novelraw Chapter 156
Chapter 156
The imperial court's disaster relief is a matter of course, what can we boast about?
The imperial court has always done this in the past. It is too late to quell the public grievances caused by disasters. How can there be time to brag about how well they have done disaster relief? Is it an honor to have a disaster happen?
Since ancient times, it has never been seen that any dynasty would create momentum to brag about its own achievements because of disaster relief. This matter has become a new thing in front of Kangxi, and it has set a precedent.
Kangxi's first reaction was that what Yinreng said was unreliable, and then he gradually gave him examples of the fallacies he said, which made him confused.
And so on?
Can you be any more brazen?
Of course Yinfeng can't be "brazen and shameless", but the flatterers have already understood the essence of flattery, abandoned the moral bottom line and shame, and cultivated a rock-like heart. Whenever they want to praise a person, they can really do "no shame". Vigorously" brazenly.
Yinfeng just clicked on the promotion of public opinion. In order to make Khan Ama nod and agree, he also suggested: "It's better to use Jiangsu as a pilot, and let the ministers submit articles to the Ministry of Culture first, so that the Ministry of Culture can practice publicity on a piece of work." Practice."
Kangxi told him suspiciously: "Doing this can really unite the hearts of the people and alleviate public grievances? Could this also be the knowledge that the fairy beast taught you?"
When Yinreng persuaded Kangxi, he didn't feel blushing or uneasy at all because he brought too much workload to the courtiers again. Anyway, he was not asked to work, and let the sycophants who were dawdling on weekdays take up their pens one by one. Conscience is not sad at all.
"That's why Khan Ama has tried it and you'll know it. What I've said is not good enough for you. It's not too late for you to believe it if you have practice and show the facts."
Kangxi reluctantly agreed with Yinreng's statement, if you want to try, then try it!
In Jiangsu, where Ding Sikong is located, public grievances are well controlled, and he has a good reputation among the people, so he can give it a try.
Even if it is messed up, with Ding Sikong's past reputation and political achievements, there will be no troubles in Jiangsu...
"So, Khan Ama gave an order to the courtiers: Praise me! Praise Jiangsu vigorously, and praise Ding Sikong."
What happened to Yinfeng, he likes to tell his younger brothers. Whenever he is free, he either goes to the ritual department or goes to the study.
Cao Zhen was thrown in the Ministry of Rites by Yinreng, and was responsible for handling some of the official affairs for him when he left the temple to sacrifice to the Qing Dynasty.
It is nothing more than that the ministers drafted the posthumous title of a highly respected court official, and reported it for review, and another person was responsible for the review. Yinfeng only needed to be responsible for one thing, stamping.
After he left this matter to Cao Zhen, seeing that the rest of the department was busy, he felt a little guilty, so he slipped away without looking back, for fear of being discovered.
Yinzhen hesitated to speak: "During the New Year's Day, officials don't have holidays?"
"Let go, the Ministry of Rituals has a lot of things to do, and let them go in turn, so that they won't be overwhelmed by the accumulation of affairs after the year. I made this proposal, but I didn't expect everyone to agree."
For the officials of the Ministry of Rites, they have already prepared in their hearts that there will be no annual leave, and all the new official duties that have been accumulated are still being created. It is the busiest time, and this is the reason why everything is difficult at the beginning.I feel uncomfortable without the annual leave, but if I take the annual leave, I will be inundated with a mountain of official documents after the leave, and I feel hopeless when I think about it.
Therefore, Yinfeng proposed that everyone take turns to rest and keep people working in the Ministry of Rites, which was actually supported by many people.
"Sha Cheng is astute this time, he actually found Gu's bad intentions for wanting him to work overtime."
Yinzhi was shocked: "Ah, what should we do? Will Mr. Sha sue Khan Ama?"
"No, Gu made up for it in time," Yinfeng smiled and pinched his face: "He proposed that all officials in the Ministry of Rites would have lost half of their annual leave, so Gu told him, why don't you ask Khan Ama, Let everyone exchange rest with each other after the year, so that it will not affect the official work, and let everyone take enough days off."
He couldn't help sighing: "Gu thought that a person like Mr. Sha who works in a dedicated way doesn't care about holidays. I didn't expect that Mr. Sha is also a layman."
Yinzhi nodded: "Yes, as a court official, he still wants to rest. Official duties are more important than rest."
Yinzhen has never seen anyone oppressing courtiers like this, still unrepentant, and instilling his own ideas into his younger brothers, causing the third child to follow suit.
Yinzhen himself is also a workaholic. When he started to do things seriously, he used to pull his confidants to deal with official duties all night, but he was a confidant and he worked with him because he was favored by the emperor, favored by the emperor, and promoted. return.
Here in Yinreng, working overtime has become a duty. Yinreng also taught Yinzhi: Qing officials should have lofty enlightenment and selfless dedication for the sake of the people of the world. This is a good official and a capable minister.
Yinzhi flickered at him for a while, and he was not very bright, but he was taught to become a fool by Yinreng's education.
Yinzhen said expressionlessly, "Master Sha Cheng's reaction is the reaction of a normal civil servant, right?"
It's Chinese New Year, and the other officials are all reunited with their families, and it's time to rest, but they are still working hard in the ministry, and it's bitter to think about it.
There is no grandeur of the emperor's kindness here, the emperor's kindness is all at the banquet, they are just poor worms who have been forgotten to work in the ministry, it is no wonder that Sha Cheng raised objections.
"This is not a perfect solution," Yinfeng said innocently, "It seems that Gu is exploiting his courtiers. Obviously Khan Ama is exploiting his courtiers, and Gu is doing things for Khan Ama, right?"
Yinzhen: Yes, anyway, I just shirk it to Khan Ama, the prince is young and doesn't understand anything, everything is ordered by Khan Ama, and I don't know how many people slander Khan Ama in their hearts?
While he sympathized with Kangxi, he also felt gloating because of the trace of resentment towards Khan Ama in his previous life.
At least for now, Prince Yinfeng is the life-saving prescription for Khan Amana's ailments.
During the New Year's Eve, the courtiers who defined Yinreng as being good at literature were the first to rest. They did not have too busy work, and the general affairs in charge of the court were not so important. They suddenly received the emperor's request. Summoned, how can you not be surprised?
The emperor ordered them to praise Jiangsu for its meritorious service in disaster relief and Ding Sikong for his ability to govern the people. None of these troubled them. Could it be that they were the second order of the emperor.
Don't chew on words, it is so convenient for publicity, you don't need to use too many cumbersome words to make sentences, you need to have something to say.
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After the first snow melted, everything was being rebuilt in full swing, and the cities and villages in Jiangsu were busy with their own activities. It stands to reason that this is the most leisure time for the Yamen. After the disaster, no one committed crimes, and the bandits and robbers disappeared. But no one came to report to the official for redress.
Today, for some reason, quite a few people gathered outside, as if they were still heading towards the Yamen.
The yamen guard took a look, and hurriedly asked, "Who is coming? This is an important place for the yamen, so no noise is allowed."
"We are villagers in Linxiang. All the fathers and villagers have made an appointment to come together to send some love to the Lord Qingtian. The Lord shares weal and woe with the people. He is hungry and cold, and exhausted. It is the people who lose! This is The pheasants raised by our family can be stewed to nourish the soup, and they will be sent to Ding Qingtian for nourishment."
Those who sent chickens and ducks, those who sent pork, those who sent cloth and eggs, and some people sent wild ginseng to Ding Sikong!
Ding Sikong was stunned, and looked at the master face to face: "What's going on?"
"I do not know either!"
It was Mrs. Ding who happened to go to the teahouse, and heard the storyteller tell about Ding Sikong's deeds, and the people were overwhelmed by what she said. She also burst into tears, and secretly wiped her eyes with a handkerchief.
In the streets and alleys, there are still nursery rhymes praising the upright officials, and poems and books to praise the proper handling of the snow disaster.
After returning home, Mrs. Ding recalled it, and asked Ding Sikong with concern: "Did the master go to the worst-hit place when the snow disaster was rescued?"
Ding Sikong nodded. He is the governor of Jiangsu. It is necessary to visit the disaster-stricken area in person. He has to be responsible to the people under his rule.
"Master also went to distribute food in person?"
Ding Sikong nodded, that's for sure, the food distribution is such a serious matter, he has to be there in person to see if there is any trouble.
Madam Ding burst into tears: "You don't take your own body seriously at all! This official is not as desperate as you. If something happens to the master, what will Lin'er and I do?"
Ding Sikong was stunned by his wife crying: "This... what happened?!"
In the past, when he didn't do things in person, his mother-in-law never had a fight with him!
Fortunately, there was a maid on the side repeating: "My lord, it is rumored that Ding Qingtian shares weal and woe with the people, and that he would rather starve himself than starve the people for disaster relief. His lord starved himself until he was skinny and boned. During the food distribution, I was so tired that I passed out in the snow..."
Ding Sikong:? ? ?
"So the common people want to send you food, because you are so great, and everyone loves you, for fear that you will starve yourself to death. With you as a big blue sky, everyone's life will be better. Anyone can be hungry, but not hungry. You!"
Ding Sikong: "How often have I starved myself to death? I am not well, and I have never passed out!"
"My lord, don't talk about it. The folks in Linzhen have already said it. They saw with their own eyes that you fought against the disaster together with them, and suffered from hunger and cold together."
Ding Sikong couldn't argue with his words, and the court's awards came. The emperor rewarded him with money and a royal horse, and also gave him imperial poems. You know, the last person who received such treatment was Yu Chenglong, who was promoted to Governor of Liangjiang!
The benefits of setting an example of an upright official to build momentum are obvious. Because of Ding Sikong in Jiangsu, the people have the highest compliance with the court.
After the snow disaster, Ding Sikong's good reputation for the good relationship between the government and the people spread to Lin Province.
It is not enough to have one upright official. After Ding Sikong, more upright officials have sprung up everywhere.
The moving stories of joint disaster relief between the government and the people have become a new theme for storytellers to tell.If it is just to praise the officials and gentlemen for doing a good job, it will have the opposite effect after a long time, making people think that all this is driven by someone behind the scenes. Shang, talk about how much the army made a great contribution to the smooth flow of the road during the snow disaster.
Under the first propaganda by the Ministry of Culture, the effect was as good as Yinreng expected. Judging from the memorials played at the local level, it can be seen that the public opinion of the people towards the imperial court is changing in a good direction.
Yinfeng knew that these were far from enough, but it was okay, as soon as the spring came, Chen Mengqiu would go to Fujian with Yao Qisheng.
After spending three months in the most boring temple priest Qinglisi, Yinfeng didn't mention it himself, Kangxi would not let him spend his time on temple sacrifices.Soon, it was finally Yinreng's turn to be the last department of the Ministry of Rites, the department responsible for receiving foreign guests in the Qing Dynasty - the Department of Hosts and Guests Qingli.