C3576 As you wish (1/2)
Ru Yi, Ru Yi, it is as you wish! The meaning of Ceng Guofan's gift was too obvious, it was clear that the entire Xiang Army was going to stop here!
Now, all the public opinion around the capital was shifted away by Salonga and Huang Ying's case. The people would definitely not have the interest to cause any more trouble, no matter what they did.
Including the story of stealing the Golden Seal of the Heavenly Kingdom, there was a sense of elegance to it. Perhaps in less than three days, the storytelling teachers of the Sky Bridge would come up with a full set of brilliant reviews.
It was about Salonga hiring the hero of the top five mountains and mountains to steal the golden seal on his lover Huang Ying. The two sides at the peak of the Forbidden City were inseparable!
The hearts and minds of the citizens of the late Qing era were too empty. They needed these things to fill in the gaps, it was just spiritual opium!
The citizens stopped talking, the hall would be filled with political experts, the Manchu would not smash his own pot, and since Xiao Letian had not returned yet, even if he were to return, he would have to start a factory to earn money, but he did not have any plans to overthrow the Great Qing.
The foreign devils would be on their honeymoon period recently and would not get involved with this issue. The only ones left would be the Xiang Army!
Great Marshal Zeng was still reminiscing about old times, Salonga's family of more than 70 lives had forced Ceng Guofan to give up on his attack, and Ci Xi once again used his shameless morality to kidnap Ceng Guofan to obtain victory.
Ci Xi really liked jade. In fact, most of the obsession that the Chinese people of recent times had towards jade was because of Ci Xi's influence. Before Ci Xi, jade was just one of many jade stones.
She was definitely not a match for He Tian Yu in terms of status. However, it was this woman that had single-handedly brought about the atmosphere in the capital and even affected the people.
Touching that emerald jade ruyi, Ci Xi was truly refreshed. If you can do what I thinks you can, then of course, I will do the same! ”
”Order...” Salonga was unforgivable for stealing the Golden Seal, send him and his wife to the northwest Zuo Zongtang army as slaves! I, leave him with a chance of survival... ”
”As for the rest of the servants, I will sell them to Li Tuo directly … Let the Ministry of Internal Affairs decide on a random price! ”
Salonga and his wife were not exempt from this punishment, but they were exempted from death. Being sent to the Western Regions has always been a very severe punishment since the ancient times, second only to being sent to the Ningguta as a slave.
This kind of punishment can obviously stop the officials and the citizens from talking too much, but Zuo Zongtang and Ceng Guofan are of the same side, so it's impossible for Zuo Zongtang to mistreat the people that he protected.
Once they reached the northwest, they would at least have a bowl of rice to eat. Maybe they would let Salonga write down some accounts or something, and they would be able to live on!
As for the more than 70 servants in Salonga's family, they were not killed nor exiled. They were sold to Li Tuo at a discount!
A hundred silver taels to rent a house for seventy years, and then with seventy servants, how about Li Tuo gave him seven hundred silver taels? How appropriate, how cheap... Huang Hua's daughter was worth ten taels of silver, wasn't it the same as picking them up for nothing?
In just two short days, Li Tuo had completed a reverse attack on his life, and he had even brought three courtyard houses with him, which was the same type as bringing a garden. All seventy odd servants were prepared, and he had only spent 800 taels of silver on all of them!
With Li Tuo's crafty greedy official purse, why would he care about eight hundred silver? He could even take out eight thousand taels!
When Li Tuo left the Yangxin Palace, he walked with a flutter, as if he was stepping on cotton! The scenery before his eyes blurred.
It had been two days since yesterday and he still hadn't closed his eyes. However, he wasn't tired at all … On the way from the Meridian Gate to the Meridian Gate, all the eunuchs, guards, and officials, regardless of their status or identity, all took the initiative to greet him.
Li Tuo had never seen so many smiles blooming at him in his life!
He had even seen the smiling faces of General Gui Zi Liu and Duke Yi Xuan, the two dukes who knew the cause and effect of the change last night. Now, they had asked Ci Xi to summon them to the palace to drink and set up a feast.