Chapter Five Hundred and Twenty One Sixth Son, or the Governor of Zhili?
Letting Queenie succeed the old rich man as Minister of Rites was something that had been agreed upon before.
Although the Ministry of Rites is a Qingshui yamen compared to the other five bureaus, this yamen is in charge of two things that Jia Liu is most concerned about.
One is of course the imperial mausoleum, and the other is the imperial examination.
Needless to say, the imperial mausoleum project is related to the issue of where the money and food for Jia's new army will come from.
The imperial examination is related to why the Qing Dynasty collapsed.
How did the Qing Dynasty fall?
It was not prompted by the gunshots of the Revolution of 1911, but the fruit sown by the Qing government's abolition of the imperial examination system.
Prior to this, Han scholars continued to pass the imperial examination to become officials of the Qing court. In order to maintain their status, these Han elites desperately suppressed the uprising.
The direct consequence was that there were numerous anti-Qing uprisings in the Qing Dynasty, all of which ended in failure. Even the largest Taiping Rebellion was suppressed by Han gentry.
There is no way, someone like Jia Liu who jumps out of class only comes out in hundreds of years.
The abolition of the imperial examinations was equivalent to leaving dozens or even millions of Han scholars without a way out overnight. Needless to say, they felt sad and angry. As a result, everyone tended to the revolution, or took the initiative to participate in the revolution, which ended the Qing Dynasty.
, or just sit back and watch the Qing Dynasty perish.
Of course, Jia Liu would not abolish the imperial examination. What he wanted to do was to improve the imperial examination and introduce modern academics, that is, applying Western learning to China, so as to lead China on the road to becoming a great power.
However, reforming the imperial examination was no less difficult than launching a Wuchang Uprising. After all, apart from Jia Liu himself, few people including his subordinates would agree to abolish the imperial examination.
If he really wanted to abolish the imperial examination regardless of the actual situation, Jia Liu might be the second Wang Mang.
How to improve it?
Of course, let the current imperial examination system rot so bad that everyone, whether they are bannermen or Han people, hate it and actively demand reform.
To be precise, it was to make the imperial examination become a mess. From the general examination to the provincial examination, everything was bad at every level.
Who is suitable for this task?
Besides Queenie, Jia Liu really couldn't think of anyone else.
Therefore, of course he had to fight for Queenie's position as the head of the etiquette department.
The old man now held many positions, including being the foreman of the military aircraft. There was no need to hold on to the noble position of Minister of Rites, so he happily issued an edict in the name of Qianlong to appoint Queenie as Minister of Rites, and became the deputy leader of the Queen Mother's National Funeral Committee.
Of course, the team leader is Lao Fu, the foreman who also serves as a military aircraft. The team members also include the fourth son of the Fourth Japs, Jia Liu's brother-in-law, two military aircraft, and several princes.
Queenie's matter was agreed upon from the beginning. The old rich man could not change his mind, but he was reluctant to retain the position of Asiha's Minister of Civil Affairs.
Why?
Isn’t it because Asiha is such a waste?
In addition, Jia Liu also demanded that Asiha must enter the military aircraft department, and the old man even disagreed.
Jia Liu's solution was to send his dog-headed military advisor Fan Wei to find his cousin's uncle, Erhentu, and said that if the old rich man did not agree with Asha's stay in the military aircraft department, then there would be an issue regarding the restoration of the hereditary title of Prince An, the ancestor of his cousin's ancestor.
Well, his eldest nephew may have something to say.
As a result, Uncle Se went to the old rich man without saying a word, put some pressure on him, and told him a hard truth: Asiha is a waste, why should you offend his cousin for being a waste.
Before leaving, he said something serious and sincerely: "Today's great situation is hard-won. The generals will be at peace, and the world will be at peace. Please look at the center and think twice!"
There was no other way, so the old man had to pinch his nose and try again, and Asiha got his wish and became the seventh Minister of Military Aircraft of the Military Aircraft Department.
In addition to the old rich man, the first six people are the four princes walking in the military aircraft department, Prince Yongxuan, Manchu military aircraft Qinggui, Suo Lin, Han military aircraft Liang Guozhi, and Yuan Shoudong.
The seven military aircraft ministers also comply with the operating rules of the military aircraft department, so they vote by margin.
The old man did not agree with He Shen's retaining his position at first. Everyone in the court knew that He Shen was promoted by the emperor, and he could be said to be loyal to the emperor.
How can such a person be allowed to stay in the court and hold the important posts of Minister of Household Affairs and Minister of Internal Affairs?
Therefore, I firmly refuse to agree.
Jia Liu insisted on He Shen being appointed as the Minister of Household Affairs, because although He Shen was a corrupt official, his financial management ability was unparalleled in the world.
Not everyone can save a fortune worth 800 million or two in the Qing Dynasty!
He Shen could earn 800 million taels for himself, and how many financial problems did he solve for the Qing Dynasty?
The most important thing is that Heshen is a rare man among the Manchus who advocates opening up the sea. That is to say, he has always advocated trade with Western countries. It was under the arrangement of Heshen that the British mission of Margani was able to enter Beijing.
It is a pity that Qianlong, an arrogant man, ruined the Qing Dynasty's opportunity to keep pace with the West.
Now that Qianlong has become Chen Jialuo, Jia Liu must of course explore the financial value of He Shen.
Upon hearing that the old rich man did not agree to Heshen's reinstatement, Jia Liu angrily slapped his son's diaper on his face and cursed: "What does this old rich guy mean? Now my words are useless? He is Sima Yi,
Or am I Sima Yi!"
"Young master, if it doesn't work out, just kill the rich man. There will be no two-legged toads, and there are plenty of people in the two-legged hall!"
Shuan Zhu watched the excitement and didn't mind it being a big deal, and handed another diaper he was going to wash into the young master's hand.
This diaper was just pulled by Master Dabao.
"..."
Jia Liu felt that he had to give the old rich some color, so that he would know that his boxer's status was entirely the result of his own efforts.
My wings are not strong yet, don’t think about doing it alone without me!
So he wrote angrily, praising the old rich man's eldest son for his meritorious service in the peaceful area of Sangge and participating in politics in Jiangxi. The court should reward him, and he could be appointed as an academic or governor in Jiangsu. He also ordered Asha to appoint the old rich man's second son, who is nothing like that.
The playboy An Mu was arranged to work as a doctor in the Ministry of Industry.
He also asked people to quickly pull the Tailing burial objects distributed to the old rich man, plus thirty pieces of melted gold bricks, to the old rich man's house.
When the things were delivered, the old man was not at home and was busy at the military aircraft. It was his wife Niu Hulu who received them.
After the old man returned home, Niu Hulu kept persuading her husband not to offend the prince's consort, who had soldiers in his hands.
This is really sugar-coated bullets.
The old rich man had no choice but to agree to keep He Shen in his post.
But when it came to Yang Jingsu's reinstatement as Governor of Zhili, the old man was so determined that he refused to let go. Jia Liu was so angry that he rushed to the capital overnight to settle accounts with the old man.
Since the old rich family moved near the Imperial City and away from the Nine Gates, Jia Liu came quietly late at night, but still brought a battalion of security teams with him.
The old rich family also had guards. Seeing Master Jia Jiashikai leading so many guards to surround the Zhongtang Mansion, he immediately reacted.
Demu quickly stepped forward to hand over the sticker and spoke a few words to Lao Fu's captain of the guard, who then lowered his guard and asked someone to come in and notify the Lord of the Central Hall.
When he was woken up after sleeping soundly, the old rich man was very angry. He wanted to put his six sons outside for a while and ask him to blow the northwest wind.
The six wise brothers came to the study.
Jia Liu entered the Fu Mansion, not alone, but with Demu, Baozhu and other personal bodyguards.
There were eighty people in total, fully armed and never leaving.
"What do you mean? You brought so many people to my house?"
The old rich man was really angry when he saw the bodyguards Wu Yaya and Jia Liu entering the study.
"Big Brother knows who I am... I'm also afraid of Big Brother hitting me with a black gun or stabbing me with a black knife."
Jia Liu confirmed that there was an old rich man in the study, and immediately felt relieved, waving his hand to Demu and the others to wait outside the door.
The old rich man knew Jia Liu's purpose of coming here late at night, but he remained silent.
Jia Liugan laughed, picked up the big tobacco bag on the old man's desk and filled it with shredded tobacco. After filling it, he handed it to the old man, took out the fire sticks and lit it: "Brother, smoke!"
The old rich man puffed twice, but still ignored Jia Liu.
Jia Liu had no choice but to say: "I asked my elder brother to handle Yang Jingsu's matter for me."
"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"
The old man puffed out a smoke ring on Jia Liu's face, "The emperor said that Yang Jingsu would not be reinstated until he had been clean for eight years. It has only been less than a year, how can he be reinstated as governor?"
"Old guy, do you have bad intentions?"
Jia Liu was choked by the old man and coughed several times. He was really angry and touched his waist. But before he could take out his small gun, the old man had already held an imperial short-handed blunderbuss in his hand, which was full of black holes.
The gun's mouth was pointed clearly at Jia Liu.
His movements are much faster than Jia Liu's.
This frightened Jia Liu, and he didn't dare to move for a moment. After a moment, he sneered: "Brother, have you practiced this before?"
"I have practiced, but there is no medicine in my gun."
The old man threw his gun on the table and said, "It is impossible for Yang Jingsu to return to the post of governor of Zhili, but you can."