A huge investigation into the property of the Zhao family in Changzhou was so shocked that Zhao Shenqiao was stunned. After a second thought, he realized that officials, especially Han officials, were in their hometowns. Whether they were resigning or retiring or returning home, officials must return to their hometowns. Generally, officials were greedy for bribery and were mostly used to purchase land and houses in their hometowns.

Zhao Fengzhao served as the prefect of Taiyuan for 14 years. If he really had bribes of more than 300,000 taels of bribes, he would definitely transport the money back to his hometown. It would not be possible to stay in Taiyuan or place it in the capital. After all, everyone in the capital knew that the Zhao family was hard and honest. Zhenwu's move not only checked whether the Zhao family, the "Three-generation Jinshi", was as honest as before, but also checked whether Zhao Fengzhao was framed in one fell swoop.

Thinking of this, Zhao Shenqiao couldn't help but sigh in secret that the master's meticulous mind and quick movements were unexpected. Zhao Fengzhao was saved now. He hurriedly kowtowed and said, "The emperor is wise and wise, and candlelight, and insight is actually a blessing for his subjects in the world."

Although Zhenwu did not like Zhao Shenqiao being too strict and old-fashioned, he was honest and self-disciplined, upright and self-disciplined. It was particularly rare in the officialdom where corruption became popular. He was good at preserving both public and private, and rectifying the administration of officials. Not only should he severely punish corrupt officials, but he also vigorously advocated integrity, protected integrity, and set an example of integrity. Kangxi did a very good job in this, so he naturally had to vigorously inherit it.

In order to investigate the property of the Zhao family's hometown in Changzhou, Zhenwu pondered slightly out of preservation, and then said: "To avoid suspicion, don't go to Shanxi, go directly to Beijing, Guangdong, and Jiangnan to promote the implementation of the distribution of the taxi to acre. You will make great contributions. The northern provinces will then vigorously promote the distribution of the taxi to acre. You should summarize the experience of the implementation, and list all the pros and cons one by one. Every innovation of the court cannot be perfect and must be gradually improved. The disadvantages need to be summarized by the officials you promote."

After hearing this, Zhao Shenqiao felt aroused. It was indeed a great blessing for Zhenwu to hold this attitude. He hurriedly bowed and said, "I obey the order."

Shanxi.

Shanxi has always been a place that must be fought for by military strategists, with a dangerous terrain. It is easy to defend but difficult to attack. It is a place that has fought for hegemony in all dynasties, and it is also a place that must be attacked by Mongolian nomadic attacks on the Central Plains. Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin said, "If you are prosperous, you will surrender; if you are weak, you will rebel first."

Since the capital of Beijing was established in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Shanxi and Hebei have been the throat fortress guarding the capital. The Qing Dynasty has stationed heavy troops in Datong Town and Taiyuan Town in Shanxi. Datong Town alone has stationed more than 18,000 green camps, and there are also many Taiyuan. Although the number of green camp soldiers is not as high as that of Datong, there are a large number of Manchu and Mongolian soldiers stationed with two blue flags.

Shanxi, Taiyuan City, the west side of Longwangmiao Street, Shanxi Governor's Office.

The second hall was in charge and the house was signed. The left censor of the Censorate, Su Keji, the governor of Shanxi, Su Zhan, the censor of the Censorate, and Yue Dai. Jin Guozheng, the general of Taiyuan Town, Shanxi, and other officials gathered together. All of them were solemn. Zhenwu promoted the integration of Manchu and Han, and promoted the marriage between Manchu and Han, and the news that the princess married the Confucius Mansion was almost spread to Taiyuan, and everyone was worried.

The left censor of the Censorate, Kuixue, glanced at everyone, saw that few people didn't say anything, and said in a deep voice: "Everyone, there is no need to rely on a large-scale dispute between Manchu and Han. Zhao Shenqiao must have returned to the capital at this time. Paper cannot be kept in the fire. There is no luck at the moment. Hurry up and raise the money, fill the hole first, and then Benxian asks the emperor to allocate the money separately."

Fill the hole? How to fill this hole? Where can I get the money to fill it now? I really don’t feel pain when I speak while standing. When I hear this, I feel very sorry for the emperor and ask the emperor to allocate the money. It sounds better than the song. After a severe drought, there are often floods. Once a flood occurs, the half-finished project will be washed away without a trace.

After glanced at Kuishi, Su Keji said, "Mr. Zongxian, if there is a way to fill the gap, why should we try our best to get the money from the fire and make the idea of ​​disaster relief silver? The emperor ordered not to invade disaster relief money and grain. Eight corruption cases were killed in the capital warehouse and illions of people were dismissed at once. There were countless people who were dismissed. We have no way out now. Besides, the river management project cannot be abandoned halfway."

Yue Dai followed, "What Master Futai said is that the river management project cannot be abandoned halfway. Once a flood occurs, all previous efforts will be wasted. I hope Master Xiantai will think twice. Besides, the money has already been poured out like water. How can I get it back if I buy grain and stone, and start working money?"

"Stop this." Kuixu said coldly: "Don't think Benxian doesn't know. Which of the foremen in these layers is not your trusted children? Benxian gave his kindness and came up with work-for-relief to fill the deficit of money and grain for you. Could it be that your kindness and revenge?"

A few of you cursed hatefully in your heart, you still want to make a great contribution to attract the favor of the emperor, you are not so happy about the merits, you have to make the stall so big that we will be so passive? Didn’t you give an idea to impeach Zhao Fengzhao and be confident that you can provoke the dispute between Manchu and Han, and we will fall into this situation of being unable to stop?

It turned out that Kuixu wanted to use the work-for-relief project to gain political achievements, win the favor of Zhenwu, and use work-for-relief. All provinces were affected by disasters. If he wanted to become a leader and gain the appreciation of Zhenwu, he would naturally have great achievements. After he arrived in Taiyuan, he found that Taiyuan City was often affected by floods, so he wanted to completely cure several rivers on the Fen River and the east and west sides.

As soon as this plan of labor-for-relief was proposed, it immediately received strong support from several Shanxi officials to cure the floods in Taiyuan City. This was not only a great contribution, but also a huge project. For them, it was a rare opportunity to make up for the loss of money and food at hand.

As soon as the pleading fraud case in the Cangchang camp in the capital broke out, they all realized that the three fires of Zhenwu's ascension to the throne were most likely to start from clearing the deficits. Each of them was worried about the deficits in their posts. Kuixu's proposal was like a timely help, and the two sides naturally hit it off.

However, they ignored the prison student and did not expect that Zhao Shenqiao would come to Shanxi to visit secretly. You are right to make mistakes, and every step is wrong. In order to gain time, Kuixue instructed Shanxi Governor Su Keji to impeach Zhao Fengzhao and used his relationship to attempt to provoke a large-scale dispute between Manchu and Han to confuse the public, divert attention, and achieve the goal of delaying time. Who knew that Zhenwu had easily resolved it, and at this point, there was no room for maneuver.

Seeing some dismal situation, Shanxi Governor Su Keji glanced at several of his subordinates and said, "Mr. Xiantai is calm. How can we be the one who will repay the grudges and revenge? At the moment, we should work together. The river management project is indeed supervising the work, but because the project is too large and the money is compact, the money earned is on the books. Now it is impossible to get all the security, pension and harm-elimination silver. To be honest, for this river management project, the deficit between the vassal treasury and various prefectures is getting bigger and bigger."

After hearing this, Kuixu was stunned. He was appointed as a attendant of the Hanlin Academy from a second-class guard, and was appointed as a daily official. He was promoted to the position of the Hanlin Academy as a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, as well as the Minister of Rites, as the Minister of Works, and the Left Censor of the Censorate. He had no experience in serving in the local area. He was not a clever local trick, but he still knew a lot about the project. After all, he had been a minister of the Ministry of Works, and the project was huge. The court's relief money was indeed not enough. He knew this.

For this reason, he also borrowed more than one million taels of relief funds from the Minister of Justice Lai Du, who was responsible for the relief of Shaanxi. In addition, these officials in Shanxi collected labor service and deducted wages, and forced them to donate. After losing twice, would they lose money? I believe it!

After pondering for a while, Kuixue said directly: "Did you have forced the money you donated to local gentry and businessmen into your pockets? You can't get more than three million?"

After hearing this, the governor Su Zhan couldn't help but curse, "I ate the slurry of the lamp grass and it was light and fart. How could it be so easy to get more than three million taels? Do you think there is a silver mine in Shanxi? Su Keji glanced at him without saying a word. He knew that Mingzhu had greedy for a lot of money back then, and the second young master must have a rich fortune. It is inevitable that he would be a little bit loud.

Seeing that the few people didn't say anything, Kuixue couldn't help but sigh and said, "Shanxi is the old man who is rich in the world, and he is really helpless. Let's break it up with the local wealthy businessmen first."

Su Keji had no idea about the method of dismantling the local wealthy businessmen. They borrowed a lot on weekdays. What they were afraid of was that Kuixu would be out of the matter, which would kill them. He pondered slightly and said, "It is true that the local wealthy businessmen have money, not to mention three to four million, even ten million, they can get it in a few days. However, Shanxi Laoshou's name is also famous all over the world, and this money is not easy to borrow.

Besides, we still have old debts on hand. Even if we are willing to pay attention to it, we will probably find it difficult to borrow it from home. After all, it is not a small amount of 30,000 or 50,000 yuan."

Kui Xu is not a good-looking lamp. When he heard this, he guessed the thoughts of several people. He made this point and had already made plans. He sighed lightly and said, "Can Benxian sign with you together, can it be done?"

After hearing this, the people were happy. Since Kuixu was willing to sign the loan note, he was not afraid that he would not go to lobby. After all, he had been the Minister of Works. Moreover, with his connections and status, he had no worries about the court not allocating engineering silver.

The governor Su Zhan immediately stood up and bowed, saying, "Mr. Xiantai is a great righteousness. This move is really a rebuild of kindness for Xiaguan and others."

Su Keji also said with a smile on his face: "Mr. Xiantai is famous all over the world. With the golden signboard of the Lord, those old people must be relieved. Not to mention three million, there is no problem even if it is five hundred."

"Then let's borrow five million." Kuixu immediately said: "This relief is an act of the emperor's invitation to buy the people's hearts. The emperor attaches great importance to it. The court will definitely send officials to investigate. Not only will the silver be settled, the pension silver be paid in full, and the harm-relieving silver must be paid in full. The wages for labor-for-relief must also be paid in reissue. It is best for the laborers to be reissue to avoid giving them a handle." (To be continued...)

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