"This..." Ruan Yuan said with a smile: "Madam, this gift looks a little light, but it doesn't mean you can buy it if you buy it. This is the purse used by Emperor Gaozong. Look, it's

These dragons are usually used to make purses, how dare you embroider them like this? So this purse, Madam, may not look big, but it is also unique."

"Oh my God, Master is really naive when it comes to giving gifts." Kong Luhua said: "Master, don't you know that these purses are different for men and women? Look at how big your purse is. You want to take it?

Are you here to give it to Madam? Master said this is a relic of Emperor Gaozong. Master, you might as well take a look and see if there are still few rewards from Emperor Gaozong in Duke Yansheng’s mansion? According to me, Master is just being perfunctory. Please admit it quickly.

!" But as she said this, deep affection gradually appeared in Kong Luhua's eyes, and her tone did not sound like a complaint, but more like a ridicule.

Seeing Kong Luhua's expression, Ruan Yuan also felt cute, but then he thought about it, and realized that what Kong Luhua said actually made sense. He touched his waist for a while, took out a string of Buddhist beads, and said: "Madam, this string of Buddhist beads

It is also a relic of Emperor Gaozong, but look at this bead, it is quite exquisite. I guess it is gender-neutral. If Madam feels it is not enough, just accept it."

"Oh, Shuzhi, Yuezhuang, please help me think about it. Master, he has never worshiped Buddha. Today he gave me these beads. What do you want me to do? Worship Buddha and pray at home? There is no Buddha statue in this house.

"Yeah." Kong Luhua continued to joke. But even so, she was not polite on the other side and took the beads from Ruan Yuan's hand.

"Okay, if there is a day off for rest in a few days, how about I take you to Fayuan Temple to see it? Autumn came late this year. If you go to Fayuan Temple now, you can still see fallen leaves." Ruan Yuandao

.

"Okay, everyone has heard clearly. Since Master has said it, don't deny it!"

However, since the great ceremony has been completed and there is no important matter in the Imperial College, there should be a lot of leisure after that... At least this is what Ruan Yuan thought at this time.

However, being an official in the court will always be unsatisfactory. On the next day, Jiaqing once again sent an order to let Ruan Yuan go to the Yangxin Hall. After Qianlong's death, because he had not been buried yet, the Yangxin Hall has been vacant. Jiaqing

In the first few months, he still lived temporarily in Yuqing Palace. It was not until Qianlong was buried in Yuling that Jiaqing officially entered the Yangxin Palace.

After Ruan Yuan paid his respects, Jiaqing also smiled with satisfaction and said: "Sir Ruan, you have made a lot of contributions in the past year in Beijing. Even if there are some things that I can no longer consider, I will preside over the examination and give you the best gift."

These matters are all important matters for the imperial court. I have also seen that in the past, anyone who did these two things well would usually be promoted to an important position. But now, I am in a bit of a dilemma. You are originally a second-grade official, and you want to be promoted to a first-grade.

But there’s no place left?”

"Back to the emperor, I have little qualifications. I was promoted to minister in less than a year. I don't dare to ask for promotion anymore." Ruan Yuandao.

"That's okay, but now I have indeed found an important position. If you are willing to go there, it may be a place where you can make achievements." Jiaqing said: "I am now adjusting the governors of various places. The original governor of Fujian and Zhejiang

Chang Lin, I want him to lead troops to reinforce Sichuan and Chu. Yude has been the governor of Zhejiang for some time. I am thinking of promoting him to the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang. In this way, the position of governor of Zhejiang will be vacant. I think that I can use it now.

There are only a limited number of people, but you are one of them, so I want to entrust you with the position of governor of Zhejiang. How about it, Ruan Shilang, you were an official in Zhejiang last year, and you are no stranger to going back to be the governor this time, right?"

Jiaqing said this easily, but Ruan Yuan was shocked and actually fell silent on the side, speechless for a moment.

The post of governor was first established in the Ming Dynasty. At first, Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty sent officials from the capital to supervise the political affairs of various envoys and officials in the name of patrolling and appeasing. However, during the Chenghua and Hongzhi years of the Ming Dynasty, the original Ming Dynasty local system and powers were dispersed.

, administrative efficiency was low, so the Ming court once again sent officials from the capital to oversee important local affairs in the name of "governor". Over time, the position of governor gradually became fixed in the local area. However, governors in the Ming Dynasty were generally still regarded as officials from the capital.

, and the governor's land and the chief envoy's office (that is, a province in a general sense) are not the same, and even the areas under the jurisdiction of many governors are not large. Therefore, in the Ming Dynasty, the power of the governor was limited.

However, in the Qing Dynasty, the powers of the governor changed greatly. The governor's jurisdiction gradually overlapped with that of the Chief Envoy, and the governor also officially became a local official. However, due to the Ming Dynasty, the title of Minister of the Ministry of War and Deputy Governor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate were generally still required.

In the Qing Dynasty, many governors were abolished, and the governor's jurisdiction was finally merged with the Chief Envoy Department to become the later local administrative area "direct province". By the middle of the Qing Dynasty, the governor was responsible for the control of green business, the storage of money and grain, and the prison.

Rural examinations, recommendation of prefecture and county officials, impeachment and other powers are all combined into one body. In provinces without governor-general jurisdiction, the governor is the head of a province, so it is also commonly known as "the official of the frontier". After Yongzheng, because of the "fire consumption returned to the official"

Under this system, the governor can also receive a large amount of income from "keeping honest silver" every year. Taking the governor of Zhejiang as an example, he can earn 10,000 taels of "clean silver" every year. Therefore, during the Qianjia and Jiaqing periods, the governor of Zhejiang was also the most important position in other provinces.

Zhejiang originally had a governor, but it had been abolished during the Qianlong period. At this time, the governor of Zhejiang could take sole charge of the military affairs of the province. Of course, the Qing Dynasty had always been careful about governors. There were still Eight Banners soldiers under General Hangzhou in Zhejiang. Although Zhejiang Green Camp could listen

The governor dispatched, but the appointment of admiral and commander-in-chief still depended on the imperial court, and the specific defense operations also depended on each town. Therefore, although the governor's power was great, it would not lead to rebellion. Jiaqing appointed Ruan Yuan as the governor of Zhejiang. During this period,

It's natural to feel at ease during the festival.

But when Ruan Yuan was an academic administrator, he already knew a lot about Zhejiang's bad politics. Now, after listening to what Na Yancheng said, he naturally understood that Zhejiang's coastal defense was becoming increasingly important. With such internal and external troubles, how could he do it immediately?

Is there a solution? Therefore, I couldn't say a word for a long time. After a long silence, I reluctantly responded: "This... back to the emperor, after all, I have only been an official for a short period of time, and what I have done is not good."

He is just a member of the Imperial Academy, a school inspector, and a ceremonial officer, but he has never held the position of governing the people. The emperor appointed me to be a governor, and I thought that it would be... a little hasty."

"I don't think you are hasty." Jiaqing said: "Sir Ruan, you have been an official for ten years, and you will definitely have achievements in every job you hold. I can see this very clearly. This shows that you also attach great importance to the famous utensils of the imperial court, no matter what you give them.

Whatever your position, you will try your best to do it well. I think the same is true for the governor of Zhejiang. As for regulating the army and governing the people, isn't reading the books of sages just to learn something useful? Those who don't study always talk about reading.

It's useless and can only be rhetoric. Sir Ruan, don't you want to do something serious and fight back against them? Besides, the most important thing in selecting scholars for the imperial court is the imperial examination. If you study and get the imperial examination, you won't be able to pass the examination.

If you are a capable minister who governs the people, what is the use of the imperial examination? And in the past year, I have clearly seen that He Shen has evil intentions and uses almost all the people he can use. But what about you?

, all the frontline departments are well aware of it, and they dealt with it one by one, and actually defeated He Shen's plan. From this point of view, when I sent you to Zhejiang to rectify the green camp, you were overqualified."

"Back to the emperor, I am not..." Ruan Yuan naturally knew that Jiaqing was a way to motivate the generals, but having said that, in his heart, he didn't have the desire to care for the people and do something useful for the people of the world? But at this time

I know the current situation in Zhejiang best. Unless I have experienced people with experience in both internal affairs and military affairs, it would be impossible to make up for the deficit, help the victims, and develop coastal defense at the same time. Although I have my own ideas, after all, I have never

I have never held a prefecture or county position, and I suddenly want to be a feudal official. How can I guarantee success? I can only say humble words: "Your Majesty, I have been an official in Zhejiang, so I also know that Zhejiang seems to be peaceful at the moment, but

Despite the prosperity, there are also many accumulated shortcomings. For many years, the deficit has not been fully compensated. If it is urgent, it will hinder the people's livelihood and common affairs. The pirates are increasingly invading, and the navy of the three coastal towns is becoming increasingly embarrassed. The counties in southern Zhejiang are originally mountainous.

With so much land and so little, people's livelihood is becoming increasingly difficult. With such a complicated matter, I'm afraid that I only have the will to save the world and the ambition to bring peace to the people, but in the end I have no experience and don't know where to start?"

"Actually, this is the reason why I want to send you to Zhejiang." Jiaqing said: "You have served as an official in Zhejiang and have seen all the long-term abuses in Zhejiang with your own eyes, so if you go, you can be targeted and focus on solving the key problems in Zhejiang.

.If I had replaced someone else, they would not know the real situation in Zhejiang, and they would be easily deceived by the subordinates. I am afraid that they will not be able to achieve anything in a few years. In addition, I promoted you because you have something different from the ordinary supervisor.

It's quite different. Although many governors have been in office for a long time, due to Heshen's chaos in government, they have gradually contracted external bad habits and countless bad etiquette and rules. But you are different. You have always been friends with scholars, so naturally

You should also have the righteousness of a scholar. And you have never been greedy or bribed in these years. All the money you had left as a superintendent was used to repair books. It shows that even if you become an important member of the superintendent, you will not be willing to follow the customs.

You are colluding with those local subordinates. I am using you because I want to promote a group of new people starting from you to rectify the local government and stabilize the people. There is no group of people who have not been infected by bad habits and strive to serve the country and the people.

"Energy minister, I want to eradicate Heshen's long-standing shortcomings and make the country more prosperous, but it is nothing more than empty words."

"When the emperor goes to establish the old and establish the new, I am the first one to think of you. I am very grateful." Ruan Yuan seemed to be a little moved after hearing what Jiaqing said, but he restrained himself and continued to ask: "It's just that no matter your age, I
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