On May 11, the seventh year of Yuanzhuo, the Qing court protested to the English ambassador, demanding that the British side explain the Battle of Black Island, and the British ambassador Kent, who knew nothing about the war; In addition to expressing regret for the misunderstanding between China and Britain, Green rejected the Chinese side's demand for compensation, and was expelled from Beijing by the Qing government within a three-day deadline, and was escorted by officials of the Qing Dynasty to board a cargo ship bound for the South Seas and sent back to China.

On May 12, the 7th year of Yuanzhuo, the Qing court protested to the Dutch ambassador, asking the Dutch ambassador to explain why the Dutch ambassador provided ports and supplies to the English Far East Fleet behind his back. The two sides launched a Marson-style negotiation on the issue of compensation, but not only did the bilateral trade not stop, but the trade volume increased considerably because of the interruption of trade between China and England; Spain, Portugal and other countries also took this opportunity to share a lot of trade quotas, all the Western European countries involved in bilateral trade all re-signed trade agreements with China, the treaty stipulated that China and Britain must remain neutral, not to provide any convenience for the English fleet, otherwise it will be regarded as a declaration of war against the Qing Dynasty, so far, the plan to divide the European powers on paper is considered to have completed the first step.

On July 19, the seventh year of Yuanzhuo, France, which had no military presence in Asia and colonies, visited and signed the "Sino-French Beijing Secret Treaty" with the Qing Dynasty, which clearly stipulated: China and France formed an alliance, sent ambassadors to each other, jointly dealt with England, and implemented a free trade agreement between the two sides. The statute of limitations is 10 years, but since neither China nor France has the relevant plans and strength to send merchant ships to each other's port cities for trade, the trade agreement in this treaty is just a dead letter for now.

On the second day of the sixth month of the seventh year of Yuanzhuo, the emperor issued an edict, saying that Gushan Beizi Yunyu gave Gongzhong the country, Jin was named the king of Yongjun, sent an envoy to the Ministry of Navy, and ordered the king of Yongjun to give the governor of Shandong. The First Fleet of the Qing Dynasty was reorganized and the Ministry of Industry was ordered to transfer 10 newly built large warships and 12 medium-sized warships to the First Fleet for the purpose of retraining. On the seventh day of the seventh month of the seventh year of Yuanzhuo, King Yongjun arrived at the Qingdao Naval Base with hundreds of his troops and began to train the First Fleet, and most of the entourage were blonde and blue-eyed barbarians.

On the seventh day of October in the seventh year of Yuanzhuo, he was ordered to move to the second fleet of the Qing Dynasty to send warships back to China to report the victory, and the battle report said that the Dongying Japanese people rioted on the eighth day of August in the seventh year of Yuanzhuo. Under the pressure of the Qing garrison and the Second Fleet of the Navy, countless enemies were killed and thousands of enemies were captured; The emperor issued an edict to reward the three armies, and ordered the rebellious Japanese slaves to be escorted back to China, and the construction of roads and bridges was used.

The eighth day of October in the seventh year of Yuanzhuo. Prince Yong Yun Zhen and Da Ge Hongli, who were ordered to supervise the settlement of debts, said above that Zhejiang Province had a huge deficit, and that Zhejiang Governor Yao Qichang, Fan Tai Shen Hong, and Zhentai Liu Wei colluded with each other to collude with the Hangzhou branch of the China Democratic Development Bank to present fake deposit receipts to fill the state treasury, and most of the provincial officials were involved. All the evidence has been seized by the officials sent by the Ministry of Household Affairs and submitted to the Holy Tribunal. This recital was clear, the government and the opposition were shaken, and they were furious, and Prince Xuanyong Yunzhen and the eldest brother Hongli came to see him.

"Anyway, what's going on?" Yinzuo, who was supposed to be angry, waited for Yun Zhen and Hongli to see the ceremony, but there was no trace of anger on his face, but he asked lightly.

"Emperor Amma. Since the sons were ordered to supervise the settlement of debts, they did not dare to make mistakes, and now most of the treasury silver owed by the officials of the Beijing division has been put into the treasury, and the rest are also secured as collateral, and the deficit of the provinces has come to an end, and a total of Guangdong, Sichuan, Shanxi, Shaanxi and other four provinces have all been cleared, and the remaining provinces have a huge deficit, and officials at all levels are unable to fill it. A total of $150 million has been cleared. The remaining $160 million has not been cleared, but a small part of this part of the deficit is privately borrowed by officials at all levels. Generally speaking, they are all accumulated arrears, all of which are old accounts, and some of them can be traced back to the founding year of our dynasty. The foolishness of the ministers here, please ask the emperor Ama to learn. Hongli talked freely, but he didn't mention the Zhejiang case at all.

Nonsense, these truths are also brought out to say, what the hell does this stinky boy want to say? Yinzuo glanced at Hongli and didn't ask much, looked at Yun Jin, who was silent, and asked very politely: "Fourth brother, what's going on in Zhejiang's case?" ”

"Back to the emperor's words, the Zhejiang incident is actually a crooked trick that the official came up with after being forced to go out, holding the fake deposit certificate of the bank and planning to coax the officials sent by the household department, I never thought that the official was not fooled, and under the vine and melon, he pulled out the radish and brought out the mud, and shook out all the things about the conspiracy of the officials in the province, which led to the occurrence of the Zhejiang case. Yun Jin replied with a blank bow.

"Forced?" Yin Zuo was a little curious, and said with a smile: "Although the officials sent by the household department are also under my holy decree, they can be regarded as Qin Mission, but they are only concerned about paying off the debt, how can they have the ability to let the officials of Zhejiang Province join together to coax him?" Who is this man? I'm curious. ”

"Back to the saint, this person's surname is Tian, the name is Wenjing, the Han army is the Yellow Banner, the supervisor, once served as the Cheng of Changle County, Fujian, the county commander of Jiuyanzhou, the year before last transferred to the household department, because he is familiar with the accounts, Shaanxi Qing Officials Division is a member of the foreign lang, from the five-grade official rank, the household department sent officials have this person. Yun Jin replied calmly.

Tian Wenjing? Haha, it turned out to be this mean guy, no wonder the officials of Zhejiang Tong Province were forced to work together to coax this kid, hehe, interesting, interesting! Yin Zuo suddenly remembered who this Tian Wenjing was, wasn't that one of the three famous ministers under the fourth elder in another time and space? It is still a model famous all over the world for the implementation of the apportionment into the mu and the integration of the officials and gentry to pay grain. Yin Zuo smiled suddenly, laughing so much that Yun Zhen and the eldest brother were full of confusion, and they couldn't figure out what was ridiculous about Tian Wenjing's resume, but they didn't dare to ask, so they had to pretend not to see it.

"That's it, transfer this Tian Wenjing back, and I want to see this person when I go back. Yinzuo smiled and waved his hand, vaguely explained Tian Wenjing's matter, glanced at Hongli and said: "The purpose of clearing the debt is to fill the treasury, and if it makes a mess, it won't be like it." Well, Hongli, in your opinion, this debt settlement is not only to be ended, but how to end it? ”

"If you go back to Huang Ama, the sons think that if the debts owed by the officials are still settled, but the old accounts accumulated by the local government over the years are in the realm of avoidability, if the emperor Ama preaches the world. Taking the progress of apportioning the land into the mu and the officials and gentry paying the grain as the assessment, the implementation of the reduction and exemption of the arrears of the treasury money, one can appease the hearts of the local officials, the other can get the convenience of apportioning the land into the mu, and the three can be gracious to the people of the world, which is really a good thing with a hundred benefits and no harm. Hongli replied respectfully.

Well, this kid has seen the true purpose of settling the debt, not bad. But I'm afraid he hasn't seen what the final exam question is. Although Yinzuo was very satisfied with the disposition of Hongli's words, he was not satisfied enough to judge Hongli to win, and he didn't say anything, but said lightly: "Yes, I will issue a clear edict to inform the world when I go back." ”

"Emperor Ama Shengming! The people in the world are blessed. Hongli kowtowed excitedly.

Alas. The kid really thought he had won. Hmm, the fourth should have seen something, hehe, interesting. Yinzuo smiled bitterly in his heart. But some of them were helpless, glanced at the silent Yun Jin, and said with a smile: "Hongli, I ask you, what should the officials of Zhejiang Province do?" ”

Hongli, who was happy with himself, didn't expect Yinzuo to suddenly ask about this again, and was stunned for a moment before saying: "Back to Huang Ama's words, Erchen thinks that although the officials of Zhejiang Province are forced to be helpless, but conspiring to deceive the Qincha is the crime of deceiving the king. According to the law, the nine clans should be copied, but there is a reason for reading it, and the ministers think that the Fu, the domain, and the dismissal are investigated, and the rest are not investigated, so as to show the great grace of the emperor Amma. ”

"Hmm. Yinzuo nodded noncommittally and said: "It is common for officialdom to deceive the upper and lower levels, and there are not a few officials who are people on the face and ghosts behind them. I'd like to know what your plan is for this? ”

What's the solution? This question is really too big. Since ancient times, many Ming monarchs have expected to be able to rule the officials, but in the end, they all ended in failure. Even Zhu Yuanzhang, who is known for his "corrupt officials", failed to do it, the corrupt officials are always one after the other, and there is a steady stream, which makes Hongli how can he answer, and he knelt there stupidly for a while, and the sweat on his head flowed like a waterfall.

Well, it seems to be a little difficult for this child, but since it is the final exam question, it is not difficult to do it, and the difficulty of the promotion test question is not under this question, which can be considered fair. Yinzuo glanced at Hongli's embarrassed appearance, and couldn't help but feel a pain in his heart, and wanted to forget it, but at the end of the day, he still hardened his heart, and said calmly: "I'm not in a hurry to know the answer to this question, you can go back and think about it, everything is better to wait until the matter of paving the acres is over and then discuss it, I'm tired, and you are all on your knees." Yun Zhen glanced at Hongli, who was sweating, with pity, took the lead in kowtowing, confessed his guilt, got up and retreated, and Hongli, who was stunned, kowtowed a little in a panic, and stumbled a little and withdrew from the Yanbo Zhishuang Pavilion.

Hongli out of Changchun Garden, and didn't have the heart to go to the household to take care of the errand, at the gate of the garden and Yun Zhen exchanged opinions, then pretended to be uncomfortable, straight up the sedan chair back home, along the way in a trance, fell off the sedan chair for a while, and sat in the sedan chair did not move, until the people dared to greet a greeting, it was considered to be a wake up, and did not have the heart to punish the people for their faux pas, out of the sedan chair hurried to their own study, trotted all the way, to the study, the breath was a little uneven, Looking at Cao Quandong, who was leisurely knocking melon seeds, he was a little panicked and said, "Mr. Cao, things have changed. ”

"Huh?" Cao Liangdongdi's brows suddenly furrowed, and he glanced at Hongli suspiciously: "But the second master finished the mission first?" No, today's news: The second master is still tossing in the warehouse of the Ministry of Industry, how can it be over? ”

"It's not the second child's business, alas, how can I say it, Huang Ama Zhen'er is not going to take the test and is not these rotten messengers of the household department, I will be wrong!" Hongli stomped his feet with some resentment.

"Oh?" Cao Liangdong raised his hand, signaling that Hongli didn't need to say any more, and after carefully calculating it with his fingers, he frowned and said: "The rule of the Holy Shangqing officials is a natural thing, well, it should be a system issue to keep the officials clear." ”

"How did you know, sir?" Hongli looked at Cao Quandong strangely.

"That's right, I said, how can the exam questions of the eldest brother be so simple, there is still a big pit dug here in the dare saint. Hehe, what's so hard to guess about this, the purpose of clearing the arrears is to promote the apportionment of the acres and the integration of the officials and gentry to pay the grain, and the rectification of the government is at the same time, but how long can the officials be kept clean once? In the end, it is not clear again, this week and again, once a monarch is incompetent, the court should come to an end. Hehe, the Holy Lord has the ambition of the earth, and he wants to solve this eternal problem, amazing, amazing! Cao Liangdong said with glowing eyes.

"It's not fair! Why do you use such a problem to test me, the second child obviously took a big advantage! Hongli suddenly shouted when he heard it.

"Big brother, don't forget your identity. Cao Liangdong raised his face and said solemnly: "The saint is actually not eccentric, the head is suspicious of it, hehe, the second master's exam questions are a big problem that has never been seen before and no one has come since, it makes no sense that the exam questions of the eldest brother will be so simple, now it's okay, everything is clear, since it is a question, there is a solution, Rong plans slowly, this time is enough, if a certain material is not bad, wait for the stalling into the mu, the official gentry is done in one piece, that is, when the second master is now the hole card, and retreat for a few days, I thought about it for a while, and waited for someone to come out. Although the eldest brother went to work on the matter of dividing the acres first, he must not lose in the details, and the rest will be handed over to a certain person to handle it. ”

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