In "Yongzheng Dynasty", Yin Chan, in the process of pursuing the household, lightly attacked the enemy and stabbed the "horse honeycomb" with a pole. Not only did they fail to recover the deficit of the household department, but they forced Wei Dongting to die; the grand prince bought in the street; and a group of officials even ran to shout injustice to Kangxi. At first glance, Kangxi did not come out to clean up, I am afraid that it would cause turmoil in the imperial court. As a result, Kangxi was quite critical of Yin Chan's performance, saying, "You have always prided yourself on your shrewdness." It is not only Kangxi's contempt for Yin Chan, but also a vague reminder to him.
The process of recovering the arrears of the household department
According to Wu Sidao's analysis, the formation of household arrears is that one is living in hardship and borrowing helplessly; the second is borrowing from uneasiness with the status quo; the third is borrowing by following the trend, and only profit is the plot. In Wu Sidao's view, the third type of people is the focus of the pursuit, and kangxi really wants to investigate them.
However, Yin Chan did not adopt Wu Sidao's analysis of the three types of people, but rushed to demand all the money, from the Crown Prince Belle down to the Minister of Culture and Martial Arts, as long as the arrears were all repaid within a certain period of time, regardless of the hidden feelings, this errand was done, offending the officials of the dynasty and even the relatives of the emperor and the state, and also forced Wei Dongting to die, the fourth brother YinChen in everyone's eyes was a "cold-faced king", and even the thirteenth brother Yin Xiang could not understand his approach.
On the last day of the collection of the arrears of the Household Department, only 30% of the arrears were recovered, and the four brothers had no choice but to give those officials almost begging words, which implied that:
"It is the last day to collect the arrears, and what I am sad about is not that I, the king of the county, is not safe, but that so many officials in the DPRK actually have only a home and no country, only themselves and no court, and those of you who have read the books of the sages and entered the palace do not understand the truth that 'the skin does not exist, and Mao will be attached'?"
Yin Chan had experienced jiangnan fundraising, witnessed the suffering of the people, and was too aware of the importance of the treasury's money and grain, did these court officials not understand? Of course, they understand that those who can become officials are not "pig brains", but just as Kangxi said, "they regard this country as the emperor's own country", and think that "if you can occupy it, you can be greedy, you can be greedy" is the real current affairs.
What official does not understand the truth that "if the skin does not exist, the hair will be attached"? But this skin is not ripped off, and these hairs will not care at all. Therefore, these officials did not take Yin Chan's words seriously at all.
When Yin Chan took the initiative to take over the pursuit of the payment of the arrears of the household department, he said that "it is a big deal to be an orphan minister", and Kangxi also approved of him being an "orphan minister", but Yin Chan did not really understand the meaning of "orphan minister", and kangxi told Yin Chan his thoughts before the collection of the household silver, the so-called orphan minister, Yin Chan understood as a lonely man, doing things only reasonable and not being affectionate. The Kangxi Emperor instructed "lone minister" to refer to a person who does not pursue fame and fortune, does not tend to be inflamed, and has his own thoughts and personal ethics.
And Yin Chan was because he was instructed by Kangxi's "lone minister" to always let people pay back the money, because he felt that he always stood on the side of reason, which forced Old Shi Yin to be a street seller, the prince to buy an official, and Wei Dongting to commit suicide.
Perhaps from the beginning of Wei Dongting's suicide, it foreshadowed that the matter of recovering the arrears would not be successful, and all the efforts made by Wei Dongting at the beginning were first to find the Ninth Brother Yinyu to borrow money, Yin Yu instigated and promoted behind his back, wei Dongting went to find the thirteenth Brother Yinxiang who had befriended Yin Chan. Unfortunately, Yin Chan became darker and darker on the road of "Lone Minister", and directly avoided Old Thirteen, and Yin Chan took the name of Lone Minister, almost offending all the ministers in the upper court. In this way, it is really almost a lonely subject.
If Yin Chan had analyzed Wu Sidao at that time and gathered intelligence well, he would have had a general charter for the matter of recovering the household silver, and he would not have been caught with his eyebrows and beards, resulting in his own almost no benefits in the end, and as a result, he was ridiculed by the officials who owed money, mocking Yin Chan for his helplessness in the face of "the law does not blame the public", and sarcastically making a big fuss, and congratulating himself that he could be in arrears to the national treasury in a fair and just manner, even if he took the initiative to stand up and repay the money, it was also the silver that Kangxi took out from Ouchi.
At this point, I can't help but think of Emperor Chongzhen's father-in-law, Empress Zhou's father Zhou Kui, and this goods ruyi abacus is jingling. Li Zicheng suppressed the territory, and the Chongzhen Emperor was forced to be helpless, so that his father-in-law Zhou Kui donated five thousand taels of silver to the military salary, and Zhou Kui fell well, borrowed five thousand taels from his daughter Empress Zhou, and then took out three thousand taels to "donate" to the imperial court. After some operation, Zhou Kui actually earned two thousand taels, the imperial court had such a heavy subject, the Ming Dynasty had such a state, and daming was not destroyed.
To this end, Kangxi asked the prince to come forward to guide the way of attention to the work of chasing the competition, but he did not expect the prince to throw out such a sentence at this time: "Slow! These old ministers can't collect any money! ”
The fourth brother Yinchen looked at the prince in surprise, his face was full of grievances...
Prince Yinrong gave three reasons:
First, the "Kangxi Dynasty" in the hall of fame, chasing a debt made the people panic, the prince told the seller to be a pawn, and the official committed suicide, which damaged the face of the imperial court.
Second, there should be a different way of repayment, so far the recovered money is only 30%, it is necessary to deal with it as appropriate, postpone and repay in installments.
Third, the money of these old officials could not be collected, because it was the silver two that the emperor took out from Ouchi.
Then, after Prince Yinrong gave the plan of "paying it back in two years", the officials shouted "Prince Shengming", and the prince earned enough people's hopes and won the hearts of the people. A great drama arranged by Kangxi to rectify the rule of officials ended hastily. And Yin Chan, who had been painstakingly pursuing the arrears, stood alone in the courtyard, aggrieved to the extreme.
However, Yin Chan's grievances have just begun, and there are even greater grievances behind!
Kangxi commented that Yin Chan was "shrewd and self-proclaimed", hiding what he meant
The next day, Kangxi held a large court meeting, and Kangxi commented on the prince's decision: two years to pay off the arrears, both said two years, what else can he say? So far, less than 30% of the arrears have been recovered.
Kangxi's meaning was very clear: although Prince Yinrong's decision was not very satisfactory, what else could be done to achieve this situation at present! Although this sentence is a criticism of Prince Yinrong, it actually puts the ultimate responsibility on the body of the fourth brother Yinchen. Yin Chan's grievances added another layer.
Yin Chan's mistake was that tian Wenjing was enabled to chase after the arrears this time, this person was just and unkind, not close to human feelings, and could even be said to be a bitter and mean, not flexible, and downright "lone minister". At the time of the disaster, the practice of directly confronting officials was still effective, helping Yin Chan to successfully complete the fundraising.
However, this time chasing after the arrears of the household department, Yin Chan once again let Tian Wenjing take a shot, which is bound to be counterproductive, Tian Wenjing did not measure the situation, in Kangxi's view, Tian Wenjing did a little too much, when the street top bumped into the prince not to say, but also indirectly led to Wei Dongting's suicide, but also because of one or two silver to humiliate the old leader.
As mentioned above, both Wu Sidao and Kangxi actually want Yin Chan to focus on the third type of people, and Kangxi mainly wants Yin Chan to stir up the forces of Prince Yin and Lao Ba, because the prince and Lao Ba are groups that represent the two major forces that owe money, but Yin Chan is nominally the prince's person, plus the list that the prince has given Yin Chan before, so Yin Chan has not pursued this faction too much. As for the "Eight Masters Party", it was slippery and slippery, and Yin Chan could not grasp the handle for a while. As a result, only the second type of person could be taken to open the knife first, that is, the old minister represented by Wei Dongting.
Standing behind the scenes and observing, Kangxi knew everything about the affairs of the imperial court, to say that Kangxi's intelligence was indeed in place, the behavior of the ministers was under his eyes, if it was almost the same, he would turn a blind eye, but it was too much, and only then came out to clean up everyone.
Later, the Kangxi Emperor also commented on the behavior of the three brothers YinZhi who borrowed money to compile books: "From the thirty-ninth year of Kangxi, Yin Zhi gathered a group of well-educated people to compile books, and he could immediately complete the first "PeiWen Yunfu", and he was also preparing to compile a large book that integrates ancient and modern times. ”
Although this sentence is a provocation to reprimand Yin, it is also a provocation to Yin Chan when he first asked Yin Zhi to repay the money he owed: "Borrowing government bonds to write rhyme books, I am afraid that it will not be of much benefit to the national economy and the people's livelihood." Coupled with the obvious contemptuous look of the Three Brothers Yin Zhi, it is no wonder that Yin Chan's face will show some embarrassment.
It can be seen that Yin Chan's intelligence work has indeed been done badly, and Kangxi pointed out deng Yuanfang, Sang Pei, and Tu Lunsheng, and criticized Yin Chan: What should be done is not done, what should be done is not slowed down, and what should not be done is dead. It is no wonder that Kangxi would say, "You have always prided yourself on your shrewdness", why did you not measure the situation this time to collect the arrears?
Kangxi's evaluation of Yin Chan's "shrewd self-praise" actually has two meanings: it is both a criticism of Yin Chan's lack of ability, and a vague reminder that he has not done a good job in intelligence work. Before Kangxi let Yin Chan be an "orphan minister", but did not let him be an isolated and helpless person, Yin Chan may have to face an enemy in the future than he is now, this time Kangxi can come forward to help him clean up the mess, then who can say exactly what happened in the future, and Kangxi also let the Officials of the DPRK understand his courage.
In the end, Kangxi took measures to deal with it: punish tian Wenjing, transfer Nian Tangyao, and hide and protect Yin Chan
When Kangxi ordered Yin to be imprisoned for half a year, the Ninth Brother Yinyu immediately took the opportunity to attack Tian Wenjing. The Kangxi Emperor responded:
"Is Tian Wenjing here?" What Brother Nine said is the truth? ”
After Tian Wenjing gave the answer that "always the subjects should handle things carefully and dispose of them at will", the Kangxi Emperor disposed of it like this: Tian Wenjing was transferred to Yizhi County, Shaanxi, and was limited to leaving Beijing for three days.
Kangxi was very clear about what Tian Wenjing was doing, and kangxi's handling of it was obvious that he was protecting the Four Brothers! The recovery of the arrears of the national treasury has become such an embarrassing situation, and no one can stand up and take responsibility, and if Tian Wenjing is not punished, it is necessary to have four brothers. What's more, Old Ten Yin was already imprisoned, and if no one on Yin Chan's side was punished, how could the powerful "Eight Ye Party" give up?
Punishing Tian Wenjing could only buffer the resentment of the Eight Ye Party, and having returned from Jiangnan to raise relief, it had obviously become the target of public criticism, and Yin Chan's errand this time almost offended many ministers in the DPRK, so Kangxi took Tian Wenjing out as a shield to protect Yin Chan to cushion The Old Eight's attack.
At this time, Yin Chan pretended to come out to speak for Yin Chan, and Kangxi wanted to wait for the result of not punishing Yin Chan, and Shunshi pointed out Yin Chan's "fault" and punished him for one year. Is a year of punishment still a thing for Yin Chan?
However, taking advantage of this enthusiasm, Yin Yu once again recommended Nian Qianyao as the "Viceroy of Sichuan". Why did Lao Ba recommend Nian Tang Yao? In fact, there are two considerations: on the one hand, cutting off Yin Chanjing's extremely powerful arm. On the other hand, with the ability to buy people's hearts, establish the image of the "Eight Sages King".
From this point of view, all the credit for the pursuit of arrears was fought over by Yin Rong and Yin Chan, who was not only "fined for a year", but also took two capable generals from his side, ostensibly Yin Chan was defeated; in fact, this was kangxi's most effective protection of Yin Chan, the most rational hiding.
epilogue
In fact, Kangxi commented that Yin Chan was "shrewd and self-proclaimed", first, he did show contempt and dissatisfaction with Yin Chan's performance this time; second, he vaguely reminded Yin Chan that he was too hasty in doing things this time, did not do a good job in intelligence work, and grasped the eyebrows and beards, resulting in a situation that was vulnerable. With the current situation, Kangxi happily agreed to Yin Yu's request: to transfer Nian Tangyao out of the capital. If Kangxi did not agree with Lao Ba's request, he would certainly not give up. At that time, not only will it be punished, but the previous efforts for Yin Chan will also lose their meaning. Therefore, yin chan can only be completely made into a "light rod commander", and the attack of the rest of the princes will be temporarily alleviated. I have to say that ginger is still old spicy!
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