There are not only one official in the Yangxin Palace, but also Yiletu, the secretary of the Ministry of War, Ji Yun, a bachelor, and Songgui, a cabinet scholar.

He Shen didn't see the contents of the secret fold, so he didn't know what the emperor meant by talking about the guilt silver.

"I'm confused."

Qianlong handed the secret fold of Jia Jiashikai, the new governor of Sichuan and the leader of the guerrilla affairs of the flag officer, to He Shen, and motioned to Yiletu, Ji Yun and Songgui to take a look, and then talked about their views on this discussion of the guilty silver.

Ji Yun, who was the first to read it, shook his head directly and said, "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is not advisable to replace the crime with money. ”

Qianlong glanced at Ji Yun, who was often scolded by him as a prostitute, and was not angry, but asked him lightly: "Why is it not advisable?" ”

Ji Yun said the disadvantages of this system at the moment, it is nothing more than that if Ah Gui deliberately rebelled, then the Ah Gui henchmen in the Jinchuan army should be strictly punished, but now the Sichuan Governor wants to do something to replace the crime with money, and openly let go of these Ah Gui henchmen, doesn't it seem that the court is unclear about the rights and wrongs.

Moreover, once this system starts, it will definitely make the military morale very bad, and the officials and generals at the top and bottom will be even more unscrupulous.

Qianlong was silent.

What Ji Yun said had some truth, but it didn't suit his mind.

There are too many doubts about whether Ah Gui really has objections, why Fu Lehun killed Ah Gui without asking for an order, and whether Fu Chang'an's death was committed by Ah Gui.

This is also the reason why he recalled Fullerhun to be questioned in person.

Before the truth is clarified, rashly investigating and prosecuting A Guiyu's party will not only be useless, but will also shake the army, which is not in the interests of the imperial court.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks this method is feasible!"

The one who spoke was Yiletu, the secretary of the military department, and the brother-in-law of Fu Lehun, the governor of Sichuan.

Qianlong said: "Let's talk about it." ”

"The slave thinks that as the Sichuan Governor said, the current stability of the Jinchuan army is greater than everything, if Agui's henchmen can take the initiative to pay the silver to replace their crimes, the emperor is magnanimous and cannot be investigated, and the impact of Agui's rebellion can be minimized..."

Although he is Fu Lehun's brother-in-law, Iltu, as the secretary of the military department, still has to focus on the overall situation, and the top priority at the moment is not to pursue Ah Gui and his comrades, but to stabilize the 100,000 army of Jinchuan.

This statement was very much in line with Qianlong's mind, so he couldn't help nodding his head, and asked the cabinet bachelor what Songgui meant, but the cabinet bachelor actually knelt down directly and said: "The emperor is sage!" ”

made Qianlong amused: "What did I say, you just said that I Shengming?" ”

Songgui raised his head and said: "The emperor said that the silver was the emperor's money, and the minister thought that the emperor was right!" ”

Qianlong pondered.

Tens of millions of taels of silver were invested in a place where Jinchuan was the size of a palm, where did this silver go?

said that the civil and military forces in Jinchuan were all as clean as water, and Qianlong himself didn't believe it.

Therefore, isn't this money just to take back the money that the emperor has allocated?

"I think about the hundred officials, regardless of the flag and the man, it is inevitable that there will be occasional mistakes, or a moment of confusion, if this is dismissed and investigated, who can take over the work? Is it possible to purge all the Manchu and Han officials? ”

Qianlong determined that the Jinchuan matter would no longer be investigated, and that all members should not be implicated in the name of purging the Aguiyu party, and asked the Military Aircraft Department to immediately draft an edict and issue a message.

After drafting the decree, he looked at He Shen again: "I think this statement of the guilty silver is quite fresh, and you have been in the household department for some days, tell me your opinion." ”

He Shen's feeling is not new, but a particularly familiar feeling, with his shrewdness how not to know the disadvantages of this system, but seeing that the emperor seems to faintly support this system, his heart moved and said: "Back to the emperor, the slave thinks that the matter of discussing the crime silver should not be implemented in front of the Jinchuan army, but it can also be promoted throughout the country, so half of the money paid by the offending officials is left for public use, so as to benefit the people." Half of it went into the treasury, thinking that the country was in dire need. ”

He also said that in the 40 years since the emperor ascended the throne, he has shown kindness to the world, and has exempted the world from money and grain four times, and twice exempted the provinces from grain.

Now that the treasury is short of silver due to the war, and the inner treasury is running low every year, it is time to take some urgent measures to alleviate the country's lack of money.

"Your Majesty, in the past, there were cases of fines for offending officials in the imperial court, but this amount was pursued by the household department, and many of the people who pursued it were slack..."

He Shen further suggested that the power to collect the money should be vested in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and then a part of the treasury should be allocated according to the amount of the cashier, so as to eliminate the danger of corruption in the process of the household department being not transparent enough.

"Well said!"

Qianlong was overjoyed when he heard this, and actually said to He Shen: "You go to be the head of the Internal Affairs Office, manage the treasury of the Guangchu Division of the Internal Affairs Bureau, and walk to the military aircraft next month... You will discuss the criminal silver system with Ying Lian and draw up a specific charter for me. ”

After speaking, he thought about it and added, "Also, the amount of money for the crime cannot be determined." ”

Indefinite amount?

He Shen was stunned for a moment, a little confused: "What does the emperor mean?" ”

Qianlong said: "If the offender officials pay how much money they pay for the crime, I want them to set their own money, and I want me to set how much money they pay, doesn't it mean that I am asking them for silver?" ”

When the three of Iltu heard this, they were all stunned, the emperor was ruthless in lack of money!

There is always a charter to follow.

This is an indefinite amount of actual payment, which is an unlimited limit for the offending officer.

Is it 10,000 or 100,000 or 1 million?

How much can I pay to satisfy the emperor?

It's difficult to hear, the emperor is already shameless.

But who of the three dares to say that the emperor is shameless?

Because they are also shameless.

Ji Yun, a scholar of poetry, saw that the silver system was about to be promulgated, and saw that the emperor was so short of money, so he decisively knelt on the ground, and said with a sincere and uneasy face: "Your Majesty, when the minister was collecting and dispersing from the "Yongle Canon" in the National History Museum before, he accidentally destroyed several volumes, and the minister asked to fine himself 5,000 taels of silver into the inner treasury to warn himself!" ”

Qianlong was stunned and waved his hand: "Yes, don't be so careless in the future." ”

"Thank you, Emperor Longen!"

Ji Yun hurriedly kowtowed and thanked him.

This stunned Songgui, the cabinet scholar on the side, and had no time to think about it, so he had to kowtow: "Your Majesty, please also punish yourself!" ”

Qianlong wondered: "Songgui, what mistake did you make again?" ”

Song Gui looked uneasy and said that when he watched the emperor's Zhu Pi fold at home yesterday, he accidentally dropped the incense ash on Zhu Pi Pi Fold it.

"Every time the minister thinks about this, he feels that it is a great disrespect to the emperor, and he did not dare to say to the emperor before, today there is a silver for the crime, and the minister asks for a fine of 30,000 taels of silver, and he strictly disciplines himself and serves the court at the same time."

Qianlong was stunned for a long time, but asked Songgui: "Do you have 30,000 taels in your family?" ”

"Minister..."

Song Gui thought that he had reported too much, but the numbers were all spoken, so he had to bite the bullet and say: "Even if the minister sells the house and land, he should pay the 30,000 taels!" ”

"It doesn't have to be like this, you are also unintentional, I allow you to be fined 10,000 taels of silver, how can I let you sell your house and land."

After speaking, Qianlong looked at He Shen, "I'll leave this matter to you." ”

"Huh!"

He Shen responded, but his family had no money, and that little money was not enough to spend.

Two days ago, a petty official in the household department tried to give him a gift, but he scolded him so much that he was bloody.

.........

In Daping Daying, Sichuan Governor Jia Jia is studying the quality of shrouds.

The shroud was sent by Yang Yuchun's father Yang Tingdong with a few brothers from his own family, a total of ten carriages and more than 4,000 pieces.

The quality of the product is not said, it looks like the so-called Tang costume.

"Not bad, not bad."

Lord Admiral casually looked at a few pieces, expressed his satisfaction, and asked Yang Tingdong how much the unit price of these shrouds together with the shou hat and shou shoe set was.

Yang Tingdong hurriedly quoted the price, saying that it only cost one or two dollars of silver for a set.

"One, two, two?"

Lord Admiral's smile froze for a moment.

This frightened Yang Tingdong, and hurriedly said that if the Admiral was too expensive, he could reduce it by more than a dozen yuan.

They are also small business, mobilizing a lot of manual processing and production, and there is really not much profit.

"Cheap is not good!"

The Admiral smiled away, waved his hand, and said very dissatisfied: "These shrouds are for the fallen soldiers to wear, and they are their last dignity, this matter is not only a major event for the Admiral, but also a major event for the imperial court, how can it be filled with bargains!" ... I think it's at least five taels of silver a set. ”

After speaking, he looked at the governor and asked, "It's not too much to report fifty taels to the household department, right?" ”

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This chapter is based on the deeds of real officials, with a little artistic processing.

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