lied to Kangxi

Chapter 210

After formally receiving the imperial edict at the Meridian Gate, Yuzhu and Zhang Tingyu discussed it a bit, and decided to leave for Guangdong in three days.

From the capital south to Guangdong, according to the usual practice, they first take the Grand Canal, and after arriving in Hangzhou, they change boats from Hangzhou Bay and go to Guangdong by sea.

In fact, some people advocated early on that water transportation should be stopped and sea transportation should be replaced.

However, water transportation involves both sides of the canal, and the survival plan of millions of people in the water gang.

Kangxi was worried that these people would be forced to turn against them and cause chaos in the south of the Yangtze River, so he vetoed the proposal to transport grain by sea.

This is the same logic as contracting production to households.The production efficiency of a single farmer is definitely far inferior to the mechanized large farms in the United States.

However, household production contracting has left a way out for farmers, maintaining social stability to the greatest extent.

It is also an imperial envoy leaving Beijing. Yuzhu is a third-class Adaha fan from the third rank, and belongs to the category of imperial envoys. When leaving Beijing, he must take an eight-carried official sedan chair.

Zhang Tingyu is only a mere seventh-rank Hanlin Academy reviewer, and can only be an imperial envoy in a four-carrying official sedan chair.

As usual, when imperial envoys go out of Beijing, there must be officials from the Ministry of Rites, who will meet the official pavilion at Shili in the eastern suburbs of the capital, and have a banquet to see them off.

Today, the person who came to see Yuzhu off was Toyama, the right servant of the Ministry of Rites.

A long distance away, Toyama saw a large group of people marching forward.

I saw that among Yuzhu's team, eight servants were in the lead, carrying huge gongs on all sides, knocking on them as they walked, and the gongs rang nineteen times in succession.

According to the rules of the Great Qing Huidian, when the governor travels, the gong will sound thirteen times, which is called the thirteen stick gongs.

When the imperial envoys go out, the gong rings nineteen times to show the majesty of the imperial power.

Dense evasion and solemn warning signs rushed towards him, followed by more than a dozen official title plates of jade pillars.

Among the official title cards, the most eye-catching pair are a few lines of gold letters: Kangxi 45th year Bingxu Enke Palace Examination No. 1 awarded Jinshi and rank.

In this dynasty, the imperial examinations were especially important to select scholars on the right path. Therefore, the official title of Yuzhu's No. [-] Scholar was actually a circle larger than the official title of the imperial envoy for the main examiner of the Guangdong Provincial Examination.

In front of the eight-carrying sedan chair, a pair of golden melons representing the supreme imperial power lead the way, followed by Jing and Jinjie, a pair of yellow dragon flags, a yellow umbrella canopy, and a big black fan with a title.

At the end of the large team, a team of more than 50 guards, carrying red-tasseled guns on their shoulders and long knives on their waists, lined up neatly and walked in awe.

This is the benefit that Yuzhu got after bargaining with the old emperor.

There are many pirates on the sea near Guangdong Customs, and safety is indeed a problem.Yuzhu asked the old emperor for the seeds of more than [-] officers from the tax patrol camp, and asked them to go to Guangdong with them.

There are only fifty taxpayers in the area, and they are not serious green camp officers and soldiers. The old emperor inevitably became careless and agreed to Yuzhu wholeheartedly.

In order to highlight the lustful heart and reduce the guard of the old emperor.

Yuzhu intentionally entangled with the old emperor to fight the lawsuit, until the time of "Xianqianliang", Kangxi was so stunned that he let go, and promised him that he could bring his second maidservant south.

Therefore, the imperial envoy eighth carried the sedan chair, followed by several carriages, in which sat Xingrui and Xingjiao.

Yuzhu originally wanted to take Hanshuang with her, but Xiuyun said that Hanshuang was not a housemaid, and even if she took it to Guangdong, it would not be convenient.

Hey, this is clearly an excuse!

Yuzhu knew it well, Xiuyun deliberately arranged for two apricots to accompany him to the south, just because she didn't want him to make trouble outside and cause trouble to come to her door.

Xingrui and Xingjiao are not only Xiuyun's dowry maids, but also Yuzhu's legitimate housemaids, so it would be appropriate to take them southward together.

Behind Yuzhu's large team, Zhang Tingyu's team was much poorer.

However, Zhang Tingyu is a very deep-rooted person in the city, so it is naturally impossible for him to show any strange emotions.

After Yuzhu got off the sedan chair, Toyama, the right servant of the Ministry of Rites, led the staff, knelt down together and said loudly: "The right servant of the Ministry of Rites, my minister Fushan, respectfully invite Shengan."

"Holy bow." After receiving the gift on behalf of the emperor, Yuzhu bowed to the ground and said respectfully, "The humble Yuzhu pays homage to Lord Youtang."

The six ministers and the left and right servants are all hall officials.Among them, the Shangshu is also called the Lord of the Ministry, the left servant is the Lord of the Left Hall, and the Minister of the Right is the Lord of the Right Hall.

As long as the address in the officialdom is wrong, it will offend people.

Seeing that Yu Zhu was very courteous, Fu Shan immediately relieved his bad opinion a lot.

After all, a lucky person above the officialdom, who is still so young, must be envied by others.

About a quarter of an hour later, after the formalities were over, Toyama held the wine cup in his hand, handed it to Yuzhu, and said softly, "I wish you all the best and success!"

"Borrowing the auspicious words of Master Youtang, I wish you peace in this humble position."

Yuzhu received the wine cup three times successively, first sprinkled the sky, then sprinkled the thick soil, and finally respected Junfu.

After the ceremony was in place, Yuzhu, Fushan and Zhang Tingyu drank all the wine in the cup with their necks up, and said goodbye with smiles.

Because of the imperial envoy's departure from Beijing, martial law had already been lifted early on at the official ship dock in Tongzhou.

On the pier, five two-story official ships were parked.

After getting off the sedan chair, Yu Zhu, who was wearing a yellow jacket, just showed up.

The parents and officials who came to see off the imperial envoys, the Chancellor of Shuntianfu, the Tongzhi of Shuntianfu East Road Office, the Zhizhou of Tongzhou and the magistrate of Sanhe County all knelt down to greet each other.

"The ministers respectfully invite Shengan."

"Saint Boon."

After performing the ceremony of worshiping the king, Yuzhu bowed his hands and greeted the Prime Minister of Shuntian Mansion.

Yuzhu's real official is from the fourth rank, which is half a rank lower than the fourth rank's Shuntian Fu Cheng.However, Yu Zhu has the title of Cong Sanpin, which belongs to the category of Shangguan.

The Tongzhi of the East Road Hall, the fifth grade, is an official responsible for catching robbers. The scope of responsibility includes Tongzhou and Jizhou, and the counties to which they belong.

The Zhizhou of Tongzhou is the Zhizhou of Zhili Prefecture, and it is also the fifth grade.

The official positions of these two people are slightly lower than Yuzhu, so they both bowed to salute, and Yuzhu only needs to bow his hands to return the salute.

What is more special is that the county magistrate of Sanhe is only the seventh rank.The difference in rank between him and Yuzhu was too great, and he had to salute with three bows.

If it came to the late Qing Dynasty, when there was such a huge difference in rank, the seventh-rank magistrate would have to kneel down.

In the officialdom of the Qing Dynasty, there were a lot of customary etiquette. After the whole set of red tape was tossed, a quarter of an hour had passed.

The imperial envoy was traveling, and the magistrate of Sanhe, who was in charge of the Tongzhou official ship wharf, was the first responsible person.

The several building ships on the pier are all official ships necessary for imperial envoys to travel.

Because it was summer, Yuzhu didn't bring many cages with him when he traveled.

Xiuyun has never been to Guangdong, and originally packed thick fur and winter clothes, but was discouraged by Yuzhu with a smile.

What are you kidding?No matter how it is the end of the Little Ice Age, the winter in Guangzhou cannot be too cold.

After all the crew boarded the ship, under the farewell of the sound of trumpets, firecrackers, and the sound of gongs and drums, the imperial envoy ship with the yellow dragon flag untied its cables one by one, and went eastward to Tianjinwei.

When going south about a year ago, Yuzhu was on the official ship of the baron's mansion, although he also had the privilege of passage.However, how could an ordinary official ship be comparable to the official ship of the imperial envoy?
The large ship with the yellow dragon flag on the bow, wherever it passed, no matter whether it was an official ship or a civilian ship, was ordered to dock by the government's servants.

They had to wait for the official ship of the imperial envoy to pass before they could continue their journey.

According to the rules, the official ship of the imperial envoy must be requisitioned by the government along the way to pull the fiber.

There is also a fixed number of people pulling fiber, no more, no less, exactly ninety in a boat.Among them, a group of [-] people will be rotated every hour, divided into three shifts.

Because of the concept of corvee collection, these laborers not only have no wages, but also bring their own bedding rolls, food, and money needed for living.

The evil of autocratic imperial power is nothing more than this!

Yuzhu stood on the bow of the boat with his hands behind his back, silently looking at the thick ropes on his shoulders, and the trackers who trudged forward couldn't help secretly sighing, shouldn't such a Qing Dynasty deserve to perish?

Although it is the soul of modern people, Yuzhu did not order the trackers to rest.

To put it bluntly, as long as the Qing Dynasty survives, how many trackers can Yuzhu help?
It is really unwise for a man to reveal his disobedience before he has mastered the power!
In the cabin, Xingrui and Xingjiao were whispering head to head.

"Little Jiaojiao, our girl specially ordered you to go south with my uncle, you should understand what that means?" Xingrui asked Xingjiao with a smile.

Obviously knowing that Xingrui wanted to see her shy and blushing jokes, how could Xingjiao do what she wanted?
Xingjiao deliberately sighed heavily, and said: "Oh, when I was guarding the door, I often heard someone's voice hoarse. Could it be you?"

"You, you bastard, see if I don't tear your mouth to pieces." Xingrui was extremely shy, and couldn't help pinching Xingjiao's waist.

Yuzhu has always treated the women around him very leniently, it is only Xingrui and Xingjiao who dare to make trouble.

When the two of them had had enough trouble, the noise gradually subsided, and Yuzhu happened to turn around from the bow to the cabin.

Seeing the beautiful sight of the two beautiful maidservants lying on the big bed with messy hair, Yuzhu was not a vegetarian, so she immediately closed the cabin door behind her backhand.

When Yuzhu fell into a deep sleep comfortably, Xingjiao got up quietly, put away a large white silk handkerchief dyed red, and secretly put it into the brocade box that Xiuyun had prepared for her long ago.

Even Xiuyun and Xingjiao are like sisters.Rules are rules and must be followed.

Xingjiao, who was sleeping with her for the first time, was broken by Yuzhu and had to hand over evidence of her chastity.

Yuzhu made the old emperor's brain hurt so much that he insisted on the special treatment of bringing two maidservants, how could it be used as a display?

The official start of the Guangdong Provincial Examination, as usual, is held on the ninth, twelfth and fifteenth day of August, divided into three sessions, each three days old.

If Yuzhu was happy and happy on the road, causing a delay in presiding over the township examination, then something serious would happen.

It is conceivable that the officials' memorials to impeach Yu Zhu would fill the old emperor's desk.

Therefore, along Yuzhu's journey, except for seeing the governor of Shandong in Dezhou, the governor of Jiangsu in Yangzhou, and the governor of Zhejiang in Hangzhou, there was no boring greeting or sending.

After the official ship of the imperial envoy arrived in Hangzhou, the local government had already prepared five big ships.

After Yuzhu and Zhang Tingyu boarded the ship respectively, they entered Fujian by sea and then entered Guangzhou in Guangdong Province.

(PS: This chapter is really difficult to write. After searching all kinds of materials, I finally restored the welcome and delivery of the imperial envoy when he left Beijing. Alas, I am getting older, so let me swell a little. Young and old Man, a certain family is so hardworking, it’s a monthly ticket!)
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