There is also a reason why Weng Tong joined the Ministry of Revenue. This has to start from the beginning...

In the tenth year of Xianfeng, Su Shun instructed Mingshan, the Minister of the Interior Department, to submit a memorial to build Qingyi Garden. Yan Jingming was in charge of the Ministry of Revenue. He was very dissatisfied with Su Shun's approach, but because of the emperor's years of hard work, a Qingyi Garden would not cost too much money. At that time, the quotation from the Interior Department was about three million taels, and the emperor was very happy and prepared to build the same.

Unexpectedly, a case of Li Guangzhao's response to Muzhi was later released, which caused the city to be storm. Although he was caught and killed, the incident spread out, and the court lost all his face. The people laughed and said: The emperor is still young, can he believe such a scam? He couldn't say anything about his suffering. Although Qingyi Garden was finally completed, both the project itself and the emperor's spirit fell to the bottom. After only a few times, he never stopped again.

Not only was the emperor unhappy, but a group of people from the Interior Affairs Office also hated Mingshan. They thought that the royal garden was a good opportunity to make a fortune. They did not expect that the Li Guangzhao case was shocked, and the government and the Qingliu often wrote a memorial, believing that someone from the Interior Affairs Office and Li Guangzhao colluded with each other, intending to make profits from it and ask the emperor to issue a thorough investigation.

The emperor had no choice but to send Yan Jingming and Yuan Jiasan as the supervisors, paying full attention to the progress of the garden's project - in this way, the opportunity for the Ministry of Internal Affairs to do the job will be completely blocked! The beginning of the pursuit of fate cannot be said to be the evil consequences caused by Mingshan's fraud by Li Guangzhao.

Nearly ten years have passed since the 20th year of Xianfeng. Some people have seen that time has passed, and the old things have been mentioned again, and the construction of the garden is going to be started. However, in fact, the court is carrying out a large-scale navy and spending all the money on this major event. There is not so much idle silver to be taken out to build the garden.

However, the Ministry of Internal Affairs worked together to find a Manchu censor named Detai and submitted a memorial, which said that the Ministry of Internal Affairs had a kushou named Guixiang, who drafted five constitutions. It did not require the use of the kushu, but also provided the people's livelihood. It was organized and had laws on placement.

This so-called constitution is to ask for donations from all over the capital, households, acres, villages, and donations in a few times. This is a more powerful and vicious move than the additional sects in the late Ming Dynasty! Moreover, the administration is so strict that it violates the ancestral teachings of the Kangxi Dynasty's "never increase taxes," so the Military Affairs Bureau drafted an edict to deny it! The last paragraph is like this, "I am crazy, so why is this? De Tai dismissed him and Guixiang, who was a minor member of Ku Shou, dared to be arbitrarily and wanted to make profits, and then he immediately dismissed him from Ku Shou and sent him to Heilongjiang, and sent him to the armored person as slaves, thinking that those who are chaotic and chaotic are wary!"

As a result, Guixiang naturally received the punishment he deserved. The Manchu censor Detai was so scared that he committed suicide. This matter was over... But not long ago, in April of the 29th year of Xianfeng, before the Sino-Japanese war began, the people of Tatsuyama inspired him to build the garden again. It was almost the 31st year of Xianfeng. The scenery in the capital was all for the emperor to visit. There was only one Qingyi Garden. Since it was completed and repaired, there was no chance of a real dragon falling. Isn't that a pity to have such an empty garden there?

Moreover, by this year, the imperial court had been recuperating for nearly thirty years, and the total amount of silver deposits in the treasury was close to 200,000 taels. Are they waiting to grow hair when they were left? But when the emperor ascended the throne, there was an imperial edict that "internal and external savings were made. Now, although the situation is different, the imperial court had to take out millions of taels of silver to build a garden for the emperor. After all, it was not a good thing to spread it, and it would be defiled by the sage virtue.

Lishan asked Sushun for advice. After discussion, the two of them proposed a solution to "repair like new". Simply put, they believed that it would be a waste to place Qingyi Garden there. If it could be reorganized, wouldn't it be another place for the Tian family to see? At that time, the emperor and the queen stopped in the process and the joy of the holy heart was also a great news for the court - we must know that loving you is to serve the country!

The emperor quickly moved the words with such words. This time the situation was different. The emperor ordered people to search everywhere and find out the patterns made by the style thunder back then, and personally participate in the planning. The bad ones should be modified and the good ones should be refined. Every day, the king, minister, and servants were busy and happy.

Unexpectedly, the situation changed drastically, and the Sino-Japanese War broke out, and this matter was delayed indefinitely. Sushun thought that this matter would never be mentioned again, but when Tatsuyama said that in addition to dealing with military and political affairs, the emperor always had to walk around the East Warehouse Pavilion of Yangxin Hall a few times every day - there was a hot image of Qingyi Garden there. Yang San and Liufu beside him said that every time he went, he would linger for a long time, and it seemed that he would not give up if he did not give up.

In view of this, Tateyama dared to mention it again, but the emperor's attitude was very ambiguous, and he neither nodded nor refuted. Now Sushun understood that the emperor wanted to build a garden in his heart, but due to the country's use of military force to the outside world, it was difficult to nod. Then he had to share his worries and worries for his master!

However, Takayama knew that the war between the two countries was about to begin, and the navy soldiers fought bravely to fight the enemy at sea, but the country was building a lot of construction. As long as he dared to make a suggestion, he would be disappointed! It would be better to wait. When September came, the situation became clearer, and Takayama saw that the situation was almost done, so he handed over the already copied note.

Yi was very dissatisfied with Lishan's comments at this time! But it was not too intense to be too intense due to Sushun's face. "Ting Gong, look? There are so many people in the world who have no lungs and no intestines!"

Su Shun pretended to be puzzled, "What did the prince say?"

"Look at the memorials submitted by Li Yufu? Look at what they are saying here? Isn't this nonsense?"

Su Shun knew the content of the memorial, but he pretended not to know it. He took it over, put it on his glasses, and put it aside casually, "It is indeed inappropriate for both time and place; but I think Li Yufu's filial piety is commendable.

Yi understood very well that as long as he touched him, he would be able to tell some truth, so he deliberately ignored him. Sushun was not in a hurry, and when he saw him, he took out the matter.

The emperor felt embarrassed. On the one hand, he knew that it was not worth it to be a big deal to build a garden at this time; on the other hand, he was getting older and less energy than before. Back then, he could occasionally sneak out of the palace to enjoy folk fun, but now, the people in the palace are watching him tightly. This is certainly a care, but to a large extent it really makes him feel a little frustrated. After seeing the scenery of the Forbidden City, the Old Summer Palace, and the Forbidden and Houhai for more than 30 years, he has been tired of seeing it, and always wants to make some fresh scenery to soothe the spirit. This is also why he can't let go of the hot scene of Qingyi Garden.

"Is this a matter?..." He looked at Yi and Yan Jingming with a little embarrassed, "Does he have to spend a lot of money again?"

Yi and his eyes met, and their hearts became soft for no reason. It had been many years since they saw the look of begging in the emperor's eyes. For a moment, they felt funny and pity. In this way, the words they said changed. "My brother thinks, you have to take the Ministry of Works, the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Internal Affairs to carefully consider it."

The emperor immediately became happy, "Then let's count. If there are too many, don't. OK?"

Yi sighed, gave Yan Jingming a wink, and nodded, "After I go down, I will write down the various departments immediately, calculate in detail, and wait until the number is complete, and then go to the imperial court to answer the report."

After calculation, the total amount of the project funds was around 1.3 million taels, which was half less than the initial discussion of the matter in the early 9th year of Xianfeng. Yi felt that such a number was more acceptable, so he would not stop it. In fact, this was a trick made by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The yamen were under the control of Sushun and Lishan. On the surface, they put a little effort into modifying a few places and deducting a few places, and the money would naturally be saved. When the major construction officially began, it would be accumulated again and again, and the left and right projects had already begun. It would be difficult to give up halfway. At that time, the funds would increase, and it would be too late for Yi to stop them.

After reading the draft written by the Military Affairs Office, the emperor quickly guessed the tricks of Tachiyama. However, the garden was really his favorite, so he pretended not to know. In this way, the rebuilding of Qingyi Garden was decided, but the construction date was still early, and it would not take until April or May of the next year.

Shortly after that, another incident happened. Quan Qing and Zailing died one after another, and the position of the Grand Secretary suddenly had two shortcomings, which were to be added as usual. The rules of the cabinet were that the Grand Secretary had always been four ends and two associations. The first assistant was Li Hongzao, who was awarded the Grand Secretary of Wenhua Palace as usual. The second assistant Zhao entered the cabinet as a treasure, and was awarded the Grand Secretary of Wuying Palace; and then there were Yan Jingming, the Grand Secretary of Dong Pavilion, and Zailing. The two co-organized Grand Secretary of the Grand Secretary of the Tiren Pavilion. One was Li Hongzhang and the other was Quanqing.

The Grand Secretary was vacant, so he was naturally promoted from the Grand Secretary to the Grand Secretary to the Tiren Pavilion, and two co-organizers were vacant. The cabinet reported the news that Chongqi, Encheng, Yanxu, and Erle and Bu were the son of these people. Among them, Chongqi was the son of Sai Shanga, the uncle of the eldest prince Zaili. At the same time, he also had another identity, Ama, who was selected as a nobleman Qi when he was selected as a woman in the 13th year of Xianfeng, and he also had a relationship with the emperor. Now he is a master of Shangshu and a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy. Like Xu Tong, he is a preacher and a sermon.

Encheng is the Minister of Personnel, the head of the six ministries, and has a deep qualification. However, he has always been silent for many years, and the emperor cannot remember what his strengths are; Yan Xu is the Minister of Works of the Ministry of Works (Han Que is Weng Tong); the last one is Ele Hebu, who has a nickname called the waist-stretched war skirt - and his name is a ruthless one! He is now in the Censorate.

These people were not what the emperor liked. He hoped that someone could report Weng Tong's name, but there was no way. The four lacking Grand Secretary, the Han people accounted for three. The only treasure was also old and weak. No one knew how long it could live. If he went there, the Han people would still be the Han people, even the emperor would feel that it was a bit too much. Therefore, even if he didn't like it, he still ordered Chongqi and Erhebu to co-organize Grand Secretary according to the request of the cabinet.

For Weng Tong, the emperor praised his talent and character for many years, and persuaded Yi from the side for the Yang Naiwu case, which was deeply loved by the emperor. He always wanted to pay meritorious things, but the situation was stronger than others, so the emperor was not able to overturn it. What's more important is that Weng Tong's qualifications were still a little lighter, so he had to give compensation from another way.

This time, Lishan and Sushun submitted a series of requests to rebuild Qingyi Garden, so they naturally had to use the ministry and labor department. The ministers of the two ministry departments were naturally short of money at this time. So, taking advantage of this opportunity to co-organize the Grand Secretary, Yu Liu made some adjustments: Weng Tong transferred the Ministry of Revenue and Lishan to work with him; former Minister of Revenue Du Han and Chongqi transferred the Ministry of Revenue; specializing in the work of repairing gardens and adjusting labor.


Chapter completed!