Chapter 73: Temptation
Qian Xiaohao is just inexperienced, not a fool, An Neng doesn't know that this is a request, and this is simply amazing, at least he is saying that he will not kill the two brothers, otherwise he will say something about sending a letter.
Qian Xiaohao immediately said: "This, Lord An has heard of it very much, and it seems to be very trustworthy in front of those adults, and specific things, lowly officials and lowly officials, they can't see it." ”
"That's good, that's good," Master Fang listened, and was also very happy, he really didn't have the ability to go to the imperial capital to listen to the news, but he knew that he had an "Austrian aid" in the imperial capital, which was also quite advantageous, although it was because he was not optimistic about the development of An Lan in the imperial capital, he voluntarily stayed in Shandong, but now it seems that it is not bad, "By the way, in the capital, who is in charge, there are many folk rumors, bizarre, naturally no one can be trusted, but whether the prince is still alive, do you know." ”
"This," Qian Xiaohao felt like he was stepping on stilts, but immediately thought of the pamphlet he got when he left the capital, there were no words on it that were difficult for anyone to understand, they were all very simple words, of course he remembered, "This is just a pawn who listens to orders, and it is not as good as a high-ranking official like Lord An, so naturally I don't recognize it, but when the first emperor was funeral on the day, someone still went to see it, and the adults of the Manchu Dynasty, even if someone refused to obey the orders of the new dynasty, they also went to cry, the little prince of the first emperor, The little princesses all went to the arranged mausoleum to see them off, and there were also many adults from the previous dynasty, which should be right. ”
Master Fang nodded, this Ming Dynasty is different from other imperial courts, attaches great importance to the education of the prince, as a member of the ruling class, Master Fang really knows that the professional emperor education received by this prince is very professional, there are really many Confucian celebrities who have taught the prince, and other princes and princesses can also meet occasionally, since so many names have seen the prince, then the prince is indeed still there.
Don't kill the prince, settle the place, and open a department to take scholars, this does have a little bit of the atmosphere of the new dynasty, in fact, Master Fang is also a little tempted, his son is still studying in his hometown, if the wind is good, you can go to the imperial capital to try your luck, you can't be a master from generation to generation.
It's also a good opportunity.
"I heard that the adults in charge are surnamed Niu, and there are also surnamed Li, they seem to be from Henan, I don't know if they will despise Jiangnan people."
One of the reasons for the end of the late Ming Dynasty was the party struggle, and the general trend of the party struggle in the late Ming Dynasty was that the Donglin Party, supported by the Jiangnan industrial and commercial landlords, was the Donglin Party, and the Fushe fought against the "Imperial Party" that was slandered as the Shang Eunuch Party, that is, the Yilu Party (that is, Shandong, don't think about it) Chu Party, Xuan Party, etc., were suppressed, and there was no gentry group controlled by big landlords. When the family and economic resources are lost, and there are no students to come to the imperial examination, the balance of the Ming officialdom will be completely finished, and the dream of the Donglin Party of "Zhongzheng Yingchao" has finally come true.
Yes, the mud legs can't test the Donglin Party, and the Donglin Party can't be said to be beautiful, but the fight is stronger than you, and the Shunjun entered the imperial capital smoothly, and the two people who were originally despised also entered the ruling government and became a big member.
In case these two Henan people join forces to bully back, it is not so unimaginable.
"This, I don't know, but Lord An seems to be quite useful, and the sacrificial text was read by Lord An, but I didn't see the Lord surnamed Niu and the Lord Li, it was Lord Wu who ordered me to wait."
"Well," from the mouth of the former brocade guards who were not literati, they still couldn't ask anything useful, but what can be known is that the order of the imperial capital is not bad, although the prices have risen slightly, but the hoarding grain merchants are constantly crushed by the grain transported from the grain depot from other places, and they still maintain the stability of prices, at least it has not evolved into the embarrassment of one or two silver and one stone of millet caused by the entry of the Eight Banners soldiers into the customs several times. "Then that Lord Wu, did you say anything else, such as why did you let the two of you come to my prefect's yamen, and then crossed the governor's yamen, and you still have to send this example to other state capitals?"
Qian Xiaohao was stunned for a while, as if he didn't understand what it meant, but immediately said carefully: "Is there anything wrong with this?" ”
Master Fang said: "There's nothing wrong with it, um......" Thinking about it again, it is better not to let the filth of this officialdom be known to the people who came from the imperial capital, especially the Jinyiwei of the previous dynasty, the ghost knows what they think, although the actual combat effectiveness of Jinyiwei is average, otherwise, how did the Ming Dynasty die, of course, this is also at the top, for the masses who don't know the truth, it can still scare and scare people.
Qian Xiaohao and Master Fang belong to the two sides of the wolf who are afraid of the hemp rod and the wolf, they are both paper tigers, if someone dares to explain it, maybe there will be a sudden realization, and then go up and down their hands to do things together, but now it is not good, so I also talked about what Qian Xiaohao said about the imperial capital.
"By the way, the two of you have a hard trip, and I will disturb it again tomorrow and take the two of you around the mountains and rivers in Jinan." Although Master Fang didn't know what he really wanted, he also inquired about a lot of things, such as the new imperial court was very rich, as if he didn't care about the little savings in the treasury, it was estimated that the money was shipped from Shaanxi, so he could spend it like this, but Master Fang knew how empty the warehouse in the imperial capital was.
Where are the warehouses in the imperial capital? In the final analysis, it is the financial resources of the imperial court that are finished, plus corruption by all parties, not to mention anything else, there is such a story, when Chongzhen repaired Wanping City in 11 years, the Ministry of Industry, Shuntian Mansion, and River Imperial History initially estimated that the silver was 320,000 taels, and Emperor Chongzhen asked the eunuch Wu Jun to calculate, only 149,500 taels; After the completion of the actual cost of more than 125,000 taels, the surplus of more than 23,000 taels returned to the treasury to collect, as a result, Wu Jun was cut off because of saving money and money, was framed and besieged by those colleagues, Chongzhen was furious, he was imprisoned and dismissed for investigation......
On the one hand, it can be said that Emperor Chongzhen has a problem with life and work, on the other hand, the corruption of the Ming Dynasty has indeed reached the point where corrupt elements are not a problem, and those who are not corrupt are a problem, and corruption is already a habit of officialdom.