Emperor Qianlong: the beginning of his glory

Chapter 83
May I ask, after decades of torment, who is suffering?It boils itself like wax, binds itself like silkworms, there is no way to learn how to press it.Zeng Yuren said: I am definitely not a fat person, so I don't think of it as a second person.Alas!It can be male.Recalling that in the past, in the public hall, beside the Mingyuan building, there were cattail bags for rice, tea eggs in bags, and every time there was an inscription under the board, I often laboriously copied it.Changli has no such essays, Xizhi has no such characters, and Taibai has no such poems.When the head teacher was lucky, he tried to beat him, he still wanted to finish the banquet and be the best, but he just clicked and circled, deleted, deleted, and changed.

Unexpectedly, I turned it over countless times, but I threw it away, looking at the fish and the geese in the sky, maybe the ceremony room will be written down.For the sake of official planning, he must have Hengwen, how many rows will you brush?Alas!Almost cut off?So far, the Yuanmen road is broken, and Yi's children and grandchildren, congratulating fresh friends and relatives, worry about hearing the sound of drums, and are afraid of hearing the sound of gongs.Scholars can't seek, 'scholars' can't remember, 'Shou Kao' can't die.Or the meritorious deeds of the ancestors should be kept by Baiyi, and the names of the generals should be recorded, and the effect will be seen later.There are children and grandchildren together, with knees and knees around.

"This can be regarded as a thorough description of the situation." He Shizhi, who had a poor reputation all his life, followed Cao Xueqin as a private disciple of the family wall, and he has realized it. Seeing this copy of the couplet, he couldn't help but arouse his old feelings Feeling sour and hot in my heart, I thought about it, and added another sentence: "There is no medicine to cure the disease, and it is difficult to heal the disease with the heart, Goddess Nuwa!"

Everyone was still waiting to comment carefully, when they suddenly heard someone calling out on the shore with a hand-rolled trumpet: "Master Zhongcheng——There is an urgent message from the court!"

"It seems that I can't go home with my heart's content today." Yin Jishan smiled and sighed, "I will continue what Mr. He said about 'there is no medicine to cure the disease'. It's also difficult'ah!" As he spoke, the boat had landed, but he saw Geshha, the governor's yamen.As soon as it came to a stop, Nagoshha jumped onto the boat, called Yin Jishan a thousand times, and presented a letter with a sealed letter with fireproof paint from the military aircraft department with both hands.Yin Jishan sat with his feet crossed, and when he took it apart, he saw the word "Imperial Criticism", stood up hurriedly, and carefully opened his hands to read it, but it was a memorial:
The governor of Shanxi, Kaer Jishan, knelt down to impeach Shanxi's chief envoy, Sahaliang, for accepting and exchanging silver, pretending to accept bribes.

Yin Jishan roughly read the text, and when he read Qianlong's imperial criticism, it was:

to all provinces.Yang Sijing, the servant of the Ministry of official affairs, has been sent to check the case, and he will try the case with Fu Heng.

Sun Jiagan saw that Yin Jishan was just groaning, and when he wanted to ask, because this was an imperial edict, and he didn't know whether he should ask, he also remained silent.Seeing that the two of them didn't open their mouths, the people on board also kept silent.It took Yin Jishan a long time to say: "This is the first case of investigating and dealing with bribery since the emperor came to the throne. The few copies I submitted earlier have not been published. It seems that this is a play in the middle of a play." As he spoke, he handed the manuscript of the memorial to Sun Jiagan.Sun Jiagan took a look at it, and said with a smile: "Kar Jishan is the most naughty person, and this time he was the first to shoot a skyrocket! Sahalang is Prince Zhuang's disciple, I'm afraid this lawsuit will not be easy!"

"Brothers and virtuous brothers." Yin Jishan calmly picked up the plain paper folding fan on the table, arched his chest, and said with a smile: "Master Sun and I can't accompany you anymore. We need to discuss something when we go back to the yamen. Just have fun and persuade me more Brother Le, have a few drinks. When you turn back and go on the road, brother naturally still has some Cheng Yi." After speaking, he calmly walked off the diving board, went ashore with Sun Jiagan, bowed again across the water, and then returned to the Yamen in the same sedan chair with Sun Jiagan.

The two sat down in the Jiangnan governor's yamen, and Yin Jishan said: "I said there is a play in the play, and that's what I mean. It's not just Prince Zhuang involved? Yang Sijing is a close friend of Prince Yi's mansion, and he was the same year as Sahalang. Come to try the case, what good result will Kaerjishan have?" He unfolded and closed the big folding fan in his hand, "As far as I can see, Fu Heng must be behind Kaerjishan. Fu Heng is a young upstart, bold and careful, Dedicated to being a famous official, instigating the first act of punishing corruption in Shanxi, this is what I want. But if the emperor doesn't want to make a big deal, why does he send the papers to the provinces? If he wants to do it seriously, why call Yang Sijing to do it? This is a bit confusing." Sun Jiagan has never been a high-ranking official in any foreign office, and he has always had something to say, and only then did he know that a memorial was approved. It turned out not to be "whether the person played is true or not", or "is there such a thing around me, should I play it", but the "play" behind the case, so he smiled and said: "If it were me, it would not be like this." Thinking about it, the first thing I need to do is to look at the Jiangnan Fan Treasury and take an inventory of myself."

"Then you can't even be a governor to the end." Seeing how straightforward he is, Yin Jishan smiled and said, "You don't need to think about whether you are clean or corrupt. You don't need to think about whether there are corrupt officials around you. You can find them everywhere. I have known it for a long time. You see, if He Luying's case is to be placed in the hands of the late emperor, Li Wei has long refused to ask for an order to deal with it. The emperor wants to change strictness into leniency. If you throw it out, it is called ignorance of the overall situation. You even Officials are not stable, how can you actually do something good for the court and the people? Now it’s been a long time since there are eighteen or nine corrupt officials and eleven or twelve clean officials. Take it, if there is no fish in the water and no birds in the forest, there will be no one to be an official.”

This is also a truth.Sun Jiagan suddenly felt a wave of uneasiness. He thought of meeting Mo Junzi, and he was really not sure who was right: "It's easy to break the mountain, but it's hard to break the heart..." He muttered to himself.Yin Jishan didn't hear clearly, and asked:
"You seem very worried?"

"I'm a little... scared."

"Afraid?" Yin Jishan paused, "Afraid there will be too many corrupt officials?"

"No, I'm afraid the nobles think like you." Sun Jiagan smiled wryly, "Then the revolution is not far away."

Yin Jishan laughed and said: "Xigong, revolution is the way of heaven and a great number. Why did the saint say 'harmony with light and dust'? It is to ask you to adapt to the situation. In this dynasty, be loyal to this dynasty and try your best to do it well. The thing in my hands is to delay the revolution. No one has ever done it since ancient times to stop this great destiny. Now, to be honest, the emperor wants to create a prosperous world, which is already visible and palpable. But after the 'extreme prosperity', it must be the eclipse of the full moon, and the loss of the utensils. The longer the time, the longer the country must be, and this is proved by the history of the Han and Tang Dynasties. So your infatuation is touching, think about it, is it true?"

"This is really enlightening." Sun Jiagan couldn't help laughing, "I've worried too much." Then he told the story of meeting Mr. Mo when he stayed overnight in a small shop in Stone City, and said, "I've already done this. Your Majesty Zuo Ming. According to what you said, that Mr. Mo is also an idiot!"

Yin Jishan lost his smile. After a long time, he sighed, "Is there such a person in the Quer Xiaokou of the White Lotus Sect in Shanxi? The world is so big that there are many such people. It is not my Manchurian blessing..."

Both Sun Jiagan and Yin Jishan were sent by order to run the school, so they put up a sign the next day to refuse all officials to visit.Yin Jishan offloaded all the affairs of the governor's yamen, and Musa Harding, the governor of the south of the Yangtze River, took over the yamen affairs. He also brought a group of reading masters into the posthouse to live with Sun Jiagan.Originally, there was less than a month left, Yin Jishan brought a few boxes of books from his home, and wanted to study behind closed doors. Unexpectedly, five days later, Shanxi Governor Ka Erjishan sent another memorial, which was still an impeachment official. Corruption, but the defendant changed to another one, Shanxi Xuezheng Kaerqin, and his words were even more severe: "This person bribed and sold civil and military students, the evidence of stolen goods is obvious, and he bought a married woman as a concubine. His reputation and shame are ruined." Exhausted, please order Kaerqin to be locked up for strict interrogation, and beheaded to warn the world of corrupt officials and Mohist", and later, Special Jiazhu commented:

Forwarded to the provincial governors.This manuscript was sent to Sun Jiagan to read it carefully.

The Ministry of Rites knelt down and played: "Sun Jiagan has gone to the south of the Yangtze River to preside over the Southern Chamber."
It is my order for Sun to go to the south of the Yangtze River. How can I not know why?Faint!The books of the Ministry of Rites and the Minister of Servants are downgraded to one level each!This!

"The mountain rain is about to come and the wind fills the building." Yin Jishan lived in the east study, and when he received the edict, he immediately went to the west study to ask Sun Jiagan to have a look. He still had a calm demeanor, but his expression became serious, "Xi Gong, look It looks like you may not be able to preside over this subject in Nanwei, but according to the Holy Will, you may be asked to go to Shanxi to preside over this huge case of trial!"

Sun Jiagan's face was buried low, and he reviewed and commented on Kaerjishan's long memorial of thousands of words word by word, and when he was moved, he sighed softly: "Yes, I felt it too, I feel it. I feel that the Holy Order is already on the way. I have read this case, and I am afraid that dozens of Shanxi officials will have their top hats removed. But I don’t quite understand, as you said Fu Heng is there, and the imperial envoy is a ready-made title. How easy is it to handle it nearby? If you don’t need me, why ask me to read this brochure?”

"The emperor values ​​your devotion to loyalty, and you also have evil spirits, which can ward off evil spirits." Yin Jishan said with a smile, "As for Fu Heng, I dare say that he is the master behind the Kaer Jishan. He is not suitable for interrogation—— " Before going on, the gatekeeper ran in panting, and he didn't have time to salute, and said: "Zhongcheng, the inner court king came to Nanjing to pass the decree. I just went to the governor's office, turned the horse's head and came here again. Now At the door, please accept the order with the two adults!"

When the two heard "there is a purpose", they had already stood up.Yin Jishan calmed down a little, and ordered: "Fire the cannon, open the middle door, and set up an incense table!"

"tie!"

The two people here hurriedly changed their clothes. Sun Jiagan was wearing a Shenyang mending suit, a nine-python five-claw gown, and a coral top;The two looked solemn, and each gave their hands out of the study.Then I heard three cannons of "dong dong dong" at the front door.The two of them stopped hesitating and walked out with square steps, only to see a young eunuch in his twenties entering through the middle door with his hands in his hands.

"Sun Jiagan and Yin Jishan receive the decree!" Wang Li, covered in dust and oily face, stood up in front of the incense table above with all his strength, and yelled loudly. Seeing that Sun and Yin had bowed down and saluted, he began to read the edict road:

Fengtian Chengyun Emperor's edict said:

Since Yuji, I have trusted the ministers and sympathized with the officials, and increased the salary, generously provided for the integrity, and generously.I think that the ministers and workers of the world must be grateful for their efforts, be honest and honest, and do their duties sincerely, so that there will be no one who is corrupt and prosecuted to interfere with the constitution.Unexpectedly, Sahalang, the chief minister of Shanxi Province, and Kaerqin, a scholar and political officer, were notoriously dirty and full of stolen goods.It's not what I dreamed of.It is I who treat the world with sincerity, and if people dare to mess up like this, they actually regard me as an incompetent and deceitful master!
Sun Jiagan and Yin Jishan, who were kneeling below, couldn't help but sneak a glance at each other: It really is this matter.But he heard Wang Li read again:

... It has been more than ten years since my emperor tried to rectify the customs and clarify the administration of officials. Now I have not been in the throne for a long time, but there are things that are too busy to check.It's because I don't know how to appreciate my kindness, and I don't know how to abide by the laws of the country, which will make my emperor try to turn the world around, and thus let it go.In the past, Yu Hongtu bribed and sold civil and martial arts to give birth to children. My emperor's examination general Yi immediately executed the law.The case of Kaerqin's redemption and sale of raw children should follow Yu's example.If you are a little lenient, you can't follow the emperor's intention to rectify and clarify, and I will definitely not come here.

After reading this, Wang Li cleared his throat with dry mouth, glanced at Sun Jiagan, and continued to read:
The two cases of Sahalang and Kaerqin have been sent by Yang Sijing, the minister of the Ministry of official affairs, and together with the governor Karjishan, they have strictly examined and decided the case based on the facts.Sun Jiagan, the censor of the capital, is now going to Shanxi to preside over the handling of the entire case, depending on the situation.Seek to be verified and determined.Don't be shy because of relatives, and don't be distracted by the public.Even if Yang Sijing's generation intends to excuse him, the censor should also be impartial and loyal to the country, law enforcement is worthless, and deal with it decisively.The matter of his leftover education will be handled by Yin Jishan's decree and Eshan will handle it together. Here is a secret decree, hereby!
"Sir, obey the order!"

Sun Jiagan and Yin Jishan kowtowed deeply.

(End of this chapter)