Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 437 Huge Bribe
"The territory of Haizhou is located in the lower reaches of the Yishusi Rivers, known as the 'Flood Corridor'. Floods are frequent occurrences. The water conservancy here is not prosperous, and the floods are becoming more and more serious. After Wu Tongju came here, he made his own measuring tools and personally participated in the measurement of Lianyungang. The mouth of the Guanhe River and the Haikou of the Guanhe River. A few years ago, the Longqin-Yuhai Railway was built in central China, and its terminal seaport is Lianyungang between Liandao and Yuntai Mountain. The first step is to conduct a water conservancy survey here, otherwise, once a flood occurs, the line will be damaged The railway caused immeasurable losses. At that time, the port was under the jurisdiction of the Longhai Railway Bureau. The Railway Bureau hired French engineer Kerner to help guide the survey of several ports at the railway terminal in order to choose the best plan. Wu Tongju was recommended by the province as a guide. Participate in the survey. According to the original plan, surveys and surveys should be carried out on Dongxilian Island, Guanhekou, Haimenkou and Lanshantou in Rizhao, Shandong, but the foreigner hired was very arrogant and denied Guanhekou without surveying. Plan. The next few surveys were carried out hastily, and they did not want to cooperate with Chinese expert Wu Tongju at all.

Wu Tongju took the case and measured it himself. With the strong support of Xu Dinglin, a local celebrity, he borrowed the No. 12 cruiser of the Huaihai Fleet, brought his own instruments, and hired several Chinese technicians and boatmen. At the Honghe Estuary, during the day, we bumped on the cusp of the wind and waves, measured the water depth and flow velocity, and carefully sorted out the work data under the lamp at night.In this way, Wu Tongju led a group of people to complete all the survey tasks of Linhongkou, Guanhekou, Xiaomangniu, Yanwei Port, and Chenjiagang. State Port Guide", and Kenana, who was surveying at Dapu Port, first spent huge sums of money to repair the former residence of Xinpu Customs. He was very particular about living conditions and living arrangements, but the survey was delayed for a long time before it was completed.The hydrographic survey of Dongxilian Island is even more secretive. This practice of foreigners just formed a clear contrast with Wu Tongju.In addition, Wu Tongju has written a large number of works based on his own experience in the past few years. His manuscripts such as "The Complete Chronology of the Huaihe System" and "The Complete Book of Jiangsu Water Conservancy" can be described as pearls, which are very important for the work of our Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources. They all have strong reference value. "

Guan Xuqing pondered: "So this person still has two talents, but it will take a long time to promote a small general judge to be the director of river control in one fell swoop. Let him be in charge of water conservancy in Jiangsu Province first, and then we can see his ability. Bar."

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"I will go south to Hong Kong soon to attend the handover ceremony of the Sino-British handover of Hong Kong's return. After I return to Beijing, I will recruit soldiers to Beijing. I want to see this man."

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After returning to the Security Bureau, Zhao Bingjun ordered Wang Ke to be imprisoned and ordered that no one should approach him without authorization.Then, Zhao Bingjun sent someone to escort Xia Kangshou back home, and then he returned to the mansion tiredly, and couldn't help but be taken aback when he just walked into his bright hall!
I saw a sandalwood box as tall as one person standing in front of the door of the Ming Hall, with a small golden and exquisite lock on the mouth of the box.

"Xizi, Xizi!" Zhao Bingjun called the butler Xizi, pointed to the wooden box and asked, "What's going on?"

"My lord, this is sent by Director Wang of the Police Department. He said that it was ordered by you. It seems to be a porcelain vase with cloisonné enamel."

Zhao Bingjun faintly felt that something was wrong, "Call Shang Shunzi, and carry this box into the house."

Xizi immediately asked Lai Shunzi to carry the box together, but when she joined hands, she felt that the box was much heavier than expected, and it took a lot of effort to lift it into the house. A few steps away, the two of them were already sweating profusely.

Zhao Bingjun asked them to close the doors and windows of this room tightly, and walked around the box twice by himself, "Open it."

"My lord, there is no key."

"Pry it open."

"Yes, it's a pity that this little horoscope lock is lost."

After finally prying open the small lock, Xizi looked back at Zhao Bingjun, Zhao Bingjun nodded, Xizi then slowly opened the two doors of the box, Zhao Bingjun leaned closer to watch carefully, if he didn't look at it, he couldn't help it Frightened.

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Xia Kangshou was escorted back to his mansion by the military intelligence personnel, the excitement in his heart was beyond words. Originally, he had made up his mind to bring down Wang Zhixin, the most corrupt official hiding under the emperor's feet, even if he risked his life.Originally, he had already made up his mind to die when he went to the Golden Theater tonight. If Wang Ke dared to do evil again, he would stand up no matter what.Unexpectedly, he met Zhao Bingjun. As soon as the imperial military intelligence personnel arrived, they took down this villain without any effort. It seems that to be an official, to achieve great things, you must not only have power but also have someone in your hands.

It was already late at night, but he didn't feel sleepy at all, so he lit a green lamp and sat down at his desk to write a secret letter to the emperor, presenting all the bad deeds of Wang Zhixin to the emperor.

The secret folding system started in the Kangxi Dynasty and was perfected in Yongzheng.Emperor Kangxi liked to travel, and Mulan hunted.Emperor Yongzheng did not have such leisure and ambition. After he succeeded to the throne, he spent most of his time in the Forbidden City and the Old Summer Palace, and seldom went out for tours in Beijing. It depends on a special way of communication between the monarch and his ministers, the secret system.There were more than 100 officials in the Kangxi Dynasty, and more than 1200 officials in the Yongzheng Dynasty.By the time of Guan Xuqing's Chinese Empire, it had grown to a scale of more than 3000 people.The content of the memorial is almost all-encompassing, such as wind and rain, public opinion, official privacy, family secrets, etc.The emperor can directly talk to the officials through the memorial, so as to better understand and master the actual situation below.The operation and processing procedures of the memorials avoid the intervention of the cabinet ministers because "the cabinet ministers are not allowed to hear about them". In particular, the mutual reporting and mutual supervision of officials strengthened the emperor's autocratic power.

When I came to Guan Xuqing, I felt that the secret book system was very good, so I improved and applied it again. Before taking office, Guan Xuqing would call him in front of him to personally admonish him, and handed it over to him. He has a secret box with two locks on it, and only the emperor and the minister holding the box have the key.Ministers will occasionally write some important information into folds, instead of going through normal channels, they will use this box to send it directly to the emperor for dismantling and reading. If the emperor has any instructions, he will write them on the fold with a Chinese ink pen, and then seal them and send them out. Return it to the original performer, and all the content is unknown to the outside world except the two monarchs and ministers.

Compared with other monarchs, Guan Xuqing has extraordinary aptitude: he is very energetic. In addition to handling general government affairs, he also has to approve more than a dozen memorials a day. This kind of thing that other monarchs may regard as daunting, Guan Xuqing does There is gusto.This kind of secret report, which is essentially a "small report", is his weapon to prevent his subordinates from being deceived.

In the blink of an eye, Xia Kangshou wrote thousands of words in eloquence, listing dozens of crimes of Wang Zhixin and his son Wang Ke's corruption and bribery, oppressing the people, and assaulting people's lives. After all, this is to be presented to the emperor, and no typos can appear. After confirming that it is correct, it is spread on the table, and put into the box when the ink is dry.

At this moment, the servant came in and reported back: "Someone gave you a piece of Mingtang furniture."

"Send furniture?" Xia Kangshou felt strange. He had never ordered any furniture. How could someone send furniture at such a late hour?Could it be that my family had already booked it in advance, and I didn't have time to report it to myself?But this kind of thing is inevitable. "Get in first and then talk."

Two buddies came in with a sandalwood box as tall as one person, and a very delicate eight-character lock was fastened on the box mouth.

Xia Kangshou asked: "Which shop do you belong to? Who ordered the furniture?"

"My lord, we are from the Longxing Wooden Ware Shop. When the lights were on today, an old man came to our shop and ordered this piece of furniture. He also put something in it. He fastened the small lock and ordered We'll send it to you."

"Okay, you guys go back first, and take away the money for the furniture at the office." After dismissing the clerk, Xia Kangshouren put the box into the Ming hall, hesitating in his heart, carefully studied the time for a cup of tea, and ordered The servants opened the box.

The servant finally picked the small lock, and then gently opened the two doors of the box.

Suddenly hearing the sound of spring wires being pulled in the box, Xia Kangshou faintly felt that something was wrong, and was about to ask them to close the box door, but it was too late. Hearing a loud "boom", Xia Kangshou's mansion was instantly engulfed in flames. And shrouded in smoke!

Turning his head, let's talk about the bright hall of Zhao Bingjun's mansion, Xizi opened the two wooden doors of the box with breathless concentration, Zhao Bingjun leaned closer and looked inside, as soon as the door opened, he felt that everything in front of him was golden and dazzling.

Shunzi rubbed her eyes and watched carefully, then exclaimed: "My God, Golden Buddha!"

At this time, Zhao Bingjun could also see it clearly, and there was a red gold Buddha of Huanxi placed in the sandalwood box, which was as tall as a person, with lifelike eyebrows and eyes.Zhao Bingjun gasped and was speechless for a while.

Early the next morning, Guan Xuqing came to the court hall before dawn, because Wang Shang had come to report to the emperor early, and Zhao Bingjun was waiting in the Qianqing Palace, saying that he had something important to attend to the emperor.

"This Zhao Bingjun is always startled and surprised, so I can't even sleep soundly. Okay, change clothes immediately and go to Qianqing Palace."

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When they came to Qianqing Palace, Guan Xuqing saw Zhao Bingjun and said, "Zhi An, I heard that you almost lost your life when you went to the Golden Theater last night. You woke me up so early. You want to complain."

As soon as Zhao Bingjun changed his usual calmness, his face looked tired and a little uneasy, he stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, Su Zhengshi Xia Kangshou was bombed to death at home last night!"

"What?" Guan Xuqing was taken aback by the other party's nonsensical words, "What do you think happened to Xia Kangshou?"

"Xia Kangshou was bombed to death."

"Ah!" Guan Xuqing was speechless for a moment. Xia Kangshou was a Su Zhengshi, equivalent to a first-level official in the past. The rank of the censor may not be very high, but he can impeach any official. I was a bit afraid, after Guan Xuqing came to power, he attached great importance to purging the official style, so the status of purging the political history has even surpassed that of the past censors, but he never thought that Xia Kangshou's sudden death would trigger new turmoil in the entire Beijing political arena?

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