Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1023
When Cao Yong returned to the Yamen of the Ministry of Households, someone was already waiting for him.

It was none other than Zhang Boxing, the servant of the household department who was transferred back to the hall from the warehouse.

At present, besides Cao Yong and Zhang Boxing, there are four servants in the household department, Li Zhouwang and He Chenger.

This Li Zhouwang was born in a famous family. Both his great-grandfather and grandfather were famous Confucian scholars in the scholarly circle.

He himself was a Jinshi in the 36th year of Kangxi, and then entered the Hanlin Academy. He has been a scholar and political official for more than 20 years.In conclusion, Cao Xiang was still his student.

In the early years when Cao Xiang first entered the Imperial College, Cao Yong took his cousin to visit Li Zhouwang as the elder brother.Now he is an official in the same yamen, which can be considered fate.

Compared with other people, He Cheng'er's reputation is not obvious.He came up step by step from the head of the Six Departments, and he didn't have any outstanding achievements in politics, but he was born in a large Manchurian family, and he was well-versed in human relations.

Zhang Boxing was past seventy years old, but he was sitting there with his back straight.

Seeing Cao Yong coming back, he got up and met each other with courtesy.

In Cao Yong's heart, he still admired this "the most honest official in the world", so he hurriedly invited him to sit up.

When Zhang Boxing was in charge of Jiangnan, he had an old relationship with Cao Yin. Seeing that Cao Yong was like this, he sat down modestly and explained his purpose.

It turned out that he had come for the corn seeds.

Due to the inconvenient transportation between the north and the south, the pilot corn planting in many provinces will start next year.Except for some of the corn hoarded in the official warehouses of the Henan government, which were transferred to various provinces to make seeds, the rest had to be transported back to the capital.

"Extraordinary reclamation?" Cao Yong listened, some doubts.

The imperial court forbade the common people to leave the customs, and Zhang Boxing's move would not work at all.

Zhang Boxing said: "In the past two years, the imperial court has allocated a large amount of money to raise official horses, but due to climate change, there is a lot of loss. Right now, Mr. Cao is promoting this corn, not only the seeds can support the people, but the stalks can also be used to feed horses. It kills two birds with one stone. The land outside the mouth is vast, and there are few pastures between Zhangjiakou and few people. It is possible to move the people and fill the mouth.”

Cao Yong is not as optimistic as Zhang Boxing. This old man has never been outside the mouth, but only looked at the land measurement booklet of the Ministry of Households before he made such a proposal.

Cao Yong was a minister of Taipusi in his early years, and he ran out of the mouth himself.

Although it is under the control of the imperial court, there are several pastures and the Eight Banners training ground.Calculated, it can be regarded as an important military place, how could the common people live in the past.

That was the buffer zone between the Qing Dynasty and Mongolia. Even if the imperial court really cared about the land there, it had to take into account the thoughts of the Mongols.

"My lord, the imperial court has an injunction prohibiting people from leaving the customs at will. Although your lord has a good idea, it is difficult to do it." Cao Yong thought for a while and said.

This ban is mainly to prevent the Han people from being connected with the Mongols.If the Han people are related to the Mongols, how can the world of the Manchus still be secure?

Although Zhang Boxing is known for his integrity, he has been an official for decades, so he is not unaware of this.Speaking of this today, there must be a trick.

Sure enough, Zhang Boxing stroked his beard and said, "Moving the Beijing Banner and filling in the mouth can also solve the livelihood of the Eight Banners."

Cao Yong was puzzled before, but now he is surprised.

Zhang Boxing, as a Han official, made false comments on banner politics, which is already overstepping.According to the rules, among the six books, only Manchu and Meng Shangshu are eligible to participate in the banner administration.

Seeing Cao Yong like this, Zhang Boxing took out a folder from his sleeve and handed it to Cao Yong.

Cao Yong took it over and looked at it. It turned out that it recorded the increase and decrease of population and land and various taxes in Zhili in the past 20 years.

In the past 20 years, the population and land have increased by [-]%, but the tax has not decreased, but has dropped by [-]%.

Cao Yong thought about it a little and understood why.No amount of reclamation can match the speed of land annexation.

It's just that this seems to have nothing to do with the livelihood of the Eight Banners, Cao Yong said: "Please sir explain?"

"The Eight Banners Dingyin is very heavy, and the imperial court can no longer afford it. If things go on like this, half of the annual treasury revenue will be used to pay for the Eight Banners Dingyin." Zhang Boxing said, and handed Cao Yong a booklet and several sets of data.

Speaking of this point, Cao Yong understood that what Zhang Boxing wanted to say was "going out of the flag for the people".

Take the idle bannerman in the capital out of the banner as the common people, and export it to reclaim wasteland.

Speaking of which, this is the same old tune.

When Cao Yong first entered Beijing, he had heard similar remarks.Among the scholars, there are quite a few people who support it.

The idea is good, but Cao Yong knows that this is impossible.

In the eyes of the Manchu emperors, the guarantee of securing the world is the Eight Banners cavalry, not the mere talk of scholars.

Although the Eight Banners system is detrimental to the country and has raised a large number of unlearned and incompetent Eight Banners children, it also tied the Manchus to the same rope.

Although Zhang Boxing's proposal is more beneficial to people's livelihood, it will never be adopted by the emperor.Moreover, if outsiders were to know about this matter, Zhang Boxing would have to be impeached for "unpredictable intentions" and "peeping into flag affairs".

"My lord, please think again. Zhungeer Mongolia has not yet been pacified, and Inner Mongolia and Outer Mongolia are not allowed to have the slightest disturbance. If there is a slight mistake, causing war, it will be the people who will suffer." Cao Yong said with a bit of solemnity.

Hearing Cao Yong's words, Zhang Boxing hesitated, and said: "But this corn is indeed a good thing. If we hoard more, the people will not be displaced in times of famine."

"It's not good outside the mouth, but the northwest is just right. If the adults don't mention it, the boy will be negligent. The imperial court is farming in Xinjiang and Gansu. If the corn and sweet potatoes are promoted, two granaries can be built, enough to raise troops to resist the enemy." Cao Yong. road.

He has only been to the northwest once, and he still sees the sky-filled grassland.

It's just that he knows that 300 years later, the main crop in Northeast China is corn, and corn is relatively popular in North China.The latitude of the northwest is about the same as that of the northeast, and the temperature should not be much different. Planting corn legs should not be a problem.

What Zhang Boxing cares most about is people's livelihood and economy. The reason why he even came up with the faint idea of ​​"going out to serve the people" is only because he saw that the national treasury was empty and could not withstand natural disasters and man-made disasters, so he was anxious.

Cao Yong's proposal is obviously not in line with his previous proposal, but if it is implemented, it will save military expenditures in the Northwest.

One "open source", one "throttling", the same goal by different routes.

Therefore, the old man's eyes lit up.

It's just that the old man is not a talker, and he can't wait to go back and check how many hectares of wasteland have been reclaimed in the northwest, and how good it will be to increase production by changing it to corn.In this way, not only can the ration problem of the Northwest Army be solved, but also the money for raising horses can be saved.

He stood up, took a look at Cao Yong, and said: "Okay, very good, Mr. Cao is calm and stable, with a legacy of loyalty and righteousness! I will not bother Mr. Cao, Mr. Cao is busy."

Cao Yong got up, humbly, and personally sent Zhang Boxing out.

Looking at Zhang Boxing's back, looking at the thin gray braid, Cao Yong secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

This old man is really not easy, I hope he can come to his end and have a good death.

Back then, when Kangxi praised Zhang Boxing, he couldn't do it well at first, and then he fell to the ground all of a sudden.After being transferred back to the capital for more than ten years, he was also left in the cold.If it were someone else, I couldn't bear it long ago, so I asked to resign and go back to my hometown to raise my grandson, but Zhang Boxing still thinks about the people's livelihood, no matter what position he is put in, he will work hard and fulfill his duties...

After Zhang Bo had been walking for a while, there was a note-style message coming over.Shangshu Sun Zhaqi summoned several court officials to go over.

The household department yamen is different from the local government yamen.

Under the leadership of the two ministers, the servants and the officials below each performed their duties.Only on the fifth and tenth day, all the people gathered in the hall to listen to the teachings of the two masters.

Today is the nineteenth of March, and it is not yet the day for gathering.

Although Cao Yong was puzzled, he got up and went to Sun Zhaqi's place.

His house was the closest to Sun Zhaqi, so when he arrived, only the two ministers, Sun Zhaqi and Tian Congdian, were there, and the other servants had not yet arrived.

Cao Yong was seen by two people, and the chair on the right was the first to sit.

This is a small hall where several hall officials usually discuss matters, and everyone has a fixed position.

After a while, the other three servants also arrived.

He Chenger and Zhang Boxing are on the first left and second on the left, and Li Zhouwang is at the head of Cao Yong.

Seeing the appearance of the three of them, Zhang Boxing and Li Zhouwang were doing as usual, only He Chenger looked a little dazed.

When Cao Yong saw this, he was very surprised.

Unexpectedly, it was for He Chenger that Sun Zhaqi invited everyone here this time.

The emperor has already made a decree, and He Cheng is sent to be naturalized, and he is the servant of the household department when he is a bachelor.

When everyone heard this, their expressions were different.

It is not uncommon for the officials of the six departments to go to Beijing on business.But after being sent out, someone will act as an agent for his errands, which makes people think twice.

All eyes were on He Chenger.

He Cheng's face was pale, but he forced a smile, got up and said to everyone: "I should have bid farewell to the two lords and colleagues, but the emperor ordered me to leave Beijing in the next day, and I was in a hurry, so I can't fully salute. "

At this time, no one could see that he was relegated.

In the past few months, Yongzheng's thunderous tactics against laymen have angered many local officials, but for Beijing officials, Jia En is still the main one.

Take the Ministry of Household Affairs as an example, both Sun Zhaqi and Cao Yong won the Speech.

Until today, after seeing He Chenger, everyone understood what "thunder and rain" is.

For a while, everyone was silent, and the atmosphere in the hall was a little heavy.

Sun Zhaqi coughed, and said: "I have been an official in the same yamen for several years, so I should hold a banquet for Mr. He. Since Mr. He is in a hurry, we will be waiting in the yamen after Mr. He and Mr. Tuo are handed over tomorrow." Say goodbye to Mr. He?" At the end, he looked at the others.

According to the rules in the officialdom, unless it is a mortal enemy that cannot be eased, there must be a three-point leeway.

Although He Cheng'e didn't have much merit, he was an old man in the household department after all, and his qualifications in the household department were still higher than those of other servants.

I can't figure out the emperor's will, and I dare not hold a banquet to practice it, but there are still some farewell etiquettes that should be given.

Seeing that Master Shang Shu took care of his own face, He Cheng'e had mixed feelings, trembling his lips, bowed and said, "I dare not bother you adults. In recent years, I have been taken care of by you adults a lot, please accept the next bow." It's already clasped fists.

Sun Zhaqi and Tian Congdian only received a half-respect, while the other three stood up and avoided...

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