Section 14    Treasury Debts (1)

I spent more than a month in Shanxi, and the season was in September, and the emperor was about to take up his way. But he did not go back to Beijing directly, but to go to Mount Wutai to enjoy the incense and then return to Beijing from Zhili.

When the Military Affairs Office met, Sun Ruizhen reported to the Ministry of Rites to the West fortunate, the imperial guards were ordered by the Ministry of Rites to receive the list of meritorious personnel along the way, and the list of exempted money and grains from various prefectures and prefectures and counties. The emperor ordered the people to pass on the three constitutions of Jin and Provincial Government to the front of the imperial court. "This time I came to Shanxi, I am really pleased with what I saw and heard. Zhang Jixin, you have served for more than a year, and the people in the province have been greatly governed. It can be seen that you have put in great strength and are really capable. I have not chosen the wrong person."

"I am ashamed of being awarded by the emperor's misunderstanding, but I dare not take it. I just because in the ninth year of Xianfeng, before I resigned from the capital, I was favored by the emperor and was taught by the emperor. After taking office, I would make every policy strategy based on the livelihood of the people and the welfare of the people. I never dared to forget it for a moment, and I would like to follow it as a standard. If I say that I have gained something in my office, it would be a merit of being taught by the emperor."

"When you were on the Shaanxi Grain Road, you could use words to do things, break the feelings, eliminate the disadvantages and promote the benefits, and make the public and the people just as you like. I chose you as the governor of Shanxi because I was attracted by the gentleman's style of a gentleman who thought of the king as yours, but not your personal feelings as a hindrance. I hope you can consistently uphold the right path in the future and do more practical things in your post. Good things will come, and then you will have another time to meet me."

"Yes. The emperor entrusted his subordinates with his confidant words, how dare I not serve my orders without sincerely and repay them with all my life?"

The emperor nodded and turned to Peng Yulin, "You are harsh and impeccable when it comes to character. What I care about is that you are sometimes too straightforward and easily deceived by villains. Last time I discussed with the Military Affairs Office and others that the construction of railways in Shanxi will be issued after I return to the palace. At that time, as a provincial vassal department, you will be transferred to a vassal department, requisition of money and grain, requisition of civil servants, collecting materials and other things will fall on the head of your vassal department. Although this is also your duty, you must also pay more attention to your health - you..." The emperor was determined to say a few words of expectations, and the words changed again when he spoke, "...can you write it down?"

Peng Yulin was so moved that his eyes were filled with tears, and he met his head hard, "Yes, the emperor treats his ministers like brothers, my ministers..."

"Okay, you don't have to follow this kind of childlike manner." He said, "The railway construction consumes millions of silver from the country. Although the people in Shanxi are honest, they have been poor since ancient times. I am really worried about the kind of bad thing that was fraught during the Jiangning Railway Construction period, and the greed for invading the country's money. Peng Yulin, Zhu Guangdi?"

"I'm here."

"One of you is in charge of money and grain, and the other is in charge of punishment. I have to keep a close eye on me seriously. I still say the same thing, for the prosperity of the country and the convenience of the people, I will not care about the amount of money the court should spend. On the contrary, if it falls into the pocket of a tired clerk, even if it is a big penny, I will feel distressed. I hope that if you think about my heart, in addition to sympathizing with the people, you will have more eyes and wisdom. Those who only focus on yellow and white things and dare to test the law with your own body will not have to be ruthless. In the ninth year of Xianfeng, I joined the Ministry of Justice, the cabinet, and the imperial court to discuss and amend the Qing Dynasty laws. Those who are greedy for more than 20,000 taels of ink will not be divided into ranks. The only way to deal with the death penalty is! Even the officials in the capital are like this, let alone a group of unscrupulous clerks in other provinces?"

Zhu Guangdi naturally knew about the addition of the Qing Dynasty laws in the capital. He was a little confused. The emperor seemed to have no tolerance for the greedy officials. Since Dayi's years of governance, Yu court officials and employees have made mistakes and always had old examples of protection from multiple parties? He only heard the emperor continue to say, "Once one discovers, there are either a discount or a heavy rule, the silver from taxes must not be put into anyone's own pockets - you must remember this section with tens of millions of dollars."

Seeing the emperor's voice and stern voice, the three of them touched each other, "Yes, I will definitely follow the imperial edicts and do not dare to slack off in the future."

Duan Hua was the lead minister. Seeing that the emperor had nothing to say, he winked at Zhang Jixin from the side and signaled his foreman to kneel out.

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On September 16th, it was exactly the same as when it came, but the weather was much colder than before, and the gloomy sky was covered with clouds. Officials from Shanxi Province, headed by Zhang Jixin, knelt down on the road, and gave the emperor's great gift to the emperor and his ministers, and sent the imperial guards to set off until the emperor was out of sight. They each got up and returned to the mansion in a sedan chair without mentioning it.

When you leave Taiyuan Prefecture and enter Ningwu Prefecture, it is not far from Taiyuan Prefecture, but the weather is a bit colder than the provincial capital. In the evening, a heavy snowfall fell from the sky, covering Mount Wutai in the sky with a snow mist. In a short while, the ground became white.

The emperor likes snowy days the most. He is as happy as a child in the palace in Ningwu Mansion. He takes Xiuhui, Yinghui, Linghui and Yuhui with the four daughters, and builds up an extremely large snowman with the big princess. He ordered people to find a carrot and put it on the snowman's face, "Look at it, where can I find such a big nose?"

A few small laughs, and the sound of laughter resounded throughout the courtyard in the palace, adding a bit of festive atmosphere. In the queen's bedroom, the queen and a few strange people sat around and talked, and from time to time they attracted long-lasting eyes to the laughter outside, and joined the ranks of conversation again, "I heard that the Bodhisattvas in Wutai Mountain are the most effective. Sister Yang, do you have to burn more incense sticks?"

The girl of the Yang family is Cao Yang, the emperor's newly appointed favorite sister in Taiyuan Prefecture. She was originally a virtuous woman who was commended by the court, so she took out the method that she had not used back then, which was originally intended to include Jin Jia as her private favor. She only said that the mistress of the Cao family died of a sudden illness and was buried in an empty coffin. In fact, there was a missing widow Cao in Shanxi Province who spread her reputation in the province. There was another new favorite among the emperor's carriages when he returned to the palace.

When he entered the palace, he could no longer use the surname of his husband's family, but along the way, until today, the emperor still did not invite him to serve him. Naturally, there was no rank. From the queen, everyone only called him "Miss of the Yang family" and was not named. Hearing the queen's words, Yang's face turned red and he lowered his head in a charming smile. She knew the queen's meaning, but the emperor never recruited him. Could it be that he could dream of a bear with her own eyes? But in this case, even if they were women, it would be difficult to speak, so he had to do shy colors and not say a word.

The laughter outside gradually lowered, and finally came silent. Concubine Jia looked back and hurriedly ordered, "Ruyi, go and bring some little masters in. The emperor has something to do!"

Everyone looked over, Sushun and Wenxiang stood in the courtyard, bowing to the emperor Chen, and they were talking to him. The little ones stood obediently, with snowflakes on their heads and some of them turned into snow water and dripping down. Ruyi went out and did not dare to disturb the emperor's affairs. She waved to several princesses and led them in, "Ah, it's still warm in the mother's back room, and it's cold outside." As soon as she entered the door, Princess Xiuhui let go and shouted loudly.

"Looking at you, you will know that it's naughty. How come you look like a big princess?"

Xiuhui shook her head without taking it seriously. She was naughty and looked like Nai's father. "I'm not afraid, mom, look, aren't you all okay with your sisters? Ha Qiu!"

"Look, it's frozen? Lianying, come and bring ginger soup to several little masters."

There was a busy time here. Xiuhui blinked her flexible eyes and stepped forward to Yang in one step, raised her face to look at it. Tong Yan asked without hesitation, "Are you my mother too? I haven't seen you before! She's so beautiful!"

Yang's ears were so embarrassed that his ears turned red, and he no longer had the heroic spirit of making decisions. He smiled extremely squeakedly, "I can't stand the princess's misfortune. From my perspective, the princess is really beautiful!"

The queen was afraid that her daughter would say something embarrassing, so she pulled her away, "I know it's naughty all day long. This time I came out, I'll give up all the homework I went to the study room. After I returned to Beijing, I won't pass the exam. It depends on how you, Ama, deal with you."

"Then, aren't there any more fifth brother? He also plays all day long and doesn't study hard. Why do my mother always say to me?"

"Okay, why don't you compare? Your second brother never had homework on his way with him, you little enemy!" The queen poked her daughter's forehead hatefully, "I'm a teenage girl. When I look back, I tell your emperor Ama to marry you as soon as possible, so that my mother can't see you dizzy!"

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Several military bureaus came in snow in order to issue railway treasury bonds, which caused a huge rebound in Beijing! According to the emperor's idea, the first phase of railway treasury bonds would be issued, with an interest amount of 50,900 yuan, and the railway was used as collateral, and the principal and interest would be paid off in three years.

The emperor and the Military Affairs Office discussed this matter and immediately submitted it to the cabinet for discussion, but did not want to use the cabinet's Grand Secretary Wei Ren, Xu Naizhao, the study master Zhou Zupei and Xu Tong. In conjunction with the six ministries, Prince Dun Yixun presided over the cabinet meeting and agreed that the issuance of treasury bonds to handle railway work was suspected of "competing for benefit with the people and eager for quick success and instant benefits", and was boycotted.

At the same time, the embassies and consulates in various countries in China heard about this, but their attitudes were completely opposite. First, the one who expressed his willingness to fully support and purchase the railway treasury bonds issued by the Qing government of China was the British government. The ambassador to China was named Alex MacDonald. He was once the counselor of Wen Han when he was the ambassador to China. He lived in China for a year and was considered half a China Connect. He had a good personal relationship with officials in the General Administration's yamen, such as Wang Kangyu and others, and was very close.

Knowing that China wants to raise national debts and use railways as collateral, Alex was overjoyed! Since the end of a conflict between the two countries for trade disputes in the seventh year of Xianfeng, although China was a victorious country, it opened more ports including Tianjin to facilitate foreign merchants such as Britain to communicate with China. Since then, Tianjin, Yingkou and Dengzhou, the seas are covered with sails and tourists are like clouds. The taxes and silver paid to the government every year are as high as three to five million - and the import of opium is less, the foreign trade surplus has further expanded. Taking Britain as an example, the trade surplus every year is as high as more than 16 million taels of silver - such a figure is unwilling and unwilling to bear. Today, the Qing Dynasty issued treasury bonds, which did not allow the British to be ecstatic, and they rushed to the door to ask for detailed details?

After listening to Wen Xiang's comments, the emperor hesitated for a long time, and rubbed his hands with cold hands for a few times, "Let's go, it's too cold here, go talk to me inside."

Everyone entered in a row and was about to kneel down. The emperor waved his hand, "It's all right, I don't have to salute you now. Liufu, bring some slaughter to the adults, Jingyu, pour tea, I'll talk with them today!"

Seeing the emperor laughing and laughing, it seemed that he was not affected by this matter at all. Wen Xiang and his wife gradually relaxed their composure and sat down on the skull, holding the fragrant tea floating in the tea smoke, and looking at the charcoal brazier that was burning red inside. There were only two worlds outside.

Su Shun looked at the emperor's face and replied with a smile, "Master, according to the foolish opinion of the slave, this matter may be discussed for a long time. It will take three or two years for the railway construction to take... "

"You are really stupid." The emperor snorted, interrupted Sushun's words, took a sip of the cup and put the cup aside. "The court officials think that my move is suspected of competing for profit with the people, but I will not blame them. Originally, the people farmed and paid food, paid taxes by merchants, and the court was using the money, all of which were taken from the fat of the people. In addition to the tax on the right path, they would have to collect another amount. Isn't it contrary to the sages of the sage emperor Shengzuren's 'never add tax'?"

"...In fact, this is an article that Wei Ren, Xu Naizhao and others did not understand my intentions..." He thought for a while, "Let's make an example. Sushun's family was in a difficult situation and could not live anymore. The whole family was hungry and sold all the people they could sell. In order to survive, he had no choice but to ask for help everywhere and finally asked Yan Jingming's mansion. Yan Jingming thought about his friendship with him, and lent him thirty taels of silver, which made him feel angry for a moment."

"After some time, Sushun took thirty taels of silver and went to Yan's house to pay back the money. He appreciated Yan Jingming's helping hand. Although he agreed to borrow money and would not collect any money in the first place, was Sushun really easy to go to other people's houses for empty talk?" He said, "So Sushun bought four-color gifts, went to Yan Jingming's house in person, and returned the money. Think about it, isn't this a common human relationship? And everything that is reasonable and can be smooth in all state affairs."

"I understand. The issuance of national bonds is a favorable situation. It is exactly as the emperor said. After three years, repaying the principal and interest can make it more profitable in addition to donating funds to the state! I hope that in the future, the people will definitely buy it enthusiastically!"
Chapter completed!