Yuanmingyuan

In the Hall of Zhengda Guangming

After the Qing Dynasty signed a peace talks with the bandit suppression army, the bad news from the Qing army's front line instantly became less, and there was even no bad news in the past few days, which was just good news for the recovery of various places. Therefore, Qianlong, who felt the pressure, moved the "Imperial Gate to the Government" that had been in the Ganqing Gate at the Grand Historical Hall of Zijing City back here.

“Go to court…”

"If you have something to report, you will leave the court if you have nothing to do..."

Amid the eunuch's shout, Qianlong, who was sitting on the dragon throne, was in a good mood and asked the court ministers at all levels standing below: "My dear friends, who has a copy today?"

The ministers in the court looked at each other silently, and seemed to be the first to stand up and say something. After a moment of silence, the atmosphere seemed a little awkward. Suddenly, a loud voice broke in the queue. In this peaceful hall.

"I, Jiang Yongchang, the Minister of Works, has reported that the Yellow River is suffering from serious floods today, and Henan has suffered a large-scale disaster in previous years..."

With the slight speech of Jiang Yongchang, the Minister of Works, today's court meeting officially kicked off.

After Jiang Yongchang reported the matter, Qianlong suddenly understood that he wanted money to repair the Yellow River channel.

"The Yellow River waters have never been able to endure troubles forever, so it is not bad for a while. This year, the court has sent Liu Tongxun to govern in Henan. I believe that it should not be difficult to deal with it with Liu Tongxun's ability."

"The court is in trouble now, with wars everywhere, and it costs a lot of money to pacify the court. It is not easy for the court to spend money, and now one cent is used as two cents, so let's put aside the problem of repairing the Yellow River this year. !Go on and let the flood soldiers below step up their inspection." Qianlong refused Jiang Yongchang's request without too many excuses.

If the Qing Dynasty had not lost its tax-heavy areas in the south, Qianlong might not have cared about the little money that could be used to rest the Yellow River. But now the tax-heavy areas in the south have been firmly occupied by the bandit suppression army, and the taxes of the Qing court were all at once. That's nearly half of the income.

Many places in the Qing Dynasty's territory were also in turmoil. Even if the Qing court could be pacified quickly, the tax revenue of the Qing court would be greatly reduced on the original basis in the next year or even two to three years.

In this way, the imperial court's current huge expenses can only rely on the existing bank deposit support of the national treasury.

You should know that the majority of the annual tax expenditure of the Qing Dynasty was the "crop silver" distributed to the banner people.

If the imperial court did not have a large amount of tax support and could only rely on the treasury to spend money on the bannermen, the treasury of the imperial court would probably end soon. Once the national treasury was spent, there would be no silver to pay the bannermen food and salary, and those bannermen would also As the rebels became riots, the Qing Dynasty was really going to perish.

Therefore, Qianlong naturally did not deal with those "insignificant" matters as much as possible, because the treasury could save a little bit.

"Yes..." Jiang Yongchang did not dare to refute any of them, and retreated with tactfulness.

"Who has the book to report?" Qianlong felt a little displeased after Jiang Yongchang got upset.

The ministers below were silent again.

"I, I have something to report to the Imperial Heavenly Prison." At this time, a man stood at the end of the team and kowtowed and said.

"Imperial Heaven Supervision?" Qianlong was stunned for a moment.

In Qianlong's mind, the Imperial Heaven Prison was just looking at the time and calculating the farming season. Qianlong really couldn't figure out what else could be reported by the Imperial Heaven Prison.

"Go up and talk."

"I will receive the order, thank you, the emperor." After He Zhongshi said that, he hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down on the ground and said.

"What's the matter?" Qianlong asked.

"I have been watching the star constellation at night and found that the Ziwei Emperor Star changed its previous obscurity and shined. This will mean that our Qing Dynasty court will soon wipe out the rebels in various places, peace in the world, peace in the country and peace in the people." He

After a while, the Chinese style bowed and replied in a full voice.

"Okay, haha... He Aiqing said well." After He Zhongshi said this, Qianlong stood up from the dragon throne and laughed excitedly.

"Last night I received Fu Sen's military information. They captured Pengyang in Gansu. Now the troops are aiming directly at Guyuan. I think it's just around the corner to pacify the rebels in Gansu."

"I am congratulating the emperor and the Qing Dynasty. My Qing Dynasty is forever, long live the whole world..." As soon as Qianlong finished speaking, the ministers in the court immediately knelt on the ground and shouted.

"All my dear friends."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"He Aiqing, you are not bad. Please give him a hundred taels of silver, ten pieces of gauze, and ten pieces of silk." Qianlong said happily.

"I thank the emperor, long live my emperor..." He Zhongshi knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

The Imperial Heaven Prison has always been a clear water yamen, and he can't get any foreign water. He is a Chinese style, even as a fifth-rank Han Prison, his annual salary is only 80 taels. Now Qianlong has rewarded him with a hundred at once.

Two silvers are more than his annual salary, so how can I be unhappy? Not to mention the gauze and silk?

"Okay, you go back!" Qianlong waved his hand and asked He Zhongshi to retreat.

"My dear friends, who has any more to report?"

"My minister, Shumulu Shuhede, the Minister of War, has something to report." Shumulu Shuhede, the Minister of War, who is located in front, came out and said.

"Shuhede, what's wrong with you?" Qianlong asked.

"When I go back to the emperor, the latest news from the Ministry of War came. The short-haired rebels in the south established a pseudo-nation country at the tenth day of August, with the country name being Yan." Shumulu Shuhede replied after saluting.

"Haha, the way to kill the thief is not tolerated by heaven and earth. The five virtues are always there, and my fortune is the Qing Dynasty." Qianlong, who had just sat down on the dragon throne, stood up again and said with a smile.

Regarding the Five Virtues, 1, Qianlong did not believe it from the bottom of his heart. 2. However, Qianlong did not mind using this to suppress the powerful bandit suppression army during this period, and at the same time, he could "righteously" the fate of the Qing Dynasty like the world.

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Note 1: The five virtues are said to be the historical view of Zou Yan, a yin and yang school in the Warring States Period in China. The "Five virtues" refer to the five virtues or properties of earth, wood, metal, fire, and water. The "Five virtues are the end and end" refer to these five

Zou Yan used this cyclical movement from beginning to end, from end to end, as the basis for historical changes and dynasty changes.

As a theoretical tool for changing dynasties, the theory of the Five Virtues was believed by the founders of new dynasties in history. After Qin Shihuang unified the six kingdoms, he used Zou Yan's "Shui Deity in the Zhou Dynasty" as the saying "Shui Deity in Qin" to capture the black dragon.

Fu Rui, who was rising, carried out a series of reforms that met the requirements of water virtues to prove the legitimacy of his regime, and became the first practitioner of the five virtues.

The theory of the five virtues has always been the basic theoretical framework for dynasties to explain the legitimacy of their regimes. "Therefore, since Qin promoted the Five Victories, he was named after the virtue of water. Since the Han Dynasty, there have been countries that have not started because of this theory." But Song and Jin Dynasties Later, the theory of the Five Era, which had been passed down for more than a thousand years, was eventually expelled from the mainstream of Confucian political culture and tended to disappear.

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At the beginning of the Yuan Chengzong throne, there was "A southerner Hong Youxue, who was fond of the five etiquettes, and he was beaten to the point of being beaten." This time, not only did he not receive a response, but he was also beaten.

During the Yuan Dynasty, there were many people who suggested deciding virtue and fortune, but the Yuan court had not discussed this issue, which was the theory that the Yuan court was unstable in virtue and fortune.

Note 2: In the 38th year of Qianlong's reign, Qianlong made it clearer in the preface to the poem "A Brief Introduction to the Great Jin De Yun":

The fortune of the five virtues is nonsense. Since the Han Confucians said that the five virtues were divided into kings, they have recommended that the three emperors and five emperors have their own preferences. Later, they became prophecies and divinations, which were extremely confusing. The prosperity of a generation was all based on the accumulation of virtue and benevolence. , How can I achieve the generation and restraint of the five elements? And the imperial court should take Huang as the right one, and it is not appropriate for me.

The Yuan and Ming dynasties were yellow and did not extravagantly declare the king of the five virtues, and their meaning was very correct. This dynasty followed this and defeated the ugly theory after the Han and Wei dynasties.
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