Vatican Buzheng also followed, sneaking around.

Jia Liu, who was sulking, couldn't help but roll his eyes at him: "Have you had an affair with Yongxuan? We are all our own people. If this really happens, I will say hello to Director Ding later and give you a hundred and eighty taels.

Just write another 500-word letter of guarantee and forget about it."

If the prime minister can hold a boat in his belly, long live the emperor.

"Your Majesty is judging a gentleman's heart with a villain's heart,"

Vatican Buzheng was very angry, "Besides, since I joined the work, my family has not been worth a hundred and eighty taels!"

"No, you have been working as the governor of Zhili for more than half a year. Where is your salary?"

Fan Wei was promoted from the prefect of Baoding to the governor of Zhili. The annual legal salary was 155 taels, and Yanglianyin was required to be at least 8,000 taels according to the court regulations.

In other words, Fan Wei has been in office for more than half a year, and his annual legal income is at least one million yuan.

So, how could there be no money?

"Did Your Majesty forget that the Ministry of Household Affairs is responsible for disbursing the salaries of officials of second rank and above?"

Fan Wei looked aggrieved. The Gui Family and the imperial court refused to deal with him. Therefore, since he became the chief envoy, the Ministry of Household Affairs has not paid him a cent of salary.

It would be better to be the prefect of Baoding and be able to draw wages from the vassal treasury.

Moreover, after he took office as the prefect of Baoding, he had to have his salary sent to Linqing every month for the upbringing of the orphans of the Changsheng Army who died in the anti-Qing Dynasty. In addition, he also gave some subsidies to the poor relatives in his hometown.

Since I became an official, I have not been corrupt. As a result, my salary is not enough. I am really very poor.

During his tenure as Zhili Governor, he was as stingy as Jiangxi Governor Hao Shuo, so much so that his superior, Zhili Governor Yang Jingsu, couldn't stand it and gave him a private grant of one thousand taels.

As a result, after the one thousand taels arrived, Fan Wei directly issued a remittance order and sent it to Shandong to help the villagers.

It’s really like having a breath of fresh air on your sleeves.

Yang Jingsu lamented this and said to the people around him: "I didn't expect that an upright official would appear in the meeting I attended together."

If it weren't for the fact that the prince personally promoted the Vatican chief, Lao Yang would have found a way to overthrow him.

"So you've been working for nothing for the past six months?...This is my fault."

Jia Liu was a little embarrassed and said that he would wait until he returned to Xiangyang to discuss his merits and reward him, so he would squeeze a hundred and eighty taels from the finances and let Fan Wei spend it first.

After all, he was also the chief minister of the largest province in the Qing Dynasty, so his salary still had to be paid normally.

Then he asked Fan Wei what he wanted to say after coming over.

Fan Wei straightened his expression and said: "Your Majesty, regarding the issue of the era name, I think the Meiji era name that Director Ji just drafted is very good."

"Huh? What's so good about it?"

Jia Liu asked Fan Buzheng to explain it carefully.

Vatican made two great points.

First, Meiji means the rule of the world by a wise king. Combined with the governance of the Oni clan in various places, it develops industry, revitalizes the local economy, and reduces taxes and exemptions. It is a benevolent government that benefits the people and benefits the common people. Therefore, it is consistent with

Mingjun this fact.

The second and most important point is that the era name "Meiji" coincides with the Qing Dynasty's Ming system and the meaning of governing towards the Ming Dynasty. It also vaguely includes the meaning that the master of the ghost family is actually after Zhu Ming.

In this way, the year name "Meiji" can effectively win over the Xinghan Army that was divided against the Qing Dynasty and restored the Ming Dynasty, and laid a good foundation for the two sides to negotiate and resolve their differences.

"This reign name does have many benefits, but due to force majeure factors and personal emotional reasons, I'd better draft another reign name,"

Jia Liu looked at Fan Wei, who obviously had something to say, "Don't beat around the bush with me. What exactly do you want to tell me?... Speak boldly. I won't kill you if you say something wrong...

Really, when did I become a being in your eyes that you dare not speak to your face if you have something to say?"

"This alone is enough for Your Majesty to be called a wise king!"

Fan Wei took a deep breath and then asked what was most concerned about in his heart, "I dare to ask Your Majesty who you want to appoint as your queen!"

"Li Hou?"

Jia Liuyi couldn't answer this question from the dog-headed military advisor because he really hadn't thought about it.

It's not an oversight, it's just that I really forgot.

Where there is yin, there is yang, where there is a male, there is a mother, and where there is an emperor, there is a queen.

He has proclaimed himself emperor, and the world is about to enter a new era of great governance, so what the people are most concerned about must be the choice of queen.

Since ancient times, the choice of queen has not been a family matter of the emperor, but a public matter of the world.

Now Jia Liu has five women.

The first one is Ruxiu who gave birth to her eldest daughter, Wen Jing;

The second one is Yuanyuan who gave birth to his eldest son Keqing;

The third one is Chunhua, the daughter of Bo Qingbo;

The fourth was Wu Qinglian who was given to him by Wang Danwang, the former chief envoy of Gansu Province;

The fifth one is Yuying, a noble lady whom the old rich gave him from the palace.

Each of the five women has a different background.

Regarding birth status, Ruxiu, Chunhua and Yuying were all from Manchuria.

In terms of nobility, if Ruxiu is of the royal family’s character, she must be the most expensive.

Chunhua's father, Bo Qing'e, was not only the governor of Huguang, but also the vice-president of the Association for Advancement. Although he was an illegitimate daughter, he was also relatively expensive.

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Yuying was a noble person of Qianlong's reign, and according to etiquette, it would be more noble to show off her character.

Yuanyuan and Wu Qinglian are both Han women. Yuanyuan's father is a "rebel", while Wu Qinglian is a poor woman who was sold by her parents since she was a child. Their backgrounds are definitely not as good as those of the three girls from Manchuria.

Therefore, in theory, Jia Liu must appoint Ruxiu, who was born in Princess, as his queen.

However, this is not in political interest.

Because Jia Liu's base is the Han army and the Green Camp, not the Eight Banners of Manchu and Mongolia.

With the development of the situation, the Prince of Xin County behind Ruxiu has obviously become less important, and even the Eight Banners of Manchu and Mongolia including Aixinjueluo are not important, but the Governor of Huguang behind Chunhua is very important.

Because Bo Qing'e, the father-in-law, was the elder of the Gongjin Association. He not only developed a large number of members of the Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners, but also had a great influence on the army. He single-handedly handled the transfer of many Gongjin members in the army.

, it can be said that the old friends and disciples are all over the army.

Especially now that Bo Qing'e is one of the two governors who supported his son-in-law to become emperor, and is the first prime minister of the new government appointed by Jia Liu, his status can be said to be of great importance.

Yuying, a member of the Shun family, also had a very prominent family background and had great influence in the Eight Banners of Manchuria and Mongolia. His eldest brother Fuqing was now in charge of Jia Liu, his new brother-in-law, in Nanjing. He was a reliable military boss in the Liangjiang area.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Of course, it is impossible for Chunhua and Yuying to be queens, because they are both "married for the second time".

As the founder of the New Qing Dynasty, Jia Liu could not have a second-married daughter as his queen. At most, he would give his second daughter the treatment of a noble concubine.

Wu Qinglian's background was even more humble, and she was directly excluded from the list of candidates for the queen. She could not even be a concubine, but could only be a concubine.

As a result, on paper, only Ruxiu and Yuanyuan are left to compete.

One side is Manchu orthodoxy, and the other side is Han orthodoxy.

Jia Liu couldn't decide who to appoint.

Because the two women each have their own merits, that is, they have similar advantages and disadvantages.

With Ruxiu as the queen, as the work of civilianization of the Eight Banners was carried out, a Manchu queen would definitely not be accepted by the people of the world.

Making Yuanyuan the queen may be the wisest choice in the long run, but it is not the best choice now.

After all, Jia Liu's surname is Aixinjueluo, so how can he directly appoint the daughter of a "rebel" leader as his queen?

Quite tricky.

Since Fan Wei raised this issue, Jia Liu certainly wanted to ask his opinion.

"His Majesty is now the Emperor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Logically, he should be the queen of Prince Li Xin... However, if my opinion is for the long-term interests of the country, I should make the daughter of the Gu family my queen."

Fan Wei did not hesitate to express his attitude.

Because this attitude is not held by him alone, but is recognized by the vast majority of the civil servants and generals around His Majesty.

"Your Majesty often said that your Majesty's Qing Dynasty was different from Qianlong's old Qing Dynasty. He also said that the Banners and Han people were one family, regardless of each other. He even ordered the soldiers and civilians to voluntarily braid their hair, and even wanted to abolish the whole city. This was unprecedented since the founding of the People's Republic of China.

A great act of innovation..."

Fan Wei proposed that innovation is actually the source of productivity for the Gui family to make a fortune. So in the past, Manchu emperors always established Mongolians as queens, with Manchu women as queens. This old system must be abandoned, and only in line with the major policy of innovation can it be changed to make Han women as queens.

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Moreover, this can also show that the Qing Dynasty is a real Banner-Han family, not the one they talked about in the past.

Jia Liu was noncommittal about this and was still undecided. He planned to ask Bo Qing'e and Li Shijie for their opinions.

Both of them are highly respected people in the association, and their opinions combined form the opinions of the Gongjin Association.

As the honorary president, Jia Liu still had to listen to the opinions of the committee on the matter of establishing a queen.

That is, he will establish whomever everyone says he will establish.

Fan Wei also knew that this matter was of great importance. It was normal for the Gui family to be undecided for a while, but he still went further and said: "Your Majesty now has a son, and he is the eldest son. Since ancient times, the eldest son has been the crown prince, so I thought that I should make your eldest son the prince.
Chapter completed!