It is Yimian who advises Yinglian not to act because of the Queen Mother's birthday, this person is a Manchurian with a white flag, and he is now in charge of the Ministry of Household Affairs.

It's just a small matter of the master who dares to discuss in front of the official of this yatang, Yinglian looked unhappy, and reprimanded: "National affairs, how can you, a small minister, put his beak in it." ”

Na Yimian was not afraid and retreated, but bowed and said, "Didn't Zhongtang forget the story of Hang Shijun and Ji Yun?" ”

These two names made Ying Lian's expression solemn.

Hang Shijun was reviewed by the Hanlin Academy, and three months ago, Shangshu said that the emperor had repeatedly toured the south, and the squandered it so much that the national treasury of 78 million taels of silver was wasted, and the essence of the southern tour was just "in the name of the river, and the envy of the south of the Yangtze River."

The original intention was to persuade the emperor not to go out on patrol again, but the result was to provoke the emperor to be angry and handed over Hang Shijun to the ministry for severe punishment.

The result of the ministerial discussion was that the crime should be restored, that is, cut in half, and fortunately, Lang Guan was relieved to save his life. However, the official didn't have to do it, so he went back to his hometown to take care of it.

That Ji Yun is also called Ji Xiaolan, this person is a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, very talented, and quite valued by the emperor, and sometimes ordered him to accompany him on patrol. Because he loves to smoke, his colleagues call him Ji Da Tobacco Bag.

However, Ji Yun didn't know which tendon was wrong, thinking that he was deeply favored by the emperor, so he also learned from Hang Shijun and found an opportunity to advise the emperor to go out on patrol. He said that the previous patrols and the use of troops have exhausted the world's financial resources, so they should stop patrolling and stopping the troops to support the national strength and the people's strength.

Unexpectedly, the emperor scolded him on the spot, and said: "I think you are still excellent in literature, so I lead the Siku Library, but it is really just a prostitute, how dare you talk about state affairs!" ”

It means that I just kept you by my side because you Ji Yun was talented, and asked you to be an errand boy in Siku Library, but do you think there is any difference between you, a bachelor, and a prostitute raised by the people?

A prostitute dares to discuss state affairs in front of me!

Ji Yun was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and kowtowed, knocking his head straight out, and scolding himself again and again, which was the end of the dismissal and return to his hometown.

Hang and Ji were still scolded by the emperor because of the southern tour, and the emperor is the most filial piety, but all the things of the queen mother are not accurate, and everything must be followed. Usually go out on patrol must accompany the Queen Mother, and it is not separated from the left and right, and in the palace is basically a day to ask for peace, two days of a play, three days of a song, Cheng Huan knees, so that the Queen Mother enjoys "blessing, Lu, longevity".

It can be said that the Queen Mother is the emperor's counterscale, and the Queen Mother's affairs are the top priority in the emperor's heart.

In this way, if you Yingzhongtang exhorts you on the 80th birthday of the Queen Mother, what do you think will happen?

Ying Lian, who came back to his senses, glanced at Yi Mian, who was standing opposite very respectfully, but he didn't even say a word of approval and went directly into the sedan chair.

But this made Yimian content.

He knew that after his reminder, Yingzhongtang would remember him.

...........

"Long live the Lord, this is the jade pavilion offered by Shandong, three zhang high and two zhang wide, all made of peacock's tail feathers. Slaves are rare to look at, can the Queen Mother and her old man be happy when she sees it? ”

In the Palace of Nourishing the Heart, the chief eunuch Li Yu was accompanying his master Qianlong Ye to watch the birthday gifts sent from all over the country.

The Yangxin Palace is not the emperor's dormitory, but the Qianqing Palace.

After the death of the holy grandfather Kangxi, Emperor Yongzheng of Sejong did not live in the Qianqing Palace in order to show his filial piety, but lived in the Yangxin Palace not far from the Qianqing Palace. The same was true after Qianlong ascended the throne, and thus this palace of nourishing hearts became the residence of the emperor of the Qing Empire.

"Cathay has a heart, I didn't look away."

Qianlong, who is 62 years old this year, looks about the same as a person in his 40s, not at all old, and there is not a single white hair in the braid on the back of his head.

Cathay was the governor of Shandong, the son of the White Flag of Manchuria and the governor of Sichuan, Wen Shou.

At the beginning of the year, Wen Shou was ordered to examine the former Sichuan governor Altai for conniving at his son Mingdebu's greed and blackmailing of his subordinates, and was sent to Ili for favoring Altai and not reporting the truth. When Guotai, who was the political envoy of Shandong at the time, heard about it, he immediately confessed to his guilt and asked to go with his father to the border to atone for his father's sins.

Qianlong lamented that Cathay was quite similar to Yang Sichang, a former Ming minister, so he wrote to Cathay: "You are not guilty, why panic?" ”

Soon after, a holy decree promoted Guotai to the governor of Shandong.

"Long live Lord, this is the Jinghu Pavilion dedicated by Zhejiang,"

This time, the 80th birthday of the Queen Mother, the governors of all places offered birthday gifts, how these birthday gifts can be seen by the emperor, or ranked in front of other governors for the emperor to appreciate, but there is a particular attention.

This particular attention is Li Yu, the chief eunuch.

This mirror lake pavilion of Zhejiang into is inlaid on the caisson with a large round mirror with a diameter of two zhang, tens of thousands of small round mirrors are piled up into a wall around it, the small round mirror is stacked layer upon layer, it is in the shape of fish scales, people are like it, countless figures are reflected on the mirror wall, so that people feel like being in the heavenly palace.

Compared with the Jade Pavilion presented by Shandong Governor Guotai, the Mirror Lake Pavilion presented by Zhejiang Governor Sanbao is obviously more precious.

However, because Cathay gave Manager Li an extra 5,000 taels, the Mirror Lake Pavilion presented by Sanbao could naturally only rank second.

"It's a good thing, it's hard to be a good thing,"

Qianlong is a person who knows the goods, and naturally saw that the treasures offered by Zhejiang are better than those in Shandong, so he smiled and ordered people to pass on the decree to let the three treasures also combine the two Zhejiang salt administrations.

"So many treasures, the Queen Mother and her old man don't know how to rejoice." Li Yu grinned.

Thinking that Eniang was eighty years old, Qianlong was also happy, and Shixing immediately chanted: "Sixty emperors and eighty mothers, who has ever seen this scene in the annals of history..."

Li Yu listened with his ears pricked up, ready to write down the masterpieces of the Long Live Lord, but he didn't want to live the Long Live Lord but there was no follow-up.

"Well, okay, okay."

Qianlong, who really didn't know how to do the next two sentences, walked to the treasures behind him and admired them one by one, and at this time, an attendant came to greet him, saying that he was Shangshu Yinglian of the Criminal Department and asked to see him.

Qianlong waved his hand and said, "I'm looking for him, pass it in." ”

After a while, Yinglian entered the Heart Cultivation Palace, and at first glance, he saw those rare treasures lined up, and immediately stepped forward and knelt down and kowtowed: "Slave Yinglian has seen the master!" ”

Although his ancestors were Han Chinese, he had already entered the Zhenghuang Banner Manchuria, so he was able to call himself a slave.

"Get up,"

Qianlong looked at Ying Lian with a smile, and saw that the other party's beard and braids were a little white, and couldn't help but say, "If I remember correctly, you are a few years older than me." ”

Ying Lian stood up and said, "Back to the master, the slave is sixty and six this year. ”

"Old, old, you, I'm old."

Qianlong was a little embarrassed.

"The slave is old, the master is not old at all, no, the slave's braids are white, but the master's braids are black. If you don't know this, you still think that the master is only thirty this year. ”

"You, when did you learn these flattering words?"

Although he knew that Yinglian was complimenting himself, Qianlong was still very happy, and then said, "I wanted to find you just now. Wenfu reported the victory, Hailancha personally led the troops, and has now taken the old nest of the soldiers, Meinuo Guanzhai. ”

Two years ago, the Great Jinchuan Tusi Sonomu and the Little Jinchuan Tusi Monk Gesang launched an anti-Qing rebellion again, and Qianlong immediately ordered to send a large army under the command of the Dingbian general Wen Fu, and the troops were divided into three ways to attack the big and small Jinchuan.

Wen Fu and Counselor Shu Chang are all the way; The Minister of the Interior, the deputy general, and the temporary governor of Sichuan, A Gui led the Han army to the blue banner of Hailancha all the way; Deputy general, the Mongolian capital with a blue flag, Fengsheng led the Han people, and the governor of Xi'an, Ha Guoxing, was all the way.

After only three large armies marched into the army, they could not break through the defense line built by the Jinchuan army, but the daily consumption of money, food and materials was astronomical, comparable to the needs of the first counterinsurgency, resulting in an extremely heavy burden on the national treasury.

Therefore, the front finally came with good news, and on the eve of the 80th birthday of the Queen Mother, Qianlong rejoiced and was ready to reward the meritorious soldiers.

"Meritorious soldiers are rewarded, and the dead officers and soldiers are compensated, and the household department must give priority. In addition, the money, food, and materials needed at the front line must not be delayed. ”

Ying Lian hurriedly said: "Master, the slaves on the front line will never dare to slack off, but,"

There was a pause, with a look of wanting to speak and stopping.

"Just what?"

Qianlong seemed to realize what Ying Lian wanted to say, and the smile on his face gradually faded.

Sure enough, Ying Lian hesitated, and truthfully said that the current national inventory of silver is less than half of the annual income, but the front-line expenses are several million taels, and now they have to prepare for the 80th birthday of the Queen Mother, and the preliminary estimate is that more than 10 million taels of silver will be used, so the household department is really a little tricky, and I don't know where to raise this money.

Qianlong let out an "oh", but he didn't speak, just silent, but his face had become a little ugly.

Li Yu glanced at Yinglian and lowered his face slightly.

Just when Qianlong thought that Yinglian was here to complain, he heard Yinglian say again: "The slave thinks that other things can be delayed, but the queen mother's birthday must not be flawed, so the slave wonders if he can make a big donation so that he can raise some silver for the treasury to solve his urgent needs?" ”

"Open a big donation?"

Qianlong's stiff face soothed suddenly, and he said without thinking: "I know, this matter is to go back and call the Ministry of Military Aircraft to assist the department to do business, and you can't be called the temporary manager of the household department. ”

"Slave thank the master for your understanding!"

Ying Lian's heart was relieved, he didn't expect the emperor to approve the big donation so quickly, and his confidence doubled, and then said: "The slave still has one thing to start the master!" ”

"What?"

"The master passed on the decree of the National History Museum to revise the biography of the second minister to educate the world, and the slave thought so... However, the slaves thought that in addition to repairing the list of ministers, they could also repair the books for the ministers who were martyred in the Ming Season, so that they could show the future in a righteous and fierce wind.

For example, Shi Kefa, Huang Daozhou, Lu Xiangsheng, Sun Chengzong, etc. should be commended, so as to show my magnanimity and show the master's mind. Then there is the comparison of loyal ministers and second ministers, and the life deeds are clear at a glance...."

What Ying Lian said was the suggestion given by his grandson-in-law and Shen yesterday, and Ying Lian thought it was a good idea at that time, because it was very much in line with the emperor's original intention of advocating loyalty to the monarch.

After Qianlong heard this, he really nodded and said: "This is a good thing, I am accurate, and the National History Museum is ready for repair." ”

didn't think that Yinglian had anything to do, he said: "The slave doesn't know what to say?" ”

"You, what can't you say in front of me?"

The smile on Qianlong's face resurfaced, and Yinglian's performances were very much liked by him and very much to his liking. not only helped him solve the major problem of the lack of silver for the queen mother's birthday, but also understood the master's mind, which is really worthy of being a good slave.

"That Rong slave dared to say bluntly, although the people who are now on the list of the second ministers are traitors of the previous dynasty, but they are actually all heroes of my Qing Dynasty, so the ministers think that according to the history of these people's deeds, can they be based on the merits of these people in my Qing Dynasty, and they are divided into two parts, A and B, so that the superior ones do not hide their flaws, and the inferior ones are awe-inspiring... Don't erase it, the merits are clear. ”

Yinglian also said that in addition to grading the ministers according to their specific merits, they should also give their descendants some favors, so that these descendants will not think that the imperial court is crossing the river and demolishing the bridge. Otherwise, most of the ignorant people will complain about the court, which will make the flag unstable and not beautiful.

Qianlong thought for a moment, Yinglian's performance was indeed a fact, and he only cared about educating the world and hurriedly called the National History Museum to determine the biography of the second minister, and did not consider the thoughts of these former Ming and Qing heroes. Maybe the descendants of those who were designated as his second ministers have complained.

"It can be regarded as a slave asking for a favor from the master for these people, so that they can be touched by the joy of the queen mother's longevity." Ying Lian observed his words and looked at the expression, and said further.

Hearing this, Qianlong laughed and said: "You are honest and honest for me, and if this is the case, you will be called a civil official in Beijing or above the third rank, and a military attache above the second rank...

Foreign civil servants at the rank of procurator and above, military attaché or above, and their brothers and grandchildren who have reached the age of 18, including the current officials below the sixth rank and the alternate officer above the fifth rank, shall submit their own flags and make a register and report to the Military Aircraft Department in case they are selected to be selected as Baitanga.

... Although I have the heart to educate the world through their ancestors, I will never treat the heroes badly. ”