1novels Chapter 36
Chapter 36
Mr. Chen took the blame and resigned!
Mr. Chen Jingting, who used the name of incorruptibility, resigned because of corruption.This matter is like pouring boiling water into an oil pan, and the courtiers talked a lot.Chen Jingting is a well-known upright official. Not only did he refuse to accept bribes, but he also strictly ordered his family not to accept bribes.Anyone who misbehaves or gives gifts and bribes for personal gain shall not be released.
As an upright official, Chen Jingting offended many people both openly and secretly.This time, Zhang Qiankai, his in-law, the governor of Huguang, was corrupt, and his criminals firmly grasped this point, and wrote a letter to impeach him.The emperor ignored the pressure from the ministers, and had no choice but to talk to Chen Jingting. Chen Jingting understood that the emperor was stepping down the steps himself.
Chen Jingting's official position is Minister of the Household Department, and now the position is vacant. Kangxi asked everyone who is suitable for this position, but no one answered.
Not long after Chen Jingting resigned, troubles broke out in the Ministry of Internal Affairs.Teng Ge, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, was pocketed, and there was a serious vacancy in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and Kangxi was furious.Ask the ministers what happened to Daqing, what happened to his minister?It's not enough to eat the king's salary and worry about the king's worries. It's not enough to solve the problems in front of you, and the moths are emerging one after another!
The prince asked for an order to rectify the official style and punish officials who corrupted the king's law.The fourth elder brother seconded, Suo'etu seconded, and all the ministers seconded.
After several ministers were executed by ransacking their homes one after another, there was a lot of turmoil in the court. Each minister put away his brocade clothes and went to the court on foot every day, and he no longer used a horse-drawn carriage.The gates of each mansion are closed and they refuse to receive them, for fear of being stigmatized as taking bribes by the National People's Congress.
Kangxi was angry and funny when he saw the changes of the ministers. He was angry because he tried to deceive himself in such a naive way, and he laughed because these ministers had lived for so many years and their thinking became more and more simple.In the end, the prince came up with an idea, saying why not follow the example of the Song Dynasty and increase the income of officials, so that the number of bribes will naturally decrease.
Kangxi deliberated for a long time and decided not to accept the prince's attention.Because the salary of officials is not low, the salary of only a small magistrate county reaches about 150 taels of silver per year, and besides the annual salary, there are various benefits, such as silver for ice charcoal, silver for chariots and horses, silver for pens, ink, paper and inkstone, and silver for clothing.And a prince's annual salary reaches 8000 taels of silver, and some favored princes can get double the silver, which is 6000 taels, which is inexhaustible.And almost all officials have some property, and their families are rich.
In this case, they can still embezzle. It can only be said that human greed is greedy. Some people have enough wealth to live for several lifetimes, but they still refuse to come.Isn't agreeing to a salary increase a disguised admission that their salary is low?To treat the symptoms but not the root cause, instead of giving money to these officials, it is better to do something for the people.
Regardless of the final result, the prince's actions bought the hearts of many people.The prince who can bring them benefits is what they pursue, and Kangxi is also very satisfied that the prince can come up with this method. Although it is not perfect, he really wants to relieve his worries.
There is a vacancy in the position of Tenge's internal affairs manager, and a vacancy in the household department.In the end, the prince recommended Ling Pu to be the head of the House of Internal Affairs, and the Minister of the Household Department had a well-behaved official to take the position.This was Kangxi's own decision. He could tell from Chen Jingting's incident that the Secretary of the Ministry of Household Affairs should not be too clean and honest.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs is an extremely independent existence. It has seven departments, Guangchu, Duyu, Zhangyi, Accounting, Construction, Punishment, and Qingfeng. Capture, etiquette, Huangzhuang taxation, engineering, criminal punishment, animal husbandry and other matters.In addition, the Shangsi Academy manages the imperial horses, the Military Equipment Academy is responsible for manufacturing and storing umbrella covers, saddle armor, swords, guns, bows and arrows, etc., and the Fengchen Garden is in charge of the management and repair of various gardens, collectively referred to as the Seven Departments and the Three Academy.In addition, the Ministry of Internal Affairs also has the Three Weaving Office, the Three Banners Canning Office, the Control and Defense Office, the Three Banners Zhuangtou Office, the Royal Tea Room, the Shengping Office, the Imperial Pharmacy, the Yangxin Hall Manufacturing Office, the Wuying Hall Book Repair Office, and the Xian'an Palace. More than 30 affiliated institutions including government schools.
It is a self-contained system. Although it manages the royal affairs, except for the emperor, the concubines and servants in the palace must be polite when they see the people in the House of Internal Affairs. It is hard to guarantee that one day you will fall out of favor and they will give you small shoes to wear.This is already a generally accepted rule, so what does the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs mean?He is a land emperor.
There are three fires for new officials to take office, and Ling Pu has followed this tradition.Generally speaking, if there is a corrupt official in a place, there will be a large group of corrupt officials hiding behind.What's more, in the Ministry of Internal Affairs with a special status, the first thing Ling Pu did was to change people, why don't you want to?There are people above them.you also have?He is the prince, so stop talking.
Ling Pu has indeed done practical things. In addition to cleaning up officials, he also proposed three major methods of selfishness and fraud by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Rule #[-]: Buy low and sell high.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs bought supplies from outside the palace at a low price, and then reported them to the emperor at a high price.On the surface, there is nothing illegal or even illegal in the whole process.The price difference in the middle becomes the "grey income" of the handling personnel.Every year, the "legitimate expenditure" of the emperor and the Forbidden City is one million taels of silver.
Article [-]: Direct corruption.
He gave an example. When the fourth elder brother got married, several embroiderers entrusted Mr. Guo, a fellow from the private school of the minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, to do some embroidery work for the Ministry of Internal Affairs.The embroiderers brought satin from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and embroidered it carefully with the best embroidery thread.After the whole set, the market price of the embroidery workers' raw materials, wages and profits is about 50 taels of silver.After the door curtain was handed in, the embroiderers were asked to quote a price, and the staff of the Ministry of Internal Affairs took the initiative to tell the embroiderers that "it's okay to quote more."I gritted my teeth and reported 500 taels, which was too little, so I reported more.A few people reported the asking price of 1000 taels
Article [-]: Project solicitation of money.
What officials in the Ministry of Internal Affairs look forward to most is not promotion, but new projects launched by the emperor.Whether it is to build a stage, repave a certain road, or build a certain temple under the emperor's decree, it is a good opportunity for the officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to enrich their own pockets.The tricks of engineering soliciting money can be said to be a combination of buying low and selling high, direct corruption, etc., and it is the most learned.
Ling Pu's approach was very pleasing to Kangxi. He hadn't dealt with these matters before, just to see if the person recommended by the prince had the ability and courage.Facts have proved that this person is capable and worth using.
Kangxi asked him how to prevent this situation, and he proposed supervision and cost savings.The first is Guangchu Division.For example, the most important department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is the Guangchu Department.Gold, silver, beads, jade, coral, agate and precious stones are specially stored in the silver treasury.The Guangchu Department was moved to the Hongyi Pavilion, which specially set up the silver treasury on the west side of the Hall of Supreme Harmony in the Forbidden City. 25 people were arranged to watch it day and night, and it was stipulated that the treasury could only be opened under specific time and conditions.Choose vulgar, uneducated, and low-status coated slaves.There is a distance between them and the ministers and ministers in the court, and they have to rely on the emperor, so they are very suitable to deal with the private affairs of the royal family.This is the monitoring part.
As for saving time, you can't see the result, but he listed some small items.For example, it is suggested that a large number of fruit cakes sacrificed in various places in the palace be replaced by clay and wood carvings to save money.
The internal affairs have come to an end for the time being.
The half-year deadline is approaching, and Yinhu begins to prepare for the wedding to accept Misty Rain as the side Fujin.According to Yinhu's order, Yanyu sent the news to the prince, including Yinzhen's uninvited visit to the Nine Princes' Mansion and the cold eyes he received.Yanyu's words coincided with the spies arranged by the crown prince in the Ninth Prince's Mansion, she was very satisfied, and specially asked Yanyu to meet with her "mother" for a while to relieve the pain of lovesickness.
Knowing that her mother has already been brought into the mansion by Yinhu, Yanyu no longer has any worries in her heart.He tried his best to deal with the prince. Fortunately, he was a master at playing tricks in the past, and he successfully deceived the prince with a cornered image.
The wedding date was set on the third day of March, and the weather was bearable despite the heat.There are lanterns and festoons in Ba Age's mansion, and festive red silk is everywhere.The groom's official uniform worn by Yinhu was very handsome, and the wives and ladies who came to participate all envied and envied that Yanyu had found such an excellent husband.
The fifth elder brother and the seventh elder brother also came, but the fifth elder brother looked unnatural, looking around as if looking for someone.Yinhu saw it and stepped forward to joke, "Xiaojiu went to Jiangnan today, and said that there is a batch of new products over there that are very profitable, and it will take about half a month for the good medicine to come back."
When Yinqi heard that his face finally returned to normal, "Don't come." His tone was relaxed, seeing that Yinhu felt a little impolite, he added, "Xiao Jiu is too indiscriminate, and the eighth brother is overjoyed. Is it more important than transferring money?" "The words stopped before he finished speaking, thinking that his familiar voice reminded him, "Fifth brother is right, of course it is not as important as starling, I am here, right? Fifth brother"
The slightly raised tone made Yinqi feel cold, and turned around stiffly, seeing a delicate face magnified in front of his eyes, he couldn't be happy at all, and said with a mournful face, "Didn't you go to Jiangnan? You came back so soon." Yinyou and Yinhu couldn't help laughing, and at worst, Yinhu added, "I'm sorry, fifth brother, I remembered wrongly, Xiao Jiu will only go to Jiangnan tomorrow. I'm so happy that I forgot it for a while. " After finishing speaking, he pulled Yinyou and walked towards two people. Yinyou spread his hands, expressing that he was helpless and followed Yinhu step by step away from Yinqi and Yinhu.
Yin Qi lowered his head and silently pulled away his steps and wanted to walk away, hey, one step or two, and after a few more steps, he would leave Xiaojiu.At the fifth step, a pair of exquisitely embroidered boots appeared in front of his eyes, Yin Qi slowly raised his head, pulling the corners of his mouth to reveal a smile that was uglier than crying.In comparison, people's laughter is like spring flowers blooming, his lips parted slightly, and he said softly, "Fifth Brother, why don't you leave?"
Yinqi wanted to cry but had no tears, thinking to himself that you are beautiful?Is it necessary to be so preoccupied?I have been avoiding you for half a month.