The Silent Reforms of Eldridge Chapter 30

I'm just worried that if the tax is postponed this year, it will be doubled next year. And those grain lords and local tyrants who collected money and food fled without a trace after filling their pockets. I am afraid that the people will still be affected. After the suspension of the war, the income of the Liangdao Yamen was cut off, but the entertainment could not be reduced at all. For a whole year, there was no income of a copper coin, but the bad rules given to the governors and generals had to be handed over as usual. In this case, the deficit will be huge.

Mr. Shao Mu has always attached great importance to water conservancy. After taking charge of Shaanxi, he also planned to overhaul water conservancy. He brought a book called "Pictures of Scenic Spots in Guanzhong" for me to verify. I checked in detail against the chronicles of each prefecture and county and submitted an abbreviated form. Later, due to cost issues, the water conservancy project was not completed.

Gansu suffered from a huge funding deficit in handling wild affairs. Mr. Shao Mu petitioned to set up a donation bureau in Shaanxi to encourage people across the country to donate. I donated a portable plus level myself. My acquaintances in other provinces also asked me to make donations on their behalf, but the fineness of the silver remitted was mostly not up to the treasurer's requirements, so I paid for the shortfall after conversion. For example, when fellow villager Ruan Hu reported his donation to the magistrate, the balance was short of two hundred taels; when Bian Baodi reported to the head of donation, the balance was short of more than ninety taels. I gave them all in advance, but they did not remit the money to me. Later, when I returned to the capital, Ruan Hu thanked me diligently and returned the money to me, but I did not accept it. As for Bian Baodi, he never mentioned this matter from beginning to end, and it was even worse for me to mention it.

In the winter months, Mr. Shao Mu took leave to recuperate, and the chief envoy Yang Yizeng acted as governor. Yang Yizeng had just been promoted from the governor of Gansu to the chief envoy of Shaanxi and had not had time to take office.

1847, the twenty-seventh year of Daoguang's reign