Chapter 294 – Not Daring to Follow the Edict
Zhu Di then wolf looked at Yang Rong’s trio: “What about Wen Yuan Ge’s opinion?”
This may seem like a negotiation, but in reality it is non-negotiable.
Yang Rong said, “Your Majesty, I …… follow the decree.”
Zhu Di said: “Good, then this is finalized, Taiping Province for the capital, Zhang Anshi as governor, the rest of the officials, remain in office, according to the specifications of the capital to promote rank, as for the other new Yamen, Zhang Anshi to draw up the manpower, to fill the vacancies.”
Zhu Di said: “I am so generous gift, is to tell the world of the state and county, if it is willing to do their best, I do not begrudge the reward, but if there are people who do not comply with the spirit, the corpse, heh …… those who have been deposed in the Beijing Cha …… is the example. ”
Zhang Anshi heard the words of the deposed words in the Beijing Chazhong, the heart is mixed, but …… he did not say anything, anyway, …… the play is others first opened the scene, they will see how they perform.
Pretending to be unaware of the situation, he said, “Your Majesty is holy.”
Everyone said, “Your Majesty is wise.”
Zhu Di said, “Issue an early decree to let the officials of Taipingfu work well.”
Zhu Di whisked his sleeve, “All of you, stand down.”
Zhang Anshi and the others excused themselves.
Zhu Di lingering anger, angry paced back and forth, and cursed under his breath: “Into his mother, there are not a few good things in this world.”
Also lost Ha said, “Your Majesty …… if not Zhang Anshi, this lid really can not be uncovered, and only Zhang Anshi, is truly Your Majesty’s heart and soul, is willing to do this to the best of his ability.”
Zhu Di said, “Yes, someone is not of the same mind as me.”
Yiluoha then bowed down, “The slave girl and His Majesty are of one mind.”
“Come on, come on.” Zhu was annoyed, “At this time, there’s no use talking about this.”
Also Lostha said, “Yes.”
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Zhang Anshi several out of the temple, that Yang Rong three people, need to go to the Wen Yuan Pavilion, only Zhang Anshi and Xia Yuanji, but need to go out of the palace from the afternoon gate first.
Zhang Anshi walked alongside Xia Yuanji and said, “Duke Xia, this is unkind of you, how can you come to report on the good things I’ve done.”
Natsubara Yoshi said, “Hey, don’t say it, don’t say it.”
His heart is chaotic, this thing …… does not look like it will end so soon, the matter of money and food is the most important thing, His Majesty does not know it is not a problem, but if you know, the court is missing so much money and food, and will certainly not stop.
But how can Xia Yuanji not know what kind of virtues those local gentry and also parental officials are? His Majesty is not a penny, and they are not iron roosters.
Now it’s all right, the king’s son vs. the green bean, both want money but not life, this is definitely not over.
Pity him this Household Department Secretary, happened to be on the tip of this storm, now is only over the Zhu Di this pass, the next …… still do not know how many ghosts waiting for him, a response to the inappropriate, or else is the body defeat, or else is off the head.
Zhang Anshi said, “You sold me well, but you still think I’m nosy.”
Xia Yuanji had to patiently said: “you that the specific accounts of the Taiping House, I have to study it, have to compare the previous years of money and grain to see. Hey …… honestly, Lao Fu looked at this account, really shocking.”
Zhang Anshi said, “Shocked, aren’t you? Duke Xia obviously didn’t want to cause any trouble either.”
“Of course do not want.” Xia Yuanji was honest and said, “The emperor is the king’s father, the world’s gentry is my mother, father and mother against each other, I’m the son, caught in the middle of it, you think about how unpleasant it is.”
Zhang Anshi said, “How did they become your mother?”
“You don’t understand.” Xia Yuanji smiled bitterly and said, “Old me wants to be quiet, so you should ask fewer questions.”
Zhang Anshi said, “Duke Xia, if you encountered such a thing, what would you plan to do about it?”
Natsubaki sighed, “You want the truth?”
Zhang Anshi nodded.
Xia Yuanji said, “I hope that …… the world’s gentry, can take the national affairs as a priority, will be hidden land, all registered, sympathetic to the court’s suffering, pay just a little bit of tax, their profit is already quite a lot, not lack of this money and food.”
“But I also hope that His Majesty will continue to treat the scholars and gentry generously, and will be able to offer some money and grain reductions to the scholars who have meritorious titles. In this way, it can be considered the best of both worlds.”
Zhang Anshi rubbed his head, a little unsure of which end of the spectrum this old man was standing on.
And Xia Yuanji inner complexity, indeed not Zhang Anshi can understand, he himself is the gentry origin, at the same time, but also quite a bit of the idea of the family and the country, because of this, his heart is extraordinarily contradictory, in his concept, the father of the country, is with the gentry co-prosperity, the gentry to the country as a matter of importance, the father of the country to love the gentry, which is a commonwealth of the world.
Zhang Anshi said, “Then, does Lord Xia think that this is possible?”
Natsuhara Yoshi sighed and dropped his head.
Zhang Anshi said, “How can we teach people to take out money and grain without putting a knife to their heads.”
Natsubara Yoshi was silent.
Zhang Anshi then also did not say anything, the two of them out of the palace, parted ways.
Zhang Anshi returned to Qixia, only to find that Gao Xiang and the others had returned to Qixia to come.
Everyone remained still downcast, hanging on to their hearts and wondering what the outcome would be.
Just then, someone from the Ministry of Mandarins came.
This time it was the Langzhong of the Department of Merit Examination and Clearance of the Ministry of Appointments who came in person.
He brought the latest decree from the Emperor and the Ministry of Mandarins.
The man arrived with a great deal of vigor, but that was the way it was with the mandarins, all two-eyed.
As soon as the Langzhong arrived at the governor’s office, he then summoned the local officials to come, and he came with a handwritten note, accompanied by a long list of officials.
However, when this Bone-setter heard that Zhang Anshi was also present, he did not dare to be reckless and immediately went to see Zhang Anshi first.
“My humble servant, Liu Rong, a langzhong in the Department of Merit Examination and Clearance, greets the Duke of Wei.”
Zhang Anshi said, “What, a decree so soon?”
Liu Rong busily said, “Yes, in the morning, the Beijing inspection of the merit examination book was submitted to His Majesty, His Majesty has ruled that this is the king’s order, so the Ministry of Justice up and down, do not dare to be negligent.”
Zhang Anshi said, “Is there anything for me?”
“This is not.” Liu Rong smiled and said, “Your …… official reputation is outstanding, and in the merit examination, it is rated as extremely excellent.”
Zhang Anshi said, “That’s not easy, I thought you were going to give me a small or medium cup.”
“Ah ……,” Liu Rong looked puzzled.
Zhang Anshi then said, “How is Minister Jian?”
“The Jian Ministry is always good.”
“Since there is a king’s order, you do your official business.”
“Yes, yes.” Liu Rong saluted towards Zhang Anshi and walked out of Zhang Anshi’s duty room, and after that, he shifted and immediately spoke sternly, and at that moment, summoned Gao Xiang and the others to the hall.
He put on a very nonchalant, cynical look.
A pair of eyes, sternly scanning Gaoxiang and the others.
He said: “the state election, especially harsh, this is because, the officials pastor people, the people’s suffering, are all tied to the officials, if there are officials brutalization of the people, or do nothing, the corpse, the people of a province and a county will be wailing everywhere, there is no place to redress the grievances. This time, the Beijing investigation, the list of inferior thirty-one people, more than in previous years a lot more, can be seen nowadays the officialdom, there are signs of rottenness.”
He paused, scanning the crowd, his eyes rested on Gao Xiang, showing disgust and disdain, and then, slowly said: “In this regard, his majesty is as worried as burning, special decree, to be severely punished for bad officials, the Ministry of mandarins this side, respecting the decree, on the co-counselor of the Gao Xiang, the magistrate Zhao Yanshizi, Zhaomo Li should be, Wuhu county magistrate Zhou Zhan four, to dismissal, in addition to the depreciation of these four people as a lower official In addition to this, these four people will be demoted to the rank of lower officials, and their families will be sent to Qiongzhou to work as officials for generations, and their children and grandchildren will not be allowed to take the imperial examinations.”
When these words came out, all the officials of this Taiping Province were in an uproar.
Gao Xiang was even more about to faint.
He had thought that the harshest punishment would be nothing more than dismissal.
Where do you think, will also be a disaster to the family, they are at least from the family of poetry and books, their own children and grandchildren’s future, followed by the end.
As for going to Qiongzhou and being a mandarin for generations, this is a strange shame for an official of scholarly origin.
Li Zhaoma was even more trembling in his legs as he exclaimed, “I am not guilty.”
Magistrate Zhao shivered as he slowly closed his eyes, the punishment was too harsh, he was far beyond his imagination.
Obviously, the four of them, became the target to make an example of them.
As soon as he thought about this, Zhao Zhaoguan couldn’t help but laugh foolishly, “Haha, losing his reputation, losing his …… name.”
Laughing, laughing, then tears spilled out and let loose.
Langzhong Liu Rong put on a look of disgust and bellowed, “What are you crying for, silence.”
Saying this, he added: “In addition to this, there is also the Taiping Prefecture experience Li Chen, the Taiping Prefecture governor Chen Wenhai, the Taiping Prefecture inspector Deng Zhong, the Dangtu County magistrate Liu Yi, all of the above, all of the above people, all of the above, are disposed of by dismissal from office.”
This Li Chen, Chen Wenhai and others, at this time do not know whether to cry or laugh, the official position is gone, or deposed, since it is bitter, but obviously, for them, at least …… they are still lucky, at least …… do not have to go to Qiongzhou.
Langzhong Liu Rong then said: “You are lazy, as a court official, but do not do their work, and only today have this reward. Now the court disposition has come, you must not harbor resentment, but should think about, why today, but also hope that you can repent, will be able to clean up, if the court amnesty, or can see the light of day.”
After saying that, he put on a business-like appearance, “Come on, teach them to pack up their things and make way for the public room, later, the new official will take office, teach them to hand over their affairs early.”
“Yes.” Dozens of errand boys, then one by one, stared solemnly at Gao Xiangren and the others.
Gao Xiang bitterly smiled, at this time actually even cry can not cry out, just a sigh: “I die not enough to regret, just …… will be their own children and grandchildren suffer ah.”
This said, can not help but choke, but in front of the crowd, but still reluctantly taught himself to hold in the tears did not fall, he wanted to go to the Tongzhi Hall to go, but thought about it, to the Langzhong Liu Rong said: “Can you allow the next official to go to see the Duke of Wei, and then make the delivery.”
Liu Rong laughed coldly, disdainfully said: “I see …… it is not necessary, not to mention that at this time, the Duke of Wei may not want to see you, and now the new official is about to take office, waiting for delivery, which delayed a moment and a half, the people of the Taiping Province, there will be fewer people to give them to do the Lord, this involves the livelihood of the people, can not be child’s play. This involves the livelihood of the people, how can it be a child’s play.”
When the words came to this point, Gaoxiang knew that if he continued to insist, he would only make a fool of himself.
Then he nodded and headed for the Tombs.
That Li Zhaomai also went to his Zhaomai, in learned that the Zhaomai is not in the governor’s office, but next door to a large open office.
Liu Rong frowned up, “It is said that officials don’t repair the government offices, a district with a small Zhaoma Office, but there is also its own independent government office, this is like what words.”
Li Zhaoma, however, did not say anything, only feel groundless, he and Gaoxiang, the same, all belong to the object of severe punishment from the heavy, at this time the heart is in turmoil, completely do not know what to do, obediently go to the Zhaoma.
This governor’s office, a moment of mourning.
Liu Rong, on the other hand, sat on the end of his seat and had to wait with his own eyes for the new official to come and make the delivery before he could go back and resume his duties.
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Zhang Anshi was in his public room, pen in hand, thinking of candidates for new officials.
Unusual House to the capital, the function of the expansion of a lot, such as the general House, the tax is by the Tongzhi concurrently, this Tongzhi not only to manage the tax, but also may be in charge of the local salt, capture the pirates, river defense, the sea border, the river, water conservancy, as well as cleaning up the military registers, pacify the people barbarians and so on the business.
But when it comes to the level of Beijing Zhao, in fact, it is the same level as the Buzhengji Division, at this time, whether it is salt transport, capture and theft or property tax, water conservancy, as well as military records, appeasement, there are specialized officials specializing in the management.
This is only the original business of the co-counselor, the business of the magistrate, and so on and so forth, have been subdivided and placed under different government offices.
That is to say …… now Zhang Anshi s hand, the need for officials alone, at least more than twenty or thirty, this is a formal official position, famous and famous, with a Yamen.
He thought in his heart these days, the House and the lower three counties own contact with some officials, right now, can promote, of course, from these people to promote, and some eight and nine products of the officials, Zhang Anshi even want to promote from the clerks.
Clerks are officials, and they are extremely different from officials; although they have all read books, the biggest boundary between them is merit.
If you do not have the merit of being a successful candidate or above, you will always be a minor official, no matter how capable you are.
At that moment, a clerk tiptoed in.
“Your Excellency.”
Zhang Anshi looked up at him, “What is it?”
“It’s a mess out there.”
“Oh.”
The clerk worriedly said, “Your Excellency …… Gao Tongzhi they …… may have to be exiled to Qiongzhou.”
“Got it.”
Clerk: “……”
Zhang Anshi said, “Anything else?”
“Your Excellency …… Gao Tongzhi them …… If it is not for the sake of your Excellency …… not to this point, students … …I thought that, the deputation and dismissal is just, but exile is too heavy, the children and grandchildren, will not be able to turn over ah. If you are willing to say something for them ……”
Zhang Anshi sighed, “His Majesty is holy and has his own thoughts, it is not for us to decide.”
The scribe sighed and seemed to mutter something in his heart, but in the end he shook his head and smiled bitterly, “Then the student excuses himself.”
“Come back.”
The clerk brought a few moments of surprise: “Your Excellency you ……”
Zhang Anshi said, “Wu Wenmo, how old are you and what is your merit.”
“The student is a showman and is thirty-four.”
“Not too young to want to take a merit test?”
Wu Wenmo smiled bitterly, “The student is not talented and shallow, knowing that there is no hope for the imperial examinations, which is why he has committed himself here.”
Zhang Anshi said, “I heard that you are familiar with the affairs of money and grain?”
“Don’t dare, just more errands on weekdays ……”
Zhang Anshi said, “You say, if there is a Sifu Hall Sifu Warehouse, what would you be willing to do?”
Wu Wenmo was shocked, the Department of the Department of the Department of the Department of the warehouse, is a small official from the ninth grade, but do not look down on this thing, even if it is such a trivial small official, for the clerical staff, but also to the heavens, after all, the officials have a difference, even if the smallest official, that is the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the official in the register, and the official’s words ……
He smiled sarcastically and said, “Your …… words are funny, Your Excellency.”
This Division Hall …… general government really does not have, only like the Suzhou such as the government, or the Beijing Zhaowu only have such a government office.
Where he could balk at this.
Zhang Anshi said, “Okay, okay, go ahead.”
Wu Wenmo nodded his head and revealed a few more intolerant colors: “Gong master …… you’d better go out and take a look ……”
Zhang Anshi said, “I look at him a bird, do you teach me to still look at that mandarin’s face?”
Wu Wenmo: “……”
As he was talking, someone outside suddenly said, “There is a decree, please ask the Duke of Wei to receive the decree.”
Zhang Anshi got up and said to Wu Wenmo, “Go and inform and teach everyone to receive the decree together.”
Wu Wenmo nodded and hurried off.
Suddenly there is another holy decree, which makes the Ministry of Justice Gongkao Qingliang Division Langzhong Liu Rong some muttering, good end, how to have a holy decree to come.
At this time, Zhang Anshi came out, and Liu Rong was busy going forward to salute.
Zhang Anshi only gave him a blank look and ignored him, then, he summoned the officials.
Gao Xiang and the others, who were packing up the paperwork ready for delivery, converged one by one in frustration at this point.
They met Zhang Anshi and saluted, but said nothing.
The fact that Zhang Anshi didn’t come out to meet them in the party is actually very obvious, and it’s rather meaningless to propose anything at this time.
Zhang Anshi, at that moment, led the crowd towards the government office.
The one who came was a eunuch, and this eunuch smiled and greeted Zhang Anshi first.
Zhang Anshi said, “Cut the nagging and read the decree.”
The eunuch smiled, nodded, opened the decree, shouted: “Fengtian Cheng Yun Emperor, Royal Decree said: Taiping Prefecture Governor Zhang Anshi, Acting Prefectural Affairs but a few months, fruitful, this year’s levy of money and grain, ranked among the world’s top of all the provinces, the success of the governance of the affairs of the dynasty has not been seen. Today, I heard Zhang Anshi said, now have this success, all rely on since Zhang Anshi down to the Tongzhi Gaoxiang, Zhao Yanshi, magistrate Li Ying Zhaomai, Wuhu County magistrate Zhou Zhan and other officials to work together. Today, Taiping Province is the crown of the world’s state capitals, it is appropriate to be upgraded to Beijing Zhaozhao, Royal Decree Zhang Anshi as the Taiping Prefectural Government Yin …….”
There was already a commotion when I read it.
The people who had originally died as if they were dead now looked up one by one in dismay.
The face of Langzhong Liu Rong, who was standing in the distance, had frozen.
How is it possible that, on the front foot, the Ministry of Mandarins side made a disposition, and on the back foot, there was a grace decree.
Obviously, the Ministry of Justice side is also by decree, said to be severely dealt with ah.
His mouth closed a little, and his body actually froze.
Gao Xiang and the others looked at each other one by one, a bit confused at this point.
What does the emperor want?
How can you get yourself killed all at once, turn around, and then give a decree of praise.
“Edicts co-conspirator Gao Xiang to be the young magistrate of Taiping Province.”
The young Yin is actually also a Tongzhi, just because after the promotion, the official name is different, it is still Zhang Anshi s deputy, but …… this Tongzhi to the young Yin is from the positive five products directly to the positive four products.
The most important thing is that the gold content of the capital city is not comparable to that of an ordinary city. As if the young Yin of Jingzhao to take out and the same grade of the governor to compare, that unusual four-grade governor, is than the same four-grade young Yin to short a big cut.
Gao Xiang’s mouth was open as wide as it could go, his eyes were about to fall out, he had lived his whole life but had never seen anything like this.
Just as everyone was staggering.
Suddenly …… Zhang Anshi said, “I have something to say.”
The eunuch who read the decree was confused, he had never seen someone so arrogant that when he read the decree, someone dared to interrupt.
This eunuch was a bit overwhelmed and didn’t know what to do with it.
Zhang Anshi said, “This decree is wrong, there is no more Tongzhi Gaoxiang here, and as for the others, they are all gone, so His Majesty s decree …… is wrong.”
Eunuch: “……”
This eunuch did not dare to speak, crikey …… How should I go back later to reply? His Majesty s temper …… should press himself on the ground and pound it.
But when this statement came out, that minister of mandarins, Liu Rong, seemed to have gone crazy all of a sudden.
He immediately realized what was going on, after all, people in the Ministry of Mandarins, sensitivity is still there.
He was busy stepping forward, “That’s right, that’s right ……”
Zhang Anshi squinted at him and sneered, “How is that right?”
“This …… this ……”
Zhang Anshi said, “Tongzhi Gaoxiang and others have been dismissed, they are now minor officials in Qiongzhou, this decree is clearly written, Tongzhi Gaoxiang promoted to prefectural magistrate, there is no Tongzhi Gaoxiang here, how is it right?”
“This …… this ……” Liu Rong mumbled his mouth, period, “This . …I see …… the decree says that they are, Your Excellency …… since it is the decree, it is good to take it.”
Zhang Anshi said: “The wrong decree how can receive, received is deceiving the king, eunuch you go back to report to his majesty, this decree …… is wrong, Taipingfu no Gao Xiang, no magistrate Zhao Yanshi, not to mention what Zhaomo Li should be, Wuhu county magistrate Zhou Zhan. There is no these people here, and can not receive this will, this will …… is how to get down, Wen Yuange drafted the will, do not know to seal the refutation? Now made a joke.”
Eunuch: “……”
Zhang Anshi turned to Gao Xiang and the others, ”What are you guys still standing here for? Do you like to join in the fun so much? All go back …… to prepare for delivery, and then those who should go to Qiongzhou should go to Qiongzhou, and those who should go back to their hometowns should go back to their hometowns.”
Gaoxiang and others:”……”
A short silence followed.
Gao Xiang’s eyes glanced at Liu Rong, who was already as pale as dirt, and suddenly, he understood something.
He did not hesitate to salute toward Zhang Anshi, his voice trembled, and his eyes filled with hot tears, “Yes, my humble servant …… no, the untouchable obeys the order.”
The crowd said, “The untouchables obey.”
The crowd dispersed.
Zhang Anshi, on the other hand, waved his hand as if he were driving away flies, “The others don’t want to see the fun, do what you want to do, and enter the damn, you also want to be assessed as a bad grade in the Beijing investigation and sent to Qiongzhou? If you like Qiongzhou so much, I’ll pay for the transportation to send you there.”
The clerks listened and scattered.
The eunuch was still frozen in place, he timidly mumbled and said, “Gong …… Gong Master …… this …… this… . there is no such situation in this dynasty ah, this dynasty has not …… issued a decree yet, no one has accepted the decree.”
“Right.” Zhang Anshi said, “I’m also wondering how this dynasty could have dismissed and exiled people and then promoted them, isn’t this a joke? Could this be the legacy of the former Yuan, which has been carried over to this dynasty today?”
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