Liu Yong, Shen Qianfeng and Wang Erlie also expected that Yan Yan would have a belly fire and must have an attack, but they didn't expect him to ignore the prefectures and counties of Cangzhou, and the first one to take the salt administration to beat Ma Wei first. And he took off the top but did not dismiss his post, without asking Tang Huanwei and Gui Qing'a if they committed the same crime, let's talk about the money first, and everyone was a little confused for a while. Liu Yong felt that this young man seemed to be stable, but in fact, he didn't have a plan in his heart, and when he got out of the car, he should at least have a discussion with himself: now that this is the case, he has to wait and see, turn around and slowly turn around. Wang Erlie and Qian Feng also disagreed, gold, silver, copper, iron ore, tea, horse, salt (human) ginseng wood, are all sources of profit, more than 10,000 silver What is the hope, Tang Huancheng opened the river and made a wish to offer a reward, logically speaking, it cannot be blamed on the salt administration, but the thief case asked about the money, which is a bit marginal. The two had only known each other for a few days, they didn't know each other well, and they only exchanged glances in the audience. He Shen had a different mind, Gui Qing'a and Gao Yucheng met below, and they had already paid five hundred taels of gold for the "Guilty Silver", and there were five hundred taels to be sent within a month. Qianlong built the golden hair pagoda for the queen mother, and he was in urgent need of it, so he laughed at it, and tacitly accepted the filial piety of "Yu Wai" as a matter of "the coming days", and he also had something to say. He is bent on protecting Gao Yucheng and Gui Qing'a, but how can he fight with Yan Yan?

"And this Gao Yucheng." Yan Yan ignored everyone's thoughts, pointed to a roster on the case and asked, "It's about already taken?" ”

Qian Feng sat beside him, and when he saw it, he hurriedly bowed and said, "Yes, he has been dismissed from his post and is writing and discerning, and he has not been passed on." ”

"Let him be stationed in the garrison and appease the local order. But he's better to go sleep with a woman! Yan Tie said with a blue face, "It can be seen what he does on weekdays!" The reputation of the common people is like iron, no matter whether they are rich or poor, no matter how money and debts cost their lives, they are pulled down privately, don't see Gao Yucheng - he doesn't have this kind of thing, and I can't tolerate him! He paused and slowed down, "I didn't give everyone a good color when we met, it's not that I'm mean." According to my opinion, on the ground of Cangzhou, the rule of officials is corrupted to this point, and if something happens, something will happen, and if something happens, it is not a trivial matter - even if you Cangzhou's officials misunderstand and want to take me, what are you doing by burning people's houses of old man Lu? ——The masters of Cangzhou Prefecture and County are all going to be investigated, and all the officials are on a business trip, and they are replaced by new people! ”

What he said before was right, and it was logical to investigate and deal with the master, and "all the officials were on a mission" was something that could not be done at all. The officials, who had been listening quietly, immediately had a slight commotion, and although no one spoke, they looked forward to each other's shirts and feet, and their eyebrows and eyebrows were very uneasy. Seeing that it was not a problem, Liu Yong cleared his throat and said, "The fifteenth master hates iron and steel!" The world of Qingping is bright and clear, and a dragon son and phoenix grandson of the lineage will make trouble and dust next to the post road on the bank of the canal! As far as this matter is concerned, not only did we never have the founding of the Qing Dynasty, but it was also very rare to see the chaotic times in the Twenty-fourth History. There is a Xiao San leper in it, who is still a figure in the cult. There is really a big incident, and there is a change, the dignity of the legal system of the imperial court, how can the reputation of the fifteenth master be decent? ”

His old official was familiar with the eunuchs, and gently pointed out the words "reputation and decency", and Yan Yan immediately understood that he had overspoken in anger - a dignified son, a daughter, in the middle of the night, he was cornered by a few thieves, and it was transmitted to the palace, and then polished and rendered by the eunuch villain, and he didn't know how ugly the rumors and slanderous words he made! Thinking of this, Yan Yan was already busy in his heart, just sipping tea and just groaning, but he heard Liu Yong say again: "Fortunately, there is no danger!" The fifteenth master made a decision when he was in danger, and while skillfully maneuvering, he secretly dispatched, and none of the thieves and bandits slipped through the net. Reflecting on and looking back, I, a minister from a criminal background, was ashamed and landless first! Brothers should also ask themselves, you are in this place, some of you are still magistrates, if you are good at civilizing and cultivating on weekdays, and you are good at guarding and mediating with the gentry, where can you be so kind of three regardless of the ground, why do bandits and thieves take advantage of the gap to make trouble? - This matter is not over, I and the adults want to jointly write an excerpt to ask for guilt, brothers, the Tongzhi of Cangzhou Prefecture, the garrison, the battalion and military management belt stationed in Cangzhou County, the county order of Cangxian County, the professor of the Fuli Professor, and the county Cheng County Learning and Teaching, all those who have meritorious and famous positions must write a defense document and send it to the fifteenth master for verification and handling, and wait for the fifteenth master to be punished. After speaking, he looked at Yan Yan with an inquiring gaze, and said, "Please also ask the fifteenth master to teach!" ”

"What should be said, Lord Liu has said it, so I will do it according to Lord Liu's instructions." Somehow, Yan Yan suddenly remembered that Qianlong once touched his knees and sighed, "What jade Zhilun sound?" What is 'the sin of the superiors should be punished'? They are all there to sing Taiping songs and play Tai Chi! Speaking of which, I seem to be able to do whatever I want, I am the Son of Heaven who is set to be a statue, you have thunder and lightning and storms here, and the smell has changed even below, and the wind does not whistle and the rain does not break the blocks-not in his position, I am not a person, how do I know my difficulties? Now that the matter is in himself, he also realizes the "difficulty" - you are just bitter and anxious, and the people below have their own charters, and everything will not deviate from their own perfunctory you. You are furious and hateful, and you have to count on this group of people to do things for you! He swallowed a mouthful of saliva helplessly and said: "Now that the Chinese New Year is coming, there are many social fairs in the agricultural slack season, so we must prevent cults from causing trouble, suppress them on the one hand, and appease and give relief to them on the other." After the New Year, it is necessary to prepare for cultivation and famine, and only when the wheat is harvested can the people settle down. It is also necessary to prevent large households from bullying tenants and suppressing small households to resist rent and levy. Your Excellency must not only do a good job of your own missions, but also pay attention to political order. Although there are differences between me and Lord Liu, we are both in Shandong, and we have to report anything at any time. After saying that, the human sperm flashed out and shouted: "The fifteenth master serves tea and sends the guests!" ”

So everyone resigned one after another, like birds and beasts. Here, the two Qin sent three subordinates to go upstairs to speak.

"Chongru," Yan ordered everyone to sit down, sat down himself, took the tea held by Hui'er, and said with emotion, "I'm still too young and thoughtful...... If you really want to disperse this group of officials, you have to recruit them again, which is not only troublesome and expensive, but also unscrupulous, and the mission is also wrong. Seeing Qian Feng and Wang Erlie sitting upright, he said to Dabin with a smile: "Mr. Qian, I have been in the mansion for a long time, and Master Wang is also my own person." This is not outside, it's too restrained but it's a point, you can order it casually, and if you have any insights and suggestions, just say. Wang Qian and the two were busy smiling and saying "yes".

Liu Yong then said: "I have the same heart as the fifteenth master. Let your official be as clear as water, but the helpless officials are as smooth as oil. I hate it when I think about it. But the fifteenth master thought that it was the master's order to search for people to take the 'thief', and the burning of the house was to force the 'thief' to escape. If you get it right, you will be rewarded, and if you take it wrong, someone will take responsibility, this is a trick that the whole world is familiar with, and it is not worth worrying about them. Also, most of the people who eat yamen meals are left by their ancestors, and they are still brothers and nephews of their clan after they are dismissed. Who enters the yamen? Barely recruit new people, can't do errands, and still have to make mistakes. Wang Erlie said: "The official is a tiger, the official is a wolf, you drove away a group of full wolves, and you attracted a group of hungry wolves, knocking on the bones and sucking the marrow and scraping the ground, and they are even more fierce and greedy." Qian Feng also said: "The official is a tiger, and the official is a servant." I have never been a foreign official, but I have not been a foreign official since Qin Shi Huang. ”

"The first emperor once said that the rule of officials is a true article." Yan Yan was said by them, and a chill ran in his heart, "Even the current emperor, although he is lenient, he has never slacked off in his governance. You have your special mission to handle the Cathay Pacific case, and I see that the year is coming, I don't know what the situation is now? When will you go to Jinan? ”

Liu Yong didn't immediately reply to Yan Yan's words, pondered and touched the cigarette purse, took out the coal from the bamboo tube, took a deep breath, slowly exhaled the smoke, and said for a long time: "Before leaving Beijing, I discussed it repeatedly with He Shen and Qian Feng. The holy decree does not say that Cathay is a case for Cathay, but Cathay is a figure with eyes and hands, and it is difficult to guarantee that no one will give him a tip-off. However, the province has a deficit of one or two million in treasury silver, and it is difficult to cover it up seamlessly. Therefore, he had to move the west wall to make up the east wall, and first enrich the provincial capitals and counties. We built civil engineering, built school officials, built the tomb of King Sunu, and released grain for disaster relief, one is to cover the eyes and ears of Cathay, and the other is densely populated at the water and dry wharf here, and it is indeed easy to cause trouble when so many victims gather. Cathay is not easy to deal with, and he can't be moved if he can't get evidence - I've already sent someone to make an unannounced visit. A smile tugged at the corner of his mouth, "There's already news." Cathay may not have had a good year. ”

In Texas, the extravagance and luxury were originally to cover the eyes and ears of Cathay! Yan Yan was quite prejudiced about this, so he couldn't help but feel relieved that Wang Erlie and Qian Feng had about the same mind, and felt a little surprised. He Shen was taken aback, and immediately became uneasy: as soon as he arrived in Texas, he secretly met with Cathay's family and sent a message to Cathay Pacific: "Set off for Jinan after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and the province should not be taken lightly, and the rest of the deficit should be quickly replenished into the warehouse." Otherwise, I won't be able to keep him." This Liu Yong seems to be loyal and steady, and he still has this hand underneath! What's even more surprising is that Liu Yong didn't say anything about doing things in Texas to show Cathay Pacific, let alone ventilating himself that he had made an "unannounced visit". Are these measures deliberately designed to protect themselves? As if to answer He Shen's suspicions, Liu Yong knocked on the cigarette ash and said: "I wrote a letter to Huang Tianba, Cathay's case has begun to see, and asked him to go out with the Huang family, and those people from the Qing Gang scouted Cathay's manor, real estate, money, village, pawnshop, and warehouse, three days ago, the messenger sent a message, and Baoding has not arrived, and a list is being made." Fifteenth Master, that's a staggering number! ”

"I said! This Liu Yong lives in Texas and does not move, and he will not leave! Yan Yan was already smiling when he heard it, and laughed at Wang Erlie, "It turns out that Chen Cang is dark in the Ming Plank Road!" Cathay is so rich, well, I ask for a little to cure this saline-alkali land! Heshen, how much money did you raise in Texas? - What are you thinking, a little distracted? ”

"Huh? Yes? He Shen was startled, and when he came back to his senses, he was still a little shocked, smiled unnaturally, and said, "I'm thinking...... Lord Chongru is even suspicious of me. There are so many things that I have to keep in the dark. Liu Yong smiled: "What are you thinking nonsense? The group of people with you were all temporarily transferred from the Rifan Academy, and Cathay's own brother was in the Rifan Yuan! It's hard for me to say that no one has reported to Cathay Pacific. If the machine is not secret, the bamboo basket will be empty. The emperor criticized me on the excerpt of my invitation, 'Ask He Shen to sing the front scene, you just need to arrange it loosely and secretly, if he wants to know, it won't look good', do I dare to disobey the order to tell you? He Shen listened, this explanation was reluctant no matter what, and he wanted to complain that he didn't let himself see the excerpts in advance, but he didn't show Liu Yong the grass folds he gave to Qianlong, and when he left Beijing, he Shen came up with an idea. Now they are all moving stones and smashing their feet! I secretly hated Liu Yong for being cunning and cunning, and since he had carried out Qianlong, he had to swallow it with a smile if he had a car, and said to himself: "How can you have the heart to complain? It's just an accident. When I went out of Beijing, I said that only Liu Shi'an's horse head is Zhan! I am your pawn, and I will go where you tell me to go! "He is a very clever person, and he has already thought about it, anyway, there is no evidence of a single word in Cathay's hands, so why bother to blame himself for the shadow of the bow and snake? Look at it and help if you can protect it, it is Cathay Pacific's destiny to help it!

Thinking about it like this, the more He Shen spoke, the more he said: "Master Wang told me several times that the fifteenth master wants to govern this salt land. I thought about it, from Texas to the southwest to Handan, thousands of miles of salt-alkali flats! To the north to Weixi, Tianjin, it is also saltwater, and it can be turned into rice fields after being cured. Since you have moved this heart, you might as well have bigger hands. Please instruct the Ministry of Households and the Governor of Caoyun Yamen to send experts to survey the land, not only to collect grain, but also to resettle how many unemployed poor people can be settled! This is a great event of the community for 10,000 years! He put down the teacup in his hand, as if there were rolling rice waves flashing in front of him, and his hands were brought together, "Thousands of miles of alkali beach have become fertile fields!" The water and soil here and the small station are the same, and the rice laid is like pearls, semi-translucent! From now on, the two provinces of Zhili and Shandong will no longer need to transfer grain in, and how much grain can they supply to Beijing? - This is a great merit! When I think about it at night, I am so happy and anxious that I can't sleep! Wang Erlie and Qian Feng are both scholars who have not read the world deeply, and listening to what he said is fascinating, their eyes are full of joy. Liu Yong knew that sitting and talking like this was tantamount to painting cakes to satisfy his hunger, but he was inconvenient to say anything, so he only smiled and swallowed the clouds and spit out the fog.

"Since you think so, you have a relationship with this merit." Yan Yan was also excited at first, but he and Wang Erlie discussed the matter of controlling the saline-alkali land in Huanghua Town. How much manpower, money, and food do you need? After a rough thought, I knew that it was improvised by He Shen to his liking. The eight words "big and flashy" passed in his heart, his eyes had become dim, and he only smiled and said: "You just write out the article and ask for it to be executed." I recommend you to preside over in front of the emperor's eyes! ”

He Shen couldn't help but be stunned: Why is it so uneasy today? I'll ask the household department to investigate, and you will smash the messenger over by taking advantage of the situation! Now that I see it, I will enter the military plane, but you will let me take the migrant workers to wade on the alkaline water beach to repair the fields? People are in a coma three times a day, what's wrong with me...... He didn't dare to say any more, so he smiled and stopped: "This has to be Jin Fu's courage and Chen Huang's talent." The slave is afraid that he does not have this great ability. At this moment, Wang Erlie also came to his senses and said with a smile: "It's better to follow the plan of the fifteenth master first, and heal the area of Huanghua Town, the people of the court have seen the real benefits, and there are also people who have silver, and it is feasible to govern it in an orderly manner." ”

"I'll go to Texas, and then I'll go to Yanzhou Mansion." Yan Yan knew that this matter was endlessly discussed, so he smiled and said, "That's the hometown of Sage Kong, why do you always make trouble about resisting rent and grain?" My mission is located in Texas, what should you do according to your own constitution, if there is a major event, the council will be completed at once, and I will not interfere. He hesitated, then added, "Thieves are everywhere and hungry people are everywhere, not when singing and dancing are peaceful!" I am in favor of repairing the Temple of Literature and the Palace of Learning. To the tomb of the king of Sunu, the garden pavilion wine shop, as well as the hall, I heard that more than a dozen brothels have also been built, and the Temple of Literature stands against each other! If a husband does not plow, there will be hungry people in the world, and if a woman does not weave, there will be cold people in the world. How much labor and financial resources will be wasted? Chongrugong, when you go to Jinan, these useless projects should be stopped......"

His tone was not heavy, but he spoke unequivocally. Liu Yong's buttocks had already left their seats and sat back down. Liu Yong said: "The construction of Dezhou this time was suggested by He Shen Qianfeng, and I agreed. The fifteenth master thinks it's inappropriate, and I will definitely follow the instructions of the master when I go back. It's just that some engineering materials have been prepared, and they are being built halfway, and suddenly ordered to stop work, which is too wasteful, and it is easy for villains to take advantage of the chaos and corruption. Can you not ban it for the time being, maintain the original meeting opinion, my face is a trivial matter, don't let the gentlemen say the best words. ”

"Your face is not a trivial matter." Yan Yan said, "Don't issue a ban to stop construction, the land money and silver donations will be heavier, so that they will be discouraged." Also, from the Texas government, all those who buy and sell women from good families to the brothel, those old bustards and kings have eight big teapots, brokers who run brokers, are fined silver, and the brothel built near the Temple of Literature chooses another place within a time limit, so it can't help but be forbidden, and they will retreat. ”

In a word, send the official to disturb and make trouble for three days, and the civil engineering will "end without a problem", this is Yan Yan's method, Liu Yong is the first time to understand his femininity, and Shen because Liu Yong said that it was his own suggestion, thinking about how to redeem it, he was annoyed by Liu Yong in his heart, but he grinned and said: "Fifteen masters, this method is the best!" The stall is big, so I thought it would not end well, and I also told Shi'an Gong that this is not in line with the purpose of the imperial court to emphasize agriculture and suppress business. The fifteenth master understands this point, the more people are recruited for the project here, not only is it easy to have accidents, but who will plant the land in the township? Let's go to Jinan and dry up this water! Yan Fang smiled and nodded yes, but Qian Feng next to him said: "The master's gift has the right to be sutra, and it cannot be generalized, the four people [1]

Among them, the merchant lives in one of them, and the righteousness is the foundation for profit, and the saint can't help it. I agree with the construction of civil engineering in Texas with adults, and now I have changed my ideas with adults, and I have not changed. There's nothing 'bad ending' about it. I understand the king's destiny of the fifteenth master, because I am worried that the peasants will go to the city to work and abandon the land, I am afraid that the money and grain will be wasted, and the wind of erosive luxury will flourish, so I think I am too worried! ”

This is really a statement, and everyone is shocked. Yan Yan gave Liu Yong steps, Liu Yong was vague, and when He Shen saw the wind and made the rudder, he rubbed the rope with his legs and finished the matter, but he expected him to come out and light such a shot! Liu Yong and Shen both sat with their mouths half open, not knowing how to say it. Hui'er was pouring tea, and the tea overflowed in a daze.

"Oh?" Yan Yan beat his mother's womb, except for Qianlong's court training, it was the first time he encountered Qian Feng's reprimand, he was stunned for a moment, and his smile was frozen on his face. He didn't have a foreign minister, he was a little overwhelmed, and he had something to say in front of him to call people "casual". But his self-esteem was already bleeding from this stab, and he said coldly: "There is also 'generalization with partiality'? I would like to hear and ask for advice! ”

"Don't dare!" Qian Feng arched his hand and said, with a calm and heroic demeanor between the pitches: "There is a cloud in the Guanzi "Extravagance Chapter": 'Seize the surplus, make up for the shortage, and use political affairs to see the people's norms.'" 'Make' the rich to be spoiled, and the poor to be so." So, 'carve eggs and then talk about them, carve them and then carve them' - the eggs were painted with flowers and boiled and eaten, and the firewood was carved with flowers to cook rice! The fifteenth master, the construction of civil engineering in Texas, the one who pays the money is not **, it is the businessmen from all over the world, and it is the poor people in the township who come to work. ** Don't spend money, the poor work in exchange for money to support their families, this is a double thing! ”

"You're talking about pipes. What about Confucius? ”

"Gentleness, courtesy, and frugality are the five virtues, and Confucius also said that the poor are often the same, and the thrifty are also human." Qian Feng stared at Yan Yan directly, and said quietly, with a faint trilling voice in his words, "In one person and one family, thrift is a virtue, and in the country's major policies, it should also be thrifty, so it is expedient to say that this is an expedient adaptation." In the second year of the Northern Song Dynasty, Emperor You had a great hunger in Zhejiang, and Fan Zhong drowned Hangzhou, advocating the construction of Buddhist temples and official buildings. This year, only Hangzhou did not have displaced people. At that time, the Hangzhou Supervisor impeached Fan Gong for 'not caring for the wasteful government, frolicking and unrestrained, building public and private buildings, and hurting the people's resources'. People who trade and eat, and who work hard in industry and technology, rely on public and private people, and they don't worry about tens of thousands of people every day. The government of the wilderness is not great', Fan Gong's generation of loyal and good ministers, must not be non-holy. ”

This verse is so well-founded that as soon as Yan Yan said that "there are hungry people everywhere", he felt that it was difficult to refute it. But what he said before him was categorical and there was no room for it, and there was no reason to make a judgment as far as "bowing down" was concerned, and he froze for a while. Just as he was helpless, Liu Yong said: "You don't have to fight with the fifteenth master." Guan Zhong is not a saint, Fan Zhongyan is barefoot? His set of methods of compassion for the famine became a rule in the Southern Song Dynasty, and the poor and extravagant wanted to be safe and promiscuous, so there was a change in the country. Rites have the right to the scriptures, or are they based on the scriptures, which is the right way to govern the country. ”

Originally, it was over after Qian Feng thanked him. But he seemed to be very serious, and said Kankan: "Guan Zhong is a benevolent person commended by the sage, and Fan Zhongyan is a model for the virtuous ministers through the ages." Seeing that the rich are taking out their purses and the poor are benefiting, why not do it? Thrift is extravagance can not be generalized, the Northern Song Dynasty Zhenzong had a luxurious wind and the four seas were clear, and Shenzong was diligent and thrifty but thieves handed over! Therefore, "Lü's Spring and Autumn" does not take the law of the previous kings as the law, judges the situation, should be thrifty, and use luxury when it should be used. In a word, the people are precious - the people earn money and have enough to eat, who is willing to be a thief and rebel? ”

The more Yan listened, the more ugly his face became, his mother Wei Jiashi was born in a poor family, and he fed him with his mouth since he was a child. Qian Feng's set of words is like flowers falling from the sky, and he refutes himself, and he still thinks it is a "heresy". After a long pause, he knew that the argument was only more stiff, because he said slowly: "In the final analysis, expediency is still 'expediency'." We won't talk about it today. You go back and discuss a charter, and the emperor knows it—go ahead. ”

"Stubborn!" Listening to the three of them going downstairs and walking away, Yan Yan kicked the teacup and said, "Hypocrisy and argument - check if he has received the benefit of others!" ”

"False and justified" is one of the crimes that Confucius counted when he killed Shao Zhengmao, which means that it is the way to talk about crooked reasoning. This led to pointing to Qian Feng, Wang Erlie, who was standing on the side and was distracted, couldn't help but be taken aback, and when he saw Yan Yan sighing, he walked over and said with a smile: "Don't be angry with the fifteenth master." I was just listening to it, comparing it in my heart, and Shen and Qian Feng, I don't know which one is better? ”

"Of course it's Heshen!"

"What's so good about him?"

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Yan Yan was speechless, tilted his head and thought about it, but he couldn't think of the "benefits".

"I'll say it for the fifteenth master." Wang Erlie smiled, "The matter was agreed upon by the three of them, Liu Yong or someone else, and Shen knows the current affairs, and Qian Feng does not know the current affairs." ”

"Huh? Not! ”

"The fifteenth master has already said that Qian Feng is 'stubborn', and He Shen will never be stubborn. His mind was a hundred times more agile than Qian Feng's. The fifteenth master didn't believe it, so he summoned them again, saying that you had changed your mind and asked them to concoct it in Jinan according to the same method in Dezhou, and Shen Zhunbao agreed, and the witty words were like pearls and said that you 'follow the advice like a stream, and the instrument is magnificent'. ”

"Hmm......"

"The heart is against the danger, the line is secluded and firm, the words are false and argued, the ugly is broad, and the obedience is good." Wang Erlie said, "Confucius said: 'There are five great evils in the world, and theft is not to be punished'. One of the five crimes is not allowed to escape the punishment of a gentleman, which is a heavier crime than a thief. Since Qian Feng is 'arguing with hypocrisy', there is a reason to kill. ”

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Yan Yan stopped breathing, and looked at Xiaohui folding her clothes blankly, feeling at a loss. Wang Erlie knew that he was moved, and slowly asked, "Has the fifteenth master chewed the fruit?" ”

"It's olives." Wang Erlie added, "There is a note in the "Materia Medica" that this fruit 'has a bitter taste, and it will be sweet after a long time'. In the past, when the Holy Ancestor was on the throne, Guo Xiu and Yao Diyu were famous ministers, and they directly criticized the dragon scales in front of the king, and the Holy Ancestor was sometimes angry, but he never found fault with their conduct, let alone punished them. Shi Zongye's temper is also known, and everyone in the hall is discolored, Sun Jiagan and You Mingtang have all stood up to him, sometimes the first emperor is so angry that his face is pale, but when he is punished, he is 'raised high and gently put down', why? ——

"Lonely ministers are rare, and admonishing ministers are rare! …… Qian Feng has never been with me before. This time, they only met occasionally, nodding their heads and making friends. I haven't figured it out yet, but he is a frank and outspoken person, a clear husband! Fifteenth Master...... There are fewer and fewer people like this now......"

Yan Yan didn't interject, just listened quietly, his eyebrows tightened, as if he was sucking something, he pursed his lips and looked out the window, and at this point, he stood up and slowly paced to the wooden couch. Hui'er had already washed and ironed all his clothes and belongings, and was wrapping them, so he hurriedly stepped aside, and whispered: "Fifteenth master, your camphor wood box was smashed that night, and Xiao Wuzi said that it is good to smoke incense." I won't ......"

"Will the clothes that are often washed still moth-eaten? I don't use incense, and my clothes are best washed out of honey locusts. Yan Yan said, took a Wolong belt to look at it and put it down, and took out the mink skin he often wears with his own hands, and said to Wang Xiaowu at the staircase: "You go for a trip and give this reward." No, give it to Qian Feng - on such a cold day, I think he is too thinly dressed. He turned around and said to Wang Erlie, "Master Wang, it's me who thinks things are left." And then you say, "I'm listening......"

Five days later, Yan Yan traveled along the canal from Dezhou to Jining to visit the Confucian Temple, and Liu Yong walked through Lingxian, Linyi, and Jiyang dry roads to Jinan. This is the Ming Road, all the way to the single post to pass the 300 miles of road to ride endlessly. Every day, there are people who report to the governor's yamen.

Since Beijing's "Reading the Excerpt Master" study room inexplicably disappeared, Shandong Governor Guotai was very flustered for a while, and sent all his subordinates who had been on an errand in Beijing to return to Beijing to inquire, and the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, Shuntian Mansion and the Internal Affairs Office visited all over the place, but when they came back, they were all in one mouth, saying that several masters "escaped with money". If you want to go to the sea to catch papers, the governors of other provinces can't play on the ground in Beijing, so you can only rely on Shuntianfu to do it. He didn't feel sorry for the thousands of taels of silver stored in the "study", a few masters were responsible for liaising with the Beijing officials, and they held the two families in one hand, and they knew too many things, and they might cause a lot of trouble if they fell into the hands of Shuntianfu, so they had to endure it. He understood in his own stomach that he was just a duck in the water, and he was quietly pulling at the top, and ordered the provincial treasury and the prefecture and county treasury to "make up for it as soon as possible", and gave Qianlong a fold again and again, saying disaster relief, preparing for farming, preparing for seeds, preparing for feed, preparing farm tools, reporting the weather and cloudy, and writing a letter to ask for an excerpt...... Tiao Chen Zuo Pian is almost every day, and he writes to Ji Yun and Yu Minzhong again and again to Chen about the political situation in Shandong - Tiao Chen Zuozhang's letter is linked to the fish and the geese flying, not for the sake of the close, but only to see how the court is about its own color.

Judging from the letter of return, it is "no problem". Ji Yun and Yu Minzhong must return to every book as usual. Qianlong's "color" has not changed, once said that "Hunan rice varieties do not fit the water and soil of Shandong, and there are many empty ears of barnyard grains again and again", and Qianlong also circled and approved "this is your place to pay attention, and the governors of various provinces should also pay attention." A word of comfort, he was so relieved for a few days that he touched and watched it with the excerpt, and then Yu Minzhong bowed to the military plane, and there was information from the inner court and Shen is also a Qincha - Yu Minzhong can be promoted, Yu Yijian will be fine, and Shen will eat hundreds of thousands of himself, what am I afraid of when he is a Qincha? - Thinking about it like this, a heart has been put down.

Rao is like this, hearing that Liu Yong left for Jinan, Cathay's heart still hung all of a sudden; Lao Liu Tongxun is standing upright, is a loyal old minister who is feared by everyone, although this "Luo Guozi" is not as famous as his father, and he is not bribed by Bao Tho, it is obvious to all, saying that he came to Shandong "Charlie to relieve the famine", just these four words are so vague that people are uncertain, do you know that he is not going to make meritorious service to enter the military machine, to take his own knife? The most annoying thing is that He Shen smiled and accepted so much of his own silver, not even a letter, not a word of thanks, and saw that his messenger didn't even say a word of certainty! This man is so smooth and agile that he has never written about it in a book, never seen it in a play, and never heard it at a drum stall - what kind of medicine is he selling in his gourd?

…… In the empty and unoccupied governor's yamen signing room, Cathay Pacific drank bitter Pu'er tea cup after cup, smoking dry smoke all over the house, his eyes wanted to be green, and he still felt that he didn't understand the point, he coughed lightly and asked outside the window: "Has Yu Fantai arrived?" ”

"Jinan ground evil, say Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrived!" Before Goshha, who was guarding outside, could reply, he heard someone laugh. Then the curtain rang, and Yu Yijian had already come in. They are very familiar with each other on weekdays, and they are not polite, Yu Yijian propped up the bright window, turned around and sat down, and said with a smile: "Zhongcheng, the streets are full of excitement, the military and political yamen of the city are dispatched, the snow is shoveled and the road is set up in the color shed, and the fragrant flowers and liquor are greeted by the Qincha!" The troupe you invited hung their throats in the front yard - the further back they went, the quieter they became, and when they entered the house, they were full of fog in the world, as if they were in the middle of Lushan! "He has a white face, a medium build, and looks like his brother Yu Minzhong. It's just that I was too busy staying up late on official business, or I was too drunk to drink, my eyes were a little dark, my face was also green, and the muscles on my cheeks were also drooping, and I looked a little relaxed. At this moment, he was very energetic, and even joked and compared: "Huaiqingtang's play was still seen in Beijing the year before last, and I went with Ji Zhongtang." Lin Chong, who called the Son of Heaven, shouted in a loud voice, 'Okay-heavy snow!' 'Full house! I saw him just now, holding a bamboo strip in his hand to teach the disciple to stand upside down, one is not right, it is a strip, this time he is playing Liu Mengmei, you go to the sea to make a cameo appearance Du Liniang, I play the drum board, let's have a good time! ”

"To whom?" Guotai asked abruptly, he took a long breath of relief and raised his face, Yu Yijian saw that his eyes were gloomy, as deep as an ancient well that could not be seen to the end, and in an instant, he was also infected with a chill in his heart, and there was no smile on his face, and asked: "Zhongcheng, you seem to be very heavy-minded, what happened?" Cathay lit the fire and smoked a cigarette, only took two puffs, and then knocked it out irritably, and said in a muffled voice: "Do you have to wait until something happens to be in a hurry?" They originally said that they were going to celebrate the New Year in Texas, but they came in a hurry when the New Year came! Have you thought about it, are there any other articles in it? ”

Yu Yijian saw that his expression was serious, and he was worried about it, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but smile and said, "I thought you had some kind of letter in the inner court!" As long as you think about it, you can understand this - he came to Shandong for disaster relief, and as soon as he entered the country, he squatted in Texas and did not move, where the lights were bright and the wine was full of flowers, and he was not afraid of the royal historians to participate? The fifteenth master didn't come, they originally said they were in Texas, and as soon as the fifteenth master arrived, they also said to leave, I think they were reprimanded by the fifteenth master! Cathay Pacific was stunned for a while, and sighed: "I have already thought about this layer, and I have sent someone to the criminal department to investigate." Although Liu Yong is a scholar, he is invulnerable to swords and guns, and he is not immersed in oil and salt, he can be regarded as a powerful character - I am afraid that he is openly in Texas, and secretly calls the people from the Criminal Department to visit us for mistakes. Who knows it's not—did Yu Zhongtang have a letter to you? Yu Yijian said: "If you have a letter, you can't say anything with him." Since he was promoted to a university scholar, before he entered the military plane, relatives and friends wrote a letter, let us read Sima Guang's "Refusal List", and also said that Zhang Tingyu was cautious all his life, old and greedy for fame and defeat, not enough to be a model, and said that the sons and daughters of the sect can not be taken care of if they are poor and can not be raised, and those who are planning to talk about things and intercede are exempt from respect! The door is so closed that the six relatives don't recognize it, who can't open the pot and give someone a liter of rice! He seemed to have a lot of mischief for Minzhong, and as soon as Cathay asked it, he made a big fuss, "Ten years ago, he wasn't like me?" He also told me that 'the bigger the official, the less human taste'. Now it's his turn - whoever becomes a scorpion stings! ”

"After all, you are a grandfather, breaking the family affection of the arms and tendons." Cathay sighed, "Sun Shiyi was transferred to Guangzhou, you want to make up for the lack of governor of Yunnan, Yu Zhongtang didn't help you, probably because you are not satisfied with this?" Brother...... You're too poundy! Do you think you can become governor if he says a word? Slowly, he was not the Minister of Military Aircraft at that time, so he entered the military aircraft, with the emperor at the top and the officials at the bottom! You have to know that the family law of the ancestors of the Qing Dynasty did not have authoritarian courtiers, so he still has to talk about it, right? I know what you're thinking. I'm also old, the official has done it, and the wealth has been enough - in the past, I want to hang up my boots and go back to my hometown to watch the plum, and I recommend it, this son is naturally an old brother to sit! Yu Yijian was originally just complaining, but when he heard this, his heart was already calm, and he smiled: "I knew that I had no hope when he ascended to the military plane." I don't have a reason for him to be the prime minister and I am promoted to governor, and I haven't heard of this case, I am angry that he is not a brother enough. Liu Yong came to Shandong and he didn't say anything, and he still pretended to be dumb when the fifteenth master came. My own brother, in my letter, I asked for peace and said hello, and said that Qin sent to Shandong, but he changed the way to ask, and he pretended to be deaf again, and replied to the letter with a rotten old routine, "'An Sheng is sent not to think for me', and 'If you make a mistake, know Lord Liu from the truth' - this is not nonsense? People are coming to look for me, how can I 'live in peace'? Cathay listened to it, and felt that he didn't know the point, but it didn't look like there was something big, so he held his chin and thought about it and asked, "What else did he say?" It's just gossip, let's think about it. ”

Yu Yijian thought for a while, and said disappointedly: "He doesn't talk much...... In the previous letter, I was taught to read a little history, saying that in the past, Uncle Sun Ao was the prime minister of Chu, loved the king and loved the people, and had many achievements in his life. Later, the war and strife, the descendants who were allocated good land were scattered, but the Sun clan was quiet and peaceful to avoid disasters - this is also a common truth, and there is a sentence that seems to be pointed out, saying that 'there are few people who know the country today' - he himself is the 'country of Xiang', who is this talking about? ”

Cathay didn't read much, and he didn't know the story of Sun Shuao, the prime minister of the Spring and Autumn Chu State, who sealed the land, but he heard that the people who went to see He Shen came back and said that He Shen had asked Ji Yun about buying a manor in Yangxin County, and this letter was confirmed, and suddenly there was a big article - He Shen and Yu Minzhong are the same thing, and the partnership wants to bring down Ji Yun - Ah Gui is not in Beijing, Fu Heng is dying, Yu Minzhong and Shen want to hold hands and take power, and get rid of Ji Yun, a thorn in his eye. Aha! I see! Yan Yan didn't come to Jinan, and Liu Yong stayed in Dezhou, but they were all waiting and watching - not watching my country's Thailand, but the movement in the houses of the military aircraft department on the west side of Qianqing Gate! There was a light in his eyes, and his breathing became rapid with excitement, and he put his hands together and said, "Good! We don't know the face of Lushan, it turns out that the fog is too big! ”

"What did you say?" Yu Yijian asked puzzled. He didn't understand that Cathay, who was still like a frost-beaten seedling, suddenly became bright-eyed, and he was so happy that he seemed to bounce out of his seat.

"Ji Yun bought land in our Shandong." Cathay smiled and leaned back, "Yangxin County has it, and Lijin has it!" If I hadn't bought Zhuangzi and grounded him, even I wouldn't know - this Ji Xiaolan, looking at it from the outside, is a gentleman, and he is afraid of raiding his family-that's what Brother Ling's letter said! Hahahaha......" He smiled heartily, Yu Yijian also understood for a while, supported his knees with his hands, leaned forward and said: "My brother-in-law said that Lu Jian, the political secretary of Lianghuai Salt, was once short of tens of thousands of silver, and the household department was also checking his accounts. Lu Jianzeng is not Ji Zhongtang's in-laws? I heard from the people in the Ministry of Rites that Ji Zhongtang Xianxian County's hometown Ji family's mansion was fighting with people for cattle and eating crops, and they couldn't argue and put people in prison, and the bitter master committed suicide by swallowing cigarettes in prison and forcing people to die! Although the emperor protected him, he may not like it in his heart - it can be seen that Ji Yun is not a noble person! Cathay said with a smile: "People, who is afraid of pulling a list and settling accounts - fix me?" I am still honest among the governors of the eighteen provinces! He bit his lower lip and burst out two words: "Fix him!" ”

In this way, everything is obviously clear, since Qianlong has a prejudice against Ji Yun, Yu Minzhong and Shen and even Li Shiyao have partnered to form a formation to calculate Ji Yun, it is natural for A Guigu and Ji Yun to be friendly, but he is far away in Xining, and he can't use it effectively, Ji Yun's real backer Fu Heng is dying again, and the fifteenth elder brother Yan Yan's mother Wei Jiashi and Fu Fu Mimi, but Ji Yun is a friend of the branch, Yan Yan is on a business trip to Shandong, maybe he also has the idea of standing on the dry bank to watch the river rise - it is the opportunity, Ji Yun is urgent, and there is an uproar in the military aircraft department, who can take care of a little governor in Shandong? Maybe there will be merit in the reversal of discipline, and it is unknown whether it will be a blessing in disguise!

"We shouldn't take the lead." Yu Yijian had already figured out his thoughts in his heart, he frowned, his pupils contracted strongly, and a sinister aura flashed, "My brother should not come forward." I have a few in the same year in the Imperial Procuratorate, you also have a lot of friends in Dali Temple, first sporadically played, a wind out, as long as the emperor does not stop it, needless to say, a swarm of bees to discuss the impeachment - they are all up! ”

As he spoke, Cathay kept laughing, but shook his head again and again: "You can't directly impeach Ji Yun." You must know that Ji Yun himself is not corrupt, he is a big official, his relatives and family can't indulge, and they provoke him outside. The emperor didn't punish him because of this, and he cherished his talent, I think Ji's holy family is still above Brother Ling, maybe there is a reprimand and comfort behind him - what kind of person is the emperor? Suddenly, a group of people impeached Ji Yun, he became alert, and with a flick of his fingers, he turned on his back! It has been a few years since the death of the family at home, and Lu Jian, who was Ji's relative, also knew that he was going to fix it all morning; He wants to protect, you are in vain even if the Manchu Dynasty and the civil and military come together! ”

"So what do you say?"

"Lu Jian—Zeng!"

Cathay smiled sinisterly, his slightly sunken cheeks smoked a cigarette, squinted his eyes, and became more and more unable to see the depth and shallowness of his city: "This is the person the emperor wants to rectify." can't go on, it's still because there is a Ji Yun inside, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Household Department are hanging there in the way of Ji Yun's face! It's not only easy but also risk-free to get started with Lu. When people saw that Ji Yun couldn't keep his in-laws, they naturally wanted to investigate the responsibility of protecting this big military aircraft, his lips were dead and his teeth were cold, and Ji Yun's upper and lower teeth were about to tremble! "Yours is yours!" Yu Yi said simply, "I'll write a letter tonight!" Cathay nodded and said: "I also want to write to Ji Chunzhi County of Teng County, Lu Jian has bought a big mansion there, ask if there is any transfer of hidden property, you put out a sign, let Ji Chun come to be the prefect of Jining, and ask him to secretly guardian the house surnamed Lu!" Don't forget, Ji Chun is Brother Ling's protégé and the fifteenth master's clothed minion. He doesn't have much contact with you and me on weekdays, and he doesn't have any scruples about doing this," Yu Yijian listened to his eyes shifting, slapped his palms and smiled, and said: "The wind rises at the end of Qingping, and then it becomes a frenzy that destroys trees and topples houses!" It's seamless—it's part of my mandate, and it's easy to do. But Jining's shortage, you have promised to understand Guozhen, how can you explain it? Guotai Gege smiled, "Xie Guozhen, you entrusted him to collect grain, and the money and grain were passed through his hands, and he was so fat that he would get oil when he stomped his feet, could he do it?" ”

The grain requisition road has been promised to his brother-in-law, just waiting for the sign to be released, but Yu Yijian can't take care of this matter at the moment, and said happily: "Cheng, that's it!" So saying, he got up.

"Slow!" Cathay waved his hand and said, "What are you busy with?" Just have dinner at my place, and it's not too late to take the Qin mission back and do it-" By the time Yu Yi Jian sat down, he had become a little depressed, "Yu Gong, what we said just now is just one thing, and the most important thing is to wash your face." Liu Yong is different from Liu Tongxun, he is a person who has handled cases all his life, and he is prosperous and strong, one is to learn from his father and be the pillar of the court, and the other is to make a name for the people - he can't do Ji Yun in his articles, so he finds another way in calligraphy. This little thing can be seen that the heart is extremely high. The last time he came to Shandong, he killed too many people, and the people had mixed reputations against him. This time, he wants to receive people's hopes, one is to give relief, and the other is to cut us...... Say a thousand things and ten thousand, this person can't be unguarded! …… I'm worried that he'll check your domain......"

"It's okay. I came to give Zhongcheng, and then the topic diverged - the treasury silver of Jinan Jining has been enriched. Yu Yi said firmly, "Dou Guangnai told us to use Pythium grain for disaster relief, and now he can come to see that the surplus stock is full of good grain, and it can be transported to Beijing at any time!" I folded back to the emperor, and attached the grain sample in the library. As for the moldy grain in the past, it was swept out by the hoards we swept the bottom of the warehouse. The people below are not doing their jobs well, and they send the moldy grain out, and we ask for sin, at most we should not be punished. ”

Cathay listened and asked, "What is the total deficit of your bottom account?" ”

"2,170,000 taels -- 700,000 of them was Qianlong's deficit 35 years ago, and it has nothing to do with us."

"Two million silver, more than half of the inventory, what do you fill it with?"

"Borrowed."

"Borrow?"

Yu Yijian spread his palms helplessly, and said with a wry smile: "I don't know how to turn gold into gold, and I don't have the ability to turn stones into gold, what way can I not borrow it?" The merchants from Shanxi, the local wealthy households, and the military expenses used by the green battalion soldiers for garrison are all borrowed here, and the interest is half and a half. I'm really busy, digging everywhere, and finally I have two pieces of money in the treasury - tell Zhongcheng a word, I have to send Liu Yong, the plague god, away, he wants to receive people's hope, and give as much food as he wants. You know, it's more than 50,000 taels of interest a month! ”

"No matter how much interest it is, it's good to be able to borrow!" Guotai breathed a sigh of relief, leaned back appropriately, and his face was no longer sad, "We must fulfill Liu Yong's heart of meritorious service and fame." There was a commotion in Beijing, and he went back to enter the military plane in an open and honest manner, so he might not be able to make extraneous branches here. Now Jiangsu and Zhejiang silver is expensive and cheap, our Shandong silver price is low, after the reversal of the exchange are exchanged for money, and then converted into silver, this year it seems that it is a bumper harvest of ten percent, report a few disasters, and at least can make up for the deficit of hundreds of thousands. Two million pieces of silver, which will be filled in a few years. I just retired from Dongshan, and I finally deserve to be ashamed of the court. ”

Yu Yijian couldn't help but glance at Cathay. He is also a person who has made hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, but his heart is dark, and he has no "fairness" like Cathay. In terms of learning, he is a genuine Jinshi, and Cathay is almost a white man except for a "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" to read the drama book, but here is more than the experience and courage of the hands, and it is immediately dwarfed.

"This matter is no longer discussed, in short, the word 'careful'. I expected to receive Liu Yong, he must be the same old-fashioned, set off a cannon to welcome each other home, and then issued a notice to close the door to thank the guests, and the old friends of the deceased were not seen in the same year, and the messenger said goodbye and left after the errand......" He smiled and accepted, "We obey all orders, don't be like a dog who has done something bad and pleases him - come on!" He suddenly shouted outside the door.

A Goshha stepped in and said, "Mark it down!" ”

"Tell them to eat." Cathay commanded, "The one in the opera troupe called the Son of Heaven and the one named Magnolia all come over and accompany the adults to eat!" ”

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The four peoples: scholars, farmers, industrialists, and merchants.