The emperors of the Qing Dynasty, regardless of their ability, were indeed much better than the Ming Dynasty in terms of diligence, and the prosperous kangqian in the heyday of the Qing Dynasty was also inseparable from the diligence of the Emperors of the Qing Dynasty. The continuation of Kangqian's prosperous life, in fact, the key point lies in the Yongzheng Emperor, who is most easily overlooked.
During the reign of the Yongzheng Emperor, the rectification of hundreds of officials was known for being "strict", and those corrupt officials who were mediocre and incompetent and corrupt and perverted the law had difficulty in gaining a foothold in the court. It can be said that the continuation of the prosperity of the Qing Dynasty, the Yongzheng Emperor's contribution to the administration of officials is absolutely great. Therefore, according to the reasoning, such an emperor who hates corrupt officials is bound to praise those clean officials.
Yongzheng Emperor
During Yongzheng's reign, he had an official named Tang Wenyao, the governor of Liangjiang, who obviously dressed extremely plainly every day and ate cabbage every day, but in the end he ended up being beheaded by the door. Tang Wenyao, who ate cabbage every day, looked like a supreme Qing official, so why was he beheaded by Emperor Xia Liman?
In fact, people are only half-aware of Tang Wenyao's eating of cabbage in many cases, and Tang Wenyao's true face is actually a big corrupt official, who eats cabbage every day for three years, which is just a way to enhance his image in front of the emperor.
cabbage
After Yongzheng ascended the throne, he used vigorous means to punish corrupt officials, and at the same time implemented the policy of copying the property of corrupt officials and raising them incorruptible, and for a time the Qing Dynasty did remove many corrupt officials and moths. It was only the Yongzheng Emperor's practice that was looked at by some scheming people.
As the saying goes, "There are strategies at the top and countermeasures at the bottom." In order to create their own image of honesty and honesty, corrupt officials will naturally come up with more ways to "cope." Tang Wenyao, the governor of Liangjiang, is a typical representative of these corrupt officials. At that time, in order to show that he was a good official who said that the people loved him, he released the rumor that he ate cabbage every day.
Li Wei stills
Under tang Wenyao's meticulous planning, soon, his good reputation reached the ears of the Yongzheng Emperor. Such a high-ranking feudal ambassador who actually eats cabbage every day is, in the eyes of many people, a good official with two sleeves and a clean wind.
However, not long after, a complaint against Tang Wenyao for corruption arrived in front of the Yongzheng Emperor. He has always cherished talents, and naturally will not watch such a "good official" being wronged for no reason. In order to wash away Tang Wenyao's grievances, the Yongzheng Emperor sent Li Wei to investigate the authenticity of this matter, and at the same time he was innocent.
Tang Wenyao
It is because of Li Wei's investigation that it is time to open the next earth-shattering inside story. This Tang Wenyao really ate cabbage every day, but his eating method was extremely luxurious. Since becoming a high official, he has already eaten enough mountain treasures and seafood, but he has always liked to eat cabbage, in order to show his status, this bland cabbage to eat a sense of high-grade, he only eats cabbage every time he eats cabbage, wasting a lot of cabbage leaves.
Not only that, Li Wei also found a pile of ginseng piled in the corner of the firewood room of Tang Wenyao's mansion. However, these ginsengs are not used to eat, but are used to make cabbage hearts for Tang Wenyao, and it is said that the cabbage hearts made with ginseng as firewood are even more delicious.
ginseng
The high value of ginseng naturally goes without saying, even a ginseng, for ordinary people may not be able to afford to buy, but this official uses it as firewood, that is to say, the annual firewood money alone is worthy of the expenses of an ordinary family, Tang Wenyao's practice can be described as extreme luxury. When Li Wei found out everything to tell the Yongzheng Emperor, the emperor was furious and ordered him to be beheaded all over the door, and this hypocrite with a straight face, who was clever but was mistaken by cleverness, eventually died because of his "good reputation".