Some time ago, when I was bored, I reviewed the "Yongzheng Dynasty", and the author found that compared with the old fritters in the official field, this maverick Li Wei was so bright-eyed, he dared to send troops to interfere in the examination of the imperial examination without authorization against the grace of Yongzheng, and he could also cross the study and go directly to the heavens to listen, and this punishment department yamen was even more like entering no man's land for him.
In fact, the historical Li Wei was not born as a beggar, nor was he a slave from the Yongzheng Mansion, but one thing is the same thing, Li Wei did get the unique grace of Yongzheng, he was in power and opposition, not afraid of the emperor's relatives and relatives, no matter what kind of prince you are, the first assistant of the cabinet, I will impeach you if I do not agree.
According to the Qing history records, Li Wei was originally from the family of rich merchants in Jiangsu, 30 years old he began to donate funds to buy officials, in exchange for a position of a foreign lang, waiting to fill the vacancy, perhaps it is really God to appreciate this bowl of rice to eat, it did not take long for Li Wei to turn positive, the official title from wupin, less than two years, he rose to a higher level, became the five pins of the hubu lang.
After Yongzheng ascended the throne, Li Wei accidentally met the first nobleman in his life, the thirteenth prince Yin Xiang, the two knew each other for less than a month, the thirteenth prince found that Li Wei was both excellent in learning and could take on a big responsibility, so he was recommended to the Yongzheng Emperor, and from then on, Li Wei's career was like a hanging, soaring all the way, from zhili yi to Yunnan Yanyi Road, and then to the later Yunnan envoy, properly from the Erpin chancellor.
In the third year of Yongzheng, Li Wei served as the governor of Zhejiang and became a feudal governor, Yongzheng for four years, because of his good performance, Li Wei was promoted by Yongzheng, to the salt transport envoys of the two Zhejiang provinces, mainly grasping the salt affairs in the two Zhejiang and Jiangnan areas, Yongzheng five years, Li Wei was promoted again, became the governor of Zhejiang, this son in the Zhejiang area, he can be said to be a dominant family.
From the fifty-sixth year of Kangxi to the fifth year of Yongzheng, Li Wei's road to promotion has far exceeded the imagination of ordinary people, in fact, the reason why his career was smooth, not entirely from Yongzheng's grace, he himself also had good administrative ability, you know that in the later years of Kangxi, the court officials became corrupt, the national treasury has long been unable to make ends meet, the first thing Yongzheng did when he ascended the throne was to fill the deficit in the national treasury, thus restoring the country's normal tax revenue, li Wei's management of the Zhejiang region, is the money bag of the Great Qing, his task is actually particularly heavy.
Li Wei was entrusted with a heavy responsibility, naturally did not disappoint Yongzheng, during his tenure, he vigorously seized illegal salt, and also implemented the law of entering the land with Ding in the salt works, and built the sea ponds in various counties to stabilize the economic order, in addition, Li Wei was also a good hand in salt administration and affairs.
In addition to these, Li Wei also had a talent, that is, to arrest thieves, at that time Yongzheng also made a special order, all the powers of investigation and trial within the Seven Provinces were handed over to Li Wei, so that Li Wei's rights were further expanded, so that in the twists and turns between Yongzheng and Li Wei, this reprimand of "arrogance and rudeness and wanton slander" was not uncommon, which showed how willful Li Wei was.
But even so, his loyalty to Yongzheng was still overflowing, and in the seventh year of Yongzheng, Li Wei served as the Shangshu of the Bingbu, plus the Prince Ofsign, and the title became Congyipin.
After Li Wei temporarily replaced Shangshu of the Punishment Department, he discovered that Orqi, who was then the viceroy of the Nine Doors, was illegally engaged in smuggling and corrupting the law, and this Orqi's brother was the first assistant of the cabinet of the dynasty, Li Wei did not care about these, he had always been not afraid of the magnates, and he came up and impeached Orqi, and also sent the song to the Hands of the Yongzheng Emperor.
At this moment, the Yongzheng Emperor showed the emperor's heart, he first spared Orqi, and then vigorously praised Li Wei, it is conceivable that a brother who dared to impeach the prime minister from a single piece of Shangshu could also be praised, which showed the degree of favor.
This matter was not over, and in the second year of Qianlong, Li Wei again targeted the guard Cook of Prince Cheng's palace, at that time, the prince's guard was a military officer of a higher administrative level, and the backer behind him was a relative of the emperor and the state, and the natural background was strong, but Li Wei was not vain, and directly impeached Qianlong, so Qianlong gave Cook's crime and also rewarded Li Wei's four regiments of dragons.
In the third year of Qianlong, the governor of Hedao, Zhu Zao, connived at his brother Li Yu's corruption and perverted the law, and also intervened in the relief affairs, Li Wei was impeached, and eventually Zhu Zao was removed from his official post, and his brother was also punished according to crimes, and Li Wei became a big god-level figure that no one in Beijing dared to provoke.
Throughout Li Wei's life, although he was not highly educated, he walked out of a heavenly avenue with the recommendation of the thirteenth prince Yin Xiang, who was loyal to Yongzheng and sincere, not only won his reputation for himself, but also made political achievements, although he did not step into the military aircraft department or cabinet, but with Yongzheng's special grace, his real power was not worse than that of a prince.