A quarter of an hour later, the legendary tycoon of Haijing held a high hat and knocked on Rong Dameng's door. As soon as he opened the door, he immediately shook hands with a smile on his face, shouting: "Hello, Mr. Rong...ah, isn't this Secretary Song? Are you also? Are you friends with Mr. Rong?"

"After I returned to China, I was at the American Baoshun Foreign Service in Shanghai, which was De Ling who sent a letter to Shanghai to invite me to see." Rong Dameng asked Zhong Jialiang to sit on the sofa, and Shi Ran introduced Song De Ling.

"Mr. Zhong is the emperor's friend. Ma friend." Song Deling said with a smile: "You guys chat slowly, I still have something to do..."

"Don't meet, Secretary Song, it's okay. I've always met you. I'm here to ask Mr. Rong about learning Western learning. You are a senior official of the court and a friend of Mr. Rong. Wouldn't it be better to help me solve my doubts?" Zhong Jialiang observed his words and thought that the guy in the prime minister's office was nothing to do and was just accompanying the master. He heard about this, so he immediately spoke to keep him.

As he said that, Zhong Jialiang looked at Rong Dameng and smiled: "I heard that it is not only Secretary Song, but also His Majesty's handwritten letter to invite you back from Shanghai?"

"Yes, the branch of Baoshun Foreign Company in Haijing was very large, and the headquarters was also considering relocating Haijing. The boss asked me to come and have a look. Haha, it happened that His Majesty the Song Dynasty invited this friend to invite him and came here. The honor was so great." Rong Dameng said.

"Mr. Rong, you are polite. I heard from Your Majesty that you are a talented person. He is eager to seek talent." A hint of envy appeared on Zhong Jialiang's thin face: "How is it? What official position does Your Majesty give you?"

"Da Meng is not sure yet, so I have to think about it again." Song Deling answered for Rong Da Meng.

"What do you think! Foreign ink is the most popular now. Our Majesty was heartbroken when playing mahjong. We can't find talents who both Chinese and Western cultures." Zhong Jialiang smiled and said, "Now you have returned to China and we admire you very much. The American ink is not what I said, but what Your Majesty explained to me. You know that Your Majesty is also extremely knowledgeable and he has always spoken well."

Yung Wing, whose courtesy name is Dameng and whose pseudonym was Chunfu. He was born on November 17, 1828 in Nanping Village, Xiangshan County, Guangdong Province (now Nanping Town, Zhuhai City). He entered the Marleyson School in Macau at a young age. In the 27th year of Daoguang (1847), he went to the United States to study. Later, he was admitted to Yale University. In 1854 (4th year of Xianfeng), he graduated with excellent results and became the first Chinese student to graduate from an American university. Later, he became an American citizen. In the fifth year of Xianfeng (1855), he returned to China and operated a silk tea business for Shanghai Baoshun Foreign Company.

"Oh, Boss Zhong, what are you going to talk about when you come to Dameng?" Song Deling asked curiously. It was always a bit inexplicable for this first opium merchant in the Song Dynasty to find Yung Wing. He even came to visit him in person.

"Oh, that's it." Speaking of this, Zhong Jialiang became serious. He asked Yung Wing: "I want to ask you about the place where you have said, Britain, France and the United States. How does it work? What's the use? I would like to ask this. Actually, I have discussed it with some foreign friends before. But they are foreigners after all. The Chinese and Western expressions do not express their meaning. Some words can only be spoken in the barbarian language. Brothers can hear it. My translators don't understand it. Now that you are back in the American form, it's great. We must solve my doubts!"

"Wow! Mr. Zhong, you are very knowledgeable." Song Deling was startled. He never thought that this guy was interested in this. Although he was also a comprador from a foreign company and worked in the court for a while, he didn't understand the system of Britain, France and the United States at all. Who would have thought that an opium merchant who was more interested in it than him was interested in it.

But Zhong Jialiang is naturally not the kind of master who is eager to learn. He is interested in this strange Western thing. He is indescribable hidden place.

This is hard to say about hiddenness, which is hunger.

Hungry?

Opium was originally a huge profit. It was like this since it appeared in the Far East. With monopoly on domestic sales, this huge profit industry was profitable. Within three years, this poor and downfall had even resigned to the long-distance merchant and pushed it to the position of the richest man in the Song Dynasty. When he had money, the toilets in the West were pure gold. He lived like this. He had changed to any civilian. Even if he had a short life of 20 years, he would be willing to exchange it with him for 30 years. But his hunger was increasing day by day.

He is not satisfied!

He is getting more and more uncomfortable!

Because he can't be the official!

When he was hesitating whether to defect to Changmao or jump into the river, he just wanted to get his home business back;

He defected to Changmao and he took it back. When he monopolized the opium industry in Haijing with Zhao Kuo's gift, he just wanted to become a monetary;

Now that he has become the richest rich man, he suddenly realizes that his ultimate ideal is to become an official.

money?

What's the use of money?

The amount of cars and buckets is worse than the soil. It is meaningless to call a millionaire. Only a high-ranking official who calls a thousand times will be satisfied. You must be the best!

But he could no longer live without opium. Naturally, in the Changmao court of the Song Dynasty, where smoking is strictly prohibited, he would not have a place;

He wanted to bribe all officials and gain some privileges, just like the Zheng brothers colluded with the army, and Li Yuting Huangen colluded with the navy, and had experienced the addiction to collusion between officials and businessmen, but he found that he had already colluded with the emperor, so who dared to pay attention to his bribery?

And the emperor, all the Song Dynasty, belonged to him. Even if he was a fool, he would definitely be the most honest guy. This is his own property. What is the point of colluding with a clean official?

Only money, no power, Zhong Jialiang felt like he was addicted to smoking, and his whole body was loose and his bones were ache; and he was insecure.

Can such a large property be safe without power?

A sheriff may be able to mess with himself with a seal order.

And without power, you cannot continue to grow wealth more and more because you are slightest! The emperor can completely destroy your dreams with an edict!

A few days ago, Zhong Jialiang deeply felt the pain of a gentle voice. He saw the signing of the Haisong Peace Agreement in the newspaper and couldn't help but slap the table!

Peace?

How can we have peace with the Qing Dynasty?

The Song Dynasty is fighting so well now, so why did Mao turn around and break into the small country of Annan?

We must rebel against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty!

The reason is obvious, just like after the Sun and Moon Army took Nanchang, the people from the Zhongjialiang Foreign Medicine Guild immediately rushed to the front line and began to build the Dasong Tobacco House in a fire-like ruin - a city is a big lake of silver!

The larger the territory occupied by the Song Dynasty, the larger the scale of opium monopoly business will be. Fools also know this.

But if you want to divide the border with the Qing Dynasty and govern, the suffering people on the Qing Dynasty will not be able to enjoy the "consider" service of the Song Dynasty Opium Guild!

Only three, how much money can you make in three? A large number of pure gold toilets from the foreign medicine guild are counting on the expansion of the territory. We need to build a pure gold Western swimming pool!

What a sad thing this is.

Love Song Ruming and the Qing Dynasty were filled with blood and hatred. Zhong Jialiang jumped to his feet and was sad. Then the foreign medicine guild of the Song Dynasty's most wealthy land alliance immediately held an emergency meeting to discuss whether there could be peace?

This is public opinion!

The public hates the Qing Dynasty!

The territory of the Song Dynasty is still very small, so it cannot be peaceful with the Qing Dynasty!

The territory of the Qing Dynasty and the people are both in the Song Dynasty!

The Song Dynasty is the real ruler of China!

But in the smoke of opium, these usually proud moguls looked at each other and found that they could not affect the hair of the court holding the cross flag high!

He donated military expenses every day, but he didn't know anything except the emperor in the court. He used to think that he had something to do with the emperor, and it was a good thing for officials to do to him. Now he realized that there was no opium power in the court, and the emperor was a cunning hooligan, laughing and not obeying them except playing mahjong;

The army donated arms every day, but the crazy believers simply scoffed at them, and many officers refused to shake hands with them. Because they had the smell of opium on their hands, it was very dangerous for soldiers to have the smell of opium on their bodies, whether they were the Crusaders or the Sun and Moon Army. If this thing was misunderstood in the army, they might be shot directly after the crime of smoking opium;

"We love the Song Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty the most, but what can we do?" At the Nanmu conference table, Zhong Jialiang's distant uncle, Uncle Seven, put down the opium gun, knocked the table with his right hand with seven diamond rings, and sighed: "We have money, but we don't have the right."

This lament immediately aroused the empathetic sighs of the big bosses. President Zhong Jialiang also shook his head. At this time, he realized that no one in the court could do it!

"Foreign religion is not good. Do you know the heaven and earth? There is a force of the heaven and earth in the court. The heaven and earth will rebel against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty!" A fat man looked around, and everyone looked at each other, and then sighed again.

The opium domestic sales monopoly guild was organized by Zhao Kuo himself, which specifically eliminated the opium domestic sales force of the heaven and earth. Zhong Jialiang and the others were very happy about this trick because in the past, the heaven and earth had a dark side and often relied on violence to fight the territory. Now the imperial court has protected it and kicked potential competitors. How great is this!

For a long time, the bosses of the Opium Guild and the bosses of the Tiandihui Association had their eyes that were not on their eyes and their noses.

But the problem is that when the Opium Guild was unhappy, there was no even an Allied army.

"There is no choice but to find the emperor." An old man sighed.

"Emperor? He issued this peace treaty and the edict to help the French teach Annan a lesson!" A group of people shouted: "You are so dizzy from opium!"

"Damn it, after a long time of trouble, we are just a group of poor people who have nothing but money!" Zhong Jialiang's brother-in-law smashed the cigarette gun out of the window of the conference room.

The opium bosses were silent.

There is no one in the court, so Zhong Jialiang began to think about recruiting people, but it is easy to deal with small officials. It is difficult to find high-ranking officials in the court who can influence the emperor's decision-making. They are not short of money, and the court is small. There are few officials, they have just made progress, have a strong sense of reform, and have faith. Zhao Kuo stared at him tightly. Since the establishment of the bureau case, the administration of the Song Dynasty can be said to be honest.

Moreover, the Opium Guild is nothing big. Why do you give money every day? It’s useless to give it to small ones. If it’s big ones, do you want to rebel? People won’t accept it.

Recently, Zhong Jialiang heard about something. Because there are many wars and many people promoted in the army, they are all young people. The emperor wanted to find a wife for his military generals and launched a secret beauty pageant. Zhong Jialiang's own daughter was just born and was too young. He immediately selected three young and beautiful relatives from his distant place, and promoted them to high-ranking officials of the court and military generals everywhere.

But all were rejected!

As a result, a group of businessmen who do factory and trade were listed as a list to marry the imperial army, and the daughters and girls in the opium guild were excluded!

This makes the opium prides angry and afraid---what does it mean! Treat us as cattle and sheep, waiting to eat meat? Or are we a pariah, rich but no status, and discriminated against, like actors?

But these richest landlords in the Song Dynasty had no choice. Because the Song Dynasty was born in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the strict Puritanism such as banning smoking and alcohol during the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's uprising remained among the basics. Officials and soldiers did not smoke opium, which was also an important feature different from the Qing Dynasty. Although Zhao Kuo made them rich, such things were strictly prohibited by the imperial army, but not recommended and discouraged by the people. Land preparation opium merchants were rich but had no face, and they could not get into the center of power. They had a meeting for two hours, and they were addicted to opium in half an hour. Whether in the court or the army, they would probably be dragged out and beaten to death. Even if they made friends or children and relatives, religious people would not like them who yawned every day.

However, in the Qing Dynasty civilization, power and money were not divided, so how could there be no noble people who only had money but no power? Isn’t that nonsense?

Zhong Jialiang was depressed for several days, and happened to hear his friend Yihe Business Manager say at the cocktail party that Great Britain might start a war against the Qing Dynasty, so it would be better for those guys in the parliament to not make trouble.

What is the parliament? Can it make trouble for the British Emperor?

Zhong Jialiang was full of thought of sharing the power of the court. When he heard this, his eyes lit up and immediately began to ask about the English word "Parliament".

After returning, he looked up very much and found friends familiar with Chinese foreigners, including pastors, merchants, consuls, etc., and asked in detail about the political systems of Britain, France and the United States.

Just like a ray of light was found in the darkness, the parliament could be composed of civilians, but it was fucking power!

Commercial policies, foreign policies, and even whether to start a war have the right to influence the court!

And as far as the British said, the members of the House of Commons were elected by the people. The people who had the right to vote at that time were only one-sixth of adult men!

This restriction is property, and wealthy and decent people can elect. Before 1832, there was a restriction on identity in the UK, but now there is only a restriction on property.

In other words, the rich people among the people choose rich people!

How to choose? Listen to the local dialect of the people, it is just a big news. It seems that after the seafood restaurant is newly opened, it will attract customers everywhere to come to your restaurant to eat.

If you have money, find more friends. If you stand there dozens of streets, who is afraid of whom?

Looking at the Song Dynasty, who can be richer than a foreign medicine business?

If an election similar to that of British parliamentarians is held, Zhong Jialiang is sure that even if he can't make a speaker, he can still use money to make a whole lot of parliamentarians!

Why elect a member of parliament?

Have the right!

If you have money, you can choose it. If you have power, you can have power. If you have power, you can have money!

Who doesn’t know this logic?

Isn’t it just like the Qing Dynasty donation officials?
To be continued...