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Among the three emperors of the Qing Dynasty who created the "Kangyongqian Prosperous Era", Kangxi and Qianlong are very famous, and each also has the title of "Emperor of the Ages", while the Yongzheng Emperor in the middle is relatively less famous, which is related to his relatively unintelligible name, and it is also related to his reign for a short time, but it is undeniable that the Yongzheng Emperor is the emperor who played the most critical role in the formation of the "Kangyongqian Prosperous Era".
Yongzheng was born in 1678 and was crowned crown prince at the age of 21. After the crown prince was deposed twice, he worked very hard to seek the crown prince's throne, and actively allied with important officials such as Long Keduo and Nian Qianyao, and finally successfully ascended the throne in 1722 after the death of Kangxi.
The Kangxi Emperor was very diligent for a long time, but in his later years, due to the decline of physical strength, it was inevitable that the phenomenon of "slacking off" would occur, so by the late Kangxi period, the corruption of the imperial court had risen, and there were many bad signs in the Great Qin Tianzi. He began to fight hard against these unhealthy tendencies that developed in the late Kangxi period, especially corruption.
In order to really control corruption well, it can be said that Yongzheng used various means, first of all, to set up a "system of raising clean silver", in addition to the officials' own Feng Lu, every year also specially allocated a huge amount of money to them, which means that you need the money given by the imperial court, do not embezzle corruption from the people, a patrol can even receive tens of thousands of taels of clean silver every year.
Secondly, from the imperial court to send various Chincha ministers to local inspections, in fact, all dynasties have sent Chincha ministers to local areas to investigate and secretly visit, but the Yongzheng Emperor's trick is particularly effective, because he stipulates that if Qincha discovers corrupt officials, then not only will the official positions obtained be disposed of by corrupt officials, but they can be sent out by Qincha on a priority basis, but they can also copy family property. It is also possible to let Qin Cha divide and go, so that Qin Cha's enthusiasm for handling cases can be greatly improved, and as long as he sees corrupt officials, his eyes will glow green.
As early as the beginning of the succession, the Yongzheng Emperor had gone to Henan to investigate the flooding of the Yellow River, and made a quiet inspection of henan officials, and in the process of returning to the capital of Shanxi, he deliberately ran to experience its customs and customs, and heard that Shanxi Jincheng was very prosperous, so he deliberately ran to see it.
After arriving in Jincheng, Yongzheng looked at the traffic in the city and felt very relieved, so he strolled into a tea house, called a pot of good Mao Jian, and asked the tea merchant: "How does this Mao Tip sell?" The tea merchant replied: "500 wen a pound", YongZheng quietly listened to this tea, and his face suddenly became gloomy as water.
After returning to the palace, Yongzheng immediately ordered the execution of three high-ranking officials, including the chief of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and it turned out that the Mao Jian he tasted in Jincheng was exactly the same as the Mao Tip that he usually tasted in the palace, but the person responsible for providing the Chief Of Internal Affairs had sworn to tell him that "Mao Jian needed thirty-two silver and one pound."
After Yongzheng knew the true price of Mao Jian, his heart was naturally angry and annoyed, and after finding out who colluded with corruption, he stood up hard, which also allowed the Wenwu hundred officials to see Yongzheng's determination to ban corruption, so from the late Kangxi period, the corruption in the official field has improved greatly.
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