Lu Shunde saw that there were more and more officials in Chaoyang Palace, and he knew that the time for the court was coming, so he hurriedly explained: "This Lu Shoufu three watches got up to deal with official business, and every time he went to the court, he was in a hurry and didn't have time to eat, so he could only carry a piece of cake in his sleeve. ”

Wang Debang was both envious and resentful, for Lu Jianying to have a hot breakfast, he threw hundreds of their ministers on the main hall to wait, how could Lu Jianying go to the banquet with peace of mind.

"Lord Lu is here!"

Chang Dachun looked at Lu Jianying on the left with envy, only to see him red-faced, complacent, looking forward to it, swaying freely, even when he was a teacher Xianfeng, he had never seen him so proud.

"The emperor has arrived!"

"Ministers and other ministers, may the emperor live long live, long live, long live."

"All Aiqing is exempt, can you have something to do today?"

Chang Dachun waited quietly, the early dynasty of the Han Dynasty became more and more formal, and according to the convention, it was generally performed by low-level officials first.

"Weichen Hanlin Academy edited Liu Mo has something to play."

Li Yunzhong knew him, a new science list, and took the lead in boycotting the people who went to Europe, not that he didn't dare to go, but he read a lot of Confucius and Mencius's books, and thought that the Heavenly Empire could learn from barbarians, and there were still many officials with this kind of thinking.

Liu Mo continued: "The population of Nanjing has increased rapidly, and has now exceeded 1.8 million, and there are a total of 6 million people in the seven counties of Nanjing, and the housing prices in the city have surged by 20 times that of five years ago. The people had no place to stand, and inhabited the factories day and night. Thirty or fifty people were crammed into one room, living without enough to eat. Living a life without clothes, please ask the emperor to be the master of the people and rectify the factory. ”

Nanjing has so many people! Li Yunzhong was stunned, and immediately asked: "When I invaded Nanjing, there were only more than 800,000 people in the city, and the entire Nanjing Prefecture was only 2 million, why did the population increase so much in a short period of time?" ”

Liu Mo replied: "According to Weichen's investigation, it is because of the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. Hubei, Sichuan, Jiangxi, Anhui and other regions have been in war for many years, and the people have fled one after another, and the foreign population of Nanjing has exceeded the local residents, and there are often armed fights between the locals and the outsiders. ”

Meng Sheng said with a smile: "This is a good thing, the more people in Nanjing, the stronger the Han is." ”

Liu Mo sneered: "Lord Nameng doesn't know how much grain these millions of people eat a day, and how much grain Nanjing Prefecture produces in a year. Food prices are rising steadily, and the people can't even get enough food and clothing for a day of hard work. ”

was sarcastically ridiculed by a six-grade sesame official, Meng Sheng was annoyed and ashamed, and said: "The eyes are high and the hands are low." Empty talk misleads the country, what can you do? Let's hear it. ”

Liu Mo ignored Meng Shengsheng and continued: "Your Majesty. A large number of grain ships docked outside Nanjing every day, and the gang took advantage of the opportunity. Breed a large number of outlaws to extort past merchants and people. The government turned a blind eye, and the people were miserable, among which the Qing Gang was the most powerful, with a total of 50,000 personnel, all over Nanjing, Suzhou, Shanghai and other prosperous cities. ”

Green Gang! Li Yunzhong didn't expect that there was an underworld in Dahan, and when he remembered the gangster movies in his previous life, he suddenly became interested, and asked Wang Debang, the prefect of Nanjing: "Do you know about this matter?" ”

Wang Debang secretly scolded Liu Mo for being troublesome, listened to the emperor's question, and hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, Wechen knew that there were outlaw activities at the wharf, but there was no evidence, and the unloading of goods at the wharf was inseparable from them, so no measures were taken. ”

Hu Yihuang, the secretary of the Criminal Department, had an ugly face, no one had ever mentioned the matter of the Green Gang to him, let alone that the Green Gang was so powerful, with tens of thousands of personnel, all over the prosperous coastal cities, and secretly decided to order someone to investigate after he returned.

Liu Mo was unforgiving, and continued to expose: "I'm afraid that the entire police station has an unclear relationship with the Green Gang, they usually call each other brothers and sisters, and collude with each other, and the police station will send the case of the Green Gang on the grounds of insufficient evidence." ”

Li Yunzhong played with the imperial pen and laughed softly: "Is it true at this time? ”

Looking at the emperor's sneering expression, Wang Debang instantly broke out in a cold sweat, and replied conscientiously: "Weichen doesn't know, please forgive the emperor, Weichen rarely asks about the affairs of the police department, and Weichen is guilty." ”

Li Yunzhong asked, "Who is the chief of the Nanjing Police Department?" ”

Hu Yihuang replied: "The Nanjing Police Department is directly under the Criminal Department, and the director's name is Shao Fei, this person is a veteran of Guangxi. ”

Thinking of the Nanjing Police Station, Li Yunzhong thought of the incident of teaching Shoufu's son a lesson at a restaurant, and there was also a policeman named Dongfang Jun at that time.

Liu Mo admonished: "Fighting bravely in war may not be able to resist the temptation of gold and silver, Weichen suggested that Shao Fei be dismissed and interrogated, and thousands of people should be given justice." ”

Wang Debang said angrily: "Just relying on your words to act rashly, wouldn't it chill the hearts of the officials below." ”

Liu Mo sneered, he couldn't see the protection of officials and officials, and immediately took out a blank piece of paper full of names from his sleeve, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, Weichen has visited hundreds of victims in one day, and this is the evidence that they jointly reported Shao Fei." ”

Seeing that Liu Mo was unforgiving, Wang Debang said angrily: "You are the editor of Hanlin, not the inspector of the imperial history, nor the person of the criminal department, you don't do your job well, and you also confuse the public with gossip, you know what crime you should be guilty of!" ”

Meng Sheng gloated, since the implementation of the imperial examination system, the power of the civil official clique has become greater and greater, in Nanjing, their Gui faction has been pressed and cannot raise their heads, and the civil official clique has no opponents, so they actually fought themselves.

Chu Fei, the director of the Criminal Department, echoed: "There are indeed gangster activities at the Xiaguan Wharf in Nanjing, and the situation in Shanghai is particularly serious, because Shanghai has accepted a large number of refugees in just a few years, and there is a miasma in the foreign concessions, and there are murderers, spies, gang leaders, frustrated politicians, and so on. ”

Li Yunzhong nodded, decided to give an explanation of the gangster's matter, and announced: "The head of the Nanjing Police Bureau, Shao Fei, was dismissed from his post and questioned. ”

Hu Yihuang said: "Please carry out a crackdown like anti-narcotics, targeting the gangsters, and the whole country will act together to strangle the gangsters in the cradle." ”

Li Yunzhong said with a smile: "It's good that these criminal departments are responsible for themselves, I have given you full powers, and the Heaven and Earth Society can deal with them as appropriate, except for those who have committed the most heinous crimes." ”

Liu Mo, Wang Debang and others returned to the queue with different moods.

"Chen Ye Mingchen has something to play!"

Li Yunzhong looked at Ye Mingchen in surprise, since this old guy was forcibly awarded an official position, he thought that his heart was in the Han camp and his heart was in the Qing Dynasty, and the previous dynasty never expressed his opinion or said a word.

"Speak"

Ye Mingchen had a complicated mind, took out a message from his cuff, and said loudly: "The minister received a letter from a friend in Beijing, in which he said that the Qing Dynasty is willing to live in peace with the Han Dynasty, take the Yellow River as the boundary, row the river and rule, stop fighting and stop fighting, so that the people can live and work in peace and contentment, please ask the emperor to adjudicate." ”

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were stunned, and the sound of 'buzzing' resounded throughout the hall, and the officials in front and behind whispered.

Lu Jianying immediately came out to object: "The matter of peace is absolutely impossible, the Han army is in full swing, Henan and Shandong can go down every day, and the front line is frequently reported, these favorable conditions will no longer exist after agreeing to the Qing Dynasty to seek peace, and the Han and Manchurian forces are incompatible, and the emperor has played the banner of 'driving out the Tartars and restoring China', how can he give up halfway and lose his trust in the world." ”

Hearing Lu Jianying's opposition, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty stopped talking.

Chang Dachun echoed and said: "The Manchu Qing Dynasty has exhausted the number of gas, as far as Weichen knows, the Manchus from all over the country are vying to sell their property and return to the Northeast to buy land, it can be seen that the Manchurians have no courage when they entered the customs, the emperor is called the emperor, and people with lofty ideals in the world are vying to vote, and officials from all over the world are offering the city and land, and if it goes on like this, it will be able to hit Beijing in less than a year, why bother to negotiate peace with the Qing State and miss such a good situation." ”

Meng Sheng said: "Discussing peace with the Qing is pure nonsense to confuse the public. ”

Hu Yihuang also said: "It is really a stupid move to negotiate peace with the Qing Dynasty, and Weichen is against it." ”

Seeing that the four Zaifu were opposed one after another, the ministers immediately echoed one after another, and some even attacked Ye Mingchen.

Li Yunzhong coughed and said in a decisive tone: "Since everyone is against the peace, then this matter is stopped, and it is not allowed to be mentioned again." ”

Ye Mingchen glanced at Li Yunzhong gratefully, and silently returned to his original position.

Lin Daji, the secretary of the military department, and Zhang Suimou glanced at each other, bowed and said: "Your Majesty, the third phase of the Nanjing Army Military Academy has been completed, and Weichen invited the emperor to attend their graduation ceremony to boost morale. ”

Chang Dachun immediately came out and retorted: "Ridiculous! The emperor had every opportunity, how could he attend a gathering of a group of low-ranking officers. ”

Zhang Suimou said with a smile: "This is wrong, these graduating students have also gone through a year of training, they are about to leave for the battlefield, what is wrong with the emperor going to see them off, and the emperor will also summon them to a banquet." ”

Chang Dachun heard Zhang Suimou confusing the new science and technology jinshi with a group of martial artists, and said angrily: "Insult Sven, insult Sven, Jinshi is the elite of the country and the future pillar of the imperial court." ”

Li Yunzhong saw that many civilian officials were eager to try, and interrupted: "The military academy is personally sponsored by me, and it is natural to participate in the graduation ceremony of the academy, so you don't have to argue anymore." ”

Lin Daji and Zhang Suimou breathed a sigh of relief, they promised in front of the students that they could not break their promise.

Qian Duo, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, hesitated again and again, glanced at Lu Jianying, and cautiously admonished: "Your Majesty, Weichen has something to do." ”

Li Yunzhong glanced at Qian more encouragingly, the original beggar leader gave him a lot of help.

Qian Duo said with a smile: "Weichen is over sixty years old, and he is about to retire to Zhishi, and he didn't want to meddle in things, but when Lord Lu said that he was loyal to the king, Weichen was relieved." (To be continued......)

PS: Everyone still has a monthly pass, at the end of the month, to empty, ask for four more monthly passes, to 30