Chapter 1245: Another thing I ordered

On the day they returned, the Fourth Master privately called the two of them to the Hall of Cultivation of the Heart.
At this moment, the three monarchs and ministers gathered in the study room of the Hall of Yangxin.
Si Ye sits on the throne of reading memorials.
But Shisanye and Wuge knelt down on their heads.
"Along the way, you have worked hard in the northwest, all sit down and talk." Fourth Master gave a seat.
"Xie Huang," Shisanye and Wuge took a seat on the same side.
"I went to the northwest this time, but what was discovered?" Si Ye asked lightly.
The Shisanye bowed his head and sipped his tea, as if he didn't want to claim credit, but wanted to give up the opportunity to report the situation to Wuge.
Since he did not speak, Wu Ge said tacitly: "If you return to the emperor, the water conservancy project there will be very smooth, and its water resources can provide more than ten thousand hectares of irrigated land. Although there are occasional conflicts, the problems are not big, and it is easy to build. The minion suggested that after the autumn harvest, when the water runs out, let the water conservancy department over there investigate and repair it."
The Fourth Master gave a faint "um" with his jaw slightly.
Moreover, he lowered his head, writing something on a piece of rice paper, as if he had written it down.
Immediately afterwards, he raised his head and asked faintly: "Before you go to the northwest, I asked you another thing, how are you two checking."
As soon as the voice fell, I heard the thirteenth master speak first: "The emperor, the minister and Wuge did find out a lot about this."
Before leaving Beijing, Brother Huang ordered the two of them.
Said that the Northwest was originally returned to Nian Gengyao for many years.
In addition, some officials played Nian Gengyao.
But the emperor's brother can't believe others' words.
So they asked them to go there to find out about the errands of reclaiming the northwest.
He doesn't like to claim credit, but this kind of thing is more embarrassing than him.
Therefore, he was very willing to rush to talk.
"Say." Fourth Master said lightly.
"After the minister went to the northwest, he found that almost everyone there knew about Nian Gengyao. After staying there for a while and secretly inquiring, he learned that Nian Gengyao was dominating the local area. It is said that he would recommend a group of officials every year. In this regard, both the staff and soldiers will give priority to the recruitment, known as the "annual election."
Fourth Master: "..."
"Not only that, he also rejected dissidents and appointed private individuals, forming a small group headed by him, with officials from Shaanxi, Gansu and Sichuan as the backbone, including officials from other regions. Many of the officials in the officialdom have seen Nian Gengyao's momentum. With positive energy and increasing power, he rushed to his door. He also paid attention to cultivating people of private power, and every time there was fat or beauty, he would place his personal cronies."
"For those who don't form a party with him, he tried his best to suppress them. After they were disgraced, he could only rely on his sect, and he had to give away all kinds of precious jewels and antiques. Then he would recommend it with the court."
Si Ye's face was faint, and there was no happiness or anger.
But the deep ink pupil was very gloomy and cold.
"In addition, Nian Gengyao also used the opportunity of the military to fake military merits, so that his undocumented domestic slaves became officials of Zhili's chief envoy and acting deputy."
Speaking of this, Lord Shisan motioned to the five grids, suggesting that he could speak.
Anyway, he has already started, it would be better to talk about five squares.
He can't report on errands, he is the only one chattering here.
Therefore, Wu Ge held his lips, tacitly said: "As early as Nian Gengyao put down Luobu Zangdanjin last time, he was good at fame, self-reliance on merit, and the arrogance and domineering wind was growing day by day. In the court He has always been arrogant and domineering. As a court commander, he actually rewarded his subordinates with objects and ordered people to bow their heads to thank you."
Fourth Master: "..."
"The documents issued to the governor and generals were parallel documents, but he called them "Linghua". They regarded the bureaucrats in the same industry as their subordinates. Even in the northwest, some Mongolian kings had to act upon seeing him. Kneel and worship. The imperial guards sent by the court to him, even if he doesn't treat him preferentially, they still use them as servants."
Speaking of these, Wu Ge thinks of Nian Gengyao's various behaviors when he and Nian Gengyao held the bar.
To say that Nian Gengyao was arrogant in front of him.
But Nian Gengyao's actions undoubtedly regarded himself as the emperor of the Northwest!
Words, deeds, and demeanor are all like a king, no matter where he looks like a courtier.
At that time, he said that Nian Gengyao would one day forget everything and head toward self-destruction.
Thinking of this, Wu Ge took his lips and continued: "According to the Qing system, wherever the emperor’s decree arrives, local officials must welcome the emperor, kneel down and kneel down to ask Sheng’an. But as far as the slave knows, when the emperor’s decree went to the northwest twice, Nian Gengyao didn’t accept the edict, and he didn’t even read the decree."
"Moreover, it is said that he took bribes and eroded money and food in various parts of the Northwest, and the amount involved reached several million taels."
Si Ye's expression has always been impermanent, but when he heard that Nian Gengyao had so many corruptions, his cold eyes suddenly tightened.
Because since he became the throne, what he hates and hates most is that officials are corrupting the law.
In other words, he hated this most since he was still an elder brother.
So as soon as he became the throne, he took an important reform measure of rectifying officials and punishing corruption and perverting the law.
And this year, Geng Yao, let alone anything else, just such a move made him very disgusted.
He was no longer silent, but bit his back tooth socket fiercely, and said in a deep voice, "This Nian Gengyao is simply not carveable."
A few years ago, although he looked at the middle-aged Gengyao, he also saw that the other party's personality was flawed.
But he is also a pity, so he deliberately arranged for him to train at the grassroots level in Yangzhou for five years.
Later, it was discovered that he had changed, and this was reused.
Who knows that it has only been a few years, and it has returned to the past, full of ignorance and arrogance.
Seeing Si Ye speaking, the Thirteenth Master couldn’t help but interject:
The emperor, don’t you know that Nian Gengyao has been rude to the court on many occasions. First, he laughed at Wu Ge, looked down on his courtiers, and then talked with mynah and nine brothers. Fight outside the Hall of Supreme Harmony."
To say that Nian Gengyao looked down on him before, he has never cared about it.
Thinking of Nian Gengyao's contribution to the Qing Dynasty, he just forbeared it.
It is not just because of him that the emperor and Nian Gengyao are at odds with each other.
Moreover, as a gentleman, it is impossible to have conflicts and quarrels with others, and to rush to the emperor to file a complaint and let him support him. This is not the manner of the gentleman.
But when he knew that Nian Gengyao was so presumptuous, he naturally had something to say and no longer concealed anything.
And at this point, there is nothing to hide.
"You and him are both important court officials. He has nothing to look down on you." Si Ye said.
"Leave aside, this time I went to the northwest. According to my younger brother, Nian Gengyao took the royal government's military salary on the one hand, and on the other hand he also managed a small business. All the money earned from the transaction went to his Nian Gengyao's pocket, and none of it was turned over to the court."