Chapter 23 In the 23rd meeting, Li Wei of the Superintendent's Office set up a Zujian post house, and the officials criticized each other

The farewell banquet was held in the main hall north of the governor's office. Li Wei had a bold and generous temperament. As soon as he came to Nanjing and took office as governor, he ordered people to tear down the original five-couplet hall.But he has a way, it is still five couplets, but the length and width are doubled, and it is three times larger than the original one. The officials want to sue the imperial court that he is luxurious, but he has a bigger house and "luxury" furniture. If you don't set it up at all, you're just looking for it.When Hongli and his party came out to watch from the video screen in the back hall, all the officials in the hall were already sitting in their seats with brilliant feathers.Some talked and laughed, some whispered, and some fellow villagers gathered in a corner to talk about their daily life, the voices were buzzing, and when they saw them coming out, they stood up "swish", and "squeaked" again. Kneeling down, they said in unison: "Prince Bao, please greet me!"

"So many acquaintances! Aaron, Yin Deqian, Jiang Wenyi, Agui, Yingde, Lei Xiaotian, Fan Puhui, Zhang Huaying..." Hongli smiled and walked upward, identifying the officials below who were attending the banquet.He called out the names of more than forty people in one breath, some of them inspected the river works with him, inspected the barracks, some reported cases for him, read the documents, some were just acquaintances on official business, and the older ones were no more than magistrates. , the young one is just a county magistrate, Hongli slowly named and greeted without any mistakes, even Li Wei couldn't help being surprised, "This master is really memorable"!Hongli waved his hand and said, "Get up, please sit down. Today, Li Wei invites guests to give me a farewell party. Don't be formal, just enjoy yourself!"

Everyone sat down, and Li Wei sat beside Hongli, holding a cup in one hand, his pale face flushed with excitement, and laughed loudly: "Everyone, some of you have not worked with me for a long time, and some of you have gotten along well. It's been a long time." He glanced at Fan Shijie, "Like our brother-in-law Fan, we have been friends for decades, right? I haven't hosted a banquet. Some people say that beggars are stingy, but in fact I have no money, and we can't do it as a corrupt official. As for the salary, I can’t invite guests. Now that the emperor’s grace is so great, the reformation of officials has been returned to the public, and I, Li, have two village money. So let’s drink up this first cup, and respectfully bless the Holy Majesty Longevity and blessings!" He poured it all up, and lit the bottom of the cup.Everyone didn't dare to be negligent, their sleeves rustled, their cups clicked their tongues, and they immediately drank.

"This second cup, to our Prince Bao, my young master!" Li Wei stood up and poured a cup for Hongli, and said with a smile, "Our two provinces in Zhejiang were the first to implement the system of raising honesty and silver, and the first The land was measured, and the land was first divided into acres. The emperor praised me as a model governor. In fact, how much water was in my stomach, everyone is also refreshed. I know how much the prince has taken care of for me in Beijing, Mr. Jishan Fan Lao Mao is also clear. Although our lord is young, we are so meticulous in dealing with the world, and treat people with kindness and kindness. If you are not in it, you would never have imagined that this time the lord was ordered to inspect our area, and everything is high. ——Well, this, this, this far-sighted, ear-to-ear command. We got the errands done smoothly. How many times have you seen such a golden branch and jade leaf as Si Ye, barefoot in the wind and rain, patrolling the Yellow River embankment, driving a small boat to measure the water transport silt, How many people chatted with the hungry people, asked questions, and went to the porridge shed to personally inspect the disaster relief? The Suzhou-Hangzhou Paradise is a foot away, and our fourth master has never visited it. So, the fourth master is our Qing Emperor Yongzheng The great beams and pillars of the imperial court are also our great trees to rest in the cool air! Come, for the good fortune and well-being of the fourth master, return to Beijing with the wind, we have done it!"

Hongli heard that Li Wei praised him in endlessly, although he was not without suspicion of flattery, he spoke sincerely and seamlessly, and heard a few idioms he said were not authentic, he raised his glass with a smile in his stomach and said: "How can Xiao Wang? Huang Ama has great plans and foresight, and relies on the princes to manage affairs with sincerity, sincerity, and sincerity. Only then can the two rivers be governed well. Li Wei is a great role model, and the princes are small models. Everyone has worked hard, and we encourage each other!" The cup was poured down. "Two rivers are a place of great wealth and wealth," Li Wei grinned and poured out one by one for Hongli, Fan Shijie, Mao Xiaoxian, and Liu Tongxun who sat at the same table, and said in his mouth: "I come here to say my majesty's words, and the emperor has repeatedly asked me to implement the new policy." Steady. I think we have lived up to the emperor. We are steady and fast, so we won the "model" prize. One fence with three stakes, one hero and three gangs, all thanks to more than 700 officials from the two provinces Help me, the illiterate governor. So, I drank this third glass of wine alone, as a warning to others." Everyone laughed, and Li Wei asked Fan Shijie after drinking, "Did I say something wrong?" Fan Shijie laughed Got knocked down, choked and coughed: "It should be said 'to show respect'. 'To warn others' is a sentence in the Criminal Law Notice, which means that others are not allowed to do the same! Even your brother said 'high-level vision' , 'Order by ear', 'Save the wind and rest the rain', Lao Fan doesn't dare to compliment you." Li Wei blushed and said with a smile: "I can't recite the manuscript written by our master very well. But my meaning is very clear. In a word, Niangxipi, you puppies and us big dogs are the ones who show their faces in front of the emperor and the fourth master. Let's raise a glass together, let's do it!"

When he had wine, he immediately revealed his true colors.When Hongli met him in Nanjing, although he also teased him, he had never seen him so unrestrained, referring to himself and his subordinates as dogs, because he asked Yin Jishan in a low voice: "Li Youxuan likes to swear, the emperor told me that he is rough, and he is also like this on weekdays." Son?" Yin Jishan smiled and said in a low voice: "He doesn't dare to be presumptuous in front of the master. He has had wine today. These officials have already been scolded by him on weekdays. He has another one: the more he likes that official, the more He scolded fiercely. Tell the fourth master a joke. The officer in front of him used to be an errand in the signing room. I came to see Youjie, and he said, "Tell Zhongcheng a word, I'm going to be promoted!" I asked, "You How do you know?' He said, 'Yesterday, I was scolded by the TV station to "get out!"'——Sure enough, after two days, his signboard of the fifth-rank military position in the Chinese Army was posted." Hongli couldn't help laughing when he heard it. , but he is a dignified individual who pays attention to propriety in everything, because he bent down and pretended to pick up a fan and laughed for a long time before he sat up straight again.Li Wei hurriedly came over to persuade him to drink, and said loudly: "Fourth Master will leave in five or six days. Besides the three cups of wine just persuaded, this servant still has two treasures to offer."

"What treasure?" Hongli said "Gorden" in his heart, and the smile on his face was gone.Li Wei knew what he was thinking and said with a quick smile: "Don't worry, fourth master, it's not gold, silver, pearls, jade, or rare treasures. Songjiang, Changzhou, and Zhenjiang had a bumper harvest last autumn, and the gentry and people voluntarily gave away one million japonica rice. Although the food is not too much, it is the heart of the people to respect the sky and respect the emperor. I sent people to check the three houses. If it is a treasure, please ask the prince to play the contribution." Hongli listened, his face was already glowing red, and he was very happy: "The magistrates of the three prefectures, you write a film for the performance. The music loses a thousand stones. The owners and farmers make a list, and I will be the winner of this matter, and I will give them the nine-rank crown as a show of honor and favor!" As soon as Hongli's words came out, the officials immediately burst into praise.He felt elated for a while, but suddenly felt inappropriate. At this time, he didn't have time to think about it, so he asked with a smile, "Where's your second treasure?"

Li Wei was full of energy and radiant. At this moment, he didn't look like a person suffering from serious illness. He said with a smile: "The master of this place in northern Jiangsu has also been there several times. From the east of Gaojiayan to the intersection of Qingjiang River and Yellow River, how many times have passed?" In the second big flood, it is no longer possible to tell which is the main river and which is a tributary. The fourth master is anxious about this, and asks the Ministry of Households to allocate one million taels of silver to repair the Yellow River and clean up the silt of water transportation. This is a serious problem of the fourth master. The whole province implements The government and the gentry are on duty together, the rich contribute money, the powerful contribute, and don’t bother the court. Starting from the dry season in autumn, the prefectures and counties along the Yellow River will be treated in sections. The embankments east of Xiaojiadu have all been closed. Once the cauliflower flood is over, the Yellow River If the water washes away, it will immediately return to the old way, and I figured it out, 700,000 hectares of barren land can be silted up. Fourth master, at that time, just watch Li Wei reclaim the wasteland!"

"Good, good! This is really another treasure!" Hongli was very excited, not to mention silting up wasteland to reclaim fields, just the closure of the river embankment, Yongzheng would be so happy that he couldn't sleep.He raised his glass and said, "Let's drink together, and those who don't do it will be punished with three glasses of wine!" He said and stood up. All the people stood up and raised their glasses over the top. After a crisp sound of Gayu colliding, the bottom of the cups were turned up to meet each other. "However, my beggar's wine is not delicious." Li Wei waited for everyone to sit down, with a smile on his face, he slowly got off the public seat, walked to a table near the southwest corner and stood still.Hongli didn't know what he was up to, so he looked at Yin Jishan in surprise, Yin Jishan hurriedly leaned into his ear, and whispered: "Mr. Li wants to deal with people." When Hongli looked closely, he saw a table of officials sitting blankly. Wood chicken, anxiously waiting for the governor to attack.

After a long time, Li Wei breathed a sigh of relief, walked to a table, and smiled at a middle-aged official: "Chen Shiguan, you are the secretary of the previous year committee, and you are the governor of Taicang Zhili?" Hongli looked at it That Chen Shiguan, I saw that he was thirty-five or sixteen years old, wearing a giant clam top, eight python five-claw gown, a heron patch coat, a square Chinese character face, a pair of small blinking eyes, and a pitch-black mustache. Under the chin, the lower beard is slightly raised, revealing shrewdness and stubbornness.Hongli fell in love with him at the first sight, but Chen Shiguan got up calmly and replied: "Your memory is good, if you have any instructions, please tell me!"

"Where!" Li Wei smiled, "I respect your talent and learning. In the fifty-first year of Kangxi, at the age of twenty, he won the Jinshi. I have the ink scroll you chose in my study, and your "Meiyuan" "Poetry Copy", although I don't understand it very well, I have heard people say that it is a first-class masterpiece." "The gold award for the lord of the lowly position, it's all trivial tricks!" "You're welcome." Li Wei said lightly, "Your character is also good, and you haven't reached out for ink, and you haven't heard of any unjust cases. I went to Taicang, and everyone there said you were a good person. Don't underestimate this comment. It is rare in the officialdom these days to be called a 'good man'. The Taicang Academy you built is better than the Songshan Academy in my opinion. Walking into your yamen, you can't hear the sound of boards and abacus, the sound of piano, There is a sound of chess and poetry. Scholars say you are a virtuous order. In my opinion, you are an 'elegant official'." Chen Shiguan smiled faintly, and said: "It's my duty not to be greedy. Pursuing an academy is a sacred study of prosperity, and it's also the duty of a scholar. I am an official and a person according to my nature. I don't pay much attention to what others say about me." "But I don't understand." Li Wei suddenly changed his face, "Seventy-two counties in Jiangnan Province, and more than fifty counties in Zhejiang Province, have implemented the government-gentry system to pay food, but you are resisting it? What do you rely on? ? Your place is not under my control, or you despise me, Li Wei, or is there any other reason? Huh?!" The people in the room heard him praise Chen Shiguan, and they felt that their hearts were broken, but Li Wei suddenly turned his back on him and questioned him repeatedly, with a harsh tone and no mercy, they couldn't help being surprised.The few officials at the same table as Chen Shiguan felt the same way, and suddenly broke out in sweat.Chen Shiguan staggered as if he had been hit suddenly, his face turned green and yellow, but he quickly calmed down, and cupped his hands to Li Weiyi and said, "Master Taiwan, you are serious. Taicang City Officials and gentry have always been at odds with tenants. Every year on August 15th in my predecessor, tenants were seized, tenants were forced to death, or landlords were killed. Last autumn, the situation of Henan officials and gentry paying grain and doing errands spread to us. There have been more than a dozen cases of mechanically intimidating landlords. The proprietors are the foundation of the imperial court’s governance. The king’s rule of law and the Sui’an region usually rely on them. They are intimidating tenants. They are already completely unknown. Squeezing them together with the tenants on business trips to collect food, being polite and sweeping the floor, and being short-tempered by the gentry, either encourages the ruffian, the obstinate, and the unruly to fight against their superiors, or forces the gentry to join forces with the unruly. In case of floods and droughts, the harvest will be unpredictable. Li My lord, I really admire you for being a good person, and I envy you for being able to do things well. I just don’t know why I offended you, and today is your family feast in front of the prince and context, why should you embarrass me for no reason?” he said With tears streaming down his face, he choked up and said, "I'm sorry for myself, and even more for you. I'm also worried about the people of Taicang..." Li Wei had a mocking sneer on his face at first, then gradually became quieter and paler, and finally he was dumbfounded, staring at Chen Shiguan in front of him, his head was dizzy, and he stood still as if struck by lightning.The court was full of civil and military officials holding their breath, and it was as silent as an ancient temple. After a long while, Li Wei sighed, and suddenly he bowed to Chen Shiguan, lowered his head and refused to lift up, and said, "It's Li Wei who has left things. I apologize to you!" "My lord, this, how can this be done?" "I've never been able to study," Li Wei said with a choked voice, "You deserve it. If you don't forgive me, I'll make it to the end of the banquet!" Chen Shiguan burst into tears, supported Li Wei's body with both hands, and said: "Since I said so, I will obey the constitution. I am also wrong. I have already seen that the adults are dissatisfied, and I should have spoken out earlier. Scholars are arrogant. It’s not all the fault of your lord when you come to this field. What’s more, you are in charge of the military and civilian affairs of the two provinces, and you are also responsible for inspecting the world’s bandits. If you are not careful, how can you cover up your flaws?” "Okay, both are national treasures." Hongli was surprised, curious and shocked, and moved and gratified at this point. He got up and held the pot in one hand and the cup in the other. Alright! I'll drink a glass of Hexi wine with you!" He poured out a glass for each of them, and filled it up himself. The three glasses of wine were like amber, and after shaking them, they had already done their own work.Li Wei had already returned to his normal state, he grinned, went up and patted Chen Shiguan on the shoulder, spoke Anhui dialect, and said, "Mother Xipi's Li Wei underestimated scholars. You are very promising, the thief girl will do it well!" Everyone couldn't help applauding and laughing.Li Wei said with a smile: "In the second year of Yongzheng, Li Fu consulted me for a copy, saying that I did not study and had no skills, and I went to the theater against the order. I know history, so the governors of the world don't allow theaters to watch operas, but I'm "watching operas by order", and today is my family's feast, and I use the official seat to ask the actors to sing!" He conveniently teased Chen Shiguan Walking to the upper table, he said repeatedly: "Let's play!——Come, sit with me and talk!" After a while, the hatchback's sheng and huang chorused and the strings echoed.Six young women, all dressed in Han costumes, with lotus-green long skirts sweeping the floor, and silver-red bikini so refreshing, slowly came out from behind the screen to the beat.Looking at the beauty under the lamp, the beauty is gracefully hidden, and the ecstasy is fascinating.Hongli has been away for a long time, with many affairs, and his troubles and depression have been washed away. When he listened to the kabuki singing, it was: The red cherry blossoms hang green and green, and the branches of golden bells gradually become deeper, and the flowers of Yao rank are few.Thousands of swallows give away old love, and fight for old people!Qing Ge at the bottom of the fan, I still remember that Fan Ji was petite, she had been in love several times, the red beans were all sold out, and Bisi was empty... "Okay, this is Wang Yisun's "The Love of the Three Sisters"!" Hongli took the film according to the rhythm, appraised it carefully, and praised: "The composition is also very good, it can be called a perfect tune." "I'm an ordinary person after all, I don't understand." Li Wei smiled and took a sip of tea, looked at the swaying dancing girl, shook his head thoughtfully, and sighed: "There is no way." "There is a way." Fan Shijie smiled and winked at Hongli, "The fourth master is right in front of you, and the fourth master is your master, if you don't want to follow, Tweet has to!" Hongli was fascinated by this, and asked in a daze: "You winking, why? What's going on?" Mao Xiaoxian said with a smile: "This is Mrs. Li's love affair. He was the first to select the theater troupe. There was a young man named Douguan who was very destined to be cast in the stage, so he took him into the room as a girl. That girl also admired you very much. It's a pity. The wife of the sister-in-law is very romantic, and the rouge and tiger roar are so powerful that she doesn't even have a name. Isn't this matter just a word from the fourth master?" "Tui'er is still jealous?" Hongli smiled, "It doesn't matter, I will give it to you later. Tell me about this." Li Wei looked at the serious Liu Tongxun embarrassedly, and said, "They don't know, and Cui'er is not jealous. Firstly, Li Wei was not allowed to be petty when the Holy Majesty had something to say, and secondly, I am a weakling It's not good, just put it aside." A few people chatted and laughed, and the Sanqu had already been changed. This one is Speechless Spring Begonia, and this one is Xinghuayao Taoyun Zhongzang.Cuihua is wrapped in red makeup at the place of ecstasy, hooked into a phoenix nest, and greets people with a clever smile, just like a nephrite sculpture of Wang Qiang, and Lanfu Xishi sends a warm fragrance.How could the matchmaker report to the screen window? My dedication to meritorious service, Feng Houzhi, and heroic tears all melted into my heart... At this time, the song was mellow, the voiceless sound curled up, and the guests in the seat were half-drunk and listened to the details carefully, which made people's hearts fly and their spirits became more and more ethereal.Hongli couldn't help admiring: "It's really refreshing today. The Anhui tune I listened to in Anqing, and the Sanqu and Kundue tunes in the south of the Yangtze River are three masterpieces. Compared with those wild terraces in the north, they are simply unbearable. And This word is also very well composed." He said something casually, but scratched Yin Jishan's itch, and said, "This is Yuan Zicai's masterpiece", leaning his chair towards Hongli, and began to talk about the Northern and Southern Songs. Similarities and differences, what sound, breath, rhyme, shape, style, taste, endless.Li Wei sat among them, neither understanding nor interested. Seeing that Hongli was listening intently, he simply got up and said "it's convenient", and came out quietly.Seeing Liao Xiangyu, the master who was serving the manuscript for him, sitting at a table by the door eating wine, he gave him a wink and came out alone.Liao Xiangyu understood, nodded to everyone, followed Li Wei down the stairs to the patio, and asked, "Dong Weng, what's the matter?" "Yeah." Li Wei's figure turned his back to the light in the dark, he couldn't see his face clearly, and his voice was deep and heavy, "You don't want to drink. Go to the front yard and order my soldiers, and immediately start to surround Miaoxianglou Well, male and female thieves, one must not slip through the net. Oh, there is also Changxinlou, do you know?" Liao Xiangyu frowned and said: "Changxinlou and Miaoxianglou are just across the road. My lord, there are eight people in Gan Fengchi and his group , the eyeliner said that the Dragon Boat Festival will be all together, and then they will go to Shandong to compete together. Now there are only four, Tie Luohan, Lu Siniang, Miaoshoukong, and Yijiando have not yet come. Even these four, it is hard to say that they are in Miaoxianglou now. Surprised It will be difficult to meet such an opportunity again." Li Wei hissed and said: "Grandma, I can't take care of it anymore, so I have to scare the snake, and protect the fourth master to go back safely!" Liao Xiangyu trembled in shock, staring at Li Wei silently.Li Wei gritted his teeth and said: "There is a difference here. The Miaoxiang Building must be connected to the pot, and one is not allowed to slip through the net. The Changxin Building must be spared, and none of them are allowed to be taken." Seeing Liao Xiangyu's face as if in a fog, Li Wei smiled and said, "Don't ask, it's better not to know if you know more, just do it like this!" "yes!" "return!" Li Wei waved his hand and stopped him again: "After returning from business, I will write a letter to Henan Tianzhitai in my signing room, asking him to inform Li Fuzhitai of Zhili, saying that the fourth master returned to Beijing secretly. Jiangsu I am fully responsible for safety in the Anhui environment, but I am only half responsible for his two-person environment. The words must be transparent but not transparent, soft but hard. It depends on your old man's ability!" Watching Liao Xiangyu go out in a hurry, Li Wei turned back to the lobby, his face changed into a smile, and he said as soon as he entered the door: "Fourth Master appreciates our Nanjing music, some actors showed Li Wei's face very much, and each rewarded ten taels of silver Come on, come on, everyone invites you to drink—what’s so good, let’s sing a few more songs, everyone!” A day later, Hongli set off quietly.He pretended to be a tea merchant, and Liu Tongxun was dressed as an accountant. He hired more than a dozen walking mules, two pack sedan chairs, more than 20 porters to carry tea, and the walking mules carried the medicines that Hongli brought to Yongzheng and the Queen. He Zhenwan porcelain, and Yin Jishan's birthday gift to his mother. Wen's servants He Yanhong and Yingying were divided into pack sedan chairs, while Hongli himself was riding a horse. , are also escorted on horseback.From Chuxian, Dingyuan, Huaiyuan, Mengcheng, Guoyang, and Haozhou, we crossed Anhui, and went all the way to Henan through Xiaoxing overnight.The Xing family brothers were humiliated by Miaoshou Kongkonger, and also entrusted by Li Wei's strict words, they dare not slack off in the slightest.Along the way, the shift workers rested soundly on the pack cart, guarding Hongli at every step for twelve hours a day, walking for seven or eight days in a row, but nothing happened.When he arrived in Zhecheng, the Henan governor's yamen personal army brigade who had been ordered by Tian Wenjing to wait in Luyi had rushed to escort him, and Xing Jianye was finally relieved.At this time, he was escorted by the Governor-General's Yazhong Army, and he could no longer subdue it, so Hongli simply got into the light yellow crank handle specially prepared for him.The mighty day travels to the post road, and the night stays in the post house and goes straight to Kaifeng.It took another three or four days to arrive in Bianjing. Tian Wenjing had already received the report. He led the civil and military forces of Kaifeng City to welcome him ten li away.One should be arranged in detail, and there is no need to elaborate. "You're taking too much trouble." Tian Wenjing came to worship after breakfast the next day, and Hongli said as soon as he sat down, "I'm on the official road, the world of peace is flat, and with so many people, I'm afraid that thieves will rob me. ? When I left, I was single-handedly, and I will not provoke your magistrates anymore. Are you just listening to Li Wei's vicious old woman?" Tian Wenjing became pitifully thinner, even his shoulders looked a bit hunched, and when he sat there, he would sometimes press his chest with one hand, and his lips parted slightly when he breathed, as if he couldn't bear the strength.He coughed dryly twice, bowed in his chair and said, "I received a letter from Li Wei. However, the slave welcomes you to act according to the order, not to listen to Li Wei's words, what he said is all jokes. Pass my Henan border Why should he still take half the responsibility? I don’t ask him to take responsibility for a single piece of straw. If you can believe me, Fourth Master, I will send you back to Beijing. Even Li Fu, I won’t ask him to take responsibility.” Hongli listened With a smile, he used a bowl cover to stir the floating tea slowly, and said, "I am very relieved that the emperor of Henan Province has repeatedly commended it. I am concerned about two things, one is how the new policy is done, and the other is whether the people can live and work in peace and contentment. "Tian Wenjing had already prepared the report, because he gave a general introduction to the situation of the New Deal, and said: "After the fire was returned to the public, I joined three magistrates in a row, and the officialdom was shaken. Now I dare say that there is no one who is greedy for ink. The land in Henan has been measured. I dare say that there is no such thing as a wealthy family who hides land and pays less money and food. The yamen are in order. From the beginning of my governor's yamen, I dismissed five or six masters, and found out more than 20 soldiers related to the lawsuit. In the matter of human life, most of them were released, and Wang ordered to behead seven of them at the gate, and the next ones would be cleaned up accordingly. Therefore, I dare not say that there are no cases of lawsuits involving subordinate officials, but with such severe punishments, There are not many who dare to defy the law. When it comes to the root of the new policy, it is to punish corrupt officials and support the people's livelihood. Fourth master, Wen Jing has received the favor of the emperor Longji, so he dare not slack off." "You're much thinner." Hongli nodded and sighed, "Don't worry about the gossip outside, the emperor knows you, and we know you too." Tian Wenjing's heart warmed up, and tears immediately welled up in his eyes, but he was a deep person, only thinking Lost in his eyes, he covered it with a handkerchief and rubbed it, and said in a hoarse voice: "Only the emperor knows my heart, and I just repay this kindness with this old bone, and I don't care what others think or say about me." Hongli said with a smile: "Why is this sad? Although the emperor has ordered to check, he actually knows it, and we are all clear about it! Sheji is a public weapon. The emperor must not be private. If someone files a complaint, check it, it will be more obvious. Are you really selfless? I know what you are saying, and I am afraid that I will compare Henan and Jiangnan and say that you are not as good as Li Wei. You don’t have to have this idea at all, thinking that Li Wei was originally the old man of the emperor Long Qian, and you are biased in your heart. His strengths We don’t hide our weaknesses. We are the same as you. Dai Duo, you know, he went to Fujian as an aisle, and was the earliest disciple of Lama Temple. Sent to Heilongjiang. Li Wei's affairs are big-picture, not sticking to details, which is his strength; you are serious, it is your strength, learn from your strengths and make up for your weaknesses, and naturally the government will be harmonious." The two were talking, when Liu Tongxun came in through the curtain, and said: "Henan Governor Ashanbuluo, Inspector Ke Ying, Xuezheng Zhang Xingren are outside, and there are imperial envoys investigating the case. Yu Hongtu's attendant also came to visit the prince." "Call everyone in." Hongli paused for a moment, then smiled at Tian Wenjing, "I've read the booklet on land reclamation you wrote, and this matter cannot be rushed. Li Wei hasn't landed land reclamation in recent years, and now everything is in order. He came up with a new trick, to build fields around the beach, and sell them for tens of millions of taels of silver!" Because he told about Li Wei's offering of treasures at the banquet.Seeing that Liu Tongxun had led four officials in, all kneeling in the courtyard, he laughed loudly and said, "Excuse me, come in and sit and talk!" Ashanbuluo, Ke Ying, Zhang Xingren and Yu Hongtu filed in, and sat down on the long bench by the door, obliquely.Hongli nodded to them with a smile, and said: "I just came from Jiangnan, and I'm not familiar with the situation in Henan, so Yiguang will talk about it first. I know you have some grudges. This is a common thing. I have my own difficulties. I am not tying knots, I am here to untie them. But you are not allowed to make noise with me today, or I will kick you out." He said, The awkward and tense atmosphere in the room suddenly eased a lot.Hongli smiled at Yu Hongtu again and said, "You are Yu Hongtu? Well, you are considered a good man if you dare to neigh when all horses are silent." Yu Hongtu blushed with excitement, bowed and said, "This is the fourth master. I don't dare to be a big picture." "Henan is incomparable with Jiangnan. Li Wei is a long-sleeved dancer, rich and good businessman!" Tian Wenjing saw that their greetings had passed, and then said in his own way: "The desert here is much worse than Jiangnan. The Yellow River is covered with mud and sand. The soil is heavy, but the same collapse, the beach left here, and the fertile land silted up there. The grain yield is incomparable. The fourth master said that Li Wei's embankment has been closed. You might as well look at it from Luoyang to Taikang These hundreds of miles of rivers are all made of big stone-covered dikes, and every village and every mile is managed by a special person. I also know that it consumes labor and money. For a hundred years, this generation in Henan will have to suffer more. If you say I, Tian Wenjing, are ruthless, I really can't care less." Hongli leaned on the chair, but couldn't hear a word.Yu Hongtu has been in the House of Internal Affairs for many years. He saw that Hongli went to Yuqing Palace to listen to lectures every day when he was young, but he never had a chance to get close.Seeing that Hongli still had a childish face, but his eyes had become deep and focused, he couldn't help thinking to himself: The third master is seven years older than him, why doesn't he have the dignity like him? "The fourth master of the reclamation must have seen it before." Tian Wenjing sighed with emotion, "Wenjing is indeed out of government. It should be arranged according to the plan, and the places that should be reclaimed should be supervised, and the places that should not be reclaimed should be found. The soil should be strong, and the yield should be raised up. Some subordinates used land reclamation to beat and strip the people, and drove the peasants out, and I also committed the crime of negligence..." Hongli had already seen the memorials of several people, and reported the number of acres to the household department In order to show his political achievements, Tian Wenjing, who was unwilling to be resigned to others, urged more cultivation and more reporting is the truth. Seeing that Ashanbuluo moved his lips and wanted to speak, he knew that this Manchurian Hara would definitely say something ugly when he opened his mouth. Needless to say, don’t keep blaming yourself. In my opinion, for those that have already been reclaimed, find ways to increase the fertility of the land and stabilize it. Some of them really can’t be maintained, so they should be abandoned and the existing ones should be reclaimed. The land is well planted. Farmers from other places have to settle down when they come back. The government subsidizes some farm equipment repair money, allocates seeds and grain, and distributes them without interest. If the labor is too heavy, people will leave, and it’s not just because of hunger.” Hongli knew that these people criticized and complained to each other, and they didn't agree with each other. He came to Henan to give Yongzheng repeated secret instructions to coordinate the three departments of Henan with one heart and one mind, so as not to cause disputes.I just wanted to talk privately one by one to resolve the matter, but these few words of criticism and encouragement inspired Ashanbuluo to courageously coughed lightly, cleared his throat and said, "Fourth Master really understands what you said. We While reporting on reclamation, how many lands have been opened, and how many people have been resettled, the imperial court and the Ministry of Households have commended them, and are preparing to levy more money and food. Over there, Sichuan, Huguang, Anhui, and Jiangnan provinces are complaining, accusing us of beggar-thy-neighbors and flattery!" As soon as he finished speaking, Ke Ying immediately added fuel to the fire: "Xinyang Luo Hanying's family, the old man conquered Zhungeer three times with the holy ancestor, a family, and sealed the earl, leaving only the young lady and two children, a hundred hectares of land. Have a good and peaceful life. Okay, measure the land again, the officials and gentry are on duty together, a group of turtles and miscellaneous fish come from the county, eat and live in the mansion, set up accounts, measure, tenants take advantage of the fire to rob, renege on debts, resist tenants Within half a month, the family was broken up. Mrs. Luo left the house with her two children, but was robbed on the way. She went to Jiangxi to beg for food, looking for General Luo’s brother, Yang Yunpeng. Crying. Yang Yunpeng, who is the general of Jiangxi, paid 30,000 silver to house their mother and son. This incident alarmed the Ministry of Rites, and even the next letter asked the vassal to pick them up and return to Henan, but he was blocked several times. Mrs. Luo vowed never to return to Henan!" Tian Wenjing sneered and said, "That's Huang Zhenguo's 'virtuous administration', and it should be blamed on me? Aren't you friends who beheaded and changed their lives? He didn't tell you, how did the Luo family lose?" Those who made up their minds not to ask and not to open their mouths couldn't help it so far, saying: "This matter is not over, the fourth master must know about the suicide case of Pei Xiaoyi's family in Dengzhou. Originally, the officials and gentry were paid for by the gentry, and the scholars have already talked about it." The two cases are adding fuel to the flames. This year's rural exam is just around the corner, and some people are already planning to cancel the exam..." "Who dares to collude secretly to stop the exam?" Tian Wenjing kept holding back, refusing to explode in front of Hongli, holding his breath with a red face, and his breathing was already uneven. Hearing this, he couldn't help but dislocate his facial features, and said with a grinning smile: "This matter will fall on the old man. If the leader is found out, he will be removed immediately. If anyone dares to instigate the dismissal of the exam, he will be arrested by the local yamen, and he will be severely punished! ——As you guys just said, Wenjing will not I dare to agree, what is 'inviting credit for fawning' and what is 'chaos'? Some people's pain is only connected with noble gentlemen!" Zhang Xingren sneered and said, "You still think that gentleness is not enough? The third master wrote several times The Jun decree is to appease the scholars, and it should not be easily carried out. I listen to the platform, or the third master?" Tian Wenjing said: "You obey the Jun decree, and I will also serve the imperial decree! My brother refuses to do it, Wenjing is not afraid of being broken I don’t know if I, the governor, will step in and take over as the governor.” Ashanbro interjected coldly, “There are so many things in the feudal clan that are hard to handle, and I can’t serve you, Wang Anshi!” "You can report to the emperor to resign." "Scholars dismissed the exam because you were harsh in politics. Are you a competent governor?" "You are short-sighted and blind!" "You are 'Taishan'?" Ke Ying immediately retorted, "We have given way everywhere, how many things have you done against your will! Put all these disciples of Confucius and Mencius in prison? What a benevolent government!" Hongli slammed his fist on the table with a "bang", Huo Di stood up, his eyebrows were raised, he glanced at everyone viciously, waved his hands helplessly, and said, "I just got off the car, I'm tired. You——get out Bar." "tie--" Several people got up, stared at each other fiercely, and then knelt down and resigned.