Introduction: The opening paragraph is clear, first of all, we say that this thing is false. Although it borrowed the name of Yongzheng, this situation was definitely not a matter of the Yongzheng Dynasty. It is also not the case of the Qing Dynasty generation, and the situation of corruption and corruption because the royal assets are all in the inner treasury is inevitable. Borrowing the name of Yongzheng again, it should be that he is more jealous and hateful and more thorough in his anti-corruption campaign. Yongzheng's murder was the discovery of the collusion of eunuchs, officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, who rose dozens of times in the price of purchasing tea. That's why it brought the curse of killing.
Historical background
Yongzheng was a rare emperor in the Qing Dynasty who was diligent in government and loved the people and punished corruption. He inherited the Jiangshan left by Kangxi, but also undertook the fact that corruption was rife and the treasury was empty. Moreover, this emperor was known for his fortitude, and had the title of Cold Face King during the princely period.
Therefore, as soon as he took office, he vigorously pursued the arrears in his own way and refreshed the rule of officials. The implementation of policies such as returning fire to the public, dividing the land into acres, and receiving grain from officials and gentry as a whole, gradually became stronger and stronger after the management of the national treasury. But Yongzheng governed the country and neglected to guard against the internals.
How things went
Let's first describe what happened according to the legend, although this is only a legend. First of all, the wealth of the Qing Dynasty was divided into two parts: the wealth of the state was in the household department of the six ministries, and the private property of the royal family was managed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Therefore, the emperor's food, clothing, shelter and transportation were all under the administration of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The royal things are naturally expensive, and the emperor cannot go directly out of the palace, so the people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs go up and down to fish for oil and water.
As we said earlier, Yongzheng was a very diligent emperor who often read the recital at night. Therefore, tea is an indispensable refreshing thing. By chance, Yongzheng asked the little eunuch about the price of this tea, and the eunuch replied with 60 taels of silver a pound. Yongzheng is still triumphant, and good tea is the tribute.
Although Yongzheng did not like private visits or often went to Jiangnan like Kangxi and Qianlong, he still paid private visits in order to understand the sufferings of the people and grasp the specific conditions of the implementation of the New Deal. Once, during a private visit to Weifu, I was tired and thirsty in time, so I planned to take a break in the tea house.
The scale of this tea house is not small, and the tone on the signboard is also very large. As long as the guests ordered up, can be provided. Yong Zhengxin said that there was no tribute tea here, and tried to order the tribute tea that was often drunk in the palace. I didn't want to come up soon, Yongzheng yi drank it was really that recipe or that taste. With his lips and teeth still fragrant, Yongzheng was very happy to drink a pot of tea and check out. However, when calculating the account, Yongzheng found that this price was only one or two silver and one pound of tea. He checked with his guys again and again.
Yongzheng, who had always not rubbed sand in his eyes, knew that the price of tea in the palace had actually returned dozens of times. Back in the palace, he immediately investigated, and sure enough, he found that several people in charge of purchasing tea had falsely quoted the price and swallowed the silver two. As a result, Yongzheng was furious and directly killed several people.
Legends are false
First we determined that this story was merely a legend, not true. Here's why:
First of all, it is basically well known that the Ministry of Internal Affairs embezzled silver and silver, and by the Guangxu period, an egg eaten would cost five or two silver. Kangxi before Yongzheng and Qianlong after that were often out of the palace, and these things were not discovered? Did Yongzheng go out and know everything? Besides, Yongzheng drinking tea does not need to pay his own bills. During the Qianlong period, the minister of internal affairs and Yan took advantage of the opportunity to buy and embezzled countless silver taels.
Secondly, not only the internal accounts of the emperors of the Qing Dynasty had special responsible institutional management. Because the emperor squandered countless things and things were very expensive, it was natural that someone would profit from it. And it is likely to be a nest case with equal interests. Why doesn't the emperor look at these small accounts?
Legend has it that this incident was placed on Yongzheng to appear to be true by using the name of Yongzheng anti-corruption, but the Yongzheng Emperor did make efforts in anti-corruption to curb corruption while setting up a clean silver for officials, which also created a feat of high salary and clean government. However, the trend of corruption was still not stopped, and by the Qianlong period, the corruption in the official field of the Great Qing Dynasty could not be curbed.
I am the emperor of history, welcome your attention; if there is a flaw, the axe is right.