Lu Xun once said: The so-called prosperous era of Kangqian is likely to be that the rulers covered up the real record through the means of literal prison, and the Siku Quanshu is not the entire history, that is, the history that has been deleted and revised by Qianlong. Nevertheless, the gimmicks of Kangqian's prosperity were still circulated to a certain extent, and the Manchu Qing relics were also amazed by the glory of that year. However, even if the prosperous life of Kangqian had really existed, it must have been indispensable to the Yongzheng Emperor's merits, and without his anti-corruption tricks, I am afraid that the Qianlong Emperor, who called himself the "Ten Perfect Old Man", would have suffered.
In the late kangxi dynasty, the chaotic situation broke out, and the famous "Nine Sons and Concubines" incident broke out in history, and all the princes were working hard to inherit the throne. However, the Yongzheng Emperor, who was obscure and obscure, was a pragmatic faction, on the one hand, he seemed to have no desires and no needs, on the other hand, he handled political affairs at the local level, accumulated experience, and left a good impression in Kangxi's heart. In the end, the Yongzheng Emperor seized the throne without any surprise and became the fifth emperor of the Qing Dynasty.
After coming to power, in order to consolidate political power and crack down on corruption and corruption, Yongzheng selected a large number of people with real talents and practical learning as "candidates" as "candidates." Why is it called "alternate"? In fact, the official positions in the imperial court were limited, but there were many people who were qualified to become officials. As a result, the surplus of students can only slowly "wait", maybe wait for a year or two, maybe wait for three or four years, and sometimes, wait for ten or eight years is very common.
Why wait and not look for another job? During the feudal period, the official was Guangzong Yaozu, why did Fan Jin still have to take the examination when he was more than 50 years old? In order to hold power, know that in that era, power was to be fought for "with all". Yongzheng is a wise man, and in order to punish corrupt officials, he came up with a brilliant plan: to make up for it immediately. Just as the so-called a radish is a pit, the radish is not pulled out, how can there be a pit? Therefore, every time he sent someone to the home of a corrupt official to check the accounts, he would inevitably let a large group of alternate officials follow behind.
The alternate officials are divided into three, six, and nine grades, which include almost all the official positions in the DPRK and China, and for them, as long as one corrupt official falls, one of them will inevitably be "corrected." Also, who is the person who checks the accounts? It is the alternate officials who, in order to become officials themselves, will certainly do their best to check the evidence and find clues, which not only puts an end to the bribery of corrupt officials, but also mobilizes the enthusiasm of the case-handling personnel, which can be described as "killing two birds with one stone."
It is conceivable that with the efforts of the alternate officials, the whole family of the corrupt officials will be investigated to the end, and even those descendants will inevitably be thrown into prison. However, Yongzheng's move has a major loophole, he ignores the greed in human nature, and many times, the excessive investigation of alternate officials often triggers a large number of outbreaks in the literal prison, resulting in unjust cases. Perhaps, this is also the reason why the "immediate supplement" has not been passed on to future generations, what do you think?