Chapter 503 Auction Storm (Part 2)

On July 24, 2018, the eighth year of Yuanzhuo, the asset auction of the Eight Banners, which lasted for ten days, ended successfully. More than 2,000 various industries were sold. In addition to dozens of industries that had been assigned to the Liu family represented by Liu Chang'e, a total of 280 million yuan of funds were recovered. This huge amount was equivalent to more than one-third of the annual income of the imperial court. At this point, except for the Shanghai Shipyard and Tianjin Guns and Cannon Bureau under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Industry, the huge Eight Banners business has been completely resolved.

On July 25, 2018, the inner court issued an order: to establish the Qing Academy of Sciences, which is affiliated with the Ministry of Works, and is supervised by the Prime Minister of the Cabinet Yunxiang, and the Minister of Works, Lin Qi, served as the first president of the Qing Academy of Sciences, and to remove the Imperial Heaven Supervision, and to incorporate the original Imperial Heaven Supervision institutions and personnel into the Qing Academy of Sciences, and allocate 250 million funds from the inner treasury as start-up funds. In addition, the annual research budget required is allocated from the court's finances, no less than three percent of the annual income of the court in that year; all researchers at all levels of the Academy of Sciences will be awarded the title of technical officials. Without the imperial edict, all departments of the court and governments shall not interfere in the affairs of the Academy of Sciences without authorization; the original technical schools and laboratories of the Eight Banners Trading Company shall be allocated to the Academy of Sciences.

On July 30, the eighth year of Yuanzhuo, the full text of the "Civil Chronicle" published the article "On the Importance of Technology" by Emperor Yuanzhuo. The full text starts with the convenience brought to the people by every invention since the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors. It talks about the role of science and technology in promoting military affairs, clarifies the importance of science and technology, and refutes the "strange and erotic" theory that is rampant. The article has sufficient arguments and rigorous logic. For a time, the government and the country are shaking, and debates are everywhere. Manuscripts of various concepts flock to the editorial department of the "Civil Chronicle" like snowflakes. The originally hot debate on commerce and agriculture immediately disappeared, and everyone's attention was attracted by this battle of "Is technology a strange and erotic and erotic skills."

On the third day of the eighth month of the eighth year of Yuanzhuo, the inner court issued an order: The sage is at peace. The next morning court. When he heard that Emperor Yuanzhuo, who had not had an early court for more than half a month, was about to go to the court to be the director, the officials of all sizes immediately became energetic. Some of them thought about the sacred intentions all night, and some of them planned to say frankly about right and wrong, and some of them wanted to leave the sacred intentions in private. There were also some who planned to leave the sacred intentions in the capital. There was a smog in the officialdom of the capital, and there was a panic, as if the storm was about to come and smoke.

On the fourth day of the eighth month of the eighth year of Yuanzhuo, as the first ray of sunshine reached the top of the Forbidden City, the eunuchs' shouts of "going to court" mixed with the crackling sound of quiet whip came out of the palace. The court officials took small steps and hurried towards the Qianqing Palace. Along the way, there was no trace of noise except the sound of footsteps. Everyone's faces were full of solemn expressions. All the ministers knew that today's court discussions were probably going to happen. How to stand side was related to their own future.

"The emperor is here!" As Gao Nianying's sharp eunuch's voice sounded, Yinzuo walked into the hall with a confident smile, and ignored the kneeling of the ministers, walked straight to the front wall and fell on the dragon chaise. He raised his hand with a smile and said, "All the ministers are flat."

"I have reported to the sage, and the ministers have submitted a memorial report." As soon as the ministers were thanking for their gratitude, Zhao Xiongzhao, the Censor of Jiangnan, emerged and knelt down in front of the hall. He said loudly: "The sage said: The emperor should be close to the gentleman and stay away from the villain. Now, the king is familiar with what he hears, and likes flattery and hates straightforwardness; when his eyes are familiar with what he sees, he likes softness and hates hardness; when his heart is familiar with what he is, he likes and hates violations. After the three habits are completed, a bad thing arises, he likes villain and hates gentlemen.

It is nothing else to go forward when the king retreats.   Use talent but not to use virtue, so it is.  Valents are the only ones of a gentleman. Talents are shared by the gentlemen and villains, and villains are defeated... This is the rebellion in the Ming Dynasty in the past, so there were Jinyiwei in front and East and West factories in the future. It is because the villain advances and the gentlemen retreats. We must be careful.     There is a 'Hongshou' that has made great contributions to the king, but it has great harm to the country.   As a censor, I dare not not risk my life to hear it.   I hope the priest will clearly observe.  "

Tsk, good guy, this big hat of "The Rebellion of the Ming Dynasty" is so strict. Haha, it is worthy of being the second-tier. This memorial is well written, three habits and one bad? It seems that Hongli has made great efforts and plans to please the powerful and powerful people. He uses the help of the gang and play the tricks that Lao Ba played with me. Grandma, he really treats me as an old man. When Yinzuo saw Zhao Xiongzhao, a general under the eldest prince, jumped out, and immediately understood Hongli's little plan. He glanced at Hongli, standing in front of the prince's queue, and did not express his opinion immediately. He just sat on the dragon throne with a smile.

"Master, I think what Lord Zhao said is so true. The thousand-mile dike was destroyed by an ant hole. The master must not ignore it." Military machine Zhang Jing Zhai Jia also stood up and echoed loudly.

"The Lord, I think what Lord Zhao said is so true, so I hope the Lord will clearly observe."

"Sage, I and others agree."

...

As soon as Zhai Jia finished speaking, a large group of court officials stood up, all of whom knelt down on the ground and agreed to each other. Yinzuo felt angry, but his face did not change. He still sat with a smile on his face, and did not scream, and let the court officials kneel all over the hall.

"Sage, I think that although what Lord Zhao said is a bit too much, it means it is true. I hope the Lord will clearly understand it." Just at this quiet moment, Prince Jian, the Zongren Mansion, stood up and said loudly. Prince Jian's words were like a signal of voice. A group of princes and nobles immediately stood up, and everyone kept saying that they wanted the Lord to clearly understand it. In this way, the ministers who were qualified to participate in the court meeting had expressed their opinions, and they were very stance to force Yinzuo to sack the "Hongshou".

Are you playing with a palace? Grandma, a group of dogs who don’t know how to live or die! They are all clay people, not to mention that Yinzuo was originally a powerful emperor, so how could he tolerate the forced force of the officials below the head? His face suddenly turned dark. He glanced at the court officials who had kneeled all over the ground, and snorted coldly: "So, I am the foolish kings of the previous Ming Dynasty. Why don’t you say that I am the emperor of Jie and Zhou? Hum?" Yinzuo’s words were very cold. The ministers immediately fell to their knees. Everyone was silent and did not dare to say anything. After all, Yinzuo’s ruthlessness was well known.

"The Emperor Ama calms down." Hongli came out and said, "The Emperor Ama, you often teach your sons to 'Change if there is something, and if there is nothing, encourage them.' The sons think that all the ministers are for the perpetual concern of our Qing Dynasty and the country, and have no selfish thoughts. For these loyal words, please ask the Emperor Ama to observe them clearly."

Mingzhe? Hehe, it's so clear. It's just that we're blind to the eyes and cover up your private activities. Yinzuo was immediately angrily laughed and looked at Hongli with a complicated expression. His heart was full of sorrow. With Yinzuo's political experience, how could he not tell that Hongli was taking risks and completely embarked on the path of the eighth son back then. However, it was Yinzuo who forced Hongli to take this path, which made Yinzuo very angry and sad.

"Fourth brother, in your opinion, how should I deal with this matter?" Yinzuo ignored Hongli, but instead smiled and turned to Yunzhen, who had never spoken out.

"The emperor is a wise king, and the ministers dare not speak nonsense." Yun Zhen replied expressionlessly.

Yunzhen's words sounded like a praise of Yinzuo's wise wisdom. No matter how Yinzuo decides, he has no objection. However, the deeper meaning is that if you don't accept advice, then you are not a wise king. The implication is: If you don't cancel the "Honghu", then you Yinzuo is just a fool. How can you hide this little trick from Yinzuo's eyes? However, Yinzuo was too lazy to point it out and smiled and said, "The fourth brother is humble. Well, since all the ministers think that this "Honghu" should be cancelled, then you should cancel it. However, it's a little bit to say how to cancel it. I don't know what you have to do, I'll listen."

"Honghu" is Yinzuo's eyes and one of the most effective tools to control the government and the country. Although everyone kneeled all over the ground, they decided to stop leaving the "Honghu", no one expected that Yinzuo would agree to the verdict so readily. No one could react for a while, and they all knelt on the ground in a daze. Although the Minister of Scouts and Military Affairs was dissatisfied with the existence of the "Honghu", they followed Yinzuo for a long time and had already become familiar with Yinzuo's nature. They knew in their hearts that Yinzuo was not that easy to speak, and there must be an ambush here, and they didn't plan to go to this muddy water at all. They all looked serious, but they were silent. The hall became quiet for a while.

"What? I have nothing to say? Well, then it's time for me to say it." Yinzuo glanced at the ministers, sneered, and waved his hand and said, "Gao Nianying, Xuan!"

Gao Nianying hurriedly bowed to the promise, waved the whisk in his hand, took an imperial edict from a small eunuch beside him, carefully spread it, and proclaimed loudly: "The emperor's edict in heaven said: 'Honghu' was originally a merit of following the dragon, and also a merit of defending the enemy from outside, and I deeply hoped that... However, due to the limitations of the system, all the great achievements were buried among the grassroots. I deeply regret this, so the edict was as follows: the original 'Honghu' mechanism was abolished and incorporated into the court mechanism: the National Security Bureau was established, which was affiliated to the Military Affairs Office, whose responsibilities were to collect and organize external intelligence and be responsible for all secret overseas operations of our Qing Dynasty. He Zhen was appointed as the first director; the establishment of a domestic investigation bureau, which was affiliated to the Supervision Bureau, whose responsibilities were the same as those of the Supervision Bureau, and who was subject to the Supervision Bureau, was responsible for supervising the ethics of all officials, had the right to investigate but no action, and Sun Chengfu was appointed as the first director. I am here!"

Yinzuo's edict was clearly incorporated into the imperial court mechanism, but in the eyes of the ministers, they only changed their official robes, and there was no change in the others. Everything was still in the hands of Yinzuo. Even because these two institutions were put on official robes, it was more like the "Embroidered Uniform Guard" in the previous Ming Dynasty. Of course, the fault was that this "domestic investigation bureau" did not have the right to take action directly against officials, but if Yinzuo issued an edict, the right to act was not just right? Everyone was not a fool, so how could they not see that it was strange? It was just that whether they should have stood up to oppose it, but it was difficult to decide for a while. All the ministers were stunned on the spot...
Chapter completed!