Nightwatcher Chapter 100: Recommendation

Two moments in time!

Outside the Meridian Gate, the cold wind howled.

The officials of Beijing successively rode horse-drawn carriages to the palace, and then walked to the Meridian Gate.

The howling cold wind is like a bone-scraping steel knife, swaying the lantern hanging on the tower and the stone lamp by the roadside, and the torch in the hand of the guard shook violently.

The officials are wrapped in thick cloaks and wearing windproof hats. Careful people can find that everyone wears them plainly, regardless of their rank or power.

The big cloak is made of wool, and the hat is made of rat skin.

People in Beijing who are a little more generous can also wear this outfit.

The attitude of the Beijing officials is obvious. Everyone is poor. Where can the donations come from?

At this time, there was still half an hour before the meeting, the officials gathered in twos and threes and discussed in a low voice.

The Yushi who supervised the order opened his eyes and closed his eyes.

"Tiantianchaohui, your majesty is determined to toss us."

"Yes, or else, just donate some money, it's not too much..."

"Master Yang is confused. He said that he only asked us to donate salary for three months. In fact, it was his majesty's scheming. I only ask you. At that time, Wang Shoufu offered to donate salary for one year. , Still doesn’t respond? I really think this donation is enough? It’s just to pry open my waiting mouth first."

"This...... Master Zhu made sense, and Yang understood it."

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"We must not let go of this matter, as we discussed yesterday. As long as we follow the steps of the princes, do not let go and do not yield, your Majesty will grind us a few more days at most."

"Hey, the official has two sleeves and a breeze. The house I live in is still rented. The capital is already short of food. I will donate my salary later, how can I live?"

"Like Master Zhao, I am a scholar with two sleeves."

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"Several adults, it's freezing in this cold day, and the officer's body is unwell. I really can't bear it. It's better to donate as your Majesty wants."

This is an official who is on the sidelines and prefers donations.

The officials around him immediately showed an angry face: "Master Li is too confused. Snow disasters continue everywhere, lack of food, charcoal and silver. With our meager salary, how can we fill the national treasury?"

"Master Li only saw what was in front of him, but didn't think deeper. The reason why the princes gritted their teeth is really a precedent. If there is one, there are two, and if there is two, there are three. After a while, Your Majesty will be short , Donate again, shall I wait to drink Xibeifeng?"

"Such a simple truth, that Shu Ji Shi Xu New Year can not understand."

"I don't understand where I can't understand, it's obviously pretending to be deaf and dumb, just to please your majesty."

"This son is self-righteous, and relies on his cousin's power and prestige. Recently, I approached Lord Shoufu again, and he was a little airy."

"Hey, I'm not a son of man."

An official gave a severe sip.

On the other side, Zhang Xingying, who was promoted to Yushi Yushi, walked slowly towards Liu Hong and sighed in a low voice:

"Your Highness has a very good idea. If you can call on the scholar-official class to donate, and then the local government will call on the squires to donate. With money and food, you can greatly alleviate the disaster and curb the refugees.

"As long as they survive this winter, the people will see the hope of spring plowing, and they won't make trouble everywhere.

"It's a pity that your Majesty has just ascended the throne. His prestige is not enough and his foundation is unstable. Wei Gong has passed away again. Otherwise, joining forces with Wang Shoufu will surely promote donations.

"Now...well, the people under our hands are also dissatisfied."

His Royal Highness Huaiqing asked Xu Erlang to play, and these former Wei Dang did not know it at first.

After discussing with several key personnel, they have always believed that this plan would be difficult and would encounter great obstacles.

First of all, it is extremely difficult to squeeze wool from the pockets of civil and military officials. Everyone came from the Yuanjing Emperor's period. Can you know each other's virtues?

Eat and take cards to ask for, earning money without limit.

Dafeng’s national strength has been weakened, is it really the emperor’s pot? The first emperor went wrong, and the people underneath followed him.

It is too late to accumulate money. I hope to get a handful of wool from these old gluttons, and I can imagine the resistance.

Secondly, this "cold disaster" that almost crushed the last straw of the camel, who knows when it will end, it's only a month in winter, and the colder time has not yet come.

At that time, the court still has no money, what will your majesty do? Call for donation again?

Finally, this is essentially a court game.

The emperor and officials actually belong to two opposing camps. The fact that the new monarch made such an appearance made the civil official group smell a bit of a bad taste.

Whether it is out of position or love of money, instinctive resistance and resistance.

Don't talk about Emperor Yongxing, Emperor Yuanjing did this when he was in power, and he would also encounter resistance.

Liu Hong glanced at the officials who gathered together and whispered:

"Perhaps, at this time, His Royal Highness Huaiqing is watching with cold eyes. Who approves of donation; who approves in heart but dare not offend the public; who is stingy enough to refuse to give up a penny."

Zhang Xingying suddenly said: "She knows that this plan is not feasible?"

He frowned: "In this case, wouldn't it hurt Xu Cijiu."

Liu Hong smiled and said: "It's not that he is backed by the Wang Shoufu, at most, he will sit on the bench for a few years."

Zhang Xingying nodded and sighed:

"The official still hopes that this can be done. The treasury is really out of money. Now the refugees are in chaos everywhere, and there are signs of chaos in the country. If you don't stop it sooner, it will be chaos sooner or later."

Liu Hong showed a meaningful smile. At this time, a commotion in the distance attracted the two.

Liu Hong and Zhang Xingying squinted their eyes and looked over. They saw a young official in a green robe standing aggressively in front of Xu Xinnian, who also wore a green robe, spitting and spitting.

Liu Hong's eyes are not so good. After watching for a long time, he asked:

"Who is that?"

Zhang Xingying smiled and said: "Jinke investigating flowers, Qian Mu."

Liu Hong also laughed:

"Those who wrote a book to sue the servants for corruption and accept bribes, and brought out a group of officials?

"It seems that I have been sitting on a cold bench for a long time, and my **** can't bear the cold. I came here to vote for my name."

Zhang Xingying shook his head: "Being a gunman. There will be gains in a short period of time. In the long run, he has angered Your Majesty. He still wants to have some good fruits."

Liu Hong smiled and said: "It's okay. If you set up a certificate of voting and join the Youth Party, you can still be an official. As long as you keep a low profile, your Majesty can still stare at him?"

Here we are talking and laughing, on the other side we are fierce.

Qian Mu pointed at Xu Xinnian, aggressively humane:

"At the age of great cold, the incorruptible people in North Korea are short of rice and charcoal. Not everyone is like Xu Tanhua. The family has a wealth of money and good food.

"Three months of salary, how do you let those two-sleeved colleagues spend this winter?"

Without waiting for the New Year to speak, he sneered and said sarcastically:

"In order to please your Majesty, you came up with such a ridiculous plan, Xiao Ren Er. This official is at the same time as you, and feels shameless."

Officials on the sidelines echoed.

Xu New Year's face was expressionless and said: "This official is for the Li people and has a clear conscience."

"What a clear conscience!"

Qian Mu laughed three times and said loudly: "This official is willing to disperse the property, fill the treasury, and help the victims. Xu Tanhua, since you have a clear conscience, since you are the people of the Li people, dare you be like this official? Donate all your family property?"

After saying this, there was a lot of applause all around:

"Lord Qian is proud of his character."

"Master Qian is righteous."

Looking narrowly at Xu Xinnian.

Xu New Year frowned. Qian Mu's words are really rascal. There are many shops, good fields, and the chicken essence left by the eldest brother in the Xu family. What does the other party have?

Although it is not impoverished, but after sitting on a cold bench for so long, the family may only have a few buckets of meters and a few taels of silver.

But he can’t reason, because neither Qian Mu, the people behind him, or the officials around him are not reasonable.

People are here to find fault.

If you ignore it, maybe after the court meeting, he promises that he will be another "hypocrite" in the new year.

At this moment, Wang Shoufu came over without speaking, just glanced at the surrounding officials indifferently.

The officials were silent immediately.

Qian Mu smiled, no matter what Xu New Year should not say, what he wants to express has been conveyed.

After that, there was no more movement, until the hour came and the drums rang.

The civil and military officials remained silent, crossed the Meridian Gate, crossed the Jinshui Bridge, and lined up in order of rank.

Only that small group of people can enter the Golden Luang Temple.

Xu Xinnian, as one of the core figures of this storm, was also allowed to enter the hall, but he had to stand at the entrance of the hall.

As the princes entered the hall, in a few minutes, Emperor Yongxing arrived.

He sat high in the dragon chair, overlooking the officials, and said loudly:

"The disasters in various places are serious. As the king of a country, I am very sad. Do you Aiqing have a good plan for disaster relief?"

The princes and nobles underneath showed the expression of "I knew this", and made a few suggestions without pain, such as tax reduction and exemption, calling on the squire for donations and so on.

Emperor Yongxing said:

"As long as donations are required, the court should set an example, and all the love officials will set an example. In this way, the squire can be willing and can warn officials to prevent them from filling their pockets."

Only the squires are called on to donate. Not surprisingly, most of the money will be exploited in layers.

Several party leaders and nobles came out tacitly and chanted "No."

At this time, Dali Siqing appeared on the stage, and said solemnly:

"Your Majesty, the culture of the DPRK is corrupt, and the trend of corruption is so prevalent that the treasury is empty, and donations are used to treat the symptoms but not the root cause. If you want to relieve the disaster, you must first clean up the evil practices."

The voice fell, the militants, the Ministry of Household Affairs appeared in the matter, said loudly:

"Your Majesty, the minister wants to impeach the Hanlin Academy Shunji Shixu New Year and accept bribes."

No one spoke in the hall, and no one questioned what bribes the Shuji of the Imperial Academy could accept. It seemed that such a thing had been expected.

The staff will go out during the matter and speak loudly:

"Your Majesty, the minister wants to impeach the Hanlin Academy Shunji Shixu New Year, under the banner of Wang Shoufu, and accept bribes."

Then, the six departments went out one after another to impeach Xu New Year.

Those who can stand in the Golden Luang Temple are all old fried dough sticks, and they immediately understand what tricks these people are playing.

This is their counterattack.

Take Xu Erlang as the starting point to resist Emperor Yongxing and resist Wang Shoufu.

Doing so will not completely anger Emperor Yongxing and Wang Shoufu, but also give your own attitude, telling Emperor Yongxing that we are going to kill your stormtroopers and kill one by one.

At the same time, he gently warned Wang Shoufu that the royal party is certainly powerful, but it has not yet reached the point of covering up the sky. Moreover, there are also disapproval voices in the royal party.

Does Xu New Year receive gifts?

The answer is yes.

As Wang Shoufu's future son-in-law, members of the royal party often give him gifts, but in the officialdom, he is his own.

If he wants to join the royal party as a student of Yunlu Academy, he must not be too noble.

Although Xu Xinnian has turned away many valuable gifts, this cannot change the facts.

"In the officialdom, cleansing is good and nothing is done, and the light and the dust are easy to become the handle of political opponents at the cusp of the storm. Therefore, the core problem is that the power is not enough.

"The problem to be solved is: to attract more people."

Xu Xinnian suddenly felt enlightenment in his heart.

Some of the princes in the temple are observing the look of Emperor Yongxing, and some are examining Wang Shoufu.

Look at how they respond.

If Emperor Yongxing protects Xu New Year, they still have a later move, and if Wang Shoufu comes forward ~IndoMTL.com~, they will also have a later move, such as pulling him into the water and impeaching him together.

Now they are the one who has the upper hand.

No one noticed, Liu Hong went out slowly and thoughtfully:

"Your Majesty, the minister believes that Dali Temple is justified, the treasury is empty, and taxes are difficult to collect, all because of corruption and fraud and accepting bribes.

"Therefore, your Majesty asks your Majesty to strictly investigate all officials and rectify the atmosphere."

Interesting...... All the ministers and honorable men in the hall looked at Liu Hong together.

This is to take the opportunity to fish in troubled waters. Liu Hong was regarded as Wei Yuan’s "heir" in the dynasty and took over Wei Yuan’s team. After the new emperor took over, many members of the former Wei party were demoted and dismissed. The forces cut by nearly 50%.

The vacant position was divided by the royal party and various parties.

In officialdom, this is an appropriate concession.

Now that Liu Hong has stepped forward, it is obvious that the former Wei Dang, who is in charge of Yushitai and the guards, wants to take the opportunity to make a profit.

Emperor Yongxing smiled: "Liu Aiqing is right, keep talking."

Liu Honglang said:

"Since the death of Wei Gong, the number of officials has been declining, and the minister is not as capable as Wei Gong. He has worked hard and lacks energy. I want to recommend someone to your majesty to replace the minister in charge of the change.

"To better monitor hundreds of officials."

The princes were all taken aback. This was not the line they had imagined. At this point, Liu Hong actually quit the burden and surrendered the job of beating more people?

Emperor Yongxing pretended to be surprised: "Who does Liu Aiqing want to recommend?"

Liu Hong glanced at the puzzled or wary princes and honorable men, and said loudly:

"Silver gong, Xu Qian!"

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PS: Continue to code the next chapter, but I suggest reading it tomorrow. Because it is likely to be updated tomorrow morning, I will habitually stay until midnight and then sleep for a while. Don't wait.

I finished the nucleic acid test today and will go home in a few days.