23 023 Straw bag
◎Cover your face! There is a kind of stupidity that makes people unable to bear to look directly at it.◎
On the 16th day of the first lunar month in the 42nd year of Kangxi, Master Kang started his fourth southern tour.
The old man's tour this time was the same as the one in September last year. He brought his three sons, the crown prince, the fourth prince and the thirteenth prince.
The route was also the same. As usual, he went to Shandong first, and also went to Baotu Spring to enjoy it. He wrote inscriptions and wrote poems. It can be said that he was quite happy.
Since we have arrived in Shandong, we must climb Mount Tai - climbing Mount Tai and watching the sunrise is definitely a must-do program. For an old man likes sports like Master Kang, he must go there.
Fortunately, the people who followed him were already used to it. His sons had practiced since they were young. Riding and shooting were compulsory lessons. Many of them were capable of fighting on the battlefield.
Apart from other things, at least the few who were chosen by Master Kang to accompany him were in good physical condition and had no problem climbing a mountain.
Of course, the reason why Master Kang had a much better reputation than Qian Xiaosi was because he did a lot of things when he went on patrol, not just for fun.
Apart from other things, the southern tour exempted the unfinished grains of the 20 prefectures and counties in Shandong that were on the route last year, and exempted the grains of the 25 prefectures and counties that suffered from disasters and crop failures last year. This year's grains can be paid in three installments...
Look, this is really exempted.
And it can be paid in installments... The idea is really advanced enough.
Just like this, the old man's southern tour has caused a sensation in Shandong alone - you see, it's different when the long live master comes to inspect in person, he is really willing to give welfare. Moreover, both those on the route and those affected by the disaster have welfare, so it is better to choose the route... Damn
, why didn't they pass through us - the people in other non-route areas expressed their envy.
All in all, Master Kang's tour was very tightly planned.
He played when he should and did his work when he should.
On the 26th day of the first lunar month, after Master Kang dealt with the tax exemption issue for the disaster victims in Shandong, his tour team immediately set off to continue south.
Perhaps they looked at the almanac, and their luck was pretty good. They had a smooth journey, and by the time of the dragon's head rising on the second day of the second lunar month, Master Kang and his team had already arrived in Suqian, Jiangsu.
The situation in Jiangsu was much better than that in Shandong. Seeing the people who were obviously getting richer, the old man was still concerned about the disaster victims in Shandong. He immediately assigned work to Zhang Penghe, the then governor of the river, and Sang E, the governor of the grain transport, and asked them to each get 20,000 dan of grain to Shandong to sell at a reduced price or even directly distribute it for disaster relief.
After arranging the food problem, the remaining problem was water conservancy.
This time, the old man went directly to cross the Yellow River. The person in charge of receiving him was Zhang Penghe, the then governor of the river. He accompanied Master Kang to Taoyuan County to personally inspect the river projects and even pointed out where to reinforce and where to dredge...
In fact, when the old man was in office, he made so many southern tours, and basically every time it was for water conservancy.
A few times, it was not because he wanted to come, but because the ministers in charge of water conservancy, such as the governor of the river and the governor of Liangjiang, asked him to come.
Basically, if the water conservancy project was completed, the old man was asked to inspect it in the hope of a promotion and salary increase. If it was not completed, the old man was asked to "instruct" to shirk responsibility or sell some money and resources such as people.
There is also a kind of people who are scheming and want to kill their opponents, and they also want to find a way to get the old man to the scene to see - Your Majesty, please take a look at this person, he is not good enough, he does not do his job well, and he has to spend so much money, it is really too bad, you should dismiss him, or just kill him...
Anyway, the officialdom is like a battlefield, and it is very common to use tricks and dirty hands.
I just don’t know what kind of people are looking forward to Master Kang’s southern tour this time. Anyway, as a group of spectators, we should only be responsible for eating spectators.
After Master Kang and his party arrived in Jiangsu, because they took more water routes, the journey was faster. On
the second day of February, they were still in Suqian, and on the eighth day of February, they had already arrived in Yangzhou. Yangzhou is a good place, not only with beautiful scenery, but also with many scenic spots and historical sites. When Master Kang came to the south for tours in the past, he would stay in Yangzhou, and this time was no exception. After the
southern tour team arrived in Yangzhou, Master Kang was in high spirits, and another round of tours and incense burning and calligraphy were also arranged.
Of course, in addition to the tours, Master Kang was still very dedicated. He also took the time to summon several important officials in the palace and even on the way to the tour. In addition to the local governor and prefect, Lin Ruhai, who was a doctor of Lantai Temple and was ordered to investigate cases in the Jiangnan area, and Zhen Yingjia, the president of Jinling Province Tirenyuan and Jiangning Textile Factory, were naturally included.
After all, they were the two officials that Master Kang specifically named to be responsible for the reception of the southern tour this time, so they naturally had to wait early.
In fact, if Master Kang had not directly prohibited it, Zhen Yingjia would have wanted to go directly to the capital to "take over the car".
He had done this before. He did the same thing when Master Kang asked him to take over the car during his first southern tour. Master Kang was quite moved at the time, so Zhen Yingjia wanted to do the same thing again this time. After all, he was really unsure this time and wanted to do something to show his presence.
This method cannot be said to be good, but it is indeed better than doing nothing and waiting for death - Zhen Yingjia probably couldn't think of it with his brain. It is estimated that he went back to his hometown in Jinling overnight and asked his mother to help him come up with it...
The method is not too bad, but the old lady of the Zhen family is old after all, and she has been hanging around in the backyard all year round. She only pays attention to such trivial matters, and her pattern is not open at all. She will definitely not be able to see the problem in a comprehensive way
. If this method had been used during the first two southern tours, the effect should have been good. Unfortunately, the situation is different recently, and the times have changed () - Although Master Kang does still favor their Zhen family, he can't stop the various impeachments from the ministers.
Those censors, imperial envoys, and even governors and prefects in other places all began to impeach the Zhen family.
The content of the impeachment is nothing more than the common reasons such as corruption, privilege, buying and selling official positions, abducting women and children... Oh, if you calculate it this way, the Zhen family is really "extremely evil".
Anyway, no matter whether it is true or false, with or without a shadow, it is still annoying to be bombarded with such a series of bombardments. No matter how much Master Kang favors the Zhen family, once he is annoyed by their family affairs, he will definitely dislike Zhen Yingjia.
Although he dislikes it, Master Kang's dislike for their family is very limited at the beginning.
It feels like this is what Master Kang thinks of the Zhen family's affairs at this time-my milk brother is the same as my own brother, and even closer and more harmless than my brothers.
No matter what, he can't possibly compete with me for the throne, so it doesn't matter how much I trust him.
Moreover, for so many years, our brotherly relationship has been very good. When I went to Jiangnan, I stayed at their house - their house is not much different from my palace.
It's not easy for them to manage all this.
What's wrong with spending some money?
You mean official money?
That's what I tacitly agreed to...
Although it's official money, isn't it all my money?
Since it's my money, it doesn't matter who I spend it on.
Master Kang's logic is self-consistent, but the majority of court officials don't do it - can official money be embezzled at will?
Jiangning Textile Factory is such a lucrative job, but it can still lose money every year. Who would believe it?
Even if Your Majesty doesn't care, do you think the common people can ignore it? Master Kang
said: I don't, I don't...
After a few times, he began to think that Zhen Yingjia was not a kind brother. Look, I gave you such a lucrative position as Jiangning Textile Factory, but you still managed it so poorly. How come there weren't so many things when your father and your grandfather were here?
Mo Yu was eating melon seeds and listening to the information broadcast by System 006, which was half from historical facts and half from gossip. He was very annoyed.
What does "people will die if they are compared to others, and goods will be thrown away if they are compared to others" mean? If Zhen Yingjia had the ability and talent of his father and his grandfather, he would not have ruined the entire Jinling Zhen family.
It is because of being incompetent and playing that such a big family business was ruined...
Jia Min, Xiao Daiyu and others also "listened" very seriously and said that it was right.
Although Xiao Daiyu is not very old, she is very smart. She can understand many things that adults think she can't understand at all. Therefore, no matter whether it is Lin Ruhai or Jia Min, no one has ever thought of asking her not to listen to Mo Yu's inner voice complaints - on the contrary, Jia Min and Lin Ruhai are eager for Xiao Daiyu to listen more.
They will eventually leave before Daiyu and Moyu, and the dangers of this world can only be faced by the two siblings together.
It is better to get in touch earlier, so as not to be confused and at a loss when the time comes.
Under this family tradition, Xiao Daiyu is much more mature than her peers. She is not only smart, but also has a strong learning ability. Therefore, she listened to her brother's complaints. Although she didn't understand them at first, after a few months, she now has no pressure to understand them.
For example, today, she listened to her brother Mo Ge'er "telling" a journey of Wansui Ye and his deeds along the way, and praised Wansui Ye for his wisdom, and then began to say that the Zhen family is useless... I think it's quite interesting.
In fact, she doesn't know what is useful and what is useless, but she feels that the old man of the Zhen family doesn't look very smart... At least he is not as efficient as their old man in speaking and doing things.
If Mo Yu could hear his sister's voice, he would definitely agree, but he would also be very helpless. After all, the comparison group chosen by Daiyu was too good...
You said who else could you use as the comparison group? Why did you have to use our father Lin Ruhai? How else can we compare?
Basically, it is comparing a dropout from a fake university with a top student from Peking University or Tsinghua University... It is extremely hurtful and insulting.
That's right, Zhen Yingjia didn't get into the officialdom through the imperial examination. He relied on his ancestors' influence and the grace of his grandfather's meritorious service in the past... This is not the same as Lin Ruhai, a nerd who relied purely on his personal ability to pass the imperial examination and get ashore.
Although Zuyin Ensheng could also enter the government, and his official position could not be low - after all, even if he did well as an imperial merchant, he could become a second-rank official. Those famous red-top merchants all became provincial governors, which was really boastful.
However, no matter how boastful he was, it was only this type of official position.
It was impossible for him to enter the cabinet and become a prime minister.
It was even more impossible for him to serve in the Military Affairs Council.
It was a pity that little Daiyu didn't know all this. After a few years, when she had more knowledge and experience, she would understand everything.
However, even so, it didn't stop little Daiyu from secretly despising this ignorant idiot while enjoying the melon.
The maids and servants of the Lin family who were watching also said that what Mo Ge'er said was right - the master and mistress of the Zhen family exuded the aura of idiots, and it was really to the point that even ordinary servants like them could not stand it.
Apart from other things, which decent family could make a fuss about "wife and concubine quarreling" in front of guests. It
was simply too careless.
It was embarrassing.
As for Jia Min, she was the most familiar with the Zhen family in Jinling, and she was more mature and rational than Xiao Daiyu and others, so her perspective on the problem was naturally different.
But even if she tried hard to see the essence through the phenomenon, and to see some "great wisdom appears foolish" in Zhen Yingjia, she couldn't do it.
Because Zhen Yingjia really had no ability. At his age, he only knew how to work hard on women, and had no other abilities at all.
She was asked to say that since it took three generations of the Zhen family to achieve the current Saint Pet, she should take advantage of this opportunity to do more practical things and run errands well. Firstly, she should live up to the trust of Lord Long live, and secondly, she should work hard to improve and reach a higher level.
As a result, not a single man in the family is mature.
According to the news she had gathered in the social circle of Jiangnan noblewomen these days, she heard that Zhen Baoyu, the only legitimate son of the next generation of the Zhen family, was a generous person.
In this way, Jia Baoyu, the second son of her second brother in the Jia family in the capital, not only has the same name, but also has a similar personality.
Come to think of it, he has a weird temper and is afraid that he won't be able to hold a big position.
Although the men are useless, Jia Min heard that the two direct daughters of the Zhen family are very good. Now one or two of them have married into the capital to become princesses, which is really outstanding.
It can be said that even the Lin family, a group of onlookers, can't stand Zhen Yingjia's waste, let alone Master Kang, who originally doted on him, entrusted him with important tasks, and had high hopes for him.
He looked at the memorials impeaching Zhen Yingjia flying in like snowflakes, and then listened to the report from the Fourth Prince's account check in Jiangnan. He was getting angrier and angrier, and even broke several teacups in the study.
It just so happened that Zhen Yingjia was very servile at this time and said that he would come to the capital to "take over the car". After he came to the capital, he would accompany him to the south. It was really sincere.
But Master Kang didn't want to.
This bastard Zhen Yingjia, he thinks he is not conspicuous enough, and he has to run to the capital to be conspicuous, right?
He is so stupid.
So Master Kang wrote back a letter to scold Zhen Yingjia, and told him to think about how to make up for the loss, and not to think about these unnecessary things. Then he decided to leave after the New Year, and did not give Zhen Yingjia time to come to the capital...
But Zhen Yingjia certainly could not give up. After all, he had such a huge loss during his tenure, and he had just been checked by the iron-fisted Fourth Prince. Then Master Kang wrote a letter to mention this matter, and he felt very guilty.
It was definitely impossible to do nothing. Since His Majesty did not allow him to go to the capital to pick up the horse, he could go to Yangzhou... He was the one who supervised the construction of the palace in Yangzhou. Maybe His Majesty would remember his kindness when he saw the palace.
And he could also get a few high-quality skinny horses to present to His Majesty.
Oh, by the way, the Crown Prince is here this time. He said last time that he wanted a few skinny horses with lighter mouths from Jiangnan. Now he has come in person. Isn't that too convenient...
Zhen Yingjia was well calculated, so he kept an eye on Master Kang's movements. This time, he learned his lesson. He sent people to pay respects to Master Kang from time to time, and even recruited some craftsmen with experience in water control and materials that could be used and sent them to the Governor's Office of the River...
Governor Zhang was not stupid, but since Zhen Yingjia really bleed this time, he was happy to do a favor.
In addition, the prince also mediated, and the fourth and thirteenth princes did not object. Zhen Yingjia finally regained the trust of Master Kang.
So, in a peaceful and friendly atmosphere, President Zhen finally got Master Kang's consent, and took Lin Ruhai to Yangzhou to pick him up.
Master Kang did not show too much emotional fluctuations about this, and Zhen Yingjia felt that he would definitely escape this time.
But what he didn't expect was that the disaster was about to come.
However, Mo Yu, who had been watching the scene remotely through System 006, had never thought that he would actually have the opportunity to witness this scene on the spot.
After leaving Yangzhou, Master Kang continued to walk south without stopping, and soon arrived in Suzhou.
This Suzhou is the territory of their Lin family, so both publicly and privately, they must always show their courtesy to the landlord.
So, on February 13, the day when the southern tour team arrived in Suzhou, Mo Yu saw the legendary Master Kang.
When the emperor went on tour, the guards of honor were very long, not to mention the officials, princes and concubines who accompanied him.
Therefore, it took a long time just to wait for them to get off the boat, but none of the dozens or even hundreds of people in the reception team spoke or moved, and not even a cough was heard. The atmosphere was quite serious.
Only Mo Yu stood in the reception team at the ferry, drowsy and with a look of despair on his face. In the second month of the lunar calendar, when the weather was still cold, he, a baby of only three or four years old, was taken out of his quilt by Jia Min early in the morning to wash and dress, and then stood in the wind for half a day. He was really a little exhausted.
The most speechless thing was that the first people to get off the boat were not Master Kang, but the guards and officials, followed by the maids and eunuchs. When Master Kang finally appeared, Mo Yu was about to fall asleep standing up.
Jia Min hurriedly pulled Mo Yu and Daiyu to pay their respects, and the people around them had already knelt down and shouted "Long live the emperor". The whole scene was too noisy, and Mo Yu finally sobered up a little.
So, Master Kang finally arrived?
Mo Yu tried to open his eyes and take a closer look, and saw a middle-aged man of medium build, white and plump skin, small eyes, high nose bridge, and a smile on his face. Although he looked a little ordinary, his whole body was so majestic that you could tell at a glance that he was an emperor.
But after taking the first look, Mo Yu couldn't help but complain quietly in his heart.
[Emma! Is this Master Kang? The legendary emperor of all ages is indeed... a pockmarked man. ]
[Author's words]
Ahhhh! I almost covered my face in time. I have slightly modified the details and will update it tomorrow.
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