Although Emperor Jiaqing has not yet grasped the real power, but, after all, he is the emperor, and it is reasonable to say it, if the Qing Dynasty is gone, what are they counting as princes and beles? Although he figured this out, he was still a little unhappy in his heart, glared at Wang Jie angrily, and snorted coldly: "Hmph~"

The atmosphere eased slightly, and at this time, He Shen's pair of goldfish eyes turned, and his mind began to become active, and then he bowed and saluted, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, Wechen is willing to undertake the matter of raising food and silver, as the Minister of Military Aircraft, Wechen is willing to take the lead in setting an example, taking the lead, donating 100,000 taels of silver and 1,000 quintals of grain!" ”

As soon as these words came out, He Shen's shot was not extravagant, and He Lin on the side frequently looked at him, as if he wanted to stop his eldest brother from taking this errand, even Wang Jie and Emperor Jiaqing were very surprised, and everyone was very surprised, the matter of raising food and silver from the princes and ministers was simply thankless, an errand that offended people. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Although he couldn't figure it out, knowing that He Shen must have some idea, Emperor Jiaqing still agreed: "Okay, the matter of raising food and silver will be handed over to Hezhongtang, and the military plan will be implemented according to Lord He, and then I will discuss it with Emperor Taishang again, if there is no accident, there will be no changes." ”

After the military meeting, Emperor Jiaqing took Wang Jie and Guangxing back to Yuqing Palace, and as soon as he stood still, Emperor Jiaqing ordered the chief eunuch on the side: "Sun Jinzhong, you take them down, no one is allowed to come in without my permission." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, the slave is personally guarding outside the palace." Sun Jinzhong agreed, waved his hand, and motioned for the other palace maids and eunuchs to go out with him.

Squeak~

After the palace door was closed, there was silence in Yuqing Palace, Emperor Jiaqing did not speak immediately, but his face was full of sadness, and after a long time, he said earnestly: "Lord Wang, Guangxing, although He Shen is responsible for handling the matter of food and salary, I still have no bottom in my heart, and I am a little uneasy. Therefore, for the sake of being thorough, I want to prepare with both hands, and I can't just count on Heshen. ”

As soon as these words came out, Wang Jie immediately asked: "Your Majesty, I don't know what the other hand is referring to?" ”

Emperor Jiaqing's expression was a little gloomy, his tone changed, and he said slowly in response to the question: "In the early years, in order to raise military salaries, Emperor Taishang purged officials in the Jiangnan area, and for a while, the officialdom in Jiangnan became rumorful, and everyone was in danger, and in less than a month, a large number of officials were punished......

Speaking of this, Emperor Jiaqing paused, knowing in his heart that if he continued, it would damage the prestige and wisdom of Emperor Taishang. Although they didn't say everything, Wang Jie and Guangxing understood and knew what the emperor wanted to express, but their reactions were different and their thoughts were different.

At this moment, although Wang Jie's face was calm, he sighed secretly in his heart: "Hey, I really don't know if it's a good thing for the court or a good thing for the people?" Whenever there is a war, when the imperial court lacks use, it will think of rectifying the rule of officials and investigating and punishing corrupt officials. After the incident, the lives of the people did not change in the slightest, and a group of corrupt officials were killed, and another group was on top. ”

I feel bitter in my heart, but I can't tell others, let alone the emperor, that will only lead to death, and there will be no disaster in vain.

However, Guangxing's mind was different, and he also saw Emperor Jiaqing's plan, his face was excited, faintly excited, his eyes were shining, and he couldn't wait to say: "Your Majesty, Weichen will go to write a book tonight, and participate in Heshen's book, as long as he moves to Heshen, a big corrupt official, he will not worry about military salaries and grain and grass!" ”

It's amazing, and that's it.

Before Emperor Jiaqing could say anything, Wang Jie hurriedly stopped: "No, no, He Shen can't move now, the time is not yet!" ”

seemed to know why Wang Jie said this, Emperor Jiaqing's reaction was very indifferent, and he was not surprised, but Guangxing was angry and immediately asked, "Lord Wang, why?" As long as he moves to Heshen, a big corrupt official, and confiscates his family property, he can completely fill the treasury, which is better than the imperial court's financial income for several years, and there is no need to worry about encircling and suppressing the anti-thief army's salary, grain and grass~! ”

Cheng Zhu was in his chest, and he was not angry with Guangxing's questioning, and slowly explained: "Guangxing, at this time, the imperial court is in a predicament, and the most important premise for exterminating the anti-thieves is that the upper and lower levels are united, and there can be no big chaos, and the imperial court needs a stable interior." ”

"Moving to Heshen, let's not talk about whether it will pass or not at the Emperor Taishang, even the current situation does not allow it, so you can't do it."

Seeing that Wang Jie said something serious, as if he meant something, and looked at Emperor Jiaqing again, and did not have any objection, Guangxing calmed down a lot, and subconsciously asked softly: "Why?" Why can't you move Heshen? ”

"The reason is very simple, He Shen has many wings, all over the government and the opposition, there are his cronies in the army and the southwest front, once it is overthrown, the imperial court will inevitably have a short period of chaos, and now the situation is unstable, and the turmoil caused by the fall of He Shen will definitely be expanded."

"The people's hearts are unstable, the morale of the army is turbulent, and even if the military salaries and grain and grass are available, the imperial court cannot promote the military action to suppress the rebellion in the south. Even if it was a forced army to cross the Yellow River and exterminate the rebels, it would only reduce the chances of success. Once the operation is not done properly, it will inevitably make the imperial court, which is already a big loss of vitality, lose its strength again, which is more important, don't you understand? ”

The last sentence, like a heavy hammer, struck Guangxing's heart hard, making it demoralized, unable to refute, and disillusioned in his heart.

At this moment, Emperor Jiaqing, who had been silent, spoke out and said, "Lord Wang is right, now is not the time to move Heshen. The reason why I say this is to let you arrest some other corrupt officials, and beat other people, so that they can donate silver and grain in a fun way. Otherwise, in extraordinary times, don't blame me for using extraordinary means. ”

As he spoke, a hint of fierceness flashed in Emperor Jiaqing's eyes.

At this moment, Guangxing has completely sobered up and understood Emperor Jiaqing's plan, the emperor wants to kill chickens and monkeys, let those princes and nobles and big corrupt officials obediently donate money and food, and will not cause major turmoil in the imperial court, killing two birds with one stone, everything is to exterminate the southern thieves.

Thinking of this, Guangxing became excited again, beat his spirit, and said loudly: "In this case, the emperor, the slave will draft a recital tonight, and tomorrow he will join a few ministers and bring down a few corrupt officials, and see how the reaction is?" ”

"If those people are still not interested, increase their efforts until they know that it hurts, and see if they dare to spit out the proceeds of corruption?!"

At this moment, Guangxing seems to have seen the future scene, that kind of scene, the people he participated in have fallen off the horse, the ministers are very afraid and respectful of themselves, and they are constantly sycophant, especially the most likely thing, to bring down the big corrupt official and Shen, and win the trust and reliance of the emperor.

Emperor Jiaqing was silent, nodded slightly, then turned his head to look at Wang Jie, and said in a deep voice: "Lord Wang, this matter is up to you." Although the whole thing is cheaper and Shen, on the surface, he is the person who has the greatest credit, but he is the most important person, so don't care too much about personal gains and losses. ”

However, this passage is not only for Wang Jie, but also to remind Guangxing.

On the street outside the palace gate, in the carriage, He Shen and his younger brother He Lin sat opposite each other, one with a smug look on his face, and the other very puzzled.

"Big brother, collecting grain, grass and silver from the princes and ministers is simply a thankless and purely offensive errand, why do you want to rush for this errand? Brother, I don't understand. After He Lin said this, he looked straight at He Shen.

"He Lin, charging into battle and leading troops to fight, maybe you are not as good as a brother, but you are definitely not as good as me in the officialdom~!"

If there are meaningful words, he suddenly aroused He Lin's full taste, and asked with a puzzled face: "Oh, big brother, the reason why you took on the errand of raising food and silver, is it possible, do you have any special intentions?" ”

He Shen smiled mysteriously: "He Lin, do you remember the rebellion in Jinchuan and Dzungaria?" The situation at that time was very similar to the current situation, there was a shortage of military salaries, and there was a shortage of food and grass, do you remember what the Emperor Taishang did? ”

After this reminder, He Lin's eyes lit up, and he immediately reacted, and subconsciously said: "Punish corrupt officials, purge officials, confiscate corrupt officials' family property, and fill the treasury!" ”

While speaking, looking at the eldest brother showing an old fox-like smile, full of treacherous intentions, He Lin said uncertainly: "Could it be ......?"

"Yes, how could I do such a thankless thing?! He Lin, you might as well imagine, you also know that the current situation can be described as very critical, and a large amount of money, silver and food are urgently needed to be used for military supplies, in order to prepare for the rebellion in the south in the spring. ”

"But, big brother, what does this have to do with you taking on this errand?" He Lin was still a little puzzled.

"Hehe, Helin, why don't you understand? According to the emperor's attitude just now, although he has the intention to emulate the emperor, the time is not right, and the situation is different. Therefore, the emperor did not want to purge the officials with great fanfare, but only wanted to get money and grain, maintain the overall stability of the imperial court, lay the foundation for the counterinsurgency war in the spring, and create a relatively peaceful rear environment. ”

He Lin showed a look of sudden realization, knowing that his brother had eaten Emperor Jiaqing to death, and he felt it very clearly, so he took over the topic and interjected: "Since it is imperative, the emperor will definitely punish some corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and the eldest brother will win this errand over, so that he can control the scope of the matter as much as possible in his hands and reduce the harm to his own people." ”

"Then, explain the stakes to those princes and ministers, they will not hate you, big brother, but will be grateful, and will only resent Wang Jie, the initiator, who was the first to raise money for food and silver."

Suddenly, the two looked at each other and smiled, extremely happy, as if everything was under control, and did not take the rebellion in the south into account at all.

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