Chapter 43 Tianyan is furious (1)

The emperor was having a meal, except for the eunuch who was with him, the people next to him were not present. Chongshi and others left the room and did not dare to stay away. They stood at the door of the room and talked and chatted. "Brother Baishui, just now..." Xi Ling'a pointed inside: "Master is really not angry?"

"Yes!" Chongshi nodded and said, "Brother Weng and I also find it strange. When I heard what I said just now, I was still wondering if I wanted to find some reason to explain it. Who knows, the emperor—"

Xilinga left step by step, and the emperor drank tea while talking to Chongshi. Weng Tonghe said: The railway is the first motion proposed by China to the UK after the implementation of the law of cowpox cultivation across the country. The specific requirement is that the UK will issue technology, guidance personnel, locomotives, and the China will issue specific staff and total funds of 70. After the railway is completed, 8 out of each year's income will be taken as a profit to the UK for a period of ten years.

The British knew very well how backward and ignorant China is, but how rich it is! The total population is more than 300 million! In such a country, not to mention trains, even steamers have never been there. Wen Han had personal experience: taking the Crack steamer all the way from Hong Kong to the north, and when driving in the rivers, people on the shore would stop and watch. If the train can be built and passed in China, the benefits will be too much more than that of China to purchase artillery, weapons and other items!

However, the British still refused to let it go easily, believing that the annual income of 8 is too scarce, and the ten-year term is too short. Therefore, they proposed that either increase the share of each year to 15, or extend the years of distributing profits according to this ratio - increasing it to 20 years - to achieve mutual satisfaction.

Just as he was talking about this, Changhong's words came over in the compartment, Chongshi was shocked! Changhong had also dated him. He heard his arrogant confession and confessed truthfully, and he didn't know how angry the emperor would get? He took a peek at it. Sure enough, the young man held the teacup and settled, then smiled as if nothing had happened, and continued: "...The British took the opportunity to blackmail..."

Chongshi was relieved, and the emperor did not seem to take Changhong's greed and the facts inside the body seriously?

In fact, the emperor really wanted to have an immediate attack! A small minister of the Interior Affairs Office owed 30,000 taels of silver from the relocation of the Rehe Palace and the previous renovations. What about the others? What about the officials of the Interior Affairs Office, the doctors and the ministers of the Interior Affairs Office?

Only in a moment, the emperor knew that if it occurred this time, it would be a great prison again. But today, the land was not suitable, so that people would know that they had gone out of the palace and traveled again, and they would not have a good reputation. Even those who were greedy and greedy could not escape. Let's talk about it after they went back. Therefore, this was the gentleness and calmness that seemed strange to Gongshi, Weng Tonghe.

After a beautiful lunch under Liufu's service, the emperor signaled Liufu to greet the people outside. In addition to Xilinga and the other three, Sushun lowered his head and followed: "Subor Sushun, please pay tribute to the master."

"Oh, I heard you just now, get up."

"yes."

"Xilinga?"

"The slave is here."

"When I came in just now, I heard you and the shopkeeper tell me that you can pack this private room? You go and tell the owner of the shop and you will want this room. Occasionally, I will come over to enjoy it. Hey. Walking around the streets of Rehe, listen to it, it is really more heart-shaking than reading the Twenty-Four Histories!"

A dense bead of sweat appeared on Xiling's forehead, and he hurriedly knelt down and replied, "Emperor, if the emperor likes the side dishes he cooks here, Rong Nucai arranges to recruit the chef in this restaurant into the garden and make it for the emperor to enjoy it alone?"

"This is not possible. It is better to have fun alone than to have fun. You can't make people enjoy it because of my own preferences. Go, go."

"Yes." Xi Ling'a didn't dare to persuade him anymore, so she bowed and went to discuss with the owner of the restaurant.

The emperor turned around, looked out the window, and sat down high above the window, and could see the scenery on the street. Across the street, firecrackers were set off just now, and people were coming and going, but now it became silent and so quiet that it was unclear: "Where..." He pointed with his hand: "Whose mansion is it?"

Sushun glanced at her head and swallowed dryly. She didn't want to say anything, but she couldn't resist it at this moment. She had to answer truthfully: "Reply to the emperor, it is the newly purchased property by Changhong, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, in Rehe."

"Liangyun Guangsha." The emperor smiled without comment and asked again, "I heard that you have also bought a house in Rehe?"

"Yes," Sushun replied without hesitation, "I dare not hide my every move from the slave. I bought a new house and was looking for someone to renovate it, but it has not been completed yet."

"Oh!" the emperor said this word, and his tone was extremely obvious.

"There is a reason for this." Su said calmly, "I know that the emperor has strong yang energy and is afraid of heat. I will serve the emperor to come to Rehe to escape the heat every year. What's the day there! I must plan to stay away."

Such words will undoubtedly satisfy the emperor. He smiled and nodded and stopped pestering: "I remember you were admitted to the Ministry of Justice in the first year of Xianfeng?"

"Yes. The slave was favored by the emperor and was promoted to the Ministry of Justice in October of the first year of Xianfeng. He was appointed as the Left Minister of Justice."

The emperor was about to speak, but Xilinga walked in: "I have already agreed to what my master said. This elegant seat will never be used by anyone else in the future, and the slave will wrap him up."

"Okay, let's go back."

Xiling A and a few people looked at each other and smiled bitterly. They knew that this man rarely came to this place, and they didn’t know where the rules were passed down. It was like living in a big restaurant like this, so it would be fine if the first time a fresh guest came to the house. With regular customers, especially with the first time guests who came to the house like Xiling A, who was working in the palace, they would not be able to pay as usual - it was not about using their power to suppress others and wanting to eat a king-salt meal. On the contrary, this was a measure taken to hold the customer and wait for the visiting house many times in the future.

Of course, there are also people who insist on paying the price, which is to look down on the restaurant and disdain for the exchanges. This is either because the food is not good or because the service of the hall is not good enough, or because of the poor service of the hall, it is actually a person who offended people. So whenever there is such a situation, both the boss and the guy will be very anxious. I think that there was something wrong with the action just now and offended the distinguished guest.

The emperor didn't know about this section. Seeing their mysterious expressions, he stopped again: "What's wrong?"

"Ah, nothing, nothing," Su Shun said hurriedly: "Master will go first, Rong Nu will cook later."

Several people came out of the restaurant and stood at the entrance of the restaurant to serve the residency. The headmaster of the Rehe Dutong Office hurried forward: "Master, do you want to go back?"

"Go back, I'm a little tired."

"Yes," Zaihe had already prepared to get off the carriage in the back of the blue woolen. He made his personal soldiers kneel down. The emperor stepped on his back and waited on the carriage. The military man who was driving shouted and waved the whip. The carriage slowly walked towards the direction of the garden. Xilinga, Chongshi, Weng Tonghe and others were riding horses or sitting in sedan chairs, following behind.

Entering the garden, the emperor walked towards Yanbozhishuang Hall, walked a few steps, and then stopped again: "I won't go back now, go to the military office to pay the office."

So he turned out and arrived at the duty room at the entrance of the palace. The emperor's face was gloomy. He knelt down on the porch, the head of the clerk, the head office, and the clerk went straight in without even looking. Several people from the Military Affairs Office had just had lunch and were about to let Sula of the Military Affairs Office come in to clean up. Who would have thought that the curtain was raised and the emperor suddenly arrived? Sai Shang was stunned for a moment, and quickly slid from the kang to the ground. He didn't even bother to put his boots on, and knelt down and saluted: "Sla, please respectfully treat the holy."

The emperor curled his lips slightly and sat down on the kang. Liu Fu knelt down, helped him take off his soft satin boots and sat cross-legged: "Chongshi?"

"The slave is here."

"You go to the Ministry of Revenue and let Yan Jingming come here. Also, let Wen Qing, the Minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, come here too."

"Zhe." Chongshi agreed, bowed and took a few steps before turning around.

The emperor did not speak, and Sai Shanga didn't dare to ask. Everyone could see that. The emperor's face looked very bad, and he didn't dare to ask rashly. He knelt on the ground and waited anxiously. Several Sula came in sideways, cleaned up the table, chairs, benches, and leftovers on the table as light as possible, and wiped the table again, then retreated.

It was in this moment that Yan Jingming, Wen Qing and Chongshi came in: "Slave Wen Qing (member Yan Jingming), come to the emperor."

"Yan Jingming," the emperor looked at Yan Jingming first and asked, "You are in charge of the Ministry of Revenue. This time I moved to Rehe, which cost a lot. Can the Ministry of Revenue have accounts?"

"Yes, when I replied to the emperor, the emperor moved to Rehe, and most of them were from the direct governor's office, the Chahar Tutor's office, and the prefectures and counties on the road to serve and support it. The Ministry of Revenue under my jurisdiction did not spend much money." Along the way, Yan Jingming had already stopped Chongshi and briefly said the emperor's thoughts. He said: "As for the accounts mentioned by the emperor, they are also well organized and archived separately."

"Even if it's not much, there's always a number, right? What's the total?"

"Yes, the Ministry of Revenue, which is under my jurisdiction, has reimbursed a total of 246,733 taels of silver."

"Well," the emperor nodded without comment and looked at Wen Qing again: "Wen Qing, you are my inner steward. This time you move to Rehe, the Interior Affairs Office has also contributed to it. I know all of this."

The emperor's tone was not good, and when he heard about leaving the palace this time, Wen Qing was even more afraid to speak easily, but he just avoided the title of a meeting and said, "The slave serves his master, and he is responsible for his duties and does not dare to be the emperor to praise him."

"I heard a strange thing today. The head of a small office of the Interior Affairs Office, during this overhaul of the Rehe Palace, he would have 30,000 taels of silver. Do you know?"

"I don't know," Wen Qing was really frightened. The Qing Dynasty officials did not have any death penalty for greed for the officials of Yu in the Qing Dynasty. However, since the emperor ascended the throne, Yu in the court officials occasionally suffered heavy punishments. As a minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, although he asked himself that he could not get rid of any greedy officials, he could not escape the charge of being inattentive. Therefore, although the emperor's tone did not look cruel, he still scared him to the point of meeting: "Slaves are guilty, slaves are guilty, and slaves are confused. Please punish the emperor."

"A small official who is not good at work can get 30,000 taels of silver after a big work. He buys real estate and a banquet in Rehe. During this period, he drinks flowers and wine and invites actors. All kinds of things that hinder the official's advice are all gone, but you can ignore it? Every day he knows that he is wise in front of me, but he doesn't know that the deterioration of the administration has reached such a situation!"

The emperor was really angry and slapped the kang with his hands and thumped it, which scared everyone so much that no one dared to speak. He just kept talking: "This matter must be investigated and dealt with strictly, Yan Jingming? You lead the consideration department's clerk. Since the edict was issued on October 27 last year, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Revenue, and the Ministry of Works will investigate and implement all relevant major engineering projects one by one, and report it to the report. Do you know?"

"Yes, I understand."

"Also, although I grew up in the ban, I know a few tricks of false quotes on the street market. Don't fool me like those stupid people who don't know how to fool me. It's funny to think about it. Cao Zhenyong, as a cabinet and the chief minister of military operations, had such a great reputation and such a high status, was just afraid of a group of traitors in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. When the late emperor asked, he actually said that he didn't eat eggs at home?"

Many people know this section of the speech. Emperor Daoguang ate eggs, and the imperial kitchen under the Ministry of Internal Affairs actually reported to him: 'Eggs are sold for three taels of silver.' Later, Emperor Daoguang chatted with an official, and the man said for a moment: 'Eggs at home are sold for only five large sums each.' The emperor was very surprised and asked Cao Zhenyong to investigate carefully. Cao Zhenyong knew the power of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and did not dare to reply to the truth, and did not even dare to take the errand. He just said: 'I never eat eggs.' That was why some people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs did not offend some people.

Yan Jingming himself knew this story of this dynasty, and he heard the emperor continue to say: "...Yan Jingming, you should carefully estimate that if you dare to commit favoritism and fraud, and intend to cover up the group of bastards in the Office of the Internal Affairs, even if I have several years of opportunity with you, I will probably have to go all out."

"Yes." Yan Jingming agreed loudly: "I must carefully and seize all the officials who have been corrupt in the great work and report back."
Chapter completed!