Usurping the Qing Dynasty: My first love was Cixi

Chapter 149 Powerful official Su Ye! Accidentally stole the queen! Oh my god

First-class marquis!

When the civil and military officials in the court heard about this title, there was another uproar.

It was really hard to hide their jealousy.

The titles of different surnames in the Ming and Qing dynasties were really rare, and high titles could not be granted without military merit.

For normal civil officials, no matter how powerful they were, it was extremely difficult to be granted a title.

Many people even complained in their hearts that Su Ye was a red belt, and the highest title was the duke.

You are now a marquis, and a first-class marquis.

What if you make merit in the future?

However, in the eyes of the emperor, the next great merit is nothing more than the recovery of Nanjing.

The title of duke is enough.

Moreover, in the eyes of the emperor, as the entire Jiangxi province was recovered after the Tianjing Incident, the rebellion was over and it would be quelled in less than two years.

But he never expected that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom would have a second spring.

In fact, this second spring would be more powerful than in history.

In history, Shi Dakai and Hong Xiuquan were not on good terms. He could not get what he wanted from Hong Xiuquan, so he left in anger.

He had two reasons for leaving. First, he had a lot of troops. Second, he occupied most of Jiangxi.

Now, he still has a lot of troops, but not as many as in history.

The most important thing is that most of his territory in Jiangxi was taken away by Su Ye and the Hunan Army.

After Su Ye took Nanchang and Jiujiang, Hu Linyi desperately swept the next prefectures.

In this way, Shi Dakai, who lost his territory, might not have the courage to leave.

And once he surrendered to Hong Xiuquan, the second spring of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom would have erupted more violently.

Hong Xiuquan's centralization of power could reach a peak.

Moreover, in the northwest, Hong Xiuquan was blocked by the Hunan Army.

In the southwest, he was blocked by Su Ye and the Hunan Army together.

So there was only one way left for the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, that is, to the east and south.

Go to attack Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai.

This was also the later policy of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in history, and in this world, they would even start this policy in advance, and it would be more fierce.

And to say something heartbreaking.

This is good for Su Ye.

Even, it is good for the Hunan Army.

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Su Ye was made a marquis, and although everyone was unwilling, they were powerless to stop it.

Then, the emperor said, "Where is Wei Jun?"

The eunuch said, "Call Wei Jun."

A moment later, Wei Changhui's brother Wei Jun entered the hall.

"The sinner Wei Jun, sees the emperor, long live the emperor."

The thoughts of this group of people are very complicated. Although they are very anti-Qing, they have an inexplicable emotion towards the Qing emperor.

That is, they are overall very inferior, thinking that they are a grass-roots team and inferior to others.

Therefore, during the entire Taiping Heavenly Kingdom movement, there were not many generals who surrendered, and the official positions they received after surrendering were not high.

The Qing court showed a kind of arrogance in this regard, and this arrogance made the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom generals who surrendered to the Qing court often have a good end.

Of course, there were also some who did not have a good end, such as Miao Peilin, who surrendered and rebelled repeatedly, and was finally defeated and killed by Senggelinqin.

But Miao Peilin was not a Taiping Army, strictly speaking, but a local warlord who was only crowned a king by Hong Xiuquan.

At this time, Wei Jun saw the emperor and could not hide his excitement.

The emperor's expression was gentle and majestic, and he said lightly: "Wei Jun, your crime is unforgivable, but considering that you turned back at the critical moment, the key is that Su Ye promised you to recommend you, so I will appoint you as the guerrilla general of Ganzhen. From now on, you must turn over a new leaf and make contributions to the country."

Wei Jun cried, "I am terrified, I thank the emperor for his grace, and my emperor will live long and long."

The emperor waved his hand, and Wei Jun went down.

In fact, the emperor himself had no interest in recruiting and surrendering rebellious generals.

But if Su Ye wants to surrender, then let him.

Then, the emperor said: "Draft an edict, Wang Shiqing has made great contributions in this battle, and he will be promoted to the deputy general of Ganzhen."

Another second-rank official.

The so-called deputy general is the deputy general.

Wang Shiqing just passed the military championship last year, and this year he was promoted to the second rank.

"Draft an edict, Zhao Bu is the assistant general of Ganzhen."

"Draft an edict, Wang Tianyang is the guerrilla general of Ganzhen."

"Draft an edict, Lin Li..." The emperor paused instinctively when he mentioned this name.

He didn't like this person because he had led the new army to mutiny, but Su Ye's contributions were reported.

"Draft an edict, Lin Li is the commander of Ganzhen!"

Next, it was really a long section of rewards.

All officials of Su Ye's system were promoted.

This edict took a full two quarters of an hour.

So far, there are more than dozens of fifth-rank officials under Su Ye.

It is true that when one person succeeds, all his family members will be promoted.

And there is a secret decree, which was specially announced by Su Ye, that is, the reward for Hei Gong, Leng Mu and others.

Therefore, military generals often like to fight the most, because the reward is the highest.

But the emperor does not like to fight, because it costs too much.

"Draft an edict, Hu Linyi recovered Guangxin and other prefectures, and made contributions to the country, and he was awarded the title of Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of War and the title of Jiangxi Provincial Governor."

Originally, Hu Linyi wanted to compete for the governor of Jiangxi, and Shen Baozhen wanted to compete for the governor of Jiangxi, but now all failed.

Hu Linyi was originally the governor of Hubei, and this time he was not promoted, but at the last moment, he led tens of thousands of troops to attack Jiangxi and recovered many prefectures, so he was given the title of Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of War while being the governor.

"Where is Shen Baozhen?" the emperor asked.

After a while, Shen Baozhen entered the palace.

"I, your humble servant, pay my respects to His Majesty. Long live the Emperor."

The Emperor said, "Shen Baozhen, you have been defeated in many battles, especially the change of flag in Nanchang, which caused the loss of troops and generals. You have failed my expectations."

Shen Baozhen kowtowed and said, "I know my crime."

The Emperor said, "But considering your courage to take on responsibilities, I will dismiss you from the post of Jiangxi Provincial Surveillance Commissioner, but retain your position as the Prefect of Jiujiang. I hope you will learn from your shame and make meritorious contributions while serving your sentence."

Shen Baozhen wept and said, "I thank the Lord for his grace."

"Draft an edict to confer Li Xubin the title of General of Ganzhen and Provincial Surveillance Commissioner!"

Since the Hunan Army sent troops to Jiangxi to recapture the prefecture at the last moment, it is impossible that nothing will be gained.

Next, it is the highlight.

Everyone cheered up.

So many people have been conferred titles just now, and it is finally Su Ye's turn.

The first-class marquis is just a title.

The real official is the most important.

The Emperor said before that whoever takes Nanchang and Jiujiang will be the Governor of Jiangxi.

Now there is a suspense, is it a nominal governor or a real governor?

Su Ye is too young. It has only been three years since his return to the post, and he has become a governor and a provincial governor. It is too fast and too exaggerated.

Therefore, he should be a nominal governor, or acting governor for a transition.

In fact, there is another best way, that is to let Chong En be the governor of Jiangxi.

The emperor said: "I have said that whoever takes Nanchang and Jiujiang will be given the title of governor of Jiangxi. What I said will definitely count."

"Su Ye, listen to the title!"

Su Ye stepped forward.

"Draft an edict to confer Su Ye as the governor of Jiangxi and the deputy commander of the Bordered Blue Banner."

The whole audience was speechless and bitter.

It's finally here.

Such a young provincial governor is only less than 24 years old.

Moreover, this time, civil and military officials are on the scene together.

The most expensive military officer in the Qing court was the commander-in-chief of each flag, and there were also several generals (General of Shengjing, General of Xi'an, General of Jiangning, etc.)

From then on, Su Ye was no longer a lucky minister, and he had the posture of a powerful minister.

The emperor said: "Where is Ronglu?"

After a while, Ronglu entered the palace.

The emperor said: "Ronglu, Su Ye is leading the troops outside, and you are training the troops in the rear, and your contribution is not small."

"Draft an edict, Ronglu will be the assistant minister of the new army and the governor of Tianjin."

Ronglu stepped forward and kowtowed: "I thank the Lord for his grace, long live the Lord."

From then on, Ronglu was the head of the new army.

This is also normal, otherwise the new army was trained in Tianjin, and Su Ye was the governor of Jiangxi. How could he rule?

Unless Su Ye became the governor-general of Zhili, then he could control the new army again.

At least at this stage, the court did not allow any army to become a private army.

However, it was already difficult to stop this trend.

The Hunan Army is a local warlord, and the emperor cannot directly command it.

And the army in Su Ye's hands has been difficult to separate from Su Ye so far. Of course, the emperor did not want to separate at this time, and he still needed him to contain the Hunan Army.

So far, today's court meeting is over.

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Su Ye's house is once again crowded with people.

The 24-year-old governor of Jiangxi, a frontier official.

And he is also the deputy governor of the Bordered Blue Banner.

How popular is he?

The power of a provincial governor is very huge, and how many positions are in his hands?

There are countless officials in the capital, desperately looking for ways.

Want to seek a promotion from Su Ye.

Finally, the uncle's family and the maternal uncle's family, who were very reserved before.

At this time, they are no longer reserved, and they came to the door early to help Su Ye's family welcome guests.

This aunt finally stopped being weird, and almost all flattering words to Su Ye's mother Tong Jia.

Su Dong, Su Ye's uncle, the Shaoqing of Guanglu Temple, also put down his high and mighty airs in front of his father Su He, and treated him like a brother. He also defended Su He in his words, although he had not yet reached the point of fawning on him.

But this made Su He very happy.

Before, he had no future, while his brother Su Dong was prominent. Every time the brothers met, they were very polite.

After a few words, Su Dong wanted to teach him a lesson.

Now, this arrogant brother finally bowed his head, and Su He was very happy.

Since Su Ye became successful, he loved to visit people the most. Seeing others' envious and fawning eyes was really refreshing.

The happiness of these years exceeded the sum of the first half of his life.

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At this time, Su Ye and Shen Baozhen were talking in the study.

"Ten million taels?" Shen Baozhen exclaimed.

Su Ye said: "There is still a gap of about 7 million taels."

Shen Baozhen said: "Sir, your approach is right. Industry is the foundation of a strong country. Jiangxi and Hubei are in the best location. They are close to the Yangtze River waterway and not on the coast. They are convenient for transportation and can protect themselves."

"But the amount of silver is too large. 7 million taels, 11 days, it is really difficult."

Su Ye said: "Borrow from the treasury, borrow from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and then repay it in five years. Do you think it is possible?"

Shen Baozhen said: "Actually, the emperor now has a special sum of money on hand, about two million taels, to expand and build the imperial mausoleum. But... don't speak directly. Once you speak, if the emperor does not agree, there will be a conflict between the monarch and his ministers. There was a rift.”

"I suggest you go find Sushun." Shen Baozhen said: "Sushun is different from Duanhua and Zaiyuan. Although he is arrogant, he still has vision. You trained the new army and to some extent broke the Eight Banners. Others may have objections to Jun's roots, but Sushun has no objections. "

"You want to set up a factory and you need a lot of money. It's best not to tell it from your own mouth. It's better to tell it indirectly from others. It is difficult for the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Household Affairs to get around Sushun." Shen Baozhen said. : "In fact, there is no fundamental conflict between you and Sushun. On the contrary, there is a feud between you and Du Han, and Du Han is in the same party as Sushun, that's all."

"Even if there is no money from Sushun, let this information be released, let the emperor know, and let many interested people know."

Then, Shen Baozhen said: "Another point is that the relationship between you and the emperor is now a little subtle. Ordinary people may not be able to detect it, but lower officials have already smelled it. Of course, it does not mean that the emperor does not trust you. It's not like this. It's because the emperor realizes that you may have a soft attitude, but you are actually very tough and you must do what you want."

Of course Su Yi understood.

Although Su Ye hid it well, the emperor also discovered that Su Ye was not a completely obedient minister.

But Sushun, Du Han and others were completely obedient ministers.

Sushun is very smart and has the courage to do things, but his first rule is to obey the emperor and make the emperor happy.

"Furthermore, we should all give this opportunity to the imperial court first." Shen Baozhen said, "As for whether the imperial court wants it or not, that is another matter."

Of course Su Yi understood the meaning behind this sentence.

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That night!

Su Yi sent a greeting note to Sushun's house.

Sushun opened the central gate and came to greet him personally.

"Well, Su Yi, you finally know where my door is open, right?" Sushun said: "No matter what, I am still your banner leader. Your Ama still comes to my house every three days. It's good for you. If you don’t come to the door even once, I’ll have a problem with you if you’re later.”

Su Yi cupped his hands and said, "I was wrong. I should have come to the door of Suzhong Hall a long time ago."

Sushun said: "What is it called Suzhongtang? It's called Sixth Brother."

The hierarchy among the Manchu nobles is very chaotic, and everyone has his own name.

Strictly speaking, Su Yi was higher in seniority, but Su Shun was older.

Entering the study, Sushun first called his family to meet with Su Yi.

Su Yi only called Sixth Brother once, and the rest of the time he called Su Zhongtang respectfully.

After all, Sushun is the most powerful official today, and Su Yi had some issues with him before.

Even if the relationship is restored, it will not be so fast.

Then, the two started talking.

"I don't go to the Three Treasures Hall for anything. Tell me, why are you looking for me?" Sushun asked.

Su Yi said: "Su Zhongtang, how do you think the national strength of our country, the Qing Dynasty, compares with that of the great powers of Britain, France and the United States?"

Sushun said: "Of course it's far from that."

Su Yi said: "Where is the root cause?"

Sushun said: "I can't lose the Qing Dynasty. The British, American and French powers have strong ships and powerful guns. Of course, in the final analysis, they are strong in industry."

In fact, this person knows everything.

Sushun and Prince Gong Yi are political enemies, but they are both reformists.

The emperor, however, was the ultimate conservative.

Su Yi said: "We in the Qing Dynasty have ancestral family traditions. Why do we not dare to start industry and why we dare not carry out reforms? This has to do with national conditions."

It has its own national conditions.

Sushun knew it all too well.

Where is the resistance to Westernization and industrial development?

Su Yi said: "So we won't do anything big, just do a pilot project in my Jiangxi province. Jiujiang happened to have been destroyed by the rebellion before, so it is completely blank and has the least resistance."

Sushun said: "Are you here to ask for money?"

Su Yi said: "Yes."

Sushun said: "How much silver do you need?"

Su Yi said: "Seven million taels?"

Sushun was startled and trembled: "How much?"

Su Yi said: "Seven million taels."

Then, he continued: "This silver can be borrowed, with an interest of 15% per year, and returned in five years. It can also be an investment from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the National Treasury, seven million taels of silver, accounting for 25% of the shares, consisting of I will hold it on behalf of you.”

Su Shun opened his eyes wide, looked at Su Yi, and said for a long time: "Su Yi, you are too courageous and your ambition is too high."

Seven million taels of silver, accounting for 25% of the shares?

This means that these factories are worth at least 30 million taels?

The treasury of the Qing Dynasty was only about 45 million taels a year.

Although Sushun has a broad vision and a desire for reform, his scale is only a few million taels at best.

And Su Yi kept talking about pilot projects, but the total investment was only 30 million taels?

This is because my heart is higher than the sky.

After a long while, he said solemnly: "Su Yi, I can't make the decision on such a big matter. I can only report it to the emperor."

"Do you have a memorial?"

Su Yi immediately handed over the memorial.

Sushun said: "You go home and wait, I will go into the palace to see the emperor soon."

Then, Sushun said: "No matter what, I am still happy that you can come to me, Su Yi."

Su Yi said: "Then I will take my leave."

Next, Su Yi left Sushun Mansion.

Sushun was also very decisive. He took Su Ye's memorial and went directly to the palace to meet the emperor.

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Su Ye did not go home directly, but took several detours. Taking advantage of the night, he secretly climbed over the wall and entered Princess Shou'an's mansion.

If he didn't go to see her again, she would be really angry.

And Su Ye still needed Princess Shou'an to make indirect inquiries on the emperor's side.

At this time, it was almost nine o'clock in the evening.

The whole princess's mansion was silent.

Su Ye entered Princess Shou'an's study silently.

At this time, it was pitch black inside.

Could it be that she was asleep?

On the soft couch in the study, a graceful back was faintly seen in the darkness.

Just lying there.

It seemed that she was waiting for someone while reading a book.

Waiting and waiting, she fell asleep.

Su Ye's heart was full of tenderness and apology.

For his career, there were two women who devoted everything, one was his sister-in-law Bai Feifei, and the other was Princess Shou'an.

Su Ye approached cautiously and gently lay behind her.

He held her in his arms, facing her graceful back, and gently pressed against her.

His other hand, familiar with the way, slipped in along the lapel.

He grabbed it.

The fragrant Qiongyao, like bamboo shoots and mountains.

Then... Su Ye was horrified.

I, I'm done!

Isn't this Princess Shou'an?

This is not Princess Shouxi either, who is this?

At this time, Princess Shou'an returned to the Princess Mansion angrily. She sneaked to find Su Ye, but found nothing.

Just after returning to the mansion, the confidant maid whispered: "Princess, the Queen is here to see you again. She is waiting for you in the study. She has been waiting for you for a long time."

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