The daily life of the science master's book-wearing group

The county magistrate came to Longhu Mountain with a group of beaten and bloody policemen, crying and claiming that the local unruly people wanted to rebel.

The emperor was not worried at all when he heard that there was civil unrest somewhere.When he was in Lingnan, he needed to secretly contact some local officials, businessmen, and even bandits. He often had to disguise himself and travel secretly. Therefore, he came into contact with many low-level people. He knew very well what the people of Dazhou were like. They were timid and docile. , especially when facing the government.

If an official is upright and honest, and a wealthy person is kind and law-abiding, which common person will have trouble with an official for no reason?As for the officers who raised their sticks to beat the Yamen officers, that was even more impossible, unless they were forced to have no way out.

The emperor looked at the unlucky officers who had been beaten with bruises on their noses and faces, and whose clothes were torn to pieces. He clicked his tongue twice and asked, "Why do those unruly people beat up your officers?"

The magistrate of Wuyuan County immediately became energetic and told the story of the ash collectors who had cut off the local dragon veins very sincerely: "Those unscrupulous people dug holes into the rocks around the county and ruined the local feng shui! The careers of local scholars have also been affected. In the two imperial examinations for six consecutive years, no one passed the imperial examination!"

"So what happened to you?" The emperor frowned.

The magistrate of Wuyuan County knelt on the ground, carefully raised his eyelids and looked at the emperor slightly and said: "Well... local... local scholars jointly submitted a letter requesting that the ash miners be prohibited from continuing to mine lime."

"Are you sure?" The emperor raised an eyebrow.

"Weichen...Weichen has only been here for a year, and this matter has been going on for more than two years. I am following the rules left by the previous magistrate."

"Ha!" The emperor chuckled, making the hair on Wuyuan County Magistrate's back stand up.

The emperor turned around and asked several young officials around him: "Who was the last magistrate of Wuyuan County?"

The word "bastard" came out, and the Wuyuan County magistrate who was lying on the ground suddenly felt that something was wrong.

Look at me, I look at you, officials from the Ministry of Civil Affairs. In fact, they have all done their homework on this tour with the emperor. Everyone has memorized the list of current officials in Jiangxi in advance, but no one has memorized the list of his predecessors.

The emperor chuckled lukewarmly and looked at Song Chenxu again: "Tell me, do you know?"

Song Chenxu sighed slightly, smiled sheepishly at the colleagues beside him, stepped forward and respectfully said to the emperor: "My name is Chen Lin, Jinshi in Jingning in 38 years, second grade 97, born in a prominent family in Putian, Fujian , my family has [-] acres of salt fields.”

When this series of reports came out, the young officials around them took a breath, and their originally somewhat depressed expressions turned into shock, and then into admiration.

The emperor was extremely satisfied. He nodded at Song Chenxu and laughed and said, "You have a better memory than your father."

Song Chenxu nodded and said humbly: "Yes, that's all I can do."

The emperor smiled heartily, and suddenly mentioned Song Qingyue and said: "Don't be humble, your sister is also very good. She gave birth to two good grandsons for me, and I am very happy! This time I should bring Kun'er with me when I go out, also known as He has a lot of experience.”

When the eldest grandson was mentioned, the emperor showed a smile, but he quickly restrained it. He turned around and asked Song Chenxu: "Where is this grandson named Chen Lin now?"

Song glanced at the people behind him, and one of them seemed to know the answer. He looked hesitant, as if he didn't know whether to open his mouth, so Song Chenxu smiled and said, "This minister can't remember clearly."

The emperor clicked his tongue and looked at the other people. One of them, Zhou Guang, immediately stepped forward and said, "Master Chen is currently the magistrate of Raozhou Prefecture."

"Bastard!"

He stood up angrily, turned around, pointed at several officials in the civil service department, and cursed: "This bastard got promoted! You are all bastards!" After cursing, You was not relieved, and then raised his foot and kicked the county kneeling in front of him. With his shoulder, the current magistrate of Wuyuan County was kicked and rolled several times until he hit the door panel with a thud and stopped.

The county magistrate was so frightened that he cried and started to kowtow in apology.

The emperor clasped his hands behind his back and angrily walked back and forth in the Imperial Book Pavilion of the Tianshi Mansion several times before finally turning to look at the county magistrate and asked: "You are continuing this policy as instructed by the Yamen of Raozhou Mansion, right?" no?"

"This...uh...this..."

The county magistrate didn't know what to say. He also accepted money from those people, which was not exactly what Mr. Tongzhi meant.

When the emperor saw him hesitating and was covered in cold sweat, he knew that this man was not clean either. He just wanted to step forward with his sword and chop him to death.

Seeing this, Wang Luen quickly winked at Song Chenxu, and the two of them stepped forward to grab the emperor's sleeves.

Eunuch Wang kept shouting: "Your Majesty, please calm down! Your Majesty, please calm down!"

Song Chenxu started the interrogation directly from the side: "Master Peng, what did you say about dragon veins just now?"

"This... Wuyuan's Feng Shui has always been proud of the locals. The territory is known as 'the mountains are fighting and the wind and clouds are dense'. Both the pattern and the situation are excellent, and... this is why a saint like Zhu Zi was born! The Dazhang Mountain is also called the "Tianzi Zhang" in the "Book of Mountains and Seas". It belongs to the remaining range of the Huangshan Mountains and looks like a giant dragon lying on the border of Anhui and Jiangxi. The highest peak of the Dazhang Mountain is on the edge of Wuyuan County. It’s called…”

The emperor's face became darker and darker, and the magistrate's voice became softer and softer as he spoke. In the end, a few words were stuck in his throat and he couldn't make any sound.

"What is it?" asked the emperor.

"The mountains...the source of origin."

puff!
Before the emperor could get angry, a doctor from the Academy of Science followed behind him and couldn't help but laugh.

"Why are you laughing?" The emperor glanced at the student.

The doctor had a round face and a round nose. He looked about seventeen or eighteen years old, but he replied without timidity at all: "The student laughed at the people in Wuyuan County who are short-sighted. They are frogs in the well, but they are like this." Arrogant! Along the way, we have seen so many lofty mountains in Jiangxi. I am afraid they have never seen any of the Five Mountains, but they dare to call this mountain the ancestor of all mountains. It is really ridiculous! Besides, lime is in my country They are used in many industries, including construction, disinfection, decoration, alchemy, war, medicine, printing and dyeing, papermaking, shipbuilding and other industries. These scholars in Wuyuan County do not care about the life and death of the people, do not think about people's livelihood and economy, and only care about their own actions. The karma is actually rebellious and stupid! These people are not worthy of being officials at all!"

The emperor agreed: "The more you are a frog at the bottom of a well, and you don't know how vast the world is, the more arrogant you are!"

The doctor immediately said: "Yes! When students travel with His Majesty, they realize that the world is so big and that people are like earthworms. The more they study, the more ignorant they feel."

"That's right!" The emperor asked casually, "What's your name?"

"The student's name is Guo Qinghe." He replied.

"Qinghe, um, a good name." The emperor nodded, then turned to Song Chenxu and asked, "Where is this kid from?"

Song Chenxu said helplessly: "Your Majesty, the ministers are not from the official department!"

The emperor snorted and turned to look at Xiao Jinrong: "Your student?" Xiao Jinrong bowed and said: "Yes, Qinghe is the nephew of Lord Zhengguo, the supervisor of Qintian. He won No. 13 in the mathematics competition last year. Entered the College of Science and became a doctor.”

The emperor nodded: "Okay! I remember that several children in the Guo family are quite accomplished in mathematics!"

Guo Qinghe smiled and said: "Yes, I have a cousin named Guo Fengqiu, who also won first place in the mathematics competition!"

"Has he come this time?" the emperor asked.

Guo Qinghe shook his head: "My cousin is at the shipyard in Beitang. He specializes in structural mechanics and helps the shipbuilders research new ship types."

The emperor nodded: "The Guo family is good! Your uncle will teach you all well."

Seeing that there were not only bastard officials like the Wuyuan County Magistrate in Dazhou, but also young talents like Guo Qinghe and Guo Fengqiu, the emperor finally felt much better.

He turned sideways, turning his head no longer wanting to take a look at the county magistrate who was lying on the ground shaking like chaff. As if pointing at a piece of dog shit, he reached out and pointed at the magistrate, and asked someone to drag him down with a look of disgust on his face.

Several eunuchs under Wang Eunuch immediately stepped forward to hold down the Wuyuan County Magistrate, took off his black gauze hat, and dragged him out. They were taken into the cave where the Taoist priests originally used to retreat in Longhu Mountain and were separated with the original group of Taoist priests in Longhu Mountain. In one place, he is waiting for further investigation and interrogation by Dali Temple. After Dali Temple, his family will be investigated again by the Audit Department.

Usually, this group of Audit Department officials who go to local investigations are escorted by officers and soldiers from the Firearms Battalion.It is said to be the Audit Department, but in fact it is more like a tax bureau. It is now considered the most violent law enforcement agency in the whole country.Officials are more afraid of the Audit Department than Jin Yiwei.

Some of the lower-class wealthy families even gave up their scientific examinations and tried to do business instead, fearing that one of their nephews would make a mistake in the officialdom and attract the hell kings from the Audit Department.

In addition to the Wuyuan County Magistrate, Chen Lin, the former Wuyuan County Magistrate who had been promoted to Raozhou Prefecture, was also included in the review list. He was initially given an excellent evaluation and recommended Chen Lin to the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Naturally, the governor of Raozhou Prefecture cannot escape the fault of dereliction of duty. Even if he can barely keep the black hat on his head by relying on various connections, he will probably have to be demoted several levels. It can be said that his political career is over.

As for those families who signed a letter to the county government asking the county magistrate to ban ash mining, they ended up losing their lives in conflicts with villagers!
Now that they heard that Longhushan sent officials from the Dali Temple Company and a company of firearms battalion soldiers to Wuyuan to investigate the matter, they all felt that a disaster was coming and were busy looking for the person to blame.

Not to mention how the big families in Wuyuan County were in panic, the memorial of Qi Shibin, the minister of the Ministry of Industry in the capital, impeaching Li Zhao, was delivered to the emperor at this time. However, it was not the original memorial, but the telegraph version. So far, it has not been sent from Nanjing via Nanjing. The telegraph line from Luzhou Prefecture to Wuchang Prefecture has been repaired. This telegram was first sent to Wuchang Prefecture, and then sent from the official telegraph station in Wuchang Prefecture to Longhu Mountain in Jiangxi Province.

Although it was a bit of a struggle, it was much faster than running from the capital to Jiangxi by horse hoofs.

The emperor had read the contents of the memorial, but he still had a smile on his face. He could not tell the difference between happiness and anger. He also shared the telegram memorial with Song Chenxu. Song Chenxu glanced at the contents of the memorial and was so frightened that he immediately knelt down and kowtowed twice on behalf of the prince. Li Zhao defended: "We believe that His Highness the Crown Prince has a broad mind, cares about the world, appoints people on their merits, and is filial and loyal to His Majesty. He will definitely exclude dissidents and not tolerate capable ministers! Your Majesty, please send someone to investigate thoroughly and restore His Majesty's innocence." !”

The emperor pointed to the group of doctors following him again, and motioned to Song Chenxu to show them the memorial.

Everyone looked unhappy.

The emperor smiled and asked them: "What do you think?"

When everyone saw that they were impeaching the prince, saying that he was plotting to seize power, no one said anything!
Anyone who has read history books knows that once there was a rift between the emperor and the prince in history, no matter which side he helped, it would not be good.Let's not talk about it far, let's talk about the late emperor. Before the prince was deposed, anyone who said good things about the prince made him jealous. When the prince was really deposed, the queen's group began to take revenge madly on those who had impeached the prince or were part of the prince's party. The officials and the emperor, in order to calm the queen down and balance the power in the court, let the queen kill those people.

Thinking of this, everyone turned pale and felt that a disaster was coming.

The emperor then looked at Guo Qinghe, who had been in the limelight before, and asked, "Guo boy, tell me."

No matter how courageous Guo Qinghe was, he couldn't help but be cautious at this time.

He lowered his head, turned his brain crazily, and bravely moved out of the crowd slowly. After thinking for a long time, he suddenly looked up and saw that the outer shell of the memorial was a special green outer shell unique to telegraph memorials, and his mind was pounding. With a sound, he immediately figured it out. He raised his head, pointed his finger, and said with great certainty: "Your Majesty, this impeachment memorial was sent through the official telegraph line. In other words, the prince must have known about it, Mr. Shangshu. Want to impeach him. Since His Highness did not block this memorial, he must be magnanimous in his heart. As the saying goes, one is not afraid of a slanting shadow. From what I have seen, Your Majesty does not need to worry, just send someone to investigate!"

After Guo Qinghe finished speaking, the emperor burst into laughter.

The emperor was immediately happy when he got this memorial.

I don’t know whether this Qi Shibin is smart or stupid. The director of the Communications Department is the current Crown Princess Song Qingyue!Although this girl is not really in charge of things, with the content of impeaching Crown Prince Li Zhao, how can the people below not report it to Song Yatou? ?
But this memorial was still sent, what does it mean?It shows that Song Yatou and Zhaoer are not afraid of such impeachment at all.

In fact, the emperor had already disliked the old guy named Qi, but he just didn't want to clean up all the ministers of the previous dynasty at once and make it look ugly.

And although the old guy surnamed Qi is not that capable, he is obedient at least. He also played an active role in promoting practical studies such as mathematics.

He suddenly straightened his face again and gritted his teeth and said: "Slandering the prince and alienating the relationship between me and the prince and his son, Qi Shibin is so brave! I see that he is tired of living!!"

With a snap, he slapped the memorial on the coffee table.

Although the emperor was angry, everyone in the palace was greatly relieved!
The father-son relationship between His Majesty and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is as good as ever, and His Majesty still trusts the Crown Prince as always. This is a great thing!

They won't be cannon fodder!
Beijing.

Every year when July enters, the capital becomes particularly lively.

The main reason is that the mathematics competition starts on the third day of August, and in July, candidates from all over the country arrive one after another.

Because of this, Song Qingyue arranged a series of particularly interesting activities in July.

First of all, from the first to the seventh day of July, a grand Go competition will be held at the Hot Spring Royal Villa outside the city. There is still no restriction on status. Both men and women are eligible. As long as you apply in advance and pay the registration fee of nine cents, you can participate.

This is a super social event that combines making friends with big guys, finding love, and winning generous bonuses. Today, the scale has expanded to more than 5000 people.

In order to facilitate the people to watch the game, Song Qingyue moved the last three days of the game to the Royal Racecourse in the suburbs. There were several huge chess and cards in the center of the venue, which broadcast the battle simultaneously.Not only are tickets sold publicly, but there are also official channels for selling "chess tickets" at various branches in Liuquanju. The so-called "chess tickets" are simply gambling, but Song Qingyue borrowed some of the rules of modern people's gambling, and the gameplay is richer.

Just this, the whole capital was in a state of excitement.

Almost all the top chess players from all over the country came.

Just kidding, with official chess tickets, the prize money for chess matches is now unimaginably high!
It is said that in addition to receiving a bonus of 500 taels of silver, the champion will also receive 20.00% of the profit from the chess tickets!No. 2 can get 3% of the chess ticket profit, No. 5.00 is 4%, and No. 13 to No. [-] can get [-]% of the chess ticket profit as a bonus.

How could such a generous bonus not be attractive?
As for the tickets, a ticket for the first-class private room costs 20 taels of silver, a ticket for the second-class front row stands costs [-] taels of silver, and the third-class seat in the back row costs [-] taels. In addition, there are standing tickets, which cost [-] taels. One piece.

It is also allowed to enter the venue to sell melon seeds and peanut herbal tea snacks, but you need to purchase a hawker pass, which is not expensive at [-] cents a piece.