Chapter 59 The Emperor’s New Year’s greetings (5 ends)

Everyone went to the hall to salute, and the emperor waved to Cunyou first, "The eldest brother has come out too much, so take him back to the palace. If the queen asks, I will say that I will stay in Weng Xincun's mansion for a while and go back before I get the key."

"Zhe." Cunyou agreed, and when Zaili and Ama quit their leave, they took the child's little hand and led him out of the hall.

After sending the eldest prince back to the palace, the emperor turned around and said, "What Zeng Guofan just mentioned is the matter of reforming the new laws and regulations of the various provinces. Bai Wei, you are the minister of the Ministry of War. What do you think?"

"I think it's better to slowly plan it. If one province is implemented one province after another, and after a few years, the people have become more and more convinced of the new policy and are grateful to the emperor's grace, then a few soldiers will be held back from it. I think there will be no civil rebellion."

The emperor narrowed his eyes, stayed silent for a moment, and then asked Zeng Guofan, "What do you think?"

Zeng Guofan knew that the emperor was young and enterprising, and intended to take advantage of the great victory of the coalition forces to completely purify the military system of various provinces. If he followed what Bai Wei said and slowly planned it, not only would the results obtained in the early stage not be long-lasting and were inconsistent with the holy will; even the soldiers from Guangwu Camp and Shenji Camp gathered in the military camp for a long time and did nothing, and sooner or later they would become a battalion of exhausted troops.

However, as a senior of the Military Affairs Office, Bai Qi was unable to collide with his words. He blew up his mind and said, "I think that the sage is meticulous and there are previous examples to follow. Just follow the rules."

"oh?"

"Yes. Since November 16, 2018, I received an order from the Military Affairs Office, I have received many provincial governors and governors from all provinces, asking to build a railway work in the province as precedents of Liangjiang. Even the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi Gui Liang also wrote a letter to talk about the matter after the sage returned to the palace, and asked to build a branch railway in the province by self-financing method... I think that the railway work will use more than one million people? If we use this to collect the evacuated soldiers' toilets, we can save the risk of young and strong people from the people from the people from joining them, and thus the lack of land strength, and also find a way out for the soldiers. It can be said that it is a killing two birds with one stone."

Bai Xu was gloomy and could not see anything on the surface. Although he didn't think that Zeng Guofan was intentionally offending him, he was also displeased. Moreover, Zeng Guofan's words were seemingly wrong. There was something wrong with him and he didn't have time to ask him carefully. At this time, Zhou Zupei, who was rare to speak, made a statement, "Your Majesty, I think it's not appropriate to have Master Zeng's discussion."

The emperor and Bai Wei asked each other for advice and felt that Zeng Guofan's answer was some questions. He was thinking and waved his hand casually, "Tell me, what's the problem?"

"Yes." Zhou Zupei said; "I thought that the Green Camp and the Eight Banners soldiers had been in charge of national salary for decades. In military affairs, they had been abandoned for many years. It was time to carefully rectify them. However, I thought that once the new law was promulgated, all soldiers would be in danger, and they would probably stop such good jobs that would be slack all day long and do not have to work hard. Therefore, the reform was the first to strive for courage in order to escape the danger of elimination and withdrawal. In this case, the people who were laid off will naturally be those who were old and weak and unable to use it. If such a person was put into railway work, he would probably be exhausted and injured in less than ten days, and would cause injuries and injuries to the emperor's virtue of loving the people!"

Halfway through his speech, the emperor and Bai Wei and others also understood. Zeng Guofan blushed and bowed to answer, "What Master Zhou said is very true. I am worried about the inappropriate matters, so please forgive me."

"Is that why I have brainstormed with you? Now I can find out where the loopholes are and fill them in detail. It will be better than in the future. In the future, the provinces will be troubled and at a loss!"

He pointed at Zhou Zupei, "You continue."

Zhou Zupei was glamorous and talked in court, "I think that the soldiers feared the Leave army, not because they had the king, father and country, but they were reluctant to leave the leisurely days of wearing clothes and reaching out to eat and opening their mouths. Even if they pretended to be brave and tempered in order to resist the order, they would have the disadvantage of resurrecting the old ways. This is not all, the provinces eliminated and withdrawn soldiers and filled them with new recruits. If they were to be infected with the habit of being lazy and arduous for these people, then all the emperor's efforts over the years would be wasted."

The emperor was moved by Zhou Zupei's words and broke up the soldiers of Guangwu Camp and sent them to various provinces. On the one hand, it was to avoid the situation where the generals were respectful to their own troops, and on the other hand, it was to allow these people to serve as a mastermind. If it was just as Zhou Zupei said, after taking office in another province, it would be contaminated, and the military system would not be implemented, but instead all the work done in the early stage would be ruined? This was something he could not tolerate.

"What about you? Is there a way to prevent ills?"

"Forgive me for being ignorant, and there is no good deed."

"If you can't come up with a solution, you can't send the soldiers of Guangwu Camp and Shenji Camp out. If you don't do it well, even these people will become dirty cats. It's better to stay in the capital!"

After hearing the emperor say such an angry words, Weng Xincun and others kneeled down, "My ministers are powerless to serve their duties, and the emperor is worried about the king and father, and they are extremely ashamed."

The emperor waved his hand in annoyance, "What's the use of saying these words? I'd better think about how to find a proper way. If I can't come up with a solution today, I will submit it to the six ministers and nine ministers for discussion after the beginning of the year. In short, there is no way to prevent problems and eliminate them, I will never watch the hard work of many years and be useless."

Weng Tongshu knelt on the ground with the crowd, and also used his brains to think carefully, "Your Majesty, I have an idea, I am afraid that it will be too rough and not systematic..."

Before he finished speaking, Weng Xincun turned around and scolded, "Bastard! The lord is here, and there are so many important military officials here, which is not as profound as yours?"

After listening to my father's advice, Weng Tongshu lowered his head and dared not speak anymore. The emperor did not agree, "Weng Xincun, there must be my teacher when the three of them go! Let him talk."

After receiving the emperor's approval, Weng Tongshu said timidly, "I think that the bad policies in the military camp are just the word "money and food". If the army has no chance to intervene from the admiral to the soldiers, the bad policies will be eliminated!"

One sentence reminded Zeng Guofan, and he replied while meeting, "Your Majesty Brother, what the pharmacy brother said is very true! As long as you can eliminate the greed, from the Shangguan to the soldiers, you will know that you can't afford to squander, misappropriate, or squeeze out the money and food you have occupied, you will naturally be able to train with peace of mind."

The emperor shook his head honestly, "I... don't understand."

"Your Majesty, for me, since the fourth year of Xianfeng, I have been stationed in Tianjin to practice new troops. During this period, the soldiers' food and salary were all distributed by the soldiers in the capital on a monthly basis. The two departments of households paid one by one according to the military list. Each salary was collected by the soldiers. For some reason, the amount of money and food was temporarily kept by the ministers and the military officials. Outsiders had no room for intervention, so they cut off the bad policies of the assistants, generals and deputy generals to deduct military salary. When the new law was implemented, the soldiers cheered, but the generals and assistants in the camp complained. After being taught by me, they had to follow the will of heaven and dare not have any random thoughts."

He paused for a moment and continued, "In the past year, the twelve passes had sufficient food and salary, and the soldiers were extremely brave when they were trained. After several years, they could achieve the effect of winning the battle in Shandong."

The emperor was silent for a long time, and finally knocked on the table and nodded: "This method is implemented! The soldiers' monthly salary will be paid to the soldiers as usual, and the rest of the daily expenses will be requested one by one... Although this will be a little troublesome, as long as you persist for several years, you will think that the road will be smoother in the future, and it will not hinder the overall situation."

"Yes, the emperor's holy thoughts are as clear as heaven, and I am impressed by you."

"This matter, Zeng Guofan, after the beginning of the year, you will write a detailed statement and I will submit it to the Ministry for discussion and then recommend it."

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The matter was broken, and the emperor was in a good mood. "I came to Weng's house today. I originally wanted to break the old rules and wish the important officials in the court a New Year. This is better, and it has become a situation where the court is right. Let's get up, the New Year will not affect the mood."

"The emperor lives in his place. This is the words of the former pilgrimage. Besides, what we are discussing today is all the major policies for the country and the people. I am grateful to the emperor's sage virtues and I only have the intention of impressing the emperor. How dare he think about it?"

"I won't talk about this anymore." The emperor waved his hand, "By the way, Weng Xincun, I have been idle for many days, but do I have poetry and prose?"

"The emperor is the first master of poetry and prose in our dynasty, how dare I show off in front of the Holy Emperor?"

The emperor shook his head and waved his hand, "If I talk about the other things, I still dare to boast about it. The way of poetry and prose is as vast as a sea of ​​smoke. How can I say that I am a master of poetry and prose? Such words are too flattering!"

Zeng Guofan said with a slight interest, "The emperor, his minister Ji Ze, failed the provincial examination last year, and wrote a small poem for the emperor to be together with the seats."

"Oh? How did it be done?"

Zeng Jize's poem is written like this: "I am born in heaven, and my sorrow and joy are always extraordinary. I have a lifelong friendship, and I am a noble relative of the foreign family. My kind mother died, who gave me this poor man? The news of the river was cut off, and I knew that life and death were not caused by death. Even though I was eighty, I was still a people. Yesterday I dreamed that I was dumb, so my heart and soul were so pure! My husband's beard was white, and I was like a pure body. After drinking it in my dream, I kept covering it, tied my beard and scratched it, rubbed the ink and teased it, called the lamp and candle it, and blew it in the paper. My mother sat beside me, calling my uncle!"

Zeng Guofan reads each sentence faster than each sentence, just like a water arrow that stirs the stone; when he finishes reading, the emperor smiles, "A naughty boy of fourteen or fifteen years old, his long-time relatives who are both white and white, and his sarcastic and rude feelings are like seeing him. It can be seen that your son is much more interesting than you! But..." He asked, "Is there any source of 'Grinding ink and teasing'?"

"Yes." Zeng Guofan said, "When the dog son went to the test, he polished the ink and asked his second brother to write. He joked: 'You only drink ink for a year, but your stomach is not clear or not.' So there is such a saying."

"Zeng Guofan, Fang Zhengfeng, don't want his family to be so humorous?" The emperor smiled sincerely, "Who else has poetry? Take out the strange articles to appreciate together?"

Su Shun said, "Emperor, the servant has poetry."

"You?" Not only was the emperor stunned, but everyone looked at him. "You can write poems too? This is a strange story. Let me tell you, but it's not a rumor?"

"I dare not give the words of Liba people to humiliate the saints. It is really a poem written by the slave." Su Shun explained a few words and recited loudly: "It is also a fertile time (sound first), the star is bright, the broom is so scattered, and I tell each other and watch quietly, and the people who come and go are scattered (sound pokes to sink). I appear next to the dou spoon in the evening, sweeping the mulberry at dawn, and the will of heaven is hard to know, which makes me calm."

The emperor was really stunned, "You really did this?"

"I dare not deceive my master. This poem by slave is only successful after being polished by my disciples."

"Even so, you can think of writing and writing under the guise of seeing a comet, which is considered to be a great improvement. Weng Tonghe, you have been in the Nanshu for a long time. In your opinion, what about the metaphorical words in the poem?"

"I think that the poem that Lord Su has written should be concluded with two words. The so-called heaven is vast and difficult for saints to know. How dare we, the will of heaven, dare to hang on the will of heaven? In addition to being cautious, we should just take more attention."

"Sushun, have you heard Weng Tonghe's words? This is the gentleman's way of loving others with virtue..." Seeing him confused, he smiled and scolded: "Bah! You don't understand even if you tell you."

Everyone smiled at it.

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At this moment, the streets outside the Otter Hutong were crowded with people and cars and horses. I didn't know what happened. The emperor was in the mansion and could not afford to make any mistakes. Weng Tonghe did not dare to neglect and hurried out. After a while, he turned back, "Emperor, the nine-sect admiral Fu Lianfu, came here to ask for a horse to return to the palace with the imperial edict of the Empress."

"It's so annoying! Let him in."

Fu Lian was a Manzhou Guarja family, whose name was Baode, and he was a Jinshi of the Encai in the 27th year of Daoguang. At the end of the seventh year of Xianfeng, the Nine Gate Admiral was appointed as the title of left-level deputy censor of the Censorate. The Nine Gate Admiral is commonly known as the official name: the commander of the Third Battalion of the Infantry Police of the Nine Gate. During the Daoguang period, the organization was even larger, and the "three" plus the title of "five" was changed to "five" and was simply called the infantry commander. The Nine Gate Admiral is a popular title among the people.

This position is very important, roughly equivalent to the commander of the capital garrison today, "with a call, tens of thousands of soldiers gathered." He was not the emperor's close minister who was very close to him. The reason why he was able to choose from the screen was that he had a close friendship with the emperor's sister-in-law Demuchukzhabu - his concubine was Demuchukzhabu's biological sister.

Less than a month after taking office, the New Year was coming, and in the palace, he did not expect that the Queen's imperial decree would be heard from the palace. The emperor's carriage was slightly traveling. He arrived at Weng Xincun's mansion in Otter Hutong, and took him to the admiral's mansion to promote his career there.

Fulian did not dare to be negligent at all, and brought his people to the hall and knelt down, "Slave Fulian, come to the emperor."

The emperor asked, "What are you doing? Who asked you to come?"

"Yes. I got the imperial eunuch Li from the palace in the yamen to pass on the Queen's decree. I realized that the Holy Lord was away for patrol. I was afraid that the people of the riots would be shocked. I rushed to protect the lord and returned."

"I don't want to go back yet. If you go out, tell the people you bring, and tell them not to yell. If there is any noise, they will be punished as a crime of shock."

Fulian held a bitter face and leaned back to the ground, "The emperor has an order, but the servant dare not disrespect it. However, it has been a day since the sage came out. If there is a mistake, how can the servant explain to the subjects of the world? Please ask the emperor to come back to the palace?"

Weng Xincun also hurriedly knelt down, "Your Majesty, what Master Fu said is very true. The sage will leave the palace, not a long-term solution. I beg the emperor to return to the palace to calm the hearts of the subjects."

"Weng Xincun, are you confused? How could you be the master like this? Do you want to rush out before the guests stayed enough?"

"The emperor is responsible for the world, and I dare not use my reputation for a moment and keep guests recklessly."

The emperor burst into laughter and stood up, "Well, if I stay here again, I am afraid that you will not feel comfortable, so I trapped me in the Forbidden City with high walls, and your wishes will be smooth, right?"

This time, Weng Xincun didn't even say anything and led everyone to meet again and again, "I'm welcome to send you to the emperor." (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation from ***(***.***). ***. Your support is my greatest motivation.)
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