After despising Yang Xingguo in his heart, Zaitao did not say those words.

After all, tens of thousands of rifles have not been obtained. If Yang Xingguo cancels the transaction and sells the rifle to the Beiyang Army because of his own mistakes, it would be a bit of a loss.

However, Zaitao still had a look of disbelief on his face.

Yang Xingguo did not show any dissatisfaction expression, but answered confidently: "The information I mentioned is worth 100,000 taels of silver to the court, the prince will know in a short time."

"The prince thinks that this news is not worth the money, and I promise not to have one or two silver. If the prince thinks that the news is worth so much silver, I believe that with the prince's identity and character, I will definitely send the money to me."

When people were under the roof, they had to bow their heads. Yang Xingguo said this. Even if Zaitao didn't believe it, no matter how slandered it, he could only say with certainty: "As long as this information is really as valuable as Governor Yang said, I promise that a 100,000 taels of silver would be given to the Shanhaiguan Guijun."

"Okay!" Yang Xingguo shouted loudly.

Then he directly handed Zaitao a list of lives that had written more than a dozen people.

Although the dozen people on the list were middle and low-level officers of the Imperial Guard, as the commander of the Imperial Guard, Zaitao still had a little impression of it. He frowned and asked.

"These people seem to be all imperial guards officers. Governor Yang told me what these people are?"

Yang Xingguo reminded with a confident look: "The prince think about how they joined the imperial guards!"

Zaitao was stunned at first, then a thoughtful expression appeared on his face and continued to ask: "When the imperial guards were formed, the imperial guards were short of a large number of lower-level officers. Yuan Shikai, who assisted the king, drew vegetable Manchu officers from the Beiyang Army to send them to the imperial guards. Without these hundreds of lower-level officers, the imperial guards in the two towns would not be formed at all."

"The problem lies with these hundreds of people." Yang Xingguo continued to give a surprising answer.

"Impossible, these hundreds of people will definitely not have any problems. They are all Manchus. Can the Manchus still betray Manchus and make the court rebellion?" Zaitao immediately asked with a disbelief expression.

Yang Xingguo shook his head and replied: "I don't know if he will betray me, but I know a fact. These hundreds of middle and low-level officers have been in Yuan Shikai's Beiyang Army for a year, and more than three years have passed. Who can guarantee if anyone has turned to Yuan Shikai for such a long time and is bribed by Yuan Shikai?"

"Impossible, we Manchus are all warriors, and we absolutely cannot be bought!" Although Zaitao was still denied, his tone was no longer as certain as before. There was no doubt that Zaitao was moved by Yang Xingguo and began to doubt those people.

At this time, Yang Xingguo continued to reveal: "I don't know the others, but I can be sure that there are more than a dozen people on the list. They are still secretly contacting Yuan Shikai. As for what to contact, you need to go back and check it yourself, the prince."

"In addition, the prince might as well think about it. The imperial guards are about to expand their troops. At that time, hundreds of middle- and low-level officers drawn by Yuan Shikai from the Beiyang Army will definitely be promoted to middle- and high-level officers this time."

"I won't say much. If half of these middle and high-level officers were bribed by Yuan Shikai, the prince can think about it. If there is a conflict between the court and the Beiyang Army in the future, will the imperial guards obey the orders of the court or Yuan Shikai?"

Yang Xingguo said this. If Zaitao still didn't understand, then his prince would be in vain.

He frowned and said, "If half of the officers were really bribed by Yuan Shikai, then after the imperial guards expanded their troops, the 50,000 imperial guards that the court worked hard to form would be in vain!"

Seeing the serious and cautious expression slowly showing on Zaitao's face, Yang Xingguo immediately responded: "Does the prince still think that my information is worthless?"

"No!" Zaitao answered immediately.

"After returning to Beijing, I will report to the court to confirm the authenticity of this information. As long as it is true, I will guarantee that a lot of money will be sent to the Shanhaiguan Guijun."

After the two of them said a few more words, Zaitao proposed to go back to Beijing to deal with the matter immediately.

In order to cause some trouble for Yuan Shikai, Yang Xingguo also fought and directly agreed.

After returning to the capital for two days, Zaitao immediately reported Yang Xingguo's inference in Fengtian. Cixi was already very suspicious. When she heard Zaitao finish her words, Cixi believed it 80%.

Then I just issued an order to let Zaitao investigate the matter thoroughly.

Because of the list given by Yang Xingguo, Zaitao took only half a day to secretly catch more than a dozen people on the list and then sent someone to secretly search the mansions of these people.

It’s true that everyone’s mansion searched what Zaitao wanted.

In the face of evidence, even if more than a dozen people want to deny it, they have no reason, so they can only admit that they are still loyal to Yuan Shikai.

Zaitao was shocked by this result. He did not expect that the Manchu warriors he valued were so cordial, and even his own tribe could be betrayed.

In addition to shock, a little fear appeared on Zaitao's face.

This is just a list of evidence provided by Yang Xingguo. There are still many people who have no evidence in the imperial guards. If they really have the power to the imperial guards, then the imperial guards that the imperial guards finally formed in the imperial guards will not be cheap Yuan Shikai.

Zaitao did not dare to neglect, so he immediately went to the palace to meet the saint and reported to Cixi what he found.

"Inquiry, we must find out all these people who betray the court. The Ai family wants to see what benefits Yuan Shikai gave them, which can actually make them forget their identity as Manchus and give Yuan Shikai a Han man to work hard!"

"I don't know what the Queen Mother plans to deal with these people. If they are arrested, the middle and low-level officers of the Imperial Guard will be reduced by more than half at once!" Zaitao asked quickly.

"Kill them all, my family beat the slaves, and the Ai family hates the traitor the most in their lives!" Cixi replied without thinking.

Zaitao asked in a hesitant look on his face and said, "Empress Dowager, I have an idea, I don't know if it is feasible!"

"Yuan Shikai was able to install his own people in the imperial guards and planned to secretly control the imperial guards. Why couldn't the imperial court give Yuan Shikai a counter-espionage plan, spare the lives of those traitors and let them serve the court secretly, but on the surface, they continued to write letters to Yuan Shikai to be loyal to Yuan Shikai."

"Once one day a conflict broke out between the imperial court and the Beiyang Army, we can use these people to deal a fatal blow to the Beiyang Army at a critical moment!"

In addition to hating these betrayers, Cixi hated the most was Yuan Shikai.

Yuan Shikai promoted him by himself, but unexpectedly he opposed him in the end. This was something that Cixi did not expect even when she died.
Chapter completed!