Chapter 051: Welfare is good and corrupt
To tell the truth, although the emperor was called the Kangxi Emperor by later generations, in fact, half of them were boasted by the rulers themselves, not to mention other things, at least on the issue of the Manchus and the Han people, the emperor's attitude was definitely partial to the Manchus, of course, from the perspective of a Manchu emperor, this is human nature, but for this reason, the Qing Dynasty has been left with a big problem since he started, and even to some extent the Qing Dynasty perished because of this problem. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
What's the problem!
A problem that has existed in all dynasties – corruption.
Although the emperors of all dynasties and dynasties will suppress corrupt officials as long as they are not straw bags or are in power, there will still be some well-known big corrupt officials in all dynasties, and corrupt officials have made the common people miserable and have no way to live, and those who have a little bit of thought will not sit still but will embark on the road of rebellion.
Therefore, although there were corruption problems in all dynasties and the Qing Dynasty, only the Qing Dynasty had rebellions in every dynasty from the founding of the country to its demise. In addition to the fact that the rulers of the Qing Dynasty were Manchus, this corruption also accounted for a large reason.
In his previous life, after the fourth elder brother ascended the throne, he became the "Emperor of the Copying Family", and the title of "Emperor of the Copying Family" is definitely not a good title in the history books, but the fourth elder brother was forced to have no choice, because the treasury had no money and was "borrowed" by the minister.
In addition to the Yongzheng Dynasty, the system of the Qing Dynasty is particularly preferential to the Manchurians, and the source of this is the one who sits on the dragon chair now, and there is another thing that everyone does not know. It's just that there was not a rebellion of the three feudatories before, and the three feudatories were pacified, but because the emperor did not trust the Han people at that time, and Empress Xiaozhuang Wen was opposed at that time, almost all the troops sent out were from the Eight Banners of Manchuria.
As the Manchu emperor, the emperor's basic plate is not the Eight Banners of the Han Army or the Eight Banners of Mongolia, but the Eight Banners of Manchuria, the number of Manchus is not enough to be detrimental to the emperor's rule, so he not only encouraged everyone to have more lives, but also further improved the welfare of the Manchurians.
At first, I couldn't see anything, but then it was a burden that couldn't be reduced.
First of all, the Manchu people were born with rations regardless of their status, which was specially provided by the royal family, although the rations could not let you eat and drink a lot of money and glory for a lifetime, but it would never starve you to death, which became a huge expense after the Manchurian people worked hard to give birth to more people.
Secondly, the Manchus, especially the Manchu officials, can go to the treasury to borrow silver, and Hanchen can also do it, but basically not many people go, and the others don't say it, the prince Yinren and the eldest brother Yinchu took the lead in borrowing a lot of silver from the treasury, and it is unknown where it was spent. With the crown prince Yinren and the eldest brother Yinren as examples, the others naturally followed suit, and one or two borrowed money from the treasury regardless of whether they had money or not.
As for the return date...... Hehe......
Not to mention that it is impossible for officials to borrow only a small tael of silver, even if it is really one tael, so many officials add up to a large amount. Others don't know, but at least after the emperor's several southern tours, the Cao and Li families in Jiangnan borrowed at least two million silver from the treasury.
The treasury is not a bottomless pit or a cornucopia, it can make money, and there is always silver. It is not the time when the treasury has no silver, what if there is no silver?
Basically, the silver in the treasury is obtained from taxation, which is distributed equally among the common people.
If this is the case, everyone will be a little harder, and they will not take the risk of rebellion.
However, the Qing Dynasty's "human nature" is here again!
Embezzlement!
How can an official not be corrupt, and even if there is, it is because there is another greater interest that seduces/lures him. Those who are not corrupt are ambitious and want to leave a good name for the ages, just like when talking about the Qing officials of the Qing Dynasty in later generations, the first thing that comes to everyone's mind is definitely Yu Chengchan, Zhang Boxing, Tang Bin, Shi Shilun, Liu Yong, Ji Xiaolan and so on.
It can be said that there is no full person.
Why?
It's not because the consciousness of the Manchurians is low, but because the cost of corruption is too low.
The emperor is still suppressing corrupt officials, and he will punish him every time he finds out, and then he will not be punished.
Because every time the emperor is punished, he is dismissed, especially the Manchu corrupt officials who have almost never lost their lives, if this is the case, it is normal for the Manchu emperor to be a little biased, but the next thing is dumbfounded, the person who was dismissed is safe and rests at home for a few years or even a few months, and then receives the holy decree to go to another place to take office.
Who doesn't love the silver of the white flowers, anyway, the corruption is found out, that is, it is just a period of rest at home, and it may not be a province in the future, why not do such a good thing, and there is no danger of losing your life by destroying your family.
Whoever is left behind, everyone will be corrupted.
This "perk" is really good!
In other words, although the slogan shouted by the emperor on the surface is "never raise taxes", in fact, the common people of the Qing Dynasty not only have taxes on their heads, but also the exploitation of corrupt officials, which is much more serious than taxes.
It is precisely because of the emperor's inaction that the ministers under him are becoming more and more bold, and in the last years of the Qing Dynasty, to what extent have these people become bold? The emperor has found a problem in a place, and tomorrow he will send someone to inspect it, and these people will burn the things tonight, so that the emperor has nowhere to check.
Of course, there is no courage to such an extent, but there are already signs, it can be said that what is happening in the river today is not only a proof of the courage of the corrupt officials, but also a temptation of the corrupt officials to the emperor...... They will be even more emboldened.
Although the title of the current emperor is blown out by five CDs, the emperor still has real materials, and he naturally understands that it will not work like this, so he not only sent officials down to verify, but also asked courtiers and older princes to write their views on this matter.
Don't look at the fourth elder brother who is still living in the palace before he gets married, and the mother family is not obvious, he looks like a bare-pole commander, but in fact, the fourth elder brother is surrounded by people who have made suggestions, which was left to him by Queen Xiaoyi, but that person is far away outside the palace, and at this time, the fourth elder brother does not dare to go out of the palace to ask for advice, so he can only think of his own ideas.
If you want to say why these people dare to be so bold, the reason is very simple, because they are leaning on Suo Etu behind them, and Suo Etu is the uncle of the crown prince Yinren, once this matter is broken, it will definitely offend Suo Etu and then offend the prince, and now no one wants to offend the prince, and the fourth elder brother does not want to offend the prince even if he is a prince.
But the eldest brother Yinchu and Nalan Mingzhu jumped up and down on the side to kill Suo Etu and the prince, and if they didn't offend the prince, they would indirectly offend the eldest brother and Nalan Mingzhu, which was really a dilemma.
The fourth elder brother was in a dilemma about how to get into the book about this matter, and Su Peisheng told Lan Ying about it, and the fourth elder brother was furious when he heard the words, but he walked from the study to Lan Ying's door, and his anger dissipated a lot.
After Lan Ying said that, the fourth elder brother suddenly turned his mind, this matter may not be as simple as it seems, otherwise it is all corruption Why is Khan Ama so angry this time.
There must be a secret in it.