Chapter 203: Offsetting the merits and demerits
Xu Guangqi finally knew that not all the silver used by Huang Han, a disciple of the closed door, to relieve the common people was seized from the battlefield.
There should also be many looted from those renegade scholars and gentry, no wonder Huang Han has so many fertile fields in his hands, it turns out that some of them are really not coming from the right way!
Seeing that many things were in the middle of the matter, Yu Shi grabbed Huang Han's shortcomings, and even his old friend Sun Chengzong said in front of him that this person could not be of great use.
The scientist was furious, and he said loudly: "It is the most pleasant thing for the old minister to accept Huang Han as a closed disciple, and Your Majesty is willing to hear about it." β
Chongzhen didn't think it was a big deal for Huang Han to privately swallow the family property of those soft-boned officials, and he also knew that when the imperial court ran a certain official, there was not one out of ten properties that were confiscated and delivered to the imperial court, and it was evident that the criminal governor Yuan Chonghuan had confiscated more than 5,000 taels of land and property.
He was being forced to be unhappy by the imperial history and the matter, and found that Xu Guangqi, who was very strong, was about to speak, and of course he came to the spirit, and hurriedly said: "Aiqing, please speak." β
Xu Guangqi is so talented, Jun Qianlu talks and laughs freely.
He said: "Two months ago, the old minister also pretended to be a public servant, and wrote more than a dozen letters to his protΓ©gΓ©, that is, they asked them to open the door for 100,000 stone of winter wheat to go north. β
Chongzhen smiled and asked, "How did Aiqing also start a grain business?" β
Xu Guangqi said: "It's really easy to make a fortune! The price of grain in Yongping Mansion is rising, and the current price of one stone of wheat has exceeded two taels of silver, do you know what this means? β
Chongzhen was taken aback and asked, "Food is so expensive, how can the common people live?" β
Xu Guangqi said: "Son of Heaven Shengming, such a high price of food means that the land is full of hunger, which means that robbers are everywhere, I wonder if the princes have ever stepped forward to share the worries of the Holy Son of Heaven at this critical juncture?" β
No one answered, the civil officials and military generals of the Manchu Dynasty were not in the service area at this time, and only Xu Guangqi was talking in the hall.
"Lao Chen transferred 100,000 stone wheat, if you sell at that time, I'm afraid that 100,000 taels of snowflake silver will be easily earned, what do you think? Inspector Sun, I'm afraid this is not a corruption bend of the law, right? β
Sun Chengzong and Xu Guangqi are about the same age, the two used to be comrades of the Donglin Party, and their personal relationship is equivalent to an old friend.
He was nimble and immediately understood Xu Guangqi's purpose, and asked rhetorically, "Lord Xu, are you preparing to exonerate the closed disciple you just accepted?" β
Xu Guangqi said word by word: "What is the crime of Huang Han's meritorious service and Jiangshan Sheji? The 100,000 stone of wheat purchased from Jiangnan to save his life was the silver from Huang Han, and after he arrived in Hong Kong, he did not sell a catty and lent all of it to the hungry people who were waiting to be fed.
Before that, he also spent more than 100,000 taels of silver on farmers who planted sweet potatoes and potatoes.
Lao Chen thought that even if Huang Han's silver might come from the wrong way, it would be the same at this time, and the silver would be used in the hands of the imperial court at this time to help the victims. β
Quiet, silent, it was not easy for the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty to come forward at this time to entangle Huang Han in Yongping to collect silver and divide the land.
Sun Chengzong, who also has a sense of justice, has actually reduced his hostility towards Huang Han in his heart, he believes that it doesn't matter whether Huang Han is a hero or not, whether he is corrupt or not, and tens of thousands of living people are enough to erase all criminal responsibility.
When he saw that his old friend was rarely moved, he was really angry and decided to come forward to be a peacemaker, lest Xu Guangqi not come to the stage.
Sun Chengzong is also an important minister of the Qing Stream, with a good character and a high official position, and there is no doubt about his right to speak in the court.
He spoke: "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that Huang Han saves the people from fire and water for great good, and all kinds of illegal things in the past can not be investigated, even if the merits and demerits are offset?" β
The leader spoke, and the Donglin Party echoed it, and then the word of the people was that Huang Hangong offended the crime and maintained the status quo.
This was obviously not in line with the emperor's intentions, and Chongzhen was ready to give Huang Han more troops, higher power, and more territory.
And the Ming Dynasty is often like this, even the emperor can't do whatever he wants, and there are many things that can't realize the emperor's intentions.
Xu Guangqi suddenly laughed and said: "That's it, that's it, the court refuses to reuse Huang Han, he has no choice but to ask the old minister to ask the Holy Son of Heaven to allow Huang Han to enter Beijing." β
Chongzhen was surprised and asked, "Why didn't Huang Shoubei go to Funing to train troops in Beijing and come to Beijing?" β
Xu Guangqi smiled bitterly: "Huang Han is going to come to the capital to sell sweet potatoes. He promised to do what he said he would do when he underwrote the sweet potatoes and potatoes grown by the common people, so he came to sell sweet potatoes in this metropolis of a million people. Please ask for the grace of the Son of Heaven. β
There was a buzz in the court, and several civil and military generals led by the imperial history of Jinsheng, who was born in the army, were indignant, and the court did not reward the meritorious heroes, resulting in people falling to the capital to sell sweet potatoes, what kind of system did it become?
Jin Sheng in history was no longer in the court at this time, he was ridiculed by most of the civil and military generals and had no face to stay as an official, and resigned angrily and went home.
Because Liu Zhilun and Jin Sheng were both Jishi in history, they recommended Buyi Shenfu to the imperial court as a general, and finally Shenfu and 7,000 troops were wiped out in Liulin and became a laughing stock.
Next, Liu Zhilun led his troops to attack Zunhua in a high-profile manner, and the soldiers were defeated and killed, and only one battalion under the command of the eighth battalion ran away, losing more than 20,000 men and horses.
The young emperor attached great importance to Liu Zhilun and Jin Sheng, the jinshi in the first year of Chongzhen, but it was a pity that the people they promoted and their own achievements really embarrassed the emperor, and in this case, Jin Sheng of course could not gain a foothold in the court.
Now it is very different, Liu Zhilun has made a monstrous contribution to Zunhua by not dishonoring his mission, and such achievements have certainly affected the future of Jinsheng.
Before Jiannu entered the Kou, Liu Zhilun often praised and painted military affairs with Jin Sheng in front of the emperor, and both of them were capable ministers of the army in the emperor's heart.
Jin Sheng in history is a brave and loyal minister, Chongzhen 17 years, the Ming Dynasty is about equal to the death of the country, Jin Sheng resolutely led the people in Huizhou to resist the Qing Dynasty, and the army was defeated and captured.
He was generous and righteous in Yuhuatai, Nanjing, and shouted before his execution: "Flowing for a hundred years, leaving a stench for ten thousand years, this breath is also!" β
Jin Sheng is not without a chance to live, Hong Chengchou and Duoduo personally persuaded the promised high-ranking officials to be Houlu, and finally they found that Jin Sheng refused to defect and took flexibility, as long as Jin Sheng agreed to become a monk, he could be let go.
But Jin Sheng resolutely chose to die for the country, and it is a true version of "seeing the poor season and dyeing one by one", which is the backbone of the Han nation.
At this time, Jin Sheng finally couldn't help it, although he was soft-spoken, he still went out and played: "Your Majesty, Huang Shoubei's contribution should be reused by the imperial court, wouldn't it be ridiculous and generous to be a businessman in Beijing in such a good future?" Does the court still want to lose face? β