken feathers all over the place.

Although Long Hao didn't die in this assassination, because the assassin used the most radical explosion method, the heart of Long Hao, who was originally just unconscious, stopped for a long time, and he almost died.

Thanks to Uncle Long's input of inner family's true qi, supplemented by traditional Chinese medicine methods, Long Hao's life was saved. However, the current situation is still not optimistic, and Long Hao is not out of danger. (To be continued..)