Especially now that He Shen has become the second-rank household minister, this affection can come in even more use.
Li Xingheng, the governor of Liangjiang, naturally gave the green light to Heshen's request, and immediately sent a general soldier with three thousand soldiers to take charge of the matter.
As a result, a scene that shocked everyone appeared.
The fourth-grade general led his three thousand officers and soldiers straight to the nests of many salt merchants in Yangzhou.
Many salt merchants in Yangzhou, who had received the news and were on guard for a long time, led their servants to fight with him on the outskirts of Yangzhou Mansion.
The officers and soldiers suffered heavy injuries and were defeated by a mob and fled. The leading fourth-grade general soldier also received special attention. He was shot in the chest by a bow and arrow and was seriously injured and fell into coma...
To be honest, if it weren't for the dozens of soldiers around him who desperately resisted, this fourth-grade general soldier would probably not have been able to escape death.
However, even so, this extremely unlucky fourth-grade commander-in-chief was also seriously injured and unconscious.
When the news came back to the Governor's Mansion of Liangjiang, Li Xingheng, the Governor of Liangjiang, was shocked and angry. Others were also shocked. There was an uproar in the Jiangnan officialdom.
"The story of the Yangzhou merchants' defeat of the officers and soldiers was reported back to the capital, shocking the government and the public. Although the ability of this fourth-grade general soldier is disappointing, he has three thousand officers and soldiers under his command. Three thousand officers and soldiers.
Three thousand officers and soldiers were defeated in a head-on conflict with a group of rabble. This shows how powerful these businessmen are in terms of financial resources and strength!
Jiangnan is a grain-producing area and an important taxation area, especially Yangzhou, which controls more than half of the country's salt industry...
However, there is such a bold group of wealthy businessmen in Yangzhou who dare to do this. This is a blatant rebellion.
Emperor Qianlong naturally lost his temper and immediately ordered Li Xingheng, the governor of Liangjiang, to destroy these businessmen.
Li Xingheng, the governor of Liangjiang, who felt that he had lost face, personally led nearly 10,000 officers and soldiers directly to Yangzhou, making sure to eliminate these hateful businessmen.
Li Xingheng, the governor of Liangjiang, led nearly 10,000 troops and left in a mighty manner, but ended up in vain in Yangzhou.
There were so many Yangzhou salt merchants, but none of them were caught.
"………………"
As the largest and richest governor of Liangjiang in the country, Li Xingheng must have lost a lot of face this time.
The Hubu Yamen far away in the capital was not relaxed either. Emperor Qianlong was quite dissatisfied with the Hubu Shangshu Huang Shihua because of the incidents involving Yangzhou salt merchants.
A few days later, during the Chaoyan Central Court Meeting, Emperor Qianlong publicly criticized Huang Shihua, the Minister of Household Affairs.
Emperor Qianlong's dissatisfaction made Huang Shihua, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, feel terrified, fearing that Emperor Qianlong would take off his official hat and skin because of this incident.
At this time, He Shen gave Huang Shihua, the Minister of Household Affairs, a new idea...
"Sir, Your Majesty is extremely dissatisfied with the entire household department right now. It's entirely because of the Queen Mother's birthday and the Yangzhou Salt Merchant incident. It's just a cover!"
When He Shen was speaking, he deliberately emphasized the word "guise".
Officials like Huang Shihua, the Minister of Revenue, naturally know this in their hearts.
Moreover, he knew better who caused him to end up in this situation.
Therefore, Huang Shihua, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, did not show a good face towards the "culprit" who caused his current embarrassing appearance.
Huang Shihua, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, immediately snorted coldly. He had already suffered a loss once before. How could he be fooled again this time?
"…………"
Opposition to the extravagant birthday of the Queen Mother was a secret consensus reached by the ministers in the South Study Room and officials from the six ministries. It was a collision between ministerial power and imperial power.
Because of the affairs of many merchants in Yangzhou, he had already aroused the dissatisfaction of Emperor Qianlong. How could he offend many officials in Chaoyan now?
Huang Shihua, the Minister of Household Affairs, wanted to scold He Shen loudly, but after thinking for a moment, he came up with a vicious plan.
"…………"
I only heard Huang Shihua, the Minister of Household Affairs, say: "Since you brought up this matter, you, Mr. He, will be solely responsible for it!"
In this sensitive time period, it is easy to offend many officials in the capital by celebrating the Queen Mother's birthday.
Since He Shen made such a vicious suggestion, he was naturally happy to go with the flow and get rid of this vicious method.
"I will definitely fulfill my mission as a low-ranking official!"
He Shen didn't care about Huang Shihua's little thoughts and calculations.
If something like celebrating the birthday of the Queen Mother is handled carelessly at this time, in this special period, a large number of officials may be offended by accident.
However, He Shen is not afraid.
"…………"
Let’s get back to the topic!
It is true that the Ministry of Revenue is a highly profitable yamen, but if you want to do things, you will encounter great resistance.
Because everyone is keeping an eye on the money in the treasury, it is naturally difficult for him to be an official in the Ministry of Revenue.
However, the current Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, the good old man Huang Shihua, is relatively unwilling to offend officials for the sake of Emperor Qianlong, and is even less willing to expose some hidden rules in order to fill the national treasury.
For a person like He Shen who is not afraid of heaven and earth, Hubu is the best stage for him to display his talents to his heart's content.
However, before that, He Shen had to make a report to Emperor Qianlong. After getting Emperor Qianlong's clear attitude, he could talk about other things.
At that time, even if a large number of vested interests are offended, they can still blame Emperor Qianlong and end the matter.
"..."
Thinking of this, at noon, because of his lunch break, he was in the study, called several masters around him, and wrote a memorial according to his own wishes.
After several masters wrote the memorial, He Shen, on his side, squeezed time and blocked Huang Shihua, the Minister of Hubu, at the door of the Ministry of Hubu after the lunch break.
Under He Shen's coercion, Huang Shihua, the Minister of Hubu, pinched his nose and stamped the seal of the Minister of Hubu.
Holding the memorial stamped with the seal of the Minister of Hubu, He Shen delivered the memorial to Emperor Qianlong's table in a public manner in the name of the Minister of Hubu.
As for Emperor Qianlong, when he saw this memorial, he happily wrote the word "accurate"!
This was the attitude of Emperor Qianlong. He was quite satisfied with the Ministry of Revenue's plan to make money.
After all, he is the emperor, and the money in the treasury is, in a sense, his money. Emperor Qianlong naturally hopes that he will have more and more money.
Emperor Qianlong was indeed a little disappointed with Huang Shihua before, but since he was his confidant after all, Emperor Qianlong was still prepared to give him another chance.
Now, the Ministry of Revenue has finally taken action, and Emperor Qianlong will of course give his full support.
Because Emperor Qianlong not only wanted to get a lot of money, but also wanted to see what kind of monsters and monsters there were under his rule.
The previous connection between the salt merchant and the prince had made Emperor Qianlong very wary.
This time, the Yangzhou salt merchants united and defeated thousands of officers and soldiers, which made Emperor Qianlong sound the alarm!
The strength of these Yangzhou salt merchant gangs was so strong that just a few guards could easily defeat thousands of officers and soldiers, and almost killed a fourth-grade general soldier on the spot.
Emperor Qianlong felt frightened just thinking about it.
If these Yangzhou businessmen cooperated with many princes, wouldn't they have the strength to attack the emperor's position under him?
Since ancient times, every emperor has been a suspicious person.
The thought that "there are always unscrupulous people who want to harm me" never stopped in the hearts of the emperors.
If there is any slight disturbance, the emperor will become vigilant.
Historically, cautious emperors would punish ministers who had the ability to rebel and punish the nine tribes in a matter of minutes.
Moreover, what happened to these Yangzhou salt merchants was weird. They actually had red cannons in their hands. The information contained in them made Emperor Qianlong couldn't help but be frightened.
The matter of the salt merchants in Yangzhou must be resolved, and the evil spirits and ghosts in the capital must not be spared.
Emperor Qianlong was naturally very happy that Hubu was so knowledgeable.
But when he looked back, Emperor Qianlong had some doubts in his heart. He knew very well what kind of character Huang Shihua, the Minister of Household Affairs, was.
Huang Shihua is too cautious but not enterprising enough. To put it nicely, he is called calm and mature, but to put it badly, he is called a house-keeping old dog. He only has the ability to guard the house, but has no other abilities!
Although it coincided with Emperor Qianlong's thoughts to deal with the many salt merchants in Yangzhou and figure out the direction of the world's money, Emperor Qianlong knew very well that Huang Shihua did not have such courage and responsibility.
Thinking of this, Emperor Qianlong asked the eunuch Li Dequan to investigate.
The great eunuch Li Dequan quickly figured out the situation.
This time the activities of the Ministry of Finance were entirely the idea of the newly appointed Mr. Zuo Dai of the Ministry of Finance.
"Ah, as expected, that boy..."
When Emperor Qianlong heard the report, he touched his chin with a strange expression on his face.
"…………"
Emperor Qianlong had many wives and many sons.
Emperor Qianlong had seventeen sons. Among them, the eldest had basically established government offices.
To be honest, even Emperor Qianlong didn't know what these seemingly filial sons were like secretly and how ruthless they were.
Every time I think about this, even with Emperor Qianlong's character, I can't help but feel chills in my heart.
Not to mention, in addition to the dozen or so sons who became princes when they reached adulthood, there were other ambitious people.
Although the Qing Dynasty was established for more than a hundred years, it was in a state of war for nearly sixty years.
When Qing Taizu Nurhaci founded the country, the Manchus were still living in Liaodong.
It was not until Emperor Taizong of the Qing Dynasty, Huang Taiji, that he was able to enter the Pass and enter Hebei. It was also the time of Emperor Shunzhi, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty had just unified the north and the south.
Time kept going backwards, and it was not until Emperor Kangxi that the whole country was truly unified.
