Giant Treasure

There are many pedestrians on the bridge, and the gurgling water under the bridge and the black canopy come and go.Qianlong was full of praise when he saw it!That is to say, the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Industry were ordered to relocate and build the Summer Palace in imitation of the original appearance of Shuicheng.

His mother is a Tibetan Buddhist believer.In order to honor his mother, at the expense of human and financial resources, he ordered to build a lamasery in the Summer Palace in the shape of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet.

The old man only cites the above tidbits, and it is not groundless, but has a history to test.Besides, even though his deep palace compound is full of pink and black flowers, they are all Hun women from the north, and the people of Shuofang have always had a fierce folk style, so how can they be as tender and tender as my Central Plains beauties.

As a result, the local officials began to impose violent taxes on the people, bully men and women, and the people felt resentment!Since then, the Qing Dynasty has planted a hidden danger of decline.

Let's talk about Guangdi Lanshu; when he learned of the disaster in the world, his face was immediately displeased.He thought: If these disaster victims gather together to make trouble and rebel, wouldn't it endanger our country and society? This is terrible!

In the early morning of the next day, all the ministers gathered in the Golden Luan Hall.Emperor Daoguang ordered the disaster memorial to be circulated to all the ministers, and asked in a short while, "How much money is still available in the treasury?"

An official from the Ministry of Household Affairs came out to report: "Qizou Your Majesty! The treasury has less than 1000 million taels of silver, and more than two million taels are needed every month for the imperial court and the harem."

After hearing this, Emperor Daoguang asked again: "What good strategy do you have? Solve my worries and get through this difficult time?" As soon as Daoguang said this, the court was silent, and the ministers looked at each other, and no one could come up with a feasible solution.

In a short time, a royal historian came out to play: "I heard that there is a large family in Gong'an County, Hubei Province. The surname is Jiang and the name is Kefa. His family has [-] hectares of fertile land, and the treasury in the house has a huge amount of [-] million taels. There are more than ten thousand taels of silver income every year. There are too many scattered gold and silver, and the storage capacity is insufficient, so he casts them into gold men, cows, and horses and puts them in pens for viewing.

In the beginning, each cast body weighed less than a thousand catties. After two years, these golden men, golden horses, and silver bulls have grown into big cows, big horses, and adults.He ran for dozens of miles, and then walked home by himself.

After hearing the play, Emperor Daoguang said in amazement: "There is such wealth in the world! Why didn't you say it earlier."

At this time, the court was in an uproar!A minister said: "I have heard about this matter for a long time."yes!Yes; I have heard about it, but I haven't seen the truth?Everyone agrees.

Emperor Daoguang said to the household department again: "How much money is needed to relieve the emergency in this disaster?"

Longwen, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, came out of the class and reported: "The locust and drought disasters involved nine provinces, and the drought in the south is the most serious. It is estimated that about 8000 million taels of silver can be used to relieve the crisis, right?"

Therefore, Emperor Daoguang urgently ordered a draft order: saying that the imperial court borrowed 8000 million taels of silver from Jiang Yuanwai for disaster relief and will be repaid in the future.Just appoint Longwen as an imperial envoy!Hurry to Hubei.

Let's say that Longwen led the decree and set off immediately.Xingye rushed to Hubei together with Governor Chen Jiachang, and came to Jiang Kefa's "Jiang's Manor" in Gong'an County.An official sent into the mansion early to announce: "A minister from the imperial court has arrived, please Jiang Yuanwai to take over the order." Yuanwai's father and son heard this, and they hurried out and knelt down.

I only heard the imperial envoy reading the imperial decree! "Following heaven's fortune, the emperor's edict said: There will be a catastrophe today, and the country will be in trouble. An edict! Specially borrow 8000 million taels of silver from Jiang Yuanwai. It will be used to relieve the victims of the disaster all over the world. It will be repaid by the imperial court in the future. Thank you!"

After Mr. Jiang received the imperial decree, he hurriedly invited the imperial envoy and the governor to sit in the flower hall of the back hall.On the one hand, he ordered the cook to prepare a family banquet quickly, and ordered the accountant to prepare silver for packing, so he loaded it with his own chariots and horses.When I was young, the banquet was put on; the officials carried the pot to drink with the imperial envoy and the governor.

During the banquet, Yuanwai said to the two adults: "Master Imperial Envoy! If the country is in trouble, everyone is responsible. This silver is considered as a villain donating to the country, so this IOU will be waived?" Then he took out the imperial edict and handed it to the imperial envoy. Sir, please take this note back.

Master Chin Chalong smiled and said: "This is not an IOU, it is an imperial decree! It was issued to you by the emperor. You must keep it carefully and do not damage it or lose it, otherwise the consequences will be serious.

Master Long said again: "You said that you donate this silver to the country and don't pay it back. That's fine too! Then you can write a donation letter to the imperial court, and I'll bring it back to hand in the decree." After hearing this, Jiang Yuanwai understood and hurriedly Nuonuo obeyed.

After a while, the staff member presented the letter.In addition, 100 taels of gold were offered to the two of them.Both are happy!After a while, he was full of wine and food, and Master Chin Chalong asked: "How about the money?"

Jiang Yuanwai heard this, and hurriedly reported to Master Long: "The 8000 million taels of silver have been boxed and put on the car, and we just wait for the Lord to have a look."

Master Long hurriedly said: "That's good!" Then he said to Governor Chen Daren: "That's the case; how about we set off on the road tonight?"

Governor Chen Jiachang of course understands that this is money to save lives and there should be no delay.So the two set out on the road with the relief money, whipped the horse and left.

Years later, the two rivers flooded again!Flooding.Jin, Shandong, and Henan in the Yellow River Basin were hit by disasters, and Hunan, Hubei, and Anhui in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River were seriously affected. This disaster has seriously damaged the vitality of the country.The two river basins are the country's treasury, granary, and a rich hometown of fishing and rice.The Qing court, which had been difficult to maintain, became even worse.

All localities naturally reported the disaster situation to the imperial court according to the facts, and asked the imperial court to provide relief quickly.The memorials were collected on the desk of the emperor in the Wenhua Palace, stacked several feet high, and the eunuchs selected the most important ones and submitted them to the imperial court.

Emperor Daoguang said angrily after reading the folds: "There are continuous disasters today, and the sky is going to kill me!" So he urgently ordered the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Officials and Yousi to come to the Guangming Hall to discuss matters.

Emperor Daoguang told the officials of the court: "This flood involved ten provinces, six of which were seriously affected. These six provinces belong to the rich and prosperous Central Plains of our country, and are known as the world's bank and granary. The breadth of the area is really rare in history.”

All the ministers echoed in unison: "My emperor is holy!"

Emperor Daoguang asked the officials of the household department again: "How much money do you need for this disaster relief?"

Zhou Can, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, came out of the shift and reported: "This time the locust and drought disasters are much more serious than last year! First, they all involve large provinces and the disaster areas are densely populated, with nearly 8000 million people. Second, their homes have been severely damaged; most The victims are already homeless, and after the flood subsides, they need to help the victims rebuild their homes and plant autumn crops. All in all, I’m afraid it will cost [-] million taels.”

The emperor said again: "How do you plan to solve the problem and save the people from the fire?"

Xuan Youbu Shangshu Longwen reminded the emperor: "Your Majesty forgot. Last year, a censor said: Jiang's family treasury in Gong'an County had a huge amount of 8000 million taels! But last year he only donated [-] million taels. There are still tens of millions of taels in stock. Wansui might as well borrow it together to meet the urgent need.”

After hearing this, Emperor Daoguang realized suddenly and said: "Thanks to Aiqing's reminder!" So he hurriedly ordered the eunuch to draw up the decree quickly, and the eunuch took the jade seal with his palm print, and ordered Zhou Can, the servant of the household department, to rush to Hubei as an imperial envoy.

The imperial envoy Zhou Can brought the imperial decree.Together with Chen Jiachang, the governor of Hubei, and Xu Shouxin, the prefect of Jingzhou, came to Jiang Yuanwai's manor... and invited Jiang Yuanwai's father and son to receive the order.

The imperial envoy Zhou Can read the imperial decree!In accordance with God's promise, the emperor said: This year, the two rivers suddenly flooded, and four provinces in the Yellow River Basin, Hebei, Henan, Shanxi, and Shandong, were severely affected.In the Yangtze River Basin, five provinces including Sichuan, Hunan, Hubei, Anhui, and Jiangsu were seriously affected by the disaster.The catastrophe hit, involving a total of nine provinces.They all belong to the hometown of my granary and bank, which made the people in the disaster area suffer a lot.But the national treasury was empty, so he borrowed another 8000 million taels of silver from Jiang Yuanwai to save the people from the fire and water, and the court will repay it in the future.This!

After receiving the decree, the officer reported back to the imperial envoy and said: "There are not many scattered silver in the house. Only the gold men, cattle and horses in the pen can be used. But each piece weighs more than two thousand catties and is inconvenient to carry. I need to find a craftsman to melt it. Only when it is fully formed can it be packed and shipped."

When the imperial envoy Zhou Can heard the report, he turned to the governor and the magistrate and said: "It seems that the only way is to order all the counties to quickly gather gold, silver, and copper craftsmen in Jiang's manor, and hurry up to melt and cast them day and night!"

Lord Chen, the governor, listened; he and Master Xu of Jingzhou issued an order: "Quickly order the magistrates of the counties to personally supervise this matter."

Master Xu, the magistrate, hurriedly ordered the counties to quickly recruit craftsmen and rush to Jiangjiazhuang in the starry night.So it took two days and two nights to melt the two hundred bottles of gold and silver into a box, which amounted to 4000 million taels in total.Yuan Wai and his wife, Yang Shi, immediately expressed that they would donate together.

He also wrote a donation letter and submitted it to the imperial envoy to return to the court for a reply.Reader, have you ever known the annual fiscal revenue of the Qing court at that time?According to historical records: the country's annual financial total is only 8000 million taels!

The imperial court raised this huge amount of silver, and with the money in hand, things will be easier to handle.While setting up tents in the disaster area to give porridge, they built nests to accommodate refugees.On the one hand, he posted a notice to the world: calling on refugees not to leave their homes without authorization.If you have left, you must return home quickly; the imperial court will distribute silver to you in your original place to rebuild your home according to the population or the degree of damage to the house, and will also issue you autumn grain and seeds to catch up with the sowing of autumn seeds.For example, those who died in a catastrophe will also be given pensions and so on.

As soon as this announcement comes out!People returned to their hometowns one after another.While rebuilding their homes, they rushed to plant autumn grain.The common people resumed the busy scene of autumn planting as in previous years.

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Let's say that Yuanwai's father and son have donated 2000 million taels of silver to the country within two years. Such a feat may be unprecedented.This huge donation is so timely and necessary for the victims who are in dire straits.Thus, how many lives have been saved!This does not need a detailed list.

However, after two consecutive rounds of feats by Yuanwai, the bank in the mansion was already empty.Therefore, after discussing with Zaifa and the old lady, they decided to sell half of the [-] hectares of land.