The Forbidden City, the Taihe Palace, Emperor Zhu Youzhen's expression was relaxed, these days there has finally been good news from all over the world, the epidemic in Shandong, Henan, and Shanxi has finally been brought under control after nearly three months of hard work by the military and civilians under the condition that the army has vigorously implemented the epidemic prevention regulations. The plague, which affected Zhili and the surrounding provinces for about five months, was the least deadly in years, despite the heavy losses.

Of course, the price paid by the Ming Dynasty is not small, including Datong, Xuanfu, Shanxi and Baoding, including several town soldiers suffered heavy losses, the original Qing army did not recover after looting, the plague * came to the strong soldiers could not bear it, and died nearly thirty percent more, which compared with Tianjin, it is more than Yang Hongzhang's decisiveness.

Zhu Youzhen appeared in front of his eyes that unruly young man, at the age of twenty-one, he finally got married, but unfortunately he was not in the capital, he couldn't come in person, I heard Gao Keng come back and said that the wedding banquet was full of friends, and the entire Tianjin General Military Mansion Yamen couldn't sit down, and I thought that this kid would definitely be proud. Zhu Youzhen traveled the world above, but the ministers below still adhered to the principle of early play and retreat from the dynasty when there was something to do, discussing and arguing about some trivial matters related to the national economy and people's livelihood.

"Your Majesty, the minister has a plan to play, and the minister impeached Yang Hongzhang, the chief soldier of Tianjin." An imperial historian was very uninteresting and went out to grind out a book from the sleeve management, "The minister heard that the Tianjin general army took advantage of the big wedding to make a lot of money, and the merchants and people suffered greatly. There is also the fact that Yang Hongzhang actually allowed Western monks to behave in his jurisdiction in Tianjin, bewitching the people, and making some steel monsters to make people panic, and Yang Hongzhang was so ambitious, building a lot of construction in Tianjin, working hard and hurting money. These three are all fundamental moves, and the emperor is asked to condemn Yang Hongzhang. ”

After listening to Zhu Youzhen, he looked left and right, Wang Chengen looked at his nose and nose like you are too wood-plastic, and then looked at the imperial history with a surprised face, the expression was clear, is that all? The previous impeachment of Yang Hongzhang was not heinous, but this time, why is there only one that has worked hard to shake the country? Who is going to target Yang Hongzhang this time, hasn't Wang Lenian come out yet?

That Yushi was very embarrassed by Zhu Youzhen, although Yushi has the power to rumor, but he can't be crazy nonsense, that's all he has received so far, and the supervisor also knows that these are not painful, even if it is all confirmed, the emperor will not move Yang Hongzhang, but in line with the principle of a thousand miles of embankment collapse in an anthill, it is always good to constantly disgust Yang Hongzhang.

seemed to understand Zhu Youzhen's expression, and another imperial historian stood up to help and said: "Your Majesty, if what Lord Liu said is true, Yang Hongzhang can be described as a heinous crime, as a parent official, he used the opportunity to make money by doing happy events, but what he lost was the hearts of the people, and what hurt was the people's trust in the imperial court, allowing Western monks to behave indiscriminately would lead to the collapse of my Confucian system, Tianjin was originally just a ferry, and now a mansion is set up there, Yang Hongzhang disregards the actual situation of the imperial court, regardless of the fact that Tianjin Mansion has just experienced the plague but is building a large number of buildings, This will deplete the treasury to the greatest extent, causing the people to live in misery, and once another disaster occurs, the court and the state government will be powerless, and the harm cannot be underestimated. The minister asked the emperor to issue a reprimand for Yang Hongzhang, asking him to immediately expel the Western monks and revise the city construction plan. ”

Hearing this, Zhu Youzhen pouted, these guys are really capable of talking, but before he could speak, someone came out to speak for Yang Hongzhang, this time it was Qian Qianyi, who had just returned from Tianjin.

"Your Majesty, Lord Liu's words are wrong, the minister and the Gao Gonggong and Lord Tian were fortunate to attend General Yang's wedding, I have to say that General Yang's love in Tianjin is enviable and even jealous, the minister also heard that General Yang refused all the gentry and people in the city to congratulate the gifts, as a result, the people spontaneously wore red and hung colors at the door of their own homes, and the result became a city full of lanterns, and even some people wanted to build a shrine for Yang Hongzhang and he refused, I don't know where to start with Lord Liu's wealth? The people present that day were indeed generous, but in addition to the congratulatory gifts from the emperor and the queen, most of them were businessmen in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and they had no interests with Lord Yang, but the influence of the Yang family and the Xia family in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded and looked at the imperial history again, and the imperial history touched the sweat on his head and stammered and couldn't speak. He was originally a leader in the battle for others, and he had no real evidence for these things.

"It's hard to say about using the wedding to make money, but there will always be results when you check it, but Yang Hongzhang connived at Western monks is a fact, he placed at least 50 Western monks when he was in Hangzhou, and now there are at least a dozen Western monks living in the Tianjin Acropolis, and it is said that Yang Hongzhang also bought a mansion for them to buy servants. What is he trying to do? And how big is the Tianjin Acropolis? The six counties and one prefecture have just been incorporated into Tianjin Prefecture, where did they get the money to build the city wall that is said to be more than 30 miles? The previous helper hurriedly stood up to defend himself.

According to the reports of the states and counties of Tianjin Prefecture, this summer there was a great drought in Zhili, and it was precisely because of the Western monks invited by Yang Hongzhang that they made a large number of firepower water lifters, and then Yang Hongzhang sent nearly 10,000 troops to dig canals in the states and counties, which avoided the tragic situation of all wheat fields being harvested, and it is said that at least seventy or eighty percent of the wheat fields were harvested. Compared with Tianjin, the drought in Baoding, Daming and other state capitals this summer has led to the failure of ninety percent of the fields, and Yang Hongzhang's merit is worthy of the local people to build a shrine for him, but I don't know why the local official Xiangu does something and someone always wants to put him to death and then quickly? For such a great achievement, the emperor must issue a decree to commend it. ”

"Well said, I am also strange, so many other state capitals are indifferent in the face of the drought but no one speaks, what is the reason why the people who make machinery to carry water and send soldiers to dig canals to fight the drought should be impeached? Could it be that the imperial histories are so reversed, black and white, and there is no distinction between loyalty and treachery? Zhu Youzhen stood up from the dragon chair, patted the dragon case, and glared angrily at the two imperial historians: "I selected you as the imperial historian to supervise the hundred officials, this epidemic is serious every day, why don't so many local officials derelict their duties and impeach you?" Yang Hongzhang once told me that Mount Tai does not let the soil become its height, and the sea does not reject the stream to become its big. How did Qin Shi Huang unify the six countries, the six countries and the Qin state fought against the Qin State again and again, and the Qin State could also use Zhang Yi and Li Si, and the people of each state in the Tang Dynasty could be officials in Chang'an, but I didn't hear that the state knew that the disaster had harmed the court and the people, and today's Western countries are thousands of miles away from my Ming Dynasty, and there is no interest relationship. What about the strength of my heavenly kingdom? ”

Hearing this, the imperial historians who were about to move held their breath, it turned out that Yang Hongzhang had already drugged the emperor, for the emperor who was interested in Zhongxing Daming, what Emperor Qin and Tang Zong did was a model, how could it be against Yang Hongzhang.

Sure enough, I heard Zhu Youzhen continue: "You have the power to do things, but can you not keep an eye on Yang Hongzhang, do you know, Yang Hongzhang has already told me that he wants to build a big city that surpasses Baoding Mansion in scale, comparable to Shanhaiguan militarily, and comparable to Suzhou and Hangzhou in commerce." I am also worried that he will be too ambitious and lose his people and money. However, Yang Hongzhang said that he would not ask the imperial court for a penny, nor would he increase taxes. Then ask yourself, which of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military forces was able to build such a big city on the basis of such limited money? It's better that you are here to impeach him for money? ”

Zhu Youzhen was obviously very angry, his face was a little flushed, and he breathed a long sigh of relief and continued: "Liu Kongzhao and Huang Wenjie wantonly slandered the important ministers of the imperial court, recovered all the words since they were born, and expelled them from the capital and never hired!" There are also those who slander Yang Hongzhang and are exiled to Qiongzhou! ”

Hiss! The civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty gasped, although the young emperor has always been arbitrary and arbitrary, but he is relatively friendly to civil officials, and he has never been severely punished for impeaching officials in the imperial history for more than ten years, and these two are also unlucky to hit the muzzle. Zhu Youzhen said that the exile in Qiongzhou was not a joke, and Yuan Chonghuan was not Ling Chi when he was so important.

There are also people who are curious about how Yang Hongzhang did it, especially those who are familiar with the drought situation in Zhili, to be honest, Yang Hongzhang alone saved at least seventy or eighty percent of the wheat, and most of them can't do it, and it's no wonder that the emperor is partial. Regardless of political opinions, most courtiers still admired Yang Hongzhang very much, and those Western monks who helped should not be discriminated against but should be respected and rewarded.

According to Yang Hongzhang's plan, someone has already estimated that it will be at least three million or more, and so far together with disaster relief, military recruitment and city building, a total of 550,000 taels of silver have been allocated, which has already been spent by ordinary people, but he did not continue to ask the imperial court for money, but the construction site is in full swing, and it is said that the personnel of the new army have exceeded 10,000, and even if these people do not want military salaries, the food consumption is a large amount.

However, there are also those who are not afraid of death in the imperial history, although Liu Kongzhao and Huang Wenjie were expelled from the capital, although it was a little miserable, but as the imperial history, isn't this the proudest thing?

"Your Majesty, the minister heard that Tian Hongyu has been stranded in Tianjin since Yang Hongzhang's wedding, and he was one of the few people who went to Tianjin to congratulate him, and now he has begun to participate in the construction project of Tianjin City, and the minister suspects that Tian Hongyu and Yang Hongzhang colluded to enrich his own pockets. And as a relative, isn't it worrying to have such an undisguised collusion with the general soldier with a heavy army? The minister implored the emperor to send someone to Tianjin to investigate, if Tian Hongyu did use Yang Hongzhang's relationship to reap benefits in the construction project, he should immediately stop and investigate the responsibility, for the close relationship between the two, the court should be reprimanded in line with the principle of changing if there is no and encouragement! "One of the imperial historians stepped forward.

Zhu Youzhen was furious: "Shen Zhizhi, do you want to go to Qiongzhou?" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister is the imperial history!" Shen Zhizhi said with a stiff neck.

"Good, good, good, come on, Shen Zhizhi despises the king and exiles him to Qiongzhou!"

"......" everyone was speechless, this emperor, people have already made it very clear, he is the imperial history, and now he has become a contempt for the king! But he muttered in his heart, no one dared to speak, looking at Zhu Youzhen's angry appearance, it was obvious that he was not willful when he said just now that everyone would impeach Yang Hongzhang again.