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Chapter 1021

In the middle of the night, after a simple foot treatment, Jia Liu started to work.

The young emperor likes to work at night, because he feels that the quietness of the night can make his mind more relaxed, his brain cells become more active, and the dimension of thinking about problems can become higher, so that it is not easy to make wrong decisions , thereby affecting the development of the country.

Work can never be finished, so Jia Liu often goes to bed only when he hears the rooster crowing.

How could there be chickens in the Forbidden City?

It's meaningless to ask this, there are still bears in the Old Summer Palace.

In order to increase the intake of meat protein and reduce the burden on the common people, under the special call of Jia Liu, the wives headed by Ruxiu and Yuanyuan raised chickens, ducks, and sheep in the palace.

Jia Liu likes to play with his children in a sheep cart.

It has been two years since the founding of the People's Republic of China, and the country has returned to great unity, but Jia Liu always has something in his heart, and always thinks that there is something wrong with the country, because the country's unity is currently only a superficial unity, a compromise unity.

Specifically, many old and young survivors of the former Qing Dynasty still hold official positions from the governor to the small county.

This has also led to Jia Liu's implementation of the reform national policy is currently only carried out smoothly in Zhili, Shandong, Sichuan, Hubei and other places, and the rest of the provinces are still as silent as a pool of stagnant water. A dead duck doesn't know that the Spring River is warm.

Of course, hot tofu can't be eaten in a hurry. Of course, Jia Liu hopes that the empire will enter capitalism overnight, but the steps are too big and it is easy to cause disasters.

Therefore, it is justified to implement it in an orderly and orderly manner.

According to statistics from the Ministry of Households, as of July this year, Beiyang Commerce and Industry has added more than [-] million taels of tax to the treasury. This figure is obviously less than the annual income of more than [-] million in Nanyang and Guangdong. It is still a huge fiscal revenue for the government.

When it was placed in Qianlong, it was equivalent to the annual fiscal revenue of four Zhili.

With the improvement and maturity of all aspects, the business sector will develop at an unimaginable speed.

With money in the national treasury, Jia Liu will naturally be able to handle affairs.

Whether it is the improvement of the environment of major cities, the advancement of road hardware facilities, the development of the industrial field, or the popularization of education and medical care, they can all start to get on the right track little by little.

As far as the level of governance is concerned, Jia Liu believes that he is absolutely wise and powerful.

But the existence of conservative forces made him feel like a stick in his throat.

Force has long been ruled out by him.

Because it will only hurt the vitality of the country.

So how to solve the domestic conservative forces and hidden hostile forces?

When he crossed the river from Nanjing to worship Xiaoling and returned to Beijing, Jia Liu said to Hao Shuo, governor of Jiangsu: "Thoughts are more powerful than weapons."

Hao Futai was shocked at the time, and quickly replied: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, we will not give weapons to the enemy."

Jia Liu was upset: "Are you going to give the enemy ideas?"

"Uh"

Old Hao didn't know how to deal with it. Fortunately, the Sixth Emperor didn't make things difficult for him, so he went to the bow of the boat to enjoy the river view.

At this time, Asiha, the Prime Minister and Deputy Minister who accompanied the southern tour, looked at the emperor on the bow thoughtfully, and then said to Hao Futai, who was stupefied reminiscing what the emperor said: "Turn around, Jiangsu, move first. , comprehensively organize officials and gentlemen to study His Majesty's diary, as well as His Majesty's anthology of poetry, essays, essays, etc. in recent years. Be sure to firmly grasp the weapon of thinking. Only when thinking is unified and consolidated, Your Majesty's The reform plan can become a century-old undertaking.”

Old Hao Ru was enlightened, and hurriedly said: "Understood, understood, I will organize and implement it immediately after I return!"

Although this is a well-known corrupt official, he was praised for being the first to support the reform on behalf of Jiangxi, and for helping His Majesty the Emperor to evade and solve his superiors, the Governor of Liangjiang and Prince Heshuo.

There are disadvantages in virtue, but there is excess in talent.

"The land in the south of the Yangtze River has had the most prosperous literary style since ancient times. We must take the lead to set an example for other provinces. We must eliminate the legacy of Aixinjueluo. We must let Jiangsu officials and gentry deeply understand that only the reform can have a future. At the same time, let them understand that Your Majesty is now All these things are done in the contemporary era and will benefit the future. Let them actively participate in the new atmosphere of the country. They have money to contribute money, and some people contribute to people. They must learn from the advanced experience of Zhili in an all-round way. Build it into the first major new province in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River”

For the first time, Lao Ah explained a few words to Hao Shuoduo, pointing out the top priority of his job as governor.

There was no other reason, but the main reason was that Hao Futai had deposited 3 taels of silver bills into his account as soon as he accompanied the emperor to Xiaguan Wharf.

After a few more pointers, Lao Ah came to the emperor's side.

Jia Liu asked him casually, "What did you tell Hao Shuo?"

The old man hurriedly said: "The minister asked him to mobilize the officials and gentlemen after he went back, and do a general ideological rectification, so that the people of Jiangsu know what the reform is, why it is necessary, and what benefits the reform has."

After Jia Liu heard this, he couldn't help but praised: "Among my thighs, you are the most coquettish."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your compliment!"

The old man's waist was straight, and the unstoppable anger was overflowing on his face.

This dialogue between Jiang Chuan's monarch and ministers made Jia Liu firm in the importance of rectifying his thoughts, so he did two major things after returning to Beijing.

One is to order the National History Museum to re-edit the "History of the Ming Dynasty", and the other is to rectify the "Siku Quanshu" and newly revise the "Reformation Canon".

These two things should be able to sweep away the legacy of the past, and open up a prosperous world for the imperial literary style and history.

What is now instructing is the reports from various places that have just been sent to Beijing in the past two days. Among them, the governor of Shanxi, Funia, asked to open a large coal mine in Shanxi, form a large state-owned coal mining group, and asked the emperor to approve the establishment of a steel factory in Shanxi.

This is undoubtedly the overall progress of the Shanxi bureaucrats headed by Funihan, who have found the key to promotion and wealth.

Jia Liu happily took up a pen and wrote "Agreed, the cabinet, the Ministry of Industry, and the Second Ministry of Communications will work with Shanxi Commercial Office."

Then I read the Memorial of Michelin, Secretary of the Ministry of Communications. In the memorial, Michelin proposed to build a railway track from Tianjin to the capital. He said that according to the spirit of the work conference on the introduction of steam engines in November last year, the Ministry of Communications organized Chinese and foreign scientific and technical experts. Confirming that His Majesty's genius idea of ​​using a steam engine to drive carriages to transport goods is true, and therefore plans to establish a railway project.

Jia Liu thought that the steam locomotives at this meeting should not be fast, but the idea of ​​the railway is very good, so he approved it, and asked the Ministry of Communications to send personnel to the Zhonghua Steam Engine Factory to invest funds, talents and all resources to ensure that the steam locomotives can be operated by July next year. offline.

At the same time, personnel are sent to explore the route of the Beijing-Tianjin Railway, and matters such as expropriation and demolition must be properly resolved to benefit the people as much as possible rather than harm them.

Under the influence of His Majesty's genius idea, the Admiralty had previously installed two steam engines on board. I don't know if there will be any results.

Jia Liu is going to let the captain of the Beiyang Fleet, Zamur, come to Beijing to report on his work, and report to him in detail the progress of the steam engine on board.

At this time, Ding Qing from the Internal Affairs Committee asked to see him.

"His Majesty!"

Ding Qing, dressed in the uniform of a lieutenant general, stood at attention and saluted His Majesty the Emperor after entering the office.

Due to the particularity of the internal affairs committee, the gold thread embroidered on the left side of Ding Qing's lieutenant general's collar badge is the word internal affairs, and the right side is embroidered with the word loyalty.

Jia Liu himself also had a Grand Marshal uniform, and he didn't confer the rank of Marshal to himself, mainly because of embarrassment.

But the medals are complete.

They are all premium, all made of gold, and there are more than 30 pieces. They look not only shiny, but also very exciting.

Jia Liu put down his pen and looked up at Ding Qing: "Have you heard about the business I took care of at night?"

"Return to Your Majesty, the trial is clear!"

As the director of the Internal Affairs Committee, Ding Qing, who was privately called a great spy by many courtiers, did not know that His Majesty was meddling in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, so after His Majesty left, he immediately took the two sisters away for secret investigation. The interrogation basically found out what the two sisters had told them.

"This matter should be true. I will go to the Metropolitan Procuratorate tomorrow. I want to see why this case cannot be handled locally."

Jia Liu's tone was obviously displeased, he was called Jia Qingtian by the Zhili people, and there was no way he could get sand in his eyes.

Ding Qing hesitated for a while, and raised a possibility, whether to follow this case to rectify the Henan side.

Although Xu Yucheng, governor of Henan Province, was loyal to the emperor, Henan, as a province that joined the family of reformation after the reformation, has hardly been rectified from top to bottom. The case taught Henan officials a lesson.

"Ok?"

Jia Liu seemed to think of something, "Yang Naiwu and Xiaobaicai?"

"His Majesty?"

Ding Qing didn't know who these two people were, so he couldn't help but look suspicious.

Jia Liu didn't answer, but tapped on the table.

Yang Naiwu and Xiaobaicai were one of the three strange cases in the late Qing Dynasty. The old lady Cixi used this case to clean up the Hunan Army system that controlled Zhejiang, and removed more than 100 officials.

Now it seems that it is very feasible to do the same thing in Henan and remove all officials who are not loyal and progressive in Henan officialdom.

And it is not easy to cause a backlash, and it will not give those newly appointed governors and governors a reason to talk.

Because this is a normal way to rehabilitate an unjust case, not a deliberate suppression of Henan officialdom by His Majesty the Emperor.

It belongs to the people who love to hear and see.

"Go ahead and dispatch some elite personnel to go to Henan to investigate secretly tomorrow to ensure that the evidence is convincing."

Jia Liu didn't let Ding Qing go directly, because Ding Qing was a big spy after all, and it would not be good for him to go to Henan and directly intervene in the case, so the internal affairs committee could only do it secretly.

On the surface, it is natural to send a court minister to go.

Who to send?

Jia Liu thought of the champion Lang Wang Jie who always wanted to kill himself.

After Ding Qing resigned, Jia Liu took out Wang Jie's resume from the personnel file, and after reading it for a long time, drew a small red circle in his file.

This is what it means to be available.

After finishing the painting, he ordered someone to send Wang Jie's file to the cabinet and hand it over to Queenie on duty.

Then he approved a few more official documents, at this moment Shuan Zhu knocked on the door lightly and entered, looked at the young master with a bit of distress and said: "Young master, it's time to rest."

Jia Liu didn't raise his head and said: "How late is it? Why don't you take a break so quickly, don't you see that I have so many things to deal with? It's not like you don't know that unless the rooster crows, otherwise, Young Master, I won't rest."

As soon as the words fell, the sound of cock crowing came from outside.

One, two, three.

"Is it dawn?"

Jia Liu was a little puzzled, shook his head, put down his pen and drove to the second lady of Yongshou Palace, Yuanyuan.

After the young master left, Shuan Zhu hurried to the corner of the outer wall of Dongnuange, asked some eunuchs to take the rooster away, took out the pocket watch given by the Westerner, and looked at it. It was [-]:[-] in the morning.

There are still four or five hours before dawn.

The rooster crowing in the middle of the night is a bit excessive, but there is no way, who would let the young master disregard his personal health and serve the people wholeheartedly after becoming the emperor.

(End of this chapter)