Chapter 3: Sit on politics ()

He said it was "no thank you", Mu Zhanga stood respectfully and left after listening to the eunuch's order. Then the imperial kitchen came to have dinner. In addition to the four plates and four bowls as usual, and the dishes given by the emperor, they were filled with marble tables. Mu Zhanga was moved: The new king ascended the throne and his favor remained unabashed. I think it was so happy that he was inexplicably happy.

"The five of us can't eat so much?" Ji Zhichang and others were all 50 years old, not to mention that Mu Zhanga was already in his seventies. His usual meals were mainly dieting and health preservation. Today, there were dishes given by the emperor - this was all 'eliminated', so he suggested: "Why give them some?"

The "they" he mentioned refers to the military officers in the south house opposite. Qing Dynasty: each of the military officers selected Manchu and Han juren, and those who passed the examination were admitted to the six departments. There was no fixed number of people, with the total number of about 20 people (it was not made up by the author. There was no very accurate requirement for the number of people in the military officers. Until the real history of Hong Yang Junxing, the military officers were busy. Emperor Xianfeng ordered the number to be expanded to 32 people, with 16 people from Manchu and Han 16 people, so it was a permanent example. This book will be slightly changed in writing, so don't blame anyone who knows it.), and these 20 people are divided into four shifts, two shifts a day, and the next day's worth.

"Why do you have to be so troublesome?" Mu Zhanga continued casually: "Let them come and eat together?"

"I'm afraid 15 people can't sit still, right?"

"Not afraid, you can always sit down if you squeeze."

So He Rulin went down to arrange it. After a while, the people gathered at the Military Affairs Office. Now it became really lively! 15 people sat around a specially found extra-large round table and started dining.

The meal was very delicious. First of all, everyone was really hungry, and hungry people were easy to eat; secondly, this reunion atmosphere could make people feel relaxed and their appetites were wide open. Just because it was still in the mourning period, I dare not show any joy, which was a flaw.

I met with the Minister of Military Affairs for a long time. When the emperor finished lunch, it was already noon.

Back at the East Warm Pavilion of Yangxin Hall, he changed into a comfortable position on the soft kang-style throne and picked up a memorial. When he saw the title, the young emperor smiled: "The Commentary on the Great Lectures", Zeng Guofan, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites, knelt in.

The content of this memorial was in response to the emperor's edict, summoning six ministers and nine ministers to express their special request in the imperial edict of Emperor Daoguang: "...I will never be able to do anything for suburban qualities and rituals to build temples..."

The commentary says: "The great emperor's merits are brilliant, and it is not easy to match the suburbs, and temple bags are particularly necessary." From the beginning, it is clear that the following arguments are naturally listed: First of all, there is a temple bag, "Article is accurate and difficult to follow in the present; and the specific explanation is from ancient times to the present. The ancient saying of the temple is said to be the seven temples. If there are seven temples in the intervening but not the ones, there must be a lord of virtue for generations, not the number of seven temples. If the three sects of Yin, the civil and military officials of Zhou are the ones. "The next one is: "... Besides, the princes and wise men still have temple sacrifices, and there is the supreme emperor of the emperor, who dares to abolish the robbery?"

At the end of the memorial, Zeng Guofan wrote: "... When the emperor was in the suburbs' sacrifice, he would look up to the orders of the emperor and the lower part would be in trouble for generations, or he would be in a state of turmoil. Then the ritual minister (this refers to himself. Zeng Guofan was appointed as the Minister of Rites, so he claimed that he was a ritual minister). He would not say anything about it. Therefore, he would write a memorial and punish the emperor and be harsh and tremble. He would be very proud of his work.

After reading the memorial, the emperor took the imperial pen and added a red note to the blank space: "Look at the memorial. The officer's sentences are clear, the words are intricate, which is even as close as my heart. He forwarded this note to the six parts and read it together. After writing it, he felt that he was still not satisfied, so he added another sentence: "I will have another decree in the future." Then he put the memorial aside and picked up another book.

This was originally a report from the Governor of Liangjiang Lu Jianying to report to the salt administration of Lianghuai and the disputes of the grain transportation. The emperor had already learned about the content of the illegitimate government of Huai and salt. This time, when he saw that someone in the Qing court had already realized this problem, he couldn't help but be very interested. He opened it and saw that the content was very complicated. Lu Jianying listed all the key points about the bad governance that he had seen and heard over the years: "... The merchants were seeking salt administration as a system of sealing the wheels. When it was the turn to sell salt, they were not allowed to compete for the first time, resulting in a price drop. Therefore, the more the control was, the stronger the salt price, and the smoother the private sale. In the first year of Daoguang, the Governor of Liangjiang Sun Yuting asked the Chuan to start the wheels. The bad rules were all about dams, and the dams were straited and crossed the dams, and they went through five dams and ten dams, and then they bundled large bags to the shore. The officials and clerks needed to be requisitioned at every level, and each cost was more than ten taels,..."

"... Huai salt has accumulated and changed Huaibei to billed salt, and it has been slightly restored. Huainan is good at salt and has been beneficial for a long time. Officials and farmers have no choice but to discuss reforms. Now I ask to change the route by legislation and not change the bundle, and not to snatch the old road in Huai. But they change from Wangying to the lake, and each pack of 100 kilograms, and they don't change the bundle when leaving the factory, and go straight to the port. Except for the price of salt, the freight is only one tael, and the price of rivers and lakes is one tael, and every five taels is strange, which is reduced to half of the salt. The civil servants will be given the license to the prefectures and counties, pay the yard to buy salt, and the branch office will give three consecutive tickets and one consecutive ticket, and set up a limited transportation shore, and the tickets and salt separation will not be allowed. Otherwise, the private salt will be treated as a matter of private salt, and wait for the salt ship to come to the shore."

"...There is no admixture of the bundle, the salt is pure and the price is low, and the private salt is not profitable. It is beneficial to change the bill of salt. Private sales are all selling official salt. It is not a special course, but there is no shortage. It is also a waste of the field, donation of the charity factory, study and examination institute, and other salts are originally salt-inducing items, which are popular for sales and prosperity, and all wastes are prosperous. It is because of light courses against private sales and profits, so one plan is the salt of two plans, which is the one plan and two plans."

Seeing this, the emperor thought about it and recalled his knowledge about the bad policies of salt transportation. It was similar to the solutions mentioned by Lu Jianying in the comments, and there was nothing to add. Then he continued to read, and it was a statement about the bad policies of the bad policies of the lot of canal transportation: "... The canal transportation has existed in ancient times, but it was only carried forward by our dynasty. However, after 200 years of accumulation in the Six Dynasties, the canal transportation has become a source of profit for officials. Now it is said that the main business is hindering the canal.

Those: governments hinder the grain, and the grain also hinder the government. Those who can be treated as wise rules are often donated, and there are many officials who come to the province, and there are no real compensation, so the commission is used as the adjustment. Salt and grain are all big caves that accommodate commissions... and pass along the way, and the gates need to be retrieved, each ship and one gate, which is not less than a thousand documents. Therefore, the grain workers are responsible for transporting grain, and the fees are given to the officials and there is more than surplus. In total, bribes are bribed, and although they are trying to obtain the fees for the prefectures and counties, they are not enough. This grain workers are only sold and cut by the officials."

"The good and foolish people in the countryside are scattered and small, but they dare not resist. At first, they endured exploitation, and then gradually became mechanical. They bribed and asked households to provide for their own business, which was 50% or 60% more than self-involved, and the number of people was large. The number of households was large, and the number of households was small, and the people were particularly frustrated. Good people gradually became bad. The customs of officials and people became more and more deteriorated."

A memorial was written with more than 7,000 words. This was the first time that the emperor saw such a long text. He had to stop a few times in the middle and asked the eunuchs around him to pour him tea.

After reading it, I picked up the pen, dipped it in cinnabar, and wanted to give a few words on the memorial, but I couldn't start writing it. I sighed softly, put the pen aside, and put the memorial aside.

When he woke up the next morning, the emperor remembered the memorial she read yesterday: "I have read the memorial of Lu Jianying, the Governor of Liangjiang. It really changed my mind! Unexpectedly, the ills of salt and grain are all the same."

"Emperor, there are all kinds of bad policies in salt and grain, and it has been accumulated over the years. The governors and governors of all regions have the responsibility to clarify the bad policies in their provinces and calm the hearts of the people. For such matters, as long as the next edict is issued and handled seriously, it is enough."

"That's not what it said. Mu Xiang. Both ends of the salt and grain are related to national economy and people's livelihood, not to mention the impact of exploitation of grain and the harassment of cruel officials on the common people. If it is really as mentioned in the memorial, it will be too late for you, my king and minister to regret it."

Mu Zhanga thoughtfully said: "If it is really aroused the civil war, Lu Jianying, as the general constitution, would have no choice but to be responsible. I think he would not allow such a situation." But in that case, it became a quarrel with the emperor and no rules to report the matter. He immediately replied: "The emperor has no wiseness."

"The Military Affairs Office issued an order to land Lu Jianying in Beijing. I want to meet him. Oh, and let Yang Dianbang, the Governor of the Valley Transport, come to the capital, and meet Lu Jianying."
Chapter completed!