Chapter 2158 Flower Struggle (Sixty Six)

During the Dragon Boat Festival in the 28th year of Qianlong's reign, a fire broke out in the Jiuzhou Qingyan Hall of the Old Summer Palace. Qianlong, who was taking a nap in the hall after watching the dragon boat, was almost burned to death. At that time, the fourth elder brother Yongxuan was on duty next to Qianlong.

Qianlong and Yongxuan were soon trapped in the fire, with thick smoke billowing. They shouted for help. At this time, the fifth elder brother Yongqi, who was playing chess with the eighth elder brother Yongxuan, arrived quickly and broke the window directly.

He rushed into the fire and carried Qianlong out.

At that time, Yongxun had already broken the window and escaped, leaving Qianlong alone in the sea of ​​fire. After the two came out, the Queen Mother and other brothers rushed over, and the fire was quickly put out. It didn't take long for Qianlong to adopt Yongxun.

It was given to the heirless Prince Lu. In the previous four years, he had already given Yongrong International to Prince Qi, plus the second elder brother who died young. After the death of Queen Fucha, the eldest elder brother and the elder brother who behaved inappropriately at the funeral

The third elder brother and the fifth elder brother Yongqi were suddenly called the "eldest son", that is, the most likely heir to the throne.

It is a pity that Yongqi died of illness three years later. Yongrong, the sixth elder brother of the little prince's "uncle", did not have a bad record like Yongxuan, and he also presided over the editing of "Sikuquanshu". Although Ji Xiaolan was the editor,

Yong Rong is responsible for allocating human, financial and administrative resources. The Ministry of Internal Affairs is also running normally under his management. Generally speaking, Yong Rong is a talented and versatile person, except for the fact that he has been adopted.

Besides, he is a good candidate for the crown prince.

If Qianlong adopted the sixth elder brother back as his successor, then the fourth elder brother Yongxuan might also be adopted, and there would be a risk of the "nine kings seizing the legitimate sons" happening again.

In the 26th year of Qianlong's reign, the Yellow River also burst its banks, also in Henan. There were 15 breaches and 52 counties were affected. The person in charge of river engineering at that time was Liu Tongxun.

Yuan Shoudong was trained as a future military minister or an important minister. Unfortunately, the life span of mortals is not like that of Arhats, who can extend it by themselves. Originally, the case in Gansu and Shandong had come to an end, and Yuan Shoudong could continue to go home to Dingyou. However,

In the forty-seventh year of Qianlong's reign, the Yellow River was about to burst its banks again. At that time, Yuan Shoudong was seriously ill and looked bad. However, the emperor had already personally greeted him at Marco Polo Bridge. After the Yellow River floods were dealt with, Yuan Shoudong also stayed.

The root cause of the disease was found, and he died in the 48th year of Qianlong's reign as Governor-General of Zhili. After his death, he enjoyed mourning honors and was given to the crown prince as his Taibao. His memorial tablet was entered into the Xianliang Temple, and his biography was re-established in the history of the country. An ancestral hall was set up in his hometown of Jiaoqiao, and he was buried with royal rites.

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Ji Xiaolan married her two daughters to the two sons of Yuan Shoudong's younger brother, and like Lu Jianzeng, they became in-laws.

After the Lu Jianzeng Lianghuai salt case occurred, Ji Xiaolan was demoted to the Communist Party of China because of his intercession. Lu Jianzeng himself was put on death row, and his descendants were also imprisoned. Ji Xiaolan's daughter, Lu Jianzeng's daughter-in-law, escaped with her 9-year-old son.

He took refuge in Jiaoqiao, Shandong, and was safe only under the protection of Yuan Shoucheng's two daughters-in-law.

Sanceedorji's direct descendant, Prince Yunxi, also has a daughter who is a concubine and married to a Mongolian prince. Maybe one day Yunduan Dorji will also go there to take refuge like Lu Jianzeng's grandson.

, traveling more between relatives can deepen the relationship. In the future, when he goes to Kulun, it will not be as easy to visit relatives as it is now in the capital.

What's more, it is reasonable for the young prince to take the bride around when he is newly married. So what if his aunt is not his biological mother?

The legendary poison exists in people's stomachs, and there is also an idiom "to confuse people's hearts", but people are not worms in other people's stomachs, they really know what others think.

When dealing with the Lianghuai salt importation case, Gao Heng, Gao Jin's nephew, was not treated specially because of the "Eight Pis", but was executed according to the royal law.

Corruption has existed in the Lianghuai Salt Administration for 20 years. Gao Heng was not the only one involved in the salt administration. Ji Qing, the first salt administrator, not only collected tax money from salt merchants, but also asked them to pay "filial piety" money, but he refused to give salt if he directly asked for it.

The benefits to the merchants were not long-term, so he submitted a memorial. After the three dynasties of Kangxi, Yongzheng, and Qianlong, the population expanded rapidly. The little salt that had been "orally fed" in the past was not enough. He hoped that the court could send more food to the Huaihe River and Huaihe River.

Qianlong thought it was reasonable and allocated some more salt. However, Ji Qing still felt that it was not enough, so he sent out the salt for Ming Nian in advance. The salt merchants were immediately overjoyed.

In this way, every time there is a wedding, a birthday, a full moon and other happy events in the family, the salt merchants will give generous gifts, and there will be more joy and willingness when raising money.

When the second salt administration Pu Fu came, the salt merchants were as filial as they were serving Ji Qing. However, Pu Fu was timid and although he was greedy, he refused to accept any bribes on the surface, so the salt merchants bought properties and utensils one after another.

Gave it to his family.

Pufu left seven years later. When he left, he borrowed 40,000 taels of silver from the salt account. He also said that he had no travel expenses. The salt merchants gave him another 10,000 taels. Since Pufu usually wore simple clothes,

Qianlong thought that he was an honest official with "two sleeves and clean wind".

Next is Gao Heng. He held meetings as soon as he took office and liked to treat guests to dinner. Whenever he invited salt merchants, they were never absent. Taking advantage of Qianlong's trip to the south of the Yangtze River, he had countless "meetings" and occasionally came to

When visiting a salt merchant and seeing exquisite antique calligraphy and painting, he only had to stand for a few seconds and the calligraphy and painting would be delivered to Gao Heng.

Some of these paintings were sent to Qianlong, such as the paintings by Tang Yin, one of the "Four Great Talents in the South of the Yangtze River" in the Ming Dynasty. Qianlong not only wrote poems on these paintings, but also copied Tang Yin's "Picture of a Lady with Plum Blossoms".

Some people are migrating from places like Huguang, but the population is still increasing. Unless a census is conducted, it is difficult to determine the exact number of people in each place and how much salt is needed. This also creates loopholes in the salt policy.

Since the war broke out between the Qing Dynasty and Burma, military rations were provided by Guizhou and Yunnan. ZY originally belonged to Sichuan. When the administrative regions were divided in the sixth year of Yongzheng's reign, it came under the jurisdiction of Guizhou. This part of the salt supply also belonged to Guizhou.

During the war, there was no way to conduct a census. During the Qing-Burmese War, Zhang Bao, a native of XHQ in Manchuria, served as the governor of the old garrison in charge of food and wages, and also supervised the transportation of food to the Burmese army.

In fact, Zhang Bao was not a man of "good fortune". He also fell in love with the "good job" of the governor of Suzhou. Who knew that his dream turned into a nightmare, and the two biggest cases of the Qianlong Dynasty were in his hands together in the 33rd year of Qianlong's reign.

Gao Heng was transferred, firstly because Gao Jin served as the Governor of Liangjiang to avoid suspicion, and secondly, because he was transferred as Minister of the Interior. When he left, he told the salt merchants that he would take care of them in the future, so the "filial piety" of the salt merchants was given to him.

Although he was a relative of the emperor, he did not make the subsequent salt administration outstanding.

He was not given any benefits and there was such a big hole. In a rage, You Bashi opened the window paper. However, when he wrote the memorial, he did not list the crimes of Gao Heng and other predecessors. During his tenure, he spent a total of 85,000 yuan.

Thousand taels of silver, plus the 278,000 taels of silver shipped on credit to the treasury, there are still more than 190,000 taels of silver in the treasury. The merchants are still ordered to ask the Ministry of Internal Affairs to check for every three taels of silver they withdraw.

None of the previous salt administrations took the initiative to report the revenue and expenditure of salt imports. They just kept saying that the population was increasing and more salt imports were needed. However, the Lianghuai Salt Administration only had 190,000 taels? In the past twenty years, if the total tax revenue was 3 taels per import,

It should be more than 10 million taels, but the Ministry of Revenue does not have a record of this salt revenue. The key is for the Ministry of Internal Affairs to check and collect it. The salt tax does not go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Where did the money go? Zhangbao also arrived in Jiangsu in April. In addition to Gao Heng's mansion in BJ Baochao Hutong, he also had a mansion in Suzhou. It was said to be a palace for welcoming guests. In fact, Qianlong lived in Suzhou Weaving when he went to Suzhou.

Mansion.

In order to control corruption, he had money to raise his integrity, and Qianlong also knew about the corruption of officials during his tenure. However, the nature of the 2 million taels dug out from the cellar of the "incorruptible" Pufu's house was different.

There is no basis for talking, and you need evidence. Evidence in corruption cases is easy to find, but in soul-calling and witchcraft cases, you can only rely on oral confessions.

Zhangbao was dismissed from his post because of the soul-calling case, and went to Yunnan again in the thirty-fourth year.

Although Siam did not deliberately not sell rice to Fujian, because the country was in war and their people only had bark and grass roots to eat, Fujian still suffered from famine due to natural disasters and various problems.

Southeast is a province with a large population. Just imagining the consequences if the Qing Dynasty lost the Burmese War makes people shudder.

This battle had to be fought, and it had to be won. Ening sent a letter to recruit the Burmese general, and Qianlong transferred him to Fujian. The general also left BJ and went to him with a letter of recommendation from the Jueluo family in Xilin.

As for Zhangbao, after he was transferred to Yunnan, he also blackmailed the county magistrate Wang Xi. The key was that he ran short of military rations. This case was also tried by Yuan Shoudong.

After Yongzheng, he implemented the "reform of natives and return to locals", that is, the abolition of the chieftain system and the establishment of government offices, offices, and states. Immigrants had to face such a situation. On one side, there was an official government that did not follow royal principles but only focused on overbearing. On the other side, all employees practiced martial arts, and

The Miao people don't like to talk about right and wrong, and the White Lotus sect says "if you follow me, you will be safe from war".

The Miao people were not good at trading. The immigrants bought daily necessities to the Miao people on credit at high prices and ordered them to return the grain after autumn and use the land as mortgage. The Miao people who were unable to return the grain had to hand over the land, causing the Miao people to become tenant farmers.

There are also loan sharks. Once the Miao people borrow money, it will be difficult for them to get rid of the ruthless exploitation of loan sharks.

At this time, no one is worried about Miao Jiang's Gu magic.

On the sixth day of the first lunar month of the fiftieth year of Qianlong's reign, the Thousand Old Man's Banquet was held in the Qianqing Palace. More than 3,000 people gathered together, and the whole palace was drinking wine. Qianlong brought the prince, the emperor's grandson, and the emperor's great-grandson to toast.

Because at that time, the world was at peace, the world was prosperous, and it was the prosperous age of Kangxi and Qianlong, the banquet was unprecedentedly grand.

"Don't allow others to be happy for a while?" Bonaparte said suddenly.

Georgiana had nothing to say.

He suddenly pulled her up and danced a waltz in the cabin.

Just like the day she danced with Severus at Hugo's house, there was no musical accompaniment.

But the sound of music was echoing in her mind, and she was still in the splendid palace.

This seemed both true and false, for she seemed to have danced with him in the palace.

"Where am I?" she asked, feeling a little dizzy.

"You won't know until you see it on the deck." He smiled and said, "Or do you want to continue reading?"

She is now worried that someone will "sneak in" while she is reading.

"I'm not a nerd!" she yelled.

He smiled with his white teeth exposed, then stopped, bent his arms, let her take his hand, and led her out of the cabin.
Chapter completed!