Chapter 31 The Thirty-first Chapter of Emperor Yongzheng's Night Patrol on Wind and Rain Embankment Fields

Yongzheng had already taken off his oil coat and deerskin long oil boots under the eaves outside the shed, and he was wearing a camel satin jacket with no gown over it, except for the very conspicuous bright yellow crouching bag around his waist and the six-in-one hat The Canglong Jiaozi Zhengzhu inlaid on the top shows his supreme status, and the rest are dressed as ordinary gentry.He glanced at Tian Wenjing, who was dumbfounded, and Wu Ming, who was standing stupidly by the side, then walked slowly into the shed, sat on the stool, and said after a long time, "Why, don't you know me?"

"Long live!" Tian Wenjing suddenly came to his senses, prostrated himself on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly: "This... this is too unexpected... The servant has been paying attention to the mansion newspaper, and yesterday he said that the master Luanyu is still in Shandong, so why..." Yongzheng smiled decisively, He probably suffered from the cold in the rain, his face was blue and white, but his expression was quite peaceful.He didn't answer Tian Wenjing's words, but said loudly: "Heng Chen comes in, you are weak, and you are not as good as De Lentai and Zhang Wuge - Wu Ming, can you get some food to show your kindness as a landlord! "Wu will guard the embankment here every day, and he has seen Yongzheng a few times. It's just that Yongzheng is dressed in modest clothes. He only treats it as a rich man from the provincial capital who goes to Jiyong Temple to offer incense and watch the fun by the river bank. Only then did he wake up from the fog When I came over, I kowtowed countless heads, and said in a panic: "You are the Lord of Long Live? It's so hard, the slave's eyes grow on the buttocks!... The slave will do it now-but it's too far away from the city. Long Live Lord will be wronged for a while..."

"Okay, okay, don't you usually eat? Who asked you to prepare a banquet? You can just make some hot soup." Hearing that he was speaking out of order, Yongzheng waved his hands with a smile and ordered him to quit. After Zhang Tingyu came in, he said again: "Tingyu sit down, Tian Wenjing also got up to talk." Zhang Tingyu bowed and sat obliquely beside Yongzheng.But he was not as clean as Yongzheng, the hem of his robe was soaked, and a small piece of water had already appeared under his muddy boots.Seeing Tian Wenjing's surprise, Yongzheng said with a smile, "Fifth Zhang is the one who patrolled behind his back, and Zhang Tingyu followed me in the rain. You came here on horseback—that's all about the separation of monarchs and ministers."

"The emperor cannot be here." Tian Wenjing has returned to normal.Hearing the noise of the river, wind, rain, thunder and lightning outside, he immediately thought of his responsibility, bowed and said, "You and Mr. Zhang, please return to the city immediately. I am here to watch the night. Here..." Zhang Tingyu's face was terrified by the river wind Qing, at this time, turned back and said: "It doesn't matter, the emperor's boat is moored under the embankment, and there are thirty official ships dispatched from Luoyang to escort it. Your embankment is not strong, and Kaifeng City may not be there. It's safe here." Tian Wenjing's cheek muscles twitched imperceptibly, and said coldly: "Master Hengchen, why do you think my embankment is not strong?"

Yongzheng picked up the topic and said, "You are suspicious yourself! Your invitation to enter the city proves that you don't have enough confidence in this embankment!" Tian Wenjing said: "Your Majesty, if you say this, the slave will have nothing to say. It's - I'm just in case!" "Alas!" Yongzheng stood up and walked slowly, his voice was quiet and clear amidst the sound of wind and rain: "'Just in case' is not possible, what I want is 'everything'. You have not crossed the river, you don't know The Yellow River is terrible—it’s raining here, and the flood is downstream! I have been in Kaifeng for six days, and I live in the Old Town God’s Temple less than two miles away from you. Today I received an urgent report from Shanzhou, Luoyang, and there was no rain upstream ! Otherwise, how dare I use the king of ten thousand chariots to dabble in your unpredictable land?"

As Yongzheng said, he walked under the eaves of the shed and looked up at the sky. The heavy rain poured down like a torrent, and the tumbling black clouds were intertwined with lightning, as if they were attacking the shining throne of God angrily.After a long time, Yongzheng turned around and said, "I'm not picking on you. Since you took office, you haven't eaten a meal and slept well. You are a clean and honest official, and you are dedicated to your errands. I know that." Tian Wenjing Feeling hot in his heart, he was about to thank me humbly, but Yongzheng waved his hand and stopped, looking at the candlelight flickering slightly in the wind, he continued: "But half of your mind is on civil affairs, and the other half is thinking of please me, want to Baohenan will not be defeated this year, so that other governors can't find your faults, right?"

"...Yes!" Tian Wenjing listened to these words, every sentence was heartbroken, and it was true when he thought about it, and his head suddenly became sweaty.However, compared with other officials, he was unwilling to be convinced, and thought about it: "Please give me a clear instruction from the emperor! However, I think that if we keep this year from being ruined, and after harvesting the money and grain this autumn, we will have enough energy to control the river. Right now, we really don't have much money... ..." Because he briefly talked about his fundraising situation, he concealed the matter of borrowing money from the Nisi Yamen, because he already had a vague feeling that the money came too easily.After hearing this, Yongzheng looked at Zhang Tingyu and said with a smile: "Hengchen, it seems that I will be called a miser for cleaning up the deficit."

Zhang Tingyu bowed and said: "River control is related to the national economy and the people's livelihood, and the Ministry of Households has regular expenditures. Wenjing, if you have any difficulties, you should make a statement, or go to the study to approve the transfer to the Ministry of Households. With your financial resources and your own strength, I can't do this well." Tian Wenjing pondered for a while, and said: "As soon as I took office, I submitted two petitions to Prince Lian, asking him to take care of the Ministry of Household Affairs. Maybe the time is short, and Ba Ye can't handle it in time. But I can’t wait here, so I’ll raise some from this province first. Please forgive me for this thought.”

"We must follow Jin Fu and Chen Huang's original scale to cure the Yellow River from upstream to downstream." Yongzheng didn't want to bring the topic up to Yunhu, so he returned to his seat and said frankly: "I have cured the water, and I have suffered from it. Soaked in the river for two days and two nights! Your embankment can withstand this year, but not next year. Have you ever seen the flood of the Yellow River? This embankment is like a soft egg, and it will burst when you poke it! Just this rain, Lankao at this moment It’s about to break down—so we need to cure it radically, not to treat the outside but not the inside.”

This remark was exactly the same as what Wu Sidao said. Tian Wenjing couldn't help but swallowed a breath, thought for a while, and said: "Since this is the case, I will try my best to do it. It's just that Kaifeng is facing southeast, and when the yellow water overflows, the old water conservancy facilities have long since disappeared. It is difficult to restore the scale when Jin Fu was alive. Therefore, the slaves think that the governor of the river should be re-established, and the planning should be re-unified, so that the situation can be improved year by year. Please look into it clearly." In Qingjiang! It’s just that there is no governor. But looking at the current government, is it possible to fill all the money into the Hedu Yamen? Now that there are no capable people like Jin Fu, we can’t let mediocre people just fill in the numbers—look at those people in the Hedao Yamen Dirty officials, they don’t focus on the Yellow River, but on silver! They feed the dog and even know how to guard my house! ——so the imperial court can only organize it first. The river yamen receive money and food according to their salary, and they just patrol the rivers of the provinces. I'll rule it out by myself, try to raise money by myself, it's not enough, I'm afraid it will be better if the court subsidizes it." Tian Wenjing thought for a while, and then said: "The servant has come to work and has already inspected it. The old road of the Yellow River in eastern Henan is really very good. Depression, in some places there is not a single person for tens of miles. Can the imperial court migrate some people from Zhili and Shandong? First, the land will not be left unused for a long time. Qi Wu, why don't you send them to Henan to cultivate wasteland?"

"Your words are like child's play." Yongzheng said coldly, "That's what Wang Mang did, and he lost the world! The old course of the Yellow River is thousands of miles away, forcing others to leave their homes. 'Reclamation', no place to eat, no place to live, no place to farm cattle Farm cattle, seeds have no seeds. Are you Tian Wenjing a fairy? You can conjure up a manor and a courtyard to house them! Those bannermen, with monthly regulations, planted ready-made land in Fangshan and Miyun, Gyeonggi, and even led If you don’t leave, you’re going backwards. Do you expect them to come to open up wasteland for you? Tian Wenjing, I’d like to do my job in a down-to-earth manner, and make sure that your local government is well-governed. The middle is the husband—these are the two sentences I sent you. If it were another person, I wouldn’t bother to explain these principles to him!” He spoke dryly, and picked up the glass on the table to drink water, but it was all empty , put it down again.Zhang Tingyu called out, "De Lengtai, go to the kitchen and see what Wu Ming is doing? It's been so long without a sip of tea, it's outrageous!" While talking, Wu Ming came in dripping with a food box in one arm and a large teapot in the other. Hearing Zhang Tingyu's words, he quickly apologized and said with a smile: "Zhang Zhongtang, this is really helpless. We usually I used the clear water from the sandy nest on the Yellow River beach, and it rained today and it turned into muddy soup. Fortunately, some rainwater was caught, and at least I had to use alum to clear it for cooking, so that the master and adults could suffer from this. I am wronged, and the servant feels uneasy..." Then he opened the food box, and there were layers of baked scallion pancakes, steamed buns, cold shake vermicelli, and scrambled eggs with black fungus.There are also a few sea dishes, all of which are steamed Yellow River carp, which is the only meat dish - each dish is served on cloth, but it is also steaming and fragrant.De Lentai and Fifth Brother Zhang, who were guarding outside, were already starving. They just swallowed their saliva while sniffing, but they both stood there like nails, as if nothing happened. "I did this in a hurry, Wu Ming is very flattering." Yongzheng took a pastry with a smile and said, "I am really hungry too—oh, what kind of soup is this?"——It turned out that Wu Ming was in a big teapot It wasn't tea, it was sticky and hot, it seemed to be noodle soup, but it was taupe and smelled fragrant, but no one had ever drank this soup.Wu Ming carefully filled a bowl for Yongzheng, and said with an apologetic smile: "This is a wild scene, oil tea from Wuzhi, my servant's hometown. Please taste it, Lord Long Live." Zhang Tingyu said from the side: "Don't use it before Long Live, the slave has tasted Long Live before you use it. "Yongzheng smiled and said: "Forget it! Will someone harm me in this place at this time? Besides, Brother Wu, can they send someone to supervise the kitchen?" He took a bite of the pastry, picked up the soup and used a spoon He took a sip of the soup and tasted it, and couldn't help but praise: "Good soup! I have never tasted this taste! - How do you make it?" Wu Ming said with a smile: "Actually, it's not troublesome to make. The crushed peanuts, walnut kernels, and sesame seeds are fried in clear oil, and the refined salt white noodles are fried continuously. It’s good to pour boiling water over it and mix it well—we are at Hegong every day, and we eat supper every day, which saves time and effort to satisfy our hunger and thirst..." Yongzheng drank while listening, and he had already drank a bowl. He pointed to the food box and said: " I just drink this oil tea. This fish, these snacks are for Ding Delentai and Fifth Brother. Wu Ming asked the cook to make some oil tea for me carefully, and copied the ingredients to the imperial dining room. I see, what can Ao Ye use a bowl of oil tea for? Du Qiang——Zhang Hengchen, Tian Wenjing, you all eat a bowl too!" Tian Wenjing seemed to be dreaming tonight. Everything was unexpected. It was a decent thing to meet the emperor while patrolling the embankment. The criticism was bloody, but the camellia was rewarded!His heart was like a mess, he couldn't tell what it was like, and he couldn't figure out how to deal with this unpredictable Supreme.Taking the soup bowl, he touched his lips carefully, and was about to say "OK", when Yongzheng asked, "Is Mr. Wu well?" Tian Wenjing was so frightened that his hands trembled, and the boiling hot camellia oil made his fingers painful, and he looked at it in a daze. Looking at Yongzheng casually, he didn't even know what he said. "Fired?" Yongzheng didn't seem surprised, he sipped his tea soup slowly, and asked, "Why? Did you hit a wooden clock, make troubles up and down, did you have long hands? Or was the article not good? Is it his handwriting? You can see it!" Zhang Tingyu had never seen what Wu Sidao looked like.Just intermittent rumors.He has been prime minister for more than 20 years, and he doesn't deal with elder brother easily, and always just laughs at Qi Dong's wild words.Today, when Yongzheng asked him personally, he realized that those rumors about grass gray snakes were not groundless.But I don't know why Wu Sidao didn't become an official, but first entered Shanxi, and then entered the Henan shogunate, only to be a teacher?Thinking about it, Tian Wenjing said with a smile: "Mr. Wu's articles are good, and he has never talked about lawsuits for others. It's just that he is a disabled person, and many things can't be taken care of. Besides, he must fight or not. He needs 8,000 slaves every year. Two silver coins. The servant felt that he was not fair with other masters, and felt that he asked for too much money, so he had to send it back to his hometown. Mr. Wu himself is willing...” "Such a good master is worth 80,000 taels of silver." Yongzheng said lightly, "Three years since he cleared the magistrate, he paid back 100,000 snowflakes of silver! If you don't use it, others may use it, so I don't know—this matter has nothing to do with me." , you don’t need to be uneasy about this matter. I really know Mr. Wu very well—I saw Li Fu yesterday, talked about him, and said that I lack people around me. I just asked casually.” After finishing speaking, he drank oil tea again . Tian Wenjing was already in a daze, the Son of Heaven personally asked about daily life!Moreover, one "Mr." never mentioned Dao's surname. This is really a shocking "Master"!At this time, Tian Wenjing really understood the meaning of Li Wei's vernacular letter.Wu Sidao is neither arrogant nor caring about himself, so it turns out that there is such a big background behind, the box sword curtain lamp is unexpected!Suddenly thinking of Nuo Min's title of "Tianyi First Governor", she was immediately disturbed.Just thinking about it, Zhang Tingyu said slowly: "Mr. Wu is not ordinary, he is a unparalleled national scholar, please pay attention to him. He has a disability and it is inconvenient for him to be an official. He does some things below to support his body. Eight thousand taels of silver is very cheap." By the way, your other masters may have received much more than this amount in secret! I have been a prime minister for many years, and I know a little about the disadvantages of love." "I won't talk about it anymore. This is a casual chat." Yongzheng smiled and took out his pocket watch to see that it was Yinzheng's time card. Hearing that the sound of the rain outside seemed to be quieter, he stood up and stretched his body, and said to Tian Wenjing: "I'm going to set off tonight. I'll go down the river to have a look, and then I'll go back to Beijing. Henan is an important place, but it's poor. I entrust him to you, and I have my own deep meaning. Not only the Yellow River has to be taken care of step by step, but also The most important thing is the administration of officials. The administration of officials is not clear, and there is nothing to talk about. Xiao He has three thousand criminal laws, and officials are required to handle them. I am in my forties, and I can't expect the holy grandfather to sit in the world for sixty-one years. But on the day of his reign, he must abide by the last wish of the first emperor, and do this matter conscientiously, worthy of future generations. Just do it violently, but now you can’t be lenient, and you can’t tolerate it. Compassion with leniency and fierceness is the way to govern officials. I don’t want to learn from Zhu Yuanzhang, Corrupt officials and ink officials will be skinned if they catch them, but I don't learn from Zhao Kuangyin, and I don't want to kill a minister, making Wen Tian and Wu Xi, and the world is in chaos!" Then he walked out slowly, and Gao Wuyong, who was guarding outside, did it. The eunuch hurriedly prepared rain gear, but it was Deleng Taifu who carried Yongzheng on his back, and a large crowd surrounded the ship in the rain.Tian Wenjing went straight to the shore, watched Yongzheng board the boat, and only then did he know that the governors of Anhui, Shandong, Li Fu, and Fan Shijie were all on board. Tian Wenjing returned to Kaifeng City in an eight-person green woolen official sedan chair, and it was already dawn.Last night, a heavy rain came and went quickly, and the Panyang Lake Longting area was full of water, and there was only a thin line of land in the middle of the three-foot-wide embankment. The ankles are even knee-deep in some places, and in every household there are men with braids and shirtless shirts pouring water from the threshold with copper basins.Several houses collapsed, and I called the head of the village to inquire, but no one was hurt. Tian Wenjing felt a little relieved, and was about to go back to the governor's yamen, when he heard a woman in front of the sedan chair screaming and screaming: "I'm wronged...Master Qingtian!" The screams were accompanied by trembling and whimpering, and Tian Wenjing, who was drowsy, was shocked all over his body, and then he heard the yamen servants in front shout angrily: "Don't stop the sedan chair! That's the Yamen of Kaifeng Mansion, go to Kaifeng Mansion !" The woman seemed unwilling to leave, crying loudly amidst the yelling and shouting of the yamen servants: "God! You are so fierce! There is no Baolongtu in Kaifeng Mansion today..." "Stay in the sedan chair." Tian Wenjing's heart moved, and he stomped on the bottom of the sedan chair with his foot, and the big sedan chair fell down, and the inside of the sedan chair was immediately filled with muddy water.Tian Wenjing bent down to get out of the sedan chair, and he saw a woman in her twenties with disheveled hair and dirty face, kneeling in front of the sedan chair covered in mud and water. Seeing Tian Wenjing come out, she knelt down a few steps and kowtowed repeatedly, crying, "My lord is my master... my man is called It has been three years since I was wrongly murdered in Huluwan, and the murderer...knows...for three years, no one has defended me..." Tears rolled down her face, she spoke incoherently, her voice was choked with grief.Tian Wenjing looked around to see more and more people gathered around to see the excitement, and asked with a frown, "What's your name, do you have a certificate?" The woman wiped away her tears with her sleeves, sobbing: "Ms. Chao Liu, the civil woman, the case was handed over to the Kaifeng government office three years ago. At first it was approved, but later it was rejected. Then it was reported to the adults of Taiwan, and the adults of Taiwan again It was called Kaifeng Mansion Yamen Trial. The murderer caught and let go, let go and caught again. Poor my widow, I took my child to the Yamen for 30 hectares and filled in all the five thousand taels of silver. Hardened my heart and refused to give me justice..., On a heavy rainy night yesterday, some people made trouble at my house again and took away my son... My sweetheart... Where are you? God, where did you hit the thunder last night? Why didn't you kill those people? The one who received a thousand knives? Ah...hehe..." She said she was comparing her hands, and then let out a sound again, clasping her muddy hands together, looking up at the sky, as if she was looking for something, her whole body was fighting fiercely like a The dead leaves trembled in the autumn wind, and even the people listening on both sides faintly sobbed.Tian Wenjing's heart was also terrified, and then he thought that he had just been transferred from Kaifeng Mansion, why didn't he hear about this case when he went there?Thinking about it, he asked: "I'm in the Kaifeng government office, why didn't I see you come to complain?" Chao Liu cried and said: "A while ago, the women have given up their hearts, their homes have been ruined, and their properties have been ruined. No more, I watched my son to death without filing a complaint...unexpectedly, they took my son away again...my son...!" She stared at Tian Wenjing with bright white eyes like a lunatic, and looked at Tian Wenjing with nervous convulsions in her hands. Empty grab.In broad daylight and under a bright and sunny day, Tian Wenjing was so shocked that his skin got goosebumps. "I'll ask about your case." Tian Wenjing knew that the case was strange, and secretly made up his mind, "Don't worry, go back and find a gentleman to write a certificate and send it directly to Master Yao or Master Bi in the governor's yamen—where do you live now?" Mrs. Chao Liu smashed the garlic price and kowtowed: "My lord, you will surely prosecute this case for generations to come! The woman lives at a relative's house in the Hutong of Nanshi, and you must hand over the certificate to Master Yao tomorrow!" Amidst the people's discussion, Tian Wenjing calmly lifted his sedan chair and left, and did not come down until Yimen, the governor's yamen.Just about to go in, a yamen servant said behind him: "Master Tian, ​​please stay!" Tian Wenjing glanced at him and said, "Aren't you Li Hongsheng? What's the matter?" Li Hongsheng saw that there was no one around, approached Tian Wenjing, and asked in a low voice: "My lord, do you really want to ask whether this case should be approved by another government office?" "Uh-huh?" "If you want to approve it to another yamen, the slave will have nothing to say." "I will personally interrogate, personally ask, and personally judge!" Li Hongsheng's eyes jumped sharply, and he said: "If this is the case, we will send someone to arrest Chao Liu at this moment, and don't put him in prison, but put him in the yamen. Otherwise, we will lose her tomorrow." Tian Wenjing was surprised. Staring at Li Hongsheng intently, he asked, "Why?" Li Hongsheng lowered his head and thought for a long time before he said, "It's hard to answer, my lord. This Chao Liu's husband, Chao Xueshu, was originally my cousin, and he still knows a little about the details of this lawsuit." There are so many noble people involved in this, and there are too many entanglements--I just said it sincerely, and I also want to win the favor of the adults. If you really want to take care of it, you have to guard against killing the mouth of the sufferer; if you don't care about it, don't complain My lord, as long as she is my cousin, I will go and persuade her to go away now." As she spoke, her eyes turned red and she almost burst into tears. "Oh?" Tian Wenjing couldn't help taking a breath as he thought about the unfinished meaning of Li Hongsheng's words; it was obvious that this case involved a large number of officials in the province.Thinking about Yongzheng's words again, he sneered and said, "Henan is probably still under the rule of the Qing Dynasty! I really want to see the details of this case! In this way, you can pass on Ma Jiahua to the signing room, and it will be convenient. Tell your cousin, don't go anywhere tonight, just ask someone to write a certificate and hand it over tomorrow. I will take care of other things, so go!" Tian Wenjing didn't sleep all night, and entered the signing room with heavy steps.The four masters Wu, Zhang, Bi, and Yao were wiping the cards. When they saw him come in, they messed up the game and got up.Wu Fengge smiled and said: "Yesterday the wine was too heavy. I didn't expect Dong Weng to go to the embankment to inspect it in person. We should have accompanied him." While talking, someone had already brought tea.Tian Wenjing sat down on the bamboo recliner, half closed his eyes, and stroked the blue-shaven funnel door with his hands, just pondering, but didn't say a word, making the four masters look at each other in dismay.Time shifted, Tian Wenjing patted his forehead and asked, "What's the matter?" "Oh, Fangbo Che just came to pay respects. Since your lord has not come back, we asked him to come back another day." Zhang Yuncheng glanced at Wu Fengge and said, "Master Che Ming said to wait, we ask him to wait in the West Flower Hall. I don't know if I left for a while." "What did he say?" "No." "Please." Tian Wenjing cheered up, got up and changed his clothes, put on a sapphire cap, and a peacock patch over his robe. Before sitting at the desk, the four masters hurriedly stood back and waited. Someone had already removed the broken tea cards, etc. sundries.After a while, I heard Che Ming laughing outside: "Brother Wen Jing worked hard last night, so he will come back sooner or later? I am so ashamed to care about the people so much, and to patrol the river embankment on a thunderstorm night!" Seeing Tian Wenjing sitting in court robes and gowns, with a serious face, he was startled for a moment, then hurriedly bowed to his subordinates as court attendants, but there was no smile on his face.Seeing that Tian Wenjing was so arrogant suddenly, the four masters were secretly surprised. "Brother, please sit down." Tian Wenjing gave up his hand and said, "Tea!" Che Ming sat obliquely on the left side, holding the tea offered by Goshha in a stick plate with both hands, secretly surprised in his heart.He is fifty-six or seven years old, with a plump face, and there seems to be no wrinkles on his fair skin, but his hair is already half-gray, and his two mustaches are neatly trimmed, and he is standing upright—this man is an eighteen-year-old Jinshi Jidi, Lian Deng Huangjia, first served as the county magistrate of Caizhou, then transferred to the magistrate of Yangzhou, Jiangxi Liangdao, and transferred to Huguang, Xichuan, Shanxi, and Shandong as chief ministers. In his own words, he has been doing fat jobs, "all thanks to the blessing of the Eight Sage Kings".However, although the difference between the feudal authority and the governor is only one level, one is a "big official" and the other is a "big border official", but they can no longer cross the distance, and no one knows why.He carefully put the tea on the coffee table, squinted at Tian Wenjing, and did not speak for a moment.He needs to think about it, why did this Tian Wenjing, who was humbly letting him work in his yamen a few days ago, change his face overnight? "Brother has been waiting here for a long time, I let you sit down." Tian Wenjing said in an official tone, "You are in a hurry to see Ben Fu, what's the matter?" ?But after all, he has been in the ups and downs of his official career for decades, and he is so sophisticated that he can't hold back and chatter constantly. Because of a light cough, he said solemnly: "Hegong's three hundred thousand taels of silver have been allocated to the treasury. This year, the imperial court has issued an edict to order the provinces to make early preparations. The Confucian Temple and the Academy have been in disrepair for a long time. There was a heavy rain last night. I went to see it today, and more than a dozen rooms were destroyed. It is also in jeopardy. If the autumn test smashes the scholars from all over the country, it is an unacceptable responsibility. It will take 50,000 silver to cover it perfunctorily, but the treasury's silver can't be moved for a tael. So please see Futai, this Where does the money come from?" As he spoke, he took off his glasses, wiped them and put them on again, and looked at Tian Wenjing with a smile, with an air of "see what you do".Tian Wenjing also glanced at Che Ming, and said, "I have already read the message sent by my brother. According to my opinion, the disaster relief in Shandong and the use of grain and silver in Zhili, the capital, are urgent matters. The one million yuan for the general's military supplies was originally a spare Now that the war has been won, the money is not in urgent need. I have also looked at the Confucian Temple and the Academy, and I am afraid that 50,000 is a little less, so I will allocate 70,000 to Zhang Hao from here. There is still a little shortage in the river engineering, I agree Three to four hundred thousand will be withdrawn from this silver, so that our affairs will be easy." Che Ming stared at Tian Wenjing in surprise, moved his body uneasily and said, "This... Your Excellency knows that this money does not belong to our Henan Province, but is stored in Henan by the Ministry of Household Affairs. It is not yet possible for the Ministry of Accountancy to allocate 390,000 yuan. Yes! There is still a year when the general will travel across the border for entertainment, and he can’t do it without a hundred thousand—the shortfall that he was going to return just now has nearly a million short. If the court pursues it, our yamen can’t afford it!” smile. "Of course you don't want your vassal to take responsibility. I am the governor of this province, and I have exclusive power over military affairs, civil administration, finance, and judicial affairs. I will bear it." Tian Wenjing got up as he spoke, and wrote a few lines before the case, and handed them to Zhang Yuncheng: "Tell them to use their seals and give them to Mr. Che to take them back and follow the order." When he looked up and saw Li Hongsheng leading Ma Jiahua into the courtyard, he said to Yao Jie: "You and Master Bi go to the Xihua Hall to talk with Ma Jiahua, I'll summon him later—probably because of Chao Liu's case." The four masters were already stunned when they heard it. They hadn't known Tian Wenjing for a long time, and they only knew that he was hardworking and willing to work hard. Although he was cold and reserved, he was not assertive.They couldn't help but look at each other, but they all followed orders.Seeing that he was domineering and obedient in handling everything today, Wu Fengge secretly sighed for this cash cow, and was thinking about how to turn it around. Tian Wenjing said to Che Ming who was in a daze: "As for the general passing through the border, it seems that it doesn't take that much money." There are many. General Nian is a Confucian general who understands that "autumn will never commit crimes". He already has legitimate supplies for the military department. He has fought here, and I think it will be all right to have a banquet. What do you want a hundred thousand silver?" "Respond to your lord's words." Che Ming made up his mind to make this second-ranked governor fall into a big somersault, because he saw Yao Jie handed over the silver transfer document, took it for a while and accepted it, hehe smiled and said: "Zhi Fan Just obey the constitution." He suddenly had a second thought: If he wants to gain a firm foothold, he must "speak first."Yin bowed again and said, "However, I have to sincerely advise my lord that Henan is a poor province. In order to catch up with the deficit of the vassal treasury, the homes of more than 30 officials in Luoyang, Xinyang, Shangqiu and other places were raided, and four county officials hanged themselves. ——This money is not easy to come by! As for the general, of course, no money is required. Even if three thousand people live in Zhengzhou for three days, plus we will go to see you off and eat a good meal, 20,000 silver is enough. I have everything Just follow the constitution." Wu Fengge was scheming, and he had already seen that Che Ming had bad intentions. Seeing that he was about to cut down his own money tree, he couldn't help but said beside him: "Zhongcheng, don't move the money you just mentioned just now. The current money in Hegong hasn't been used up yet. It's not too late to move the bank when it's all used up. As for General Nian, the governor of Gansu and Shanxi have letters from all his friends, so how do you receive them? How about reading the letter later and discussing it with Mr. Che?" He said with a knife-like gaze. Sweeping towards Che Ming, just meeting Che Ming's eyes, the spark is fleeting.Tian Wenjing thought for a while, "That's fine, that's it. Is there anything else you need?" "Oh, there is one more small thing." Che Ming said with a smile: "Wang Jiaqi was dismissed from the constitutional card, saying that he had left his post without authorization. This is a misunderstanding. It rained heavily last night, so I called him to the Yamen to discuss river defense. He is not at home about the matter. This person is capable and mature, and he has been guaranteed by many years of old river workers. Now when employing people, suddenly changing to a novice, I am afraid it will be a mistake. Please forgive me. As for Wu Ming, naturally he is not wronged If we leave him, the Director of Zhuqian will be missing a director, and it will also be a fat vacancy, so filling it in, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?" Tian Wenjing sat quietly and listened to him finish, and said lightly: "Let's talk again, I'm tired of talking!" He took a sip of tea as he spoke.No matter the host or the guest, as long as the tea is served, it is regarded as "the tea is exhausted" and must say goodbye.Che Ming had no choice but to pick up his cup and touch his lips.Goshha sang loudly at the side: "Bringing tea to the guests!" "No more." Tian Wenjing stepped out of the signing room, stood under the dripping eaves, watched Che Ming bow and resign, bowed politely and indifferently to say goodbye, then turned to Wu Fengge and said, "Mr. Wu, please invite Master Ma to come over— —You go to inform Qin Zhi Tang, all the people are dispatched together, see where Mr. Wu is now, and invite him back no matter what!"