In fact, this method is not new at all, and fines have existed since ancient times, and deducting the "basic salary" of officials for several months to several years is a common means of punishing minor offenses. When the officials of the Song Dynasty were treated well, everyone might still feel distressed, if it was put in the Ming Dynasty, the salary of the old Zhu family who cut the door was not enough for the officials to have breakfast, and if it was deducted, it would be deducted, without blinking an eyelid!

But when he came to Heshen, he was tricked by the first corrupt official in history, and the decision to punish was in the ministry, the money was pursued by the household department, and the silver taels were also handed over to the treasury, and the process was open and transparent. The criminal silver is not the old system of the state, so it can bypass the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Households, and the Military Aircraft Department is responsible. Because this silver tael is not customized by the state, it can not be included in the state finance, but into the emperor's small treasury, and the process and amount can not be disclosed. In short, the emperor has another way to get money, and he can use this money for whatever he wants without any supervision! Qianlong is also a person who is happy with great achievements and lives a luxurious life, so he naturally thinks that He Shen's idea is clever.

As for the consequences of the discussion of the money, they can't think of it? Of course, I want to think that with this provision, before the officials were corrupt, they had to take into account the emperor's punishment, but now they just have to pay the money, so they can be unscrupulous and greedy! Anyway, when the time comes, you just have to pay the money! It's a big deal to pay the money and then double it back from the people! Moreover, the honest officials have no money to pay the guilty money and dismiss the officials, but the corrupt ones are left, and it is self-evident who will be left in the court in the long run.

Of course, this is also the consequence that Chen Jialuo wants, the more scum the other party, the lower the difficulty of his own rebellion, and the more people who are forced to live by corrupt officials and corrupt officials, the stronger the strength of his side!

The next day, He Shen threw out a proposal to discuss the guilty silver at the court meeting, and Qianlong pretended not to be clear, "Everyone will discuss it and see if He Shen's method is feasible?" ”

Since his ascension to the throne, Qianlong has tried his best to be arbitrary, carried forward the military aircraft department set up by Yongzheng, and strengthened the functions of the military aircraft department. Since the 21st year of Qianlong, the main members of the Military Aircraft Department are: Fu Heng (foreman), Taibao, Baohedian University Scholar, and first-class loyal and brave duke; Lai Bao, the prince and the prince, the scholar of Wu Yingdian; Wang Youdun, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry; Qiu said Xiu, the left servant of the ministry; Liu Tongxun, the crown prince and the secretary of the criminal department; Menglin, the right waiter of the Ministry of Works. Among them, Fu Heng and Lai Bao are Manchurians, Menglin is Mongolian, and the other three are Han Chinese; However, Wang Youdun and Menglin died last year, Qiu Yuexiu was deposed, and Liu Lun, the right attendant of the household department, was filled, re-forming the pattern of two Manchu and two Han.

As soon as Qianlong's voice fell, Liu Tongxun stood up and objected, "Your Majesty, this move must not be!" Heshen is the way to mislead the country! Once this move is implemented, corruption will run rampant and the world will be in chaos! Liu Tongxun is an honest and honest official, impartial and selfless, and naturally he is not used to this set of Heshen, right his son is the famous Liu Yong Liu Luoguo, Qianlong 16 years of the second place in the examination, and is now serving as a scholar in Anhui.

"Liu Shangshu, what are you talking about? I'm also worried about Your Majesty! Now that the northwest is unstable, and there are Ma Chaozhu in Henan, this counterinsurgency is all about silver! If not, where will you find the money? He Shen immediately jumped out to refute.

"Please also ask Your Majesty to reduce the amount of money in the palace and stop the plan to patrol Jiangnan!" Although he is a Qing official, Liu Tongxun doesn't have any good ideas, nothing more than persuading the emperor to save money.

Qianlong is not one of those faint monarchs in the former Ming Dynasty who was deducted from his pocket money by the ministers, he is a great saint, and now it is a prosperous age, how can he lose the royal system? Ignore Liu Tongxun at the moment, "Fu Heng, you are the foreman, what do you say?" ”

Who is Fu Heng? The wife gave Qianlong a happy play, of course, it will not make his master unhappy, and as soon as he heard this policy, he made private money for the master, and immediately expressed his attitude, "This law is great and good with adults!" In this way, I no longer have to worry about silver in the Qing Dynasty, and the pacification of Henan and Northwest is only in the evening! ”

Not to be outdone, Laibao immediately jumped out, "Your Majesty! The slave accidentally got the incense ash on the Zhu Pi fold yesterday, and he couldn't live in a panic, and now he asks for a fine of 30,000 taels of silver to compensate for the slave's disrespectful crime! ”

Qianlong didn't expect his slave to be so knowledgeable, but he was a little embarrassed, "Aiqing works hard, occasional mistakes are inevitable, it's not so serious, Jia En forgives 20,000 taels of silver, and pays 10,000 taels up!" ”

Fu Heng glared at Lai Bao fiercely, the opportunity to paralyze labor and management to tie up with the master was snatched away by you! immediately followed the confession, "Your Majesty, as the foreman of the Military Aircraft Department, the slave cannot solve the problem of insufficient use for His Majesty, and he should be guilty; I now ask for a fine of 50,000 taels of silver to compensate for the crime of dereliction of duty of the slave! ”

At a critical time, it is still full of people who are sensible! Qianlong was happy in his heart, and he wanted to exempt Fu Heng's guilty silver from 10,000 taels, but thinking that he was the foreman minister, and his rank was above Laibao, he couldn't chill the minion's heart, so he ordered, "Aiqing's affairs are complicated, and it is reasonable to have occasional omissions, and it is okay to forgive 30,000 taels of silver and pay 20,000 taels!" ”

"Slave thanks to the master's grace!" , Fu Heng knelt down and kowtowed respectfully a few times, and after getting up, he glanced at Lai Bao proudly, the boy and I are more tender than you! See, the master values me the most!

Liu Lun took a look, yes, the two Manchurian officials stood up to show their attitude, now pay attention to the integration of Manchu and Han, and we Han people can't be left behind, "Your Majesty, the minister is the right servant of the household department, but he failed to open up financial resources for His Majesty, and the minister is guilty." Thinking that he could not overshadow the limelight of the two seniors when he joined the military prostitute at the latest, he immediately reported a number, "I now ask for a fine of 15,000 taels of silver to compensate for the crime of incompetence of the minister!" ”

is worthy of being a person I am optimistic about, and I didn't promote you in vain, "Grace forgives seven thousand taels of silver, and you can pay eight thousand taels to come up!" ”

With several ministers of military aircraft taking the lead, the ministers at the court meeting immediately moved, "The minister went to the court yesterday to be crooked, this is the crime of dereliction in front of the palace, and now I ask for a fine of 10,000 taels of silver!" ”

"The minister let out a fart when he wrote the recital yesterday, and now he asks for a fine of eight thousand taels of silver!"

"Minister, now ask for a fine of 12,000 taels of silver!"

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At first, the courtiers did not dare to admit more punishment because of the dignity of the Minister of Military Aircraft, and after a while, they were stimulated by the adrenal hormones of the warm atmosphere of the scene, and began to raise their charges desperately, and finally won the most sinful crown with Prince Hongday at a high price of 100,000 taels!