C3503 The private money that was given to the Tongzhi Emperor

Even if it was a blood brother, the score would be split between the brothers. The imperial government's power struggle for power did not depend on blood ties, but the two biggest groups of military power in the capital, one of them was the minister of nine city gates, who was also Yi Xuan's faction.

And the other was naturally the power of the Xishan New Army, which meant that the bigger the better. The Myriad Life Mountain and the Kunming Lake were both located in a dangerous location and had always been guarded by Yi Xuan's soldiers. Today, they had seized the opportunity of Yang Zhi's assassination to snatch it away from the Xishan camp.

General Gui Six pulled Yang Zhi up and patiently questioned Jiang Nan about his profitable business. Time slowly passed, until the time for the westerner clock to chime, when it was 10: 30 AM, General Gui Six purposely exclaimed in surprise.

"Ouch …" Didn't you have to enter the palace today? I was really careless. Hurry up and hand over the sign so the empress dowager won't wait too long! "

Yang Zhi was actually anxious to the point that his back was sweating, but since General Gui was not going to let him go, he did not dare move, and now that he had finally let go, he quickly took his leave.

"Thank you for your teachings, Prince. This servant will take his leave now …"

After exiting the Head Office, Yang Zhi boarded the carriage and quickly urged "Let's go … Hurry and enter the palace! Empress Dowager Xi will definitely skin me! "

Entering the Donghua Gate, Yang Zhi alighted from the carriage and handed a sign to the imperial guards. Under the lead of a young eunuch, he jogged towards the Yangxin Palace.

Yang Zhi was clever, he didn't notice the roll of bills and stuffed it into the young eunuch's hands. "Sorry for troubling you, Eunuch, how are you feeling today, empress dowagers?"

The young eunuch was one of Li Lianying's subordinates, and upon seeing the bill, he smiled so much that his eyebrows rose up. Why did you come at this time? Empress Dowager Xi has already waited for a long time … "

"But you will not be able to see Empress Dowager of the East today, Empress Dowager of the East is not feeling well, and is resting in Beiyuan!"

"I heard that you were assassinated today …" "That's a reason for being late, but you don't look like you either!"

The young eunuch looked left and right as he led Yang Zhi to the corner of the Tai He Temple's stairs, then took out a roll of gauze from his chest.

"Look, look, it's been prepared for you, Mr. Yang!"

"Mask, pigeon blood..." With me bandaging you, the empress dowager will be able to soften your heart and you'll be safe! "

The job of a eunuch was to serve others all his life, and his eyes were full of evil schemes. The news of Yang Zhi being assassinated in the morning had already spread throughout the officials circle, and all the eunuchs knew about it.

then proceeded to report it to the Head Office first, and then to see the empress dowager. This was an opportunity to extort from her!

The young eunuch had long made preparations with both hands. If you gave me the money, I'll bandage it for you. I promise to make you miserable so that the empress dowager will soften her heart.

If you don't give me the money, hehe … Later on, there would be mischievous secrets that the empress dowager would want to tell her. It would be simple if she wanted to apply eye medicine on her.

Yang Zhi was very clear about what was happening inside, he did not dare delay until the one thousand dollar bill was handed over, and at last it was exchanged for a safe one!

Indeed, when Yang Zhi, whose forehead was wrapped in blood bandages, entered the door to report, before he even entered the room, he heard Ci Xi's angry voice from inside.

"Let him kneel in the yard! "Let him kneel …"

Without saying anything further, Yang Zhi kneeled down on the ground and shouted, "Thank you, Old Buddha. This servant pays respects to Old Buddha! "

"There's no need for you to say hello! "Go and lick the stinky feet of General Gui Six …"

Li Lianying could not pretend to be mute now. After all, in the past few years, she had collected around four to five hundred thousand from.

"Cough, cough …" The empress dowager, please calm your anger. Even if you wanted to punish me by kneeling down, let Lord Yang kneel inside the room … It would not be good to be in the courtyard with such heavy injuries! "

"Injured? How could he, the Nine Lives Demon Cat, be injured? "He's lying to ghosts!" Ci Xi said angrily.

"Empress Dowager, take a look. This Lord Yang's head is wrapped up like a dumpling. It looks like his injuries from the assassination attempt this morning weren't light …" Even if we go to Prince Kung first, I think it would be to talk about assassination and get Xishan camp to help us catch the thieves … "

With all his persuading, Li Lianying finally managed to quell some of Ci Xi's anger. After relaxing a little, Yang Zhi rushed into the hall and kowtowed to the empress dowager.

"Ah, empress dowager … Wu wu wu … This servant nearly lost sight of the empress dowager … … "Wuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwu The thieves have arranged for three waves of assassins! "

The embellished Yang Zhi described the process of him being assassinated in an incomparably breathtaking manner, just like how he was fighting with the thieves back then. Ci Xi loved to listen to plays and love to read books, so the story of Yang Zhi was even more interesting and wonderful than dramas.

When it came to critical moments, the entire room was filled with female palace eunuchs, including Ci Xi, who were all listening intently.

"Ouch …" You can't blame yourself for wanting to rely on the imperial government to make such a big enemy … He, Xiao Letian, is also unreasonable! "

"Can't others not follow you? If you don't place any importance on them, don't you want them to change their jobs? "

Yang Zhi felt so wronged that tears were about to fall from his eyes, "Exactly! Why are Xiao Hexin, Sima Yun and the rest of them able to lead soldiers to war? Why should I be at the back? "Isn't this bullying …"

"Enough, enough …" Don't cry with I, the reason I called you here today is because I have important things to discuss! "

Li Lianying made a gesture with her eyes, causing all the eunuchs and palace maids to leave the room.

"Yang Zhi! I will not waste his breath with you, just tell me the truth … His Majesty brought troops back for personal governance, exactly how much money can you pay His Majesty! "

"I don't want the account book from the Ministry of Revenue, tell me the truth …"

Yang Zhi half-nudged his butt as he sat on the chair. When he heard the empress dowager's question, he quickly bowed. "Empress Dowager … Your servant was already prepared... All these years, this servant has been secretly saving money for His Majesty! "

"Not yet. I have prepared three million taels of silver …" "Then, there are still 4 million left over from all sorts of Jiangnan bonds and stocks. If I want to withdraw some cash, it'll probably take a while …"

"Withdraw in batches. Roughly four months or so, I can gather all of this money into His Majesty's hands …"

Li Lianying's eyes lit up. 7 million! Empress Dowager, this Lord Yang sure is generous! "

Ci Xi also laughed, "A capable subject! You actually managed to secretly save up so much for the His Majesty? How did you do it? "

Yang Zhi didn't dare to raise his tail at all as he said respectfully, "Empress Dowager, as expected, investing in a business is hard to say, but it's easy to do so too …"

"What's a commoner? These are all leeks... A true rich person will earn money only through connections and information! "

"This servant borrowed the government's power to be able to control the government's finances. Because I have money, I can build a good relationship with the merchants in Jiangnan …"

"I need the money to make my business, and the Jiang-Nan merchants also need the money to make their business. These things complement each other in the first place!"

"I have the backing of the imperial government, as well as sufficient funds. Therefore, I can participate in many businesses in Jiangnan …"

"Moreover, many of these businesses are digested within the inner circle. For truly risk-free businesses with high profits, the grass citizens outside have no way to invest even if they wanted to!"

"To give a simple example, Hu Xueyan's right-hand man, Zhang Xiaowen, jointly bought seven ships with a dozen or so Jiangnan mega-merchant s. are all scissor boat s that can travel across the Pacific Ocean! "

"Through this relationship, he can receive a list of items to be transported by silver ore from Fan Lian … This business will definitely not lose! "

"But this business will not lose out to the big profits. The starting capital is not small either. Those people have a gap of at least three million taels …"

"This shortfall in funding …" It's actually the most profitable business! "