I'm sure of the prosperous age of Kangxi and Qianlong!

Chapter 356 Sun Jiagan and Li Fu
end of december.

An official ship flying the sun and moon flag passed through the Grand Canal, entered the Yangtze River and arrived in Nanjing.

In the current era, China does not have a national flag. The sun and moon flag is mainly used to distinguish official ships from civilian ships.

Of course, if maritime merchants go to sea, the sun and moon flag can also be flown if necessary.

Strictly speaking, the Sun and Moon Flag is not the national flag of the Ming Dynasty, but the flag used during the Red Scarf Army uprising in the late Yuan Dynasty.

This can be seen from the design of the flag alone, which is full of strong religious overtones.

However, since the demise of the Ming Dynasty, the Sun and Moon Flag has been picked up again as a spiritual banner to fight against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty.

A certain founding father in later generations also used this slightly modified version as a party flag.

"Officials, the city of Nanjing is not far ahead. Please be prepared, we are about to dock and disembark!" A Ming soldier officer came to the deck and said to Mei Yingcheng, Fan Shouyi and his party.

Mei Yingcheng didn't have much airs and returned the favor: "Thank you for your help, general!"

Fan Shouyi habitually made a Catholic gesture and said, "Thank you!"

Although Fan Shouyi was not a Catholic at first, he lived in Europe for 12 years.His main job was to be an envoy to the Holy See. Instead of clarifying the disputes about Chinese etiquette, he was naturally influenced by the Catholic faith in a subtle way.

But they are not the "orthodox" believers of the Holy See.

The Holy See in this era is simply crazy. It actually forces Chinese believers not to worship their ancestors.Even the French missionaries did not dare to do this, but the Roman Pope did.

The result was that Kangxi was completely angered and all Catholics in the country were violently expelled.

The Ming soldier officer didn't even dare to say anything and immediately retreated to the cabin.

Mei Yingcheng stared at the Nanjing city wall that was getting closer. There were even more civilian ships coming and going. He couldn't help but sigh: "It deserves to be the southern capital of the new dynasty. It is really prosperous and prosperous!"

Fan Shouyi said: "It is not the new dynasty, but the restoration of the previous dynasty."

Mei Yingcheng didn't care much and said: "The previous Ming Dynasty has ended. If we go by the history books, the Ming Dynasty is now the new dynasty. If not, we would not ask for the revision of the "History of the Ming Dynasty". This move of the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty will It’s about carrying on the past and opening up the future, innovating with the old and bringing forth the new!”

Mei Yingcheng saw it very clearly. Rewriting the "History of the Ming Dynasty" means affirming the death of the previous Ming Dynasty. Today's Ming Dynasty is the new dynasty.

This is very important. If there is a restoration, it means that all the dross of the previous Ming Dynasty will be fully inherited.

Although it can be slowly reformed, it is always tied up.

The Manchu Qing Dynasty also claimed to inherit the Ming Dynasty, and then it took nearly a hundred years to slowly eliminate everything from the Ming Dynasty.

Well, the newly added ones are not that good either.

Fan Shouyi said: "A new dynasty is a new dynasty, but why did the Emperor of Heaven ask for you and me by name? He even did not hesitate to use it as a condition for peace talks. Could it be that the Emperor of Heaven really likes astronomy, theology, and seeking immortality?"

Mei Yingcheng said: "It is impossible. If the Emperor of Heaven likes to seek immortality and immortality, he will not carry out massacres of Buddhism and Taoism in the territory. Moreover, Brother Fan, what you have learned is only the Western religion. He only knows how to look at the sky and the calendar, so no matter how stupid the Emperor of Heaven is, he will never come to me to seek immortality and ask questions."

Fan Shouyi also thought this was the case, but this made him even more curious: "If not, then why? It's not like our talents have spread to the south, right? Haha!"

Mei Yingcheng was very open-minded and said, "Let's make peace with it now! Anyway, it won't be a bad thing."

Mei Yingcheng was right when he thought about it. He was almost rushed into his house by hungry people going crazy in Beijing.Although he blocked it in the end, he almost starved to death.

The two of them are not fearless now, but they are almost reborn. In short, the situation will not get worse.

On the deck, in addition to Mei Yingcheng and Fan Shouyi, there were several other people who were demoted from Beijing and followed the Han people who went south.

Mei Yingcheng and Fan Shouyi were special people who were requested by the emperor by name. They formed a small group, and the remaining people formed another small group.

In fact, these people should have gone south long ago, but the disaster area in Beijing was too large.Then he stayed to help with the disaster relief, and he worked like this until December. …

Nanjing.

Zhu Yijiong looked at the list in his hand. The names on the list were all those who had been demoted from the Qing Dynasty and had returned south from Beijing with the official ship.

Mei Yingcheng and Fan Shouyi were at the top of the list, followed by a series of names, but the number was not large. A rough count could only be counted on one hand.

Although there were not many central Han officials in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, they were certainly more than that few.It's just that most of them are petty officials who have been left in Beijing and are responsible for the aftermath and reconstruction of Beijing city.

At present, these are high-ranking Han officials who were abandoned by the two emperors of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, but were lucky enough not to starve to death, and not to be killed by the hungry people.

Two of them are "acquaintances", namely Sun Jiagan and Li Fu.

These two were famous ministers throughout the three dynasties of Kangxi, Yongzong and Qianlong. Among them, Li Fu was as famous as Tian Wenjing, but the relationship between the two was not very good.

The scandalous father of Qianlong, Chen Yuanlong, embezzled a total of more than 824700 taels of silver with a group of officials during his term as governor of Guangxi. It was discovered by Li Fu when he was governor of Guangxi.

Chen Yuanlong swallowed a quarter of it by himself, so it is not to mention that this man also built water conservancy projects and did many practical things during his term.

Master, I am greedy for 80 yuan. If I spend [-] yuan to build bridges and pave roads, will I be a good person?
Li Fu hated evil and was honest and upright throughout his life. Even if Yongzheng wanted to kill him, he could not find evidence of his corruption and could only release him.

As for why Yongzheng wanted to kill him, an upright official, the reason was that Li Fu not only had a bad relationship with Tian Wenjing, but was also extremely hostile to Yongzheng's New Deal.

In other words, Tian Wenjing was a cruel official and the knife that Yongzheng used to cut the flesh of the gentry class when he implemented the New Deal.

Although Li Fu was upright and honest, he represented the interests of the gentry class.

Historically, when Tian Wenjing was the governor of Henan, Li Fu scolded him for using harsh torture methods on the local area: "He was in charge of the border and deliberately trampled the scholars."

In this timeline, Tian Wenjing is the governor of Henan, but his essential approach has not changed.

Then, Li Fu couldn't bear it any longer, and as a result... he was fucked to the end by Yong Zheng.

If Zhu Yijiong hadn't made a big fuss in the south and Yongzheng had to take into account the impact, Li Fu would have gone to Caishikou in advance.

Speaking of which, Zhu Yijiong is still Li Fu's benefactor.

Moreover, Li Fu's character also had great flaws. In the words of later generations, he was just trying to gain fame.

Yongzheng repeatedly hinted that Li Fu would always confront Tian Wenjing for the sake of reputation.He was imprisoned three times and went to Caishikou twice.

His reputation was achieved, but his descendants suffered misery.

Another Sun Jiagan was similar to this guy. When Yongzheng ascended the throne, he publicly appealed to him to "get closer to his brothers, stop collecting donations, and withdraw troops from the northwest."

This operation directly prevented Yongzheng from coming to power, and finally promoted him to the Imperial Academy.

By the end of the Yongzheng Dynasty, this guy was never reused and basically stayed in the Imperial College. The highest official position he held was Minister of Works.

It was not until Qianlong ascended the throne that he began to rise to prominence.

Of course, what Zhu Yijiong thinks about Sun Jiagan is not his outspokenness but his ability to control water.

This Sun Jiagan and the other Gu Cong are both good at water control. He first proposed dredging the Yongding River to restore the river course, and personally surveyed the hydrology of the Tianjin river. Then he reported: "The important area where the North-South Canal and the Dian River merge into the sea should be located in Jinghai County. Duliu Town is digging a diversion river to prevent long-term siltation, which is the key to downstream water control."

It's a pity that the other Gu Cong is a Manchu, from the Irgenjueluo family, and belongs to the Manchu Xianghuang Banner.

When Yinhu ran away, he ran away with him.

(End of this chapter)