When Ruan Yuan returned home, he unexpectedly discovered that there was a new color in the backyard of his home. On this day, Kong Luhua asked people to send many flowers and trees from his home in Qufu and transplanted them all.

In the garden, Ruan Yuanfang couldn't help feeling happy as soon as he returned home and looked at the colorful flowers in the back garden.

"Madam, you are really in a good mood today. These many flowers and trees really make the back garden of Duke Yansheng's Mansion feel like a fairyland." Ruan Yuan took the initiative to praise Kong Luhua.

"Master is back!" Kong Luhua looked at Ruan Yuan's return and felt happy in her heart. She pointed at the many new flowers and trees she planted and introduced to Ruan Yuan: "Look, here are the vines, those are the peach trees, and those are the crabapples."

, locust trees, elm trees...and this one." As she said that, Kong Luhua also pointed to a few clusters of flowers in the flower bed beside her and said to Ruan Yuan: "These apricot flowers are my favorite flowers at home when I was young.

, now that we have settled down in the capital, we just thought... we should plant some here, Master, you also like apricot flowers, right?"

"Yes, I have heard the story about my teacher Xingtan's lectures in the past. I have heard it since I was a child. Madam, are these the apricot flowers in Xingtan? From this point of view, these apricot flowers are really beautiful." Ruan Yuan also said:

Kong Luhua said.

"Hehe, it's really interesting to have a master who is proficient in allusions. The apricot flowers in these apricot altars are my favorite. Master, look, there are always two kinds of apricot flowers here. Master, please help me look at them.

Look, do the red apricot flowers look better, or the white ones?" Kong Luhua looked at Ruan Yuan's relaxed expression and joked with him.

"Well... Madam is wearing a blue shirt today. In this way, I think the green shirt with red flowers will make Madam more beautiful. How about Madam come and take a look?" After saying that, Ruan Yuan also stepped forward.

Come, I picked a red apricot from the flower bed and pinned it gently on Kong Luhua's forehead.

"Haha, Master, do you also know how to please your wife?" Kong Luhua thought about the apricot blossoms on her head, but there was a hint of sweetness in her heart.

"Yes, my wife's name is Luhua, which means like a flower and jade. Doesn't the flower today match my wife?" Ruan Yuan joked.

"Master's words are so sweet..." Kong Luhua felt indescribable warmth in her heart, and smiled at Ruan Yuan: "Then... Madam wants to forever remember the way she wears flowers today. I wonder if Master Dao can agree to this?"

"Madam, you want me to draw her?" Ruan Yuan gently hugged Kong Luhua and asked her.

"Well, Master, I think the portraits your students painted for you are pretty good. So... Madam also wants one."

"Okay, it's just... I've never been good at painting. If I don't paint well, Madam, don't be offended."

"Then you should take a good look at my wife today, and then practice hard. When you draw, don't make any excuses!"

Within the red and white apricot flowers, Ruan Yuan and Kong Luhua breathed in the fragrance overflowing from the flowers and did not want to move for a moment, just wanting to spend a quiet afternoon.

Sophora japonica was planted in San Gongting next time, and flowers were planted everywhere during the new season.

The Qi bamboos are low and dense with the green willows, and the crabapples are high and the wisteria is blooming.

There are also apricots in the altar in Queli, but there are fewer plums on the Yangzhou River.

After ten years of deep rain and dew, the verdant mangroves are full of spring terraces.

The days in the capital, without the hard work of the governor's ministry, are also more poetic and picturesque. Sometimes, Ruan Yuan even thinks of this leisure and is willing to stay in this kind of time for a little longer, even if it is only for a moment.

Seeing that life in Beijing was becoming increasingly stable, Ruan Yuan also sent a letter to Yangzhou, asking Ruan Changsheng and his wife to enter the capital. He also thought that once it could be used for Jiaqing again, Ruan Changsheng would officially enter the Imperial College. After Ruan Yuan entered the History Museum, the History Museum

Officials heard about Ruan Yuan's knowledge and respected them. Ruan Yuan and everyone spent all day studying and compiling biographies and adopting Tang texts, and they also enjoyed it. But on this day, Jiaqing called all the academicians and military ministers, everyone

As soon as Fang was in position, Jiaqing couldn't hold himself back and scolded everyone:

"Qinggui, Lukang, you two are the bannermen and ministers. Isn't it your duty to restrain the Eight Banners? But what have you done now?! The bearers of Mingliang's family gathered for gambling,

I asked you to investigate. For more than a month in a row, you have been obedient to me without saying a single word of truth. Now...it turns out that there are people involved in gambling in both of your families! The disciples of the Eight Banners are based on riding and shooting.

Literary affairs are the only way to settle down and establish a career, and to be worthy of the imperial court's cultivation. But now, how many people in the Eight Banners in Beijing have nothing to do on weekdays, gathering together to gamble and listen to plays! If things continue like this, if the country encounters foreign enemies, who will I want to go to fight against the invaders?

I used to think that the children of the banner people were only the children of mediocre families who were not doing their jobs properly. Today I understand that as ministers of the Prime Minister, you two have never had the intention to teach the Eight Banners a lesson! How can the children of the banner people maintain their past in the long run?

Simple atmosphere?!"

It turned out that at this time in the capital, a censor reported to Jiaqing that Minister Mingliang's family had a sedan chair bearer gathering for gambling, during which many Eight Banners disciples participated. When Jiaqing heard this, he was immediately furious and ordered Qinggui and Lukang to investigate and deal with it strictly.

Soon after, another imperial official said that there were many people gathering for gambling, including the two sedan bearers and servants of Qinggui Lukang and their servants. So on that day, Jiaqing called all the important officials to the three selfless halls.

In front of everyone, Qinggui and Lukang were no longer merciful.

"Your Majesty, slave..." Lu Kang saw that the situation was not good and it was a servant at home who was in trouble, so he called himself a slave: "It's a slave who doesn't know how to control him. I usually have too many official duties, and for a while I lost control of my servants.

Please punish me, Your Majesty!"

"Punishment? You made a mistake last year when Wang Shuchang stole money. At that time, I thought you were a member of the clan, so I only demoted you to stay in office, and I will not pursue the rest for the time being. But now, not only do you not want to repent, but you have neglected your duty again. In this case,

I can’t show any mercy to you anymore! Let me pass on the decree now and deprive you of the position of Lukang University Scholar. Then, as an idle clan member, go home and think about the past! Lukang, please remember this for me, don’t think that you are

Clan, I will be more lenient to you. When Xiulin was General of Jilin and Minister of the Sixth Department, he did better than you! Now that he is found to have embezzled money from the national treasury, I will also punish him by hanging! If you

If you don’t want to repent, if you do anything illegal or neglectful in the future, I will still investigate and deal with you severely!”

Jiaqing said that Wang Shuchang was originally an official of the Ministry of Works, but when he was serving in the Ministry of Works, he forged the official seal of the Ministry of Works and stole money from the Ministry of Works one after another. This matter was exposed the previous year, and Wang Shuchang immediately asked and refused to say anything.

Many officials in charge of the affairs of the Ministry of Works were also demoted and punished. Lukang was also in charge of the Ministry of Works, so he was naturally to blame. Xiulin was a former Jilin general who also served as an official and the Minister of the Second Department of Households. He was found to be in Jilin

He was also hanged by Jiaqing that year for embezzling 30,000 taels of silver from the government's inventory. Lukang naturally knew what happened to Xiulin and did not dare to say anything more. He only went to Chaoguan and kept kowtowing to apologize.

"Your Majesty, this servant is getting older. I have also neglected the people in my family in this matter. Now I have no complaints. I only ask the Emperor to punish me." Qinggui also said to Jiaqing.

"Qinggui..." Jiaqing was naturally angry that Qinggui had overlooked something, but then he thought about it, Qinggui and Lukang were different. Lukang was originally a mediocre person, but he only went to college because of his clan status.

As a scholar, it was not difficult for Jiaqing to remove him. But after all, Qinggui had worked hard in the Military Aircraft Department for more than twenty years for two dynasties. Thinking of this, Jiaqing was naturally a little reluctant to give up, so he had to say to Qinggui: "Forget it, Qinggui,

Of course I understand that you work hard every day, but you are getting older and cannot take care of the court at home. Can I temporarily stay in your position as a bachelor in the Military Aircraft Department... From now on, you will be hired once every three days, which is enough.

.”

"Slave, thank you for your kindness!" Qinggui also thanked Jiaqing immediately.

"For the rest of you, this matter of the sedan bearers gathering for gambling has nothing to do with you, but you must also remember that you are all my trusted ministers, so naturally you should be diligent and prudent in your affairs and be strict with your subordinates. If you are doing something

There is also some slacking off, which will only serve the top and the bottom. The officials in each ministry, directing the provinces and counties, will only be able to discipline the barbarians. Eventually, the law will be corrupted, and the country will be ruined! Lukang and Xiulin are a lesson learned from the past. If any of you do it again in the future,

There are people who disregard the law and I will have no mercy!"

"Cough, cough, cough!" Just as Jiaqing finished his words, Dai Quheng beside him was already coughing. He couldn't hold on anymore and fell to the ground.

"Dai Zhongtang, Dai Zhongtang!" Dong Gao looked at Dai Quheng's condition and hurriedly supported him, saying to Jiaqing: "Your Majesty, Dai Zhongtang has worked too hard these days and lost his composure. Please forgive me!

"

Jiaqing looked at Dai Quheng beside him, and saw that his beard and hair were already gray, his face was haggard, and he was still holding on to himself. He also knew that in the past three years, Dai Quheng had worked hard to control the river, and later Hua Jie impeached him.

He had been uneasy for several months. He had been promoted to Grand Bachelor of Tiren Pavilion and was busier with work on weekdays. Therefore, although he was not as old as Qinggui Dong Gao, his health was not as good as before. What I just said was not directed at Dai Quheng.

For a moment, he couldn't bear it, so he also said to Dong and Dai: "Dong Gao, help him go down first. After that, I will ask the military aircraft Zhang Jing to come over for the purpose of drafting the order."

Dong Gao and Dai Quheng thanked him repeatedly, and Dai Quheng, supported by Dong Gao, bowed and left first. Jiaqing also successively appointed and removed important ministers on this day. The governor of Liangjiang Le Bao added a bachelor's degree to fill the vacant position of prime minister and assistant, and Tuojin also
Chapter completed!