Emperor Yongzheng: Eagle Bow Sirius

Chapter 65 Gaming, official affairs, taking lots and dividing accounts
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, the governor Yin Jishan couldn't sit still, thought for a while, and said: "This is also a good strategy to resolve doubts. If Duke E feels that it is not appropriate, there is a better way, and it will work. In short, the imperial court envoys, each seriously Go do it, let alone commit crimes for it.” Seeing Li Wei holding the tea bowl with one hand, Ershan knew that if there was a disagreement, he would serve the tea and drive away the guests immediately. After thinking about it, there was really no better way, so he had to pant heavily He took a deep breath, pondered for a while, and only gritted his teeth in his heart: When I find out, even if there is only one county, I will settle accounts with you little beggar!Just as he was thinking wildly, Fan Shijie came in with two paper cups on a plate, and presented them in front of E Ershan and Li Wei. Almost at the same time, Ershan and Li Wei took a paper cup each, held up the tea bowl with the other, and looked at each other viciously With one glance, he held the paper between his fingers and took a drink of tea.Li Wei's Goshha shouted like singing: "Bring tea to the guests!"

"Let you act like a ghost, and eat my footwashing water!" Li Wei dispersed the crowd and returned to the upper study room. As soon as he entered the door, he shook off his big hat, took off his robe, and sat down on the opposite side of Wu Sidao, fanning himself. He smiled and said, "But Ershan's plaster is really enough to bear on his body!" Wu Sidao rolled up his sleeves and held a pen, and was writing out the book purchase list for Li Wei. He didn't notice Li Wei's return at all. Said: "It's business?" Li Weiyin explained in detail how he received Ershan just now, and said: "The emperor told me about the surname E, and everything is fine. I only think that except for scholars, they are all bastards." This one is tiresome - there is not a single deficit county in the lottery he cast, so I just want to tire him out and taste what it feels like to draw water from a bamboo basket 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)