The busy days always pass quickly, almost in the blink of an eye, it will be in May of the fourth year of Yuanzhuo, and he is busy, but Yinzuo's mood is very good, without him, everything is going well, whether it is diplomacy, military reform or currency reform and even the six government affairs are very smooth, there is no big mess, even Yinzuo's most worried about the two sons of the fierce fight that will affect the operation of the household department did not happen - Hongli and the promotion brothers are very well-behaved, and cooperate with Yun Zhen to keep the household department in order, very knowledgeable, This made Yinzuo happy but also a little headache.

Diplomacy: Prince Cheng Yunzhi is really a natural diplomatic talent, he is very good at cheating, and he easily fooled the Russian envoys who came to Beijing to fool the north and south, and stupidly signed the "Sino-Russian Beijing Treaty", which redrew the national boundaries between China and Russia, and the two sides were bounded by a small island in the center of Lake Belga, with Russia in the north and the Qing Dynasty in the south, and the Heilongjiang River basin was all owned by the Chinese side, and China and Russia took the Khing'an Mountains and the Wudi River as the national boundaries; The two sides set up embassies and send ambassadors to each other to form a good relationship; If the people of the two countries have a correspondence ticket (passport), they are allowed to trade at the border, and those who do not have a document are not allowed to cross the border to engage in commerce and hunting.

There is also a secret agreement - according to the agreement, if Russia wants to redeem the soldiers captured by invading the territory of the Qing Dynasty for no reason, it must be valued in silver according to military rank, 20,000 taels of silver for lieutenant generals and 18,000 taels for major generals...... In the case of the death of prisoners of war caused by the delay in payment by the Russian side, the Qing Dynasty will not be responsible for the death of prisoners of war, and in addition, from the time the contract is signed, the food and lodging expenses of all prisoners of war will be paid by the Russian side according to the Chinese side's fixed price.

The Qing Dynasty's missions to Britain and the Netherlands have already been dispatched, and the scale is not small, and the children of the "Honghu" account for almost half of the entourage. He was accompanied by British and Dutch envoys to Europe. The demolition and reconstruction project of Minxiang in the eastern suburbs is in full swing and is expected to be completed around the Qingming Festival in the fifth year of Yuanzhuo. The preparatory work of the Foreign Affairs College also went very smoothly, and a large number of foreign-language talents from the Ministry of Rites, the Imperial Academy, and the Eight Banners Firm arrived in Beijing one after another, and some of the British and Dutch envoys were hired to stay in China as etiquette instructors. The first batch of students from the Foreign Affairs Academy came from officials from the Ministry of Rites, the Hanlin Academy, and the inmates of Guozijian. It is expected that Yuanzhuo will face the national recruitment examination in five years, and all those who have the status of lifting people can go to Beijing to participate in the annual recruitment examination, and the students who graduated from the college will enter the Ministry of Rites.

In terms of military system reform, the firearms unit, which was originally planned to be expanded to 40,000, has been adjusted in place, and is undergoing intensive training, and it is expected that Yuanzhuo will initially have combat effectiveness by the end of the fourth year; All the firearms units have been redressed, and they are no longer wearing armor with the word "soldier" on the back, and the new military uniform is a green, imitation of the large-brimmed hat uniform of the "Northern Expeditionary Army" in the time and space of Yinzuo's previous life; The new building of the Military Academy was completed ahead of schedule. Located at the foot of Xiangshan, covering an area of more than 300 acres, the military academy is fully equipped, all the buildings are bluestone, cement buildings, the first batch of cadets have moved into the new school building to attend classes, although the college is still a grass-roots creation. But there is already a trend towards formalization; The Admiralty, the War Department, the General Logistics Department, and the General Staff Headquarters were generally adjusted in place and began to operate, under the leadership of the Military Aircraft Department; Preparations for the establishment of the Jiangnan Guns Bureau in Jinling began, and a large number of manpower and equipment transferred from the Tianjin Guns Bureau and the Tianjin Iron and Steel Works arrived in Jinling by sea. It is expected that Yuanzhuo can be officially put into production by the end of the fourth year, and Yuanzhuo will reorganize and reequip the various armies under the Jiangnan battalion from the sixth year; In view of the imminent turmoil in Dongying, the surplus banners of the Zhenghong and Red flags originally planned to be stationed in Dongying no longer went to Dongying, and were transferred to the firearms unit for training, and instead the firearms unit sent a group of 3,000 veterans who had participated in the First Battle of Brento Haizi to Dongying, and the First Fleet of the Qing Imperial Navy sent a detachment to Dongying to strengthen the garrison.

In terms of currency reform: With the support of Prince Yong Yun Jin, the Ministry of Household held a bidding meeting in Beijing on December 21, the third year of Yuanzhuo, after reviewing the qualifications of the major money banks coming to Beijing. Six of the most powerful banks were designated as the first batch of private banks to obtain banking licenses; On the fifteenth day of the first month of the fourth year of Yuanzhuo, the central bank that had been prepared for more than ten years was officially established, and Yang Mingshi, the head of the household department, became the first governor of the central bank; On the fifteenth day of the first month of the fourth year of Yuanzhuo, the reform of the money law kicked off nationwide, and the selected banks quickly attacked under the instructions of the central bank, either merger or joint venture, and quickly merged those large and small money banks scattered in various places into their own territory. At the same time, more than 100 messengers rushed to various places. Urge local officials to act in accordance with regulations. A notice will be issued within a time limit, announcing that all transactions and taxes are subject to paper money and coinage. Restrict the circulation of gold, silver and copper coins, completely ban the circulation of gold and silver before the Spring Festival in the fifth year of Yuanzhuo, private deposits of silver shall not exceed 1,000 taels, and the gold and silver owned by individuals or merchants shall be exchanged at any bank according to the official price, and all banks shall hand over to the central bank for exchange of paper money and coinage except for a part of the gold and silver as reserves for the needs of foreign trade exchange.

It is undeniable that the currency reform involves a wide range of things, not only merchants, the imperial court, money villages, even ordinary people are also involved, the cumbersomeness of the things is really numb when you think about it, fortunately, this reform has been gaining momentum for a long time, the preparations have long been in place, plus Yun Jin, Shi Shilun and other leaders are in place, although there are a lot of small forks, but in general things are still done, to the fourth year of Yuanzhuo May, the money law reform is in full swing, and the adjustment work is also being carried out in an orderly manner. Of course, if you want to form a perfect system, it is far from being achieved in one or two years, and Yinzuo also has full mental preparation for this, but what Yinzuo didn't expect is that such things that benefit the country and the people caused an uproar because of a trivial matter:

In this era, there are shadows of officials behind the big and small money villages, and the slightly large-scale money houses all have something to do with the Manchu magnates in the court, in fact, if a money village does not have the support of the nobles, it will not be able to run it at all. Although Yinzuo originally returned to the public office due to fire consumption and should have issued an equivalent amount of paper money at all levels according to the official price, but compared to the loss of land interests of the officials, the money was just a drop in the bucket, but in the face of Yinzuo's strong and cold face, those officials did not dare to resist openly. Even under the supervision of the Qincha, he didn't even dare to grind foreign workers, but he was not convinced in his heart, so a strange thing happened - a "book of ten thousand words" suddenly appeared in the north and south of the river, under the pretext of the Jiangsu governor Guo Pu's recital, in the text, "five incomprehensible, ten over." Pointing directly at Emperor Yuanzhuo, and criticizing all the ministers of military aircraft and various ministries in the court, the article said, "Yuanzhuo money." Poor for half a year. Not only that, but Yinzuo's foreign wars were called "poor soldiers", and accepting foreign envoys to settle in Beijing was "a song to welcome the barbarians, without the dignity of the glorious kingdom." ”

In May of the fourth year of Yuanzhuo, when this book of 10,000 words was circulated in Henan, it was discovered by "Honghu". Reporting to the place of Li Wei, who was the governor of Henan at the time, Li Wei immediately detained more than a dozen officials and scholars who copied this text, and at the same time sent people 600 li to the Beijing division to present it to the imperial review. Under the impetus of well-intentioned people, the people's voices were boiling, rumors spread everywhere, and for a time the government and the opposition were shaken by this "book of ten thousand words". Officialdom and the people all widened their eyes to see how Emperor Yuanzhuo, who had always called himself a "sinner who does not say anything", would deal with this matter.

Jiangsu Governor Guo Pu is the son of the late Liangjiang Governor Guo Xiu, upright by nature, cool Xiao his father, is one of the earliest slaves of Yinzuo, can be regarded as a protégé of the Son of Heaven, known for his outspokenness, during his tenure in various places, he has participated in countless corrupt officials and corrupt officials, even his top boss has been participated in by Guo Pu. If it weren't for Yinzuo's protection, with Guo Pu's ability to get into trouble, he would have gone home and eaten his own land. Guo Pu is outspoken, but this so-called "Book of Ten Thousand Words" is not from his handwriting, as one of Yinzuo's earliest right-hand men, although Guo Pu rarely sees Yinzuo, but the letters, but the twists and turns have never been broken, even if any of Yinzuo's decisions are not understood, Guo Pu will only follow the rules and then express his views in a dense way. It is impossible to do such a perverse thing. In fact, as soon as this "book of 10,000 words" came out. Guo Pu has already defended himself in this book, directly denying that this "Book of Ten Thousand Words" is from his handwriting.

Wrath? That's a natural thing, who can not be angry when someone points at their nose and scolds them, but anger can't solve things. This point Yinzuo is very clear, and Yinzuo knows even more that this trend of thought will always come sooner or later - it is impossible to change without paying a price, and it is the interests of those officials who are reformed. Speaking of which, it's a good thing that this crooked wind was exposed earlier, isn't it? At least it is much better than waiting for a big outbreak after the land is divided into acres and the officials and gentry pay the grain together, but how to solve this matter is very tricky.

According to the laws of the Qing Dynasty, when encountering such chaotic discussions on current affairs, there are no more than two tricks for those who have no king and no father - one is to investigate, whether it is an open investigation or a secret visit, it is always necessary to find out; The second is to kill, no matter who it is, as long as it is involved in the case, they will be killed. It's just that in this way, a huge "text prison" is about to be born in the hands of Yinzuo.

Yinzuo clearly remembered that Yongzheng and Qianlong had done similar things in the time and space of the previous life, people were killed a lot, and a lot of books were burned, but they didn't really solve the problem, but just covered up the contradictions, and when the Qing Dynasty was weak, there was a general outbreak, and all kinds of uprisings and the like emerged one after another, and the court was in a state of distress, so that the originally powerful Qing Dynasty fell into turmoil, which indirectly led to the situation that the Qing Dynasty was beaten by the great powers at the end of the Qing Dynasty.

Pretend not to know, if you don't deal with it, you can't do it, not to mention that now the people are boiling and can't tolerate Yinzuo to pretend to be stupid, even the ministers in the court and the central government are also watching Yinzuo's every move, if you pretend not to know, Yinzuo's prestige loss is small, and the reform is blocked, and this is the result that Yinzuo definitely doesn't want to see.

It's difficult, it's really difficult, you can't kill it, you can't let it go, how can you get the word "annoying". How to properly solve this matter really made Yinzuo very troubled, since receiving the "Book of Ten Thousand Words" sent by Li Wei and Guo Pudi's self-defense excerpt, Yinzuo has been thinking about it for two days, and he has never figured out how to deal with this matter, even the ministers of the military aircraft have different opinions, or words to kill, or words to delay, inconsistently, not only can not help Yinzuo, but make Yinzuo even more annoyed.

The delay is not going on, at this moment for the sake of this "book of ten thousand words", the ministers of the court and the governors of various places have already piled up this chapter, of course, most of them are outside of expressing loyalty, calling for strict investigation of this matter, there is no good opinion, the normal operation of the court departments has been greatly affected because of this, and if it drags on like this, the prestige that Yinzuo has built up with great difficulty will be swept away.

On the tenth day of May in the fourth year of Yuanzhuo, the inner court sent out a clear edict: on May 12, the court discussed the matter of "ten thousand words", and the edict ordered hundreds of officials to make their own suggestions.

On the tenth day of the fifth month of the fourth year of Yuanzhuo, Yinzuo, who was dressed in a green coat and a small hat, led Qingsong and several other guards out of the palace quietly, and after wandering in the crowd on the street for a while, he went straight to the mansion of Lin Xuanyi, the minister of military aircraft who was recuperating at home due to injury, and did not go to the main gate, and quietly entered the Lin Mansion from the backyard gate of the Lin Mansion......

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