On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, Gu Yun secretly sent envoys to visit Dongying and Nanyang Islands. So far, the front line has been stuck for more than three months. The existing front lines have been stretched and expanded under the constant tug of war on both sides, and the war has spread from Jiangnan and Jiangbei to Jiangnan. Thirteen counties, and even spread to Guangdong and Guangxi.
A large number of residents who were trapped in their homeland and refused to cross the river began to form their own militia. Although the folk long-armed divisions living in various places did not have Ziliujin, they tried every means to replace it with coal and soil explosives, and also cast a group of not so fancy. Civilian armed forces.
To this end, the Lingshu Academy announced the establishment of branches in various places to exchange and teach technologies other than the highly classified military industry.
And the more far-reaching effects of the war have gradually surfaced.
Fang Qin never expected that it was not the Yanwang Party that broke the peace in the court, but the Qingliu of the two houses—
This year coincided with the three-yearly autumn season of the Liang Dynasty. It was interrupted halfway because of the war, and after that, it was delayed for a long time. The Guibang was not released until the twelfth lunar month. Scholars dubbed it the "Mildew List".
Less than three days after the list was released, some scholars in Shaanxi Province committed suicide. The officials below did not dare to cause trouble at this juncture, and tried their best not to report. At the door of Shitai, the imperial court was notified.
The reason for this is a long story.
Prince Yan went to the south of the Yangtze River twice, chopped off countless heads, and introduced the most severe official governance, which made the trend of corruption that had intensified in Daliang since the Yuanhe period temporarily subsided. Expenditures, official salaries had to be reduced again and again, and the beacon ticket was even worse, and the close link with the official management assessment was to close the source and open the flow again. The life of officials in Daliang has never been so sad.
There is a saying that it is easy to change from thrift to extravagance, and from extravagance to thrift is difficult. When it is about the wealth of the family, no one will feel that "the rise and fall of the country is the responsibility of the man."
But the days are sad and there is no way - no one dares to accept the gift, everyone knows that behind the wealthy businessman is the king of wild geese, maybe which gift is not received correctly is a reminder, no one dares to move military spending, after the tax and fee reform, it will not be moved for a while, disaster relief funds Not to mention, the heads of Yang Ronggui and others may not have rotted into bones yet.
It just so happened that this time Qiu Wei didn't get much attention. The whole country was busy fighting to make money. No one cared about these useless scholars, so someone immediately thought about it.
As a result, the whole country was shocked by pulling out the radish and taking it out of the mud, which involved a major fraud case involving nine provinces.
Fang Qin managed to suppress the many shit stirrers around him, and just after two days of peace, he was smeared by the snow-flakes of the two courtyards.
The special figure of Qingliu in the two houses is different from the Yanwang Party. The Yanwang Party has always been pragmatic, every action must have a purpose, and the struggle for power and power is well-organized, and many behaviors can be predicted. But this group of clear streamers who have eyes above the top and regard fame and fortune as dung are often completely "participating for participation" - that is what they do, and personal fame is closely related to how many people have participated.
Few of the sons and brothers from prominent families would enter the two courts, so most of these freaks were from the poor family, and it was precisely the interests of the poor students that were affected by the fraud in the imperial examination.
The mad dogs in the two hospitals who hadn't bitten anyone for a long time seemed to have their tails stomped on all at once, barking like frizzy hairs, yelling and scolding in different ways every day, forcing Li Feng to conduct strict investigations. The posture of knocking to death on the dragon pillar in the main hall.
The brief and false tranquility was broken.
The officials of the nine provinces were involved in many intertwined relationships, including Fang Qin's incompetent younger brother.
The youngest son and eldest grandson are the lifeblood of the old man. Even the great scholar Fang, who has not asked about the world for a long time, is alarmed. Fang Qin can make a fool of himself to anyone, but not to his own father. One head has become two big.
But before Fang Qin could come up with a countermeasure, this time the emperor did not know whether it was intentional or not. He skipped the Dali Temple and the Inspectorate directly, and handed over the case to the Military Aircraft Department. Jiang Chong led the investigation, and the others only cooperated.
Seeing that the fire could not be contained in the paper.
Although Fang Qin was born in Jinxiuzhong, he always had a bright idea in the past, and he refused to be completely shameless. For this reason, he first abandoned Lu Chang who dared to coerce him, and then abandoned the pure-blooded fool Wang Yu, and now he finally To the point where I can no longer give up - my mother is still sick in the yard next door.
Mr. Fang appeased this, and wanted to explain to the other. There were still a group of people waiting for him to make up his mind when he left the door. Just after crying with the old mother, Fang Qin heard that someone came to the door again. He rubbed his eyebrows with a heavy face, and said coldly, "Just say I'm not at home, and I'm done."
The servant left in silence, a staff member quietly came up, Fang Qin said in a low voice, "Your Excellency, do you have troubles in your heart?"
Fang Qin glanced at him angrily, fortunately, he was very good at nourishing his qi, and he quickly subsided his gloomy expression and said slowly, "The scholar's rebellion has not been achieved for three years. Now, it seems that someone is escorting him. Li Minming has a bright face on his face, and he only dares to stab people under the table. This kind of face and black heart can only deceive the emperor."
The staff asked again: "Do you have a charter in your heart?"
Fang Qin is all a forehead lawsuit - if he can know in advance, even if it is only a day in advance, there is some room for manoeuvre, but the speed of this incident is too fast, the emperor knows it earlier than him, let Fang Qin directly into an embarrassing situation.
Fang Qin sighed: "It's difficult, King Yan is a tiger and a wolf. Once he grabs his prey's neck, he will not let go."
The aide smiled lightly and said, "Sir, I heard that His Royal Highness Yanwang's reforms have not been completed completely, and there are still hundreds of disputes in the court. I think he is too impatient. This step is smart but smart error."
Fang Qin stopped and heard that the person next to him was trying to cheat. Fang Mansion has many staff, but most of them just play chess and talk with the old man Fang Da Shi. Few can speak in front of Fang Qin. Of course, it is rare to seize the opportunity to stand out.
Fang Qin reached out and touched his beard: "How do you say it?"
When the aide saw the opportunity, he hurriedly poured out the prepared words: "Now that the matter has come to this point, I am afraid there is no chance to overturn the case. Why not take the salary from the bottom? Just try to abolish King Yan's new official law?"
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Fang Qin thought he had some great ideas, but when he heard the words, he cut off his luck and said coldly, "Fraud in the imperial examination has been a serious crime of beheading the army in all dynasties. What does it have to do with the old and new official laws?"
The aide smiled calmly and said: "Sir, one person is greedy for ink, and one person cheats is cheating, but now the nine provinces are involved, and countless important officials are deeply involved. Is this a coincidence? The emperor will also think, there must be some later. What is the reason? Why are these important officials of the imperial court so vicious? Because the past two years have been really difficult, the refugees dare not be restless, the exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes do not dare to fail to pay, the military expenditures do not dare to be divided, and the beacon ticket target does not dare to fail.”
Fang Qin's brows moved slightly: "The circulation of beacon tickets can be equivalent to gold and silver. This is an express stipulation after the accident in Jiangnan. What do you say?"
"Circulation can be equated with gold and silver, but it doesn't mean it can be turned over to the imperial court," the aide shook his head and said, "Furthermore, there are many wealthy businessmen who came from the south in Jiangbei, and the people's customs were relatively early, but the Central Plains and even the northwest did not. In the same way, people who don’t recognize it will not recognize it. If the government forces it, they will be punished for crying, making trouble, and hanging themselves. If something goes wrong, the court will be held accountable. Who is to blame and walk on ice? Think about it, if you really go all out, this matter may still have room for turning around, even if the third master is convicted and dismissed, as long as the power of the Fang family is still there, it may not be impossible to make a comeback in the future."
Fang Qin was silent after hearing this.
The aide said in a low voice: "Sir, things are unpredictable, we are looking forward to the war to turn over the old accounts, and King Yan will naturally not think of it. At this time, don't talk about 'not fighting is fighting'. If you don't take the initiative to play chess, you can only be defeated by them. Forced to death - students talk too much today, don't take offense, adults, and retire."
On the 16th day of the twelfth lunar month, when the governor of Shaanxi Prefecture, one of the masterminds involved in the case, was put on trial, he cried out in court, crying that the land under his jurisdiction was poor and weak, and that the beacon tickets were difficult to promote, so the local government had to buy them by themselves. If it doesn't work, it can only be borrowed from the east and the west, and there is really no income, and the misery is unbearable, so I have to resort to this strategy.
As soon as these words came out, a stone stirred up a thousand waves, and the sinners spoke in unison, and completely pulled the Yanwang party who watched the fire from the other side of the water, and even the hobhead said: "To say that people's imperial examinations are fraudulent is to indirectly buy officials. If you sell an official, then what is the difference between the evaluation of official governance and the beacon ticket, and the sale of an official vend?"
This year's farewell to the old and the new year has passed in a melee, and no one has eaten a reassuring dumpling.
At the end of the pinch, the Military Aircraft Department had to submit a letter to plead guilty, officially announcing the abolition of the provisions linked to the beacon tickets in the new official law, and at the same time suspending the sale of beacon tickets.
However, the war is in full swing, and it is inevitable that the court will fall into a situation where there is no money to use. Yinzhuang issued special "replacement silver" in place of gold and silver coins, and drafted a series of new regulations and handed it over together with the crime book.
Long'an Yinzhuang is attached to the Canal Office, which is also within the scope of the authority and responsibility of the Military Aircraft Department. As long as the new regulations are practical, no one has any opinion on whether it is "Tiejiaozi" or "Zhitongbao", but it must not be in the hands of the Military Aircraft Department.
So at this time, the steam rail that was about to take shape unexpectedly went wrong.
The north and south sections have been basically connected, and only the middle section is left, and the connection is complete. However, this last section has been delayed for more than a month and dare not start construction. The problem lies in the land.
Most of the land along the line has already been reserved, but it is impossible for such a long section to pass through all the land without owners. It was originally private, and the Canal Office will come forward and buy it from the original landlord at the market price. , and at the same time gave some other subsidies - such as tax reduction, etc., and some people were unwilling to sell their ancestral property.
Since the Yuanhe period, the Daliang court has been paying attention to benevolent governance. It is strict with civil and military officials, but very polite to the folk squires. It is precisely because it is too polite. There is a fatal omission in this lease - only the lease term, not the The original owner didn't want to rent it.
I probably didn't expect anyone to break the court's contract.
And the last remaining part of the road happened to be a large piece of rented land. The original owner was a big landlord, and the family had other businesses. We had a good talk. Although we didn’t finish here, the rent had been paid as expected. The man suddenly regretted it and returned the rent a lot. Although this man has no official or job title, he has a deep background and is closely related to Zhao Guogong's family. When he retired like this, no one around dared to hit him in the face, everyone was right. People from the Canal Office avoided seeing it, making it too late for the steam railway to change its course.
Because the steam railway was stagnant, Gu Yun wrote several letters one after another asking for the completion date. In the end, he went straight to Li Feng, saying that the front-line supplies could not keep up, and he would be forced to shrink the front line if this continued.
Fang Qin's younger brother hadn't washed himself clean. At this time, Master Fang finally expressed his clear dissatisfaction with his son's "inadequate wrists" and took action.
The former half-challenge teacher did two things at the same time.
First of all, he secretly met with the foreign affairs officer who was in contact with the Western envoys at the court, and euphemistically hinted that the national strength of Daliang might not be enough to support the protracted war with the Westerners. A butcher, but a person who can finally facilitate peace talks and return the country to Qingming and peace.
The foreign affairs officer used to be a student of the senior scholar Fang, and asked cautiously, "Teacher, if the emperor is determined to fight, how can we help him as a courtier?"
"It depends on how you talk to the Westerners." Fang Da Shi, who was dressed in immortal style, said meaningfully, "What they want is nothing but profit, you say they are willing to continue fighting with Gu Yun, or are they willing to Take a step back, cooperate with the lord and faction of our court, and end the war as soon as possible to exchange friendship? The emperor and the court want face. If the foreigners are sincere and give up their face, we will not be stingy, don’t you think? There is no front-line war. For the first time, I don't believe that the emperor will let King Yan and the others continue to make trouble."
After dismissing the foreign affairs officer who had just woken up from a dream, Master Fang invited his wife to invite another person—the nurse of Emperor Longan, who was once taken care of by Mrs. Fang after she was raised in the palace in the early years.
Li Feng has a lot of affection for his wet nurse, and came to discuss business affairs with Chang Geng. Hearing that the wet nurse handed over a sign to the palace to visit the long-sick queen, he hurriedly explained to Chang Geng and rushed to the harem.
Chang Geng slowly walked out of the palace, the whole palace was shrouded in the twilight, the golden light of thousands of glazed tiles disappeared, and there was still a little bit of ice slag hanging on the edge, which was extremely inhuman.
The sky is so cold, and Jinghua is so hot.
Recently, the front line has become more and more tense, and Gu Yun's letters have also decreased. The boundless chatter is invisible, and the occasional private letter is just a few words.
Chang Geng exhaled slowly, and stood for a while under the vermilion high wall, thinking in his heart, "The day after tomorrow will be the sixteenth day of the first lunar month."
And the fog shrouded in the mountains and rivers has not yet cleared the clouds.
Although he was planning step by step, the result was getting closer and closer, but he couldn't help but feel panic at times.
At this time, a team of guards passed by, saw him, and hurriedly stepped forward to greet him: "Your Highness."
Chang Geng didn't say a word, and stared at the two guards for a while, then suddenly he walked away like a demon.
"I want to see Gu Zixi." He thought to himself, "I will soon."
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