Anti-Qing: Starting from the Jintian Uprising

Chapter 364: Pointing at Jose Again
Li Yi has no objection if someone wants to send him a woman.

But you sent the person to his bed without asking him whether he wanted it or not, which made Li Yi feel offended.

As a person in a higher position, Li Yi really doesn't like people who are self-righteous and make decisions for themselves.

who do you think You Are?

Why do you want to be my master?!
Soon, the guards around Li Yi brought Huang Anhe over.

As soon as Huang Anhe was taken into the Palace of Tranquil Longevity, he saw Zhang Tai and the palace maid he had sent kneeling on the ground.

Li Yi sat beside the couch with a sullen face.

Even though he didn't say a word, his aura was even more frightening.

With a thud, Huang Anhe's legs and feet went limp and he knelt down in front of Li Yi.

He kowtowed and spoke.

"Your Majesty, I know I was wrong. I shouldn't have acted on my own. I know I was wrong."

"I hope Your Majesty will spare my life and forgive me this time."

Huang Anhe was originally a chief eunuch in the Forbidden City and was not taken seriously.

Therefore, when the Qing government withdrew from the border areas, they left him behind to guard the imperial palace.

Later, after the Tang Dynasty conquered the capital, Huang An led the palace maids and eunuchs to surrender to the Tang Dynasty.

As Li Yi did not have time to take care of the affairs of the inner court for the time being, he ordered Huang An, who had led the surrender, to temporarily take charge of the many palace maids and eunuchs in the inner court.

Of course, he was just asked to take charge temporarily to avoid any chaos.

When Li Yiteng takes action in the future, he will definitely dismiss all the people and recruit palace maids and eunuchs from the public to serve in the palace.

Well, including Huang Anhe, will also be sent away.

Today, all the eunuchs and palace maids in the Forbidden City are veterans of the Qing court.

The palace maids were basically all from the Eight Banners, and were selected from the Eight Banners. Many of them missed the Qing Dynasty.

The same goes for eunuchs.

Although these eunuchs were not from the Eight Banners, most of them were children from poor families.

However, they had served the Qing emperor for such a long time that they might have developed feelings for him.

What if one of these palace maids or eunuchs is loyal to the Qing Dynasty and is willing to risk her life to assassinate Li Yi and avenge the Qing Dynasty? Wouldn't Li Yi be in danger?

Li Yi has always been a cautious person, and he would not tolerate any dangerous people around him.

However, Huang Anhe didn’t know this.

After he was appointed as the temporary supervisor of the eunuchs and palace maids, he thought he would be given an important position.

So, in order to flatter Li Yi, she took the initiative to select the most beautiful one from among the palace maids and sent her to Li Yi.

He hoped that this woman could please Li Yi, and that he could make further progress.

Unexpectedly, because he acted on his own initiative, he ended up flattering the horse but it hit the horse's leg.

Li Yi sat on the chair, looked at Huang Anhe coldly, and spoke.

"Who gave you the courage to send a woman to me without asking for permission?"

Huang Anhe clearly felt the murderous intent from Li Yi when he heard this, and he just kowtowed and begged for mercy.

"I know I was wrong, I know I was wrong!"

"I hope your majesty will forgive me!"

Huang Anhe understood that it was useless for him to explain now.

If he was wrong, he was wrong. If he tried to explain, Li Yi would think he was cunning.

Many times, it’s not that those in power cannot accept mistakes made by those below them.

But what he cannot accept is the subordinates making specious excuses after they have made mistakes.

In the current situation, the best option for the lower-level person is to admit his mistakes.

The more sincere the better!
Seeing this, Li Yi's anger subsided a little and he spoke immediately.

"You take it upon yourself to arrange my affairs?"

"Who do you take me for?"

"If you don't punish me, won't everyone in the world dare to imitate what you did?"

"Come here, take Huang Anhe out, give him 20 strokes of the cane, and drive him out of the palace. I don't want to see this kind of dog servant who dares to make decisions for the master again."

Huang Anhe felt bitter when he heard this.

He will be beaten with twenty strokes of the cane and driven out of the palace. As an old eunuch, he will be out of work. Won't he starve to death?

However, in front of Li Yi, he could only kowtow to express his gratitude.

"Your Majesty, thank you for not killing me..."

Li Yi waved his hand, and several guards came forward and dragged Huang Anhe out together.

Soon, the sound of beatings and Huang Anhe's screams were heard outside the Yangxin Palace.

Then, Li Yi turned his gaze to Zhang Tai.

Zhang Tai was also nervous.

He knew that he was in trouble today.

The only thing to be thankful for was that the person sent into the Palace of Tranquil Longevity this time was not an assassin, but a palace maid.

Otherwise, he would really be doomed to death.

"Your Majesty, I know I was wrong!"

"Your Majesty, please punish me!"

Seeing this, Li Yi snorted coldly.

"That's all."

"Zhang Tai, you have been busy lately and must be very tired. It is understandable that you made some mistakes under such fatigue."

"You have served me for such a long time. Even if you have no merit, you have worked hard. I will not punish you."

"The imperial court will subsequently open a port in Tianjin, establish a special economic zone, build an industrial park, and promote the development of industry and commerce."

"It just so happens that Tianjin is still short of a prefect to take charge of the overall situation. You can quit your job in the attendant room and go to Tianjin to take up the post."

"I'll give you the letter of authorization later!"

Just as Huang Anhe expected, Li Yi could actually accept his subordinates making mistakes.

He is even willing to give his subordinates a chance to correct their mistakes. But there is a prerequisite, that is, you must be a subordinate recognized by Li Yi.

Therefore, after Zhang Tai made a mistake, he was only sent to be an official in a remote area, but Huang Anhe was directly beaten with a stick and then driven out of the palace.

Because, to Li Yi, Zhang Tai is his own person, the kind who can make mistakes.

As a eunuch who had just surrendered, Huang Anhe had to be prepared to bear the price for making a mistake.

Zhang Tai couldn't help but feel relieved when he heard this, but for some reason he felt a little disappointed.

Li Yi did not punish him severely.

He was even promoted.

But he kicked him away from him.

This is not good news for Zhang Tai.

The prefect of Tianjin sounds like a very powerful position indeed.

But no matter how you look at it, he is just a prefect.

But what about Li Yi’s chief attendant?

There is a seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister’s door?
Not to mention the emperor's attendants!
Although this official position is not high, the status is definitely high enough.

Not to mention a small prefect, even ordinary provincial governors or high-ranking officials in the court had to be polite when meeting him.

However, I am afraid that such treatment will no longer be available in the future.

However, compared with Huang Anhe's fate, Zhang Tai's being demoted to a prefecture did not seem to be something unacceptable.

Zhang Tai took a deep breath and bowed.

"I would like to thank Your Majesty for your kindness!"

Li Yi nodded slightly, then waved his hand and ordered Zhang Tai to leave and take the palace maid out as well.

Li Yi did not punish the palace maid because she had only been following orders from beginning to end.

The person who made the mistake was Huang Anhe who made the decision on Li Yi's behalf without authorization.

And Zhang Tai, who let people into Li Yi's residence without asking Li Yi's attitude.

Instead of this palace maid.

However, Li Yi had no intention of keeping this palace maid to sleep with him.

Although she is very beautiful, she is a rare beauty.

But for Li Yi, beautiful women are really not a rare resource.

There are plenty of beautiful women as long as he wants.

Fat and thin, loli young women, cows and foreign horses, beauties from all over the world, as long as he wants, it is not a problem to get one together and even open a silver party.

But the woman in front of him was from the Eight Banners, and there was no need for Li Yi to risk his life just for a moment of comfort.

Well, Xianfeng’s old precedent is still before our eyes.

Li Yi doesn't want to be a person who is forced to get rid of vulgar tastes.

He is a very low-class person.

……

The next day, Li Yi got up early in the morning and started handling official business.

His secretary Zhang Zhidong brought a stack of official documents to Li Yi.

"Your Majesty, the negotiations between the Tang Dynasty and Vietnam have yielded results."

"This is a report sent by the Department of Foreign Affairs."

Upon hearing this, Li Yi took the telegram from Zhang Zhidong and began to read it.

[On the tenth day of the sixth month of the fourth year of the Tang Dynasty’s Zhaowu reign, the peace talks with Vietnam were successfully concluded, and the Tang-Vietnam Hanoi Treaty was officially signed.]

The specific contents of the treaty are as follows:

[First: The King of Vietnam gave up his title of emperor, pledged loyalty to the Tang Dynasty, and paid tribute every year.]

[Second: Vietnam ceded the land north of Thanh Hoa to the Tang Dynasty and compensated the Tang Dynasty for the war losses.]

[Third: Vietnam should pay the Tang Dynasty a war reparation of 8 million silver dollars, to be paid in the form of grain, to be repaid in two years...]

It is obvious that Vietnam has relented in response to the Tang Dynasty's request to expose the affairs of Western countries such as Britain, France, the Netherlands and Spain.

Therefore, the Tang Dynasty made some concessions to Vietnam on the issue of compensation.

The remaining articles include opening of trade, tariff agreements, extraterritoriality, leasing and concessions, etc.

After reading the report submitted by the Department of Diplomacy, Li Yi spoke with a smile.

"The peace talks with Vietnam have been concluded."

"In this way, our Tang Dynasty will not be short of food in the short term."

"The pressure on Shandong in disaster relief will also be less."

All in all, Li Yi is in a very good mood now.

Upon seeing this, Zhang Zhidong continued to report.

"Your Majesty, there is one more thing I need to report to you."

"This is news from the Western Barbarians. Britain, France, and Tsarist Russia have officially erupted in conflict in Crimea."

"The war has begun!"

Logically speaking, there should be a delay for news to reach East Asia from Europe, and it would take at least half a year on the road.

But under the leadership of the Tang Dynasty, countries in Southeast Asia are now building telegraph lines.

Today, the Tang Dynasty's telegraph lines have been extended to Myanmar and connected with Britain's telegraph lines in India.

India has telegraph connections to Europe.

Therefore, the Tang Dynasty was able to receive the news of the outbreak of the war in Crimea so quickly.

Hearing this, Li Yi's eyes rolled and he thought in his heart.

After a moment, Li Yi spoke.

"Since the war in Crimea has already begun, the Western Barbarians will definitely not have the energy to look east in the short term."

"It's just right. My Tang Dynasty can use the excuse of the Western Barbarians to instigate Vietnam to fight against my Tang Dynasty and then make some money from the Netherlands and Spain!"

(End of this chapter)