Chapter 21: The Conference Hall of the Qianqing Palace

The carriage slowly stopped at the door of the governor's yamen, and Yang Weidou got out of the car and looked up a little blankly. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoIt's noon, and it's rare for a big sun to shine in the sky.

The winter sun is like a light bulb in a refrigerator, and there is no strength to ward off the cold wind.

Yang Weidou's mood was messy, and he couldn't calm down.

"Hey, isn't this Lord Yang?" A surprised voice rang out, disrupting Yang Weidou's thoughts, and he turned his head to look over and found a man greeting him.

This is a man wearing the usual uniform of gold and silver Lian Magpie officials, his name is He Yusheng, and his son is.

"It turned out that the son was the brother. You, Lord Yang, Lord Yang, are so angry. It's disgusting that I've been doing something lately, isn't it? Seeing his old friend, Yang Weidou smiled a little.

This He Yusheng is also a colleague who entered Zhu Cihong's side as a clerk, and is currently serving as the attached Guo Zhixian in Tianjin. Although it is said that the provincial cities attached to Guo have been moldy for three lifetimes, He Yusheng is an old man in Qiandi. does things vigorously and resolutely, and does not sell the face of the powerful in the city, and it is very important to set off a lot of work in the city.

"Haha, just joking." He Yusheng paused and said, "Tingshu, but the chaos outside the city is rampant? We have just assembled the soldiers of the police station in the city, and they are subordinate to the martial law defense in the city, and we have not had time to go to the city to see it. If there is any emergency, please tell me quickly. ”

"Nothing critical is ...... It's just that the governor has no intention of pressing it strongly. Moreover, there are no strong soldiers in Tianjin, so I am afraid that we will have to wait for a decision from the imperial court to deal with it. Yang Weidou said, following He Yusheng's gaze, and found that there were indeed many police officers patrolling back and forth at this time. In particular, the new building behind He Yusheng is even more heavily guarded, which is more careful than the guard of the county government.

"So ......" He Yusheng thought of something, and snorted coldly: "Futai is thinking too much." ”

Yang Weidou didn't answer He Yusheng's words, he looked behind He Yusheng, looking at this heavily guarded building and was curious. He has also seen a lot of new buildings of this kind, all of which were built by new people without exception.

The so-called newcomers are those who like to use new technologies. For example, the workshop, although it is large, cannot be built with bungalows like old buildings. So the building came into being, and the owner of the workshop loved to build the building, to build a pigeon cage, and to fill a place no more than two feet wide to accommodate five or six people.

Of course, it is naturally different for those commercial buildings, which are built tall and large, and every time they are built, they will inevitably cause discussion. At first, they all said that this six-story high-rise building must be boasted, and after seeing that it was all reinforced concrete, it was solid and sturdy, and they were stunned, so they flocked away and looked fresh.

Especially after Hengxin Commercial Bank built buildings with the lowest fifth floor in various cities, all commercial banks were excited and began to start construction.

Of course, there are more such buildings in the port area, but not in the old city of Tianjin.

It is densely populated, and demolition is quite complicated. The government wants to build roads, and at most they will tear down illegal buildings. Private people want to build buildings, but in the old city is a lot of inconvenience.

Therefore, being able to build a building in this kind of old town close to the county government is very fresh for Yang Weidou, who is not often in the old city.

Yang Weidou was curious: "Where is this, how can you be so guarded?" ”

"Hahaha...... Here, it is a new faΓ§ade of Hengxin Money. Of course, it doesn't stop there. "He Yusheng and Yang Wei are both old people in Qiandi, and of course they understand the relationship between Hengxin Commercial Bank, Hengxin Money Village and Hengxin Grain Bank. It's a huge business group, and the boss behind it is actually the royal family.

"Oh?" Yang Weidou also knew that He Yusheng was not a person who abolished his public affairs for personal reasons, but it was precisely because of this that he was more interested.

"This is also the bank of the Tianjin branch of the Imperial Central Bank. The first batch of 200,000 silver dollars has been minted and escorted into the city. Thankfully, they were escorted in before the mutiny. He Yusheng looked happy.

Two hundred thousand silver dollars is a total of two hundred thousand taels of silver.

If such a huge sum of money is lost, you don't have to think about it to know how heart-wrenching it is.

Naturally, it is not surprising that the security is heavy.

Both of them are busy with affairs, especially He Yusheng, who is the local chief. This time the war is chaotic, and naturally we can't slack off. The two chatted for a while, and soon they went their separate ways to get about their own business.

After returning home, Yang Weidou sat down in his study. After a sleepless night, Yang Weidou handed over a letter to his close old family members beside him, and said, "Send me a letter to Jingshi......

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In the Winter Warm Pavilion, Zhu Cihong opened the letter.

The conversation between Yang Weidou and Hou Baosen seemed to be in full view, after a period of silence. Zhu Cihong exhaled softly: "Tianjin, Tianjin, Tianjin......"

Yu Xingjian lowered his head, wanting to say something, but he couldn't say something.

In fact, some of them, the old people of the hidden mansion, also felt worried about the emperor's quick success this time. Yang Weidou's letter is not so much a report on the situation in Tianjin, but also a shake in the once extremely firm belief.

After a period of silence, Chang Zhilang walked straight into the hall and whispered something to Zhu Cihong. Seeing this, Zhu Cihong exhaled slightly.

"Let's go, it's time for me to meet my good ministers." Zhu Cihong said and walked to the main hall proudly. He still has a lot of hole cards!

In the main hall, the six central ministries and other senior officials of the central government gathered together.

Cabinet scholars, ministers, temples and other high-ranking officials at the decision-making level of the empire came one after another.

After Zhu Cihong ascended the throne, he no longer paid attention to the ranking of seats, and also prepared tables and chairs for the ministers.

In the side hall of the Qianqing Palace, a conference hall was also rebuilt in accordance with the way of later generations. The conference hall, which is large enough for hundreds of people to sit, has a half-moon shape.

Zhu Cihong's actions are on the innermost high platform, and below him are the rostrums of cabinet ministers and scholars. Finally, there is the position of the ministers in the lower plane, just like the Great Hall of the People in later generations.

It's just that the position of the ministers is slightly lower.

The positions were not deliberately assigned, and when everyone entered, they sat down, and finally recalled that there was no one to change positions when they were about to open. After sitting down, the atmosphere was slightly strange for a while.

In the left column are some of the familiar faces of the imperial court.

That is, those famous ministers and celebrities in the court. At the top are the Minister of Education Huang Daozhou, the Minister of Integrity Shi Kefa, the Cabinet University Scholar Fan Jingwen, the Cabinet University Scholar Fang Yuegong, and the Ministry of Rites Shangshu Wang Duo, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu Li Yuzhi, and the Criminal Department Shangshu Zhang Xin. In addition, there are also some ministers who Zhu Cihong is not familiar with, such as Zhang Guowei, the right attendant of the Ministry of War.

There are far fewer people on the right.

Chief Minister Li Banghua, Privy Council Envoy Yang Wenyue, and Deputy Envoy Ni Yuanlu. Minister of Finance and Economy Fu Shuxun, Minister of National Defense Gao Mingheng, Chang Zhilang of the General Administration of Customs and Customs, Zhu Zhiyu of the General Administration of Education, Chen Zilong of the General Administration of Press and Publication, etc. It's just that these are small characters.

What made Zhu Cihong frown was that Liu Zongzhou was sitting in the middle at the moment, and he didn't do it with Li Banghua and the others.

As a result, the formation on the right is obviously a little thinner.

Before Zhu Cihong came, there was a commotion in the conference hall.

There are not many people, but there is a lot of movement. Everyone was whispering, but not being heard by those who were far away.

When Zhu Cihong arrived at the venue, it was suddenly quiet.

Zhu Cihong sat on the throne, looked around at everyone, and said in a deep voice: "You Aiqing has played this time, I already know. The matter reported by the political secretary just now, there are rebellious soldiers in Tianjin, and I also know about it. ”

As he spoke, Zhu Cihong clapped his hands lightly.

The door to the conference hall slammed shut.

But the venue after Zhu Cihong spoke was extremely quiet, which made such a sound quite eye-catching, and it was another commotion.

Not long after, the eyes of everyone in the venue converged on the three of them.

These three people are Huang Daozhou, Shi Kefa and Liu Zongzhou.

Huang Daozhou is an old acquaintance, and this opposition can be said to have a long history, and he has been a clear opposition since Zhu Cihong was only the crown prince.

Shi Kefa has a great reputation in Nanjing, and he was also recommended by Huang Daozhou to enter Beijing to serve as the Minister of Integrity and the Left Deputy Imperial Envoy of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, responsible for supervision matters.

The two of them can be said to be Wei Zheng's general ministers to Zhu Cihong, and it is not surprising that they are in the spotlight.

But......

The attention of many people on the left fell on Liu Zongzhou.

Liu Zongzhou is not a small person, this one is the imperial history of the left capital of the current Metropolitan Inspectorate, and it is the existence of the ****** secretary in later generations. But such a big man did not sit together like Li Banghua and others today.

Such a move made everyone's hearts move.

At this time, Shi Kefa spoke: "The ministers are discussing this mutiny. ”

"Say it." Zhu Cihong was not surprised.

"The ministers asked the Holy Lord to suspend the new policies such as clearing the fields and acres." Shi Kefa said eloquently: "So as not to be the omen of Sui II." ”

Zhu Cihong raised his eyebrows.

Unlike those candidates who can only read the books of sages and sages, Zhu Cihong received the most elite royal education, and even if he forgot about it, later generations will make up for it. A key part of imperial education is historiography. Taking history as a mirror is something that every emperor in charge must consider.

"Sui Xing imperial examination, open the Grand Canal. It is all a beautiful thing that is meritorious in the present and beneficial in the future...... However, Emperor Yang of Sui was too anxious and his methods were too fierce. So much so that the savings of the first generation of the Sui Dynasty and the people's power of the emperor were all spent. Today, after the war, it is in the ascendant, and the people's strength is weak. In fact, it is not a good time to do urgent politics! "Shi Kefa is very sincere.

"There are Jiannu in the east who have not been destroyed, there are Yu Kou in the south who have not been suppressed, there is a new army inside that has not been completed, and there are people outside who have not recovered. Please also think twice...... "Zodiac Zhou followed the knife."

All eyes fell on Zhu Cihong.

Zhu Cihong fell silent.

What is the ending of Emperor Yang of Sui?

forced the world to rebel one after another, and the second died, which is really comparable to the existence of the tyrannical Qin. Such a metaphor really makes people feel bad at all.

Zhu Cihong's face was also ugly.

He had no idea how ruthless they were.

Zhu Cihong couldn't help but refute: "The two Aiqing are serious. This is for the sake of the people's livelihood. It was only aimed at the gentry, and there was no decree to raise taxes on the people. I know what the two Aiqing's worries are, the officials are as fierce as the wolves, and it is inevitable to poison the people. However, you must not know the results of the pilot in Wanping County this time, right? ”

As he spoke, Zhu Cihong couldn't help but show a happy smile on his face.

This is naturally the matter of Wanping County's new deal.

Qingzhang Tianmu was successfully completed, and the villains Sheng Qinghe, Lu Weiying and others were also tried and convicted, the tax source doubled, and the originally huge military spending gap was settled. Even the education expenses that originally required the emperor to privately pay for the private money of the internal carrier treasury could be solved.

There was another commotion in the hall.

"What happened in Wanping County has come to an end?"

"Wu Yingke made a fuss in Wanping, and I heard that even Zhang Ge Lao had to clear all the acres of land that had been sent by him."

"I'm afraid this is a bit of a Sven ......"

"It's ......"

"And what the hell is the result?"

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Zhu Cihong clapped his hands, and not long after, the bachelor took a few clerks to distribute the copy of Wanping County's report to everyone.

There are not many copies of the urgent CC, only ten.

Except for Li Banghua, Yang Wenyue and Liu Zongzhou, who took a copy alone, the rest of them could only read it together.

It didn't take long for the audience to be in an uproar.

"Wanping County's original tax amount of 567,897 mu of land, after the clearing of the mu of land, 798,693 mu of private land, and 676,06,799 mu of the new official gentry tax source mu...... Daxing County's original tax rate was 463,855 mu of land, and this time the land of the people is 869,274 mu after the clearing, and the additional tax paid by the gentry is 432,549 mu of land......"

"That's so much more!" Shi Kefa couldn't help but exclaim.

Even Huang Daozhou was moved: "The matter of treachery and shelter is so serious? But...... With such a huge change, is there a situation of unjust encroachment? Is this reliable? ”

Fu Shuxun smiled at this time: "You can't give up eating because of choking." If the tax source is doubled, there will be no need to worry about next year's financial plan. ”

"Wanping did a good job!" Li Banghua admired and breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

"But ......" Liu Zongzhou sighed softly and said, "The minister is from the south, but I don't see anything that my colleagues are happy about. If it is a clear acre, with Zhang Taiyue's ability, it can be done for three years. There is no doubt that with the power of the saints, the world cannot be cleared. Dan ...... But I don't know that now Wanping and Daxing Qingzhang have gathered five points of the power of the imperial court. The manpower of Guozijian, Nanjing Normal School and even Beijing Normal School was exhausted. If it is promoted to the whole country, how long will it take, and how much effort will it take? ”

As if he still felt that this was not enough, Liu Zongzhou said: "And the recent expenditure of the imperial court, education, military spending, and other expenses are all urgently needed. Don't delay for half a minute...... Are these expenses worth waiting? ”

Fu Shuxun looked embarrassed, and the smile on Zhu Cihong's face suddenly slowly retracted.

He had to admit that Liu Zongzhou was right.

Fortunately, thanks to Taishang, he still has a backhand! (To be continued.) )