Harry Potter’s Morning Light

   Chapter 2157 Flower dispute (sixty-five)

   It was the Governor of Zhili who reported Cathay Pacific, so who was the Governor of Zhili at that time?

  Yuan Shoudong is a native of Shandong. He was born in the first year of Yongzheng. He is the grandson of Yuan Zilan, the richest man in Shandong. In order to facilitate the family members to enter the capital, and also to benefit one party, the Yuan family repaired everything from Jiaoqiao to the capital to the road.

Yuan Zilan has five sons, his fourth son is Yuan Chengfu, Yuan Chengfu's eldest son is Yuan Shoudong, he was elected in the ninth year of Qianlong's reign, and when he entered the capital to gain the Jinshi no. Just like Chen Yunting, he donated a cabinet letter to him, and then he was charged by Zhang Jing at the military aircraft office to accumulate his resume.

   Later, he was promoted to Libu Langzhong, and after examination and selection, he served as the inspector of Jiangxi Dao, and then he was sent out as a Daoist of Zhejiang Yanyi Dao.

  The post road refers to the land route. When the governors and governors of the populous provinces are racking their brains on how to ensure the food supply during their tenure, places such as Guizhou are troubled by the transportation of salt. There is no doubt that it is much easier to transport heavy goods such as grain and salt by water. However, because the sea routes in Guangzhou and other places are used to transport grain, the transportation of salt has to be carried out by land.

   Even if Sichuan salt is transported by water, it has to pass through the fast-flowing Wujiang River. This river has always been regarded as a natural danger. The Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms have performed the story of the golden horse and the iron horse here. Therefore, the land trade routes in the Sichuan-Yunnan region have been prosperous since ancient times, and it is an important channel for Sichuan salt to enter Yunnan.

In Zhejiang's salt administration, there is the problem of private salt and official salt. Lu Jian once served as a salt transporter for the two Huaihe River. Salt is selling illicit salt, and selling illicit salt is a very serious crime.

Salt transported by land is referred to as "Lu Yin", and salt transported by water is referred to as "Shui Yin". The Qing Dynasty strengthened the management of salt transportation and sales, and implemented the "oral feeding" system. The total amount of salt sold in various places is determined by calculating the five coins for table salt, and then apportioned to salt traders who can engage in salt trafficking.

   With the pacification of San Francisco, a large number of immigrants from Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangdong, and Shaanxi poured into Yunnan and Guizhou. The increase in population also means an increase in Yanyin, but correspondingly, the number of Kaiyanyin in those provinces that have lost population will decrease. The key point of the Lianghuai salt case is here. Those provinces with outflow of population have not reduced the number of salt imports. These salt imports have not paid taxes. They are just a pass. Not only arranging the officials' accommodation, but also checking these passes. From the eleventh year of Qianlong to the thirty-third year, a total of more than 20 years, unpaid taxes totaled 10.9 million taels.

However, due to the increase in population in Guizhou and other places, the original land transportation of salt is no longer enough. Originally, Sichuan salt was sold to Hunan, Jiangxi and other places along the waterway. With the uprising of the Miao people in Hunan, the salt road for transporting salt became a battlefield, and the officers and soldiers were stationed. For military operations, "camp roads" were laid between battalions, and these camp roads borrowed ancient salt roads. Therefore, Qingting changed the main sales place of Sichuan salt to Guizhou, and renovated Chishui to facilitate the entry of salt ships into Guizhou. The market originally supplied by Sichuan salt was replaced by Henan, Zhejiang and other places.

Yanzheng has oil and water in many aspects, but after Yuan Shoudong's governance, Zhejiang Yanzheng's work has improved greatly. Later, he was promoted to Guangxi as an inspector. Later, his father died. In Beijing, after the funeral, he entered the Ministry of Rites, walked beside the Minister of Military and Aircraft, worked part-time as the governor of Shuntian, moved to the Ministry of Household Affairs in 41 years, transferred the Ministry of Punishment in 42 years, built dams with Gao Jin in 44 years, and led rivers. He was promoted to Governor of Zhili in 15 years, but his mother died in November 1946, and he wanted to go back to observe filial piety. During this period, his post was acted by a scholar from Dongge University until the case of food fraud in Gansu Province broke out.

In such a situation, no one can stay at home with peace of mind, especially when the Cathay Pacific case happened, the governor of Shandong, and the Yuan family happened to be from Shandong. It may become the Xue family in A Dream of Red Mansions.

However, in April of the 47th year of Qianlong’s reign, Zheng Dajin was the governor of Zhili. It is impossible to drive him away by himself and replace him with the position of governor.

   When Qianlong went to the south of the Yangtze River, he once visited the Shengyin Temple in Hangzhou to celebrate. The Luohan Hall in the temple enshrined Guanxiu's "Sixteen Yingzheng".

  The Sixteen Arhats were originally translated from "Fa Jiji" translated by Tang Xuanzang: when the Buddha was approaching Nirvana, he instructed the sixteen Arhats to extend their lifespans, to live in the world, to wander and teach, and to be a field of blessing for all living beings.

Therefore, the statues of Arhats are often carved in Buddhist temples, and there are many donors. Influenced by this, painters in the Central Plains, Sichuan and other places in the 10th century have become popular to create the theme of "Sixteen Arhats". The painting is not only transcendent in posture, but also has a peculiar shape. Emperor Qianlong liked it very much and ordered Xu Yang, an accompanying painter of the inner court, to copy it.

Yuan Shoudong made a set of jade albums according to Xu Yang's paintings. Each jade plate was carved with high-quality Khotan white jade, with a light engraving of Arhat on both sides and filled with gold. The four-line official script poems of Emperor Qianlong were inscribed on the side of the image. , The wooden board is made of high-quality sandalwood, and the pattern of double dragons playing with beads on the cliffs of the sea and the sea is engraved on it. The delicateness and gentleness of the jade touch and the pleasant aroma were very popular with Qianlong.

   Cathay Pacific and others could think of using variegated silver instead of official silver to fool the imperial envoy, obviously they received the news.

When Li Shiyao was dealing with the Gansu prison donation case, he also encountered a household official who wanted to destroy the evidence. When the official arrived in Gaolan County, half of the account book that could have been used as key evidence had been burned in the fire. Fortunately, the key place was not destroyed. burn.

  Wang Tingzan did not participate in Wang Jiwang's "distribution of fat", but Wang Jiwang was later transferred and he became the political envoy of Gansu. Instead of stopping the donation of prisons and money, he intensified his efforts, charging three taels more for each prison student.

  Wang Tingzan actually made a lot of political achievements. He established the Gongyuan Academy when he was the magistrate of Zhangye, and built the Ganquan Academy on the basis of the abandoned academy. At one time, culture and education became popular.

   When he was pacifying Zhungel, he accompanied the army to assist the quartermaster, and when he was pacifying the bandits, he led his men to attack at night. The sediment carried by the Yellow River has alluvialized into the Ningxia Plain. The terrain is flat and suitable for agriculture. At the same time, due to the serious silt, it must be cleaned. Wang Tingzan has done his best since he was ordered.

  If he doesn't get confused, he might have a great future.

  If the merits and demerits are equal, he can also retain his official position after paying the "sin for negotiation" and continue to "pay for the crime and make merit".

   But he had to pay "criminal silver" again and again, hoping that doing so would make Qianlong less angry, but it turned out to be self-defeating. The more he paid, the more angry Qianlong became.

   When he confessed his crime, he also made a quibble and secretly transferred assets, one of which was transferred to a hat shop on Qianmen Street in the capital. The owner of this shop had business dealings with the hat shop opened by Wang Tingzan.

   A guest came one day and handed a coat to the boss. After the boss took it, he found it was heavy, but he was not suspicious at the time, so he kept it for him. It didn't take long for him to hear about the Gansu donation to prison case. Under suspicion, he opened his jacket and found that it was full of gold bars.

  The boss was afraid of being implicated, so he hurriedly reported to the officials with gold bars. This time, Wang Tingzan’s transfer of property was conclusive, but he did not admit that the money was obtained from the case of donating to prison, but he obtained it from business.

   When dealing with the case of calling the soul, Zhang Bao, the governor of Jiangsu at that time, had the Lianghuai salt and the soul-calling case in his hands. He thought that using the salt to lead the case could divert his attention, and he didn’t have to catch the demon party who didn’t know where to hide.

However, Qianlong was not interested at all. What he wanted was "results". Zhangbao simply wrote an excerpt and begged Qianlong to punish him. His dereliction of duty caused his subordinates to neglect their duties. The officials impeached and dealt with themselves.

   If Wang Tingzan "confessed his mistake" like Zhang Bao, with Heshen's beautiful words, it is possible for him to escape. But he didn't dare to gamble. Another "outsider", Gansu Commissioner Funing, said that he was worried that he had reported this matter truthfully, and it would be difficult to get along in the Gansu officialdom in the future, so even if he knew something, he would not dare to report it. He was charged with neglecting his duties and dereliction of duty, and he confessed that Wang Jiwang was the initiator, not what Wang Jiwang said was done by his subordinates.

  Funing was an inspector. First, he handled the specific business of donating to prisons and disaster relief, and secondly, other officials worked to prevent him, so his knowledge was limited. If he wanted to know more, he could only check the original account books during Wang Jiwang's tenure.

   The "open accounts" that can be seen are carefully disguised, and the expert investigator Yuan Shoudong can't see any flaws. After returning to Beijing, he reported to Qianlong that all the accounts were correct.

   Later, Li Shiyao went to check, and after reading the ledger, he found a coincidence. Where there are more donations to prisons, there will be droughts, and disaster relief costs are high. However, there are few disaster relief in places where there are few donations. The number of donations coincides with the disaster situation in each county.

The accountants ignored it. Of course, this alone is not enough. Li Shiyao sent people to investigate on the spot. If there is any disaster, you can't rely on the disaster report. sunny day.

  After the investigation, nine times out of ten the disaster situation was fake, and the money went into the pockets of officials, but how much did each person share?

More than 1,000 taels is a decision by beheading, which is related to the sentencing, but it is extremely difficult to find out this issue, not only because Gansu officials have formed an offensive and defensive alliance, but also because the disaster relief over the years has been serious and serious, and the household registration is underreported. In many cases, the food intake of a child and an adult is different. Adult males are called "big mouth". The more they eat, the more disaster relief will be distributed, and the more these people, the more Make up many reasons.

  For example, the people who returned to their hometown after the Battle of Zhungar, those who built dams, cleaned the Yellow River, and built roads, otherwise why would they go to Gansu?

   The one who broke the deadlock was a clerk in the household of Gaolan County. Gaolan County is the most populous county in Gansu and the seat of the political envoy. It is also the area with the most prison donations and disaster relief.

  The clerk has a "dark account" in his hand, which records the actual amount of the free money. As long as you compare the light and dark accounts, you can know the amount of the money.

   It should have been burned, but half of it was intercepted by the officials investigating the case, and the scribe kept this evidence so that one day if the boss blamed him all, he could take this ledger to save his life.

In the summer of the 43rd year of Qianlong's reign, the Yellow River burst in Yifeng, Henan. Yuan Shoudong and Gao Jin, the governor of the Liangjiang River, were sent to Henan to deal with the re-blocking and rupture project. , According to "Genda", the emperor was very satisfied with the drawing at that time.

   If nothing else, Yuan Shoudong could become a capable minister of a generation, but unfortunately he died in the forty-eighth year of Qianlong as the governor of Zhili.

   Later, his position was temporarily replaced by Liu Yong until the Shandong corruption case was closed and no other officials and Cathay Pacific secretly bought the estate.

   So he invited Xu Yangnei to enshrine the king of Xiaojun as a teacher, and let him copy Buddhist scriptures when he had nothing to do, so that he could talk to him about scriptures and Taoism when he saw the living Buddha in the future.

   As for Yongrong, the king of Zhijun, he has already been adopted, which means that he has lost the right to inherit the throne. The heir on the edict behind the "Zhi Daguangguang plaque" should not be him.

   Although many people in Beijing are guessing that it is him.

   (end of this chapter)