Emperor Yongzheng

Chapter 85 Game: Drawing Lots for Public Affairs, Loyalty, Imperial Decree, Rough Talk on Maintaining Integrity
Everyone chewed the poem with Qi Rong on their faces, and the family members had already brought up the dishes in strips.Yin Jishan and Li Wei worked together not long ago, and it was the first time that he sat down to eat with him. Looking at the "Xi" noodles, there were only six dishes: roasted bean tendons, fried yellow flowers with green peppers, cold vermicelli, fried bean sprouts with red peppers, and there was only one steamed fish and A plate of scrambled eggs is considered a meat dish.Li Wei is a well-known bold and forthright governor. In the officialdom, he is concise and straightforward in his decision-making.Li Wei saw that everyone was in a daze, so he ordered the dishes with chopsticks, and said with a smile: "It's delicious, what's the matter? Mr. Wu has disturbed our excitement of drinking, and we will be fined! Jishan, these are my home-cooked dishes , please use—Uncle Fan, fuck you, you are frowning, what's wrong?"

This scolding shocked not only Wu Sidao and Yin Jishan, but also Cui Er, who was sitting behind the screen and doing needlework. ——When looking across the screen, Fan Shijie was not only not annoyed, but squinted his eyes with a smile, picked up the door cup and drank it down, grinning with the smell of alcohol: "I haven't seen Prince Yi in recent years, almost Depressed, someone finally scolded Lao Fan—is Mrs. Zhi a girl? Come on, have a toast, Mrs. Zhi and I are married!" The originally dull and depressing atmosphere was washed away by a few words of ridicule from them. , even the long follower who stood outside and waited covered his mouth and snickered.Wu Sidao smiled and said: "This clan association is very interesting. Coincidentally, my surname is Fan." Li Wei smiled and held a cup of wine for everyone, and said: "You don't know that our brother-in-law doesn't get scolded for three days. I can't even eat it! He brayed like a donkey in Changchun Garden in front of Long Live God! It's so ugly, but he even spat two loud farts with his mouth!" Because of the past story of Yun Xiang twisting Fan Shijie's ears to imitate the donkey braying Having said that, several people all burst into laughter.Yin Jishan said with a smile: "The donkey's bray is true and silent, and the seven sages in the bamboo forest often come to have a voice. It's an elegant thing! You can say that you have no official dignity of the Han Dynasty, and you have a little demeanor from the Jin Dynasty"!" Wu Sidao said: " That's right!" Li Wei said with a sip with a smile: "I don't care about Huang Zijin. This Ershan, I think he is looking for trouble. You are a fan, so I will point at you as a donkey to deal with him. !"

Fan Shijie said with a sneer: "Don't talk about Ershan, Nian Gengyao is also rare! In such a rich province in the south of the Yangtze River, the fire consumption is only three yuan, and Li Wei is a high-ranking official! Looking at this hospitality dish, I am moved: it is better than a The county magistrate’s food is not good! Just now he made a table to meet foreigners, Mr. Yin, we have counted, and there are only 23 counties that are actually short-lived. If there is something to do, ask this angel to just find Lao Fan, "broken the jar" and drop it! As he spoke, he took out a piece of paper from the boot page and handed it to Li Wei: "This is a list, all of which were flooded in the east and north of Jiangsu, so check it out."

Li Wei took it and took a look, handed it to a family member, thought for a while and asked, "Did you follow my idea?" "Yes," Yin Jishan bowed and said, "I declare to everyone that Mr. E is coming to the province for a review." Master E knows all about the deficit. This time, he specially seconded [-] accounting experts from the Ministry of Accounts. Although there is no deficit in our province, I am a little worried. Please write a note to tell the truth, if there is, there is, If there is no one, there is none—as long as it is true, our governor’s office will take care of him in front of Mr. E.”

"Okay." Li Wei nodded, then turned to the family and said, "Go to the signing room and ask Mr. Zhao to open a form. The two copies are exactly the same, and half of the county names are written. Don't write any of the 23 counties. I understand. Already?" A few people didn't know what he was up to, and looked at Li Wei suspiciously, Li Wei said with a hippie smile: "Don't ask, the secret must not be leaked! Old Fan, you are unlucky enough, please fight in the ring, and don't want you to fall!" Jar. Check the deficit, of course you will be the receptionist. Be polite and considerate, this, this...not skinny (neither humble nor overbearing), just don’t ask him to pick out other thorns!" After finishing speaking, he stood up calmly and said with a smile : "Come on, come on, don't feel shabby, I was born as a beggar, and I can't afford to be generous! - I also asked them to make two 'beggar chickens', I'm afraid you haven't tasted them - burn them up Is it gone?"

"Beggar's chicken?" None of the people had eaten it, and everyone stopped chopsticks, and then saw a cook coming over with two balls of black and autumnal things on a wooden tray.Fan Shijie was a little nearsighted, so he took a closer look, touched it with his hand, and shrank from the heat, "This isn't a chicken, it's two balls of roasted yellow mud!"

"There are chickens in the yellow mud!" Li Wei came over, took out the wooden stick in the plate, and tapped it lightly. The yellow mud wrapped outside was already burnt, and even the hairs were peeled off, revealing two bright white chickens. The bright chicken immediately filled the room with a tangy aroma, and Wu Sidao couldn't help applauding: "It's so fragrant!" Li Wei picked the chicken to a big plate with chopsticks, and said with a smile: "Brother Yin is a big family. Killing pigs and butts, each has its own Killing method-this is the method I learned when I was a beggar-the stolen chicken has no nest stove, and it is made of yellow mud. After it is cooked, the chicken feathers are gone-it is better than anything else! He swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and said again: "Now that I am an official, I still can't forget it. But I eat carefully. Hook the intestines out of the asshole, and stuff them with condiments such as onion, ginger, garlic, and salt—you hear it." This smell!"

So, several people picked up the chicken with chopsticks, it was crispy, put it in the mouth to taste, it was soft and delicious with endless aftertaste.Fan Shijie first praised: "It's wonderful! Wouldn't it be better to add some soy sauce?" Yin Jishan savored the taste and said, "Such a delicacy should be praised. Hmm—" he thought, and said slowly:
Birth also screams, and death has no burial?
Wu Sidao said:
Use my belly as your coffin...

"Okay!" Fan Shijie yelled, "Don't be too busy, I still have something good!" Then he laughed loudly:
Alas - get the soy sauce!
Everyone laughed in an uproar, all leaning forward and back.Li Wei swallowed his breath with a smile and said: "I don't know poetry, and I find it interesting to listen to it. Brother-in-law Fan has yours—" When he was still talking, a family member came in with a famous thorn and said: "Master Taiwan, Master Ershan comes to worship!"

"No see!" Li Wei was disappointed immediately, and said with a long face, "Go, say I'm very busy!" The family promised to turn around and leave, but Wu Sidao stopped, "Slow down!" Then he turned to Li Wei and said: " Don't be so petty! He gives you a stick, and you return him a gun, which is not only disrespectful to the minister, but also trivializes right and wrong."

Wu Sidao spoke eloquently, both as persuasion and admonishment.Yin Jishan felt that although what he said was concise and well-founded, he was worried that Li Wei would not be able to bear it, but Li Wei made a grimace, winked and smiled: "The surname E is really a disappointment! If this is the case, when Jishan wins, we simply Let's meet him together. See what kind of rules he has, he just acted out of camera—I just wronged Mr. Wu and told you to sit down." Wu Sidao seemed to realize that his tone was too heavy, because he smiled and said: "You are on official business, I have What's the big deal? Tweety has already ordered someone to move my family, so I'm talking about it!"

"Okay, open the middle door and fire a cannon to welcome you!" Li Wei ordered briskly, "Ask all the officials from the conference hall to meet outside the gate!" Putting peacock feathers in his eyes, putting on the golden pheasant mending suit, and shaking off a yellow mandarin jacket by himself to wear outside, his whole body is brand new.In an instant, Li Wei seemed to be a different person, his lazy, careless and casual air was swept away, he bowed to ask Yin and Fan to go out first, he bowed to Wu Sidao and left the hall proudly.Yin Jishan and Fan Shijie waited under the dripping eaves. Seeing him coming out, they followed him out of the private mansion, bypassed the meeting hall, and saw more than 100 civil and military officials standing around the gate, not daring to look at Li Wei.Fan Shijie looked outside the gate. Ershan was full of imperial envoy books. Dozens of school lieutenants stood in front of a green woolen sedan chair with their swords, surrounded by Ershan with a solemn expression, waiting for Li Wei to come out to greet him. .Yin Jishan moved closer to Li Wei and said, "It seems a little disrespectful to wear a yellow mandarin jacket when receiving an imperial envoy..."

Li Wei didn't answer, he took out the gold watch in his pocket to check, it was just past time.At this time, the westward sun was like a ball of blazing fire, illuminating the earth and houses to be waxy white, and the melting hot air rushed towards the face, steaming so that one could not breathe, compared with the few basins of ice just now. The main room really feels like two lifetimes away.As soon as Li Weilue stopped, he continued to walk forward. He heard three "dong dong dong" gunshots, which startled a group of birds hiding in the shade and flew away.When the officials saw the Governor dressed up in this outfit, they slammed their horseshoe sleeves and knelt down. Except for a slight gasp, the crow was really quiet.Li Wei tugged at the lapel of his coat, and calmly waved his square steps to welcome him out of the gate. Seeing that Ershan was also wearing a yellow jacket, he stopped five or six steps away, raised his hand, and said with a smile: "Grand E is working hard! Please come into the yamen to speak."

There was no expression on Ershan Qinghuang's face.A pair of brush-like upside-down brooms with a pair of eagle-like eyes under his eyebrows, his face full of knives-like wrinkles remained motionless, he stared at Li Wei for a long time, then stroked his gray beard, as if suppressing the anger in his chest, his cheeks twitched slightly , breathed a sigh of relief, and popped out a sentence from between his teeth: "I have a purpose, and I come by divine order!"

Because of Jing, although the voice of this sentence is not high, it sounds very clear and firm, with a faint sound of gold and stone.Yin Jishan, who was on the left side of Li Wei, shuddered. All the civil and military officials pricked up their ears, listening to Li Wei's answer.

"I know." Li Wei said quietly, "I also have a will, and I also have a sacred order. So treat each other equally, please don't mind, Mr. E." He bowed and stretched out his hand, and said: "Please—play music!"

Together with the drumming, the tense atmosphere immediately eased.Li Wei Ershan walked side by side at the front, Yin Jishan followed closely, followed by Fan Shijie, according to the procurator, the officials of Shuntian Mansion Yin Xiaoda, all sweaty and heavily clothed, returned to the meeting hall with the two embarrassing imperial envoys .

"The emperor handpicked me to preside over the Nanjing Tribute Examination. Ting Ji must have read it." The two sat down as guest and host, and after offering tea, Ershan bowed and said, "The last time my lord visited, it happened to be I'm not feeling well, I've treated you very slowly, thank you in advance." After saying that, he got up and bowed.Li Wei looked at the officials standing in silence with a smile, and said, "Nanjing is too hot, and it's not uncommon for Mr. E to come from the north and be unaccustomed to the environment. We are all dogs working for Lord Yongzheng, why not?" 'Wang Wang' is still a nest, this one adults don't worry about it. Tingji, brother, I carry it with me. I went to visit, and it was not for clinging. Firstly, I wanted to invite Shengan, and secondly, I also wanted to know the emperor's will. Just in time for your lord to be 'uncomfortable', my court post has arrived when you go back to the yamen. Today, Lord E is visiting, and you are ordered by the emperor, I want to hear more about your regulations." These words were lukewarm, half-joking Ershan sarcastically heard that "they are all dogs", and felt that it was not useful, but when he thought about his daily memorials, there was also a talk about "the work of a dog and a horse", and there was really no way to refute it. He coughed and said: "Since Mr. Li already knows the will, there is no need for brothers to babble. I came to review the deficiencies. I have no personal intentions. Because some provinces have falsely reported deficiencies and ended them, the emperor feels very uncomfortable. He asked me to study politics. Let’s check it out, it’s not that the brothers are looking for Mr. Li intentionally. Please forgive me for this. Please help me with this errand. There’s also a heartfelt word: If there is any one who ends up at a loss, you might as well say it now. , This is not a big mistake. You know that I am a person who is not willing to let things go. If you find out, you will inevitably be in danger of being destroyed." After saying that, he raised his face and stared at Li Wei.

Li Wei seemed taken aback for a moment, and said, "According to what I reported earlier, our province is indeed not at a loss. I didn't think of such a thing as 'reckless'. The first group of dogs now are all created by me. I didn't dare to You lied to me. But since E Gong said it, I can’t shake your heart.” He stood up, took a big banana fan and fanned it around, then raised his voice and asked: “Who is taking credit for it? ? Is there any fraud?"

All the officials looked at each other, but no one answered.

"What I said - I don't dare to bully you, and these bastards don't dare to bully me!" Li Wei giggled, and returned to the chairman's seat, "E Gong, we are the richest in Jiangnan. I, Li Wei, They are famous for being difficult to deal with ghosts. They—" He pointed at the crowd with his fan, "They dare not coax me!" He was so careless and careless, in stark contrast to Ershan, who was sitting upright and as cold as a stone man, Goshha, who follows Orshan, sees a lifeless Taoist face every day. How many times have he seen such a feudal official?They all gritted their teeth and bowed their heads, wanting to laugh but not daring.The officials in Jiangnan had already been scolded by Li Wei, so they just smiled shyly.

"Master Li doesn't bully you, I can believe this." Ershan couldn't understand Li Wei's ruffian appearance, but he couldn't do anything about him, because he sneered and said: "As for whether these old men bully Li Wei or not?" My lord, we have to wait until we have checked."

"Check it out, what's the way?"

"I brought a lot of good interrogators from the Ministry of Household Affairs." Ershan's deep eyes moved on everyone, "From the capital of Nanjing, from near to far, one by one, one state and one county."

Li Wei shook his fan and said with a smile: "It seems that Mr. E is going to leave me, Li Wei, and check the accounts alone. I have to remind my lord that you just said that you want me to 'help you with all your strength'. The original words of Li Wei said, "We will re-examine with Li Wei, and we must not be careless", so I am also an imperial envoy!" Then he looked at Ershan, and said slowly: "There is a reason for title here, but I don't dispute it. Think about it, it’s only a few months away from Qiu Wei, and your main task is to study politics, so go county by county to check, with the dozens of accounts you brought, you can get the year of the monkey?” Ershan didn’t expect this The governor, who was illiterate, was so shrewd. He made a fuss about the word "Huitong" and flattened his status as an "imperial envoy". Thinking about Li Wei's words, there was still no way to refute them. He swallowed silently and said, "According to Mr. Li, What should I do?"

"They're all imperial envoys, half of which is divided upon meeting. 120 for four states and counties, 62 for you, and 62 for me. In the yamen of Fan Shijie's vassal office, the veteran accountants are no worse than those brought by you." Li Wei smiled hippiely, and waved to Fan Shijie: " Lao Fan, you are going to sign the bond room now, divide the names of the provinces and counties into two, disrupt the order, and twist two pieces of paper!"

Fan Shijie was stunned for a moment, and then he understood the purpose of the two lists made by Li Wei, he suppressed a smile, bowed and agreed to back down.Ershan couldn't help frowning, and asked: "Are you..." Li Wei patted his thigh with one hand, grabbed the air with the other hand and smiled, "Begging for food, although it's indecent, is fair—let's draw lots Son! Whoever captures which county, whoever investigates which county!"

"This is a bit of a joke!" Ershan said with a straight face, leaning back.But Li Wei leaned forward and said, "A joke? Don't deceive your heart and live up to your grace. What's the point of a joke? It's not a joke according to your method, but the job can't be done. I, an imperial envoy, don't use it. That's a joke." Woolen cloth!"

Seeing that both of them were blushing, Governor Yin Jishan couldn't sit still. He thought for a moment and said, "This is also a good decision. If Egong feels that something is not right, he has a better way. In short, the imperial envoys should be responsible. Go and do it, let alone make a living for it." Ershan saw Li Wei holding the tea bowl with one hand, and knew that as long as he disagreed, he would immediately serve the tea and chase away the guests. After thinking about it, there was really no better way, so he could only breathe heavily. He took a breath and said nothing, but kept gritting his teeth in his heart: When I find out, even if it's only one county, I'll settle the score with you, a little beggar!While he was thinking wildly, Fan Shijie came in with two paper twisters on a plate and presented them to Ershan and Li Wei. Almost at the same time, Ershan and Li Wei took out a paper twister each, picked up a tea bowl in one hand, and looked at each other fiercely. At a glance, he twisted the paper between his fingers and took a sip of tea.Li Wei's Goshiha shouted like a song: "Bring tea to see the guests off!" "Let you act like a ghost and eat my foot-washing water!" Li Wei dismissed everyone and returned to the study room. As soon as he entered the door, He flipped off his big hat, took off his robe and coat, sat down opposite Wu Sidao, fanned himself and said with a smile, "But it's really painful to have Ershan's plaster on your body!" Wu Sidao rolled up his sleeves and held his pen. When he opened the shopping list for Li Wei, he didn't notice Li Wei coming back at all. When he heard the words, he raised his head and said with a smile: "Is it business now?" Li Wei elaborated on the situation of receiving Ershan just now, and said again: "Your Majesty He told me that everyone with the surname of E was good in everything. Except for the fact that all scholars are bastards, I thought it was annoying - the lot he picked didn't even make a loss in the county. I just wanted to tire him out and try it. Taste the feeling of trying to fetch water from a bamboo basket but in vain."

Wu Sidao smiled, and said: "That's the way it is said, it's a pity that you don't study, no matter whether you speak foul language in public or private residences. Gao Zu hated He Wuwu in the Sui Dynasty and Guan Wuwen. You should read more books. Wouldn’t it be better to have a generation of famous people?” Li Wei sipped his tea and smiled, “Scholars are too scheming, and scheming is too deep to be a disaster. In fact, I also read, and I can’t look like I love reading. Pretend to be stupid, but actually follow the logic, once you pull out the text, beggars are worthless." Wu Sidao wanted to test it out, but Li Wei pretended to be stupid, and he saw it at a glance. Unexpectedly, after more than ten years in office, the city government So deep!Thinking about it, he sighed and said, "Jiangshan is still wrong! Beggars will also try to figure out the emperor's mind. Tian Wenjing is the minister of gathering, what about you?" He looked at Li Wei with a scrutiny, and lowered his eyelids again.

"Sir, you misread Li Wei."

"Uh, uh?"

"Perhaps, you also misjudged the emperor!"

"This—as for it?" "Book of Jin·Ziji·Liu Yuanhai": "Every time I look at the biography, I often despise the Sui Dynasty, Lu Wuwu, Jiang, and Guan Wuwen... The second life meets the emperor and cannot build the career of a prince. It’s a pity that the two princes belonged to Emperor Taizong and couldn’t create the beauty of the preface!” Liu Yuanhai was the king of the Huns, who established the Han Kingdom in the southwestern part of today’s Shanxi at the end of the Western Jin Dynasty, and was called the King of Han.He and Lu Jia of the Sui Dynasty were the literary palaces of Liu Bang, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty. Jianghou Zhou Bo and Guan Ying were Liu Bang's military generals, and they helped Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty Taizong become prime ministers.Xiang Xu, that is, schools and education.This passage is Liu Yuanhai's request that people be capable of writing and martial arts.The words here are not accurate.

Li Wei didn't say a word, got up and took a few steps slowly, staring out of the window with crystal clear eyes, for a long time, only heard the long chirping of cicadas on the big tree outside.After an unknown amount of time, Li Wei turned his attention to Wu Sidao again.His voice became a little hoarse: "Tian Wenjing is speculating, blindly trying to please the emperor. I don't speculate. Of course, Ershan will report on my actions today and sue me. Even Yin Jishan and Fan Shijie will tell the truth. Chen Zou—Actually, they don’t know that Jiangnan’s liquidation of deficiencies has been indiscriminately asking for credit, and I have already written it straight, and it has been approved by the emperor—would you like to take a look?” He glanced at Wu Sidao who was startled , went to the top of the bookcase, took out a plain white booklet from the yellow box, and handed it to Wu Sidao with both hands.When Wu Sidao read it, the memorial was full of vernacular:

Back to the words of the master, when I was not an official, I thought it would be easy to be an official, but now I really know that it is difficult to be a good official!Jiangnan is the richest province in the world, and the Ministry of Finance and Economics is running out of money.If you really look at it, I am afraid that there are 160 or 20 counties who are fooling you.But the slaves didn't dare to fool their masters, and wanted to fulfill their master's respect for slaves, so they asked them to report to the Ministry of Household Affairs.If the slave looks like this here, God knows the rest of the provinces!The servant thought, even if he forced him to pay off the shortfall, it would be inevitable that he would have convulsions and knock against wooden clocks in the future.How do you know?The salary is too low, there are too many things, the entertainment is too annoying, and it costs money everywhere. The servant is a second-rank official, with [-] taels of silver a year. Tweety and the servant, that silly boy, are bean sprouts and cabbage every day, and they dare not tell outsiders. Also put on a face.The last time Cui'er went to Beijing to pay homage to his mistress, the empress, the empress rewarded her with [-] taels of gold to make jewelry. Her mother, mother and son only had two tooth sacrifices.Seeing the brat wolfing down the food, the servant felt bad.In short, if you want to find a long-term solution, if the officials are not poor, there is no reason to borrow the bank and scrape the land.To tear down the west wall to make up for the east wall, or to run errands on an empty stomach is not the solution—this is a little silly idea of ​​the slave, I wonder if the master thinks so?When Wu Sidao read it next, it was Yongzheng's Zhu Zhu, which was written meticulously in regular script:
After reading it on the [-]th, I am deeply moved. Those who do not know me well would dare not speak like this.According to the secret document of the governor of Huguang, Mr. Wu has already disembarked by boat, and he must pass through Nanjing when he returns to Wuxi. You can look for him, show this document to him, and listen to Mr. Wu's opinion, and report it to me in detail.I once thought about increasing salaries for officials, but this is a big matter, involving ancestors and becoming a law, and officials are in short supply, and there is no place to pay for alternate officials. Moreover, the Manchu bannermen have a monthly payment of silver. If the court situation is disordered, then tiger dogs will be painted.Let me tell Mr. Wu that Yunxiang misses him very much, and I have also asked about him.There is no need to return home, that is, I will send you to Beijing properly and settle in Prince Yi's mansion.As Wu Sidao read it, he suddenly broke out in fine sweat, and his face became a little pale: he never thought that he would "hidden in the middle of the city" and be a staff member of the governor, still under the strict supervision of Yongzheng all the time!Thinking about it, he said slowly: "Is there anything the emperor wants to ask me?"

"Then I don't know, and I'm not qualified to ask this." Li Wei put away the booklet, turned around and sat down with a smile: "The emperor still has Zhu Pi, you must return to Beijing before May [-]th. So you can't stay in Nanjing for a long time. The two ladies will stay in my yamen temporarily, and Cui Er will take care of them, so you can just rest assured." Wu Sidao pondered: "You let me have a look at that Zhu Zhu, too?" Li Wei was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: " I can't be the master of this. But let me tell you a word, the letter said that I held a banquet to capture Gan Fengchi and other criminals, and there were some details of the court affairs. The emperor Zhu Pi only added that he asked you to come to Beijing, but did not say anything. Tell you to see. The official is not free, sir should be more considerate to the dog. But I guarantee that the master is safe and sound, you can rest assured about this."

Only then did Wu Sidao feel at ease, took a breath, and said with a smile: "Not only is the official body not free, but look at the emperor's remarks, am I free as a citizen? This secret system is still my suggestion, but now it is tied down. Stop me. In the past, Shang Yang's reforms, the whole world practiced to sit on Baojia, and wait for him to escape, but he was taken as a thief, and the past is better than the present, and I will kill myself." Li Weidao: "I think this method is not bad. .Some big officials in Xinjiang threatened to retaliate on suspicion of retaliation, and the officials at the bottom of the ranks had a disagreement, and they punished people to death. The governor of Shandong last year dismissed the post of Jimo county magistrate, and within half a month, he issued an edict, saying that Jimo County The order is an upright official, and he was immediately promoted to the prefect of Jining, but he scolded the governor bloody, and even announced his private words to the public - rectifying the administration of officials, this is indeed a good strategy - let's not talk about other things, Let's 'do business', the emperor is asking for your opinion, what do you think about this matter?" Wu Sidao bowed his head and thought for a while, then said: "Tell me what you think first?"

"I don't want to learn from Tian Wenjing." Li Wei licked his lips and said, "He is hard-pressed. The lower officials are afraid of him, so they don't dare to mess around. Tian Wenjing is always going to die, and the governor is not his job, he Either die or leave, the bottom is still corrupt, and the land is still scrapped. As far as the land in the south of the Yangtze River is concerned, there are many ways. Aren’t there official vacancies for fat and thin? If you want to embezzle again, I will do it again. This is my purpose. Where does the money come from? A salt tax is taxed, and I exploit it from the salt dog. Weiyang, Suzhou and Hangzhou are all under my control. I let go In order to tell them to set up restaurants, teahouses, brothels, and lure wealthy owners to visit. Firstly, these places can gather money, and secondly, these places are often places where thieves accumulate and sell their stolen goods. Steadily be a big coward, get money from prostitutes to support officials without money and subsidize officials who are thin. There is also customs lijin, and I can use a little. As long as I don’t collect money myself, the emperor will not blame me. "Because I took office to adjust the source of funds and expenditures for the fat and thin in Jiangnan, Zhejiang and other places, the officials' reactions were detailed one by one. After talking for more than half an hour, they finally said: "Anyway, I don't go to whoring brothels. Tweety'er doesn't eat this jar of jealousy, but scrapes money from this Qizikuo old man, it's just and fair!" After saying that, she laughed.

Wu Sidao listened quietly without interjecting a word. After Li Wei finished speaking, he smiled and said solemnly: "You are all 'methods' and cannot be called 'systems'. Systems should be spread everywhere. Sure. Can other provinces learn from your methods?" Li Wei scratched his head and said:

"No."

"Tian Wenjing implements a system of government-gentle payment of food in Henan, why don't you give it a try?"

"He did it—I used to implement the system when I was a county magistrate in Sichuan. I should learn from me—now that he implements it in a province, his reputation will naturally be greater. Now the emperor asked me to make a move, and I will imitate him. Then Li Wei is still called Li Wei?"

Wu Sidao looked approvingly at this proud young governor, put on his crutches and paced around the room, frowning in thought, for a moment, he suddenly turned around and said: "I'll give you two, you think about it, But I have something to say here first, if you don’t agree, I won’t say anything!" Li Wei said without even thinking, "I agree!" "Okay, a word from a gentleman!" Wu Sidao's eyes sparkled, "One is called 'Tan You can’t tell the emperor that it’s my suggestion; if it’s called ‘Huo Consumption into the Public’, you can say it’s our plan.”

"Success, tell me!"

"The method of equal taxation is the method of equal taxation." Wu Sidao smiled, "The ancestor's precept of never adding a tax has been practiced for many years. Some people have too many people and no land, and some landlords have less land and more land—the poll tax is all Cancel it and distribute it to the land. In this way, the poor will pay less or no tax, and those who can afford it will pay more. The country’s annual revenue will have a stable amount—for example, when you go to beg for food, you also pay poll tax. Is it fair? ——It’s a life, if you want money, even the tax lord can’t do anything to you!”

Li Wei's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said: "I understand, I should take this book for the beggar—how can I get rid of the fire?"

"Returning fire consumption to the public is the law of maintaining integrity, and it is the rule of officials." Wu Sidao looked up at the ceiling and said, "The so-called 'three years to clear the magistrate, one hundred thousand snowflakes of silver', where did the money come from? It was deducted from the fire consumption! Now According to this method, all state and county government roads are not allowed to keep fire consumption privately, and all of them are handed over to the governor of the prefecture. The shortage in the province is divided into grades, and you give him more for the busy and tired prefectures and counties, which is simple and easy to manage If there is a shortage of points, you will give him a little less, even the officials who are waiting for vacancies, you can also get a little less profit-by the way, it is called "raising the honesty silver"-you are still not cheap after taking the supporting honesty silver. Kill a few, let’s stop a few, why worry about the poor governance? I figured out that if these two methods are implemented, coupled with the integration of officials and gentry, you can add about 300 million silver to the national treasury every year in Jiangnan and Zhejiang provinces alone. , and it does not damage the national system, does not hurt the poor, and only corrupt officials, black officials, and powerful gentry are punished! Li Wei, what do you think?" Li Wei slapped the table happily, and said with a smile: "Wonderful! If this is the case, I will not As for being so poor that you can’t even afford to invite guests—that’s how it is done, find a few masters later, carefully consider it according to this purpose, and play it to the emperor!” When he was going to continue talking, he looked up and saw a family member coming in. Wei then asked, "Have you found out?"

"Inquired about it." The family wiped sweat with their sleeves, and said, "In this competition, Confucius from the Gongyuan will carry the memorial tablet in the parade, Nanjing Xuegong Yamen, and Xiaolian will enter the examination, and the scholar boys in the city will pretend to be Confucius." , three thousand disciples follow the tablet and turn the street." Li Wei tilted his head to think about it, and said, "Tell Yin Zhongcheng that the Nanjing Military and Political Department of the Governor's Office will bring out the Jade Emperor—see who gives way to whom!"

Wu Sidao couldn't help asking in amazement: "Which one did you get?" Li Wei smiled and said, "Nian Gengyao entered Beijing triumphantly, the world is celebrating, and there will be a competition here. You can go to Beijing after sightseeing!" Wu Sidao smiled profusely, Said: "You want to use the Jade Emperor to suppress Confucius? It's going to be a big joke! The country only respects Confucianism, and Confucius is the teacher of all ages. With the respect of the emperor, the first emperor had to kneel three times and kowtow nine times when he saw the Confucius card. Don't talk about the Jade Emperor, you Even if the Tathagata Buddha and Sun Xingzhe are moved out together, we have to make way for Confucius——E Ershanwen is thoughtful and upright, and he has the upper hand!"

"Niang Xipi, isn't there anyone greater than Confucius?"

"No." Wu Sidao shook his head slightly.

Li Wei scratched his head, thinking hard, Wu Sidao saw him frowning, and said with a smile: "You don't have to think about it, there is no one who is bigger than Confucius - this is a game of entertainment, not a government affairs, to fight for the limelight What's the point? Forget it!" Li Wei said: "You've seen it all, it's Ershan who wants to fight with me, and I feel uncomfortable if I don't give him some color." He said with his eyes lit up, pointed at his family, and said: "Yes—you tell the signing room to make a one-foot-two-foot banner with only four characters written on it—Confucius' father—see who makes way for whom?"

Wu Sidao couldn't help clapping and laughing, and said: "It's worthy of the title of 'ghosts are difficult to deal with'! Confucius' father is called 'Shu Lianghe', and he just wrote these three characters. Wherever Confucius met, he had to dodge the road with three bows!"

(End of this chapter)