Ten Dragons Take the Inheritance

Chapter 446 The Stage of the Storm ([-])

On the third day of September in the fourth year of Yuanzhuo, the post office was put into trial operation for several months in Jinling, Changsha, Xi’an, and Chengdu. The post office system was officially put into operation. As of the end of Yuanzhuo Sixth, within a year, the postal system had spread all over the country, which greatly accelerated the transmission and circulation of information. At the same time, the pace of commercial circulation has also gradually risen. Zooming in, although the imperial court reduced the original eleventh tax to eight out of every hundred, and canceled many domestic checkpoints, the domestic trade tax is still as high as 500 million Singapore dollars (equivalent to [-] million taels of silver), which is only higher than overseas trade. The SGD [-] million is slightly less than the salt tax and iron tax that were originally the pillars of the national finance. The foundation for starting the commercial economy has been initially laid.

On the ninth day of November in the fifth year of Yuanzhuo, a riot broke out in Dongying. The Nagasaki mob attacked the Qing army camp, but was defeated by the prepared Qing army. Nearly a thousand mobs were killed and a batch of British-made front-loading flintlock guns were seized. The Qing protested and sent some troops equipped with front-loading guns to launch a tentative attack on Nagasaki. They were defeated by the Qing army.On January [-]th, the sixth year of Yuanzhuo, the envoys of England proposed mediation opinions to the Qing Dynasty, hoping that the Qing Dynasty could withdraw its troops, but the Qing court flatly rejected it. At the same time, they demanded an explanation from the British side on the grounds that England privately sold weapons to the Japanese shogunate. Due to the strength of the Qing Dynasty, England apologized to the Chinese side on May [-]th in the sixth year of Yuanzhuo, and stated that it would restrain its merchants and no longer sell weapons to the Japanese shogunate. However, behind the statement, it quietly increased The investment in the Dongying Shogunate Army tried to fight against the Qing Dynasty by arming and training the Dongying Shogunate Army.On August [-]th, the sixth year of Yuanzhuo, the Great Qing Squadron stationed in Dongying and the Third Squadron of the English Far East Fleet faced off in the territorial waters of Dongying. Although the two sides did not open fire, their swords were on the verge of breaking out and their guns were facing each other. After about half an hour of confrontation, The British fleet withdrew from the coast of Japan.

As of December of the sixth year of Yuanzhuo, the reform of the military system has been initially completed, and the training of 4000 firearms troops has been completed. In addition to 4 troops stationed in Dongying, [-] troops are stationed in Gyeonggi. , changed to the Capital Military Region, and the remaining [-] people went to various places to help the armies of various places to reorganize and reorganize, and started a comprehensive military system reform. The country is divided into eight military regions according to regions: Shaanxi-Gansu Military Region, Sichuan Military Region, Liangjiang Military Region, Xinjiang The Military Region, the Mongolian Military Region, the Fujian Military Region, the Guangzhou Military Region, and the Jingshi Military Region, except for the two major military regions of Xinjiang and Mongolia, which have not been adjusted for the time being, the rest of the military regions have begun to make large-scale adjustments in an all-round way, weeding out old and weak unqualified soldiers. After successively entering the military academies for advanced studies in batches, another position will be arranged according to the learning situation; the four major army military academies have all put into normal enrollment.

With the gradual penetration of post offices across the country, a certain information network has been formed nationwide. As the mouthpiece of the imperial court, the "Jingshi Chronicle" has also been greatly developed, and a large number of semi-professionals who make a living as writers have emerged. Journalists, there are such semi-professional journalists in major cities across the country. In addition to the income from the manuscript fee, these writers also have letters of appointment and corresponding allowances issued by the newspaper office at various levels according to their seniority. In terms of income, they are enough to support them. family.In a year and a half, the "Jingshi Chronicle" is no longer limited to reporting the dynamics of the imperial court. Even the dynamics of various provinces and governments are reflected in the newspaper. Although this newspaper is still published once every ten days, but It has grown from eight pages to nearly thirty pages. It can be regarded as a periodical magazine. The news published is extremely rich, ranging from officialdom dynamics to market tidbits to interviews with court officials. The scale of the newspaper is also large. Then it became bigger and bigger, with many departments, and even the division of labor such as editor-in-chief and editor of each section appeared, which has already had the shadow of a regular newspaper office in later generations.

Due to the extensive influence of newspapers and the accelerated pace of commercial circulation, more and more merchants want to advertise on newspapers, which has led to a reduction in the cost of newspapers. Although the number of newspapers has doubled, the number of newspapers However, the price of reading newspapers has never risen. Reading newspapers and reading newspapers has become an indispensable life for scholars in this era, and even gave birth to a new profession - full-time newspaper readers. You can hear all kinds of news in newspapers from newspaper readers with a penny, just like listening to books.

Just because the big backstage boss of the newspaper office is Emperor Yuanzhuo himself, the employees of the newspaper office are very hard-headed, not only reporting positive official news, but also mercilessly exposing all kinds of favoritism and fraud in various places and even in the imperial court. A large number of corrupt officials have been sacked because of this. Although local governments at all levels are extremely troubled by the pervasive ancient "paparazzi" in the newspaper office, they have nothing to do with them. The "Honghu" children of these reporters are not vegetarians. Although they will not intervene in person, a sealed letter is enough for those officials who think they are great. A sharp weapon.

In August of the sixth year of Yuanzhuo, Yinzuo married his eldest son, Hongli, and named Funing, the eldest daughter of Niulu Fuchang, Xianghuang Banner, as Hongli's legal wife. He also ordered Hongli to assist the Ministry of Household Affairs, and at the same time, ordered his second son, Hongyang, to assist the Ministry of Industry. This marked that Hongli and Hongyang officially participated in the central political situation of the Qing Dynasty.

On December 25th of the sixth year of Yuanzhuo, the end of the new year is approaching, heavy snow is falling, and the capital is full of festive scenes, with lanterns and festoons everywhere, and everyone is busy preparing new year goods to welcome the new year, but in these festive days, A shocking case broke out—Sichuan Governor Pieda sent someone to assassinate Liang Kuanxiao, a reporter from Jingshi Chronicle.Liang Kuanxiao refused to accept bribes from officials big and small in Sichuan, resisted tremendous pressure, and insisted on investigating the matter. As a result, all seven members of Liang Kuanxiao's family were killed, and the murderer even spared the nursing child. After being discovered by the hidden stake of "Honghu", Feige sent a letter to Yinzuo's hands.

"It's good to have a look, this guy is really capable of corrupt officials, and he does this kind of work with the salary of the court. Hey, the money I gave you to raise such a bunch of beasts! Even the suckling children will not be spared. , Is this a human? It’s worse than a beast!" As soon as Yin Zuo received the information, he immediately summoned all the ministers of military affairs, several princes, Hongli and Hongyang brothers into the palace, and handed over the information obtained to the All the ministers looked over.

"The Holy Majesty, calm down. I am in charge of the official department, but I failed to find out the case. I am guilty." Ma Qi, the chief military minister and the secretary of the official department, had just reported an excellent evaluation to Pieda, but he did not Thinking that such a big case happened as soon as he turned around, the sweat on his forehead suddenly poured out.

"Huh." Yinzuo snorted coldly and said, "Well, animals like Pieda are excellent in evaluation, so what kind of virtue should other officials be? Huh? I have said it many times, you wait for these The minister of military affairs should help me to manage the officials below. The officials are not clear and the people are uneasy! Now it’s good, these officials are no different from bandits, and they have done all the murders and robbers. Hey, it’s amazing Well." With a pale face, Ma Qi couldn't say a word, but kept dripping with sweat.

Zhang Tingyu is a person with a delicate heart, but he heard the implication in Yin Zuo's words, and secretly felt a sudden in his heart, knowing that Yin Zuo was about to start cleaning up officials, and the Sichuan extermination case was just an opportunity.Zhang Tingyu has always been cautious in speaking, and naturally understands that it is one thing to try to figure out the holy will, but it is another thing to tell the truth about the holy will. Seeing Yinzuo getting angry, he didn't want to reveal the secret, so he just closed his lips tightly and lowered his head. Shut up.The other ministers of military affairs either vaguely saw the holy will, or they had nothing to do with them. No one wanted to speak out, and each stood with their heads bowed. Only Prince Yong Yunzhen said with a stern face: "My lord, this dog Officials are not allowed to stay, and they should be severely punished as a canon to imitate others!"

Hongli, who had just got married and got a formal job, took a peek at Yin Zuo's face, stood up and said, "Huang Ama calm down, my minister thinks that this matter has a bad impact, and failure to thoroughly investigate the serious issues is not enough to anger the common people. Please order to thoroughly investigate this case, and ask the emperor for permission."

"Huang Ama, I also think that this case must be investigated and dealt with as soon as possible, otherwise how will the hearts of the people in the world be reassured, but I think that although this case is an isolated case, there are many deficits in other provinces. Since it is necessary to investigate thoroughly, it is better It's good to have a thorough investigation as well, I'm so stupid, I'd like to ask the emperor to enlighten me." As soon as Hongli's voice fell, Hongyang stood up and said loudly.

Hmm, these two brats, one is planning to meddle in the local government, the other is trying to put some pressure on the other, grandma, these two little bastards!Yinzuo himself is a big fan of conspiracies and tricks, so he couldn't guess what kind of tricks these two little brothers were playing, but he didn't bother to tell the truth, so he sneered and said: "Decree: Inspector Qian Mingyu, the left inspector, is the imperial envoy. , thoroughly investigate this case, and must find out the whole case within one month. In addition, Prince Yong Yunzhen, eldest elder brother Hongli, and household secretary Shi Shilun will lead the thorough investigation of the deficit, and will start to promote Tanding nationwide on the [-]th day of the first month of next year. Entering the mu, the government and the gentry pay the grain together, and the second elder brother promotes and takes the job of the Ministry of Industry, investigates the existing technology of the Ministry of Industry, and organizes and records the technology suitable for popularization by the people..."

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