Seeing that there were more and more officials in Chaoyang Palace, Lu Shunde knew that the time for court was coming, he hurriedly explained: "The Master Lu got up at the third update to handle official duties. Every time he went to court, he was too busy to have time to have a meal, so he could only put on his sleeves.

After holding a big cake, the stomach and intestines will naturally be bad after a long time, and diarrhea will often be known. The emperor knew about this. Before going to court, Lord Lu would be admitted into the back hall and had a meal with the emperor. For this reason, the time for going to court was

Delayed for two quarters of an hour.”

Wang Debang was both envious and resentful. In order for Lu Jianying to have a hot breakfast, he threw hundreds of their ministers in the hall to wait. How could Lu Jianying attend the banquet with peace of mind?

"Mr. Lu is here!"

Chang Dachun looked at Lu Jianying on the left enviously, and saw his red face, complacent, and freely swaying his eyes. Even when he was Teacher Xianfeng, he never saw him so proud.

"The Emperor is here!"

"I wish you a long life to the emperor."

"All my dear friends are exempted from the ceremony. Can you report something today?"

Chang Dachun was waiting quietly. The morning dynasty of the Han Dynasty became more and more formal. According to the rules, low-ranking officials generally reported first.

"There is something that happened to Liu Mo, an editor of the Hanlin Academy, said."

Li Yunzhong knew him, the second place in the new subject, and took the lead in boycotting people to Europe. It was not that he did not dare to go, but that Confucius and Mencius had read too much, and he believed that how could the Celestial Kingdom learn from barbarians? There were still many officials with this idea.

Liu Mo continued: "Nanjing's population has increased rapidly, and it has now exceeded 1.8 million. As for the seven counties in Nanjing, there are a total of 6 million people. The price of housing in the city has surged, which is twenty times that of five years ago. The people have no place to stand.

Living in the factory, thirty or fifty people crowded in a room, living a life of not having enough food and no clothes to cover themselves, and asked the emperor to make the decision for the people and rectify the factory."

There are so many people in Nanjing! Li Yunzhong was shocked and asked immediately: "When I attacked Nanjing, there were only more than 800,000 people in the city, and the entire Nanjing Prefecture was only 00,000. Why did the population increase so much in just a short period of time?"

Liu Mo replied: "According to Weichen's investigation, it is because of wars in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, Hubei, Sichuan, Jiangxi, Anhui and other areas, and the people fled one after another. The number of foreigners in Nanjing has exceeded that of local residents, and locals often have armed battles with foreigners."

Meng Shangsheng smiled and said, "This is a good thing. The more people in Nanjing are, the stronger the Han Dynasty."

Liu Mo sarcastically said: "Does Lord Meng know how much food these millions of people need to eat in a day? How much grain is produced in Nanjing Prefecture a year? There are many people and few lands, and the food is rare and the food is expensive, and the price of grain is rising steadily.

, the people are tired and can’t even make ends meet.”

He was sarcastic by a sixth-rank sesame official and was embarrassed and angry, and scolded: "High eyesight and low-key, and empty talk will ruin the country. What are you doing? Let's listen."

Liu Mo ignored Meng Xing and continued: "Report to the emperor, there are a large number of grain transport ships docking outside Nanjing every day. The gangs take the opportunity to act, breeding a large number of desperate people, extorting passers-by merchants, the people, and the government ignores them.

The people are suffering, among which the Qing Gang has the largest power, with a total of 50,000 people, covering bustling cities such as Nanjing, Suzhou, and Shanghai.”

Qing Gang! Li Yunzhong didn't expect that there would be ** in the Han Dynasty. When he thought of the gangster movies in his previous life, he immediately became interested and asked to Nanjing prefect Wang Debang, "Do you know this?"

Wang Debang secretly scolded Liu Mo for being troublesome. After hearing the emperor's question, he quickly left and answered: "Your Majesty, I had known that there were desperate activities at the wharf, but there was no evidence, and the wharf was unable to unload goods without them, so

Without taking any measures, Weichen has ordered the police station to inquire about the situation of the Qing Gang. If there is any evidence of illegality, he will be arrested and detained immediately."

The Minister of Justice Hu Yihuang looked ugly. No one had ever mentioned the Qing Gang to him. He didn't expect that the Qing Gang was so powerful, with tens of thousands of people spread across the bustling cities along the coast. He secretly decided to order people to investigate after returning.

Liu Mo was unreasonable and continued to expose: "I'm afraid the entire police station has a unclear relationship with the Qing Gang. They call each other brothers and collude with each other. The police station will dismiss the case of the Qing Gang on the grounds that there is insufficient evidence."

Li Yunzhong played with the imperial pen and chuckled softly: "It's true at this time?"

Looking at the emperor's sneering expression, Wang Debang instantly broke out in a cold sweat and replied conscientiously: "I don't know. Please forgive me. I seldom ask me to ask me to do anything about the police department. I seldom ask me to be in charge of the crime."

Li Yunzhong asked: "Who is the director of the Nanjing Police Department?"

Hu Yihuang stepped out and replied: "Nanjing Police Department is directly under the Ministry of Justice, and the director is called Shao Fei. This man is an old soldier in Guangxi. Seeing that he is loyal and brave, the minister promoted him to the director."

Thinking of the Nanjing Police Station, Li Yunzhong thought of the story of teaching the son of the prime minister a lesson in having dinner in a restaurant. At that time, there was a brave policeman named Dongfang Jun.

Liu Mo advised: "War bravery may not be able to withstand gold and silver. I suggest that Shao Fei be dismissed from office and interrogation will be given justice to millions of people."

Wang Debang said angrily: "With your words just being rash, wouldn't it be a shame to the officials below?"

Liu Mo sneered, he was most disgraceful to the officials to protect each other, and immediately took out a piece of white paper with names from his sleeve and said loudly: "I have heard from the emperor, and I have visited hundreds of victims in one day. This is their joint report to Shao.

Evidence of flying.”

Seeing that Liu Mo was right and unwilling to forgive others, Wang Debang said angrily: "You are a Hanlin editor, not a censor, nor a member of the Ministry of Justice. If you don't do your part, you will also be confused by others. You can tell what crime should you be punished!"

Glimpsed by the rise, since the implementation of the imperial examination system, the civil servant group has become increasingly powerful. In Nanjing, their Guangxi clan was suppressed and could not raise their heads. The civil servant group had no rivals, so they actually fought on their own.

Chu Fei, the head of the Ministry of Justice, came out and agreed: "There are indeed gang activities at Xiaguan Pier in Nanjing, and the situation in Shanghai is particularly serious. In just a few years, Shanghai has accepted a large number of refugees, foreign concessions are in chaos, murderers, spies, gang leaders, frustrated politicians, etc.

have."

Li Yunzhong nodded and decided to give an explanation to the gangster, announcing: "Nanjing Police Director Shao Fei was a corpse and was dismissed from his post and asked for it. He heard that the patrol officer Dongfang Jun was loyal and brave, and was specially promoted to the director."

Hu Yihuang stepped out and said: "I would like to launch a crackdown on drugs, targeting gangs, and the whole country will act together to kill gangs in the cradle."

Li Yunzhong smiled and said, "It's enough for the Ministry of Justice to be responsible for these things. I grant you full power. The Heaven and Earth Association can deal with them at their discretion, except for those who are extremely guilty."

Liu Mo, Wang Debang and others returned to the queue, and their moods were different.

"I have something to do and I will report it!"

Li Yunzhong looked at Ye Mingchen in surprise. Since this old guy was forced to be granted an official position, he thought that he was in the Han camp and was in the Qing Dynasty. He never expressed his opinions or said a word when he went to court. How did he change his surname today?

He surrendered shyly.

"speak"

Ye Mingchen was complicated and took out a consultation from his cuffs and said loudly: "I received a letter from a friend of Yanjing, which said that the Qing Dynasty was willing to live in peace with the Han Dynasty, and use the Yellow River as the boundary, and draw the river to govern, and stop the war.

Wu, so that the people can live and work in peace, please make a decision.”

The civil and military officials in the court were stunned, and the "buzzing" sounded throughout the hall, and officials in front, back and left and right whispered.

Lu Jianying immediately stepped out and opposed: "It is absolutely necessary to negotiate peace. The Han army is in full swing. Henan and Shandong are ready to make a fortune. The front line is getting good news. These favorable conditions will no longer exist after the Qing Dynasty seeks peace. Let's talk about Han and Manchu.

If the power is not in harmony, the emperor will take the banner of "expelling the Tartars and restoring China", so how can he abandon his trust in the world halfway?"

After hearing Lu Jianying's opposition, all the civil and military officials in the court stopped talking.

Chang Dachun went out to express his gratitude and said: "The Qing Dynasty has been exhausted. As far as I know, Manchus in various places rushed to sell their property and returned to the northeast to purchase land. It can be seen that the people of Manzhou no longer had the courage to enter the pass. The emperor proclaimed himself emperor.

, Aspiring people in the world rushed to join in. Officials from all over the country offered the city and land. If this continues, they can reach Yanjing in less than a year. Why bother to negotiate peace with the Qing Dynasty and miss such a great situation?

Meng Xing came out and advised: "Ask peace with the Qing Dynasty, this is purely a witch that confuses the public."

Hu Yihuang also said: "Ask peace with the Qing Dynasty is a foolish move, and I am against it."

Seeing that the four prime ministers opposed one after another, the ministers immediately agreed, and some even attacked Ye Mingchen.

Li Yunzhong 'cough' and said in a decisive tone: "Since everyone opposes peace talks, then give up this matter and no further mention is allowed."

Ye Mingchen glanced at Li Yunzhong gratefully and silently returned to his original position.

Minister of War Lin Daji and Zhang Suimu looked at each other, and went out to bow and said, "Report to the emperor, the third phase of the Nanjing Army Officer Academy has been completed. I invite the emperor to attend their graduation ceremony to boost morale."

Chang Dachun immediately stepped out and retorted: "It's ridiculous! The emperor said he was right and could he attend a gathering of a group of low-level officers."

Zhang Suimu smiled and said, "This is a bad word. These graduates have also been tempered for a year. They are about to go to the battlefield. What's wrong with the emperor going to see him off? The new Jinshi Emperor will summon them to have a banquet."

When Chang Dachun heard Zhang Suimu confuse the new Jinshi with a group of martial artists, he said angrily: "It is a shame to be a gentleman, and it is a humiliating to be a gentleman. Jinshi is the essence of the country and the future pillar of the court."

Seeing many civil servants eager to try, Li Yunzhong interrupted: "I personally hosted the military academy. It is natural to attend the college graduation ceremony, so you don't have to argue anymore."

Lin Daji and Zhang Suimu breathed a sigh of relief. They promised this matter in front of the students and could not go back on their word.

Qian Duo, the Minister of Rites, hesitated for a while, glanced at Lu Jianying, and carefully advised: "Report to the emperor, I have something to do to report."

Li Yunzhong took a look at Qian Duo with encouragement, and the beggar leader gave him a lot of help.

Qian Duoxiao said, "Weichen is already over 60 years old and is about to retire and retire. We didn't want to meddle in other people's business, but Lord Lu said that he was loyal to the emperor, so Weichen felt relieved." (I haven't finished waiting for it.
Chapter completed!