Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 238 Mata Hari
Zhao Bingjun leaned forward cautiously: "This person is called Mata Hari. She was born in a small town near Levaden, Friesland, in the northern Netherlands. Her father is a small farmer in the Netherlands, and her mother is from Java. At the age of 15, she married a naval officer who was 22 years older than her. She divorced her husband at the age of 21. She came to Paris, the capital of Huadu, alone and became a red-hot showgirl. brought them into a new realm, and even made Paris gradually become a world-renowned city. During this period, she met many wealthy businessmen and political figures. A well-known courtesan who walks in the top ranks of France, Germany, Russia, and the United Kingdom. According to the information we have, these four countries want to use her special status to pay her a lot of money to extract information from other countries' politicians. She also relies on her outstanding beauty After repeated successes, the price of her information has soared to become the most expensive information in the world in just two years, even so, there are still many countries that want to hire her with a lot of money."

"What's so special about this woman that she has such great energy?" Guan Xuqing couldn't believe it.

"We are too far away from Europe, and we have just started in terms of espionage. European countries are not particularly wary of us. With the humble opinion of a slave, we can just buy this woman with a lot of money, use her special identity to break into the British high-level, and steal Information about the tank."

"Okay, you try to find this woman. If you have the conditions, it's better to let me meet in person. It will be safer." Guan Xuqing thought for a while, and finally made a decision.

"Cha." Zhao Bingjun bowed and stepped back.

Two weeks later, the city of Beijing, which had just entered winter, became more and more chill and cold.On this day, Guan Xuqing summoned the six ministers and ministers to Zhengda Guangming Hall to hear about the development of the country in the past year.

Over the past year, China's economy has shown a trend of blowout growth.What pleased Guan Xuqing the most was that after the ban on private factories was lifted at the beginning of the year, factories and private enterprises sprung up like mushrooms in various places.In particular, there are thousands of foreign cloth factories, foreign noodle factories and match factories, and national enterprises have achieved unprecedented development.

Originally, Guan Xuqing was worried that these fledgling national capital enterprises would not be able to resist the competition of foreign goods. After all, China was in the initial stage of economy, and national industries were still very fragile.So he asked the provincial governors to give these national capital enterprises some preferential policies such as tax exemption, free of charge, and land acquisition at cheap prices, hoping that China's national capital can grow by itself.

It has to be said that the Chinese nation is the most intelligent nation in the world, and it is always beneficial to do business. Faced with the fact that most parts of Chinese society are still conservative and many people still reject foreign goods, they use the foreign cloth and noodles they produce , Matches are placed in those time-honored silk and satin shops, grain stores, and grocery stores, and these shops sell them on an agency basis, which has received great results. Often these factories sell out of the goods, while those foreign goods that are better than domestic products are sold. stay home.

In one year, under the protection and guidance of the country's enlightened policy, many well-known national entrepreneurs emerged and grew rapidly. For example, the famous Huizhou businessman Hu Xueyan originally set up more than 20 Fukang Banks in various provinces. Hu Xueyan made a one-time investment of 500 million yuan in the Imperial Savings Bank and Imperial Investment Bank, and his annual dividends reached more than 70 yuan. He used his abundant funds to operate Chinese medicine and silk tea business in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. It is said that With personal assets of more than 2000 million yuan, he has become a leading figure among Chinese national entrepreneurs. As the saying goes, "If you are an official, you must read "Zeng Guofan", and if you are a businessman, you must read "Hu Xueyan""

In addition, there are Qiao Zhiyong, Zhang Jian, Xu Run, Wu Maoding, etc., while developing and expanding their own industries, they also participated in and supported national construction, and gained a good reputation in both the official and business circles.National industry has gradually become the pillar of national development.

The development of national industry has brought strong growth to the country's economy. Converted according to the internationally accepted exchange rate, the gross national product of the empire exceeded 1470 billion pounds this year, second only to Britain's 1620 billion pounds, and France ranked third At £1356 billion, Germany was fourth at £1030 billion.However, China's economic growth rate has reached nearly 100%. Not to mention compared with Britain, France and Germany, such a growth rate is a miracle in the world.

Looking at such economic data, Guan Xuqing was overjoyed from the bottom of his heart: "Okay, the country can achieve such development achievements, thanks to everyone present here, I believe that if it continues to develop at this speed, the total economic volume of our country will definitely be able to reach the top next year." over the UK."

"It all depends on the blessing of the emperor." Li Zhen and others respectfully said that it was a blessing for all the ministers to have such a wise monarch in charge of the overall situation.

At this time, Wang Shang came to Guan Xuqing's side and whispered, "Master Zhao Bingjun has something urgent to see the emperor."

Guan Xuqing was slightly startled, and said to the ministers: "Okay, let's come here today, and you all kneel down."

"Resignation." All the ministers withdrew from the Zhengda Guangming Hall.

Accompanied by Wang Shang, Guan Xuqing came to the Nuan Pavilion, Zhao Bingjun had been waiting here for a long time, Wang Shang tactfully retreated outside and closed the door.

"Long live my emperor." Zhao Bingjun bowed to the ground.

"Get up. There are no outsiders here, so there is no need to be polite in the future. Let me ask you, how is the matter going?" From Guan Xuqing's expression, it can be seen that he attaches great importance to this matter.

"Report to the emperor, you're done!" Zhao Bingjun was very excited.

"Really? Where is she? I want to see her." Guan Xuqing was quite satisfied with Zhao Bingjun's ability to handle affairs.

"I'm in Beijing Xisi Pailou now, but"

"But what?"

"But this woman's whereabouts are uncertain. I always send people to contact her one-way. Even the minister has never seen her. But this woman is really arrogant. She sent me a message early this morning, saying that tonight 9 : 00 Ask the emperor to meet her in person at Pichai Hutong in Xisi, and she wants you to make a promise to her face to face. This bitch." Zhao Bingjun looked embarrassed and annoyed.

"This woman is interesting, so let's do what she says." Guan Xuqing stroked his chin, imagining what this woman would look like.

"Your Majesty, this matter is of great importance. If something goes wrong, I will not be able to afford it."

"Hehe, Zhi'an, there are plainclothes officers from your Security Bureau everywhere in the capital, what else can happen to me, it's settled like this, I must meet this mysterious woman tonight."

At night, a gust of north wind blows fine snowflakes all over the sky, and the plum blossom outside the Forbidden City looks more and more lonely.

At around [-]:[-] in the evening, a caravan driven by two horses quietly drove out from the back door of the Forbidden City, and it creaked as it rolled on the thin winter snow.Guan Xuqing tucked Yehuqiu's collar, and said in a low voice: "You are worthy of being the head of the intelligence agency, you really look like what you are. Let's go."

The driver looked back, lowered his straw hat, and with the sound of the whip, urged the horses to go straight to Xisi.It was Zhao Bingjun who drove the car.

Although it was freezing outside, there were always people in twos and threes scattered on both sides of the road along the way, watching the surrounding situation vigilantly.These people are military plainclothes secretly arranged by Zhao Bingjun, who are responsible for protecting the safety of the emperor along the way.

After a little effort, the car came to the entrance of Pichai Hutong. Zhao Bingjun helped the emperor to get off the car, pointed to the inside of the alley, and then looked around, then led the emperor carefully to the depths of the alley.

(End of this chapter)