In the 35th year of Kangxi, summer!

Beijing City.

The Cantonese restaurant is "drunk in Qionglin". No matter the sun is scorching outside, there is still a lively scene inside. However, this "heat" is not people working, but a group of scholars, that is, juren who are about to take the Enca exam.

Originally, in the 33rd year of Kangxi, a competition was just held. In theory, it should be three years later, that is, the 36th year of Kangxi. However, this year is the birthday of the Empress Dowager, and it is the 80th birthday. This is an extremely rare old birthday star in the royal family. Moreover, Kangxi taught Xiaozhuang to raise him since he was a child and was extremely filial to this grandmother. Therefore, to celebrate Xiaozhuang's birthday, Kangxi issued a special order to amnesty the world; at the same time, he also issued another enthronement, so that the juren would go to Beijing to take the exam again. (Xiaozhuang actually passed away in the 26th year of Kangxi, and died at seventy-four or seventy-five.)

As a result, when the decree is given, all scholars are happy. One more chance to take the exam is one more chance to become an official. Especially after this year, next year, the 36th year of Kangxi, according to the convention, there will be a big competition and there will be a chance to take the exam for two consecutive years. How can they be unhappy?

"I don't believe my surname is Wan. I will meet Yu Chenglong this year..." "Drunk Qionglin", as the name suggests, is the Qionglin Banquet, which is a banquet that only Jinshi can drink. Therefore, the business of this restaurant is very popular because of its name. The scholars who come to eat and party every day to get a good omen are unknown, especially the seats three days before the exam have been ordered at a sky-high price. Every day, the scholars who come here are drinking poems and drinking, and have made a lot of knowledge, and many people are gradually gaining fame. However, the most eye-catching thing in "Drunk Qionglin" is that a scholar who is talking loudly is not talking about some poetry, but complaining. The scholar is about thirty years old, and seems to be a little drunk, with a red face, and is arguing with the people on the table next to him about "Yu Chenglong"...

"It's this guy again... It's rare that he's here again this year, haha..." Looking at the scholar named Wan and others who were blushing with their faces, they were almost anxious. On a table next to the restaurant hall, a handsome young man in his twenties said with a smile.

"What's wrong? Do you know that boy?" Hearing the words of Junxiu, a short-bearded man wearing a silk jacket waiting for Suzhou, asked in displeasure. Beside the two, there were three old and two young men, who also looked at Junxiu with interest.

"I know, a bad guy..." Junxiu's young man seemed to have not seen the face of the short-bearded man, and just smiled, "I remember that boy, it seems to be Wanzhen, and he said that he was Wansi's relative..." Then, he recruited a literary meeting for the past when Wanzhen was the limelight, but because he made a big talk at the meeting, he was caught by the Shandong Governor Yu Chenglong, who happened to be present, and told several companions that the Ministry of Rites had been deducted from the examination qualification.

"No? Then Yu Chenglong was a little too much. He just stripped his exam qualifications from a few words... What's his business? It's obviously an abuse of power!" After the young master Junxiu finished speaking, another young master next to him who was also very handsome, couldn't help but say.

"Abuse of power? It's wrong. Xinxin. People's Governor's name is not called abuse of power, but rather righteous words, dedicated to the country, eliminate harm for the people, and have a clear mirror...Wait! Anyway, it's all good words, do you know?" Made said vaguely. The five people were Ferdinand. Yuzhong, Mo Jing and his group, as "Manchus", Xiaozhuang's birthday, of course they would come to congratulate them.

"Yes, the Qing dynasty official, how could there be any mistakes in the banner of the Qing Dynasty? Humph!" Luo Xin curled her lips and said disdainfully.

"Haha, Xinxin, these two Yu Chenglong are rare officials. I heard that the son of Yu Chenglong bought a chicken to congratulate him during the Chinese New Year, but he was beaten by Yu Chenglong so much that he almost broke his leg. Such an honest and self-reliant person is very rare!..." Mo Jing smiled and picked up a piece of rib for Luo Xin and said.

"Sister Jing, that's not called integrity, that's called petty..." Luo Xin knew that Mo Jing was teasing her on purpose. With Mo Jing's background, how could she look down on a guy who even beats someone because of a chicken? Is eating chicken equivalent to becoming corrupt? In Luo Xin's mind, people with this view are either artificial or perverted.

"When it comes to this little Yu Chenglong, I heard that he is already the governor of Henan? Isn't it?" Yu Zhong asked.

"That's right. This man is known for his reputation as a Qing Dynasty, so he will be promoted soon... A few years ago, he was just a small county magistrate in Shanxi. When the flood was in trouble, he had a quarrel with the prefect and forced the imperial grain to distribute it to the affected people. As a result, his reputation was so famous all over the world. After our Emperor Kangxi found out, he was promoted to the prefect. The original prefect was dismissed for his official position because he ignored the disaster. Later, the prefect was changed to serve as the Qinghe Observer, and he often had conflicts with the governor of the river affairs Lefu because of the inconsistent methods of river management... Originally, Nalefu was born into a wealthy Manchu family, from the governor of Anhui to the governor of the river affairs. He was not only a rare official in Manchu, but also quite a bit of a good official in the Manchus, but also from the governor of Anhui to the governor of the river affairs.

He was very careful in his duties, and he was very cautious in managing the river. He was also the governor of the river affairs at that time. Emperor Kangxi also relied heavily on it. Therefore, when he was afraid that the two would make trouble, Kangxi transferred Yu Chenglong to Jiangsu as the governor of the government and was promoted to Jiangsu. But not long after, the Mingzhu case broke out. Because he was afraid that Mingzhu would cause trouble, he delayed the management of the river. He took 20,000 taels from the river management silver to wipe one of Mingzhu's disciples. As a result, as soon as the Mingzhu case was discovered, Guo Tiegang and this little Yu Chenglong were involved in a book. After losing his official position, he was almost punished...." Ma De shook his head and sighed.

"Lefu? When I returned from Mobei the next year, I passed by the Yellow River. When Kangxi saw the clear water of the Yellow River, he had decided to re-engage him?" Mo Jing asked. After pacifying Galdan, Kangxi returned from Shaanxi and Gansu. When he passed by the Yellow River, he saw that the water of the Yellow River was no longer turbid. He used "the sea was peaceful and clear" as a sign of the world's governance. He was overjoyed and talked about re-use Lefu again. Mo Jing followed Baori Longmei not far from Kangxi at that time, and knew about this. However, after passing Shanxi, she parted ways with Yu Zhong and others and returned to Manchuria, and did not pay attention to this matter. Now when he heard Ma De talk about this capable minister of governing the river, he remembered the old things and asked.

"You guys just don't care about current affairs. Lefu died of illness shortly after he lost his post..." Ma De sighed again.

"Diet illness? What a pity. I heard that this Le Zhongcheng opened a Zhonghe River on the Grand Canal in Beijing and Hangzhou. That was a great achievement..." Old Man Fei said slowly.

"Zhonghe? What Zhonghe? Isn't Lefu the Yellow River? What's the matter with the Grand Canal?" Yu Zhong asked.

"Brother Yu, of course you don't know that you live in Heilongjiang forever... The Grand Canal of Beijing and Hangzhou is connected to the Yellow River. You have to cross the Yellow River from the canal and walk through more than 180 miles of Yellow River dangerous roads. After opening the Zhonghe River, the canal canal canal canal canal canal canal canal canal canal canal canal canal canal canal canal canal, so Mr. Fei said this is his great achievement." Ma De said.

"Made, you are quite clear about Lefu!" Mo Jing asked again.

"Of course. Several of Lefu's staff and his subordinates who were in Ningguta, it would be strange if he was not familiar with him!" Luo Xin glanced at Ma De, feeling very dissatisfied with his intentional show-off.

"Haha, that's a good relationship, Ma De, you can have a relationship with these people. Then we will be the governor of the river affairs to have fun. But I heard that the imperial court will pay millions of taels of silver to control the river every year!" Yu Zhong said with golden light in his eyes and looked at Ma De.

"Dode, Brother Yu, you don't have this set, I haven't lived enough yet." Ma De waved his hand repeatedly and said, "You don't know that the governor of the River Affairs Bureau is at the forefront. It's because of the money, so everyone is jealous, and whoever is on it is unlucky. Moreover, the River Affairs Bureau is not a job for people. When the men of Lefu arrived at Ningguta, I felt distressed. Chen Huang and Chen Tianyi were less than thirty years old, and they all looked like fifty-year-old old men; and Peng Xueren and Feng Zhiren were only forty years old, but they looked like sixty-sixty people. If you stuff me over, can you afford to lose money before I get old?"

"Who are you scared? Is it that scary?" Yu Zhong said disbelievingly.

"Brother Yu, don't believe it. This is true. Chen Huang's men were raising them in Ningguta for several months before recovering. I was so frustrated with that look..." Luo Xin became a witness for Ma De.

"It seems that Yu Chenglong and his men are too much. Le Fu and several of their subordinates are all honestly responsible, but they impeached the people for a little disagreement. What do they think?" Mo Jing frowned.

"Hehe, the reason here is complicated. We are all outsiders, so it's hard to say!..." Ma De shook his head and smiled.

"Yes, this mother is right, and the mother is right. You forgot that last year, Yu Chenglong wrote a book and said that Fengtian rice could not enter the customs? He knew that he was not right, but could you say that he was wrong? No! Because he was right,..." Old man Fei shook his head and smiled bitterly. After Fengtian rice was planted, everyone thought that he could solve the problem of food in the Qing court. However, after the news reached Jiangnan, the local rice prices plummeted. As a result, not long after, Yu Chenglong, the governor of Jiangsu, led by Yu Chenglong, the Jiangsu governor, had a great impact.

The staff wrote the title "Rice is cheap and hurting farmers" and asked Kangxi to stop planting Fengtian rice. As a result, this incident caused another big debate in the Qing court. In the end, Kangxi had to take it into consideration and issued an order to not enter the pass, but only build a granary in the Fengtian area and use the rice as a reserve, which caused the rice price to rise... For this matter, Old Man Fei was very worried. If Kangxi had not said that Fengtian rice was a "auspicious", he might have stopped planting. There were few people who were honest in this matter, but there would never be few who like to make trouble.

...

"Hey, here..."

Several people chatted for a while and talked about the court orders I heard during this period. It was not until Ma De saw Chen Menglei with three short beards appearing at the door of "Zui Qionglin".

"Haha... Mr. Fei, Mr. Yu, Mr. Ma, oh, and two more, long time no see, it's been good?"

Chen Menglei saw Ma De greeting him from afar, walked over with a smile, and greeted several people with great affection. Ma De was his benefactor. When Kangxi went to pay tribute to Nurhaci and Huang Taiji the next year, Ma De sent someone to present the fu he had written for a long time to Kangxi. After reading it, Kangxi felt quite satisfied and summoned him. Because his memorial was very satisfied when he met the king, Kangxi also believed that his charge of rebellion was also due to Geng Jingzhong's coercion.

He pardoned him, and later he was appointed as a lecturer in the Hanlin Academy, responsible for teaching the third prince Yinzhi. Since then, he left Manchuria and came to Beijing. Now, relying on his knowledge, he has become a scholar in Beijing. Although he has no real power, he is very respected. And it is impossible for him to have his current situation without Ma De's help, so he has always been very grateful to Ma De. Today, he received a message from Ma De at home and came here with a code.

"Mr. Chen, look at your appearance, you are so refreshed now. Are you living a good life?" Several people asked Chen Menglei to sit down, and Ma De made a small joke first.

"Haha, Lord Cheng's blessing is good, not bad...hahaha..." Chen Menglei smiled. After being with Ma De for a few years, he had been used to the way he talked to Ma De. Although he was not as elegant as talking to those Hanlins, he sounded comfortable and real.

"A few days ago, I heard that several adults were going to Beijing to celebrate the birthday of the Empress Dowager. I wanted to do my best to be a landlord, but I didn't want to. Instead, I invited me first. Chen was really rude and rude..." After answering Ma De's words, Chen Menglei said again.

"Mr. Chen is so polite. Why don't you invite me? Everyone is a friend. It's rare to get together. It's not the same who invites anyone? Come on, I'll give you a glass first." Yu Zhong picked up the wine glass and interrupted.

"Yes, yes, yes... Lord Yu said, please!"

After having a drink with Yu Zhong, Chen Menglei turned his attention to several people and waited for the other party to speak. He did not think that Ma De and the other party were just talking about the past. Although he had just entered Beijing, he was very clear about the affairs of the officialdom. With his current teacher-student relationship with the third prince Yinzhi, there were actually not many people who wanted to go through his door. However, although he thought so, he did not think that Ma De and his other people were wrong. First, several people were kind to him, and secondly, this was a common officialdom and nothing was wrong. Moreover, this gave him a sense of superiority. Ma De helped him in the past, but now he helped Ma De.

However, after chatting with Ma De and others for a while, he did not wait for the expected words. Ma De and others just chatted with him, mentioning the latest news in Manchuria, and then asking about the interesting facts and interesting stories of the capital, talking and laughing, without any intention of bothering him.

"Three sirs, I don't know if you have heard of this. There have been rumors in the court recently. Tong Xiang seems to be willing to serve as the Minister of Works, Yisan, as the Admiral of Heilongjiang Customs. He wants to promote Lord Yu to Heilongjiang General..."

After waiting for a while, no one saw Ma De and others mention anything. Chen Menglei couldn't sit still and couldn't help but throw out a message.

"Call me as General of Heilongjiang?" Chen Menglei's words really shocked Yu Zhong. Since the beginning of trade with Russia, although it is difficult for southern merchants to enter Manchuria to trade with Russians due to the Manchuria ban, many imperial merchants still arrived in Heilongjiang. Moreover, Old Man Fei also had the title of "Doctor of the Interior Office", and he could also purchase many luxury goods such as porcelain, silk, tea and other luxury goods in the south under the name of the Interior Office, and then transfer them to Manchuria. You should know that although the Qing court opened a maritime ban in the four southern provinces, due to supply shortage and other reasons, European merchants rarely bought those high-quality and fine products, and even if there were any ones that could be obtained, there was only a very small amount. Therefore, Old Man Fei and the Imperial Merchants made the best things,

It is very popular in Heilongjiang. Although there are very few Russian merchants, there are agents of the Russian Tsar and many Dutch merchants. These people are rich and are all cash transactions. Therefore, although the Heilongjiang Customs opened only the first year last year, the investment was 500,000 taels of silver. In addition, the sales income of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the royal merchants, the Qing court's net profit reached an extremely astonishing two million taels, which is comparable to a medium-sized province. Moreover, since foreigners used gold transactions, the Qing court, which lacked gold, paid more attention to the originally inconspicuous Heilongjiang Customs. As the admiral of the Heilongjiang Customs, Yu Zhong had to give him a ruby ​​top because of his "remarkable achievements". It can be said that he is now a celebrity in Kangxi's eyes.

Moreover, Heilongjiang is not only doing foreign business. Due to the expansion of territory, Heilongjiang's scope has also been much larger. Originally, due to Nurhaci's ban, things in Manchuria cannot be destroyed and trees cannot be cut down, but Siberia is different. Kangxi is building the "Changchun Garden". How can wood be transported directly from Siberia to Beijing by land from the south? And compared with wood in Liuzhou and other places in the south, the materials of those thousand-year-old trees and ten thousand-year-old pine trees in Siberia will only be better...

…So, with the capital contribution of the old man Fei and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, a large number of timber from Heilongjiang began to enter Beijing. In addition, there are many good things from Heilongjiang, such as sturgeons, salmons, and big-eyed fish in Lake Baikal... Since the production area is far north, it naturally has a lot of "rare" lights, and the selling price is extremely high. Moreover, since I started taking out, Mo Jing restricted the sales volume. It is impossible to eat the "Beihai" fish produced in Lake Baikal in Beijing, less than a few dozen taels of silver is not possible, let alone the Suzhou-Hangzhou area in the south...

All of this, and Heilongjiang still has many good things to be developed, so Heilongjiang is now a treasure.

...

"Damn, I just got some things out, and someone wanted to pick fruits... Why did you do it before?" Yu Zhong had no doubt about the news that Chen Menglei had thrown. The so-called wind and waves were not allowed to rise. Heilongjiang's performance over the past year was indeed very amazing. In addition, the temptation of few people, few things, and more money, he and a few companions had actually expected someone to reach out to this place, but they didn't expect it would be Tong Guowei, the prime minister.

"Mr. Yu, don't worry. This matter is just a rumor now, and it must be approved by the emperor. What's more, Master Yu, you are also in charge of the Heilongjiang Governor and in charge of the Eight Banners of the Heilong East. Who dares to ignore you?" Chen Menglei said again.

"Yes, Yu Zhong, don't worry. This customs cannot be managed by just saying that it is in charge, let alone dealing with Russians? The emperor will not send someone casually. This candidate is not easy to get..." Old Man Fei smiled.

"Old Fei is right. What are we in a hurry? Is it so easy to do business with foreigners? Besides, there is more than one customs admiral in Heilongjiang..." Mo Jing thought for a while and smiled. Manchuria belongs to the Eight Banners. After the customs is opened, these bannermen have gained a lot of benefits. If you want to grab the fruit, you have to ask whether these bannermen can cooperate. Besides, if you do business with those foreigners, it is not so easy without Mo Jing nodding?

"Okay, okay, why do you want to talk about these troubles? Even if you don't become a customs admiral, there are still things you can do! With the ability of Brother Yu and Sister Jing, you can't go to the pass to find an official position. At that time, it will definitely be more popular than Heilongjiang..." Luo Xin said.

"It's not bad, that's the reason. If there really is one day, I'll ask for a change, hehe, then I'll see who can pick up our stall... Come, cheers!" Made picked up the wine glass and shouted.

"Yes, this is right. Take our stall? Who can do it?... Come on, do it!" Yu Zhong was said by several people. Thinking about the Qing court today, it is probably difficult to find a few people who can successfully take over his position. They suddenly became happy and their spirits became higher.

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If you have something to do tomorrow, I will update one chapter in advance today. The next chapter may be updated at 8 pm on Tuesday!... It has been hot recently and I feel dizzy and I can't write anything. The update may be slower in the future.
Chapter completed!