Ten Dragons Take the Inheritance

Chapter 439 The Wanyanshu Incident ([-])

Busy days always go by very quickly, almost in the blink of an eye, it is the fourth month of Yuanzhuo, busy, but Yinzuo is in a good mood, without him, everything goes smoothly, whether it is Diplomacy, military system reform, currency system reform, and even the six ministries of government affairs all went smoothly, without any major disturbances, even the two sons that Yinzuo worried about fiercely fought hard and affected the operation of the household department. Brothers Hongli and Hongyang did not happen Both of them are very well-behaved, and cooperate with Yun Zhen to manage the household department in an orderly manner, and they are very knowledgeable, which makes Yin Zuo happy but also a little headache.

In terms of diplomacy: Prince Cheng Yunzhi is really a natural diplomatic talent. He is good at cheating and abducting. He easily fooled the Russian envoys in Beijing. He foolishly signed the "Sino-Russian Treaty of Beijing". The national border between China and Russia is bounded by a small island in the center of Lake Baikal. The north belongs to Russia, the south belongs to the Qing Dynasty, and the Heilongjiang River Basin belongs to China. The Waixing'an Mountains and the Udi River are the borders between China and Russia; The two sides set up embassies and send ambassadors to each other, so as to make a good relationship forever; open Nerchinsk as a border trading port, and exchange needs. People from the two countries who have a document (passport) between the two countries are allowed to trade at the border, and those who do not have a document are not allowed. Crossing the border to engage in commerce and hunting.

There is also a secret agreement-according to the agreement, if Russia wants to redeem the captured soldiers who invaded the territory of the Qing Dynasty for no reason, it must be priced in silver according to their rank, 8000 taels of silver for lieutenant generals, [-] taels of silver for major generals...Soldiers of all levels The payment will be reduced in turn, and the payment will be released. If the death of the prisoner of war is caused by the delay in payment by the Russian side, the Qing Dynasty will not be responsible. In addition, from the moment the contract is signed, the Russian side will pay for the food and accommodation of all prisoners of war according to the Chinese price. .

The Qing missions to Britain and the Netherlands have already been dispatched, and the scale is not small. Among the entourage, the children of "Honghu" accounted for almost half of the staff. They were accompanied by the British and Dutch missions to China to Europe.The demolition and reconstruction project of Dongjiao Minxiang is in full swing, and it is expected to be completed around the Qingming Festival in the fifth year of Yuanzhuo.The preparatory work for the Diplomatic Academy was also going smoothly. A large number of talents who understand foreign languages ​​were transferred from the Ministry of Rites, Lifan Academy, and Eight Banners Firms to Beijing one after another. For the time being, the Guozijian school building will be used as the opening place. The new school building is located in Dongjiao Minxiang, adjacent to the embassy area in Dongjiao Minxiang, and started construction at the same time.The first batch of students of China Foreign Affairs University are from the Ministry of Rites, officials of the Imperial Academy, and supervisors of the Imperial College. It is expected that Yuan Zhuo will recruit for the whole country in five years. Anyone who has the status of juren can go to Beijing to participate in the annual recruitment examination. Students who graduate from the academy will enter the Ministry of Rites Taking office, this can be regarded as another way to become an official besides the imperial examination and donating officials.

In terms of military system reform: the firearms unit originally planned to expand to [-] has been adjusted and is undergoing intensive training. It is expected that it will initially have combat effectiveness by the end of the fourth year of Yuanzhuo; The armor with the word "bing" in the size of sesame seed cakes, the new military uniform is green, imitating the military uniform of the "Northern Expedition Army" in the time and space of Yinzuo's previous life; the new school building of the Military Academy was completed ahead of schedule. The military academy of more than [-] mu has complete facilities, and all buildings are bluestone and cement buildings. The first batch of students have moved into the new school building to attend classes. The General Staff Department and the General Staff Department were generally adjusted in place and began to operate, under the leadership of the Military Aircraft Department; the Jiangnan Gun Bureau in Jinling began to be established, and a large number of manpower and equipment dispatched from the Tianjin Gun Bureau and Tianjin Iron and Steel Works have been dispatched from the sea. After arriving in Jinling, it is expected that Yuanzhuo will be officially put into production at the end of the fourth year. From the sixth year of Yuanzhuo, the troops belonging to the Jiangnan Camp will be reorganized and refitted one after another. In view of the imminent turmoil in Dongying, it was originally planned to be stationed in Zhenghong and Xiangying in Dongying. The Red Two Banners, the Red Flags and the Surplus Banners, no longer went to Dongying, and were transferred to the firearms unit for training. Instead, the firearms unit dispatched a group of [-] veterans who participated in the First Battle of Brento Haizi to station in Dongpu, and they were dispatched by the First Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Qing Dynasty A squadron went to Japan to strengthen its defense.

Currency reform: With the support of Prince Yong Yunzhen, the household department held a bidding meeting in the capital on December 21, the third year of Yuanzhuo. After reviewing the qualifications of the major banks that came to Beijing, six banks with the strongest strength were selected. Strong Qianzhuang is the first batch of private banks to receive a bank license; Yuanzhuo four years on the fifteenth day of the first month, the central bank was officially established after more than ten years of preparations, and Yang Mingshi, the servant of the household department, served as the first governor of the central bank; Yuanzhuo four years On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the reform of the money law kicked off nationwide. The selected banks quickly attacked under the instructions of the central bank, either through mergers or joint ventures, and quickly merged the large and small banks scattered in various places into one by one. own banner.At the same time, more than a hundred imperial envoys went to various places to urge local officials to act in accordance with the regulations, and issued a public notice within a time limit, announcing that all transactions and taxes were based on banknotes and coins, and the circulation of gold, silver, and copper coins was restricted for five years. The circulation of gold and silver is completely banned before the Spring Festival. Private deposits of silver should not exceed a thousand taels. The gold and silver owned by individuals or merchants can be exchanged at any bank according to the price set by the government. All banks will retain part of the gold and silver as reserves for supply. Except for the needs of foreign trade exchange, the rest must be turned over to the central bank for banknotes and coins.

It is undeniable that the reform of the currency system involves a wide range of areas, not only merchants, courts, and banks, but also ordinary people. For a long time, all the preparations had already been in place, and with the leadership of Yun Zhen, Shi Shilun and others in place, although there were a lot of small troubles, things were still done in general. By May of the fourth year of Yuanzhuo, Qian Legal reform is in full swing, and various adjustments are also being carried out in an orderly manner. Of course, it is far from being able to achieve a complete system in one or two years. Yin Zuo also has sufficient thoughts on this Prepared, but what Yin Zuo didn't expect was that such a thing that benefited the country and the people caused an uproar because of a small incident:
In this era, there are officials behind all the big and small banks, and all the relatively large-scale banks are related to the Manchu dignitaries in the court. In fact, a bank cannot operate without the support of the dignitaries.The reform of the currency system advocated by Yin Zuo not only eliminated the livelihood of many banks, but also blocked the way for officials to eat fire consumption and sell copper coins. In addition to giving equivalent banknotes at the official price, the silver has also increased a lot, but compared to the benefits lost by the officials, the money is just a drop in the bucket, but facing Yinzuo's strength and Yunzhen's cold face, The officials below did not dare to resist openly, even under the supervision of the imperial envoy, they did not even dare to work foreign workers, but they were dissatisfied in their hearts, so a strange thing happened-a "Wan Yan" suddenly appeared from all over the country. "Book", under the name of the memorial of Guo Pu, the governor of Jiangsu, in the article "five puzzles, ten faults." Directly pointing to Emperor Yuanzhuo, he criticized all the military ministers and ministers in the court. The article said that " Yuanzhuo money, poor for half a year." Criticized Yinzuo's reform of money law to be useless, saying that the reform of money law is eating people's self-enrichment, not only that, but also calling Yinzuo's foreign wars "military and militaristic", and accepting foreign envoys to the capital is " The song intends to flatter the barbarians, without the dignity of the glorious kingdom."

In May of the fourth year of Yuanzhuo, when this book of ten thousand words spread to Henan, it was discovered by "Honghu" and reported to Li Wei, who was the governor of Henan at the time. Li Wei immediately detained a dozen officials and scholars who had copied this article. Send people six hundred miles to send it to the capital to present it to the imperial court, but at this moment, this "Book of Ten Thousand Words" has spread all over the country. Everyone was shocked by this "Book of Ten Thousand Words", and the officials and the people stared wide-eyed to see how Emperor Yuanzhuo, who had always called himself a "non-sinner with words", would deal with this matter.

Guo Pu, Governor of Jiangsu, was the son of the late Governor of Liangjiang, Guo Xiu. Numerous corrupt officials, even his immediate boss, were not less involved by Guo Pu. If Yinzuo hadn't protected him, Guo Pu would have gone home to eat his own with his ability to cause trouble.Guo Pu dared to speak out, but this so-called "Book of Ten Thousand Words" was not written by him. As one of Yinzuo's earliest effective subordinates, although Guo Pu rarely saw Yinzuo, his letters and memorials were always It has never been broken, even if he is puzzled by any of Yinzuo's decisions, Guo Pu will only express his opinions in a secret form after implementing them according to the rules, and it is absolutely impossible to do such a rebellious thing. As soon as the "Book of Ten Thousand Words" came out, Guo Pu defended himself, directly denying that the "Book of Ten Thousand Words" was written by him.

anger?That's a natural thing, who can't be angry after being pointed at the nose and scolded, but anger can't solve the problem.Yin Zuo is very clear about this, and what Yin Zuo knows better is that this trend of thought will always come sooner or later-it is impossible to change without paying a price, and the change is the interests of those officials Well, the officials didn't dare to object to that opening, but it was impossible not to make some small moves in private.Speaking of which, it's a good thing that this unhealthy trend was exposed earlier, isn't it?At least it's much better than waiting for a big eruption after all the people are allocated to the acres and the officials and gentry pay the food. However, how to solve this matter is very tricky.

The solution is not non-existent, in fact, it is very ready-made. According to the laws of the Qing Dynasty, when encountering such chaotic discussions about current affairs, there are no more than two methods for those who have no king and no father-one is to investigate, whether it is a clear investigation or For unannounced visits, it is always necessary to find out the truth; the second is to kill, no matter who is involved in the case, they will be killed.Only in this way, a huge "literary prison" may be born in Yin Zuo's hands.

Yinzuo clearly remembers that Yongzheng and Qianlong did similar things in that time and space in the previous life. Many people were killed and many books were burned, but they didn't really solve the problem, but just covered up the contradictions. Come down, when the Qing Dynasty was weak, there was a general outbreak, various uprisings and other things emerged one after another, and the court was in a state of difficulty, so that the originally powerful Qing Dynasty fell into turmoil, which indirectly led to being beaten by the great powers in the late Qing Dynasty. A messy situation.

Pretending to be ignorant, and it won’t work if you don’t deal with it. Don’t say that Yinzuo is not allowed to pretend to be stupid, even the officials in the court are watching Yinzuo’s every move. If you pretend not to know, Yinzuo’s The loss of prestige is a small matter, but the obstruction of reform is a major matter, and this is the result Yin Zuo absolutely does not want to see.

It's difficult, it's really difficult, you can't kill it, you can't let it go, how can the word "annoyance" be enough.How to properly resolve this matter really hurt Yinzuo's brain. Ever since he received the "Wan Yan Shu" sent by Li Wei and Guo Pu's self-defense essay, Yinzuo has been thinking about it for two days, and he still can't figure it out. How to deal with this matter, even the military ministers who started the military machine had different opinions. They either said to kill or slowed down.

The procrastination can't be dragged on any longer. At this moment, because of this "Book of Ten Thousand Words", this chapter has already been piled up like a mountain by the ministers in the court and governors from all over the country. The thing is, there is no good opinion after all, and the normal operation of the various ministries of the court will be greatly affected by this. If this drags on, the prestige that Yinzuo has finally established will be wiped out.

On the tenth day of May in the fourth year of Yuanzhuo, the inner court issued a clear edict: On May [-]th, the court will discuss the matter of the "Wan Yan Shu". Time is changing, and everyone is looking forward to a good performance during the court meeting.

On the [-]th day of May in the fourth year of Yuanzhuo, Yin Zuo, who was dressed in a green dress and a small cap, led Qing Song and several other guards out of the palace quietly. After wandering among the crowd on the street for a while, he went straight to Lin Xuanyi, the military minister who was recuperating at home due to injuries. He went up to the mansion, and did not go through the main entrance, but quietly entered the Lin mansion through the small gate in the backyard of the Lin mansion...

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Brothers, I'm sorry, I stayed up all night two days ago, unfortunately, Xiaoliu had a fever, and I was really unable to type. I only posted one chapter yesterday, and maybe I can only post one chapter today. I'm sorry, there are Brothers with monthly tickets can help me out, thanks!
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