"In this case, we will retire today." Ruan Yuan also stood up with Lin Zexu and bowed to Xiao Si Dangdong together.

"Master Ruan, I wish you... peace and all your wishes." Xiao Si Dangdong also stood up and bowed to Ruan Yuan.

These words were also the words of etiquette that Ruan Yuan personally taught Xiao Si Dangdong twenty-three years ago. So after Ruan Yuan heard these four words, he couldn't help but feel a little sad. Twenty years have passed by like smoke, so many old people from the past have

He is no longer alive, but there are other things that do not seem to be developing in a better direction.

"Yingjili... I don't know if there will be a next time?" Ruan Yuan sighed in his heart.

After saying goodbye to Amesh, Xiao Si Dangdong and others that day, Lin Zexu also temporarily followed Ruan Yuan to Fuyuan. He also took out the Jiaqing Edict and handed it to Ruan Yuan. It turned out that this time the Edict mentioned that Ruan Yuan would be transferred to his post from now on.

After receiving the order, the governor of Henan handed over the affairs of Jiangxi to Qian Zhen, and Ruan Yuan had to go north to take up his post as soon as possible without any further delay.

But at this time, Ruan Yuan looked at this edict, but he also felt a little melancholy. The full name of the governor of Henan during the Jiaqing period was "Secretary of the Ministry of War and Right Deputy of the Capital Inspectorate. He patrolled Henan and other places, and supervised military affairs."

, also manages rivers and supervises camp fields", and also "supervises the military affairs of the whole province and other places, controls the towns and garrison the officers and soldiers of the camps". Like Jiangxi, one person holds both civil and military positions, because there is only one Kaifeng banner camp

The establishment of the deputy governor means that even if a Han official is appointed as the governor of Henan, he can still manage the Eight Banners of Kaifeng, and the Lianlian Silver can reach 15,000 taels. But no matter how you say it, the governor of Henan is still a full-level second-rank official. This time he was reassigned

It's still just a fair tone. So Ruan Yuan was silent for a long time and then said: "I thank you for your kindness."

Lin Zexu saw Ruan Yuan's expression and knew a little about what he meant, but he said to Ruan Yuan: "Yuntai Palace Protector, in fact, in addition to this explicit edict, the emperor also has a secret edict. Please ask Yuntai Palace Protector to read it." After that, he also asked Yuantai Palace Protector to read it.

He took out another edict from the baggage and handed it to Ruan Yuan, asking Ruan Yuan to open it and read it himself.

"What does this mean, Your Majesty?" Ruan Yuan pondered while taking the secret edict and slowly opened it. He saw that the edict was written by Jiaqing himself, and he did not say much, but:

After Ruan Yuan went to Henan, he needed to complete the disaster relief work in Sui County. In addition, he also had to clear up the backlog of cases and strictly investigate the bandits. After the backlog of cases was cleared and the bandits were uncovered, he immediately came to the capital to pay his respects.

"Come to the capital quickly..." Ruan Yuan couldn't help but think, "Could it be...that the emperor actually has other appointments that he wants to grant to me?"

Lin Zexu didn't know the words in the secret edict. He just remembered Ruan Yuan's kindness in giving advice and felt pity for him. He sighed to Ruan Yuan: "Mr. Yuntai, I also wanted to come to Jiangxi to take charge of the examination this time. I can discuss it with you again."

I have a lot of knowledge, but I don’t expect my husband to be transferred again. It’s really a bad thing for a student.”

"Shao Mu, it is enough for you to have such a desire to learn. In fact, speaking of knowledge, I have been an official for so many years and have not had time to study it intensively. It is a bit rough. How much more can I give you? But this time,

You have also seen these English people. Western things are rare in China. It is beneficial for you to accompany them all the way. Now that you have become an official, where can you not learn, and what can you not learn? You

If you understand this truth and serve with sincerity, you will definitely be better than me in the future." Ruan Yuan also encouraged Lin Zexu.

"This... then Houxue has thanked you sir. It's just that I hope you can tell me about the incident of pacifying bandits in Jiangxi. In fact... to be honest with you, sir, after the Guiyou incident, now Houxue is in the capital, but

It can also be seen clearly that more and more junior people have begun to care about current political affairs. If they can get advice from teachers, they may be able to get twice the result with half the effort in the future." Lin Zexu Qian said.

"Really... Haha, it's a good thing." Ruan Yuan nodded and said: "But even if I start going north now, it will still take some time. I will talk about these things with you slowly. Also,

I know students in Jiangxi. In the past, there were a lot of cheating in the provincial examination. At that time, some people always said that the examination room was small and it was not easy to perform. In short, they were all reasons. This time I renovated the examination room. You

When you go to invigilate the exam, if you discover any fraud, just investigate it strictly! If they are unwilling to correct it, then we can't be polite."

"Thank you sir, the students will naturally do their best to invigilate the exams!" Lin Zexu also thanked Ruan Yuan. After several provincial examinations, Jiangxi's laws and regulations were indeed strict, and there was no more fraud. Moreover, Jiangxi's students were promoted, and many of them had practical knowledge.

Lin Zexu was also very dedicated in presiding over the examinations in Jiangxi, and the candidates he selected were known as "clear candidates".

Ruan Yuan also felt a little regretful when he thought of the two years since he had been in charge of Jiangxi. Although the cliques had died down, the bandits had disappeared, and Jiangxi had returned to peace, he could not do anything further. However, the Jiaqing rush was very tight this time, and he could not stay in Jiangxi for a long time. Ruan Yuan

Then he asked the family to pack their belongings and finish the construction of the gate, resettle the demolished people, take charge of the rural examination and other official duties and handed them over to Qian Zhen and Lin Zexu. Seeing that the handover was completed, Ruan Yuan's family sailed north from Nanchang ten days later and headed all the way.

Kaifeng.

Ruan Yuan arrived in Kaifeng at the end of August, and then arranged the disaster relief work in Sui County. However, in Henan Province, natural disasters have been severe in the past few years, and after the Tianli Sect, there are many rural thieves waiting for the opportunity, and nearly a thousand cases have been unaccounted for in the previous backlog.

Judgment. Ruan Yuan also spent a lot of time in handling these official duties. Fortunately, the three important officials, Wu Bangqing, the governor of Henan, Qishan, the inspector, and Chen Xudao, Tang Renlian, were able to work diligently. They concentrated on handling the important cases and solved them.

It was much faster. But even so, it took Ruan Yuan three full months to clear up the backlog of cases in Henan, and he successfully captured the local "Red Beard" gangsters several times among the people, and Henan returned to peace.

On this day, Ruan Yuan bid farewell to Wu Bangqing and the other three, and told Yang Ji to pack his bags as soon as possible and head north first. If there were any changes, he would let Kong Luhua and others move. Yang Ji looked at Ruan Yuan's appearance, but he also laughed.

, said: "Bo Yuan, I have heard from you since August that the case should be handled quickly and that we should go to the capital as soon as possible. I didn't expect that it is already November, and we really have to prepare to go to the capital.

You are very cautious when handling the case."

"Many of these cases are related to human lives, how can we not be cautious?" Ruan Yuan also sighed and said: "If I don't talk about anything else, let's talk about the thieves. Some thieves were wanderers in the countryside a few years ago.

Thieves are the cause of trouble, but some of them are indeed those who had to steal to make a living due to the severe drought in Henan a few years ago. Is it fair to give the same punishment to both types of people? How do you want other people to think?

Being forced to commit robberies is the same as actively committing robberies. Doesn’t that encourage them to become thieves?”

"So, they are relieved to see you, but you are really tired like this." Yang Ji couldn't help but sigh: "If we were young, maybe I wouldn't say this, but you are fifty-three this year.

, I will be sixty next year, and your health will also be very important in the days to come. You said, Mr. Qian, isn’t it..."

"Yang Ji, I know this, but... as an official, shouldn't we leave something useful to future generations?" Ruan Yuan also casually took a book next to him and said to Yang Ji: "No matter what we do,

If you are anxious about anything, you will inevitably make some omissions. Take a look at their "Commentaries on the Thirteen Classics". In these two volumes, there are many places in the Song and Ming versions that are correct, but they actually made mistakes. Why?

Ah? You are thinking that I will be transferred soon, you want to give me a quick look, and you are anxious to engrave the finished copy. Finally, is there anything wrong with this? I am engraving this "Commentary on the Thirteen Classics" and I am thinking about it.

It is to leave a good book for future generations, so that future generations will not be deceived by inferior copies, but now it seems that in the end, it is still a hundred secrets and sparse."

"Then... can this matter of engraving the book be rectified?" Yang Ji couldn't help but wonder.

"It's possible, but it needs to be reprinted. That's okay. I'll proofread these books again. I'll mark the wrong places for them. In the future, let Nanchang Fuxue reprint the wrong parts. The same goes for the Henan governor.

Ah, I have been in office for three months and have been in office for three months, which is only half a year in total. I sat in Kaifeng Fuyuan twice. What did I do? Purchase scriptures and handle criminal cases? These are just the duties that the governor should perform.

It’s far from enough. It seems that this land in Henan will eventually leave regrets."

Thinking of this, Ruan Yuan suddenly remembered that for Yang Ji, there seemed to be unfinished business in Nanchang, so he asked Yang Ji: "Yang Ji, I still remember, when I went north to Beijing to take the test, you told me

The white fish from Jiujiang is delicious. Later, you almost got into trouble with your wife because of this incident. But in the past two years, we have eaten fresh white fish in Nanchang, and I said...it's not as good as you.

So superb?"

"Boyuan, I didn't understand this at first, but after thinking about it, I realized it." Yang Ji smiled and said, "When I was young, not only was white fish delicious, but also the one I met that day.

A fisherman, he has unique skills in cooking fish. But in the two years we were in Jiangxi, we only saw white fish, but not that person? The fish cooked by Kong Shun... I always eat more, more

, it’s no big deal.”

"Haha, it seems that you live a better life than me." Ruan Yuan couldn't help but laugh after listening to Yang Ji's words.

However, it was difficult to disobey the emperor's order, so Ruan Yuan traveled lightly two days later and went north to the Holy Land. On the first day of December, Ruan Yuan finally arrived in the capital and went to the Yangxin Hall to meet Jiaqing.

What Yang Ji didn't know was that although the errors in the annotations mentioned by Ruan Yuan did exist, it was also because he was striving for excellence in revising the book this time. Therefore, Ruan Yuan was dissatisfied if there were occasional mistakes. Even so, Ruan Yuan's "Ten Notes" engraved

Because the original version of "Commentaries on the Three Classics" was relatively accurate, the editions were edited and edited, and it was also accompanied by the "Commentary Notes on the Thirteen Classics" written by Ruan Yuan. Within a few years, it became the original version handed down. Ten years later, Nanchang Fuxue finally
Chapter completed!