Section 71 Official Affairs of Four Provinces (1)

The Military Affairs Office met every morning. It was not a day or a shortage in the past 100 years since the establishment of the yamen during the Yongzheng period. Even a few days ago, the emperor was in a low spirit, and this kind of cry was interrupted, but the time was long and short. A few days ago, when we met every day, we saw each other every few words, the emperor waved his hand to signal everyone to kneel down, which made Yi feel helpless. His ancestors and ancestors took diligence as their strengths. The new emperor ascended the throne for several years and followed this good habit. However, the answers to Chongshi greatly affected his mood. Everyone knew it well, but they could not find any words and advice.

But today, Yi immediately realized the difference: the emperor's face was rosy, his black and white eyes were shining brightly, and there was a smile on his lips, which was different from the past. When he entered the palace to greet him, Yi said, "I am really happy to see the emperor's dragon horse spirit, and he has recovered as before... The sacred body is healthy, not only the blessing of the ministers, but also the blessing of the people of the world. I am so happy for my emperor."

Yi's words were not appropriate, and they were very different from the true nature he gave to his usual words. However, the emperor was very moved to his gratitude to his father and for his affection. "I am not feeling well these days. In terms of national affairs, the few people from the Military Affairs Office have worked hard."

"Sharing the emperor's worries and clarifying state affairs is the responsibility of the Military Affairs Office. I dare not be the emperor's praise."

"You are all my close friends, so there is no need to say these things," the emperor nodded, "Let's say serious things. Has Chongshi left Beijing?"

"This has never left the capital." Weng Xincun said, " Yesterday Chongshi came to my minister's house. Since Chen was in office, he was in a daze and failed the emperor's high hopes. He regretted it in his heart and asked the emperor to be kind. He could make time for his time to be free from politics and make time to pass on his views. He wanted to show his loyalty in front of the emperor."

"I won't see you." The emperor said, "After a while, I will immediately draw an order, and Chongshi will set out immediately, come from where to where to go. If I really want to repay my kindness for my support, I will do my best to do it in my post. If I still live like this, would I really not be willing to kill the first student I chose?"

He thought for a while, "Just draw the order according to my intentions, and the words given to him may be more harsh."

"Yes." Weng Xincun replied, "Chongbaishui was the first foreign scholar in our dynasty who had been picked up from the mud after the emperor ascended the throne. He felt the king and father in his heart, and he was unspeakable. The emperor valued him and the ministers saw him one by one. The so-called drums do not require heavy hammers. Chongshi received the emperor's decree and decided to point out his ambitions like Guo Xiu of the previous dynasty to sway his previous shame."

"If he could think like this, it would be his blessing." The emperor was unwilling to pay more attention to the matter of Chongshi, and instead said, "In the fourth year of Xianfeng, I visited the capital and the military affairs of Zhili. I once asked Hu Linyi. He said that when he was in Tianjin, the things around him were easy to cook, and there were only one section, that is, officials from Beijing and outside the country had a lot of transits and supplying a lot, and they could not afford to pay. I asked him to keep all the food and drinks in the future, and two dishes and one soup, and white rice was enough - do you still remember this?"

"Yes, I remember it." Yi said, "If the provinces today are just used for the official expenses between such exchanges and greetings, I don't know how much it will cost - they are all national worms that are cleverly established and generous to the public."

"That's true. In the future, those who entertain transit officials in various provinces will follow the Tianjin regulations. If you have a good relationship in the city and are willing to postpone it to the mansion and call friends to entertain you, I will not be able to take care of it. If you use the name of a public servant to do a great job, once it is found, you will be dismissed and investigated!"

Yi and others knew that the emperor's hard work in the past few days was caused by Chongshi's answers. How dare he touch his bad luck at this time? What's more, listening to Chongshi's retelling like a parrot, he also felt that the impetuous and extravagant trend in each province was time to be severely harsh. He met respectfully, "Zha. I have all recorded it. After going down, I will work with the cabinet and make it clear to each province."

The emperor refused to let go, "I have thought a lot these days, and the more I think about it, the more I feel strange it is. In Tianjin, the mansion that Hu Linyi reported was suffering. Is there no other official in the province? After four years, there was no other official who reported it to the same thing? Don't they know that the way of spending the country's money and filling the desires of their own mouths is not ashamed of by gentlemen?"

"I think this kind of colleagues is just because of the bad habits that have been passed down for many years. In the officialdom, even if a gentleman has made his life, he will not be able to resist the turbid current and dare not speak easily." Yi said, "Today, the emperor is seeking truth from facts and sweeping away the unhealthy trends in the officialdom. I think wherever the imperial edict goes, the governors and governors of all provinces should also keep themselves clean and restrain their subordinates, and change the past and resent the common people's grievances."

The emperor smiled and said, "This is just your consent. I'm afraid you may not be able to convince yourself, right?" He waved his hand and stopped Yi Zichen's guilty words. "No need to mention it. There is a clear intention to issue the world, and if there are any offenses, you can handle it as such."

"twitter."

"Also," his expression gradually warmed up. "This time he negotiated a truce with Britain and France, and signed the "Beijing Treaty" that our Celestial Empire won. The General Administration Office adhered to my will, and was neither humble nor arrogant, and promoted the prestige of the country. He deserved the reward. All those who participated in the consultation were promoted to a higher level. One piece of robe and jacket, one piece of vase, one piece of jade bi, four purse, one piece of hat, one piece of hand stove, and one piece of Ruyi."

This reward is also a matter of consultation. There is a strange thing in one month. The General Administration Office is busy and the official business is handled properly. Although Qi Yuanling and Bian Baoquan impeached each other afterwards, the emperor refuted it in public in the Qianqing Palace. It is not a big deal. "I am ashamed. The three countries negotiated with the emperor. Only then can I see the sun. If I have to take advantage of the previous shame, I will comfort the previous emperor and the next emperor. If I have some minor efforts to help the emperor, I will be the emperor's greatest contribution."

"Although during the consultation, I have given me some advice from the side, I have to rely on you to do those arduous and arduous specific affairs. Our monarch and ministers have made contributions, so there is no need to talk about it." The emperor waved his hand with a funny look and asked again, "I have seen the sun and rain of the four provinces of Henan, Shandong, Shanxi and Shaanxi this month. From last winter to March this year, there was very little rain and snow in the four provinces. Although the provinces have organized civil servants to dig wells to get water, as this looks, drought is coming... I think the people will suffer again."

Listening to the emperor's words, he was always worried about the suffering of the common people, and Yi and others were very moved. "The emperor's love for the people is hard to find in ancient and modern times. However, I think that even if the above four provinces really suffer from drought this year, it's okay."

"Hmm? Why do you say that?"

"Since the fourth year of Xianfeng, each province has built more officials to store grain, which is to prepare for emergencies in the years of drought and flood. It does not require the court to raise funds or transfer them. It is a decree that all provinces will open up relief, so that the people will never suffer from freezing or hunger, and there will be no disasters in the year of disasters,..."

"I know all of what you said, but I am still worried, Weng Xincun?"

"I'm here."

"When I was traveling south last year, I ordered the Ministry of Revenue to count the total amount of grain stored in granaries in each province. How much grain rice is there in the above four provinces?"

"This..." Weng Xincun didn't expect the emperor to suddenly ask this, and hesitated for a moment, "I am confused. The amount of grain stored in various places is still fresh in memory. Please ask the emperor to go down and check it carefully before replying."

The emperor also knew that his problems were a bit difficult, so he nodded, "I am just worried that the above provinces will do their best to deceive the court - on the surface, the accounts are piled up like mountains of new and old rice, but in fact they are all imaginary numbers on paper - what should the people eat at that time?"

"The Military Affairs Office, the court sent to the four provinces of Shandong and Henan. The governors of each province went to the grain storage warehouse to take a serious look, check, and check. If there is indeed a grain storage, don't take anything away. If the grain storage is empty, we must report it in time. As long as we can surrender in advance, I will not pursue any investigation. If we really come to the people's doors to ask for help but cannot provide food to distribute it, I cannot spare any of them!"

Yi and his wife felt strange at the same time: the emperor received education since he was a child, and all those who practiced were elders in the court, and those who learned were all the saints. Who knew that in the end, he actually taught a Legal disciple who advocated the "evil nature of human nature"? How could he firmly doubt that among the above four provinces, all of them were officials with obscene character?

Without saying anything, the disapproval on everyone's face still could not be concealed. The emperor continued, "In addition, the Ministry of Revenue was responsible for Qi Yuanling, Shandong Dao Censor He Guiqing, one went to Shandong and Henan; the other went to Shanxi and Shaanxi..."

As soon as he said this, King Gong stood up suddenly and answered loudly, "Emperor, I dare not accept the order." The voice was so loud that even the emperor was scared to him, "What did you... say?"

"Emperor, Chunshou, Wu Yan, Yang Guozhen, E Shun'an and others, regardless of Manchu and Han, were all educated since childhood, read poetry and books, and often remembered the ancestors of the emperor, the emperor's grace. The emperor ordered his brothers and others to send him to the four provinces, and ordered them to find out the situation of grain storage in the province and report it at any time. If the officials of various departments were sent to the province to investigate, my brothers thought that if they spread it, the above people would not only lose their prestige, but also defile the emperor's wiseness."

Halfway through his speech, the emperor understood, and he took the *** leisurely and sipped it lightly until Yi finished speaking, "Your words cannot be said wrong. But there is one section where these people are square and upright, and can they ensure that their subordinates are as fair as they are? The food and roads of each province have been beautiful in the world since ancient times, with a bad rule of more than 200,000 silver per year - don't you think I know?"

"Don't say that they are both officials of the same province, they are both officials, or they have invitations, or they write to ask for help, and they are angry that they have no reason and pity their scoundrels. They have also added some more dyes. Zhang Jixin was appointed as the Shaanxi Grain Road in that year. Before leaving Beijing, she borrowed more than 17,000 taels of silver for the purpose of leaving apart. She worked for one year. Not only did she pay off all her capital and profits, but she also sent it back to her hometown to over 10,000 taels of silver. Zhang Jixin is still considered a wise man, but if that is the case, what should others do?"

The emperor became more angry and angrily rebuked, "Don't think that after reading the "Zhu Zi's Maxim" for a few years and copying a few "Gaotou Sermons", you can say something about "human hearts" and "rituals and laws" before me. If the human hearts are credible and reliable, why should the court have a criminal name?"

He said loudly: "You calculate yourself. How many times have you been out of Beijing since you are on duty? How many people have you seen the sufferings of the people? What did you say in front of me today? Send the officers to the province to investigate in detail, which will cause these people to "lose their prestige in office?" When the victims are hungry, they call the heavens and the earth are not effective, once someone gathers to stir up trouble, these people can't even save their lives, so what are the official instructions?"

Everyone could not expect the emperor to suddenly get such a big temper, and kneels on the ground in fear, and meets his head. The emperor uses his hands to put his forehead and breathes deeply. "I don't say that Chunshou and others must be unclear, nor do I say that the official warehouses built by various provinces are all false accounts. But for such a thing, I..."

He thought to himself: I have seen too many! I thought again that I grew up in the forbidden area and had almost never left the capital. How can I know the following bad policies? Although I am not afraid of others asking questions, it is inappropriate. When I say something, it changed again, "I am really worried!"

Zeng Guofan saw that everyone was speechless for a moment and met and said, "I think that what the emperor said just now was allowed to conduct self-inspection. After discovering that the granary was empty, he surrendered to the court and said that he would not blame him. In this way, he could fully prepare the court, transfer grain from neighboring provinces to help the victims; secondly, he also gave these people the opportunity to reform themselves, which was in line with the way of benevolence and forgiveness of the sages. I think this method is very appropriate."

The emperor nodded reluctantly, "Okay, just as I said just now, let the provinces conduct careful self-inspection. Once the situation is found to be wrong, report the report in time. There is no need to leave Beijing for the time being."

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After the court sent it to the province, Chunshou gave the ceremony, he opened it and ordered his servants to invite Mr. Tang, a staff member in the mansion, to come over.

Mr. Tang's name is Tang Shuyi, whose courtesy name is Zifang. He was from Zunyi, Guizhou. He was from Juren and was surrounded by Chunshou. After only a few days of arrival at the mansion, he entered the hall and invited the adults to take care of him. Chunshou sat down calmly. When he got up, he immediately handed over a letter of official business and said, "You can take a look at this imperial edict first."

Tang Shuyi knew that this was an edict conveyed by the Military Affairs Office, called "Self-Telection". However, although he had heard of it for a long time, it was the first time he had visited it. He only saw the so-called "Glorious Heavenly Words", but the ordinary white rice paper written on a white single post, each page of five elements and twenty characters, without seals or signs. If it weren't for the cover of the Military Affairs Office, he would not have believed this inconspicuous piece of paper at all, and it would have been the imperial edict.

He went through seriousness and returned it with both hands, "Sir, do you have a certain opinion in your heart?"

This is like a student taking the exam, but Chunshou knew that he had not been there for many days and some things might not be clear. He said to him now, "When the emperor came to Shandong last year, he once said that Shandong would be peaceful, and the world would be peaceful. The word "peace" is in my opinion, the first is the people's hearts; the people's hearts are stable, and the first is the granaries. However, I have been in office for less than a year and have not been out of Jinan... The Guanjians in the province are all in Yanzhou, Tai'an, Dongchang and other places. I have never been there, so how do I know?"

"This matter is easy. The student thinks, please ask Lord Xin Jie to ask him about the yamen, wouldn't he be clear?"

"You said it easily. If it is as the emperor expected, and the granary is empty, what if it is?" Tsukusu glared at him, "Can you really report to impeach yourself?"

Tang Shuyi smiled, "Why can't it?" He said, "Sir, have you forgotten what the young master said to you before he traveled south?" (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations from ***(***.***). ***. Your support is my greatest motivation.)
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