Late at night, after a simple foot massage, Jia Liu went to work.
The young emperor likes to work at night because he feels that being quiet at night can make his mind more open-minded, his brain cells become more active, and he can consider problems in a higher dimension, making it less likely to make wrong decisions.
, and then affect the development of the country.
Work is never done, so Jia Liu often starts to sleep only when he hears the crow of the rooster.
Why are there chickens in the Forbidden City?
It's pointless to ask this. There are bears in the Old Summer Palace.
In order to increase the intake of meat protein and reduce the burden on the people, under Jia Liu's special call, the ladies headed by Ruxiu and Yuanyuan all raised chickens, ducks, and sheep in the palace.
Jia Liu liked to take his children on sheep carts.
It has been two years since the founding of the People's Republic of China, and the country has regained its unification. However, Jia Liu always has something in his mind, always thinking that there is something wrong with this country, because the country's unification is currently only a superficial unification, a compromise unification.
Specifically, many old and young people from the former Qing Dynasty still hold official positions ranging from governors to small counties.
This has also led to the fact that the reform national policy implemented by Jia Liu is currently only proceeding smoothly in Zhili, Shandong, Sichuan, Hubei and other places. The other provinces are still like a pool of stagnant water. In the words of Prime Minister Bo Qing'e, even those officials are
You damn duck, you don’t know the water in the Spring River is warm.
Of course, he couldn't eat hot tofu in a hurry. Of course Jia Liu hoped that the empire would enter capitalism overnight, but taking too big a step could easily lead to disaster.
Therefore, it is only right to implement it step by step and in an orderly manner.
According to statistics from the Ministry of Household Affairs, as of July this year, Beiyang Trade has added more than 13 million taels of tax revenue to the national treasury. This figure is obviously less than the annual income of more than 50 million taels in Nanyang and Guangdong, but for the newly born reform
It is still a huge fiscal revenue for the government.
During the Qianlong period, it was equivalent to the annual fiscal revenue of four Zhili.
As all aspects become more perfect and mature, trade will develop at an unimaginable speed.
With money in the treasury, Jia Liu will naturally be able to do things easily.
Whether it is the improvement of the environment of major cities, the advancement of road hardware facilities, the development of the industrial field, or the popularization of education and medical care, we can all start to get on the right track little by little.
As far as the level of governance is concerned, Jia Liu believed that he was definitely a wise and powerful person.
But the existence of conservative forces put a damper on his throat.
Force has long been eliminated by him.
Because this will only seriously damage the vitality of the country.
So how to deal with the conservative forces and hidden hostile forces in the country?
When returning to Beijing from Nanjing after paying homage to the Xiaoling Mausoleum, Jia Liu said something to Hao Shuo, the governor of Jiangsu: "Thoughts are more powerful than weapons."
Hao Futai was agitated at that time and quickly replied: "Your Majesty, don't worry, we will not give weapons to the enemy."
Jia Liu was unhappy: "Do you want to give the enemy ideas?"
"Well..."
Old Hao didn't know how to deal with it, but fortunately the Six Emperors didn't make things difficult for him and went to the bow of the boat to enjoy the river view.
At this time, Asiha, the Prime Minister and Deputy Minister of the Cabinet who was accompanying the southern tour, glanced thoughtfully at the emperor on the bow, and then said to Hao Futai, who was staring at the emperor's words, "Look back, Jiangsu, start moving first."
, comprehensively organize officials and gentlemen to study His Majesty’s diary, as well as His Majesty’s selected poems, essays, essays, etc. in recent years... We must firmly grasp the weapon of thought. Only when the thought is unified and consolidated
, His Majesty’s reform plan can become a century-old undertaking.”
Old Hao Ru was enlightened and said hurriedly: "I understand, I understand, I will organize and implement it as soon as I get back!"
Although this official was a notoriously corrupt official, Heshuo Prince Zheng was praised for being the first to support the reform on behalf of Jiangxi and helping His Majesty the Emperor to sideline and deal with his superior, the Governor of Liangjiang.
There is a deficit in virtue, but there is an abundance of talent.
"The Jiangnan area has had the most prosperous literary style since ancient times. We must take the lead and set an example for other provinces. We must eradicate the legacy of Aisin Gioro. We must make Jiangsu officials and gentry deeply understand that only reform can have a future. At the same time, we must also let them understand that Your Majesty is now
These things they have done are major events that will benefit the present and will benefit the future. They must be actively involved in the country's new atmosphere. They must have money and people, learn from Zhili's advanced experience in an all-round way, and Jiangsu
Build it into the first major reform province in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River..."
For the first time, Lao A exchanged a few words with Hao Shuo and pointed out the top priority of his work as a governor.
There was no other reason, the main reason was that as soon as he accompanied the emperor off the ship to Xiaguan Pier, Hao Futai paid 30,000 taels of silver notes into his account.
After a few more instructions, Lao A came to the emperor.
Jia Liu asked him casually: "What did you say to Hao Shuo?"
The old man said hurriedly: "I asked him to mobilize the officials and gentry after he returns to do a general ideological rectification, so that the people of Jiangsu know what the reform is, why the reform is necessary, and what are the benefits of the reform."
After Jia Liu heard this, he couldn't help but praise: "Among all my butts, you are the most arrogant."
"Thank you for the compliment, Your Majesty!"
The old man's waist was straight, and his face could not stop being full of arrogance.
This dialogue between Jiang Chuan and his ministers convinced Jia Liu of the importance of rectifying his thoughts, so he did two major things after returning to Beijing.
The first is to issue an edict to the National History Museum to re-edit the "History of the Ming Dynasty"; the second is to rectify the "Sikuquanshu" and newly revise the "Restoration Dadian".
These two things should be able to clean up the legacy of the past and usher in a prosperous era for the imperial literary style and history.
The instructions now are based on the reports from various places that have just been sent to Beijing in the past two days. Among them, Funia, the governor of Shanxi, petitioned to open a coal mine in Shanxi, establish a large state-owned coal mining group, and asked the emperor to approve the establishment of a steel plant in Shanxi.
This is undoubtedly the overall progress of the Shanxi bureaucracy headed by Funihan, who has figured out the key to promotion and wealth.
Jia Liu happily wrote and approved, "I agree, the Cabinet, the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Transportation will work together with Shanxi to handle it."
Then I read a memorial written by Michelin, Minister of Transportation, in which he proposed to build a railway line from Tianjin to the capital. He said that based on the spirit of the work conference on the introduction of steam engines held by His Majesty the Emperor last November, the Ministry of Transportation organized Chinese and foreign scientific and technical experts to
Confirming that His Majesty the Emperor's genius idea of using steam engines to drive carriages and transporting goods was true, we prepared to establish a railway project.
Jia Liuxun thought that the steam locomotive would not be fast, but the idea of the railway was very good, so he approved it and asked the Ministry of Transportation to send personnel to the Zhonghua Steam Engine Factory to invest money, talents and all resources to ensure that the steam locomotive could be ready by July next year.
Offline.
At the same time, personnel will be sent to explore the route of the Beijing-Tianjin Railway, and issues such as expropriation and demolition must be properly handled to benefit the people as much as possible rather than harm them.
The Admiralty had previously installed two steam engines on board the ship under the influence of His Majesty the Emperor's genius, but I don't know if this effort will bear fruit.
Jia Liu planned to ask Lieutenant Commander Zamul, the commander of the Beiyang Fleet, to come to Beijing to report on his duties and report to him in detail the progress of the steam engine on board.
At this time, Ding Qing from the House Committee asked for an audience.
"His Majesty!"
Ding Qing, dressed in the uniform of a lieutenant general, stood at attention and saluted His Majesty the Emperor after entering the office.
Due to the special nature of the Internal Affairs Committee, the gold thread embroidered on the left side of Ding Qing's Lieutenant General uniform collar badge is the word "House Affairs", and the word embroidered on the right is the word "loyalty".
Jia Liu himself also wore a Grand Marshal uniform, but he did not award himself the rank of Marshal, mainly out of embarrassment.
But the medals and stuff are all there.
They are all of special quality, made entirely of gold, and there are more than thirty of them. Not only do they look glittering, but they are also very exciting.
Jia Liu put down his pen and raised his head to look at Ding Qing: "Have you checked out the little thing I took care of in the evening?"
"Go back to Your Majesty and let us know clearly!"
As the director of the Internal Affairs Committee, how could Ding Qing, who was privately called a great spy by many courtiers, not know that His Majesty the Emperor was meddling in the Metropolitan Procuratorate's affairs? So after His Majesty the Emperor left, he immediately led people to take the two sisters away for a secret investigation
The interrogation basically revealed everything that the two sisters had told them.
"This matter must be true. I'm going to the Metropolitan Procuratorate tomorrow. I want to see why the local government can't handle this case."
Jia Liu's tone was obviously displeased. He was called Jia Qingtian by the people in Zhili, and there was no trace of sand in his eyes.
Ding Qing hesitated for a moment and raised the possibility of following this trend to straighten things out in Henan.
Although Xu Yucheng, the governor of Henan, was loyal to the emperor, Henan, as a province that only joined the Reform family after the Reform, had almost no rectification of the officialdom from top to bottom. Therefore, not only was corruption rampant, but there were also endless cases of corruption and perversion of the law. It was necessary to take advantage of this incident.
Eucalyptus taught Henan officialdom a lesson.
"Um?"
Jia Liu seemed to have something in mind, "Yang Naiwu and Xiao Baicai?"
"His Majesty?"
Ding Qing didn't know who these two people were, so he couldn't help but look suspicious.
Jia Liu didn't answer, but tapped the table.
Yang Naiwu and Xiao Baicai were one of the three great mysteries of the late Qing Dynasty. It was through this that Cixi, the old woman, purged the Hunan Army system that controlled Zhejiang and removed the support of more than a hundred officials.
Now it seems that it is very feasible to do this in Henan and get rid of all officials who are not loyal and progressive enough in Henan's officialdom.
It will not easily cause a backlash and will not give the newly appointed governors and governors a reason to speak out.
Because this is a normal way of redressing grievances, rather than His Majesty's deliberate suppression of Henan's officialdom.
It is something that the people like to hear and see.
"Get started and dispatch some capable personnel to Henan to investigate secretly tomorrow to ensure that the evidence is conclusive."
Jia Liu did not let Ding Qing go directly, because Ding Qing was a big spy after all, and asking him to go to Henan to directly intervene in this case would have a negative impact, so the Internal Affairs Committee could only do it secretly.
Apparently, one of the court ministers was going to be sent there.
Who to send?
Jia Liu thought of the champion Wang Jie who always wanted to kill him.
After Ding Qing resigned, Jia Liu took out Wang Jie's resume from the personnel file. After looking at it for a long time, he picked up a pen and drew a small red circle in his file.
This means that it can be used.
After finishing the painting, Wang Jie's files were sent to the cabinet and handed over to Queenie who was on duty.
Then he approved a few more official documents. At this time, Shuan Zhu knocked on the door gently and came in. He looked at the young master a little distressed and said, "Master, it's time to rest."
Jia Liu didn't even raise his head and said: "How late is it? How can I rest so soon? Why don't you see that I have so many things to deal with? It's not like you don't know that unless the rooster crows, Master, I won't rest."
As soon as he finished speaking, the sound of cockcrow came from outside.
One sound, two sounds, three sounds.
"Is it going to be dawn soon?"
Jia Liu was a little confused, shook his head, put down his pen and drove to Yuanyuan, the second lady of Yongshou Palace.
After the young master left, Shuan Zhu hurried to the corner of the outer wall of Dongnuang Pavilion, asked a few eunuchs to take the rooster away, took out the pocket watch given by the Westerners and looked at it. It was one twenty in the morning.
There are still four or five hours before dawn.
It's a bit excessive to crow in the middle of the night, but there's nothing you can do about it. After the young master became emperor, he would still ignore his personal health and serve the people wholeheartedly as before.